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McCain takes shot at Romney on immigration
CNN ^ | May 22, 2007 | Unknown

Posted on 05/22/2007 8:06:28 AM PDT by 3AngelaD

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain taunted rival Mitt Romney on immigration Monday, saying Romney should "get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn."

Romney's campaign responded that McCain "is having a very difficult time" defending his support of a sweeping immigration bill, which Romney opposes....Monday, McCain made fun of Romney's evolving positions on other issues...

"In the case of Gov. Romney, you know, maybe I should wait a couple of weeks and see if it changes, because it's changed in less than a year from his position before," McCain said. "And maybe his solution will be to get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn. I don't know."...

The jab squeezed in references to two past controversies: Romney's backtrack on an April comment that he'd "been a hunter pretty much all my life" -- he later said he had shot "varmints," such as rabbits, as a child...

But his spokesman, Kevin Madden, said that Romney "has been very clear that he opposes this immigration agreement, which clearly falls short of the American public's expectations."

"It seems that the candidate who brokered this flawed plan is having a very difficult time coming to terms with the political fallout that has ensued and cannot even muster up a substantive argument in favor of it," Madden said..."

McCain admitted after the 2000 Republican primary campaign that his temper might have hurt his chances to be president.

Republican strategist Ed Rollins said Tuesday that incidents such as these diminish McCain's appeal to voters who don't know him....

"When the pressure gets on, he tends to get his back up a little bit," Rollins said. "He's 70 years old. People don't want a cantankerous president."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; aliens; amnesty; campaign; illegalaliens; illegalimmigration; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; mccain; romney; varmints
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Notice that CNN puts the word amnesty in quotes. Gee, wonder what side they're on.
1 posted on 05/22/2007 8:06:30 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: 3AngelaD

McNasty strikes again.


2 posted on 05/22/2007 8:08:50 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter ( Who is the Democrat's George Galloway?)
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To: 3AngelaD

If ever there was a person to be afraid of with his finger on the “button”, it is this nut!


3 posted on 05/22/2007 8:11:49 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: 3AngelaD

McCain knows he’s done for.....look at these COMMENTS below his press release ON HIS OWN WEBSITE

http://www.johnmccain.com/Blog/Read.aspx?guid=3ee70fd6-928b-43e8-8b0a-8834fc428be0


4 posted on 05/22/2007 8:12:43 AM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68
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To: 3AngelaD

Yesterday, Mark Levin cited all McLame’s flip-flops on his radio show. The man better be careful who he points fingers at.


5 posted on 05/22/2007 8:13:39 AM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: 3AngelaD

6 posted on 05/22/2007 8:15:06 AM PDT by 50mm (la prensa dos en traducir mi línea de etiqueta al inglés)
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To: 3AngelaD

McCain has about as much chance of getting the Republican nomination as Biden has of getting the Democrat one.


7 posted on 05/22/2007 8:18:09 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

I think McCain has cooked his own presidential goose with this and the cooking thermometer has popped out. I hope someone has fun with him and baits him one of the debates and makes him scream like Howard Dean.


8 posted on 05/22/2007 8:18:21 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: 3AngelaD

McCain is an embarrassment to a$$holes everywhere.


9 posted on 05/22/2007 8:18:44 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (If amnesty passes, I will be discriminating against all Mexicans.)
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To: 3AngelaD

NEWS FLASH... McCain’s Votes Up for Grabs!!!

How many conservatives are going to vote for Senator Edward John McCainedy from the liberal state of Massizona? Not this conservative!


10 posted on 05/22/2007 8:19:19 AM PDT by BigAlPro (Amnesty by any other name is still Amnesty)
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Notice that CNN puts the word amnesty in quotes. Gee, wonder what side they're on.

Well, they are a "news" organization.

11 posted on 05/22/2007 8:19:33 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (If amnesty passes, I will be discriminating against all Mexicans.)
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To: RacerF150

Snort. Good one.


12 posted on 05/22/2007 8:20:14 AM PDT by 3AngelaD (They've screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, now they're here screwing up ours.)
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To: 3AngelaD
I think McCain has cooked his own presidential goose with this and the cooking thermometer has popped out.

Lol Captain Queeg is toast.

13 posted on 05/22/2007 8:21:23 AM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68
Wow. It's unbelievable, the outpouring of anti-McCain sentiment on the McCain website. I stopped reading about a third of the way down and in that time only read one supporter, with one weak show of support:
Posted at 7:50PM on 5/20/07 by Russ4McCain

Y'all can't be serious.

It's amazing that the webmaster let these comments stand.
14 posted on 05/22/2007 8:27:55 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: 3AngelaD; RacerF150

“get out his small-varmint gun and drive those Guatemalans off his lawn.”

This just shows how out of touch the man is with his own constituents. It is common knowledge that in both AZ and TX there have been many times when ranchers who own borderland have had to shoot illegals. There is nothing in the least witty in what he said.


15 posted on 05/22/2007 8:28:09 AM PDT by Froufrou
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To: 3AngelaD
Republican presidential hopeful doubtful John McCain.....

There, that's better. This guy is certifiable.
16 posted on 05/22/2007 8:30:31 AM PDT by stm (Believe 1% of what you hear in the drive-by media and take half of that with a grain of salt)
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To: 3AngelaD

McCai-Feingold and McCain-Kennedy. Anyone tied to either of these travesties has severly hindered their chances at the big seat.

That means co-sponsors too.


17 posted on 05/22/2007 8:31:21 AM PDT by ElectricStrawberry (27th Infantry Regiment....cut in half during the Clinton years......WOLFHOUNDS!!!!)
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To: Froufrou

“I’m John McCain and I wrote down all your Free Republic names and I’m going to report them to me, then you’ll be in trouble. Snap, Crackle, Pop...get them!”


18 posted on 05/22/2007 8:31:51 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: massgopguy

McCain has no chance and he knows it. He’s remaining in this thing for personal reasons, probably to exact a little revenge. He’s that type of arrogant nutball.


19 posted on 05/22/2007 8:35:38 AM PDT by CeasarsGhost
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To: 3AngelaD

McNut needs to be in a cage.


20 posted on 05/22/2007 8:37:51 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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