John McCain

John McCain was born on August 29th, 1936 on the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone of Panama. He was born into a Naval family and continued that tradition when he joined the Navy in 1954 and served for almost three decades. During his time, he was captured and held by his captors as a POW for nearly six years before being released in 1973. He eventually retired from the Navy in 1981.

Soon after finishing his Naval career, John McCain moved to Arizona and quickly became a congressman there in 1982. By 1987, he was an Arizona senator, a position he has held for over 20 years. In 2000, McCain made an initial run at the presidency, but did not garner the Republican nomination.

However, McCain was not done with attempting to be the head man of the U.S.A. and again ran in 2008. This time, he secured the Republican Party's nomination, running against Illinois senator Barack Obama. On November 4th, Obama, along with running mate Joe Biden, soundly defeated McCain and his vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, to become the nation's 44th president.

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• Going Rogue Likely To Disappoint McCain Aides, Reporters, Reference Librarians [Rogue Rules]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 822
  Whats in Going Rogue ? According to Mark Halperin , "score settling with McCain aides" and (duh) "a hearty bashing of the national media." Whats not: an index . But how will we navigate through all of Palins incredibly useful information? [ The Page ]
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• Undermining....

  
  Prairie Sun Rising — Authority: 108
  . Joe Lie-berman and the friendly folk at Fox news have been quick to ramp up the Fort Hood shootings into national security. Hearings to come. Not to be outdone, Senator John McCain joins in the fray at an event for Mitch McConnell: "This may sound a little harsh, but I think we ought to make sure that political ...
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• Evaluating Corporate Social Media Strategies

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 427
  Daniel Wallace , Information Security Consultant at Grow Forward How vendors, integrators and consultants can position themselves to support CISO’s with corporate social media adoption… In the past I have written articles and advised CISO’s on how social media technology can be used as a vehicle ...
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• Nightly Ramble Tuesday

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 140
  Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble SCOZZAFAVA AND THE LEFT: I guess it should not be surprising at all, to see leftists still trying to control the GOP by means of mislabeling such as Dede Scozzafava as a ‘moderate’.  Certainly, ...
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• The Great Coin Conspiracy & How Palin Helps the Democratic Party

  
  The Mudflats — Authority: 609
  Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe has been outspoken lately about former VP candidate and almost-one-term governor Sarah Palin. Last week he recounted that: “Obama and I had a long talk late that afternoon to evaluate Palin. ‘I just don’t understand how this ends up working out for McCain,’ he said. ...
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• Senator Daniel Inouye Seeks Aegis Funds

  
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    Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, is seeking funds for a missile defense project in Hawaii. He wants $68.5 million from last year’s budget to build an Aegis Ashore test facility, bypassing the defense authorizers. ( Source ) One of the defense authorizers, Senator John McCain, tried ...
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• Sarah Palins roguish book tour: The details seep out

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 780
  It starts in Michigan. Our good buddy Josh Painter over at the Texas for Salin Palin blog, a must-bookmark for SP fans , has assembled the schedule for the ex-govs upcoming book sales/autographing tour and we have some of it below. Youll note that the tour starts in Michigan. Get it? Oh, cmon, sure you do! ...
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• Betrayal CHUTZPAH

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  I was wondering whether or not news behind this weekend’s vote on health care reform in the House of Representatives would lead to an early Chutzpah of the Week award. The good news is that I was right: It was pretty easy for find grounds for the award. The bad news, as one might guess from what actually ...
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• The Most Important News Evarrrrr!!!1!

  
  bjkeefe — Authority: 134
                       The Quitta From Wasilla has announced on her Facebook page that she will (soon) start Twittering again. OR HAS SHE? Still no tweets , as of this moment!             (h/t: watertiger | pic. source )
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• White House Press Briefing With Press Secretary Robert Gibbs – Monday, November 9, 2009

  
  THE KALEIDOSCOPE FACTOR: A Unique Collection of African American News and Commentary — Authority: 432
  PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS   James S. Brady Press Briefing Room     1:20 P.M. EST          MR. GIBBS:  Good afternoon.  Before we get going on questions I just want to reiterate again that — I think most of you know that we’ll be doing a briefing call on Asia, on the Asia ...
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• Zangara racked up $250K in gambling losses trying to save his business

  
  Featured States News — Authority: 157
  Original Author:  Matt Ken Zangara, an influential member of the Republican Party in New Mexico, has some explaining to do after some unique fiscal mismanagement with his company. This was kind of lost in the health care shuffle this weekend, but it is interesting nonetheless. ...
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• It’s only dead if you kill it, moron!

  
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  ( CBS ) Senator Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said the health care bill passed last night by the House of Representatives is “dead on arrival to the Senate.” Original DVD cover Graham argued that the House bill was “written for liberals, by liberals. “Just look at how it passed; it passed 220 to 215. ...
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• Sarah Palin Revives The Death Panels

  
  Below The Beltway — Authority: 693
  From her Facebook page: We’ve got to hold on to hope, and we’ve got to fight hard because Congressional action tonight just put America on a path toward an unrecognizable country. (…) “We had been told there were no ‘death panels’ in the bill either. But look closely at the provision mandating ...
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• Republicans Try to Shoot the Messenger on Corruption in Alabama

  
  Legal Schnauzer — Authority: 471
  Alabama Republicans, predictably, have tried to discredit GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson after his statements late last week that current governor Bob Riley received millions of dollars in campaign funds from Mississippi gambling interests in 2002. A Riley spokesman said Johnson, a former member of Rileys ...
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• Imagine if this guy was prez?

  
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  Imagine if this guy was prez?
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• It’s been a year since the Election and the Republican Party STILL doesn’t get it

  
  The Real Revo — Authority: 488
  It’s been just over one year since the American people awarded executive power to a radical Communist. In spite of the long lasting damage that has been deliberately inflicted on this Nation with malicious intent on the part of our Congress and the White House there are plenty of people who are screaming loudly ...
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• Letter to Elected Officials From an AMERICAN PATRIOTIC CONSERVATIVE

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 539
  I started sending this letter below out yesterday, starting with the Republican Party and a pretty extensive list in my address book.  It is going to every representative I can manage; from Texas to Federal levels.  I am also trying to get it posted on conservative sites and on media sites.  This is the sort of ...
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• House Democrats Who Voted Against the Health Care Bill

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 556
  Lawmakers in the House voted 220 to 215 on Saturday night to approve a sweeping overhaul of the nation s health care system. Only one Republican voted for the bill, and 39 Democrats opposed it, including 24 members of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition. An overwhelming majority of the ... Politics Daily ...
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• Statement of President Barack Obama On Historic House Passage Of The Affordable Health Care For America Act

  
  THE KALEIDOSCOPE FACTOR: A Unique Collection of African American News and Commentary — Authority: 432
  Statement of President Barack Obama on House Passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act   Tonight, in an historic vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would finally make real the promise of quality, affordable health care for the American people.   The Affordable Health Care for ...
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