McCain is A High Order Hypocrite
Posted by Raven on July 8th, 2008
McCain is walking a tightrope? I’d say so.
PHOENIX (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain acknowledged the steep drop in U.S. jobs and said he would help the economy by cutting taxes, encouraging free trade, building nuclear power plants and launching other initiatives.
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More than 400,000 jobs have been lost since December, he said, adding, “Americans are worried about the security of their current job, and they’re worried that they, their kids and their neighbors may not find good jobs and new opportunities in the future.”
Yeah? McCain wants to talk about jobs? How about booting the illegal immigrants out? How about encouraging Americans to take BACK all those jobs they once held? How about prison sentences for the owners and managers of the businesses who hire them (knowingly or not)???
THOSE EXACT WORDS HE SPOKE ABOVE have been said to Hispanic audiences too.
John McCain is a fucking hypocrite of the highest order.
On Tuesday, Sen. McCain will speak to the League of United Latin American Citizens, his second such address to Hispanic voters in as many weeks. He is expected to repeat his political sentiments about the need for comprehensive immigration reform — a view that appeals to Hispanics.
He panders to the very people who are using up our tax dollars via welfare benefits for illegals; his answer is to somehow “legalize” the criminal activity at the expense of Americans…can we afford to pay for this when our jobs are being offered to illegals?
Sen. McCain and his Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, share more similar views on immigration than perhaps on any other policy issue. Both propose securing the borders, introducing temporary worker programs and opening a path to citizenship that includes learning English and paying fines.
Uugh. They’re one in the same on this issue and THIS should concern people. American people that is.
In the general election, Sen. McCain appears to be trying to have it both ways. He emphasizes a need to secure the borders and to show compassion to illegal immigrants already here.
McCain can try to have it both ways. But he’s not fooling me. Or millions of others who happen to hold those jobs McCain has decided Americans shouldn’t want.
Again I know I have to vote for this asshole. And again, I will forever be in conflict with my conscience on that vote; and will never sleep soundly because of this vote.
July 8th, 2008 at 9:49 am
That’s about how I feel. If McCain, or any of these politicos, even get an ounce of sense, they will start thinking about being compassionate to the taxpayers whose money goes into supporting handouts to people who shouldn’t even be here.
The only consolation I have is that I live in a state so blue that my red vote most likely won’t matter. I can thus cast a protest vote without affecting either McCain or Obama. Perhaps Picard and Riker would be a good choice.
July 8th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Well, so much for trying to use html.
(Fixed it for ya bud. - Duncan)
July 8th, 2008 at 10:11 am
I actually considered voting for Bob Barr because Texas will probably go for McCain regardless of my vote… and since the overall popular vote doesn’t matter, the electoral college does, McCain will get Texas’s electoral college. And my conscience will atleast feel clear….
July 8th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I may still write in Ron Paul. I might.
I am not sure I can live with myself…having said that, I do realize the main threat to my country is the Islamic threat…and I do respect McCain’s stance on the WOT. I have to sort through the abyss here to come to a decision I can live with. It’s not easy.
July 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
As far as write-in votes, they’ll probably be thrown out for some procedural error or the such and the vote will never be counted/see the light of day. Better to vote for someone actually on the ballot if you wish to protest a party. But you are correct, McCain is tougher on the war on terror. Ofcourse, when Obama is shifting to the right of Pat Buchanan now in the general elections.. who knows… maybe I’ll have to vote for him?
July 9th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Solving the immigration problem is going to be an incremental process, since there is no way that the government can do any kind of massive round-up. Not to mention that the government would screw up the process so badly - with too many innocents caught up in the net and too many civil liberties abuses - that the outcry and resultant public backlash would lead to a surrender on the immigration issue. Not to mention the intervention of activist courts and the active resistance on the part of some local leaders.
No, we’re going to have to do an incremental program, starting with border security and putting economic pressure on illegals living here (increased workplace enforcement, visible punishment for lawbreaking employers). Coupled with the weak dollar exchange rate, this should lead a fair number to self-deport.
If McCain clear states these as the first steps, that’s probably the best we’re going to get. He at least has made some noises in this direction after hearing from the Republican base; let’s see what he says to Hispanic voters, who probably will make or break his candidacy - before putting the H-word label over his mouth.
July 10th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I’m leaning toward Chuck Baldwin of the Constitution Party.