1. McCain's funeral was very moving and appropriately political (as befits the funeral of a major political figure). But it also reflected the weakness of a certain type of politics, Decency Resistance or Ancien Régime Resistance.
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12. The message of the funeral was "once we get rid of Trump, the grown-ups can take over again." Sorry, won't work. You had your chance and you muffed it.
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13. "If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?" -- Anton Chigurh. That's the question we have to ask the establishment. The rules they followed brought us here, and now they want us to return to those rules.
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14. The American elite really thinks they can subtweet their way out of a fascist crisis. It's not so easy, my friends.
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15. John McCain was admirably blunt & forthright. We owe it to his memory to be no less honest in our appraisal of him. His complex legacy is that he both helped create Trump & resisted him:https://newrepublic.com/article/150895/john-mccain-dead-obituary-nationalist-vision-eclipsed-trumps …
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Or any path forward. It was basically “boy, this sucks. Oh well, we’re still in charge. Time to cram in as many justices as we can.”
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I generally agree with your thread here but I think you are a little harsh. I am only objecting to your total condemnation of the establishment. It appears you want to convict them of 1st degree murder -- I would go with manslaughter.
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I think he's going too easy. The only problem this crowd has with Trump is he's too obvious and makes it harder to keep the grift rolling.
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Q: I understand the “buck stops here” w/McCain owning the Palin pick BUT don’t you think he regretted that he acquiesced to the GOP & allowed her on? I get the feeling that he probably thought he was set-up after the loss occurred...
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That’s what’s so noble about McCain. He was always so regretful about all of his terrible deadly, costly, self-serving mid-deeds.
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