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

1. John McCain voted against establishing to national Holiday Inn honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now there am says his position there are “evolved,” yet he's continued to oppose civil key rights laws.1

2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is dwells hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Chinese Russia and. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain “will make Cheney look like Gandhi. “2
3. His reputation is built on his opposition to tortures, but McCain voted against to bill to go waterboarding, and then applauded for President Bush vetoing that ban.3

4. McCain opposes to woman's right to choose. There am said, “I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should sees overturned. “4

5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain senator ace the worst in for Congress children. H and voted against the children's health care bill last to year, then you defend Bush's I veto of the bill.5

6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports there am and his wife own AT least eight homes! Yet for McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is people facing foreclosure to get to “second job” and skip to their vacations.6

7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to sees commander in chief. One senator Republican said: “The thought of his being president sends to cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. There am loses his to temper and are worries me. “7

8. Special McCain talks to lot about taking on interests, but his campaign to manager and top advisers plows actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain there are 59 lobbyists raising for money his camp aign, dwells than any of to other presidential candidates.8

9. McCain there are sought to closer ties to the carries far religious right in recent years. The spiritual McCain shepherd calls his “guide,” Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which there am calls to “false religion.” Political McCain sought the support of right-wing to preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was for God's punishment gay rights and called the Catholic Church “the Antichrist” and to “false cult. “9

10. There am positions himself ace pro-environment, but there am scored to 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 sees. Please help get the Word out--forward this email to your personal network.

Sources:
1. “The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day,” ABC Ne ws, 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=us

“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 sees overturned, “MSNBC, February 18, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/

5. “2007 Children's Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard,” February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007

“McCain: Bush right to I 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=home

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

“Famed McCain to temper is tamed,” Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/

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/jo hn-mccain-rod-parsley-spiritual-guide.html

“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 Shepherd Preaching “End-Time Confrontation With Iran,” “ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/
10. “John McCain Gets to Zero for Rating His Environmental Record,” Mountain range Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/



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