McCain's statement about not taking earmarks doesn't fly
@thegreatdebater (7316)
United States
September 9, 2008 6:26pm CST
I was listening to Grampa Simpson make a statement that any congressman that has been in office for 20+ years would never make. He stated that he has never accepted an earmark, nor has he ever requested one (he must have had a senior moment). In 2003 McCain slipped $14.3 million into a defense appropriations bill to create a buffer zone around Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. As Roll Call reported in 2003 this project violated McCain's own anti-pork rhetoric
McCain also pressed the republican adminstration of President George H. W. Bush to secure a $5 million earmark for a weastewater project in Arizona after Congress had rejected the request. McCain wrote: "I would like to request that EPA either re-program $5 million out of existing funds, or earmark the amount from an appropriate account." I guess that John forgot all about this, but what do you expect from the man that has forgot so much in this election.
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
10 Sep 08
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/has_mccain_ever_made_any_earmarks.html
Here's what a nonpartisan website has to say about this issue.
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@irishidid (8687)
• United States
10 Sep 08
The information does not specifically say it is true. It only states some things might be considered as earmarks. I think it is a matter of speculation.
Everyone should be taking all information with a grain of salt and get to the facts instead of spreading rumors. Does anyone really want a candidate chosen on the premise of what the other side did or do we want it on our belief the candidate we are voting for will serve this country to the best of their ability? Just saying.
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Irish, if you listen to McCain's campaign speech you will hear him say that he has never ever asked for or accepted earmarks. Even fact check has said that this isn't 100%, but lying to the American people isn't anything new for the McCain camp. Listen to their stump speech, and you will hear one lie after another.
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@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Thanks Irish, I guess we should send this link to McCain, and let him know that his statement isn't true
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@mscott (1923)
• United States
10 Sep 08
I heard Obama say last wesk that he has never been questioned ny McCain about his Muslim religion. The host of the show quickly corrected him and he changed it and said oh, my Christian religion. Oops. So what truth do you really want to believe. it is easy to find qoutes or bills or skeletons on anyone, what it really comes down to is Obama has 0 experience. How can you trust turning the country over someone who has no experience and who is unclear about something so simple as his own faith.=? And I am not a republican.
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
10 Sep 08
Why don't you do so research on John McCain and look at his 24 years in the senate. By the way John McCain has said that he is a Baptist and an Episcopalian, so I guess he isn't really clear on his faith, either. His Senate record isn't full of much of anything, his only major legislation he has every passed has been destroyed by both parties, and he doesn't even support it today. So do you want someone who has no experience in doing nothing, or someone who is an expert at it? Your choice.
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
11 Sep 08
I listened to the entire interview yesterday, and he was talking about some of the internet rumors before he was talking about his religion, that is why his mind was on Muslims.
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
10 Sep 08
As I said before X, if the military really needed it, they would have put it in the budget, it sounds like he wanted to project to make sure his State gets money for the project.
@thegreatdebater (7316)
• United States
10 Sep 08
It was a buffer zone that the STATE wanted, why couldn't they pay for it them selves, they are starting to sound like Alaskians. What do these people think; should the American people pay for their toilet paper, and an illegal immigrant to wipe for them too?
