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McCain won’t back Palin -- or anyone else -- in 2012
Phoenix Biz Journal ^ | 2/3/11 | Mike Sunnucks

Posted on 02/03/2011 4:33:53 PM PST by pissant

U.S. Sen. John McCain won’t be backing former running mate Sarah Palin in the 2012 presidential race.

In fact, McCain told Politico.com he won’t be backing any other candidates as Republicans look to defeat President Barack Obama.

“I think I’m staying out of this for the first time in many years,” McCain told the news website this week.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: mcbama; mccain; mccaintruthfile; mcqueeg; mcrino; mds; palin; pansy
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To: Political Junkie Too

I agree


41 posted on 02/03/2011 5:20:10 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: JustaDumbBlonde

And it won’t be a conservative, that much I know


42 posted on 02/03/2011 5:21:09 PM PST by pissant ((Bachmann 2012 - Freepmail to get on/off PING list))
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To: pissant
See Sarah, that's what your support of him bought you...nothing.

MCRINO
43 posted on 02/03/2011 5:21:56 PM PST by FrankR (The Evil Are Powerless If The Good Are Unafraid! - R. Reagan)
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To: pissant

Interesting. We can all speculate about why he won’t support her. Maybe he knows he isn’t popular and wants to remove as much as possible any connection between them to give her a chance?


44 posted on 02/03/2011 5:22:46 PM PST by FreeDeerHawk
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To: pissant
"I think I’m staying out of this for the first time in many years,"

Just damn. A shame that McQueeg didn't say this about running for the Senate again.

45 posted on 02/03/2011 5:27:24 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (I'm with Jim DeMint ... on the fringe!)
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To: USSR Didnt Fall

The pretending is over. I'm all yours now Barry.

46 posted on 02/03/2011 5:31:14 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (I'm with Jim DeMint ... on the fringe!)
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To: pissant

take your football and go home , John. We don’t want sore loser’s like you,around in 2012.


47 posted on 02/03/2011 5:39:11 PM PST by gitmogrunt
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To: Servant of the Cross
He can endorse OBAMA like brother Collen Powell
48 posted on 02/03/2011 5:39:48 PM PST by Hojczyk
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To: pissant

He’s an older version of Charlie Crist.


49 posted on 02/03/2011 5:44:30 PM PST by Blue Highway ("Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself" Barack Obama, Oct 15, 2008 Presidential debate)
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To: pissant

I think Jorge Arbusto also recently announced he’s staying out of politics.

Glad to hear both of these millstones around our necks will be taking a backseat.

I’d rather they disappear altogether.


50 posted on 02/03/2011 5:56:56 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: pissant

Obviously, he’s content with 0bama being re-elected, as he was content with 0bama being elected in ‘08.


51 posted on 02/03/2011 6:08:33 PM PST by Hunton Peck (I am required to warn you that this metaphor is registered as a deadly weapon in 32 states.)
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To: SharpRightTurn

It was a bitter day when McCain beat out JD Hayworth, but after making calls in JDs campaign office I knew as long as the senior citizens of AZ are still alive and voting, that is a lost cause. McCain should have been out back with the Keating 5, but he slid out of the noose then...


52 posted on 02/03/2011 6:11:19 PM PST by princess leah
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To: SharpRightTurn

It was a bitter day when McCain beat out JD Hayworth, but after making calls in JDs campaign office I knew as long as the senior citizens of AZ are still alive and voting, that is a lost cause. McCain should have been out back with the Keating 5, but he slid out of the noose then...


53 posted on 02/03/2011 6:11:27 PM PST by princess leah
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To: princess leah
“McCain won’t back Palin — or anyone else — in 2012”

Translation: I'm running with Barry as his VP in 2012. There, fixed it.

54 posted on 02/03/2011 6:22:33 PM PST by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: NonValueAdded
Her loyalty to him, although admirable, was sorely misplaced

The same drama has probably happened ten thousand times in human history. If Palin hadn't been loyal, I and many others would have lost some regard for her as Palin surely would have lost regard for herself. Pretty hard to live with oneself knowing one had betrayed loyalty and honor for self-advancement.

Yet knowing that being loyal could end up with harmful, disastrous consequences, a gamble on politics (McCain might not have been re-elected) and risking the wrath of critics.

I don't know what I'd have done in her shoes.

But I can imagine she might be breathing a sad sigh of thanks that McCain isn't going to back her.

55 posted on 02/03/2011 6:28:20 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
You can bet that by November 2012, McCain will have spoken up on behalf of a candidate. He can’t help himself. He’ll have some half-baked reason how it is not a flip-flop from what he said in January 2011. McCain can’t be trusted.

Excellent wise words.

56 posted on 02/03/2011 6:31:41 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: pissant

Yeah, no surprise on this one.

He don’t need no steenkin’ Palin.

LOL


57 posted on 02/03/2011 6:32:03 PM PST by dforest
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To: FreeDeerHawk
Maybe he knows he isn’t popular and wants to remove as much as possible any connection between them to give her a chance?

From your lips to God's ears.

58 posted on 02/03/2011 6:32:54 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: Servant of the Cross

That is an absolutely disgusting picture. Sick.


59 posted on 02/03/2011 6:33:54 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Sorry, I don’t mean to jump on you, SotC! No, it’s just that ... iiiicccck. McCain sure maintains a low “personal space” zone. That’s scary.


60 posted on 02/03/2011 6:37:24 PM PST by Finny ("Raise hell. Vote smart." -- Ted Nugent)
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