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From NBC's Carrie Dann 





It doesn't take an advanced degree in punditry to see that McCain is making a heck of a gamble. He's building his presidential campaign around two unpopular stances on two divisive issues -- Iraq and immigration. But</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227357</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:40:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227357</guid><dc:creator>MK,MO</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;If we pass legislation, he said &amp;quot;then I will have satisfied the desire of the majority of Americans.&amp;quot; I believe mr mccain meant to say &lt;br&gt;&amp;quot;If we pass legislation, he said &amp;quot;then I will have satisfied the desire of the majority of wealthy americans who continue to rape ilegals in they're noble quest to have a 2 class monarchy.&amp;quot;</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227359</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:41:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227359</guid><dc:creator>Desmond</dc:creator><description>I don't mean to sound facetious, but have the republicans talked at length about the differences between them about health care, taxes, immigration, federal programs and the like?All I seem to read about is their stand on gay marriage, abortion and stem cell research. I already know they agree with President Bush about the war in Iraq.</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227396</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:16:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227396</guid><dc:creator>Dave, Tn</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;The Republican whip, Trent Lott of Mississippi, who supports the bill, said: “Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.” Tell your buddy to stop talking like one of the Nazi National Socialist Party Liberals. Just do it all in the light of day, and there won't be a problem. </description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227404</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:24:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227404</guid><dc:creator>Rob, San Diego, CA</dc:creator><description>McCain sure isn't representing what I want. &amp;nbsp;He and Bush are acting in anti-American ways, and I just don't understand it. &amp;nbsp;I will NOT vote for McCain or any other Republican that supports amnesty. &amp;nbsp;Shame, shame, on him.</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227466</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:09:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227466</guid><dc:creator>H P Boston</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;What's the name of the man working on the SHAME gang&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Help me out here Still Crazy..Who sang &amp;quot;working on the CHAIN GANG&amp;quot;?</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227489</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:23:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227489</guid><dc:creator>Ken LeBrun, Stony Brook, NY</dc:creator><description>We are rapidly approach spending half of the world's total dollars for &amp;quot;defense&amp;quot; and amassing a tremendous deficit. &amp;nbsp;As the third of three brothers to enlist, I suggest asking some sobering questions, like why can't we afford to provide the weapons in Iraq that our commanders are asking for and that we need to protect our troops and why can't we take care of our returning wounded vets in a respectable manner. &amp;nbsp;Most of the right-wing Rambo wannabees running in the GOP primarys hid behind their mother's skirts during the Vietnam war, many of whom are proposing in the Middle East the equivalent of brain surgery with a chain saw. &amp;nbsp;McCain was an exception to the Dick Cheney role model. &amp;nbsp;Let's hope that if he wins he does some serious rethinking about how we are using and abusing our military.</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227524</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 21:57:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227524</guid><dc:creator>mm, ma</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;a Politico report that the McCain camp has purchased rights to the web address &amp;quot;MittVsFact.com.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;While he didn't deny that his shop bought the site, McCain firmly stated that his campaign won't use it as an attack platform.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I always thought he was dumb, but not this dumb. He buys something but will not use it? Is McCane going to donate the site to the swift boat people and maybe claim a tax break?</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227759</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:04:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227759</guid><dc:creator>TJB, Scottsdale</dc:creator><description>McCain, isn't dumb, just mercenary. He hasn't changed a bit since he honed his skills in the Keating Fiasco...Although that being said, I guess he's no worse that the rest in Washington, tell'em what they want to hear, and if you really want the truth, you can find it in the fiction section....Personally, I'm still trying to find out what part of his constituency that this legislation he, (and now Kyl), are defending to the hilt, appeals to? They both admit they're being bombarded by the greatest backlash in their political careers....We certainly know the legislation is not the favored reading of &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;great unwashed&amp;quot; as McCain calls the genral public....Hmmm Then again,if history does repeat itself, I wonder has anyone seen McCain, Keating and Kennedy having lunch lately, they seem like the proverbial &amp;quot;birds of a feather&amp;quot; and amongst those with friends who might benefit from some cheap, illegal labor at the expense of everyone else. If that were the case, no doubt Keating would pick up the tab, as well as conveniently stuffing, Teddy's and John Boy's pockets with a couple hundred Thousand each......Sounds just like old times, doesn't it boys ???.... Build the Damn Fence....all of it!</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227798</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:58:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227798</guid><dc:creator>levotb Menlo Park, CA</dc:creator><description>Ole Chipmunk Cheeks McCain, or as I used to call him, Psycho McCain. The man has lost it, plain and simple. He's dumber than a box of matches. He has no soul. He's just a failed politician who has (by pushing for open borders instead of closing the Border) helped to ruin his state and who thirsts for power even though he has gone down to defeat and has never made it to nominee status. And he won't, because he alienated conservatives in the GOP long ago. Now when he needs them most, he's like a man in a row boat in the middle of a large lake without any oars.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I look forward to his dropping out of the Presidential race at which time Ole Chipmunk Cheeks will probably back another liberal, the Good former-Mayor, Giuliani. </description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227846</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:19:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227846</guid><dc:creator>Steve, Ithaca, New York</dc:creator><description>McCain has guts. He is trying to do something about the illegal alien problem; not just ignore it. If the bill passes, it will be a tough one, I think. &amp;nbsp;Also, he is the only politician who is really against pork barrel spending in Congress. We need to stop these guys, and their campaign contributors, from squandering our money. McCain is also right about Iraq (and was a long time ago): we need to do more militarily over there, not less; while pressuring the Iraqis to enact changes (of course, it's tough enough to get our legislators to legislate!).</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227888</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:31:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227888</guid><dc:creator>jerry/corpus christi texas</dc:creator><description>There are about 20 million listeners to talk radio. &amp;nbsp;I don't think Trent Lott will be running for anything anytime soon except his own senate seat.</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227902</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:03:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227902</guid><dc:creator>Barb, Escondido, CA</dc:creator><description>In response to H.P., Boston - Sam Cooke wrote and sang CHAIN GANG. </description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227921</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:09:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227921</guid><dc:creator>Dorothy</dc:creator><description>Wasn't &amp;quot;Working on the Chain Gang&amp;quot; by Sam Cook?</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227930</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:22:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227930</guid><dc:creator>Dr. Foamnspray, Out</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;Nazi National Socialist Party Liberals&amp;quot; The WHO? &amp;nbsp;Meds! Get some meds over here!</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#227947</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:12:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:227947</guid><dc:creator>Carl Clark</dc:creator><description>I live in Arizona and I have seen McCain first hand.&lt;br&gt;You don't want him as president of this country,peroid.i didn't vote for him in 2000 or when he was re-elected to the senate.Guess what I wouldn't vote for him FOR DOG CATCHER.</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#228007</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:03:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:228007</guid><dc:creator>jjGA</dc:creator><description>McCain is a flip flopper as we all know. &amp;nbsp;His stance on the illegal alien amnesty is right there with McKennedy, Bush, Menendez - all the rest of them who are right now trying to sell us down the Rio Grande. As for Trent Lott's remark that talk radio hosts are &amp;quot;running this country and he needs to do something about that&amp;quot; - He must be finding out that America's people are now fighting back. &amp;nbsp;Thanks in GREAT part to our radio talk show hosts who are keeping much of the nation informed on the big sellout they are working on with Kennedy --- if not for these radio hosts - too many of us would be continuing to run to the mall, the movie, anywhere but paying attention to what is happening to our nation. &amp;nbsp;We got in this place because of our sheer apathy and laziness and refusal to learn what they are doing and to stand against this nonsense. If Lott is worried about the talk show hosts - then YES, YES, YES, people WE are being heard and in a way Lott and the rest of them don't want to hear us. &amp;nbsp;Though they are totally IGNORING the American people who put them there - you can bet they ARE hearing us and hearing from us. &amp;nbsp;Our talk show hosts are doing more to save our nation from this invasion and takeover from the southern border, and the total sellout of our country in Washington to the big business wanting the cheap labor and the illegal aliens willing to give it, to use up and bankrupt our social services, our schools, destroy our American heritage and culture and have loyalty only to Mexico - NEVER to America. It is all about the money - the politicians and their big business contributors they owe favors to and the illegal aliens who are working here, sending the money back to Mexico and DEMAND rights in OUR country where they have no right to BE here. &amp;nbsp;Marching in the streets with our flag upside down, the Mexican flag upright and wearing shirts that say &amp;quot;F--- America&amp;quot;. This is what McCain, Kennedy, George Bush, Trent Lott and the rest of that bunch are trying to give our nation over to. &amp;nbsp;None of them BOTHER to voice the fact that they all took an oath to protect this nation - security our borders and keeping out illegal aliens is already their JOBS - no bill anywhere exempts them from that. &amp;nbsp;Bush and McCain want to EXCHANGE border security for amnesty for 20 million illegals? &amp;nbsp;Since when does our government BARGAIN with our national security with lawbreakers ON OUR SOIL? &amp;nbsp;Is this disgusting or what? &amp;nbsp;We MUST take back our nation. &amp;nbsp;Go to www.numbersusa.com for info on your senators - phone numbers, ways to send free faxes, etc. - People if you are not willing to stand up for our country and at the very least make a phone call - then we have lost and will never be able to take back America. &amp;nbsp;Trent Lott wants to silence the talk radio hosts - how AMERICAN does that sound? - do you not now BELIEVE that we are in crisis mode and the only way we will save our nation is one by one - one voice, one phone call, one fax, one visit - by YOU and YOU and YOU and when each of with our one voice each unite - then Washington cannot sell us out behind our backs, they cannot silence our talk show hosts who are the only ones telling us the TRUTH - they are not hiding in backrooms in the night making deals to sell us out. &amp;nbsp;Call, call - NOW.</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#228258</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:39:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:228258</guid><dc:creator>Save Ourselves, All States</dc:creator><description>Yo, bleeping hearts...apparently the illegal aliens have not yet raped your wife and daughters, taken your job, and exponentially raised your taxes because they pay no income tax, abuse our hospitals and emergency rooms, go immediately on welfare/food stamps/subsidized housing, carry no auto insurance, drive drunk and without licenses, and flood our schools with thousands of their pin-worm infested illegal brats who must be taught, of course, only in Spanish. Just wait, you damn fools, your day is coming, and these criminals will most certainly make your day. One final question: exactly what is the value of American (USA) citizenship? &amp;nbsp;Perhaps the inalienable right to die while serving in the military so that you leftist bastar*s can join with the illegal aliens to tear our Nation down.</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#228271</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:46:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:228271</guid><dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator><description>I thought he was against wasteful spending but he buys something, then vows never to use it?</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#228686</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 17:58:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:228686</guid><dc:creator>MK,MO</dc:creator><description>mccain is d.o.a. , let him rest in peace</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#228763</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:47:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:228763</guid><dc:creator>Taxpaper, Indianapolis, IN</dc:creator><description>Hello Save Ourselves, All States&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;I could not have said it any better. How can we get these idiots that believe we should give Amnesty to these criminals see the light! We need a march like the Million Dollar Man. Put McCain at the back of the line.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description></item><item><title>McCain weighs the odds</title><link>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/06/15/227325.aspx#546997</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:05:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:546997</guid><dc:creator>bill</dc:creator><description>I would rather be water boarded than vote for mccain or guiliani. All other republicans are ok</description></item></channel></rss>