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To: SeachRE who wrote (178)	6/6/2008 1:28:33 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3816

I'm not a big supporter of McCain. I agree his record on free speech is very poor, at least for political speech, which is the core of the reason for the 1st amendment. OTOH the Democrats aren't really any better in this area and are worse in others. As for the ideas that make you say "he's a war guy", there a plus not a minus (unless you say that because you believe that he is going to create new wars, that would almost certainly be a minus, but its also something I don't think will happen) As for pork barrel spending, McCain is probably better on that issue than the alternatives. True thats a very short hurdle to jump over, but its something. You'd have difficulty picking between him and George W. Bush I would, although I'd probably lean towards Bush, because he is a bit better on free speech. I say "probably" rather than definitely because Bush did sign McCain-Fingold. (And Hillary voted for it BTW, Obama wasn't in office yet, but he hasn't spoken out against it)