http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mccainunfit/ en-us Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:31:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1990643/posts PART SIX -- in my JUST SAY NO SERIES: KeyWord: JustSayNo2JohnMcCain.... The focus of PART SIX in my "Just say no" series is on the RNC itself.. I have recieved several solicitations/phone calls from various RNC fund raising efforts, Have You? I would like to encourage you to JUST SAY NO - To the RNC this cycle... I would encourage you to send any contributions you have made in the past to the RNC to CONSERVATIVE candidates for the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate. I know this will take extra time/effort, but we need to send the message that... http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/justsayno2johnmccain/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1990643/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:31:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989463/posts LONDON (AFP) - US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain Friday discussed the situation in the Middle East and global warming with former British prime minister Tony Blair, the ex-premier's spokesman said. Blair met with McCain in London as well as US senators Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, McCain's colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee who are travelling with him, the spokesman told AFP. "They met, but also, obviously with Senator Lieberman and Senator Graham. The subjects they spoke about were the Middle East and climate change," he said. McCain, who is on a week-long tour of Europe and the... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989463/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989028/posts Arizona Sen. John McCain, who blamed illegal immigration Monday for Republican losses in major congressional races, has rejected Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta’s invitation to discuss the issue. “Sen. McCain truly appreciates your invitation and the valuable opportunity it represents,” Jo Black, a scheduling official in the presumptive Republican nominee’s presidential campaign, wrote in a letter to Barletta’s congressional campaign Wednesday. The letter cited “tremendous demands” on McCain’s time and a “large volume of similar requests.” Efforts to reach McCain’s campaign were unsuccessful. Last week, Barletta invited McCain and the Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, to come... Citizens Voice http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989028/posts#comment Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:31:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987841/posts Americans and Europeans share a common goal – to build an enduring peace based on free­dom. Our democracies today are strong and vibrant. Together we can tackle the diverse challenges we face, whether radical religious fanatics who use terror as their weapon of choice, the disturbing turn towards autocracy in Russia or the looming threats of climate change and the degradation of our planet. But the key word is “together”. We need to renew and revitalise our democratic solidarity. We need to strengthen our transatlantic alliance as the core of a new global compact – a League of Democracies –... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987841/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987208/posts (The Politico) "The hot-button issue of immigration doesn’t appear to be going away anytime soon – at least not in Republican circles. On NPR’s “Morning Edition” today, John McCain suggested that strong anti-immigrant rhetoric contributed to two recent, high-profile GOP Congressional losses – of former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who badly lost to Sen. Bob Casey in 2006, and Jim Oberweis, who lost the heavily Republican seat of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert this month in a special election. The Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987208/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:31:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984859/posts To the Leaders of the Republican National Committee and the Members of the State Legislature in the state of_________________: We, the undersigned registered members of the Republican Party in the state of ____________________, hereby protest and reject the current and ongoing results of the 2008 Republican presidential primary selection process on the grounds that the incongruous methods, rules, and provisions set forth by the individual and various state Republican National Committee Leaders, and the members of the various State Legislatures, have failed to provide the members of the Republican Party across the nation with an effective primary election process, thwarted... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984859/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:52:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982448/posts Rove explained that he and McCain “got to know each other during the 2004 campaign.” In a separate interview, Mehlman noted that “McCain was completely loyal to the president in 2004 and worked incredibly hard to help him get elected.” According to Taylor, “The Bush Republicans here in town are excited for John McCain.” Capitol News Company http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982448/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:55:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971558/posts I just got back from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., where conservatives began lining up behind a man who’s been sticking it to us for years. By a process of self-hypnosis, many have managed to convince themselves that McCain is actually one of us. Not for nothing did Benjamin Disraeli call conservatives the stupid party. What part of John McCain do we not get? McCain-Kennedy, McCain-Feingold, McCain-Lieberman, McCain-Edwards -- among other socialist, anti-speech, open-borders, enviro-Marxist measures he’s co-sponsored with the hardcore left of the Democratic Party over the years. If Il Duce had served with... Don Feder's Cold Steel Caucus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971558/posts#comment Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984539/posts After being forced to respond to three separate incidents in recent weeks of conservatives alluding to Barack Obama's middle name, John McCain's campaign manager today sent a memo to top supporters urging them to stick to the campaign's preferred message -- and to avoid taking gratuitous shots at their Democratic rivals. "We expect that all supporters, surrogates and staff will hold themselves to similarly high standards when they are representing the campaign. To help guide you, please find talking points below." Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984539/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:27:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973238/posts Sen. John McCain has asserted his opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin a number of times, going so far as joining with Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., in 2005 to introduce legislation calling on President Bush to suspend Russian's membership in the Group of Eight. That opposition, however, is being called into question by links that have been established in various reports between McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis, and Ukrainian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who is suspected of having ties to organized Russian crime. Davis even arranged for McCain to meet Deripaska at a time when Davis' lobbying firm was working under... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973238/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:10:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983296/posts Over the weekend, Paul did a post that talked about demands that some conservatives are making on John McCain as the soon-to-be Republican nominee. I added some comments of my own; it's fair to say that both Paul and I are skeptical of the reasonableness of such demands. That prompted an email from talk radio host Mark Levin, the subject heading of which was "John, Did You Actually Mean to Write This?" This initiated an exchange between Mark and me, which, with Mark's permission, I'm reproducing below: John, did you actually mean to write this? If there are conservatives who... Powerline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983296/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983414/posts "Last month alone, Obama raised $55 million, and Clinton $35 million. McCain, in contrast, was on track to raise $12 million, about the same as in January, according to his campaign." Maybe it's time for McCain to say something ugly about Conservatives? That always helped before. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983414/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:02:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983490/posts A spokeswoman for Sen. John McCain today condemned comments by Iowa Rep. Steve King (R), who on Friday said terrorists would be "dancing in the streets" if Barack Obama is elected president. "The Senator rejects the type of politics that degrades our civics and this campaign will be about the future of our country," Communications Director Jill Hazelbaker said. "[Sen.] McCain could not be clearer on how he views these types of comments and obviously that view extends to Congressman King's statement." King, a three-term Republican, made the remarks to a radio station Friday as he announced his bid for... Wash Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983490/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:31:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983890/posts ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain criticized his Democratic rivals on Tuesday for pledging to renegotiate a hemispheric trade treaty that Democrats blame for U.S. manufacturing job losses. At a town-hall meeting in St. Louis, the Arizona senator also called for the Democratic-controlled U.S. Congress to approve a free-trade treaty with Colombia that is being stymied on Capitol Hill. "On trade, I'm a free trader," McCain told employees at Savvis Internet company, a session dominated by questions about the ailing U.S. economy. McCain, the likely Republican nominee to run in the November election, is spending the week... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983890/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:33:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968437/posts John McCain is a "strong conservative." That's the message that President Bush put out on "Fox News Sunday" yesterday. How does one define "strong conservative?" Is it defining waterboarding of terrorists as torture like John McCain has? Is it when one wants to close down Gitmo like John McCain does and give suspected terrorists the rights of American citizens. And speaking of the rights of American citizens, is a "strong conservative" one who wants amnesty and a path to citizenship for people who enter America illegally. Well, that's one where President Bush and Senator McCain have been on the same... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968437/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982872/posts McCain will begin a cross-country tour emphasizing his life story. His advisers believe that while most Americans have a vague sense that McCain served his country in the military and in political life, they don't actually know his story. This trip--the "Service to America" tour--is intended to fill out that narrative. Weekly Standard, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982872/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 15:28:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1983106/posts They don’t call him the Maverick for nothing. Its not inconsistent with what he has believed in the past. Its certainly in opposition to President Bush’s statement that the U.S. does not torture. Its quite an uncomforting statement to be saying of our own military. Most surprisingly, its the “Republican” candidate saying this stuff. Maverick… because he supported the President’s veto of the a bill banning it. That support may have been on technicalities, but still mavericky. Quite a statement for someone that should be trying to win over the conservative base. I don’t think he is too worried about... Stop The ACLU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1983106/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:26:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967331/posts What would Americans think, then, of a member of Congress who introduced legislation, not to improve health care in the United States, but to improve health care in Mexico? What would Americans think, then, of a member of Congress who introduced legislation, not to improve health care in the United States, but to improve health care in Mexico? Even more unbelievable, the senator who sponsored the bill is not on the verge of being thrown out of office for this odious piece of legislation. No, the senator who introduced the bill, Senator John McCain of Arizona, is on the verge... wehategringos.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967331/posts#comment Fri, 8 Feb 2008 22:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978948/posts Geraldo Rivera and Juan Hernandez, two of the most flagrant supporters of illegal immigration and amnesty in the media, have both announced their support for McCain. The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) also known as the Council of the (Hispanic) Race has announced their positive feelings for McCain while labeling any group or personality opposed to amnesty as an ally of the KKK. Even Ruben Navarrette, a CNN columnist who constantly rants in support of illegal immigration, while slinging mud at anyone who stands up for immigration enforcement, loves John McCain. Every illegal immigration supporter is signalling they want... Illegals Hurt Us http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978948/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 22:41:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981683/posts While John McCain was being coronated as the heir apparent at a highly publicized White House meeting with President Bush, his colleagues on Capitol Hill couldn't resist rolling out what could be described as a Lou Dobbs dream package of immigration bills. It was one of those moments where one had to wonder if the right hand of the Republican Party was talking to the left, er, moderate hand. Immigration is the preeminent issue that has divided McCain from his party, as he has supported an ill-fated comprehensive immigration overhaul, including a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. Since that... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981683/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 01:53:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981848/posts Dear Senator McCain.... by Gerald A. Honigman Here's my dilemma. Dear Senator John McCain, I have followed your career fairly closely over the years, often with pride. So, here's my dilemma. Coming home from work recently, I heard on the news that James Baker III has endorsed your candidacy. The problem emerges from your end of this story. Please read these excerpts from a Jason Maoz article on May 12, 2006 in JewishPress.com: McCain told Haaretz that as president, he would "micromanage" US policy toward Israel... would dispatch "the smartest guy I know" to the region.... Asked who that "smartest... Arutz Shevza http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981848/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 13:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979818/posts “He did everything that we asked of him, including arming the KLA”, said Albanian lobbyist Joe DioGuardi. The Albanians collected one million dollars for the presidential campaign of this senator. Americans of Albanian heritage collected a million dollars in one evening for the presidential campaign of Republican Senator John McCain, said the Albanian American Civic League yesterday, the lobby group headed by former Congressman Joe DioGuardi. A reception for McCain was held January 22 at the Saint Regis Hotel in Manhatten, and the senator, who is now leading in the runoff for the Republican party candidacy in the November elections,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979818/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:30:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981050/posts Dear Friend, Last night, we did it. We won the Republican nomination for President. It was a long, up and down journey, but we worked hard, spoke honestly to the American people, and our steadfast determination has paid off. As we come to the end of our party's primary contest, we begin what will certainly be a spirited and hard-fought campaign against the Democratic nominee. In November, Americans will have a clear choice to make. And I intend to fight as hard as I can to make it very clear that I am the candidate with the experience and leadership... John McCain 2008 email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981050/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:08:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981163/posts ... If there's a single thread that runs through the e-mails I receive from peevish Republicans, it's that none of the current candidates possesses the conservative purity of Ronald Reagan. One could almost get the idea that Dutch was betrayed by Pontius Pilate and crucified on Calvary. But that wasn't exactly the case. The fact of the matter is that Gov. Reagan gave Gov. Jerry Brown a run for his money – or should I say our money? – when it came to raising taxes here in California. But, in spite of the additional revenue, he was responsible in large... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981163/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:14:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972305/posts HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush urged disgruntled conservatives on Monday to rally around John McCain, calling their criticism of the Republican presidential front-runner "grossly unfair." The father of President George W. Bush said he was annoyed by attacks within the conservative wing of the Republican Party against the Arizona senator, the all-but-certain Republican nominee to face Democrats in November election. Many conservatives distrust McCain because of his moderate views on illegal immigration and campaign finance reform and for having originally voted against President Bush's tax cuts. Persuading them all to vote for McCain in November will be... Reuters (via Drudge) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972305/posts#comment Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:31:33 GMT