Comments on: Gas-Tax Vote Grab; or, McCain the Con Man’s Pathetic Pandering Populism http://themoderatevoice.com/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: runasim http://themoderatevoice.com/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/comment-page-1/#comment-126723 runasim Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:20:33 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/#comment-126723 BBQ<br>Nobody I can remember, and I've been around for a long time, has changed positions as much as McCain. The tax breaks he now brags about in his economy platform are the very tax breaks he opposed a few years ago when they were Bush's tax breaks. . <br>He even went along with Bush's signing statement, rendering the torture bill meaningless, even though torture was McCain's signautre issue. <br><br>Yet, I don't call him a conman. I don't know what's in his mind. or his reasons for all the changes. They happen to make me suspidious, and I could guess.<br>But I wouldn't have voted for him, anyway, so I don't see the point of guessing or calling him a conman.<br><br>Those who prefer MCcain should just go ahead and vote for him.<br>No silly conman games necessary.. BBQ
Nobody I can remember, and I've been around for a long time, has changed positions as much as McCain. The tax breaks he now brags about in his economy platform are the very tax breaks he opposed a few years ago when they were Bush's tax breaks. .
He even went along with Bush's signing statement, rendering the torture bill meaningless, even though torture was McCain's signautre issue.

Yet, I don't call him a conman. I don't know what's in his mind. or his reasons for all the changes. They happen to make me suspidious, and I could guess.
But I wouldn't have voted for him, anyway, so I don't see the point of guessing or calling him a conman.

Those who prefer MCcain should just go ahead and vote for him.
No silly conman games necessary..

]]> By: Jim_Satterfield http://themoderatevoice.com/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/comment-page-1/#comment-126719 Jim_Satterfield Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:28:19 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/#comment-126719 But it has already been done and shown not to work. McCain certainly has the staff to do the research. He knows it doesn't work and doesn't care. Just like the fact that the numbers don't add up for his claims of responsible spending and tax policy. But it has already been done and shown not to work. McCain certainly has the staff to do the research. He knows it doesn't work and doesn't care. Just like the fact that the numbers don't add up for his claims of responsible spending and tax policy.

]]> By: BBQ http://themoderatevoice.com/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/comment-page-1/#comment-126718 BBQ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:01:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/#comment-126718 My point is that McCain isn't a conman, he just hasn't researched it enough. He is wrong but that doesn't mean he is a conman. He thinks it will give drivers a little extra cash, this has nothing to do with energy or even long-term economics. Unless you think Obama was being a conman when he tried it that it was all a political pander. He even wanted people to put signs up saying that he helped lower gas prices. I don't think that but if you think McCain is a conman you must think Obama is too. My point is that McCain isn't a conman, he just hasn't researched it enough. He is wrong but that doesn't mean he is a conman. He thinks it will give drivers a little extra cash, this has nothing to do with energy or even long-term economics. Unless you think Obama was being a conman when he tried it that it was all a political pander. He even wanted people to put signs up saying that he helped lower gas prices. I don't think that but if you think McCain is a conman you must think Obama is too.

]]> By: runasim http://themoderatevoice.com/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/comment-page-1/#comment-126716 runasim Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:58:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/#comment-126716 BBQ<br>That's why he knows it doesn't work. BBQ
That's why he knows it doesn't work.

]]> By: BBQ http://themoderatevoice.com/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/comment-page-1/#comment-126714 BBQ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:31:36 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/at-tmv/newsweek-blogitics/20293/gas-tax-vote-grab-or-mccain-the-con-mans-pathetic-pandering-populism/#comment-126714 So is Obama a redeemed conman since he did the same thing in Illinois? So is Obama a redeemed conman since he did the same thing in Illinois?

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