We've been hearing a lot from the McCain campaign these last few days about "Who is the real Barack Obama?" I would like to know who the real John McCain is. I always thought that I knew a great deal about John McCain and respected him and his service to this country. However, since he's began his bid for the presidency he has completely thrown his ideals out the window, and switched his position on several issues as I've written about before. In addition his general demeanor and obvious temper has been coming through as the campaign winds up.
We've seen his erratic behavior in times of crisis, his snap decisions throughout the campaign, like his appointment of Sarah Palin as Vice Presidential nominee and his "non-suspension" of his campaign during the financial meltdown. It has become apparent that John McCain will do just about anything to become President of the United States.
But why? Who is John McCain and why does he want to be President? Is it truly because he wants to put the "country first?"
In a recent article in Rolling Stone Magazine John Dramesi, an Air Force Lt. Colonel who was with John McCain during his days in a Hanoi prison camp was quoted as saying: "McCain says his life changed while he was in Vietnam, and he is now a different man...but he's still the undisciplined, spoiled brat that he was when he went in."
Please read the full article from Rolling Stone Magazine written by Tim Dickinson who is a registered Republican and voted for McCain in the 2000 primary; it's eye opening and gives us great insight into who John McCain is and what motivates him. The article is lengthy but well worth reading.
http://www.rollingstone.com/
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Who Is The Real John McCain?
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jh
The contrast between these Presidential candidates is extreme. Is Obama a socialist? His ideals of "sharing the wealth" certainly follow the socialist creed, and fit in perfectly with the far left liberal view. 40% of Americans pay NO TAXES! Meanwhile, the top 10% pay 70% of the taxes, isn’t that enough wealth distribution? Not to mention that the 40% who pay no taxes will receive a check from the government, im sorry but that’s pathetic. Say what you want about McCain, he agrees with and intends to implement many of President Regan’s economic strategies. When Regan became President we were in a financial crisis as well having lost 8 million jobs, unemployment at 10%, inflation at 12%, and interest rates at 21.5%. After Regan dropped the top marginal rates from 70 to 28% liberals were predicting depression, yet in 8 years revenues to the government doubled, 20 million new jobs were created, and it has been described as the longest period of peacetime economic growth in history. My point is that history shows that raising taxes in a bad economy hurts it. Remember President Hoover? When he began raising taxes and practicing protectionism we went from a serious recession to a deep depression....history is important, "he who forgets will be destined to remember"
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