8 May 2008
McCain Has it Backwards
Posted by Joy Bischoff under: Presidential Election 2008 .
We have posted articles that are critical of Senator Obama and also some critical of Senator McCain. We do not feel either candidate is right for America but since it appears as though one of them will be president, we will highlight the issues or inconsistencies we have the biggest concerns about.
Voter tells McCain his temper ’something of concern’
ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan (CNN) – What temper? John McCain parried away a question Wednesday about his supposedly hot-headed demeanor by talking up his long bipartisan record in the United States Senate.
“If I had some problem as such has been described, my friends, I would not have been able to work with Joe Lieberman and Russ Feingold and Ted Kennedy and all the other members on the other side of the aisle,” McCain said, responding to a Republican voter who described McCain’s temper as “something of concern.”
The voter read McCain a quote from Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, who said in January that “the thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine.”
“He is erratic,” Cochran told the Boston Globe. “He is hotheaded. He loses his temper.”
“I am familiar with the quote,” McCain cracked, as the questioner recounted Cochran’s comments.
McCain then confirmed he does get angry — about pork barrel spending.
“Well, I will confess to you my friend, that I get angry,” he explained. “I got angry when I saw a guy named Abramoff that ripped of Native Americans for millions and millions and millions of dollars that ended up putting him in federal prison.”
Pork barrel spending is an important issue but it has become McCain’s sole rallying cry regarding fiscal responsibility. But the part of this article that really bothers me is his bragging about how well he got along with the Democrats. Yes, we already know that and this is one of our biggest problems about Senator McCain. He has it backwards. He is disdainful and disrespectful toward Republicans but seldom toward the Democrats. He is disrespectful and dismissive towards families of POWs. He has been publicly disrespectful towards his wife. He is disrespectful towards conservative Christians. He was arrogantly disrespectful towards Mitt Romney. This man has deep problems. Yes, I know, so does Senator Obama.
7 Comments so far...
avatar Says:
8 May 2008 at 1:15 am.
Good points. But, hey, we survived Clinton (Bill) and he had quite a temper (so does Hillary:). McCain may have his shortcomings, but he is a very viable candidate for the unique circumstances. Normally, I would expect the Democrats to be a shoo-in, given the two-time Republican incumbant, unpopular war, bad economy, high gas prices, etc. But, because the Democrats are trying so hard to lose (husband/wife team clawing to get back into the White House v. young guy who has managed to alienate middle America (my admittedly cynical impressions)), a Republican actually has a fighting chance. Because McCain is seen as an odd Republican who gets along with Democrats, he gives the party an even better chance. Of course, most of the attention has been on the Democrats, so far, which will change when the real race begins. Also, McCain’s choice for a running mate will matter to a lot of people.
Mac Says:
8 May 2008 at 10:58 am.
I am waiting to see who his running mate is before I decide for sure but as much as this man bugs me, I am probably going to end up voting for him because the more I see Obama, the more I think he is a lot worse news than McCain.
The Realist Says:
8 May 2008 at 11:30 am.
I have to support McCain because of the issue of the judges. He has promised to appoint conservative judges and I think he will. That alone is enough for me.
Saddened Says:
8 May 2008 at 11:44 am.
We have rehashed this problem a lot in the past but I have to do it again. Fine if you want to support McCain but I want to make a statement by writing in Romney. There were almost twenty thousand people in Indiana who wrote in Romney and it surprised the media. It will have an impact. McCain was shoved down our throat and for the good of the party long-term, I can’t vote for a democrat pretending to be a republican. He will damage our party so much that it could ruin the conservative movement completely.
Benjamin Says:
8 May 2008 at 1:31 pm.
Right on, Saddened. People talk about the importance of the judges and they are very important but they are not the most important thing. We don’t sell our souls for temporary good. McCain will ruin our party and then there will be no cohesive conservative power to protect the future. If the world was going to end in just a few years then fine, go with taking care of putting out the current fire. But we will probably be around long enough to regret caving in to the manipulation of moving our party to the left and then we will have much bigger consequences to deal with. We will no longer have future conservative judges and we will have a lot of other consequences to deal with. Aside from that, I can’t knowingly vote for someone I truly feel is a very bad person. I’ve learned too much about him.
Stumpy Says:
8 May 2008 at 1:37 pm.
I already got one ass ta feed. Cant afford to feed two. Y’all want im, y’all feed im.
Matt Says:
8 May 2008 at 5:44 pm.
Good arguments. Everytime I stop and question my decision, I keep coming back to Ann Coulter saying republicans would be pressured into supporting McCain’s liberal policies but if a dem was president then the republicans would fight those policies. Wolf in sheepskin is worse than wolf every time. They mix with herd and bite us to death without most people figuring out what is going on. The herd is decimated. A plain wolf picks off those on the outskirts but the herd remains in tact.
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