Electronic Writer

John McCain has changed his opinion plenty of times–and, he is transparently doing so in an effort to please his campaign advisors, please his base, and the corporations who have spent their money of him (who are doing ANYthing to keep America in a more-of-the-same pattern where wealth is consolidating into the hands of the rich).

Here is a comprehensive list by Steve Benen of the John McCain’s Changing Policy and stances.

This is good reading . . . .

John McCain might be a new rising star in the field of double-speakers: saying one thing, and doing another.

There is a great article by Steve Benene discussing the a big double speak: John McCain supports Tax Breaks for Big Oil and has not supported Tax Breaks for Wind-driven energy.

Read the Article about John McCain.

Let me see if I have this straight!  John McCain supports TAX BREAKS for Oil–the companies who have posted record PROFITS month after month . . . .

Read the entire article about McCain supporting Tax Breaks for Oil at Talking Points Memo.

I like the Obama Camp’s style: Calm and collected fact checking. It is good journalism, and it will make a wonderful shift in the behavior and operation of the Executive Branch.

Here’s the Obama campaign video refutes the McCain campaign falsehoods in last Friday’s advertisement.

There is a little tiny bit of discrepancy between what Senator John McCain says about the Housing Crisis in America, and what he actually does. I am certainly not rebuking Senator McCain for being wealthy. Instead, I am remarking at his apparent lack of empathy for fellow America.

If the truth were told, I wish Senator McCain would look a bit deeper at the problems. Each and every person who has lost their home is not merely a statistic. They are people who are fighting to cover food, clothing and shelter–the most basic needs of a human–AND LOSING that battle.

Our tax money is funding a war on foreign soil at the cost of nearly a billion dollars a day. Our dollar has weakened against the world currency. Our government has paid incentives to large corporations to move their businesses (and jobs) to foreign countries, and the cost of gas has driven wholesale prices to the highest point in 27 years.

While there may have been some cases of recklessness, the cost of living in America has grown out of reach of a larger percentage of Americans (men and women were already working an average of 12+ hours a day to cover food clothing and shelter).

Jack Cafferty has written a great commentary examining the similarities between George Bush and John McCain in his piece, “Commentary: Is McCain another George W. Bush?“

Found this little interesting list at HumanEvents.com–the Top 10 McCain Campaign Contributors.

1. Merrill Lynch $230,310 (Investment/Financial)
2. Citigroup Inc. $219,551 (Investment/Financial)
3. Blank Rome LLP $189,226 (Counsellors at Law)
4. Greenberg Traurig LLP $157,487 (Law Firm)
5. AT&T Inc. $153,005 (Communications, Wireless, and Internet)
6. Goldman Sachs $139,520 (Worldwide Investment Banking)
7. Morgan Stanley $136,651 (Global Investment Firm)
8. JPMorgan Chase & Co. $129,400 (Global Financial Services)
9. Credit Suisse Group $110,725 (Global Financial Services)
10. Lehman Brothers $96,050 (Global Investment Banking)

This list is a couple of weeks old–so, some of the actual contribution numbers might have changed, but it is a VERY interesting assortment of financial backers.

Out of the Top 10 Contributors to John McCain’s campaign, 7 of the investors are from the Financial sector, two are law firms, and AT&T.

In the issue regarding the John McCain campaign denying United States Citizens their right to Freedom of Speech, I guess there are others who agree with me.

Here is the interview of the Librarian on Keith Oberman:

Dear Senator McCain,

If you were to become Commander-in-Chief, you are going to have to do a bit better.

Freedom of Speech is a RIGHT guaranteed to every Citizen of the United States of America by the Constitution–the Supreme Law of the Land.  I learned this in 5th Grade.

You cannot take it away from Citizens who happen to exercise it and say things that do not agree with you–even if it has done before–and right before your very eyes.

If someone were jumping off of a cliff, would you follow him?  NO.  Well, just because someone breaks the Supreme Law, do you have to follow him? (Please follow the article on the “Free-Speech Zone” in The American Conservative.)

Clearly, in the VIDEO below, your actions show that you are breaking the law and denying Citizens of the United States of America their right to Freedom of Speech, and that you are asking other Citizens and Police Officers to enforce it.  What you did to the Librarian who was holding a sign at the rally in Denver, CO was illegal.  She should have never been given a ticket and a court date for exercising her rights afforded to her as a Citizen.

Please do better, and respect the Supreme Law, the Constitution of the United States of America, and the RIGHTS of Citizens.

Thank you,

-Electronic Writer

John McCain Capaign: Riding the Fox News Fear and Lies Wave in just the beginning of the campaign.

It has not even been a week since I noticed the Pay-per-click Advertisements of John McCain on the Internet, and somehow, the pool of John McCain Campaign advertisements has been filled with racism and lies. In the advertisement, you see the leader of Iran facing Barack Obama. Below it, it says, “Is it OK to Unconditionally Meet with Anti-American Foreign Leaders?” It then displays a simple Yes/No below it, and Paid for by John McCain 2008 at the bottom.

This is a clear example of how the John McCain Campaign is pandering fear and spreading lies in the same fashion as the Fox News Network–using the rumor that Barack Obama is connected to the Muslim world.

To visually tie Senator Obama with the leader of Iran is disingenuous, and smells of Karl Rove and some of the techniques that he has used to win elections in the past. Visually, their faces are the same size and their skin colors are more similar than different.

The question is also garbage–with the text containing words that would return on a search for the words, “Barack Obama anti-american.” Wait! Did we touch on another lie about Barack Obama? We DID! Inconceivable!

Pandering fear and lies is a terrible way to run for president.  Here is a 3-step process for running for President of the United States:

1. Fire Karl Rove (or stop listening to him), and fight a good fight. How about some debates? What about knocking on doors? All of those values that you talked about in the 2000 primaries are rapidly diminishing because you have taken to pandering fear to the American public, spreading lies in order to win.
2. Look at your policies. Does your own platform actually represent your values? Your Republican constituents have elected you because of your policies. How about listening to them? How about representing their interests–rather than the companies with the cash.
3. You have lost your “maverick” status because you no longer say or do what you believe to be true. You have become a mouthpiece to the private corporations–and, followed suit with your predecessor.