John McCain RIP

tbh i'd be shocked if the media gave carter the mccain/reagan/etc great hero treatment when he dies.

elvis t -- do you have a link or a book recommendation w/ more info on carter changing nuclear strike policy? embarrassed to say i had no idea about that

Carter

I’m not at home (and typing this on my phone) so I can’t consult my library, but this is a good overview:
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb390/

Worth noting that much of these changes were occurring during the false alarms of 1979-1980
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb371/

Honestly this is better suited to the Cold War thread because there was more going on politically and technically in a short period of time (the accuracy of the MX, the B-1 cluaterfuck, stealth bombers, cruise missiles, neutron bombs, Afghanistan)

Anyway, fuck McCain.

While I respect Bernie, I disagree with him strongly on this. John McCain was a war hawk who sent American youth to fight and die and never met a problem he didn't think could be solved through invasion or intervention. The real heroes are those who fought for PEACE.#GravelGang https://t.co/a3l6700Vo4

— Mike Gravel (@MikeGravel) March 21, 2019

yup.

there are impressive number of tulsi gabbard trolls.

(i mean i keep seeing them in the responses to tweets that have nothing to do w/ her.)

mccain obviously showed personal bravery, but a "hero"-- how can we agree that the vietnam war was a near genodical disaster and claim that those who perpetrated it (even if they weren't calling the shots) are "heroes." nope, nope, nope.

sorry, i know we all know this, just that military worship is down there with cop worship as one of the great sicknesses of our country.

Turns out the orgasm that made Meghan was his greatest crime.

there must have been some way you could have written that Meghan is an irredeemably bad person whose every television appearance exhibits a remarkable negative-count of charisma that didn't make me want to throw up

2009 in one photo

https://44.media.tumblr.com/d1697f0b37f334d069d74a69a5d78d07/tumblr_p7yuytcwn31sj0oe0o4_400.gif

I get her mixed up with Meghan Trainor a lot

i don't trust megans who sneak an h in there

It’s 2021 and we are all Whoopi. pic.twitter.com/SncHJPxHTW

— Justin Martindale (@justmartindale) March 9, 2021

Meghan McCain advertises her book on her fathers headstone. (2022) pic.twitter.com/Q8IgStY8BM

— crazy ass moments in american politics (@ampol_moment) May 10, 2022

A book that's officially (?) only sold slightly more than 300 copies.

It’s a nice look at what all these godawful books would sell without the bulk purchases that every party-line republican is guaranteed.

maybe he preordered

dog