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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: trisham

As much as I am not a fan of Pakistan even I wouldn’t wish Meghan McCain on them


61 posted on 09/25/2013 3:18:26 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Once upon a time John you used to stand and read the pork from the bills.
Remember?
Now are you at the trough?
62 posted on 09/25/2013 3:19:00 PM PDT by novemberslady
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To: TomasUSMC

McCain crushed his primary opponents in 2010 and won the general by >20% of the vote.

He’ll be one to go from the Senate floor to the funeral home, probably about 2028.


63 posted on 09/25/2013 3:19:24 PM PDT by nascarnation (Democrats control the Presidency, Senate, and Media. It's an uphill climb....)
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To: BigEdLB

Because Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson were no longer available. And so the liberal Left and their media picked for us. Oh what could have been. :-(.


64 posted on 09/25/2013 3:19:53 PM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: trisham

Hey Trisham. How are you? ...and I know some will not agree but they have their reasons. Hope you are well.


65 posted on 09/25/2013 3:20:18 PM PDT by DallasSun
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To: trisham

Hey Trisham. How are you? ...and I know some will not agree but they have their reasons. Hope you are well.


66 posted on 09/25/2013 3:20:18 PM PDT by DallasSun
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
McCain also objected to the suggestion that Republicans who do not support Cruz's strategy were not fighting hard enough against the law, which most Republicans Americans oppose.

Pardon me for editing Roooooters story. Somebody has to.

67 posted on 09/25/2013 3:21:16 PM PDT by upchuck (nobamacare must be stopped before it can live down to our expectations.)
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To: allendale

If I understand the legal interpretations, membership in either house of Congress, after election, is the sole prerogative of the specific house until the next election. State recall statutes are inoperable for the Congress.


68 posted on 09/25/2013 3:21:55 PM PDT by xkaydet65 (.You have never tasted freedom, else you would know it is purchased not with gold but with steel)
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To: Broker

This old man needs a large fenced pasture.

I was thinking more like a glue factory down in
Mexico somewhere.


69 posted on 09/25/2013 3:22:03 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

I would be perfectly happy if she and her traitorous father were to relocate there, hopefully without internet access.


70 posted on 09/25/2013 3:23:02 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: trisham

Are they at the bottom of their class too?


71 posted on 09/25/2013 3:23:03 PM PDT by Bogie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

McCain is simply a political opportunist. He was a maverick when it suited his ambitions. If he were planning on running in 2016 he’d be on the floor of the Senate right now, railing in support of defunding Obamacare in an attempt to beat Cruz’s time. If only by 5 minutes do he could say he did.

But no longer able to seek the Presidency, McCain has set his sites on the honorific “statesman”.


72 posted on 09/25/2013 3:23:17 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: 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.

So Juan gets offended whenever anyone speaks ill of the Nazis?

73 posted on 09/25/2013 3:23:28 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: DallasSun

I am. Thank you, DallasSun. I hope that you are well, too.


74 posted on 09/25/2013 3:24:14 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: Oldeconomybuyer

McShamey isn’t fit to carry a bucket of swear from Cruz’s brow.

A disgrace to country and family.


75 posted on 09/25/2013 3:24:39 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"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."

Eazy-peezey McLame ?
Hey John, you ignored Benghazi ..
- you were wrong !
Hey John , You said you sided with the moderate Islamics, believing they were 'moderates'
- you were wrong !
Hey John, you rememeber the 'moderate" who stood behind you for the Syria 'photo op',
you know the 'moderate' who ate the Christian victim's liver ?
- you were wrong !
McLame ,you would give us more VICHY government for the sake of appeasement !
You are Chamberlain's equal , ..and an embarassemt!

76 posted on 09/25/2013 3:24:43 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Bogie

?


77 posted on 09/25/2013 3:24:45 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: Oldeconomybuyer

Arizona is f*xked up. I don’t care how many millions he pours into a race over his opponent, you don’t elect the elephant man.


78 posted on 09/25/2013 3:25:04 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: BigEdLB

I didn’t


79 posted on 09/25/2013 3:25:04 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: trisham

I am doing well, Trisham. Thank you. It is so good to see you. It has been a long time. Take care.


80 posted on 09/25/2013 3:25:40 PM PDT by DallasSun
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