Torturing Detainees, Indefinitely holding detainees, Iraq War, Tax cuts for the rich, Estate tax, Privatizing Social Security, Balanced budget, Windfall profits tax, Offshore drilling, Bush fundraisers, Jerry Falwell, Pastor John Hagee, MLK Jr. holiday, South Africa divestment, the confederate flag, and alternatives to evolution being taught at school McCain has not only flip-flopped on policy, but has also flip-flopped on his admission that he doesn

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John McCain blasts Obama’s and Clinton’s attacks on NAFTA John McCain Would Be “Fine” To Keep Troops in Iraq for “A Hundred Years” John McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion John McCain and George W. Bush opposed Senate passage of expanded GI bill John McCain says overturn the law that legalized abortion John McCain Defends Bush’s Iraq Strategy Searching for John McCain: Links to the Truth About John McCain

backing down on his Iraq policy. His wording might cause some to distrust him -- mistrust not helped by some of his actions on FISA, the Iraq Occupation, etc. -- and healthy distrust is pretty much a good thing when it comes to executive power. Still, this seems about right. Responding to simplistic framing will be a continual concern for his campaign.] Anyway, this entry was directly inspired by that new trend -- Slate hands writing NYT Book Review pieces. The

experience as a POW in Vietnam that qualifies him for the presidency. McCain scoffed at the question, leaned back, and dismissively said "please." Even after later apologizing to the reporter for losing his cool, McCain did not answer the question. See here

attacks against Kerry in 2004 (now that it’s all hepped up about preventing the “swift-boating” of McCain today) http://www.americablog.com/2008/07/nyt-we-vigorously-debunked-swift.html Six straight months of job losses. McCain’s response? http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/03/jobs/index.html?source=refresh [Steve Benen] The McCain campaign quickly issued a press statement after the release of the data, arguing that we should be careful not to stray from the economic agenda of the last eight years.

Read it and feel free to puke.

Read it and feel free to puke.

Link with links. And the full story is here (as opposed to links to examples above).

Part of the reason I'm so upset is because of the reaction of many on the left to Obama's speech. Apparently, once Obama stated he was going to "hold up the Constitution," everything was A-OK, and we could go on about our lives. At Salon:There's simply nothing wrong with this. If Obama honors church-state separation and keeps the safeguards in place, as he clearly said he would, there's no reason the government can't partner with ministries willing to provide a secular social