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1) He voted for the Iraq war
2) He is buddy buddy with Jerry Falwell, the guy who said Americans deserved 9/11 for sinning
3) He hopes to appoint SCOTUS justices who will overturn Roe vs. Wade
4) After originally opposing the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy, he did an about face and started sucking the party cock so he could get support for the nomination. (I personally am only concerned about the 'death tax')
5) He's softened his stance/rhetoric against torture based on party pressure
This is pretty much a list of why you wouldn't like any mainstream Republican. Not McCain in particular. McCain is probably less buddy buddy w/ Falwell than the majority of Republicans would be, and certainly less so than a Huckabee or a Paul. Or a Romney or Thompson, for that matter. About the only mainstream Republican candidate who might get along worse with Falwell than McCain is Giuliani. McCain may have softened his stance on torture (I haven't researched it), but hey...how many Republicans had a semi-staunch anti-toture stance to begin with?
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Frankly what I don't like about him (or any of the front runners) is that I can't name a single significant difference between any of them. During the next presidency, I predict we'll see:
Are you serious? How about some of the things from your list above. Obama and Clinton wouldn't appoint judges who'd dismantle Roe v. Wade. Obama and Clinton clearly aren't buddy-buddy with Falwell et. al. They both oppose Bush's tax cuts.
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Frankly, I don't see any appreciable difference between any of the remaining candidates with respect to what I foresee happening during the next 5 years.
Can always vote for Nader. Of the three left standing, Obama seems the most likely to engineer a quick troop withdrawal.