| Captain McLiar
A list of McCain's lies and flip flops, with citations. Quote:
Signing of the GI Bill: Now enthusiastically for it... after it passed. Previously attacked the Webb Bill. Didn't even bother to vote on it.
Robert Greenwald's Brave New Films...
Campaign reform: On political reform, McCain last January opposed a grassroots lobbying bill he once supported. In 2006, the "New York Sun" reported that his presidential ambitions led McCain to reverse his support of a campaign financial bill called McCain/Feingold.
The New York Sun...
Alien Minors Act/Immigration: Last October he said he would vote against the development, relief and education for Alien Miners Act that he co-sponsored, and then said he would vote against an immigration bill that he introduced.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself....
Gay Marriage: In 2006, he said on "HARDBALL," quote, I think that gay marriage should be allowed. Then after the commercial break he added, I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself....
Abortion: On abortion, 1999, publicly supporting Roe v. Wade, privately opposing it in a letter to the National Right to Life Committee. In the 2000 debates, he would change the GOP platform to permit exceptions for rape, incest, the life of the mother. May 2007, "flipped", ABCNews.com reported.
ABC News: Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more...
Nuclear Waste: No Storing Nuclear waste at Yucca mountain earlier..now flipped
Las Vegas Sun...
Negotiating with Kim Jong-Il: Negotiating with Kim Jong-Il not acceptable until President Bush did it last week.
bondibox.newsvine.com - bondibox...
Negotiating with Cuba/Castro: With Fidel Castro acceptable in 2000, not 2008.
MySpaceTV Videos: Watch and share your favorite videos, trailers, movies, tv shows, music videos, and clips...
Negotiating with Hamas/Terrorists: ...with terrorists appropriate when Colin Powell went to Syria and in 2006 when McCain said sooner or later we‘ll talk to Hamas, but not appropriate now re: Obama's willingness to use diplomacy.
bondibox.newsvine.com - bondibox...
Pakistan: Unilateral action against suspected terrorists in Pakistan; "Confused leadership" when Obama suggested it, not when Bush did it.
Crooks and Liars...
Warrantless Wire-taps: Six months ago, presidents had to obey the law, not anymore.
The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia...
Torture: Torture detainees, no way, except for the CIA. Hold them indefinitely, wrong in 2003, the right move in 2008.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself....
Iraq War: The Iraq war, the right course 2004, stay the course 2005. Today, McCain has always been a Rumsfeld critic.
Think Progress Home Page...
Tax Cuts: In 2001, he could not in good conscious support them. Now he can.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself....
Estate Tax: 2006, "I agree with President Roosevelt who created it". In 2008, "most unfair".
Crooks and Liars...
Privatizing Social Security: This month not for privatizing Social Security, never has been. In 2004, he "didn‘t see how benefits will last without it".
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself....
Balanced Budget: In February, promised a balanced budget in four years by April, make that eight years.
PERRspectives: Bringing Light to Darkness...
Windfall Profits Tax: In May, glad to look at the windfall profits tax. By June, that was Jimmy Carter's big idea.
Flip-Flop Express...
Offshore Drilling: In 2000, no new off shore drilling. Last month, it would take years to develop. This month, very helpful in the short term.
Think Progress Home Page...
Coyotes..Bush Big Time Fund Raisers: The Bush fund-raisers McCain called coyotes breaking the law in 2000. By 2006, they were co-chairing McCain fund-raisers.
ABC News: Online news, breaking news, feature stories and more...
"Agents of Intolerance": Buddy Jerry Falwell...an "agent of intolerance in 2000". Kissed Falwell's ass in 2007... The Reverend Hagee and Parsley in, then out this year alone.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself....
Martin Luther King Holiday: In 1983, opposed Martin Luther King Day. Today, all for it.
Boston.com...
| Many, many more listed at Link
Some of you won't like the link. That doesn't make the list of lies and reversals any shorter.
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