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John McCain Promises Nevada Families a Third Bush Term |
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 John McCain Promises Nevada Families a Third Bush Term
Hours after clinching his Party’s nomination, the one-time “maverick”
John McCain completed his transformation into a full-fledged Bush
Republican by heading to the White House to receive President Bush’s
formal endorsement.
John McCain is so desperate to cozy up to the right wing of the
Republican Party that he demonstrated he would offer more of the same
on everything from ethics to the economy.
Eight more years of a Bush philosophy means denying health care for
34,300 Nevadans by vetoing SCHIP expansion, threatening the retirement
security of Nevada seniors by promising to privatize Social Security
and further straining Nevada’s reserve and national guard units by
promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years.
In fact, despite widespread economic anxieties facing families in
Nevada and across America, McCain said he thinks the economy is strong
and refuses to say whether he supports President Bush’s threat to veto
a Democratic bill to help struggling homeowners fighting to avoid
foreclosure. Instead, McCain’s idea of short-term economic stimulus
for working families is making President Bush’s tax cuts for the rich
permanent… in 2010.
“By rushing to President Bush’s side, McCain is showing Nevada’s
working families that a vote for John McCain is a vote for a third Bush
term,” said Kirsten Searer, deputy executive director of the Nevada
Democratic Party. “At the January 19th Democratic caucus, almost
120,000 Nevadans caucused for a Democrat and expressed their support
for change. We’ve had eight years of a George Bush White House — John
McCain cannot be trusted to deliver the change Nevadans so clearly
want.”
Third Bush Term on the Economy…
McCain’s Short-Term Solution For the Economy? Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
in Two Years, Of Course. When asked what efforts would have a
short-term impact on the economy, McCain responded “In the shorter
term, if you somehow told American businesses and families, ‘Look,
you're not going to experience a tax increase in 2010,’ I think that's
a pretty good short-term measure. And as far as confidence is
concerned, I think if you say, ‘Congress is going to cut corporate
taxes right away,’ if you say that you've got a plan to eliminate the
AMT, I think some of those are kind of short-term measures right now.”
[Wall Street Journal, 3/3/08]
Republicans Postponing Consideration of Housing Bill So McCain Doesn't
Have to Make a Hard Vote. "Consideration of the mortgage package was
delayed earlier in the week when a debate over the Iraq War lasted
longer than expected. At the time, Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin,
D-Ill., maintained that Republicans were intentionally delaying
consideration of the mortgage package so that Arizona Sen. John McCain
-- the presumptive GOP presidential nominee -- would not have to cast a
vote on the bill before the March 4 Ohio primary." [Congressional
Quarterly Today, 2/27/2008]
Third Bush Term on Iraq…
McCain Would Spend 'a Hundred Years' or a 'Million Years' in Iraq.
McCain interrupted a voter during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire
telling him we could spend "maybe a hundred" years in Iraq and "that
would be fine with me." After the town hall meeting, he told a reporter
"that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 'a thousand years' or 'a million
years,' as far as he was concerned." [McCain Derry, NH town hall
meeting , 1/3/08; motherjones.com , 1/3/08]
McCain Consistently on Bush Talking Points on Iraq. In 2003, McCain
echoed Bush's rosy predictions by claiming that the end was “very much
in sight” in Iraq. In 2005, McCain backed Bush, arguing that another
year would prove "stay the course" was working. [The Hill, 12/8/05; ABC
News, Good Morning America, 4/9/03] In 2006, McCain argued that Iraq
was "on the right track" even as it slipped further toward civil war.
[MSNBC, Imus in the Morning, 3/1/06] As of late, McCain's campaign
insists, "terrorists are on the run," even while half of Afghanistan
appears to have fallen back under the control of the Taliban and Osama
Bin Laden remains at large. [johnmccain.com, press release, 12/17/07;
Time, 12/8/07; Investor's Business Daily, 12/14/07]
Third Bush Term on Health Care…
John McCain Does Not Have a Plan For the Uninsured. According to the
Wall Street Journal, McCain’s plan does not focus on “reducing the
ranks of the uninsured,” of which there are about 47 million, or one in
seven Americans. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/07]
McCain Opposed Reauthorizing SCHIP and Providing Insurance For Millions
of Uninsured Children. McCain voted against reauthorizing the State
Children's Health Insurance Program for five years, expanding the
program by $35.2 billion. [Senate Vote #307, 8/2/07]
Third Bush Term on Social Security…
2008: McCain “Totally In Favor” of Bush Social Security Plan. “I'm
totally in favor of personal savings accounts and I think they are an
important opportunity for young workers. I campaigned in support of
President Bush's proposal and I campaigned with him, and I did town
hall meetings with him.” [Wall Street Journal, 3/3/08]
2005: McCain Campaigned for Bush Social Security Plan. “McCain has
been especially supportive of his onetime rival, appearing with Bush at
three events over the past two days in trying to prod Democrats into
negotiations to include private accounts in a plan to revamp Social
Security.” [Washington Post, 3/23/05]
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