Is There Really a McCain Policy?

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Is There Really a McCain Policy?

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What does John McCain stand for? What is his platform? Every commercial I see from his campaign is always about Obama. I find it amazing this man has any support at all. I am challenging any McCain voter out there to tell me what policies he is running on. He says he will not raise taxes so how does he plan to run this country? If he doesn’t raise taxes and he wants to continue the Iraq War without paying for it will we continue to deficit spend to the tune of $400 billion a year? McCain is centering his energy policy on drilling for more oil. How is that going to revolutionize our dependence on foreign oil? The big question is what is the core feature of his platform? What are the three components of his platform that he will deliver within the first two years? To understand the nonsensical nature of McCain’s economic plan simply go to his campaign website and read his proposals. Most, in fact, are not really proposals at all. Take for instance this: JohnMcCain2008.com. He talks about strengthening the dollar but doesn’t say how he plans on doing so. He also is going to tell foreign oil producing nations our dependence on foreign oil will come to an end. Is that a policy? Look how this is worded. Craziness. elephant_man McCain’s energy plan includes a $300 million prize for anyone who comes up with advanced battery technology. Obama plans to invest $150 billion in the next 10 years to advance technology in plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial scale renewable energy, encourage energy efficiency, invest in low emissions coal plants, advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, and begin transition to a new digital electricity grid. Now that is a policy. Some would say the government should not be playing such a large role but we now know energy dependence is a national security issue and since when has the government not been involved in making us safer? Obama is honest. He says he plans on raising taxes. If it requires higher taxes to emasculate the Middle East and Venezuela then I am all for it. So I will be waiting for Republicans to tell me what McCain plans to do to solve the problems we now face. I won’t, however, hold my breath.

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2 Responses to “Is There Really a McCain Policy?”

jd Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Here is the problem with this election. McCain is the same old politician running in a time when people are tired of the same old politician. Obama comes in talking change, saying he is different. He says he looks different and he will not act the same as Bush, Hillary, McCain, Biden etc…
Therefore people are only flocking to Obama because they want someone different. The only thing that McCain can do to win the election is to tear down the love affair with Obama and change. If showing how radical Obama really is then McCain is doing a good job. I guess it wears on the democrats to hear the truth about their candidate.
So if McCain can portray Obama as the leftest Extremist that he is then he has a chance to win. If McCain runs on the same old platform as Bush then he loses by 20-25%. I am still stunned that these two candidates made it out of the Primaries. Hillary is looking better every day….

BTW - Taxing Oil companies will only raise the price of oil. If you know how businesses work, any taxes inflicted on businesses get passed to the consumer. Look at your phone bill sometime, there are at least 3-4 items added to pay for taxes and regulations passed by the government. Is that an energy policy? I guess the 10% ethanol has worked well, maybe the politician should go look at the price of corn, which means meat is going up as well. Good alternative solution. It would be better if a private company came up with an energy solution instead of the federal government. Last time I checked the Federal government can’t run anything efficiently. Check the dept of Education, Wellfare, Social Security… Now we want them to run Health Care. God I hope I do not get sick..
admin Says:
August 25th, 2008 at 8:50 am
So if it was left to the private sector to come up with an atomic bomb prior to WW II you are telling me it would have been accomplished? I think not. An massive energy program funded by the wealth of this nation is exactly what we need right now, not a paltry $300 million prize.

So you admit McCain is the same old politician. At least that is confirmed but I’m curious why you think Obama is an extremist.

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