I am by no means a big fan of Meghan McCain, but she is a human being, and she is suffering.In emotional moment on @TheView, Joe Biden consoles Meghan McCain, whose father was diagnosed with same cancer Biden's late son Beau had. "There is hope. And if anybody can make it, your dad [can]." pic.twitter.com/tQUy11X5sV— ABC News (@ABC) December 13, 2017
Joe Biden demonstrates such abundant humanity in how he interacts with her, and his ability to even make her laugh while she is falling apart on national televisions speaks highly of the kind of heart our former Vice President possesses.
When Joe and Barack ran our country we were in many ways the best we have ever been.
They embodied the type of decency that we are sorely lacking these days.
I miss them both, and know that whenever I share a story about what either one of them is up to these days that it will be both uplifting and hopeful.
Luckily Meghan's father will continue to get the best healthcare that taxpayers can buy so that he can vote to take health insurance away from other Americans.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. While the middle class, the working poor, and the poor will just have rub some (Robi)tussin on their ailments. So much winning!
DeleteAbsolutely true.
DeleteKids on unfunded CHIPS get brain tumors, too. And will not have access to world class care like this 80 something asshole. Their parents will be caring for them 24/7 as they die. They will go bankrupt and their marriages won't survive.
Meanwhile, Megan will sleep well as the paid help does all the care for her dad.
Keating 5. Palin.
That's your legacy, pops.
My Bet>Meghan is and will reap the reward$$$
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She should go get a hug from Donald ... he will grab her pussy and tits while he gives it to her.
ReplyDeleteThen later she will say Trump is way better than any Democrat.
Sorry about your dad, but fuck you Meghan.
Meow..
DeleteThank you, IM! Vice President Biden is one of the very best as to his part in leading our country. He and President Obama were such an outstanding team! Nothing like what America and Americans are facing today.
ReplyDeleteTrump and Pence are crummy leaders as is being proven daily!
Joe Biden is such a wonderful man. Giving Hope to the McCain Family was good. Giving hope to many of us out here suffering from various conditions helps too. Sometimes just hearing nice stories and acts of compassion heals the pain and sadness from illness. The numbers have gone up since that nasty liar entered our life.
ReplyDeleteMeghan’s amazing. There’s literally nothing bad about her. She stands up to liberals bullies that’s for sure esp as someone whose weight is attacked.
ReplyDeleteYou must be one of those ignorant, uneducated Palins.
DeleteOh good God. So no conservative ever made comment about Michelle Obama's weight? I am so sick of the "poor me" cons calling liberals names whenever we call out a con woman for being well, a con.
DeleteShe's a fat girl with a good face, but she'd be just another barista at Starbucks unless her daddy was McCain. Daddy did find someone who actually wanted to marry her before he expires, I guess that's something.
DeleteHi, Ivan.
DeleteOr is that Bristles?
Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.
I always enjoyed when she stood up for issues even as her father did not. She is more moderate and fair. It was said she could not stand the palins though.
DeleteYea right and YOU are the only one to bring up her weight,
DeleteYou conservatives just can't seem to stop spewing the hate. Hell will freeze over before you are able to write something complementary without saying something nasty.
Your life must really be bleak.
Split personality? @ 5:39
Deletecan't resist:
DeleteNothing literally wrong with her...but a lot figuratively wrong.
Biden may be a perv (we all have a negative quality) but he’s very warm.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nasty accusation to make.
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I feel for Joe.
ReplyDeleteI don't give a shit about Megan or McCain. It is what it is.
Me neither.
DeleteSame here. Her daddy started this whole deplorable ball rolling by giving Palin the VP nod.
DeleteMegan seems to believe her dad is some sort of hero, but he's not, he's just another entitled guy who spent most of his life fucking up and got saved by his privilege.
I hope she's read this:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/make-believe-maverick-20081016
5:16 PM - darned straight! When he does, he’ll be lauded and Boo Hoo Hoos all around, but he was a reckless POW that sang like a bird when the going got tough Vietnam and Palin WILL be his legacy. Fool.
DeleteMay be he will sing on his deathbed. Better watch out.
DeleteThere will be an incident.
Then ol' Sarah will show up.
I don't like John McCain as a politician either but when I stop having compassion for a woman whose father is dying of brain cancer and whom she loves, then I guess I become a Republican asshole, too. As Gryphen pointed out with this post on Joe Biden, we should all act a little better.
ReplyDeleteI was reading the responses above and was horrified by the nasty bitter responses. Yours made me feel better. Thank you. I may be very unhappy with the Trump administration, but I refuse to lose my compassion and become an asshole, too.
Delete6:29: +++++!
Delete@3:54 it’s all about compassion. No one can make you see,feel, or understand why some of us feel it and practice it. I don’t ever want to lose mine.
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DeleteI give compassion where it is due. I am in the trenches, caring for kids who will lose their healthcare very very soon. Nurses will get let go to accommodate lack of reimbursement. Focus some of that compassion of yours in a better direction please.
@ 4:16 you’re not the only one working in the trenches. I too see first hand what’s going on and am doing my share to change things. Yes, even if the person doesn’t deserve it. I’m not going to change, nor do I ever want to. Like I said, you don’t understand because you aren’t wired that way. I’m thankful and enriched.
DeleteBiden is so sweet and compassionate. He suffered a great deal of loss in his life. Donald Trump has no compassion for anyone but himself. I would vote for Joe Biden in a second if he ran. He's a good man.
ReplyDeleteHe's very presidential. ;)
DeleteThe man won my everlasting admiration nearly three decades ago chairing the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill investigation. Despite much gamey detail, he was a bulwark of dignity and statesmanship throughout.
ReplyDeleteObama and Biden - so much compassion in those two men.
ReplyDeleteI miss them so.
I know. I never thought those silly cartoon shows would become reality. :/
DeleteFYI
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailywire.com/news/24664/shock-congressman-kills-himself-over-sexual-ryan-saavedra
"The accusations from NPR are false GOD and only GOD knows the truth, nothing is the way they make it out to be. AMERICA will not survive this type of judge and jury fake news . Conservatives take a stand. I LOVE GOD and I LOVE MY WIFE, who is the best WIFE in the world,My Love Forever ! My Mom and Dad my FAMILY and all five of my kids and Nine grandchildren two in tummies and many more to come each of you or a total gift from GOD stay strong, REBECCA needs YOU . 9-11-2001 NYC/WTC, PTSD 24/7 16 years is a sickness that will take my life, I cannot handle it any longer. IT Has Won This Life . BUT HEAVEN IS MY HOME. “PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY, Only Three things I ask of you to do,if you love me is (1)blame no person,Satan is the accuser, so blame the Devil himself. (2) Forgive and Love everyone especially yourself .(3)most importantly LOVE GOD. P.S. I LOVE MY FRIENDS YOU ARE FAMILY ! GOD LOVES ALL PEOPLE NO MATTER WHAT !"
" Johnson was under investigation for allegedly kissing and fondling a 17-year-old girl in 2012 when she was staying in a living area of a church that Johnson served as a pastor. The girl, now 21, told investigators that Johnson “had been drinking a lot” when the incident allegedly happened."
It's okay to be nice to the other side. As Americans we've actually gotten mean in the last year. Biden is reminding us that we are still Americans. Neighbors, friends, and family. 2017 has been a bad year for all of us. In the words of Mel Gibson on the movie signs, we just all need to calm down and eat some fruit.
ReplyDeleteFuck it.
DeleteBeing nice and tolerant has gotten us into one hell of a mess.
Sometimes it is cathartic to tell the truth. Nor am I wasting one ounce of time or compassion on this man or his entitled daughter.
I'm spending my energy trying to get my senators to fund CHIPS. Ya know there are kids who are gonna die of brain tumors in pain and with their parents providing all their care, right??
ot ENVIRONMENT Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch Have Set Our Future on Fire The fires and storms ravaging the planet are only going to get worse, especially if we don’t end the power of climate deniers.
ReplyDeletehttp://billmoyers.com/story/trump-murdoch-climate-deniers/
Just start with the ending of trumps, fox no news, infowars, briefart, bannon and a few others and things will improve quick.
Deletehttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-fires-la-latest-updates-rupert-murdoch-bel-air-vineyard-blaze-path-a8096941.html
DeleteInsurance will 'just make it better' next time.
BREAKING: Senator John McCain Hospitalized Again (DETAILS)
ReplyDeletehttp://bipartisanreport.com/2017/12/13/breaking-senator-john-mccain-hospitalized-again-details/
BREAKING: Trump Hit With Yet Another Sexual Harassment Allegation (DETAILS)
ReplyDeletehttp://bipartisanreport.com/2017/12/13/breaking-trump-hit-with-yet-another-sexual-harassment-allegation-details/
Also braking news.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.therepublic.com/2017/12/13/us-sexual-assault-allegation-kentucky-3/
'96. And the relationships between law clerks and their judges are mostly built on worshipful silence. There is no other work relationship left in America that is comparable. Which is, as it happens, part of the problem."Those in his circle got dragged along into a world that diminishes and belittles women."
Delete"I am aware as I write this that I should have found my footing, that the women who came up after me, and who spoke up, are manifestly braver than I was. I am further aware that my failure to speak up over the course of my career is part of the reason why it was possible for the women who came after me to be treated as disrespectfully as they were."
"Kozinski described himself as my “paramour.” I have, on every single such occasion, been aware that part of his open flouting of empathy or care around gender was a show of juvenile, formulaic bad-assery designed to co-opt you into the bargain. We all ended up colluding to pretend that this was all funny or benign, and that, since everyone knew about it, it must be OK. It never was."Everybody knew. This is the problem with a system of “open secrets.” It keeps brilliant women from accessing power and dismisses others as hysterics—the “nutty and slutty” character assassination used to trash Anita Hill."
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/12/judge_alex_kozinski_made_us_all_victims_and_accomplices.html
I agree, Gryphen, that in so many ways we were "the best that we can be" while President Obama and Vice President Biden were in charge. They were thwarted at every turn by the GOP but they persevered because they cared about the American people, all of us. We've now sunk so low and are headed to be the worst that we can be and it does nothing but make me very sad.
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Where john McCain enjoys his peace in Cornville Arizona there is a massive healthcare problem. Its rural. and the only facilities are for profit. People are poor there facing cancer from mining tailings. The local newspaper owner was poisoned recently. Yep that republican stronghold area is full of attitude. McCain has represented the area for 30yrs. Anything other than a cold you better run for your life.
ReplyDeleteI saw the interaction between Joe and Meghan live on The View yesterday. No matter what you think about Meghan (and some of the comments on this site are just horrible), her feelings and emotions regarding her dad's very serious health condition are real. Joe was so very kind, empathetic, consoling, and hopeful when he spoke with her while holding her hand. The goodness of the man who has experienced so much personal tragedy shined through. There was something very uplifting about watching the exchange between the two. Very genuine and memorable.
ReplyDeleteIt reflects on him,not her.personally i haven't heard her views on healthcare,howver he father doesn't have to go bankrupt to pay for his treatment,yet he signs a bill that would prevent others from the same.
DeleteThe tax scam is going to take away cancer treatment for seniors on Medicare so the rich can get richer.
I can understand why people have no sympathy for the McCains.
I have sympathy for anyone dealing with a serious, terminal illness. And Joe demonstrated a similar sentiment in the way he consoled Meghan. It doesn’t matter what her political views are, or how rich she is, or what her last name is, etc. She put her emotions out there, and I imagjne that she was very appreciative of Joe’s support.
DeleteThank you 5:20. There are plenty of reasons not to care that McCain will die a dignified death.
DeleteFor those of us who made time and cared to learn about Biden and Obama we were positively affected. People who refuse to listen or know because of partisan stereotypes or the color of skin missed out.
ReplyDeleteThis should make everyone feel better. America is almost LAST in healthcare in developed countries. LAST. Why? good old dotard greed for profit. Yep. And additionally America is LAST in education. Yep. The useful republican idiots sold your healthcare and country to the Russian mob.
ReplyDeleteRussia has universal coverage from what I hear.
DeletePeople who are from there says it's miserable. They made them fight wars for What? Politics? Whose politics? They are not happy campers over there. They don't want to fight with any country. They want to be like free like they have been in America. I told them they are or were.. USSR I teased. I asked them if they can do what we do. Fast no! Wtf?
DeleteThey said too many thieves.
Control and Fear tactics.
So that doesn't sound good.
I said both countries need new management. Fast yes! ;)