Thank God the old bastard is finally gone, having arrogantly refused to represent his constituents for the last year nor get the hell out of the way and give them an opportunity to elect his replacement. Instead, he undoubtedly sold his seat.

Perhaps this line from old Navy guys sums him (and his flying skills) up best: "If Songbird hadn't been captured when he was, the Navy would have run out of airplanes."

Fvck him.

Time to snap a cold IPA.

Cindy will fill the seat until Meghan is elected by the Arizona Canaries, aka Gatlin's cult.

Corrupt Keating Five parasite, fake-dossier pimp, First-Amendment-hating obstructionist piece of barack. Now we'll hear the hosannas from the leftists pricks who didn't hesitate to hate him in 2004.

Thank God the old bastard is finally gone, having arrogantly refused to represent his constituents for the last year nor get the hell out of the way and give them an opportunity to elect his replacement. Instead, he undoubtedly sold his seat.

Stone actually voted for this punk; I think he was enamored with Palin, though. Stone never rationalized his choices; and there is no requirement.

I will say, McCain attempted to merge collectivist concepts into LAW. He was the Republican formation of the Democratic Schumer, which I never understood.

Time to snap a cold IPA.

Please don't operate your vehicle on the open road under the influence of alcohol. It is possible you could lose your government suckup job.

Stone actually voted for this punk;

So did I, in his primary against W Bush, and then again when he ran against Obama. Good votes, both of those.

Good votes, both of those.

I admit that you are insane.

Stone actually voted for this punk

Stone voted for Chuck Baldwin in '08, if I'm not mistaken.

Two months ago,in Eid al-fitr this father was celebrating Eid with his 4 sons but in this Eid Adha he was only celebrating eid with his only one son after his other sons were killed by Saudi airstrikes on a school bus in Dhahian area of Saada in northern #Yemen on Aug 9 #SOSYemen

https://twitter.com/Fatikr/status/1033508627070550016

You Bush/Obama/Trump/Hillary neocons love abortions at any age.

I wish I had something nice to say about McCain. May he Rest in Peace.

I wish I had something nice to say about McCain

His captors offered him early release after learning his father was a notable naval officer. But McCain refused to leave before the other prisoners. He was released in 1973.

A lie. He was ordered to refuse.

We're not.

after his other sons were killed by Saudi airstrikes

Damn those Saudi's, huh?

We're not.

You're the government, and so am I. The difference is that you voted for an abortionist who signed onto a HUGE appropriation for PP and also ordered the US Military to help bomb those kids, and I did NOT vote for that psychotic murderer Trump.

Their blood is on your hands, and those of your comrades who are addicted to voting for the evil D&R party. Implications that you had to, because he's "better than Hillary" are absurd. They're both POS's, find something better to vote for!

This is a big country, and 99.999% of the people in it are better than Hillary & Trump.

Insane abortionist logic

Damn those Saudi's, huh?

Yep.

You're the government, and so am I. The difference is that you voted for an abortionist who signed onto a HUGE appropriation for PP and also ordered the US Military to help bomb those kids, and I did NOT vote for that psychotic murderer Trump.

Your insane. US is one of the countries that goes out of its way to not harm civilians!

These types of statements are reminiscent of "Baby killers" which were false too.

You are listening to propaganda from our enemies. This is Saul Alinsky statements and once said can't be taken back and have done the damage.

I feel sorry for the family but his rein of terror is over!

listening to propaganda from our enemies

Not surprising for a McCain/Trump voter.

Stone voted for Chuck Baldwin in '08, if I'm not mistaken.

Incorrect. I voted for Palin.

There is a difference between enemy using civilians(women and children) as a shield. Military does its very best not to harm our enemies women and children even thou they support our enemy. 90% of the military out there would not give a shit and go the old fashion way and kill everything including animals to harm their enemies.

If you want me to defend McCrazy you will pass away long before that happens!

Its funny what we use to like to listen too as kids. Now I just listen to the music to take me back to better days. My father did a very good job of shielding us from the Vietnam war and all the crap going on at that time.

"They say when somebody dies you're not supposed to say anything bad, only good.
John McStain is dead. Good."

"They say when somebody dies you're not supposed to say anything bad, only good. John McStain is dead. Good."

Thanks for the laugh!

Now I just listen to the music to take me back to better days.

Not that many songs today that they'll be playing 50 years from now. But songs from the 60's and 70's will live on because those groups had actual talent.

I voted for Palin.

McCain! Buckeroo was right.

POW/MIA cover up.

He signed a huge apportionment for Planned Parenthood. Yes, he did. And I will vote for his re- election in spite of that. I want to stop abortion, but I do not support simply stopping abortion without first putting into place the social welfare structures necessary to handle 1 million new poor babies a year. Pragmatically, it is better to abort them than to have them born, starve, and grow into a burgeoning crime problem.

So, Hondo, you ready to sign onto the building up of a social welfare state that is large enough to handle a million more poor kids per year, year on year, because that’s what we will get if abortion is outlawed. I am willing to spend what is necessary to get what we need to be able to stop abortion. As long as you and your ilk will not permit the social welfare state to be built out to take care of that tidal wave of poor babies, then the way I see it you’re really the one forcing Roe to remain the law of the land, and forcing Planned Parenthood to be a necessary thing.

I see these issues as fundamentally linked: to outlaw abortion completely, the social welfare state has to grow substantially. There is no other way to get there politically or humanely. I know that. You and your ilk will never admit it, so you are the one responsible for the necessity of continued abortion on demand, not me.

I know you don’t see it that way, but I don’t care.

You say I ordered the US military to help bomb those kids. Well, I do support the US military supporting the states that are our allies for preserving the peace for my people and our allies. The problem in Saudi and the MIddle East is Islam. It’s a crazy, violent theology that dominates the thinking of a great number of those people. It’s not susceptible to reason, so we have to fight it where it threatens to overturn the order of ourselves and our allies. I’d prefer that we didn’t, but we do. And that means killing people sometimes. Any time force is used, whether by the military or the police, there is collateral damage. It’s an ugly reality of the world. We cannot maintain a standard of perfection and maintain our country. So, given the choice between supporting allies that use violence to keep even greater savagery at bay (Saudi Arabia), or abandoning our allies to their fate (like we did the Shah of Iran), I think it wisest to defend what we already have. Letting the Shah fall did not reduce the bloodshed in Iran and elsewhere, it increased it. It’s a choice, and yes, I do choose to support maintaining our empire with force, because it is better, on balance than the alternative. If I were President, or King, I would go about the defense differently in some places, but ultimately I would send forces to kill people, and support allies who did the same, if that is what was required to maintain order. And it IS what is required to maintain order.

Both Democrat and Republican leaders understand that basic equation, as I see it the primary difference between the two parties is mostly a matter of style, not substance. I didn’t think that Clinton or Obama were disastrous, and I didn’t think that either Bush was great.

I do like great leadership and strong vision, and good-tempered people, so my type of President is an FDR, an Ike, a JFK and a Reagan - even though I disagree with various policies of each.

Truman and Trump are cut from the same cloth: not very diplomatic, but with good instincts most of the time. They’re both acceptable.

I would have liked for Jimmy Carter to succeed, because his heart was in the right place, but he was not a strong leader, and was really unlucky on big things (the Iran operation crash in the desert), and on small things (attacked by a rabbit while in a rowboat...I mean, REALLY?)

So when you say that I’m “D&R Party”, well, yeah, kinda. I’m an Independent, I do prefer Republicans in general, but not by much. And I don’t perceive the country as going to hell in a handbasket when the Democrats are in charge. I thought that Obama and Clinton both did a decent job. Hillary’s corruption and arrogance were maddening, and I’m glad she lost, but had she won I think the country would have been alright. Essentially, she would have been a Democrat Nixon. He wasn’t great, because of his personality mainly, but he wasn’t calamitous either.

You boil with rage at the situation, and call me a murderer, essentially, because I am more content with the status quo than you are. It’s a good thing you’re not God, or else I would be in trouble, I guess. As it is, I am a lot less agitated by politics than you are because, grosso modo, I see a pretty good system moving in a pretty good direction, just in need of reforms in a lot of ways to make it much better. You see a cesspool and thing sliding into perdition. Too bad for you, I guess.

But am I “guilty” of basically supporting our system - even as I grouse about things I don’t like? Sure. Why not.

I voted for Palin.

ROTFL ... evading the direct issue, 'eh?

Except Tater, who is most likely still crying his eyes out, gnashing his teeth, and pulling his hair out !!! Wah, wah, wah

To say that McStain is NOT well liked on this board, would be an understatement !

Very true.

Not that he's passed away the next order of business is who is AZ Governor Doug Ducey going to appoint as his replacement??

Ducey has had his moments both for and against Trump so you have to wonder if he'll appoint another establishment asshole or maybe someone better...

" next order of business is who is AZ Governor Doug Ducey going to appoint as his replacement?? "

Do not know.

I have read a few weeks ago some speculation that the Gov was likely to appoint the Stains wife, Cindy. Read earlier today on another board people were speculating that the Gov would appoint Cindy to serve until his daughter, Meghan ?, was old enough to run. You are probably right that it will end up being an asshole !

I would really like to see a really staunch conservative take the seat !

Time will tell.

Uncle, that is funny, and very accurate !

I just love it when they show their true selves, don't you?

lol