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McCain backtracks after blaming Obama for shooting in Orlando
The Hill ^ | 6/16/2016 | Rebecca Savransky

Posted on 06/17/2016 5:28:52 AM PDT by knittnmom

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Thursday walked back comments that President Obama was "directly responsible" for the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub that left 49 people dead. "I misspoke," McCain said in a statement. "I did not mean to imply that the President was personally responsible. I was referring to President Obama's national security decisions, not the President himself."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: Florida; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 114th; 2016election; az2016; backtrack; blamegame; election2016; flipflop; husseinobama; mccain; newyork; trump
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To: Arm_Bears
It also occurred to me that his polling in AZ was bad.

That's the only thing that makes sense to me - a test balloon for improving his internal polling. No immediate improvement, so he walked it back. NOTHING is more important to McCain than that Senate seat.

41 posted on 06/17/2016 6:44:23 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: knittnmom

So Trump remains the only major figure with the guys to call Obama out.


42 posted on 06/17/2016 6:54:36 AM PDT by keat
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To: knittnmom

And THIS is why Trump won.
Never was a political party more gutless.


43 posted on 06/17/2016 6:57:00 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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To: knittnmom

I just got this email from McCain’s opponent, Kelli Ward, whom I have donated money to:

Once again, John McCain says one thing, means another, and has refused to take responsibility for his actions.

In the wake of the horrific terrorist attack in Orlando, he asserted that President Obama was “directly responsible” — then, in the blink of an eye, he backtracked and claimed he “did not mean to imply that the president was personally responsible.”

The truth is, John McCain is responsible for the rise of ISIS.

His knee-jerk, trigger-happy foreign policy of promiscuously arming supposedly moderate militants has created vacuums which have allowed jihadist ideologies to flourish for years.

We need to make sure Establishment John is called out for his disastrous foreign policy views — add your name and show that we won’t let him backtrack his way out of this one.
W
Establishment John’s “Invade the World, Invite the World” foreign policy hasn’t only led to blowback in the Middle East — it’s reached US soil.

It’s time to put America First.

— Kelli


44 posted on 06/17/2016 1:34:51 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (La Raza thugs in America are Mexico's form of Isis terrorism/terrorists/invaders!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Hope she wins - and stays true to her campaign principles.


45 posted on 06/18/2016 6:04:18 AM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: knittnmom

We hope that she successfully retires McCainal!


46 posted on 06/18/2016 6:06:14 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (La Raza thugs in America are Mexico's form of Isis terrorism/terrorists/invaders!!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
He misspoke, because he's mentally unable to campaign, much less conduct affairs in the US Senate.

47 posted on 06/18/2016 8:48:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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“He misspoke, because he’s mentally unable to campaign, much less conduct affairs in the US Senate.”

He has been mentally inept since he started at the Naval Academy, as a pilot and as a $inator. He has gotten worse over the decades.


48 posted on 06/18/2016 10:02:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (La Raza thugs in America are Mexico's form of Isis terrorism/terrorists/invaders!!)
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