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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• The Flip-Flop Document: John McCains 2008 campaign dossier on Mitt Romney found, published on-line

  
  Carloz Newsvine — Authority: 129
  Talk about awkward.John McCains entire 2008 opposition-research dossier on then-foe Mitt Romney has reportedly been found and posted online, thanks to BuzzFeed.The two politicians were bitter opponents for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008.
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• Romney Not Attracting Enough Audience

  
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  (The Ticket) After the slim margin of victory in Iowa, Mitt Romney is now concentrating and taking his troops of workers in New Hampshire where the Republican bloc are due to cat their votes this coming Tuesday. Being consistently ahead of the surveys since the start of the campaign period and having won in Iowa, ...
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• McCain’s entire oppo book on Romney from 2008 found online

  
  AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Authority: 655
  Oh my, this is going to be fun. (H/t Buzzfeed) Feel free to find your favorite part of the book, below, and post a quote in the comments. McCain 2008 Oppo File
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• Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski, one-man wrecking...

  
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  Buzzfeed’s  Andrew Kaczynski, one-man wrecking crew:  Kaczynski managed to unearth a 200-page booklet with all of John McCain’s talking points against Mitt Romney in 2008. While RedState.com had part of it , this is the first time the whole thing’s showed up online.  Opposition researchers, time to jump in. ...
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• Obamas Thirteen Percent

  
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  By all accounts the 2008 Presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain resulted in a record voter turnout. Final numbers tallied showed that 131.3 million voters cast their ballots compared to the 2004 presidential election total of 122.3 million. Obama won 365 Electoral College votes to McCain’s 173, ...
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• Rick Perry Slams Obama Over Afghanistan Video

  
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  Texas Governor and GOP Presidential hopeful  Rick Perry accused the Obama administration of “over-the-top rhetoric” and “disdain for the military” for what they have said about the video with shows four US Marines urinating on dead Taliban soldiers. Perry, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union said the ...
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• Huckabee Accuses Fred Thompson And John McCain Of Vote Splitting

  
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   Fred Thompson who is a former presidential candidate denied charges Friday by Mike Huckabee that he was encouraged to stay in the 2008 race to help in splitting the vote for Sen. John McCain.Thompson told Fox News that there’s not one bit of truth to it.Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor and a Fox News host,a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fred Thompson: No, I didn’t stay in the race in 2008 to hurt Mike Huckabee

  
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  “There’s not a shred of truth in it…” Fox & Friends January 13. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com John McCain >:[ @ Mike Huckabee…
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• Fred Thompson denies Huckabee vote-splitting claim

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 142
  Former presidential candidate Fred Thompson on Friday denied a charge by Mike Huckabee that he was urged to stay in the 2008 race to help split the vote for Sen. John McCain. 
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• John McCain Breaks Down the GOP Field With David Letterman

  
  Daily Intel — Authority: 774
  John McCain, at one time David Lettermans nemesis , joined the funnyman on Thursday night on the Late Show with David Letterman to review the narrowing Republican presidential candidate field. Both men agreed that Mitt Romney would be the nominee. The senator said, "I think he deserves it." Letterman gave ...
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• POLL: MITT GAINS WIDEST LEAD OF RACE

  
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• Winter is Back!

  
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    Yesterday started off as a good sunny day. But that went quick by noon time! Got cloudy and very windy. And the temps started dropping and dropping. Then in the evening, with winds gusting up to 45mph, the snow came. Of course, the wind blew it somewhere, as the ground is just barely covered [...]
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• The Caucus: Romney Treads Familiar Path Toward Nomination

  
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  Mitt Romney is making his second run at his partys nomination, but this time he is playing the part of Senator John McCain from 2008.
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• Dominionist Cash and You

  
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  Meet fake cowboy and superPAC proprietor Foster Friess (center) This moment that Rick Santorum’s money backer is revealed is a fleeting moment. The New Hampshire Primary is this Tuesday, followed by the quadrennial South Carolina Confederate Flag controversy a week later. (Don’t laugh. It was that, far more than ...
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• Romney Treads Familiar Path Toward Nomination

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 819
  Mitt Romney is making his second run at his partys nomination, but this time he is playing the part of Senator John McCain from 2008.
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• Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire

  
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  Despite his competitions digs at him against his Bain record, Mitt Romney actually won New Hampshire. And no, no McCain this time to endorse President Obama instead, ha! While Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry both tried hard to tear him down, with Perry even comparing what he did to Bain as a vulture ...
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• Grampy McCain Forgets Romneys Name

  
  A Liberal's Hit List — Authority: 107
  "Eh, who are you? Get off my lawn!"
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• Does McCains Endorsement Really Help Romney?

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 819
  Will John McCains baggage as a Washington insider and someone long distrusted by conservatives be more harmful than helpful to Mitt Romney?
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• First 2012 Vote Results Reinforce GOPs Ideological Divide: Establishment Romney, Social Conservative Santorum, and Libertarian Paul

  
  Carloz Newsvine — Authority: 129
  The Iowa results are Mitt Romney and Rick  Santorum 25 per cent each, Ron Paul 21 per cent, Newt Gingrich 13 per cent, Rick Perry 10 per cent, Michele Bachmann 5 per cent,  and Jon Huntsman 1 per cent.
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• Latino voters sticking with Obama, Democrats: Poll

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) Latino voters strongly support President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party despite dissatisfaction with the administration’s deportation policies, according to a new poll.The survey by the Pew Hispanic Centre released Wednesday was good news for Obama and Democrats for next year’s ...
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