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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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To: 1035rep

Well, “bastard” was in the original indictment, which then contradicted itself by stating that his parents were married. The existence of even an invalid marriage has never been documented, while the existence of Obama Sr.’s Kenyan marriage at the time of his dalliance with Stanley Ann has.


141 posted on 06/02/2008 4:29:19 PM PDT by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Chinstrap61a

She’s the resident lib. I would have tossed her a long time ago


142 posted on 06/02/2008 4:29:47 PM PDT by NYC Republican (Infuriate the MSM---Vote McCain... John McCain- Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory...)
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To: NYC Republican
I see that she is now Banned... How come?

Please let her back... She is loony, irrational, and illogical.

But I don't think she is vulgar or hateful.

Good to see the mindset of a leftist, which she seems to portray well.

143 posted on 06/02/2008 4:47:38 PM PDT by drc43 (US won despite us... NOW what?... Nancy Pelosi)
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To: drc43
I think the ban is for something on another thread. The bans for the troll are usually for a week.

But I don't think she is vulgar or hateful.

Yes she is. 

144 posted on 06/02/2008 5:26:25 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: libstripper

It used to be that socialists broke the bank with lawmaking saying “It’s for the children!” — now they say “It’s for our servicemen and women and their children, and their parents, and their aunts and uncles and cousins ...”


145 posted on 06/02/2008 5:30:03 PM PDT by bvw
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To: 1035rep
Naaa... Just ur typical leftist.

I think it is good to keep her around...

146 posted on 06/02/2008 5:36:44 PM PDT by drc43 (US won despite us... NOW what?... Nancy Pelosi)
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To: drc43

You can always check out KOS or DU for some leftist twaddle. Knowing your enemy is a good thing, but why give them a meeting place here.


147 posted on 06/02/2008 6:44:22 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: NYC Republican
If you're the one who wrote Senator McCain's speech on Tuesday and advised him to deliver it before a tiny all-white audience in rural Louisiana, McCain will be much better off without your advice.

McCain's Tuesday performance was so pitiful that even Faux News was on his case.

148 posted on 06/05/2008 1:54:14 PM PDT by MurryMom
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