For any New Hampshire "independents" who believe McCain is a moderate

[TexasLawyer]

He was a person of integrity once upon a time, but not anymore. If you liked George W. Bush you'll LOVE John "stay the course in Iraq" McCain.

The Right's Man
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times

Monday 13 March 2006

It's time for some straight talk about John McCain. He isn't a moderate. He's much less of a maverick than you'd think. And he isn't the straight talker he claims to be.

Mr. McCain's reputation as a moderate may be based on his former opposition to the Bush tax cuts. In 2001 he declared, "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us."

But now - at a time of huge budget deficits and an expensive war, when the case against tax cuts for the rich is even stronger - Mr. McCain is happy to shower benefits on the most fortunate. He recently voted to extend tax cuts on dividends and capital gains, an action that will worsen the budget deficit while mainly benefiting people with very high incomes.

When it comes to foreign policy, Mr. McCain was never moderate. During the 2000 campaign he called for a policy of "rogue state rollback," anticipating the "Bush doctrine" of pre-emptive war unveiled two years later. Mr. McCain called for a systematic effort to overthrow nasty regimes even if they posed no imminent threat to the United States; he singled out Iraq, Libya and North Korea. Mr. McCain's aggressive views on foreign policy, and his expressed willingness, almost eagerness, to commit U.S. ground forces overseas, explain why he, not George W. Bush, was the favored candidate of neoconservative pundits such as William Kristol of The Weekly Standard.

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http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/58/18351

[pipoman]

1. ..

[marylanddem]

3. That is the coolest funniest poster - thanks!

[pipoman]

7. Thanks, I made that right after Lieberman endorsed McCain..n/t

[TexasLawyer]

5. Funny-- and it reminded me of this

[robbedvoter]

2. Integrity????? MSM BS! Keating 5 corrupt bastard - always. But, lovely pic!

I hope it'll be blown up and put on signs in GE

[TexasLawyer]

4. McCain's voting record places him in the hard right

An important point in the Krugman article:

The bottom line is that Mr. McCain isn't a moderate; he's a man of the hard right. How far right? A statistical analysis of Mr. McCain's recent voting record, available at www.voteview.com, ranks him as the Senate's third most conservative member.

[TexasLawyer]

6. "bomb bomb Iran"

and don't forget this fine example of experienced diplomacy:

Unplugged McCain sings 'bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran'

David Edwards and Ron Brynaert
Published: Thursday April 19, 2007

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Speaking at Murrells Inlet VFW Hall in South Carolina, McCain was asked when he thought the US Military might "send an air mail message to Tehran."

"McCain began his answer by changing the words to a popular Beach Boys song," the Georgetown Times reports.

"'Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran,' he sang to the tune of Barbara Ann," the paper notes.

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http://rawstory.com/news/2007/McCain_unplugged_Bomb_bomb_bomb_bomb_0419.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg