John McCain
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[edit] Overview
John McCain is a Republican senator from Arizona. He officially announced his candidacy for president (2008 election) on 2007-04-25.[edit] Related Pages
- McCain vs. Obama: comparison of the two major 2008 candidates
[edit] Objections
Although McCain seems more or less benevolent at heart, he has allowed his handlers to shape his policy to the extent that he often doesn't seem to know what it is and has reversed himself countless times, denying statements whose authenticity is trivially easy to verify via video recordings posted on the internet.
Most egregiously, though, he has pledged to continue Bush's horrible policies, and indeed has Bush's endorsement. That ought to be enough to condemn him as a successor, but apparently there are still enough people who either support Bush or see Bush's failures as the result of bad luck (rather than his own idiocy, ignorance, and malice) and are willing to give those policies another go.
He also reversed himself on torture; his firm anti-torture stance was one of his strong points early on.
Another early strong point was his work against corruption; he has effectively undermined himself in that area by associating heavily with industry lobbyists, who have written many of his policies.
The McCain/Palin ticket is the first in American history in which both candidates were found to have violated ethics standards before a national election.
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[edit] Reference
- Wikipedia
- Conservapedia
- dKosopedia
- SourceWatch
- WikiLeaks: John McCain US Presidential election Clinton strategy
[edit] Filed Links
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- 2008-10-30 :more:talk: tax breaks for big oil § “The McCain campaign saw ExxonMobil's record-breaking profits as grounds to go after Obama for supporting tax breaks for Big Oil.” more...
- 2008-10-27 :more:talk: Dozens Of Call Center Workers Walk Off Job In Protest Rather Than Read McCain Script Attacking Obama § “Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking Barack Obama, according to two workers at the center and one of their parents.” more...
- 2008-10-26 :more:talk: Republican fears of historic Obama landslide unleash civil war for the future of the party § “Senior Republicans believe that John McCain is doomed to a landslide defeat which will hand Barack Obama more political power than any president in a generation.” more...
- 2008-10-26 :more:talk: McCain guarantees victory § “Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he can “guarantee” a win on Nov. 4 in a squeaker victory that won’t be clear until late that night.” more...
- 2008-10-25 :more:talk: Happy Hour Discurso § Fractiousness in the McCain campaign, corruption in Palin's Alaska governorship, those darned Icelandic terrorists, and Bush's last-ditch efforts to shave the voter rolls more...
- 2008-10-24 :more:talk: Reagan Appointee and (Recent) McCain Adviser Charles Fried Supports Obama § “Charles Fried, a professor at Harvard Law School ... one of the most important conservative thinkers in the United States ... announced that he has voted for Obama-Biden by absentee ballot.” more...
- 2008-09-02 :more:talk: And Then There Was One § “With his choice of Sarah Palin ..., John McCain has completed his makeover from the greenest Republican to run for president to just another representative of big oil.” more...
- 2008-07-10_The_Week_That_Should_Have_Ended_McCain's_Presidential_Hopes
- 2008-07-09_McCain:_Don't_Get_All_Grammary_on_Me!
- 2008-07-02_Don't_attack_the_patriotism_of_our_patriots
- 2008-06-18_John_McCain's_Chilling_Project_for_America
- 2008-06-17_List_Of_Democrats_And_Indys_Backing_McCain_Is_A_Bit_Of_A_Sham
- 2008-06-15_Williams_Calls_Hume_and_Kristol_‘Out_Of_Touch’_For_Saying_McCain’s_Tax_Plan_Will_Help_Working_Americans
- 2008-06-15_Obama_Seen_Beating_McCain_in_Web_War
- 2008-06-15_McCain_tries_to_play_Dems_for_fools_(again)
- 2008-06-13_McCain:_Guantanamo_Ruling_One_of_the_‘Worst_Decisions’_in_History
- 2008-06-08_McCain's_Policies_Would_"Absolutely"_Be_An_Extension_Of_Bush's
- 2008-06-06_The_value_of_experience
- 2008-05-23_It's_Two-for-One-Day_in_the_Rejecting_Rabid_Reverends_Department
- 2008-05-21_McCain_Backer_Hagee_Said_Hitler_Was_Fulfilling_God's_Will
- 2008-05-19_Not_a_Happy_Party
- 2008-05-18 :more:talk: I knew JFK, says Gore Vidal, and believe me Obama’s the better leader § ““I never believed in Jack’s charisma,” Vidal says shortly. JFK, he believes, was “one of our worst presidents”; Bobby, his brot more...
- 2008-05-14_McCain_on_climate_change:_Bush_league
- 2008-05-11 :more:talk: Three Names Shock Me... § A substantial list of economists sign a statement supporting McCain's economic policy, but it is revealed that they are nowhere near the majority in their profession. more...
- 2008-03-31_The_Speech_Lefties_Will_Love_to_Hate
- 2008-03-16_McCain:_America_Established_as_a_Christian_Nation
- 2008-03-14_John_McCain_Supports_Barack_Obama_on_Reverend_Wright_Issue
- 2008-03-10_GOP_Pork,_Imperiled_By_McCain
- 2008-02-21_For_McCain,_Self-Confidence_on_Ethics_Poses_Its_Own_Risk
- 2008-02-08_The_Madness_of_John_McCain
- 2008-02-07_Fox_Begins_to_Warm_to_John_McCain
- 2008-02-07_FNC_Puts_McCain_In_the_Democratic_Party
- 2008-02-07_Can_John_McCain_Be_Stopped
- 2008-02-06_John_McCain_to_Rush_Limbaugh:_Calm_Down,_Reach_Across_Aisle
- 2008-02-01_Coulter:_I_Will_Vote_for_Hillary_Over_McCain
- 2008-01-29_Our_Tech_President_Endorsements:_Barack_Obama_and_John_McCain
- 2006-07-20_John_McCain,_professional_weasel
- 2000-04-29_Bush_a_prize_cynic,_fellow_alumnus_says
[edit] News
- 2007-04-25 John McCain launches bid for White House
- 2007-01-12 McCain Defends Bush's Iraq Strategy
[edit] Video
- 2008-02-11 john.he.is: McCain soundbites set to music, apparently a sendup of the Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video
[edit] Notes
- McCain apparently tried to add an amendment (to the 2006 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill) which would have banned "torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners"; VP Cheney has been campaigning hard to have the amendment modified to exempt the CIA from the ban. This article apparently describes what ultimately happened.
- 'In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when Sen. John McCain proposed that (Don) Young redirect his prized pork money to help rebuild New Orleans, Young accused his detractors of "ignorance and stupidity." The victims of Katrina, he suggested, "can kiss my ear!"' [1]
[edit] possible bumper-stickers
In reference to McCain's tendency to say "you know... whatever" whenever he's caught changing his opinion, denying what he said on video 2 months ago, being vague, etc:
| VOTE JOHN McCANE ...well, you know. Whatever. |

