Posted on 09/05/2010 2:38:41 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Has John McCain "sold his soul" to win re-election?
It's a question that briefly flustered the self-ascribed maverick and 2008 presidential nominee when asked Sunday morning by Chris Wallace of Fox News - but it's also an accusation McCain, who defended having changed his position on several issues, is not alone in having to answer.
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McCain, along with South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, called Sunday for a new "Contract with America," Newt Gingrich's political blueprint that helped give Congress back to the GOP in 1994.
But both senators - who once made their marks in Congress by seeking middle ground on hot-button policy issues like immigration and energy - seem to have shifted further to the right to make their case. McCain, who's seeking a fifth term in November, recently beat back a primary challenge from the right from former Rep. J.D. Hayworth.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Yes, Ma’am!
And
God Bless the USA.
Mitch McConnell and Trent Lott are working together to fund RINO candidates. Lott said recently “ We have to co-opt the Tea Party candidates as quickl;y as possible.
McConnell has got to go, or we are all wishing for a November that will make little or no difference. Many of us saw the RINO co-opt game six months ago.
“Has John McCain “sold his soul” to win re-election?”
He did that a LONG time ago!
An item we missed.....
Aug. 11, 2010
John McCain Again Turns to Homosexual Mark Buse to Lead Re-Election Campaign
http://sonoranalliance.com/2010/08/11/john-mccain-again-turns-to-homosexual-mark-buse-to-lead-re-election-campaign/
McCain has a long history of flip-flopping on gay marriage
Yet veers to left in Senate reelection campaign by hiring homosexual lobbyist to run campaign
Looks like John McCain is veering back to the left already on gay marriage, having hired an openly gay lobbyist to manage his campaign, Mark Buse. This is more in line with his wife and daughters views, who openly opposed Californias Prop. 8 ballot initiative which stated that marriage is between a man and woman. Cindy McCain has a photo of her opposing that initiative as her Twitter profile picture, and both women have campaigned against it. It is clear McCain doesnt want the Christian conservative vote.[snip]
Lobbyist Hired by Freddie Mac to Work on McCain Is Now Senators Aide (Buse)
[snips]Senator McCain was talking about limiting executive compensation, and Buse was retained to nip that in the bud, said a former lobbyist who insisted on anonymity because of continuing relationships with the companies.
Buse was nicknamed The Ferret because he helped his boss, McCain, find pork-barrel provisions buried in legislation. McCain has said he considered Buse to be like a son.
Buse left the commerce committee staff to lobby, signing on clients as diverse as oil giant Exxon Mobil, Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs and the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, according to the government records. He also represented telecommunications clients affected by the committee.
Buse returned to McCains office this year as chief of staff.
McStain throws us under the bus already? I’m ‘shocked’!
Look how nice it is when you reach the bottom!
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wow!! pretty!!
They're much better if they fill the posting screen.
*mutters incoherently*
Poor Shark :( Well, they’re still amazing. We just had a massive monsoon storm, but I was too frightened to go out and take photos :0)
The poor kittehs..........
Yup! Out of the blue. Thunder, lightning, a lake in the front and a river in the back. Our water cisterns were overflowing too. The kittens were all under the beds/sofas.
:-)
We almost had to pull ours out of the driveway and use it!!
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