The Breathtaking Hypocrisy Of The Republican Freak Out About John McCain, In One Letter

[Saviolo]

From ThinkProgress:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/07/20/3682278/breathtaking-hypocrisy-republican-freak-john-mccain/

The remarks have predictably generated an avalanche of criticism from the rest of the Republican presidential field. Jeb Bush, for example, tweeted the following:


Enough with the slanderous attacks. @SenJohnMcCain and all our veterans – particularly POWs have earned our respect and admiration.

— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) July 18, 2015

This seems like an uncontroversial statement. Who would disagree with the notion that “all our veterans” deserve “respect and admiration” for their service?

One such person, recent history reveals, is Jeb Bush.

I mean, really, it's the usual Republican hypocrisy that we see constantly, but when you run into those people who insist that the GOP really supports those veterans, it's a great idea to remind them just how disrespectful they have been, and continue to be, so long as it is politically expedient. It's great to watch them turn on each other and beat each other up in the GOP primaries, but let's keep this sort of thing in the front of everyone's minds.

[GeorgeGist]

1. Read on ...

[Saviolo]

3. The GOP has a short memory

...and a good thing too, or their heads would likely explode from cognitive dissonance.

[malaise]

7. Send it everywhere

Force some memory recall

[malaise]

8. On second thoughts - start a thread with this letter

Please

[lapfog_1]

2. I wonder if dear old Jeb

remembers what his brother's presidential campaign said about John McCain in the run up to the South Carolina primary in the 2000 Presidential Campaign.

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/11/mccain200411

[KamaAina]

5. One of life's great mysteries has finally been solved

South Carolina is overwhelmingly conservative, and even the taste in barbecue is party-weighted; a poll last year found local Republicans prefer mustard-based sauce by a two-to-one margin over the Democrats’ pick, made with ketchup.

I should have known repukes were behind mustard barbecue!

[IcyPeas]

4. Wow! the hypocrisy... as usual...

Nice find.

K&R

[Saviolo]

6. Hopefully...

... it'll be a matter of "Anything you say or do in the primaries can and will come back and haunt you in the election."