D.Duck wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
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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.

I heard that when there is a *unanimous* voting result in the Senate, even
those that would have voted against the issue are recorded as voting *for*
it.

I wonder if any of the 90% falls into that category.



What are the major issues on which McCain differs 180 degrees from Bush?

On Sep 3, 8:41*am, hk wrote:
D.Duck wrote:
"hk" wrote in message
...
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.