The following is a concise compilation of John McCain’s almost universally awful record. It is adapted and expanded from a previous post for easy reference:
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Senator John McCain is the New York Times’ candidate of choice for obvious reasons:
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His “overall record is tainted by a marked antipathy towards the free market and individual freedom," and his American Conservative Union scores are not nearly as reassuring as his proponents claim.
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Senator Rick Santorum accuses him of repeatedly obstructing progress on Senate battles over social issues (which, by his own admission, he doesn’t “care about”), he still supports embryo-destructive research, despite continuing advancements in adult stem cells, and he condemned the Federal Marriage Amendment as “un-Republican.”
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He has a problematic record on guns, he is a demagogic amnesty fundamentalist whose campaign employs such odious figures as Juan Hernandez and Jerry Perenchio, he cannot be trusted to appoint originalist judges (after all, he voted to confirm Ruth Bader Ginsburg), and he adopts the Left’s conventional wisdom on environmental issues.
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Despite his heroic military service and his commitment to victory in Iraq, his leadership on most other aspects of the War on Terror would be disastrous. He claimed John Kerry was not “weak on defense,” and he called the actions of Vietnam veterans who challenged Kerry “dishonest and deplorable.”
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He is also a pathological liar who took advantage of a demagogic smear against then-governor George W. Bush in 2000 and has told bald-faced-lies about Governor Mitt Romney this time around. Indeed, he has a history of saving his harshest contempt for his fellow Republicans, but he’s “very close” with his friend Hillary Clinton.
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As if that weren’t enough cause for wariness, he has spelled it out for us multiple times: in the midst of the battle to re-elect President Bush, he said “I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy,” he flirted with the possibility of being John Kerry’s running mate, and there’s reason to suspect he considered actually becoming a Democrat in 2001.
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Senator John McCain is the New York Times’ candidate of choice for obvious reasons:
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His “overall record is tainted by a marked antipathy towards the free market and individual freedom," and his American Conservative Union scores are not nearly as reassuring as his proponents claim.
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Senator Rick Santorum accuses him of repeatedly obstructing progress on Senate battles over social issues (which, by his own admission, he doesn’t “care about”), he still supports embryo-destructive research, despite continuing advancements in adult stem cells, and he condemned the Federal Marriage Amendment as “un-Republican.”
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He has a problematic record on guns, he is a demagogic amnesty fundamentalist whose campaign employs such odious figures as Juan Hernandez and Jerry Perenchio, he cannot be trusted to appoint originalist judges (after all, he voted to confirm Ruth Bader Ginsburg), and he adopts the Left’s conventional wisdom on environmental issues.
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Despite his heroic military service and his commitment to victory in Iraq, his leadership on most other aspects of the War on Terror would be disastrous. He claimed John Kerry was not “weak on defense,” and he called the actions of Vietnam veterans who challenged Kerry “dishonest and deplorable.”
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He is also a pathological liar who took advantage of a demagogic smear against then-governor George W. Bush in 2000 and has told bald-faced-lies about Governor Mitt Romney this time around. Indeed, he has a history of saving his harshest contempt for his fellow Republicans, but he’s “very close” with his friend Hillary Clinton.
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As if that weren’t enough cause for wariness, he has spelled it out for us multiple times: in the midst of the battle to re-elect President Bush, he said “I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy,” he flirted with the possibility of being John Kerry’s running mate, and there’s reason to suspect he considered actually becoming a Democrat in 2001.
2 comments:
Excellent post.
For some humor thought you might like. The picture says it all.
http://brvanlanen.wordpress.com/2008/02/07/the-apparent-gop-nominee/
Thanks. Sour RINO pretty much says it all, doesn't it?
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