Posted on 02/19/2012 7:16:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Senator John McCain appeared on This Week today from Afghanistan, but before getting onto matters of foreign policy, he weighed in on the Republican contest going on in the United States and continued to speak out forcefully on an issue that has been part of his political identity for over a decade: campaign finance reform. McCain has not been the biggest fan of Super PACs, and McCain today blasted the Supreme Court for its decision in the Citizens United case two years ago.
When Jake Tapper asked McCain about how the GOP’s divisive contest may end up handing the election to President Obama, McCain admitted he was concerned about that possibility, but explained that despite all the negativity in the race, it really boils down to the influence of Super PACs.
“I’ve been in very tough campaigns. I don’t think I’ve seen one that was as personal and as characterized by so many attacks as these are. And, quite frankly, one of the reasons is the Super PACs. And why do we have the Super PACs? Because of the ignorance and naïvete of the United States Supreme Court in the Citizens United campaign.”
Watch the video below, courtesy of ABC:
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This douchebag is so unworthy of his father’s legacy. What a disgrace.
No fool like an old fool. old fool=Mccain
Wonder if he said anything following SOTU when Obama slammed the court.
If any other Senators are anywhere near like him we are in serious trouble.
Cannot understand the voters that keep that senile old buzzard in the senate. LIke the way you worded it...
McCain doesn’t care if Obama is reelected.
Funny thing is, McCain spent more money in one primary race against another Republican (21 million) than he has in all of his general election fights against Democrats put together. And all AFTER his wonderful McCain Feingold was going to get money out of politics.
Senile old bastard.
McCain is a hardcore Vichy Republican who doesn't want to change anything.He and all the Vichy Republicans surrendered to the fascists and are happy to have the trappings of power without any real responsibility in return for their going along with fascist dictates. McCain whined and cried as much as any democrat when Newt forced a balanced budget and welfare changes on the democrat fascists and he's still whining and weeping over why we can't just all get along. We got along with the fascists as the majority for almost eighty where has that led?
McCain and all the Vichy Republicans have to go.
Fixed it.
Dog gone it. We need a like button!
Dog gone it. We need a like button!
Senile imbecile.
Does he impress anyone he doesn’t pay? His pool boy? The Mexican at MacDonalds? He makes Obama sound smart.
Like daughter, like father...
Well, when Juan “Lettuce” McBackStabbingRINO calls you ignorant, you have to know you’re doing something right.
Which George Bush signed, although he claimed he believed it to be unConstitutional, because surely SCOTUS would strike it down. D'oh!
Arguably one of the lamest things W Bush ever did given his rationale for it. The reason presidents have veto power over legislation is so they can exercise Executive Branch authority over what they believe is un-Constitutional. Passing the buck to the SCOTUS in spite of your own convictions is just weakness.
I absolutely agree. There is no valid sentence that begins “I’m signing this unConstitutional bill into law because...”
Nope. It negates the whole purpose of our three branch government as well as the oath to defend the Constitution.
McCain is full of it. This year is no worse than any other election year. Its always rough and tumble and there is always a lot of negative advertising. Look what Dubya did to McCain in SC in 2000. Talk about dirty politics.
If it wasn’t for the Super Pacs Mitt would have run over everyone by now. Juan is all ticked off at the SCOTUS for stepping on his McCain Feingold campaign reform.
He’s helping Barack chip away at the constitution in many other ways, too. Homeland inSecurity is his playground. What a disaster reelecting him to the Senate.
But he told those old people that were afraid of the Marxist not to be afraid—the Marxist was going to make a fine president.
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