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McCain attacks Senate GOP critics
TheHill.com ^ | 02/05/08 12:53 PM [ET] | Jackie Kucinich and Klaus Marre

Posted on 02/05/2008 2:30:40 PM PST by TexasCajun

Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) took a swipe Tuesday at GOP senators who have criticized him during the presidential campaign, saying they “are not the most respected members of the United States Senate.”

McCain, who is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination heading into the Super Tuesday primaries, was referring to comments made by five-term Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran and former Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.).

“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine,” Cochran had told The Boston Globe after his endorsement of McCain’s main rival, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. “He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.”

Santorum, another Romney supporter, has also raised McCain’s temper as a reason not to support him.

The Arizona senator hit back hard at his critics when he was asked about their comments on NBC’s “Today Show.”

“And in all due respect to a couple of those people that are criticizing me, they’re not the most respected members of the United States Senate, to be honest with you,” McCain said, noting that he has a lot of support among his colleagues.

Cochran’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; hothead; johnmccain; juanmcaztlan; mccain; rino; rinos
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To: TexasCajun

I believe his name is derived from the latin, McAnus. ;-)


61 posted on 02/05/2008 3:19:34 PM PST by Xenophon450 (I guess I'll never know, some things under the sun can never be understood...)
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To: Free Vulcan
Rangle,

Rangel is a congressman not a senator.

62 posted on 02/05/2008 3:23:28 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: TexasCajun
they “are not the most respected members of the United States Senate.”

And they stole my strawberries.

63 posted on 02/05/2008 3:26:26 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
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To: Paleo Conservative

Thanks, my bad.


64 posted on 02/05/2008 3:28:15 PM PST by Free Vulcan (No prisoners. No mercy.)
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To: TexasCajun
“are not the most respected members of the United States Senate.”

That, sir, is what's called chutzpah.

65 posted on 02/05/2008 3:35:52 PM PST by Will_Kansas
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To: zebrahead

Santorum has repeatly called J.McCain the biggest Republican obstacle to passing conservative legislation he had in the Senate. Whatever way the Republican Senate wished to push a piece of legislation, McAmnesty, would push the opposite.
Bottom line: McAmnesty is a No Conservative !


66 posted on 02/05/2008 3:41:46 PM PST by boilinghot
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To: TexasCajun
John is going to have to register as a Democrat after this election season. Rush is going to rip him appart tomorrow. Can't wait!


67 posted on 02/05/2008 4:06:21 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McCain: RNC will adore him. Get ready for McCain day in photos & Prayer threads. Furball isle 08.)
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To: TonyRo76
They should have labeled it RAMBOO


68 posted on 02/05/2008 4:08:02 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McCain: RNC will adore him. Get ready for McCain day in photos & Prayer threads. Furball isle 08.)
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To: TexasCajun; All

“And in all due respect to a couple of those people that are criticizing me, they’re not the most respected members of the United States Senate, to be honest with you,”

This from the one GOP Senator who is more respected by the opposition than he is by most of his own caucus in the Senate.


69 posted on 02/05/2008 4:26:19 PM PST by Wuli
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To: TexasCajun

“Santorum, another Romney supporter, has also raised McCain’s temper as a reason not to support him.”

I could care less what Rick Santorum says.


70 posted on 02/05/2008 4:46:32 PM PST by moose2004
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To: TexasCajun
Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) took a swipe Tuesday at GOP senators who have criticized him during the presidential campaign, saying they “are not the most respected members of the United States Senate.”

Just wait until he's President and can really get even. This ain't nothin'
71 posted on 02/05/2008 4:49:50 PM PST by CottonBall (The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854 ))
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To: CottonBall

John McVain, you probably think this election’s about you, John McVain (John McVain), you probably think this election’s about you, don’t you, DON’T YOU?, DON’T YOU?! (with apologies to Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain”)


72 posted on 02/05/2008 4:58:15 PM PST by getarope (It's beginning to look like a Beavis & Butt-Head campaign (THIS SUCKS!))
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To: getarope

LOL!


73 posted on 02/05/2008 5:13:09 PM PST by CottonBall (The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. (Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854 ))
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To: TexasCajun
"What a guy! Trashing his own party once again."

Every time I get a notion that this guy is someone I COULD vote for, he whips it out and pees all over conservatives. I could live with McCain if he'd every once in a while attack LIBERALS. Guiliani was great at it even if I didn't agree with about 50% of his positions.

74 posted on 02/05/2008 5:28:44 PM PST by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: Bobkk47

the Dems or the MSM will push the right button and McCain will have his “Howard Dean moment”...and presto!...Dems take the White-house


75 posted on 02/05/2008 5:32:33 PM PST by M-cubed (Why is "Greshams Law" a law?)
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To: TexasCajun

Second-graders in public schools are prescribed drugs for displaying behavior more rational than McCain’s.


76 posted on 02/05/2008 5:34:39 PM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: TexasCajun

This guy can not possibly believe he will win in the general. I wonder if he has a deal with the dems for some appointment in the dem administration.


77 posted on 02/05/2008 5:38:01 PM PST by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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To: TexasCajun

McCain is correct he has the support of every Democrat Senator


78 posted on 02/05/2008 5:41:16 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (McCain/Hagel'08 - Because they deserve each other.)
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To: zebrahead

“Santorum is a former colleague. He went down in flames in 2006. He’s entitled to criticize McCain but McCain can return in kind. I see no problem with this.”

Yeah...but isn’t this phrase just beautiful...imagine it on billboards across the highways of this great land...

“The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine,”


79 posted on 02/05/2008 6:49:19 PM PST by firefox ((Vote Democrat...Its Easier Than Thinking!))
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To: firefox

The people who know him best tell us not to vote for him.

Arizona has voted against him. His home state thinks he is unfit for the job!

Yet he is still in the lead!

Incredible. The republican party has gone mad!


80 posted on 02/05/2008 7:32:14 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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