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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• Racist Obama billboard in Denver?

  
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  No. In bad taste, maybe. Wolf Interstate Leasing in Wheat Ridge, Colorado has put up a billboard insinuating that President Obama is somehow tied to Jihadists and the Fort Hood shootings. The billboard features cartoons that show a caricatured President morphing from a suit-wearing politician into a turban-wearing ...
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• Burkha Barbies

  
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  This should unite the Islamic Extremists and the western feminists but the feminists wont say a work about this.. One of the worlds most famous childrens toys, Barbie, has been given a makeover  - wearing a burkha. Wearing the traditional Islamic dress, the iconic doll is going undercover for a charity auction in ...
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• Victoria Kennedy calls Reid after the healthcare vote

  
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  From DK : I’m still amazed that not even one f****g [ed. note - the Republican party does not have any moderates any more. We all know that there arent any liberals. They are all different favors of ultraconservatives.] Republican could find minimum decency to at least vote for health care DEBATE in the US senate. ...
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• Will Sarah Palin cost John McCain his seat in the U.S. Senate?

  
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  Will U.S. Senator John McCain pay the ultimate price for putting Sarah Palin on his presidential ticket?A telephone survey of 570 likely Republican primary voters conducted by Rasmussen Reports found McCain the favorite of 45 percent of those questioned. But former Congressman and current radio talk show host J.D. ...
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• Reid ramrods Obamacare to next step with bribes

  
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  Conservatives need to descend on DC on the 30th to stop this asinine socialized HC bill. A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. ...
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• McCain calls tension between Palin and his aides "no big deal"

  
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  Were wondering just how out of it John McCain was when it came to the running of his campaign for president in 2008. Judging from some of the things that hes said, it appears he was not very involved in the campaign at all and chose to delegate most everything to his campaign subordinates. Take, for example what he ...
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• Nicolas Cage dances with Somali pirates

  
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  Cage, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs and Crime, seems more concerned about the pirates than the crime victims. Film star Nicolas Cage has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial to highlight the problem of piracy in the Indian Ocean. Inmates danced for the movie star and shook ...
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• Is Obama dissing jews with WH Hanukkah party?

  
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  He doesnt want to offend his Muslim “friends”. As the White House prepares for its annual Hanukkah party and candle-lighting, many previous attendees are going to find themselves left in the dark as the number of invitations is set to shrink to half of last years. Though several Jewish leaders expressed ...
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• Sarah Palin finally acknowledges her ‘mistakes’ during 2008 vice-presidential campaign

  
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  Washington, Nov. 21 (ANI): Former US vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin has acknowledged that she “made mistakes” while dealing with the media during the 2008 campaign.“There were mistakes being made in the campaign. I made mistakes in the campaign,” Palin said in an interview with Fox News’ Bill ...
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• John McCain slams horrendous climate bill

  
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  Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have been working overtime to craft a climate bill that can attract significant GOP support. But they aren’t exactly scoring points with their mutual best friend in the Senate, John McCain. “Their start has been horrendous,” McCain said Thursday. “Obviously, they’re going ...
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• John McCain slams horrendous climate bill

  
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  Sens. Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman have been working overtime to craft a climate bill that can attract significant GOP support. But they aren’t exactly scoring points with their mutual best friend in the Senate, John McCain. “Their start has been horrendous,” McCain said Thursday. “Obviously, they’re going ...
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• NY Gitmo trails may not start for a year

  
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  but where are the terrorists going to be kept before and during the trail. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, said he thought there was little chance that Mr. Mohammed would be acquitted. But he argued that Mr. Holder’s decision was a mistake for a different reason: in the future, he said, ...
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• S2781: The “Don’t call them retarded” Act

  
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  More political correctness because someone was offended by the term of mentally retarded. S. 2781 To change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability, and change references to a mentally retarded individual to references to an individual with an intellectual ...
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• HR4111: The ‘Don’t 7-11 captured Islamic Terrorists” Act

  
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  Don’t mirandize enemy combatants caught on foreign soil. Don’t treat them like they robbed the local 7-11. H. R. 4111 To prohibit the prosecution of unprivileged enemy combatants by the Department of Justice. Source: Thomas LOC Don’t allow enemy combatants caught on foreign soil tried on US Soil in the ...
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• Does John McCain Need Some Palin Power?

  
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  According to Bill Kristol says J.D. Hayworth has come out of nowhere to mount a serious challenge to the GOPs 2008 presidential candidate in his home state: The new Rasmussen poll for the 2010 Arizona GOP Primary — John McCain 45%, J. D. Hayworth 43% — will generate a fair amount of buzz. But August is a ...
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• Energy and Global Warming News for November 20: Climate negotiating positions of top emitters

  
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  FACTBOX-Climate negotiating positions of top emitters Russia toughened on Wednesday its goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, saying it would target a 25 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2020 compared with a 10-15 percent pledge previously. Following are the negotiating positions of the top greenhouse gas ...
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• Yes, Palin Backed the Bailouts

  
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  Why has MSNBC embedded one of its top on-air talents with Sarah Palin’s book tour? That’s a good question, but I thought Norah O’Donnell’s grilling of a young Palin fan was a fair use of the network’s time. O’Donnell asked Jackie (no last name given), who was wearing a T-shirt criticizing the bailouts, ...
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• John McCain May Not Be Senator For Long - Former GOP Nominee Faces Dead-Heat Primary Challenge in 2010

  
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  A new Rasmussen poll finds that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) could potentially be in trouble with Republican voters back home in Arizona, where hes often faced criticism from the right for his views on immigration.
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• So Does Under Sec. of Defense Hopeful Clifford Stanley Want to Repeal DADT Or Not?

  
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  When word arrived that President Obama selected Dr. Clifford Stanley, a retired Marine general, as his nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, we thought wed finally have a senior ally on our side of the Dont Ask Dont Tell debate . So why isnt Stanley meeting our expectations? CONTINUED ...
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• Trouble for McCain in 2010? [match-up against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth........]

  
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  Trouble for McCain in 2010? By Tony Romm - 11/20/09 09:21 AM ET A new poll perhaps foretells of a tough primary fight for Arizona Sen. John McCain (R). In a hypothetical match-up against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who is reportedly considering a 2010 bid, McCain holds only a two-point lead, besting his potential ...
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