http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/juanmccain/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:27:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051403/posts After days of all-but whining about the blanket media coverage Barack Obama is getting on his overseas tour, John McCain's campaign this afternoon argued that the press in key swing states is actually focusing on the message it wants to present voters. The Boston Globe - Political Intelligence http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051403/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048265/posts Americans should pick a president they think they can trust. John McCain should pick a running mate he knows he can trust. McCain knows he can trust Lindsey Graham. The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048265/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:09:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046981/posts While some might be undecided on who to vote for this coming Election Day, for others it’s a no-brainer. Although the news media would like us to believe otherwise, there is still an enormous political gap between the Left and the Right. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046981/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:00:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046576/posts Republican presidential candidate John McCain defended his stance on comprehensive immigration reform Tuesday and said that, if elected to the White House in November, he will make the U.S. borders secure within a short period of time. Speaking on CBS’ “Early Show,” McCain said Americans want the confidence that its borders be secured first before supporting a humane and compassionate approach to temporary worker programs and comprehensive immigration reform. “We are moving forward right now with securing our borders,” McCain said. When asked if the daunting task could be accomplished within a two-year period, McCain assured, “It will be secure... NewsMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046576/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:37:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044878/posts Barack Obama takes the podium at the National Council of La Raza/The Race tonight. John McCain will Hispander, as Mickey Kaus puts it so well, tomorrow. It’ll be an open-borders lovefest for Obama, who was championed yesterday at The Race conference by L.A.’s zealous pro-illegal immigration mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa. You’ll recall that Obama is very, very proud to have marched “shoulder to shoulder” with shamnesty activists in the 2006 illegal alien May Day parade. ABI gives him a career grade of D- for his immigration voting record. As I predicted in my column this week, the open-borders radicalism of The... michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044878/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:32:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044276/posts There's a ridiculous myth that RINOs in DC have been spinning about illegal immigration and it goes something like this: Hispanics vote almost entirely based on the illegal immigration issue and if Republicans deliver an amnesty, Hispanics will be so grateful that the percentage of them voting Republican will go from roughly 30% up to 50+%. So, even if we allow 12-20 million mostly uneducated, mostly Hispanic illegal aliens from socialist countries to become Americans and that leads to another 30-40 million (or more) of their relatives becoming U.S. citizens through chain migration, it'll still be a net gain for... townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044276/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:00:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043610/posts WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Healthcare experts are questioning the feasibility of likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain's plan to subsidize high-risk insurance pools. Such state-run, high-risk pools are used by 35 states as stop-gap measures to provide health insurance for about 207,000 people who otherwise cannot obtain coverage from private insurers. In April, McCain, R-Ariz., announced that if elected president he would expand federal support for state high-risk pools or create a structure modeled after them, The Washington Post (NYSE:WPO) reported Wednesday. But skeptics say it would take far more than the $10 billion McCain foresees the program... UPI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043610/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:53:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043584/posts McCain slammed economic adviser Phil Gramm for his “mental recession” and “nation of whiners” comment. He said he didn’t agree with him and even proposed a position in a McCain administration -- ambassador to Belarus, “though I’m not sure the citizens of Minsk would welcome that,” McCain said. “I don’t agree with Sen. Gramm,” McCain said at a news conference this afternoon. “I believe that the person here in Michigan who just lost their job, isn’t suffering from a ‘mental recession.’ The mother here who is trying to get enough money to feed her children, isn’t ‘whining.’” “Phil Gramm doesn’t... MSNBC First Read http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043584/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:54:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043227/posts After careful consideration, I have decided to create a ping list. FReepmail me to join the list if you find it at all interesting. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2043227/posts#comment Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:24:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041985/posts WASHINGTON — If Andrew Jackson created the notion of a president’s “Kitchen Cabinet,” Sen. John McCain is reinventing it months before his possible election to the White House. And Sen. Lindsey Graham seems to be McCain’s one-man Kitchen Cabinet. Graham’s visibility as the Arizona senator’s closest political confidant has risen in recent weeks as the two men crisscross the country and travel abroad on McCain’s presidential quest. The State, Columbia, SC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041985/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:01:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041927/posts Mexico City, Official Residence The Presidency reported that President Felipe Calderón met Arizona Senator John McCain, who will be nominated as the US Republican Presidential Candidate in September, at the official Los Pinos residence today. The President remarked that Mexico trusts the United States will value the priority given to bilateral work on migration, trade, development, regional competitiveness and security as the means for promoting the well-being of both societies. President Calderón confirmed his government’s intention of continuing to collaborate on all issues of common interest, including the prevention of and response to natural disasters and pandemics, food security and... México - Presidencia de la República [Official Press Release] http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041927/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:33:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041196/posts Presumptive Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain told Mexican leaders security at the border is a precondition of immigration reform. McCain ended a visit to Colombia and Mexico Thursday, The Arizona Republic reported. I believe we must have comprehensive immigration reform. The American people want our borders secured first, McCain said at a Mexico City news conference. That will require some walls. It will require virtual fences. It will require high-technology equipment. We must secure our borders, and then we will address the issue of comprehensive immigration reform. McCain was one of the authors of an immigration reform bill that... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041196/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:48:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022122/posts Mr. McCain has launched a Spanish-language Web site, aired TV spots in Spanish emphasizing his military service and, at a Cinco de Mayo event in Phoenix, declared "everything about our Hispanic voters is tailor-made to the Republican message." Gil Cisneros of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Colorado, who is vice chairman of the McCain campaign in the state, said the Arizona senator has a reputation among Hispanics as patriotic, family-oriented and moderate on immigration. He said Mr. McCain's sponsorship of last year's failed legislation to create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants will be a strong selling point. Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022122/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 22:31:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020117/posts First, my friends, a reminder of what was printed right here on January 23, 2008: After spearheading a disastrous, security-undermining illegal alien amnesty bill last year with Teddy Kennedy, “straight-talking” GOP Sen. John McCain claims he has seen the light. In TV appearances, he vows to put immigration enforcement first. On the campaign trail, he offers a perfunctory promise to strengthen border security and emphasizes the need to restore Americans’ trust in their government’s ability to defend the homeland. “I got the message,” he told voters in South Carolina. “We will secure the borders first.” But how can McCain cure... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020117/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 06:46:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018525/posts On the other hand, if John McCain wins, he will institute most of the same policy prescriptions. He will steal your money to fight phantom problems like "global warming." He will do away with tax cuts he opposed in the first place. He will approve federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. He will promote amnesty for illegal aliens. He will sign legislation attacking constitutionally protected political speech. He will nominate judges who will get the easy approval of the Democrats in the Senate. It's really difficult for me to see any substantive difference between McCain and Obama or McCain... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2018525/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 07:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018013/posts Conservatives don’t love John McCain, but unless they’re considering abandoning their cause with Atlas Shrugged proportions, there’s no way in hell they’ll vote for Barack Obama. Sometimes, things have to get worse before they get better. And with that idea in mind, the conservative movement really is America’s crutch. The most specific example is economics, as conservatives constantly preach lower taxes and greater individual freedom. One would think that the Bush tax cuts, which have yielded continued economic growth (yes, our economy is growing, despite the lies you keep hearing), and the burgeoning economy during the Reagan Administration would provide... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018013/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 12:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014662/posts The open-borders media has been AWOL on John McCain’s decision to speak to the radical racialist group, La Raza/The Race in July. He has been allowed to skate on the issue in several recent sit-down interviews. Many of the same pundits who blasted Barack Obama for his ties to the radical racialist Jeremiah Wright have nothing to say about McCain’s longtime association with the shamnesty-pushing, sovereignty-undermining, publicly-subsidized shakedown artists of La Raza/The Race. Not everyone’s looking the other way. Editorial page editor Colin McNickle at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review warned today: “McCain had made significant progress in reaching out to conservatives... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014662/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 05:55:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013373/posts John McCain appeared in the “No-Spin Zone” tonight–and spun, spun, spun his way through a few, scant, superficial questions about immigration. Asked whether he would do anything about illegal alien sanctuary cities, he shrugged off the question by muttering that “of course” he didn’t approve of them (but was silent on taking any proactive measures to cut off their funding). Having dispensed with that, McCain then quickly gave his new slippery, flip-flop formulation about how we need to “secure the borders” AND have “comprehensive immigration enforcement/” “temporary guest work plan” (translation: amnesty) and “deal with the 12 million people already... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013373/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 00:57:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013255/posts Reader Edgar spots a news article in El Universal about McCain Hispanic outreach advisor Juan “bloc, not a nation” Hernandez. He’s hard at work raising money for McCain, most recently for Cinco de Mayo campaign events. And he must be undoubtedly thrilled, of course, with his friend’s decision to speak to their fellow open-borders radicals at La Raza/The Race. Here’s the Spanish version of the article: Amigo de Fox pide dinero para McCainAmigo de Fox pide dinero para McCainJuan Hernández, un antiguo miembro de la administración del presidente Vicente Fox, dedica la mayor parte de su tiempo a recaudar fondos... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013255/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 21:45:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012032/posts CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (CNN) — John McCain the presidential candidate suddenly sounded like the John McCain of 2005 on Monday, touting two pet issues that have generated considerable heartache among grassroots conservatives: the “Gang of 14” compromise and comprehensive immigration reform. McCain brought up the “Gang of 14” saga unprompted at a town hall here, in advance of a major speech on judicial appointments he is set to deliver tomorrow in Winston-Salem. CNN political ticker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012032/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 17:55:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012002/posts I told you yesterday about John McCain’s plans to speak to the National Council of La Raza (The Race) in July. Here are the top 10 reasons he should repudiate the radical open borders, speech-squelching group that he has long embraced: 10. La Raza supports driver’s licenses for illegal aliens. 9. La Raza supports in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students that are not available to law-abiding US citizens and law-abiding legal immigrants. 8. La Raza opposes cooperative immigration enforcement efforts between local, state, and federal authorities. 7. La Raza sponsors militant ethnic nationalist charter schools subsidized by your public... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012002/posts#comment Tue, 6 May 2008 17:01:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011550/posts The John McCain campaign celebrated Cinco de Mayo today by launching a Spanish-language version of its website–and announcing that McCain will speak at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza (that’s “The Race”). The campaign justifies his appearance by framing it as a gesture of inclusiveness and outreach that is “part of his commitment to talking with all Americans.” Yes, they see it as an act of tolerance to legitimize the militantly open-borders, anti-immigration enforcement, ethnic nationalists who call themselves “The Race.” Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011550/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 19:23:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999701/posts For those of you in the Baylor University area, tonight is your chance to ask Juan Hernandez about his radical, open-borders agenda and his role in the McCain campaign. The event is free and open to the public. Bring your video camera: Dr. Juan Hernandez, author of The New American Pioneers, will speak at 6 p.m. Thursday in Kayser Auditorium on Mexican immigration. His lecture will be based on his notes, “Why are We Afraid of Mexican Immigrants?”Hernandez, a member of former Mexican President Vicente Fox’s cabinet, will be the final speaker for The Academy for Leader Development and Civic... Michelle Malkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999701/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:05:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993872/posts Four decades after the Central Intelligence Agency hired thousands of jungle warriors to fight Communists on the western fringes of the Vietnam War, men who say they are veterans of that covert operation are isolated, hungry and periodically hunted by a Laotian Communist government still mistrustful of the men who sided with America. “If I surrender, I will be punished,” said Xang Yang, a wiry 58-year-old still capable of crawling nimbly through thick bamboo underbrush. “They will never forgive me. I cannot live outside the jungle because I am a former American soldier.” NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993872/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:57:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994027/posts We need to listen," John McCain was saying, "to the views … of our democratic allies." Then, though the words weren't in the script, the Arizona senator repeated himself, as if in self-admonishment: "We need to listen." A lot of meaning was packed into that twice-said line, which was a key theme of McCain's first major foreign-policy speech since becoming the GOP's nominee-apparent. McCain was telling America, and the whole world: if I'm elected there will be, at long last, a return to what Jefferson called "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind." There will be no more ill-justified... Newsweek.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994027/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:05:15 GMT