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'This is what we call A-W-O-L': John McCain blasts Obama for going to fundraiser rather….
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | July 18, 2014 | FRANCESCA CHAMBERS and DAVID MARTOSKO

Posted on 07/18/2014 11:51:47 AM PDT by Steelfish

'This is what we call A-W-O-L': John McCain blasts Obama for going to fundraiser rather than showing leadership over MH17 tragedy GOP Senator said only places in the world that are more tranquil because of Obama are those that have fundraisers Came after President was criticised for giving just 40-seconds of 16-minute transportation speech to the crash

By FRANCESCA CHAMBERS and DAVID MARTOSKO 18 July 2014

U.S. Senator John McCain has blasted President Barack Obama for going 'A-W-O-L' and utterly failing to show leadership in the wake of the attack on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in which 298 were killed yesterday.

Instead of heading back to Washington to discuss the crash with his national security team and address the global consequences of the possibility that it was caused by a missile attack launched by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, Obama traveled to New York City.

He went to New York hours after devoting just 40 seconds to the tragedy at the beginning of a jokey 16-minute speech on transportation in Delaware. 'I don't understand this president ... this is what we used to call in the military A-W-O-L,' McCain told Fox News. 'There's a direct loss of American lives here and the president goes to a fundraiser? Help me out.' There has been no confirmation of any U.S. citizens losing their lives in the crash, but a Reuters report filed yesterday amid the confusion claimed that 23 Americans had died.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 07/18/2014 11:51:47 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Too bad you didn’t run a competent campaign in 2008, John.


2 posted on 07/18/2014 11:52:31 AM PDT by Campion
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To: Steelfish

But...but...I thought we had nothing to fear from an Obama presidency!


3 posted on 07/18/2014 11:53:56 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Steelfish

McCain would have started a war by now.


4 posted on 07/18/2014 11:55:03 AM PDT by McGruff (If you are foul mouthed troll don't expect a reply to your rants.)
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To: Steelfish

John that is nice to say, now how about you also strongly supporting your Vice Presidential candidate?

Hmm?

Just a suggestion.


5 posted on 07/18/2014 11:55:55 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2013)
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To: Steelfish

A-H-O-L-E knows A-W-O-L when he sees it.


6 posted on 07/18/2014 11:58:30 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Campion

I have to wonder if McCain’s “Job” in the Obama administration is to make people think “I am so glad Obama got elected instead of this warmongering nutcase”.....

Kinda like how Joe Biden’s job is an insurance policy for Obama.


7 posted on 07/18/2014 11:59:28 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: Steelfish

I sleep better when BHO is AWOL.

I worry when he’s at the helm and busy at his desk.


8 posted on 07/18/2014 12:00:48 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Steelfish

didn’t even read the article, just wanted to say STFUJM!!!!


9 posted on 07/18/2014 12:02:17 PM PDT by ronniesgal (Good Grief.)
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To: Steelfish

The next time B.O. shows any real leadership will coincide with the first time he has shown any.


10 posted on 07/18/2014 12:08:26 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: Steelfish

If there is anyone who knows anything about being “shot down”... it’s John McCain... both politically and professionally. Call him Mr. Experience.


11 posted on 07/18/2014 12:12:48 PM PDT by Mashood
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To: Steelfish

Too bad Soros paid McCain to throw the 2008 election.


12 posted on 07/18/2014 12:16:32 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Tell me about it. Barrys response would be “Do you guys need more missiles?”


13 posted on 07/18/2014 12:23:04 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: Steelfish

STFU, JM. Even when you’re right you don’t help the situation. Everyone, right and left, knows you’re just an opportunistic old wind bag.


14 posted on 07/18/2014 12:23:09 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: Steelfish
If one were to see Mister McCain's calendar, it might read something like...

"Pretend to be a Republican today."

.

Don't worry, he'll be "reaching across that aisle" again, very soon.

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15 posted on 07/18/2014 12:28:40 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Steelfish
John McCain takes time out from his amnesty treason schemes to criticize his fellow open-border traitor.
16 posted on 07/18/2014 12:41:05 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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To: Steelfish
Hm, good ironic Kabuki here: John McCain lecturing someone on acting properly…
17 posted on 07/18/2014 12:48:45 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

Problem is BHO is not the one pulling the levers. Even when he is at his desk he is just surfing ESPN waiting until he has another prepared statement to read to us.


18 posted on 07/18/2014 1:01:43 PM PDT by Max_850
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To: LyinLibs
Yeah, didn't McCain "suspend" his campaign and forbid anyone to speak of Jeremiah Wright, Frank Davis, Birth Certificates, Inexoerience, etc etc?

What - McCain has turned on the Bear? What gives?

19 posted on 07/18/2014 1:10:13 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: Steelfish

Actually, the less Obama does, the better off we all are.


20 posted on 07/18/2014 1:54:20 PM PDT by marron
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