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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.
I will keep taxes low and cut them where we -- where I can. My opponent will raise them. I will open new markets to our goods and services. My opponent will close them. I will cut government spending. He will increase it. He has the most…
In just three years, our opponent has requested nearly $1 billion in earmarks. That's about... It's almost a million dollars for every single day he was in the United States Senate.
I'll keep taxes low and cut them where I can. My opponent will raise them.
Almost a million dollars for every single day he was in the United States senate.
I fought for the right strategy and more troops in Iraq when it wasn't the popular thing to do.
Isn't this the most marvelous running mate in the history of this nation?
Senator Obama thinks we can achieve energy independence without more drilling and without more nuclear power.
These are tough times. Today, the jobs report is another reminder. These are tough times. There are tough times in Wisconsin or tough times in Ohio, tough times all over America. You're worried about keeping your jobs and finding a new…
John McCain's own test for vice president was somebody who would be ready to lead on day one.
They need a national platform and a TV audience to counter that message and make the case for John McCain.
They believe they did the right thing on Monday. They are hoping to get back into their political convention on Tuesday.
One of the things the McCain people are furious about is connecting the fact that Governor Palin is for say abstinence only in terms of sex education with this.
George W. Bush was supposed to be here in the hall. He is, of course, popular with Republicans but unpopular in the country as a whole.
New details tonight on McCain's running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
She's not from these parts and she's not from Washington. But when you get to know her, you're going to be as impressed as I am. She's got the grit, integrity, and good sense and fierce devotion to the common good that is exactly what we…
My friends, and fellow Americans, I am very pleased and very privileged to introduce to you the next vice president of the United States, Governor Sarah Palin of the great state of Alaska.
On Iraq, senator Obama says he wants peace, but he still opposes the surge that succeeded. No rational observer could go to Iraq and see what we've succeeded in doing in the last two years and say that the surge hasn't succeeded.
I said on Saturday night that I have a proud pro-life record in Congress, and I am proud of that.
I will nominate a person to be vice president, my running mate, who shares my principles, my values, and my priorities.
I think he has got more passion. I think this whole question about choosing a pro-choice vice president is a diversion and could be -- I'm surprised that he's let himself get into this.
He hopes in the end that it helps, Campbell, when he makes the case that he has the experience, the judgment, the character to be commander in chief, and that Barack Obama, to listen to John McCain, he would say simply isn't ready.
Senator Obama opposes new drilling. He said it won't solve our problems and that it's, quote, 'not real.' He's wrong, and the American people know it.
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