John McCain For Prez? NO FUCKING WAY!

Do not even consider the remote possibility of voting for John McCain. You saw him on The Daily Show last night. The man seems to be a nice man; he’s a funny man, a self-effacing man. He acts like a Republican with a conscience and a heart in the right place. But just remember, John McCain can find it in that heart to defend Dick Cheney, Colin Powell and the US attack on Iraq, which was accomplished with bogus intelligence. John McCain, for all his nice trappings is a neocon. He’s a foot soldier who has been given his marching orders. And those marching orders are to charm the nation into forgetting who he is and what he stands for. Anyone who can defend Colin Powell and Powell's speech in front of the UN is obeying orders. McCain claims that Powell threw out half of the UN speech before he delivered it and that Powell now regrets that blot on his record. Well, let me remind you, Mr. McCain, the half of the speech Powell didn’t throw out was the part where he unreservedly and without qualification swore that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. And Powell knew it was a lie at the time. Trust me, the only reason Powell regrets giving that speech is because it’s playing havoc with his visions of a career in politics. Serving as John McCain’s Vice President would be a nice re-entry. Anyone who can defend Dick Cheney (and McCain most assuredly defends Dick Cheney) has to be tossed into the same pot with Cheney. The Republican party is hoping the Democrats will not be able to come up with a candidate in 2008 who can inspire confidence, who has a twinkle in his eye and who commands respect. The Republican Party has chosen their man who fills that bill: John McCain. Know this about John McCain: He has a core of steel. He will never bend. He may trade horses about matters of integrity and truth but he will never give up the idea that the United States must rule the world, by force if necessary; that nukes are necessary for us, while the rest of the world must give up their nukes; and that the U.S. must pre-emptively strike all nations who might be a threat any time, now or in the future. Following is a capsule of McCain and his military beliefs. War & Peace: The War on Terror is the overriding and transcendent issue.(11-2004) Looting, terrorism in Iraq was a result of US mistakes.(9-2004) The Iraqi war was necessary after years of failed diplomacy.(9-2004) The War on Terror is a fight between good and evil.(8-2004) The War on Terror is a war we must fight.(9-2004) Avoiding the War on Terror has cost us dearly.(8-2004) Bush promised enemies would soon hear from us and they did.(9-2004) Saddam would have acquired terrible weapons again.(8-2004) The Iraqi war was necessary, achievable and noble.(9-2004) Our adversaries express a hatred for all good in humanity.(8-2004) The cause of the Iraqi war was just.(4-2004) Kosovo an example of feckless photo-op foreign policy.(12-1999) Fighting was based on polls and photo-ops.(11-1999) Important to win, important for US to be superpower.(6-1999) Distrust Milosevic, and Verify.(6-1999) Authorize Clinton to send in ground troops.(5-1999) Supported deployment in Bosnia; supports it in Kosovo.(4-1999) Higher price for security due to earlier idle threats.(4-1999) Palestine: Against declaration of statehood.(2-1999) Voted YES- $86.5 billion for military operations in Iraq & Afghanistan. (10-2003) Voted YES- authorizing use of military force against Iraq. (10-2002) Voted NO- allowing all necessary forces and other means in Kosovo. (5-1999) Voted YES- authorizing air strikes in Kosovo. (3-1999) Voted YES- ending the Bosnian arms embargo. 7-1995) Supports $48 billion in new spending for anti-terrorism. (1-2002) CIA assessments in Iraqi WMDs were all wrong. (3-2005) Belief in Iraqi nukes was poor analysis of aluminum tubes. (3-2005) Belief in Iraqi BWs was based on one unreliable person. (3-2005) Belief in Iraqi CWs was based on flawed imagery. (3-2005) Iraq never had delivery systems to attack US mainland. (3-2005) CIA never questioned assumption that Saddam had WMDs. (3-2005) Conclusions on Iran and North Korea are all classified. (3-2005) Move the US Embassy to Jerusalem. (11-1995) Foreign Policy: We have good reason to expect solidarity of our allies. (8-2004) Suu Kyi & the people of Burma will rule themselves someday.(4-2004) Overthrow “rogue” governments to keep Americans safe. (2- 2000) Our conscience influences US intervention, as in Rwanda. (2-2000) Africa: Money for AIDS would be lost to corruption. (1-2000) Concern over Chechnya spreads to Caucasus oil reserves. (1-2000) Russia: Sanctions until Putin exits Chechnya. (1-2000) IMF’s Russia policies bad, but agency is OK. (10-1999) Urge Japan to open economy to ensure Asian recovery. (5-1999) Clinton abandoned framework of “assertive multilateralism”. (4-1999) Korea: ease starvation, but avoid war during death throes. (4-1999) Pay dues to UN after UN reforms. (7-1998) Cuba: No diplomatic and trade relations. (7-1998) The man is a neocon.