[Anyone] McCain: Senator, Grow Up!

[anubis at laplaza.org]

ah, yes, more evidence that McCain is a shameless Bush-era Republican, defined in part as a political 
dunderhead whose witless and unscrupulous acts consistently confirm that "Republican integrity" is 
an oxymoron.

totem at laplaza.org said:

> To quote on mccain's sellout of the military, the soldiers, and the veterans:
> Senator McCain missed 10 of the 14 Senate votes on Iraq up to the middle of last year.
> 
>     This year, he has missed them all - including one to honor the sacrifice of the fallen.
> 
>     He has voted to table or oppose:
> 
>     20 million dollars for veteran's health care facilities.
> 
>     322 million dollars for safety equipment for our troops in Iraq.
> 
>     430 million dollars for veterans outpatient care.
> 
>     One billion dollars in new equipment for the National Guard.
> 
>     And, in separate votes: One billion, 500 million dollars in additional Veterans' medical care, to 
be 
> created by closing tax loopholes.
> 
>     And one billion, 800 million dollars in additional Veterans' medical care, to be created by closing 
> tax loopholes.
> 
>     And yet, Sir, you have the audacity to stand in front of the very Veterans you repeatedly and 
> consistently sell out, and claim it is your opponent who has put politics first, and country second.
> 
> The rest of the article:
> > Keith Olbermann | McCain: Senator, Grow Up!
> > http://www.truthout.org/article/mccain-senator-grow-up
> > Keith Olbermann, MSNBC: "Senator McCain - on the 22nd of May, 2003 ... you said, of Iraq, on 
the 
> Senate floor, quote: 'We won a massive victory in a few weeks, and we did so with very limited loss 
> of American and allied lives. We were able to end aggression with minimum overall loss of life, and 
> we were even able to greatly reduce the civilian casualties of Afghani and Iraqi citizens.' Senator - 
> you declared victory in Iraq, five years and nearly three months ago. Today you say: 'victory in Iraq 
is 
> finally in sight?' The victory you already proclaimed five years ago?"
> 
> For ANY and all military persons to vote for mccain is a sellout of themselves, the military and the 
> country they serve(d).
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