15 Reasons To Question John McCain
 Monday, September 29th, 2008  by Connie T.

We were going to do a recap and critique of Saturday's debate between Senator's John McCain and Barack Obama, which drew astonishing viewership at 52.4 million. However most of you are probably over it by now since the MSM hammered it to death, so instead I'm going to present a list of 15 things to question about John McCain - some arisen from the debate, some not.

He wanted the $700 billion bank bailout pushed through quickly with no oversight for the Treasury Secretary and no reimbursement plan for the taxpayers footing the bill.

He is proposing $300 billion in tax cuts for the wealthiest corporations and individuals, and an additional $4 billion for oil companies.

McCain accepted over $1 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry. We're sure the $4 billion he wants to allocate to them has nothing to do with that, though, because he's against special interests and pork barrel spending, right?

Throughout the primaries, he continually spoke about the plight of the polar bears in losing their natural habitat due to global warming. Yet he chose a Vice Presidential candidate - Sarah Palin - who sued the George W. Bush administration to remove these same animals from the endangered species list.

He wants to tax your health benefits.

Sen. McCain voted against a law for equal pay for women for equal jobs.

While he wants to propose $300 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy, McCain wants to cut government spending by removing funding from about $18 million of earmarked projects, which often support public projects such as civic institutions, universities, senior centers, etc.

In February - after years and years of speaking out against torture - McCain voted against a bill that would prevent the CIA from employing torture as a means of getting information.

McCain went from wanting Roe V. Wade to remain as is to wanting it to be overturned.

Throughout his career in the Senate, McCain has denied funding to our troops, the Hurricane Katrina victims, and Military and Veteran housing programs. He wants our soldiers to fight, but cares not for how they survive when they return.

In the same month, Sen. McCain told us that the economy is "improving" and that the state of the economy is "urgent" and needs to be fixed with a Wall Street bailout.

His lobbyists are a who's who of corporate America and foreign dictators, who have given his campaign over $10 million.

He voted for the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which unconstitutionally suspends Habeas Corpus, violates the Geneva Conventions, exempts officials from prosecution for harsh interrogation techniques, and otherwise violates human rights.

He agrees with the Bush Doctrine, which was used to justify the U.S.' invasion of both Iraq and Afghanistan. His running mate, however, doesn't seem to be familiar with what the Bush Doctrine is.

He voted yes on the Patriot Act and yes on extending its wiretap provision.

This is certainly not all, so maybe we'll make a Part 2 for this article in the future...

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