McCain’s Pros And Cons
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Elections, General Politics
Americans For Freedom breaks down the points.
First pros:
1. Has always been fiscally responsible, voting against pork, excessive spending, etc. He is currently working with Sen. Coburn to highlight each individual earmark.2. Has consistently favored higher defense spending, favors a forward-leaning defense posture, and is one of the strongest defenders and communicators of our Long-War & War on Terror strategy in Afghanistan, Iraq and the rest of the Middle East. He agrees that advocating democracy and freedom can increase our peace and security over the long run. He understands the “neo-con” view of the world, of which I subscribe. This view holds that from 1945-2001, we supported dictators in the Middle East, which linked the US with those dictators, and caused the people to slowly turn against us because of the inherent corruption, poverty & joblessness that always results from dictatorships. This bad economic, political and social environment then fostered hatred & intolerance.
Then the cons:
1. McCain voted against the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts in both the budget and separate votes. Although he supported the tax cuts in 2005, his view on this critical item is suspect and I demand more from a GOP Presidential candidate, especially when these cuts have been proven to both grow tax revenues and the economy over time. McCain may have some “evolving” to do on this issue, which it looks like he is trying to do, and this is critical for him to gain GOP votes. He has to get out in front of any potential tax reform efforts and lead to have any credibility, but CPR is possible here.2. Freedom of speech issues are a problem as well. The campaign finance reform issue was a big one for McCain, and I am fully against limiting individual contributions. However, McCain Feingold was a boon for the GOP in that it did double the hard-dollar limits. My view is that both corporate and union money should be banned completely, and that individual limits should be doubled again, but this will never happen. This issue is a problem for McCain, and I don’t see him fixing GOP opinion much here.
Read all the points.
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March 22nd, 2006 at 11:02 am
I liked McCain. In fact, if he was the GOP candidate in 2000, I would have voted for the repugNUTs. Since then, I have seen how he is so unwilling to stand up for himself and allowed Bush/Cheney/Rove to demolish his reputation. That doesn’t make a very decisive kind of person I would want in the head office. But then, I also didin’t want the wishy-washy vindictive kind od as*hole as we currently have in there either.
Neither party have offered a good champion for American interests. Certainly not the vessel of big business’s interests as Bushbaby. And Kerry wasn’t effective at defending himself against the baseless slurs and Orwellian misdirection prated by the neoconnuts. The only real person promoted by the Dems was Wes Clark and I certainly would have preferred Wes to Bush/dick anyday! Kerry wasn’t much of an alternative but certainly would have been preferable to King GeorgieBOY!
March 22nd, 2006 at 11:47 am
ummm….. Well said qat
March 22nd, 2006 at 12:20 pm
McCain was mean to my boyfriend, Barack. I don’t like him anymore!!
February 7th, 2008 at 9:52 am
um… he is going to win on the republican side. and not many of his ideas where bad… im voting for him. but he is proly like the rest and say things and of coarse like all they never come through…
October 30th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
One of my friends said the only reason im not voting for obama is because he is black. That is not true if i was a rascist why would i have two colored friends and my brothers cuban so wouldnt i hate him. But i like mccain cause he is republican and he is lowering taxes and doesnt want to take troops out