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McCain Blasts GOP Super PACs, Calls Supreme Court Ignorant For Citizens United Decision

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Senator John McCain appeared on This Week today from Afghanistan, but before getting onto matters of foreign policy, he weighed in on the Republican contest going on in the United States and continued to speak out forcefully on an issue that has been part of his political identity for over a decade: campaign finance reform. McCain has not been the biggest fan of Super PACs, and McCain today blasted the Supreme Court for its decision in the Citizens United case two years ago.

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When Jake Tapper asked McCain about how the GOP’s divisive contest may end up handing the election to President Obama, McCain admitted he was concerned about that possibility, but explained that despite all the negativity in the race, it really boils down to the influence of Super PACs.

“I’ve been in very tough campaigns. I don’t think I’ve seen one that was as personal and as characterized by so many attacks as these are. And, quite frankly, one of the reasons is the Super PACs. And why do we have the Super PACs? Because of the ignorance and naïvete of the United States Supreme Court in the Citizens United campaign.”

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  • http://twitter.com/Agonzo1 anthonybgonzalez

    So he agrees with Obama, YAY!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    It doesnt matter what rules they make, money talks and dead people vote democrat

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WH3ZLMM7CUKUHUIMK4TKXW6SQE John

    How was McCain ever a nominee for the GOP?  I can see where Meghan gets her brains from.

  • Anonymous

    RIght John! Isn’t this what the left have been saying since day one? Isn’t McConnell amongst those who took the case to the SChool in the first place?

  • Jardino

    Although I didn’t vote for McCain, I have always admired his long-standing position on limited campaign spending. If he were not such a hawk, I could have lived with him as President if Obama has lost. He would be better than the likes of Bachmann, Santorum, Perry and Cain. I’m sure he regrets nominating Palin as his running partner, and that’s all the more reason to admire McCain.

  • Anonymous

    McCain is about to endorse president Obama 

  • Anonymous

    No wonder he lost in 2008

  • Anonymous

    Speaking of ignorant – there are times McCain should just keep his mouth shut.  No wonder he lost in 08.

  • Anonymous

    I actually find myself agreeing with McCain,excuse me I believe my warmed hemlock is just about ready to drink.

  • Anonymous

    I have always respected McCain’s military service, but in voting for him in 2008, I was well aware that he was a lousy candidate, and only the knowledge that Obama would wreck havoc upon the country (which he has done), kept me from leaving a presidential choice blank. Palin was the only reason the McCain ticket had any energy at all, but the GOP establishment did all it could to destroy the woman. Democrat and Republican power brokers are basically the same and none of them have the health of the nation at heart.

  • Anonymous

    Except for when they don’t.

    “The State Election Commission is doing a name by name review, and a spokesman told NPR this week that, after looking through about a quarter of the names, they have yet to find any evidence that ‘something funny is going on.’”
    http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/02/07/146546046/in-south-carolina-dead-voter-fraud-doesnt-live-up-to-suspicions

  • Anonymous

    McCain blasts SCOTUS for their decision on Citizens United? Try calling out Kennedy, Scalia, Alito, Thomas and Roberts by name. Not all the justices were in favor of the decision. I can still see Alito shaking his head during the State of the Union and mouthing the words “not true” when President Obama rightfully criticized the decision. Alito is both ignorant and injudicious. 

  • WiddleBabyDanielson

    Why do you libs always bring Palin into this?

  • Anonymous

    John McCain may not be the most consistent Republican, but on this he has always been consistent.  And whatever else I might think of him, I always admired him for the 2002 legislation.

    We have to get the money out of politics – I don’t care if it’s Democrats or Republicans – in other civilized countries they call what we do “bribery” and “blackmail”.  It’s well known that politicians of both major parties often ignore the voices of the people who elected them because some monied special interest (through a lobbyist) tells them – “Vote the way WE tell you and we’ll give you xxxx campaign contributions.  Don’t vote the way we want to and we’ll give that to your opponent”.  This is no secret and the Supreme Court knows it as well as we do.

  • Anonymous

    It’s a political arms race, MAD.

  • Anonymous

    Shocked that A) Supreme Court justices don’t have Secret Service protection. And B) Nobody has taken advantage of this fact yet.

    If a nut really wanted to have a major impact on policy, that’s the way to go about it. Imagine if Thomas got picked off and were replaced with an Obama appointee.

  • Anonymous

    I have to respect him for saying what needed to be said.
    I don’t agree with him on a lot of issues but when the guy is right, he’s right.

  • shonangreg

    He already did. Remember when he was introducing Romney a month or so ago and McCain said that President Obama would fix all the problems? Nikki Haley, I think, grabbed McCain’s arm to get him to reformulate the endorsement. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/06/mccain-goofs-at-romney-event-obama-will-turn-this-country-around/

  • Joan Kelly

     So how are we to fix this?  The money tells all of us the other guy is wrong and we believe it ‘cuz we see it on TV every night and twice on Sunday.  It’s not the TV that’s at fault, it’s us ‘cuz we believe.  We don’t do our research.  We depend on the anchor to know more than we do.

    Campaign reform means that we all have to be responsible for our our own thoughts.

    Whoa, that’s big, huh?

  • Joan Kelly

     I gotta tell ya – that might be, at this time, a good move.

  • Anonymous

    And I don’t care if it is Unions or Corporations.  If a person is not eligible to vote, they shouldn’t be eligible to make a donation.
    I think Roberts, Scalia and Thomas thought it would be an advantage to the Republicans to have all that corporate money to peddle lies about the opponents.  Maybe it will come back to bite them in the future.  Hopefully, the near future.

  • Anonymous

    The problem is that the SUPER PACS don’t have to tell the truth – now do they?

  • Anonymous

    I remember that too, and I also recall all the republicans who were saying “shame on the president for calling out the SCOTUS for the Citizens United case” – well, all except Senator McCain.  Because McCain knew that Barack Obama was right on in his criticism of the court’s decision.

  • Anonymous

    Palin was the primary reason McCain lost.  What a ditto head.

  • Anonymous

    Things would have been much worse under President McCain. Although he would have ultimately done much the same sort of stimulus, it would have come much later. There really was no other choice. Cutting taxes on the extremely wealthy has NEVER produced corresponding economic growth.

  • Anonymous

    Everything was fine until there was an error called Palin. Downhill from there!

  • Anonymous

    Did you vote for President Obama?

  • Anonymous

    Don’t do it……those things happen sometimes! LOL! Hope I’m not to late……..

  • Anonymous

    A better choice could and should have been made! Water under the bridge………

  • Anonymous

    and corporations are people…………

  • Anonymous

    Wrong thing to put out there in sooooo may ways given the loonies actually around!

  • Anonymous

    Never!

  • http://www.facebook.com/bruce.kennedy3 Bruce Kennedy

    Didn’t read this article, but if the headline is true and not misleading, I agree whole heartedly. The Supreme Court ruling in the “Citizens United” case is IGNORANT!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/ETZD7A4EW2D7JASZ6FL3VB5MQY Wing

     I did.  And so far, nothing ive seen from the GOP so far gives me any reason not to again.

  • Anonymous

    Agreed! I’m an old time Republican not willing to get on the Republican Tea Party crazy train.The President may not be the best but he’s a far cry better than what they have to offer. Probably going Independent if this keeps up!

  • Anonymous

    She’s a good comedy routine causes never ending laughter don’t you know?

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