The ship is sinking, Senator.
In order for you guys and gals to be informed about Senator McCain, you’d have to dig deep to discover the dirt and the truth. Thankfully, the Rolling Stone is a time-saver. Tim Dickinson (genius that he is)Â wrote a mini-biography of John McCain that could be consumed over a long lunch, all 27 printer-friendly pages of it.
I’m sure that many of you don’t have that kind of time on your hands. Luckily, I do. Read on for a few insights into the senator’s hush-hush break-up with first wife Carol Shepp, his recklessness in the armed forces, and the temper that earned him a nickname “mean little f*cker.”Â
Warning: the article is explicit.
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I love my grandfather. He has worked and struggled all of his life to raise not only his children, but me as well. My parents were unable to provide for me so my grandparents stepped in. However, despite how much I love him for all he has sacrificed for us kids, I can not talk to him. Not really. Our realities seem to be universes apart. Though he has given me great insight into the mind of the conservative republican.
Though he is 73 years old, this will be his first time voting in an election. We both feel that our government, economy and state of affairs have changed for the worst. But it’s why it has gotten worse and the solutions to fixing our problems that we disagree on. In his mind we can trace much of our problems back to Clinton. However, I tend to blame most of our problems on the Bush administration and the false hope in the magical hand of the free-market.
Its as though Democrats and Republicans are each speaking different languages.
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