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His concession speech: > I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and ear
by chx 8y ago
His concession speech:
> I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
> It's natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment. But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again.
If I might add, ten years later: it seems "the necessary compromises to bridge our differences" were not found.
- AdmiralAsshat 8y agoOf course he also said if Hillary won that he would refuse to confirm Garland for the entirety of her presidency...
- krferriter 8y agoI mean that's due to a disagreement in politics. He wasn't calling her a demonic satan-worshipping child trafficker like some on that side of the spectrum were.
- snuxoll 8y agoCertainly, but that doesn't make it okay. In general things weren't rosy with his political career, his reputation for being a "maverick" that would buck party leadership was laughable since he ended up toeing the party line more often that not, even when he decided to speak out against {X} idiotic move they made he would still put a "Yea" in for the vote. With that said I think he genuinely wanted what was best for the country, even if we never saw eye to eye on what "best" actually was.
- greglindahl 8y agoYep. There's good and bad in there. When people die, it's usual to recall the good more than the bad.
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- fastball 8y agoAnd? That's the entire point of checks and balances.
- selectodude 8y agoThat isn't checks and balances. That's partisan bullshit.
- fastball 8y agoHis reason was not "because you're a democrat", so I'm not sure how you can make that claim.
- selectodude 8y ago“McCain spokesperson Rachael Dean later said that McCain "believes you can only judge people by their record, and Hillary Clinton has a clear record of supporting liberal judicial nominees."‘
- davrosthedalek 8y agoThere is a quote, (miss-)attributed to Voltaire: "I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It". I think McCain could have said it too. I don't think there are many people like that left in politics.
- hirundo 8y agoGiven McCain-Feingold a more accurate representation of McCain's view is "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it, except for certain ads discussing political issues within 60 days of a general election or 30 days of a primary election."
- kristjansson 8y agoYou can saw whatever you want. What you can pay to have broadcast on television is another matter entirely.
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- atomi 8y agoAlbeit, McCain had historical perspective.
- agumonkey 8y agoObama did a similar thing when Trump started to become a potential winner.