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Oct 5, 2008

McCain's brother sees really red state

Republican presidential candidate John McCain's brother made an apparent joke at a campaign rally this weekend that might not play well in parts of newly competitive Virginia.

Joe McCain, speaking at an event in support of his brother, called two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia "communist country," according to a report on The Washington Post's Web site.

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NEED JOBS-MONEY

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Sarah Palin: "I'D VOTE FOR OBAMA" !!!
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Plin low expectations---MAC---PTSD OR WHAT
HE WANTED TO SERVE:
McCain turns irritable, sarcastic in interview
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PTSD -----'palling around' with terrorists
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Bailout-John McCain- Lincoln S&L collapsed---WHAT DID MCCAIN DO WITH AMERICANS MONEY?
JOHN McCAIN WORSHIPS THE GROUND GRAMM WALKS ON AS AN ECONOMIST
McCain-Gramm and The Fannie Mae Crisis
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John McCain, Phil Gramm and the Republican establishment are acting as if they had nothing to do with the Housing Crisis that led to today’s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
1994-At the behest of the banking industry Phil Gramm, with McCain’s support, killed the Fair Credit Reporting Act
In 1994, Mr. Gramm single-handedly killed a bill that would have required credit bureaus to quickly fix errors on a person’s credit report. Mr. Gramm called it a “bad bill” that imposed costs on the credit bureaus.”He was very focused on cost to financial institutions and not very focused on costs suffered by consumers,” said Travis Plunkett, legislative director for the Consumer Federation of America
1999-The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, authored by McCain’s principle economic advisor, Phil Gramm is the law that deregulated banking and allowed the explosion of financial derivatives that led to the current credit crisis. John McCain voted for the bill.
2000-Phil Gramm created the Commodities Future Modernization Act. John McCain voted for the bill.
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AMERICANS MONEY ALWAY BAIL OUT MAC!
Plain Jane

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Do your country a favor, read this before you vote.

Read the Rolling Stone biography of John McCain. He isn't who you think he is. Lots of quotes from people who have known him for 60 years, his fellow prisoners of war, politicians from his own party, ex-employees and ex-friends. Share it with everyone you know.

Make Believe Maverick

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/233169 ...

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For those who understand "honor" the two minute privately funded clip below is well worth the wait to download

Rolling Stone: Real John McCain
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Randy

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Oh really McCain Brother said that.....hmmm

Again this is why me and so many others are EX-REPUBLICANS!!!!

I choose Obama-Biden 08! Republicans do not watch what they say and the do not think before they speak! DUMMY, may have just given Obama-Biden 08 the whole state!

THANKS! I with Obama-Biden now, ending a republican regime, which is bad!
Plain Jane

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Do your country a favor, read this before you vote.

Read the Rolling Stone biography of John McCain. He isn't who you think he is. Lots of quotes from people who have known him for 60 years, his fellow prisoners of war, politicians from his own party, ex-employees and ex-friends. Share it with everyone you know.

Make Believe Maverick
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/m...
Jim

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Plain Jane wrote:
Do your country a favor, read this before you vote.
Read the Rolling Stone biography of John McCain. He isn't who you think he is. Lots of quotes from people who have known him for 60 years, his fellow prisoners of war, politicians from his own party, ex-employees and ex-friends. Share it with everyone you know.
Make Believe Maverick
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/m...
Many of us are quite aware of the idiot McCain--the newer generations are not and also fail to educate theirself and they have the computer at their fingertips to do so--they would rather believe a lie. He is nothing but a rich spoiled temper tantrum hot head.
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And by the way ..the republican party had plenty of decent candidates to put out there and they did not.

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Wow, who would have thought his brother was the same ignorant wuss he is, and Sarah..my god - go away little girl before you seriously get hurt by yourself. How could you Republicans be so damned stupid this year? Guess when you celebrate and take pride in ignorance, delusion, and denial - it catches up with you. Never do learn.

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Because so many of the decent ones are jumping ship and acting like they are Independents. I saw an interview where some Republicans, who are up for re-election, are trying to pursuade voters its about "country first", not the Republican party. That's eye opening when you see candidates who don't want to be labeled with their own party.
Jim wrote:
And by the way ..the republican party had plenty of decent candidates to put out there and they did not.
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Jim wrote:
And by the way ..the republican party had plenty of decent candidates to put out there and they did not.
McCain / Palin is the equivalent of a pro sports team putting the janitor and the cheerleader on the field because they know they are going to lose anyway so why risk a valuable player.
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"Communists"? Joe McCain must be just like his brother--living in the past with no real awareness of what life is really like for ordinary Americans.
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Plain Jane wrote:
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McCain / Palin is the equivalent of a pro sports team putting the janitor and the cheerleader on the field because they know they are going to lose anyway so why risk a valuable player.
This is why McCain is so desperate. If he loses this thing, it is his last shot. He will spend his waning career being ignored in Washington. The next 5 weeks are life or death to this man. If he cannot turn this around with mud slinging and wild accusations, expect his next move to be taking hostages.

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To be fair, I am reasonable certain that rabid republican types like McCain and his brother (not to mention a few special people here on Topix) that really see things in such black and white terms.

Either that, or they have no idea what communism really is.
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Oct 6, 2008
 
Is this whole McCain family a bunch of liers and racists ?
McShameless

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jenny623 wrote:
Because so many of the decent ones are jumping ship and acting like they are Independents. I saw an interview where some Republicans, who are up for re-election, are trying to pursuade voters its about "country first", not the Republican party. That's eye opening when you see candidates who don't want to be labeled with their own party.
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It's so bad some of them are refusing to put "R" behind their names. They hope voters don't know what GOP means.
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MY HOLIDAY WITH JOHN McCAIN
It was just before John McCain's last run at the presidential nomination in 2000 that my husband and I vacationed in Turtle Island in Fiji with John McCain, Cindy, and their children, including Bridget (their adopted Bangladeshi child).
It was not our intention, but it was our misfortune to be in close quarters with John McCain for almost a week, since Turtle Island has a small number of bungalows and their focus on communal meals force all vacationers who are there at the same time to get to know each other intimately.He arrived at our first group meal and started reading quotes from a pile of William Faulkner books with a forest of Post-Its sticking out of them. As an English Literature major myself, my first thought was "if he likes this so much, why hasn't he memorized any of this yet?" I soon realized that McCain actually thought we had come on vacation to be a volunteer audience for his "readings" which then became a regular part of each meal. Out of politeness, none of the vacationers initially protested at this intrusion into their blissful holiday, but people's buttons definitely got pushed as the readings continued day after day.Unfortunately this was not his only contribution to our mealtime entertainment. He waxed on during one meal about how Indo-Chine women had the best figures and that our American corn-fed women just couldn't meet up to this standard. He also made it a point that all of us should stop Cindy from having dessert as her weight was too high and made a few comments to Amy, the 25 year old wife of the honeymooning couple from Nebraska that she should eat less as she needed to lose weight.
Real Mc Cain

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McCain's appreciation of the beauty of Asian women was so great that David the American economist had to move his Thai wife to the other side of the table from McCain as McCain kept aggressively flirting with and touching her. Needless to say I was irritated at his large ego and his rude behavior towards his wife and other women, but decided he must have some redeeming qualities as he had adopted a handicapped child from Bangladesh. I asked him about this one day, and his response was shocking: "Oh, that was Cindy's idea - I didn't have anything to do with it. She just went and adopted this thing without even asking me. You can't imagine how people stare when I wheel this ugly, black thing around in a shopping cart in Arizona . No, it wasn't my idea at all."I actively avoided McCain after that, but unfortunately one day he engaged me in a political discussion which soon got us on the topic of the active US bombing of Iraq at that time. I was shocked when he said, "If I was in charge, I would nuke Iraq to teach them a lesson". Given McCain's personal experience with the horrors of war, I had expected a more balanced point of view. I commented on the tragic consequences of the nuclear attacks on Japan during WWII -- but no, he was not to be dissuaded. He went on to say that if it was up to him he would have dropped many more nuclear bombs on Japan. I rapidly extricated myself from this conversation as I could tell that his experience being tortured as a POW didn't seem to have mellowed out his perspective, but rather had made him more aggressive and vengeful towards the world. My final encounter with McCain was on the morning that he was leaving Turtle Island. Amy and I were happily eating pancakes when McCain arrived and told Amy that she shouldn't be having pancakes because she needed to lose weight. Amy burst into tears at this abusive comment. I felt fiercely protective of Amy and immediately turned to McCain and told him to leave her alone.He became very angry and abusive towards me, and said, "Don't you know who I am." I looked him in the face and said, "Yes, you are the biggest asshole I have ever met" and headed back to my cabin. I am happy to say that later that day when I arrived at lunch I was given a standing ovation by all the guests for having stood up to McCain's bullying. Although I have shared my McCain story informally with friends, this is the first time I am making this public. I almost did so in 2000, when McCain first announced his bid for the Republican nomination, but it soon became apparent that George Bush was the shoo-in candidate and so I did not act then. However, now that there is a very real possibility that McCain could be elected as our next president, I feel it is my duty as an American citizen to share this story. I can't imagine a more scary outcome for America than that this abusive, aggressive man should lead our nation. I have observed him in intimate surroundings as he really is, not how the media portrays him to be.
If his attitudes toward women and his treatment of his own family are even a small indicator of his real personality, then I shudder to think what will happen to America were he to be elected as our President.
This letter was originally written by: Ana Dubey
And made public by her friend, Mary-Kay Gamel
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Here is a recap of buzzwords used to rally the crackpots of the right:

1. Communist (Commie, Red)
2. Liberal (Lib, Libbie)
3. Abortion
4. Socialist (Marxist, See Communist)
5. Muslim
6. Gay (Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gay Adoption)
7. 9/11 (Used Liberally, no pun intended)
8. Clinton (Bill, Hillary or Chelsea)
9. Atheist
10. Taxes
etc.
Jim

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Tex wrote:
"Communists"? Joe McCain must be just like his brother--living in the past with no real awareness of what life is really like for ordinary Americans.
When your rich and born with a silver spoon in your mouth and in this case always privileged with power and position cause of his Admiral father and grandfather and snubbed the lesser of the classes what would you expect. Bush and John are one in the same--spoiled rich kids.

I don't know about Va. but one thing I learned moving south is that some not all folks in the south, but some of the older generation would call anyone they disagree with a "communist" When rockn'roll come out they said it was a communist plot to turn the youth from what was right to lead them astray then the communist could come in and take over the country.
Anything they don't like out comes that commy word but that is mostly gone except by a few older folks.

So I am not suprised with the mentality--disgusted yea but it lives in some. John McCains life has no creditability in it from beginning to end in my opinion and he is proving it publicly now daily.
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