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 ...
“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.
No McLame fan, and this IS stating the obvious. But the more loudly the truth is told, the better off we are.
Yaaaay for McCain! He’s got my vote! ~sarc
Sure took him long enough. He probably had to consult first with Michael Steele and the rest of the RINOs.
I voted for McCain.
I had to. His name was on the ballot beside Palin.
Glad that he at least is telling the truth. Either he will declare it mutely or he is planning another run.
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."
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.
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.
We can count on McCain for things such as this, other things not so much.
“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
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."
McCain just go away and take chubbums with you. This is already handled and we’ll do quite well without you.
McCain just go away and take chubbums with you. This is already handled and we’ll do quite well without you.
A little bit late John.
Go away John. Please, Just go away!
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)
At least he spoke the truth.
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!
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