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Joe HendersonAugust 27, 2018

Florida leaders and lawmakers from both parties were quite properly lauding John McCain’s, decency, public service, bravery and integrity following his death Saturday after battling brain cancer. You would expect no less. The show of respect was good and proper for someone of McCain’s stature. It would be even better if all of them actually […]

Joe HendersonMay 7, 2018

There were separate but connected developments over the weekend that tell us much about politics in our state and nation. First, it was reported that U.S. Sen. John McCain let it be known he wants Barack Obama and George W. Bush to speak at his funeral when his fight against brain cancer reaches its end. […]

Marc YachtJuly 29, 2015

Donald Trump understands that when running for office any news is good news. A campaign manager will argue that garnering media attention will improve name recognition and such attention means votes. Voters will rarely remember why a candidate’s name is front-page but will remember the moniker. No candidate gains more successful press attention than presidential […]

Diane RobertsJuly 21, 2015

“He’s not a war hero. He was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” — Donald J. Trump on Sen. John McCain’s military record “America’s id is running for president.” — Jon Stewart on Donald J. Trump Habitually clad in a navy suit with a headdress apparently fashioned from the shed fur of a street […]

Marc YachtOctober 14, 2014

Republicans and Democrats shook hands and cheered when both houses unanimously agreed that the flag is red, white and blue. Further congratulations were in order with bipartisan agreement that the strips were red and white and the stars represented the nation’s 50 states. A conservative Senator from Arizona stated, “This could be the beginning of […]

Tag: Sen. John McCain

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