My original statement:
That he (often) votes against his own opinions, and changes them when it suits campaigning. nt
Yhorian(VIP) March 06, 2008 05:06AM
Evidence for this statement:
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www.washingtonmonthly.com]
McCain was anti-torture leading up to the vote. Come vote time, he caved to whitehouse demands and voted FOR it.
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mediamatters.org]
McCain switched his views on the Confederate flag to remain popular.
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www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com]
McCain once again switching his political view to become more appealing. This time on Bush's tax plans, of which he was only one of two republicans who opposed when voting. He made this change only in February and opposed the plans publically as recently as last year.
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abcnews.go.com]
McCain attempts to reveal some of Bush's dodgey campaign funders as being corrupt. He then took their support for his own campaign.
Lokain's counter argument:
"It's not so much that Cain is a flip flopper it's because he's been in the senate for awhile. Any long standing congressman will APPEAR to flip flop a lot even though they're not actually doing it because they change their minds."
Isildur:
Point's out that many political campaigners were voters previously, and have not shown a prevalance of rapidly changing decisions.
Lokain:
His voting record will -seem- unstable over a long period of time because of his senator position.
Yhorian:
Even ignoring his voting record, he has a hell of a lot of public statements that continually contradict each other.
The rest falls into Lokain trying to cover his ass, by asking for sources, proofs, and using insults (but not actually making any new points). My replies are counter-insults, further proofs and are followed by yet more denial.
Enjoy.
Yhorian