101 Reasons To Vote Against John McCain…The List So Far

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101 Reasons To Vote Against John McCain…The List So Far

By Dan | July 16, 2008

Every day we give you a new reason to vote against John McCain in November. Tune in at approximately 8:20 AM ET each weekday to hear a new reason added to the list…so far we’ve given you #101-#66. Here’s the list so far…check back daily here to see updates!

#66: John McCain’s top economic advisor thinks the poor economy is just a ‘mental recession.’ Phil Gramm called America a ‘nation of whiners.’

#67: John McCain’s Gas Tax Holiday is a joke. Virtually every economist has shot down McCain’s idea of a gas tax holiday. It just won’t work!

#68: John McCain flip-flops on immigration. First he applauded a clear route to citizenship, now he’s changed to a “fences-first” stance.

#69: John McCain gives us double-talk on Iraq. He says on the one hand, we gotta keep it going with no timetable. Then, more recently, he says we’ll balance the budget by winning the war in Iraq and getting the troops home.

#70: John McCain represents the third term of Karl Rove. Steve Schmidt is the latest person to be at the top of the campaign – another name involved with McCain who worked closely with Karl Rove.

#71: John McCain is taking money from Swift Boat veterans. In 2004, he called them dishonest and dishonorable.

#72: John McCain flip-flopped on swiftboat veterans. In 2004, he condemned the swiftboat veterans, now, he endorses them, with Bud Day back on the scene.

#73: John McCain is a tax cheater. Cindy McCain failed to pay property taxes on time – that is not the type of responsibility that we want in the White House.

#74: John McCain is an opponent of helping rail transit. When he chaired the Senate Commerce Committee, he opposed public financing of Amtrak – a service very important in this day of high fuel prices.

#75: John McCain’s healthcare plan would not help Americans. It would tax your healthcare benefits and leave working families at the mercy of big insurance companies.

#76: John McCain is a fear monger. Adviser Charlie Black suggested another terrorist attack would help McCain and the Republicans win.

#77: John McCain is more of a game show host than a candidate, offering up gimmick after gimmick. First it was the gas tax holiday, but now – he wants taxpayers to give $300 million to whoever develops the next new electric battery. Too bad the Japanese are already five years ahead of the US in developing the next generation battery.

#78: John McCain does not have a good environmental record. The League of Conservation Voters gave him a zero rating when it comes to pro-environment votes.

#79: Cindy McCain criticizes Michelle Obama for not “always” being proud of her country. Guess what – John McCain said the same thing.

#80: John McCain graduated fifth from the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy. Out of 899 graduates, he was ranked 894.

#81: John McCain uses scare tactics. John McCain accuses Barack Obama of having a “September 10″ mentality. We’ve heard this before from George W. Bush. Republicans have NO problem using September 11 for political gain.

#82: John McCain is in favor of offshore drilling for oil. Of course, this is AFTER he was opposed to it. Drilling for oil off the shores of the United States WON’T ease the gas burden.

#83: John McCain was part of the Keating Five. John McCain was part of the five Senators who were tied to dirty deal with Charles Keating.

#84: John McCain doesn’t support prisoner’s rights. The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Gitmo detainees. John McCain says that the ruling “concerns” him.

#85: John McCain doesn’t care about women’s interests. He wants to overturn Roe v. Wade (among other things) – Planned Parenthood gives him a zero lifetime voting record on women’s issues.

#86: John McCain won’t repeal George Bush’s tax cuts. This is another issue that he has flip-flopped on, and his plan will continue to put this country into a deeper budget deficit.

#87: John McCain agrees with Bush’s illegal wiretapping policy outside of FISA. At one point he did disagree with Bush on the subject, but he flip-flopped and now supports the President.

#88: John McCain doesn’t know anything about the economy. He himself said he doesn’t know as much about it as he should.

#89: John McCain voted with George Bush 89% of the time through his administration. Just more proof that if he’s elected, it’s more of the same.

#90: John McCain is a fake campaign finance reformer. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) presented this reason during his in-studio visit, and believes McCains back-room dealings need to be exposed.

#91: The Supreme Court. John McCain himself has said he wants to appoint clones of Alito and Roberts to the high court. With that, Roe v. Wade and other important decisions will go right out the window.

#92: His bad “comb-over,” that he won’t admit to. He won’t just be honest and admit he’s balding – what else won’t he be honest about?

#93: John McCain supports the war in Iraq. He stated he would stay in Iraq for 100 years.

#94: John McCain will be nothing but a third term of George Bush. He wants to continue the same policies that have failed for the last eight years, as Barack Obama pointed out.

#95: John McCain is too old to run the country. He’ll be 72 this year. Back in 2000, he admitted to PBS’s Jim Lehrer he’s too old to be President!

#96: John McCain does not support the GI Bill. He’s against giving our veterans full scholarships to college upon returning from service.

#97: John McCain has bad judgment related to the people he cozies up to. He was endorsed by, and was good friends with John Hagee – it took him three months to reject the endorsement! What other type of people might he get close to when he’s president?

#98: John McCain doesn’t know Shiite from Shinola. Even Joe Lieberman corrected him when he mixed up Shiites and Sunnis.

#99: John McCain doesn’t want to change anything about our relationship with Cuba. He is attacking Barack Obama’s willingness to meet with Raul Castro.

#100: John McCain will try to stir up war with Iran. We’ve seen this with his recent exchange with Barack Obama, saying we shouldn’t talk – we should just bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

#101: John McCain’s connection with Lobbyists. Special Interests, Special Interests. Ouch. The prime connection is Thomas Loeffler – who resigned from McCain’s campaign because of his lobbyist connections.