2009 Q3 FReepathon. Target: $80,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $5,143
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  • Dithering on Immigration Reform [McCain, Graham want guest workers] [huge barf]

    07/03/2009 9:48:50 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 17 replies · 294+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 2009-07-05 | Ruben Navarrette Jr.
    SAN DIEGO -- President Obama recently reignited the immigration debate when he told reporters that congressional leaders of both parties were ready to "actively get something done and not put it off until a year, two years, three years, five years from now, but to start working on this thing right now." In the months ahead, keep an eye on two things: the calendar and the issue of guest workers. The calendar: "Right now" might not be soon enough. The conventional wisdom is that the longer Obama waits, the harder it will be to pass any immigration reform legislation. One...
  • McCain, Feingold Team Up Again Over FEC

    07/03/2009 9:47:04 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 8 replies · 265+ views
    Pair Try to Force Naming of More Commissioners. BY DAN EGGEN Seven years after their landmark campaign finance legislation became law, Sens. John McCain and Russell Feingold are reuniting under the banner of spending reform at a time when restrictions have come under fire both in the courts and at the embattled Federal Election Commission. McCain (R-Ariz.) and Feingold (D-Wis.) announced this week that they were blocking the appointment of Democratic union lawyer John Sullivan to the FEC until President Obama agrees to fill two other open panel seats. The two senators, who co-sponsored legislation in 2002 that banned "soft...
  • McCain on Sheriff Joe Arpaio ["ummmmm..."] [McSenile alert]

    07/02/2009 9:05:29 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 16 replies · 684+ views
    HOST: Health care. MCCAIN: Needs reform. HOST: That’s two words. [weird laugh] Iraq. MCCAIN: Success. HOST: Arizona. MCCAIN: The best. HOST: US-Mexico Border. McCain: Cartels. HOST: GOP. MCCAIN: Transition. HOST: Sheriff Joe Arpaio:MCCAIN: Umm…
  • McCain criticizes Dems on health care [but says that U.S. is just not "ready" for Obama Care]

    07/02/2009 11:15:03 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 16 replies · 309+ views
    PHOENIX - The debate over health care reform promises an interesting five weeks in Congress before the August recess, according to Sen. John McCain. The Arizona Republican spoke out against Democrats' plans for reform during a speech Wednesday at Phoenix Children's Hospital. "Look at other countries that have government-run health care systems and there is health rationing," McCain said. "That is just a fact. I don't think the United States of America is ready to go down that slippery slope that will end up in rationing of health care." McCain said the proposals would be too expensive and would give...
  • John McCain shares lessons on negotiation [says "be willing to compromise"]

    07/01/2009 9:20:30 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 22 replies · 358+ views
    The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. | 2009-07-01
    Link only, per FR copyright rules
  • McCain's Camp Praises Sanford and Trashes Palin? [Fox says McCain "de facto leader" of GOP] [barf]

    07/01/2009 8:34:29 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 27 replies · 682+ views
    Fox News ^ | 2009-07-01 | Tammy Bruce
    People like John McCain and others who have been part of the self-absorbed, navel-gazing and corrupt Washington environment for a quarter century no doubt resent someone not "of them." But it is indeed odd when Sarah Palin, a bright, shining light for conservatives remains the prime target of the existing machine, while Mark Sanford and other hypocritical liars are serenaded as getting a raw deal by the very public daughter of a defacto leader of the party.
  • Meghan McCain

    07/01/2009 5:42:51 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 21 replies · 436+ views
    Town Hall ^ | 2009-07-01 | Ashley Herzog
    Meghan McCain—whom some have called the new face of the GOP—likes to call herself a “progressive Republican.” Her Twitter page is full of updates about her devotion to gay marriage: “Marriage equality will not fall to the wayside! I have faith one day there will be equality for everyone living in this country!” That’s fine, I don’t care whether or not she supports “marriage equality.” But as someone her age, I know that gay marriage is one of the causes that young people must embrace in order to gain admission to the liberal in-crowd—and I suspect that’s why she’s doing...
  • Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?

    07/01/2009 1:10:44 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 181 replies · 2,521+ views
    National Review ^ | 2009-07-01 | Mark Hemingway
    The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign. At issue is a question that was never resolved following McCain’s loss in November: Who in the McCain campaign was secretly trashing Sarah Palin to the press?
  • McCain to discuss health care overhaul in Phoenix

    07/01/2009 11:39:54 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 7 replies · 224+ views
    AP / The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. | 2009-07-01
    Link only, per FR copyright rules
  • Hillary Duff should play me in a movie, Meghan McCain says [would take shots at Palin too]

    07/01/2009 9:14:21 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 48 replies · 837+ views
    Meghan McCain hasn't even released her first book, but she's already planning the movie version. "I want Hilary Duff to play me. I think she's really hot - hotter than me - but I'd still want her to play me," Sen. John McCain's daughter confided to us at the Trevor Project's summer gala on Monday night at Capitale. But the young Republican isn't dead set on Duff. "Really, I'd take anyone who's blond," she joked, adding that one actor in particular would certainly be welcome to join the cast. "Bradley Cooper is so hot," McCain swooned. "If he can be...
  • Palin's 'demons' [McCainiacs attack Palin again; Barf alert]

    07/01/2009 9:10:31 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 116 replies · 1,728+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | 2009-07-01 | Jon Ward
    (snip) But I asked one of the senior McCain campaign officials who worked closest with Palin what he thought of the article, by e-mail last night and then this morning over the phone. He e-mailed back immediately, calling the article "absolutely fascinating" and "completely riveting." "While the Palin camp is surely marshaling the torches and pitchforks and baying for blood by now, my hope is that somehow — against the odds -- Palin is able to draw some sort of lesson out of all of this that helps her find a way to exist peacefully in the public space. It...
  • John McCain, Russ Feingold reunite to block Barack Obama's FEC pick [cat fight alert]

    07/01/2009 7:48:53 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 4 replies · 419+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-07-01 | Kenneth P. Vogel & Manu Raju
    The campaign finance dream team of Sens. Russ Feingold and John McCain is reuniting to block President Barack Obama’s first appointment to the Federal Election Commission and to push him to shake up the embattled agency. In a surprising move that invokes memories of a bitter skirmish during Obama’s annihilation of McCain in last year’s presidential election, Feingold (D-Wis.) and McCain (R-Ariz.) have placed a hold on the FEC nomination of Democratic labor lawyer John Sullivan, POLITICO confirmed Tuesday. Their hold could reverberate in Congress, the White House, the 2010 midterm elections and beyond. In a statement issued in response...
  • John Mcain's Re-Election Campaign letter...

    06/30/2009 8:27:40 PM PDT · by The Bronze Titan · 59 replies · 861+ views
    John@JohnMcCain.com | June 29, 2009 | John McCain
    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...
  • Lawmakers Battle Health Care Reform Plan [McCain says biggest issue is cost]

    06/30/2009 6:22:11 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 38 replies · 310+ views
    HOUSTON - The man who lost last year’s presidential election is once again battling his political rival. Senator john McCain of Arizona brought the fight for health care reform to Houston's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center on Tuesday. Along with republican senators john Cornyn of Texas and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, McCain told a group of doctors and nurses, government run health care is not the answer. He predicted the month of July will be "a great debate" between democrats and republicans in Washington. Congress goes back into session next week and McCain expects the Obama administration to start a hard...
  • McCain: 'Unions are running a lot of this administration'

    06/29/2009 10:38:23 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 23 replies · 573+ views
    Organized labor is dictating a large portion of the Obama administration's work, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) alleged Monday. "The unions are running a lot of this administration," McCain said during an appearance on the Mike Broomhead show on local radio station KFYI. "Look what just happened with Chrysler and General Motors," McCain added.
  • Sarah Palin trashed by members of John McCain's campaign team in Vanity Fair [not again]

    06/29/2009 10:43:54 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 165 replies · 3,500+ views
    The New York Daily News ^ | 2009-06-29 | Michael Saul
    Alaska's lipstick-wearing pit-bull is a "Little Shop of Horrors." That's how one longtime friend and campaign trail companion of John McCain, the vanquished 2008 GOP presidential nominee, described veep nominee Sarah Palin. In an expansive story in the August edition of Vanity Fair, a slew of senior members of McCain's campaign team told reporter Todd S. Purdum that they suffer a kind of survivor's guilt following the 2008 presidential election.
  • McCain Still ‘In the Arena’ [Newsmax basically endorses McCain in 2010] [barf]

    06/28/2009 7:37:52 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 48 replies · 682+ views
    Newsmax ^ | 2009-06-28 | Christopher Ruddy
    John McCain is back — and he's in a fighting mood! The Arizona senator looked even younger and fitter than during his recent presidential campaign when I caught him last week on C-SPAN. I admire people who show character in defeat. A prominent 19th-Century pundit once said "the greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart." For sure, John McCain has not lost heart at all. Though McCain was defeated last November, I believe he did a good job with his campaign under extremely difficult circumstances. In September, the McCain-Palin ticket was narrowly ahead in...
  • Axelrod, Graham on NBC’S ‘MEET THE PRESS’ [Graham on another Porkulus, more Hispandering]

    06/28/2009 2:10:04 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 14 replies · 566+ views
    CQ Politics ^ | 2009-06-28
    GREGORY: ...the potential of revisiting a second stimulus come the fall. Do you think that’s appropriate? GRAHAM: Yes, I think we should revisit it and make sure that it’s focused on jobs, not adding to the debt. If you had another vote in the Senate or the House, I think it would be redone, it would be more focused on job creation, because it clearly has not helped jobs, has added to the debt, and I think it just missed its mark. So I’d love to revisit it.(snip) GRAHAM: I can be a leader on an issue, quite frankly. I...
  • Sens. Graham, McCain Endorse Obama’s Statements On Iran

    06/27/2009 1:39:35 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 35 replies · 691+ views
    Talk Radio News Service ^ | 2009-06-25 | Geoff Holtzman
    Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S Car.) and Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) say they are proud of the way President Obama has handled the situation in Iran so far.
  • McCain to Obama: Don't bow to labor unions on immigration [but still helping Obama on amnesty]

    06/27/2009 11:59:17 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 5 replies · 209+ views
    WASHINGTON — President Obama told congressional lawmakers Thursday that he would push for an overhaul of the nation's immigration system by early next year. But during the White House meeting, a new political obstacle came into view: how to regulate the influx of foreign workers. The issue was raised by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a principal architect of past attempts to rewrite immigration laws. McCain challenged Obama and other Democrats to stand up to labor unions that are pushing a plan business groups fear could be overly restrictive in admitting future immigrant workers. "I would expect the president of the...
  • McCain Pushes 'Cap-And-Trade' Plan to Fight Global Warming [**FLASHBACK 03/19/2008**]

    06/27/2009 10:57:52 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 17 replies · 378+ views
    GOP candidate promotes working with Europe on climate change, but only wants to 'encourage' involvement of 'rest of the world.' BY DAN GAINOR Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain is using the idea of global togetherness to promote “a cap-and-trade system” to battle climate change. He said “Americans and Europeans need to get serious about substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years or we will hand over a much-diminished world to our grandchildren.” According to the Arizona senator, whose opinion column appeared in the March 19 Financial Times, the United States needs to work with Europe to create...
  • Sen. McCain remains thorn in Obama’s side [McCain thinks he's president] [love-hate relationship]

    06/25/2009 7:01:46 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 20 replies · 531+ views
    The Hill, Washington, DC ^ | 2009-06-25 | Alexander Bolton
    President Obama made a vigorous effort after the election to court Sen. John McCain, hoping his campaign rival would become a Senate advocate for his ambitious agenda. Instead, McCain (R-Ariz.) has emerged as one of the chief gadflies leading Republican opposition to Obama’s biggest legislative initiatives. Nevertheless, Obama and other Democrats still cling to the hope that McCain can be persuaded to help advance their priorities.
  • Historic White House Meeting on Immigration a Complete Success [McCain-Obama amnesty] [huge barf]

    06/25/2009 6:47:43 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 21 replies · 467+ views
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2009 Contact: Francisco Lopez, Executive Director: (503) 269-5694 Erik Sorensen, Communications Director: (503) 488-0263 Historic White House Meeting on Immigration a Complete Success Roadmap to Immigration Reform makes a strong and positive beginning Salem, Ore--Today members of Congress from both houses and from both sides of the aisle met at the White House for an historic working session on Immigration Reform. The White House meeting, which was postponed from last week, was rescheduled for today after immigration reform proponents generated over 200,000 faxes, 30,000 phone calls, and 3,300 personal notes calling on the President to...
  • Caption McCain with Obama and Biden at White House "bipartisan" immigration summit [hurl alert]

    06/25/2009 6:27:54 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 84 replies · 1,423+ views
    AP ^ | 2009-06-25
  • Obama wants immigration reform by early next year [McCain, Graham, other Rats involved] [sick]

    06/25/2009 2:29:28 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 62 replies · 882+ views
    The Hill, Washington, DC ^ | 2009-06-25 | Sam Youngman
    President Obama moved the goalposts on getting immigration reform accomplished, saying Thursday that he wants a bill he can sign either this year or early next year. Shortly after the president adjourned a meeting with a bipartisan group of members from both chambers, a number of senators and congressmen from both sides of the aisle demonstrated why next year might be aiming too high. The White House has said that the president would like to see something this year, but a number of skeptics have questioned whether Congress can or will take any floor action in 2009. Obama said he...
  • A start on immigration [Obama praises McCain, Graham] [barf]

    06/25/2009 2:21:50 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 17 replies · 374+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-06-25
    (snip) I want to especially commend John McCain, who's with me today, because along with folks like Lindsey Graham, he has already paid a significant political cost for doing the right thing. I stand with him, I stand with Nydia Velázquez and others who have taken leadership on this issue. (snip)
  • GOP: Barack Obama too political [but McCain says criticizing Obama is "foolish"]

    06/25/2009 9:14:08 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 18 replies · 443+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-06-25 | Manu Raju
    (snip) And as the White House holds a bipartisan summit on immigration Thursday, Republicans are warning that Obama needs to offer a specific plan or risk seeing the issue die this Congress. “He needs to really lead on that,” said Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), who was a member of a bipartisan group that unsuccessfully pushed an immigration bill in 2007. “I think it’s very, very important that he give a clear signal on where he is on an issue with that level of specificity.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), another supporter of the 2007 bill, said President George W. Bush ran...
  • GOP Senate Trio Gives Obama Good Marks on Iran [McCain, Graham] ["I’m very proud of my president"]

    06/25/2009 9:08:05 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 25 replies · 541+ views
    Roll Call ^ | 2009-06-25
    The hawkish trio of Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) praised President Barack Obama on Thursday for condemning the corruption and violence surrounding the recent election in Iran. “I’m very proud of my president for what he said Tuesday,” Graham declared during a press conference. “It was the right thing to say.” “I appreciate it,” McCain added.
  • White House Hosts Bipartisan Immigration Talks [McCain attending, but doesn't want to lead]

    06/24/2009 8:39:34 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 12 replies · 347+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | 2009-06-24 | Jonathan Weisman
    WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will meet Thursday with a bipartisan, politically diverse group of lawmakers to begin discussing a rewrite of U.S. immigration laws. But the effort faces stiff headwinds: a Washington agenda already packed with other priorities; a recession making Americans nervous about the job market; and the sidelining of the most vocal champions of an immigration overhaul. "Greater presidential leadership is going to be needed," said Clarissa Martinez, director of immigration policy at the National Council of La Raza, the largest Latino advocacy group. "It's an absolute necessity." The White House meeting will bring together lawmakers who...
  • Capehart’s Advice To GOP: Skip Generation, Wait For Meghan McCain

    06/24/2009 12:45:10 PM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 48 replies · 1,107+ views
    FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Early clubhouse leader for worst political advice of the year . . . Jonathan Capehart has suggested that Republicans would be well-advised to skip a generation and wait for the Meghan McCains of the world to assume the GOP’s mantle of leadership. The WaPo editorial writer made his smirk-worthy suggestion on MSNBC this afternoon while chewing over Mark Sanford’s stunning announcement. The panel had literally and figuratively run down the list of Republican presidential hopefuls and found virtually all of them wanting. Capehart’s brainstorm came in response to a leading question from host Tamron Hall, who touted the younger McCain’s...
  • In case you wondered: John McCain bows out of 2012 GOP race

    06/24/2009 8:05:35 AM PDT · by pissant · 62 replies · 860+ views
    LA Times ^ | 6/24/09 | Andrew Malcomb
    With unusual ubiquity for a losing presidential candidate, Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has been popping up all over the media these days. So it was probably inevitable that he'd get the same question asked of virtually every breathing Republican in these, the Grand Old Party's Days of Disarray: Will you be running for president in 2012? First of all, McCain's got to win Senate reelection next year. Second, the party's conservatives still don't like him, although as long as he lost in November, they've pretty much shut up about it for now. Arizona Republican Senator John McCain Third, he'd...
  • McCain's Iran Neda Speech Raises Domestic Political Stakes For Obama

    06/23/2009 6:45:40 AM PDT · by lewisglad · 32 replies · 1,186+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 6/23/09 | Andrew Malcolm
    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...
  • McCain's Obama Scorecard(bleck)

    06/21/2009 6:15:09 PM PDT · by FreeSouthernAmerican · 24 replies · 491+ views
    HAHAHA, this guy is a socialist. He's just mad that it wasn't bipartisan.
  • McCain: I hope that I'm a good father

    06/21/2009 12:56:59 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 47 replies · 714+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-06-21
    Sen. John McCain started Father's Day on "Fox News Sunday," but he said he'll spend the rest of the day on the phone, chatting with his seven kids. The Arizona Republican said fathers need to give their kids "support, understanding -- and sometimes that support has to be a little tough love." He said that he often felt pressured to follow in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, both Navy men, and said that parents should give their children choices. "I hope that I'm a good father," McCain said.
  • McCain: Obama has done well, but hasn't been bipartisan [hurl alert]

    06/21/2009 10:55:33 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 44 replies · 754+ views
    WASHINGTON (CNN) — You can't call John McCain a sore loser. Seven months after Barack Obama defeated him in the U.S. presidential election, the Republican senator from Arizona said Sunday he thinks his former Senate colleague is making things happen in the White House. "I think he's done well," McCain said on the CBS program "Face the Nation." "He has achieved literally every one of his legislative accomplishments," McCain noted in reference to the economic stimulus package and other measures passed by Congress in recent months. However, McCain said, the same partisan divisions remain in Congress despite Obama's campaign pledges...
  • McCain favors boarding NKorean ship

    06/21/2009 8:43:37 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 25 replies · 596+ views
    AP ^ | 2009-06-21
    WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain says the U.S. should board a North Korean ship it is tracking if hard evidence shows it is carrying missiles or other cargo in violation of U.N. resolutions. McCain says that such cargo would contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to nations that pose a direct threat to the United States.
  • McCain: Obama has 'done well' as president so far [Barf alert]

    06/21/2009 8:26:21 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 185 replies · 2,811+ views
    AP ^ | 2009-06-21
    WASHINGTON (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.
  • McCain sees trouble for health, climate bills [wants the Democrats to do things *his* way]

    06/19/2009 6:10:45 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 23 replies · 746+ views
    Reuters ^ | 2009-06-19 | Richard Cowan & Simon Denyer
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of President Barack Obama's top priorities -- healthcare reform and reducing global warming -- are in disarray on Capitol Hill, with no sign of bipartisan consensus, Senator John McCain said on Friday. The Arizona Republican, who was defeated by Obama for the presidency last November, said in an interview with Reuters that climate change legislation "is just dead in the water. It's not got momentum." Efforts to overhaul America's costly healthcare system need to begin anew after the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said a draft bill would cost $1 trillion and insure only 16 million of...
  • Video: McCain On Obama's Slipping Polls Numbers

    06/19/2009 8:07:09 AM PDT · by careyb · 8 replies · 442+ views
    Hannity ^ | 6/18/09 | John McCain
    He talks to Hannity.
  • McCain's benefit taxation not in GOP health plan [pwn3d]

    06/17/2009 7:21:31 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 24 replies · 437+ views
    The Hill, Washington, DC ^ | 2009-06-17 | Molly K. Hooper
    House GOP leaders who unveiled their “vision” for healthcare reform made clear that a major provision endorsed by 2008 GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) was not included. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), chairman of the Health Care Solutions Group that spent months writing a "comprehensive" reform plan, said that McCain's proposal to tax employer-based benefits was "certainly not part of our plan."
  • Healthcare letter from Sen. John McCain ["bi-partisan health care reform"]

    06/17/2009 7:15:43 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 17 replies · 475+ views
    Country First PAC via Norfolk (Va.) Examiner ^ | 2009-06-17 | U.S. Sen. John McCain, RINO-Arizona
    My Friends, Health care is a problem of growing importance across America. From kitchen tables, to state governments, to our government here in Washington, the growing cost of health care and the shortcomings of the current system are issues of extreme concern. With polls showing that a majority of Americans now support Congress enacting a major overhaul of the U.S. health care system, it is clear that we must begin working towards a bi-partisan solution to address the need for reform. In the coming weeks, Congress will begin the hard work of debating health care legislation that will provide all...
  • John McCain: President Obama not showing 'leadership' [well, what did you expect, you dumb RINO?]

    06/17/2009 2:01:59 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 42 replies · 737+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-06-17 | Andy Barr
    Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) criticized President Barack Obama Wednesday for failing to take a strong leadership role in voicing opposition to the election results in Iran. “I do not believe that the president is taking the leadership that is incumbent upon an American president, which we have throughout modern history, and that is to advocate for human rights and freedom, and free elections are one of those fundamentals,” McCain said during an interview on CNN. McCain said the president “obviously doesn’t agree” that Iranians have the right to protest the election results as a “fundamental principle.” “We are seeking, as...
  • Democrats face crucial immigration test [and looking to McCain to "lead" the way]

    06/17/2009 7:37:29 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 38 replies · 610+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-06-17 | Gebe Martinez
    After twice postponing a highly anticipated meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on immigration reform, the White House is under increasing pressure to get legislation done this year. Winning congressional approval of an immigration measure by December is a steep climb, with the economy, health care and energy higher on the president’s agenda. So far, Obama has promised only to begin the discussion at the summit set for next week. But if the president does not move quickly, he will suffer the same fate as his predecessor, President George W. Bush, who left office acknowledging that failure to...
  • How War Fighting Became Law Enforcement; Obama Goes to Court ... 9/11 and the McCain Amendment

    06/17/2009 6:32:47 AM PDT · by Sergeant Tim · 13 replies · 503+ views
    National Review Online ^ | June 17, 2009 | Andrew C. McCarthy
    McCain explicitly included the Fifth Amendment in his legislation because it addresses his target, coercive interrogation. As we’ve seen, in Dickerson, the Supreme Court held that Miranda was now considered part of the Fifth Amendment’s core. In the al-Owhali case, Judge Sand ruled that Miranda imposes daunting burdens on American agents overseas — burdens far more challenging than the rote reading of an advice-of-rights card that typically happens in domestic policing. With the Supreme Court, beginning in 2004, imposing more and more criminal-justice procedure on the battlefield, the McCain Amendment would almost certainly be used by courts or a Democratic...
  • McCain talks tough on Iran, but not Letterman [also talks about future of GOP]

    06/16/2009 7:45:54 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 23 replies · 709+ views
    USA Today / MSNBC | 2009-06-16
    Link only, per FR copyright and excerpt policy
  • McCain shows off his new ride outside U.S. Capitol [Grahamnesty gets to ride shotgun]

    06/16/2009 3:22:32 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 19 replies · 799+ views
    WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sen. John McCain officially got the keys to his 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid on Tuesday, and promptly took it for a spin around the Russell Senate office building in Washington — but not before accidentially tripping the car alarm. Before jumping in, McCain was overheard remarking that his new ride features a voice-activated navigation system and Sirius satellite radio. Riding shotgun was McCain's buddy Lindsey Graham, who joked as he got into the passenger seat: "I hope I live to tell about this."
  • VIDEO: McCain "Sure" Iranian Elections Were "Rigged"

    06/16/2009 9:53:15 AM PDT · by i88schwartz · 26 replies · 397+ views
    Real Clear Politics ^ | June 16, 2009 | Real Clear Politics
    Sen. John McCain tells the Washington Times he is sure the Iranian elections were rigged. McCain said we should "condemn" the Iranians for that.
  • McCain buying new Ford hybrid

    06/15/2009 8:10:02 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 34 replies · 846+ views
    AP ^ | 2009-06-15
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Republican presidential nominee John McCain is getting a new set of wheels. The Arizona senator said on his Twitter feed Monday that he was buying a new Ford Fusion Hybrid. His office says he's getting the 2010 hybrid in silver and was impressed by its fuel-efficiency.
  • McCain: Iranian election a 'sham'

    06/15/2009 9:37:19 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 21 replies · 704+ views
    Politico ^ | 2009-06-15 | Andy Barr
    Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday called the recent reelection of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a “sham” and criticized President Barack Obama’s administration for not voicing strong opposition to the election’s result. “The reaction of the Iranian people shows their discontent with this regime,” McCain said during an interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.” “It’s really a sham that they've pulled off and I hope that we will act,” he said.
  • McCain's voice must be part of reform effort [huge barf] [AZ Republic on its knees for McQueeg]

    06/13/2009 10:43:37 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 15 replies · 629+ views
    The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. | 2009-06-13
    Link only, per FR posting policy