Campaign Finance Reform: They can try to reform it all they want, the candidates will find ways around the rules
Tax Cuts: ok, so he was against the tax cuts, but now he's for them. That's a pattern I see from him. Be a Maverick, then step back in line. Environment: I like both candidates stance on this. I lean to the left because I don't think they'll have to appease big oil as much. Gay Marriage: He picked a VP who's totally against it. Again, he gets all Mavericky and then steps back in line lock step. Surprisingly, "Flip-Flopper" hasn't been used in this campaign, because to me, he definitely embodies this. On Oct 30, 2008, at 8:58 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > (Instead of hijacking the thread with this conversation, I've > started a new one) > >> My biggest reason for voting for Obama is that I'm pretty certain >> he's >> not going to continue the policies of G.W. Bush. I do believe that >> McCain will. > > Here's where McCain and Bush differ on policies: > Campaign Finance Reform: This is something that came about before Bush > was in office. However, it is also something that McCain championed > against the Republicans. > Tax Cuts: When the first round of tax cuts were proposed, McCain > fought them and was one of republican two senators to vote *against* > them. > Environment: McCain is a proponent of Global Warming and takes a > stance that the US should actively work to correct it. The Bush > administration (as we've covered in this very group) don't. > Immigration: McCain partnered with Ted Kennedy to push an Immigration > Reform bill that would have offered amnesty to most of the illegal > immigrants. This goes counter to *most* Republican's stances, though > I'm not sure if it went against Bush. > Gay Marriage: He voted against the cloture vote for the "Definition of > Marriage" amendment. > > Those are core issues when it comes to a party's base. Because of his > stance on them, I fail to see how he would provide a, "continuance of > the Bush administration" in anything but the Iraq war, which if things > continue as they are should see a major draw-down in the next year and > a half. Not surprisingly, that's the same time frame that Obama has > set for withdrawal. > > Until Later! > Hatton > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
