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Feud between John McCain and Rand Paul worsens after NSA reform fiasco
The Guardian ^
| 23 May 2015
| Ben Jacobs
Posted on 05/24/2015 5:22:49 AM PDT by McGruff
The feud between John McCain and Rand Paul worsened on Saturday morning after the presidential candidate successfully held up a temporary extension of controversial provisions of the Patriot Act.
McCain, a leading GOP hawk and Paul, the leader of his partys libertarian wing, have never exactly seen eye to eye. But the relationship became even more toxic after Paul successfully blocked the Senate from extending NSA surveillance programs for even one additional day.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: mccain; nsabill; randpaul; surveillance
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The Arizona Republican went on to suggest that Pauls filibuster of over 10 hours on Wednesday was simply a fundraising ruse while also casting veiled barbs at Texas Republican Ted Cruz as well.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:22:49 AM PDT
by
McGruff
To: more
Theres a new breed in the Senate, McCain mourned. Some time ago senators would try to sit down and work things out and obviously these individuals dont believe in that, and Im sure its a great revenue raiser.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:24:04 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
To: McGruff
A fight between too little and too much.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:25:41 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
To: McGruff
Yeah, cuz without the patriot act and the NSA, how is McCain supposed to dig up dirt on his primary opponents and stay in the Senate??
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:26:51 AM PDT
by
cotton1706
(ThisRepublic.net)
To: McGruff
McCain is a “GOP hawk”?
That, here, is a euphemism for founder of ISIS?
for weaponizer of al Qaeda (”rebels”)?
and for assistant of slavers, rapists and crucifiers?
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:26:55 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
To: McGruff
GOP hawk.....hmmm....hawk. How exactly is a “loon” a “hawk?”
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:30:43 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Diogenesis
I generally dont think of Hawks as a subset of Wacko Birds, but in this case it seems to be true.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:31:01 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: McGruff
How about the two of them settle this with a chainsaw cage fight?
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:34:20 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: McGruff
Now way a Paul supporter but I’ll give him his due on this. Always nice to see McCain lose LOL.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:34:49 AM PDT
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: All
This is not the first tussle between the two.
McCain has previously suggested that Paul is a whacko bird
while Paul has accused McCain of being a lapdog for Obama.
I'm a uniter not a divider, how dare you attack me.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:38:37 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
To: McGruff
Theres a new breed in the Senate...
Really? I’d love to have an account of some of the early Senate sessions.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:39:40 AM PDT
by
Excellence
(Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
To: All
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:42:39 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(What did Hillary know and when did she know it?)
To: McGruff
To: McGruff
Juan McPain ...... Best tool the democrats could have ever hoped for......
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:48:07 AM PDT
by
Squantos
( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
To: Squantos
Just about anyone who’s been in Congress for more than 12 years is part of the problem.
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:50:40 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote is going to Cruz.)
To: McGruff
——Paul has accused McCain of being a lapdog for Obama.——
Too bad the GOPe will put some stiff up against McCain in the primary to promote his conservative creds...
When in real life McCain is a lapdog for Obama...
McCain was Obama water boy for setting up ISIL..
Any candidate with a spine would pin that accusation on him daily...
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:52:44 AM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: McGruff
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posted on
05/24/2015 5:56:51 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
To: cripplecreek
I don’t like either of them, but the nasty traitor from Arizona is the worst.
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posted on
05/24/2015 6:00:47 AM PDT
by
Tzfat
To: McGruff
Maverick the flying idiot speaks more harshly of republicans than he ever did about Obama.
Out of all the candidates for president mentioned so far, I believe McCain would prefer Hillary. I honestly believe that. They are friends.
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posted on
05/24/2015 6:03:46 AM PDT
by
boycott
To: McGruff
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posted on
05/24/2015 6:06:26 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Lefty reporters doing battle with Sen. Cruz will continue to be chewed-up and spit-out.)
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