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Joe Biden offers to rip off Lindsey Graham’s skin and finds John McCain frustrating - but in a good way (IrishCentral)

Wed, 01 May 2013 04:32:15 PDT

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Senator Lindsey Graham got an endorsement this week he can do without, from no less than the Vice President Joe Biden.

John McCain and Senate Democrats outbreak of homophobia over immigration bill (IrishCentral)

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:16:12 PST

Republican Senator John McCainIn a truly shocking moment of high handed arrogance, Senator John McCain announced this morning that granting immigration rights to legally married gay couples was not 'a matter of paramount importance' to him, or presumably anyoneWell, it may not be a terrific surprise that a rich old white Republican man can't bring himself to think of gay people as his social equals, but I can tell you it's a matter of 'paramount importance' to the tens of thousands of pointlessly separated gay couples whose legal marriages are still rendered meaningless by the pointless Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)McCain's casual bigotry, unthinkingly expressed, is precisely why he lost the presidency in 2008 McCain still calls a move toward equality for gay people a 'red flag READ MORE

GOP and Democratic leaders agree on path to citizenship in immigration bill (IrishCentral)

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 04:04:12 PST

By: IrishCentral Staff Writers

Both Republicans and Democrats agreed at the weekend that a path to citizenship for the undocumented will be part of the new immigration reform bill.

John McCain voices support for immigration reform in new Congress (IrishCentral)

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:03:02 PST

By: JAMES FOX

Senator John McCain has added his voice to top Republicans calling for comprehensive immigration reform.

John McCain: Sarah Palin was entirely qualified to be my VP - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:52:37 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Senator John McCain has stood by his choice of picking Sarah Palin as his running mate during the 2008 presidential election.

Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain, opens up in Playboy interview (IrishCentral)

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:04:01 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

While Meghan McCain, daughter of almost-President Senator John McCain, didn’t strip down for her interview with Playboy, she didn’t hold back on shedding some light onto her own personal life.

In this month’s issue, the 27-year-old blonde political commentator is featured in a red dress while sprawled out on white satin sheets, evoking slight political undertones with the color choice but kept with Playboy’s well-known seductive style. Meghan McCain dished on dating, what turns her on and what it was like to almost be the next First Daughter.

"You would have the craziest first daughter ever,” said McCain theorizing about if her father had been elected in 2008, “who’d be making ridiculous headlines and hurting the administration every step of the way. That aside, I think Dad would have made an incredible president."

While McCain doesn’t shy away from politics, she doesn’t like to mix business with pleasure.

“Talk about a mood killer. I’m obsessed with this stuff [politics], but it doesn’t put me in the mood. When I’m dating, I want to hear what music a guy likes, what he does for fun, and I want him to make me laugh. If he can make me laugh, I don’t care if he looks like Zach Galifianakis; it’s an instant turn-on.”

Meghan then elaborated on her stance on gay rights which she supports: “Who people want to sleep with and who they want to love should not have anything to do with government politics at all. And if you see me in a gay bar, it’s only because they play the best music and my gay friends like to dance.”

She went on to clarify that she is not a lesbian, and is in fact “strictly dickly.”

"I’d be the first person to tell the world I was gay. I’m not private about anything. I think you should live how you should live. But I’m strictly dickly. I can’t help it. I love sex and I love men ... I’ve been hit on by women from time to time, and it might simplify my life if I were gay."

While her love life may appear to be all fun and games at the moment, her life was far from simple back in 2008 around election time. “The day before Election Day, I almost overdosed on Xanax. I had gained a lot of weight. I went up four sizes thanks to Starbucks and Snickers,” McCain told Playboy.

The issue of Playboy is on newsstands now.

John McCain believes Sarah Palin can beat Obama in 2012 - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Tue, 31 May 2011 09:22:42 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz) believes that Sarah Palin has a chance of beating President Barack Obama if she runs as the Republican presidential nominee in 2012.

Ed Harris cast to play Senator John McCain in "Game Change" (IrishCentral)

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:16:28 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Jon Stewart vows to irritate John McCain- SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:15:06 PST

On Wednesday night’s “Daily Show” Jon Stewart persisted with his mocking of Senator John McCain claiming that his "old man crankiness" had "gone off the charts"The talk show host introduced the audience to a new McCain puppet character"McCain stands now less a paragon of straight talk and independence for new members to admire, and more like an object lesson of how f---ing mad someone gets when they don't get their way," he joked Stewart showed clips of Mc Cain’s response after "Don't Ask Don't Tell" was revealed READ MORE

John McCain's house is divided, will it stand? (IrishCentral)

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:20:15 PST

It's tempting to wonder how Christmas passed in John McCain's house It doesn't take much to imagine the atmosphere probably got a little Macbeth-ish at timesMarried to a woman who defied him by publicly acknowledging the connection between anti-gay laws and anti-gay bullying (a point of view that she then sadly and almost wordlessly retracted) there must have been some tense moments in the upscale Arizona mansionAnd consider that as he looked across his well appointed table at his own high profile daughter Meghan, McCain was contemplating yet another betrayal: her ardent support for marriage equality for gays is well known READ MORE

Obama, Chris Christie, Biden big winners in 2010 -- losers include John McCain, Rahm Emanuel (IrishCentral)

Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:40:03 PST

We all have our own ideas of the big winners and losers of 2010 in politics Here is my choice:Winners:1 Barack Obama Written off after the mid-term elections, a few weeks later he glides, if not exactly walks, on water READ MORE

John McCain a sad figure as he loses all that made him great and an American original (IrishCentral)

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:40:06 PST

Back in the day I hosted a fundraiser for Senator John McCain when he was truly a maverick, a Republican who had an independent streak on issues like immigration reform and gays in the military where he supported lifting 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'On both issues he displayed a refreshing ability to get beyond the catch cries and actually study the issue deeply He reminded me somewhat of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who, while they were associated with one party, still managed to win friends across the aisle because they were such original thinkers America has far too little of that READ MORE

Will John McCain spend his last days as a bigot? (IrishCentral)

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 05:50:15 PST

John McCain says now is not the right time to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" In fact, he appears to suggest, next year won't be either, or the year after that, or the year after thatSo how does never grab you, eh?We all know his endgame now First Senator McCain asked for input from the military on the issue READ MORE

John McCain wants study of DADT study (IrishCentral)

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:35:17 PST

Just as this blog predicted, Senator John McCain yesterday called for a new study of the soon to be released Don't Ask, Don't Tell study The reason he wants it is already clear, to delay the inevitable integration of the US military READ MORE

Why is John McCain still defending DADT? (IrishCentral)

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:05:16 PDT

Despite evidence demonstrating gay soldiers are being kicked out of the service after being informed on by members of their own units (in blatant violation of the policy itself) every single Republican senator is apparently comfortable with the law as it standsYesterday, when confronted by journalists immediately following the Senate filibuster which effectively stalled DADT repeal in the near term, senator John McCain insisted that the military does not seek out sexual orientation, despite evidence to the contraryIn fact, the military has dismissed service members after discovering their sexual orientation in email records For instance, Major Mike Almy - a 13-year veteran of the Air Force - was relieved of his duties after a routine search of computer files uncovered emails to his same-sex partner READ MORE

John McCain wants all illegals deported (IrishCentral)

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:20:05 PDT

By: DANIEL O'CARROLL

For the first time Arizona Senator John McCain has said that he would support a programme of immigration reform that would deport illegals.

Meghan McCain blasts Arizona immigration law, clashes with father John (IrishCentral)

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:05:38 PDT

Meghan McCain, the daughter of Republican Sen John McCain, has blasted Arizona's new immigration law, setting up a clash with her father John who is the senior senator for ArizonaMeghan - who attended rallies hosted by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform - says the new law is "seriously flawed" and "essentially a license to pull someone over for being Hispanic""I believe it gives the state police a license to discriminate, and also, in many ways, violates the civil rights of Arizona residents," Meghan said in her blog post at The Daily Beast, titled, "Hate the Law, Not Arizonans READ MORE

Senator John McCain rapidly losing ground in Arizona re-election race (IrishCentral)

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:20:29 PDT

Senator John McCain is looking in serious trouble in his Arizona senate race with opponent JD Hayworth just five points behind in the latest Rasmussen pollThat would explain McCain's bull rush to the right, especially on the immigration issue in recent weeks He has said he will oppose any immigration reform bill and that he supports the draconian new anti-immigrant law signed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer last week In the Rasmussen poll fully 91 per cent of the Republican likely primary voters say that immigration issues will impact their vote READ MORE

John McCain turns his back on immigration reform (IrishCentral)

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:05:31 PDT

Sen John McCain (R-Ariz) has finally turned his back on immigration reform He told a press conference on Monday that his only priority now was to have federal troops try and seal the border READ MORE

What on earth has happened to Senator John McCain? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:20:26 PDT

What has happened to Irish American Senator John McCain, the man of principle, who stood up for what was right and to hell with the consequences?Those of you who saw him on the Today Show yesterday will know what I meanHost Ann Curry asked him about the violence that is occurring around the country as fanatics target Democratic lawmakers who voted for the health care reform billMcCain's weasel words in reply, effectively saying there was nothing new in such tactics, do not fit the man who is a hero to so many Americans for his ability to speak truth to powerThe old John McCain would have spoken out directly against the acts that are being committed and would have insisted that everyone calm down READ MORE