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23

Projections R Us, courtesy of John McCain


With 12 days to go, it sounds as though John McCain’s latest stump speech must include, if nothing else, the phrase that Barack Obama will say, “anything to get elected”: the AP reports on it being used today in Florida and ABC reports on it being used yesterday in Cincinnati.

The problem with McCain’s attack line is, as ThinkProgress has been pointing out for over a month in this detailed post, McCain Flip Flops, this is, again, another case of “I know you are but what am I.” As Ben Armbruster wrote just yesterday:

During an interview this afternoon with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a reporter from local Washington, D.C. area CBS affiliate told McCain that some “commentators” and even some “personal friends” have asked, “Where is the John McCain from 2000?” The reporter then asked, “Did that guy go away? Has something changed?” But McCain took issue with the premise of the reporter’s question, claiming that nothing has changed since 2000:

MCCAIN: You’ll have to tell me what’s changed. I love it when they say, “Oh McCain has changed.” And I say, “What have I changed on?” They can’t name a single issue or they’ll name an issue and its false. I’m the same guy. I’m proud of our campaign.

From ThinkProgress (all links go back there), here are McCain’s 44 flip-flops:

FOREIGN POLICY
* Attacking Terrorists In Pakistan
* Defense Spending
* Detention Of Detainees
* Divestment And Sanctions
* Donald Rumsfeld
* Henry Kissinger
* Illegal Wiretapping
* Law Of The Sea Convention
* Long-Term Troop Presence In Iraq
* Negotiations With Hamas
* Negotiations With Syria
* Normalization Of Relations With Cuba
* Nuclear Reactors
* Nuclear Waste Storage At Yucca Mountain
* Rogue State Rollback
* Torture
* 21st Century GI Bill

ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY
* Ethanol
* Everglades Restoration
* Offshore Drilling

ETHICS
* Criticizing The Media
* Katrina Investigations
* Lobbyists
* The Wyly Brothers

ECONOMY
* AIG Bailout
* Americans Live Better Under Bush
* Balancing The Budget
* Bush Tax Cuts
* Earmarks For Arizona
* Fairness Of The Estate Tax
* Job Losses In Michigan
* Social Security Privatization
* Tobacco Industry Regulations
* Windfall Profits Tax

IMMIGRATION
* The Dream Act
* Comprehensive Immigration Reform

RADICAL RIGHT
* The Confederate Flag
* Jerry Falwell And The Religious Right
* The NRA
* Teaching Intelligent Design

CIVIL RIGHTS
* Gay Marriage Amendment

HEALTH CARE
* Abortion Exceptions
* Repealing Roe v. Wade
* Taxpayer Funding For Contraception In Africa

Sigh.  This is just so not how it was supposed to have gone for John McCain.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:45 pm October 23rd, 2008 in Barack Obama, Campaigning, Elections, John McCain, Politics, WH2008 

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