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McCain: GOP lost 'big-time,' must rally
The Chicago Tribune - Washington Bureau ^
| 2009-03-03
| Mark Silva
Posted on 03/03/2009 2:56:03 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, says his party has lost two elections in a row - "big-time'' - and it's time to rally anew.
On the spat that radio's Rush Limbaugh has stirred with President Barack Obama, prompting the White House and Democratic Party alike to assert that radio's "Rush'' is the new voice of the GOP, McCain had this to say on the FOX News Channel today:
"I think there's a lot of voices in our party. Rush Limbaugh is one of them,'' McCain told Neil Cavuto on FOX's Your World with Cavuto. "(RNC Chairman) Michael Steele, I respect enormously, the governors, (Tim) Pawlenty (of Minnesota) and (Bobby) Jindal (of Louisiana) and (Sarah) Palin (of Alaska, McCain's running mate in '08) and others.
"I appreciate all of them, and, for us to get into some kind of contest, when we've just lost an election, about who does what, let's all work together as a party and get our party back on track,'' McCain said. "We just lost two elections in a row, big-time. Let's get together.
"I think Mr. Limbaugh speaks for a number of Republicans,'' McCain says of the conservative commentator with an estimated radio audience of 12 million. "I think I speak a little for the Republican Party...Let's all speak for the things we value and the things we believe in."
(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
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No mas Juan McCain y los RINOs!
To: rabscuttle385
Hopefully McCain is the first one left behind as the party reinvents itself, with Michael Steele running a close second.
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03/03/2009 2:57:01 PM PST
by
Carling
("We've lost two people in my family because you dickheads won't cut trees down," - Warwick Spooner)
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posted on
03/03/2009 2:57:12 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
Sit down, Johnny Mac ... while it’s nice to see you found your voice, it is about a year too late.
When you had a chance to speak loudly in opposition, you offered praise for your opponent, kicking your supporters in the crotch at every turn, so what you have to say is of little interest.
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posted on
03/03/2009 2:57:45 PM PST
by
mgc1122
To: rabscuttle385
McCain: GOP lost 'big-time'
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posted on
03/03/2009 2:58:12 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
("Remember, remember, the Fourth of November, the Socialist treason and plot...")
To: rabscuttle385
I think I speak a little for the Republican Party.You got that right Juan, VERY little.
To: rabscuttle385
"We just lost two elections in a row, big-time. Let's get together. Let's not.
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posted on
03/03/2009 2:59:03 PM PST
by
TADSLOS
( Join the Conservative Revolution! http://falconparty.com/)
To: rabscuttle385
Waving one hand around to distract you while with the other hand he prepares to stab you again.
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posted on
03/03/2009 2:59:07 PM PST
by
EternalVigilance
( TR: "Walk softly and carry a big stick." BHO: "Walk softly and carry a spaghetti noodle.")
To: OBXWanderer
You got that right Juan, VERY little....only when he's not busy speaking for the Democrat Party.
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posted on
03/03/2009 2:59:26 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
Let's all speak for the things we value and the things we believe in.Expect for you nativist, racist, quote Conservatives.
Right, Juan?
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:00:13 PM PST
by
DTogo
(Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
To: rabscuttle385
Step One:
Provide the American public with a rock-ribbed conservative message and a portfolio of policies, CLEARLY divergent from the big government Marxism of the Democrats. This is where President Bush went off the tracks.
No, Mr. McCain, you and most assuredly Michael Steele, are NOT the ones who can do this.
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:00:18 PM PST
by
EyeGuy
To: rabscuttle385
I was a loser then, and I'm still a loser now
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:00:20 PM PST
by
txnativegop
(God Bless America! (NRA-Endowment))
To: rabscuttle385
McCain is the self-declared LOSER FROM ARIZONA
who said Obama was 'ok' and 'nothing to fear'.
Idiot.
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:00:22 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:01:22 PM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(Economists predicting a quick recovery are like the band that continued playing on the Titanic.)
To: rabscuttle385
Again the “Mac rule” applies.
Anytime McCain says anything, wait 3 days, it will change.
Sad, but true.
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:04:15 PM PST
by
Gator113
("Noli nothis permittere te terere.")
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:05:13 PM PST
by
bamahead
(Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
To: rabscuttle385
“He’s a real Clymer”
“Yeah, big-time!”
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:05:43 PM PST
by
bigbob
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To: rabscuttle385
“I think Mr. Limbaugh speaks for a number of Republicans,’’ McCain says of the conservative commentator with an estimated radio audience of 12 million.”
Isn’t it more like 20 million?
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:06:57 PM PST
by
headstamp 2
("Government is a disease masquerading as it's own cure")
To: rabscuttle385
> McCain: GOP lost 'big-time,' must rally This is like the Pied Piper complaining about the dearth of rats in Hamelin.
McCain -- GO HOME! STAY THERE AND SHUT UP -- PLEASE! WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!!
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posted on
03/03/2009 3:07:15 PM PST
by
NewJerseyJoe
(Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
To: rabscuttle385
Mac, please leave the stage gracefully.
Time for new blood that reflects the Repub base. You had your shot, now go away.
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