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Ku Klux Klan

2019-05-14T05:14:00Z

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[[File:KKKrally1946.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Ku Klux Klan rally, unknown location, August, 1951]]
The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ("KKK") is the traditional militant terrorist wing of the [[Democratic party|Democrat Party]]. It had three incarnations in the USA. Two very prominent Democrats were members of the KKK: Democrat [[Robert Byrd]], who was a U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] for more than 50 years and who had led his local KKK chapter, and Democrat [[Hugo Black]], who was appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by [[FDR]] and became the Justice most hostile to [[classroom prayer]] and [[Christianity]] in public life. Despite the Democrat-KKK connection, however, liberals (who falsely claim that the pre-1964 Democrats were a "conservative" party) similarly falsely claim the KKK to be a "right-wing" organization.

The Klan of the 1860s was a violent effort by white Southern Democrats to fight [[Reconstruction]] after the [[Civil War]]. Reconstruction was ended as a political compromise to resolve the exceedingly close presidential election of 1876. Owing to this, the KKK often targeted those belonging to the Republican Party with death.

The second Klan flourished nationwide for a few years in the 1920s as state and district organizers profited handsomely by signing up millions of members, selling them distinctive white-robe costumes. The Klan voiced strong support for prohibition, opposed sexual immorality and promoted racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism and immigration restriction. Dramatic scandals inside the organization and lack of organizational structure caused the Klan to collapse quickly in the late 1920s. By 1928 it was practically defunct.

The third Klan comprised unrelated hate groups that sprang up in the South in the 1960s to fight integration, but it largely fell apart in the 1980s. [http://www.fumento.com/arson/wsjfire.html]

Liberals, who have been part of the KKK through the Democrats since its original post-Civil War incarnation, are now trying to appeal to groups they had previously persecuted.[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2828425/The-Ku-Klux-Klan-opens-door-Jews-black-people-homosexuals-new-recruits-wear-white-robes-hats.html]

==First KKK==
[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democrat Party as continuations of the Confederacy]]
The first KKK was an movement of white Southerners who opposed [[Reconstruction]]. It was founded in 1866 by members of the [[Democrat Party]] to inflicting violence against black leaders and white Republicans.<ref>http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan</ref> One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Klan was broken up by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act). It had disappeared by 1872, although similar violent groups persisted in some localities around the South.

==Second KKK: The 1920s==
The second KKK was a nonviolent membership organization in the 1920s that reached hundreds of thousands—possibly millions—of men in every state. It was mostly a [[Ponzi scheme]], whereby the organizers took all the money (for initiation fees and costumes). When they had organized an area they moved on, leaving local chapters without money or leadership. No prominent American admitted he was a member at the time, but state organizers claimed vast powers. There is a possibility that some local Klans in the deep South engaged in violence against blacks, but historians are unsure; allegations of systematic violence were common but have not been verified. In recent years historians have found enough records to show that local chapters were primarily discussion groups, often with speakers who denounced Catholics, Jews, crime and violation of the prohibition laws.
[[File:RR-KKK.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Ronald Reagan]] starred as the crusading district attorney battling the Klan in this 1951 film.<ref>See [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044075/usercomments analysis of film]</ref>]]

A series of scandals ruined the KKK's reputation and the group faded away after 1925, except for some remote areas like West Virginia. [[Robert Byrd]], later a Senator, was an organizer in West Virginia in the 1940s, and had apologized repeatedly for it in his later years. Supreme Court Justice [[Hugo Black]] admitted in 1939 that he had been a member in the 1920s. President [[Harry S. Truman]] was also a (brief) member.

==Third Klan==
The third Klan currently exists and comprises a few thousand members in local chapters. There is no real organization, and the group sponsors vehement hate talk as well as occasional violent threats and actions. It is racist and aims at the suppression of African-American, Jewish, homosexual, and Catholic interests. The current Klan presents itself as a "Christian" organization, but all denominations have rejected it as inherently non-Christian.

[[David Duke]] was a [[Democrat]] at the time of his official membership with the Klan. He has ties to white supremacist organizations like the NAAWP, which he founded. After leaving the Klan, Duke was elected as a Republican to the Louisiana state legislature. The [[Republican National Committee]] disavowed Duke and repudiated his racist views when Duke made an unsuccessful bid for governor.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1176548.html RNC Condemns Ex-Klansman Duke], ''[[Washington Post]]'', February 25, 1989. {{dead link}}</ref>

==2016 United States presidential election==
During the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], the KKK (along with former Klansman [[David Duke]]), in possible [[collusion]] with the Democrat Party, pretended to "support" [[Donald Trump]] for President as part of a strategy to discredit Trump and make sure he would lose the election by making a false connection between the KKK and the Republicans (as the Democrats have done since 1964<ref>[http://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2009/01/14/democrat-race-lie/ The Democrat Race Lie] at Black & Right</ref>). However, because the Republicans have always opposed the KKK and despise what it stands for,<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2016/07/the-ugly-history-of-democratic-suppression-of-blacks/ The Ugly History of Democratic Suppression of Blacks] at WND</ref> and because the Democrat-KKK connection is public knowledge despite the efforts of Democrats and liberals (particularly in the [[mainstream media]]) to bury and deny this historic fact,<ref>[http://blackrepublican.blogspot.ca/2015/10/the-ku-klux-klan-was-terrorist-arm-of_56.html The Ku Klux Klan was the Terrorist Arm of the Democrat Party]</ref> the KKK scheme to try to discredit Trump by publicly pretending to endorse him backfired as he rejected the "endorsement" and the public saw through the KKK's ruse, leading KKK Grand Dragon Will Quigg, who formerly pretended to support Trump, to show his and his organization's true colors, and those of the Democrats, by now publicly supporting Democrat nominee [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-14/ku-klux-klan-grand-dragon-will-quigg-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Will Quigg Endorses Hillary Clinton for President] at U.S. News & World Report</ref> Hillary, who has [[Hillary Rodham Clinton#Racism|her own history of racism]] and whose mentor, late Democrat senator Robert Byrd, was himself a longtime KKK member,<ref>Pianin, Eric. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061801105_pf.html A Senator's Shame: Byrd, in His New Book, Again Confronts Early Ties to KKK]. Washington Post, 2005-06-19, pp. A01</ref> did not reject the KKK's campaign endorsement of her, which was one of the contributing factors toward her downfall in the election as Trump won the presidency, ultimately making the Democrat-KKK scheme against him fruitless. In multiple [[George Soros]] funded protests against Trump, many liberals dressed themselves in KKK robes and pretended to "support" Trump, holding signs that said "KKK wants Trump" and "Make America White Again" while the DNC created an attack ad claiming that the KKK is "actively supporting" Trump. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bQOYADCDSyY]

==Bibliography==
* Newton, Michael, and Judy Ann Newton. ''The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia''. (1991).
* Alexander, Charles. “Kleagles and Cash.” . ''The Business History Review.'' (1965) Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 348–367
* Chalmers, David. ''Hooded Americanism.'' (1987), an older survey
* Dray, Philip. ''At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America'', (2002).
* Feldman, Glenn. ''Politics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama, 1915-1949''. (1999).
* Fryer, Jr. Roland G. and Steven D. Levitt. "Hatred and Profits: Getting under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan," ''National Bureau of Economic Research,'' September 2007, [http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/13417.html abstract]; [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:cyuQ-5WfsXAJ:www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/fryer/papers/Hatred%2520and%2520Profits,%2520Getting%2520Under%2520the%2520Hood%2520of%2520the%2520Ku%2520Klux%2520Klan.pdf+%22Hatred+and+Profits%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us full text online]
* George, John, and Laird Wilcox. ''American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists & Others'' (1996) 443 pgs. [http://www.questia.com/library/book/american-extremists-militias-supremacists-klansmen-communists-and-others-by-john-george-laird-wilcox.jsp online edition]
* Glaeser, Edward L. “The Political Economy of Hatred.” ''Quarterly Journal of Economics.'' 2005. Vol. 120, No. 1, pp. 45–86. [http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qjec.2005.120.1.45 abstract], goes well beyond the KKK
* Goldberg, Robert Alan. ''Hooded Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado.'' (1981).
* Horn, Stanley F. ''Invisible Empire: The Story of the Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871'', (1939)
::Horn, born in 1889, was a Southern historian who was sympathetic to the first Klan, which, in a 1976 oral interview [http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/Research/ohisrch.html], he was careful to distinguish from the later "spurious Ku Klux organization which was in ill-repute—and, of course, had no connection whatsoever with the Klan of Reconstruction days."
* Jackson, Kenneth T. ''The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915-1930.'' (1992)
* MacLean, Nancy. ''Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan.'' (1994)
* McVeigh, Rory. “Power Devaluation, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Democratic National Convention of 1924.” ''Sociological Forum'' 2001. 16(1):1-30.
* Moore, Leonard J. ''Citizen Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921-1928'' (1991). [http://www.questia.com/library/book/citizen-klansmen-the-ku-klux-klan-in-indiana-1921-1928-by-leonard-j-moore.jsp online edition]
* Parsons, Elaine Frantz, "Midnight Rangers: Costume and Performance in the Reconstruction-Era Ku Klux Klan." ''The Journal of American History'' 92.3 (2005): 811-36. [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/92.3/parsons.html in History Cooperative]
* Pegram, Thomas R. "Hoodwinked: The Anti-Saloon League and the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Prohibition Enforcement." ''Journal of Gilded Age and Progressive era'' 7.1 (2008): [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jga/7.1/pegram.html online].
* Rhodes, James Ford. ''History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the McKinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896. Volume: 7.'' (1920)
* Trelease, Allen W. ''White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction'' (1995).
* Wade, Wyn Craig. ''The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America''. (1987); a highly negative account of all three Klans, based on extensive research but not familiar with recent scholarship.

==References==
<references/>

==Critical external links==
* [http://reactor-core.org/original-kkk.html The History of the Original Ku Klux Klan] - by an anonymous author sympathetic to the original Klan {{dead link}}
* W. S. Simkins, "Why the Ku Klux," 4 ''The Alcalde'' (June 1916): 735-748. [http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/simkins.html online]; Simkins (1842-1929) was an organizer of the KKK in Florida in 1868, and a law professor when he wrote this memoir.
* [http://education.harpweek.com/KKKHearings/AppendixA.htm Full text of the Klan Act of 1871]
**[http://education.harpweek.com/KKKHearings/AppendixB.htm simplified version]
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-694 Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era] (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2730 Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century] (New Georgia Encyclopedia)

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Ku Klux Klan

2019-05-14T05:13:12Z

Qiang: Truman

[[File:KKKrally1946.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Ku Klux Klan rally, unknown location, August, 1951]]
The '''Ku Klux Klan''' ("KKK") is the traditional militant terrorist wing of the [[Democratic party|Democrat Party]]. It had three incarnations in the USA. Two very prominent Democrats were members of the KKK: Democrat [[Robert Byrd]], who was a U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] for more than 50 years and who had led his local KKK chapter, and Democrat [[Hugo Black]], who was appointed to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] by [[FDR]] and became the Justice most hostile to [[classroom prayer]] and [[Christianity]] in public life. Despite the Democrat-KKK connection, however, liberals (who falsely claim that the pre-1964 Democrats were a "conservative" party) similarly falsely claim the KKK to be a "right-wing" organization.

The Klan of the 1860s was a violent effort by white Southern Democrats to fight [[Reconstruction]] after the [[Civil War]]. Reconstruction was ended as a political compromise to resolve the exceedingly close presidential election of 1876. Owing to this, the KKK often targeted those belonging to the Republican Party with death.

The second Klan flourished nationwide for a few years in the 1920s as state and district organizers profited handsomely by signing up millions of members, selling them distinctive white-robe costumes. The Klan voiced strong support for prohibition, opposed sexual immorality and promoted racism, anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism and immigration restriction. Dramatic scandals inside the organization and lack of organizational structure caused the Klan to collapse quickly in the late 1920s. By 1928 it was practically defunct.

The third Klan comprised unrelated hate groups that sprang up in the South in the 1960s to fight integration, but it largely fell apart in the 1980s. [http://www.fumento.com/arson/wsjfire.html]

Liberals, who have been part of the KKK through the Democrats since its original post-Civil War incarnation, are now trying to appeal to groups they had previously persecuted.[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2828425/The-Ku-Klux-Klan-opens-door-Jews-black-people-homosexuals-new-recruits-wear-white-robes-hats.html]

==First KKK==
[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democrat Party as continuations of the Confederacy]]
The first KKK was an movement of white Southerners who opposed [[Reconstruction]]. It was founded in 1866 by members of the [[Democrat Party]] to inflicting violence against black leaders and white Republicans.<ref>http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan</ref> One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. The Klan was broken up by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act). It had disappeared by 1872, although similar violent groups persisted in some localities around the South.

==Second KKK: The 1920s==
The second KKK was a nonviolent membership organization in the 1920s that reached hundreds of thousands—possibly millions—of men in every state. It was mostly a [[Ponzi scheme]], whereby the organizers took all the money (for initiation fees and costumes). When they had organized an area they moved on, leaving local chapters without money or leadership. No prominent American admitted he was a member at the time, but state organizers claimed vast powers. There is a possibility that some local Klans in the deep South engaged in violence against blacks, but historians are unsure; allegations of systematic violence were common but have not been verified. In recent years historians have found enough records to show that local chapters were primarily discussion groups, often with speakers who denounced Catholics, Jews, crime and violation of the prohibition laws.
[[File:RR-KKK.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Ronald Reagan]] starred as the crusading district attorney battling the Klan in this 1951 film.<ref>See [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044075/usercomments analysis of film]</ref>]]

A series of scandals ruined the KKK's reputation and the group faded away after 1925, except for some remote areas like West Virginia. [[Robert Byrd]], later a Senator, was an organizer in West Virginia in the 1940s, and had apologized repeatedly for it in his later years. Supreme Court Justice [[Hugo Black]] admitted in 1939 that he had been a member in the 1920s. President [[Harry S. Truman]] was also a member.

==Third Klan==
The third Klan currently exists and comprises a few thousand members in local chapters. There is no real organization, and the group sponsors vehement hate talk as well as occasional violent threats and actions. It is racist and aims at the suppression of African-American, Jewish, homosexual, and Catholic interests. The current Klan presents itself as a "Christian" organization, but all denominations have rejected it as inherently non-Christian.

[[David Duke]] was a [[Democrat]] at the time of his official membership with the Klan. He has ties to white supremacist organizations like the NAAWP, which he founded. After leaving the Klan, Duke was elected as a Republican to the Louisiana state legislature. The [[Republican National Committee]] disavowed Duke and repudiated his racist views when Duke made an unsuccessful bid for governor.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-1176548.html RNC Condemns Ex-Klansman Duke], ''[[Washington Post]]'', February 25, 1989. {{dead link}}</ref>

==2016 United States presidential election==
During the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], the KKK (along with former Klansman [[David Duke]]), in possible [[collusion]] with the Democrat Party, pretended to "support" [[Donald Trump]] for President as part of a strategy to discredit Trump and make sure he would lose the election by making a false connection between the KKK and the Republicans (as the Democrats have done since 1964<ref>[http://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2009/01/14/democrat-race-lie/ The Democrat Race Lie] at Black & Right</ref>). However, because the Republicans have always opposed the KKK and despise what it stands for,<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2016/07/the-ugly-history-of-democratic-suppression-of-blacks/ The Ugly History of Democratic Suppression of Blacks] at WND</ref> and because the Democrat-KKK connection is public knowledge despite the efforts of Democrats and liberals (particularly in the [[mainstream media]]) to bury and deny this historic fact,<ref>[http://blackrepublican.blogspot.ca/2015/10/the-ku-klux-klan-was-terrorist-arm-of_56.html The Ku Klux Klan was the Terrorist Arm of the Democrat Party]</ref> the KKK scheme to try to discredit Trump by publicly pretending to endorse him backfired as he rejected the "endorsement" and the public saw through the KKK's ruse, leading KKK Grand Dragon Will Quigg, who formerly pretended to support Trump, to show his and his organization's true colors, and those of the Democrats, by now publicly supporting Democrat nominee [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-14/ku-klux-klan-grand-dragon-will-quigg-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Will Quigg Endorses Hillary Clinton for President] at U.S. News & World Report</ref> Hillary, who has [[Hillary Rodham Clinton#Racism|her own history of racism]] and whose mentor, late Democrat senator Robert Byrd, was himself a longtime KKK member,<ref>Pianin, Eric. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/18/AR2005061801105_pf.html A Senator's Shame: Byrd, in His New Book, Again Confronts Early Ties to KKK]. Washington Post, 2005-06-19, pp. A01</ref> did not reject the KKK's campaign endorsement of her, which was one of the contributing factors toward her downfall in the election as Trump won the presidency, ultimately making the Democrat-KKK scheme against him fruitless. In multiple [[George Soros]] funded protests against Trump, many liberals dressed themselves in KKK robes and pretended to "support" Trump, holding signs that said "KKK wants Trump" and "Make America White Again" while the DNC created an attack ad claiming that the KKK is "actively supporting" Trump. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bQOYADCDSyY]

==Bibliography==
* Newton, Michael, and Judy Ann Newton. ''The Ku Klux Klan: An Encyclopedia''. (1991).
* Alexander, Charles. “Kleagles and Cash.” . ''The Business History Review.'' (1965) Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 348–367
* Chalmers, David. ''Hooded Americanism.'' (1987), an older survey
* Dray, Philip. ''At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America'', (2002).
* Feldman, Glenn. ''Politics, Society, and the Klan in Alabama, 1915-1949''. (1999).
* Fryer, Jr. Roland G. and Steven D. Levitt. "Hatred and Profits: Getting under the Hood of the Ku Klux Klan," ''National Bureau of Economic Research,'' September 2007, [http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberwo/13417.html abstract]; [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:cyuQ-5WfsXAJ:www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/fryer/papers/Hatred%2520and%2520Profits,%2520Getting%2520Under%2520the%2520Hood%2520of%2520the%2520Ku%2520Klux%2520Klan.pdf+%22Hatred+and+Profits%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us full text online]
* George, John, and Laird Wilcox. ''American Extremists: Militias, Supremacists, Klansmen, Communists & Others'' (1996) 443 pgs. [http://www.questia.com/library/book/american-extremists-militias-supremacists-klansmen-communists-and-others-by-john-george-laird-wilcox.jsp online edition]
* Glaeser, Edward L. “The Political Economy of Hatred.” ''Quarterly Journal of Economics.'' 2005. Vol. 120, No. 1, pp. 45–86. [http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/qjec.2005.120.1.45 abstract], goes well beyond the KKK
* Goldberg, Robert Alan. ''Hooded Empire: The Ku Klux Klan in Colorado.'' (1981).
* Horn, Stanley F. ''Invisible Empire: The Story of the Ku Klux Klan, 1866-1871'', (1939)
::Horn, born in 1889, was a Southern historian who was sympathetic to the first Klan, which, in a 1976 oral interview [http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/Research/ohisrch.html], he was careful to distinguish from the later "spurious Ku Klux organization which was in ill-repute—and, of course, had no connection whatsoever with the Klan of Reconstruction days."
* Jackson, Kenneth T. ''The Ku Klux Klan in the City, 1915-1930.'' (1992)
* MacLean, Nancy. ''Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan.'' (1994)
* McVeigh, Rory. “Power Devaluation, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Democratic National Convention of 1924.” ''Sociological Forum'' 2001. 16(1):1-30.
* Moore, Leonard J. ''Citizen Klansmen: The Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, 1921-1928'' (1991). [http://www.questia.com/library/book/citizen-klansmen-the-ku-klux-klan-in-indiana-1921-1928-by-leonard-j-moore.jsp online edition]
* Parsons, Elaine Frantz, "Midnight Rangers: Costume and Performance in the Reconstruction-Era Ku Klux Klan." ''The Journal of American History'' 92.3 (2005): 811-36. [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jah/92.3/parsons.html in History Cooperative]
* Pegram, Thomas R. "Hoodwinked: The Anti-Saloon League and the Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Prohibition Enforcement." ''Journal of Gilded Age and Progressive era'' 7.1 (2008): [http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/jga/7.1/pegram.html online].
* Rhodes, James Ford. ''History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the McKinley-Bryan Campaign of 1896. Volume: 7.'' (1920)
* Trelease, Allen W. ''White Terror: The Ku Klux Klan Conspiracy and Southern Reconstruction'' (1995).
* Wade, Wyn Craig. ''The Fiery Cross: The Ku Klux Klan in America''. (1987); a highly negative account of all three Klans, based on extensive research but not familiar with recent scholarship.

==References==
<references/>

==Critical external links==
* [http://reactor-core.org/original-kkk.html The History of the Original Ku Klux Klan] - by an anonymous author sympathetic to the original Klan {{dead link}}
* W. S. Simkins, "Why the Ku Klux," 4 ''The Alcalde'' (June 1916): 735-748. [http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/simkins.html online]; Simkins (1842-1929) was an organizer of the KKK in Florida in 1868, and a law professor when he wrote this memoir.
* [http://education.harpweek.com/KKKHearings/AppendixA.htm Full text of the Klan Act of 1871]
**[http://education.harpweek.com/KKKHearings/AppendixB.htm simplified version]
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-694 Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era] (New Georgia Encyclopedia)
* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2730 Ku Klux Klan in the Twentieth Century] (New Georgia Encyclopedia)

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[[Category:Hate Groups]]
[[Category:Democratic Party]]
[[Category:Liberalism]]
[[Category:United States Political Scandals]]
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[[Category:1920s]]
[[Category:Terrorism]]
[[Category:Racist Organizations]]
[[Category:Gangs]]
[[Category:Anti Second Amendment]]
[[Category:Gun Control]]
[[Category:Racism]]

David Ige

2019-05-14T04:30:19Z

Qiang: create

'''David Ige''' is the [[Satanic]] [[Democrat]] governor of [[Hawaii]]. He was elected in 2014 using deceitful tactics against Governor [[Neil Abercrombie]].

In 2018, he deliberately caused mass panic by sending a false incoming missile alert to the people of Hawaii.

User:Qiang

2019-05-14T04:26:29Z

Qiang: updated

I am an anti-Communist, anti-socialist, anti-homosexual, pro-life, white, straight, Christian American.

Mike Gravel

2019-05-14T04:23:54Z

Qiang: updated

[[Image:Mgravel.jpg|right|thumb|Senator Gravel]]

'''Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel''' (born 1930) is a former U.S. Senator from [[Alaska]], serving from 1969 to 1981. He unsuccessfully ran for the [[Democratic Party]] nomination for presidency in 2008. He was always a long-shot candidate because he had largely retired from politics for over two decades. In the Senate, he was once the colleague of former Alaska senator [[Ted Stevens]].

==United States Senate==
Gravel was elected to the United States Senate in 1968. He served on the Environment and Public Works Committee throughout his Senate career. He also served on the Finance and Interior Committees and he chaired the Energy, Water Resources, and Environmental Pollution subcommittees. He was responsible for reading the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]'' into the public record during one of his subcommittee meetings. Gravel worked to end the draft following the Vietnam War. He embarked on a one-man filibuster against legislation renewing the military draft. In 1980 Gravel was challenged for the Democratic Party's nomination by State Representative Clark Gruening, the grandson of the man Gravel had defeated in a primary 12 years earlier. Gruening won the nomination and went on to lose in the general election to [[Republican]] Frank Murkowski.

==Political positions==
Gravel supports socialist health care and creating a national sales tax. He is strongly against the [[War in Iraq]] and supports indemnity withdrawing all troops from Iraq. After Senate Majority Leader [[Harry Reid]] said that the Iraq War was "lost", he responded by saying, "this war was lost the day that George Bush invaded Iraq on a fraudulent basis." Senator Gravel advocates for the legalization of all drugs,<ref>http://granitestaters.com/candidates/mike_gravel.html</ref> and believes that drug abuse should be treated as a medical problem only. On his Presidential campaign website, he said that he 'fully supports the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution'.

During the 2007 [[YouTube]] [[Democratic]] debate, Gravel stated that "the Democratic Party used to stand for the ordinary working man. But the Clintons and the DLC sold out the Democratic Party to Wall Street".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ9BDVLuFTU</ref>

In March 2008, Gravel left the Democratic Party and joined the [[Libertarian Party]], saying, "My libertarian views, as well as my strong stance against war, the military industrial complex and American imperialism, seem not to be tolerated by Democratic Party elites who are out of touch with the average American; elites that reject the empowerment of American citizens I offered to the Democratic Party at the beginning of this presidential campaign with the National Initiative for Democracy."<ref>[http://www.lp.org/media/article_573.shtml Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel joins Libertarian Party ranks]</ref>

==Barnes Review controversy==
In June 2003 Gravel gave a speech on direct democracy at a conference hosted by the American Free Press. The event was cosponsored by the Barnes Review, a journal that endorses Holocaust denial. He later said "You better believe I know that six million Jews were killed. I've been to the Holocaust Museum."

==Presidential campaign==
On April 16, 2006, Gravel announced his presidential campaign at the National Press Club. He has become known, chiefly among Democrats and independent voters, for his statements of radical commitment to issues ranging from nuclear disarmament, citizen-initiated lawmaking, gay marriage recognition, and the lifting of discrimination against [[gay]]s in the military - to the reorganization of the tax and social security systems in the United States and the immediate cessation of US military involvement in Iraq. In a February 25, 2007 Washington Post/ABC News nationwide poll of voters who lean Democratic, found that Gravel had 0% support for the Democratic presidential nomination. During his primary campaign Gravel has been one of the most critical candidates of his own party, in a nationally syndicated Democrat debate, Gravel stated that the Democrat candidates "scare him."<ref>http://badgerherald.com/oped/2007/05/02/more_stale_rhetoric_.php</ref>

Gravel received a "Pants on Fire" award from [[PolitiFact]] for this false statement during an August 2007 debate. {{cquote| In 1972, we had a 179,000 human beings in jail in this country. Today, it's 2.3-million, and 70 percent of them are black, African-American.}} The actual percentage of [[African-American]]s is 40%, not 70%.<ref>https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/25/ He's off, way off on who's in prison</ref>

He has received no delegates so far in the primaries and has endorsed [[Jesse Johnson]] for the nomination of the [[Green Party]].<ref>http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/12/democratic-candidate-gravel-endorses-green-party-presidential-hopeful/</ref> He also left the Democratic race to try to become a candidate for the [[Libertarian Party]] nomination.<ref>http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/26/gravel-joins-libertarian-party-presidential-prospects-unknown/</ref>

He is running again in 2020 on a communist, anti-American platform.

==Criticism==
Gravel was caught on tape telling a [[Washington, D.C.]] crowd that they should harass Gordon Kromberg, an assistant U.S. [[attorney]], who helped bring criminal contempt charges against Sami Al-Arian. Al-Arian pleaded guilty in 2006 to providing goods and services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/05/former-presidential-candidate-urges-crowd-to-stalk-federal-prosecutor/ Former Presidential Candidate Urges Crowd to Stalk Federal Prosecutor] Fox News, August 5, 2008</ref> Gravel urges using despicable tactics such as stalking, smears and public protests. "Find out where he lives, find out where his kids go to [[school]], find out where his office is, picket him all the time.”

==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000388 Official biography]
*[http://www.gravel2008.us/ 2008 campaign website]

==References==
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[[File:2019.04.25-01.40-thepoliticalinsider-5cc1b8cdefd1a-768x676.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Democrat frontrunner Joe Biden kicked off his campaign to unseat President Trump with an easily debunked lie.]]
In the '''2020 United States presidential election''' [[Donald Trump]] is standing for re-election. Presumably, he will be the Republican candidate along with [[Mike Pence]] being his vice presidential candidate. Democrats have fielded an array of [[Cultural Marxist]]s who have advocated for "some of the most radical socialist ideas in U.S. history,"<ref>Pentchoukov, Ivan (March 27, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/democratic-2020-candidates-embrace-far-left-socialist-agenda_2855546.html Democratic 2020 Candidates Embrace Far-Left Socialist Agenda]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved March 27, 2019. See also:
*Earl, Jennifer (April 9, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bernie-sanders-policies-now-embraced-by-the-democratic-field 3 Bernie Sanders policies now embraced by the Democratic field]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 9, 2019.</ref> none of which have ever offered anywhere a condemnation of the [[murder]]ous record of [[Socialist]] ideology. The Democrat candidates hid their positions on numerous issues, knowing that discussing those positions might be damaging.<ref>Larsen, Emily (May 1, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democratic-presidential-contenders-hiding-their-positions Democratic presidential contenders hiding their positions]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 1, 2019.</ref>

The failed [[coup]] attempt against [[American]] [[democracy]] by [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] liberals in the [[U.S Justice Department]] and [[Democratic party]] promises to be a major issue.

==Democrat primary==
After the DNC rigged the primary process in favor of Hillary Clinton and snubbed Democratic voters who voted for Bernie Sanders,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/02/politics/elizabeth-warren-dnc-rigged/index.html</ref><ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-strzok-lisa-page-texts-trump-idiot/</ref> several reforms in favor of socialist and communist [[front group]]s were implemented.<ref>https://go.ourrevolution.com/page/s/dnc-reforms</ref> Pandering and demonization are common themes in the party's hopes, dreams and vision of the future.

To run for president in the November 2020 general election will cost in excess of an estimated $1 billion in the next year and half, or roughly an average of about $2 million per day over the next 500 days. The bulk of that money is raised and spent in the remaining months as November 2020 approaches. However, a candidate's ability to fundraise now, before voting the primaries begin in February 2020, is the ultimate test of viability. A successful fundraising track record attracts more and bigger donors. The candidate's attitude, ideas, issues, smiley face and hairstyle are all geared toward inducing money donors. With no billionaires on the Democratic side spending their own money, all these candidates are financed, captive and beholden to outside third party special interests.<ref>https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/08/04/oligarchs-are-feeling-right-home-democratic-party</ref>

A YouGov poll exposed the rampant [[racism]] and [[bigotry]] within the [[Democrat party]]: 30% of Democrats believe a white candidate is more electable than 8% who think not; 34% of Democrats believe a male candidate is more electable than 5% who think not; only 12% of Democrats prefer a nonwhite candidate while 29% thought voters would be less supportive; and only 17% prefer a female candidate over 30% who answered that a woman would be less electable.<ref>https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2019/03/25/5c98cba7e4b01ebeef11f50b.pdf</ref>

===Announced===
The Democrat 2020 Primary field of the Best and the Blightest.
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! Name
! class=unsortable | Issues
! State
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|[[File:Bernie-sanders-soviet-singing-1548699453.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Bernie Sanders]]'''
| Premier [[Socialist mass murder denier]].<ref>https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2016-fall/the-socialist-holocaust-and-its-american-deniers/</ref> Must address charges that he ignored complaints from at least two dozen [[male]] and female volunteers (and however many other genders) of "sexual [[violence]] and harassment" in his [[2016 presidential election|2016 presidential campaign]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/30/bernie-sanders-campaign-harassment-1077014</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Sanders had apologized to female victims of sexual violence who "were not treated properly,"<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/politics/sanders-sexism-apology.html</ref> however male victims of sexual violence in the Sanders campaign have not been addressed. Secondly, a mere "apology" does not address the serious issue of sexual violence in the Sanders campaign. Sanders claims that women want to be [[rape]]d by 3 men.<ref>https://www.vox.com/2015/5/28/8682503/bernie-sanders-rape-fantasy</ref> Sanders unionized his non-profit campaign workers, adding an extra layer of protection against firing of workers accused of violent sexual attacks against co-workers. Sanders, who spent time in the [[Soviet Union]] praising a communist [[slave]] system that did not allow voting rights for anyone, now advocates voting rights for imprisoned murderers, rapists, child molesters, drug dealers, terrorists and white supremacists in America.
| VT
|-
| [[File:0102-NWS-BHR-L-warren98.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Elizabeth Warren]]'''
| Rabid Marxist who lied to rob money from [[affirmative action]] programs for minorities for her own personal gain.<ref>[https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/dec/01/facts-behind-elizabeth-warren-and-her-native-ameri/ PolitiFact: She told law schools]</ref> Also corruption in the [[CFPB]] which she headed.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/mick-mulvaney-elizabeth-warren-cfpb-accountability?_amp=true</ref> A blatant [[racist]] who chugged a beer on camera trying to prove she's [[Native American]].<ref>https://theintercept.com/2018/10/19/elizabeth-warren-dna-native-americans/</ref><ref>https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/drunken-indian-fact-fiction-native-american-drinking-studied/</ref><ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6545969/amp/Elizabeth-Warren-slammed-social-media-live-Instagram-video-chugs-beer.html</ref> Under Warren's notion of income equality, if you do not go to college, you get to pay for the elites who do.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/25/sticking-everyones-college-debt-future-taxpayers-stupid-immoral/</ref> According to the ''Washington Free Beacon'', Warren has proposed or endorsed spending programs totaling nearly twice World [[gross domestic product]] over the next ten years.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-has-proposed-or-backed-plans-totaling-estimated-129-trillion-in-government-spending/</ref>
| MA
|-
|[[File:Mike Gravel.png|x160px]] '''[[Mike Gravel]]'''
| Retired U.S. Senator.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/04/09/gravel-declares-presidential-bid-to-highlight-anti-interventionism-and-direct-democracy/</ref> Strong proponent of environmental issues, supports [[universal health care]], opposed the [[War in Iraq]] and advocates for the legalization of all drugs.<ref>http://granitestaters.com/candidates/mike_gravel.html</ref> Gravel was elected to the Senate in 1968, served on the Environment and Public Works Committee throughout his career, on the Finance and Interior Committees and he chaired the Energy, Water Resources, and Environmental Pollution subcommittees. Activist who supports stalking and public harassment. Gravel told a [[Washington, D.C.]] crowd that they should protest assistant U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg for bringing criminal contempt charges against Sami Al-Arian who pled guilty to providing material assistance to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.<ref>[http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/05/former-presidential-candidate-urges-crowd-to-stalk-federal-prosecutor/ Former Presidential Candidate Urges Crowd to Stalk Federal Prosecutor] Fox News, August 5, 2008</ref> "Find out where he lives, find out where his kids go to [[school]], find out where his office is, picket him all the time.”
|AK
|-
|[[File:Joe Biden.jpg |x160px]] '''[[Joe Biden]]'''
| ''[[The Washington Post]]'' calls Biden "Creepy Uncle Joe;"<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/02/18/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-creepy-uncle-joe-biden/?utm_term=.b4c0f48017a7 What are we going to do about Creepy Uncle Joe Biden?, ''WaPo'']</ref> [[segregation]]ist; [[racist]]; serial sexual predator and groper. Claims that the women's rights movement has made social mores more [[conservative]] and promises to be less of the slobbering pervert that made him a successful Democratic candidate. ''WaPo'' reported he likes to get nude in front of female [[Secret Service]] Agents when his wife isn't around.<ref>https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-joe-biden-media-balancing-20140804-column.html</ref> The female agents were afraid to report the incidents because Biden couldn't be disciplined and they would be reassigned, effectively demoted - a gross violation of women's equal rights and abuse of power inequities. Twenty years after ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'', Biden embraced the "[[separate but equal]]" doctrine,<ref>https://soundcloud.com/user-391839060/npr-1975-interview-with-sen-joe-biden</ref> telling [[NPR]] that segregation was "a matter of black pride." Biden amassed a coalition of liberals and [[George Wallace]] supporters to oppose racial integration, and considered a [[Constitutional Amendment]] outlawing court ordered school desegregation. Authored the racist Superpredator Crime Bill of 1994<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/us/politics/joe-bidens-role-in-90s-crime-law-could-haunt-any-presidential-bid.html</ref> adding more than forty [[death penalty]] crimes. Biden boasted “we do everything but hang people for jaywalking.”<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=AK_DAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA141&dq=we%20do%20everything%20but%20hang%20people%20for%20jaywalking&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q=we%20do%20everything%20but%20hang%20people%20for%20jaywalking&f=false The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America]'', Naomi Murakawa, Oxford University Press, Jul 10, 2014, p. 141.</ref> Authored the notoriously racist hundred-to-one sentencing disparity between crack and powder [[cocaine]].<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?18528-1/violent-crime-control-act-1991</ref> His [[New Jim Crow]] bill incarcerated 2.5 million Black males, one tenth of the Black male population,<ref>https://www.sentencingproject.org/news/could-joe-bidens-role-in-90s-crime-law-haunt-a-presidential-bid/</ref> destroying families. Biden has been criticized for his [[racist]], [[sexist]], and [[bigot]]ted handling of [[Anita Hill]],<ref>https://www.essence.com/news/politics/joe-biden-anita-hill-comment-2020-presidential-run/</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/sM19YOqs7hU</ref> calling her a liar<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2019/04/29/biden_on_anita_hill_in_1998_she_was_lying_473229.html</ref> and his habit of unwanted groping of women and young girls.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2015/02/18/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-creepy-uncle-joe-biden/</ref> Participant in manufacturing the [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]].<ref>https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Susan_Rice_January_20,_2017_E-mail_to_Self</ref> Referred to Attorney General [[William Barr]] as "a heck of an honorable guy."<ref>https://twitter.com/i/status/1120010352257847296</ref> Also [[nepotism]] and [[cronyism]] in dealing with [[Ukraine]] and [[China]].<ref>[https://pjmedia.com/trending/did-biden-save-this-ukraine-firm-responsible-for-1-8b-in-missing-aid-his-son-is-on-the-board/amp/ Did Biden Save This Ukraine Firm Responsible for $1.8B in Missing Aid? His Son is on the Board, PJMedia]</ref><ref>[https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/amp/ Inside the shady private equity firm run by Kerry and Biden’s kids, NY Post]</ref><ref>[https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/271925/beijing-biden-bidens-bro-linked-chinese-foreign-daniel-greenfield BEIJING BIDEN: BIDEN'S BRO LINKED TO CHINESE FOREIGN AGENT, Frontpagemag.com]</ref> Biden oversaw doling out $1.8 billion in U.S. government aid to Ukraine while his son, [[Hunter Biden]], received $160,000 a month in kickbacks.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/03/exclusive-peter-schweizer-joe-biden-steered-1-8-billion-to-ukraine-while-his-son-bagged-sweetheart-deal-from-their-government/</ref> Biden is currently under investigation by Ukrainian prosecutors for interfering in the [[corruption]] investigation of Hunter Biden.<ref>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/436816-joe-bidens-2020-ukrainian-nightmare-a-closed-probe-is-revived</ref> Hunter Biden has sold [[drone]] technology to the Chinese [[military]].<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/15/inside-the-shady-private-equity-firm-run-by-kerry-and-bidens-kids/</ref> Unsurprisingly, Biden disregards the assessment of U.S. intelligence agencies and doesn't regard China as a strategic threat.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD9d3TUYHNo&feature=youtu.be</ref>
| DE
|-
|[[File:Yang.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Andrew Yang]]'''
| Cultural Marxist, endorsed by [[white supremacist]]s and [[Richard Bertrand Spencer|Richard Spencer]].<ref>https://www.thisisinsider.com/white-supremacists-are-disillusioned-by-trump-and-joining-the-yang-gang-2019-3</ref> Corporatist attorney. Leader of the racist [[technocrat]] wing of the party. Yang has a single issue: doling out cash from a single taxing authority to whoever wants it, while collecting the cash from whoever is stupid enough to keep working for a living. And he wants a federal Office of internet censorship to shut down [[Free Speech]] rights of anyone who dares to tell the truth.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/19/andrew-yang-misinformation/</ref> Thinks that if the government gave away free money, it would reduce [[suicide]] and opioid abuse.
|-
|[[File:Hickenlooper.jpg|x160px]] '''[[John Hickenlooper]]'''
| [[Homosexual]] Colorado governor; proud communist;<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/video/hickenlooper-declines-to-call-himself-a-capitalist-1454566467734</ref> "extreme moderate" demagogue noted for Marxist buzzwords and phrases. [[Single party control|Single-party advocate]]; Hickenlooper has stated "I can bring people together to produce the progressive change Washington has failed to deliver." Hickenlooper owns 15 diverse brew pubs in several states, some catering to the [[heterosexual|straight]] community's interests.
|CO
|-
|[[File:Tulsi Gabbard.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Tulsi Gabbard]]'''
| Endorsed by [[David Duke]]; <ref>https://www.ign.com/boards/threads/democrat-presidential-candidate-tulsi-gabbard-endorsed-by-david-duke.455323395/</ref> [[homophobic]];<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tulsi-gabbard-homophobic-remarks_us_5c3a6030e4b01c93e00a5952</ref> [[Islamophobic]];<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/tulsi-gabbard-president-foreign-islam/</ref> anti-[[Zionist]];<ref>https://www.jns.org/record-at-a-glance-hawaii-rep-tulsi-gabbard-on-the-middle-east-in-her-bid-for-president/</ref> anti-capitalist member of the [[far left]] [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]].<ref>https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/01/18/the-tulsi-gabbard-factor/</ref> Supports free healthcare, tuition, education, housing, income, abortion, paid family leave, daycare, transportation, phones, prescription drugs, syringes, food, clothing, utensils, hygiene products, condoms, blankets, underwear, socks, shoelaces, interest rate subsidies, rideshare for drunks, veterinary services, towing, pizza, beer, marijuana, opioids, narcon, cremation and burial services. Gabbard was an unelected [[Superdelegate]] to the 2016 Democratic National Convention pledged to Bernie Sanders.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160816003112/https://berniesanders.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Sanders-Publicly-Committed.pdf</ref> She was one of 50 Democrats who signed a letter authored by California communist [[Barbara Lee]] calling on President Obama not to escalate the [[Syrian war|war in Syria]]<ref>[http://lee.house.gov/imo/media/doc/Lee%20Letter%20to%20President%20Obama_Syria_Update.pdf Office of Barbara Lee, "Lee Letter to President Obama,"] August 29, 2013.</ref> after providing covert assistance to [[ISIS]].<ref>*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061621/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/obama-secret-syria-order_n_1730712.html?tw_p=twt Obama Secret Syria Order Authorizes Support For Rebels], By Mark Hosenball, ''[[Reuters]]'', 08/01/2012; ''Reuters'' reported {{Quotebox|under provisions of the presidential [[finding]], the United States was collaborating with a secret command center operated by Turkey and its allies. Last week, Reuters reported that, along with [[Saudi Arabia]] and Qatar, Turkey had '''established a secret base near the [[Syria]]n border to help direct vital military and communications support to Assad’s opponents. This “nerve center” is in Adana, a city in southern [[Turkey]] about 60 miles (100 km) from the Syrian border, which is also home to Incirlik, a U.S. air base where U.S. military and intelligence agencies maintain a substantial presence.''' Turkey’s moderate Islamist government has been demanding [[Bashar al-Assad|Assad]]’s departure with growing vehemence. Turkish authorities are said by current and former U.S. government officials to be increasingly involved in providing Syrian rebels with training and possibly equipment. European government sources said wealthy families in Saudi Arabia and [[Qatar]] were providing significant financing to the rebels. Senior officials of the Saudi and Qatari governments have publicly called for Assad’s departure.}} *See also: [[Obama_war_crimes#August_2012]].</ref> Accuses fellow Democrats of risking [[nuclear]] holocaust with the Trump-Russia collusion hoax.<ref>http://tweetchat.com/social-trends/gabbard-says-calling-trump-a-putin-puppet-is-dangerous-stupid-twitter-calls-her-a-putin-puppet/</ref> Gabbard has highlighted her noninterventionist America First foreign policy. Gabbard is perhaps the most Trumpian of Democratic candidates, saying "When it comes to the war against [[terrorist]]s, I'm a hawk. When it comes to counterproductive wars of [[regime change]], I'm a dove."<ref>https://www.cfr.org/blog/campaign-2020-tulsi-gabbard-democratic-presidential-candidate</ref>
|HA
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|[[File:Delaney (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[John Delaney]]'''
|Ex-congressman from Maryland. White male "progressive businessman." Founded two companies on the [[New York Stock Exchange]], one of which still exists. Health Care Financial Partners (HCFP) was founded in 1993 and CapitalSource in 2000. CapitalSource was awarded a Bank Enterprise Award from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund by the [[Obama administration]] in 2010 (see [[Community Reinvestment Act]]). Delaney announced he would run for president rather than re-election and was the first Democrat to file with the [[FEC]] as early as 2017. DNC rules require a candidate to have 65,000 small-dollar donors (less than $250) to be included in debates; as of 2019 Delaney still lags behind the 65,000 donor mark, and has promised to transfer $2 from each new donor to [[Planned Parenthood]] or several other non-profit groups, including an anti-Second Amendment group.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/20/delaneys_fundraising_tactic_raises_abortion_issue_139797.html Delaney's Fundraising Tactic Raises Abortion Issue], By Philip Wegmann, March 20, 2019.</ref> After the primaries, unspent funds can be channeled to other political campaigns,<ref>https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/170</ref> non-profit groups, or a so-called zombie campaign.<ref>https://campaignlegal.org/update/zombie-campaign-redux-former-members-congress-continue-use-leftover-campaign-cash-personal</ref> Most regard Delaney's stunt as a nationwide fundraising scam to raise out of state money for a 2022 election bid against the incumbent Republican governor of Maryland.<ref>https://redmaryland.com/2016/03/john-delaney-is-playing-like-loser/</ref> Delaney has raised $21 million as of the first quarter of 2019.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00033897&cycle=Career</ref>
|MD
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|[[File:Jay-3 (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Jay Inslee]]'''
| Washington state governor, [[Chicken Little]]<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO04VXBIS0M</ref> [[Environmentalist#Gaia_worship|Gaia worshiper]].<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/04/jay-inslee-presidential-campaign-climate/</ref> Wants [[open borders]] for "climate refugees" and to continue doping up voters with [[marijuana]] and opioids to further [[universal healthcare|totalitarian healthcare]]. Inslee claims that if the atmosphere in [[Seattle]] were kept at 350 [[carbon dioxide]] parts per million, the whole world would live happily ever after. In 2018, it was at 408.52 carbon dioxide parts per million, making life unsafe for [[orca]]s and [[salmon]], creating forest fires, and "leaving ash on the hoods of our cars" which contribute to carbon emissions.<ref>https://www.geekwire.com/2019/numbers-geek-finale-bill-gates-andrew-yang-important-numbers-world/</ref> This would entail grandfathering in the white privilege of rich car owners, and limit the opportunities of [[Millennial]]s and minorities to ever own a car. As to noxious emissions from a [[North Korean]] nuclear device exploded over Seattle, Inslee has yet to make his position clear.
|WA
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|[[File:Michael-Bennet.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Michael Bennet]]'''
|Son of a head of [[NPR]], brother of the head of the [[leftist]] [[commie]] rag ''[[The Atlantic]]'', Hickenlooper flunkie. Racial agitator. Bennet's job as head of the Democrat Senate Leadership Council during the 2014 Midterm elections was to stir-up racial strife and animosity between Blacks and police resulting in the [[Obama riots|Ferguson riots]] to motivate Blacks to the polls.<ref>http://www.unz.com/isteve/dems-try-to-ride-ferguson-pogrom-to-senate-victory/</ref> After a Colorado high school shooting in which a [[transgender]] and registered [[Democrat]] murdered a fellow student and injured nine, anti-constitutional activists tried to hijack a memorial service and turn it into an anti-[[Second Amendment]] rally. Students walked out when Bennet spoke. The children complained of being exploited by [[liberal]]s for political purposes.<ref>https://thepoliticalinsider.com/stem-students-walk-out-when-liberals-turn-candlelight-vigil-into-anti-gun-event/I</ref>
|CO
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| [[File:Kamala Harris.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Kamala Harris]]'''
| Bay Area Democrat of the [[Jim Jones]]/[[Willie Brown]] machine.<ref>''[https://calwatchdog.com/2013/12/18/actually-jim-jones-cult-was-bay-area-democrats/ Actually, Jim Jones cult was Bay Area Democrats]'', by John Seiler, 18 Dec, 2013. https://calwatchdog.com/</ref><ref>https://sharylattkisson.com/2019/05/a-horrific-american-tragedy-many-have-forgotten-the-jonestown-massacre/</ref> [[Marxist]] who rejects [[due process]].<ref>[https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/396483-socialist-agenda-will-prove-disastrous-for-democrats Socialist agenda will prove disastrous for Democrats, ''The Hill'']</ref><ref>[https://physiciansforfairness.org/2015/05/31/californias-lack-of-due-process-for-driving-license-suspension-challenged-in-the-ninth-circuit-court-of-appeals/ There is no right to due process, Kamala Harris]</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=kamala+2020+dsa&tbm=isch&chips=q:kamala+2020+dsa,online_chips:harris&client=ms-android-americamovil-us&prmd=nimv&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjQ7cX2qdDeAhXSpIMKHXwvDksQ4lZ6BAgBEBc&biw=570&bih=240#imgrc=GbPbt6FQnkb8EM Democratic Socialists of America]</ref> Protected a sexual predator on her staff.<ref>https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article223053155.html</ref> Her father has disassociated himself from her [[racist]] campaign which has characterized [[Jamaica]]ns as dope smoking pleasure seekers.<ref>https://www.jamaicaglobalonline.com/donald-harris-slams-his-daughter-senator-kamala-harris-for-fraudulently-stereotyping-jamaicans-and-accusing-her-of-playing-identity-politics/</ref> Harris compared the men and women working for [[ICE]] to the [[KKK]];<ref>https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/18/backlash-kamala-harris-ronald-vitiello-ice-questioning-cuomo-vpx.cnn</ref> more than half of ICE border guards are [[Hispanic]].<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/06/26/fact-check-are-half-of-all-border-patrol-agents-hispanic</ref>As [[California]] [[Attorney General]], Harris's refusal to defend the citizen referendum [[Proposition 8]] in federal court led to the judicial ''[[fiat]]'' legalization of [[gay marriage]].<ref>https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-senate-harris-milestones-20160706-snap-htmlstory.html</ref> Harris began her career at the age of 29 by having an extra-marital affair with the 60-year-old Willie Brown.<ref>https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Sure-I-dated-Kamala-Harris-So-what-13562972.php?t=c1bc437ba8</ref><ref>http://www.citireport.com/2012/04/inside-the-willie-l-brown-money-machine/</ref> Brown appointed her to several six figure income government jobs.<ref>https://amgreatness.com/2018/04/21/poontronage-when-kamala-met-willie/</ref> According to ''[[The New Yorker]]'', between her break-up with Willie Brown in the mid-1990s and her first marriage at the age of 50 three years before she began fundraising to run for president, she had no [[heterosexual]] relationships with [[men]].<ref>https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/kamala-harriss-choices</ref> Opposes a workers' right to work, feed and clothe him/her self and their families, and wants a return to the bad-old-days of Communist/Mafia/Democrat controlled labor unions. Harris is the establishment pick of Clinton and Obama big money donors.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/17/kamala-harris-leads-campaign-money-race-1280546</ref>
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|[[File:Seth-Moulton-Thinks-Trump-Selected-James-Mattis-For-Defense-Secretary-Because-Of-Mad-Dog-Nickname-Image.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Seth Moulton]]'''
|Moulton, along with [[Ocasio-Cortez]], led the movement to Dump Pelosi as Speaker in 2019. Moulton is a sponsor of the [[radical]] [[socialist]] Green New Deal. According to his bio, Moulton almost single-handedly was among the first to topple [[Saddam Hussein]] from power.
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|[[File:Buttigieg.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Pete Buttigieg]]'''
| Buttigieg (Pron. ''Boot-EDGE-EDGE'') is the son of Joseph Buttigieg, who translated [[Antonio Gramsci]]'s works into English.<ref>Larsen, Emily; Simonson, Joseph (April 2, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigiegs-father-was-a-marxist-professor-who-lauded-the-communist-manifesto Pete Buttigieg's father was a Marxist professor who lauded the Communist Manifesto]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved April 2, 2019.</ref> Gramsci is considered the father of modern [[cultural Marxism]]. Buttigieg was elected mayor of South Bend, [[Indiana]]. Buttigieg was [[gay married]] in 2018 after the [[far left]] [[long march through the institution|long march to destroy the institution]] of marriage. Buttigieg is pro-[[illegal alien]], pro-[[sanctuary city]], thinks [[Jesus]] was a communist, wants "gender balance" on the Democratic ticket but hasn't figured out there are not 58 spots on the ticket yet.<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/heres-a-list-of-58-gender-options-for-facebook-users/</ref> Buttigieg is a major figure in promoting the ideological [[subversion]] of the family and democracy. Buttigieg blames [[God]] for [[sin]] and [[homosexuality]], and attacks [[Mike Pence]] for being a [[Christian]]. Buttigieg thinks [[God]], who created men and women and ordered them to be "be fruitful and multiply,"<ref>https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1%3A28&version=KJV</ref> contradicted himself by [[Gay gene theory|creating people gay]]. Buttigieg has an appalling disrespect for [[human rights]] and [[property rights]]. Buttigieg is pro-reparations from all white, Asian, Native and non-African American descendants to pay for the crimes of the Democratic party's [[Slave Power]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYHED3dR214</ref>
|IN
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|[[File:Swalwell.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Eric Swalwell]]'''
| [[Obamagate timeline|Russia collusion hoaxer]], [[fake news]] source and classified information [[leak]]er on the House Intelligence Committee. He was ranking Democrat of the Subcommittee on the CIA in the 115th Congress when CIA director [[John Brennan]] organized a spy network to spy on candidate Donald Trump.<ref>https://spectator.org/john-brennans-plot-to-infiltrate-the-trump-campaign/https://spectator.org/john-brennans-plot-to-infiltrate-the-trump-campaign/</ref> Likens Obama's negligence in dealing with Russian cyber attacks to [[9/11]]. Refuses to answer if he ever settled a [[sexual harassment]] lawsuit while in Congress,<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1068646698744868864</ref> or if taxpayer money was used to settle such a claim. Anti-[[2nd Amendment]].
|CA
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|[[File:Cory-Booker-on-CNN--1280x720.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Cory Booker]]'''
| Faces charges of unwanted [[homosexual]] advances.<ref>[https://www.oann.com/democrat-new-jersey-senator-cory-booker-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-man/ Democrat New Jersey Senator Cory Booker Accused Of Sexually Assaulting A Man, OAN]</ref> Considered one of the [[Democratic party]]'s pre-eminent "house negroes."<ref>https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/05/three-ways-of-looking-at-cory-booker-124035</ref> "Superman," who as mayor rescues women and dogs from burning buildings.<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-ugly-truth-about-cory-booker-new-jerseys-golden-boy?ref=home</ref> "Spartacus" who anointed himself above the law and rules of the Senate<ref>https://twitter.com/jcarew1312/status/1083158817330872321</ref> ([[Spartacus]] was a 1950s film written by [[Hollywood values|Hollywood propagandist]] and [[KGB]] agent [[Dalton Trumbo]] to indoctrinate Blacks with radical leftist anti-establishment thinking). Became a [[vegan]] after discovering eggs do not "align with my spirit."<ref>https://vegnews.com/2019/2/cory-booker-on-animal-rights-veganism-and-how-to-change-the-world</ref> Compares [[Green New Deal|eliminating cow farts]] to defeating [[Nazism]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0RLrWSaUkE&feature=youtu.be</ref> Introduced the racially divisive Reparations bill to punish and [[indenture]] non-African American taxpayers to pay for Democrat vote buying. Booker performed the first [[gay marriage]] in New Jersey in 2013. Having never been married at the age of 49, Booker along with [[mainstream media]] in recent years has been trying to cultivate an image as a [[heterosexual]].
| NJ
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|[[File:Vermin supreme.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Vermin Supreme]]'''
| Activist and performance artist. Presidential candidate in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. Candidate for mayor of [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]] in 1989 and [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] in 1987.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KU-cGhbxsE</ref> Traditional Democrat, promises a free pony to everyone.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d_FvgQ1csE</ref>
| KS
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|[[File:Beto picking his nose.jpeg|x160px]] '''[[Beto O'Rourke]]'''
| [[Beta male]], spent $70 million to lose an election, wasting other people's money qualifies him to be a Democrat president.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/politics/beto-orourke-2020-democratic-presidential-race/index.html Democrats nudge Beto O'Rourke toward 2020 run after closer-than-expected Texas race, CNN]</ref> He's the white Barack Obama.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/19/beto-orourke-2020-democratic-primary-995353 He's Barack Obama, but white], Politico</ref> Claims he was born to run and lose.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/beto-orourke-cover-story?verso=true</ref> Took the No Fossil Fuel Money pledge to refuse campaign contributions from the [[fossil fuel]] industry while taking $476,325 in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.<ref>https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/recips.php?ind=E01++</ref> Crossdresser.<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/images/3/3b/Beto-and-the-pussycats_310.jpg</ref> Climate change gloom-and-doom soothsayer.<ref>https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1123035243496140802/video/1</ref> He is considered a [[corporatist]] foul mouthed liberal who treats staff poorly.<ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/beto-o-rourke-drops-f-bombs-snaps-staff-stresses-out-n981421 </ref> Rides a skateboard and gesticulates like an idiot. Founder of a 1980s illegal hacker group. Beto's 2018 Senate campaign diverted money to illegal migrants.<ref>https://www.projectveritasaction.com/2018/11/01/beto/</ref> Beto is running campaign ads in [[Mexico]], inviting foreign influence in American elections.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/beto-orourke-ran-targeted-facebook-ads-in-mexico/</ref> A prominent supporter of Beto O'Rourke was outed as a virulent racist who sings songs in support of public lynchings.<ref>https://www.salon.com/2003/07/16/beer_horses/</ref><ref>https://freebeacon.com/blog/prominent-beto-supporter-denounced-for-singing-pro-lynching-anthem/</ref><ref>http://newblackwoman.com/2008/07/31/toby-keiths-ode-to-lynching/</ref>
|TX
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|[[File:Tim Ryan (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Tim Ryan]]'''
| Ryan has voiced support for "industrial policy."<ref>See [[Economic planning]], [[Corporatism]] and [[Fascism and the New Deal]].</ref> Ryan has however sometimes been outside the mainstream of the [[Democrat party]] - he opposes abortion, shipping jobs to China and [[nuclear war]] with [[North Korea]]. Ryan claims that [[General Motors]] closing plants in [[Ohio]] and shipping jobs to [[China]],<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/gms-business-is-booming-in-china-2017-12</ref><ref>https://qz.com/594984/the-secret-history-of-gms-chinese-bailout/</ref> after Democrats spent $12 billion of taxpayer money to save GM and further Obama's [[2012 presidential election|2012 re-election chances]], prompted him to run for president in 2020.<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/04/rep_tim_ryan_announces_candidacy_for_president_on_the_view.html Rep. Tim Ryan Announces Candidacy For President On "The View"], April 4, 2019.</ref> Led the Dump Pelosi movement, accused of sexism.<ref>https://nypost.com/2016/11/21/democratic-minority-challenger-accused-of-sexism/</ref>
|OH
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|[[File:Kirsten-Women's March.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Kirsten Gillibrand]]'''
| Junior Senator from [[New York]]. Gillibrand took part in the 2019 [[anti-Semitic]] [[Women's March]].<ref>https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-gillibrand-womens-march-anti-semtism-20190117-story.html?outputType=amp</ref> Former Big Tobacco defense lawyer. Disliked by colleagues for criticizing Democrats' exoneration of [[Bill Clinton]]'s [[sexual harassment]] and [[sexual assault]] charges.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/17/kirsten-gillibrand-bill-clinton-democrats-247427 Gillibrand remark on Clinton sends shockwaves through Democratic Party, Politico]</ref> Gillibrand's father, Doug Rutnik, was the attorney for the NXIVM sex cult.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/27/gillibrand-rival-slams-her-fathers-ties-to-alleged-sex-slave-cult/</ref><ref>https://artvoice.com/2018/06/23/nxivm-love-story-kirsten-gillibrands-father-and-stepmother-fell-in-love-because-of-sex-slaver-cult/</ref><ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/kirsten-gillibrands-stepmother-was-in-child-trafficking-sex-cult-says-former-cult-employee/</ref> According to court documents reported in the ''Albany Times Union'', Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman, a NXIVM cultist, attached a key logger virus to her father, Edgar Bronfman's email account. Edgar Bronfman was in email contact with [[Hillary Clinton]]. Through the key logger, NXIVM cult leaders were able to hack into Hillary Clinton's email account.<ref>https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-NXIVM-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-6576310.php</ref> It is said Rutnik blackmailed Clinton, with information from the hacked emails, to turn her seat over to Gillibrand when Clinton resigned in 2009.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/kirsten-gillibrand-alleged-sex-slavery-and-the-2020-primary.html</ref> In March 2019, NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman plead guilty to sex slavery charges,<ref>https://www.courthousenews.com/co-founder-of-group-tied-to-sex-slavery-pleads-guilty/</ref><ref>https://frankreport.com/2019/01/21/forget-dad-stepmom-gillibrand-has-her-own-ties-to-nxivm/</ref> and NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was charged with manufacturing child [[pornography]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-cult/self-help-guru-raniere-faces-u-s-child-porn-charges-associate-pleads-guilty-idUSKCN1QU2Z2</ref> A supposed advocate of [[equal protection]], Gillibrand's crusade into sex abuse in the military fizzled when it was discovered the vast majority of alleged victims were male.<ref>https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/faculty_scholarship/3153/</ref> Pro-China in the trade war. Wants to raise taxes by repealing tax cuts. Marxist [[class warrior]] inciting hatred and resentment. Defender of a [[free press]] - except [[Julian Assange]].<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/04/watch-hypocrite-senator-kirsten-gillibrand-claims-to-care-about-attacks-on-the-press-except-for-julian-assange/</ref>
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|[[File:190127114126-julian-castro-01272019-sotu-large-169 (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Julian Castro]]'''
| Former [[Obama]] Sec. of [[Department of Housing and Urban Development|HUD]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/julian-castro-san-antonio-hud-money-106848</ref> A descendant of [[white]] [[Europe]]an [[Conquistador]]s who imposed [[colonialism|colonial]] rule over Native Americans of the [[Western Hemisphere]] and engaged in the [[Africa]]n slave trade, Castro now considers himself a "person of color" demanding free money from Angelos, Slavs, [[Polish|Poles]], [[Irish]], [[Italian]], Native Americans, [[Asia]]ns and every other non-African American immigrant group after the Civil War, as well as descendants of white Union [[American Civil War|Civil War]] dead and veterans who fought to free Blacks, as "reparations" to living voters he hopes to capture for the [[Democratic party]] in the name of their sense of [[justice]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/10/julian-castro-bernie-sanders-slavery-reparations-1214836</ref> Julian is the twin brother of [[Joaquin Castro]], a [[totalitarian]] [[Green New Deal]]er in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. Their mother was a [[community organizer]] for the The United Race party, a [[nationalist]] organization.
|TX
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|[[File:Maxresdefault (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Amy Klobuchar]]'''
| [[Neo-liberal]] [[corporatist]] lawyer; product of the [[communist]] dominated [[Minnesota]] [[Democratic Farm-Labor]] machine<ref>https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/dubious-alliance-the-making-of-minnesotas-dfl-party-by-john-haynes/</ref> that produced such luminaries as [[Hubert Humphrey]], [[Walter Mondale]], [[Paul Wellstone]], [[Keith Ellison]] and [[Ilhan Omar]]; congressional staffers describe her as "de-humanizing;"<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/former-aides-klobuchar-dehumanizing-not-simply-demanding/</ref> eats salad with a comb (mmm [[lice]] are tasty now that we've done away with farting cows);<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/02/amy-klobuchar-comb-salad/583486/</ref> has had the highest turn over of Senate staffers between 2000 - 2016 and voted the least favorable to work for; [[Green New Deal]]er. Spoke at a rally where the words of a convicted cop-killer and Socialist on the [[FBI]] Most Wanted list who escaped and was given asylum in [[Cuba]] were chanted by the crowd.<ref>https://www.policemag.com/509156/conference-featuring-democratic-presidential-candidates-begins-with-crowd-chanti</ref><ref>https://metrovoicenews.com/words-of-a-marxist-and-murderer-welcome-2020-democrat-candidates/</ref> [[DNC]] effort to ring in [[Midwest]]ern blue color demographic. Russia collusion hoaxer. Had to que Democratic operatives when to applaud during a [[CNN]] townhall.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/04/22/amy-klobuchar-tells-cnn-audience-thats-when-youre-supposed-to-cheer/</ref>
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|'''Wayne Messam'''
| Mayor of Miramar, Florida. Pandering to youth and college students is the focus of Messam's campaign.
|FL
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|[[File:Williamson (2).jpg|x160px]] '''Marianne Williamson'''
| Loser of California's 33rd Congressional district ([[Hollywood values|Beverly Hills]]) in 2014; Williamson ran as an Independent and lost to Democrat [[Ted Lieu]] who believes that Black people are [[stupid]].<ref>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/09/candace_owens_to_dem_rep_mr_lieu_believes_that_black_people_are_stupid.html</ref> The district has a median income of $105,200, is 68.5% White, only 2.8% Black, 11.2% Hispanic, 13.5% Asian including Indians, Pakistanis and Arabs. Soros stooge. [[Limousine liberal]] who supports [[Single payer|totalitarian healthcare]], the war on cow farts, and racially divisive reparations. "[[New Age|New Age flake]]".<ref>https://www.datalounge.com/thread/13299823-new-age-flake-marianne-williamson-is-running-for-congress</ref> Spiritual advisor to [[Oprah Winfrey]], author of ''Illuminata'' and ''How To Plug In The Universe'' among several other books dispensing such sage advice as "when you have a bad thought, don't take any immediate actions, " and "love is what we are born with, fear is what we learn."<ref>http://www.oprah.com/own-supersoulsessions/marianne-williamson-on-how-to-plug-into-the-universe_2</ref> Wants to bring "moral and spiritual awakening" to the United States. Co-founder of the [[globalism|globalist]] Peace Alliance, part of the support network for the [[Soros]]-funded international [[communist front]] organization, the Global Strategy of Nonviolence.<ref>https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Global_Strategy_of_Nonviolence</ref>
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===Expressed interest===
In the Democratic party, the ability to motivate voters to the polls takes precedence over policy positions and qualifications. (Qualifications and policy positions only apply to Donald Trump). The Democratic party is an amalgamation of [[identity politics]] groups built on promoting divisiveness and resentment between citizens, usually between God-fearing patriotic capitalists and everyone else ("the oppressed," for example, those who have never seen a garbage disposal in their life<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwpHqKdIMVM&t=54s</ref>). Virtually all declared and undeclared candidates as of the Spring of 2019 are running for vice-president until the Anointed One appears.<ref>https://observer.com/2019/02/every-democrat-2020-race-vice-president/</ref>

Under [[FEC]] regulations, funds raised by this group can be poured into other activities. Politicians have exempted themselves from disclosure requirements mandatory for all other non-profit entities. For example, funds raised for the Stacy Abrams for President fund can be re-channeled into the Stacy Abrams for Senate fund. When a private sector non-profit entity raises money for one cause, and uses it for another cause, that is considered [[fraud]].
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|[[File:Howard schultz (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Howard Schultz]]'''
|Ex-[[Starbucks]] CEO; required workers nationwide to attend sensitivity training after a [[racial]] incident;<ref>https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyayz/former-starbucks-ceo-howard-schultzs-delusional-plan-to-save-america</ref> critic of [[Ocasio-Cortez]] and Democrat [[communist]] nuttery.<ref>https://www.lifezette.com/2019/03/howard-schultz-blasts-democratic-socialists-theres-nothing-free-in-america/</ref>
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|[[File:Stacey-Abrams2-e1542057982308 877.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Stacey Abrams]]'''
|2018 Georgia gubernatorial loser; coulda woulda shoulda been the First Black female governor; likely Biden's pick for VP. Claims we all will be speaking [[Russia]]n by 2030.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/abrams-warns-of-russian-takeover-in-2030-if-voter-suppression-not-addressed/</ref> Her pre-recorded Democrat response to Trump's SOTU was a rambling incoherent mess why she lost ''ala'' Hillary Clinton, blaming everyone but herself. Activist for dead people and [[illegal alien]]s to vote.
|GA
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|[[File:Mcauliffe (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Terry McAuliffe]]'''
|Corrupt Clinton crony, paid [[Andrew McCabe]] $700,000 to throw the [[Clinton email investigation]];
|VA
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|[[File:De blasio.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Bill de Blasio]]'''
|New York mayor; certifiable nutcase, thinks the public is too stupid to remember flip-flops, like he was against the Amazon deal before he was for it. Homelessness has increased under De Blasio's high tax regime.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/homelessness-increasing-under-de-blasio-leadership/</ref>
|NY
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|[[File:Tom-Steyer-Getty-640x480 (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Tom Steyer]]'''
|Crazy 1%'er and angry mob agitator;<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/us/politics/impeach-trump-democrats-tom-steyer.html A Billionaire Keeps Pushing to Impeach Trump. Democrats Are Rattled. ''New York Times'']</ref> obsessed over Donald Trump's success. No program other than spewing hatred of Trump and Trump supporters, and building a [[Marxist-Leninist]] [[revolutionary vanguard]] party among young people. Likely one of the donors to [[Dan Jones]] who hired [[Christopher Steele]] and [[FusionGPS]], after Trump was elected, to keep the [[Trump-Russia hoax]] alive.
|CA
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|[[File:Cuban.png|x160px]] '''[[Mark Cuban]]'''
|[[NBA]] [[oligarch]], game show host, Trump hater.
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===Withdrew/Indicted===
Unfortunately, the Democratic party and the nation was deprived of the wisdom, experience, and foresight of this illustrious group of leaders.
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|[[File:Michael-avenatti (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Michael Avenatti]]'''
|Celebrated porn lawyer and [[MSNBC]] analyst. Prominent Democrat party spokesman. Accused woman beater,<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/breaking-michael-avenatti-arrested-on-felony-domestic-violence-charges-against-his-estranged-wife/</ref> embezzler, [[extortion]]ist and tax cheat. Faces 482 years in prison. Racist. Avenatti told [[Time magazine]] the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee: "I think it better to be a white male."<ref>http://time.com/5434317/michael-avenatti/</ref> [[CBS]] reported, "He said the party's nominee in 2020 "better be a white male" like him, because "when you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight."<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/avenatti-fires-back-at-senate-republicans-over-potential-criminal-probe/ CBS EVENING NEWS BY NANCY CORDES / CBS NEWS / OCTOBER 25 2018]</ref> Referred for [[criminal]] investigation in the [[Kavanaugh smear]].<ref>[https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/26/michael-avenatti-accused-outright-fraud-new-fbi-re/ Avenatti accused of 'outright fraud' in new FBI referral, Washington Times]</ref> Withdrew amidst a multitude of personal, professional, ethical and legal problems.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180523124113/https://biglawbusiness.com/media-storm-raises-legal-ethics-questions-for-stormys-lawyer/ Media Storm Raises Legal Ethics Questions for Stormy’s Lawyer, Bloomberg]</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-lived-the-high-life-while-owing-millions-to-irs Michael Avenatti Lived the High Life While Owing Millions to IRS, ''The Daily Heast'']</ref> Avenatti became an enthusiastic backer of the Democrat older white male racist agenda of Joe Biden.
| NY
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|[[File:Clintonfly2crop (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Hillary Clinton]]'''
|Serious mental and physical health issues.<ref>[https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/?q=Hillary+Clinton+Parkinson%27s&mfrom=&mto=&title=&notitle=&date_from=&date_to=&nofrom=&noto=&count=50&sort=0 Hillary Clinton Email Archive, WikiLeaks] </ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5A5M-xOWE&t=441s</ref>
|NY
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|[[File:Holder-Eric-Kick-em-a (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Eric Holder]]'''
|Corrupt former [[Attorney General]] held in Contempt of Congress, advocate of [[violence]] to achieve political change, implicated in the massive [[Fast and Furious]] scandal leaving tens of thousands of dead along the U.S. border - including thousands of young women and girls kidnapped, raped, murdered or sold as sex slaves,<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34172733</ref> gun running, pardoning terrorists, selling pardons to tax cheats, etc, admirer of [[Mao Zedong]].
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|[[File:Michael Bloomberg.png|x160px]] '''[[Michael Bloomberg]]'''
|1%'er. Willing to spend $100 million on a personal vendetta against Trump. Said he'll get back in the race if Biden's harassment and abuse of women and girls becomes an issue.
|NY
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|[[File:Merkley (2).jpg|x160px]] '''[[Jeff Merkely]]'''
| [[Oregon]] Senator. [[Collude]]d in the [[Kavanaugh smear]] with a 15-hour [[filibuster]] on the Senate floor. Only Senator to endorse Bernie Sanders in 2016. No relation to German Chancellor "[[European Migrant Crisis|Mother Terrorista]]" [[Angela Merkel]].
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|[[File:Sherrodbrown.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Sherrod Brown]]'''
|Ohio senator. Attempt to divide Ohio and hold it for the Democrat camp as the state is necessary to whoever wins.
|OH
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|[[File:Martin O’Malley.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Martin O'Malley]]'''
|[[Strawman]] set up as sparring partner in 2016 primary debates with Hillary.
|MD
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==GOP primary==
The GOP is a diverse group of communist resisters.
===Announced===
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|[[File:Donald Trump official presidential photo.jpg|x160px]] '''[[Donald Trump]] '''
|Experience, success (see [[Donald Trump achievements]]). By his 100th day, it was clear that Trump had disrupted the liberal political [[establishment]] consensus.<ref>Derespina, Cody (April 29, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/29/100-days-disruption-how-trump-rewrote-presidential-script.html 100 Days of Disruption: How Trump rewrote the presidential script]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 29, 2017. 
See also:
*Malone, Jim (October 19, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-disruptive-politics/4076397.html Trump Lives Up to Pledge to Be Disrupter, But Country Divided Over Results]. ''Voice of America''. Retrieved October 19, 2017.</ref> The Trump Administration was able to achieve numerous accomplishments by its first year in office,<ref>Multiple references:
*Pappas, Alex (December 27, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/27/trump-ends-2017-with-big-wins-on-economy-taxes-isis-and-more.html Trump ends 2017 with big wins on economy, taxes, ISIS and more]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
*Bedard, Paul (December 21, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/year-one-list-81-major-trump-achievements-11-obama-legacy-items-repealed Year One List: 81 major Trump achievements, 11 Obama legacy items repealed]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
*Conradis, Brandon (December 25, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/366429-trumps-top-10-accomplishments-of-2017 Trump’s top 10 accomplishments of 2017]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
*Westwood, Sarah; Morrongiello, Gabby (December 28, 2017). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-top-9-accomplishments-of-2017/article/2644478 Trump's top 9 accomplishments of 2017]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
*Spiering, Charlie (December 28, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2017/12/28/top-12-maga-moments-trumps-first-year-president/ Top 12 MAGA Moments in Donald Trump’s First Year as President]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
*Cortes, Steve (December 30, 2017). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2017/12/30/trumps_2017_top_10_achievements_135885.html Trump's 2017 Top 10 Achievements]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
*Scaliger, Charles (February 9, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/28194-donald-trump-1st-year Donald Trump: 1st Year]. ''The New American''. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
Specifically regarding social issues and for Christians:
*Groppe, Maureen (January 19, 2018). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/19/first-year-trump-pence-brings-bountiful-blessings-religious-conservatives-say/1044308001/ First year of Trump-Pence brings bountiful blessings, religious conservatives say]. ''USA Today''. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
*[https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2017/december/17-reasons-why-american-christians-celebrated-in-2017 17 Reasons Why American Christians Celebrated in 2017]. ''CBN News''. December 31, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
See also:
*Hanson, Victor Davis (February 5, 2018). [https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/02/05/donald-trump-accomplishments-since-in-office-impressive/ The Many Wars of Donald Trump]. ''National Review''. Retrieved December 29, 2018.</ref> and it kept many of its promises.<ref>Multiple references:
*Woodward, Calvin; Colvin, Jill (January 15, 2018). [https://www.apnews.com/4c2dce305b4a4d679785fc48bd278704/Trump-has-kept-many-promises-during-his-first-year-in-office Trump has kept many promises during his first year in office]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
*Woodward, Calvin; Colvin, Jill (January 15, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/01/15/trump-has-kept-many-promises-during-his-first-year-in-office.html Trump has kept many promises during his first year in office]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved January 15, 2018.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/01/16/associated-press-admits-trump-kept-many-promises-first-year-office/ Associated Press Admits: Trump Has Kept Many Promises His First Year in Office]. ''Breitbart News''. January 16, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
*Basu, Zachary (January 15, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/trump-follows-through-on-dozens-of-campaign-promises-in-first-year-1516042299-6be3391d-acdc-4fdc-aa19-4c58ee0197e8.html Trump follows through on dozens of campaign promises in first year]. ''Axios''. Retrieved January 15, 2018.</ref> According to Reuters in late September 2017, President Trump had "begun to reshape American life in ways big and small."<ref>Whitesides, John (September 28, 2017). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trump-effect-rules/beyond-the-daily-drama-and-twitter-battles-trump-begins-to-alter-american-life-idUSKCN1C3261 Beyond the daily drama and Twitter battles, Trump begins to alter American life]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved October 6, 2017. 
Article also published in the conservative media:
*[https://freebeacon.com/politics/beyond-daily-drama-twitter-battles-trump-begins-alter-american-life/ Beyond the Daily Drama and Twitter Battles, Trump Begins to Alter American Life]. ''The Washington Free Beacon'' (from ''Reuters''). September 29, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.</ref> He undid many of [[Barack Obama]]'s executive orders and worked to undo his entire political legacy.<ref>Multiple references:
*Pappas, Alex (September 8, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/08/trump-is-dismantling-obama-s-executive-action-legacy.html Trump is dismantling Obama’s executive action legacy]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
*Boyer, Dave (October 16, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/oct/16/donald-trump-reverses-obamas-legally-dubious-execu/ Trump dismantles Obama’s ‘imperial’ presidency, rescinds dubious orders]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*Stanage, Niall (October 16, 2017). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/355404-the-memo-trump-tries-to-turn-back-clock-on-obama-era The Memo: Trump tries to turn back clock on Obama era]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*Cawthorne, Cameron (October 16, 2017). [https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-not-many-obama-administration-policies-kept-place/ Trump: ‘Not Too Many’ Obama Administration Policies Will Be Kept in Place]. ''The Washington Free Beacon''. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
*Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (December 27, 2017). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/27/how-trump-is-rolling-back-obamas-legacy.html How Trump is rolling back Obama's legacy]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
*[https://www.wnd.com/2018/01/how-trump-dismantled-obamas-legacy-in-1-year/ How Trump dismantled Obama's legacy in 1 year]. ''WND''. January 18, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
*Eilperin, Juliet; Cameron, Darla (March 24, 2017). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-rolling-back-obama-rules/ How Trump is rolling back Obama’s legacy]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved December 26, 2018.</ref> Not only did President Trump act as a disruptor, but he "set in motion an administration arguably more conservative than Ronald Reagan’s."<ref>Hayward, Steven F. (November 5, 2017). [https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oe-election-anniversary-updates-despite-his-many-foibles-trump-has-1509748851-htmlstory.html Despite the chaos, Trump has managed to push the most conservative agenda in a generation]. ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved November 28, 2017. See also:
*Bedard, Paul (November 27, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-brags-i-blow-ronald-reagan-away Trump brags, ‘I blow Ronald Reagan away’]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
*Morris, Kyle (November 27, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/27/donald-trump-touts-presidential-accomplishments-i-blow-ronald-reagan-away/ Donald Trump Touts Presidential Accomplishments: ‘I Blow Ronald Reagan Away’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
*Burke, Michael (November 27, 2018). [https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/418442-trump-people-would-say-im-far-greater-than-ronald-reagan-if-my-name Trump: People would say I'm 'far greater than Ronald Reagan' if my name weren't Trump]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
*Mikelionis, Lukas (November 28, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-his-presidency-blow-ronald-reagan-away-slams-media-for-not-giving-credit Trump claims accomplishments 'blow Ronald Reagan away,' blasts 'false and corrupt' media: new book]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 28, 2018.</ref> In 2018, President Trump continued advancing a conservative agenda, this time focusing on the more nationalistic portions of it,<ref>Multiple references:
*Seib, Gerald F. (April 3, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-plunges-ahead-with-america-first-nationalist-approach-1522793064 Trump Plunges Ahead With America-First, Nationalist Approach]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
*Miller, S.A. (May 13, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/13/donald-trump-breaks-conservative-policies-reshapes/ Trump reshaping GOP by breaking away from traditional conservative policies]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
See also:
*Seib, Gerald F. (June 18, 2018). [https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-trump-veers-from-traditional-gop-he-bends-it-toward-him-1529331685 As Trump Veers From Traditional GOP, He Bends It Toward Him]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
*Lewandowski, Corey (August 20, 2018). [https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/402184-booming-economy-kept-promises-making-america-great-again Booming economy, kept promises, making America great — again]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
*Blake, Aaron (October 7, 2018). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/07/kavanaughs-confirmation-gives-gop-its-most-power-since-great-depression/ The GOP attains domination — at least for a few weeks]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
*Wolf, Zachary B.; Carman, JoElla (February 1, 2019). [https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/nuclear-treaty-trump/index.html Here are all the treaties and agreements Trump has abandoned]. ''CNN''. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
General 2018 accomplishments:
*Bedard, Paul (September 5, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/list-white-house-touts-53-accomplishments-woodward-ignored List: White House touts 52 ‘accomplishments' Woodward ignored]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
*Bedard, Paul (October 12, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trumps-list-289-accomplishments-in-just-20-months-relentless-promise-keeping Trump’s List: 289 accomplishments in just 20 months, ‘relentless’ promise-keeping]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
*Spiering, Charlie (December 28, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/28/the-top-12-maga-moments-for-donald-trump-in-2018/ The Top 12 MAGA Moments for Donald Trump in 2018]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
*Bedard, Paul (December 31, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/maga-list-205-historic-results-help-trump-make-case-for-2020-reelection MAGA list: 205 ‘historic results’ help Trump make case for 2020 reelection]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
*Hanson, Victor Davis (January 3, 2019). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/01/03/actually_2018_was_a_pretty_good_year_139064.html Actually, 2018 Was a Pretty Good Year]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
*Cortes, Steve (December 30, 2018). [https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/30/trumps_top_10_achievements_of_2018_139046.html Trump's Top 10 Achievements of 2018]. ''RealClearPolitics''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.</ref> and he continued undoing Obama Administration policies.<ref>Multiple references:
*Chamberlain, Samuel (May 9, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/09/pullout-from-iran-nuclear-deal-is-latest-trump-move-to-dismantle-key-obama-policies.html Pullout from Iran nuclear deal is latest Trump move to dismantle key Obama policies]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
*Harder, Amy; Baker, Sam; Swan, Jonathan (August 2, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-administration-barack-obama-legacy-health-care-energy-36e9b7f3-28ce-476e-8f7c-ccdd095408b1.html Trump's stealth attack on Obama's legacy]. ''Axios''. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (September 17, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/17/pollak-celebrating-two-years-of-restoration-under-president-trump-on-constitution-day/ Pollak: Celebrating Two Years of Restoration Under President Trump on Constitution Day]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref> He received some help from Congress to advance his agenda.<ref>Boyer, Dave (May 29, 2018). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/28/trump-agenda-congress-passes-dodd-frank-veterans-a/ Trump sees Congress buck tradition of legislative loafing, make significant progress on agenda]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 29, 2018. See also:
*Bedard, Paul (September 4, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-breaks-20-year-fouled-up-budget-gridlock-scores-big-wins Trump breaks 20-year ‘fouled up’ budget gridlock, scores big wins]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
*Owens, Caitlin (August 15, 2018). [https://www.axios.com/congress-is-actually-passing-spending-bills-98db2d4e-7838-470e-91e1-48dd1fd6d4ea.html Surprise: One area where Congress is functioning]. ''Axios''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
*Mass, Warren (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/29828-trump-and-mcconnell-mend-fences-to-pursue-common-goals Trump and McConnell Mend Fences to Pursue Common Goals]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
*Pergram, Chad (October 13, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/amid-kavanaugh-cacophony-congress-forges-bipartisan-agreements-on-key-issues Amid Kavanaugh cacophony, Congress forges bipartisan agreements on key issues]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 13, 2018.</ref> By the beginning of 2019, President Trump had either kept or made progress on many of his campaign promises,<ref>Multiple references:
*Fakkert, Jasper (January 20, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/two-years-in-office-trumps-revival-of-america_2772117.html American Revival: 70 Ways President Trump Has Changed the Nation Over the Past Two Years]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
*Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (January 19, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-at-presidential-halfway-mark-where-he-stands-on-campaign-promises Trump at presidential halfway mark: Where he stands on campaign promises]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
*Horsley, Scott (January 20, 2019). [https://www.npr.org/2019/01/20/686531523/progress-report-president-trumps-campaign-promises-2-years-later Progress Report: President Trump's Campaign Promises, 2 Years Later]. ''NPR''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
*Henney, Megan (January 20, 2019). [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trumps-first-two-years-in-office-a-look-at-his-biggest-achievements-and-failures Trump's first two years in office: A look at his biggest achievements and failures]. ''Fox Business''. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
*[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/the-historic-results-of-president-donald-j-trumps-first-two-years-in-office/ The Historic Results of President Donald J. Trump’s First Two Years in Office]. ''The White House''. January 20, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
*[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/257893 Trump presents 'historic results' of two years in office]. ''Arutz Sheva''. January 20, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
More on President Trump's accomplishments in his first two years:
*McDaniel, Ronna (January 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rnc-chairwoman-ronna-mcdaniel-trump-has-delivered-two-historic-years-of-promises-made-promises-kept RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel: Trump has delivered two historic years of promises made, promises kept]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
*Glassner, Michael (January 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-has-survived-a-coordinated-campaign-to-defy-him-two-years-later-hes-achieved-much-of-his-agenda Trump has survived a coordinated campaign to defy him – Two years later he's achieved much of his agenda]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
*Herman, Arthur (January 20, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-at-the-halfway-mark-how-will-history-judge-our-unconventional-president Trump at the halfway mark: How will history judge our unconventional president?] ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
*Thiessen, Marc (January 2, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/marc-thiessen-trumps-10-most-surprising-successes-after-two-years-in-office Marc Thiessen: Trump's 10 most surprising successes after two years in office]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
See also:
*Toma, Danny (February 14, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/how-to-understand-america-first How to understand 'America First']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
*Howell, Tom (March 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/7/donald-trump-finds-being-president-harder-being-bu/ Trump finds governing harder than it looks: 'As a businessman he could negotiate']. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved March 8, 2019.</ref> and he continued advancing conservative policies.<ref>Hillyer, Quin (March 27, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-executive-actions-advance-good-government Trump’s executive actions advance good government]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved March 27, 2019. See also:
*Pollak, Joel B. (March 24, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/24/pollak-democrats-embrace-socialism-have-moved-left-because-trump-has-seized-the-middle-ground/ Pollak: Democrats Embrace Socialism Because Trump Has Seized the Middle Ground]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
*Knowles, Michael (March 10, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-is-more-principled-than-his-critics-on-left-and-right Trump is more principled than his critics on left and right]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved March 10, 2019.</ref> His policies led to much progress for blacks, homosexuals, and Jews.<ref>Pollak, Joel B. (February 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/02/22/blue-state-blues-trump-is-the-most-progressive-president-ever-for-blacks-gays-jews/ Blue State Blues: Trump Is the Most ‘Progressive’ President Ever for Blacks, Gays, Jews]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 22, 2019.</ref> Front-runner by a mile.
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===Wannabes===
None have a serious chance of winning a single state. Most are simply unethical fundraising schemes aimed at a gullible puiblic.
*[[John Kasich]] - vetoed the [[Heartbeat Bill]] after pretending to be [[pro-life]], and voted a [[self-defense]] bill for which his veto was overridden by the [[Ohio]] legislature.
*[[Bill Weld]] - Red headed step child of Mitt Romney; supported [[abortion]] and the [[homosexual agenda]] as Massachussetts governor, endorsed Obama in 2008 and endorsed Clinton in 2016 even as he ran for Vice President as a Libertarian in 2016, member of the globalist [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>McManus, John F. (April 17, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/32039-weld-challenges-trump-reelection Weld Challenges Trump Reelection]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 17, 2019.</ref> On [[Barry Seal]]'s Boss Hogg list.<ref>https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_cia05.htm#THE_BOSS_HOG_LIST_</ref>

==See also==
*[[2018 Midterm elections]]
*[[Ukrainian collusion]]
*[[Green New Deal 02/07/19]]
*[[Breadline Bernie]]
*[[FISA abuse]]

==References==
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[[Category:United States Presidential Elections]]

Robert Bentley

2017-04-09T20:14:36Z

Qiang:

'''Robert Bentley''' currently serves as the [[Republican]] Governor of [[Alabama]], and is the 53rd Governor of that state.

==Summary of Life==
After graduating from [[Shelby County High School]], he enrolled for the [[University of Alabama]] to finally major in [[Chemistry]] and [[Biology]], in which he subsequently graduated with a Bachelor of Science after 3 years since his enrollment.

He then began to endeavor in his motivational pursuits to become a student of the [[University of Alabama School of Medicine]] to accomplish his earlier dream of becoming a medical [[doctor]].

His goal was fulfilled after meeting Martha Dianne Jones of Montgomery, his future spouse, and after joining the [[United States Air Force]] in 1969.

He eventually became a specialist in the field of [[dermatology]] after his three-year residency at the University of Alabama, to finally become the governor of Alabama after his previous election to the [[Alabama State House of Representatives]] from [[Tuscaloosa]] County.

He is facing impeachment due to ethics violations relating to his affair with a female staffer. Even though many Republicans as well as Democrats have asked him to resign, he refuses to.

[[Category:Republican Governors]]
[[Category:Alabama Governors]]
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Jim Justice

2017-04-09T20:12:31Z

Qiang:

'''Jim Justice''' (born April 27, 1951) is the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Governor of [[West Virginia]]. He was elected in 2016 over Republican candidate [[Bill Cole]], and used to be a Republican himself. He succeeded [[Earl Ray Tomblin]]. Jim Justice is a billionaire businessman who is the richest man in the state of West Virginia.

[[Category:Democrats]]
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Joe Manchin

2017-04-09T20:10:26Z

Qiang:

{{Officeholder
|name=Joseph Manchin
|image=Joe Manchin official portrait 112th Congress.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Gayle Conelly
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|offices=
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|terms=November 15, 2010-Present
|preceded=[[Carte Goodwin]]
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|succeeded=
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{{Officeholder/governor
|number=34th
|state=West Virginia
|terms=January 17, 2005 – November 15, 2010
|preceded=[[Bob Wise]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Earl Ray Tomblin]]
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{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|of=State
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|terms=January 15, 2001 – January 17, 2005
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'''Joseph Manchin''' was elected in November 2010 as the United States Senator from [[West Virginia]], filling the seat formerly held by the late [[Robert Byrd]]. Because Manchin was filling a vacant seat in a special election, he was sworn in almost immediately and then participated in the [[lame duck]] session of [[Congress]] prior to 2011.

Manchin portrayed himself as a [[conservative]] in order to be elected, campaigning against the positions of the [[Democratic Party]] leadership on:

*[[cap and trade]]
*[[gun control]]
*Bush tax cuts

Manchin was previously the Governor of West Virginia.

He abandoned his pro-gun views in 2013 when he co-wrote the Manchin-[[Toomey]] gun-grab bill, showing his true colors as an anti-gun [[liberal]].

However, in 2016, Manchin expressed his willingness to work with Republican President [[Donald Trump]], and voted for most of his cabinet nominations, and for [[Neil Gorsuch]].

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[[Category:West Virginia Governors]]
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[[Category:114th United States Congress]]
[[Category:Liberals]]

Arnold Schwarzenegger

2017-03-11T21:31:47Z

Qiang: correction, a similar one was held in North Dakota in the 1920x

{{Officeholder
|name=Arnold Schwarzenegger
|image=About arnold img-2.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=[[Maria Shriver]] (separated)
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=California
|number=38th
|terms=November 17, 2003 - January 3, 2011
|preceded=[[Gray Davis]]
|succeeded=[[Jerry Brown]]
}}
}}

'''Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger''' (b. [[Graz]], [[Austria]] 1947) is an [[Austria]]n-[[United States of America|American]] actor, politician, [[steroid]]-enhanced [[bodybuilding|bodybuilder]], and businessman, who served as the 38th [[Governor]] of [[California]] from 2003 to 2011.

==Acting career==
Schwarzenegger rose to fame with action movies including Commando, Conan the Barbarian and the Terminator franchise. His on-screen presence was characterised by his large stature, as well as his thick Austrian accent. Once one of the highest paid actors in [[Hollywood]], Schwarzenegger has recently returned to acting, following the end of his term as Governor.

==Recall Election==
After sitting Governor [[Gray Davis]] mismanaged electric [[power deregulation]] and instituted a new registration tax by [[executive order]], infuriated citizens initiated a petition to place a measure on the ballot to remove him from office. Despite [[Democratic]] predictions that the petition would fail, it was delivered to then Secretary of State [[Kevin Shelley]] with more than the required number of signatures. In accordance with the law, Lieutenant Governor [[Cruz Bustamante]] became Acting Governor and called a special election for October 7, 2003.

The election was only the second of its kind in United States history. Approximately 180 citizens, from all walks of life, declared candidacy. Schwarzenegger was rumored to be considering a run for office, which was confirmed on an appearance on the NBC TV [[Tonight Show]]. Schwarzenegger easily defeated Cruz Bustamante in the election.

After the election was over, Schwarzenegger was sworn in on November 17, 2003, to serve the remainder of Davis' term. After going through a period of sagging in the polls, Schwarzenegger did a strong turnaround and was then reelected by a landslide on November 7, 2006, in California's 2006 gubernatorial election to serve a full term as governor by defeating Democrat [[Phil Angelides]], who was at that time the California State Treasurer.

==Political views==
Despite being a [[Republican]], he holds some [[liberal]] views. He is a supporter of [[gun control]] and [[environmentalism]]. He is a staunch supporter of a law that mandates the use of Californian taxpayer money to fund [[stem cell research]] - which is the cloning and killing of human embryos for experimentation; he is also [[pro-choice]]. Arnold officially approved an [[assisted suicide]] measure allowing nurses to sedate, dehydrate and [[starve]] depressed or confused individuals they consider to be "[[terminally ill]]." <ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76713 California approves nurse-assisted suicide] Worldnetdaily, October 02, 2008</ref> (Compare [[euthanasia]].) Governor Schwarzenegger also campaigned against the famous California [[Proposition 8]]. He is also married to [[Maria Shriver]], a famous journalist who is a member of the historically liberal [[Kennedy Family]]. Because of these and other policies he is often referred to as a "[[RINO]]," a "Republican in Name Only" by many [[conservative]] [[Republicans]]. Other sources have labeled him a "California Republican," meaning that his political policies are conservative but his views on civil liberties lean to the liberal side, reflecting the general attitude of most Californians. During his time as governor, the debt of California continued to balloon, forcing the state to pay IOU's for a period in 2009. Due to the budget crisis's under his tenure, Republicans lost the state to [[Jerry Brown]] in the 2010 Gubernatorial election.

==See also==
* [[List of Conservative or pro-Conservative Hollywood stars]]
* [[Conservative media#Hollywood Conservatives|Hollywood conservatives]]
* [[Essay:List of celebrities who support the Second Amendment]]
* [[List of celebrities against Second Amendment]]

==External links==
* [http://gov.ca.gov/ Governor of California Official Site]
* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org&q=Arnold+Schwarzenegger&submit=Search OCLC WorldCat keyword search for Arnold Schwarzenegger]

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'''Jim Justice''' (born April 27, 1951) is the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor-elect of [[West Virginia]]. He was elected in 2016 over Republican candidate [[Bill Cole]]. He will succeed [[Earl Ray Tomblin]].

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'''Parker Griffith, M.D.''', born August 6, 1942 (age {{age|1942|08|06}}), is a former member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Alabama]]'s 5th congressional district, based about [[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]. He won his seat in 2008 by a margin of 51-48 percent. He served on the Committee on Science and Technology, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on Small Business. Previously he was a member of the Alabama State Senate.

On December 22, 2009, Griffith switched his party affiliation from [[Democrat]] to [[Republican]]. "Our nation is at a crossroads and I can no longer align myself with a party that continues to pursue legislation that is bad for our country, hurts our economy, and drives us further and further into debt." <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/rep-parker-griffith-switch-parties-republican/</ref>

Griffith was defeated for renomination by attorney [[Mo Brooks]], who then won the seat in the 2010 general election.

He later switched back and ran as a Democrat for Governor of Alabama in 2014, losing to [[Robert J. Bentley]].

==External links==
*[http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/412277_parker_griffith Open Congress]

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'''Kurt Schrader''' (born 1951) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for [[Oregon]]'s 5th district. He is a moderately [[conservative Democrat]] and is a member of the Blue Dog caucus. Before he was elected to Congress in 2008, Schrader served in the Oregon state legislature for many years.

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'''Katherine "Kate" Brown''' (born June 21, 1960 in [[Madrid]], [[Spain]]) is the current Governor of [[Oregon]]. A [[bisexual]] Democrat, she became Secretary of State in 2009 and Governor on February 18, 2015, upon the resignation of controversial governor [[John Kitzhaber]] due to an ethics scandal. She is Oregon's second female governor after [[Barbara Roberts]]. A special gubernatorial election will be held in 2016.<ref>[http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/meet-americas-first-openly-bisexual-governor/ar-AA9nbjD?ocid=ansnewshp11 Meet America's First Openly Bisexual Governor]. MSN. Published February 16, 2015. Accessed February 20, 2015</ref>

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'''Katherine "Kate" Brown''' (born June 21, 1960 in [[Madrid, Spain]]) is the current Governor of [[Oregon]]. A [[bisexual]] Democrat, she became Secretary of State in 2009 and Governor on February 18, 2015, upon the resignation of controversial governor [[John Kitzhaber]] due to an ethics scandal. She is Oregon's second female governor after [[Barbara Roberts]]. A special gubernatorial election will be held in 2016.<ref>[http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/meet-americas-first-openly-bisexual-governor/ar-AA9nbjD?ocid=ansnewshp11 Meet America's First Openly Bisexual Governor]. MSN. Published February 16, 2015. Accessed February 20, 2015</ref>

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'''John Kitzhaber''', MD, (born March 5, 1947), [[corruption|corrupt]] liberal [[Democrat]] and former [[governor]] of [[Oregon]], was forced to resign in February 2015 due to [[ethics]] scandal.

He served two previous terms as Governor: 1994-1998, and 1998-2002. After defeating [[conservative]] Republican state representative [[Dennis Richardson]] by a margin of 5.6 percent, Kitzhaber was sworn in for his historic fourth term on January 12, 2015. Kitzhaber defeated [[Republican]] [[Chris Dudley]] in the November 2010 election, and was sworn in as Governor in January 2011.

He worked as a [[physician]] before entering politics. Kitzhaber is a divorcee. He married Rosemary Linehan in 1971; they divorced in 1974. He then married Sharon LaCroix in 1995, and divorced her in 2003. They have one son.<ref>[http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/governors/guides/state/kitzhaber/bio.html Oregon State Archives: Governor John A. Kitzhaber's Administration - Biographical Note]</ref> Kitzhaber currently lives in [[Portland]] with his girl friend-fiance Cylvia Hayes, who was directly implicated in the scandal that forced him to resign.

==Resignation Due to Corruption Scandal Related to George Soros-Funded Environmental Group==
Acting Governor [[Kate Brown]] (D) was sworn in on February 13, 2015 after corrupt [[liberal]] Kitzhaber was forced to resign on February 13, 2015 due to an ethics [[scandal]] involving he and his fiance and the [[George Soros]]-funded Energy Foundation.<ref>[http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2015/02/13/longtime-democratic-oregon-gov-john-kitzhaber-announces-his-resignation-amid-ethics-scandal-n1957303 Long-time Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announces his resignation amid ethics scandal]. [[Town Hall]], Published February 13, 2015. Accessed February 20, 2015</ref>

The governor’s "fiancé, Cylvia Hayes, was taking money as a private consultant to" [[George Soros]]-funded "[[environmentalism|environment groups]] and then pushing their policies in her public role as “First Lady” of the state. Most infamously, she ordered state employees to follow a policy she was being paid $25,000 by an advocacy group to promote. Apparently, some of the money also wasn't reported on tax returns."<ref> [http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/02/13/another-corrupt-democrat-governor-resigns-oregon-governor-kitzhaber-announces-his-resignation/comment-page-1/ Another Corrupt Democrat Governor Resigns – Oregon Governor Kitzhaber Announces His Resignation…]. Published February 13, 2015. Accessed February 20, 2015</ref>

According to the [[National Review]], "Kitzhaber’s response to the scandal has been egregious. The Willamette Week reported that his “office last week requested state officials destroy thousands of records in the governor’s personal email accounts.” Indeed, the governor’s executive assistant actually ordered all of his personal e-mail accounts to be removed from state servers. Such revelations have prompted Oregon senate president Peter Courtney and house majority leader Tina Kotek, both Democrats, to meet with Kitzhaber and urge him to resign."
<ref>Fund, John, "[http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/413748/environmental-scandal-engulfs-oregon-governor-where-national-media-john-fund Environmental Scandal Engulfs Oregon Governor, Where Is National Media?]". [[National Review]]. Published February 13, 2015. Accessed February 20, 2015.</ref>

Oregon's second woman governor, openly [[bisexual]]<ref>[http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/meet-americas-first-openly-bisexual-governor/ar-AA9nbjD?ocid=ansnewshp11 Meet America's First Openly Bisexual Governor]. MSN. Published February 16, 2015. Accessed February 20, 2015</ref> [[Kate Brown]], takes over only until the upcoming special election in June 2016.

==External Links==
* [http://governor.oregon.gov/ Governor John Kitzhaber] official Oregon government site
* [http://johnkitzhaber.com John Kitzhaber for Governor]

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'''John Sidney McCain III''', born in the U.S. [[Panama Canal]] Zone, August 29, 1936 (age {{age|1936|8|29}})<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m0003http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/13/Button_enter.png Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref>, was the Republican candidate for President in 2008 as well as a prominent maverick politician and [[Vietnam War]] hero. He is also the senior [[United States Senate|Senator]] of [[Arizona]]. He has been an influential leader in American politics since 1986, when he ran for office attacking corruption, attacking [[pork barrel]] spending and working for [[campaign finance reform]]. McCain was defeated by [[George W. Bush]] for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, and lost to [[Barack Obama]] in the 2008 Presidential Election.

As a pilot for the [[United States Navy]] and former Prisoner-of-War ([[POW]]), he served in the military for 22 years.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000303 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]</ref> McCain, a [[Baptist]],<ref> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296973,00.html</ref> has impressive credentials on issues of foreign policy and national security, which have propelled him in the forefront of national politics as both an outspoken voice for the United States military and as a Presidential contender for the Republican Party since 1993.<ref>Paul Alexander, ''John McCain: Man of the People''. (2003)</ref>

In the Senate in 2009 McCain has moved to the right, shedding his maverick image with full-throated attacks on the Democrats' proposals for health care reform, cap-and-trade environmental taxes, and wasteful stimulus spending, while supporting President Obama's aggressive policies in the [[Afghanistan War]].
==Early Life==
McCain's family has a long history of military service, including ancestors who fought as army soldiers in the Indian Wars, [[American Revolutionary War]], [[War of 1812]], for both the Union and the Confederate States of America during the [[American Civil War]], and in [[World War I]]. Both his father and grandfather were four-star Navy admirals. In addition, McCain's two sons are currently serving in the U.S. Navy.

In 1951, the McCain family moved to Northern [[Virginia]] and he attended Episcopal High School, a private preparatory boarding school in Alexandria. McCain was on the wrestling team and went on to graduate in 1954. He later joined the U.S. Naval Academy and graduated in 1958.

==Military career==
[[Image:McCain 1965.jpg|left|thumb|200px|McCain photographed in 1965]]
McCain served heroically in the [[United States Navy]] from 1958 to 1981. He spent two and a half years as a naval aviator in training at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in [[Florida]] and the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in [[Texas]]. By 1967, McCain was a veteran pilot aboard the [[USS Forrestal|USS ''Forrestal'']] [[aircraft carrier]] off the coast of Vietnam. On 29 July 1967, while preparing to take off on a bombing run over North Vietnam, a missile accidentally fired from another plane, hitting the fuel tanks on McCain's aircraft and triggering explosions and a fire. McCain escaped from his plane by crawling onto the nose of the aircraft and diving on to the ship's deck which was ablaze from burning fuel. His attempt to rescue a fellow pilot whose flight suit was on fire was prevented when McCain was blown over by further explosions. When the fire was contained 24 hours later, 134 men had been killed and hundreds more injured. It was called the worst non-combat-related accident in U.S. naval history.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=526451&in_page_id=1811 ''The coronation of the ultimate survivor, John McCain''] 5 March 2008 [[Daily Mail]]</ref>

===Prisoner-Of-War (1967 - 1973)===

On October 26, 1967, as McCain was flying over [[Hanoi]]'s Thermal Power Plant during his 23rd bombing mission, he was shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese. He had just released his bombs when [[A-4 Skyhawk|his plane]] was shot down by a [[surface-to-air missile]]. As he ejected, unconscious from the accident, he broke his knee and both arms and descended by parachute into a lake. When he floated ashore, Vietnamese locals spit and kicked him, nearly killing him. The police took him to Hoa Loa Prison where he was held in solitary captivity without medical attention or sufficient food. During brutal interrogations, he was asked for information in return for medical care. McCain refused, giving only his name and date of birth. When it was discovered that he was the son of a top U.S. Admiral, he was given medical care. Hospital personnel never believed he would survive, as he had large wounds and weighed a mere 100 lbs. He also had completely white hair, a product of accelerated aging under harsh conditions. Nonetheless, his health improved and McCain was held as a Prisoner-Of-War (POW) at the [[Hanoi Hilton]]. As a prisoner, guards tortured him with frequent beatings and painful contortions, breaking his teeth and bones. <ref>Alexander, Paul. John McCain: Man of the People. Published 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-47545-9</ref>

After months of beating sessions and intense interrogations, McCain was psychologically and physically weakened. At one point, he was forced to sign a statement which made claims exonerating his captors of inhumane treatment. The paper was intended for use as propaganda, but in all their subsequent attempts for promoting a "humane" image of the POW camp, McCain worked his hardest to thwart them. In 1971, four years from his capture, he was placed with 20 to 30 other Americans in better treatment. They were allowed to celebrate Christian holidays, including Christmas. McCain, who served as an impromptu chaplain, recalled that during their services, men cried; "They were tears of joy that for the first time... we were able to celebrate Christmas together."<ref>Alexander, Paul. John McCain: Man of the People. Published 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-47545-9</ref> In light of his father's high military status, McCain was offered early release, which he adamantly refused in honor of the "First in, first out" clause of the POW Code of Conduct.

On March 14, 1973, after five and a half years of imprisonment, McCain was released alongside 106 other pilots under the Nixon administration. McCain received a heartfelt reception at the White House and was pronounced a war hero and eminent voice for the Vietnam War. Awards from the military followed, including the Legion of Merit, a [[Silver Star]], a [[Bronze Star]], a [[Purple Heart]], the [[Distinguished Flying Cross]], and the Vietnamese Legion of Honor.<ref>Alexander, Paul. John McCain: Man of the People. Published 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-47545-9</ref> McCain's severe war injuries prevent him today from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. <ref>http://graphics.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/McCain_character_loyal_to_a_fault+.shtml</ref>

===Return to the Navy (1973 - 1981)===

The Vietnam War and his military service remained strong in McCain's. He immediately wanted to rejoin the Navy, and spent years preparing with excruciating physical therapy and a year of study in the Naval War College, where he attacked the liberal anti-war movement for weakening the morale of his fellow POWs.<ref>Kirkpatrick, David D. "[http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/14/america/15pows.php In '74 thesis, the seeds of McCain's war views.]" The New York Times (June 15, 2008) p. A1.]</ref> With his extensive experience in the Navy's Aviation division, he was selected to reform the flying fleet as Commanding Officer. John McCain quickly transformed his crew's personnel, which had been underfunded in the post-Vietnam era. Carl Smith, who served under McCain, stated, "He immediately began making changes. He fired people, and he replaced people at the top who he thought were not being as effective as he wanted them to be. He wanted real leadership. He wanted the squadron to come to life."<ref>Alexander, Paul. John McCain: Man of the People. pg. 57</ref> Many in his staff were disappointed to have him leave, and praised his work in promoting efficiency.<ref>Alexander, Paul. John McCain: Man of the People.</ref>

During his assignment to the Senate as the Navy's liaison, 1977-81, McCain began to join the ranks of politicians. He transformed the position from a rather unimportant post into one of authority and respect{{fact}}, gaining allies in the Senate. The Senate liaison role provided a learning experience in national security policy and foreign affairs.

==Political career==
===Congressional (1982 - 1986)===

Prior to entering public service, McCain worked in [[Phoenix]] for his father-in-law's company, Hensley & Co, which was an Anheuser-Busch beer wholesaler and distributor. With nagging injuries and limited physical mobility, McCain realized he would never become a four-star general like his forefathers.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542249 John McCain Biography (1936-)]</ref> Some biographers argue that he shifted into politics so that he could achieve the equivalent in politics, leading to his Senatorial career. After gaining support from local business leaders, he ran for a congressional seat for Arizona's 1st congressional district as a Republican in 1982. His [[liberal]] opponents labeled him as a "carpetbagger". McCain responded to a voter making the charge of "carpetbagging" saying,

{{cquote|Listen, pal. I spent 22 years in the Navy. My father was in the Navy. My grandfather was in the Navy. We in the military service tend to move a lot. We have to live in all parts of the country, all parts of the world. I wish I could have had the luxury, like you, of growing up and living and spending my entire life in a nice place like the First District of Arizona, but I was doing other things. As a matter of fact, when I think about it now, the place I lived longest in my life was Hanoi.}}

With the endorsements of local newspapers, McCain easily won the election. In 1983, he became President of the Republican freshman class of representatives. At the time, he largely supported Reagan's hard stance against the [[Soviet Union]], his tax cuts and matters on Indian Affairs. He did, however, break with the President on the decision to place a U.S. military presence in Lebanon, saying {{cquote|''I do not foresee obtainable objectives in Lebanon; I believe the longer we stay, the more difficult it will be to leave.''<ref>Alexander, Paul. John McCain: Man of the People. pg. 100</ref>}} During his four years in [[Congress]], McCain and his wife Cindy had three children.

===Senatorial (1986 - Present)===
[[Image:Reagan mccain.jpg|left|thumb|300px|3/3/1987 President Reagan and Nancy Reagan greet John McCain in the Blue Room during a dinner for newly elected members of the 100th Congress]]
When Republican and [[conservative]] icon [[Barry Goldwater]] retired from the United States Senate in Arizona in 1986, Congressman McCain announced his candidacy for the seat. He easily won the election, defeating his Democratic opponent Richard Kimball by 20 percentage points. When entering the Senate, he became a member of the powerful Armed Services Committee and he also joined the Commerce Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee. During the 1988 Presidential Election, McCain was named chairman of Veterans for Bush. In 1991, Senator McCain became part of the "Keating Five" scandal, where McCain and four other Senators (all Democrats) were accused of improperly aiding Charles H. Keating, Jr., chairman of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which was the target of an investigation by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received approximately $112,000 in political contributions from Charles Keating Jr. After a lengthy investigation, the Senate Ethics Committee determined that McCain's involvement was minimal and was criticized for using "poor judgement".

===="Maverick" Image in the Senate====
John McCain has gained a reputation as a "maverick" for his sponsorship of many bills and leadership on almost every issue. Starting in 1994, he worked with Democratic [[Wisconsin]] Senator [[Russ Feingold]] on campaign finance reform. The McCain-Feingold bill banned "soft money". It passed and was signed into law on November 6th, 2002, by President Bush. In the 1990's, McCain gained attention for his strong opposition to pork barrel spending. He championed the 1996 Line Item Veto Act, which gave the President the power to veto individual spending items. However, in 1998, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruled the act unconstitutional.

Voteview.com rated McCain as the second most conservative Senator in the 109th Congress (Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2007).<ref>http://voteview.com/SEN109.HTM</ref>

John McCain and the Bush administration agree on most issues. He voted with the Bush administration 95% of the time in 2007, according to Congressional Quarterly's "Presidential Support Scores". <ref>http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/512/ Politifact fact checks McCain's voting support</ref> Issues include making the Bush tax cuts permanent (even though he originally opposed and voted against them), energy independence, winning the war in Iraq, reforming Social Security, and continuing and expanding Bush's supply-side economic policies.

In 2008, McCain asked for $0 in earmarks.<ref>[http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2008_database 2008 ''Pig Book''], Council for Citizens Against Government Waste</ref>The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste has given him a rating of 100% in 2007 (88% lifetime).<ref>[http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/DocServer/2007_Senate_Ratings_Final.pdf?docID=3242 2007 Senate Scorecard]</ref> A score of 100% represents voting against all pork, and 0% represents voting ''for'' all pork. Democrats averaged 5% in 2007, whereas Republicans averaged 60%. <ref>[http://councilfor.cagw.org/site/News2?abbr=CCAGW_&page=NewsArticle&id=11590 CCAGW Releases ''2007 Congressional Ratings'']</ref>

==Presidential Politics==
===2000 Presidential Campaign===
McCain launched his first campaign for President in 2000, when he challenged then-[[Texas]] Governor [[George W. Bush]] for the Republican nomination. McCain's campaign was surprisingly strong. By ignoring the [[Iowa Caucus]], he was able to win the [[New Hampshire]] Primary by nineteen percentage points. He then won the [[Michigan]] Primary. However, he went on to lose [[South Carolina]] and 9 out of the 13 [[Super Tuesday]] states. McCain withdrew from the race on March 9, 2000.

After withdrawing, McCain announced that he supported the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the top of the South Carolina statehouse. During the primary he had stated he believed it was an issue for the state to decide, which was his true belief from a federal standpoint, but not his personal belief. He felt by withholding her personal belief that he had erred. He explained that he lived his life by being open and felt he should have been at that time and apologized for not speaking up sooner. <ref>http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/04/19/mccain.sc/</ref>

===During Bush Presidency 2001 - 2008 ===
Following McCain's loss in the 2000 Presidential primary and reports of dirty tricks in [[South Carolina]]<ref>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2004/03/21/the_anatomy_of_a_smear_campaign/ The anatomy of a smear campaign, March 21, 2004</ref><ref>http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2007/12/30/top-romney-advisor-tied-to-anonymous-attacks-of-previous-presidential-primary/ Top Romney advisor tied to anonymous attacks of previous presidential primary, December 30, 2007</ref>, McCain began to disagree with President Bush on many issues, such as tax cuts, climate change, and gun legislation. After the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], McCain wrote legislation that created the 9/11 Commission, while he and Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings co-sponsored the Aviation and Transportation Security Act that federalized airport security. In May 2005, McCain led the so-called "[[Gang of 14]]" in the Senate, which established a compromise that preserved the ability of senators to [[filibuster]] judicial nominees, but only in "extraordinary circumstances". McCain also co-sponsored comprehensive immigration reform (see below under political record for details). In addition to bipartisan work in the Senate, it was during this period that McCain was courted by the Senate Democrats, and considered switching parties.<ref>http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/democrats-say-mccain-nearly-abandoned-gop-2007-03-28.html</ref>

===2008 Presidential Campaign===

{{main|John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign}}

McCain announced his run for President in early 2007 at New Hampshire, a state which had boosted his floundering 2000 run for President. From the onset, he ran on an unwavering support for the Iraq War and a close tie to President Bush, stemming from his shift during the 2004 election. The Republican Party was highly splintered among political groups, with strong constituents of the Christian social conservatives (Sam Brownback and Mike Huckabee), anti-immigration activists (Duncan Hunter, Tom Tancredo), and the blockbuster fundraisers, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani, who appeared to be media favorites upon entry. McCain was not seen as a viable candidate by many Republicans because of his strong support for immigration reform and distaste for political fund-raising. Mitt Romney, for instance, had raised $23 million in the first three months of 2007, for instance, three times that of Sen. McCain.<ref>Cook, Charles. "The 2008 Presidential Primaries: What in America's Name Is Going On?" The Washington Quarterly Vol. 31 Issue 3 pp. 193-204.</ref>

Christian conservatives overwhelmingly backed Mike Huckabee and Sam Brownback, rejecting McCain from longstanding offense he had struck during his 2000 run. John McCain had called politically-charged leaders such as Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson "agents of intolerance" for their part in a smear campaign during the South Carolina Primary. Many Christians were angered by these remarks, and fumed that they would field a Third Party candidate if McCain was chosen as the nominee. McCain had shown unfavorable views on abortion and religious initiatives in the past, and many Republican voters were worried that he could not be a reliably conservative candidate. <ref>Luo, Michael. "Evangelicals see Dilemma in GOP Field." July 8, 2007. New York Times.</ref>

Sen. McCain's unwavering support for victory in Iraq was made into a hot-button issue by many politicians following stories of insurgent violence erupting during early 2007. People began to fear the worst in Iraq, and the idea of a timetable for withdrawal became a major issue. At this time, conservative Republicans also feared McCain's position on immigration reform, and booed him loudly at the 2007 Conservative Political Action Conference. A news story by the New York Times was a major blow to the campaign, which reported that a scandalous affair between McCain and a lobbyist had taken place. It was found to be completely false, but the story severely hurt his political advances.

When news had spread that McCain's campaign bankrupted and "imploded" in the summer of 2007, the Republican nomination began a period of quick shifting; other candidates began to soar in the polls, detracting McCain's support. Rudy Giuliani, who collected a strong following based on his leadership as "America's Mayor", began to court evangelical Christians who felt uneasy about McCain, gaining the endorsement of televangelist Pat Robertson. However, as his less-than-flattering personal life and liberal positions on social issues became apparent, he quickly lost momentum to Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee.<ref>Cook, Charles. "The 2008 Presidential Primaries: What in America's Name Is Going On?" The Washington Quarterly Vol. 31 Issue 3 pp. 193-204.</ref> Fred Thompson, who entered late in the race, quickly withdrew because of lackadaisical popularity and poor fund-raising efforts. Huckabee remained popular in the Southern United States, but failed to win major contests among independents and Democrat voters.

Romney had the edge in early races, but couldn't deliver a knockout blow. McCain's poll numbers slowly increased and benefited as the field narrowed. After McCain defeated top contender Mitt Romney by a large margin on Super Tuesday in delegate-rich states like New York, California, and Arizona,<ref>Scott Neuman and Howard Berkes. "Mitt Romney Drops Out of GOP Presidential Race." Feb. 7, 2008. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18772382</ref> Mitt Romney withdrew with some protest, leaving McCain the clear front-runner.<ref>Bumiller, Elisabeth, Kirkpatrick, David. "Romney Is Out; McCain Emerges as G.O.P. Choice." Feb. 8, 2008. New York Times.</ref> Although McCain's proportion of the vote was not much higher than Romney's, he won most of the 'winner take all' states giving him a much higher proportion of the delegate count. Without Romney's well-financed opposition, McCain easily clinched the necessary delegate lead of 1,191 in March after a spirited yet short-lived fight from Mike Huckabee.<ref>NPR.org. "Election 2008: Huckabee, Romney Stay in Race for GOP Nomination." Feb. 6, 2008. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18739137</ref>

McCain had won the nomination and could focus on the [[2008 United States Presidential Election]].

==Domestic Policy==
[[Image:McCain_on_Meet_the_Press.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Senator John McCain discusses his opinions with Tim Russert on "Meet the Press", 2005]]

===Balanced Budget===
McCain has emphasized reducing government spending over tax cuts. He is one of the Senate's most outspoken critics of pork barrel spending and has pledged to veto any bill with pork as President. Congressional experience has enabled John McCain to identify items that are unnecessary. McCain is fiscally responsible with the taxpayers' money and created a simple method to detect spending abuses. <ref>[http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=d1a878d9-f16c-4570-b402-9d1bc3fe6ab9] , http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=d1a878d9-f16c-4570-b402-9d1bc3fe6ab9, U.S. Senate Pork Barrel Spending</ref>

* An appropriation that is not properly authorized by the Senate and not requested by the Administration.
* An unauthorized and unrequested, locality-specific or facility-specific earmark (including those funds that are above the Administration request).
* A budget add-on that would be subject to a budget point of order.
* The transfer or disposal of federal property or items under terms that circumvent existing law.
* New items added in conference that were never considered in either bill in either House.

===Economy===
Upon his party gaining the White House in 2001, McCain opposed a $1.35 trillion cut in [[taxation]] over 10 years, but switched his position around 2006, and voted to renew it twice. The plan included the objectives of doubling the child tax credit from $500 to $1,000, reducing the tax penalty on [[marriage|married couples]] and fully repealing the [[Estate tax|tax on estates]]. A [[United States Senate]] Finance Committee Report estimated that with all the planned reductions fully phased in, the average family of four making $50,000 would save $1,825 per year.<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/06/07/bush.taxes/ $1.35 trillion tax cut becomes law], CNN, 21 June 2001</ref>

Since the tax cuts, [[IRS]] revenues increased from $1.78 trillion in 2003 to $2.56 trillion in 2007 with a 46.3% increase of individual income tax receipts. Surging $785 billion since the 2003 investment tax cuts, it is the largest four-year revenue increase in U.S. history<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119189497675953035.html?mod=googlenews_wsj</ref>

During this same time period, spending mandated by Congress has also increased by more than 29 percent in inflation-adjusted dollars, representing an 11.4 percent increase in federal spending as a percentage of [[Gross domestic product|GDP]]. This spending has doubled the federal debt, increasing it from 58 to 66 percent of GDP. Defense spending increased 61 percent, and non-defense by 23 percent during the eight years since 2000. The largest non-defense spending increase has been for federally-funded medical expenses, at 54 percent.<ref>[http://www.aier.org/research/commentaries/750-big-government-under-the-bush-administration Big Government Under The Bush Administration], AIER, 16 November 2008</ref> In total, Congress and the White House has increased government expenditures by the largest percentage since the administration of President [[Lyndon Johnson]], but McCain has opposed every earmark put forward in the Democratic and Republican congresses, even ones Bush supported. Part of the huge spending increases are directly traceable to the economic repercussions of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the economic downturn in its aftermath, and increased defense and Homeland Security spending. However, this appears likely to be eclipsed by the spending plans of [[Barack Obama]], who pledged on 6 December 2008 to invest "record amounts of money" in infrastructure, a plan which some members of Congress are estimating at $400 to $700 billion.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/us/politics/07radio.html?ref=us Obama Pledges Public Works on a Vast Scale], New York Times, 6 December 2008</ref>.

McCain's policies have caused general economic growth. This is partially due to changes in the stock market that lead to a record high in 2007, although the [[NASDAQ]] is still down considerably from the levels it was at before the Dot-com bubble burst. Corporations showed profits growing by double digits growth.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/us/2006-05-08-mart-usat_x.htm</ref> Even the working class benefited from the Bush economy, as unemployment hit an all time low in March 2007.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/economy</ref> McCain supported a minimum wage increase, one of the platforms for the Democrats in the 2006 Congressional elections, after the House and Senate included McCain's request of provisions for small-business tax breaks.<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/20/AR2006122001784.html</ref><ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/10/AR2007011001666.html</ref> Tax policies have been favorable to reducing the [[Capital Gains Tax]], with a subsequent surge in investment.

===Earmarks===
John McCain staunchly opposes [[earmarks]] as [[corrupt]] and wasteful spending. In his 28 years in federal government, McCain has never requested an earmark. He vigorously crusaded against earmarks in his 2008 presidential campaign.

===Education===
McCain supports [[school vouchers]] and [[charter school]]s. His voting record shows support for reducing the federal government's role in [[education]]. He voted for school vouchers for Washington, D.C., education savings accounts, and against $5 billion for grants to local educational agencies. McCain sponsored the Education A-Plus bill in 1997 and again in 1999, which allowed parents to open tax-free saving accounts for their children's school supplies. McCain also co-sponsored the Child Nutrition Act, which would provide [[federal funding]] for at-risk children. He has publicly stated he supports [[intelligent design]] teaching in schools.<ref>http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/politics/90069 "On Tuesday, though, he sided with the president on two issues that have made headlines recently: teaching intelligent design in schools...McCain told the Star that, like Bush, he believes "all points of view" should be available to students studying the origins of mankind."</ref>

===Health Care===
McCain's record and stated positions on [[health care]] are based on true conservative principles. He is against socialized health care and health coverage mandates. McCain supports tax credits for personal health savings accounts and enhancing competition in the health care industry to improve quality and lower costs. He also supports allowing citizens to purchase out-of-state health insurance. In an October 2007 statement, McCain said: "In health care, we believe in enhancing the freedom of individuals to receive necessary and desired care. We do not believe in coercion and the use of state power to mandate care, coverage or costs." McCain is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. <ref>[http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/healthcare.htm Pro Healthcare]</ref>

===Energy===
John McCain has stated "ethanol subsidies, tariff barriers and sugar quotas drive up food prices and hurt Americans. However, we cannot take the wrong direction and cut off trade for American goods."<ref>[http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/4dbd2cc7-890e-47f1-882f-b8fc4cfecc78.htm], McCain Economic Plan</ref> “America’s most vital interests call us to the mission of energy security, and so does our sense of honor. And the straightest, swiftest path to energy security is to produce more, use less, and find new sources of power — so that no commodity can determine our security, and no crisis can undermine our economy,” McCain said in Houston, TX, June 16, 2008. He proposes to remove federal obstacles to offshore drilling. Among his major initiatives is the removal of the 27-year old federal moratorium on states’ abilities to explore and drill for oil and natural gas.<ref>[http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/17/mccain-slaps-obama-on-energy-calls-for-more-drilling/], McCain slaps Obama on energy, June 17th, 2008</ref> In addition, he wants the states to receive incentives and royalties to drill. The current ban on offshore drilling covers an estimated 80 percent of U.S. coastal waters."We've seen the impact of it in the form of food prices, in the form of gasoline, in the form of threats of inflation and indeed indications of inflation, and we must embark on a national mission to eliminate our dependence on foreign oil." <ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_el_pr/mccain] , http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_el_pr/mccain , AP McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling , June 16, 2008</ref> He indicated, though, that the end of the ban on offshore drilling would have mostly psychological effects in the short term. At a town hall meeting, McCain stated, "I don't see an immediate relief, but I do see that exploitation of existing reserves that may exist -- and in view of many experts that do exist off our coasts -- is also a way that we need to provide relief. Even though it may take some years, the fact that we are exploiting those reserves would have psychological impact that I think is beneficial."
He would support incentives for building new nuclear power plants. <ref>http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/24/1163504.aspx</ref> John McCain wants more nuclear reactors to increase America's energy independence. He is calling for the construction of 45 new reactors by 2030. Also, McCain wants to increase federal funds for clean coal technology by 2 billion dollars to reduce dependence on foreign oil. <ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91CMT0O0&show_article=1] , http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91CMT0O0&show_article=1 , AP McCain calls for building 45 new nuclear reactors, June 18, 2008</ref>
McCain supports increasing ethanol imports and more production of hybrid vehicles. He is co-sponsor of a Senate cap-and-trade bill designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions. He has consistently voted for preserving the budget for ANWR but against drilling for [[oil]] in the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] (ANWR), because of environmental concerns. Conservationists differ from conservatives that 2000 acres for oil drilling is not enough to impact [[polar bears]] in the region.

===Environment===
McCain's position on [[global warming]] issues has put him at odds with conservatives. His [[environment]]al proposals are mostly sound modern thinking by someone that understands the enormity of the problem. McCain says that we can go green as a nation without bankrupting America. Per his website, Senator McCain "wants to leave a better future for our children."
On January 2007, McCain said, "we continue to learn more about the science of climate change and the dangerous precedence of not addressing this environmental problem. The science tells us that urgent and significant action is needed." On October 30, 2003, he co-sponsored the Climate Stewardship Act (S.139), which was defeated. McCain is a member of, and was endorsed by, the Republicans for Environmental Protection organization. His conservative stances include voting to confirm Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior and he is in favor of renewable energy such as solar, hydro, and wind. "Wind power is one of many alternative energy sources that are changing our economy for the better, and one day they will change our economy forever."

===Immigration===
John McCain says that he will secure the borders first and many [[immigration]] issue are still needed but will have to come later. In 2007, McCain worked to provide border security efforts with a temporary worker program and an eventual path to citizenship for many illegal immigrants. Conservatives wanted nothing to do with the proposal and in June 2007, Congress' efforts collapsed. McCain said of the outcome,"I say it is a lesson learned about what the American people's priorities are. And their priority is to secure the borders." <ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-11-03-610628094_x.htm] , http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2007-11-03-610628094_x.htm, AP McCain emphasizes border security, November 4, 2007</ref> "..I support the same solution. But we've got to secure the borders first" says McCain

On Jan. 5, regarding the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, Senator McCain announced that anyone who says he supported amnesty is "a liar, is lying." The senator stated "I do not support, nor would I ever support, any services provided to someone who came to this country illegally, nor would I ever and I never have supported [[Social Security]] benefits for people who are in this country illegally. Any assertion to the contrary is absolutely false." During the comprehensive immigration reform debate, Senator McCain voted to table an amendment that would have prevented illegal immigrants from receiving Social Security who "are not able to receive Social Security benefits as a result of unlawful activity."<ref>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00130</ref> Senator McCain stated in a May 29, 2003 interview, "Amnesty has to be an important part because there are people who have lived in this country for 20, 30 or 40 years, who have raised children here and pay taxes here and are not citizens." Arguing amnesty is not a free pass or a reward for law breaking, McCain stated, "Well, because amnesty, according to the dictionary, is forgiveness. The proposal that we had- would require fines, would require back in the line, would require deportation for some. It would require others to go back to the country of their origin" <ref>[http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/John_McCain_Immigration.htm] , Ontheissues.com, John McCain on Immigration</ref> At the [[Republican]] debate at the Reagan Library, McCain stated he supports the deportation of 2 million illegals who have committed crimes in the USA.

Conversely, in a June 2008 meeting with Hispanic leaders in Chicago, McCain indicated he would push legislation to overhaul federal immigration laws if elected. According to one attendee, Rosanna Pulido, head of the Illinois [[Minuteman Project]], ""He's one John McCain in front of white Republicans. And he's a different John McCain in front of Hispanics..." <ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/20/mccain-discusses-immigrat_n_108297.html McCain Discusses Immigration With Hispanic Leaders</ref> <ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/2008-06-19-4020801806_x.htm McCain Meets With Hispanic Leaders</ref> Pulido further stated, "He was telling one group of people one thing and the Hispanics another, I'm a conservative and I think he's throwing conservatives under the bus."<ref>http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/06/title----mcca-1.html McCain Double-Talk on Immigration?</ref> Due to his support, members of the Minuteman Project, participating in the Minuteman Project Caravan, traveled to Washington, D.C. to register their disapproval. They made an entry into McCain's Guest Log Book asking him to uphold the Constitution and enforce the law. After making the entry, the group was forced to leave by a senior staffer for Senator McCain or be reported to the police. <ref>http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643181/posts Minuteman Project Thrown Out of McCain's Office</ref>

Senator McCain's position on illegal immigration has arguably resulted in the most criticisms from conservatives. On May 12, 2005, McCain joined Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] (D-[[Massachusetts]]) as co-sponsor of the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act. The bill would legalize and eventually grant citizenship to the estimated 12–20 million [[illegal alien]]s in the United States and have them immediately start collecting social security and other government benefits. The bill never came for a vote on the Senate floor. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 and the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 are two additional compromises based on the original McCain-Kennedy bill. McCain has consistently voted for visas for skilled workers. McCain voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006 and has said border security should be a bigger priority then the illegal aliens who are currently here.

===Global Trade===
McCain has actively supported reducing barriers to trade and has shown leadership in the [[United States Senate|Senate]] on Free Trade Agreements (FTA). Senator McCain supports both pending FTAs for Columbia and [[South Korea]]. <ref>[http://useconomy.about.com/od/candidatesandtheeconomy/p/McCain_Trade.htm], John McCain and Trade</ref> He voted for and defends the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

===Social Security===
McCain is a strong supporter of private [[Social Security]] accounts.

===Tax Reform===
In 2001, McCain gained attention as one of only two Republicans who voted against President Bush's tax cuts. He opposed accelerating the cuts in 2003, saying, "I voted against the tax cuts because of the disproportional amount that went to the wealthiest Americans. I would clearly support not extending those tax cuts in order to help address the deficit." He has now changed his stance, by voting to make the tax cuts permanent, and says he would do the same as President. In 2002, Senator McCain was one of only two Republicans to twice vote against the permanent repeal of the Death Tax. He has also refused to sign a pledge put forth by Americans for Tax Freedom not to impose any new taxes or increase existing taxes. However, many of McCain's votes has shown support for lower taxes, such as eliminating the marriage penalty, a 1997 vote to cut capital gains taxes and he introduced measures that would require a sixty-vote majority to pass a tax increase.

==Foreign Policy==

===National Security===

McCain urges the Senate to pass FISA. “For months, House Democrats, the [[ACLU]], and the trial lawyers have held up legislation to modernize our nation’s terrorist surveillance laws. Today, the House passed a compromise bill to end this impasse. While I would have preferred to see the Senate bill enacted, which I voted for earlier this year, I am pleased Congressional leaders and the Administration were able to reach an agreement to reform our current surveillance law and not let FISA expire in August. I hope [[United States Senate|Senate]] Democrats will allow this matter to quickly be considered by the Senate and sent to the President for his signature. I will support this measure and hope that politics will be put aside in favor of this vital national security matter.” <ref>[http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=a7f9dc6c-da0e-459d-dd6c-91e20a46e1e5] , McCAIN URGES SENATE PASSAGE OF FISA
, June 20, 2008</ref> Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was established in 1978.

McCain has voted in support of the [[Patriot Act|USA PATRIOT Act]] as well as National Missile Defense. However, he has joined [[liberal]]s in support of immediately closing [[Guantanamo Bay]], and moving all the prisoners to Fort Leavenworth. On October 3, 2005, he introduced the McCain Detainee Amendment which prohibits inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. The bill was passed and signed by President [[George W. Bush]]. McCain has recently criticized the practice of [[waterboarding]], saying "they should know what it is. It is not a complicated procedure. It is torture." McCain voted against HR 2082, the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which included provisions that would have prevented the CIA from water boarding prisoners.

===Afghanistan===
After the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] McCain was a strong advocate for military action in [[Afghanistan]], saying:

''We did not cause this war. Our enemies did, and they are to blame for the deprivations and difficulties it occasions. They are to'' ''blame for the loss of innocent life. They are to blame for the geopolitical problems confronting our friends and us. We can help'' ''repair the damage of war. But to do so, we must destroy the people who started it.'' <ref>http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=95001375</ref>

McCain is currently calling for 15,000 additional troops to address the situation in Afghanistan, similar to his victorious 2007 troop surge in Iraq.

===Iran===
McCain has said that "We continue to be concerned about [[Iran]]ian influence and assistance to Hezbollah as well as Iranian pursuit of nuclear weapons." He tried to ban Iran from playing in the 2006 World Cup, citing Iranian President [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]'s [[Holocaust]] denials.

===Iraq===
[[Image:610x.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Senator John McCain with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, 03/17/08]] McCain voted with the majority [[Republican]] Party and 29 Democrats of the Senate in favor of the 2002 "[[Iraq War]] Resolution" authorizing President George W. Bush to go to war against Iraq and overthrow the [[Saddam Hussein]] regime. In 1998, McCain voted in favor of HR 4655 Iraq Liberation Act, signed by then President Clinton. <ref>[http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/ILA.htm], http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Legislation/ILA.htm, HR4655 Public Law: 105-338, October 31, 1998</ref> HR 4655 declares that it should be the policy of the United States to seek to remove the Saddam Hussein regime from power in Iraq and to replace it with a democratic government. McCain went on to became a critic of the management of the war, arguing that there wasn't enough troop strength in the area. However, he never became a defeatist advocating surrender. McCain publicly stated that he had "no confidence" in then-Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld]]. However, he refused to call for his resignation, saying that "the President picks his team, and the president has the right to stay with that team if he wants to." McCain became one of the strongest leading advocates in the Senate for the 2007 troop surge, which increased the number of American troops by 20,500, deployed to provide security to [[Baghdad]] and Al Anbar Province. On February 4, he criticized a non-binding resolution opposing the troop buildup, calling it a reckless "vote of no confidence" in the U.S. Commanders and in the military. Additionally, he voted against all measures aimed at withdrawal of U.S. forces and voted against cutting off of war funds. McCain rightly believes that Congress should not micromanage the war and to give the military everything they ask for to successfully complete the mission. He has mentioned in a town hall forum that staying the course in Iraq for 'a hundred years' would not bother him if no American soldier's were losing their lives. This became an issue for Democratic political strategy. The DNC lead by chairman [[Howard Dean]] repeatedly tried to use false statements in justifying attacking McCain.<ref>[http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/04/mccains_100year_war.html]http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/04/mccains_100year_war.html, Washington post Fact Checker, April 2, 2008</ref> What McCain said is very different from what the liberal media and the DNC were reporting. Asked in Derry, NH of the willingness to keep troops in Iraq for 50 years, he said "Make it 100" and

{{QuoteBox|"That's fine with me as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed."}}

===Russia===
Senator McCain has strongly criticized [[Russia]]n President [[Vladimir Putin]]. During a primary debate he said, ""He bullies his neighbors and he wants to get a control of the energy supply of Western Europe. This is a dangerous person. And he has to understand that there's a cost to some of his actions." In 2005 McCain and [[Connecticut]] senator [[Joe Lieberman]] drafted a resolution banning Russia from attending the Group of 8 (G8) international forum. McCain is also a strong supporter of ballistic national missile defenses.

===Cuba===
McCain forcefully supports the [[Cuban embargo]] and believes it should be maintained until certain specific political freedoms are restored to the country. <ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/us/politics/21mccain.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&fta=y&adxnnlx=1222106556-zea3cQG12OakFI9P97dogQ</ref>

===Syria===
During the [[Syrian Civil War]] McCain wanted to arm the islamist opposition with weapons and also called for a air strike against the syrian president [[Bashar al-Assad]].<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/05/mccain-calls-for-air-strikes-against-syrias-assad/</ref>

===Egypt===
After the [[Egypt|Egyptian]] dictator [[Mohammed Morsi]] was set down, McCain called it a "coup".<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mccain-worries-egypt-may-suffer-prolonged-violence</ref>

===Ukraine===
McCain supported the EuroMaidan protests in [[Ukraine]] and has ties to the nazi-party "Svoboda".<ref>http://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/</ref>

==Social Issues==
===Abortion===
{{QuoteBox|"If I am fortunate enough to be elected as the next President of the United States, I pledge to you to be a loyal and unswerving friend of the right to life movement."}}

Sen. John McCain has more than a twenty year anti-[[abortion]] record, first in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], then in the U.S. Senate. McCain voted 11 times on anti-abortion and other [[pro-life]] issues in the House. Senator McCain has voted 119 times on anti-abortion and other pro-life measures in the Senate. <ref>[http://www.naral.org/assets/files/mccain_fact_sheet.pdf], http://www.naral.org/assets/files/mccain_fact_sheet.pdf</ref>

McCain's record in the Senate on abortion is pro-life. He voted for the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. McCain has also voted against government funding of birth control and sex education.<ref>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00214 Voted Nay on an amendment to authorize grants to carry out programs to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies</ref> <ref>http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00075 Vote against allocation of $100m for prevention of unintended pregnancies </ref><ref>http://www.nowpublic.com/quiet-campaign-against-contraception Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign officials boast that he has "consistently voted against taxpayer-funded contraception programs." And Mr. McCain reports that his adviser on sexual-health matters is Sen. Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, who leads campaigns claiming condoms are unsafe and opposing emergency contraception.</ref> During his first Presidential campaign for the 2000 election, McCain said the following on [[Roe v. Wade]], "I'd love to see a point where it is irrelevant, and could be repealed because abortion is no longer necessary. But certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations." <ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/feb/07021908.html McCain's "</ref> He has since changed his position, saying Roe v. Wade should be overturned.

John McCain:
* Voted against a [[Roe v. Wade]] resolution
* Co-sponsored and voted for the Federal Abortion Ban
* Supported H.R.1997, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act
* Voted for four anti-abortion U.S. Supreme Court judges
* Voted for six anti-abortion lower court judges
* Supported H.R.3913, to prohibit federal funds for abortion services in any case
* Voted to make it a federal crime for anyone but a parent to cross state lines for abortion termination
* Voted in favor of a national network of parental notification.

====Quotations====
“I do not support Roe v. Wade. It should be overturned.” <ref>Ann Althouse, Rudy & Mitt Hem & Haw on Abortion, N.Y. TIMES, Feb. 24, 2007.</ref>

*"I have many, many votes and it’s been consistent. And I’ve got a consistent zero from NARAL throughout all those years…."<ref>John McCain for President 2008, On the Issues: Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life</ref>
*"My record is clear, and I think the important thing is you look at people’s voting record because sometimes rhetoric can be a little… misleading…. As you know I don’t support Roe v. Wade…. I thought it was a bad decision, and I think that the decision should be made in the states"<ref>John McCain for President 2008, On the Issues: Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life</ref>
*“I’m proud that we have Justice Alito and Roberts on the United States Supreme Court. I’m very proud to have played a very small role in making that happen.” McCain explained further that he “will try to find clones of Alito and Roberts” to fill future court vacancies.<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/politics/story.php?id=26539], Letter from Sen. John McCain to Pro‐Life Community Janary 23, 2008</ref>

===Gun Control===
McCain's record on [[gun control]] is mixed. He co-sponsored the Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001. This act would reduce the number of gun shows, require gun-owners to purchase trigger locks, and allow federal agents to arrest those who violate federal gun laws. However, McCain has frequently voted in support of the Second Amendment, such as voting against background checks at gun shows and voting in support of prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. In August of 1999, McCain said he was open to voting for an assault weapon ban, depending on the details. However, he still voted against the Federal Assault Weapons Ban and the efforts to renew it, as well as the Brady Bill.

A top official of the [[National Rifle Association]] said McCain has been a reliable ally of gun owners despite divisions with the powerful lobbying group on some issues. NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told The Associated Press "...We're not foolish enough to ignore the vast areas of agreement in which John McCain has been a friend to gun owners." <ref>[http://www.gopusa.com/news/2008/may/0514_nra_mccain.shtml], http://www.gopusa.com/news/2008/may/0514_nra_mccain.shtml, NRA chief stresses common ground with McCain, May 14, 2008</ref> The Republican presidential nominee has voted against a ban on assault-type weapons with restrictions which were objected. In 2013 he voted to block his colleages' filibuster and was one of four Republicans who voted for the Manchin-Toomey background checks gun control bill.

===Same-sex marriage===
In the speech on the Senate floor July 13th, 2004, McCain stated “Mr. President, most Americans believe, as I do, that the institution of marriage should be reserved for the union of a man and a woman." <ref>http://www.friendsofmccain.com/news/dspnews.cfm?id=143</ref> John McCain revealed his decision based on super majority requirements and the current political realities within Congress. “By my count, there is not at this time even a small majority of senators who would vote for Senator Allard’s amendment, much less the 67 votes required by the Constitution. That won’t change, Mr. President, unless public opinion changes significantly. The [[Founders]], wisely, made certain that the Constitution is difficult to amend, and, as a practical political matter, can’t be done without overwhelming public approval. And thank God for that. Were it any easier I fear we could not make the claim for the Constitution’s enduring success that I have just made." Further, he explained his approach to the amendment's ultimate success “If a constitution is to be amended, Mr. President, it should be a state constitution." McCain voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment. In May 2008, the California Supreme Court effectively created a ruling to grant same-sex partners equal rights to [[Marriage]] and to be recognized by the state. A spokesman for Republican John McCain, who opposes gay marriage, said the Arizona senator "doesn't believe judges should be making these decisions."

===Evolution===
Senator John McCain's position on evolution is nuanced:

{{QuoteBox|"I think Americans should be exposed to every point of view, I happen to [[believe in evolution]]. ... I respect those who think the world was created in seven days. Should it be taught as a science class? '''Probably not'''." [http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/12/mccain-creationism/]}}

==Personal life==
[[Image:Cindy McCain.jpg|thumb|Cindy McCain]]
McCain has been married twice. His first marriage, to Carol Shepp, ended in [[divorce]] in 1980 after 15 years, of which he spent five in captivity. McCain publicly acknowledges the responsibility for the breakup as his, stating in a 2008 interview with Pastor Rick Warren that "My greatest moral failing, and I have been a very imperfect person, is the failure of my first marriage".<ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/rules021299.htm</ref> His second and current wife is Cindy Lou Hensley, to whom he has been married for 28 years. His son John Sidney IV is a Midshipman at the [[United States Naval Academy]], Annapolis, and his son James is a non-commissioned officer in the [[United States Marine Corps]], who is serving in [[Iraq]] as part of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]]. Also, the McCains adopted a ten-week old baby girl in 1993, who they named Bridget, from [[Mother Teresa]]'s orphanage in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>[http://celebrity.rightpundits.com/?p=3183 Bridget McCain Biography] Rightpundits.com</ref><ref>[http://www.newsanalysisindia.com/109022008.htm Bridget vs Sonia: McCain vs Rajiv Gandhi] News Analysis India</ref>
Cindy McCain was in the country as part of the American Voluntary Medical Team<ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-041408-cindy-mccain-bio,1,2151434.story Bio of Cindy McCain]</ref> in response to the 1991 [[Bangladesh]] cyclone.
===McCain's family===
*Wife Cindy
*4 sons
**Douglas
**Andrew
**John (''"Jack"'') Sidney IV
**James
*3 daughters
**Sidney
**[[Meghan McCain|Meghan]]
**Bridget
*Parents
**[[Admiral]] John Sydney McCain, Jr. (from [[Indiana]])
**[[Roberta McCain|Roberta Wright McCain]] (from [[Oklahoma]]).

== Books ==
* ''Faith of My Fathers'' (Random House; 1999) ISBN 0-3755-0191-6
* ''Odysseus in America'' (Scribner; 2002) ISBN 0-7432-1156-1
* ''Worth Fighting For: A Memoir'' (Diane Publ. Co; 2002) ISBN 0-7567-6759-8
* ''Medal of Honor'' (Artisan; 2003) ISBN 1-5796-5240-9
* ''Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life'' (Random House; 2004) ISBN 1-4000-6030-3
* ''Character Is Destiny: Inspiring Stories Every Young Person Should Know and Every Adult Should Remember'' (Random House; 2005) ISBN 1-4000-6412-0
* ''Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them'' (Twelve; 2007) ISBN 0-4466-9911-X

==Further reading==
*McCain, John [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=513224&in_page_id=1811 ''My six years of hell: John McCain recalls life as a prisoner of war in Vietnam''] 8 February 2008 [[Daily Mail]]. Accessed 9 February 2008

==References==
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==See Also==
* [[John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign]]
* [[Previous Breaking News/John McCain|Articles about John McCain from previous "Breaking News"]]
* [[White House]]
*[[Cindy McCain]], spouse of John McCain
*[[Roberta McCain]], mother of John McCain

== External links ==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsckD9trn4&eurl=http://evangelicalsformccain.org/meetthesenator.htm ''John McCain: Courageous Service''] - Streaming video documentary hosted at YouTube, including footage of McCain's time as a POW and the Forrestal incident.
*[http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542249 John McCain Biography]
*[http://evangelicalsformccain.org/index.htm Evangelicals for McCain] - Christians, Families and Patriots for John McCain
*[http://studentsformccain08.blogspot.com/ Students for McCain 2008]
*[http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/01/mccains-mom-pop.html McCain's Mom Pops Off]
*[http://www.rd.com/national-interest/people-and-politics/our-interview-with-sen-john-mccain/article.html Presidential Candidate John McCain on the Issues]
*[http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270 Voting record]
*[http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/300071_john_mccain OpenCongress]

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