The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

There probably hasn't been a politician I've had more of a rollercoaster relationship with than John McCain, who passed away at the age of 81 this past Saturday. I tend to agree with Democratic politicians 67% to 90% of the time, while I only tend to agree with Republican politicians 0% to 25% of the time. John McCain, on the other hand, never seemed to fit in any single box. He was by no means progressive in his view of the world or how to improve our country, yet he was often called a RINO (Republican In Name Only) by those to his right on the political spectrum. Yes, John McCain was called "the maverick" for a reason. I've always felt McCain's unsuccessful attempts at winning the presidency were largely centered around the fact he didn't fit in any neat little box, especially in our increasingly partisan times. When he ran in 2000, as audiences for Fox News and right-wing talk radio continued to increase, he was branded by these media outlets as ...

Due to a pair of #ComeyDay tweets I made yesterday, I got mentioned on the following two sites this morning: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/the-funniest-tweets-about-john-mccains-addled-ques.html http://www.chicksontheright.com/no-one-idea-sen-john-mccain-trying-ask-james-comey/

A new Public Policy Polling (PPP) survey was released earlier today, which showed the following findings I felt the need to share: - 32% of Republicans believe "the government is trying to take over Texas" (40% do not) - 50% of Tea Partiers believe this - 76% of Rick-Perry-for-president supporters believe this - 56% of Ted-Cruz-for-president supporters believe this So, in other words, 44% of Republican respondents believe in the Jade Helm conspiracy theory (56% do not), 68% of Tea Party respondents believe in this conspiracy (32% do not), 82% of Rick Perry-supporter respondents believe in it (18% do not), and 73% of Ted Cruz-supporter respondents believe in this theory (27% do not). This conspiracy theory is so ridiculous, even Arizona Senator John McCain has spoken out on the matter, saying the following to the Dallas Morning News : "It's bizarre. We have been having military exercises in the southwest for a couple of hundred years." "Bizarre...

Remember President George W. Bush and the Iraq War during his term? Remember how his popularity seemed to dwindle by the day following the peak at 9/11, and how support for his decision to invade Iraq seemed to diminish by the day as well? Especially after it was reported that the country possessed no weapons of mass destruction, which is why we invaded them in the first place? Yeah, those were the days, right? Why do I bring this up? Because Senate Republicans filibustered Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel yesterday. It was the first time in our history that this has happened. Why did they do this one may ask? I'll let Arizona Senator and rumored co-lead to the upcoming film Grumpiest Old Men John McCain explain the reasoning. Keep in mind that Chuck Hagel is a former Republican Senator of Nebraska. McCain explained the reason for filibustering the former Republican Senator as follows: "It goes back to there's a lot of ill will towards Senator Hagel because when ...

Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, started things off last night in grand style. It appeared as if he was auditioning to become the new mascot for the Maryland Terrapins. Placing the looking-like-turtle jokes aside, McConnell's actual speech came across in such a slow manner, that it's been rumored that a tortoise close by appeared to be moving like that of a cheetah. Time would have stood still if McConnell's speech had been placed on slow-motion instant replay. John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee for president, spoke last night as well. It sounded like McCain was in favor of going to war with Iran, Syria and anything or anyone that/who keeps him up past 8:30 pm on a weekday (9 pm on weekends). I seriously wonder if, in his free time, all McCain does is play the board-game Risk and thinks since the world can be taken over in that all-too-realistic setting, it can happen in real life also! The Chick-fil-A loving (and it is starting to show) Mike Huckabee also...