TJ wrote:
Obama's followers are fond of quoting a statistic that McCain has voted
with George Bush over 90% of the time. The statistic varies with the one
doing the quoting, but it's never 100%. That means that, given
sufficient reason, McCain will go against his party leaders. His running
mate has also demonstrated a willingness to go against the party.

That is a quality I look for in an office seeker. I don't want someone
whose strings are pulled by the party. I want someone who is willing to
do what he or she thinks is right, no matter which side favors it. I
want somebody with some *guts.*

All I've heard about Obama's voting record is that it's the most liberal
in the Senate. No specific statistics. Can anybody supply statistics of
occasions where Obama has voted against the party line? Can he think for
himself, or is he just a party puppet?

TJ


Uh...you seem to have missed the point. McCain is positioning himself as
an independent, a maverick. But he votes with the Bush Regime about 90%
of the time. It's kind of difficult to position yourself as an
independent and a maverick when your positions are the same as a
president who has made as many major screw-ups as Bush, eh?

It's like Palin saying she's was for The Bridge to Nowhere and other
earmarks, but now she's against them. Oh, wait...that *is* her position.