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| Maverick McCain rips GOP |
| 2004-04-05 |
| Posted in full (such as it is) Sen. John McCain yesterday unleashed an attack on his own party, saying the GOP is ``astray’’ on key issues and criticizing President Bush on the war in Iraq. Sore loser. Still got your eyes on the prize eh John? ``I believe my party has gone astray,’’ McCain said, criticizing GOP stands on environmental and minority issues. Actually, I think that one of our senators has gone astray. ``I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy,’’ he said. ``But I also feel the Republican Party can be brought back to the principles I articulated before.’’ This is a badly edited article but really, John, why the hell do you still have an R in front of your name? I really wouldn’t object to you changing that to a D... just take Specter with you when you do it! The maverick senator made the remarks at a legislative seminar hosted by U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Lowell) as he again ruled out running on a ticket with Democrat John F. Kerry. McCain has been insisting that he isn’t going to do that a little too much lately. Again, we won’t miss you John. The Arizona Republican took on President Bush for failing to prepare Americans for a long involvement in Iraq, saying, ``You can’t fly in on an aircraft carrier and declare victory and have the deaths continue. You can’t do that.’’ Well, he didn’t, but since you are giving a speach to a bunch of Democrats I guess the truth is optional. Or maybe its like BYOB (bring your own beer) at a party.... BYOT? McCain said the U.S. should seek more U.N. involvement in Iraq. ``Many people in this room question, legitimately, whether we should have gone in or not,’’ he said, adding that that debate ``will be part of this presidential campaign.’’ Probably not. The election will be about how well the economy is doing at the time of the election and, frankly, about how many votes Nader can pull from the left. I’m guessing a lot. |
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