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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:20 AM
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McCain Slurping on Starbucks

John McCain is on vacation at his ranch (sound familiar) and has been for the past few days.


Politico: At 8 a.m. local time, Cindy and John McCain rolled past the cacti and sage brush along gravelly Hidden Valley Road in a six-car motorcade — with a sparse press pool trailing along the two-lane road — for their morning Starbucks inside the Cottonwood, Ariz., Safeway.

Where are the vacation pics?

Everyone, including Secret Service agents, seems laidback in Crawford, Texas (oops, Sedona) style, dressed casually in khakis and golf shirts. The cell service is so bad at the McCain cabin that staffers have been known to walk up to a high bluff to send BlackBerry messages.

To be sure, McCain is working at his cabin, writing speeches, planning strategy, filming commercials. But for public purposes, McCain is “down,” in campaign parlance, for the weekend.

“When he’s down, he’s down,” Bounds said.

McCain’s staff wouldn’t talk much about his private time, except to say he may take a hike around the cabin, spend time with his family and call friends. One of those calls was to his friend Sen. Joe Biden, whom he congratulated on the vice presidential announcement.

http://ochairball.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccain-slurping-on-starbucks.html

McCain drinks Starbucks coffee?
:wow:
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:24 AM
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1. Too bad Johnnie don't surf
Edited on Sun Aug-24-08 11:25 AM by C_U_L8R
he could be enjoying DU !!!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:26 AM
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2. He also listens to ABBA and says Americans won't pick lettuce for $50/hr and expecting nobody would
take up his offer on that. :D
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:26 AM
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3. PHOTOS: Apparently, it's a daily thing...

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, leaves a Starbucks with press secretary Brooke Buchanan, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008 in Cottonwood, Ariz.
(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:30 AM
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4. But what about the servants. Have they no coffee?
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:38 AM
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7. They pay $184,000 a year for staff. Y\ou'd think they'd have some! n/t
Edited on Sun Aug-24-08 11:38 AM by madeline_con
spelledit
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:42 AM
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9. They probably make them drink Maxwell House.
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:34 AM
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5. He & she are holding about 20 bucks worth of coffee & a danish.
Richie Rich, saving th economy one Starbucks at a time.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:42 AM
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8. Is Brooke Buchanan any relation to pat??
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:37 AM
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6. I thought it was a 9 car motorcade. n/t
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:42 AM
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10. Does the coffee thing to make him look young. He gets Postum Macchiato. //nt
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flpoljunkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:46 AM
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11. Have read McCain's a caffeine addict. Guess he needs it to keep him alert at his age.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-24-08 11:54 AM
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12. He's one of those latte-sippin', limousine fascists. n/t
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