Saturday, February 9, 2008

Buyer Beware

In John McCain's own words:

Promises more war:
"Its a tough war we're in. Its not gonna be over right away. There's gonna be other wars. I'm sorry to tell ya, there's gonna be other wars."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZCISY40qns
1/27/08

When asked about the possibility of the U.S. in Iraq for another fifty years, he says:
"Make it 100".... that'd be fine with me... I hope it would be fine with you".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFknKVjuyNk
1/3/08

Jokes about bombing Iran:
"Remember that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb, he he, anyway..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzBxFaio1I
4/19/07

Prior to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq:
"The success will be fairly easy."
"I believe we can win an overwhelming victory in a short period of time"

Then in January 2007,
"The American people were led to believe that this would be some kind of a day at the beach, which many of us fully understood from the beginning that this would be a very difficult undertaking."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI

Wants to use your money to fund embryonic stem cell research:
"I feel very strongly that these embryos are going to be frozen... or they're going to be discarded... those are the stem cells that I support the research on."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjbuoUhhUJQ
4/13/07

Admits he doesn't understand economics:
"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I've should, but I've got Greenspan's book".
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8397.html
late 2007

Doesn't want abortion legislation Roe vs Wade overturned, because
"[it could force] women in America to [undergo] illegal and dangerous operations."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8397_Page2.html
1999

Blames America for Hitler rising to power, comparing Iraq to Nazi Germany:
"That kind of isolationism is what caused World War II... we allowed Hitler to come to power with that kind of attitude of isolationism and appeasement."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzBxFaio1I
11/28/07

Lauds his McCain-Kennedy illegal immigration amnesty bill and favorably compares it to No Child Left Behind, and his cooperation with Ted Kennedy
"I would remind a lot of my friends that Ted Kennedy and President Bush worked together on No Child Left Behind, which was one of the landmark pieces of legislation of President Bush's first term".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCmwzlklEYE
6/10/07

Brags about voting against tax cuts with Democrat Joe Lieberman (who currently endorses McCain for president)
"Events that have transpired since then have validated that vote."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUDBV6RhQho
4/16/07

Proudly supports Al Gore's environmental policies that many believe will result in higher taxes and bigger government
"We have to have this cap and trade system, where if somebody reduces greenhouse gases they earn a credit and can sell it to someone else."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilhObZjwb1c
12/21/07

Proudly supports continuing and expanding the big-government No Child Left Behind education program
"My friends, if you scrap the whole thing then we're back at square one again!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbC33DURj-U&feature=related
11/18/07

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