Top Ten John McCain quotes
By HeavyM Posted in 2008 — Comments (14) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
As compiled by myself... I'm sure you have some of your own.
10. "The first thing that I would do is call in John Kerry, Bob Kerrey, Joe Biden, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Dick Lugar, Chuck Hagel, and several others and say, ‘We’ve got to get foreign policy, national security issues back on track.'" -When asked the first thing he would do if elected President, 3/00
9. "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book." -12/18/07
8. "It's not social issues I care about." -2/3/08
7. "F*ck you! This is chickensh*t stuff." -to fellow GOP Senator John Cornyn on the Senate floor during an argument about McCain's amnesty bill, 5/19/07
6. "No, I'm calling you a f*cking jerk." -to fellow GOP Senator Chuck Grassley, when Grassley asked "Are you calling me stupid?", 2/21/00
5. "[C]ertainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to undergo illegal and dangerous operations." -8/24/99, and repeated three other times during the campaign
4. "John Kerry is a very close friend of mine. We've been friends for years. Obviously, I would entertain it." -When asked if he would entertain being Kerry's VP if asked, 3/10/04
3. "By the way, I think the fence is least effective. But I’ll build the goddamned fence if they want it." -2/07
2. "I am sure that Senator Clinton would make a good President. I have no doubt that Senator Clinton would make a good President." -2/20/05
1. "I would rather have a clean government than one where quote First Amendment rights are being respected, that has become corrupt. If I had my choice, I'd rather have the clean government." -4/29/06
And, a bonus one for free:
"Only an a**hole would put together a budget like this... I wouldn't call you an a**hole unless you really were an a**hole." -to Budget Committee Chairman and fellow GOP Senator Pete Domenici in a Senate budget hearing
Class and decorum is so outdated. Come on, why do Democrats have to be the only hot tempered foul mouthed politicians? We can play too. I'm sure Reagan would be so proud of this conservative foot soldier as the face of the NEW and IMPROVED Republican party....sigh.
So John Mccain is a potty mouth. Actually, so was Harry S. Truman. If you want to vote for someone who speaks in lovely, flowery speeches, BHO is your man.
I occassionally throw the F-bomb. I'll probably do it tomorrow morning if I read that the GOP has chosen McCain. I can forgive the coarse rhetoric.
But I believe those quotes were chosen as much as anything for their substance such as not wanting to repeal Roe vs Wade or not wanting to bar felons from his Z-visa amnesty.
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"If we want to take this party back, and I think we can someday, let’s get to work." – Barry Goldwater
It has been said that Calvin Coolidge was the worst president we ever had and that Bill Clinton was the worst person to be president. If Hillary (PLEASE LORD DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN!) She would take the titles from both!
"I've been a pain in the side to my Republican friends and I will be a pain in the side to my Democratic friends."
Heard on Laura this morning.
Anybody got a single instance where he's been a pain to Democrats?
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
I'll give him credit for that. He'd make a hella SecDef and CoC, and I'm a Romney guy.
"You're with me? To the Death. For Narnia!!!!!!"(and Mitt)
I don't want McCain in the Pentagon. He'll do less damage in the Senate.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
That nakes him anthema to so many soncervatives. If McCain was only allowed to talk about the war and not Gang of 14, and illegal immigration I tihnk we'd do well for ourselves. Not to mention the fact that your state is red enough that you could certinaly put someone far more conservative in his Senate seat.
"You're with me? To the Death. For Narnia!!!!!!"(and Mitt)
I don't want him in a position where his petulance costs our troops their lives. I do not trust McCain's judgement on anything.
We have a Dem governor, McCain would be replaced by a Dem.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
Hey its your state, you know better than I.
"You're with me? To the Death. For Narnia!!!!!!"(and Mitt)
I believe(80% certain) that AZ law forces Gov. Napolitano to replace w/ a Republican, and I believe a R that Republicans select as well. Please correct me if I'm wrong
I like the one to Domenici. He's absolutely right.
If he has a problem on that score, it's that he didn't do it more loudly and more often.
John Bolton for President
"FEAR THE 'STACH!!!"