MCCAIN CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!

MCCAIN AND TAX CUTS
John McCain says he opposed the Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 because they weren’t accompanied by spending cuts. He is trying to demonstrate that his stance on the issue was because he is a conservative but actually his vote against the cuts was because he adopted a more liberal position;

“In Wednesday's debate, McCain suggested he opposed tax cuts because they were not accompanied by cuts in spending;

"I made it very clear when I ran in 2000 that I had a package of tax cuts which were very important and very impactful, but I also had restraints in spending," he said.

"And I disagreed when spending got out of control. And I disagreed when we had tax cuts without spending restraint," McCain said.

He added: "And guess what? Spending got out of control. Republicans lost the 2006 election not over the war in Iraq, (but) over spending. Our base became disenchanted.

"If we had done what I wanted to do, we would not only have had the spending restraint, but we'd be talking about additional tax cuts today."- apnews.myway.com

But in 2001 and 2003, McCain had a different story;

“Spending was not why McCain said he opposed President Bush's tax cuts in 2001 and 2003.
In 2001, McCain said the $1.35 trillion tax cut benefited the wealthy at the expense of the middle class.

"I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who most need tax relief," McCain said then.

McCain tried but failed to amend the bill to reduce income tax cuts for the wealthiest and give greater benefits to those earning less. He and Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island were the only Republicans to oppose the 2001 tax cuts.”- apnews.myway.com

MCCAIN AND FLIP FLOPPING

McCain seems to have adopted another trait of the left; lying.
John McCain has a different recollection of this also;

“Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was close to leaving the Republican Party in 2001, weeks before then-Sen. Jim Jeffords (Vt.) famously announced his decision to become an Independent, according to former Democratic lawmakers who say they were involved in the discussions.In interviews with The Hill this month, former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and ex-Rep. Tom Downey (D-N.Y.) said there were nearly two months of talks with the maverick lawmaker following an approach by John Weaver, McCain’s chief political strategist.”-thehill.com

McCain is denying this but now I don’t know what to think. I do know one thing, he isn’t a conservative and he is a liar.

In a time when the congress has never had a lower approval rating, how are Americans only voting for senators as our presidential nominees? Is it because they want change? Seems a bit ridicules to me. And is this the kind if change the republicans are looking for?
Obama, Clinton and McCain serve in the senate and there isn’t a lot of difference between them;

All three want to close Gitmo
All three opposed the Bush tax cuts
All three want amnesty for illegals
All three want social security for illegals
All three want to pass global warming legislation
All three oppose drilling for oil in Alaska