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Obama criticizes absent McCain on Senate floor, McCain hits back hard
Politico.com ^ | May 23, 2008 | Jonathan Martin

Posted on 05/23/2008 5:48:26 AM PDT by libstripper

Jim Webb's GI Bill passed the Senate today with a bipartisan majority, 75-22. Clinton and Obama were both there, but McCain is in California today on the fundraising trail.

Obama used the opportunity to once again tie his rival to the president.

"I respect Sen. John McCain's service to our country," Obama said on the Senate floor this morning. "He is one of those heroes of which I speak. But I can't understand why he would line up behind the president in opposition to this GI Bill. I can't believe why he believes it is too generous to our veterans. I could not disagree with him and the president more on this issue."

The McCain campaign responded by issuing a sharply worded and lengthy statement in the senator's name. McCain notes his support for an alternative to the Webb measure, but points out his own military service and points out Obama's lack thereof.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; bttt; election; mccain; obama; veteran; webb
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McCain rips Obama - be sure to click on the link and read the full comments.

The McCain List.
121 posted on 05/23/2008 4:38:45 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: Clintonfatigued

You’ll like this!


122 posted on 05/23/2008 4:39:51 PM PDT by Norman Bates (Freepmail me to be part of the McCain List!)
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To: libstripper
Brilliant response from Senator McCain.
123 posted on 05/23/2008 4:45:28 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: libstripper
I'll be.. I have to pat McCain on the back here!

He kicked Obama in the teeth, too bad its not on every media outlet

Click the link , read all of this!

124 posted on 05/23/2008 5:05:55 PM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: nwrep
Bit much that.
125 posted on 05/23/2008 5:19:20 PM PDT by Churchillspirit
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To: libstripper
**The McCain campaign responded by issuing a sharply worded and lengthy statement in the senator's name. McCain notes his support for an alternative to the Webb measure, but points out his own military service and points out Obama's lack thereof.**

LOL!

126 posted on 05/23/2008 6:06:59 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: libstripper

I don’t know who’s writing McCain’s statements for him, but he needs to keep writing. And glad to see McKinnon gone from the campaign, should have happened a long time ago.


127 posted on 05/23/2008 6:21:16 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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To: 1rudeboy

“And I will not accept from Senator Obama, who did not feel it was his responsibility to serve our country in uniform, any lectures on my regard for those who did.

Zing.”

I agree with your ZING! I also wonder if we matched McCain’s voting record with that of Obama...who would have avoided his duty by simply voting “present” the most? ;-)


128 posted on 05/24/2008 5:49:21 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: Chinstrap61a

“”Tone it down old man. Your teeth and temper are flaring and it is a ghastly sight.”

A very strange response - don’t you think that McCain should stand up to Barry Obama? His response was strong, clear, measured - in short, the kind of response a man should make when someone attacks him.”

I agree and what’s with that poster’s ad hominem with regard to his age?


129 posted on 05/24/2008 5:59:54 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: libstripper

It’s encouraging, for sure.


130 posted on 05/24/2008 6:08:39 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: libstripper
McCain just may win Survivor: The Presidency. Alliances drove off the fit and likable candidates, because they were too great a threat. McCain made it into the final four of McCain, Hillary, Hussein and Huckabee. He has a strong case that he is the least bad candidate of the final four.
131 posted on 05/24/2008 7:39:22 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Carbon Dioxide is a trace gas that is necessary for life on earth.)
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To: Snurple

Glen Ford slapping a woman? It’s hard to believe. What was the movie?


132 posted on 05/24/2008 7:41:18 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Carbon Dioxide is a trace gas that is necessary for life on earth.)
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To: goodwithagun

Let’s talk about his ass even if we aren’t allowed! Along with his ears, his wife’s evil America comments, his church, his friends,,,,,,,,,whatever ! The man is running for President !


133 posted on 05/24/2008 3:07:45 PM PDT by missanne (If we lost the war in Iraq, who won?)
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To: nwrep
"Obama is a two-bit bastard child born to a pimp married to an atheist slut. McCain is a great patriot born in a legendary patriotic family."

You forgot "Muslim militant."

134 posted on 06/02/2008 3:45:23 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: SumProVita; Chinstrap61a

MurryMom is our pet troll. The boss lets her stay here so we can tag and bag her once or twice a month.


135 posted on 06/02/2008 3:48:35 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: 1035rep

“Obama is a two-bit bastard child born to a pimp married to an atheist slut...”

In fact, the preponderance of evidence is that Obama Sr. and Stanley Ann never actually attempted marriage, and certainly were not legally married, since Obama Sr. had an undivorced wife back in Kenya which would have rendered any such marriage ceremony between Dunham and himself invalid ab initio.


136 posted on 06/02/2008 3:51:58 PM PDT by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: yoe

WOW!!! Yes - a very nice “rebuttal” for Obama’s side-swipe sound bite. (Can you really do a “rebuttal” on a sound bite?).

I am glad McCain FINALLY had the stones to get a bit angry at one of the Democrats - perhaps he has turned a corner?

I liked McCains line:

“My grandfather, who commanded the fast carrier task force under Admiral Halsey, came home from the war exhausted from the burdens he had borne, and died the next day.”

Obama: “Well, my uncle...er.. great uncle?..well one of my relatives. They tell the story of him liberating some camp, er.. in Germany maybe? And he like moped around in the attic for awhile. That’s what I found on the internet ...I mean, that’s what my relatives tell me”


137 posted on 06/02/2008 3:55:35 PM PDT by 21twelve (Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
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To: nicola_tesla

The Muslim militant doesn’t have any facts. Obama is an idiot. He didn’t know how many states we have or the difference between Memorial and Veterans day. Obama is a unpatriotic POS who should be running for office over in Kenya.


138 posted on 06/02/2008 4:08:34 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Philo-Junius

Okay, so probably a bastard also.


139 posted on 06/02/2008 4:13:34 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: MurryMom

What’s the matter, you lib loser? Afraid your Marxist scum’s in trouble?


140 posted on 06/02/2008 4:26:12 PM PDT by NYC Republican (Infuriate the MSM---Vote McCain... John McCain- Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory...)
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