Nothing New From John McCain

WASHINGTON, March 28, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ --After casting aside his image as a so-called "maverick" and morphing into the ultimate Bush Republican in the primaries, John McCain today released a new ad aimed at reintroducing himself to the country. After giving two "major policy speeches" that didn't include any new policies or proposals, McCain's new ad gives the American people no idea of what he would do to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end, address the mortgage crisis confronting American homeowners, or get our economy back on track.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following statement on McCain's ad:

"The American people have been waiting for a president who understands the challenges they face, not another out of touch Bush Republican who promises four more years of the same failed leadership. John McCain can try to reintroduce himself to the country, but he can't change the fact that he cast aside his principles to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with President Bush for the last seven years. While we honor McCain's military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn't understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years."

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John McCain's plan to ignore the economy

by Andrew Leonard

"I will not play election year politics with the housing crisis," declared John McCain in a "major" speech on the economy to be delivered Tuesday morning in the Republican-friendly confines of Orange County, Calif. The implication being, of course, that his opponents are engaged in doing precisely that -- taking advantage of the nation's deepening economic woes to score political points. Exhibit A: Hillary Clinton's "major" speech on the economy delivered in Philadelphia on Monday.

It is instructive to compare the two speeches. Clinton's speech was larded with references to previous statements she has made concerning the housing crisis and Wall Street's credit crunch that date as far back as a year ago, and was packed with specific proposals for tackling the foreclosure crisis and associated ills. One can criticize or disagree with her analysis or approach, but the record is clear: the senator from New York has been engaged with the deteriorating economy in real time. McCain, in contrast, has no such record to fall back on, and made only two substantive policy proposals in his speech...

Continued at Salon.com

Do as I say, not as I do

by Matt Kelley, USA Today

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has condemned the influence of "special interest lobbyists," yet dozens of lobbyists have political and financial ties to his presidential campaign — particularly from telecommunications companies, an industry he helps oversee in the Senate.

McCain has netted about $765,000 in political donations from those telecom lobbyists, their spouses, colleagues at their firms and their telecom clients during the past decade, a USA TODAY analysis of campaign-finance records shows...

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McCain twice flirted with the Democratic Party

By Elisabeth Bumiller

Senator John McCain never fails to call himself a conservative Republican as he campaigns as his party’s presumptive presidential nominee. He often adds that he was a “foot soldier” in the Reagan revolution and that he believes in the bedrock conservative principles of small government, low taxes and the rights of the unborn.

What Mr. McCain almost never mentions are two extraordinary moments in his political past that are at odds with the candidate of the present: His discussions in 2001 with Democrats about leaving the Republican Party, and his conversations in 2004 with Senator John Kerry about becoming Mr. Kerry’s running mate on the Democratic presidential ticket...

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John McCain and the Navajo

It appears that Senator John McCain has been systematically engaged in a "genocide" of sorts against the Navajo (Di'neh) People in his home state of Arizona. In order to further the interest of mining companies (Peabody Western and others) he has sponsored and passed laws to forcibly relocate thousands of Di'neh from their ancestral lands on the reservation that was guaranteed to them by Treaty in the 1870's. In order to do this, he has had the assistance of BIA lawyers who have forged signatures of Di'neh elders (most of whom do not read, write or speak English) on documents supposedly giving permission for their lands and their civil rights to be given away.

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John McCain: Blowing Up the World at 3am?

By Doug Bandow

John McCain might end up being elected president in November because many antiwar independents believe he's the best person to handle that famous phone call at 3am. He's obviously the most experienced and probably the most courageous of the remaining contenders. But he lacks temperament, philosophy, and judgment. Which means he would be the worst person to make a snap decision in a complicated international crisis. Foreign policy is the most important reason to vote against John McCain in November, irrespective of the Democratic nominee's identity.

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Three issues to be covered next week

1) Voting record
2) Keating 5 Scandal
3) Treatment of the the Navajo Indians

Flip-Floppin'

Not the same situation, but relevant, nonetheless.

Is this REALLY what we need, now?