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Ex-McCain adviser bashes 'right-wing nutballs'
MSNBC Online / Washington Post ^
| 9/12/09
| By Dan Eggen and Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on 09/13/2009 5:51:32 AM PDT by mazda77
. . . Mark McKinnon, a former adviser to Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and other Republicans, said there is an "opportunity for Republicans" to tap into legitimate fears about an overreaching federal government. But he said that "right-wing nutballs are aligning themselves with these movements" and are dominating media coverage.
"It's bad for Republicans because in the absence of any real leadership, the freaks fill the void and define the party," McKinnon said. . . .
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mccain; mccainantigop; mccainantipalin; mcopportunist; opportunism; opportunist; romney
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To: mazda77
this ex-mccain adviser sounds like the nutball himself....he ruined our chances in 2008 and is determined to undermine us still. pathetic.
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:27:35 AM PDT
by
tioga
("You lie!" Joe Wilson 9-9-09)
To: mazda77
There were a couple million out marching yesterday - maybe he can go to Washington and “tell them what he thinks” ...
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:29:45 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(Glen Beck needs to show ALL the ACORN tapes. In for a penny - in for a pound...)
To: angkor
Thank you for the research and reminders. This man is a Democrat who advises and offers campaign funds to Republicans when it helps his PR firm. This is yet more evidence of the self-destructive nature of the RINO Party, for whom popularity among the elites long ago replaced principle as their North Star.
McKinnon was also one of many contributors who donated money to McCain to help insure his nomination, and then took it back later on (per FEC records, 2008).
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:31:35 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: NMEwithin
I’m sure Harry Reid was deeply disappointed.
Are there any stories of taunting by ACORN goons trying to get a reaction from the Tea Partiers? It struck me that would be the perfect place to trump up some “violence”.
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:34:11 AM PDT
by
dools007
To: mazda77
Freaks? Right wing freaks?
45
posted on
09/13/2009 6:35:33 AM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: mazda77
These are the type of people the GOP must purge if they are ever to return to power.
46
posted on
09/13/2009 6:36:57 AM PDT
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(Hey Obama, no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney!)
To: mazda77
With friends Like McKinnon it is no Wonder McCain Lost, Other than He is a Rino and a Boring old man, with crappy Ideas.
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:37:54 AM PDT
by
chatham
To: mazda77
With friends Like McKinnon it is no Wonder McCain Lost, Other than He is a Rino and a Boring old man, with crappy Ideas.
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:37:55 AM PDT
by
chatham
To: mazda77
To: mazda77
“It’s bad for Republicans because in the absence of any real leadership, the freaks fill the void and define the party,” McKinnon said. . . .
‘Scuse me, Jerkboy...seem to me like you guys defined the party and took it over a cliff.
Go sit down.
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:45:14 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Proudly ignoring Zero since 1-20-09!)
To: Adder
Yup, by golly, 2 million “Nutballs” carrying signs and counting..........
McNutball still apologizing, pandering and fraternizing.
Oh, did I mention losing? That especially!
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:50:38 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(Give me LIBERTY or give me an M-24A2!)
To: newfreep
Shows you where Jorge’s, er, “gravitas” was, hey?
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posted on
09/13/2009 6:54:01 AM PDT
by
izzatzo
To: mazda77
It really is bad...for RINOs.
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:10:41 AM PDT
by
tiki
(True Christians will not deliberately slander or misrepresent others or their beliefs)
To: mazda77
Obviously, one of the RINOs that advised McCain pursue the policy of using ‘Spine from a Can’, when dealing with issues the Dims throw hissy fits about.
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:26:53 AM PDT
by
DGHoodini
(Iran Azadi!)
To: mazda77
These RINO media whores need to just go away.
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:27:29 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
To: mazda77
I’m shocked, just shocked that McCain lost!
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:38:09 AM PDT
by
eclecticEel
(The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
To: supremedoctrine
And dont forget: eschew is pronounced es-keeyoo, NOT es-chew, as in chew gum. I've always pronounced it "es-shoe".
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:38:45 AM PDT
by
Blue Highway
("Judge me by the people with whom I surround myself" Barack Obama, Oct 15, 2008 Presidential debate)
To: Paladin2
ANYONE who hires Mark mcKinnon is TO STUPID TO BE ELECTED...at least as a Republican!! WE ARE ONTO HIM....HE’S A DEMOCRAT!!!
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:39:26 AM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: mazda77
bad for Republicans because in the absence of any real leadership
Lack of leadership has been the problem since Reagan. Since Reagan every one of my votes has been against someone.
When asked who I voted for I can honestly say “no one” even though I voted.
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:44:40 AM PDT
by
Joan Kerrey
(bigger government = smaller people)
To: mazda77
exactly. Juan and his gang offer nothing except lets have a big love fest with libs moment.
Their day is past. They need to shut the hell up.
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posted on
09/13/2009 7:46:41 AM PDT
by
wiggen
(Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
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