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“So much of our politics can seem small and mean and petty. Trafficking in bombast and insult, phony controversies and manufactured outrage. It’s a politics that pretends to be brave and tough, but is instead born of fear. John called on us to be bigger than that, to be better than that. Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be, but what will happen in all the other days will depend on what you do today. What better way to honor John McCain than follow his example.” – President Barack Obama, speaking at today’s funeral for Sen. John McCain.
LISTEN UP @realDonaldTrump “Our politics-pub life-pub discourse can seem small-mean-petty. Trafficking in insult & phony controversies—It’s the politics that pretends to be brave & tough but in fact is born of fear—John called on us to be bigger than that” pic.twitter.com/jC5QseUNpz
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 1, 2018
Barack Obama, quoting from ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls,’ McCain’s favorite novel: “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 1, 2018
“He had an ability to see past differences in search for common ground. [And] for all of our differences. For all of the times we sparked. I never tried to hide … the longstanding admiration I had for him,” former President Barack Obama said of John McCain. pic.twitter.com/4JLecDgxVz
— POLITICO (@politico) September 1, 2018