[bulldogs85]

Originally Posted by Xenu

1 - John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.(1)...

2 - According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China... Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi." ...(2) ...

3 - His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban...(3)...

4 - McCain opposes a woman’s right to choose... He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."...(4)...

5 - The Children’s Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children... He voted against the children’s health care bill last year, then defended Bush’s veto of the bill...(5)...

6 - He’s one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires... The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations...(6)...

7 - Many of McCain’s fellow Republican senators say he’s too reckless to be commander in chief... One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He’s erratic. He’s hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."...(7)...

8 - McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists... The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates...(8)...

9 - McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years... The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America’s founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."...(9)...

10 - He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, a flat zero!—from the League of Conservation Voters last year......(10)...

Sources:

1. "The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day," ABC News, April 3, 2008
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpu...mplicated.html

"McCain Facts," ColorOfChange.org, April 4, 2008
http://colorofchange.org/mccain_facts

2. "McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq," Bloomberg News, March 12, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...tk0ZM&refer=us

"Buchanan: John McCain 'Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi,'" ThinkProgress, February 6, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/...gandhi-mccain/

3. "McCain Sides With Bush On Torture Again, Supports Veto Of Anti-Waterboarding Bill," ThinkProgress, February 20, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/...-torture-veto/

4. "McCain says Roe v. Wade should be overturned," MSNBC, February 18, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/

5. "2007 Children's Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard," February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site..._scorecard2007

"McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion," CNN, October 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/...ain.interview/

6. "Beer Executive Could Be Next First Lady," Associated Press, April 3, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h...5ZtMgD8VQ86M80

"McCain Says Bank Bailout Should End `Systemic Risk,'" Bloomberg News, March 25, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...ZFM&refer=home

7. "Will McCain's Temper Be a Liability?," Associated Press, February 16, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4301022

"Famed McCain temper is tamed," Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...mper_is_tamed/

8. "Black Claims McCain's Campaign Is Above Lobbyist Influence: 'I Don't Know What The Criticism Is,'" ThinkProgress, April 2, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/...lack-lobbyist/

"McCain's Lobbyist Friends Rally 'Round Their Man," ABC News, January 29, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4210251

9. "McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam," Mother Jones Magazine, March 12, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/washingto...ual-guide.html

"Will McCain Specifically 'Repudiate' Hagee's Anti-Gay Comments?," ThinkProgress, March 12, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/12/...agee-anti-gay/

"McCain 'Very Honored' By Support Of Pastor Preaching 'End-Time Confrontation With Iran,'" ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/...n-endorsement/

10. "John McCain Gets a Zero Rating for His Environmental Record," Sierra Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/



This article was originally available here. But you have to sign up. To find links to sources of all the materials you can go here. Yes, the source which compiled this info might not be the AP...but I checked their sources and they all appear to be accurate. In other words, regardless of the status of websites which compiled this information, the information is legit. So don't bother attacking the source and instead try focusing on the 10 claims.


I found 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 most troubling.

Interesting theory I heard from someone: McCain puts on a liberal front because our population is being brainwashed to think more liberally by the media and Hollywood. So, to get elected, a president must have moderate or liberal leanings. So, McCain puts on that front to seem moderate compared to the far left Hilary and Obama. McCain then gets elected with a true conservative VP- Romney maybe or someone similar. Then, it will be seen as the Republicans and conservatives once again out-smarting the Democrats, and once again we'll have at least 4 years of Democrats crying over how they stole the election. I compare Democrats to the Muslims after the Six Day War. Years later they are still devastated mentally by the thought of "How could we possibly have lost?". McCain will win by showing a liberal leaning front, the brainwashed public will buy it, and conservatives will be pulling the strings anyway. And Democrats will spend 4 years trying to figure out how they lost another one.

[bulldogs85]

Originally Posted by Xenu

Are you assholes trolls or are you just stupid?

Neither, they just disagree with you. It's what happens in a debate. I know you liberals don't like open debate and free speech, but....GASP....some people think you are wrong!

[Apple Pie]

The sad thing is, I can see Mccain getting elected.

[vogues157]

McCain has his negatives as a candidate, but I have to give him credit for how he has run his campaign up to this point. One thing that people may not know about McCain, is that he has a son who is serving in Iraq. McCain has chosen not to use this fact to garner any political gain. In fact, he has done everything he can to keep this private. I read an article this morning about his son. His campaign refused to to comment on it and asked that it not be published

http://http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/us/politics/06mccain.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=s login

Contrast that to the Clinton campaign who exploits her family at every turn for political gain.

[vogues157]

The link I posted for the article on McCain's son takes you to a log in page, but the article is available on the front page of the Drudge Report. It is under the headline "Vocal on War, McCain is Silent on Son's Service".

[Octavian]

Number 8 is pretty disturbing to be honest. I think McCain is a disasters presidential candidate because he's basically more of what we've suffered through with Bush. The one potential positive that his time could bring is a curbing of lobbyist intervention on Cap. Hill. Sadly, one must get the feeling that it's a dream.

[gasguzzler]

I'm not really for McCain, but the only one on that list that really bothers me is #8. The one about abortion I don't agree with, but McCain alone can't do anything about that.

[GOD_OF_MUAYTHAI]

john hagee is a scumbag.....hes all for america instituting "biblical law" like PUBLIC STONING FOR ADULTERY.....doesnt get anymore stupid and idiotic than that

[Johnny Fairtex]

hmm let's see 'giant douche or turd sandwich'? that's a tough one alright.

[Xenu]

Originally Posted by gasguzzler

I'm not really for McCain, but the only one on that list that really bothers me is #8. The one about abortion I don't agree with, but McCain alone can't do anything about that.

The president selects supreme court justices.