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McCain-Obama Meeting Set in Motion by Graham
The Washington Post ^
| 2008-11-14
| Michael D. Shear
Posted on 11/14/2008 10:45:47 AM PST by rabscuttle385
The upcoming meeting between President-elect Barack Obama and his one-time rival, Sen. John McCain, was set in motion during a phone call over the weekend between Obama and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), McCain's closest friend.
In an interview Friday, Graham said that Obama requested the meeting during a 20-minute phone call that the South Carolina senator described as a "pleasant" discussion about how they could work together effectively.
"We just talked about the desire to find something meaningful to work on," Graham said. "He was very nice to me, said that he considered me a serious, reform-minded senator that he could do business with."
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: South Carolina
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To: rabscuttle385
The Maverick and his lackey, meet Mister Change. Could amnesty be around the corner?
What BETCHA!
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:54:38 AM PST
by
Reagan Man
("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
To: DBCJR
Guys - this is going to be a meeting that further plots out the division of the Republican Party for the years to come. McCain, Lieberman, Graham, Collins, Coleman, etc all will provided a blanket of cover to keep the party center-based and push out the Conservative wing. Actually this will be a good thing for the Conservatives and open up an opportunity to create a new party.
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:54:51 AM PST
by
GerardKempf
(Let's Get Over This)
To: dead
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:55:14 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(McCain Courted Socialism and Brought Us Marxism Instead)
To: rabscuttle385
I guess we can add 2 more votes to the dem side of the Senate.
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:55:18 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(Typical white person-Snow white)
To: BufordP
Maybe he was just trying to get Larry Sinclair’s phone number from Barack.../sarcasm
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:56:10 AM PST
by
penelopesire
("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
To: Frantzie
Unreal. Graham is a rat. Why is that a surprise? LOL!
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:56:10 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(McCain Courted Socialism and Brought Us Marxism Instead)
To: rabscuttle385
See The Black Guy Over There, He Is A Democrat.
Well He Just Won A Presidental Election. Remember?
Lets You And Me Go Over There And Kiss His Butt! Ok?
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:56:56 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: rabscuttle385
Graham said. "He was very nice to me, said that he considered me a serious, reform-minded senator that he could do business with."What an insipiant limp dick
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posted on
11/14/2008 10:57:49 AM PST
by
tophat9000
( Note: To Obama's Thugocracys... We are all " joe the plumber "...)
To: penelopesire
"The press,the dems,McCain and his camp, are going to try to say that McCain is the leader of the republican party now" You hit the nail on the head! McCain will return to his position of most beloved republican in the country.
To: tophat9000
Maybe we could put Putin on the case!
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:00:43 AM PST
by
Dr. Ursus
(( commander of the simian host))
To: Fred
Oh Man! I am laughing so hard my wife had to come see what I was laughing at!
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:00:59 AM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: tophat9000
I’ll bet he made the Messiah and offer he dare not refuse
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:02:18 AM PST
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Save America......... put out lots of waferin)
To: rabscuttle385
"He was very nice to me, ----LOLOL. Sounds like a school girl,
......said that he considered me a serious, reform-minded senator that he could do business with." --- translated, "he was counting on me to turn on conservatives and form some more "gang of x's" to get his policies passed."
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:03:38 AM PST
by
Girlene
To: TexasCajun
But it was Lindsey who voted against the one article of impeachment that would have stuck.
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:05:09 AM PST
by
Terry Mross
( It's just a matter of time before we're all 'GUILTY' of hate speech.)
To: Terry Mross
No deciding vote was arlen specters not proven
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:17:44 AM PST
by
Jeddi
To: AU72
To: Bahbah
“I guess we can add 2 more votes to the dem side of the Senate.”
Replacing Graham and McCain with a couple of more Dems does not change the alignment!
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:19:17 AM PST
by
Sunnyflorida
(Unless you are nice and thoughtful you will be ignored. Write in Thomas Sowell.)
To: rabscuttle385
Remind me how many votes short of cloture the Democrats are. I can see a lot of "bipartisan" asshattery coming down the pike. "We will give you commie-care if you give us amnesty for 20 million more of My Friends [in the faint hope that 5% of them will vote R]." "$20 billion more for Iraq will get both of us to agree to give you support for..." Bet on it. This is how Washington works for the Main Street Partnership.
Recall for a moment a period in McCain's past. There are perfectly good reasons to send out feelers beyond the GOP - feeling up the Democrats because the GOP is "too conservative" is NOT one of those reasons, and we should never forget who made those very overtures not that long ago. I cannot discount the possibility of such a coup occurring right now, and it would be absolutely crippling thanks in large part to "our" own conduct during the primaries. And don't think for a moment that McCain would remain hated in the media for his mere opposition to the Messiah (and his selection of Palin for running mate - his two mortal sins, according to the MSM) - just like every other time he acted in opposition to the GOP, the media would again paint McCain as the maverick, pragmatic war-hero - now one who wants the office of the presidency to enjoy a period of greater unity and blah blah blah. You can read the headlines before they are even written, knowing how small a leap in imagination this entails.
Show me a person who would be shocked, and I will show you someone who hadn't tuned in to politics prior to March 2008.
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:20:37 AM PST
by
M203M4
(True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
To: rabscuttle385
Obama, McCain discuss
how they could work together effectively. I just heard the words of Eddie Anderson who played the part of Rochester on the Jack Benny show, only this time it's the white guy saying, "Whatever you say, boss."
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:24:27 AM PST
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: TADSLOS
I knew Graham was a rat like McCain’s pal Crist. Crist and Graham are both single men. They could always rush off to CT and marry.
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posted on
11/14/2008 11:26:30 AM PST
by
Frantzie
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