You admired an image that had absolutley nothing to do with reality. He's idependent when it's convenient and he's not when it's not.
Up to November he was staunchly anti-torture. Come February, he's voting to make Waterboarding legal. Almost immediately after he's recieving the support various major important conservative coalitions and pundits who had previously been villifying him. I can't say for sure any deals were struck but I sure do smell some party-line stink in the air. I've always thought that John McCain is just another rich white tool who's essentially down for the rich white tool platform. Bosco --- "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't believe I used to admire this guy for his indepence. He is > > truly scary > > Martin wrote: > > John McCain, USNA '58. We're so proud of him. :P > > > > "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: By Jason Szep Fri Feb > 22, 11:34 AM ET > > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080222/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_usa_politics_mccain_castro;_ylt=AmvlgDEPu9NzP1gcKIAEaHztiBIF > > INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner > John > > McCain suggested on Friday that he hoped retired Cuban leader > Fidel > > Castro would die soon and said Castro's brother will be a worse > leader. > > > > > > "I hope he has the opportunity to meet Karl Marx very soon," > McCain told > > a town-hall style meeting of about 150 people, referring to > communist > > theoretician Marx who died on March 14, 1883. > > > > Castro, 81, announced on Tuesday he was stepping down as > president and > > commander-in-chief of Cuba's armed forces after 49 years in > power. His > > brother Raul Castro is expected to be named Cuba's new head of > state on > > Sunday. > > > > "Apparently he is trying to groom his brother Raul," McCain said. > "Raul > > is worse in many respects than Fidel was." > > > > Castro has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach > surgery and > > handing power temporarily to Raul in July 2006. > > > > McCain, a four-term Arizona senator, has an almost insurmountable > lead > > over his last major Republican rival, former Arkansas Gov. Mike > Huckabee. > > > > McCain's approach to Cuba has generally echoed that of U.S. > President > > George W. Bush, who has tightened a decades-long trade embargo > and has > > rejected easing sanctions without a transition to democracy. > > > > McCain, who is popular among conservative Cuban-Americans, also > has said > > that if he wins the November 4 U.S. presidential election he > would keep > > up pressure for political change in Cuba's one-party state. > > > > That includes a travel ban and trade and financial sanctions > enforced a > > few years after Castro's 1959 revolution on the Caribbean island. > > > > McCain, 71, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, has accused > Cubans of > > participating in the torture of some of his fellow prisoners in > Hanoi > > during the Vietnam War. > > > > (To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters > "Tales > > from the Trail: 2008" online at > http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/) > > > > (Editing by Bill Trott) > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels > will get organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, > "A Man Without A Country" > > > > --------------------------------- > > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > I got friends who are in prison and Friends who are dead. I'm gonna tell ya something that I've often said. You know these things that happen, That's just the way it's supposed to be. And I can't help but wonder, Don't ya know it coulda been me. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
