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| − | [[category:people]][[John McCain]] is a [[Republican (US)|Republican]] senator from Arizona. He officially announced his candidacy for [[2008 US presidential election|president (2008 election)]] on 2007-04-25.{{seed}} | |
| − | ===Related Pages===
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| − | * [[McCain vs. Obama]]: comparison of the two major [[2008 US presidential race|2008]] candidates
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| − | ===[[/objections|Objections]]===
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| − | {{#lsth:John McCain/objections|Overview}}
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| − | ==Links==
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| − | ===Reference===
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| − | * {{wikipedia}}
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| − | * {{conservapedia}}
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| − | * {{dkosopedia}}
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| − | * {{sourcewatch}}
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| − | * WikiLeaks: [[wikileaks:John McCain US Presidential election Clinton strategy (2008)|John McCain US Presidential election Clinton strategy]]
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| − | ===News===
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| − | * '''2007-04-25''' [http://au.news.yahoo.com/070426/2/138v6.html John McCain launches bid for White House]
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| − | * '''2007-01-12''' [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/12/ap/politics/mainD8MJRGCO0.shtml McCain Defends Bush's Iraq Strategy]
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| − | ===Video===
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| − | * '''2008-02-11''' [[youtube:3gwqEneBKUs|john.he.is]]: McCain soundbites set to music, apparently a sendup of the [[youtube:jjXyqcx-mYY|Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video]]
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| − | ==Notes==
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| − | * McCain apparently tried to add an [http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=1567&issue_id=70 amendment] (to the 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill) which would have banned "[[torture]] and inhumane treatment of prisoners"; [[Dick Cheney|VP Cheney]] has been campaigning hard to have the amendment modified to exempt the CIA from the ban. [http://www.alternet.org/rights/36598/ This article] apparently describes what ultimately happened.
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| − | * 'In the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], when Sen. [[John McCain]] proposed that [[Don Young (Congressman)|(Don) Young]] redirect his prized pork money to help rebuild New Orleans, Young accused his detractors of "ignorance and stupidity." The victims of Katrina, he suggested, "can kiss my ear!"' [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/3]
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| − | ===possible bumper-stickers===
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| − | In reference to McCain's tendency to say "you know... whatever" whenever he's caught changing his opinion, denying what he said on video 2 months ago, being vague, etc:
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| − | | align=center | '''<big>VOTE JOHN McCANE</big><br>''...well, you know. Whatever.'''''
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