Re: Michael Moore shows true colors............

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:02:22 -0400, Brian <drmorrisnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:36:41 GMT, "klunk" <klunk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>wrote:
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>>McCains vet voting record:
>>
>>In mid 2007, Senator Reid noted that McCain missed 10 of the past 14
votes 
>>on Iraq.  However, here is a summary of a dozen votes (two that he
missed 
>>and ten that he voted against) with respect to Iraq, funding for
veterans or 
>>for troops, including equipment and armor.  I have also included other 
>>snippets related to the time period when the vote occurred.
>>
>>September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for
adequate 
>>troop rest between deployments.  At the time, nearly 65% of people
polled in 
>>a CNN poll indicted that "things are going either moderately badly or
very 
>>badly in Iraq.
>>
>>July 2007:  McCain voted against a plan to drawdown troop levels in
Iraq. 
>>At the time, an ABC poll found that 63% thought the invasion was not
worth 
>>it, and a CBS News poll found that 72% of respondents wanted troops out 
>>within 2 years.
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>>March 2007: McCain was too busy to vote on a bill that would require the

>>start of a drawdown in troop levels within 120 days with a goal of 
>>withdrawing nearly all combat troops within one year.  Around this time,
an 
>>NBC News poll found that 55% of respondents indicated that the US goal
of 
>>achieving victory in Iraq is not possible.  This number has not moved 
>>significantly since then.
>>
>>February 2007:  For such a strong sup****ter of the escalation, McCain
didn't 
>>even bother to show up and vote against a resolution condemning it. 
>>However, at the time a CNN poll found that only 16% of respondents
wanted to 
>>send more troops to Iraq (that number has since declined to around 10%),

>>while 60% said that some or all should be withdrawn.  This number has
since 
>>gone up to around 70%.
>>
>>June 2006:  McCain voted against a resolution that Bush start
withdrawing 
>>troops but with no timeline to do so.
>>
>>May 2006:  McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20
million 
>>to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.
>>
>>April 2006:  McCain was one of only 13 Senators to vote against
$430,000,000 
>>for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for
outpatient 
>>care and treatment for veterans.
>>
>>March 2006:  McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services 
>>funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing cor****ate
tax 
>>loopholes.
>>
>>March 2004:  McCain once again voted for abusive tax loopholes over
veterans 
>>when he voted against creating a reserve fund to allow for an increase
in 
>>Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax
loopholes. 
>>Jeez, McCain really loves those tax loopholes for cor****ations, since he

>>voted for them over our veterans' needs.
>>
>>October 2003:  McCain voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that 
>>called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United
States 
>>forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in
Iraq 
>>by $322,000,000.
>>
>>April 2003:  McCain urged other Senate members to table a vote (which
never 
>>passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve 
>>equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof 
>>inserts, and tactical vests.
>>
>>August 2001:  McCain voted against increasing the amount available for 
>>medical care for veterans by $650,000,000.  To his credit, he also voted

>>against the 2001 Bush tax cuts, which he now sup****ts making permanent, 
>>despite the dire financial condition this country is in, and despite the

>>fact that he indicated in 2001 that these tax cuts unfairly benefited
the 
>>very wealthy at the expense of the middle class.
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>Fortunately he voted against those misbegotten bills to withdraw our
>troops. Even Obama admits the surge the surge has been successful in
>reducing violence.
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>And many of those bills were smoke and mirrors. Putting more money for
>health care in a bill that would mandate a specific timetable for
>withdrawal, etc.

And of course the left wing trash never bother to mention those
details.