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McCain’s Complicated Health Care Legacy: Hating Obamacare Long Enough to Save It.

August 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

John McCain and Barack Obama at the White House ion 2013. (White House)

While McCain was instrumental in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, most of the health initiatives he undertook failed after running afoul of traditional Republican priorities.

The Bigotry of Expediency: Michelle Bachmann and Her Local Disciples

July 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Turns out Chris Buck's portrait of Michelle Bachmann for last August's Newsweek cover story was dead on

Michelle Bachmann’s bigoted smear of Huma Abedin, the Hillary Clinton aide who happens to be a Muslim, about Abedin’s alleged Muslim Brotherhood connections, is a reflection of a pronounced reactionary-Republican rejection of evidence for ideological expediency.

John McCain vs. Michelle Bachmann: In Defense of Huma Abedin

July 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Michelle Bachmann and other conservatives suggested in a letter that Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, of Pakistani descent, is a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator. John McCain defended Abedin in a July 18 speech.

Obama-Leno: No Correspondence

May 2, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 1 Comment

How even Barack Obama is funnier than Jay Leno. Then again, it’s no contest. Tales from the Correspondents dinner.

Arizona Boots Up Brown Immigrants’ Guantanamo

April 25, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 21 Comments

The virus that led to Arizona’s anti-immigration law has crossed Arizona’s borders into the rest of America. Its carrier is as white as a bed sheet and by far the greater threat to America’s character than anything that ever crossed the Rio Grande.

McCain Claims He’s No Maverick

April 7, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

John McCain is repudiating the branding he brandished for years on every campaign trail he doddered through.

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