I believe I just got a "push-pull" | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 hidden)
look for these to be campaign issues in 2008 (none / 0)
  • McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain was asked if he is 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 claims to have considered and not considered joining John Kerry's Democratic ticket in 2004.

  • In 1998, he championed raising cigarette taxes to fund programs to cut underage smoking, insisting that it would prevent illnesses and provide resources for public health programs. Now, McCain opposes a $0.61-per-pack tax increase, won't commit to supporting a regulation bill he's co-sponsoring, and has hired Philip Morris' former lobbyist as his senior campaign adviser.

  • 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.

  • McCain vowed, if elected, to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. Soon after, he decided he would no longer even try to reach that goal.

  • 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 reversed course on prohibiting 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.

  • McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty's behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it.

  • McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants' kids who graduate from high school. Now he's against it.


by Chinese Democracy on 05/10/2008 09:49:38 PM EST

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McCain's Secret Weapon (none / 0)
McCain shares a common position with every voter in America on every issue.  No matter what your position is, left or right, mainstream or extreme, McCain agrees with you.  Its brilliant.  No one can say their position differs from McCain's about anything because he has taken every side of every issue.  Beat that Obama!

by ProfRich on 05/11/2008 01:52:17 AM EST

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I believe I just got a "push-pull" | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 hidden)