John McCain RIP

is that horse licking itself?

its checking its body like a horny pony would
its checking its body like a horny pony would

has anyone checked in on iceman

God is real

https://youtu.be/eJAaFIojJBI

irony, crut

The major reason McCain was against torture was because he'd been tortured. He'd never been bombed or struggled to get by or been called a racial epithet, so he was fine with all that.

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) August 26, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-rejected-plans-for-a-white-house-statement-praising-mccain/2018/08/26/0d0478e4-a967-11e8-8f4b-aee063e14538_story.html?noredirect=on

As a fucking what pic.twitter.com/4Uc7WjGO93

— mistress misandry (@hannahtraining) August 26, 2018

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/david-foster-wallace-on-john-mccain-the-weasel-twelve-monkeys-and-the-shrub-194272/

Its unfortunate what happened but he was ill advised to walk up into Harlem wearing that sandwich board thing

Obama and Dubya to give eulogies.

What unites them is greater than what divides them.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dlh0M8aWwAEA_Gl.jpg

Obama and Dubya to give eulogies.

What unites them is greater than what divides them.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), 27. august 2018 14:08 (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's an asinine argument. Let me show you:

Both Morbs and Trump refuse to pay tribute to McCain

What unites them is greater than what divides them.

piss off, cheese eater

i'm not prosecuting trump's wars, am i, dumbfuck

piss off, cheese eater

when people keep telling you what they are, listen

american ilxors have become that thing that unites european ilxors tbh

Yup. #Banyanks and let the rest of us discuss John McCain in peace.

https://slate.com/business/2018/08/john-mccains-health-care-legacy-did-he-really-save-obamacare.html

What unites us is greater than what divides us.

https://i.imgur.com/KWxbXNG.jpg

you shouldn't have let someone take a photo of you in real life, ben

https://i.imgur.com/wJimoXv.jpg

the threat of the photoshopper, part 2: rise of the clonestamper

anyway, if nothing else john mccain gave us this:

https://i.imgur.com/qICDZQx.gif

no, not that. this

https://i.imgur.com/DeazhNa.gif

https://i.imgur.com/AWkjaQi.gif

he had to repress his anger so intensely that his forehead exploded into dancing pixels

the threat of the photoshopper, part 2: rise of the clonestamper

do IT do IT do IT

small thing in grand scheme of things but this ticked me off hearing about it after I moved to AZ:
He was against limiting number of helicopter tours in Grand Canyon, with the argument that it's the only way for some disabled veterans to see it and we'd be denying that privilege to our wounded warriors blah blah. The proposal would still have allowed for like 4500 flights per year. Teeniest bit of research showed that 90% of the tours were bought by wealthy foreigners. Turns out McCain had gotten campaign contributions from the heli tour operators.

unparalleled decent contributions

btw Schumer has announced his wish to rename the Senate's Russell Building (honoring a segregationist) for McCain (a man who said he'd "always hate the g**ks").

a man who joked that chelsea clinton was so ugly because her dad was janet reno.

oh the decency

It takes a strong man to keep from laughing.

oh MAN. I should poll these pearls:

- Leadership: What is he?

- Ronald Reagan. 1984. Speaking: “If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God,” he said, his deep brown eyes flashing leadershiply

- One day in the Senate mess hall, McCain sat down at my table, where I was dining alone on a salad of watercress. “What do a woman and a fire hydrant have in common?” he asked me, his eyes asparkle with magic. Before he had the chance to answer, an aide interrupted him, and he rushed off. On Saturday, that terrible eve, when I heard that John McCain had passed away at last, I thought back to this riddle. It shall remain an unsolved mystery. Like our Constitution, it will be studied by future generations—its subtleties, perhaps, teased out one day by those who today are just children. In class, they sit. Perhaps in Iowa. Perhaps in fields of grain.

- He paused, and took a sip of what I imagined at the time was absinthe, but which may in retrospect have been water.

- With a final wink—and a smile—he was gone, trailing what seemed to be be sparkles.

- And I turned up the volume just in time to hear him say, “I vote yes to confirm Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States of America.” I’ll be damned if he wasn’t winking.

While the leadershiply will attract the most laughter, one must stop and marvel at the concatenation of Speaking:, followed by quotation marks and he said, just in case we didn't get the idea.

jfc @ that disastrous prose

I posted leadershiply

After Ronald Reagan—the president whom I worked for, and with—left the White House, where I worked

in case you missed it SHE WORKED IN THE WHITE HOUSE

It has a trick ending!

Roll over, Ronnie, and give de Maupassant the news!

the trick is that it didn't end soon enough

That’s parody I assume.

As a mark of respect for the memory and longstanding service of Senator John Sidney McCain III, I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at the White House and upon all public buildings and grounds, at all military posts and naval stations, and on all naval vessels of the Federal Government in the District of Columbia and throughout the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset, on the day of interment.

I also direct that the flag shall be flown at half‑staff for the same period at all United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and other facilities abroad, including all military facilities and naval vessels and stations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third. DONALD J. TRUMP

now the very online libs can find a new reactionary crusade

hereunto

is it standard practice to list the Year of Independence in presidential orders??

no, the Grifter thought it wd be a nice touch

in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.

That's exactly the kind of self-preening the ancient Romans were exceptionally fond of.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third. DONALD J. TRUMP INDIVIDUAL-1.

fixed

Not for nothin’, but in 2004 the Dem Prez nominee was a Vietnam war hero who devoted the rest of his life to admirable public political service; the right viciously belittled, fabricated, and mocked all of it, including his Purple Heart.

— David S. Bernstein (@dbernstein) August 26, 2018

I don't fully agree with this take, but I'm sharing it for the sake of a comment.

https://splinternews.com/this-is-all-so-stupid-1828634092

"The logical conclusion to this episode is Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer marching into the Oval Office with McCain’s corpse between them Weekend at Bernie’s style, demanding the president show deference to a True American Hero. "

u suggesting donald spend the weekend at bernies?

fuck it was written in the quote thats a pitiable lapse

The pallbearers for Senator McCain’s memorial service Saturday: Warren Beatty, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, William Cohen, Stephen Dart, Rick Davis, Carla Eudy, Russ Feingold, Phil Gramm, Gary Hart, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Tom Ridge, Mark Salter, Fred Smith, Sheldon Whitehouse

— Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) August 27, 2018

Mark Salter

Couldn't remember who this guy was for a minute; had him confused with the guy from Glee who got busted for kiddie porn and then hung himself.

Feel like they should find room coffinside for Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson.

OK, Beatty and Hart... I know McCain didn't work for McGovern '72. Were there some ski weekends in Aspen?