McCain Rejects Secret Service Protection

OK, Mr. Toughguy, let's see you take that "straight-talk express" bus, into a "peaceful market tour" in Iraq without helicopters, gun-ships and 100 plus troops surrounding you....

Cost of visiting Badhdad and being able to report that there "are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today." Where you could indeed "walk freely" in some areas of Baghdad. :::::: kevlar vests, helmets, a hundred armed soldiers and a fleet of Apache and Blackhawk helicopters overhead as part of his security detail when he visited Iraq

Cost of running & or being our president : secret service protection

There are some things money shouldn't buy. For everything else, there's our pooled resources: taxpayer's money.

I can think of better ways of saving the taxpayers a few bucks than foregoing Secret Service protection. I'm not a McCain supporter, I admit, but I don't think he's thinking clearly (once more!). Doesn't he remember the trauma this nation has suffered because of the assassinations and attempted assassinations of Presidents and candidates alike, not to mention Martin Luther King? Reagan was shot from up close and Ford's would be assassin was pretty close, too. There was even a little known attempt on Nixon's life, I believe. Any of those would surely have succeeded without the Secret Service. Robert Kennedy's murderer's location seem to be under renewed debate. In any case, not every would-be killer will be on the sixth floor or shooting from some roof top. I just spotted a post below that says he will accept protection. I really hope so!

Why doesn't HuffPo and the Government just paint a target om McCain's back?

Whether McCain should have Secret Service protection depends somewhat on who he would choose for V.P. if elected. As for Bush, he's surrounded by so much protection outside the White House it's hard to find him in the crowd. All of which is not really necessary as Bush is on a downhill luge ride toward self-destruction anyway. Save the ammo. Cheney is a fatter target but he, too, is rolling toward implosion, taking what's left of the Party with him.

it was just on TV that McCain is now going to start using Secret Service protection.

Why should McBomb worry, he's not the one threatening to end the MIC's

Crusade for Muslim Resources and all their profiteering opportunities.

I notice he wasn't so quick to reject kevlar vests, helmets, a hundred armed soldiers and a fleet of Apache and Blackhawk helicopters overhead as part of his security detail when he visited Iraq. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/mccain-iraq-stroll/

What's the matter, John; surge not working for you? HYPOCRITE!

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Poor judgment on his part, if you ask me. Even though I will prefer either Hillary or Obama over McCain, the worst thing that could happen would be for him to get taken out by some nut job during the campaign. I would rather see McCain elected than see any candidate for POTUS be shot. This is just stupid.

Thank God, my taxpayer dollars aren't being wasted on the SS for him! Let's pray he still won't want them if he should stumble into POTUS. He always wanted people to believe that "he not only walked on water but also only walked alone"!!

Who am I to criticize a citizen qualified to answer the phone at 3am. But the possibility that other citizens give him their support through money and votes behooves the individual to protect himself for people other than himself, duh! Putting on a seatbelt does not prevent an accident from happening but you will be there to hug your kids later.

Now that its out, the situation will probably change.

He still has the level of judgment of a really, really bad fighter pilot. All aggression and no control. It's why he lost three planes (not counting the one on the Forrestal) before getting shot down in Vietnam. And it's another example of why we can't trust him in the White House.

He is a teenager posing as a septuagenarian.

McCain must have a deathwish, is kinda slow and stupid, or he's a real tough guy. I wouldn't care if something happened to him. One less political hack to have to listen to.

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Dear McCain,
All Bluster..what an idiot.C'mon you are running for president you old fool.I like you..I dispise your stance on the war,and the fact you are true neocon at heart.But I don't want some idiot killing you.You said once that you don't believe in "predestination" well you know ,now I don't believe you.For someone willing to go without secret service protection..you MUST believe in Fate or predestination..you have put your life in Gods hands.Eigther God will spare you or he won't" right ?
BTW..I do believe in Predestination..I just don't assume to know what that plan is for myself or anyone else.Here's my prayer for you..I hope you are kept safe,I hope God sapres your soul,but I also hope you lose this election.

So?
War mongering republicans don't get assassinated if they are going along with the program.

That might be fine if HE doesn't want it but what about his wife and daughter? Isn't it crappy judgment on his part to deny a greater amount of protection for them?????

cuz the people who typically assasinate are on his team....

cuz no one gives a damn about waxin his crusty ol' butt.

So, how much does a State funeral cost? I assume the taxpayers foot the bill for that? Maybe his estate could pay for it.

Come on, John, get with the program.

Why would anyone bother assassinating John McCain when he has one leg in the grave and the other on a bannana peel?

I think it's just for the free publicity because the media calls it 'news'.

It would be too tough a job, trying to protect McCain from constantly shooting himself in the foot.

Makes his judgement even MORE suspect...

Too expensive for tax payers? That's a laugh. If he was really concerned about the burden on tax payers he'd be figuring ways to trim his 100 year plan for Iraq.

Great, another Rambo with a John Wayne cowboy hat. Apparently he's not to concerned about terrorism.