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  • John McCain Says He "Thinks the World" of Gov. Sarah Palin - Video 1/22/09

    01/22/2009 6:39:19 PM PST · by Federalist Patriot · 18 replies · 667+ views
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | January 22, 2009 | BrianinMO
    Here is video of Sen. John McCain on Larry King Live, January 22, 2009, saying he is very close to Gov. Sarah Palin, and that he "thinks the world" of her. . . . . . . (watch video)
  • For McCain, it's back to role of maverick

    01/22/2009 6:43:28 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 39 replies · 810+ views
    The Washington Post via AZ Central / The Arizona Republic | 2009-01-22
    BY SHAILAGH MURRAYThe Washington Post WASHINGTON - A joke made its way around the Capitol Thursday: How do you know the 2008 election is really over? Because John McCain is causing trouble for Republicans again. Two and a half months removed from his defeat in the race for the presidency, colleagues say, McCain bears more resemblance to the unpredictable and frequently bipartisan colleague they have served with for decades then the man who ran an often scathing campaign against Barack Obama. In some instances, he's even carrying water for his former rival. . . . . . Sen. Lindsey Graham,...
  • McCain says he and Palin plan to meet this month

    01/22/2009 4:10:42 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 70 replies · 1,631+ views
    CNN Political Ticker ^ | 2009-01-22 | Rebecca Sinderbrand
    (CNN) – Despite the post-election battle between Sarah Palin and John McCain's campaign advisors, the former Republican presidential candidate told CNN’s Larry King both members of the GOP ticket remain “very close.” McCain — who has been edging his way back into the spotlight Palin never quite left — dismissed questions over his running mate’s criticism of his campaign team. “Listen, I think the world of Governor Palin, her husband Todd, her family, I'm honored that she would run with me,” he said in an interview set to air Thursday at 9 pm ET. “And look, whenever there is a...
  • McCain Derangement Syndrome

    01/22/2009 2:13:10 PM PST · by Bob J · 441 replies · 12,245+ views
    FR | 1-22-08 | Bob J
    There has been much talk of the 8 year BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) from the left but I think it's time we admitted there are DS's on the right and we have to look no further than our own backyard here at FR to find the most glaring example, McCain Derangement Syndrome. McCain wasn't my preferred candidate. In fact, I'd have to go all the way back to Reagan to find my own preferred candidate victorious. But you never get everything you want in politics so many times you have to work with you got and make the best of...
  • Joint Statement from U.S. Sens. Graham and McCain on Guantanamo Executive Order [we support Zero]

    01/22/2009 11:59:36 AM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 288 replies · 9,098+ views
    WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and John McCain (R-Arizona) today issued the following statement regarding the executive order put forth by President Obama calling for the closure of the prison at Guantanamo: “We support President Obama’s decision to close the prison at Guantanamo, reaffirm America’s adherence to the Geneva Conventions, and begin a process that will, we hope, lead to the resolution of all cases of Guantanamo detainees,” said Senator Lindsey Graham and Senator John McCain. “The executive orders issued today constitute an important step in the right direction but leave several major issues unaddressed.” “Numerous...
  • Remarks of Sen. John McCain at Bipartisan Dinner [Pre-Inauguration, Zero Worship]

    01/22/2009 12:09:01 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 27 replies · 736+ views
    U.S. Senate ^ | 2009-01-19 | U.S. Senator John McCain
    Thank you. I appreciate this very much. As President-elect Obama kindly pointed out during the campaign -- quite frequently, as a matter of fact -- I’ve been on the country’s payroll in one capacity or another for a half century. In the course of my long career as a burden on the taxpayer, I’ve taken a few lumps. But I’ve been more than fairly compensated by the many honors that have come my way over the years whether I deserved them or not. Tonight surely ranks among the more unexpected of them, and the most appreciated. I am very grateful...
  • Video: McCain Calls For Quick Confirmation Of Clinton

    01/21/2009 10:59:38 AM PST · by careyb · 51 replies · 854+ views
    CSPAN ^ | 1//21/09 | John McCain
    Just in case you were wondering what kind of President he would have been...
  • McCain speaks in defense of Clinton (He's Obama's Boy)

    01/21/2009 11:50:44 AM PST · by rightinthemiddle · 125 replies · 2,098+ views
    AP ^ | 1-21-08
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain is imploring his Republican colleagues to drop partisan demands and let the popular president get to work. The Arizona Republican made his first comments on the Senate floor since his rival, President Barack Obama, was sworn into office. He said the nation has come together in a way that it has not for some time. McCain was speaking in defense of Hillary Rodham Clinton's appointment as the next secretary of State. Senate leaders had planned to confirm her by unanimous consent on Tuesday, but Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn objected because of concerns raised...
  • Blaming Rush Limbaugh and Conservatism for Republican Woes (McCain only blames Conservatives)

    01/21/2009 6:04:40 AM PST · by bestintxas · 117 replies · 1,570+ views
    Human Events ^ | 1/21/09 | A.W.R. Hawkins
    Just when you thought Senator John McCain and his crew had finally left the scene after getting pounded last November, at least one prominent McCain operative has crawled out of his bunker long enough to blame McCain’s loss on Rush Limbaugh and conservatism. That’s right. On January 15, 2009, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis appeared on BBC’s “Hardtalk” and credited McCain’s loss to “the Rush Limbaughs of the world who…literally almost feed the nativist attitude toward immigration reform” and the exclusivity of conservative principles. So the McCainiacs are still trying to blame the 2008 disaster on everyone except themselves and...
  • Kennedy and Hatch Issue Call for Service [Serve America Act] [barf] [McCain/Snowe alert]

    01/21/2009 6:43:10 AM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 79 replies · 2,925+ views
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) today introduced the “Serve America Act,” a bill to expand national and community service opportunities for all Americans. Senators Mikulski, McCain, Dodd, Cochran, Reid, Gregg, Durbin, Wicker, Murray, Snowe, Kerry, Lincoln, Cardin, Rockefeller, Schumer, Whitehouse, Menendez, Bayh and Landrieu are also sponsors of the legislation. The goal of the legislation is to encourage 175,000 more Americans to give a year of service to address specific national challenges such as strengthening our schools or increasing economic opportunities, thereby expanding the number of such service participants to 250,000. The legislation...
  • Obama and McCain Love Fest

    01/21/2009 6:26:15 AM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 31 replies · 754+ views
    The Examiner ^ | 2009-01-20 | Martha R. Gore
    The old cliche "politics make strange bedfellows" could not be truer as Obama honored his political rival, Senator John McCain, at an honorary dinner the night before the inauguration. During the 2008 campaign, there were heated exchanges between the two over domestic and foreign policy that were sometimes personal in nature. On Monday night, January 19, 2009, Obama referred to the former Vietnam prisoner as a war hero who understood better than most really matters in politics. Obama called for a new spirit of cooperation in Washington. Obama began the speech saying, "I am here tonight to say a few...
  • Is anyone still disappointed that McCain lost?

    01/20/2009 11:30:11 AM PST · by Chet 99 · 130 replies · 2,682+ views
    Vanity
    I know everyone is disgusted that Obama is president... but is anyone still disappointed that McCain lost? It seems that it didn't take McCain very long to return to his old McCain-Feingold ways once the campaign was over. I am generally not too conspiracy minded, but I am almost of the mind that McCain's job was simply to throw the election to Obama... If you can stomach it, rewatch those debates. If that was not a case of someone "taking a dive", I don't know what is. McCain's job now will be to put the bipartisan smiley face on Obama's...
  • McBama: The Socialist-RINO Alliance

    01/20/2009 6:57:00 AM PST · by Quaker · 25 replies · 624+ views
    Stuck On Stupid ^ | January 20, 2009 | Quaker
    A picture of things to come. The RINO pals up with the Socialist.
  • The GOP's five likeliest Obama backers (Guess Who's #1?)

    01/20/2009 11:40:48 AM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 41 replies · 2,527+ views
    Politico ^ | January 20, 2009 | JOSH KRAUSHAAR
    President-elect Barack Obama’s outreach to Republicans may be generating goodwill on the other side of the aisle, but the honeymoon is likely to be short-lived. There’s just too much distance between Obama and congressional Republicans on too many key economic, social and foreign policy issues. There are, however, some Republicans who stand to have a less adversarial relationship with the new administration. Either their past history or present statements put them at the top of the list of GOP members who are expected to work closely with the White House, even if it means bucking their own party. Here is...
  • McCain Inaugurated in "Hall of Losers"

    01/20/2009 4:16:04 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 11 replies · 1,130+ views
    On the day President Obama officially takes office as the 44th President of the United States, a Kansas museum honors the guy who lost the Presidential Race, John McCain; albeit for a much different reason. John McCain came in second to President Obama. Some say 2nd place is the first loser. It's probably frustrating to come so close to the Oval Office, but Mr. McCain can take comfort as one small town in Kansas proves 2nd place is more important to them than first. President Obama makes history as the first African-American Commander-in-Chief. But as millions honor the 44th President...
  • Barack Obama Toasts John McCain on Inauguration Eve - Video 1/19/09

    01/20/2009 5:54:07 AM PST · by Federalist Patriot · 9 replies · 361+ views
    Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | January 20, 2009 | BrianinMO
    Here is video of President-elect Barack Obama speaking at a dinner January 19, 2009, in honor of Sen. John McCain. Obama toasted McCain just hours before his inauguration as President on January 20, 2009. . . . . . (watch video)
  • The John McCain Legacy Project [screwing the Republican Party]

    01/19/2009 10:35:12 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 19 replies · 816+ views
    Rush Limbaugh ^ | 2009-01-19
    BLITZER: Rush Limbaugh today said, you know, he already has 60 because he just assumes John McCain is going to vote with Obama on everything. What do you think about John McCain's role in this new Senate? BEGALA: John McCain probably not losing a lot of sleep worrying about what Rush Limbaugh thinks about him. The truth is, I think 60 is in many ways an overstated, overanalyzed number. My party has 59. Well, the truth is we have 59 in terms of party, but on issues, things divide very differently. The president-elect is doing a very smart thing in...
  • John McCain to seek higher-profile role [so much betrayal, so little time] [BARF!]

    01/19/2009 10:21:51 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 64 replies · 1,636+ views
    WASHINGTON (CNN) – Bump into John McCain in a Capitol hallway these days, and you’re lucky if you get anything beyond a polite hello. Ask him a question on any policy or political issue, and he will almost always decline comment, and keep moving. But the former Republican presidential nominee is not planning to keep a low profile for long. CNN has learned that McCain may get seats on an unusually high number of key Senate committees, so that he can engage on a wide range of high-profile issues before Congress, and his formal rival in the White House. “He...
  • Obama honors rival McCain on eve of inauguration

    01/19/2009 9:49:59 PM PST · by VictoryGal · 61 replies · 1,654+ views
    Reuters ^ | Jan 20, 2009 | Jeff Mason
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama honored his vanquished Republican rival John McCain on Monday, describing the Arizona senator as an "American hero" while the Democrat prepared to assume the office that both men fought bitterly to attain. Obama and McCain clashed repeatedly on the campaign trail over foreign and domestic policy in sometimes heated exchanges that occasionally veered into the personal. But Obama made clear that period had passed even as he predicted the two would not always get along in the future. "John is not known to bite his tongue and if I'm screwing up, he's going to...
  • McCain Proves Why He's a Loser; "Would've Made Same Appointments"

    01/19/2009 9:53:02 AM PST · by nysuperdoodle · 61 replies · 1,501+ views
    Evil Conservative Radio ^ | 19 January 2009 | Evil Conservative
    I feel like going back to bed today. I'm really not in the mood for 48 hours of non-stop Obama media frenzy. Nonetheless, the fight must go on and there is some reason for optimism. At least John McCain's deleterious and destructive efforts are confined to the Senate for the duration of his career. Yes, Sen. John McCain (RINO-AZ) is doing what he does best. Once again he's clearing the path for the Democrat party while undercutting conservative dissent. Buried in a typical NY Times Obama-worship piece is a tidbit that demonstrates, once again, why it is that McCain and...