The mainstream media don't like John McCain. They don't respect John McCain, either. The recent torrent of articles gushing about John McCain's honor, patriotism, civility, and amenability have nothing whatsoever to do with the man and everything to do with his adversary in the White House. For the mainstream media, there is no such thing as simply reporting the news. Everything the press does, down to every measly word it chooses, is to advance its leftist agenda, whether ordinary people know it or not.
For every fleeting second of the last two years, the lying press has been on a berserk crusade to sink Donald Trump. Donald Trump's very existence is an affront to the left's core Marxist values. He is therefore a threat not only to their rule, but to the legitimacy of their rule over the American people, indeed all Western peoples. Every single article, down to every single idea, every half-truth, every omission, every editorial decision made, every single thing the mainstream media publishes or has published, carries with it either an implicit or an explicit dig at the president, at his values, and at his policies. Why should we think the press's recent obsession with John McCain's demise is at all different?
Granted, neocons are less disfavored by the cultural Marxist power structure, but less disfavored is still disfavored. What's more, McCain has been good for corporate America's bottom line, especially those highly parasitic, gigantic corporations connected to the military industrial complex, and there is no doubting that the corporate-owned press takes to that kind of thing. McCain's implacable moderacy is also something strongly appreciated by the left-wing U.S. power structure and press. The U.S. power structure doesn't much like real opponents of or real opposition to its cultural Marxist agenda.
With that said, the press still does not really like or respect John McCain, despite its current protestations to the contrary. While McCain was running for president, the selfsame mainstream media, now burnishing busts of the man, accused him of racism and white supremacy and every other evil imaginable. If McCain were a mere American citizen rather than a Washington power player, labels such as these would render him quite deserving of and very much susceptible to being viciously assaulted in the streets by roving mobs of neo-Bolsheviks (Antifa). Today, on the other hand, McCain's character and legacy are both unimpeachable, according to those same mainstream media. Odd how quickly the media's tune changes when they have an agenda to advance.
Now, I never agreed with much of what Donald Trump said about John McCain and wasn't inclined to pay too much attention to their long-running catfight. On numerous occasions, both men have shown themselves inclined to both vanity and pettiness. And while I never personally liked John McCain in the same way I like Donald Trump, I don't dispute for a second that he served in the U.S. military with honor and distinction. McCain was, without question, a brave and decent man.
Nevertheless, anyone who believes that the U.S. power structure cares about John McCain, or his integrity, or his legacy, or his accomplishments, is beyond deluded. The flood of news articles worshiping the man, even a full week after his death, doesn't reflect a genuine veneration, even if we might want it to. Worshiping John McCain is not about worshiping John McCain; rather, it is an indirect way to undermine Donald Trump and his presidency. As far as the press is concerned, the better John McCain looks, the more impressive his record and his life, the worse his arch-nemesis, Donald Trump, looks in the eyes of the public. In other words, the bigger John McCain's death is made to be, the smaller Donald Trump's deeds become.
There are plenty of good, morally unadulterated reasons to pay homage to John McCain and his life. However, the depressing reality is that the mainstream media rarely have good, morally unadulterated reasons for anything they do.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/whats_really_behind_the_msms_mccainworship.html
McCain's record in Congress: Not great
During his thirty years in Congress as a representative and senator, John McCain sponsored about 773 bills. Seventeen were passed into law. The most notable bills he sponsored are the Climate Stewardship Act, with Joe Lieberman, which failed to pass; the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also known as McCain-Feingold; and the Detainee Treatment Act. Both of the last two passed.
George W. Bush believed that parts of McCain-Feingold, which restricted free speech, was unconstitutional, but he signed it, saying the Supreme Court would resolve the issues.
Bush did not uphold his duty to protect the Constitution.
The Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC found key parts of McCain-Feingold unconstitutional because it restricts free speech.
McCain's other accomplishments as a "maverick" are that he voted against the Bush 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and voted against the Trump repeal of Obamacare.
McCain also was a sponsor with Ted Kennedy of the 2007 McCain-Kennedy "Comprehensive Immigration Bill," which failed to pass after the Republican base revolted against it.
McCain styled himself as a "maverick," but his record as a maverick was to oppose Republicans. This endeared him to the Dems and media, except in 2008, when McCain ran against Obama.
McCain used his record as a POW to launch his political career, and he used it throughout his political career.
McCain's record does not show any significant legislation for conservative causes, nor as a leader to unite Republicans against Democrats. He saw himself as "reaching across the aisle," which meant sponsoring bills with Teddy Kennedy and Russ Feingold that furthered the agenda of Democrats.
McCain's final thumb in the eye to conservatives was to have Joe Biden give his eulogy. Biden led the attack to destroy Justice Clarence Thomas. Biden also joined with McCain's pal, Teddy Kennedy, to destroy Judge Robert Bork. Both Biden and Teddy Kennedy defamed Justice Thomas with vicious, unfounded personal attacks. McCain's other thumb in the eye was his "thumbs down" on voting against repeal of Obamacare.
McCain had Feingold, Sheldon Whitehouse, Gary Hart, Warren Beatty, and Michael Bloomberg as pallbearers. Not one of them voted for McCain in 2008.
John Kerry offered the V.P. slot to McCain in 2004.
McCain should have been honest and run as Democrat. He was more comfortable working with the likes of Teddy Kennedy, Russ Feingold, Joe Biden, and John Kerry than with Republicans, especially conservatives.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/mccains_record_in_congress_not_great.html
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