why not to vote mccain
McCain’s champions like to point out that he’s resisted foreign entanglements in places like Somalia. Even The New York Times described him this weekend as reflective and again as not the kind of “neoconservative idealist, who would promote American values anywhere and everywhere.” But the fact remains that McCain started talking about “rogue state rollback” long before 9/11. The day after the attacks, he went on ABC and said that invading Afghanistan or killing Osama Bin Laden wouldn’t be enough—that we would have to attack a “network” of terrorist sympathizers that included Iraq, Iran and Syria. A month later, he said on CNN that “very obviously, Iraq is the first country.” In January 2002, he made his views even more explicit on an aircraft carrier on the Arabian sea: “Next up, Baghdad.”
As Politico reminded us this week, the geniuses in financial analysis still say that “the stock market likes Republicans more than Democrats.” Why? Because “the key issue on Wall Street minds is…” Can you guess? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not the economic meltdown, not the millions of foreclosed homes, not the fact that without a middle class their corporations might cease to exist. Try corporate taxes.
mccain advisor backs obama
Charles Fried, a professor at Harvard Law School, has long been one of the most important conservative thinkers in the United States. Under President Reagan, he served, with great distinction, as Solicitor General of the United States. Since then, he has been prominently associated with several Republican leaders and candidates, most recently John McCain, for whom he expressed his enthusiastic support in January.
This week, Fried announced that he has voted for Obama-Biden by absentee ballot. In his letter to Trevor Potter, the General Counsel to the McCain-Palin campaign, he asked that his name be removed from the several campaign-related committees on which he serves. In that letter, he said that chief among the reasons for his decision "is the choice of Sarah Palin at a time of deep national crisis."
Fried is exceptionally thoughtful and principled; his vote for Obama is especially noteworthy.
