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Lindsey Graham: White House should apologize for McCain remark

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Lindsey Graham: White House should apologize for McCain remark

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Senator Lindsey Graham (R/SC)

5/13/18

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the White House should apologize for an aide’s comment mocking Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) brain cancer. Graham told host Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” that he was not satisfied with how the Trump administration has responded to the remark. “It's [a] pretty disgusting thing to say,” Graham said. “If it was a joke, it was a terrible joke. I just wish somebody from the White House would tell the country that was inappropriate, that's not who we are in the Trump administration.” Graham told CBS News that while he will let Trump decide whether or not to apologize, he thinks “Most Americans would like to see the Trump administration do better in situations like this. It doesn't hurt you at all to do the right thing and to be big.” he said. “[If] somebody in my office said such a thing about somebody, I would apologize on behalf of the office.”
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This White House isn't prone to apologize for anything. The biggest obstacle as they see it, is that if the WH apologizes for the atrocious comment about the dying John McCain made by a WH staffer, how does it then avoid giving an apology when Donald Trump blurts out something just as bad or even worse? That can't happen ... so no apology for the dreadful comment by special WH assistant Kelly Sadler.
 
This surely does not rate one of Trumps rare apologies.
 
I can’t stand insincere apologies anyway. And a sincere apology requires a sense of decency, which is completely lacking with this administration.
 
IMO no one in this situation needs to apologize for anything.

People are entitled to their personal opinions.

Moreover, when this opinion is expressed in a private or semi-private situation among "friends," the fact that it is later revealed and causes others to take "offence?"

That's on the people who chose to take offense. :shrug:
 
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Garbage doesn't apologize for being garbage. It just is what it is.

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since when did **** apologize for smelling like ****? not gonna happen .......
 
Apparently, they're much more upset that the comment leaked than about that comment. Par for the course.
 
Barnacle said:
Put a sock in it, Miss Lindsey.
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I watched the interview and what he said was reasonable. The OP is missleading. Graham did not say the things the way it's being implied.

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The way I have it figured if McCain wanted to avoid talk about him dying in office he could have done the right thing and resigned last year.

Even better would have been to not run for re-election that last time.

He has long seldom come to Washington.

This is not OK.
 
Captain Adverse said:
IMO no one in this situation needs to apologize for anything.

People are entitled to their personal opinions.

Moreover, when this opinion is expressed in a private or semi-private situation among "friends," the fact that it is later revealed and causes others to take "offence?"

That's on the people who chose to take offense. :shrug:
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Indeed, why would a scumbag apologize just because another scumbag works in his administration? A quarter of voting-age Americans put trump into the white house because he was a scumbag. So scumbag behavior is what we get.
 
Cardinal said:
Indeed, why would a scumbag apologize just because another scumbag works in his administration? A quarter of voting-age Americans put trump into the white house because he was a scumbag. So scumbag behavior is what we get.
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...And self-righteous moral indignation couched in virtue-signaling and demonization is all we seem to get from your side. :roll:

Just because your side of the argument claims the moral high ground, while telling everyone else how they are supposed to act and think or else they are (insert negative label here) and thus unworthy of consideration...does not make it true.

It simply means you really have no argument. :coffeepap:
 
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Captain Adverse said:
...And self-righteous moral indignation couched in virtue-signaling and demonization is all we seem to get from your side. :roll:

Just because your side of the argument claims the moral high ground, while telling everyone else how they are supposed to act and think or else they are (insert negative label here) and thus unworthy of consideration...does not make it true.

:coffeepap:
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The Left is the boy who cried wolf. They get the vapors over everything.
We can see through the vapors and the ruse.

Say, you notice that Eric Schneiderman and his women beating sexcapades are no longer on the radar?

Convenient, I'd say.
 
Captain Adverse said:
...And self-righteous moral indignation couched in virtue-signaling and demonization is all we seem to get from your side. :roll:

Just because your side of the argument claims the moral high ground, while telling everyone else how they are supposed to act and think or else they are (insert negative label here) and thus unworthy of consideration...does not make it true.

It simply means you really have no argument. :coffeepap:
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We do have the moral high ground.
 
Captain Adverse said:
...And self-righteous moral indignation couched in virtue-signaling and demonization is all we seem to get from your side. :roll:

Just because your side of the argument claims the moral high ground, while telling everyone else how they are supposed to act and think or else they are (insert negative label here) and thus unworthy of consideration...does not make it true.

It simply means you really have no argument. :coffeepap:
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Anonymity allow's people to exhibit their worst behavior and tendencies that they would never do in public.

the fact that sadler is being criticized for her awful comment about Mccain is proof enough that morality is a social construct.
 
Cardinal said:
We do have the moral high ground.
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No, you just CLAIM you have the moral high-ground, even as you demonstrate your own hypocrisy.

In the post I responded to you labeled someone in the Administration who did something you don't like a "scumbag," then the leader of said Administration a "scumbag," all the while pointing out at least 1/4 of all voting-age Americans intentionally elected these "scumbags."

So do YOU owe anyone an apology?

OF COURSE NOT! You are entitled to your opinion on the subject as I am entitled to disagree with you.

One can demand an apology but they are not entitled to one. That is up to the person who made the comment, and if they don't believe they did anything wrong they will feel no need to oblige.

It's really that simple. :shrug:
 
Captain Adverse said:
No, you just CLAIM you have the moral high-ground, even as you demonstrate your own hypocrisy.

In the post I responded to you labeled someone in the Administration who did something you don't like a "scumbag," then the leader of said Administration a "scumbag," all the while pointing out at least 1/4 of all voting-age Americans intentionally elected these "scumbags."

So do YOU owe anyone an apology?

OF COURSE NOT! You are entitled to your opinion on the subject as I am entitled to disagree with you.

One can demand an apology but they are not entitled to one. That is up to the person who made the comment, and if they don't believe they did anything wrong they will feel no need to oblige.

It's really that simple. :shrug:
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Your party knowingly supported and funded a pedophile. We have the moral high ground.
 
Cardinal said:
Your party knowingly supported and funded a pedophile. We have the moral high ground.
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Again with the assertions based on nothing but assumption bias.

1. I don't belong to any "Party." So my "Party" did not do anything.

2. I think you are referring to that ex-Governor Roy Moore who tried to run for the Senate. If so, I don't recall any criminal conviction supporting your statement.

No, you do not have any moral high ground. You just claim to, and based on this assumption, act like you do.

Again, you do not respond to the original argument (because you have no real counterargument), and instead continue to provide red herrings and ad hominin responses. :shrug:

Tagline time. :coffeepap:
 
Captain Adverse said:
Again with the assertions based on nothing but assumption bias.

1. I don't belong to any "Party." So my "Party" did not do anything.

2. I think you are referring to that ex-Governor Roy Moore who tried to run for the Senate. If so, I don't recall any criminal conviction supporting your statement.

No, you do not have any moral high ground. You just claim to, and based on this assumption, act like you do.

Again, you do not respond to the original argument (because you have no real counterargument), and instead continue to provide red herrings and ad hominin responses. :shrug:

Tagline time. :coffeepap:
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You supported a man who bragged about committing sexual assault. We have the moral high ground.

I can do this all day long, captain adverse. You know why? Because you knowingly elected a scumbag, and examples of his scumbag behavior are legion.
 
Lindsey Graham: White House should apologize for McCain remark
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please. he can't be that stupid. the Trump administration will not apologize for anything. if Graham is truly offended, he needs to step up and quit the Trumpian party. that would be a genuine statement.
 
Helix said:
please. he can't be that stupid. the Trump administration will not apologize for anything. if Graham is truly offended, he needs to step up and quit the Trumpian party. that would be a genuine statement.
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This. If he was as outraged as he appeared to be, and as I think he was, he needs to put country and common decency before party, and issue an outright rejection of this sham of a White House and every low class, vile person in it - and ever low class, vile person who supports this behavior.
 
Helix said:
please. he can't be that stupid. the Trump administration will not apologize for anything. if Graham is truly offended, he needs to step up and quit the Trumpian party. that would be a genuine statement.
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Graham likes to give the [public] impression that he is also a bit of a Congressional maverick like John McCain.

However, Graham usually votes in lockstep with the McConnell GOP majority Senate, shattering any illusion of being a moderate/maverick.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
I can’t stand insincere apologies anyway. And a sincere apology requires a sense of decency, which is completely lacking with this administration.
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Exactly.
 
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