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Originally Posted by Lomac
McCain was an interesting figure. I didn't like a lot of his policies or actions, but he often seemed to stand up for what he actually believed in. He was often considered far too liberal for the Republicans and often too conservative for the Democrats. I think what stands out most for me about him was when he was running against Obama back in '08 and was having a Townhall Q&A. His supporters were talking about how afraid they were of Obama possibly winning (*snicker*) and he very bluntly mentioned that Obama is a good man and that he would make a good POTUS and so forth. Basically he refused to go the dirt slinging route that many others would have done and he gained a lot of respect from me for that.
I think McCain represented an era of American politics that now seems pretty much dead, where respect was still held for your political opponents and you felt that despite their ideological differences they would still go out for a beer together after the debate.
Either way, RIP.
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Sen. McCain is a role model not just in GOP but in the greater political sphere
this is someone who honours war ethics and morals to death if need be
basically refused his own release when the North Vietnamese found out his dad was a Navy admiral...as a result he endured 4 more years of unspeakable torture just so other PoW captured before him can see release
he stood for what he believed in right up to his death in the ninth decade of his life...an absolute trooper
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Originally Posted by Hehe
The world trade is now in an uncharted territory where US is flexing its muscles to bring us closer to the economics theoretical perfect market (where there are 0 market barrier and each country or player concentrate at what they do best). Quite frankly, I wouldn't want Canada to be on the other side of the fence.
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Manic! along with the majority in this thread won't be having any of that
and Trudeau rather buy Oz scrap metal to replace our dinosaur warplanes than to deal with corporate America
