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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Original Technorati articles tagged “john mccain”

• in Politics
  Head-Scratching the Paul Ryan Pick
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  by jimmyzuma / on Aug 16, 2012
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  Raped in the Military, Then Raped by the House of Representatives
  Scarred by war, then by friendly-fire rape, House Republicans would also like women service members to bear their rapist’s child.
  by jimmyzuma / on Jun 14, 2012
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  On Syria, McCain Reminds Us Why We Voted for Obama
  Imagining a President John McCain administration is enough to make you relieved that Barack Obama won.
  by jimmyzuma / on Mar 8, 2012

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• Linsey and McCain

  
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• JOHN CORNYN: PORTRAIT OF A WUSSYPANTS RINO

  
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  RINO CLOWN, JOHN CORNYN! Texas Senator John Cornyn is a Republican of the John McPain, Lindsey “Fredo” Graham, Orrin Hatch, Jeff Flake, Kay Bailout Hutchison, etc variety. In other words, he’s a worthless, wussypants RINO who could easily be replaced by a Democrat. Or a rat. Same difference. Cornyn has ...
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• John McCain Doesn’t Think We Should Pay For Cable Channels We Don’t Want

  
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  Finally, a politician addresses a meaningful topic. Like television. John McCain has been addressing flaws in the current cable hegemony for several years now, but over the past few days he’s made even more noise regarding their practices. Namely, he doesn’t like that cable bundles force us to buy channels we ...
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• Sen. McCain Back In Anti-Bundling Saddle With New Bill Pushing A La Carte Cable TV

  
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  ( Ryan vs Hell Track ) Back in 2006, Sen. John McCain tried and failed to get Congress on board with a bit of legislation that pushed “a la carte” cable TV — programming that consumers could pick and choose instead of being forced to have 300 channels they don’t watch just to get the few they do. He’s not ...
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• McCain and Abel

  
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  Nothings wrong as far as I can see  We make it harder than it has to be  and I cant tell you why  no, baby, I cant tell you why   --I Cant Tell You Why , The Eagles Am I my brother’s keeper?   --Genesis 4:9 If Cain were Abel  he would give you a flower --R.D. Laing  ...
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• Syria Used Chemical Weapons According to U.S. Intelligence

  
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  The Syrian government has used chemical weapons twice against rebel forces in the ongoing civil war according to U.S. intelligence, which is horrific news. Senator John McCain says the U.S. needs to help rebels in Syria by establishing a No Fly Zone and provide weapons. The White House says the intelligence is not ...
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• McCain says immigration reform might sail through the Senate

  
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  70+ votes for immigration reform in the Senate?  That sounds rather crazy, but John McCain thinks “it’s doable.” There’s a feeling amongst some of the senators working on the legislation that if the bill gains majority support from both parties in the Senate, the House won’t have any choice but to put ...
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• GOP senators: Syria crossed Obama’s red line

  
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  After the Obama Administration said Thursday that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its citizens, three Republican senators argued that this signifies that Bashar Al-Assad has "crossed the red line" that Obama marked as a game changer for U.S. involvement.The National Journal reports:Sens. John ...
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