sen john mccain

SCARBOROUGH: The lack of leadership in Washington, D.C., is sickening. If you look at what Republicans did-promised to do in 1994, when they took control of Congress, and see how they've been acting over the past three or four years, the biggest debt and deficit ever. They are irresponsible and reckless on so many levels. I'm embarrassed right now to be a Republican. It's a disgrace because of the lack of leadership.

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I got a funny feeling many others on the right are sharing the same feelings with Joe right now. They are just ashamed to admit it. There are signs though, you just need to look. Take this AP article that just came out a couple hours ago:

Restless Republicans are already looking beyond the embattled Bush presidency to the 2008 campaign. Nearly 2,000 GOP activists opened a weekend conference Friday to hear from presidential prospects and share strategies on a conservative agenda that many believe Washington has forsaken.

The delegates were voting in an informal "straw poll" to test the popularity of White House hopefuls including those in attendance — Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, Sen. George Allen of Virginia, Sen. Sam Brownback  of Kansas, Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee

The fact is Bush is a disgrace. He is a disgrace to America and even more of a disgrace to the GOP. He is the President that is destroying America and his party has sat by blindly and allowed it.

The Republicans should feel disgraced right now. Even more, they should be ashamed. They are just as guilty as Bush when it comes to the crap we are in today.

We now have at least one republican in Senate joining the fight with
Democrats to investigate the pre-war intelligence. That Senator is none other
than John McCain:

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has emerged as a leading opponent of the
Bush administration’s policy on interrogating detainees in the war on
terrorism, wants Senate investigators to interview senior administration
officials about their statements regarding the threat posed by Saddam
Hussein before the war.

McCain backed Democratic calls for interviews of top-level administration
officials in an interview last week. But his position is at odds with many
in his party, including Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence, and Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), whom McCain
may face in the 2008 GOP presidential primary.

Lawmakers facing a difficult reelection in 2006 and have an eye on the
2008 presidential election seem torn between McCain and their party line.
Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), a centrist Republican on the Senate Intelligence
Committee who is one of the chamber’s most vulnerable incumbents, said he
would reserve judgment on whether senior administration officials should
testify before the intelligence panel. Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), who is
also expected to run for president in 2008, noted that Roberts is his
home-state colleague and deferred comment until he learned more about the
matter.

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