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John McCain Wants Americans to Be Able to Pick Their Own Damn Television Channels

By Matthew Hendley Fri., May 10 2013 at 10:56 AM

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Are you an alpha male whose gonads shrivel up every time you see the Lifetime channel? A radical environmentalist who faints at the sight of a Formula One race? Do you just vomit instantly upon hearing the voices of Bill O'Reilly or Rachel Maddow?

Don't worry, folks, Senator John McCain's here for all of us television-addicted nimrods.

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-John McCain Breaks Up a Fight
-McCain's Gravy

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a la carte channels, arizona, cable, john mccain

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John McCain's Approval Rating Is 26 Percent

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Apr. 23 2013 at 11:05 AM

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Senator John McCain

Senator John McCain is doing a pretty good job, according to hardly anyone.

That's according to a poll from Behavior Research Center, which says McCain's 26 percent approval rating among Arizonans is the lowest level in 21 years.

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-John McCain Bucks the NRA, Supports Expanding Background Checks for Gun Sales
-John McCain Takes Tour of Border, Watches Woman Climb Right Over "Danged" Fence

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John McCain Bucks the NRA, Supports Expanding Background Checks for Gun Sales

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Apr. 17 2013 at 1:24 PM

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The NRA's plea to supporters today.

Republican Senator John McCain announced today his support for an amendment that calls for an expansion of the federal background-check system for gun sales, an amendment that's specifically being targeted for defeat by the National Rifle Association.

According to all the newspapers in Washington, the so-called "Manchin-Toomey amendment" is likely headed for defeat today, but McCain's one of a reported four Senate Republicans who support it.

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arizona, gun control, gun violence, jeff flake, john mccain, Manchin-Toomey amendment

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John McCain Takes Tour of Border, Watches Woman Climb Right Over "Danged" Fence

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Mar. 27 2013 at 1:49 PM

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Left to right: Sheriff Paul Babeu, Senator John McCain, danged fence.

How could you forget Senator John McCain's "complete the danged fence" ad?

"It'll work this time," assures underwear model/Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu.

Well, today, while McCain took a tour of the border, he watched a woman climb over an 18-foot border fence in Nogales.

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arizona, border, border fence, danged fence, john mccain, nogales, paul babeu

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John McCain Still Trying to Get a Pardon for Boxer Who Died Almost 67 Years Ago

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Mar. 5 2013 at 9:23 AM

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Jack Johnson

Senator John McCain's still calling for President Obama to pardon former boxing great Jack Johnson, who died almost 67 years ago.

McCain and New York Congressman Peter King have tried several times to get Johnson, who was black, pardoned for a 1913 conviction he earned after being prosecuted under the Mann Act for dating a white woman.

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-John McCain Still Wants Boxer Jack Johnson Pardoned

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arizona, boxing, jack johnson, john mccain, mann act, peter king

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John McCain Hosts Town Hall on Immigration, Gets to Deal With Angry Nativists (Videos)

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Feb. 20 2013 at 3:08 PM

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Senator John McCain (background) and some guy (foreground) point fingers and shout at each other.

If you have an e-mail account, it's highly likely you've received a nonsense, political chain e-mail -- you know, FW:FW:FW: Barack Hussein Obama II has signed more secret orders than any dictator in human history, even George Soros!

Based on the video footage of Senator John McCain's town hall meeting on immigration reform yesterday, we wouldn't be surprised if some of those people were educated by these chain e-mails, like the man who who gave McCain his immigration proposal: "Cut off their welfare and all their...their stuff, and they'll go back!"

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-Arizona's Republican Congressmen Take the Jan Brewer Route on Immigration Proposals

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arizona, border, border security, david schweikert, immigration, jan brewer, matt salmon, obama, paul gosar, president obama, trent franks

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John McCain Calls Iran's President a "Monkey," Says to "Lighten Up" If You Think It's Racist

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Feb. 4 2013 at 12:17 PM

Categories: Technology Working Against You, The McCain Train

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Question: is it appropriate to call someone a "monkey"?

If that person eats bananas and swings from trees, then maybe. If you're Senator John McCain, and you're talking about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, then maybe not.

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arizona, iran, john mccain, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, twitter

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Flashback: John McCain Calling John Kerry "Mr. Secretary"

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Dec. 24 2012 at 6:00 AM

Categories: Laugh Track, The McCain Train

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Senator John McCain

In a move that wasn't exactly unexpected, President Obama nominated Senator John Kerry for the secretary of state post to replace Hillary Clinton.

That reminds us of the moment earlier this month when Senator John McCain -- who essentially forced out Obama's original pick for the spot, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice -- called Kerry "Mr. Secretary."

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-John McCain Gets His Way: Susan Rice Out of the Running for Secretary of State
-John McCain Royally Clowned on Benghazi by Jon Stewart: Remember the WMD
-John McCain's Getting Clowned for His Latest Complaint About the Benghazi Situation
-John McCain's Theory of Obama Misleading Public on Benghazi May Be in the Toilet
-John McCain Has Officially Made President Obama Angry Over the Benghazi Ordeal

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arizona, barack obama, benghazi, john kerry, john mccain, libya, president obama, susan rice

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John McCain Somehow Got His Way -- Susan Rice Doesn't Want to Be Secretary of State

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Dec. 13 2012 at 3:59 PM

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Senator John McCain

Despite becoming the butt of jokes for his concerns about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, Senator John McCain got his way -- U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice told NBC News she's taking herself out of the running for the secretary of state post.

In a letter to President Obama, Rice explained that if she were nominated to be the next secretary of state, her confirmation would probably be a "lengthy, disruptive and costly" process.

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-John McCain Royally Clowned on Benghazi by Jon Stewart: Remember the WMD
-John McCain's Getting Clowned for His Latest Complaint About the Benghazi Situation
-John McCain's Theory of Obama Misleading Public on Benghazi May Be in the Toilet
-John McCain Has Officially Made President Obama Angry Over the Benghazi Ordeal

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arizona, barack obama, benghazi, john mccain, libya, lindsey graham, president obama, susan rice

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John McCain Royally Clowned on Benghazi by Jon Stewart: Remember the WMD (Video)

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Nov. 29 2012 at 1:03 PM

Categories: The McCain Train

So, some of the media-types poked fun at Senator John McCain yesterday for comparing the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya to the bin Laden raid.

As for the bigger picture, some people have started asking -- especially after McCain's proposal of a White House "coverup" of the attack appeared to unravel -- if the senator's just playing politics to spite President Obama. Or, as the Daily Show's Jon Stewart asks, hypothetically, "What kind of crotchety, Gran Torino-ish old fuck would be completely unable to get over a simple campaign loss?

See also:
-John McCain's Getting Clowned for His Latest Complaint About the Benghazi Situation
-John McCain's Theory of Obama Misleading Public on Benghazi May Be in the Toilet
-John McCain Has Officially Made President Obama Angry Over the Benghazi Ordeal

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