John McCain - Lying, cheating, plagiarizing..
August 24th 2008 21:30
It's been said that a McCain presidency would be a "Bush third term" although it may be hard to imagine, he may actually be worse. He has come full away from any pretensions of being a "Maverick" and gone straight into Bush neo-conservatism. And in a sort of oneupmanship, he is even more pro-war and internationally belligerent. His economic proposals will ensure what is a downturn/recession will become a major depression. He cannot win on the issues. His campaign knows that to approach issues in a real manner (something beyond drill here, there, everywhere) is a death sentence. So he is going negative. But he is also being exposed as a liar, a cheat, and in a funny story of stealing words from a Noble laureate, a plagiarist.
John McCain has said Barack Obama will raise taxes on people making over 42,000 dollars per year. Truth is, Obama will lower taxes there. He will raise, and should raise, taxes on those making more than 250,000. John McCain says he supports "the troops." He supports sending troops to war, not giving them equipment or assistance when the get home. McCain has voted consistently against veteran proposals. McCain is lying about "the surge" knowing full well that violence has subsided primarily because of the so-called "Sunni awakening" and a cease fire ordered by Muqtada al-Sadr.
John McCain has always tried to come across as against government corruption. His campaign team is chock full of lobbyist, including those who have lobbied for dictators around the globe. One of his most trusted advisers is Randy Scheunemann, who is a lobbyist for the government of Georgia. Funny, after Mr. Scheunemann and his partner got 800,000 dollars from Georgia McCain came out so very strongly in support of that government. It's also important to remember, in light of the current banking crisis, John McCain is no stranger to financial scandal. Remember the "Keating five?"
At the Saddleback forum held by Pastor Rick Warren John McCain was supposedly in a "cone of silence" but was actually in his limo on the way to the event during the first half of the event (when Barack Obama was answering the same questions McCain would get) and was in the green room waiting for the second half. He could have been listening live for all we know. It's bad enough that the first forum between the candidates was in a religious setting, but that it was a cheat is disgraceful.
And now it comes out that John McCain can't even use his own prisoner stories. Seems he is borrowing from a Noble laureate. He's already been caught lifting speeches directly from Wikipedia. At the Saddleback forum he once again told a story he has recently "remembered" from his time as a POW. As it turns out, it is exactly the same story Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The "cross in the dirt" story that McCain now tells as being part of his POW experience is remarkably similar to what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about one of his experiences he endured in a Soviet gulag.
McCain also claimed that the song he said was a favorite, ABBA's "Dancing Queen," is so important to him because he isn't interested in music published since then. Funny thing is, the song was put out two years after he got back. That really isn't important, except that it shows a pattern. Making up one's history to make it look more dramatic is nothing new, of course. We all remember Hillary Clinton's remarks about coming under sniper fire.
With John McCain the re-workings run deep. He once recognized leaders of the religious right as being agents of intolerance and now openly courts their blessing. He once noted how unjust the Bush tax cuts are and now wants to not only keep them, but to deepen them. He has made it clear that his presidency would be business as usual, pushing the neo-con agenda. My, how the "Maverick" has fallen.
John McCain has said Barack Obama will raise taxes on people making over 42,000 dollars per year. Truth is, Obama will lower taxes there. He will raise, and should raise, taxes on those making more than 250,000. John McCain says he supports "the troops." He supports sending troops to war, not giving them equipment or assistance when the get home. McCain has voted consistently against veteran proposals. McCain is lying about "the surge" knowing full well that violence has subsided primarily because of the so-called "Sunni awakening" and a cease fire ordered by Muqtada al-Sadr.
John McCain has always tried to come across as against government corruption. His campaign team is chock full of lobbyist, including those who have lobbied for dictators around the globe. One of his most trusted advisers is Randy Scheunemann, who is a lobbyist for the government of Georgia. Funny, after Mr. Scheunemann and his partner got 800,000 dollars from Georgia McCain came out so very strongly in support of that government. It's also important to remember, in light of the current banking crisis, John McCain is no stranger to financial scandal. Remember the "Keating five?"
At the Saddleback forum held by Pastor Rick Warren John McCain was supposedly in a "cone of silence" but was actually in his limo on the way to the event during the first half of the event (when Barack Obama was answering the same questions McCain would get) and was in the green room waiting for the second half. He could have been listening live for all we know. It's bad enough that the first forum between the candidates was in a religious setting, but that it was a cheat is disgraceful.
And now it comes out that John McCain can't even use his own prisoner stories. Seems he is borrowing from a Noble laureate. He's already been caught lifting speeches directly from Wikipedia. At the Saddleback forum he once again told a story he has recently "remembered" from his time as a POW. As it turns out, it is exactly the same story Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. The "cross in the dirt" story that McCain now tells as being part of his POW experience is remarkably similar to what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about one of his experiences he endured in a Soviet gulag.
McCain also claimed that the song he said was a favorite, ABBA's "Dancing Queen," is so important to him because he isn't interested in music published since then. Funny thing is, the song was put out two years after he got back. That really isn't important, except that it shows a pattern. Making up one's history to make it look more dramatic is nothing new, of course. We all remember Hillary Clinton's remarks about coming under sniper fire.
With John McCain the re-workings run deep. He once recognized leaders of the religious right as being agents of intolerance and now openly courts their blessing. He once noted how unjust the Bush tax cuts are and now wants to not only keep them, but to deepen them. He has made it clear that his presidency would be business as usual, pushing the neo-con agenda. My, how the "Maverick" has fallen.
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