Subject: Fw: 10 things to know about McCain

Also, we should not forget the Keating 5, that venture McCain was involved in cost the taxpayers over 200M dollars....there is so much more and we as Democrats do need to throw every single thing he did that was not in the best interest of our country, he is a greedy warmonger......

For all the coverage this week of Senator John McCain's background, there
are some important things you won't learn about him from the TV networks.
His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this
stuff--and you might be surprised by some of it.

Please check out the list below, and then forward it to your friends,
family, and coworkers. We can't rely on the media to tell folks about the
real John McCain--but if we all pass this along, we can reach as many
people as CNN Headline News does on a good night.

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10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):

1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet
he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1

2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq,
Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will
make Cheney look like Gandhi."2

3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted
against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for
vetoing that ban.3

4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support
Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."4

5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in
Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill
last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.5

6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires.
The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet
McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing
foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6
7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be
commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being
president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded.
He loses his temper and he worries me."7

8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign
manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog
group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his
campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.8

9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent
years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley,
believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a
"false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing
preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment
for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a
"false cult."9

10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0--yes,
zero--from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10

John McCain is not who the Washington press corps make him out to be.
Please help get the word out--forward this email to your personal network.
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Sources:
1. "The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day," ABC News, April
3, 2008
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/the-complicated.html

"McCain Facts," ColorOfChange.org, April 4, 2008
http://colorofchange.org/mccain_facts/

2. "McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq," Bloomberg News,
March 12, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aF28rSCtk0ZM&refer=u...

"Buchanan: John McCain 'Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi,'"
ThinkProgress, February 6, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/buchanan-gandhi-mccain/

3. "McCain Sides With Bush On Torture Again, Supports Veto Of
Anti-Waterboarding Bill," ThinkProgress, February 20, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-torture-veto/

4. "McCain says Roe v. Wade should be overturned," MSNBC, February 18,
2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/

5. "2007 Children's Defense Fund Action Council(R) Nonpartisan
Congressional Scorecard," February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_score...

"McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion," CNN, October
3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/mccain.interview/

6. "Beer Executive Could Be Next First Lady," Associated Press, April 3,
2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-S1sWHm0tchtdMP5LcLywg5ZtMgD8VQ86M80

"McCain Says Bank Bailout Should End `Systemic Risk,'" Bloomberg News,
March 25, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHMiDVYaXZFM&refer=h...

7. "Will McCain's Temper Be a Liability?," Associated Press, February 16,
2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4301022

"Famed McCain temper is tamed," Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_tempe...

8. "Black Claims McCain's Campaign Is Above Lobbyist Influence: 'I Don't
Know What The Criticism Is,'" ThinkProgress, April 2, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/mccain-black-lobbyist/

"McCain's Lobbyist Friends Rally 'Round Their Man," ABC News, January 29,
2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4210251

9. "McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam," Mother Jones Magazine, March
12, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-p...

"Will McCain Specifically 'Repudiate' Hagee's Anti-Gay Comments?,"
ThinkProgress, March 12, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/12/mccain-hagee-anti-gay/

"McCain 'Very Honored' By Support Of Pastor Preaching 'End-Time
Confrontation With Iran,'" ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/

10. "John McCain Gets a Zero Rating for His Environmental Record," Sierra
Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/

If you remember the crooked politics in Florida Gore did win the popular vote. 1. We need to get rid of the electoral college. It is no longer needed. It was needed in frontier days to give sparsely populated states more clout, and that is not the case in modern times.
2. We need to scrutinize voting corruption in Florida, as well as in other states. I do agree, however, that Americans have become like sheep accepting anything that comes without questions. That is disturbing, but yet local politicians choose to protect their interests and the true majority be damned.

Frank,
. . . Actually, it's "hare brain" ... although I'm sure rabbits would find comparison to Environmentally Unconscious Republicans a slander on their intelligence. War bankrupted the U.S.S.R., and it will bankrupt us, too.

I do not speak for the whole pagan community, as we are very diverse, but not a single one of us would claim the bush family.

I can't see a bush involved with paganism. We tend to be educated, creative, thoughtful, concerned about the planet and its people and non violent. In general they would not be welcome, although some people in our communities might even be happy if they would show up to a ritual, it would be an unique opportunity to expand their world view, maybe encourage a bit of humanity in their soul.

We are all have grandparents, but that isn't what makes you who you are. Your actions make you who you are. Aleister Crowley was not the most evil man in the world, for starters we have George Bush and George Bush, Dick Chenney, Hitler, Charles Manson and many more. Aleister Crowley, might have had some interesting personal tastes (not to different from your average republican) but he never spied on millions of people, or tortured people in the name of freedom, or fail to serve and protect the poor of this country when their levies failed.

666 is a biblical thing, actually its a poor translation, the correct number is 616. The horned god is not the devil. These are common mistakes, usually made by someone who is trying to make a different world view fit into the structure of another faith. Paganism mean people of the land. Wicca means people of the wise. We are not Christian so it is unfair to view my faith through your constructs.

I have never heard our current president say he did anything because of a pagan influence, granted his English is so poor he could be saying anything. But I have heard him praise God, and asked for God's blessings. I think he feels he has the support of the Christian God, as he surely has the support of many Christian organizations. If we must tie a faith to his actions, I am afraid we must assume it is Christianity not paganism. It is not the first, or most likely the last time faith was used for political reasons. It is sad, for I do not believe that most Christians would support torture. At least this is my hope, because this pagan has Christian grandparents, and a largely Christian family, I would like to think they are not filled with such hatred.

The main theme of paganism is: do what you will, unless it causes harm. When is the last time a bush took an action that didn't cause harm. If he is a pagan, he is a piss poor one, and in a group all by himself, as we do not want him, and the Goddess doesn't love him, as he cares not for this planet or its children.

It is hard enough getting the people of this country to be come Response-able...we really don't need to act like the "left wingnuts" many try to make us out to be.....let's use that brain for a minute.......
Not EVERYTHING on the internet is true and not EVERYTHING one reads is true....Granted there is a ton of great writing out there but there is a good deal of it that is just so much BS and we don't HAVE to be so gullible.
Granted, Georgie Boy is no great prize and I might have to think twice about whether or not he is the spawn of Ba'alzebub but for now....let' us not fall into that same hysteria the Dirty Tricks gamesters try to generate in the less than brilliant members of the right to control and manipulate them into marching to their drums of hate and fear-mongering...
Barbara Bush may BE an un reasonable, morally questionable shrew but the illegitimate grand daughter of the "evilest Man on earth" is a good stretch...When I see the DNA or the horns growing out of her head, I might believe it.
One really must use that editting function that humans are supposed to have that makes them "above the apes".
Remember, in 1925, people believed black blood was different than white blood; that the Canals on Mars were intelligently made water irrigation ditches and that the martians could even attack a small town in New jersey; jazz was the "devil's music"; And that the entire Universe was contained in this small galaxy called the Milky Way.

Babs doesn't need any genetic predisposition for the way she is, nor does baby Boy Georgie. Don't let them off the hook THAT easily. They just happen to be the way they are (petulent, small-minded, self-absorbed, inadequate personality disorders with little if any ability to have compassion for others) by personal choice....I think we are seeing only a classic case of nurture - a sociopathic, domineering mom creating her son to be just like her.....Bet her little man has made her so proud

You give that stooge way too much credit. Seriously though I do believe he is related to Franklin Pierce though his mother.

Bush family> http://www.watch.pair.com/reich.html & http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Wicca%20&%20Witchcraft/... If anyone from the so called religious right were to see these, they would leave the Republican Nazi Party for ever! Also see this> http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com

He messed up there also. None of them have ever amounted to anything. Every kid is a convicted felon. None served in the military. They could now since they are giving military wavers to fealons. Even ole jeb's wife was convicted of smuggling.

Dick Cheney was part of the Nixon administation.

Its called the almighty $ - what Bush and many Christians really worship...Ever notice the fact that most of the big business assholes claim to be Christian??!! While some of their congregations pray for money for health care, do they sit and smirk??!! Perhaps it helps them sleep at night, knowing that while people like McCain have 8 houses and there are many living on the street, starving, or terrified that they will be next to join them?? I have a great idea- lets take 1/2 of their incomes and give it to those who need it!

Boy, all I can say is what world do you come from and what are you smoking. Get real a realize the facts not just you twisted opinions and name calling.

Dude, you are such a right wing tool. Go tell everyone how we must "fight them over there so they don't come here." How's your membership at the CFR treating you? Getting lots of perks and promises of wealth in the new world order? Funny that you mention the Socialistic future that you are working to achieve, was that on purpose or are you clueless? You mentioned twisted facts; I find it humorous how those that are the most demented will deny facts so vehemently. I found no factual inaccuracies in Dizz's comments, but your comments are just full of garbage. Keep tooling on; eventually no one will believe a single word of the crap you spew.

Dear dalehendon,

Speaking of ramblings, I read your comment twice, but muddled, run-on sentences and odd references make it difficult to follow. I think you might benefit from a review of human biology. Generally speaking adults don't suffer from hormonal hysteria. Although, in your case the urge to derail people in a forum you have no intention of participating in an open and honest way, does indicate anger that could be better managed. You seem to be very creative, inventing whole new diseases, maybe art would be more beneficial to your personal development.

I hardly think that someone is morally bankrupt if they are concerned about the current economy. Or if they are upset about election fraud. I was born into a country where the right to vote and have that vote counted is one of the most important rights we have, and with out moving, this is no longer the case. I, and I believe many of my fellow Americans, feel it is reasonable to have a government with some kind of economic responsibility. Clearly you feel differently, I suspect you are on the receiving end of some government pork. Either that or you frequently throw away money for fun. The rest of us, however, are concerned.

Let's see, head in the sand, sexism, and when all else fails....commie paintin'.....What lost Era are you from, dear sir, sounds vaguely like Spiro Agnew and I would swear you must be his incarnate.
Have you ever thought that the party might not want you if you DID try to join?
It doesn't hurt me a bit to have you on the other side of the fence and as far away from me as possible.
Neanderthals and dinosaurs and right winged chicken hawks need not apply
Some day reality might just sneak up on you and say boo. Your so tightly stuck in that tight cave of yours that you might just smash your head but then no great loss....there may be a gush of hot air belch from any crack that may occur.........certainly no brain tissue

have we had there, Dale? That's right.

You keep right on returning to your vomit and eating it again, we'll keep electing presidents.

It's dalehendon, the knuckledragging redneck who just crawled out of a bottle of rotgut.

The American Dream (now broken by Bush and his commrads) is not a Kool-aid, it's a promise to work hard all your life and contribute in this United society of immigrants, with the promise and hope that fairness in wages, and retirement will not be f'd with. Overtime, BS benefits and retirement plans after working all our lives, is on a daily attack. The corporate elites want to control every dime we have, even after having put in fifty or forty years working in these corporatations to build the mega money they now so frivolously spend on weapons through conglomeracy.

I think one should be able to expect through ones government after submitting taxes year after year, to invest in our National agenda's or interests, that there should be that security net as an appreciation to ourselves when we have already contributed, all our lives, while elites make generations of money in one year. How greedy can they get.

I would want and expect a safe and efficient up to technology healthcare preventative service and chronic care insurance with 100% coverage, after all we gave our last dying breaths to keep our country number one all these years.

I would expect or want this country to face future problems of lack of education consequences and the third world products and toxins being shipped to our shores, that attack the learning centers with lead tainted products as young as 6 months old. Then the knuckleheads that signed the Nafta and China trade agreements have the nerve to deny us coverage or care for our autistic children. Our baby bibs that cover our children the majority of their learning years are LEAD TAINTED.

Also the reason for Universal Healthcare, the fact that those Oil companies and insurance brokers know that We the people are breathing a toxic mix for the last seventy years of fossil fuels and sulphides that are, proven cancer causing agents. Our household items and personal hygene products poluted by a non-oversighted Rethugliklan Neoconemen rubberstamped controlled congress and senate.

In the words of a very wise mean of our generation now:

"WE ARE THE LEADERS WE THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING ON."
"WE THE PEOPLE ARE THE CHANGE WE THE PEOPLE NEED."
Barack Obama

Are we our brethern's keeper worldwide or only in certain segments of society, by economic advantage.

Who died and made them boss of our government anyways?
Take it back with our marching protesting voting bodies.
This government is Of the People, For the People and By the People!

Barack On Team America, Let's vote in our interest for once and rally around Barack Obama and Americans working from the bottom up for Change in our rural and urban areas.!

Barack the Vote!

mommapanther

I have to disagree with you on your beliefs about Socialism. You really need to read some writings of the socialists. What it actually says is that the people should be in authority and that the government should be democratic - not the way it is disintegrating in this country but truly a country where the people are in charge. Do you think that will ever become possible in this country that reads the old intentions of the people and then just lies down and says "I don't know what to do." We the people need to stand up and say we will not allow the government we have not to continue!