McCain Better Be Careful
McCain gaze a speech yesterday when he was awarded the Liberty Medal by the National Constitution Center. The speech was, in the opinions of some people, stirring. Certain People took exception to parts of the speech that may have been aimed at Certain People..
To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain “the last best hope of earth” for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history.
We live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil. We are the custodians of those ideals at home, and their champion abroad. We have done great good in the world. That leadership has had its costs, but we have become incomparably powerful and wealthy as we did. We have a moral obligation to continue in our just cause, and we would bring more than shame on ourselves if we don’t. We will not thrive in a world where our leadership and ideals are absent. We wouldn’t deserve to
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Although McCain did not mention Trump, the President took it personally..
"He was taking shots at you again yesterday," Plante said. "You heard what he said yesterday, Sen. McCain?"
"Yeah, well I hear it. And people have to be careful because at some point I fight back," Trump said. "I'm being very nice. I'm being very, very nice. But at some point I fight back, and it won't be pretty."
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Although most people have focused on "spurious nationalism," the "blood and soil" thing was also a jab at Trump.
There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.
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