ABC News Transcript: Transcript: National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
MCCAIN: I would certainly be -- would -- well, I don't know if I would be "opposed" to it, because I would probably want to judge them on a case-by-case basis. I understand the local objection. And senators and congressmen objection to saying, here are some people that we're just going to dump onto the community.
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I'm for closing Guantanamo, and I said I was for closing it. But I'm for a comprehensive solution of all of the issues surrounding Guantanamo, which now obviously are facing serious roadblocks in Congress, because the announcement was made without addressing the underlying problems associated.
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I think we're kind of in a word game here. I don't want to moderate, either. I think our policies, the principles of our party are as viable today as they have in the past. In all due respect, the previous administration, by letting spending get completely out of control, by betraying some of those principles of our party, cost us a couple of elections.
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Now, I don't agree with my daughter on specific issues. I still love my daughter and I respect her views and I think there is a place for her in the Republican Party. I do. I think we've got to broaden our - enlarge our tent and at the same time stick to our fundamental principles which are right of center.
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They accept the premise and only offer a "different" way to do it.
We need to reject the premise , then explain why.
Go away Johnny....and take your fat daughter with you.
I still love my daughter and I respect her views and I think there is a place for her in the Republican Party. Leave it to McCain to say that the GOP should welcome hardcore liberal Democrats with open arms. Of course, he also thinks that we should welcome gang bangers, drug smugglers, and criminals from south of the border as "God's children," so this is not exactly unexpected. |
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