Lebez, if the Democrats can hone in on McCain's gaffs, the election is theirs to win.
Krypton
10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):
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, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10
McCain Camp Plans Public Summit Of His Doctors, In Order To Address Age Issue
By Eric Kleefeld - April 6, 2008, 6:41PM
In a sign that age could be a serious issue for John McCain, his campaign reportedly has plans for a public meeting of his doctors next month, at which they will take questions about the Senator's health and assure the public that he's in good shape.
McCain has, of course, used some other novel techniques to deal with the age issue — most notably bringing out his 96-year old mother on the trail. But as the campaign really progresses to the general election, and the public is faced with the idea of election a septuagenarian to a first term in the white House, expect the McCain camp to have to deal with the issue more and more often.
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
I recall hearing that quote from him on the news a while ago, and I couldn't believe just how insensitive of an ass he could be on that subject. Typical arrogant Republican attitude. They don't care to help out the poor and needy in their own country, yet they claim to be helping the poor and needy in other countries.
Lebezniatnikov
Krypton
Haha YES!!!
Q5echo
a lot of this should make it sink into your heads that Senators, no matter who they are, make lousy choices for POTUS.
Lebezniatnikov
quote:
Originally posted by Q5echo
a lot of this should make it sink into your heads that Senators, no matter who they are, make lousy choices for POTUS.
:rolleyes:
Q5echo
...unless of course if that particular Senator hasn't willfully stood his ground on anything, claims to heal people with the power of bi-partisanedship but has done nothing to support said claim and bases his/her entire political philosophy on soaring intangibles.
thats attractive, yet vapid. kinda like a supermodel.
LazFX
quote:
Originally posted by Q5echo
thats attractive, yet vapid. kinda like a supermodel.
when you going to wake up Q??? ;)
Lebezniatnikov
quote:
Originally posted by Q5echo
...unless of course if that particular Senator hasn't willfully stood his ground on anything, claims to heal people with the power of bi-partisanedship but has done nothing to support said claim and bases his/her entire political philosophy on soaring intangibles.
thats attractive, yet vapid. kinda like a supermodel.
Yes, you're right. Senators are uniquely unqualified to be President over politicians that pander to other, more local, constituencies.
Q5echo
quote:
Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Senators are uniquely unqualified to be President over politicians that pander to other, more local, constituencies.
...or people that have acually managed something, anything:o
