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Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl
He has a 20 year record in the Senate to back up that he's not Bush 2......
Cause thats how our system of government works. Any rights not specifically laid out in the Constitution are given over to the States. It's quite a big deal here in America.
As far as the war goes, yes it was Bush's baby.....but Dems and Repubs voted together on it, and they have voted to fund it....The dems don't have the moral high ground on it........In fact, they ran in 2006 promising to end it....but did fuck all about it. So who's worse? A man who's honest about his support- or a man that claims he's opposed but votes for the funding every single time it comes up for a vote. At least McCain tells you up front what his view is.
The League Of Conservation Voters endorsed McCain in 2004's Senate election along with Barack Obama.
McCain opposed Dick Cheney's 2005 Energy Bill that included huge tax giveaways to oil companies with record revenues. Obama supported the bill.
Obama did not join McCain and 44 other Republican and Democratic Senators in urging the Environmental Protection Agency to draft stricter Mercury restrictions
Both Obama and McCain support a cap-and-trade system to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by factories.
McCain and Obama oppose oil drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.
Both candidates support expansion of liquefied coal and ethanol energy technology.
Obama and McCain have supported expansion of nuclear power plants. Obama switched his position slightly between July 2007 and December 2007, explaining in December that until we can solve the storage and safety issues associated with nuclear power, we should not expand its use.
Both agree that the U.S. should have signed the Kyoto Treaty.
I dont really see radical differences here.....
McCain- like it or not- appeals to the middle......and that's the group that decides elections here in the States....
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Yep, and a ton more 'maverick' positions as well. Any man who seriously considered being John Kerry's VP will not appeal to die hard Republicans or conservatives. McPain may get the middle, but he won't get many of the base.
Speculation is that he's going to pick Fuckabee as his VP to get the base. Little does he know, the base thinks Fuckabee is a Christian socialist. Like someone said, Reagan could be resurrected and run as McCain's VP- and I still wouldn't vote for him.