"I hope at some point we can just calm down a little bit and see>>> if <<< there are areas we can agree on for the good of the party and the good of the country," McCain said. "I think they've made their case against me pretty eloquently."
Golly Juan, ya think?
McCain/Kennedy
McCain/Feingold
McCain/Lieberman
No on Bush Tax cuts
Consideration of VP for John Kerry
Keating 5
Global Warming
NY Times endorsement
LA Times Endorsement
Opposed federal gay marriage (before realizing the consequences)
Pro choice(before realizing the consequences)
McCains the candidate of amnesty for illegal aliens.
McCain supports embryonic stem-cell research.
McCain has said I would not support repeal of Roe vs. Wade.
McCain opposed the Bush tax cuts, and refuses to sign the No New Taxes pledge.
McCain supports legislation that would increase taxes on energy.
McCain was the ring-leader of the Senate Gang of 14, which kept the then Senate Republican leadership from ending the ability of Democrats to filibuster Bushs judicial nominees.
McCain supports legislation to grant due-process rights to terrorists.
McCain sponsored the inept legislation which restricts free-speech rights of those involved in the political process, (the McCain/Feingold bill)
McCain called evangelical-conservatives an evil influence on the Republican Party.
McCain - member of the Keating 5 that caused a bipartisan scandal during the S&L meltdown.
McCain had a recall election ran against him by the conservatives in Arizona.
McCain blocked the investigation into whether Viet Nam and the Soviets were still holding over 600 of our missing POWs in 1990.
(Credit to the two FReepers that put this together, I don't recall which but they know who they are and they don't drink the kool-aid.)
A detailed history of his voting JUST on amnesty
2007: Voted on Senate floor in favor of motion to invoke cloture on S. 1639, a bill to reward illegal aliens with amnesty Sen. McCain voted in favor of a second motion to invoke cloture on S. 1639 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Edward Kennedy), a bill to reward up to 6 million illegal aliens with amnesty. The motion to invoke cloture would have limited further debate on the bill and moved it to a final vote. A vote for cloture was effectively a vote in favor of passing the amnesty-guestworker bill. The motion to invoke cloture failed by a vote of 46 to 53.
2007: Voted on Senate floor in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens Sen. McCain voted in favor of a motion to invoke cloture on S. 1639 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Edward Kennedy), a bill to reward illegal aliens with amnesty. The motion to invoke cloture was a move to initiate debate on the proposal and limit further discussion of amendments to a previously-agreed upon set of proposals -- thus a vote against cloture was effectively a vote in favor of killing the amnesty-guestworker bill. The motion to invoke cloture passed by a vote of 64 to 35.
2007: Voted on Senate floor against reducing amnesties for illegal aliens Sen. McCain voted in favor of a motion to invoke cloture on the substitute amendment (SA 1150) to S. 1348, a bill to reward illegal aliens with amnesty. The motion to invoke cloture would have ended debate on the proposal and limited further discussion of amendments to a previously-agreed upon set of proposals -- thus a vote in favor of cloture was effectively a vote in favor of the amnesty-guestworker bill. The motion to invoke cloture failed by a vote of 45 to 50.
2007: Voted on Senate floor in favor of amendment to create a disincentive to apply for amnesty Sen. McCain voted in favor of the Cornyn Amendment (SA 1250) to S. 1348 to discourage applicants from applying for amnesty by eliminating the provisions protecting the confidentiality of the information contained in amnesty applications and, instead, requires the sharing of application-related information upon the request of a law enforcement agency, intelligence, or national security agency, or DHS component when requested in connection with a duly-authorized investigation of a civil violation. The Cornyn Amendment passed by a vote of 57 to 39.
2007: Voted on Senate floor against amendment to bar certain criminals from amnesty Sen. McCain voted against the Cornyn Amendment (SA 1184) to S. 1385 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Harry Reid) to bar criminal aliens from receiving amnesty. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff has estimated that 15% of illegal aliens are criminals. The Cornyn Amendment failed by a vote of 46 to 51.
2007: Voted against amendment to strip amnesty provisions from S. 1348 in 2007 Sen. McCain voted against the Vitter Amendment to strip the amnesty provisions from S. 1348 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Harry Reid). The Vitter Amendment failed by a vote of 29 to 66.
2007: Cosponsoring S. 774 to reward illegal aliens with amnesty S. 774 (whose main sponsor is Sen. Dick Durbin) would reward illegal aliens under the age of 21 who have been physically present in the country for five years and are in 7th grade or above with amnesty. An estimated 500,000 to 600,000 illegal aliens would qualify for this amnesty.
2007: Cosponsoring S. 340 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens (AgJOBS) Sen. McCain is a cosponsor of S. 340 (whose main sponsor is Sen. Dianne Feinstein) to encourage more illegal immigration by rewarding certain illegal aliens who work in agriculture with amnesty.
2006: Voted on Senate floor in favor of S. 2611 to reward illegal aliens with amnesty Sen. McCain voted in favor of final passage of S. 2611 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Arlen Specter) which includes an amnesty (both immediate and deferred) for 10.2 million illegal aliens (6.7 million illegal alien workers and 3.5 million illegal alien spouses and/children). S. 2611 passed by a vote of 62 to 36.
2006: Voted in favor of amnesty for illegal aliens Sen. McCain voted in favor of a motion to invoke cloture on S. 2611 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Arlen Specter) which includes an amnesty (both immediate and deferred) for 10.2 million illegal aliens (6.7 million illegal alien workers and 3.5 million illegal alien spouses and/children). The motion to invoke cloture passed by a vote of 73 to 25.
2006: Voted against amendment to reward 2 million illegal aliens with amnesty Sen. McCain voted against the Feinstein Amendment to S. 2611 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Arlen Specter) to create an "orange card" that would allow an estimated two million illegal aliens to pay a fine, and after 6-8 years, adjust to Lawful Permanent Resident status. The Feinstein Amendment failed by a vote of 37 to 61 .
2006: Voted against amendment to kill amnesty provisions Sen. McCain voted against the Vitter amendment (SA 3963) to S. 2611 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Arlen Specter) to remove provisions authorizing the earned legalization and agricultural worker amnesty schemes that would grant amnesty to an estimated 16 million illegal aliens and their families (according to a May, 2006 study by the Heritage Foundations Robert Rector). The Vitter amendment failed by a vote of 33 to 66.
2006: Voted against procedural move to reward illegal aliens with amnesty Sen. McCain voted against cloture on SA 3424, a "compromise amnesty" proposal by Sens. Hagel (R-NE) and Martinez (R-FL). The purpose of voting against allowing a final vote on this proposal varied from Senator to Senator, with many of them favoring the proposal but not willing to bring it up without a lot of votes on amendments. At the least, those voting against cloture were insisting on a chance for opponents of the bill to make their case with amendments. The Hagel-Martinez proposal would reward illegal aliens with amnesty. S. 2611 includes an amnesty (both immediate and deferred) for 10.2 million illegal aliens (6.7 million illegal alien workers and 3.5 million illegal alien spouses and/children). The cloture motion failed by a vote of 38 to 60.
2005-2006: Cosponsored S. 2075 to reward illegal aliens with amnesty S. 2075 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Dick Durbin) would reward illegal aliens under the age of 21 who have been physically present in the country for five years and are in 7th grade or above with amnesty. An estimated 500,000 to 600,000 illegal aliens would qualify for this amnesty. The bill died in the Judiciary Committee.
2005-2006: Cosponsored S. 1033 to reward illegal aliens with amnesty Sen. McCain was a cosponsor of S. 1033 to reward virtually all illegal aliens (except those with criminal records or terrorist connections) with amnesty. This could potentially reward 9 million illegal aliens with amnesty. This bill died in the Judiciary Committee.
2005: Voted in favor of amnesty for agricultural workers Sen. McCain voted to invoke cloture, a procedural move requiring 60 votes to limit debate and ensure a vote on the AgJOBS amnesty amendment for up to 3 million illegal aliens, introduced by Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), to the Iraq supplemental spending bill. The Senate voted 53 to 45 not to invoke cloture, effectively keeping the amnesty off of the final bill.
2005-2006: Cosponsored S. 359 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens Sen. McCain was a cosponsor of S. 359 to encourage more illegal immigration by rewarding certain illegal aliens who work in agriculture with amnesty.
2003-2004: Cosponsored S. 1645 to grant amnesty to illegal aliens Sen. McCain cosponsored S. 1645 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Larry Craig) to encourage more illegal immigration by rewarding certain illegal aliens who work in agriculture with amnesty. This bill died in the Judiciary Committee.
2003-2004: Cosponsored S. 1545 to reward illegal aliens with amnesty S. 1545 would have rewarded illegal aliens under the age of 21 who have been physically present in the country for five years and are in 7th grade or above with amnesty. An estimated 500,000 to 600,000 illegal aliens would have qualified for this amnesty.
2003-2004: Cosponsored S. 1461 to encourage reward illegal aliens with amnesty Sen. McCain cosponsored S. 1461, to create a legalization process for almost all illegal aliens who will then be eligible for green cards after 6 years. Amnesty has been shown to increase rates of illegal immigration. The bill did not come to a vote.
2000: Voted against an illegal immigration amnesty. Sen. McCain voted against including an amnesty for illegal aliens from Central America in the Senate H-1B bill (S.2045). This not necessarily a vote against the amnesty, but rather a vote against including it in the H-1B legislation. The move to attach the amnesty failed 43-55.
1997: Voted for an amnesty to illegal aliens from Nicaragua and Cuba. Sen. McCain voted for a procedural move that helped allow the Mack Amendment to be included in S.1156 (the District of Columbia Appropriations bill). This amendment granted amnesty to illegal aliens from Nicaragua and Cuba and is expected to add close to one million people to U.S. population. 96 N/A N/A
1990: Voted for a bill that included an amnesty. Sen. McCain supported S.358 (whose main sponsor was Sen. Edward Kennedy), which provided an amnesty for up to 165,000 spouses and minor children of illegal aliens who were granted amnesty in 1986. Ultimately, the 1990 bill passed 81-17.
So. There it is.
Juan MxCain.
Between Juan, Billary and Obama (because that is all the MSM will allow) we as a nation are finished. Better get ready for it.
I do not mean plastic and duct tape either.
When those 35 million new amnesty welfare and socialist voters hit the booths in 2010 we are going to get b-slapped. And when they vote in 2012, we are history as a nation.
Speech over. McCain’s getting a rousing standing ovation. I think he’s turned the tide.
On to November and victory!
Americans may have short attention spans but not THAT short. They do remember this is the guy that wanted amnesty for 30 million criminal illegal aliens. This is the guy that is constantly photographed on the wrong side of the isle in the Senate. This is the guy that tells respected conservative politicians to "shut the f**k up."
And now he is being positioned to the Presidency? With cash, votes, support from the MSM and a red carpet ticket by the party which is telling reps to "not boo him?" In six months?
Damn near magic, huh?
The same "interested parties that pushed the current President to trot across the isle the very FIRST day after the 2006 elections proclaiming It's an important issue and I hope we can get something done on it. I meant to put that in my list of things that we need to get done appear to be paving a super highway for foulmouthed Juan. Why?
Well, we got three big pushes to ramrod amnesty and two more smaller stealth amnesty attempts after 2006. All of them were supported by the current administration and all of them were shot down. Juan was right in the middle of it, hence the photos of Juan and Teddy.
Now we have the primary process that started with a field that did included some TOP NOTCH conservative candidates. They were demonized, marginalized and/or totally blacked out by MSM. Of that field we are being sold the absolutely WORST candidate. He is getting a damn near magic carpet ride to 1600 Pennsylvania Av.
Anybody else smell a dead rat? I do, and its name is AMNESTY.
A great speech and I believe McCain will stand by every word of it. He also reduced some of my concerns that he is not a great orator. He did a much better job than I expected.
Otherwise sounds like just another over-the-hill Republican pol.
Nothing exciting in anything he said.
Well, he did want me wanting more. Now let’s see what happens.
The thing is, you don’t vote, it’s a vote for Hussein or The Beast.
You write-in, it’s a vote for Hussein or The Beast.
You go third party, it’s a vote for Hussein or The Beast.
Steele’s making some good points on Fox right now about McCain and I’m listening, but once again, David Korn proves he’s a real asshat.
For those of you who call yourselves conservatives and claim that you love your country I ask you... do you love it so little that you would willingly hand the Presidency and Congress over to the party who loathes it so, based solely on the emotional let down caused by loosing the nomination. Isn't it time you buried the hatchet and got behind the candidate chosen by your fellow Republicans.
Here’s my question: How does McCain, who was literally dead in the water not long ago, come out of nowhere to win all these primaries? Who are these people who are voting for him? Does he need conservatives to win the general? He seems to be doing just fine without us to secure the nomination.
PMSNBC is reporting all the top candidates have started on the fringes and CLAWED THEIR WAY BACK TO THE MIDDLE.
Friggin Wonderful!
I thought McCain blew it. Amnesty is not off the table, he said nothing about rethinking his stance on global warming. His stance on these issues will take us into a depression. If McCain wins, there had better be enough conservatives in the house and senate to kill off amnesty and this global warming hysteria.
The Huckster is looking for Romney’s endorsement.
Hilarious, Fox just ran a clip at the start of Cavuto and it had “Sen. McCain (D-AZ).” LOL!
Great speech and well received, except for here of course. I’m going to get you all Obama 08’ bumper stickers for your vehicles.
“Once there is consensus that the border is secure, (kind of like the consensus on global warming) only then will I grant amnesty to 40 million illegals dooming America to balkinization, and ensuring socialist rule in perpetuity.”
I was able to listen to the speech on the radio and it sounded like a very young crowd cheering for McNuts. I also didn’t hear the same enthusiasm that I heard in the Romney speech. Someone who saw it, tell me if I’m correct.
Took my dog for a long hike in the snow and the "fresh air" felt fantastic.
bump...
even if McCain AIN’T my first choice
Then why are you supporting one in McCain?
So which is it? Are you a fool or a fraud?