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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 McCain''' (Oklahoma? 1912- ) is the mother of Senator [[John McCain]], a [[Republican]] candidate for president in 2008.  

'''Roberta Wright McCain''' (February 7, 1912 – October 12, 2020) was the mother of Senator [[John McCain]], the [[Republican]] candidate for president in 2008, whom she has described as ''"a sh*tter from the very beginning''."<ref>[https://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 it'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 ''"had 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>

She is shy around publicity and her son John largely omitted her from his best-selling book. She told [[Time Magazine]] in 2000, when [[John McCain]] first ran for president, that:

She is shy around publicity and her son John largely omitted her from his best-selling book. She told [[Time Magazine]] in 2000, when [[John McCain]] first ran for president:

:''"I am so shy and so nervous that I couldn't tell you anything. I can't think on my feet. I would have a heart attack or jump out this five-story window. I'm worried that whatever I would tell you would be true."

:''"I am so shy and so nervous that I couldn't tell you anything. I can't think on my feet. I would have a heart attack or jump out this five-story window. I'm worried that whatever I would tell you would be true."''

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In 2008, as it became apparent that [[John McCain]] would be the [[Republican]] nominee, his mother Roberta declared that [[conservatives]] would have to ''"hold their nose"'' while they vote for him. John was asked about this in an interview on the [[CBS]] Evening News:<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/04/eveningnews/main3789119.shtml One-On-One With John McCain]</ref>

She was 88 years old then; as of 2008 she was 96 years old. McCain has been presented to the media by [[John McCain]] as a way of defusing questions about his age of 72, which would make him the oldest person to be elected president for the first time.

In 2008, it became apparent that [[John McCain]] would be the [[Republican]] nominee.

 

 

 

In 2008, as it became apparent that [[John McCain]] would be the [[Republican]] nominee, his mother Roberta declared that [[conservatives]] would have to ''"hold their nose"'' while they vote for him. John was asked about this in an interview on the [[CBS]] Evening News:<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/04/eveningnews/main3789119.shtml One-On-One With John McCain]</ref>

:[[Katie Couric]]: ''They'll support you even if, as your 95 year old mom, Roberta, said, they have to hold their nose while they're doing it?''

:[[Katie Couric]]: ''They'll support you even if, as your 95 year old mom, Roberta, said, they have to hold their nose while they're doing it?''

:McCain: ''Well, you know, I mean ... in all due respect ... my 95-year-old mother, I think, is very much entitled, and has earned her right to her views. The fact is I am uniting the party. The conservatives are coming along -- in very large numbers.''  

:McCain: ''Well, you know, I mean ... in all due respect ... my 95-year-old mother, I think, is very much entitled, and has earned her right to her views. The fact is I am uniting the party. The conservatives are coming along -- in very large numbers.''  

Roberta McCain declared:

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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Roberta McCain's husband, Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., died in 1981.

Roberta McCain's husband, Admiral John S. McCain, Jr., died in 1981.

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== See also ==

==See also==

*[[2008 Presidential Election]]

*[[2008 Presidential Election]]

*[[John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign]]

*[[John McCain 2008 Presidential Campaign]]

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