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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...
Starting in 1980, with the election of one of the worst prezs ever (Reagan) the riech wing has been on a almost 30-year tear. All Clinton did was give us good supreme ct appointees, but did nothing to stop (and helped considerably) the lie-built train wreck that has now finally arrived on the america people (which they asked for) as they stumble along ahistorically. Well now maybe this is a new beginning...
The article continues, "Most Republicans who asked him not to run 'also said they understand why I'd run and why John McCain is not conservative and will not seriously tackle the growth in government power and spending,' he said. 'Some said they would vote for me if I ran, but for the sake of the Republican Party, they would prefer I didn't.'"
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Barr_to_announce_...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/5/12/135827/...
people are finally saying 'no more' to the failed policies of the GOP.
I would buy tickets to see that and feel absolutely no shame. It is going to take a long time to dig this country out of the hole those jerks have dug us into.
"Sen. McCain's support of regulating global-warming gases like carbon dioxide -- the biggest environmental issue before Congress -- more closely resembles the stance of his Democratic rivals, Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton [than President Bush], though he disagrees with them on how such regulations should be structured," writes Monday's Wall Street Journal.
"Besides championing legislation to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions," the Journal adds, "Sen. McCain has opposed the administration's call to open parts of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, citing the refuge as a natural treasure on par with the Florida Everglades and the Grand Canyon in his home state of Arizona."
The Journal paints McCain as a maverick among Republican rank and file on environmental issues, in an article that is best misleading. While McCain has championed legislation to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in his speeches, he hasn't voted for it. And while he's opposed drilling in the Arctic, he also refused to support a ban on drilling in a 2005 defense appropriations bill.
The article also fails to mention that McCain ranks last among the 535 members of the current Congress in a rating by the League of Conservation Voters.
McCain has missed every major environmental vote this Congress, according to an analysis by the League. His League lifetime record is just 24 percent. This compares with 86 percent for Obama and 86 percent for Clinton. Obama and Clinton ranked 67 and 73 percent in the League's most recent report.
"McCain was the only member of Congress to skip every single crucial environmental vote scored by the organization, posting a score lower than Members of Congress who were out for much of the year due to serious illnesses
check out his campaign song at
http://obamarocks08.com
McPander is grasping for the youth vote and trying to shake Bushco by pretending to be green now...he's not.
as a bonus, McPander is royally pissing off the limpballs faction who still say climate change is an Al Gore hoax....
it's a twofer!
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=0805121...
The Republicans are losing the special elections in districts that were very solid for Republicans for years, like Jamie Whitten's old seat, (aka Roger Wicker's former seat) The Dems picked off suburban districts in 2006, now they are aiming for some of the rural districts that they have been shut out of from 1994.
This is not looking good for Republicans...