Brushfires of Freedom

 
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s signal that he may be open to a higher payroll tax for Social Security, despite previous vows not to raise taxes of any kind, is drawing sharp rebukes from conservatives.
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John McCain Version 2008.07.25 - “I think it’s a pretty good timetable.”

John McCain Version 2008.07.27 (two whole days later) -  “I didn’t use the word timetable”.

 
John McCain has a new TV ad out in three swing states blasting Barack Obama for not visiting wounded soldiers while in Germany.
But the spot is drawing incoming fire from both sides of the aisle.
“Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan,” the announcer says. “He hadn’t been to Iraq in years. He […]

“I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives, and when we start to get into ‘You’re less patriotic than me, I’m more patriotic,’ ” Hagel replied, adding: “John’s better than that.”

 
Bud Day, a former P.O.W. in Vietnam and prominent John McCain supporter, defended the Iraq war in a conference call with reporters by warning that Muslims have threatened to “kill us.”
The Miami Herald reports that Day said, “the Muslims have said either we kneel or they’re going to kill us.” He told the paper that […]

Statement before the Financial Services Committee: Humphrey Hawkins Hearing on Monetary Policy
Mr. Chairman, today we find ourselves on the verge of an economic crisis the likes of which the United States has not seen in decades.  Our economy is very clearly in a recession, and every time someone tells us that the worst has […]

Madam Speaker, as one who is most consistently opposed to war and violence, I join my colleagues in condemning the brutal and unjustified attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina 14 years ago. I do not support this resolution, however, as it misuses a tragedy 14 years ago in a […]

 
Did John McCain and Barack Obama sell out your freedom?

With the passing of the Senate version of the amendments to FISA, and  with neither Obama nor McCain voting AGAINST the amendments, it is clear that neither candidate cares about your freedom as an American.
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