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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• Palin slammed for using her autobiography for “petty and pathetic” score-settling

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Washington, Nov. 14 (ANI): Senator John McCain’s aides have slammed Sarah Palin for criticizing the press strategy of the former presidential nominee’s campaign in her upcoming book. In her book, Palin charges that the staffers assigned to her by McCain’s team blocked her from speaking to the press aboard the ...
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• What White Women Want, Surprisingly the GOP

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  This week, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, told reporters the GOP offers a "back-of-the-hand treatment to women." Later she said two conservative female representatives only serve to further "repulse women." You see, Schultz said on MSNBC, Republicans "dont really get very many women when it comes ...
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• (Palin) Thought Katie Was Her Fan: You betch I was suprised (smary quotes from "McCain source")

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Sarah Palin says she was blindsided by Katie Courics devastating interviews last year because John McCains aides lulled her into thinking the CBS anchorwoman was a fan. In Palins new book, "Going Rogue," the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee reveals that her handlers talked up Couric as a working mom - just like her ...
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• Hasan Called Himself Soldier of Allah on Business Cards

  
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  Does that make him a terrorist? Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan called himself a "soldier of Allah" on business cards found in his apartment after the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in which he is accused of murdering 13 people. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, reportedly obtained the business cards over the Internet. In ...
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• Military religious diversity leads to non-uniform uniform

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  Is political correctness destroying the military? The U.S. Army is making an exception to a decades-old rule and will allow a Sikh doctor to serve without removing his turban and cutting his hair. The New York-based Sikh Coalition says Capt. Kamaljeet Singh Kalsi is the first Sikh to be allowed to go on active duty ...
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• Recanvassing shows NY-23 race tightens

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 129
  Conservative Hoffman could be declared the official winner. Conservative Doug Hoffman conceded the race in the 23rd Congressional District last week after receiving two pieces of grim news for his campaign: He was down 5,335 votes with 93 percent of the vote counted on election night, and he had barely won his ...
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• Obamacare future: Fat pregnant women refused care in UK

  
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  UK’s NHS has rationing. Obamacare will have rationing. Overweight mothers-to-be in a Somerset town are being sent to a hospital in Bristol to give birth because the local unit cannot cope with their size. Weston General Hospital has a low-risk, midwife-led birth centre and said it could only admit expectant ...
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• "On Monday, Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Palin will sit down and they’re going to talk for an entire hour...."

  
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  “On Monday, Oprah Winfrey and Sarah Palin will sit down and they’re going to talk for an...
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• Sarah Palin book Going Rogue attacks John McCain campaign

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 974
  In her book Going Rogue Sarah Palin reveals tensions with John McCains campaign aides but does not mention Levi Johnston.
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• Sioux City native Munger runs for governor (in Arizona)

  
  Politically Speaking — Authority: 130
  Got a tip (thanks, Cliff Tufty) of a Sioux City native running for major political office, as 1965 Central High graduate John Munger is running for governor in Arizona. Munger has firm roots in Republican Party politics, as his father Robert P. Munger, served in the Iowa House and Senate. He got a start in politics ...
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• Sneak Peek: Oprahs interview with Sarah Palin

  
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  Well, the big interview happens this Monday: Oprah interviews former Alaska Governor and VP candidate Sarah Palin. The interview actually took place several days ago so some clips are starting to be released. Heres a first look, where Oprah asks Palin about Levi Johnston. View more news videos at: ...
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• “Going Rogue” leak: Sarah Palin trashes Katie Couric & John McCain

  
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  Perhaps the biggest target of Sarah Palin’s scorn in “Going Rogue”? Katie Couric, with whom she had a miserable interview last year during the McCain campaign. The former vice presidential wannabe also says (according to Drudge, who got a copy of the book) that McCain’s people blocked her from having any ...
  23 hours ago

• Going Rogue?

  
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  Heres a summary of the whiny passage that follows from Sarah Palins dime-store diary: Oh, poor me! I wanted-- really wanted! --to only talk with the droolers from the hard-right echo machine, but those meanie McCainiacs made me talk to Katie Couric! And shes, like, a card-carrying agent of the ...
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• Nuke up some popcorn

  
  lovable liberal — Authority: 134
  When Sarah Palin snipes and John McCain and McCains people fight back, dont pick sides. Just enjoy the show. Side note: You can always count on the media having the back of fellow big media outlets. Remember the hysterical defense of propaganda outlet Fox? Heres another case of lipstick on a pig: The AP ...
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• Sarah Palin book Going Rogue attacks John McCain campaign

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 974
  Sarah Palins new memoir Going Rogue says John McCains campaign left her 50000 out of pocket but does not mention Levi Johnston.
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• Palin Memoir Reveals Tension With McCain Campaign, Doesnt Mention Levi Johnston

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 814
  Filed under: Sarah Palin An early copy of "Going Rogue," Sarah Palins upcoming memoir, reveals that the book delves into the former vice presidential candidates grief about her daughters pregnancy playing out before a national audience, the Associated Press reports . It also offers intimate details on Palins ...
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• Sen. McCain address health care, Afghanistan at Kofa (McCain says he "love[s] to listen")

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  The auditorium at Kofa High School was packed to the rafters Thursday night by hundreds of people who wanted to hear what Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had to say about health care, and the current situation in Afghanistan. After a brief opening statement, members of the audience were eager to field questions and get ...
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• AP: Palin book goes after McCain camp but not Levi (AP)

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 431
  NEW YORK – Sarah Palins new memoir provides heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughters pregnancy playing out before a national audience. But the 413-page tome doesnt contain a single reference to the father of her granddaughter, soon-to-be Playgirl model Levi Johnston. In "Going Rogue," ...
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• Sarah Palin admits she bombed during Couric interview

  
  Press Release Distribution - NewsWire- Caymanmama.com — Authority: 532
  Seattle, Washington (CaymanMama.com) — Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is eating crow — and she’s doing it in a big way. In an excerpt of an interview scheduled to air Monday on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Palin said she knew that she had bombed in her CBS television interview with Katie ...
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• Rolling Out Sarah Palins Side of the Story

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  The former vice presidential candidate has more to say about the clothes, the pregnancy and her troubles with John McCains campaign -- including a very big legal bill.
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