The real John McCain. »
Posted By hdthehn 1 year, 6 months ago in NewsBrave New Films has put together a new video, The Real McCain 2, attempting to give an accurate portrayal of McCain and highlighting his inconsistencies on everything from taxes to his feelings on President Bush. Watch it:
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cowboygrandpa1 year, 6 months ago
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hdthehn:
Hey at least we know where he stands on everything. He stands on every position there can be. LOl
Lets see.
Economics he doesn't know enough, but now he does. x
Americans' better off than eight years ago, no yes. x
Spent his birthday with Bush while Katrina destroyed N.O. x
Knows all about the terrorists and who does what. x
Doesn't care what he says as long as he gets elected to do his agenda. x
Well I think we have a winner in the McCain will say and do anything to get elected campaign.
What a complete moron.
Thanks for the story I'm awaiting the neoloonies to start their denial process.
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Goppy1 year, 6 months ago
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Oh geesh ... this caint be good for our Republican Media Machine.
See ... this is what I HATE bout the internet.
Any ding dang independent American who wants REAL truth can circumvent our Right Wing Corporate Media ... what with YouTube and stuff.
Shoot! Let me say ... I URGE all Americans NOT to watch the video in this story. It has NOT been approved by Corporate Media.
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Beau78901 year, 6 months ago
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Well now, he does say he intends to keep his word.
Since his words cover every position on every issue, I have no doubt he will...the only question is, which word will he keep?
It sounds like he either doesn't know what he's saying, or doesn't care what he's saying. Which is worse?
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hdthehn1 year, 6 months ago
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Yea but what inquiring minds really want to know is which "WORD" is the honorable John McCain going to keep - the flip version of his "WORD" or the flop version of his "WORD"? I'm betting he will "STAY THE COURSE" and honor both versions. Its the pandering GOP thing he does so well.
Beau you beet me to it but I'll post anyway.
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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McCain was for dirty politics and special interests before he was against it.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/201671...
"John McCain's campaign asked prominent Republican consultant, Craig Shirley, to leave. Shirley doubled as a consultant to McCain and the group Stop Her Now, a 527 group barred from coordinating its activities with presidential campaigns.
Shirley's firm, Shirley & Bannister Associates, was paid more than $22,000 by McCain for work to win conservative support. Stop Her Now has paid the firm more than $155,000 since 2007 for public relations work.
Shirley's background is in some of the hardest hitting Republican attacks on Democratic politicians. He was a member of the team that tarred Michael Dukakis with the "Willie Horton" ads in 1988, and he helped organize the press conference with Paula Jones. In 2004, his company did public relations work for a movie attacking John Kerry called, 'Stolen Honor.'"
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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McCain was for special interests before he was against it.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2...
"Sen. John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors.
McCain, who has made fighting special-interest projects a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense bill to buy land around Luke AFB in a provision sought by SunCor Development.
The Air Force later paid SunCor $3 million for 122 acres near the base. It was the highest single land transaction of the private lots purchased by the government ââ;¬" three times the county's assessed value and twice the military's estimated value.
McCain's campaigns have received $224,000 since 1998 from donors connected to Pinnacle West, including $104,100 for his current presidential run."
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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McCain was for special interests before he was against it.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2...
"Sen. John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors.
McCain, who has made fighting special-interest projects a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense bill to buy land around Luke AFB in a provision sought by SunCor Development.
The Air Force later paid SunCor $3 million for 122 acres near the base. It was the highest single land transaction of the private lots purchased by the government ââ;¬" three times the county's assessed value and twice the military's estimated value.
McCain's campaigns have received $224,000 since 1998 from donors connected to Pinnacle West, including $104,100 for his current presidential run."
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/05/wh...
"McCain was in favor of talking to Hamas before he was against it. Two years ago, John McCain was in favor of dealing with Hamas. 'They're the (Palestinian) government; sooner or later we are going to have to deal with them,' McCain told James Rubin.
More recently, McCain has been using a comment made by a Hamas spokesman to suggest that the group is 'rooting for an Obama victory.'"
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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McCain was against timetables before he was for timetables.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/mccain.k...
"A crowd member asked McCain about a Bush statement that troops could stay in Iraq for 50 years. 'Maybe 100,' McCain replied."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/politics/1...
"John McCain declared on Thursday that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013. The remarks offered no proposals for how he would achieve that vision.
During his primary battle, Mr. McCain accused his rival Mitt Romney of setting a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, even though Mr. Romney was merely speaking generally about timetables that might be set in private discussions among Iraqi and American leaders. Since then, Mr. McCain himself has come under repeated fire for offhand comments that he could envision a United States peacekeeping presence in Iraq for 100 years."
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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McCain was against gay marriage before he was for gay marriage.
JULY 2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/14/mccai...
"John McCain of Arizona broke forcefully with President Bush and the Senate GOP leadership Tuesday evening over the issue of same-sex marriage, taking to the Senate floor to call a constitutional amendment that would effectively ban the practice unnecessary -- and un-Republican."
MARCH 2006
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1779141...
"When McCain ran for president the last time, he denounced Falwell as one of America's 'agents of intolerance.' But now that McCain is running for president as the GOP's candidate, he has told Falwell that he spoke 'in haste' in 2000. McCain has has even agreed to be the graduation speaker at Falwell's Liberty University
McCain 'reconfirmed' to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman."
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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McCain was for special interests before he was against it.
http://news.propeller.com/story/2008/04/26/mcca...
"McCain's help for Keating came after Keating had donated $112,000 to McCain from 1982 to 1987, had taken McCain and his family on nine trips, including three to the Bahamas, and had gone in on a business deal with McCain's wife and father-in-law.
In 1982, Keating held a fund-raiser for him, collecting more than $11,000 from 40 employees of American Continental Corp. In 1983, as McCain contemplated his House re-election, Keating hosted a $1,000-a-plate dinner for him, even though McCain had no serious competition. When McCain pushed for the Senate in 1986, Keating was there with more than $50,000. By 1987, McCain had received about $112,000 from Keating and his associates.
The Arizona Republic revealed that McCain's wife and her father had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center."
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/us/politics/0...
"McCain likes to present himself as the candidate of the "Straight Talk Express" who does not pander to voters or change his positions with the political breeze. But the fine print of his record in the Senate indicates that he has been a lot less consistent on some of his signature issues than he has presented himself to be so far in his presidential campaign.
Mr. McCain, who derided his onetime Republican competitor Mitt Romney for his political mutability, has himself meandered over the years from position to position on some topics, particularly as he has tried to court the conservatives who have long distrusted him. His most striking turnaround has been on the Bush tax cuts, which he voted against twice but now wants to make permanent. Mr. McCain has also expressed varying positions on immigration, torture, abortion and Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary."
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ybdogsct1 year, 6 months ago
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http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...
McCain Flip Flops on Jerry Falwell and GW Bush
McCain once called Jerry Falwell an "Agent of Intolerance." But then, he flip flopped by agreeing to give the Commencement Address at Falwell's Liberty University.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...
McCain Flip Flops on Cheney and the Issue of Torture
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?v...
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