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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:00 AM May 2016

McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes

McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes
'If Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket,' the senator says in a recording obtained by POLITICO, 'this may be the race of my life.'



Publicly, John McCain insists Donald Trump will have a negligible effect on his campaign for reelection. But behind closed doors at a fundraiser in Arizona last month, the Republican senator and two-time presidential hopeful offered a far more dire assessment to his supporters.

“If Donald Trump is at the top of the ticket, here in Arizona, with over 30 percent of the vote being the Hispanic vote, no doubt that this may be the race of my life,” McCain said, according to a recording of the event obtained by POLITICO. “If you listen or watch Hispanic media in the state and in the country, you will see that it is all anti-Trump. The Hispanic community is roused and angry in a way that I've never seen in 30 years.”

At a private fundraiser last month, the Arizona senator warned that Donald Trump as the GOP nominee could antagonize Latino voters in his state and make his reelection campaign "the race of my life."




Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/trump-latinos-mccain-222810#ixzz47mmtZTYa
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McCain on tape: Trump damages my reelection hopes (Original Post) kpete May 2016 OP
And McCain deserves it - Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods was the Beta for Trump hatrack May 2016 #1
Ah, the "Second Coming" poem. I'm so glad Hortensis May 2016 #3
Brilliant two-sentence rant. colorado_ufo May 2016 #23
No kidding, McCain shouldn't even bring this up mdbl May 2016 #37
"The Hispanic community is roused and angry in a way Hortensis May 2016 #2
There's certainly a "Hispanic Threat" for McCain and Trump . . . hatrack May 2016 #5
Great news! beveeheart May 2016 #4
A Pathway to Citizenship should be one of Clintons highest priorities to start. NCTraveler May 2016 #6
Well, it's definitely on her list, along with Hortensis May 2016 #7
She has multiple votes in support of a pathway to citizenship. NCTraveler May 2016 #11
? Hortensis May 2016 #12
Dear Lord. NCTraveler May 2016 #13
Oh, I know you, NC, so knew there was a little goof someplace. Hortensis May 2016 #14
I was reading along until I got to that post and was very, very confused... RiverNoord May 2016 #25
Don't Asssume She Will Be Elected McKim May 2016 #34
I'm glad to hear he has a challenger. WhiteTara May 2016 #8
WOW. What a great silver lining that would be! FlatBaroque May 2016 #9
Viva la verdad! lonestarnot May 2016 #10
Well, if Donald Trump hands us the senate, MoonchildCA May 2016 #15
Another career politician beyond retirement. Leave McCain, your era has left a hell of a mess! ViseGrip May 2016 #16
So he's saying something good could come out of this after all? nt Guy Whitey Corngood May 2016 #17
You all know what, McCain and Trump are the same in thinking. rladdi May 2016 #18
Is this supposed to bother me? leftynyc May 2016 #19
McCain: "The Hispanic community.." Don't you mean "rapists and drug dealers" John? nt vkkv May 2016 #20
Great news! Enjoy your (taxpayer-paid) retirement Sen McCain! AllyCat May 2016 #21
in other words, fuck the country, this is all about my job spanone May 2016 #22
^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik May 2016 #31
John... Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #24
It's not about you, John. spartan61 May 2016 #26
That's Good News... StarzGuy May 2016 #27
"You reap what you sow". saidsimplesimon May 2016 #28
"Crash" McCain should have lost his seat a long time ago. GoneOffShore May 2016 #29
Please donate to Ann's campaign if you can spare a few dollars. Firebrand Gary May 2016 #30
Good!! DesertRat May 2016 #32
Poor Songbird Katashi_itto May 2016 #33
When McCain chose Palin, he popped the cork off a bottle of idiots. Now he can't put em back. whereisjustice May 2016 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Califonz May 2016 #36
he picks PALIN as a running mate but is upset by TRUMP Skittles May 2016 #38
The grand plan is working. Canesfan May 2016 #39
Time to retire... Helen Borg May 2016 #40

hatrack

(59,442 posts)
1. And McCain deserves it - Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods was the Beta for Trump
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:13 AM
May 2016

It was McCain who crapped that woman onto the world stage, in the process legitimizing ignorance, rage and paranoia as all-Murcan conservative values.

Now the Trump beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Cleveland to be nominated.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. Ah, the "Second Coming" poem. I'm so glad
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:34 AM
May 2016

I'm not a person of faith, or the vision of Trump with access to the nuclear trigger would have me tying up loose ends here on earth.

Many around here see only signs of the end all around, never anything hopeful. They just don't understand why it hasn't happened yet, and many live in a state of anxiety over this. Then there are the 30 million or so Americans Pew identified who are eager for the end, most looking forward to going out in fine, righteous style via nuclear religious war, but I figure there's probably a lot of overlap.

Btw, as soon as Trump is officially the nominee, the CIA starts giving him daily briefings. Hearing that caused me my own twinge of anxiety. Wouldn't it be great to be a fly on the wall at Langley as they discuss Trump, though?

colorado_ufo

(5,717 posts)
23. Brilliant two-sentence rant.
Fri May 6, 2016, 01:07 PM
May 2016

Summarizes the roots of this debacle. However, the roots also spread to the BFEE via GWB and others in the Repub party.

If the unthinkable happens, and the Trump beast is installed in the White House, our only hope is that saner minds will give him the incorrect nukular codes.

mdbl

(4,972 posts)
37. No kidding, McCain shouldn't even bring this up
Sun May 8, 2016, 08:46 PM
May 2016

He had the biggest idiot on the planet he chose as his running mate. What a hypocrite.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
2. "The Hispanic community is roused and angry in a way
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:19 AM
May 2016

that I've never seen in 30 years.”

I really hope he wasn't hyping the "hispanic threat" even a little to energize a bunch of conservative donors. Let it be completely true. It certainly should be.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
6. A Pathway to Citizenship should be one of Clintons highest priorities to start.
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:37 AM
May 2016

"The Hispanic community is roused and angry in a way that I've never seen in 30 years.”

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Well, it's definitely on her list, along with
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:40 AM
May 2016

other ends to persecution and exploitation of immigrants.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
11. She has multiple votes in support of a pathway to citizenship.
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:17 AM
May 2016

Can you show me where you think Trump is better. Clinton has stood on the Senate floor and fought for a pathway to citizenship with the likes of Obama, Boxer, Biden, etc. At one point they were only three votes short. That is fact.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. ?
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:20 AM
May 2016

Did you post on the wrong line, NC? Anyway, knock wood, but it'll be very strange if we don't win the presidency this time, and uncertain as other wins may be we should at very least get a majority in the Senate, if not control.

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
13. Dear Lord.
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:26 AM
May 2016

I just read your post over and over again and then it hit me. I'm sorry for my response. I repeatedly overlooked one word in your post. I have spent the last two days doing nothing but positive posts. I have been getting attacked for them and haven't responded in kind. I just went hypersensitive and stuck my foot in my mouth at the same time.

As I always do when I stick my foot in my mouth I am not going to edit to correct. The correction is in the conversation.

Thank you for being kind in your corrective response and my apologies for my fundamental reading flaw.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Oh, I know you, NC, so knew there was a little goof someplace.
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:32 AM
May 2016

Come to think, I'm a little overdue for my next one myself.

 

RiverNoord

(1,150 posts)
25. I was reading along until I got to that post and was very, very confused...
Fri May 6, 2016, 06:35 PM
May 2016

Well, it certainly was a fine apology

FlatBaroque

(3,160 posts)
9. WOW. What a great silver lining that would be!
Thu May 5, 2016, 09:54 AM
May 2016

To be rid of that corrupt, pus filled bastard would be a great step forward for the senate.

MoonchildCA

(1,301 posts)
15. Well, if Donald Trump hands us the senate,
Thu May 5, 2016, 10:38 AM
May 2016

then at least we'll have something to celebrate out of his train-wreck of a candidacy.

StarzGuy

(254 posts)
27. That's Good News...
Sat May 7, 2016, 01:47 PM
May 2016

...since I live in hell hole Arizona ru(i)ned by repuglcants. I've never voted for this assh**e and never will. I just hope that there are also enough republicans who feel it's time for McSame to be retired and we can get him voted OUT of office. This year we do have a fairly competitive race with Ann Kirkpatrick. She has been my representative for the past few years in the U.S. House of Representatives. She has been doing a great job. Whether or not she can de-throne McSame is an open question.

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
28. "You reap what you sow".
Sat May 7, 2016, 02:07 PM
May 2016

McCain is in the cross hairs of the same sick political calculus he practiced. He deserves the wrath of his party, some thought he was a "compassionate conservative", before he selected the woman without a rational sound bite.

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