Comparing Trump And McCain

FORMER PRESIDENT OBAMA will deliver a eulogy at the funeral for Senator John McCain in Washington D.C.. President Trump has not been invited, and presumably will not crash the event. When one behaves like a gentleman, one receives invitations. When one does not, one does not. Shortly after McCain's death, Trump issued a statement expressing condolences to the family. He said nothing about the Senator himself, in typical low class Trump fashion.to paraphrase Joseph P. Kennedy, who was talking about Robert F. Kennedy, when Trump hates you, you stay hated. In typical mafia don fashion, our gangster like president pays the minimum courtesy to his hated opponent, withholding true respect. McCain was a war hero. Trump was a draft dodger. McCain's father, like his son, was a high ranking naval officer who served his country with honor. Trump's father, like his son, was a high rolling investment gambler, a real estate flipper who built his wealth upon speculation rather than the hard, sustained work required in most business building, and who was twice nailed by the feds for discriminating against minorities in accepting applications for rental properties. John McCain spent his life serving the United States in congress, always seeking conciliatory compromise on seminal legislation, always respecting and listening to those with whom he honestly disagreed. Trump ran for president on a lark, with no prior political experience in service to America, enjoyed the grand adventure and attention of his angry, bombastic campaign rallies, and by all accounts did not really care whether he won or lost, did not really want the actual work and responsibility of national leadership, but basked in the fame and attention his campaign brought. he succeeded in getting elected by appealing to the least attractive instincts of the electorate, luring into his fold the angry, disenchanted, ill informed people who were looking for a great leader to save them from their unsatisfactory circumstances, and instead got a demagogic billionaire who cares nothing for them, nor anyone or anything but the satisfaction of his own vanity. Trump, who has never been tortured but tends to torture others, is highly in favor of torture as an interrogation technique. McCain, who has been tortured and understands the uselessness of it, was steadfastly against it, and tried to remind Trump that it is illegal, but was ignored and vilified by the president. The contrast between McCain and Trump is stark. And really, Donald J. Trump would be as out of place at Senator McCain's funeral as he would be in church, among honest men, or at any event designed to generate assistance for those in need.