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Maverick running out of air speed and altitude, saying goodbye to friends
2018-05-08
[American Thinker] As we read, Senator McCain is saying goodbye to old friends, from former vice president Joseph Biden to others.
Well actually, it was just Joe, Barack and Harry Reid.
He is also saying that he should have chosen Senator Joseph Lieberman over Governor Sarah Palin in 2008:

For the record, I was not in favor of Governor Palin in 2008. Yes, Palin sparked our side and was a great campaigner. But her lack of experience was obvious. At the same time, she was not the reason that McCain lost.
I've asked that she not attend.
The race was a dead heat around the first debate, but Senator McCain fell victim to that banking crisis in the last weeks of the campaign. In other words, the spread between McCain and Obama grew after the banking crisis broke in the news.

It did not help that the media were in the tank for Senator Obama.
Posted by:Besoeker

#21  I hope he's not like one of those businesses who have a bankruptcy sale for like 5 years....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-05-08 21:23  

#20  For some reason I'm recalling Franco's death watch (interminable) and the great old post-croak SNL line - "In other news, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!"
Posted by: PBMcL   2018-05-08 20:47  

#19  @18 - TRUE! Lindsay hasn't given any public interviews, because without Maverick there to give him his lines and position (prone) papers...he doesn't know what to say.
Posted by: Frank G   2018-05-08 19:27  

#18  How can we be sure he didn't already croak and there's backroom maneuvering going on to determine his replacement?

Posted by: charger   2018-05-08 18:15  

#17  You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2018-05-08 17:34  

#16  No loyalty is owed, if no loyalty was given.
Posted by: regular joe   2018-05-08 14:25  

#15  Maverick... When you get down to it a 'loose cannon' is just a massive Pain In The Ass in the long run. His flirtation with the MSM as their 'Go To Guy' for barbs against Bush, and now Trump, made laughable his shock when they turned on him when he ran in 2008.
Go away. If you had any civic responsibility you would have recognized your health issues in 2016. Instead you dragged your petulant act into an unnecessary curtain call. Just go away.
Posted by: magpie   2018-05-08 13:05  

#14  Dying very publicly like this may be an actual public service. Thanks, John!
Posted by: Iblis   2018-05-08 11:08  

#13  McCain was one of many stalking horses for the permanent uni-party.
Posted by: AlanC   2018-05-08 10:26  

#12  Every day the media writes about this guy slowly dying. They may as well live stream this event.

Why? I believe grass grows faster that this slow moving train wreck. But at least we know how it ends.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.    2018-05-08 10:24  

#11  Cmnt @ 7 should read 'ringer.'


Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-08 09:03  

#10  saying goodbye to friends

Shouldn't take long.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-05-08 08:58  

#9  Like 1/2 the Repubs before him (Bush Sr., Dole, etc.), it was 'his turn', nothing more.
Posted by: Raj   2018-05-08 08:56  

#8  ....or Romney. Got someone who fights finally.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2018-05-08 08:56  

#7  Yes, I'm going with 'tinger. I wondered at the time if he really wanted the job.
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-05-08 08:42  

#6  Inexperienced == did not sell her soul to Soros and the gang

Sometimes I wonder if McCain ever wanted to win or if he was just a ringer thrown in by the Democrats and the media. Remember how the media fawned over him until he won the nomination then they did a complete 180 and he was evil incarnate? Palin wasn't supposed to generate the massive amount of support she did so he, and his staff, had to mess up her campaign (which they did). Ok gotta go adjust my tinfoil hat...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2018-05-08 08:26  

#5  When the femnazi around you whines about Hillary loss, just ask them if they voted for Palin. Now there's a gift that can keep on giving.
Posted by: P2kontheroad   2018-05-08 07:31  

#4  Palin was "inexperienced", says the guy who paused his campaign to let the opposition destroy her reputation.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2018-05-08 07:05  

#3  Every day the media writes about this guy slowly dying. They may as well live stream this event.
Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056   2018-05-08 07:01  

#2  Can't he just do us a favor and die already?
Posted by: Flilet Omeremble3846   2018-05-08 04:42  

#1  Faster, please.
Posted by: Betty Hatfield5124   2018-05-08 04:41  

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