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McCain crosses aisle to stand with Obama
GOP USA/AP ^ | 7/29/2013 | AP Staff

Posted on 07/29/2013 4:19:36 PM PDT by IbJensen

WASHINGTON - There was no conciliatory phone call, no heart-to-heart talk to soothe the tensions. No one knows exactly when President Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain went from bitter rivals in the 2008 presidential campaign and foes over health care and national security to bipartisan partners.

Yet in recent months, an alignment on high-profile domestic issues - not to mention an eye on their respective legacies - has transformed Obama and McCain into Washington's most unexpected odd couple. The Arizona senator is a regular visitor to the West Wing and in near-daily contact with senior White House officials.

McCain, in an Associated Press interview, said that he and Obama "trust each other." White House chief of staff Denis McDonough, among the Obama advisers who speak regularly with McCain, praised the lawmaker as a "refreshing" partner who "welcomes a debate and welcomes action."

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For Obama, the senator has become a rare Republican backer of important elements on the president's second term agenda, including immigration overhaul, stricter background checks for gun buyers, and perhaps a fall budget deal.

In return, McCain has secured increased access to the White House and an opportunity to redeem his reputation as a Capitol Hill "maverick." That image was tainted when McCain tacked to the right during his failed 2008 presidential run against Obama.

"I've told the people of Arizona, I will work with any president if there are ways I can better serve Arizona and the country," McCain said. "That seems to be an old-fashioned notion but it's the case."

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McCain said his stronger ties with the president on domestic issues won't keep him from challenging the president on national security issues..... "He is the president of the United States," McCain said. "You can strongly disagree and still be respectful."

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To: IbJensen

McCain pretends to be conservative right before his re-election, and the low info Arizona Republicans buy into it every damn time. They’re more naive than Charlie Brown.

Thanks Arizona.


81 posted on 07/29/2013 7:18:28 PM PDT by RB156
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To: Fiji Hill

McCain definitely threw the election. Romney didn’t, he REALLY wanted to be president. He was just an awful candidate.


82 posted on 07/29/2013 7:25:48 PM PDT by RB156
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To: IbJensen

John McCain is a collaborator.


83 posted on 07/29/2013 7:30:51 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: LibLieSlayer

LLS, please leave the Forrestal out of your criticism of McCain. It doesn’t help. He is guilty of a lot of things, but there is no question at all of his culpability in the Forrestal accident. He was just in the wrong place there.

He broke both of his arms and one of his legs during ejection with subsequent lousy care, and that accounts for his range of motion limitations.


84 posted on 07/29/2013 7:32:28 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: atc23
"...Like putting the Forrestal out of service for a few months..."

I presume you were just using that as something that seemed like a witty riposte?

85 posted on 07/29/2013 7:36:46 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: IbJensen

Juan is so treacherous that I am convinced someone has evidence of him with children, male or female or both, doing degenerate things. He is a nasty, twisted, malevolent man.


86 posted on 07/29/2013 7:40:33 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: rlmorel

Read EXACTLY what I said about the Forrestal.

“I still am not certain about the Forrestal... the official record points to many failures leading up to that accidental firing of a missile.”

I do not see any statement there that implies guilt or infers fault. I personally am not certain about exactly what happened. That should not upset you.

LLS


87 posted on 07/29/2013 8:05:40 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: IbJensen

Lots of POWs hate his guts. Including Ross Perot’s campaign manager. The obama campaign has been blackmailing him over this for a long time. That’s why in his acceptance speech he said “They broke me.”


88 posted on 07/29/2013 8:31:43 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: IbJensen

I hate McCain.


89 posted on 07/29/2013 8:35:12 PM PDT by JSDude1 (Is John Boehner the Neville Chamberlain of American Politics?)
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To: IbJensen

Be very careful there today. EX-POW Col Day died yesterday and John McCain is who splinted his broken arm and nursed him along. I despise John McCain’s senile sell out politics but be careful


90 posted on 07/29/2013 8:37:10 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Salamander

Mccain’s autobiography is FAITH OF MY FATHERS. obama’s is DREAMS OF MY FATHERS.


91 posted on 07/29/2013 8:41:31 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: LibLieSlayer
I know that he was injured in the crash but I also believe that they worked on him. At least one fellow prisoner said that they did. I cannot remember the man's name but I do believe he was a CMH Award Recipient and he was there with mccain. He had some pretty sobering statements about old john and they were not all all sympathetic or flattering. He was always reckless and somewhat of a renegade. I have always thought that he should have to pay for the four planes that he destroyed. I still am not certain about the Forrestal... the official record points to many failures leading up to that accidental firing of a missile. It is funny how mccain has always been and still is a walking disaster. Everything that he touches seems to become a disaster.

McCain couldn't have cause Forrestal. His plane was spotted {meaning placed on the flighdeck by the Air Dept} at the wrong angle to have cause that. Look up the flightdeck spotting chart for the fire and you'll see why.

93 posted on 07/30/2013 12:01:26 AM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: Dogbert41

Those guys AND the one’s holding his gambling debts.


94 posted on 07/30/2013 12:06:42 AM PDT by snuffy smiff (Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

LLS, I did read your post. You meant it to convey exactly what it did, suspicion of culpability in the Forrestal fire.

You should educate yourself about the Forrestal fire if you aren’t certain, because slyly implying that McCain did have a level of culpability for it does does not do any good to your case our our case that he is a slime-dwelling, bottom-feeding weasel who does not have the best interests of our country at heart.

Saying things that infer (as you clearly did) and outright state (as other posters did) simply makes it easier for McCain supporters and liberals to dismiss our concerns. Which they readily do.

Just saying.


95 posted on 07/30/2013 3:15:24 AM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: elkfersupper

Dittos to that elkfersupper.


96 posted on 07/30/2013 3:40:04 AM PDT by swampthang77
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To: swampthang77

I want to see the Kool-Aid break through the wall and slap McCain with a Slim Jim.


97 posted on 07/30/2013 3:41:02 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: cva66snipe

Please show me where I said anything about mccain being guilty:

“the official record points to many failures leading up to that ACCIDENTAL firing of a missile.”

I still do not know exactly what happened as the official report lists many things including a grounding tether that was left off that might have caused a static discharge, along with other safety features that were turned off to increase the speed at which planes could take off. My point was that mccain is a walking disaster... whether his fault or not... disaster follows this guy like a black cloud.


98 posted on 07/30/2013 4:03:43 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: rlmorel

Pleasse see my post 98. I never stated he was guilty and I referenced an “ACCIDENTAL” firing of the missile. My point was mccain is a disaster... even in things where he was innocent... almost everything the man has been involved with turns out to be a disaster... unless you think mccain hasn’t been a disaster in almost everything that he has done. Even his child is a walking disaster.


99 posted on 07/30/2013 4:09:51 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: IbJensen

He said “notion”. McCain must really like Obama a whole lot to use “notion”, Barry’s dismissive word.

John McCain likes Barack Obama, who publicly praises Ho Chi Minh. Figure that one out.

The both of them are lost.


100 posted on 07/30/2013 6:18:43 AM PDT by ecomcon
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