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McCain Furiously Courted by Kerry, Bush
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| NANCY BENAC
Posted on 08/26/2004 3:39:33 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) is emerging as the bipartisan scold whom neither presidential candidate can get enough of this year.
Although the maverick Arizona senator hasn't been shy about taking both campaigns to task, Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) sounded out McCain as a possible running mate and President Bush (news - web sites) will showcase him on the opening night of the Republican National Convention.
(Excerpt) Read more at story.news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mccain; mcidiot; mcme; mcpain
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To: NavySEAL F-16
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:40:27 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(John Kerry & John Edwards: Political Malpractice)
To: NavySEAL F-16
I do not recall him being this popular prior to the 2000 election...was he?
3
posted on
08/26/2004 3:41:04 PM PDT
by
BonnieJ
To: NavySEAL F-16
Who was it on FR that called him "Senator McMe"?
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:41:47 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
(http://www.conservativesforbush.com)
To: BonnieJ
5
posted on
08/26/2004 3:41:48 PM PDT
by
Howlin
(John Kerry & John Edwards: Political Malpractice)
To: NavySEAL F-16
This almost makes me physically sick.
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:44:08 PM PDT
by
truthkeeper
(Yeah, I have a 1998 signup date. So?)
To: BonnieJ
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:44:40 PM PDT
by
NavySEAL F-16
(Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
To: NavySEAL F-16
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:45:30 PM PDT
by
onyx
(JohnKerry -- the standard bearer for the unbearable)
To: NavySEAL F-16
I'm a vet and I piss on McCain...
He is taking Kerry's side in the fight against the Swiftees. They are heroes who have stood by their nation...but McCain is standing on the side of Benedict Arnold Kerry.
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:47:54 PM PDT
by
dinok
To: NavySEAL F-16
I don't believe the Bush folks would bother going out of their way for McCain - he is too flaky. The Bush team reached out to him in regards to the 527s, but I think that is more of an invitation for the Kerry campaign to put another round into its foot. If anyone is desperate for McCain backing, it is the Kerry folks and it won't help them because he has made himself fairly irrelevant in the last 3-1/2 years.
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:48:49 PM PDT
by
trebb
(Ain't God good . . .)
To: NavySEAL F-16
McCain needs to publicly support the President or switch parties.
11
posted on
08/26/2004 3:51:22 PM PDT
by
Spok
To: Spok
After this election cycle, with GWB the big winner, McCain will have no further campaign value. This is his last shot at sainthood.
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:52:46 PM PDT
by
Voltage
To: dinok
It almost makes you think that it has something to do with the POW/MIA work they did together in the early 90s, where they both let the families of these men down.
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:55:03 PM PDT
by
NavySEAL F-16
(Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
To: NavySEAL F-16
AFTER the election.. President Bush needs to take McInsane to the woodshed and deal with him once and for all.
Semper Fi
14
posted on
08/26/2004 3:56:53 PM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek...But I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: river rat
Rumor has it that McCain is looking at 2008 for a run at the presidency.
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posted on
08/26/2004 3:58:36 PM PDT
by
NavySEAL F-16
(Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
To: Spok
"McCain needs to publicly support the President or switch parties."
Why should he? ...The creep is getting what he wants by threatning to go on either side as it suits him. Name one other senator with as much power.
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posted on
08/26/2004 4:00:12 PM PDT
by
dinok
To: NavySEAL F-16
...Seventy per cent of Americans cannot name their senators or their congressman. Forty-nine per cent believe that the President has the power to suspend the Constitution. Only about thirty per cent name an issue when they explain why they voted the way they did, and only a fifth hold consistent opinions on issues over time. (Quote from a magazine about political science) McCain is popular because of so many uninformed people.
To: BonnieJ
John McCain was one of the Keating Five. I wonder why people forget this?
18
posted on
08/26/2004 4:01:48 PM PDT
by
Endeavor
To: NavySEAL F-16
Anyone want to bet on whether this article had its genesis inside the Kerry Campaign?
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posted on
08/26/2004 4:01:58 PM PDT
by
Loyal Buckeye
((Kerry is a flake))
To: NavySEAL F-16
the headline is misleading,
I was expecting a gay marriage story.
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posted on
08/26/2004 4:06:02 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(Justice of the piece)
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