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John McCain, No Environmentalist
In New Jersey today, John McCain called himself a "Teddy Roosevelt Republican" and said, "I'm proud of my environmental record." This is a line — a myth, really — that McCain is sure to push in the general election.
True, John McCain does talk about the environment more than other Republicans. But that doesn't make him an environmentalist, and his environmental record is nowhere close to the Democrats in the race. Take it from those who know best.
In 2007, the League of Conservation Voters rated McCain a zero on the environment because he skipped every vote the organization graded. (Vote-skipping is a serious problem for Johnny Mac.) At the time, Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope said:
"We were appalled two weeks ago when John McCain was the only Senator who chose to skip a crucial vote on the future of clean energy in America-dooming the measure to fail by just a single vote. As it turns out, this was merely the most recent example of a clear pattern of missing the most important votes on energy and the environment--as his abysmal LCV score clearly demonstrates....
"[John McCain has] a lifetime pattern of voting with polluters and special interests instead of consumers and the planet when it comes time to stand up and be counted. Or perhaps worse yet: a consistent refusal to stand up and be counted at all."
The President of the League of the Conservation Voters, Gene Karpinski, adds, "To his credit, McCain has made global warming a priority... [but] throughout his time in Congress, McCain's voted pro-environment only one out of four times.''
Clinton and Obama also suffered due to vote-skipping in 2007, with LCV scores of 73 and 67 respectively. But the lifetime scores of the three candidates tell the true story. Hillary Clinton's lifetime score is 87 percent. Obama's is 86 percent. John McCain's is 24 percent.
McCain is failing to energize the Republican base, one-fourth of which is still voting against him in primaries. On the great populist issues of 2008 ? outsourcing of American jobs to Mexico, Asia and China, and the illegal alien invasion ? he stands foursquare with K Street ? for amnesty and NAFTA ? and against Main Street.
And like Gerald Ford and Bob Dole, McCain recoils from cultural and social issues. He berated Tarheel Republicans for linking Barack, the Rev. Wright and local Democrats, and denounced a conservative talk show host who introduced him for mocking Barack's middle name.
This may solidify McCain's standing with his core constituency, the liberal commentariat. But these folks will depart in the fall. And the Republican base and the Hillary Democrats had better be there, or McCain will do what moderate Republicans nominees do best. Lose gracefully.
McCain is failing to energize the Republican base, one-fourth of which is still voting against him in primaries. On the great populist issues of 2008 ? outsourcing of American jobs to Mexico, Asia and China, and the illegal alien invasion ? he stands foursquare with K Street ? for amnesty and NAFTA ? and against Main Street.
And like Gerald Ford and Bob Dole, McCain recoils from cultural and social issues. He berated Tarheel Republicans for linking Barack, the Rev. Wright and local Democrats, and denounced a conservative talk show host who introduced him for mocking Barack's middle name.
This may solidify McCain's standing with his core constituency, the liberal commentariat. But these folks will depart in the fall. And the Republican base and the Hillary Democrats had better be there, or McCain will do what moderate Republicans nominees do best. Lose gracefully.
McCain is failing to energize the Republican base, one-fourth of which is still voting against him in primaries. On the great populist issues of 2008 outsourcing of American jobs to Mexico, Asia and China, and the illegal alien invasion he stands foursquare with K Street for amnesty and NAFTA and against Main Street.
And like Gerald Ford and Bob Dole, McCain recoils from cultural and social issues. He berated Tarheel Republicans for linking Barack, the Rev. Wright and local Democrats, and denounced a conservative talk show host who introduced him for mocking Barack's middle name.
This may solidify McCain's standing with his core constituency, the liberal commentariat. But these folks will depart in the fall. And the Republican base and the Hillary Democrats had better be there, or McCain will do what moderate Republicans nominees do best. Lose gracefully.
Why the REPUBLICAN BASE would vote against McCain, the REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE, only makes sense because there is a REPUBLICAN PLAN for a Democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton, who is not really a Democrat, but is a better REPUBLICAN capitalist than John McCain, that isn't a puppet, who will keep the nations money flowing away from the people into REPUBLICAN coffers, or will cooperate with REPUBLICANS, so that the REPUBLICAN BASE will continue having money flowing into their capitalistic coffers.
There is no such thing as a Teddy Roosevelt REPUBLICAN, anymore than there is a compassionate conservative; both are propaganda, which is two-choice emotional rhetoric to sway emotional people away from any dynamic thinking in the best interest of the nation as a whole.
John McCain is NOT an ECONOMIST and is NOT an ENVIRONMENTALIST, which is the need of the United States at this time; therefore, John McCain is not electable for the President of the United States, in any way other than as another REPUBLICANS puppet, and it is time for the REPUBLICAN puppet governments in the United States to end, but not with the Democrat-REPUBLICAN Hillary.
Pillory REPUBLICAN'S Hillary and Billary who aren't Democrats.
Discount McCain and Elect Obama.
Obama has that shibboleth Brzezinski behind him. Obama will turn against Israel. Brzezinski has also endorsed the book , The Israel Lobby by the Harvard profs. We will never allow Obama to become President. McCain is right on when it comes to heartful support of Israel and the destruction of Iran.
Ira C:
You do not know what you are talking about.
IsraeI is an ally of the United States, if Obama was against Israel he would not even be allowed to be a candidate in the first place. Also, after elected as President, the Congress would never allow Obama to go against Israel to destroy Israel, which as a Christian, Obama would never do in the first place.
The United States protects Israel, but that doesn't mean that everything Israel does is perfect. Although, woe to any country that attacks Israel, because the United States will protect Israel.
As far as I can see, Israel is well capable of protecting herself in the Middle East, but should nations gang up on Israel, the United States will fight for Israel, and when Obama is President of the United States, Obama will lead the charge for the protection of Israel if necessary.