Obama, Meghan McCain rebuke Trump in tribute to fallen senator

Eloquence from Obama as the trust-fund man baby sulked and played golf, barred from the funeral as he should have been.

Good to see some bipartisanship. May it last...

“So much of our politics can seem small and mean and petty. Trafficking in bombast and insult, phony controversies and manufactured outrage. It’s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough, but is instead born of fear. John called on us to be bigger than that, to be better that that,” Obama said. “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be, but what will happen in all the other days will depend on what you do today. What better way to honor John McCain than follow his example.”                 Barack Obama

I don't think anyone could have phrased it any better!

Not fit for office, not fit to be present.

Sorry, but this is too much. 

A funeral isn't the place for political shots and jabs.

Lol! People don't like or respect Dump even when they are about to meet their maker.

Dump is the adult real-life Eric Cartman!

Treasonous presidents not welcome! Ha!

@burningcochise A funeral isn't the place for political shots and jabs.

RT's opined similarly.

Poor you Bush.

McCain wanted this as his send off.

Sorry, but this is too much. 

A funeral isn't the place for political shots and jabs.

I watched it and I wasn’t surprised, actually, I kind of expected it, but that shows you the hatred that McCain had for Trump and he carried that with him to his grave, his family knew that and Meghan was a fierce protector of her father. So yeah, it was to be expected.

Lol! People don't like or respect Dump even when they are about to meet their maker. 

Dump is the adult real-life Eric Cartman!

Some and it shows how petty McCain was. He preached, but he did the very thing he so vehemently opposed by Trump, but he was part of the Washington establishment and was bitter that he lost to Bush, lost to the first Black President and then shocked that the people voted an outsider. Too bad. He could have risen above it and really shown the world he was magnanimous, but his bitter temper and hatred followed him to the grave. Too bad for the late Senator.

The remarks about Trump at a funeral were tasteless, classless and petty.

The obvious hatred for the man by JT readers doesn't surprise me one bit, but I am not surprised that the same tasteless and classless attitudes are presented as respectful.

@belrk The remarks about Trump at a funeral were tasteless, classless and petty.

And in the end, the tasteless-ness, classless-ness and petty-ness you make is equal to the the tasteless-ness, classless-ness and petty-ness you take. Or however that went.

Deal with it. Trump's dragged standards so low, this is the sad state of current affairs.

When many Trump supporters laud their political messiah for shooting from the hip, calling it as he sees it, saying screw a bunch of PC, then I think they've got to accept it cuts both ways. Unfortunately.

And though Trump may want it, the US doesn't have lese majeste laws.

RT and others in alt right media are still attacking McCain and his supporters. Y'all got lots of backers in the media.

Belrick, petty in political speech was defined by Trump, not McCain. Fair is fair.

BTW, I am NOT a democrat. I just don't like a-holes.

Irony always goes unnoticed these days. Imagine a bunch of crooked politicians using a man's funeral to slam their political enemies, and at the same time talk about how not to be mean, petty and divisive. With no awareness at all of the contradiction.

Irony always goes unnoticed these days. Imagine a bunch of crooked politicians using a man's funeral to slam their political enemies, and at the same time talk about how not to be mean, petty and divisive. With no awareness at all of the contradiction.

And yet, Trumper's still criticize the left while doing this.

Deal with it. Trump's dragged standards so low, this is the sad state of current affairs. 

What garbage! The liberal MSM have been after Trump the moment he announced his candidacy and then ratcheted up from the day he won with hourly swipes and attacks that are so off the charts. The left think that they can just punch and kick this guy and he should just shut the heck up and take it and he’s not doing that and then Trump does the unthinkable, he talks smack back and that makes the media go insane, they troll him and he trolls them back. For the life of me, I don’t know what these people are thinking. The Standards were sinking long before Trump came into office, if the last administration hadn’t screwed up the country so badly, there would be No Trump or even a Bernie Sanders.

When many Trump supporters laud their political messiah for shooting from the hip, calling it as he sees it, saying screw a bunch of PC, then I think they've got to accept it cuts both ways. Unfortunately. 

I don’t like everything the President says and think that some of it is uncalled for, but the problem is the people didn’t elect a politician, they elected a businessman and to hold him to the same standards is ridiculous, now if a professional politician would do some of the more colorful things Trump does, criticize him, but this guy was chosen as a result of the toxic climate that has engulfed both parties. No one can say the President doesn’t love his country, this is the most hardcore, non-interventionist, anti-globalist, free market capitalist, American nationalist this WH has ever seen.

And though Trump may want it, the US doesn't have lese majeste laws. 

What?

RT and others in alt right media are still attacking McCain and his supporters. Y'all got lots of backers in the media.

Oh, please. For one, I don’t know why RT is even allowed in the US, but anyway, Again, I think McCain was a good man, but he was known to have an explosive temper as does Trump and I do see a lot of similarities between the two men. Both don’t like to lose, both are publicly unapologetic, both strive to be the best, both are successful in their own right, both are stubborn, both don’t like defeat, both have giant egos, both hold deep grudges. I think Trump was wrong with the comment he made about McCain not being a war hero, but that only came about when McCain called Trump a dictator and Trump supporters crazy, once he said that, I had a feeling McCain’s status is NOT going to help him from a verbal barrage coming back at him from Trump. Now that’s all behind us, McCain is gone, he didn’t want Trump at his funeral, that’s his right, I don’t have a problem with that, he wanted to stick it to Trump publicly, ok, but on the flip side Trump did something that McCain could never do, even with this prestigious background and that’s being the President of the US and McCain was bitter over that to the end.

Trump does the unthinkable, he talks smack back and that makes the media go insane, they troll him and he trolls them back. 

Trumpis nothing more than a troll in every sense of the word. Not fit to be president. Not fit for anything.

Vernon WattsToday 08:34 am JST

Hey OssanAmerica, President Trump not fit for office, so I guess Hillary would have been ideal??

Stupid guess.

He could have risen above it and really shown the world he was magnanimous, but his bitter temper and hatred followed him to the grave.

What, be magnanimous towards the man who said, and didn't even have the guts to say it to his face, "I like people who weren't captured?" As if Trump, or anyone else, would.

Tolerance, respect for human frailty - and, ultimately, forgiveness.

That is the message emitted from McCain's funeral.

Perhaps best exemplified by Laura Bush passing a piece of candy via George Bush to Michelle Obama.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-w-bush-sneaks-michelle-obama-piece-of-candy-at-mccain-funeral_us_5b8ad7ade4b0511db3d9312b

Rip mr. Mccain. This man was a tough sob and even though i did not agree with all of his political ideas i still respect him.

See my top

What, be magnanimous towards the man who said, and didn't even have the guts to say it to his face, "I like people who weren't captured?" As if Trump, or anyone else, would.

That goes both ways, none of these people insulted Trump to his face. Careful with the hypocrisy now.

Tolerance, respect for human frailty - and, ultimately, forgiveness.

That is the message emitted from McCain's funeral.

Something he didn’t do or was selective about it, double talk.

Perhaps best exemplified by Laura Bush passing a piece of candy via George Bush to Michelle Obama.

I agree, but let’s now see if the McCain family can practice what they preach.

@bas4  don’t know why RT is even allowed in the US,

That's a very Russian/neo-authoritarian stance consistent with users daily bashing something they call 'the media'.

I have no problem with RT, Sputnik, the many youtubes and other Putin backed media being available in the US. If Americans can't recognize those are Russian state sponsored outlets and want to believe them, they should be free to.

What I do wish the US government would do is crack down on the various Russians surreptitiously using social media and public forums sockpuppeted as 'westerners'. I would like to see the paid trolls, as low a job, as low as a person can get, be got rid of. And that does not mean I believe it's OK for the US to do the same.

Obama in a pulpit preaching to the choir. LOL.

I know, Katsu78, I know... (pat, pat) I know ...

Just a little while ago John Mccain was a bigot, racist, homophobe and warmonger. He was so thoroughly despised by many on the left that they openly called him a monster. Now he's dead and he is the greatest American hero of our times. Some of the very same people who are so lavishly showering praise and adoration on John Mccain now, were piling on the smelly bad stuff just a few short weeks ago.

I guess a lot of people feel that death in some way redeems someone from their past misdeeds, that seems to be the case with Mccain at least.

@kuya I guess a lot of people feel that death in some way redeems someone from their past misdeeds, that seems to be the case with Mccain at least.

I never supported McCain politically, but Trump backers and other rightists should at least acknowledge that in a Realpolitik world an enemy's enemy is a friend.

I don't support lauding people for their military pasts, but many Americans do, and those who do see that Trump has done nothing - nothing - for his country, except take. Has anyone seen Trump's most current tax info?

You can play hard ball in politics but you don’t insult a veteran with a background of sacrifice like McCains. Trump was disrespectful. But unfortunately McCain has been petty. Excluding Palin was very petty. She never ever says a bad word about McCain and is always very respectful of him.

As for the Left, they were attacking him for being a racist in 2008. Obama never stood up for the racism charges (though he did vouch for McCains standing up for Muslim’s).

the people didn’t elect a politician, they elected a businessman and to hold him to the same standards is ridiculous,

I think expecting him to behave like an adult is understandable.

As that seems beyond him, it’s best that he didn’t attend.

"Even as a businessman, his performance has been extremely patchy, and often illegal."

Trump reminds me of Rodney Dangerfield's Thornton Melon character in Back to School...

Thornton Melon: Oh, you left out a bunch of stuff.

Dr. Phillip Barbay: Oh really? Like what for instance?

Thornton Melon: First of all you're going to have to grease the local politicians for the sudden zoning problems that always come up. Then there's the kickbacks to the carpenters, and if you plan on using any cement in this building I'm sure the teamsters would like to have a little chat with ya, and that'll cost ya. Oh and don't forget a little something for the building inspectors. Then there's long term costs such as waste disposal. I don't know if you're familiar with who runs that business but I assure you it's not the boyscouts.

I am liberal and I completely agree Trump is not fit for office but this funeral was no place for taking shots at Trump. The fact he was not invited speaks volumes and it should have been left at that. I guess this is what U.S. political life has devolved to.

I was also surprised Palin was not invited (although I think shy is a hypocrite and not suitable for political life). However, McCain chose her and one thing about Palin is that she always had nothing but praise for McCain even after the Republican machine blamed her for the election loss.

I guess this is just politics (everything is politics nowadays) and just another reason I refuse to support one "team" or the other.

These petty political squabbles distract Americans of the real issue which is there is no social safety net and a declining quality of life in the U.S. in spite of an enormous debt. Having just returned from several weeks in Europe I realize more and more that the U.S. can be seen as one big con. The U.S. upper middle class, middle class, and lower class continues to be declining (in spite of the economic improvements) and the wealth gap is enormous. Europe, with all of its faults, seems to have much better social safety nets and the hybrid capitalistic/socialistic system works.

I think the biggest fear of today's political class is that the U.S. public will wake up, stop fighting between the political parties and ask the tough questions of the political elite that need to be asked.

@Katsu

So what are you trying to say? There ar plenty of people I know that have said all those things, what point are you trying to make? Seriously?

You can't blame Trump's lifetime of failure and petty hatred on his being a businessman

Failure? You don’t get to where Trump is at if you are a failure, you don’t get your own TV show if you have No talent or No audience if you are a failure, you don’t get buildings with your name on it if you are a failure, you don’t become POTUS if you are a failure. So the few flaws the man has, his overall achievements have proven thus far to be opposite of what the haters say.

People who love their country don't collude with foreign powers to subvert its democracy.

Then virtually every single politician or at least the majority of them should serve lengthy sentences in Federal prison.

...this funeral was no place for taking shots at Trump.

Trump's name was never mentioned. What was were the qualities (not the specific policies) that made McCain a fine man and the vision of America he embodied.

If Trump falls short of those, that is his own fault, not that of the speakers.

bass4funkToday  12:16 pm JST

So what are you trying to say? There ar plenty of people I know that have said all those things, what point are you trying to make?

Your choice to surround yourself with horrible business people doesn't make all business people horrible people.

Dump is the adult real-life Eric Cartman!

comon no need to insult Eric Cartmans intelligence now

For years Trump feuded publicly with McCain and mocked his military service

Anyone who has looked up McCain's military service knows he was no war hero but a disaster, a military service nurtured and protected by his father and grandfather, both famous admirals.

http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.com/2011/09/deadly-fire-on-aircraft-carrier-uss.html

Obama, who beat McCain in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, hailed the one-time prisoner of war for his commitment to truth and core democratic values, qualities that some critics see lacking in Trump, a former reality television star and New York City real estate mogul.

Well Obama an McCain were far opposite to each other and and only the prestitute reporters of this article could make this connection to Trump..

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/us/politics/26ads.html

https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/barack-obama-john-mccain-fight-107182

Trump played golf and ranted about Canada on Twitter while the grown-ups went to the funeral.

I can imagine him drawing McCain faces on his golf balls and his handlers giving him his smartphone and told him he can tweet on the condition that he doesn’t mention McCain.

The left just politicized a funeral. Then send Obama out there to lecture us one more time.

The left just politicized a funeral. Then send Obama out there to lecture us one more time.

’The left’ didn’t send anyone. Obama attended and spoke at the funeral in compliance with the wishes of John McCain.

Obama didn’t mention Trump by name as far as I know ( please correct me if I’m wrong here ). As far as I can see, he used negative adjectives and everyone knew he was talking about Trump.

Interesting that Trump supporters can easily recognize the description of Trump by the use of negative adjectives.

Interesting that Trump supporters can easily recognize the description of Trump by the use of negative adjectives.

Trump is the elephant.

...in the room I mean. Yeah, that's what I meant.

@blacklabl The left 

Meaning 'the enemy'. It's worrying when Americans (at least you've claimed you're one) see anyone who might not support Trump as an 'enemy' rather than someone having political beliefs different from theirs. The left/liberals/democrats, etc. = enemy. But I know you're just trying to further divide Americans from each other, separate Trump backers from their 'enemies'. When Trump backers buy T shirts saying I'd rather be Russian than Democrat' it's apparent US rightists with assistance from alt right media and Putin's paid trolls are being successful at influencing many of America's marginalized citizens.

While navigating through the divisive chaos (like the financial markets) that has spread throughout McCain's funeral event, lots of people are forgetting or just don't get it as to why McCain really hated and despised Trump.

This has to do with foreign policy nothing more, nothing less. Period.

The predeterminate induction of accountability upon the primary influence agent is the commonality in all of these foreign policy undertaking.

One must have a very clear awareness towards those nation(s) of influence, that all progressive resolution must conclusively accommodate positive results for burdened people

who have inadequate capability to develop positive influence themselves.

Trump's unorthodox foreign policy implements favorable circumstances for fully-realized national legitimacy. This is such a paradigm shift even amongst in a modern world that's grown habituated to unscrupulous, bribable, debauched financial elites, bankers and globalists who have entrenched a business model by imposing terms to national so called "leaders" they leveraged, influenced and subjugated.

Take out the magnetic influence of these financial/corporate brokers out the equation regarding foreign protocols. What do you think happens? Unanticipatedly these global influence hucksters all of a sudden becomes ineffectually of no value. Devoid their potentiality of administering some type of benefit, then nations no longer will buy into their brokered services.

Eliminating these so called influential broker agents out of the foreign policy equation will no doubt forces national politicians to become transparent and liable to the voices of their citizens. Politicians when they have no choice but represent the voices of their citizens, the credible image of the nation is avowed to surface. Citizens voices and concerns becomes the political driver of national policy.

….And that is why Senator John McCain detested President Trump so much.

A bunch of politicians flocked together and eulogized one of their own. The non-politician who happened to be the President, was resting for Labor Day weekend to be fully charged and to be in charge when the business of running the country resumes, while those same politicians who bashed the President carry on sulking in the background.

It was marvelous!

The non-politician who happened to be the President

Trump made his name as a businessman, light entertainer, celebrity philanderer, moderately gifted twitter troll and full-on conspiracy theorist. He’s now the US president. The president of the US is a politician. He is now being judged by those standards.

Whatever your opinion of him is, you have to judge him by the standards of what he is now - a politician.

The left just politicized a funeral. Then send Obama out there to lecture us one more time

Bingo!

The left’ didn’t send anyone. Obama attended and spoke at the funeral in compliance with the wishes of John McCain. 

He is Democrat, so then that would make him a lefty.

Obama didn’t mention Trump by name as far as I know ( please correct me if I’m wrong here ). As far as I can see, he used negative adjectives and everyone knew he was talking about Trump. 

Everyone knew what he meant, it was just stupid because the elites on both sides just under any circumstance and even at a funeral restrain themselves from politicizing an issue. But the real funny kicker is, it doesn’t matter, Trump is still President, so all of the whining and gutter sniping won’t change that fact and the President can take solace and a grin at that.

Interesting that Trump supporters can easily recognize the description of Trump by the use of negative adjectives.

The real funny thing is besides the scorning and the pot shots, what do the McCain’s have what? Dignity? Ok, both they and Trump have it and?

This "memorial" quickly digressed into a Swamp-controlled President Trump hate fest rally. It turned into a Wellstone 2.0-type of event .

Sorta feel sorry for the late John McCain. This was a day that was suppose to exclusively honor his life. Instead, it was taken over by globalists who forgot/ignored why they were there in the first place.

The left’ didn’t send anyone. Obama attended and spoke at the funeral in compliance with the wishes of John McCain. 

He is Democrat, so then that would make him a lefty.

Read what I posted. I was commenting on the idea that the left ‘sent’ Obama to the funeral. Obama was there because McCain wanted him there. Nobody ‘sent’ him.

Obama’s speech was pure quality and class, wasn’t it? You are a wordsmith and literary type and so I’m sure you recognized this despite your hatred of the man.

Love how liberals hide behind the “but they didn’t say his name” as an excuse to claim they aren’t bad mouthing a man at a FUNERAL. Also happened at Aretha Franklin’s funeral.

McCain wanted him there. Nobody ‘sent’ him. 

So McCain sent for him since he wanted him there.

Obama’s speech was pure quality and class, wasn’t it?

In the beginning it was ok then it devolved into a typical snide political hit piece

are a wordsmith and literary type and so I’m sure you recognized this despite your hatred of the man.

He’s definitely a good orator, but that’s about it.

@blackl Love how liberals

I don't love how Trump devotees and other rightwing extremists resort to distortion when defending their cult leader. It could be they've been influenced by their messiah, the most dishonest POLITICIAN in modern history. Or it could be they've always been that way.

The saddest part is that those who defend Trump will never understand....

Yes, yes. We have heard it before. Those Trump voters are simply stupid. The non-Trump voters are smart. Got it.

would-be tinpot dictator who seek to take the country back to the Gilded Age. The peasants that voted for him would do well to remember what their lot in life was like back then.

Peasants? I remember when the Dems used to care about the plight of the working class. Now we are back to "peasants?" It must be hard for someone who has never worried about their next meal or a roof over their head to grasp that some people have to work hard to provide both - and that those people might have a better understanding of the world despite missing out on 4 years of sex, drugs and propaganda at some overpriced university.

Love how liberals hide behind the “but they didn’t say his name”

More than being an excuse, it just shows the truth of your party, that a description alone of their despicable actions is enough is enough for everyone to clearly identify whom they are.

As Little Hands in Chief would say: sad.

it just shows the truth of your party,

It shows no such thing. They attacked the usual target, using the usual stereotypes. If a white supremacist described an ethnic group in stereotypical and disparaging terms, but without using their name, everyone would know who they meant. But it wouldn't reveal the truth of anything except about the speakers themselves.

If a white supremacist described an ethnic group in stereotypical and disparaging terms, but without using their name, everyone would know who they meant.

And if an ethnic group described in disparaging terms the group that attacks them, everyone would know whom they meant.

Which is a much, much more applicable analogy to what we're speaking of. You act as if Trump hasn't brought everything that is said about him upon himself.

And if an ethnic group described in disparaging terms the group that attacks them, everyone would know whom they meant.

Which is a much, much more applicable analogy

If you want to claim victimhood, you'll have to get in line. Especially since you are saying that the party of the wealthy, the corporations, and the media is a victim of what? The mostly working class voters who support Trump? How are these wealthy politicians being attacked exactly?

Love how liberals hide behind the “but they didn’t say his name” as an excuse to claim they aren’t bad mouthing a man at a FUNERAL.

I don’t like politicians who engage in small and mean and petty discourse and deal in bombast and insult.

“Hey! Stop bad-mouthing Trump!”

bass4funk

The real funny thing is besides the scorning and the pot shots, what do the McCain’s have what? Dignity? Ok, both they and Trump have it and?

Trump and Dignity - there could not possibly be another two words in the English language that are more MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

Even as a businessman, his performance has been extremely patchy,

But as he reminds us, he went to the Wharton school of business. He's "like a smart person".

To quote him in full:

“Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, okay, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you’re a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, okay, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I’m one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it’s true! — but when you’re a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that’s why I always start off: went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we’re a little disadvantaged. …”

This is why I know the planet is in safe hands.

Texas A&M Aggie

This "memorial" quickly digressed into a Swamp-controlled President Trump hate fest rally.

Wrong.

It is no longer merely a Swamp since Trump turned it into a Cesspool and, as he wasn't allowed to attend the memorial, it went off as planned, with grace and dignity (two words that are obviously not in the typical rightist vocabulary)

Sorta feel sorry for the late John McCain. This was a day that was suppose to exclusively honor his life. Instead, it was taken over by globalists who forgot/ignored why they were there in the first place.

Wrong.

Everyone who spoke at the memorial said only good things about John McCain and how he conducted himself over the course of his life, honoring him in every way possible.

Everyone who spoke at the memorial said only good things about John McCain and how he conducted himself over the course of his life, honoring him in every way possible.

And that’s what bothered me, the fake caring! McCain and Bush had a very testy relationship didn’t like each other much the same goes for Obama and now after he passes he wants them to do The eulogy? So many people from both sides that said mean, unkind and hated the man and they all pretend to mourn him and shed crocodile tears? What makes this hypocrisy worst was Trump wasn’t the only one not invited, Sarah Palin was also NOT invited to the funeral and whatever you may think about the woman, she never trashed or demeaned him and as loyal as she was to him, he couldn’t even invite her to his funeral? She could have criticized him, slammed him, but she never did that, so as much as a respect the late senator as a man and a war hero, I just can’t respect him as a politician and especially those politicians that talked so bad about him that are now shedding crocodile tears and going afterward to a banquet sharing stories, laughing it up and then back home talk behind the guys back. Trump was wrong for saying what he did about McCain, but at least Trump is brutally honest about how he feels about the man, nothing fake there.

Many of the comments above are sad. They display a complete lack of appreciation of the man we are mourning. McCain had many faults, and he would be the first to admit them - but he had many qualities, the foremost of which was to put country over all else.

Hence his funeral invitation list.

bass4funkToday  07:03 pm JST

Everyone who spoke at the memorial said only good things about John McCain and how he conducted himself over the course of his life, honoring him in every way possible.

And that’s what bothered me, the fake caring! McCain and Bush had a very testy relationship didn’t like each other much the same goes for Obama and now after he passes he wants them to do The eulogy? So many people from both sides that said mean, unkind and hated the man and they all pretend to mourn him and shed crocodile tears? What makes this hypocrisy worst was Trump wasn’t the only one not invited, Sarah Palin was also NOT invited to the funeral and whatever you may think about the woman, she never trashed or demeaned him and as loyal as she was to him, he couldn’t even invite her to his funeral? She could have criticized him, slammed him, but she never did that, so as much as a respect the late senator as a man and a war hero, I just can’t respect him as a politician and especially those politicians that talked so bad about him that are now shedding crocodile tears and going afterward to a banquet sharing stories, laughing it up and then back home talk behind the guys back. Trump was wrong for saying what he did about McCain, but at least Trump is brutally honest about how he feels about the man, nothing fake there.

Fake caring.

Your Dear Leader will be proud of you.

Despite all of their differences on political issues, decent people were able to rise above them and show their strength of character, by expressing their respect for John McCain.

I’m quite sure there must have been hundreds of other people who wanted to speak volumes in praise of John McCain, but could not be accommodated on this occasion.

Thank you for finally conceding that Trump was wrong, and that he is a brute, but he is still, and always will be, A FAKE

Many of the comments above are sad.

I know the truth sometimes hurts.

They display a complete lack of appreciation of the man we are mourning.

I think most people here respect the late Senator, but at the same time, a lot of people are not going to be PC and sugarcoat that McCain was some untouchable Saint. You can mourn the guy, but you can be critical as well.

McCain had many faults, and he would be the first to admit them -

But he didn’t show it in the end and Meghan was an extension of that, it was clear as day and I submit to you now after his passing she will carry her dads hate and will be more vocal and Trump as we know him won’t hold back, so for Meghan’s sake, it would be wise for her not to think that her family name will shield her or insulate her from a Trump attack, it won’t as her father found out.

but he had many qualities, the foremost of which was to put country over all else.

The President as well.

Hence his funeral invitation list.

A party of Washington hypocrites. It’s like the Washington version of the Emmy’s pathetic.

 ...it would be wise for her not to think that her family name will shield her or insulate her from a Trump attack, it won’t as her father found out.

It almost sounds as if a "Trump attack" is actually something to be worried about, as opposed to online abuse from a vulgar, bloated, increasingly deranged and senile old man.

Your Dear Leader will be proud of you.

Has nothing to do with pride. It has everything to do with hypocrisy and right and wrong.

Despite all of their differences on political issues, decent people were able to rise above them and show their strength of character, by expressing their respect for John McCain.

Fake. Bush and Obama didn’t like McCain and the feeling was mutual, don’t give me that! McCain had so much contempt for Trump he invited every living President and purposely made it known throughout the media that he wasn’t invited, complete and well thought out to try and humiliate Trump.

and that he is a brute, but he is still, and always will be, A FAKE

I never said or thought that, but I do think McCain was petty in the end and I’m disappointed that he had to stoop so low.

@bass

The truth sometimes hurts.

Thank you for acknowledging that the anti Trumpers are telling the truth.

I think most people here respect the late Senator...

Can we add you to that list?

But he didn’t show it in the end...

Maybe not you...

The rest of your comment is pure speculation.

President Trump issued a four-word reply Saturday after several speakers at weekend funerals for U.S. Sen. John McCain and singer Aretha Franklin and made him a focus of their remarks.

"MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” the president tweeted around 7 p.m. ET.

I never said or thought that, but I do think McCain was petty in the end and I’m disappointed that he had to stoop so low.

If it was Trump you'd use "he's punching back". Only difference is, this time, Trump can't punch back and make it known to McCain himself.

Thank you for acknowledging that the anti Trumpers are telling the truth

I was referring specifically and acknowledging to the haters the left and even some on the right that were there and that dealt with him his entire life, but you are welcome.

Can we add you to that list?

I respected the Senator, but on majority of the issues, I didn’t agree with him, as a matter of fact, he’s sided more with Democrats on many issues, than he did with his own party, but then again, Joe Lieberman sided with the GOP on many issues so....

Maybe not you...

No, but to the GOP

The rest of your comment is pure speculation.

Sadly, I wish it were

Hence his funeral invitation list.

McCain oversaw the planning of his own funeral in detail. What you saw was the funeral he envisioned for himself. It wasn’t a humble service but a grand ceremony befitting a head of state. Excluding Trump and Palin was petty and beneath him. It was his funeral but it would have been best for the country and his own legacy to rise above this pettiness.

Although Trump’s self regard is on a whole different level, McCain earned a level of respect that he allowed to get the best of him. He too often acted as if he knew better than his own constituents. The most glaring example was his melodramatic thumbs down of Obamacare repeal shortly after running for re-election promising to support repeal.

America loves its hero’s and that’s why Trumps petty attacks on McCains capture during the Vietnam War will continue to follow him and he deserves it. But like all leaders they are all flawed - some more than others. They must still be judged on the balance of their lives. On that score McCain will come out way ahead.

@wolfpack

I couldn’t agree more with you.

Wolfpack: "McCain oversaw the planning of his own funeral in detail. What you saw was the funeral he envisioned for himself."

And carried out willingly by others. What's your point? No one forced Obama and others to attend and say kind words. They agreed to it out of respect and admiration. Trump's demands for a parade in his honor failed, and you can bet his plans for a grand funeral, which I'm sure he's started planning only out of spite, and likely only consists of a list of people he WON'T invite, will be a small number of people who are going because if they don't they'll be excluded from the will, as dictated by contracts they signed.

It almost sounds as if a "Trump attack" is actually something to be worried about,

well you know it was bad enough that he insulted a catured Vietnam POW and American hero,

even worse a dead Vietnam POW and American hero. When it come to Trump I wouldnt be surpirsed just how low he can go.

"American hero"

TRUE heroes put others before themselves. So who was McCain putting before himself when he turned his thumb down after running on a campaign promise to those in AZ that if re-elected he'd vote to repeal Obamacare?

@Texas He made that promise to vote to repeal Obamacare before Trump became president. His personal vendetta against Trump overrode common sense and caused him to vote no to repeal Obamacare.

Trump knows he will never be respected like McCain, and that drives his behavior.

"You are a wordsmith and literary type"

Thanks for that Jimizo...I love starting my Sunday with side splitting laughter.

I expect a crowd of people at Donny Dogdoo's funeral...as they queue up with wooden stakes and holy water.

I suspect part of Trump's attitude comes from knowing he'll never receive the level of respect McCain achieved in death.

bass4funk

Oh, please. For one, I don’t know why RT is even allowed in the US, but anyway,

It's called the first amendment. Free speech is protected. Of course RT doesn't like McCain because he was one of the driving forces behind the Magnitsky act.

I do see a lot of similarities between the two men. Both don’t like to lose, both are publicly unapologetic, both strive to be the best,

Trump is too lazy to strive to be the best. In the presidency as well as in business he hasn't put the time and effort in to being successful.

both are successful in their own right, both are stubborn, both don’t like defeat, both have giant egos, both hold deep grudges.

Except that McCain was able to control his ego and grudges to be bipartisan on many occasions. Trump has never been.

Texas A&M Aggie

TRUE heroes put others before themselves. So who was McCain putting before himself when he turned his thumb down after running on a campaign promise to those in AZ that if re-elected he'd vote to repeal Obamacare?

The American people. Especially the millions who would have lost healthcare as a result. The campaign promise was to repeal & replace Obamacare. The replacement was way worse than Obamacare, so of course he had to vote against it.

CrazyJoeSep. 2 07:06 am JST“So much of our politics can seem small and mean and petty. Trafficking in bombast and insult, phony controversies and manufactured outrage. It’s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough, but is instead born of fear. John called on us to be bigger than that, to be better that that,” Obama said. “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be, but what will happen in all the other days will depend on what you do today. What better way to honor John McCain than follow his example.”                 Barack Obama

I don't think anyone could have phrased it any better!

Pres. Barack Obama always was a good orator. And agree with him or not, he's always been civilized and willing to work with the whole political spectrum, something Spanky Don truly lacks. Obama, McCain, Kerry, the Clintons, Dole, Romney, and even W didn't act like motormouth megalomaniacs when they were in the limelight. All Treasontrump does is badmouth everybody like a 4th grade schoolyard bully. That's why he wasn't invited to Aretha's or Neil Simon's or Barbara Bush's funerals either. That says a lot right there.

"Small, mean, petty and insulting"? THats what I'd call McCain's instructions not to invite Palin to his funeral.

Im no fan of hers but she was always loyal and respectful to him, and he did choose her as his running mate.

Its disgraceful.

@cochise Its disgraceful.

RT, Sputnik and several of the Putin-backed youtube sites are saying the same thing.

But I think it's hard for those from totalitarian states to understand that in the US and 'the west' individuals are allowed to do things their own way.

Rich that GoTrumpers who claim to admire their political messiah because he does things HIS way would criticize others for doing things their way.

TRUE heroes put others before themselves. So who was McCain putting before himself when he turned his thumb down after running on a campaign promise to those in AZ that if re-elected he'd vote to repeal Obamacare?

The people. But of course people like you would think it's more important to put party above people. Fortunately there are people like McCain, whom even if I disagreed with his policy, put people before party like any real politician should. It's a messed up state of affairs where Trumpians are considering him a traitor for not blindly abiding by Dear Leader's decrees.

It's called the first amendment. Free speech is protected.

Yes, so McCain expressed his and so did Trump, so what’s wrong?

Of course RT doesn't like McCain because he was one of the driving forces behind the Magnitsky act.

RT shouldn’t even be in the States like “Al Jazeera...oh, they’re not really..”.

Trump is too lazy to strive to be the best. In the presidency as well as in business he hasn't put the time and effort in to being successful.

Casinos all over the globe, one of the highest rated TV show for 14 years, private plane, private helicopter and now the Presidency. If he’s lazy, then I should have my own kingdom.

Except that McCain was able to control his ego and grudges to be bipartisan on many occasions.

If that were true, then McCain could have invited Trump to us funeral and you could’ve backed off his previous statements but he said to him holding a grudge goes both ways and I’m sorry both made him and Trump should’ve buried that before he died, but McCain didn’t wanna let it go and Trump wouldn’t concede so I filled both of them, this is not only Trump’s fault, McCain has a lot to do with this as well, both petty, but now McCain is gone and Trump is alive and still President. McCain died bitter hating Trump and Trump got the scorn from many people and all this was for what? Now you have Meghan, Obama and to a less extent Bush talking trash at McCain’s memorial service, so I guess it wasn’t about the Senator, it was just a dog and pony show to show condemnation for the President and less about McCain.

@PTownsend, "in the US and 'the west' individuals are allowed to do things their own way."

Sure, but what - no ones allowed to criticize them??

and he did choose her as his running mate.

And regretted it afterwards.

Thats one decision which was hard to figure out, somebody as smart as McCain, picking up trash like Palin as his running mate.

CochiseToday  01:38 pm JST

@PTownsend, "in the US and 'the west' individuals are allowed to do things their own way."

@cochisetal Sure, but what - no ones allowed to criticize them??

Of course. In 'the west' criticism, as long as it's not slanderous or libelous, is permitted. You post criticisms on enough 'western' sites to know that. The right to criticize the state and its leaders is one of the many reasons a free, for-profit press needs to be allowed to print what it wants. Think how many paid trolls would be without jobs if criticisms weren't allowed.

And regretted it afterwards.

Thats one decision which was hard to figure out, somebody as smart as McCain, picking up trash like Palin as his running mate.

Trump, I understand, but Palin? For good or bad the woman was loyal to McCain and he stabs her in the back like that? Just shows you how petty McCain was, he and his family can’t say anything about Trump. In that sense, both are stubborn petty men.

PTownsend,

In response to my statement that McCain's stipulation that Sarah Palin not be invited to his funeral was disgraceful, you stated, "in the west individuals are allowed to do things their own way."

I get it but whats your meaning? Is that your stock answer for disgraceful behavior?

It just seems like a non-sequiter.

The same people who whinge about politics at a funeral were totally okay with hijacking Mollie Tibbets's murder for their own racist fear-mongering agenda. Despite her mourning family's wishes to be left out of politics.

And agree with him or not, he's always been civilized and willing to work with the whole political spectrum

Yes, he worked with everyone from the extreme left to the moderate left. That's the whole political spectrum according to most of the media.

Funerals shouldn't be about people who aren't there.

But at least McCain is being praised by thousands who previously attacked him - and who would be attacking him now if he were the Republican President.

Maybe it might be a nice time for Kathy Griffin to apologize to his family members for saying he picked up Palin and received sexual services from her.

Funerals shouldn't be about people who aren't there.

Who put you in charge of what should or should not be covered in a funeral?

It is up to the wishes of the deceased and their family to decide what happens at a funeral.

Funerals shouldn't be about people who aren't there.

About people who aren't there? lolololololol Who was it about, Trump? How many time's was Donny's name mentioned? Guilty conscious, I suppose.

I can't wait to send balloons to the clown's funeral.