http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/johnmccain/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:33:52 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283452/posts The worst thing is that it gives this long, tedious, very poorly written hatchet job publicity it doesn't deserve. At about 9000 words, it's almost a chapter in a book. The piece is full of unsupported accusations, digs by unnamed sources, as well as leaps made frankly out of the clear blue sky. The first paragraph is a sign of things to come. Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics, with a lucrative book contract for her story. But what Alaska’s charismatic governor wants the public to know about... The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283452/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:33:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282995/posts My Friend, As I travel around Arizona, I am always humbled by the dedicated men and women I meet in my home state. I am so honored to serve as one of Arizona's Senators and I want you to know that together, we have accomplished a great deal. We are taking positive steps toward economic reform and we are preparing for a vigorous debate on healthcare in the Senate. But there is still more to accomplish on issues like healthcare reform, national security and earmark reform and that is why I want to continue my service to our country as... John@JohnMcCain.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282995/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 03:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282353/posts The NY Daily News is promoting the August edition of Vanity Fair, in which a vicious hit piece full of lies, distortions and innuendo savagely attacks everything about Sarah Palin, not the least of which is her character. The load of garbage disguised as an article was written by the liberal magazine's national editor Todd Purdam. If you don't know where he's coming from, consider that Purdam formerly worked for the New York Times, the newspaper of the Democrat Party's liberal wing.  He is married to Dee Dee Myers, who was Bill Clinton's White House press secretary from 1993 to 1994.... Texas for Sarah Palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282353/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279981/posts With all of the hold-handing between the Media and the President, I sometimes wonder what would be in the news if Obama wasn't. Here's what I think: Senator Obama takes tough stance on Health Care, votes "Present" Unemployment Explodes to 8% Iran Crushes Opposition, President McCain Blindly Says They are "Bad" "Vice President Palin Builds Giant Tower on top of Home in Alaska, States that she can see Mexico from her House" JiP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279981/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:48:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278447/posts North Korea has accused the United States of trying to “provoke a second Korean War” and says they would perceive interception of the North Korean ship, the Kang Nam, which U.S. officials believe to be carrying illegal weapons, as a declaration of war. The U.S.S John McCain has been following the ship since last week. A dispatch from the Korean Central News agency said, “If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all.” The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278447/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:51:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277485/posts Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who over the weekend said he'd like to see the president speak out stronger. Then, on the Senate floor today speaking in stronger terms than Democrat President Barack Obama about the Tehran government's violent reaction to protests of the recent election that allegedly reinstated the existing regime. The obviously angry McCain, Obama's GOP opponent in last year's presidential election, cites the tragic death of an Iran female protester called Neda whose name has suddenly become known globally as she was shot in Tehran and died in the street, bleeding profusely, on a now viral and... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277485/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:45:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276334/posts AP: Sen. John McCain says his opponent in last year's presidential campaign, Barack Obama, has "done well" in his first five months in the White House.The Arizona Republican says that using a legislative scorecard to judge the presidency so far, Obama has achieved all his legislative goals. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276334/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:31:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272816/posts Sen. John McCain tells the Washington Times he is sure the Iranian elections were rigged. McCain said we should "condemn" the Iranians for that. Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272816/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:53:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271666/posts June 14, 2009Obama's Other Controversial ChurchBy Andrew Walden "This is a guy (former Weatherman terror-bomber Bill Ayers) who lives in my neighborhood ... the notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago - when I was 8 years old - somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense." -- Barack Obama on the Campaign trail, 2008 As President Obama prepared to commemorate D-Day, the Associated Press dug up old details and photos to write a warm fuzzy story about the WW2 service record of Obama's maternal grandfather... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271666/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:06:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270785/posts In what a U.S. military official calls an "inadvertent encounter," a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being towed by the destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday. The array was damaged, but the sub and the ship did not collide, the official said. A sonar array is a radar towed behind a ship that listens and locates underwater sounds. The incident occurred near Subic Bay off the coast of the Philippines. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270785/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270780/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese submarine accidentally collided with an underwater sonar array being towed by a U.S. military ship, CNN reported on Friday, quoting an unnamed military official. The incident occurred on Thursday near Subic Bay off the coast of the Philippines, according to the CNN report. The destroyer USS John McCain was reportedly towing the array, deployed to track underwater sounds. Reuter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270780/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:12:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261783/posts We are bombarded daily by Obamaites claiming that this problem or that problem was inherited by them, as they try to blame Bush for all their miscues, and whenever it is pointed out that the housing and credit crash was mainly the result of THEIR policies, they howl and point fingers. Yes there was greed and fraud and insufficient regulation involved in this calamity that has affected all of us, but the main blame for the existence of sub-prime mortgages falls squarely in the laps of liberal Democrats, as this video makes clear: From Sea to Shining Sea http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261783/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 22:12:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255870/posts SNIP (McCain) was in high spirits, and we talked for a while about the Obama Administration's embrace of realpolitik, Pakistan, Iran, the whole nine yards. But first I asked him about Dick Cheney and his defense of Bush Administration torture policies. He told me of his fundamental disagreement with Cheney: "When you have a majority of Americans, seventy-something percent, saying we shouldn't torture, then I'm not sure it helps for the Vice President to go out and continue to espouse that position," he said. "But look, he's free to talk. He's a former Vice President of the United States. I... The Atlantic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255870/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 23:02:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2255073/posts Unless social conservatives were responsible for Sen. John McCain getting the nomination instead of a Washington outsider like Gov. Mike Huckabee or Gov. Mitt Romney, they were not responsible for the GOP loss of the presidency. McCain lost because he had the disadvantage of being a Senator and a member of the incumbents party when the economy was going the wrong way. It was natural for voters to think McCain would continue Bush's economic policies. An outsider might have been able to avoid being held responsible for the economy, particularly running against an incumbent Senator. A Republican governor could have... Town Hall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2255073/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 23:24:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253248/posts So, given the state of the party today, how much credence do we give advice coming from a "close" (former) adviser to Senator John McCain? The Republican strategist who helped Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman prepare for a possible presidential run says the Republican party is in for a devastating defeat if its guiding lights are Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney. "If it's 2012 and our party is defined by Palin and Limbaugh and Cheney, then we're headed for a blowout," says strategist John Weaver, who advised Huntsman and was for years a close adviser to Sen. John McCain.... Bob Parks: Black & Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253248/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 16:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2249041/posts Arizona Republican voters don’t see Senator John McCain having much trouble winning the GOP Senate Primary next year, but 50% believe he has lost touch with his party’s base. Conservatives are even more critical of the longtime incumbent. Forty-three percent (43%) of Arizona Republican voters offer a more positive assessment and say McCain has done a good job representing GOP values, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. Nationally, 69% of GOP voters believe that Republicans in Congress are out of touch with the party’s base. A recent analysis by Scott Rasmussen suggested that the Beltway... Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2249041/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 04:25:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234437/posts It used to just be Democrats who had no use for their losers (see Carter, Jimmy), but evidently some Republicans like that idea, too. Chris Simcox, founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, is challenging John McCain in the GOP Senate primary next year. Not that this is particularly surprising. The Arizona GOP didn't even back McCain in the GOP presidential primary last year. While McCain certainly has an appeal to moderates and independents like me, working across the aisle on immigration and campaign finance reform, he is a conservative. He's been a vocal critic of President Obama on the... The Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234437/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:21:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231314/posts Some of the thousands of people who were at the tea parties Wednesday probably voted for Obama because of the deceptions of his campaign and also because they saw little difference between him and Senator McCain. The fact that in mid-September a secret group started a massive run on bank money-market deposits that would have crashed our banking system if it were not stopped did not help McCain either. Let’s face it, Senator McCain is not a conservative. The one thing that came through loud and clear Wednesday was that Tea Party protesters want a return to conservative values in... From Sea to Shining Sea http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231314/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:52:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228564/posts Q: What do these four things have in common? Aliens from Outer Space Abominable Snowman Boogeyman in the Closet Barack Obama's Certification of Live Birth A: All of them are imaginary!   People say that Obama released a genuine copy of his actual Certification of Live Birth. He never did, and they are mistaken, misinformed, or misleading others if they do. People say that Hawaii confirmed this copy to be Obama's actual Certification of Live Birth. Hawaii never confirmed a request for, nor the printing of, this Certification of Live Birth. People say that Factcheck verified this image as... The Greater Evil http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228564/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2221592/posts I'm sorry if this is off-topic, but I'm finishing a documentary on the sinking of the USS Princeton (CVL-23) during the battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. John S. "Slew" McCain, John McCain's grandfather, was instrumental in the idea of Independence-class light carriers and I have a spoken voiceover from a report he wrote in 1939. However, I can't find any sound film of him (he died a few days after the signing of the Japanese surrender in September 1945.) He was from Mississippi. Anybody know what he sounded like? I'm looking for a voiceover actor and the WWII... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2221592/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217271/posts Politico is apparently hatching up some story about "wounded" McCain staffers who were Palin "loyalists" and are upset by her innocent joke about praying with her seven-year-old daughter before the vice presidential debate. I don't buy it myself. No one with half a brain would be offended by that cute little anecdote from Palin's Lincoln Day speech -- certainly not a self-proclaimed Palin "loyalist." In fact, I predict that next week Jim Geraghty will call up Randy Scheunemann and Steve Biegun and get them on the record saying that they don't feel slighted in the least. (And those are the... Washington Times via C4P http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217271/posts#comment Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:57:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204808/posts Meghan McCain, daughter of John, has written a column critical of Ann Coulter. Tonight she appeared on Rachel Maddow’s show to discuss the column and her efforts to push the Republican party in a more moderate direction. I don’t want to be too critical of Meghan. She’s 24, seems sincere and likable, and has the moxie to put herself out there. So let me offer a constructive suggestion: instead of telling us what you don’t like about Republicans, tell us what you do. Meghan did say that she loves the Republican party. But why? If Republicans are going to listen... FinkelBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2204808/posts#comment Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:41:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202373/posts Here is video of Sen. John McCain yesterday on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, where he said the best thing would be to allow General Motors to go into Chapter 11 Bankruptcy where it could reorganize and come out with a different union contract and a become a viable company. He talks about GM at the 8:00 remaining mark of the video. McCain also opened the discussion by saying President Obama should veto the Omnibus Spending Bill before the Senate right now, that has 9,000 earmarks in it, something Obama pledged to do during the campaign. McCain was asked... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2202373/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201403/posts U.S. Senate at deadlock over earmarks for Weslaco agricultural center, others No one knows yet what causes the bees to disappear. One day the beehive is humming along; the next day the bees are just gone. Pesticides, bee diet and environmental stresses are factors believed to contribute to what's known as "colony collapse disorder," said Sandy Miller Hays, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief research agency. Bees are used to pollinate much of the nation's crops, she said, and yet questions persist about the phenomenon. Scientists are investigating bee disappearance and related topics at Weslaco's Kika de... The McAllen Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201403/posts#comment Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:20:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197692/posts Yo Smerc: who’s “we”? You voted for Barack Obama . . . But let’s leave aside Michael Smerconish’s presidential preferences and focus on the substance of his remarks. On this evening’s Hardball, Smerconish claimed that Republicans need to “dilute the influence of the conservatives in the Republican presidential nominating process, because we are nominating people who can’t get elected.” Smerconish was responding to a clip of Rush Limbaugh calling on RNC Chairman Michael Steele to do just the opposite, and do something “about our open primary system and fixing it so that Democrats do not nominate our candidates.” If you... FinkelBlog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2197692/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 00:18:54 GMT