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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McCain had to die for liberals to suddenly realize what a fine person he was. This was the same nominee for president that Democrats vilified in 2008.[/quote]

There's a lot of truth to your statement.[/quote]

Democrats and liberals didn't vilify him in 2008.  Palin was a terrible choice for VP and unfortunately, it was hard to take his candidacy seriously after that pick.  But most liberals I know very much respected McCain and his fundamental decency as an opponent and his prominence as a patriot and leader.

[b]It's sad that so many McCain haters / Trumpkins are manufacturing crap to erode McCain's legacy[/b] - a legacy that is supported by Americans across both parties.  I didn't always agree with his politics, but always respected the man.  [/quote]

The capacity of liberals for revisionism is amazing. Here was what Democrats said about McCain when he was running for president in 2008:

[i]The Republican nominee for president didn’t have the “temperament” to be commander in chief, charged Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, adding that he “can’t stand” the guy. Moveon.org called him “reckless” and “dangerous.” Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., warned that the GOP candidate was a modern day George Wallace and his rhetoric “is playing with fire.”

Donald Trump in 2016? No, John McCain, 2008.

Call it the McCain conundrum. Through much of the last two decades, McCain, who died a week ago, was the darling of Democrats and a beloved figure to political reporters, whom he jokingly referred to as his “base.”

When he had a bite at the Oval Office, however, those groups abandoned him, and treated him as they’ve treated so many other conservatives.

“When he was taking on George Bush or Donald Trump, he was every Democrat’s favorite Republican. When he was running against Barack Obama, not so much,” said Dan Schnur, a professor at Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications, who was communications director for McCain’s 2000 campaign.

During the 2008 campaign, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the GOP nominee for president “an unappealing candidate” who has “done great things for our country, but he doesn’t particularly empathize with the plight of the average person.”

Ten years later, but mere hours after McCain’s death Saturday, Schumer announced on Twitter that he would introduce a resolution to rename the Russell Senate Office Building for McCain.

“His dedication to his country and the military were unsurpassed, and maybe most of all, he was a truth teller — never afraid to speak truth to power in an era where that has become all too rare,” Schumer said.

“If Bob Dole dies tomorrow, Schumer’s not proposing naming the Hart (Senate Office) Building after him,” Olsen said of the former Republican senator from Kansas. Dole rose higher in the august body, first as Senate minority leader, then Senate majority leader. And like McCain, Dole is a war hero who was severely wounded in combat and never regained the full use of his arms.

The difference, as Olsen sees it, was that Dole, who endorsed Trump in 2016, did not hector Republicans as McCain at times did.[/i]

[url]https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/mccain-was-darling-of-democrats-until-he-ran-for-president/[/url][/quote]

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