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From his website, johnmccain.com...
His "Economic Stimulus Plan" starts with a corporate tax cut.
His overall "Tax Cut Plan" includes "control medicare growth."
His "health care reform" plan reforms absolutely nothing.
His page devoted to "Strict Constructionist Philosophy" starts with a quote from an address he gave to the Federalist Society.
But all of that only hints at his positions on social issues.
His page devoted to "Human Dignity and the Sanctity of Life" begins: "John McCain believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned, and as president he will nominate judges who understand that courts should not be in the business of legislating from the bench."
His section on "Protecting Marriage" begins, "As president, John McCain would nominate judges who understand that the role of the Court is not to subvert the rights of the people by legislating from the bench." That's right. Gay marriage subverts the rights of the people. :crazy:
His section on "Moral Concerns of Advanced Technology" warns against "fetal farms" and cloning. "(T)he compassion to relieve suffering and to cure deadly disease cannot erode moral and ethical principles." :crazy: Easing suffering isn't a basic moral and ethical tenet or principle?
And of course, Iraq...
His page on "Strategy for Victory in Iraq" begins, "A greater military commitment now is necessary if we are to achieve long-term success in Iraq. John McCain agrees with retired Army General Jack Keane that there are simply not enough American forces in Iraq."
His subsection, "Win the Homefront," speaks to the importance of propaganda: "If efforts in Iraq do not retain the support of the American people, the war will be lost as soundly as if our forces were defeated in battle." (Shades of Vietnam -- we were JUST about to achieve "victory," when those damn hippie protesters made it all fall apart!
Thus, "A renewed effort at home starts with explaining precisely what is at stake in this war to ensure that Americans fully understand the high cost of a military defeat." Yes, "explaining." That wouldn't have to do with fearmongering, would it? Terrorism, 9/11 perhaps?
Yup, the very next sentence: "The war in Iraq is at a crossroads and the future of the entire region is at stake - a region that produced the terrorists who attacked America on 9/11 and where much of the world's energy supplies are located." Oh yeah, "the world's energy supplies." In Straight Talk, it's called OIL.
That's as far as I could get, but there's much more.
The point for GD-Primaries is this: Neither of our candidates is perfect; both are flawed. Either will have real challenges in the general election and need all the support we can muster.
But neither one is John McCain. Not even John McCain-LITE. Not even John McCain-ISH. Very much opposite John McCain -- opposite the Republican positions, opposite where the Republicans have taken this country and where they want it to go.
Just some perspective, I hope, amidst the in-your-face over-celebrations and harsh excoriations, both of which, it seems to me, are based on very little.
One of them is going to be the alternative to John McCain -- the anointed Straight Talking Maverick. (:puke:)
We gotta all end up on the same side of this.
I'm just sayin'.
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