---In one of my previous posts, we all talked about McCain and how he is looked at as not being conservative enough, now here is another article from CNN.com saying the same thing. As Mike M. had metioned in a previous reply somewhere else, R. Giuliani is also "left" on some of his political takings, but you just dont hear much about him in the media.....---
By Bill SchneiderCNN Senior Political Analyst
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain and the conservatives -- it's been an on-again, off-again affair.
It wasn't so much what the Arizona Republican said when he announced his candidacy for president of the United States on Wednesday night, It's where he said it -- on "Late Show with David Letterman.''
McCain seemed to be trying to say, "I'm still a maverick. Just like in 2000." (Watch McCain announce his candidacy on Letterman )
But is he? McCain has repaired his relationship with President Bush. He's signed on key Bush campaign staffers. He's raising money from Bush supporters. He's made up with leaders of the religious right he once called "agents of intolerance."
And he's showcasing his conservative credentials. During a February meeting in Orlando of the National Religious Broadcasters, McCain said, "I have always been in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade."
Then why Letterman? And why is he the only major Republican candidate to reject an invitation to speak to CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, this week in Washington?
Conservative activists feel dissed.
"This is saying: these 6,000 people, and whatever they represent, you know, you're really not somebody that I have to pay attention to," said David Keene of the American Conservative Union.
Friday, March 02, 2007
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Since you put up a new item on McCain, I'll comment on this one instead of the one you posted yesterday. First of all, take anything you hear from Bill Schneider with a grain of salt. He's a Fellow with the AEI, a conservative think tank that has close ties to the Bush administration. I don't know how he can do that and still keep his job with CNN. (BTW, most "experts" featured in the news media are from similar right wing think tanks, which basically spend billionaires' money to promote their interests. It's been that way for at least the last 25 years, and it drives me up the wall when I hear the anchor say, "And for commentary, we have so-and-so from the Joe Schmo Center for Truth and Liberty," without disclosing what the organization represents.)
That said, Schneider is right that McCain is no maverick... This is a guy who got pissed on by Bush in the 2000 primaries. Then in late 2005, Bush threatened McCain's anti-torture bill with veto; to get Bush to sign it, McCain weakened the measure. EVEN THEN, Bush double crossed McCain and attached one of his infamous signing statements that essentially declared the anti-torture provision null and void. What Bush did, by the way, was unconstitutional -- it violates Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution -- but I didn't hear McCain complain afterward. WTF? Was it all just a kabuki dance, or does he have no spine, or does he enjoy the abuse? Lately, McCain has been a big proponent of Bush's unpopular troop buildup in Iraq (a.k.a. "surge"), which doesn't do much for his independent cred.
Thanks for the reply Mark, long time no see.
Yeah, I think McCain is in trouble unless he, by chance, shanges some of his stances.
I had some understanding of what Bush had done to McCain, but thanks for imforming us of even more.
Glad to see another astute and knowledgable,as usual, comment from Mark.
I did see recently, and it may have come from someplace like the aforementioned thinktanks, that McCain was ranked as the 46th most conservative senator. Not really high up there. Jim DeMint was the "most conservative" in case you wanted to know.
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