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U.S. Senator John McCain takes talkathoner Ted Cruz to woodshed
Reuters ^ | September 25, 2013 | By Caren Bohan

Posted on 09/25/2013 2:54:31 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Senator John McCain lashed out at fellow Republican Ted Cruz on Wednesday over a Nazi appeasement comparison he made during his all-night, anti-Obamacare marathon on the U.S. Senate floor.

McCain, a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, said the comparison was inappropriate. He said he had taken Cruz aside privately to tell him, and got a response he did not like: Cruz told him his appeaser reference applied not to distinguished members of the Senate but only media "pundits."

"I resoundingly reject" Cruz's comments, said McCain, a senior Republican and former presidential candidate.

"I think it's wrong and I think it's a disservice to those who stood up and shouted at the top of their lungs that we cannot appease and that we must act," he said.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008loser; alreuters; bastard; collaborator; congress; cruz; dnctalkingpoints; mccain; mcclown; mcvain; rino; sellout; traitor
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Cept for Palin’s endorsement.


101 posted on 09/25/2013 3:39:30 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Fornicate you, John McCain


102 posted on 09/25/2013 3:39:46 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Henceforth, the Office of the President shall be known as IMPOTUS)
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To: austinaero

Do I think he stayed conservative in every instance? Absolutely not. Many have not.


103 posted on 09/25/2013 3:41:02 PM PDT by DallasSun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This guy should have been put out to pasture back in 1986..


104 posted on 09/25/2013 3:45:05 PM PDT by cardinal4 (Barack Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama, America's first woman president..)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
All that mccain did was to reinforce the fact that he is insane, mean, evil and a liberal arsehole. He will never run for office again. He is done... America started to turn around today and we will defeat republican and democrat alike if they get in our way.

I heard rand paul on hannity say that he does not agree with this "shutdown" but he would not vote for cloture. He says that the old leadership are entrenched and that they have no intention of stopping anything that obama wants. They are beaten down and have no fight in them.

Cruz said that these gop leaders have been in DC too long and that they have been beaten so badly that they have no fight left in them and that they do not believe that anything can stop Obama and his agenda. They just want to scam us and hold on to personal wealth and power for as long as possible.

105 posted on 09/25/2013 3:45:07 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
In case you've forgotten:

This is how McStain talked about 0bama during the '08 campaign

So he'll trash conservatives but the lying Marxist is a "decent man who we needn't be afraid of".

106 posted on 09/25/2013 3:45:42 PM PDT by RedStateGuyTrappedinCT
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To: austinaero

I’m glad all ex-Navy men not listening to the radio waves McCain and Aaron Alexis, are tuned into!


107 posted on 09/25/2013 3:46:04 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: cripplecreek

whoa...you should hide all of the contraband, take the dog over to the neighbors and remove the Reagan pic from the fridge. The JBTs are headed your way!


108 posted on 09/25/2013 3:46:34 PM PDT by lwd
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
McCain, a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war

Even John Kerry has those credentials. Now show us some credentials where McLame has done anything conservative in his career.

109 posted on 09/25/2013 3:46:47 PM PDT by chemicalman (The more support I see,the harder I want to work,and the more determined I am not to let folks down.)
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To: Bogie
I’m supporting the guy who finished his mission and got his aircraft back without a hitch. That’s not this guy.

McCain finished 4th from last in his class of 900. He had accidents in THREE military jets, flying too low and hotdogging it before his POW shootdown.

1. Into water flying too low and slow - jet sunk, McCain swam to surface

2. Flew into power lines in Spain, blacking out a city - he managed to return to his aircraft carrier with the power lines still clinging to his plane

3. Incident in Virginia when he was supposed to be headed elsewhere, tried to land on a road or old landing strip.

When shot down over Vietnam he was flying at 3000 ft. when he had been told not to go below 4000 ft. into the range of their anti-aircraft fire.

These are things I remember reading a long time ago. Please, anyone feel free to correct this if you know better.

If accurate, who is he to take anyone to the woodshed?

110 posted on 09/25/2013 3:47:05 PM PDT by Bronzewound (Lost Hope & Loose Change)
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To: chemicalman

Kerry was a POW? Didn’t know that.


111 posted on 09/25/2013 3:47:35 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: cardinal4

Take a gander at his facebook page. You are not alone. Same with Harry “Gollum” Reid.

Ted, OTOH, is receiving rave reviews.


112 posted on 09/25/2013 3:47:58 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: cripplecreek

Good for you.


113 posted on 09/25/2013 3:48:00 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: twister881
McCain knew his only chance to win in 2008 was to swing for the fences, so he selected a true conservative, Sarah Palin, as his running mate.

I disagree (About the Palin Choice only). I think McCain never intended to win and the choice of Sarah Palin was a mistake that almost ruined his plan.

114 posted on 09/25/2013 3:49:19 PM PDT by Chuckster (The longer I live the less I care about what you think.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

McCain defends al Qaeda and ships them weapons to
exterminate Syrian Christians AND he helps
keep the borders to Az., and the USA, WIDE OPEN
to bot al Qaeda and narcoterrorists.
... while the very same McCain attacks proAmerica Cruz??

To call McCain slime is unfair to slime.


115 posted on 09/25/2013 3:50:00 PM PDT by Diogenesis
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What they meant to say is McCain TRIES to take Cruz to the woodshed - and fails miserably.


116 posted on 09/25/2013 3:50:16 PM PDT by freedom462
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To: Bronzewound

BFD.

Stick to the politician.


117 posted on 09/25/2013 3:50:31 PM PDT by Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention of the states is our only hope.)
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To: Hardraade

McCain is a huge reason Obama is President...he handed the election to Obama and I will never forgive the man for that....everything since and even before he’s been a traitor to the American people and he continues to walk that walk now.

Sometimes my disdain for McCain even surpasses Obama!


118 posted on 09/25/2013 3:50:52 PM PDT by caww
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To: tet68

“So why does McC want to appease Obama now?”

Barry’s RAT minions have dossiers on everyone — ready for blackmail, if needed. McQueeg’s must be pretty juicy — maybe pics of him with his significant other, the lovely Miz Linseed.


119 posted on 09/25/2013 3:51:15 PM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: Slump Tester

You only have to sound conservative once every six years and the average AZ voter will vote you in.


120 posted on 09/25/2013 3:52:39 PM PDT by Goreknowshowtocheat
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