Psycho Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Subject: I'm voting Democrat because... I'm voting Democrat because I believe the government will do a better job of spending the money I earn than I would. I'm voting Democrat because freedom of speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it. I'm voting Democrat because when we pull out of Iraq I trust that the bad guys will stop what they're doing because they now think we're good people. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that people who can't tell us if it will rain on Friday CAN tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don't start driving a Prius. I'm voting Democrat because I'm not concerned about the slaughter of millions of babies so long as we keep all death row inmates alive. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to the government for redistribution as THEY see fit. I'm voting Democrat because I believe three or four pointy-headed elitist liberal Judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would NEVER get their agendas past the voters. I'm voting Democrat because I believe that when the terrorists don't have to hide from us over there, when they come over here I don't want to have any guns in the house to fight them off with. I'm voting Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I've decided to marry my Horse. I'm voting Democrat because I believe oil companies' profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but the government taxing the same gallon of gas at 15% isn't. Makes ya wonder why anyone would EVER vote Republican, now doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pass Gas Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 I am Voting Democrat Because of McCain's 61 Flip Flops 1. McCain thought Bush’s warrantless wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite. 2. McCain insisted that everyone, even "terrible killers," "the worst kind of scum of humanity," and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, "deserve to have some adjudication of their cases," even if that means “releasing some of them.” McCain now believes the opposite. 3. He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country." 4. In February, McCain reversed course on prohibiting waterboarding. 5. McCain favored closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before he was against it. 6. When Barack Obama talked about going after terrorists in Pakistani mountains with Predators, McCain criticized him for it. He’s since come to the opposite conclusion. 7. McCain was for kicking Russia out of the G8 before he was against it. 8. McCain supported moving "toward normalization of relations" with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite. 9. McCain believed the United States should engage in diplomacy with Hamas. Now he believes the opposite. 10. McCain believed the United States should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite. 11. McCain is both for and against a "rogue state rollback" as a focus of his foreign policy vision. 12. McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty’s behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it. 13. McCain was against divestment from South Africa before he was for it. 14. McCain recently claimed that he was the "greatest critic" of Rumsfeld’s failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, "I'm confident we're on the right course." In December 2005, he said, "Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course." 15. McCain has changed his mind about a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq on multiple occasions, concluding, on multiple occasions, that a Korea-like presence is both a good idea and a bad idea. 16. McCain said before the war in Iraq, “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was "probably going to be long and hard and tough." 17. McCain has repeatedly said it’s a dangerous mistake to tell the "enemy" when U.S. troops would be out of Iraq. In May, McCain announced that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013. 18. McCain was against expanding the GI Bill before he was for it. 19. McCain defended "privatizing" Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.) 20. McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t. 21. McCain supported storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Now he believes the opposite. 22. He argued that the NRA should not have a role in the Republican Party's policy making. Now he believes the opposite. 23. In 1998, he championed raising cigarette taxes to fund programs to cut underage smoking, insisting that it would prevent illnesses and provide resources for public health programs. Now, McCain opposes a $0.61-per-pack tax increase, won’t commit to supporting a regulation bill he's co-sponsoring, and has hired Philip Morris' former lobbyist as his senior campaign adviser. 24. McCain is both for and against earmarks for Arizona. 25. McCain's first mortgage plan was premised on the notion that homeowners facing foreclosure shouldn't be "rewarded" for acting "irresponsibly." His second mortgage plan took largely the opposite position. 26. McCain went from saying gay marriage should be allowed, to saying gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed. 27. McCain opposed a holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. before he supported it. 28. McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol. 29. McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag. 30. In 2005, McCain endorsed intelligent design creationism, a year later he said the opposite, and a few months after that, he was both for and against creationism at the same time. 31. McCain was against Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy before he was for them. 32. John McCain initially argued that economics is not an area of expertise for him, saying, "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues; I still need to be educated,” and “The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should." He now falsely denies ever having made these remarks and insists that he has a "very strong" understanding of economics. 33. McCain vowed, if elected, to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. Soon after, he decided he would no longer even try to reach that goal. And soon after that, McCain abandoned his second position and went back to his first. 34. McCain said in 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were "too tilted to the wealthy." By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and falsely argued that he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending. 35. McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite. 36. McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain was asked if he is a "read my lips’ candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?" referring to George H.W. Bush’s 1988 pledge. "No new taxes," McCain responded. Two weeks later, McCain said, “I’m not making a ‘read my lips’ statement, in that I will not raise taxes." 37. McCain has changed his entire economic worldview on multiple occasions. 38. McCain believes Americans are both better and worse off economically than they were before Bush took office. 39. McCain supported the moratorium on coastal drilling; now he’s against it. 40. McCain recently announced his strong opposition to a windfall tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea. 41. McCain endorsed a cap-and-trade policy with a mandatory emissions cap. In mid-June, McCain announced he wants the caps to be voluntary. 42. McCain explained his belief that a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax would provide an immediate economic stimulus. Shortly thereafter, he argued the exact opposite. 43. McCain supported the Lieberman/Warner legislation to combat global warming. Now he doesn’t. 44. McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants’ kids who graduate from high school. Now he’s against it. 45. On immigration policy in general, McCain announced in February 2008 that he would vote against his own bill. 46. In April, McCain promised voters that he would secure the borders "before proceeding to other reform measures." Two months later, he abandoned his public pledge, pretended that he’d never made the promise in the first place, and vowed that a comprehensive immigration reform policy has always been, and would always be, his “top priority.” 47. McCain said he would "not impose a litmus test on any nominee." He used to promise the opposite. 48. McCain believes the telecoms should be forced to explain their role in the administration’s warrantless surveillance program as a condition for retroactive immunity. He used to believe the opposite. 49. McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to saying the exact opposite. 50. McCain supported his own lobbying-reform legislation from 1997. Now he doesn't. 51. In 2006, McCain sponsored legislation to require grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. In 2007, after receiving "feedback" on the proposal, McCain told far-right activist groups that he opposes his own measure. 52. McCain supported a campaign-finance bill, which bore his name, on strengthening the public-financing system. In June 2007, he abandoned his own legislation. 53. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist John Hagee. Now he doesn't. 54. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist Rod Parsley. Now he doesn't. 55. McCain says he considered and did not consider joining John Kerry’s Democratic ticket in 2004. 56. McCain is both for and against attacking Barack Obama over his former pastor at his former church. 57. McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as "an agent of intolerance" in 2002, but then decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans "deserved" the 9/11 attacks. 58. 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. 59. McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it. 60. McCain decided in 2000 that he didn’t want anything to do with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, believing he "would taint the image of the 'Straight Talk Express.'" Kissinger is now the honorary co-chair for his presidential campaign in New York. 61. McCain believed powerful right-wing activist/lobbyist Grover Norquist was "corrupt, a shill for dictators, and (with just a dose of sarcasm) Jack Abramoff's gay lover." McCain now considers Norquist a key political ally. FOR MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT EACH FLIP-FLOP WITH LINKS TO THE PROOF OF THOSE FLIP FLOPS, CLICK HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 WELCOME TO THE HYPOCRACY I am Voting Democrat Because of McCain's 61 Flip Flops 1. McCain thought Bush’s warrantless wiretap program circumvented the law; now he believes the opposite. 2. McCain insisted that everyone, even "terrible killers," "the worst kind of scum of humanity," and detainees at Guantanamo Bay, "deserve to have some adjudication of their cases," even if that means “releasing some of them.” McCain now believes the opposite. 3. He opposed indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. When the Supreme Court reached the same conclusion, he called it "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country." 4. In February, McCain reversed course on prohibiting waterboarding. 5. McCain favored closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before he was against it. 6. When Barack Obama talked about going after terrorists in Pakistani mountains with Predators, McCain criticized him for it. He’s since come to the opposite conclusion. 7. McCain was for kicking Russia out of the G8 before he was against it. 8. McCain supported moving "toward normalization of relations" with Cuba. Now he believes the opposite. 9. McCain believed the United States should engage in diplomacy with Hamas. Now he believes the opposite. 10. McCain believed the United States should engage in diplomacy with Syria. Now he believes the opposite. 11. McCain is both for and against a "rogue state rollback" as a focus of his foreign policy vision. 12. McCain used to champion the Law of the Sea convention, even volunteering to testify on the treaty’s behalf before a Senate committee. Now he opposes it. 13. McCain was against divestment from South Africa before he was for it. 14. McCain recently claimed that he was the "greatest critic" of Rumsfeld’s failed Iraq policy. In December 2003, McCain praised the same strategy as “a mission accomplished.” In March 2004, he said, "I'm confident we're on the right course." In December 2005, he said, "Overall, I think a year from now, we will have made a fair amount of progress if we stay the course." 15. McCain has changed his mind about a long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq on multiple occasions, concluding, on multiple occasions, that a Korea-like presence is both a good idea and a bad idea. 16. McCain said before the war in Iraq, “We will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” Four years later, McCain said he knew all along that the war in Iraq war was "probably going to be long and hard and tough." 17. McCain has repeatedly said it’s a dangerous mistake to tell the "enemy" when U.S. troops would be out of Iraq. In May, McCain announced that most American troops would be home from Iraq by 2013. 18. McCain was against expanding the GI Bill before he was for it. 19. McCain defended "privatizing" Social Security. Now he says he’s against privatization (though he actually still supports it.) 20. McCain wanted to change the Republican Party platform to protect abortion rights in cases of rape and incest. Now he doesn’t. 21. McCain supported storing spent nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Now he believes the opposite. 22. He argued that the NRA should not have a role in the Republican Party's policy making. Now he believes the opposite. 23. In 1998, he championed raising cigarette taxes to fund programs to cut underage smoking, insisting that it would prevent illnesses and provide resources for public health programs. Now, McCain opposes a $0.61-per-pack tax increase, won’t commit to supporting a regulation bill he's co-sponsoring, and has hired Philip Morris' former lobbyist as his senior campaign adviser. 24. McCain is both for and against earmarks for Arizona. 25. McCain's first mortgage plan was premised on the notion that homeowners facing foreclosure shouldn't be "rewarded" for acting "irresponsibly." His second mortgage plan took largely the opposite position. 26. McCain went from saying gay marriage should be allowed, to saying gay marriage shouldn’t be allowed. 27. McCain opposed a holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. before he supported it. 28. McCain was anti-ethanol. Now he’s pro-ethanol. 29. McCain was both for and against state promotion of the Confederate flag. 30. In 2005, McCain endorsed intelligent design creationism, a year later he said the opposite, and a few months after that, he was both for and against creationism at the same time. 31. McCain was against Bush’s tax cuts for the very wealthy before he was for them. 32. John McCain initially argued that economics is not an area of expertise for him, saying, "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues; I still need to be educated,” and “The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should." He now falsely denies ever having made these remarks and insists that he has a "very strong" understanding of economics. 33. McCain vowed, if elected, to balance the federal budget by the end of his first term. Soon after, he decided he would no longer even try to reach that goal. And soon after that, McCain abandoned his second position and went back to his first. 34. McCain said in 2005 that he opposed the tax cuts because they were "too tilted to the wealthy." By 2007, he denied ever having said this, and falsely argued that he opposed the cuts because of increased government spending. 35. McCain thought the estate tax was perfectly fair. Now he believes the opposite. 36. McCain pledged in February 2008 that he would not, under any circumstances, raise taxes. Specifically, McCain was asked if he is a "read my lips’ candidate, no new taxes, no matter what?" referring to George H.W. Bush’s 1988 pledge. "No new taxes," McCain responded. Two weeks later, McCain said, “I’m not making a ‘read my lips’ statement, in that I will not raise taxes." 37. McCain has changed his entire economic worldview on multiple occasions. 38. McCain believes Americans are both better and worse off economically than they were before Bush took office. 39. McCain supported the moratorium on coastal drilling; now he’s against it. 40. McCain recently announced his strong opposition to a windfall tax on oil company profits. Three weeks earlier, he was perfectly comfortable with the idea. 41. McCain endorsed a cap-and-trade policy with a mandatory emissions cap. In mid-June, McCain announced he wants the caps to be voluntary. 42. McCain explained his belief that a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax would provide an immediate economic stimulus. Shortly thereafter, he argued the exact opposite. 43. McCain supported the Lieberman/Warner legislation to combat global warming. Now he doesn’t. 44. McCain was a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to illegal immigrants’ kids who graduate from high school. Now he’s against it. 45. On immigration policy in general, McCain announced in February 2008 that he would vote against his own bill. 46. In April, McCain promised voters that he would secure the borders "before proceeding to other reform measures." Two months later, he abandoned his public pledge, pretended that he’d never made the promise in the first place, and vowed that a comprehensive immigration reform policy has always been, and would always be, his “top priority.” 47. McCain said he would "not impose a litmus test on any nominee." He used to promise the opposite. 48. McCain believes the telecoms should be forced to explain their role in the administration’s warrantless surveillance program as a condition for retroactive immunity. He used to believe the opposite. 49. McCain went from saying he would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade to saying the exact opposite. 50. McCain supported his own lobbying-reform legislation from 1997. Now he doesn't. 51. In 2006, McCain sponsored legislation to require grassroots lobbying coalitions to reveal their financial donors. In 2007, after receiving "feedback" on the proposal, McCain told far-right activist groups that he opposes his own measure. 52. McCain supported a campaign-finance bill, which bore his name, on strengthening the public-financing system. In June 2007, he abandoned his own legislation. 53. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist John Hagee. Now he doesn't. 54. McCain wanted political support from radical televangelist Rod Parsley. Now he doesn't. 55. McCain says he considered and did not consider joining John Kerry’s Democratic ticket in 2004. 56. McCain is both for and against attacking Barack Obama over his former pastor at his former church. 57. McCain criticized TV preacher Jerry Falwell as "an agent of intolerance" in 2002, but then decided to cozy up to the man who said Americans "deserved" the 9/11 attacks. 58. 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. 59. McCain was against presidential candidates campaigning at Bob Jones University before he was for it. 60. McCain decided in 2000 that he didn’t want anything to do with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, believing he "would taint the image of the 'Straight Talk Express.'" Kissinger is now the honorary co-chair for his presidential campaign in New York. 61. McCain believed powerful right-wing activist/lobbyist Grover Norquist was "corrupt, a shill for dictators, and (with just a dose of sarcasm) Jack Abramoff's gay lover." McCain now considers Norquist a key political ally. FOR MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT EACH FLIP-FLOP WITH LINKS TO THE PROOF OF THOSE FLIP FLOPS, CLICK HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maria's Husband Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 WELCOME TO THE HYPOCRACY Your spelling, like your critical thinking skill, your personality and your character, sucks. But kudos to the anti-McCain poster. Nicely said, friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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