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John McCain

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John McCain was a prominent American politician and military officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, McCain was known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to national security. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a prisoner of war for over five years, an experience that shaped his political career and views on military and foreign policy.

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Oct 19, 2008

We don't want a president who invites testing from the world at a time when our economy is in crisis. And Americans are already fighting in two wars.

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Oct 19, 2008

Barack Obama's plan to raise taxes on some in order to give checks to others, it's not a tax cut, it's just another government give-away that the liberals have been trying to push on America for a long time.

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Oct 19, 2008

With your help, we're going to win Missouri and bring real change to Washington D.C.

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Oct 16, 2008

It is now on the verge of maybe perpetrating one of the greatest frauds in voter history in this country maybe destroying the fabric of democracy

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Oct 16, 2008

Senator Obama says that he wanted to spread your wealth around. All he had to do to say to Joe the Plumber and millions of small businesspeople around this country, I won't raise your taxes, but he couldn't do that because he's going to…

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Oct 16, 2008

When politicians talk about taking your money and spreading it around, you better hold on to your wallet.

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Oct 15, 2008

Events are moving fast at my campaign. And yes, it's true that this morning I've dismissed my entire team of senior advisers, all of their positions will now be held by a man named Joe the Plumber.

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Oct 15, 2008

I just call him, 'that one.' He even has a pet name for me, George Bush.

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Oct 15, 2008

We never give up. We never quit. We never hide from history. We make history.

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Oct 15, 2008

The last eight years haven't worked very well, have they? I will make the next four better.

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Oct 15, 2008

Events are moving fast in my campaign. And, yes, it's true that, this morning, I have dismissed my entire team of senior advisors. All of their positions will now be held by a man named Joe the Plumber.

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Oct 14, 2008

John McCain finally got to say tonight I am not George W. Bush.

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Oct 14, 2008

I have called audiences on things. I have corrected people. You remember him correcting that woman, saying, 'No, he is not an Arab. He's a fine man. He's a senator.'

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Oct 14, 2008

I don't care about an old washed up terrorist. But as Senator Clinton said in her debates with you, we need to know the full extension of that relationship.

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Oct 14, 2008

Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush you should have run four years ago. I'm going to give a new direction to this economy and this country.

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Oct 14, 2008

Mr. Ayers, I don't care about a washed up terrorist, but Senator Clinton said in her debates with you, we need to know the full extent of that relationship. We need to know the full extent of senator Obama's relationship with ACORN who is…

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Oct 14, 2008

Americans are hurting right now and they're angry. They're innocent victims of greed and excess on Wall Street and as well as Washington, D.C. And they're angry and they have every reason to be angry and they want this country to go in a…

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Oct 13, 2008

Oh, yes. You know, I was astonished to hear him say that he was surprised for me to have the guts to do that...

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Oct 13, 2008

Under the emergency measure I propose, we will also cut the tax rate for withdrawals from tax-preferred retirement accounts to 10 percent. Retirees have suffered enough and need relief.

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