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To: combjelly who wrote (422557)	10/5/2008 2:31:06 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575465

CJ, > He isn't a centrist any more. When McCain called for reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac several years ago, was he being a "centrist" or a "right-wing nutjob"? Tenchusatsu

To: combjelly who wrote (422557)	10/5/2008 3:17:14 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575465

>>> He now votes with Bush about 90% of the time. But you recognize, surely, that this is a bogus statistic. By the same measure, Obama votes with the Democrats 97% of the time. The reality is the vast majority of these 90% are unimportant procedural issues. The 10% are the big differences. Surely, you are not trying to argue that McCain isn't more of a "maverick" than Obama is? We know for a fact that Obama has never faced down his party on ONE SINGLE VOTE. Never, ever. Only after moving into the general election has he morphed, and you know damned well he is going to move back after he is elected, if he is. McCain is a courageous politician. Obama is an absolute wimp and will subject to the same kinds of political pressure Clinton was. And that assures us of bad government as it did in the 90s.