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Sen. John McCain Hammers President Obama For Failure to Keep Earmark Reform Pledge - Video 3/2/09
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | March 3, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 03/03/2009 6:37:08 AM PST by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of Sen. John McCain hammering President Barack Obama on the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday for his failure to keep his pledge to not sign legislation that contained earmarks. McCain said he is angry about the huge omnibus spending bill that contains 9000 earmarks that Obama supports. Democrats are using the bill to hide thousands of earmarks and pet projects. . . . . (Watch Video)

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: earmarks; mccain; obama

1 posted on 03/03/2009 6:37:09 AM PST by Federalist Patriot
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To: Federalist Patriot

The American people tuned out McCain last fall. Is anyone still listening?


2 posted on 03/03/2009 6:39:26 AM PST by CASchack
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To: CASchack

Not to McCain.

I tuned him out long before last fall.


3 posted on 03/03/2009 6:40:49 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: Federalist Patriot

A little late for the bluff and bluster Juan. Maybe if you’d had some principles to begin with, your words would actually mean something...


4 posted on 03/03/2009 6:41:54 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Te odeo, interfice te cochleare)
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To: Federalist Patriot

McCain can only whine as there is nothing he can really do other than call Obama “you little jerk.”


5 posted on 03/03/2009 6:42:16 AM PST by MAD-AS-HELL (How does one win over terrorists? KILL them with UNKINDNESS)
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To: Federalist Patriot

He should suspend his career and rush back to Arizona then sit on his ass and do nothing...


6 posted on 03/03/2009 6:42:27 AM PST by jessduntno (Barack - Kenyan for "high winds, dark clouds, big thunder, no rain.")
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To: Federalist Patriot

Leave it to John to latch on to an irrelevant gnat and miss the vampire sucking American blood. It’s the spending idiot.


7 posted on 03/03/2009 6:44:18 AM PST by DManA
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To: Federalist Patriot

Juan needs to beat on Specter and the ME twins.


8 posted on 03/03/2009 6:44:22 AM PST by Paladin2 (No, pundits strongly believe that the proper solution is more dilution.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

McCain the McIrrelevant. Nobody is listening, Mr Two Faced Back Stabber.


9 posted on 03/03/2009 6:46:28 AM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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To: CASchack
These are the same people he was pandering to and criticizing us while he did his compromise trick. This is show for his senate election. Sorry after all his backstabbing I don't buy anything the man says.
10 posted on 03/03/2009 6:48:13 AM PST by ontap (Just another backstabbing conservative)
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To: CASchack

Ping to watch later. Thanks for posting.


11 posted on 03/03/2009 6:51:08 AM PST by backwoods-engineer (Proud to be an American, where I least I know I'm free!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Who is running against John McCain? Do we have a good candidate? He is clearly losing his mind. He absolutely wanted Obama to win this election. Now he comes out and acts like he cares. What a lost opportunity that we had...


12 posted on 03/03/2009 7:01:40 AM PST by napscoordinator
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To: CASchack

Earmarks only make up two percent of the federal budget at most. Worrying about earmarks is like straining at a gnat but swallowing a camel (if I have the quote from the Gospels correct).


13 posted on 03/03/2009 7:08:11 AM PST by seatrout (I wouldn't know most "American Idol" winners if I tripped over them!)
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To: MAD-AS-HELL

What the hell is the guy doing in DC when he can get free beer at home?


14 posted on 03/03/2009 7:16:04 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: seatrout

at 410 Bil it seems time to call this crap quits.


15 posted on 03/03/2009 8:43:56 AM PST by snowman1
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To: CASchack

McCain is doing the right thing here. He may not have been our ideal candidate, but I will not criticize him for doing the right thing here.

Frankly, he is doing us a great service by letting his fellow Seantors know that the conspicuous politeness with which they have been treating President Obama is no longer necessary.


16 posted on 03/03/2009 12:21:50 PM PST by gridlock (BTW, Mods... It might be time to add "Barack" and "Obama" to spellcheck)
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