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Cafe Americano (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:35 AM Original message |
Does John McCain have any skeletons in his closet? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. The S&L Crisis. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. that's if he even wins the Primary |
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immerlinks (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I'm not so sure |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. He has never been seriously challenged on this issue by Democrats |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Good point about "thinking" it was good for Arizona. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Oh no, Arizonans don't think it was good for us. And we still remember it. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. It was big in Arizona and I can still name excellent sources for |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. You know, if he moves forward with this, it's going to rest on us Arizonans to put an end to it. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. I'm so there. IMHO, I don't think he's up to it physically or emotionally. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Oh, Jana's a saving grace among the conservative AZ media! |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
67. Even though you Arizonans keep electing him again and again??? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. "you Arizonans?" Yeah, sure--guilty as charged. Nice. |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I am NOT pointing the finger at you or other AZ DUers, I am answering |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Unfortunately, in about a decade, this was the first real chance we had at the Senate in AZ. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. He's pretty much the only politico left from that, isn't he? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. The Keating savings and loan scandal from waaaaay back |
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muntrv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That's out of the closet. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
3. it's a Republican Primary so having a colored daughter could bring him down |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Damn, man. She's from Bangladesh. We're all of some color or another. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. i think McCain might keep her out of the public eye |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #12 |
39. He's reticent to stand by his family in a crisis. |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. I used to chat online with the father of his grandkids. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:02 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I think that's harsh, and at least partially inaccurate. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
46. Point very well taken. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I'm pretty sure JI7 was just paraphrasing how knuckle draggers think |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
40. He didn't mean any harm, I assure you. JI7 is from India, as is my husband. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Okay. I can believe that ... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Believe me, I understand. The first time I heard my then boyfriend say it, |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. i used it in the context of racism |
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fuzzyball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 03:13 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. India has a large (350 Million) middle class population and its economy |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. colored |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Please read my response directly above. It's unfortunate, but |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. uhhhh.... the knuckledraggers hate him. Unless the Dems nominate him... |
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Cafe Americano (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. gooks |
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I_Make_Mistakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. He has been involved in so many of his own gaffes, but earlier |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. I heard that he has temper that makes him unfit to command |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. All we need to do is re-run Junior's campaign ads from the 2000 Republican primary |
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Cafe Americano (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
13. Affairs |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. He thinks he's Luke Skywalker |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
15. People say he's a traitor for giving up secrets in Vietnam. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. That's pretty much all from KKKarl too--but J-McC didn't really |
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flying_monkeys (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
16. My recollection is he is basically clean.... |
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Cafe Americano (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. yea ok |
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flying_monkeys (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Want to discuss it? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. So, big money corruption is "squeaky-clean" to you? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Yeah--he's squeaky clean. Just ask Charles Keating, Jr. |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. I hope they find plenty on him, but |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think his skeletons are stored in his photo album |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. That picture is disgusting. |
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HaggardsMethDealer (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. Who cares? |
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Cafe Americano (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. frustrated vets |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
51. I know one myself. And he knows several more. |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. they hate Kerry AND McCain for the POW/MIA mission |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. ask Carl "the bone scatterer" Rove ! n/t |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:50 AM Response to Original message |
26. If he does, you can bet they'll come out during the primaries... |
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candice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
27. Tasteless lack of self-control: |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 04:14 AM Response to Original message |
29. That photo of him hugging Bush. |
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Nimrod2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
30. Rove will be taking care of that next year....nt |
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wishlist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. Not rumor but he has admitted to flagrant marital infidelity-character issue |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
61. If the freepers defend that |
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beltanefauve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. And hypocrasy |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. Hated right-wing fundes before he was for them... |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
33. Oh geez. We don't need to act like Republicans to beat someone like McCain |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
35. The worst skeleton of all! |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 05:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
69. He does not draw a salary. |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
52. I Personally Think His "Age" Is A Factor! n/t |
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NewYorkerfromMass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Be careful with that one |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Okey-Dokey,,, Smack My Hand! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
59. Hi Cafe |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
62. I didn't read all of these replies, but YES ... McCain is a RACIST ... |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. BTW.. out of everything I listed, McCain's relationship to Richard Quinn is by far the worst... |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-11-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. "Nothing to really tar him with that is new." |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
70. Yeah, he sucked face wih Bush in public. |
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Cafe Americano (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
72. so a list is appropriate |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-12-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
75. Show him cutting cake on the golf course with Shrub |
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bobbie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
76. Hell, he don't even have a skeleton in his *body*. |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-13-06 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
77. Out of touch elitest - thinks Americans wouldn't pick lettuce even for $50hr. |
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