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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• McCain Tsked Tsked for Robocalls

  
  MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — Authority: 136
  Apparently Congress has funding rules by which our representatives must abide. In a complaint to the Senate Ethics Committee, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington questioned Sen. John McCain s mastery of those rules today. The complaint alleges that the former presidential hopeful ...
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• Who Wants to Make Sarah Palin the Leader of the Republican Party?

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 743
  By David Boaz Could it be the Washington Post ? Bannered across the top of the Post ’s op-ed page today is a piece titled “ Copenhagen’s political science ,” titularly authored by Sarah Palin. I’m delighted to see the Post publishing an op-ed critical of the questionable science behind the Copenhagen ...
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• Obama approves new offshore drilling

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 135
  COP15 GW Summit should agree to more offshore drilling and nuclear power. The Interior Department today gave the go-ahead for Shell Oil to begin drilling three exploratory wells in the Chukchi Sea, a move that opens the door for production in a new region of the Arctic. "This is progress," said Alaska Sen. Lisa ...
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• No unilateral power for Obama and Climate Change

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 135
  A dem reminds Obama Congress has a say on US commitments made at Global Warming Scam Conference. While most Americans were out shopping on Black Friday, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) was busy sending a letter to Barack Obama with an important message for the president to take to Copenhagen: Don’t forget about us. ...
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• McChrystal Sees Taliban Defeat in 18 Months

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 741
  Gen. Stanley McChrystal testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday as Amb. Karl Eikenberry looks on. (Louie Palu/ZUMA Press) In confirmation hearings six months ago, Gen. Stanley McChrystal painted a bleak picture of an Afghanistan plagued by a growing insurgency . But in two marathon ...
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• McCain, Boozman, Barrasso appearance cancelled

  
  Fayetteville Flyer — Authority: 510
  This morning we were reminded that we hadn’t mentioned the town hall meeting scheduled for Sunday at Har-Ber High School in Springdale with Senator John McCain, Rep John Boozman, and Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming. The focus of the meeting on Sunday would have been about healthcare. We called Boozman’s Lowell ...
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• ‘Daily Show’: Tactics of Mass Obstruction

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 718
  Here’s some shocking news: Certain members of the U.S. Senate may be employing stalling tactics to make sure their version of the highly contested health care reform legislation, should it ever see the light of day, takes freaking forever to create. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries December 8, 2009 ...
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• McCain vs. McChrystal on July 2011; Plus a Clarification on Afghan Security Forces

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 154
  What, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wanted to know, would Gen. McChrystal have achieved in 18 months? “We will have convinced the Afghan people that we and the Afghan government is [sic] going to win,” McChrystal said, by “reversing Taliban momentum and the perception of momentum.” He will “increase the number ...
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• The Freshman Class and Health Reform Cost Containment

  
  Swampland — Authority: 723
  Lately, there has been no shortage of criticism that the Democratic health care bill doesnt do enough to cut health care spending. My colleague Karen Tumulty had a great story in the magazine recently about how cost-containment provisions in health reform legislation have been whittled down. Right now, on the Senate ...
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• Harry Reid and John McCain Trade Dumb Barbs

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 447
  First Harry Reid says something dumb, but we knew what he was getting at. Then John McCain feels the need to respond in kind. Are these Congress people or big whiny babies? Theyre all a bunch of egotistical blowhards. Really McCain, youre wasting our time on this?
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• The Party of NOPE

  
  Toner Mishap — Authority: 107
  What John McCain gets for leading his party of nattering nabobs of negativism -- the party of NOPE
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• FLASHBACK : FOX News Poll: Sarah � Just Plain Popular

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  John McCain’s choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate is sitting very well with a lot of American voters, according to the latest FOX News poll. The new survey also shows that—among all four candidates running—Palin (at 33 percent) is seen as most likely to understand “the problems of ...
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• McConnell and McCain: Cry me a River

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 457
  A funny thing was happening as President Obama met with Democratic Senators to try and advance the Healthcare bill in the Senate. Just a few feet away stood John McCain and Mitch McConnell, crying like a spanked baby because America has totally and completely rejected their vision of greed and idiocy for our country. ...
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• ARE REPUBLICANS INEFFECTIVE ON PURPOSE?

  
  Angry White Dude — Authority: 138
  YOU SANDBAGGING US MITCH? Has anyone else noticed the Republicans have done next to nothing since the last election? AWD has been frustrated the Republicans in Washington seem to be going along with the DemonRat’s merry ride towards socialism. The $876 billion Stimulus Bill was the catalyst for the rapidly ...
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• Despite doctored data, EPA issues new CO2 ruling

  
  C.O.P.S. — Authority: 135
  Obama meets with Gore, leader of the Church of Global Warming After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people. ...
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• Prescriptions: The Crankiness of the Defeated

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 792
  With President Obama at the Capitol on Sunday for a health care meeting with the Democratic caucus, Senator John McCain stood in a corridor just a few steps away facing a gaggle of reporters and televisions cameras.
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• Wall Street Journal Distorts McCain’s Remarks on Palin

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  I apologize for posting my own article on here, but I thought you all would enjoy reading it. Via Conservatives4Palin comes this article at the Wall Street Journal (of all places), about Arizona Senator (and the GOP’s presidential nominee last year) John McCain’s appearance on MSNBC’s “Meet the Press” earlier ...
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• While Praising Palin, McCain Calls Her Irrelevant

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 793
  Filed under: John McCain , Media , Sarah Palin , Video In the midst of lavishing praise on his former running mate Sunday, Sen. John McCain said Sarah Palin is "irrelevant." In an interview with NBCs David Gregory on "Meet the Press," McCain came to Palins defense, saying she is "what the Republican Party needs ...
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• McCain says he is very “proud” of Palin

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec.7 (ANI): Republican Senator John McCain said three times Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was proud of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.“I think that Sarah Palin has earned herself a very big place in the American political scene,” Politico quoted the Arizona Republican, who carried ...
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• McCain says Obama’s 2011 departure date threatening Afghan war effort

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec.7 (ANI): Republican Senator John McCain has said that President Barack Obama needs to clarify his July 2011 deadline for a US departure from Afghanistan, adding that there is huge confusion on this issue.He said a lack of clarity could dilute Pakistan’s commitment to fighting the Taliban and the ...
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