Arizona Republican Assembly Votes Unanimously to Censure Senator McCain

Arizona Conservative ^ | 11 June 2005 | Dennis Durband

[wardaddy]

McCain is really at the end of it all....a bitch.

[kerryusama04]

There is a compelling "traitor" argument to be made against someone who takes an oath to the Constitution then breaks it by infringing on the first ammenemdment and also for one in such a position of Federal power to actively advocate legitimizing an invasion of the country he has vowed to protect.

John McAin sure was a hero and a patriot in Vietnam just like Al Bundy scored 4 touchdowns in one game in High School.

[Spiff]

I understand your point, but it is not the point of the article nor this thread. The article DOES NOT use the word traitor. I'm not even sure why you brought the word traitor up in this thread.

[bill1952]

True.

I didn't write the article, but if I had my characterizations would be less PC and more precise.

Still, the intent of the author is clear.

[Tall_Texan]

I like to see that at least some people in Arizona are speaking up. The next thing is to find a suitable primary opponent for his next campaign.

[Txsleuth]

I agree with you assessment of the treason or traitor--even though the word traitor IS used in the context of being "a traitor to the party"..that kind of thing...

There are a lot of phrases and words that have been used wrongly for years, which, like you said, tends to diminish the real meaning and use of them when really necessary...

I am always upset whenever I hear a politician pronounce that there is a "separation of church/state" in the Constitution, which there isn't, but it has been said so many times that it has become "fact" in our conversations...

I agree with the use of the words....I heartily disagree with everything that John McCain is doing...

[burzum]

Probably because of the keywords listed: TRAITOR and BENEDICTARNOLD.

[television is just wrong]

People go brain dead when to walk into that voting booth

[Goodgirlinred]

I agree. He is not a traitor. Political hack, maybe. Traitor, absolutely not.

[mowkeka]

Can someone tell me what this censure means in practicality? Or is it just a symbolic move?
I heard Chris Matthews today gushing over the possibility of a Hillary versus McCain matchup in 2008. If it's Senator Clinton versus McCain, then Democrats have two really good options for president. I'll support a pro-choice nominee before I support Senator McCain.

[bill1952]

And mine adds: traitor trai·tor [ tráytər ] (plural trai·tors) noun betrayer: somebody who behaves in a disloyal or treacherous manner [13th century. Via Old French from Latin traditor “betrayer,” from tradere Note that there is no mention of country.

[moog]

That is not debatable. however, being out for one's self does not make you a traitor....

True, many politicians from BOTH parties fit that bill nowadays.

[wardaddy]

It ALMOST sounds like the French REvolution

McMaratiac?

[Just mythoughts]

"It ALMOST sounds like the French REvolution and Robespierre on FR sometimes...."


NOT even close, McCain took an oath to uphold the Constitution and since the day he entered political office he has been AWOL in honoring that oath.

He claims to be a man of 'straight talk', well time has come to have a bit of actual 'straight talk' about one who is completely obsessed with himself. One cannot serve the Constitution which is what separates US from all other nations of this earth and be obsessed with self.

The subject is not his military service that ended a lifetime ago. The subject is his service as an elected official which holds the same elevation as military service.

Yes I know the fickle voters of Arizona returned him to his high estate, however, this 'speech god' will not control my speech about his arrogance upon that high pinnacle he has elevated himself.

[moog]

Does McCain give two %*#^ on what the ARA does?

Probably not. The ARA sounds too much like a liberal acronym to me. I wonder why. I'm not saying they sound liberal, just the acronym.

[burzum]

How convenient. Now you can use it on anyone. You've fixed the problem!

Sadly, you missed my point completely. When you call someone a traitor it should actually mean something.

[Patriotic Bostonian]

John McCrazy would stab his mother in the back if it helped him. He is a traitor! End of discussion.

[Nyboe]

I could care less what JM did 40 years ago in nam.

He's a horses ass now, and that's all that matters.

[6SJ7]

When the media calls McCain a 'maverick' it means he is a conformist (liberal). When the media calls someone a reactionary, it means that person is the real outsider/maverick/reformer. Like any good Marxists, the liberal media has warped and reversed the meaning of many words for their own ends.

[bill1952]

Sorry that a verbatim copy of the word and it's etymology, from a dictionary so upset your use of the definition to prove your point.