Is it time for Arizona Sen. John McCain to follow in the foot steps (actually the “Shoes of the Fisherman”), Pope Benedict VI?
We have all seen Sen. McCain struggling with his temper at Arizona town hall Meetings. He doesn’t seem to be capable any longer of keeping his emotions in check.
Instead of listening to his constituents (isn’t that the reason he has town hall meetings in the first place ?)...he yells at them. Instead of listening to his constituents, he rolls his eyes is disgust at their remarks. He has forgotten that he is an “elected” official, not an anointed official. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned concept of politicians being beholden to their constituents — not berating them?
Even though Sen. McCain was involved in the “Keating Five” scandal, the Arizona voters have elected him on his military experience and prisoner-of-war status, time and again. These same Arizona voters don’t deserve to be yelled at a public town hall meeting for expressing their constitutionally protected freedom of speech.
Sen. McCain, the Good Book influenced Pope Benedict to step down because of his advanced age, maybe it’s time for you to do the same. Senator, isn’t it time to go while you still have your dignity and the respect of your constituents?
Leon Ceniceros
Mesa
downtownresident posted at 12:51 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
Don't you mean Joe Arpaio? It's too late for him to go with dignity, but tomorrow isn't soon enough to see Joe go. Go Joe! Away.........Forever.
Cerulean posted at 1:40 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
Leon, were you the uninformed guy at McCain’s recent town hall who yelled out “You are taking our social security to give to a dependent class of people.” ?
I have a hard time criticizing McCain when there is such ignorance in the crowd.
Why aren’t the yahoo’s at town halls advocating for better use of e-verify? Why would they rather shoot to kill someone rather than make it difficult for them to take a job?
In 2000, the Tucson border patrol sector made more than 616,000 illegal migrant apprehensions. Today crossings are down in the tens of thousands. And Nogales area police think the problem of drug smuggling has more to do with demand in the U.S. than supply in Mexico. I agree.
truth posted at 2:06 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
A new trend is sweeping through the Republican Party, it' called “rebranding.” In recent weeks, several jnfluential Republican leaders have stepped forward to say that the party must learn from it's DRUBBING in the 2012 election, and revise its message to voters. Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana called on the GOP to stop being the “STUPID PARTY” and stop damaging its brand “with stupid and offensive comments. “House Majority Leader Eric Cantor made major speech focusing on what the party could do to help the embattled middle class, rather than usual rhetoric on “job creators,” tax cuts, and deficits,Perhaps most significantly of all,
truth posted at 2:29 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
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valleynative posted at 2:57 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
McCain was cleared of all wrong-doing in the Keating 5 scandal.
I think I'd prefer a leader who honestly expresses his contempt for stupidity in his constituency than one who pretends to respect the morons.
truth posted at 3:31 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
Leon, the reason that I don't stick to the subject is because the trib. will print your letters but not ones that are not to their far right way of thinking. Tribune, my post that you call spam are from national famous magazines, just because they are profitable and you are a free news paper answers it all. But then again this is Arizona the state at the bottom.
truth posted at 4:15 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
Even GOP strategist Karl Rove wrote last week in The Wall Street Journal that “congressional Republicans are simultaneously united divided and confused” about the sequester.
IceCat posted at 4:23 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
Gee if Sen. McCain retired, I would hate to see who Gov. Brewer would appoint to replace him
Leon Ceniceros posted at 4:24 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
I never accused Sen. McCain of any "wrong-doing". If you re-read my Letter, I said he was involved because he was. Even Sen. McCain said that the two days that he and the others met with the Federal Home Loan Bank regulators were the "two worst mistakes of my Life", to quote the Senator. If you were a Federal Loan Regulator and were called to a Meeting with 5 of the most Prominent Senators of the Day (a Vietnam War P.O.W. Hero and Senator who had walked on the Moon)...wouldn't you feel the least bit intimidated ?.
Sen. McCain excused his actions at the time as just "helping a Constituent"..."just like he would help an elderly woman with a Social Security check problem". Only this "Constituent" ended up causing 23,000 (mostly elderly Arizona and California citizens) to lose their life savings. Some of them even committed suicide as a result of Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan going bankrupt to the tune of 1/4 of a Billion Dollars (the whole "Savings and Loan Scandal" ended up costing 1/2 of a Trillion...with a "T"....Dollars).
Oh, and by the way, the US Senate Ethics Committee did rule that Sen. McCain "exercised poor judgment" in his two meetings with Federal Loan Regulators on Charles Keating's behalf in the first place.
Leon Ceniceros posted at 4:27 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
P.S....."Truth"....the East Valley Tribune = far right.......that is the biggest "hoot" of them all.
valleynative posted at 5:27 pm on Sun, Feb 24, 2013.
Leon, showing poor judgment as a freshman Senator is par for the course, It was a long time ago, he was cleared of wrong-doing, there's no point in bringing it up.
Truth, you need to seek professional help. The spam filter on this site is notoriously stupid. It's really not somebody out to get you. Did you really think that somebody read your post and made the decision to ban it that quickly?
Bluepoet posted at 8:16 am on Mon, Feb 25, 2013.
McCain should have quit a couple of elections ago, in my view. His pandering reached epic proportions, with each successive run for the Presidency.
What we saw, in his town hall meetings, are the results of his switching back to being practical, instead of opportunistic. What he apparently didn't count on, was that the radical right would not have seen the shift, and recognized it as a stab at being rational, for a change. Instead, he sees the political backlash from those who actually "didn't get the memo", and believed all the hype that he, among others, has been feeding off of...
As for his dignity? That ship has sailed, too...
sockratties posted at 8:24 am on Mon, Feb 25, 2013.
McCain has been a wounded animal ever since he lost his bid for president. He hangs on because there is nothing else for him. He has no cause or real issues he cares to address so he turns on anyone who suggests he do his job. Look at Benghazi and illegal immigration. McCain is a U.S. Senator, so is in a position to effect those issues. If a senator can’t, who can? Instead he’s making a career out of knocking others for the results of congress’ ineffectiveness. Like so many champions who don't know when to quit, he will keep on playing until he is a loser.
Accuracy posted at 6:35 pm on Mon, Feb 25, 2013.
Leon Ceniceros thinks: "It's time for U.S. Senator John McCain to retire" – and not U.S. Senator Harry Reid?
John McCain was first elected U.S. Senate in 1986 and Harry Reid was first elected U.S. Senate in 1987. Oh, but you picked McCain because he is 76 and Reed is only 74.
smartvoter posted at 11:43 am on Sat, Mar 2, 2013.
I think it is time for McCain to retire also he's had a good run and now it's time to pass the torch. He and his wife have enough money to live on for another 200 years.It's time for some new blood.
And yes Harry Reid needs to go as well I don't care if he retires, just that he gets out.