http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mcbama/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:06:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418832/posts McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona. Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain’s job offer. “I’ll take it!� one man shouted. McCain insisted none of them would do such menial labor for a complete season. “You can’t do it, my friends.� Some in the crowd said they didn’t appreciate McCain questioning their work ethic. AP via MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418832/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:06:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413602/posts (snip) SAMUELSON: If John McCain had won, would there be more bipartisanship?HOLTZ-EAKIN: I think so. One reason is mechanical: it would have been a Republican president and a Democratic Congress. You have to operate in a more bipartisan fashion. It's also about style. McCain is more willing to disappoint Republicans than Obama is to disappoint Democrats.(snip) Newsweek / The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413602/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:15:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413538/posts WASHINGTON The Maverick’s buck stops here. John McCain is no longer the media’s delight and his party’s burr, bucking convention with infectious relish. The man used to be such a constructive independent that some of his Republican Senate colleagues called him a traitor. Now he’s such a predictable obstructionist that he’s in the just-say-no vanguard with the same conservatives who used to despise him. On Tuesday afternoon on the floor, Senator Mitch McConnell, who contemptuously fought McCain’s campaign finance reform bill all the way to the Supreme Court, oozed admiration toward his Arizona colleague, as McCain did yet another grandstanding... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413538/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:49:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412096/posts The next time you read an article of how Mccain has become the leading voice of opposition you remember this video and vote this traitor and RINOS like him out of office. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf6YKOkfFsE&feature=fvw http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412096/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:52:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411701/posts Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) gave his challenger in the 2008 presidential election a stiff review Sunday as President Barack Obama nears completion of his first year in office. "[Obama] said there would be a change in the climate in Washington," McCain said. "There's been a change. It's more partisan. It's more bitterly divided than it's been." (snip) "At least under 'Hillarycare' they tried seriously to negotiate with Republicans," McCain said."There's been -- there has been no effort that I know of that -- serious across-the-table negotiations, such as I have engaged in with Democrats and with other administrations. And that... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411701/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:15:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411646/posts Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says that Republicans will "probably not" be able to stop the passage of health care this week, but that his party will continue to "win the battle of American public opinion." "We’ll fight the good fight, we will fight until the last vote," he said on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. "We must look back and say that we did everything we could to prevent this terrible mistake from taking place." Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411646/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:40:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410734/posts Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) will deliver the weekly Republican address Saturday, December 19, 2009. WHO: U.S. Senator John McCain WHAT: Weekly Republican Address WHEN: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 6:00 a.m. ET Juan McCain for U.S. Senate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410734/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:41:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409605/posts J.D. Hayworth yesterday took to the airwaves to pummel Grant Woods for filing a complaint with the FEC against the talk show host and potential Senate candidate. Woods alleged Hayworth is pulling in $540,000 a week in corporate in-kind contributions from KFYI/Clear Channel for using his show as a campaign platform. The response came in true talk show form as Hayworth called Woods an “ambulance chaser” who cashed in on a tobacco settlement lawsuit that was sold as a public health measure. “You’re even lower than some bacterial forms of algae, and that’s saying something,” Hayworth said, before chiding Woods... The Arizona Capitol Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409605/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:04:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409281/posts Sen. John McCain is known as a straight talker but he can dodge with the best of them. Asked if pal Charlie Crist's embrace of the stimulus was a political mistake, McCain demurred. "I don't know. I haven't kept up enough to really know about that. I can't judge other people," he told the Buzz. This comes from a guy who recently told Imus "hell no" he didn't support the stimulus. McCain said Marco Rubio is "mounting a serious threat," but quickly added, "I still think Charlie will win." The Arizona Republican and 2008 presidential nominee, who won Florida in... The St. Petersburg Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409281/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:11:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408632/posts Link only, per FR copyright rules The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408632/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:29:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407533/posts Link only, per FR copyright rules The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407533/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:43:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404100/posts McCain to ACORN/SEIU activists for "comprehensive immigration reform" aka amnesty for illegal aliens, Miami-Dade Comm. College, Miami, Fl., on 20 Feb. 2006: "What makes America special is what's in this room tonight." McCain at ACORN/SEIU rally in South Florida, 2006 20 Feb. 2006 coverage from WFOR-TV CBS Channel 4 Miami, Fl. WFOR-TV CBS 4 Miami, Fl. via YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404100/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:17:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403946/posts Phoenix -- Arizona politics has been buzzing in the last couple of weeks since a Rasmussen poll suggested that Republican Sen. John McCain might be vulnerable in a primary fight against a more conservative challenger. The poll, released November 20, showed McCain ahead of potential opponent J.D. Hayworth, the radio host and former congressman, by just two points -- a 45 percent to 43 percent margin. Yes, McCain -- the longtime incumbent and recent presidential candidate -- is a mere two points ahead of a challenger who isn't even a challenger yet. I talked to Hayworth recently, and he is... The Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403946/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:03:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402457/posts Those asking, yes I believe Obama was born in this country and I think concentrating on that belittles the real problems we need to4:32 PM Dec 4th from web concentrate on concerning him as a President, and his administration. I have real concerns about him as Prez but it doesnt include his birth4:33 PM Dec 4th from web Meghan McCain via Twitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2402457/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:48:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402333/posts (snip) So I really, of course—I wish we'd had done better. Of course we made mistakes and of course there were all kinds of things, if you had to do over again, I would do X or Y. But I look back on it in its entirety as a remarkable, incredibly wonderful experience. So, looking at it that way, you respect the winner and try to assume the role of loyal opposition. And obviously that means that when you can be loyal and find ways to be loyal, do it. There are too many things happening domestically and national securitywise... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402333/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 21:38:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398690/posts If America’s elderly think there is an eerie echo in all of the warnings in Washington about frightful cuts to Medicare as a result of the Democrats’ proposed health care legislation, they are right. They have heard it all before. Just 14 months ago, then Senator Barack Obama accused his Republican rival in the presidential race, John McCain, of proposing “drastic cuts to Medicare.” The Obama campaign asserted that Mr. McCain’s health care proposal posed a serious risk for Medicare beneficiaries, by proposing cuts that would total $882 billion over 10 years and would likely require “cuts in benefits, eligibility... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398690/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 20:19:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398141/posts (snip) The Washington Times Watercooler approached ranking member of the Senate armed services committee Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) about his thoughts about this issue. Senator McCain backed away from any direct comments only saying, “That’s a judicial issue and one that I have not drawn any conclusion [on]. The judicial process is moving forward.” A spokeswoman for Mr. McCain later followed up saying the Senator does not comment "on matters that are actively being considered by the courts." Mr. McCain is well known for being a Navy POW during the Vietnam War and endured five and a half years of... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398141/posts#comment Wed, 2 Dec 2009 03:10:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397784/posts My Friend, Last night, I introduced the first Republican amendment to the Democrats' massive health care bill aimed at overhauling how Americans receive health care. My amendment will send the bill back to the Finance Committee to force Democrats to pay for the bill without cutting Medicare coverage for our seniors. I urge you to immediately send a message to your Senator by adding your name as a supporter to this amendment so that we can prevent Medicare cuts and government rationing of health care. The Democrats' bill as it is written would gut Medicare as we know it, and... John McCain email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397784/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 19:07:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393480/posts Former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) is unlikely to run in a GOP primary against Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), let alone win, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said Monday. Kyl, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, said he expects the former congressman, who's been mulling a primary challenge to McCain's right next year, to carry on his activities as host of a radio show, and not as a candidate. The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393480/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392275/posts (snip) The Republican senator did say that Obama is charismatic, adding that “he is able to inspire, and I admire that talent.” “Obama gave the world the message that the United States wants to cooperate,” he said. (snip) The Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392275/posts#comment Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:40:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391240/posts Link only, per FR copyright rules The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391240/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:46:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390999/posts John McCain may have been the Republican Party's national standard bearer last year, but now it looks like he may have a hard time just hanging on to his Senate seat. A new Rasmussen Reports poll of likely 2010 GOP primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger, J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks up 43%. Another candidate, anti-illegal immigration activist Chris Simcox, is picking up 4%. Hayworth, 51, a conservative former U.S. congressman who now is a popular radio talk show host in Phoenix, is reportedly interested... The New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390999/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:39:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390516/posts Former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain said Thursday he has read Sarah Palin's book and has no regrets about picking her as a running mate. (snip) He also said if Mrs. Palin decides to run for president in 2012 and becomes the Republican Party nominee he would vote for her. "I hope she has every success," Mr. McCain said. "She's still pretty popular." The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2390516/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:15:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388646/posts WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) urged a group of chief executives on Tuesday to think of ways to help small businesses and extend credit to help heal the economy. The Arizona Republican acknowledged that these aren't the responsibilities of big businesses, but he talked about how angry Americans are about financial institutions getting bailed out while they are struggling, and he said access to credit is a big issue. Dow Jones / The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388646/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:30:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387274/posts Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senator John McCain (R AZ) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) and four other Al-Qaeda terrorists suspected of planning and executing the September 11th attacks in the United States Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York: “I am extremely disappointed with the Obama Administration’s decision to try in U.S. civilian courts the Al-Qaeda terrorists who planned, supported, and conducted the September 11th attacks. These terrorists are not common criminals. They are war criminals, who committed acts of war against our citizens and those of... U.S. Sen. John McCain, RINO-Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387274/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:22:23 GMT