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April, 6, 2008
10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't)
For all the coverage this week of Senator John McCain''s background,
there are some im****tant things you won't learn about him from the TV
networks.
His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this
stuff—and you might be surprised by some of it. (not really)
1. John McCain voted against establi****ng 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.
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."
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.
4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not
sup****t Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."
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.
6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with
millionaires. The Associated Press re****ts 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.
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."
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.
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 sup****t
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."
10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes,
zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.
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Heh heh. Quite the jerk, eh?
Harry
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