Fixing the Vote

Concerned Citizen, you really shouldn't talk about Obama voting "Present" when he was in the Illinois State Senate, a body where voting Present is a commonly accepted practice among all the Senators. You are making me just itch to tell the world the truth about McCain's voting record (or lack thereof).

In the first session of the 110th Congress (2007), McCain holds the dubious honor of missing, by a wide margin, more votes than any other Senator save one. The only one who missed more? That would be Senator Tim Johnson, who was recovering from a brain hemorrhage.

The Washington Post has a database that tracks vote missed in the Senate. McCain missed a whopping 261 of 468 votes, about 56%. And it not because he wasn't there in the building. He refuses to vote on any bill that is controversial or that he might be criticized for. Consequently, he votes on almost all of the silly votes (like "Name a Daisy Day") but fails to be in the room when really important stuff is going down, like votes concerning the war in Iraq. Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader became so angry with McCain about this that he took him task for it right on the Senate floor, saying "Senator McCain has spent considerable time defending the President on Iraq, but has only managed to show up for four of the last fourteen Iraq votes."

In case you think I made that up, I will give you a reference: "McCain Missed Votes on Iraq Triggers Reid Rebuke" published in The Hill, May 17, 2007.

You may be asking why would McCain not want to vote on Iraq? Because he already knew then that he would be running for President, and he knew the war was increasingly unpopular, and he didn't want the Democrats to be able to point to his record and say "Look how he votes on Iraq."

McCain has also missed important votes on national security, funding of law enforcement, equipment for firefighters, and of course, his most recent no-show, on giving veterans the GI Bill. In fact, McCain misses more than half of his votes.

I could write at least five more blogs about how McCain is failing as a Senator by refusing to vote, giving lots of details. And my information is true, with references that can be verified. You write smears about Obama, take one true thing and amplify and distort it into a complete exaggeration, and offer no sources for your information.

I promise you that every time you do that, i will respond with more true facts about John McCain, and as far as McCain is concerned, the truth hurts. I don't care if you criticize Obama or say that you don't like him, but make sure that the "facts" you use are correct or I will rebut them with REAL stuff about your candidate that will really make you wish you hadn't started this whole smear campaign against Obama.

Obama has no plan. He has a thousand promises to keep. Who will pay for all these goodies ? You.

Obama has at least 10 close friends that either belong in jail or committed to a nuthouse.

Nobody even wants to be his running mate. Whats that tell you ? He didn't win the primary race on his own merit...the DNC picked him up and carried him across the finish line. His victory is an 'empty' win.

I see it unfolding as such. The 18 million supporters for Hillary are gonna do one of three things;
1 ) Vote McCain
2 ) Sign up as Independant
3) Write in

..............................George W. Bush........The LAST White American President....Barack Obama and his charisma mark the LAST American President from the Caucasian race. Bush has forged his legacy as a failure and dangerous looser in office and Obama will have an easy time of it defeating Senior John McCain in November. Obama will form a colation of United Minorities bringing together the various minority groups who have resentment against the white race who had previously held leadership. They will be accompanied by radical, disgruntled whites who will help the United Minorities gain a second term with Obama then place another minority in power after that, it will be "another minorities turn" for power. America will be turned upside down with this new Minority Majority...............this is the CHANGE that Obama is talking about!!!!

Tired of obama, That's a fair statement but it doesn't mitigate future sins. I'd like to refer you to a book if you can still get it called. The Bright Shining Lie. It cronicles the Veitnam war from start to finish. More than 55,000 of our best died for nothing in that war. Ho chi Minh promised prior to wwII that he would get around to pushing the usurping mandarin chinese into the sea and he did. We had no business in that civil dispute either. excuse my spelling i'm not sure of some of the words.

I know you're not saying that since the Democratic like JFK and LBJ did it, it's ok if Bush/Cheney etal did it You actually make a point your fellow republicans have denied. There is a definitely parallel between the two.too.

Obama will at least prevent all the tree huggers and peacenics from falling off the rolls. Beyond that , I don't know. Welfare recipients and free loaders will vote for him too. More moola for them and less for me. He'll steal even my pocket change through excessive taxation to pay for his ill-advised entitlements and additional welfare programs.

Thank you Bella - that is what I thought. How any thinking person could vote to continue this path is beyond beyond.

Let us not deceive ourselves. The election system was intended to deprive certain people of a voice (African Americans, for example), and to fix the outcome of elections. This is not so easily accomplished in this day of instant communication. There are many things that can be done. All states should have a one-person-one-vote system -- no more caucuses. Iowa and New Hampshire are great states, but they are not representative. The order in which states vote should vary from year to year. The "Democratic" party needs to re-vamp its rules. Super-delegates should not be allowed to declare until after all primaries have concluded.

Well they said Obama gets the unemployed, and not the blue collar worker,mmm! I think his base of, not any longer a blue collar worker, rose by 50,000, in one day! Far more to come, to become unemployed, with or without benifits!