Thursday, September 18, 2008

John McCain's dishonesty

I am no fan of Obama (Change you dog can roll in !) , but John McCain is one of the most dishonest people around today, he repeatedly contradicts himself and his very own viewpoints from only a few years ago.

John McCain is really abandonding all his past principles and positions in his run for the presidency.

Heres a gem of a story:

The lawsuit, filed by a Republican Party official in Cumberland County, PA, sought to remove Barr's name from the ballot—contrary to promises made by John McCain during his first bid for the presidency after then Texas Governor George Bush tried to have McCain blocked from the New York primary ballot. "I would never consider, ever consider," McCain said during his 2000 campaign, "allowing a supporter of mine to challenge [an opponent's] right to be on the ballot in all 50 states."

McCain went on to call such tactics, "Stalinist politics."


Also, his foreign policy views seem to have shifted from non-inverventionism (during Clinton's presidency) to pro-interventionism during the Bush presidency: