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October 19, 2006
Mc Cain Is Such A Drama Queen
McCain: "I'd just commit suicide" if Democrats take control of Senate
Radio Iowa
by O. Kay Henderson
Arizona Senator and probable 2008 Republican presidential candidate John McCain jokingly says he would "commit suicide" if Democrats take control of the U.S. Senate in this November's election.
McCain was in Iowa today (Wednesday), campaigning with GOP Congressmen Steve King and Tom Latham as well as Republican congressional candidate Jeff Lamberti. McCain spoke at a mid-day news conference in Des Moines, where McCain was asked what his reaction would be to a Democratic take-over of the Senate.
"I think I'd just commit suicide," McCain said, as the Republicans standing beside him burst into laughter. "I don't want to face that eventuality because I don't think it's going to happen...I think it's going to be tough, but I think we'll do o.k."
A few moments later McCain turned to Congressman Latham and joked that Latham would probably commit suicide first, as polls suggest control of the House is likely to swing to Democrats in this year's election.
According to McCain, the current "tenor" of campaigns is too negative and he hopes the courts can help stop new groups called "527s" which are able to skirt campaign contribution limits. "The 527s are pernicious evil that needs to be eliminated," McCain said.
"We have a Federal Elections Commission that will not enforce the law and they are an absolute national disgrace." McCain said.
McCain was also asked to address foreign policy issues. McCain said Democrats, like fellow Senator John Kerry, were wrong to criticize the Bush Administration in the hours following North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon.
"I think at the time of the crisis, we should probably support the president," McCain said. "I was disappointed that the Democrats almost immediately started criticizing President Bush's policies. I thought it was a time we should rally behind the president."
As for the world's other hot-spot -- Iraq, McCain backs Bush's recent promise to Iraq's prime minister that the U.S. will stay as long as it takes to win that war. McCain believes the U.S. should have more troops on the ground in Iraq -- and they should be full-time, not part-time, soldiers.
"We need a much larger Army and Marine Corps. When you look at the deployment of the Iowa National Guard and the magnificent service they have rendered, it's really incredible but it's too much of a strain on the Guard," McCain said. "You just can't keep asking our Guard people to go back and back and back."
McCain, an opponent of the federal tax break for corn-based ethanol, visited an ethanol plant in Nevada early this afternoon. McCain said with "technological improvements" in the production of ethanol, combined with ever-more expensive petroleum, he supports expanded federal spending on research that will benefit the industry, but he still opposes direct subsidies for the ethanol industry.
Wild Thing's comment.......
OK, here is the thing, if we don't win I will be angry, and also terrified at what the Dems will do to destroy this country even more then they already have.
But I am not going to commit suicide over it. I won’t have to, the Dems will have the entire country of the United States killed as we know it. And I need to stay alive to fight back in whatever way I can even if it is in emails, letters and phone calls telling them off. Plus this little ole Blog where we can rant and cheer and use to hang out with others of like mind.
McCain is known for having a temper, he has been rude to people that have actually come out to support him at some of his speech thingies. Unstable comes to mind, but to even kid about suicide, hey he is one of our leaders in government such as he is, and that kind of statement is right out of the Alec Baldwin mentality.
Good grief Charlie Brown!
Posted by Wild Thing at October 19, 2006 12:55 AM
Comments
well that might be worth them taking control for one session.
Posted by: Jack Hamilton at October 19, 2006 09:26 AM
McCain is admitting that Democrats are less tolerable than North Vietnamese jailers?
McCain is also ticked off that 527s are skirting his and Feingolds unconstitutional campaign finance act. Aren't the 527s actually more legal than that McCain-Feingold Act?
Posted by: TomR at October 19, 2006 11:06 AM
I believe that McCain is unhinged, although not yet certifiable. His career prior to Hanoi was marked by excess and weirdness, and he was known as The Punk at the Academy. Years in Hanoi couldn't have helped, and his triumph there was due, in large part, to his stubborn defiance of authority as a rule...and that doesn't diminish his performance.
This is off the point, somewhat, but if you want to be scared....The smartest (?) state, according to a recent study (I'm looking for the source) is Vermont. Massachusetts is second and Connecticut is third....Arizona is last. I doubt the first three, especially the first two, but tend to agree with the judgement on Arizona.
Any state that elected Howard Dean as governor or Edward Kennedy as Senator is stupid to the bone. How does one explain McCain? Arizona is dead last.
Posted by: Rhod at October 19, 2006 12:58 PM
Well, this would be one way to get him out of politics and he would be quiet, shich is more than the voters of Arizona have been able to do. I does seem overboard.
Posted by: DE644 at October 19, 2006 03:05 PM
Paging Dr. Kevorkian. Paging Dr. Kevorkian
Posted by: raz0r at October 19, 2006 07:13 PM
Jack H.
Hahahahahaha yikes but it might. hahaha
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 19, 2006 07:22 PM
Tom, weird huh!
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 19, 2006 07:25 PM
Rhod wow that is very intersting!!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 19, 2006 07:26 PM
DE644, .."he would be quiet".....
LMAO too funny
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 19, 2006 07:27 PM
razOr.............hahaahaha
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 19, 2006 07:28 PM
What a perfidious RINO, he won't commit suicide, but we'd all be better off if he did convert to his real party, the Democrats.
Posted by: Jack at October 19, 2006 11:06 PM
Jack exactly, I will always wonder why Rhino's just don't say what they are....Democrats.
The only thing it might be is they are they to mess up the Republican Party or something, because they sure do that among all the others they do that tick me off.
Posted by: Wild Thing at October 20, 2006 03:05 AM
