Icanplaythat
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Serious question: Does Trump have the insanity to launch a nasty Tweet storm at McCain?
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Senate healthcare repeal bill fails - Collins, Murkowski, and McCain voted no
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Oh, he sure does
You know he does.
This clown is going to attack a POW who will most probably die from cancer in the next months.
oh for sure. He already called him out during the campaign.
I am seriously going to have one of the best sleeps in my life. One of my biggest cause of stress to my health was this stupid healthcare repeal crap, and for now I can finally rest for a moment.
It's Trump.
It's Trump.
I imagine the only reason he hasn't done so already is that he's currently chasing his advisors for his Twitter phone around the White House with the Benny Hill Yakkety Sax music playing as the advisors scream "No sir, Dont do it pleaseeee"
eBay Huckster
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Didn't work the last dozen times, surely it'll work the 13th time
It's not like he'll stop being President
Tinfoilhatsron
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Okay is this a serious comment or what? Does this erase McCain's entire history and voting record? It's still possible that Obamacare can still be repealed through Congress. Deserve? Alrighty then.
Bonus:
Blah blah GAF is a hivemind, blah blah I still post on here blah blah.
Also 'GAF' was right about the DNC Primary as well as predicting the winner of several Congress seats correctly despite hopeful naive people like me.
Did you drop this '/s'? My sarcasm detector is broken.
AnythingBut
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Intheflorsh
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McCain actually came through for once, huh.
Glad this didn't pass.
Glad this didn't pass.
Unknown Soldier
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It's kind of neat that McCain patiently waited, biding his time, knowing that he would eventually have his revenge for that.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40750071
Flying Toaster
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Alright that was good.
Yes, I was being sarcastic. I still don't quite understand why people are lining up to kiss McCain's feet for not voting to kill his constituents, but hey.
Anyway, nice to have something not go wrong for once, but that's about all this is. McCain's voting record is still shameful, even though he did the right thing tonight. The GOP is still going to try and destroy healthcare for the poor if they get another opportunity. They're still going to try and cut taxes for their uber-rich donors. They're still going to try to kill the Russia investigation. They're still going to try to strip legal protection for the LGBTQ community. They're still going to try to revoke women's reproductive rights.
All that's happened tonight is delaying their agenda a bit. But I'll take it.
Icanplaythat
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But this is post McCain brain tumor diagnosis, with an angry/mad/wild Lindsey Graham in play.
Sad to say but I fully expect it. Trump is a monster.
You know nothing of me. Go look over my past posts and you'll see I was criticisig others here for that bullshit, especially the outrage by some over Dems clapping McCain's return to the Senate chamber. Christ!
McCain love in here is pathetic. He could have easily killed this by just not returning to the senate or by voting against letting the bill proceed, but he had to grandstand instead. What a piece of shit.
If I start my neighbor's house on fire should I be called a hero if I quickly put it out?
If I start my neighbor's house on fire should I be called a hero if I quickly put it out?
That depends, are you are a war hero in this hypothetical?
So if I was a POW, I would be a hero for putting out a fire that I myself started?
McCain's time as a POW is not a free pass to be a piece of shit for the rest of his life.
Kadin
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So he did the right thing but you have to knock him for the way he did it? I guess that's fine if that's how you view it. I'm just glad he did it... regardless of what his true motives were.
I'm glad it happened, but I don't think he deserves any praise for bravely deciding not to make millions of his fellow Americans suffer only after dragging his feet along until he could do it in the most self-aggrandizing way possible.
You are not a hero for voting no on killing people. I mean, McCain did the right thing for once in his miserable life, but the bar for doing it is simply not being a complete piece of evil shit. So I really appreciate it and it is incredibly important but my opinion of McCain won't change until he shows a sustained and consistent break from the entirety of his political career till now.
Kadin
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He seems to say a lot that he'll do the right thing and then does a complete 180 and changes his mind. Maybe this is the start of a new McCain. We can hope...
Today is the last day before the august recess and they have to focus on tax reform when they get back.
TomWaitsForNoMan
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No, you're a hero if you burn your neighbour alive and his friends imprison you for a few years
And like, even after this vote, he's still saying the ACA should be repealed.
That's good.
This is a fiction. McCain laid out his intentions in his opening statement. He needed changes to vote yes. He voted to open debate. Changes were not made. Instead, this joke of a skinny repeal was put forth. He followed through on his statement.
To think this was some elaborate heel turn is bizarre.
CecilRousso
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Not sure why people need to judge McCain as good or evil. He's a republican, he wants a lot of what the party wants, and he knows that politics is a teamsport. If you don't like politicians like that, you're not going to like McCain.
But he's sure a much more reasonable and mature politicians then many of his cartoon-like colleagues in the senate. And you can say that without having to agree with all of his opinions and policies.
But he's sure a much more reasonable and mature politicians then many of his cartoon-like colleagues in the senate. And you can say that without having to agree with all of his opinions and policies.
It is, huh?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...e-arizona-republican-healthcare-a7864231.html
McCain has spent the last 6 months falling in line with everything his party told him to fall in line with. He had the chance to stop this insanity weeks ago. Acting like this thing had any chance, changes or not, to lead to better healthcare for the american populace and was anything but Trump and company trying to save face is dishonest.
UnObtainium17
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Now John.. do us all Americans one last favor and do an atomic leg drop not once not twice but three times on Tump.
PingPongvonLaserstein
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It'd be more shocking if he didn't.
Oh it's gonna happen. Bookies wouldn't even open a market on it
Fuck Austin Walker and all the leftists trying to reconcile their embarrassing histrionics over the legacy of John McCain after the man just delivered the most significant congressional rebuke of the last 20 years. This idea that McCain was just too cool, too dramatic in how he did this is the dumbest of possible criticisms. That thumbs down gif is going to haunt this administration for the next 4 years - enjoy it!
Christ, Dems are terrible at winning.
Christ, Dems are terrible at winning.
i always found it surprising how ppl found it super surprising mccain toed the party line. He had the mav reputation I guess. But in military a team player is valued and its a big value of the brotherhood or military etc. So I'm sure that also plays into mccains mind and decisions.
If you want to criticize him for not doing more before, that's one thing. The tweets you quoted were addressing his "NWO shirt reveal." They were clearly in line with the idea that McCain was playing games with his return, which is a fiction.
Perhaps it just makes better head canon for some.
And to address your edit if you want to double down on this as a heel turn:
So? Saying "Watch the show," is merely stating the obvious at that point. It's not evidence of a grand plan. In reality, this isn't 3D chess.
yeah prettty sure this will hsppen
DongBeetle
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Woah I almost didn't realize how close the vote was. Like it was down to the last vote.
Millions potentially almost died.
Millions potentially almost died.
UnObtainium17
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Trump gonna go marianas trench low and tweet something like "that's his brain tumor voting! He needs to retire!"
darkinstinct
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Yes.
Well I learned some days ago that Americans don't go to the doctor in the first place because sick days are unemployment requests. Also it's worth remembering that seven years ago the people that would've lost their health care now didn't die either in the millions. So that was always a phantom debate.
I not sure if you serious or not this is not an excuse.
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