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    "For years, John McCain existed to perpetuate the idea that there is a heart to the Republican Party when there is not, and Americans everywhere are still paying dearly for that ruse. You shouldn’t get extra credit for being the nicest asshole in a room full of assholes."

    John McCain Should Have Been Better Than He Was

    Drew Magary on the senator's legacy and what he meant to American politics.

    https://www.gq.com/story/john-mc…

    • Trump moved the asshole bar so low, the entire scale had to be reassessed. Compared to Trump, McCain looks like a really upstanding guy. Hell, even Bush.monospaced
    • So when McCain's family bans the standing Republican President of the US from attending his funeral, it actually is saying something.monospaced
    • Where normally that would be an honor, even for a scumbag republican, Trump is actually too big of an asshole for them.monospaced
    • He was grandstander and held way to much influence for too long and voted hard right despite his bi-partisan speak.robotron3k
    • you could say the same about Trumpmonospaced
    • "Great people on both sides"BonSeff

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