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John McCain Says Obama Is "Directly Responsible" For Pulse Shooting
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/16/16 02:30PMJohn McCain Used to Feel Very Differently About Copyright and Campaign Ads on YouTube
Andy Cush · 05/20/16 03:23PMJohn McCain Wants to Stop You From Watching His Own Danged Campaign Ad
Andy Cush · 05/19/16 01:30PMWhen he was running for re-election to his Arizona U.S. Senate seat in 2010, John McCain appeared in the ridiculous video above, an anti-immigrant campaign ad whose solemn punchline was, “Complete the danged fence.” Now that it’s no longer considered politically acceptable to hate Mexican people unless your name is Donald Trump, McCain isn’t so proud of the spot anymore.
Fundraiser for Senator John McCain Arrested in Arizona Meth-Lab Bust
Brendan O'Connor · 04/27/16 02:25PMOn Tuesday afternoon, Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies arrested Emily Pitha, an independent political consultant working for Senator John McCain’s re-election campaign, during a drug bust at her home in Phoenix, Arizona. Police made the arrest after her boyfriend signed for a package from the Netherlands containing more than 250 grams of MDMA.
Donald Trump Poised to Become Most Popular GOP Primary Candidate in Modern History
Brendan O'Connor · 04/27/16 08:01AMHowl, Mama Grizzly: Sarah Palin Is Our Greatest Living Beat Poet
Gabrielle Bluestone · 01/20/16 12:29PMFor John “Carl Solomon” McCain.
Watch a Bunch of Celebrities Burn Jon Stewart on His Way out The Door
Jay Hathaway · 08/06/15 11:05PMJohn McCain Did the Robot for Jamie Foxx at a Hamptons Party
Jay Hathaway · 08/19/14 11:07AMWhen Will Obama Force Putin to Stop, Without Using Force?
Tom Scocca · 03/03/14 05:35PMArizona's Republican Party Censures John McCain For Being Too Liberal
Adam Weinstein · 01/27/14 10:19AMJ.K. Trotter · 09/27/13 03:33PM
McCain Slaps Back at Putin in Scathing Op-Ed in Russian Newspaper
Taylor Berman · 09/19/13 07:55AMIn response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's essay in the New York Times opinion section last week, Senator John McCain has penned an op-ed of his own in Russia's Pravda. The essay lives up to its title —"Russians deserve better than Putin"— and offers a scathing view of the Russian president and his government.
Georgetown PhD Faker Helped Convince John McCain to Strike Syria
J.K. Trotter · 09/12/13 04:18PMElizabeth O’Bagy is a frequently-cited “expert” on Syria, a popular talking head on cable news, and recently wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal that Senator John McCain and State Secretary John Kerry both cited as evidence for bombing Syria. (She was later outed as an employee of a pro-Syrian-rebel group.) You can watch her arguing with Fareed Zakaria on CNN in the video above. The only problem: she faked her credentials at Georgetown, where she claims to have earned a PhD. Zack Beauchamp at ThinkProgress tracks how O’Bagy claimed she was a “doctor” even though anyone could have easily proven otherwise:
John McCain Plays with iPhone While Advocating Destruction of Syria
Cord Jefferson · 09/03/13 05:16PMCord Jefferson · 07/25/13 11:59AM
Senator John McCain theorizes that replacing the $1 bill with a $1 coin could be a boon for strippers: "[P]ressed about the predicament facing scores of the country’s skin-baring and bill-collecting women, McCain responded without missing a beat, 'Then I hope that they could obtain larger denominations.'"
John McCain Tweets Racist 'Monkey' Joke, Gets Slapped Down by Another Republican Congressman
Cord Jefferson · 02/04/13 01:03PMJohn McCain Explodes After CNN Reporter Asks Him Why He Didn't Attend Benghazi Briefing: 'Who the Hell Are You?'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/15/12 06:17PMEarlier today it was revealed that Senator John McCain, along with several of his fellow Republicans, skipped a classified Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee briefing on the Benghazi consulate attack to hold a press conference about the lack of information on the Benghazi consulate attack.
In First Post-Election Presser President Obama Talks Tough, Tells Senators Opposing Susan Rice Nomination to 'Go After Me'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 11/14/12 04:18PMO Come, All Ye Faithful, to Your Republican Baptism
Hamilton Nolan · 08/30/12 09:38AMTo watch America's most treasured political theater play out firsthand is to come to understand that this is not about real things that happen in the world outside of television boxes and the mouths of anointed leaders. This is a mass indulgence of the faithful in the collective ecstasy of their faith. As an act of cognitive dissonance, the speeches of the Republican convention were breathtaking in their boldness.