Ten things you should know about John McCain,

[lazer47]

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):

1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1

2 According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi.

3.His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.

4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned.
The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.

5. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.

6. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.

7.McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.

8. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult.

9. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.

10. John McCain is not who the Washington press corps make him out to be. Please help get the word out.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Kicking

I didn't know about the eight homes and his statement about what people should do to keep their homes. Shows how out of touch he is.

[bunkerbuster1]

2. 11. John McCain claims that Americans won't pick lettuce for $50/hour

Says "You can't do it, my friends."

http://blog.aflcio.org/2006/04/05/50-an-hour-to-pick-lettuce-you-bet/

[Sadie4629]

3. Re: Number 5

If being wealthy is a disqualification for the presidency, then I assume you don't think John Kerry should have run in '04?

Below is the wealth ranking of US Senators. These are 2006 figures, and represent their minimum, average and maximum net worth.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php?type=W&yea...

1John Kerry (D-Mass) $221,589,484 $267,789,805 $313,990,127

2Herb Kohl (D-Wis) $117,798,026 $171,423,011 $225,047,997

3Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) $43,351,040 $102,822,519 $162,293,999

4Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) $55,878,022 $91,713,012 $127,548,003

5Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $49,392,297 $79,555,657 $109,719,018

6Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) $45,501,164 $79,051,090 $112,601,017

7Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) $18,523,145 $43,867,072 $69,211,000

8John McCain (R-Ariz) $27,817,187 $36,431,099 $45,045,011

9Hillary Clinton (D-NY) $10,360,009 $30,691,003 $51,021,998

10Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) $11,622,675 $27,800,155 $43,977,636

11Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) $14,709,141 $23,686,571 $32,664,002

12 Gordon H. Smith (R-Ore) $8,236,081 $23,352,570 $38,469,059

13Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) $5,243,021 $20,469,011 $35,695,001

14 Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) $9,626,062 $18,963,031 $28,300,001

15Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) $8,164,267 $15,601,634 $23,039,001

16Ben Nelson (D-Neb) $7,011,053 $13,383,027 $19,755,001

17Sam Brownback (R-Kan) $10,040,085 $13,341,046 $16,642,007

18Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) $8,031,074 $13,203,037 $18,375,001

19Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $5,185,070 $7,895,035 $10,605,001

20Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) $3,641,104 $7,881,552 $12,122,000

21Evan Bayh (D-Ind) $4,311,028 $7,726,014 $11,141,001

22Judd Gregg (R-NH) $2,907,079 $6,446,039 $9,985,000

23Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) $2,074,013 $6,181,006 $10,288,000

24John W. Warner (R-Va) $5,307,825 $6,112,319 $6,916,813

25Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) $2,258,032 $5,364,515 $8,470,999

[lazer47]

4. It's not about John Kerry,, It is about John McCain

[FSogol]

6. The op's statement had nothing to do with wealth.

It had to do with lack of understanding of the concerns of the middle class. Kerry despite his wealth (actually his wife's wealth) understood that. McCain definitely does not understand that. McCain is also hypocritically portraying his opponent as an elitist. McCain is the wealthy elitist in this election.

[FSogol]

5. K&R n/t

[DesertRat]

7. I don't think he owns eight homes

I've only heard about the penthouse condo here in Phoenix, the condo in Coronado (San Diego) and the ranch home in Cottonwood, Az.

Anyone know about others? Maybe he owns rental properties?

#5 He should say that the solution is to marry an heiress.

[Richard Steele]

8. K&R

[gratuitous]

9. Anent number 9

He doesn't vote in favor of the environment, even by accident.