John McCain was no saint. Being shot down while dropping napalm on people isn't my definition of "heroism." His actions in politics and his personal life (dumping his wife for a beer company heiress, etc) were the hallmarks of an incredibly horrible person. I did not know a single Republican in 2008 who actually liked McCain, they just voted for him because they either hated Obama even more or liked Sarah Palin. My grandma was planning on not voting at all until Aunt Sarah became the VP pick.
THIS. McCain was a bad hombre, an egotistical blowhard who treated many other people like crap, but you'd never realize it due to his close relationship with the media.
-He dumped his first wife after a severe wreck crippled her
-He called Cindy a "Trollop C**t" on the campaign trail.
-He disinvited Sarah Palin to his funeral
despite her loyalty towards him (supporting him against a primary challenger)
-Unlike George H.W. Bush, who actually had class, he disinvited the sitting president to his funeral.
-He falsely smeared Dr. Kelli Ward as a conspiratard.
-He screwed over his party and constituents by sinking the skinny repeal.
-He purged Arizona's GOP of conservative critics and likely hastened the state's blue trend
https://www.politico.com/story/2014/12/john-mccain-arizona-tea-party-113849-He called Rand Paul a "russian asset" and generally disparages anyone with a smaller warboner than him
-He passed on the Steele dossier (which we now know is largely false and unsubstantiated) to the FBI which, naturally crippled Trump's administration. The best example of McCain's spiteful and vengeful nature. And red avis can whatabout to the Daaahhhhhnald all they want, I don't care, he's equally flawed.
And most disgustingly of all, he deprived his constituents of representation by refusing to resign for well over a year. He screwed over his own state and his own voters simply because he wanted to undermine Trump, and not acting like a grown-up and resigning. Imagine prioritizing the last months of your life to spite your political opponent at the detriment of your constituents. What a garbage human.
