Posted by
Matthew Cole on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:35:25 PM
I am tired of hearing Obama's inexperience contrasted with McCain's "honorable service" to this country. He got shot down in Vietnam a long time ago. So what? His actions since then do not demonstrate the qualities of a good president. He never shuts up about being "a foot soldier in the Reagan revolution" or the fact that he supported the troop surge in Iraq five minutes before Mitt Romney did. So let's look at McCain frightful resume.
He voted to allow Clinton to bomb Yugoslavia, which never attacked the United States, so McCain is obviously a warmonger who has no problem bombing civilians who did nothing to us.
Last year there was a bill before the Senate that would prevent illegal aliens who have been convicted of aggravated felonies, domestic violence, stalking, violation of protection orders, crimes against children, or crimes relating to the illegal purchase or sale of firearms, from gaining legal status. McCain voted NO to this common sense bill. Illegal aliens have already broken the law once by coming here illegally, so if they commit a violent felony after that, it only makes sense that they shouldn't stay in the country. I guess this kind of vote can be expected from the guy who co-sponsored the McCain-Kennedy bill on immigration reform, that McCain has now reversed his position on.
He voted against investigating corporate contracts in Iraq. Is this his idea of oversight and transparency in the business of war profiteering?
He also voted against a bill expressing the opinion of Congress that simply says that Congress reaffirms their support for the men and women serving in the armed forces and condemns attacks on their honor.
He also voted against lobbying and donation regulations in 2005.
He voted against judicial review for detainees.
He voted for the No Child Left Behind Act.
He voted for affirmative action provisions in awarding federal contracts with the DOT so that minorities get preferential treatment instead of having to compete fairly for these contracts, so that individuals who happen to have been born with a politically unfavorable skin pigmentation would face discrimination from the government.
He didn't even vote on whether or not to confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General. He has missed alot of votes, but this is one vote that is really important.
He voted to confirm the nominations of the following idiots: Condoleeza Rice, Michael Chertoff, Alberto Gonzales, and John Ashcroft.
He voted to give the president line-item veto power so he obviously doesn't care about the constitution.
He voted against progress reports on Iraq so we can keep track of what progress we are making, if that's what this disaster can be called.
Since our intelligence bureacracy failed to effectively utilize information to prevent 9/11, McCain voted to expand this bureacratic mess even more by voting to create the DHS.
He voted for CAFTA, as if NAFTA weren't bad enough. He supports NAFTA too.
He can't make up his mind on the Bush tax cuts.
Just what part of this nightmare of a resume qualifies him to be president?
The only way I would ever consider voting for McCain is if he were to choose someone really awesome to be his running mate. Then I might vote for McCain in the hopes that the psychotic old guy drops dead shortly after taking office, leaving us with a president that doesn't make me sick to my stomach.