David Codrea:
I’m not going to speak ill of the dead. McCain’s record in life was clear and my differences with him – and there were many — were expressed then. It’s more productive for the purpose of defending against some of those differences to look at what his ostensible political opponents, his friends across the aisle and in the media, are saying about him now.
Barack Obama recalled a “shared… fidelity to something higher.” Joe Lieberman “lost a dear friend.” Joe Biden “will miss him dearly.” Bill and Hillary Clinton noted “He frequently put partisanship aside to do what he thought was best for the country, and was never afraid to break the mold if it was the right thing to do.”
And on and on the effusive praise goes. It’s all lies of course, but they would rather have a deep-stater like McCain than anyone else on the GOP side.
Like David, there are things I won’t criticize. I won’t speak ill of his time in Vietnam. If I wasn’t there, I don’t know what happened in that prison in Hanoi. And you don’t either. And as for the torture he endured, I’m sure I would crack like an egg. Unless I was in that position, I won’t comment on what I would do in that position.
But I will certainly speak ill of the man, life or death. Virtually no one else had so much blood on his hands in American politics as McCain. He is responsible, at least in part, for the North African horror we are witnessing, which leads irreversibly to the falling of Europe to Islam.
The criticism doesn’t have to stop there. There is no reason other than spite, vengeance and hatred to come out of semi-retirement to kill a bill that might have helped to end socialized medicine in America. He hated you, and he hated me. We can all consider him responsible for the pain and suffering of millions of men, women and children who see their financial wherewithal to retain good medical care taken away, only to be redistributed by the state.
The catalog I’ve given above is just the beginning, and readers could add more, although the list I’ve given is sufficient. I bid good riddance to the man.
