McCain Hits Poorly Informed, 'Impulsive Trump in Op-Ed: We're Not Your Subordinates

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


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Cigar said:

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


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Like all that "partisan discord" and "lack of cooperation" between the two Party's in Congress over the last 8 years? :roll:

I wonder how he explains both that lack of cooperation and HIS failure of leadership to get the ACA repealed and replaced, as well as all the other legislation Republican's in Congress promised to accomplish if only they controlled the White House again?

They claimed they had something better all prepared, everything ready to put into play once they had a President to sign their bills. Trump would have happily signed just about anything they put in front of him...but somehow it's his fault there was nothing to sign? :coffeepap:

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With the current state of the GOP, the party's poorly informed voters could have ONLY selected a poorly-informed leader... like Donald Trump.

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Captain Adverse said:

Like all that "partisan discord" and "lack of cooperation" between the two Party's in Congress over the last 8 years? :roll:

I wonder how he explains both that lack of cooperation and HIS failure of leadership to get the ACA repealed and replaced, as well as all the other legislation Republican's in Congress promised to accomplish if only they controlled the White House again?

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Simple ... not enough REPUBLICAN Votes, can't you count?

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Cigar said:

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


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I wish Senator McCain well, and look forward to his exit from the Senate.

Perhaps then the pubic at large can begin to put his years of service in perspective, and begin to forget his final years of service, when he worked so diligently to destroy his legacy.

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ocean515 said:

I wish Senator McCain well, and look forward to his exit from the Senate.

Perhaps then the pubic at large can begin to put his years of service in perspective, and begin to forget his final years of service, when he worked so diligently to destroy his legacy.

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I wish Donald Trump well, and look forward to his Exit also.

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John McCain: It's time Congress returns to regular order


By John McCain August 31 at 8:21 PM

John McCain, a Republican, represents Arizona in the U.S. Senate.

Americans recoiled from the repugnant spectacle of white supremacists marching in Charlottesville to promote their un-American “blood and soil” ideology. There is nothing in their hate-driven racism that can match the strength of a nation conceived in liberty and comprising 323 million souls of different origins and opinions who are equal under the law.

Most of us share Heather Heyer’s values, not the depravity of the man who took her life. We are the country that led the free world to victory over fascism and dispatched communism to the ash heap of history. We are the superpower that organized not an empire, but an international order of free, independent nations that has liberated more people from poverty and tyranny than anyone thought possible in the age of colonies and autocracies.

Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.

Congress will return from recess next week facing continued gridlock as we lurch from one self-created crisis to another. We are proving inadequate not only to our most difficult problems but also to routine duties. Our national political campaigns never stop. We seem convinced that majorities exist to impose their will with few concessions and that minorities exist to prevent the party in power from doing anything important.

That’s not how we were meant to govern. Our entire system of government — with its checks and balances, its bicameral Congress, its protections of the rights of the minority — was designed for compromise. It seldom works smoothly or speedily. It was never expected to.

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Cigar said:

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


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One can only hope he had the courage to actually tell the president of the United States instead of sharing his laundry on an op ed page. An honest, "If you could only...then we could..." from his own party would have been much more helpful. One wonders his true motivation.

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MaggieD said:

One can only hope he had the courage to actually tell the president of the United States instead of sharing his laundry on an op ed page. An honest, "If you could only...then we could..." from his own party would have been much more helpful. One wonders his true motivation.

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Trump doesn't have political party,
If a Republican had been President he would have gone against Hillary in the Dem primary.

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Cigar said:

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


:lamo Getting Bitch Slap by McCain

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What McCain wants as far as medical care insurance reform is not what a majority in congress wants. McCain talks of compromise (but will not do so) and following the rules but really just wants what McCain wants and is upset that many republicants and nearly all demorats disagree with his position.

Personally, I like many of McCain's positions on the issue - mainly the equal tax treatment of medical care insurance expenses. Why should an employer get to deduct 100% of their medical care insurance costs yet an employee can only deduct medical care expenses which exceed 10% of their AGI?

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Cigar said:

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


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McCain, laughed about and belittled by the left and one whom most on the right had difficulty voting for, is now a hero? For what? Is he bitter because Trump succeeded where he could not? What kind of message is he sending? He is a bitter old man clinging on to whatever power he has left, a man who despises anyone and anything that rattles the cozy political establishment.

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Cigar said:

Simple ... not enough REPUBLICAN Votes, can't you count?

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What's that got to do with presenting the "already prepared" legislation in all those other promised areas?

So what if the Democrats in the Senate filibuster any ACA repeal/replace?

That has nothing to do with the other "new" legislation...and meanwhile putting something up regarding the ACA for debate and action, then pushing for it in the 2018 election where more Democrats seats are up for changeover might turn the numbers for ACA repeal into fact in the Senate thereafter. Or conversely, might show it's a dead deal by a backlash and settle thereby settle the matter for good.

How is that Trump's fault?

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ttwtt78640 said:

What McCain wants as far as medical care insurance reform is not what a majority in congress wants. McCain talks of compromise (but will not do so) and following the rules but really just wants what McCain wants and is upset that many republicants and nearly all demorats disagree with his position.

Personally, I like many of McCain's positions on the issue - mainly the equal tax treatment of medical care insurance expenses. Why should an employer get to deduct 100% of their medical care insurance costs yet an employee can only deduct medical care expenses which exceed 10% of their AGI?

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That's the right position to take.

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MaggieD said:

That's the right position to take.

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Perhaps, but the alternative (accepting no change not including that) is simply to keep PPACA.

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Lovebug said:

McCain, laughed about and belittled by the left and one whom most on the right had difficulty voting for, is now a hero? For what? Is he bitter because Trump succeeded where he could not? What kind of message is he sending? He is a bitter old man clinging on to whatever power he has left, a man who despises anyone and anything that rattles the cozy political establishment.

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If Republicons have such a difficult time voting for him...why has he been reelected so many times in a red state?

You then go on the exhibit more ignorance of McCain who has probably done more to rattle the political establishment than most.

Trump succeeded in getting elected by scamming enough folks...sadly he's in over his head to be prez in a constructive way for the country.

On the other hand Trump claims things are going well and per his real agenda...

I believe him.

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Cigar said:

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


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I was surprised at how pretty well written and coherent this is for you, then I saw that only the last line was actually from you.:lol:

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ttwtt78640 said:

Perhaps, but the alternative (accepting no change not including that) is simply to keep PPACA.

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If that's the truth about his only wanting that, I can't IMAGINE why a compromise wasn't reached with. Tax reform on the table as well. Hard to believe. But, of true, McCain failed.

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Cigar said:

As John McCain prepares to return to the Senate next week, he penned an op-ed where he took multiple swings at President Trump.

The Arizona Senator wrote a piece for Washington Post where he laid out his thoughts about the country’s efforts to move forward from the racial nastiness in Charlottesville last month. McCain also expressed his concerns that hyper-partisan gridlock is thwarting Congress by creating a political atmosphere where compromise and cooperative problem-solving are impossible. As it were, McCain seemed to suggest a lot of the discord has to do with Trump:

That has never been truer than today, when Congress must govern with a president who has no experience of public office, is often poorly informed and can be impulsive in his speech and conduct.

We must respect his authority and constitutional responsibilities. We must, where we can, cooperate with him. But we are not his subordinates. We don’t answer to him. We answer to the American people. We must be diligent in discharging our responsibility to serve as a check on his power. And we should value our identity as members of Congress more than our partisan affiliation.




Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/mcc...mp-in-new-op-ed-we-are-not-your-subordinates/


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Cue the "McCain is a RINO" responses in 3, 2, 1...

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MaggieD said:

If that's the truth about his only wanting that, I can't IMAGINE why a compromise wasn't reached with. Tax reform on the table as well. Hard to believe. But, of true, McCain failed.

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What McCain really seems to want is to keep expanded Medicaid in AZ ("free" federal money given to his state) but simply won't admit that was his primary objection to AHCA. McCain is definitely in favor of a bigger federal government role in many, many things making him appear to be the ultimate RINO.

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ttwtt78640 said:

What McCain really seems to want

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is to keep expanded Medicaid in AZ ("free" federal money given to his state) but simply won't admit that was his primary objection to AHCA. McCain is definitely in favor of a bigger federal government role in many, many things making him appear to be the ultimate RINO.

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What McCain really seems to want is a NYT eulogy with the headline "Senator John McCain was a Republican but he was one of the good ones."

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AYSM said:

If Republicons have such a difficult time voting for him...why has he been reelected so many times in a red state?

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Lovebug said:

Is he bitter because Trump succeeded where he could not?

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Did Trump ever run for AZ Senator? I remember 2008 like it was yesterday.