Glenn Greenwald at Salon reminds us that John McCain has become quite angry because Barack Obama's compared him to George W. Bush. McCain expressed his anger in a speech in Louisiana on June 3, 2008. We've referred to this previously, but present it once again to refresh our minds as to exactly what McCain said:"You will hear from my opponent's campaign in every speech, every interview, every press release that I'm running for President Bush's third term. You will hear every policy of the President described as the Bush-McCain policy. Why does Senator Obama believe it's so important to repeat that idea over and over again? Because he knows it's very difficult to get Americans to believe something they know is false..."
Here Mr. McCain specifically denies that his policies mirror those of George W. Bush. He further specifically calls Senator Obama a liar and accuses him of trying to mislead the American people.
Almost three years ago on June 15, 2005, McCain was interviewed by Tim Russert on Meet the Press. Russert mentioned an article appearing in the Arizona Republic that said, "At odds with Bush. John McCain repeatedly has taken maverick positions that have put him at odds with President Bush's administration." Russert said to McCain, "The fact is you are different than George Bush."
McCain responded: "No. No. I -- the fact is that I'm different but the fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I've been totally in agreement and support of President Bush. So have we had some disagreements on some issues, the bulk -- particularly domestic issues? Yes. But I will argue my conservative record voting with anyone's, and I will also submit that my support for President Bush has been active and very impassioned on issues that are important to the American people."
So, who's right - the 2008 McCain or the 2005 McCain? As Greenwald said, "The 2005 McCain was right."
It is also clear that Senator McCain, not Senator Obama, is the liar?
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McCain might be suffering from dementia although he is relatively young. He had a tough time after being shot down and being a POW under cruel circumstances. He seems to have such contradictory policies and ideas it can only come from a liar or a split personality. I like him, so I prefer he be a split personality. He has been on every side of many issues, always with firm statements and no ambiguity. Unfortunately he can take an exactly opposite view a few days or a month later. If he merely forgot and then had a new opinion, he has a problem. If, on the other hand, he sees things totally differently a short time later, it can only be that he has several personas. How else can he have a 180 degree turnabout on important issues? We had a president that thought he was the Gipper and used the line from a movie with Spenser Tracy to make headlines in a debate. The line was “I paid for this microphone” He also told of heroic deeds by pilots from WW2 movies as if they were real. This current president apparently talks to God and then speaks in tongues. We do need a sane person at the helm in these troubling times. Who is it going to be? We will have to wait for our educated, well informed electorate to finish flipping coins so they can vote their gut feelings. They will never know if their vote was counted anyway, so it will not matter
Bob Poris
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