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McCain calls Fort Hood shooting 'act of terror'
AP ^ | 2009-11-11

Posted on 11/11/2009 10:00:22 AM PST by rabscuttle385

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John McCain says last week's shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas was an "act of terror."

McCain said there were signs that the alleged shooter had shown "disturbing behavior" and that those signals should have been passed along to the proper authorities.

The Arizona Republican made the comments Wednesday during a Veteran's Day speech at the University of Louisville as a guest of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Texas; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: domesticterrorism; forthood; fthood; hasan; jihad; mccain; nidalmalikhasan; pc; politics; rino; stillarino; terrorism; wot
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McCain states the obvious. Too bad he was unwilling to do so last October and November.
1 posted on 11/11/2009 10:00:23 AM PST by rabscuttle385
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“McCain states the obvious. Too bad he was unwilling to do so last October and November.”

Wish I had a crystall ball. It would be something to see how he’d be handling the economy and this current (of more to come!) act of terror.

*SHRUG* 0bama is the kick in the @ss we needed.


2 posted on 11/11/2009 10:03:47 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (We have a Pisher in Chief!)
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To: rabscuttle385

No McLame fan, and this IS stating the obvious. But the more loudly the truth is told, the better off we are.


3 posted on 11/11/2009 10:04:43 AM PST by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Pray for our leaders: Rush, Levin, and Beck)
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To: rabscuttle385

Yaaaay for McCain! He’s got my vote! ~sarc


4 posted on 11/11/2009 10:07:01 AM PST by albie
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To: rabscuttle385

Sure took him long enough. He probably had to consult first with Michael Steele and the rest of the RINOs.


5 posted on 11/11/2009 10:13:34 AM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: rabscuttle385

I voted for McCain.

I had to. His name was on the ballot beside Palin.


6 posted on 11/11/2009 10:13:34 AM PST by envisio
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To: rabscuttle385

Glad that he at least is telling the truth. Either he will declare it mutely or he is planning another run.


7 posted on 11/11/2009 10:14:56 AM PST by MBB1984
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I voted for McCain. I had to. His name was on the ballot beside Palin.

So someone put a gun to your head and forced you to vote for McCain?

LOL.

You could have just as easily selected the write-in option and typed (or written in, for a paper ballot) "Sarah Palin."

8 posted on 11/11/2009 10:14:59 AM PST by rabscuttle385 (Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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Looks like he is switching sides again. AZ, you know what you have to do. Get rid of McCain. Maybe that idiot daughter of his will go too.


9 posted on 11/11/2009 10:16:19 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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Looks like he is switching sides again.

Just like Romney--who is trying to portray himself as the next Reagan--and Crist. RINO politicians with any brains have seen which way the political wind is blowing, and they are changing their tunes so they can get re-elected.

Now, not all of them are that smart, attentive, or have good aides. I'm thinking Goober Lindsey here, as well as tools like Newt and Scozzafava.

10 posted on 11/11/2009 10:19:09 AM PST by rabscuttle385 (Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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We can count on McCain for things such as this, other things not so much.


11 posted on 11/11/2009 10:20:31 AM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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To: MBB1984

“Glad that he at least is telling the truth”

sorry, I’m not convinced he did.....at least NOT IN CONTEXT

McCain talks about veterans, political issues in campus talk
by UofL Today — last modified Nov 11, 2009 11:24 AM

Americans owe a debt to military veterans and can look to up them and to men and women in active military service as examples, said U.S. Sen. John McCain in a public talk Nov. 11 at the University of Louisville.
McCain talks about veterans, political issues in campus talk

The senator, a former naval aviator and prisoner of war, gave a brief reflection on military service before answering a few questions that had been submitted before his talk.

In his prepared remarks, he emphasized the sacrifices of military men and women, past and present, for “our freedom.”

“We must not forget what they did and the debt we owe them,” he said. “America doesn’t depend on the heroism of every citizen. All of us must be grateful for the sacrifices made on our behalf.”

He also stressed the importance of serving a cause greater than oneself.

McCain stepped fully into his role as senior Republican Arizona senator and recent presidential candidate to answer questions on topics that ranged from the Fort Hood shootings of last week to advice for a 14-year-old Boy Scout who wants to go to the Naval Academy.

Noting that he is not prepared to reach a conclusion on the Nov. 5 Fort Hood shootings until the investigation is concluded, he called it a “tragedy we cannot allow to occur again.”

“We should make sure that political correctness never impedes national security or impacts it,” he said.

“I believe it was an act of terror.”

McCain also expressed his opinion on the importance of a presidential decision in U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, specifically on the resources necessary for success.

“Unless you provide a secure environment for the people to carry on their lives normally, you don’t succeed,” he said.

“The worst thing we can do is have half measures that send our young men and women into harm’s way but don’t allow them to get the job done,” he said, noting that he feared that more than a complete pullout of troops.

“We owe it to the men and women in the military and to the people of America to have that decision made and made as soon as possible.”

McCain also made a point about government spending, saying that proposed veteran’s programs are “being held up” because to approve them would be to authorize programs without funding - a proposition he likened to “generational theft.”

He also discussed Republican representation in formulating health care reform, giving the 1980s example of Sen. Tip O’Neill and President Ronald Reagan sitting down at a negotiating table and agreeing on how to “save Social Security.”

“I’m waiting for Sen. (Mitch) McConnell to be invited into the room and asked ‘What’s your input into health care in America’,” he said.

McCain was on campus as a guest of the McConnell Center. Following the talk, he met with McConnell Scholars and attended an invitation-only opening of the Mitch McConnell and Elaine L. Chao Archive. The new archive is in UofL’s Ekstrom Library. A public open house of part of the facility is scheduled for Nov. 12.

About 800 people attended the senator’s talk, which also was streamed live.
https://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/mccain-talks-about-veterans-political-issues-in-campus-talk


12 posted on 11/11/2009 10:20:37 AM PST by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.
13 posted on 11/11/2009 10:23:17 AM PST by ryan71 (Smells like a revolution)
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He also discussed Republican representation in formulating health care reform, giving the 1980s example of Sen. Tip O’Neill and President Ronald Reagan sitting down at a negotiating table and agreeing on how to “save Social Security.”

Consider how well that bipartisanship worked. The government raised taxes and spent the money, leaving some IOUs in a filing cabinet in West Virginia for future generations to pay off and pretended having that stack of IOUs cured the Social Security problem. In other words, (not a Senator, a Speaker of the House) O'Neill ended up pantsing President Reagan on this issue. And ever since then the Dems have been able to say "Even Reagan raised taxes, so you should too."

14 posted on 11/11/2009 10:32:32 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Obamalaise - the new mood for America.)
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McCain just go away and take chubbums with you. This is already handled and we’ll do quite well without you.


15 posted on 11/11/2009 10:34:27 AM PST by yorkie01
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McCain just go away and take chubbums with you. This is already handled and we’ll do quite well without you.


16 posted on 11/11/2009 10:34:35 AM PST by yorkie01
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To: rabscuttle385

A little bit late John.

Go away John. Please, Just go away!


17 posted on 11/11/2009 10:41:52 AM PST by noname07718 (Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction-Ronald Reagan 1993)
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Oh, isn’t that cute. Little Johnny’s balls dropped today...

Maybe he could head a blue ribbon panel to get to the bottom of this...(deep deep sarcasm)


18 posted on 11/11/2009 10:59:29 AM PST by Motorheadlemmy ('Hey Clark, I bet you could use a cold one...')
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At least he spoke the truth.


19 posted on 11/11/2009 11:31:20 AM PST by varina davis (Life is not a dress rehearsal)
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“We should make sure that political correctness never impedes national security or impacts it,” he said.

What a freaking hypocrite.
The PC of his stupid amnesty plan sure as hell impacts and impedes national security.

It is time for this idiot to go away, and take his fatass, bigmouth daughter with im!

20 posted on 11/11/2009 11:47:51 AM PST by PalmettoMason (Half Honkey.....ALL Donkey! BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA! Mmm, Mmmm, Mmmmm!)
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