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September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments. At the time, nearly 65% of people polled in a CNN poll indicted that "things are going either moderately badly or very badly in Iraq.
July 2007: McCain voted against a plan to drawdown troop levels in Iraq. At the time, an ABC poll found that 63% thought the invasion was not worth it, and a CBS News poll found that 72% of respondents wanted troops out within 2 years.
March 2007: McCain was too busy to vote on a bill that would require the start of a drawdown in troop levels within 120 days with a goal of withdrawing nearly all combat troops within one year. Around this time, an NBC News poll found that 55% of respondents indicated that the US goal of achieving victory in Iraq is not possible. This number has not moved significantly since then.
February 2007: For such a strong supporter of the escalation, McCain didnt even bother to show up and vote against a resolution condemning it. However, at the time a CNN poll found that only 16% of respondents wanted to send more troops to Iraq (that number has since declined to around 10%), while 60% said that some or all should be withdrawn. This number has since gone up to around 70%.
June 2006: McCain voted against a resolution that Bush start withdrawing troops but with no timeline to do so.
May 2006: McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.
April 2006: McCain was one of only 13 Senators to vote against $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.
March 2006: McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
March 2004: McCain once again voted for abusive tax loopholes over veterans when he voted against creating a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes. Jeez, McCain really loves those tax loopholes for corporations, since he voted for them over our veterans' needs.
October 2003: McCain voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in Iraq by $322,000,000.
April 2003: McCain urged other Senate members to table a vote (which never passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests.
August 2001: McCain voted against increasing the amount available for medical care for veterans by $650,000,000. To his credit, he also voted against the 2001 Bush tax cuts, which he now supports making permanent, despite the dire financial condition this country is in, and despite the fact that he indicated in 2001 that these tax cuts unfairly benefited the very wealthy at the expense of the middle class.
Here are several reasons as a Vet I don't like McCain. You would think he would be a little more interested in the Vets state of affairs.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleid/9559
He also has a very volatile temper and was heard to call one of his wives a "runt."
Here are several reasons as a Vet I don't like McCain. You would think he would be a little more interested in the Vets state of affairs.
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleid/9559
He also has a very volatile temper and was heard to call one of his wives a "runt."
Under the Bush "tax cuts" the top 1% of income earners have gone from shouldering 29% of the nation's tax burden in 2001 to 38% of it in 2008 The top 5% from 44% in 2001 to 59% in 2008, The top 50% has gone from paying 82% to 97% of all taxes. That means the bottom HALF pays almost NO Federal Taxes anymore....
So who has been hurt again by the Bush "tax cuts"????
Under the Bush "tax cuts" the top 1% of income earners have gone from shouldering 29% of the nation's tax burden in 2001 to 38% of it in 2008 The top 5% from 44% in 2001 to 59% in 2008, The top 50% has gone from paying 82% to 97% of all taxes. That means the bottom HALF pays almost NO Federal Taxes anymore....
So who has been hurt again by the Bush "tax cuts"????
Huh? Like most of the naive I read you miss the big picture for some biased nonsense they teleport into your head. And consider if I make a shitload more money my share percentage may go up. But see below for a bit of the real.
Big Gain for Rich Seen in Tax Cuts for Investments
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/05/b...a0544a9bc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
I like that he is against torture, but since running in this campaign he has become a stammering flip-flopper.I don't generally agree with his politics, but he generally seems to be a decent man. There is an interesting and rather touching article in Slate about his friendship with former Democratic Congressman Mo Udall.
http://www.slate.com/id/2188545/
I like that he is against torture, but since running in this campaign he has become a stammering flip-flopper.
Plus, he will simply give us more of the same. If you like Bush, the vote for McCain...and get your head examined.
Forgive me, I conveyed that incorrectly. He is against torture, and that I do agree with.You mean your percieved notion that he is flip flopping. I don't believe he has flip flopped on torture, if you do provide evidence please?
Forgive me, I conveyed that incorrectly. He is against torture, and that I do agree with.
When Mitt Romney was running, I was listening to CNN when the candidates were having debates. An interview of Romney and McCain was taking place. During that debate McCain was asked about the economy and he answered vaguely. Then Romeny busted in and made some pro-business statements. Then McCain retracted his statement and mirrored Romney's.
I don't recall the exact details, but I remember saying that McCain lost my vote. Romney never had my vote because I am from MA and I know the type of asshole Romney is.
Yes he did. He was, after all, a POW who was tortured by the Viet Cong.Oh ok because I remember MCcain sponsoring anti-torture legislation in 2005.
When WASN'T an interview of those 2 taking place...When Mitt Romney was running, I was listening to CNN when the candidates were having debates. An interview of Romney and McCain was taking place.
When DIDN'T he answer vaguely about the economy...During that debate McCain was asked about the economy and he answered vaguely.
Romney never had my vote because I am from MA and I know the type of asshole Romney is.
When WASN'T an interview of those 2 taking place...
When DIDN'T he answer vaguely about the economy...
It's not so much him being an asshole as it is him being quite liberal in MA.
I'm assuming you were looking for a conservative to vote for, and you did well to not choose either of those 2.
