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Sir, I respect you for service to this Country, military and civil service but...

Your "Banana" speech upholding illegal invaders to buy citizenship for $2000 was wrong.

This Country, and the privleges that come with it as a legal citizen are NOT for sale.

Please leave in honor, but please leave.

Senator McCain listens to the voice of the American people. Although he co-sponsored the comprehensive Immigration reform bill, he did not vote for the Dream Act later. He listens and cares about what we think about issues.

When McCain hugged Bush and sat silent when Bush added the signing agreement to the "no torture" bill, McCain lost my vote. He may not carry a grudge, but I do.

I do wonder "what might have been" if it had been McCain had been president during 911. Not having to prove himself better than Daddy, we might have invaded Afghanistan, found Osama and then rebuild Afghanistan into a modern country... but the voters in SC were so anxious to believe McCain had a black baby ... Karl pushed their 1880's button and they all obeyed and vote for the bush league guy.

He meant well and served his country up and beyond the call of duty, but he has lost that shine he once had. He is repubilican and he will support the party, so don't bash him on Bush. Did you bash Hillary for supporting KERRY/EDWARDS? She is now bashing Edwards left and right. Just let the guy run his campaign and stop all this bashing one another. The American people will make up there mind with out all this trash talking.

McCain will never shake the anger of the religious zealots in this country that funnel money to the Republican party and use the church pulpit as a political bully pulpit.

Posted By summus : November 26, 2007 2:49 pm

Summus,"the religious zealots" are not angry. They are loving and charitable. They attempt to influence the nation so that we can all please the Christain god and obtain eternal salvation and favor upon our nation.

McCain, as do the other Republicans, follow the teachings of true morality more closely than do the democrats. They ultimately hold the moral high ground. Just because a mother scolds a child for stealing a cake doesn't make the mother angry. Similarly, just because caring and loving religious people scold mistaken liberal views doesn't make make them angry. They are patriotic and loving.

Conservative Republicans in the entire congress, the oval office, and the supreme court for many years to come!!

no you haven't john, so just step aside
Posted By laurinda ny : November 26, 2007 2:57 pm
looooooool, forgive this old man!

McCain is the most intelligent, ethical, and qualified Presidential candidate from either party since Ronald Reagan. Now let's see if the American People are intelligent enough, ethical enough, & qualified enough as voters to elect him! Make mine McCain!!

There is nothing admirable or respectable about someone who openly sings on the world stage 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'. We need someone with a bit more class running the show; especially after the current administration.

Mr. McCain, its the fact that you've been on the WRONG side of key issues that has upset me. Not the fact that you've been so bold about your WRONG stances....

The days of the McCain/Bush doctrine(s) is over for America. Time for a change

Oh yea McCain, you're just pissing everyone off today.

Oh the poor, poor, pitiful people who are angry at you Sir, maybe they should ask the people of Truc Bach Lake in Hanoi if they're still angry at you for parachuting into their village after you suffered near fatal injuries fighting for OUR country?

Get to the back of the line and do it the right way as MANY of OUR ancestors did, I will welcome you, break bread with you and work side by side with you.

Posted By Tom – Dedham, Mass

You're such a racist how dare you take a side against the illegals, dont you know doing that is almost illegal now.

No John, your ok,but not to run the country.your proof that "Water Boarding" works and should be considered TORTURE!!

I agree with John on many things, but the dealbreaker for me is his support of an amnesty for people who don't show much inclination towards getting car insurance, getting proper immigration status and paying taxes like us regular Americans.

Amen, Tom! His stand on illegals was downright pitiful. But I'll never forget he's also a genuine American hero.

John, you have made so many people angry with your bizarre antics that you have no chance of being nominated!

Yep, you've made a lot of people angry....mostly your constituents who are upset because you aren't doing the job they hired you to do...

John McCain supported SS payments for illegals approx. 2 years ago. I marked him off after that. His immigration stance took him another step down. We need someone who will stand up for U.S. Citizens.

Respect him greatly, however he lost my support for being for amnesty for the crimaliens that take our jobs and utilize our services (hospitals and schools etc, etc) along with the FACTS that they are ILLEGAL and SOME of them are committing crimes against real American citizens.

Get to the back of the line and do it the right way as MANY of OUR ancestors did, I will welcome you, break bread with you and work side by side with you.

So disappointed in McCain. I voted for him in the 2000 primary. I admired and respected his integrity and his unabashed manner of telling it straight no matter what. He is no longer that man. To see him up on the podium supporting GW in 2004 sank him for me. Just another politician now. Hollow words. Rhetoric. Back pedaling. Same old same old. Such a shame.

The only thing you've done right is marry money John.

It's time to go home to Cindy.

McCain should bow out of the presidential race and save any remaining amount of dignity and self respect for his golden years.

When will he get the hint that America doesn't like him? Enough already!

John....a brilliant opportunist–whose abilities have deteriorated so far he doesn't even know he's messed up until a staffer explains it to him. Thanks to the American taxpayors–you've got a great pension and healthcare plan (although most of us don't–thanks), and some pretty good veterans benefits. Why don't you go back to the ranch and write your memoirs.

The once "Straight Talk Express" became "Back Door Whisperer" who supported Bush and Cheney even after being insulted and back-stabbed by Karl Rovian dirty politics. Once very well respected men like him and Powell lost all their respect follwing Bush-Cheney's orders. My sincere wish that McCain should resign as a senator and gain some credibility. Forget about presidential aspirations!

Oh, wow, John. It's been so long I almost forgot you were in the race. That's funny.

Glad to see you back on the ticker.

Sure, he upset some people, but then they kissed and made up. Y'know, McCain is the 'rogue' Republican, the one who doesn't always agree with Mister Cheney at first but then gets talked around and sees that it's really all for the best. It's not a presidential stance, but that of a vice-presidential yes-man.

John McCain may have meant well, but he hasn't pushed when it was most needed. He has had chances in the past to pull the pin and charge into the political fray. But in the end, he has shown himself to be too timid to openly challenge this administration or the GOP when it has gone astray. So good intentions aren't enough, John. You need to have a proven track record of walking the line and talking the talk. In your case, each time the choice has come up, you have mumbled and stumbled not wanting to offend the powers of the Congress or the Presidency. This is not the type of backbone we need in a president.

Telling it like I see it,
Wynter

Please don't insult our intelligence. You only started criticizing Rumsfeld when the American public started figuring out we were not winning the War in Iraq. Before that, you stuck by all those war mongers with the phrase "stay the course" as our soldiers were being killed everyday thanks to your idiotic decisions and complete trust in the Bush Administration. If the American public did not react the way we did last year you would have still been by Rumsfeld's side and kissing Bush's butt.

Stop the lying McCain. I use to have a lot of respect for you but you have proven to be a typical politician doing whatever is necessary and saying whatever you feel in order to win votes. How pathetic; actually how sad!

and you made Republican voters angry for supporting amnesty

no you haven't john, so just step aside

I don't mind those stands at all but that period of blind faith in Bush and his immigration stance crossed McCain off my list.

McCain will never shake the anger of the religious zealots in this country that funnel money to the Republican party and use the church pulpit as a political bully pulpit.