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To: i-node who wrote (742556)9/29/2013 12:22:39 AM
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McCain is an absolute menace...........totally lost it..........nobody can claim this idiot represents the Republicans of Arizona.........lurches right to get re-elected .......then becomes a Democrat afterward.........a political coward and traitor.

McCain hires controversial Syria analyst who inflated credentials
by FoxNews.com | published on September 28, 2013
Sen. John McCain has hired a controversial Syria analyst who recently was fired by one D.C. organization and resigned from another after it emerged that she inflated her academic credentials.

The Republican senator’s office confirmed to Fox News that Elizabeth O’Bagy was hired as a legislative assistant, and will start work next week.

“Elizabeth is a talented researcher, and I have been very impressed by her knowledge and analysis in multiple briefings over the last year. I look forward to her joining my office,” McCain said in a statement.


O’Bagy’s pro-Syrian opposition research was used by hawkish lawmakers, including McCain, to build the case for intervention against the Assad regime in Syria.

But her clout quickly eroded when she was fired by the Institute for the Study of War after the think tank alleged she lied about her education credentials.


Read the full article: foxnews.com



To: i-node who wrote (742556)9/29/2013 9:33:57 AM
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Right. You are objecting to the use of reconciliation for the ACA. And, like I pointed out, reconciliation was used for the Bush tax cuts.