John McCain is a maverick no more

[struggle4progress]

The Republican presidential candidate has shifted his position on a number of issues.
By ROBERT WEINER and JOHN LARMETT
Last update: August 3, 2008 - 3:54 PM

... Keith Olbermann of MSNBC cited 31 major instances of McCain changing his positions to now conform to conservative Republican thought--from immigration to allowing CIA torture to the Bush tax breaks for the rich. The list also included gay marriage (for it, now against it), allowing rape and incest exceptions when banning abortion (now, he wants no exceptions), warrantless wiretaps (wanted president to have warrant, no longer), and holding detainees without evidence (against, now for).

The only place McCain has indeed been consistent is in pressing the Iraq war. McCain believes that Barack Obama, Congress and the majority of the American people are wrong when it comes to Iraq. Yet even Sen. McCain gave a very different answer in 2004 when asked what we should do if a sovereign Iraqi government asks us to leave:

"Well, if that scenario evolves then I think it's obvious that we would have to leave because -- if it was an elected government of Iraq ... I don't see how we could stay when our whole emphasis and policy has been based on turning the Iraqi government over to the Iraqi people."

In early April this year, McCain went walking in the heart of Baghdad, and then commented: "There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods today." But backing up that stroll through the market were 10 armored Humvees, soldiers with automatic rifles, and two Apache attack helicopters circling overhead ...

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/26189764.html?location_refer=Commentary

[FrenchieCat]

1. And so it begins. The viral video is hitting the spot.....

or so, I pray.

[blondeatlast]

2. And each and every flip-flop landed his lips at GWB's feet.

As to Iraq (and Iran, though not mentioned), he's been pressed to George the entire time.

[MadMaddie]

3. The truth is McCain was never a Maverick....we let the media

build this false picture of him...

What we know now is that he is a mean, vindictive bastard and he butted heads to be be butting heads......He is as he he always has been, a man who only cared about himself, a very selfish man.

[jesus_of_suburbia]

4. He was in 2000. He sold himself out to the Repukes.

He used to be "center".

Now he is "right of center".

Of course Obama used to be "left" and now he is "left of center".


The country is looking for "left of center"!

WE WIN!