GOP put 'power over principle,' McCain says

Riverside Press-Enterprise ^ | 3/14/07 | Michelle DeArmond

[NormsRevenge]

"We Republicans came to power in 1994 to change government, and government changed us. And that's why we lost the election: We began to value power over principle."

[NormsRevenge]

It's what ails us here in California as well.

[LIConFem]

Ugh... I hate it when I agree with McCain.

[edcoil]

RIVERSIDE - Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and other Republicans helped cost the party the 2006 election because of their pork-barrel spending, out-of-control earmarks and corruption, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday.

All of which Senator McCain is himself guilty of. O, senator, how are the rest of the Keating Five - when is your next class reunion.

[latina4dubya]

GOP put 'power over principle,' McCain says

he should know...

[Cicero]

I would be more sympathetic to this message if McCain weren't a mad, powerdrunk politician himself. The left wing press has started to turn against him, and this is clearly a play to get himself back on the front pages again as their hero.

Soon, it will be McCain-Feingold, part deux.

[Mr. Mojo]

"We began to value power over principle."

This coming from a gun grabbin' ("F-" rating from GOA), illegal alien supporting (McCain-Kennedy), 1st amendment depising (McCain-Feingold) "Republican."

Nice principles, John.

[gov_bean_ counter]

I guess that is why McCrazy supports all types of free speech during election campaigns since he's not afraid of losing all that power. /s

[true_blue_texican]

Crap! You beat me to it. That was my exact thought when I read the title.

[P-40]

the Keating Five

Yup, McCain is just pointing out a problem in order to win political points even though he was part of the problem to begin with.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Ugh... I hate it when I agree with McCain.

LOL! I know what you mean.

[EternalHope]

John McCain has done more than any other person to damage the Republican party from within. He cannot be trusted.

However, what he says here is true.

"We Republicans came to power in 1994 to change government, and government changed us. And that's why we lost the election: We began to value power over principle."

"The system corrupted people, and people took advantage of a system that's badly broken," McCain said after having breakfast with donors at the Mission Inn. "We've got to get back to the kind of governance that Ronald Reagan was so successful at and that's being careful stewards of American taxpayers' dollars."

McCain has emerged as a staunch defender of the president and the war and said Tuesday that the United States needs to send as many troops as it takes to fight in Iraq.

I'm looking for a candidate I TRUST who says the same things.

[ex-snook]

It ain't 1994 Republicans any more.

The GOP has split into old Republicans last led by Elder Bush and populated by Foreign Realists and Wall Streeters. The others are Bushlickcans populated by grafters and those who neoconned 'W' and will stick by him, no matter what his administration does, since he pushes their ME policies. This group wants Giuliani to carry on for them. Without a true conservative candidate indebted to no one, expect more of same.

I suggest General Pace after he gets dumped.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Talk about the pot and the kettle!

McKeating never ceases to amaze.

[layman]

The system corrupted people

That's right .... it wasn't my fault .... the system made me corrupt.

[bmwcyle]

Two faced McCain speaks again.

[Desperately Seeking Freedom]

You nailed it. Big Time.

[SE Mom]

OMG, this, from MC CAIN? Hilarious.

[Artemis Webb]

John McCain is the ONLY republican running who I simply would not vote for in the general election. This has nothing to do with his politics. I simply despise the man. I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire.