Posted on 12/27/2010 10:06:29 PM PST by rabscuttle385
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Woods said McCain would be more helpful if the White House reached out to him, but "they haven't talked to him at all."
McCain also voted no Saturday on the Dream Act, which would have granted citizenship to thousands of foreign-born college students. He initially sponsored the legislation. Gullett said McCain constantly faced voters on the campaign trail last year asking about border security and that affected his stance. His communications director, Brooke Buchanan, explained that on immigration, McCain believes the border needs to be secured above all else, citing the increasing border violence over the last four years. "His opinion has evolved with time," she said. "Don't we expect our leaders to base their opinions and policies, don't we expect them to change with the time? And that's what Sen. McCain has been doing. It's truly in the best interest of our country."
Woods said "it hurts" McCain to vote against legislation like the Dream Act after years of working on reform but said the senator felt betrayed when Latinos overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008. "When you carry that fight at great sacrifice year after year and then you are abandoned during the biggest fight of your life, it has to have some sort of effect on you," he said.
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"Fundamentally John McCain is very conservative. His voting record is consistently conservative. The whole maverick concept, yes he is, because he wasn't a total litmus test guy, but he has a consistently conservative voting record," Gullett said. "It's not like he is some kind of liberal. I think people forget because they want to forget. He's had a lot of center votes, but he is fundamentally a conservative."
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"His voting record is consistently conservative...The whole maverick concept, yes he is, because he wasn't a total litmus test guy, but he has a consistently conservative voting record. It's not like he is some kind of liberal."
Consistently conservative? Still a maverick, yet not a maverick? Not a liberal?
Bull****!
What kind of fools do you take us for, Juan?!
FUJM!
Not a surprise. He wanted to vote for that so badly that I bet he had many sleepless nights worrying about it and continues today. He want amnesty so badly.
Well, we are stuck with him for the next 6 years. Let’s pray he doesn’t revert to form (against all odds)
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Ping!
On immigration, McCain is not in line with most conservatives views. Or at least, my views. e-Verify should be cleaned up so it does not show false results of any kind, then it ought to be made mandatory for all employers who wish to deduct their employee related costs from their income for tax purposes. Egregious violators of employment law should have their business license suspended for 3 months, then 6 months for the second violation and a year for the 3rd. If McCain takes this one issue and runs with it, we’ll know he is conservative on immigration issues.
If such a bill is passed
If such a bill is carried by McCain and he gets it passed, he will burnish his conservative credentials.
Doh!
In your feeble mind!
It's personal. He couldn't care less about the principle. His pride is hurt.
"ALL POWER CORRUPTS" Lord Acton
Everyone of us are prone to protect our own ideas and position. We begin with principles but as soon as we achieve just a little power, influences begin to manipulate us and the corruption begins to creep in. NO politician can live up to our expectations over time. We remain comparatively uncorrupted over the same time frame, not experiencing the same temptations as do they.
Washington politicians have it the worst. Living away from the moral and conservative influences of their friend's and supporters, they are overwhelmed with temptation as no other; pride, money, power, flattery, position; wanting to be liked by the press, the bureaucrats, legislative colleagues; wanting to please their spouse and children who want THEM to be liked by others so THEY will be liked by others, eventually to be motivated by their own legacy.
This is why even a conservative hero like Reagan was far more principled and far more conservative in the beginning of his first term than at the end of his second; why one time conservative legislators are today's RINOs and why yesterday's conservative Justices of the SCOTUS are today's moderates. "The temptations are too powerful for someone who already has a fairly large ego anyway, to be uninfluenced.
Pigs don't know pigs stink. After a while a once conservative senator doesn't notice he's become a RINO. McCain really does think he's a conservative. In his own mind, he compares himself to the others that he works with every day in the Washington and the national politically liberal cesspool. It's human. The conservatives we respect most are fairly new to national politics, or they have VERY strong personal religious commitments. We'll see if their conservatism can survive it.
Makes for a strong rationale for term limits for ANY federal job, elected, appointed or otherwise.
Oh yeah, McCain has shown how much he wanted the border secured. He did everything he could to keep it flowing.
>He want amnesty so badly.<
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Apparently so do the voters in AZ or they would’ve voted for someone else.
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- Are illegal alien males required to register?
Yes. All immigrant alien males, other than those admitted on nonimmigrant visas, must register, whether or not they have a green card
Source:
http://www.endusmilitarism.org/faqonsss.html
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LOL! - As are we all.
>> “His opinion has evolved with time,” she said.
Haven’t heard that before. /s
One no longer changes the mind, the thoughts - they evolve. What a bunch of deceptive freaks.
Juan McLame needs to retire 10 years ago. What an antique sleazebag.
Guys, I know deep inside you know who McCain really is!
He voted practically against key legislations that favored Bush policies. Why? Bush defeated him in a primary.
>> Not all Bush policies are “conservatives”, mind you!
Now, he’s voting practically against all key legislations that support Obama’s policies? Why? Obama defeated him in 2008.
>> All Obama’s policies are ultra-liberal.
In a surprise twist, McCain is a gift to all conservatives until 2012. If Obama wins in 2012, McCain’s next 4 years will still be an additional bonus.
Admit it!
As for amnesty, Bush himself is pro-amnesty! Will you give Bush the same ridicule and derision as you’ve been giving McCain since 2000?
Common!
PS: I think that all your anger should now switch to Lizard Mucporksy of Alaska!
I’m sure John is all kinds of heartbroken that the Republican party re-took the House. John is a lot better as a go-along-get-along, head-in-the-sand minority party member who doesn’t have to show any kind of real leadership. Then he can hang out with liberals, co-sponsor legislation with them, and claim that he had to do it because compromise is the only option for the minority party.
How long is Arizona going to continue to re-elect this worthless turd?
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