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John McCain Looks Back From 2013 So…
This week GOP Presumptive Presidential nominee Senator John McCain gave a highly touted and highly intriguing speech in which he detailed what it would look like in 2013 when he completed his first term (if he’s elected).
Here’s the text to that speech in which he listed his specific hopes for the future.
Taking a page from McCain’s book, progressive blogger Oliver Willis has now detailed his hopes for where HE will be in 2013.
5 Responses to “John McCain Looks Back From 2013 So…”
Yeah, yeah, yeah… there's all that hope from McCain. While I like Utopia, McCain's own policies in the past have prevented us from achieving some of what he wants to do in that nice speech.
Yawn.
I hope that everyone will give McCain a fair hearing by reading the speech, particularly the second half of it. The first half does come off a bit overly optimistic to me- he does try to start off by saying he realizes that it all might not work out quite this well but these are his end goals- but it still doesn't quite work IMO (though I certainly agree with most of the goals.)
But the second half of the speech is what I think it's important for anyone who opposes Bush to read; if McCain means what he says there, then there's no way to believe Obama's statements about McCain representing a third Bush term. McCain basically repudiates almost everything about the way Bush has conducted his presidency- from signing statements to partisan use of the veto to overreaching on the interpretation of Executive power in the Constitution.
So the question is, if anyone who opposes those things about Bush doesn't take McCain at his word that he won't govern that way- on what evidence do you judge McCain?
The evidence we use to judge McCain is his past support of Bush's agenda. His optimism that the Iraq war would be short-lived and his plan to achieve victory in Iraq without telling us what that victory looks like. He says it's possible to achieve that victory in four years, but without goals he sounds just like Bush.
I'm very suspicious of politicians who suddenly do an about face from previous positions during a campaign season. Everyone expects politicians to say one thing during campaigns and then not keep their promises.
So, what has McCain done in the past to actually achieve what he claims he wants to do in this speech?
That's the standard.
After brushing up my memory of the Cuban missile crises, I couldn't vote for McCain, no matter what his visions for 2013 are.
I realized how important the temperament of the man in WH is in a crises.
If JFK hadn't been able to keep a cool head under that monumental pressure,, resist the more eager-beaverish of his advisers, and continue to write to Kruschev, we might not be around today to talk about elections.
McCain (especially when accompanied by Lieberman) are just too eager, as beavers go,, when it comes to war. for my comfort.
BTW. isn't 2013 a date certain, like the kind it's been treachery to propose?
I did not understand what exactly Mccain is looking for and what he has in his mind because he has some very wierd ideas and policies.
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