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POLITICS-US: A League of Their Own

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 11th, 2008

A radical foreign policy idea put forth by presumptive Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has drawn cheers of support from sources as varied as his campaign’s neo-conservative backers to liberal internationalists from the camp of his rival, Sen. Barack Obama. But the idea is not without some surprising detractors.

McCain’s “League of Democracies” would be a new international organisation whose membership is made up of democratic governments that meet certain minimal requirements.

The philosophical basis for the League is German philosopher Immanuel Kant’s idea of “perpetual peace”, which argues that democratic governments are less likely to go to war — particularly with fellow democracies rather than autocratic regimes. But democratic nations may be at odds with non-democratic ones.

This is already well underway, according to neoconservative scholar and McCain adviser Robert Kagan, who sees a new “global competition” between democracies and autocracies.

McCain’s Ties To Telecoms Questioned After Wiretapping Flip-Flop

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 10th, 2008

Ah, McCain, beholden to no lobbyist:

If you’ve been wondering where all the telecom lobbyists went to lick their wounds after the House rejected retroactive immunity for wiretapping, the Electronic Frontier Foundation says it’s found a bunch of them smack dab in the middle of John McCain’s presidential campaign organization.

The group suggested Friday that the swell of current and former telecom lobbyists in the McCain camp might have something to do with the candidate’s recent reversal on the legality of warrantless wiretapping. His most recent position “reads a lot like the talking points that a telecom lobbyist might employ,” writes EFF senior staff attorney Kurt Opsahl.

Obama vows to stop Iran from having nuclear arms

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 4th, 2008

Wait…I thought this was George Bush III:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Wednesday Iran posed a serious threat in the Middle East and vowed to stop it from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

“The danger from Iran is grave, it is real, and my goal will be to eliminate this threat,” Obama said in a speech to a conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobby group.

“I will do everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon - everything,” he said to a standing ovation.

Obama also vowed to vigorously support Israel’s right to defend itself and pledged an active effort to pursue a Middle East peace agreement in a broad speech on the region he delivered a day after clinching the Democratic presidential nomination.

“I will always stand up for Israel’s right to defend itself in the United Nations and around the world,” Obama said.

Some of Obama’s critics have sought to undercut his support with Jewish voters by suggesting that he would be more inclined than the Bush administration and Republican presidential candidate John McCain to put pressure on Israel to make concessions in any peace negotiations.

Obama has been seeking to dispel that notion in campaign events that include the AIPAC speech and a forum with Jewish voters in Florida last month.

McCain has criticized Obama’s call for talks with Iran, a state Israeli leaders consider a threat to Israel’s security.

McCain: I’d Spy on Americans Secretly, Too

Posted by Charlie Kilo on June 4th, 2008

This shouldn’t surprise anyone:

If elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president’s wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight, according to a statement released by his campaign Monday.

McCain recruits a dangerous, dictatorial-loving RINO

Posted by patriot on June 2nd, 2008

Yikes, McCain’s new tag-a-long is a dictator lover!

So, consistent with his President-as-Dictator vision, McCain’s new communications official believes that — as I wrote at the time — when “federal agents” come knocking at your door and issue orders, you better “damn well” obey — you had better not “resist” — even if the orders you’re being given are illegal, even if they’re designed to spy on Americans in violation of the law, and even if they’re intended to facilitate the torture of detainees. That’s what patriotic Americans do — they obey the orders of their near-dictatorial Leader, so sayeth the heel-clicking Michael Goldfarb. That’s a superb, and very mainstream, new addition to the maverick McCain team.

Al Qaeda WMD Prank

Posted by patriot on May 28th, 2008

Be sure to read comment #8 after reading the article.

Proof that McCain will be Bush III

Posted by patriot on May 27th, 2008

The proof is in the horrible voting record:

CQ’s Presidential Support studies try to determine how often a legislator votes in line with the President’s position:

CQ tries to determine what the president personally, as distinct from other administration officials, does and does not want in the way of legislative action. This is done by analyzing his messages to Congress, news conference remarks and other public statements and documents.

So, these studies only track votes when the President has an explicit, stated opinion on a bill. According to CQ, Senator John McCain has voted with President Bush 100% of the time in 2008 and 95% of the time in 2007

Pick one: McCain the liar or Obama the inexperienced racist

Posted by Charlie Kilo on May 22nd, 2008

Up first…John McCain:

Next…Obama:

Pick one…or don’t

Zogby Poll: 48% of Voters Dissatisfied With Candidates

Posted by Charlie Kilo on May 15th, 2008

Shock and yawn:

Nearly half of likely voters — 48 percent — are not satisfied with the current candidates for president, with Republicans and conservative voters the most unhappy about their likely candidate choices in November, a new nationwide Zogby Interactive poll shows.

In what could spell bad news for the presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, an overwhelming 86 percent of self-described “very conservative” voters said they are displeased with the current presidential candidates, and 65 percent of these voters said they are very unsatisfied.

The vast majority of conservatives (76 percent) and Republicans (76 percent) also expressed significant dissatisfaction with the current candidates, as did more than half of political independents (55 percent).

Furthermore, nearly half of Americans would never vote for Hillary Clinton…