McCain got a lot of respect from both sides of the aisle...
House Dems Call McCain Racist, Sexist and Say He ‘Battered’ Susan Rice
"Several House Democrats on Friday attacked Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) as a racist, a sexist, and said that his criticism of U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice amounted to mugging and battering."
https://www.amren.com/news/2012/11/...racist-sexist-and-say-he-battered-susan-rice/
Activist Tied to David Garcia Attacks 'Racist Dirtbag John McCain,' Tweets 'I'm Not Sorry He's Gone'
https://pjmedia.com/trending/activi...bag-john-mccain-tweets-im-not-sorry-hes-gone/
John Lewis’ glowing John McCain tweet VERY DIFFERENT from his hateful comments in 2008
"Seems Democrats are coming out of the woodwork to say and write positive things about the late Senator John McCain, which would be so nice if they didn’t contradict the way most of them spoke about the good senator while he was still alive.
Take for example Rep. John Lewis..."
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2018/...-different-from-his-hateful-comments-in-2008/
From The American Thinker:
"If John McCain was so great, why did most of the media along with other Democrats call him a racist in 2008 when he was running against Obama, when he was 72 years old? They treated McCain just as they treat Trump and as they treated Bush and Reagan."
Story:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/mccain_trump_and_eulogies.html#ixzz5QWczcKzI
OH Dems Call Independent And “McCain Democrat” Voters Racist
"Race — that’s the only reason people in the Valley won’t vote for him,” said state Rep. Thomas Letson of Warren, D-64th, about Barack Obama, his party’s presidential nominee. “There are 1,000 reasons to vote for Obama [ed. — and they are…?] and one reason why you won’t — race.” …It is the independents, the “swing voters” and Democrats who are or will support Republican John McCain who are the “racists,” Letson and state Rep. Robert F. Hagan of Youngstown, D-60th, said….”When we speak to swing voters and we talk of issues, the only reason they’re undecided is because of race,” Hagan said."
https://www.redstate.com/diary/crowe/2008/09/16/oh-dems-call-independent-and-mccain-democrat/
...because he was decent and honest.
Because his passing provided the American left an opportunity to exploit his death as a means to attack President Trump. That is what the week's worth of ceremonies was actually about.
Tell me, how many funerals have you attended where those in attendance applauded in response to political comments made?
Oh, wait, in typical leftist fashion you will claim it happens all the time and particularly at your brother's cousin's uncle Billy Joe Jim Bob's funeral.
He had a bad temper, he advocated things that turned out to be bad for America...
He was a poor Senator, and should have retired long ago. I always admired McCain for his service in Vietnam. But his service as a Senator was, collectively, detrimental to the nation.
...but he also was capable of describing his opponent as a good man with whom he had fundamental differences.
If you are referring to the 2008 campaign, McCain caved to the pressures of the media at large which were, on a daily basis, calling him a racist. It is one thing to maintain civility. It is another to pander to your opposition.
Like Ronald Reagan and Ted Kennedy...
Case in point. Ted Kennedy was another whose term in the Senate proved extremely detrimental to the general welfare of United States, only in Kennedy's case by willful design. That Reagan ever tolerated the guy is a poor reflection on Reagan.
...McCain and Obama got along well personally, and liked each other in spite of their differences. These men, for all their various faults were true Americans.
Must be why even Obama referred to McCain as a racist.
So much for the respect you claim to have had for John McCain. How long would it have taken you to type in a bit longer title? Something like, oh, I don't know, "Senator McCain Dies." Or perhaps "Senator John McCain Dies."
But no, you stuck with the most dismissive title you could craft.
How do you justify such sanctimony?
Which is why Trump detested him.
Which is why you claim Trump detested him. But as all can see from this thread your only purpose in starting it was to jump on the "use McCain's death" bandwagon.