SPECIAL TV BONUS! 13 Quotes ABOUT John McCainPosted on 07/03/2008 9:40:20 AM PDT by mondoreb
SPECIAL TV BONUS! 13 Quotes ABOUT John McCain
John McCain doesn't even to pretend to like conservatives--unless there's an election going on.
This all may be confusing to some readers: is he or isn't he?
So here are 36 John McCain Quotes, plus 13 bonus quotes about McCain--to enable the reader to make up his own mind.
"No, I'm calling you a f*cking jerk." --to fellow GOP Senator Chuck Grassley, when Grassley asked "Are you calling me stupid?", 2/21/00
“We give the millionaire a $2,000 refund. Gov. Bush gives him $50,000.” —-On the Bush tax cuts, Jan. 27, 2000.
On a trip to Alaska, I heard about a national park visitor's center that was built to offer a picture-perfect view of a large glacier. Problem is, the glacier is gone. A work of nature that took ages to form had melted away in a matter of decades." --May 12 2008
"Dishonest and dishonorable." --on the Swift Boats Vets
"As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate." --on ex-senator Chaffee
"I will conduct a respectful debate. Now, it will be dispirited -- it will be spirited -- because there are stark differences. I am a proud conservative, liberal Republica-- conservative Republican...Hello? Easy there." --Feb. 28 2008
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I think I am in before the ZOT !
Huh? Bush wasn't even the president on Jan 27, 2000. And in Texas we have no state income tax.
That quote needs some 'splaining!
I didn’t get past the pope picture. What is that supposed to mean?
I’m not sure what your angle is here. Your post, with the caption of McCain repulses me. I think you live in a fantasyland. Go vote for Obama.
I might wish so.
But, more likely, the rest of the troop will be filing in any second now. :-)
Welcome to FR...The Exit door is to the left!
It’s the trouble with quotes. They are taken out of context.
Go McCain for a big win!
No, he’s not a conservative.
I swore I wouldn’t vote for him if he was the last man on earth.
The problem is, I want Petraeus to finish his work. McCain seems to be the only game in town if I want to keep Petraeus on the job.
If Obama would embrace Petraeus on a public stage, I would gladly sit this one out. McCain and the Repubs who backed his candidacy deserve a resounding loss to Obama. The problem is, I don’t deserve it. So I’ll vote for and hope for a McCain victory in order to avoid a disaster on the war-front, and I’ll prepare for 4 long years of battling McCain to keep him from giving away the farm. He will try to give away the farm, thats his history. Its who he is.
And how conservative is obama?
They were facing off in a campaign, if I recall.
There is at least one good thing about John McCain that by itself is reason to vote for him in November: he isn’t Barack Obama.
Well it had to be a hypothetical becasue the quote makes no sense whatsoever. And if it's a hypothetical then it's a useless quote.
The problem is that neither Obama nor McCain are conservative.
Highlights from the list:
“In the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade”
–John McCain, on Roe V. Wade
“I believe my party has gone astray. I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy.”
–John McCain in 2004
“The whole thrust of this legislation is to give them not only Social Security benefits but, as importantly, the protections under the law, as they now live in the shadows and are exploited and mistreated in many cases.”
–John McCain, on immigration April 2, 2004
“I would rather have a clean government than one where quote First Amendment rights are being respected, that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I’d rather have the clean government.”
–John McCain, on the choices between respecting the Constitution and Bill of Right and McCain-Feingold 4/29/06
It would be useless only if McCain did not follow that real quote up with even worse ones when Bush pushed through his tax cuts as POTUS
Hi n00b, an R. Paulist or a democrap stealth operative? Your real name wouldn’t be Donna Brazile or Paul Begala would it?
We have to continue with the progress in Iraq and we can't afford Barry's trillions in new spending and tax increases.
I'm sure you can find a thread about that. This one is about McCain and the anti-conservative positions he has previously taken. There is no real conservative, or even moderately conservative candidate in this election.
The quote is useless. And McCain wanted the tax cuts with a stipulation of a spending decrease. So do/did I.
I’ll take this quote as representative:
“The irony is, the only people McCain can count on to vote for him are the very Republicans he despises — at least those of us who can get drunk enough on Election Day to pull the lever for him.”
–Ann Coulter
No, that is not a reason to vote FOR him.
I hope he will be better than a President Obama, but I won’t vote for him any more. Been there, done that and apologized later for my mistake.
Shouldn’t you be checking in with Dr. Ron Paul about now for tomorrow’s marching orders?
No. That was what McCain said when campaigning later. What he said during the time he voted against them was straight Democrat Party class envy talking points.
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Those seem to be honest, factual quotes representing the liberal political philosophy of Sen. John McCain.
It’s better to know now what you are voting for come November, then to say you were never warned.
We have the choice between to candidates McCain and Obama that are that not that far apart politically.
The only plus in McCain’s column is that he served his country honorably and is the lesser of two evils.
We all know the context.
Either way, I am going to have to trust the man when he says that he will not allow to expire the Bush Tax Cuts of 2003 in which the federal income tax rate is much lower than the year 2000 rate that we’d go back to.
There is one other reason to vote for McCain and it’s a big one...the SCOTUS. We KNOW Obama is going to pick more Ruth Buzzi Ginsbergs. We HOPE McCain will be true to his word and select more justices in the vein of Roberts and Scalia.
Our fearless leader Jim Robinson seems to think he’s inevitable, Noobian Princess, and his opinion carries a lot of weight with me so, as tough as it is—I’m going to try to resist taunting McCain and his supporters a 2nd time in the future.
There are two differences we have. I do not trust him at all as he has flip-flopped his positions by audience too much and I don’t drink, so I won’t be getting drunk enough to pull the lever for him in November. They do say the Dims all get prettier at closing time, perhaps that will help him, but I doubt it.
We also have McCain in the last two weeks touting his support for Breyer and Ginsburg. Which time was he lying?
Not voting is a vote.
I’m voting for Conservatives, and writing in on the other lines, including president.
As much as I loathe McCain he might as well be Reagan compared to OsamaObama.
What? In your opinion posting McCain quotes is zot-worthy?
Yeah....the pro-McCain censorship brigade strikes again!
I believe the opposite is true. The one issue facing the U.S. that cannot be reversed by any future action is amnesty. 25+ million poor, uneducated, government dependents will swell the ranks of Democrat voters to such a degree that Republicans will have little chance in any future national election. We will be governed by one socialist party. If Obama is elected there is at least a chance that enough Republicans in the Senate will stop an amnesty bill. Republicans seem to do best in opposition. If McCain is elected, he will support full amnesty, as he always has, and Republican Senators will not stand up against "their" president to stop it.
I can see both sides, but this is the scenario I think is most likely.
They forget, they think this is a RINO McCain site, the Conservative outlook and principle issue is a bad thing
McCain is the rino that defeated the Republican majority and you’re supporting him?
That would also imply that you’re against a Republican majority, too.
What do you call those who are supposedly on your team who support your opponents?
Bullcrap. McCain played the class envy card 100%.
I agree, your comment echoes my own views.
McCain is NO conservative: he is a Republican.
I also swore I’d sit the election out (the first time in my life), if McCain was nominated.
However, I will probably pull the lever for him—if I can keep from gagging.
Obama has absolutely nothing to do with what McCain will accomplish for conservatives as president.
I appreciate the fear of Obama—a search will indicate I’ve done something like 70 anti-Obama stories—but fear of Obama won’t make me be a cheerleader for someone who despises conservatives.
I don’t know who decided to use a photo of McCain dressed as the Pope but that is very offensive to me as a Catholic! I wish some would get over themselves and realize that with the attitude the country has right now that there is zero chance that a real conservative could win.
Pissant, I ain’t happy about McCain either. It just outright sux! But I have some damn fine Conservative Senators and Congressman who need a Republican in the White House and that doesn’t leave me any option come this election.
“What do you call those who are supposedly on your team who support your opponents?”
I call them disgruntled Ron Paul supporters who want Obama to win because they like his BAF foreign policy views and are angry that their guy did do well in the GOP primaries.
That's what poster 'pissant' said too. I'll go with that answer.
McCain voted to confirm Roberts and Alito. How’d Obama vote?
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