McCain

[Brother Jerry]

I had just read that article as well.

Although I would love to see him drop...I think he is a citizen and eligable

[Soldier4Christ]

I agree. The many times that I saw children born to a Military parent(s) overseas, especially on a U.S. base or hospital facility the child was always given a U.S. birth certificate.

[Soldier4Christ]

Group tied to al-Qaida
backs McCain for prez
'They will do all they can to turn Kosovo
into a jihadist camp in the heart of Europe'

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has enjoyed strong support from a lobbyist group that backs the Kosovo Liberation Army despite allegations the KLA is a Muslim terrorist group with ties to criminal drug networks and al-Qaida.

The Albanian American Civic League, or AACL, regards the KLA as "freedom fighters," said the AACL's president, former Republican congressman Joe DioGuardi of New York.

They're "not terrorist, like the Serbs and Greeks say," DioGuardi insisted in an interview with WND.

But Islam expert Robert Spencer, editor of the popular website Jihad Watch, contends radical Islam is the driving force behind the Kosovo independence movement.

"There is no excusing the excesses of the Serbs under (former President Slobodan) Milosevic, but there is no denying also that jihadists have been pouring into Bosnia and Kosovo, preparing to use them as a base for jihad activity in Europe – and we have been helping them," Spencer told WND.

Spencer explained that the KLA is directly linked to the Kosovo independence movement.

"When Kosovo independence was declared, thousands of Kosovars gathered in Pristina and chanted, 'KLA!' 'KLA!' Spencer noted. "This was a telling indication of the broad popular support the KLA enjoys."

KLA members, however, continued Spencer, were trained in al-Qaida camps.

"There is little doubt that there are powerful elements in Kosovo who are Islamic supremacist and pro-Sharia (Islamic law)," he said. "They will do all they can to turn Kosovo into a jihadist camp in the heart of Europe."

Spencer pointed out Kosovo is about 90 percent Muslim, and the independence movement has grown by incorporating Albanian Muslims as members and supporters.

"Most of the Albanian Muslims are cultural Muslims who have not been radicalized," he added. "However, the Muslims in the Balkans have been subjected to heavy jihadists infiltration and recruitment for almost two decades now."

Spencer contends McCain, along with the Bush administration, which has recognized Kosovo's independence, "are on the wrong side of the fight … just as American policy in general has been on the wrong side of the Balkans conflict for years."

During the Balkans war in the 1990s, President Clinton committed U.S. troops to fight under NATO command, providing U.S. air support for NATO-directed attacks against the Serbs.

Today, President Bush's and Sen. McCain's support for Kosovo is equally clear.

On Feb. 17, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced the U.S. formally recognized Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state, saying, "As Kosovo today begins its life as an independent state, the United States pledges to be its close friend and partner."

McCain, in a written statement prepared for the Munich Security Conference Feb. 7, called on the U.S. and the European Union to recognize Kosovo's independence, saying, "For the first time the region is today poised to move forward, with final status for Kosovo and transitioning continuing responsibilities there to increasing European control – at long last closing the door on the region's painful past."

In April 1999, McCain and Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., co-sponsored the "Kosovo Self-Defense Act" with the goal of arming the KLA in their battle against the Serbs.

McCain co-sponsored the legislation despite serious concerns voiced at that time in Republican policy forums, warning the KLA was a criminal terrorist organization with ties to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.

The U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee issued a white paper March 31, 1999, concluding the KLA was closely associated with:

 

    * "The extensive Albanian crime network that extends throughout Europe and into North America, including allegations that a major portion of the KLA finances are derived from that network, mainly proceeds from drug trafficking; and

       
    * Terrorist organizations motivated by the ideology of radical Islam, including assets of Ian and of the notorious Osama bin-Laden – who has vowed a global terrorist war against Americans and American interests."

DioGuardi strongly disagrees with the conclusion.

"The Serbs and the Orthodox Christian church are fighting a medieval battle," DioGuardi said. "To them, anybody who is a Muslim is a problem."

DioGuardi delved into history, arguing the Albanians were also Christians until the Ottoman Turks occupied Albania.

"Albania is the only real friend the United States has in the Balkans," he said. "President Woodrow Wilson after World War I, in 1921, forced Yugoslavia to withdraw from Albania, thus saving Albania as an independent state. Today, Albania has about 600 troops fighting in Iraq with the United States, and Albania has offered to send more."

'Just another Serbian lie'

DioGuardi affirmed the AACL supported McCain in his 2000 presidential campaign and is supporting him in his current bid for the White House.

The Serbian Internet publication, Serbianna.com, ran a story Feb. 13, claiming that in the 2000 presidential campaign, McCain accepted contributions from the AACL totaling $1 million from an event at the St. Regis Hotel in midtown Manhattan.

DioGuardi said the $1 million figure "just another Serbian lie."

DioGuardi said the AACL had gotten some 1,000 Albanians to greet McCain's bus on Feb. 11, 2000, when the senator was coming to New York City to hold some fundraising events.

"We wanted to greet Sen. McCain and show him Albanians in New York were behind him in his race to be president," he argued. "We didn't raise $1 million for McCain at any fundraiser that day."

The Serbianna.com story included a photograph showing McCain, DioGuardi and a group of Albanian supporters in the St. Regis lobby.

Another photo of the event was published on Justin Raimondo's website, Anti-war.com, showing McCain and DioGiardi again with a small group of Albanian supporters.

WND asked if DioGuardi or the Albanian community had raised as much as $1 million for McCain, regardless how many events were involved.

"Not yet," DioGuardi answered.

He admitted to being a top fundraiser for McCain in 2008 and he said he was pledged to raise as much as $100,000 this year for the presidential campaign.

"The Albanian American Civic League also has a PAC, and we have already given the maximum we can give to McCain," DioGuardi affirmed.

OpenSecrets.org documents the Albanian American PAC has contributed $5,000 to McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, while making no contributions to any Democratic Party presidential candidate.

"Whenever there is a McCain fundraiser in New York, we notify our members who can write a check and ask them to attend," DioGuardi also admitted.

While FEC records track the employment of campaign contributors, no questions are asked to determine a contributor's interest group affiliation, making it nearly impossible to determine the exact amount contributed by AACL members or loosely affiliated sympathizers.

The AACL's support for the KLA, however, is a matter of public record.

In 1998, the group issued a public declaration, "In Defense of the Albanian National Cause," announcing its support for the KLA.

Albanian.com, a website that bills itself as the "Home of Albanians Online," currently credits McCain as becoming nationally known in 1999 for advocating NATO bombing of Serbia and suggesting the U.S. should send American troops into Kosovo to support the KLA.

"We support any politician, Republican or Democrat, who understands the problems of the Balkins the way we do," DioGuardi said.

[Soldier4Christ]

McCain wins GOP nomination

Now that John McCain has clinched the Republican presidential nomination, he has a date tomorrow at the White House.

McCain will have lunch with President Bush, who will endorse him. The two will make a joint statement afterward. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says: "The president has said he looks forward to vigorously campaigning for the GOP and tonight it has become clear that the GOP nominee will be Senator John McCain."

According to the AP count, the four-term Arizona senator surpassed the magic number of 1,191 GOP delegates as voters in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island and Texas put him over the top.

In an AP interview, McCain said: "The most important race begins." Republicans won't officially nominate McCain until early September at the GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Shortly after AP called the race, McCain's chief remaining rival, Mike Huckabee, withdrew from the race.

[Shammu]

McCain backs Jerusalem as 'Israeli capital'

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JERUSALEM (AFP) - US Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Tuesday he supports Israel's claim to the holy city of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.

"I support Jerusalem as the capital of Israel," McCain said in Jordan before heading to Israel where he arrived late Tuesday.

Israel annexed Arab east Jerusalem after the 1967 Middle East war and declared it part of its eternal undivided capital, a claim not recognised by the international community.

The fate of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest issues in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and renewed Israeli settlement activity in the occupied eastern part is hampering peace talks revived only in November.

The Palestinians, who want to make the eastern sector capital of their future promised state, said McCain's statements contradicted the two-state solution to the Middle East conflict laid out by US President George W. Bush.

"They do not represent the position of the US administration which considers all the Palestinian areas occupied by Israel in 1967, including east Jerusalem as occupied territories," senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP.

"They also contradict the two-state vision of president Bush," he said in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

The United States and other foreign governments maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.

In June, the US House of Representatives passed a resolution urging Bush to move the embassy to Jerusalem and congratulating Israel "on the 40th anniversary of the reunification of that historic city."

A "Jerusalem Embassy Act" was passed by Congress in 1995, that "Jerusalem should be recognised as the capital of the state of Israel." However, successive presidents have deferred the actual move by six-month periods.

McCain, the Republican nominee for the November race for the White House, insisted that he supported the Middle East peace process.

"I am committed to pursuing the Israel-Palestinian peace process and make it a high priority," he told reporters after he toured the Roman Citadel site in downtown Amman.

"I know that the people of Israel and the Palestinian people want to see a peaceful settlement as both sides suffered enormously," he said.

"I think it will be enormously helpful if... Gaza is not governed by an entity that is committed to the extinction of the state of Israel."

McCain was referring to the Islamist movement Hamas, which in June evicted Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's forces from the Gaza Strip and seized control of the territory.

"One of the fundamentals of moving a peace process forward is recognising that the person you are negotiating with (has) the right to exist. I hope that is made clear by the United States government."

He also held talks with King Abdullah II, a key US ally, who urged Washington to "continue playing an effective role" in advancing the peace process, the palace said.

The Arizona senator was welcomed in Jerusalem by Israeli President Shimon Peres.

McCain was to tour Israel by helicopter with Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday to acquaint himself with its security problems, the minister's office said.

He was also to hold talks with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

McCain, who visited Baghdad on Sunday has voiced concern at what he said was Iran's influence in Iraq and its support for the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah.

"If we pull out of Iraq, then obviously the Iranian influence is dramatically increased," he said.

McCain backs Jerusalem as 'Israeli capital'

[nChrist]

"I think it will be enormously helpful if... Gaza is not governed by an entity that is committed to the extinction of the state of Israel."

McCain was referring to the Islamist movement Hamas, which in June evicted Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's forces from the Gaza Strip and seized control of the territory.

"One of the fundamentals of moving a peace process forward is recognising that the person you are negotiating with (has) the right to exist. I hope that is made clear by the United States government."

YES - This would be a common sense way to start. Nobody has managed to get this kind of a start yet, so this might be asking for a LOT!

[Soldier4Christ]

McCain looking to cash in on Obama's Hamas 'chums'
GOP campaign trolls for dough after terrorists endorse Democrat

Republican presidential candidate John McCain is looking to cash in – literally – on the recent endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama by Hamas terrorists.

The campaign of the presumptive GOP nominee sent out a fundraising letter Friday, quoting last week's interview by WND's Aaron Klein and WABC Radio in which Ahmed Yousuf, Hamas' top political adviser in the Gaza Strip, said Hamas "hopes" Obama will win the presidential elections and "change" America's foreign policy.

"Barack Obama's foreign policy plans have even won him praise from Hamas leaders," the e-mail from McCain deputy campaign manager Christian Ferry says. "We need change in America, but not the kind of change that wins kind words from Hamas, surrenders in Iraq and will hold unconditional talks with Iranian President Ahmadinejad."

The McCain fundraising e-mail noted "kind words" for Obama from Hamas.

"John McCain's foreign policy provides a stark contrast to the policies of Barack Obama," writes Ferry. "While Senator Obama would surrender in Iraq and hold talks with the Iranian regime, John McCain will never surrender in the struggle with Islamic extremists. Please join our campaign today by making a generous donation of $50, $100, $250, $500, $1,000 or $2,300."

In the exclusive interview with WND and New York radio host John Batchelor, Yousuf said, "I hope Mr. Obama and the Democrats will change the political discourse. ... I do believe [Obama] is like John Kennedy, a great man with a great principal. And he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community, but not with humiliation and arrogance."

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McCain's fundraising tactic is being blasted by Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Fla., a supporter of Obama.

"John McCain likes to talk about the civil campaign he plans to run, and yet today he has engaged in a shameful, divisive, and cynical kind of politics that he pretends to reject – all in reckless pursuit of campaign dollars," Wexler told CNN, calling the message "empty tough talk and divisive fear mongering."

"We call on Senator McCain to reject this embarrassing and outrageous tone, and to join with Barack Obama in calling for an America that is united in its determination to isolate Hamas and support our ally Israel," he said.

One poster reacted to the letter on a CNN messageboard by stating: "Wow, after reading this my check to McCain's campaign couldn't be in the mail sooner. I mean, c'mon, can you imagine a world in which our 'enemies' actually wanted to hold talks with the American president?"

[Soldier4Christ]

McCain to attend convention of 'reconquista' group
Republican presidential candidate launches Spanish campaign website

Sen. John McCain, the de facto Republican presidential nominee, announced today he will attend the national convention of La Raza, a radical Hispanic lobby tied to the movement to reconquer the Southwestern U.S. that was part of Mexico before the Mexican-American War that ended in 1848.

The convention will be held in San Diego July 14.

Though La Raza bills itself as a civil rights organization, the group's name literally means "The Race."

La Raza was condemned in 2006 by Rep. Charles Norwood, R-Ga., as a radical "pro-illegal immigration lobbying organization that supports racist groups calling for the secession of the western United States as a Hispanic-only homeland."

Norwood has called on La Raza to renounce its support of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan – which sees "The Race" as part of an ethnic group that one day will reclaim Aztlan, the mythical birthplace of the Aztecs. In Chicano folklore, Aztlan includes California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Texas.

McCain, who steadfastly opposed efforts to build a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border and supported legislation to permit illegal aliens to remain in the U.S., also announced the launch of his campaign's Spanish language website.

The announcements came on Cinco de Mayo, the day commemorating an 1862 battle fought by Mexican troops.

"Today, we join together to remember the sacrifice that these Mexican patriots endured, as well as the struggles of all those around the world striving for freedom," said McCain in the statement. "We recognize as well the important friendship that exists between our country and Mexico, and celebrate the many contributions Mexican-Americans have made to our society, culture, security and economy."

[HisDaughter]

Reports keep surfacing that John McCain admitted shortly after the 2000 election that he did not vote for President Bush, even as the Arizona senator and his campaign reject the claims outright.

“It’s nonsense,” McCain told reporters Friday in Jersey City, N.J.

“Of course (I voted for him),” he told FOX News’ Bill O’Reilly Thursday. “And I voted … for Bush in 2000 and 2004.

“And not only that, far more important than a vote — I campaigned everywhere in America for him,” he said. “And I enjoyed it. I campaigned with him. I did everything I could to get him elected and re elected president.”

The presumptive GOP nominee defended himself after Arianna Huffington wrote in The Huffington Post Monday that McCain and his wife Cindy told her at a Los Angeles dinner party shortly after the 2000 election that neither of them voted for Bush. She wrote that Cindy McCain even said she voted for her husband as a write-in candidate.

The Los Angeles Times then claimed Wednesday that an anonymous source who attended the dinner confirmed the Cindy McCain account.

And Friday, The Washington Post and The New York Times reported two “West Wing” actors heard the same thing from the Arizona senator — only their version of the story was a little different.

According to the Post, actor Bradley Whitford said McCain told a group of people at the Hollywood dinner that Bush was “horribly unqualified and untested.”

Asked if he supported Bush, McCain then “put his finger up to his lips, shook his head and mouthed, ‘No way,’ ” according to Whitford.

Actor Richard Schiff gave a similar account. Neither remembered Cindy McCain describing how she voted.


I actually saw the interview with Bill O'Rielly last night and my impression was that he was lying when he told O'Rielly that he had voted for Bush, by his body language and facial expression.  I turned to my parents (I was at their house) and said as much.  They thought he was telling the truth.  Did anyone else see this interview?  What did you think?  Also when asked about the illegals and sanctuary cities, he hemmed and hawed pretty good, because of course he wants the Latino votes.
It looks to me like it's going to be McCain vs Obama and then it will be a choice of choosing the steady decline of America as we have been witnessing or a rapid decline into hell.  Nothing is going to get better folks and I really don't think McCain will get much of anything done in the four years he is allotted if he happens to win this one.  He won't get re-elected because for 1) he is too old, and for 2) America will be in such a dissintergrated state in another four years that whatever Democrate running will gain office.  Just my prediction.  Any thoughts?

[Soldier4Christ]

It doesn't matter which of the three democrats left running in the primaries gets into office it will all be pretty much the same. Just as you said "America will be in such a dissintergrated state in another four years" in either of three current choices. In addition to that the muslims will have a bigger foothold If not completely in charge) in this nation before that four years is up just to add to the mess.

[HisDaughter]

It doesn't matter which of the three democrats left running

Exactly!!

In addition to that the muslims will have a bigger foothold If not completely in charge)

Yep...again!

[Soldier4Christ]

McCain pledges to combat climate change
'The facts of global warming demand our urgent attention'

Republican  Left Wing Nutl John McCain, differing sharply with President George W. Bush, said on Monday he would pursue mandatory U.S. curbs on greenhouse gas emissions if he wins the White House in November.

The Arizona senator vowed to take the lead in combating global climate change, seek international accords to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and offer an incentive system to make businesses in the United States cleaner.

"The facts of global warming demand our urgent attention, especially in Washington," McCain told an audience at the Vestas Wind Technology plant in Portland, where he signed the blade of a giant wind turbine and chatted with service technicians.

Soon after taking office in 2001, Bush rejected the Kyoto Protocol that sets limits on industrial countries' greenhouse gas emissions.

The Republican president has resisted mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions, saying they would hurt the U.S. economy.

'UNITED STATES WILL LEAD'

McCain's speech was aimed at independents and centrist Democrats whose votes he will need in the November election. His break with Bush comes as critics assert his candidacy amounts to little more than a third term for the current president.

"I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears. I will not permit eight long years to pass without serious action on serious challenges," McCain said.

"I will not accept the same dead-end of failed diplomacy that claimed Kyoto."

On an issue that has complicated U.S. relations with other countries, McCain said he would "lead and lead with a different approach -- an approach that speaks to the interests and obligations of every nation."

McCain said he would push for "meaningful environmental protocols," which included developing industrial powers India and China, to seek to cut worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.

He planned to present a so-called cap-and-trade system to Congress setting clear limits on greenhouse gas emissions for U.S. businesses, while allowing the sale of rights to excess emissions, so as to "change the dynamic" of the U.S. energy economy.

"Those who want clean coal technology, more wind and solar, nuclear power, biomass and biofuels will have their opportunity through a new market that rewards those and other innovations in clean energy," he said.

McCain said the plan would set out specific goals on U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, including a return by 2012 to 2005 levels of emission, and by 2020 to 1990s levels.

His proposals drew fire from Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama, who faces off against rival Hillary Clinton in Oregon's Democratic primary on May 20.

"It is truly breathtaking for John McCain to talk about combating climate change while voting against virtually every recent effort to actually invest in clean energy," Obama said in a statement.

McCain has campaigned on his support for alternative energy sources including wind, solar and biomass technologies, as well as support for nuclear power, although Democrats question his voting record on the issue in Congress.

[HisDaughter]

Republican  Left Wing Nut John McCain,

  I'm with ya!

[HisDaughter]

McCain vows embassy move 
 
 
By  Published: 07/25/2008 

John McCain said he would move the U.S. embassy to Israel to Jerusalem upon being elected president.

"Right away," Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) the presumptive Republican nominee for president told CNN Friday. "I've been committed to that proposition for years."
 
committed to moving the embassy during his 2000 campaign, but never did. Presidents oppose such a move as preempting Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and endangering U.S. security interests in the Middle East.
McCain's rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), has said that he would only consider such a move once the sides come close to a final status peace agreement.

McCain would not comment on how he would react should Israel preemptively attack Iran to prevent its acquisition of nuclear weapons. All he would say was that "the United State of America is committed to making sure there is not a second Holocaust."

[Shammu]

McCain Vows to Move Embassy to Jerusalem

(IsraelNN.com) Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has categorically stated he will move the American embassy in Israeli from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if he is elected president in November. Virtually every presidential candidate in the past several years has promised to do so but has postponed the move for "security" reasons.

A Congressional law mandates the move but includes allows the president to exercise a clause every six months to postpone the move for six months if there is a fear that it would harm American interests.
 
Reporters pressed Sen. McCain on when he would move the embassy, but he restricted his answer to saying that he always was committed to moving the embassy to Jerusalem.

McCain Vows to Move Embassy to Jerusalem
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Virtually every presidential candidate in the past several years has promised to do so but has postponed the move for "security" reasons.