American Schadenfreude: How John McCain Spells Relief

Cud Blay
Cud Blay
Jul 28, 2017 · 3 min read
How Trump Got Elected in 2016

Imagine the bizarre joygasm John McCain achieved late in the evening on July 27, 2017. After attempting to become President two times, even choosing a Tea Party Republican candidate as his Vice President and running mate in 2008 and losing to President Barack Obama. He sided with Mitt Romney, stating his concerns regarding Trump’s “uninformed and indeed dangerous statements on national security issues.” This put him at odds with Trump whose statements were amplified during the 2016 election, “He’s not a war hero. He’s a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren’t captured. Perhaps he’s a war hero, but right now, he’s said bad things about a lot of people.” And that after McCain lost the 2008 presidential election, Trump “never liked him after that, because I don’t like losers.” Then, McCain receives a cancer diagnosis and immediately flies back to Washington to take part in the Senate vote — which stretches late into the night in a maneuver reminiscent of the passing of Obamacare. Refusing to reveal his vote, John McCain gleeyfully watched the hopes new Alt Republican party circle the toilet of the Senate, careful to maintain a poker face. And at last, he casts his sole vote to achieve his revenge, flushing the Senate toilet.

Rolaids ‘Spells Relief’ Commercial (1976) — YouTube

“This is a very important issue. You know, we shouldn’t try to do it in the dark. And whatever final bill is produced should be available to the American public and to members of the Senate, certainly, for enough time to come to grips with it. And we are going to insist — and the American people are going to insist — that it be done in a transparent, in a fair and open way.”
- Mitch McConnell, October 2009

“It’s simply wrong for legislation that’ll affect 100% of the American people to be negotiated behind closed doors”
- Mike Pence, January 2010

Resources

The Real Story of Obamacare’s Birth
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/the-real-story-of-obamacares-birth/397742/

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I am Cud Blay, star of The Brown Bunny. I enjoy: ridiculing films; Jack Daniels Whiskey; and, Gordon Lightfoot cover bands. I also write.