Senator John McCain Says We Need to Stop Giving Government Aid to Gitmo Detainees

Fox News ^ | 2009-05-06

[rabscuttle385]

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SEN. JOHN MCCAIN (R), ARIZONA: Well, first of all, Neil, they should not be eligible for any benefits. That would be crazy. But the major point here is that President Obama, with great fanfare, announced the closure of Guantanamo Bay, the prison at Gitmo, as we know it, and then, nothing.

In other words, they did what, you know, that everybody would like to see done at least around the world, et cetera, but then no addressing of the fundamental issues associated with it.

What do you do with the detainees? What sort of system of trials do you have for them? Where do they go if you’ve got to keep them? Are you going to have some of them released and — around 10 percent of them if you know have gone back into the fight?

The number two Al Qaeda guy in southern Afghanistan is a former detainee, one of the high-ranking guys in Yemen, a former detainee. So we have to have a policy besides just announcing the quote "closure of Gitmo." You see my point?

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[rabscuttle385]

Well, they may put lipstick on the pig, but it is still a pig.

You can put lipstick on a RINO, but it is still a RINO.

MCCAIN: Well, first of all, I think Jeb Bush is one of the great people I’ve known on education, he was a great governor in the state of Florida, and a great man.

No more Bushes! No more McCains! No more Romneys! No more RINOs!

[rabscuttle385]

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[DoughtyOne]

I believe there are close to 45 million Americans that would love to tell this jackass to shut the hell up.

If 310 million Americans told him to, John would still think he was king of the planet.

Guinness (sp?) should measure his ego. I believe we’ve got a record.

[Mr. Mojo]

No doubt. McCain’s ego renders him oblivious to the fact that the vast majority of Americans just want him to STFU and go away.

[COBOL2Java]

Juan, just join the Democrats so we can be done with you!

[NoGrayZone]

My goodness, why is he still out there yapping? Shut up already....we don’t want you!

[DoughtyOne]

I just wish he’d swap parties. It would be the final confirmation of what we have been saying all along.

Go Johnny go...

[Doogle]

Well, first of all, Neil, they should not be eligible for any benefits. That would be crazy.

..yeah almost as crazy as acting like a 12 year old on stage while cameras were rolling during a Presidential debate in front of 50 to 60 million people

[Jim Robinson]

Amen!

[LibLieSlayer]

I think I can sum that up for you in condensed form... NO MORE BULLSH!T!

LLS

[Bulldawg Fan]

McCain needs to shut his mouth and go back to Arizona and take his bu#t pig Lindsey Graham with him for entertainment.

[Checkers]

McCain was one of the Gitmo closers, right?

Perhaps the Gitmo-ites can live in some of McCain’s mansions.