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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:38 PM
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See John Run. McCain Flees from Hispanic DREAMers
Outside Arizona Senator John McCain’s Washington D.C. office, six undocumented students staged an all-day sit-in with a plan to get the senator to give a statement in support of the DREAM Act.

Previously, McCain had co-sponsored the act, but when given the opportunity to show his support again on this week, he did no such thing. In fact, he ran away.

In an attempt to avoid the students, McCain tried to slip out a side-door exit, but founding member of United We DREAM, Matias Ramos, said the group only managed a brief exchange with the senator. Even that much interaction was only achieved because the group literally chased McCain down a hallway as he attempted to escape his office through one of its five doors.

According to Ramos, Gaby Pacheco, another activist asked, “We’d like to serve the country. Will you support the DREAM Act and allow us to serve?” To which, the senator allegedly replied, “Good, good, go serve the country then,” before escaping into an elevator ...

http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/notitas-de-noticias/details/see-john-run.-mccain-flees-from-dreamers/3064/
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:40 PM
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1. Is there video? I'd love to see that.
Watch the old fart coward run away from kids asking honest questions.

And then yelling out the window "Get off my lawn!"
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veganlush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-10 04:44 PM
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2. hehehehe
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