Sublimating
04-12-2008, 06:09 AM
America is the home of the flag flying patriot which is great until for flying that flag so often and proudly the patriot becomes blind to everything but its stars and stripes.
John McCain could teach a class on blinding people with stars and strips. He has learned to use this great symbol of freedom (his military service ) as a cloak for his lack of political integrity and policy principle.
Sure it's easy to deflect and point the finger at another candidate's short comings (they all have 'em) but McCains flourishing list of flip flops in juxtaposition to his "straight talk" slogan should be cause for even the proudest of flag flying patriots to look past the flag long enough to see the man hiding behind it.
McCains Flourishing list of Flip Flops ( sorry that the list is so long )
The old McCain didn’t want an amendment and didn’t want Roe overturned. The new McCain completely disagrees with the old McCain.
Or, far more likely, McCain is once again abandoning any pretense of consistency and integrity, and is now willing to say literally anything to win.
* McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as “an agent of intolerance” in 2002, but has since decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans “deserved” the 9/11 attacks. (Indeed, McCain has now hired Falwell’s debate coach.)
* McCain used to oppose Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy, but he reversed course in February.
* In 2000, McCain accused Texas businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly of being corrupt, spending “dirty money” to help finance Bush’s presidential campaign. McCain not only filed a complaint against the Wylys for allegedly violating campaign finance law, he also lashed out at them publicly. In April, McCain reached out to the Wylys for support.
* McCain supported a major campaign-finance reform measure that bore his name. In June, he abandoned his own legislation.
* McCain used to think that Grover Norquist was a crook and a corrupt shill for dictators. Then McCain got serious about running for president and began to reconcile with Norquist.
* McCain took a firm line in opposition to torture, and then caved to White House demands.
* McCain gave up on his signature policy issue, campaign-finance reform, and won’t back the same provision he sponsored just a couple of years ago.
* McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it.
* McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol.
* McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag.
* And now he’s both for and against overturning Roe v. Wade.
* And then there's the illegal Immigration flip flop.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080008
McCain is a man with no principle beliefs, his constantly evolving opinions on nearly everything, demonstrate a serious lack of political integrity.
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/9111.html
John McCain could teach a class on blinding people with stars and strips. He has learned to use this great symbol of freedom (his military service ) as a cloak for his lack of political integrity and policy principle.
Sure it's easy to deflect and point the finger at another candidate's short comings (they all have 'em) but McCains flourishing list of flip flops in juxtaposition to his "straight talk" slogan should be cause for even the proudest of flag flying patriots to look past the flag long enough to see the man hiding behind it.
McCains Flourishing list of Flip Flops ( sorry that the list is so long )
The old McCain didn’t want an amendment and didn’t want Roe overturned. The new McCain completely disagrees with the old McCain.
Or, far more likely, McCain is once again abandoning any pretense of consistency and integrity, and is now willing to say literally anything to win.
* McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as “an agent of intolerance” in 2002, but has since decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans “deserved” the 9/11 attacks. (Indeed, McCain has now hired Falwell’s debate coach.)
* McCain used to oppose Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy, but he reversed course in February.
* In 2000, McCain accused Texas businessmen Sam and Charles Wyly of being corrupt, spending “dirty money” to help finance Bush’s presidential campaign. McCain not only filed a complaint against the Wylys for allegedly violating campaign finance law, he also lashed out at them publicly. In April, McCain reached out to the Wylys for support.
* McCain supported a major campaign-finance reform measure that bore his name. In June, he abandoned his own legislation.
* McCain used to think that Grover Norquist was a crook and a corrupt shill for dictators. Then McCain got serious about running for president and began to reconcile with Norquist.
* McCain took a firm line in opposition to torture, and then caved to White House demands.
* McCain gave up on his signature policy issue, campaign-finance reform, and won’t back the same provision he sponsored just a couple of years ago.
* McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it.
* McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol.
* McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag.
* And now he’s both for and against overturning Roe v. Wade.
* And then there's the illegal Immigration flip flop.
http://mediamatters.org/items/200802080008
McCain is a man with no principle beliefs, his constantly evolving opinions on nearly everything, demonstrate a serious lack of political integrity.
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/9111.html