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[[Image:John and Roberta McCain.jpg|thumb|right|220px|John and Roberta McCain]]

[[Image:John and Roberta McCain.jpg|thumb|right|220px|John and Roberta McCain]]

'''Roberta Wright McCain''' (b. 7 February 1912, [[Oklahoma]]) is the mother of Senator [[John McCain]], the [[Republican]] candidate for president in 2008, whom she has described as ''"a shitter from the very beginning''."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsckD9trn4&eurl=http://evangelicalsformccain.org/meetthesenator.htm ''John McCain: Courageous Service'']. Interview with Roberta McCain. Accessed 5 March 2008</ref>   

'''Roberta Wright McCain''' (born 7 February 1912, [[Oklahoma]]) is the mother of Senator [[John McCain]], the [[Republican]] candidate for president in 2008, whom she has described as ''"a shitter from the very beginning''."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQsckD9trn4&eurl=http://evangelicalsformccain.org/meetthesenator.htm ''John McCain: Courageous Service'']. Interview with Roberta McCain. Accessed 5 March 2008</ref>   

In early 2008, despite John McCain having just won the [[New Hampshire]] and [[South Carolina]] primaries, Roberta McCain declared that she did not think her son ''"has any"'' support by the Republican base. [[CNN]] senior political analyst Gloria Borger observed that ''"now we know where McCain gets all the straight talk from. We think he's his mother."''<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200801280010 CNN's Borger on McCain's mother]</ref>

In early 2008, despite John McCain having just won the [[New Hampshire]] and [[South Carolina]] primaries, Roberta McCain declared that she did not think her son ''"has any"'' support by the Republican base. [[CNN]] senior political analyst Gloria Borger observed that ''"now we know where McCain gets all the straight talk from. We think he's his mother."''<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/items/200801280010 CNN's Borger on McCain's mother]</ref>

Roberta McCain declared about her son John:

Roberta McCain declared about her son John:

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''He's backed Bush in everything except Rumsfeld.  Have you heard other senators and congressmen backing Bush over eight years? Find me it--give me a name.  I've not seen any public recognition of the work that he's done for the Republican party.'' <ref>[http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19238920&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=623508&rfi=6 McCain's Mom Pops Off] The Bulletin. Philadelphia’s Family Newspaper. </ref>

''He's backed Bush in everything except Rumsfeld.  Have you heard other senators and congressmen backing Bush over eight years? Find me it--give me a name.  I've not seen any public recognition of the work that he's done for the Republican party.'' <ref>[http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19238920&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=623508&rfi=6 McCain's Mom Pops Off] The Bulletin. Philadelphia’s Family Newspaper.</ref>

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*[[John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign]]

*[[John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign]]

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