What Do You Really Know About John McCain?
These are just questions. John Mccain has said a lot of things and convinced a lot of people he is about this or that. But what about his record.
He says his campaign is about change, yet he voted with Bush 90% of the time.
Did you know he admitted that he had affairs when he was married to his first wife? Yet republicans keep talking about Edwards and Clinton’s infedelities like democrats are the only ones who have them.
McCain tells you how withdrawing troops from Iraq is unpatriotic and cowardly, even though the objective was not clear. Yet, did you know that in 1983, he bucked President Reagan by voting against a resolution allowing the White House to keep Marines deployed in Lebanon for another 18 months. He denounced the policy in a House floor speech.
“I do not foresee obtainable objectives in Lebanon,” McCain said. “I believe the longer we stay, the more difficult it will be to leave, and I am prepared to accept the consequences of our withdrawal.”
Wow. Sounds like cut and run to me. But to hear his supporters spin it, it makes him a maverick. So, when Obama says that about Iraq, he is unpatriotic and cowardly, but when McCain says the same thing, he is a maverick.
Did you know McCain thought Bush’s warrantless wiretap program circumvented the law and now he believes the opposite?
Did you know McCain supported moving “toward normalization of relations” with Cuba and now he believes the opposite?
Did you know McCain said before the war in Iraq, “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.”, then 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.”?
Did you know McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest and now he doesn’t?
Did you know McCain’s first mortgage plan was premised on the notion that homeowners facing foreclosure shouldn’t be “rewarded” for acting “irresponsibly?” His second mortgage plan took largely the opposite position.
Did you know John McCain initially argued that economics is not an area of expertise for him, saying, “I’m going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues; I still need to be educated,” and “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.”? He now falsely denies ever having made these remarks and insists that he has a “very strong” understanding of economics
Again, republicans and fox news, their propaganda channel, loves to say Obama is the one that flip flops on issues. Hannity and O’Reilly the pinhead had a list of 13 Obama flip flops. Would you like to see 61 times John Mccain has flip flopped on issues? Click here
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