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scrabbleddie rated 4 months ago- I've noticed that McCain becomes more full of sh*t with each passing year he spends in Washington-- a common phenomenon-- and a good reason to vote against incumbents.
- misstake rated 5 months ago
- From the page: "The dreaded "flip-flop" is, according to the GOP, the latest cardinal sin for someone seeking national office. And if we're playing by Republican rules, McCain's "inconsistencies" should be a fairly serious problem. With this in mind, for the first time in months, I thought now would be a good time to update the list of John McCain's Biggest Flip-Flops."
- lunaticprophet rated 5 months ago
- McCain's Record Includes 'Some Inconsistencies' -- McCain The FLIP FLOPPER EXTRAORDINAIRE From the page: "For its part, the McCain campaign told the Times that the senator "has evolved rather than switched positions in his 25-year career." That's a perfectly sensible spin -- when a politician holds one position, and then, for apparently political reasons, decides to embrace the polar opposite position, it's only natural for his or her aides to say the politician's position has "evolved." But in McCain's case, the spin is wholly unfulfilling. First, McCain sells himself as a pol who never sways with the wind, and whose willingness to be consistent in the face of pressure is proof of his character. Second, Republicans have spent the last four years or so making policy reversals the single most serious political crime in presidential politics. The dreaded "flip-flop" is, according to the GOP, the latest cardinal sin for someone seeking national office. And if we're playing by Republican rules, McCain's "inconsistencies" should be a fairly serious problem. With this in mind, for the first time in months, I thought now would be a good time to update the list of John McCain's Biggest Flip-Flops. There have been some key additions since the last time I did this (in November).
- * McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain if he were a "'read my lips' candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?" referring to George H.W. Bush's 1988 pledge. "No new taxes," McCain responded. Two weeks later, McCain said, "I'm not making a 'read my lips' statement, in that I will not raise taxes."
* McCain's campaign unveiled a Social Security policy that the senator would implement if elected, which did not include a Bush-like privatization scheme. In March 2008, McCain denounced his own campaign's policy.
* In February 2008, McCain abandoned his opposition to waterboarding.
* In November 2007, McCain reversed his previous position on a long-term presence for U.S. troops in Iraq, arguing that the "nature of the society in Iraq" and the "religious aspects" of the country make it inevitable that the United States "eventually withdraws." Two months later, McCain reversed back, saying he's prepared to leave U.S. troops in Iraq for 100 years.
* On immigration policy in general, McCain announced in February 2008 that he would vote against his own legislation.
* In 2006, McCain sponsored legislation to require grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. In 2007, after receiving "feedback" on the proposal, McCain told far-right activist groups that he opposes his own measure.
* McCain said before the war in Iraq, "We will win this conflict. We will win it easily." Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was "probably going to be long and hard and tough."
* McCain said he was the "greatest critic" of Rumsfeld's failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as "a mission accomplished." In March 2004, he said, "I'm confident we're on the right course." In December 2005, he said, "Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course."
* McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as "an agent of intolerance" in 2002, but then decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans "deserved" the 9/11 attacks.
* McCain used to oppose Bush's tax cuts for the very wealthy, but he reversed course in February.
* On a related note, he said 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were "too tilted to the wealthy." By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and insisted he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending.
- McCain's Record Includes 'Some Inconsistencies' -- McCain The FLIP FLOPPER EXTRAORDINAIRE From the page: "For its part, the McCain campaign told the Times that the senator "has evolved rather than switched positions in his 25-year career." That's a perfectly sensible spin -- when a politician holds one position, and then, for apparently political reasons, decides to embrace the polar opposite position, it's only natural for his or her aides to say the politician's position has "evolved." But in McCain's case, the spin is wholly unfulfilling. First, McCain sells himself as a pol who never sways with the wind, and whose willingness to be consistent in the face of pressure is proof of his character. Second, Republicans have spent the last four years or so making policy reversals the single most serious political crime in presidential politics. The dreaded "flip-flop" is, according to the GOP, the latest cardinal sin for someone seeking national office. And if we're playing by Republican rules, McCain's "inconsistencies" should be a fairly serious problem. With this in mind, for the first time in months, I thought now would be a good time to update the list of John McCain's Biggest Flip-Flops. There have been some key additions since the last time I did this (in November).
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