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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Gazoo on January 28, 2014, 01:39:50 pm

Title: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: Gazoo on January 28, 2014, 01:39:50 pm: Quote
Sen. John McCain said a censure from Arizona’s Republican Party is “regrettable” but that it will not dissuade him from running for reelection in 2016.

The Republican senator and former presidential candidate said that the formal reprimand from the GOP over the weekend only serves as a motivator as he weighs whether to pursue a sixth term in the chamber. The state Republican Party passed a resolution over the weekend that derided his record as too liberal and “disastrous and harmful” to the country.

“We’ve got polling data that shows overwhelming support. I’ve won every election in Arizona by very large margins, quite often with the opposition of that element of the party,” McCain said of his state’s rightward flank, which he described as encompassing a “very small portion” of Arizona voters.

The resolution said that McCain has a “long and terrible record of drafting, co-sponsoring and voting for legislation best associated with liberal Democrats, such as amnesty, funding for Obamacare, the debt ceiling, liberal nominees, assaults on the Constitution and Second Amendment.”

McCain took particular exception to the resolution targeting him on Obamacare, which he called “bizarre.”

“I led the fight for 25 days on the floor of the Senate,” McCain said of his opposition to the health care law’s passage.

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/john-mccain-gop-arizona-reprimand-response-102686.html (http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/john-mccain-gop-arizona-reprimand-response-102686.html)
Title: Re: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: Gazoo on January 28, 2014, 02:03:00 pm: related article...

Palin comes to McCain's defense in Facebook post | The Daily Caller
http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/27/palin-comes-to-mccains-defense-in-facebook-post/ (http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/27/palin-comes-to-mccains-defense-in-facebook-post/)
Title: Re: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: rangerrebew on January 28, 2014, 02:24:44 pm: I'll bet George Soros' money fires him up, too.
Title: Re: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: Rapunzel on January 28, 2014, 09:25:57 pm: Quote from: rangerrebew on January 28, 2014, 02:24:44 pm
I'll bet George Soros' money fires him up, too.

You better believe it.
Title: Re: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: flowers on January 28, 2014, 09:53:21 pm: Quote from: Gazoo on January 28, 2014, 02:03:00 pm
related article...

Palin comes to McCain's defense in Facebook post | The Daily Caller
http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/27/palin-comes-to-mccains-defense-in-facebook-post/ (http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/27/palin-comes-to-mccains-defense-in-facebook-post/)
You want to see fired up.....post that at Freerepublic!!!!!
Title: Re: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: Rapunzel on January 28, 2014, 10:03:32 pm: Quote from: flowers on January 28, 2014, 09:53:21 pm
You want to see fired up.....post that at Freerepublic!!!!!

I generally like Palin, but her support for McCain and Hatch has cooled me toward her ever attaining a higher office.
Title: Re: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: flowers on January 28, 2014, 11:18:18 pm: Quote from: Rapunzel on January 28, 2014, 10:03:32 pm
I generally like Palin, but her support for McCain and Hatch has cooled me toward her ever attaining a higher office.
I agree.
Title: Re: McCain On Being Censured By Arizona GOP For Being Too Liberal: “If anything, it fires me up.”
Post by: Atomic Cow on January 28, 2014, 11:31:45 pm: Why does the scum always seem to live forever, but the good ones usually die young?