John McCain Quotes
Senator Obama has been saying some pretty nasty things about Western Pennsylvania lately, and you know, I couldn’t agree with him more.
The Senator almost certainly meant to say “disagree” but “agree” is what came out in a gaff that had his Western Pennsylvania audience very confused.
John McCain, U. S. Senator (Republican, AZ), Unsuccessful Republican Presidential Nominee, Presidential Campaign Speech, 2008
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He and a few of his colleagues had been invited to the White House for a screening of his latest movie. President George W. Bush had also invited some members of Congress and other Republican politicians. As Crystal was the star of the movie, the President introduced him and invited him to make some remarks.
While this probably was a slip of the tongue, President Bush and governor Perry both had civil right and individual had rights as a lower priority than a individual responsibility, strong growth economy or the military. There were many who really believed that the two men really thought excessive personal reedom a problem that people and the government must be protected from, like freedom for a woman to choose an abortion. For Perry in particular many thought that if this was a slip of the tounge, it was likely a Freudian slip as it what he really wants.
John Sidney McCain III was an American politician, statesman and United States Navy officer who served as a United States Senator for Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for president of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.
