Decker I can't believe you are saying anyone who votes for McCain "is putting party ahead of country." That assumes that no Democrats or independents will vote for McCain. It also assumes that every Republican who is voting for McCain is doing so solely because McCain is a Republican.
I don't recall all of the delegates wearing flip-flops at the 2004 convention. I guess it's possible, but I don't believe that. Sounds like an overstatement.
I read the link. Thanks. It says McCain agrees with Bush on Iraq, tax cuts, and NAFTA. Not exactly a mirror image.
I was watching Larry King last night and here is what Ari Fleischer had to say:
FLEISCHER: I think very close. I think the key for Obama is to do just what Arianna is trying to do, which is link John McCain to George Bush.
But having worked for George Bush, Larry, all I can tell us is John was a regular thorn in our side on a lot of issues. On global warming, he opposed George Bush. The treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo, he opposed George Bush. He's for stem cell research.
If John McCain is George Bush, then I'm Arianna Huffington. There is no connection. I think it's far-fetched. People say he voted with Bush 90 percent of the time. Half of those were JOHN journal votes and other meaningless votes that the Senate takes all the time.
John has brought this so such a close election because he is so independent. He is a maverick. And he's really got the Obama people off stride because he's re-enforcing that message with Sarah Palin.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0809/10/lkl.01.html
You make far too many assumptions with your with your assessment of the argument. You are restating the matter at hand when it doesn't need to be restated to account for your assumptions.
The opinion of Ari Fleischer is irrelevant. That jackass lied with impunity and answered critics by warning them to watch what they say.
I'll look at the issues instead. On that point, the only way McCain is 'independent' is if the Bush administration never existed. They are damn near identical. Only McCain is even more likely to use military force in foreign affairs.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/28/bush_mccain/McCain's 2008 platfor is Bush's 2004 platform:
Iraq--more resources with an open ended commitment
Taxes--the more tax cuts across the board, the better
Soc. Sec--privatization
Prisoner interrogation--torture
Foreign policy: fight the terrorists in IRAQ so we don't fight them here;
Domestic policy: tax cuts, deregulation and staunch abortion/gun allegiance.
Voting for Bush's 3rd term for whatever reason is putting party/selfinterest ahead of country. We've seen the Bush policies in action and they are disasterous.
What do you think? Those policies got better with age?
McCain: “On The Transcendent Issues, The Most Important Issues Of Our Day, I Have Been Totally In Agreement And Support Of President Bush.” In a June 2005 interview on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” John McCain stated that he was a strong supporter of President Bush: “I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I have been totally in agreement and support of President Bush. So have we had some disagreements on some issues—particularly domestic issues? Yes. But I will argue my conservative record voting with anyone’s, and I will also submit that my support for President Bush has been active and very impassioned on issues that are important to the American people. And I’m particularly talking about the war on terror, the war in Iraq, national security, national defense, support of men and women in the military, fiscal discipline, a number of other issues. So I strongly disagree with any assertion that I’ve been more at odds with the president of the United States than I have been in agreement with him.” [NBC, “Meet The Press,” 6/19/05]
McCain: Bush Is Just As Great A Leader As I Would Be. Chris Matthews: “Is he as good as you?” McCain: “Of course.” Chris Matthews: “Is he as good a leader as you’d be today?” McCain: “I’m sure he is. Yes. I don’t — I couldn’t compare myself to the president of the United States.” [MSNBC, 2/25/04]
McCain To Bush: “I Am Proud Of The Job You Are Doing.” McCain has also acted as a voice of support for the President personally, as he recounted. “I said, ‘… I’m proud of the job you are doing, and I wanted you to know that I will continue to do what I can to help.’” The New York Times reported that “Bush and Senator John McCain of Arizona are building a deepening if impersonal relationship that is serving the political needs of both men.” [New York Times, 7/3/06; Washington Post, 7/10/06]
McCain: I Will Defend George Bush’s Record. “I am proud of President Bush’s record on defense. And I will defend President Bush’s record.” [Fox News, 5/12/04]
