McCain Doesn't "Straight Talk", He "Talks Straight" Out Of His ... (use your imagination)

Does anyone remember John McCain saying any of this? Most of it was said only a few weeks ago.

"Tonight we sure showed them what a comeback looks like," McCain said. "When the pundits declared us finished, I told them, 'I'm going to New Hampshire, where the voters don't let you make their decision for them.' And when they asked, 'How are you going to do it? You're down in the polls. You don't have the money,' I answered, 'I'm going to New Hampshire, and I'm going to tell people the truth.'" (Boston Globe)

McCain said, he was proof that "negative campaigns don't work"--a clear shot at Mitt Romney (Newsweek)

I think Senator McCain has said it best, "we are going to continue to run a positive campaign." (Newsweek)

These are just a few McCain quotes from MANY that show that McCain is suffering from the common political disease "Iamfullofcrapitis". The guy calls Mitt Romney a flip-flopper, but I don't think he's ever looked in the mirror to see the flip-flopped (reversed) image of a professional flip-flopper. Hopefully that makes sense!

It sure seems like the Straight Talk Express has derailed. McCain has consistently told us that he ALWAYS tells the truth, that he runs a squeaky clean positive campaign, and admitted that he has his weak points such as the economy. Now (only a couple weeks later) he is straight up lying about Mitt's record to elicit support for himself in Florida, saying all kinds of dirty negative things about Romney, and saying that he never told anybody that he was weak on the economy (another blatant lie). McCain built his comeback in New Hampshire on the premise that he was a straight talkin’ good guy. It is a mystery to everyone as to why he is currently deviating from his high-minded maxims while campaigning in Florida.

National Review Online (NRO) wrote about what might viewed in the future as McCain’s downfall, where he abandoned the very principles that helped him to re-surge in the polls and become the apple in the media’s eye. Some notable excerpts from the article McCain's Dishonest Attack:

The writer, Rich Lowry, starts by giving McCain credit for his part in lobbying for the surge in Iraq.

As I've said before, McCain deserves a large part of the credit for the surge—he pushed to have it implemented both in his public advocacy and his behind-the-scenes lobbying of the Bush administration, and he has been its foremost defender. Romney wasn't as enthusiastic about it and in his body language, if nothing else seemed ready to distance himself from it if it failed. This is a perfectly legitimate issue for McCain to raise, and he has, by saying things like Romney was "looking at his shoes" while he was putting it all on the line for the surge.

Giving credit where credit is due, he then goes on to criticize McCain, who is practically a self proclaimed saint, for his recent unwarranted and dishonest attacks on Romney.

But that doesn't justify the rank dishonesty of his attack on Romney over the weekend. It's so shamelessly unfair, it's the kind of thing you'd expect of Bill Clinton attacking Barack Obama. Clearly, McCain wants to change the topic from the economy. And since he's suffering from his "straight-talk" about his relative lack of knowledge of and interest in the economy, he's trying to compensate with the opposite of straight talk—blatant distortions—about Romney's record. As Ramesh notes (citing Paul Mirengoff), McCain may feel entitled to this cheap shot given his own courage on the surge. He also might think that his press coverage is so adoring that he can get away with anything, and Romney is so firmly branded as a "flip-flopper" that any charge will stick. But I think something else is going on. McCain has always given the impression of reserving his true scorn for his enemies within his own party. I have a hard time imagining McCain making this kind of dishonest accusation against a Democrat—it would be uncivil and dishonorable. But making it against a fellow Republican running to his right? No problem. On top of this, there's the personal animosity McCain feels toward Romney. Indeed, in one of those debates in New Hampshire, McCain spoke warmly of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama at the same time he was giving off waves of hatred toward Romney.

The author then gives his analysis on how McCain's negativity, lying and hypocrisy might affect his campaign for the GOP nomination.

I wouldn't be surprised if it back-fires on McCain. The attack succeeded in the sense that it tipped the conversation back toward Iraq, but at a potential cost to McCain. His most important political asset is his political character, his reputation for truth-telling and honorable politics. This dishonest low-blow—if it continues to get attention in the closing hours—could chip away at that asset.

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Latest Rasmussen Poll Looks Promising For Romney

Not only does the latest poll conducted by Rasmussen show Mitt Romney leading Florida with 33% over McCain with 27%, but it gets even better when only conservative voters are polled, with Romney at 42%, almost doubling the next candidate, McCain, at only 22%. This is an integral stat, since only Republicans are allowed to vote in the Florida caucuses, unlike some of the other open primaries.

Looking at the issues specifically, here are the polling results:

Those concerned with the economy most - Romney 37%, McCain 33%
Those concerned with national security/war in Iraq most - Romney 31%, McCain 31%
Those who are concerned with immigration most - Romney 63%, McCain 7%

The poll also revealed Romney as the candidate that voters thought to be the most electable, with 76% saying they believe him to be somewhat likely to win the White House if nominated. McCain was next in line with 68%. Interestingly, last week both were at 69%, so public approval of McCain has dropped and has risen for Romney.

So a bit of my own analysis here. Why oh why is John McCain dropping the polls? Hmmmm.... let's see ... I would guess that the number one reason is because ... hmmm, what could it be ... oh yes, because he's a filthy liar. Even CNN, who absolutely adores John McCain (and they will until he's got the nomination and then they'll turn on him as planned and help the Dems crush him) admitted that he's been lying this past week. Here's a clip:


McCain does anything but "straight talk". He lies, he flip-flops, he flips out, and he makes himself look like a complete tool in interviews and during public debates. He is a bitter individual that wants to win the White House to fulfill his own selfish ambitions and prove to himself that he's not an absolute failure (having lost in presidential races so many times).

Good thing that more and more people in Florida, and all over America, are seeing him for what he really is: a fraud, and not a genuine conservative. Romney is the only serious shot the Republicans have at winning the presidency and the only candidate who can mae the changes needed in America today.

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Exodus 23:1 - "Thou shalt not raise a false report"

Mike Huckabee said that he didn't know a lot about Mormons but then 'innocently' (aka purposely) remarked "but don't they believe that Jesus and the Devil are brothers?".

Well, I don't know much about Mike Huckabee's ethics, "but didn't he lie about having a theology degree?" (amongst many other things).

I remember when I was younger I would attend dances for young adults at my church and there was this guy that would lie to girls while slow-dancing with them by telling them that he had two degrees, even though he had absolutely no post-secondary education whatsoever. This would impress some girls, as would his temporary charm. However, on one occasion a friend of mine asked him what university he attended, and his reply was coincidental, because she just happened to go to the same he claimed to go to. Upon asking him a few more "searching" questions, she determined that he was lying through his teeth and that he was obviously seeking attention, even if his means to do so were more than pathetic. I always had little respect for this guy who had to lie to try and get people to like him.

However, I never expected that a man who one day hopes to become president of the most powerful nation on earth would stoop to this sad sad level (I guess I shouldn't assume that after Clinton). But Mike Huckabee did. Oh yes, I heard him with my own two ears say in the republican debate something to the tune of "as the only one here with a theology degree....yadda, yadda". Well, it turn outs that he only attended one year of seminary. Heck I took more religious school than Huckleberry-Liar. I guess they must have covered the 9th commandment about bearing false witness in the 2nd year of seminary! He didn't know much about Mormons either (his words, not mine), but in the 1998 was a key speaker at a baptist convention in Salt Lake City. Riiiiiiiiiiggggghhhhhtttt Mikey, like we're supposed to believe that one! He takes the public for fools. If anyone is seriously considering voting for this joker, take a good look, because you won't be seeing much of Huck after he gets demolished in non-Evangelical based states and you end up voting Giuliani into power.

Check out the Huckabee's little fib at:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2007/12/019282.php

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Huckabee not sorry to Mitt, but sorry that his true character was revealed

Huckabee's apology to Mitt Romney for "innocently" slamming his faith, despite claiming himself that one's religion should not matter in the election, was not completely sincere. Like a child who is sorry because he got put in time out rather than because he did something wrong, Huckabee is only sorry because his true character (the weasel) has become obvious to the public, not because he took at shot a Mitt's faith. Now he can't backpedal fast enough, as his plan to slam Mitt and still look like a good guy failed miserably (he peed into the proverbial wind). So far the best analysis on the sincerity of the apology was thoroughly explored by Evangelicals For Mitt at this link:

http://www.evangelicalsformitt.org/front_page/so_sorry.php

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Huckabee not such an angel

Most expected that Republicans candidates would focus their efforts on issues like national defense, foreign policy, and general executive competency. However, Mike Huckabee has shifted the issues to religion, character and personality (and humour). First off, religion should not be an issue whatsoever, since it is unconstitutional. But even if was a main issue, is Mike Huckabee the man of religious character that he claims to be or is he just a hypocrite in angel’s clothing? With his lead in Iowa, the public has done some research on the man and found out that he’s not all he’s cracked up to be. Here is a list of reasons that Huckabee is not such an angel.

1) Mike Huckabee, a recent Baptist minister told the NY times that he didn’t know much about Mormons, but then proceeded to spout off a few facts that he thought would leak poison into Romney’s campaign. This shows A LOT about good ol’ Huck’s character (aka, the character of a manipulative weasel). If a former Baptist minister claims to know so little about Mormonism, he is ABSOLUTELY full of BS. The author of Article VI blog said this about the matter, after Huck apologized for his inappropriate behaviour:

“Will that put Huckabee’s anti-Mormon genie back in its bottle. I don’t think so. “That which is said while drunk has been thought out beforehand,” goes the old saying. In the modern media world, candidates for the presidency don’t say careless things to the New York Times. It was a premeditated aside, an attempt to get a virus into circulation. It didn’t work, but it did tell us a lot about Mike Huckabee.”

http://www.article6blog.com/2007/12/13/huck-stepped-in-it-a-ringing-endorsement-election-coverage-goes-tabloid-and-more/

2) Huckabee showed his lack of ethics when he took $40,000 from a large tobacco company, and put it into his own non-profit organization. But hey, he deserved the bonus, especially after he levied a tax on sick people instead of taxing the tobacco industry (which is extremely ironic I might add). It’s funny that Huckabee loves to raise taxes on hard-working Americans, but always takes a nice chunk for himself.

http://www.mittromney.com/News/Press-Releases/Huckabee_Best_12.13

3) Huckabee is know nationally as being “an illegal alien’s best friend!” He supported in-state tuition for illegal aliens in Arkansas, even though the voters opposed it 4-to-1 (very totalitarian of him). Resultantly, American taxpayers had to subsidize schooling for illegal immigrants, who took up limited seats in colleges that Americans could have had. This is just one of MANY examples of Huck’s love for illegal aliens, or at least the ones that were able to slip past Chuck Norris and his roundhouse kicks to get into America! Read a lot more at:

http://www.alipac.us/article2786.html

4) He has no back-bone when it comes to dealing with hardened criminals. Well, I guess I should be fair. He did ONLY pardon 1,033 criminal, including 12 murderers. I mean that’s only 1 every 4 days. I just had a thought .... maybe he’s doing so well in the polls because all the criminals are voting for him. Dang, that Huck’s got some good strategy! Go kill someone and Huck will give you a "get out of jail free card"!

5) He would have segregated people with AIDS, exiling them to an island (like Napoleon!) Hey, I don’t know much about the Bible, but didn’t Jesus go visit the sick, like the lepers, who were cast out by the Jews? Doesn’t sound very Christ-like to me. But hey, Mike was a minister, so that’s good right?

6) Thou shalt not bear false witness. Hey, isn’t that one of the ten commandments? (again, I don’t know much about the Bible, but….)

“In recent weeks we learned that four parole board members all said Huck exerted tremendous pressure to release his born again buddy DuMond; Huck’s reply? That all four are lying. “In the mouth of two witness . . .”

http://blog.electromneyin2008.com/2007/12/13/mike-huckabees-support-derives-all-from-religious-lemmings/

These are just a few examples of Huck’s hypocrisy. Nobody is perfect, I know. But when you purposely change the issues at stake from those that Americans really care about to religion, character, and personality (simply to lift yourself in the polls), you are inviting people to examine you on those issues. In my opinion, and in the opinion of many, Huck fails the very character test of which he is the largest proponent. I think that Mike Huckabee must think that irony has something to do with taking the wrinkles out of clothes on a stiff board with a hot metal instrument.

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