PERSONAL DATA
- Party: Republican
- Age:71
- Marital Status:Once divorced; now married to Cindy Hensley McCain
- Children: Doug, Andy, Sydney, Megan, John Sydney IV, James, Bridget (adopted from Bangladesh)
- Education:United States Naval Academy, 1958; National War College, 1973
- Occupation:Senator (AZ)
- Ethnicity/ Religious Beliefs: White/ Episcopal
PLATFORM 2008
- Increase number of troop on the ground
- Implement New Counterinsurgency Strategy
- Strengthen the Iraqi Armed Forces and Police
- Accelerate political and economic reconstruction
- Keep Senior Officers in Place
- Call for International Pressure on Syria and Iran
- Health Care Policy: Not in favor of universal health care (plan TBA)
- Immigration Policy: Co-Sponsored and voted yes on the “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006,” which would have created a guest worker program and addressed border security issues.
- Cultural Policies: Pro-life; anti-gay marriage; in favor of don't-ask-don't-tell policy
- Website(s):John McCain 2008
Sen. McCain's Voting Record
GOSSIP AND SPIN
- McCain was almost the Republican presidential candidate in 2000, when Bush won the nomination in his stead. A prisoner of war in Vietnam for five and a half years, McCain is a courageous American and military expert. He has, however, surprised many by his continual support of the Iraq War.
- McCain famously under-exaggerated the dire situations in Baghdad on his trip to Iraq with Congressman Mike Pence, an Indiana Republican. McCain and Pence cited their stroll through a Baghdad market as testiment to the success in Iraq. Pence even compared it to "a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime." -- I didn't know that there was open-firing and helicopters over head in Indiana.
- McCain has always had a sharp tongue: he has repeatedly cursed out fellow Congressmen on the Senate floor. Below is his inappropriate adaptation of the Beach Boy's song "Barbara Ann" (now "Bomb Iran"):
- Although McCain was defeated by Bush in 2000 -- and many suspect the Bush team of using dirty politics to win the nomination -- McCain campaigned strongly for Bush's reelection in 2004. Many critics condemned McCain for switching to the "dark-side."
1 comment:
As an independent and partial Socialist, my usual choice in this election is Barack Obama for numerous reasons, mainly my belief that he has the ability to unite this country as one. However, besides that, my non democratic or republican party affiliation means that I choose candidates as candidates and i analyze them individually, not based on their parties. Second to Barack on my list is good ol' McCain.
Why the huge difference in candidates between Democrat and Republican? many ask me this.
Well lets look at it from my point of view.
He's definitely got experience, though that is literally the least of my worries.
He is a patriot through and through and has served in our nation's military, which shows his dedication to the country.
Through his military and political experience he knows how to handle war. He wants the war to end, thats a fact. However, he is not a radical democrat saying "let's get 'em out now!" He knows that this war is a mess up and he knows that if we leave all of sudden it will formally portray us as cowards and failures in western eyes and as a victory for fanatical Islam in Iraq. McCain knows that gradual decline in troop input is the way to get Iraqis back on their feet with heads on their shoulders, no pun intended (oh that was harsh, but witty).
McCain said, and I quote, "I would rather lose an election than lose a war". he knows that this war is crucial to rebuilding our economy, our patriotism, and our image around the world.
besides these of which i've talked about, McCain does think somewhat like a democrat. He wades around the abortion issue and his immigration policy is by far the best out there. He is not a deportation man.
Many Republicans give him crap saying he is too liberal. Poppycock! Sure he isn't the most conservative man alive, but he's far from liberal. He is the nouveau-Republican, one who isn't living in a one-sided upper class 1950's Americana world.
And that's my bit on McCain.
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