BlueMoonEmbroidery
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Over the past few months, you have doubtless seen an email or two or heard a rumor or two about Barack Obama. You probably believed the contents at first, and soon after you found that these emails weren’t true. But, here, I have composed a list of little-known facts about Republican Presidential nominee John McCain that, unlike those Obama emails, is completely factual. You will find links and/or videos to support every single fact listed by visiting
http://www.excons.org/The-truth-about-john...ourced-version/
Whether you are Democrat, Republican, or Independent, you owe it to yourself and your country to discover the truth about John McCain.
1. John McCain divorced his wife, a model at the time that he married her, after he began an adulterous relationship with a rich, beautiful woman 17 years younger than him. McCain carried on the affair for 9 months, while still living with his wife.
John McCain met his 2nd wife Cindy in April of 1979 while still married to his first wife, Carol
McCain would divorce his wife Carol, who had been disfigured and disabled in a car accident while McCain was in Vietnam in February of 1980. Court documents show that McCain lived his with his wife until January of 1980 despite claims in his book that the two had separated before he began his affair with his lover, Cindy.
Ross Perot paid for Carol’s medical treatment and was a family friend of sorts to the McCain’s at the time. Perot said the following of John McCain:
“McCain is the classic opportunist. He’s always reaching for attention and glory. After he came home, Carol walked with a limp. So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona. And the rest is history.”
2. When asked why he deliberately lied on an issue of the Confederate flag flying over a capital, John McCain offered the following, “I’m sure, for all the wrong reasons… for ambition, votes.”
3. John McCain claims to have received “the highest award from literally every Veteran’s organization in America” on his voting record on veteran’s issues. No way to spin this one - it is a flatout lie. The Iraq and Afghanistan veterans of America have given John McCain a grade of D. Disabled Veterans of America rate John McCain with a 20 percent voting record on veteran’s issues. Vietnam Veterans of America say that John McCain has voted “Against Us” 15 times and “For Us” 8 times.
By contrast, Barack Obama has received a grade of B, a voting record of 80 percent of veteran’s issues and has voted “with” the Vietnam veterans 12 times and “against” only once. You would think that a veteran like McCain would have more respect for our veterans, but, apparently not.
4. John McCain, said of Hurricane Katrina that “if he were in charge, he would have been on the ground helping.” Where was McCain hours after Katrina made landfall? Helping organize and draw federal support for the area, perhaps? No, actually, he was celebrating his birthday with President Bush.
5. John McCain has had men working in his campaign that have taken money to lobby the United States on behalf of a French airplane manufacturer that is trying to take military contracts away from U.S. airplane manufacturers. The man’s firm has also taken money from Ukraine, and has even taken $15 million from Saudi Arabia all to lobby the United States government on behalf of those foreign governments.
Can you imagine if Barack Obama had people like this working for him? So much John McCain staying away from lobbyists.
6. John McCain called his wife a “c***” in front of three reporters in 1992.
The full story is found in the book, The Real McCain, but, here is an excerpt:
‘At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c***.” McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.’
The story hasn’t been picked up by mainstream news due to sensitivity of the word and the borderline nature of whether it should be covered in the first place, but, here is more on story (warning: rough language).
7. In July of 2008, John McCain’s top economic adviser, Phil Gramm, characterized the United States’ current economic hardships as “mental” and called the United States a “nation of whiners”.
8. Are you a fan of George W. Bush? The polls say there is a 72% chance that you aren’t. John McCain has voted in-line with Bush policy 100% of the time so far in 2008. Of course, John McCain has also missed 60% of Senate votes in 2008, the most of any Senator, so there isn’t a real big sample. In 2007, McCain missed an amazing 43 straight votes at one point. Sounds like Senator McCain is very dedicated to his job.
9. Also, in July of 2008, John McCain called Social Security an “absolute disgrace”.
10. Do you still think that Republicans mean lower taxes and smaller government? Under McCain’s tax plan, if you make less than $112,000 per year, you would pay more taxes than under Obama’s plan. So much for it being Republicans who are looking out for the little guy, huh?
11. According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center in Washington, John McCain’s “deficit reduction” plan would actually increase the already record-setting national debt by over 50%. Today, the national debt sits at just over $9 trillion. John McCain’s plans of lowering taxes, increasing military spending, and continuing the Bush philosophy of big government, would increase the national debt by $5.7 trillion. In fact, his policies would increase the national debt by far more than the “big-spending” Democrats.
12. Does your community benefit from any federal earmark money? Many communities do. While earmarks are a popular scapegoat, the fact is that many improvements made to your roads, at your airports, at your government buildings, and throughout your communities come from earmarks. Some earmarks fund programs like providing outreach to children who are abused. John McCain has promised to eliminate earmarks and veto every bill that features one. Why does he promise this? He wants to spend the money on staying in Iraq and this is the only way to afford to stay in Iraq.
13. Did you know that the Iraqi government is asking us to start a plan of pulling troops out of Iraq? Did you know that John McCain doesn’t want to do this, even though the Iraqis want us to? Did you know that in 2004, McCain promised that we would leave Iraq when the Iraq government wanted us to? What changed, Senator? And, why do you want to stay in Iraq so badly anyway?
14. Here’s a guess as to why John McCain wants to stay in Iraq. He wants to use it as a staging area to attack Iran. When asked about how to handle Iran, McCain responds “That old Beach Boys’ song… Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.”
Apparently, a conflict that would result in the deaths of thousands of American soldiers (the death toll for Iraq is over 4,000) is just a punchline to Senator McCain. Nevermind the fact that Iran is also one of the biggest suppliers of oil to China. Does Senator McCain really expect them to sit idly by as we take over another Middle Eastern country that provides them oil? Are you prepared to elect a man that seems to take armed conflict so lightly and who would so quickly lead us into another war where Americans would die?
15. When asked what he thought of George W. Bush’s statement that the U.S. might stay in Iraq for 50 years, McCain responded, “Maybe 100, we’ve been in South Korea and Japan for 60 years or so. It would be fine with me, I hope it would be fine with you.”
In closing -
I just want to say this: John McCain is the true danger to this country. Unlike those nasty lies about Barack Obama that have hit your Inbox, these are true and backed up with sources. Do you still feel good about John McCain as your commander-in-chief?
Please don’t vote this dangerous, angry, power-hungry man into office. If you can’t vote Obama or just find yourself being too conservative to vote for those kinds of Democrat policies, please consider voting for Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate. Barr is the only candidate in this election actually advocating true “conservative” policies - smaller government, less restrictions on freedoms, and less involvement in world affairs.
John McCain is dangerous, ambitious, and angry and will likely lead us into more war and spend more of our money in countries like Iraq and Iran instead of spending it on the American people.
http://www.excons.org/The-truth-about-john...ourced-version/
Whether you are Democrat, Republican, or Independent, you owe it to yourself and your country to discover the truth about John McCain.
1. John McCain divorced his wife, a model at the time that he married her, after he began an adulterous relationship with a rich, beautiful woman 17 years younger than him. McCain carried on the affair for 9 months, while still living with his wife.
John McCain met his 2nd wife Cindy in April of 1979 while still married to his first wife, Carol
McCain would divorce his wife Carol, who had been disfigured and disabled in a car accident while McCain was in Vietnam in February of 1980. Court documents show that McCain lived his with his wife until January of 1980 despite claims in his book that the two had separated before he began his affair with his lover, Cindy.
Ross Perot paid for Carol’s medical treatment and was a family friend of sorts to the McCain’s at the time. Perot said the following of John McCain:
“McCain is the classic opportunist. He’s always reaching for attention and glory. After he came home, Carol walked with a limp. So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona. And the rest is history.”
2. When asked why he deliberately lied on an issue of the Confederate flag flying over a capital, John McCain offered the following, “I’m sure, for all the wrong reasons… for ambition, votes.”
3. John McCain claims to have received “the highest award from literally every Veteran’s organization in America” on his voting record on veteran’s issues. No way to spin this one - it is a flatout lie. The Iraq and Afghanistan veterans of America have given John McCain a grade of D. Disabled Veterans of America rate John McCain with a 20 percent voting record on veteran’s issues. Vietnam Veterans of America say that John McCain has voted “Against Us” 15 times and “For Us” 8 times.
By contrast, Barack Obama has received a grade of B, a voting record of 80 percent of veteran’s issues and has voted “with” the Vietnam veterans 12 times and “against” only once. You would think that a veteran like McCain would have more respect for our veterans, but, apparently not.
4. John McCain, said of Hurricane Katrina that “if he were in charge, he would have been on the ground helping.” Where was McCain hours after Katrina made landfall? Helping organize and draw federal support for the area, perhaps? No, actually, he was celebrating his birthday with President Bush.
5. John McCain has had men working in his campaign that have taken money to lobby the United States on behalf of a French airplane manufacturer that is trying to take military contracts away from U.S. airplane manufacturers. The man’s firm has also taken money from Ukraine, and has even taken $15 million from Saudi Arabia all to lobby the United States government on behalf of those foreign governments.
Can you imagine if Barack Obama had people like this working for him? So much John McCain staying away from lobbyists.
6. John McCain called his wife a “c***” in front of three reporters in 1992.
The full story is found in the book, The Real McCain, but, here is an excerpt:
‘At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c***.” McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days.’
The story hasn’t been picked up by mainstream news due to sensitivity of the word and the borderline nature of whether it should be covered in the first place, but, here is more on story (warning: rough language).
7. In July of 2008, John McCain’s top economic adviser, Phil Gramm, characterized the United States’ current economic hardships as “mental” and called the United States a “nation of whiners”.
8. Are you a fan of George W. Bush? The polls say there is a 72% chance that you aren’t. John McCain has voted in-line with Bush policy 100% of the time so far in 2008. Of course, John McCain has also missed 60% of Senate votes in 2008, the most of any Senator, so there isn’t a real big sample. In 2007, McCain missed an amazing 43 straight votes at one point. Sounds like Senator McCain is very dedicated to his job.
9. Also, in July of 2008, John McCain called Social Security an “absolute disgrace”.
10. Do you still think that Republicans mean lower taxes and smaller government? Under McCain’s tax plan, if you make less than $112,000 per year, you would pay more taxes than under Obama’s plan. So much for it being Republicans who are looking out for the little guy, huh?
11. According to the non-partisan Tax Policy Center in Washington, John McCain’s “deficit reduction” plan would actually increase the already record-setting national debt by over 50%. Today, the national debt sits at just over $9 trillion. John McCain’s plans of lowering taxes, increasing military spending, and continuing the Bush philosophy of big government, would increase the national debt by $5.7 trillion. In fact, his policies would increase the national debt by far more than the “big-spending” Democrats.
12. Does your community benefit from any federal earmark money? Many communities do. While earmarks are a popular scapegoat, the fact is that many improvements made to your roads, at your airports, at your government buildings, and throughout your communities come from earmarks. Some earmarks fund programs like providing outreach to children who are abused. John McCain has promised to eliminate earmarks and veto every bill that features one. Why does he promise this? He wants to spend the money on staying in Iraq and this is the only way to afford to stay in Iraq.
13. Did you know that the Iraqi government is asking us to start a plan of pulling troops out of Iraq? Did you know that John McCain doesn’t want to do this, even though the Iraqis want us to? Did you know that in 2004, McCain promised that we would leave Iraq when the Iraq government wanted us to? What changed, Senator? And, why do you want to stay in Iraq so badly anyway?
14. Here’s a guess as to why John McCain wants to stay in Iraq. He wants to use it as a staging area to attack Iran. When asked about how to handle Iran, McCain responds “That old Beach Boys’ song… Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.”
Apparently, a conflict that would result in the deaths of thousands of American soldiers (the death toll for Iraq is over 4,000) is just a punchline to Senator McCain. Nevermind the fact that Iran is also one of the biggest suppliers of oil to China. Does Senator McCain really expect them to sit idly by as we take over another Middle Eastern country that provides them oil? Are you prepared to elect a man that seems to take armed conflict so lightly and who would so quickly lead us into another war where Americans would die?
15. When asked what he thought of George W. Bush’s statement that the U.S. might stay in Iraq for 50 years, McCain responded, “Maybe 100, we’ve been in South Korea and Japan for 60 years or so. It would be fine with me, I hope it would be fine with you.”
In closing -
I just want to say this: John McCain is the true danger to this country. Unlike those nasty lies about Barack Obama that have hit your Inbox, these are true and backed up with sources. Do you still feel good about John McCain as your commander-in-chief?
Please don’t vote this dangerous, angry, power-hungry man into office. If you can’t vote Obama or just find yourself being too conservative to vote for those kinds of Democrat policies, please consider voting for Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate. Barr is the only candidate in this election actually advocating true “conservative” policies - smaller government, less restrictions on freedoms, and less involvement in world affairs.
John McCain is dangerous, ambitious, and angry and will likely lead us into more war and spend more of our money in countries like Iraq and Iran instead of spending it on the American people.
