John McCain

UNION-TRIBUNE ^ | Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 | By Howard R. Ernst

[Nonstatist]

Oh my freaking God! The case against McCain is huge. Campaign finance reform gave us George Soros / Move on. org politics and is anathema to free speech advocates. He was the sole Republican opposing permanent Bush tax cuts and in the Senate sided with the Democrats in opposing measures to stop the fillibustering of popular Republican measures. Hes probably mostly reponsible for the inefectiveness of 6 yrs of Repub majority in the legislature. He called Jerry Falwell an icon of intolerance and implied Evangelical Republicans are wacko racists.

His record on immigration is abominable and arrogant and tin-eared, as he sucks up to big business monopolists (his forte). Hes the biggest media suckup there is and is HATED by any conservative who dares to follow politics. He's even said things that suggest he's even unreliable on those things he supposedly favors, ie abortion, gun control, etc. He will never , NEVER get the nomination.

[mossyoaks]

re: posts 17 & 18 This still seems to be much more incriminating for Clinton & Kerry, especially Clinton. The connection between Anheuser Busch/Sea World & Lippo is a pretty small blip compared to all the DNC contributions, etc. I’m sure you could find a connection between Anheusr Busch & just about anything on the planet if you look hard enough - I’m not seeing anything that is really a red flag concerning McCain himself.

You seem to imply that McCain wanted to normalize relations w/ Vietnam in order to open the market for profits for Anheuser Busch & was willing to forego investigations into the POW/MIA issue in order to do that. That makes no sense - especially given McCain’s staus as a former POW himself.

What are you implying is the significance in getting the USNA Commandant position upgraded to 4-star?

[mossyoaks]

Said she got the documents from McCain’s office - not McCain himself. Plus, Kerry was the one who said (lied) that the documents were on file when they were not.

Implicates Kerry, not McCain.

[mossyoaks]

Hyperbole!

Mostly opinion, not facts.

[Norman Bates]

No. Who has the time to?

I did see Jesse Helms’ name mentioned. Is he now considered one of the bad guys as well?

[Tulsa Ramjet]

You may be right. We will see.

[Travelgirl]

Some just DON’t get it even if you hit them with a ton of evidence.

[Tulsa Ramjet]

Probably all valid points.

But, lets look at this rationally.
How about we look at the pluses and minuses of each candidate?
Who do want as a wartime president of all candidates? Does Mitt Romney, Huckabee, Paul, and Guiliani have extensive foreign policy experience?

I tend to think of the president of someone who knows how to protect the nation. Guiliani knows how to put a city back together, but does he have established international relationships to draw upon in times of crises?

I think the conservatives could keep McCain in line on all the other issues. We proved it on the amnesty bill. We can get the campaign finance bill reversed. He isn’t really running on a mandate expect getting the conservative spending back in line. How do you do that? Cut spending.

As for opposing Bush tax cuts, it doesn’t really matter when Bush is spending money well beyond what we are taking in, and I know a lot is due to the two wars. But I think it will e worth in the long run. But we need to watch the defense-related contractors. Seems like they are running amuck.

There is no perfect candidate. I just don’t want a shopping mall to blow up and that’s going to guide my vote.

[Norman Bates]

New Hampshire's most influential newspaper endorses John McCain (full article).

The McCain List.
Common sense conservatism

[TigersEye]

Yeah, he's just great.

Free Republic Opinion Poll:
Would you be for or against McCain?
Member Opinion
against 92.4% 2,989
for 7.6% 247

The Real McCain

McCain and Stem Cell Research Round-up

McCain and 'the Constitution'

SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO"

SEN. JOHN McCAIN: THE ULTIMATE "RHINESTONE HERO" Part II

John McCain Is No Hero

U.S. Sen. John McCain is no War Hero

John McCain: The Manchurian Candidat

JOHN MCCAIN, WARTS AND ALL

John McCain, you treasonous bastard, I challenge you or any of your traitorous cohorts... (thread by Jim Robinson)

McCain Is Booed by Labor Activists

McCain Rides to Kerry's Rescue: "John Kerry is Not Weak on Defense" (Today Show alert)

John McCain SCREAMS AT 9/11 FSA MEMBERS FOR OPPOSING HIS BILL TO GIVE AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS

John McCain's Skeleton Closet

A number of articles on McCain. (some the same as above)

McCain Seeks to Change California Primary

John McCain Gets Soros Cash

McCain/Soros by Rabbi Areyh Spero

Soros' "Reform" (an article about Soros‘ instrumental hand in McCain/Feingold)

Not Child‘s Play [McCain/Schumer bill could effect FR?]

McCain's Letter (McCain aligns with Global Enviro activists)

The Turning Point on Global Warming (McCain and Lieberman Op-Ed Alert)

Climate bill sets stage for debate (Sens. McCain, Obama, and Lieberman join forces)

McCain: Global warming is fact, must be addressed [hurl alert]

McCain Looked into Caucusing with Democrats

McCain Still Disliked by Fiscal Conservatives (Club For Growth)

John McCain Goes Left for Money

McCain, Obama Make Deal on Financing

Sens. Snowe, Collins to head Maine exploratory committee for McCain

Double Talk Express. McCain in his own words. VIDEO

More YOUTUBE - McCain On Abortion (UH OH! YouTube Has a Video of Him in 1999)

[incredulous joe]

“Campaign Finance Reform is all you have to say about McCain”

Gang of 14 and amnesty, if anything else is needed.

[Norman Bates]

Correction: this is not the endorsement from the Union Leader which I pinged you to earlier. This is from a continuing series appraising the candidates, but it is well worth the read.

[TigersEye]

McCain is a man of action & America would be much the better for it if he were in office.

Team America Alert!!!

see post #30

[TigersEye]

Campaign Finance Reform is all you have to say about McCain (and Thompson for that matter).

Outlawing particular means of political speech for private citizens isn't enough for you? Sheesh!

[Pining_4_TX]

Yeah, no kidding. Character, as in Keating Five type character?

[kabar]

Immigration reform is another area in which McCain found himself at odds with the majority sentiment of his party.

Make that at odds with the majority of the American people. If McCain had had his way, this country would be finished as we know it.

[kabar]

Why is McCain held to a higher standard than the other candidates? He gets slammed for the amnesty bill, but that was Fred’s baby as much or more than his

Fred wasn't in the Senate when the 2006 and 2007 CIR bills came up. And McCain was a leading advocate and heavily involved in both bills. It was really the McCain-Kennedy bill in 2006.

So McCain’s had some strike outs (some might say - not me), he’s also had more home runs than anyone & continues to be true to his convictions w/out compromising his integrity.

Name some home runs. I might also add that McCain's ACU ratings have declined significantly over the past few years. In 2006, it was 65.

[kabar]

It had become clear that Kerry, Zwenig, and others close to the chairman, such as Senator John McCain of Arizona, a dominant committee member, had gotten cozy with the officials and agencies supposedly being probed for obscuring P.O.W. information over the years. Committee hearings, for example, were being orchestrated to suit the examinees, who were receiving lists of potential questions in advance. Another internal memo from the period, by a staffer who requested anonymity, said: "Speaking for the other investigators, I can say we are sick and tired of this investigation being controlled by those we are supposedly investigating."

[samtheman]

Author of a Terrorist Bill of Rights and a strong opponent of free speech for American citizens.

[Calpernia]

b. On 9 April 1992, at the beginning of the meeting of the Select Committee and prior to the scheduled investigators’ briefing, Senator McCain produced a copy of the intelligence briefing text, with whose contents he strongly disagreed. He charged that the briefing text had already been leaked to a POW/MIA activist, but was reassured by the Chairman that such was not the case. He replied that he was certain it would be leaked. Whereupon, the Chairman assured Senator McCain that there would be no leaks because all copies would be gathered and destroyed, and he gave orders to that effect. No senior staff member or attorney present cautioned against a possible violation of Title 18, U.S.C., Section 2071, or of Senate or Select Committee Rules.