Ten Things You Should Know About McCain
February 17, 2009 | Ft. Myers, Florida | Vetting explained
John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday
in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has
"evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1According
to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and
China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make
Cheney look like Gandhi."2His reputation is
built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to
ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that
ban.3McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."4
The
Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress
for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last
year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.5He's
one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The
Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet
McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing
foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6Many
of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be
commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his
being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's
hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."7McCain
talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager
and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group
Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his
campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.8McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent
years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley,
believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls
a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing
preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's
punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the
Antichrist" and a "false cult."9He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10
This list was from viewers of Move-On.org
- Posted in Assignment:
- Sound Off
iReport welcomes a lively discussion, so comments on iReports are not pre-screened before they post. See the iReport community guidelines for details about content that is not welcome on iReport.
What is iReport?
-
Share
Tell a story, offer an opinion, say what's important to you.
-
Discuss
Join the conversation on the day's big issues.
-
Be heard
The best iReports get vetted and used on CNN platforms.
The label “Not vetted by CNN” lets you know that this story hasn’t been both checked and cleared by a CNN editor.
iReport stories that have a red "CNN iReport" stamp in the corner have been vetted and
cleared. That means they've been selected and approved by a CNN producer to use on CNN,
on air, or on any of CNN's platforms.







Comments