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Originally posted by ZTAngel
Oh, I definitely agree that McCain is far from being liberal. He is very conservative and his record in Congress demonstrates this. But, if I had to choose between Bush and McCain, I'd choose McCain hands down. In 2008, if McCain were to get the Republican Presidential bid, I would most likely vote Democratic (since I find Democrats are more in line with my values) unless the Democratic candidate was truly, truly, truly horrible.
I get you with the Lieberman thing. I think he's been unfairly criticized by many people for being non-partisan in his voting. I think it's a problem of both parties - we encourage our senators (and citizens) to be free-thinkers but then create a backlash against the senators who don't vote with the rest of their party. If you look at his voting record in Congress, Lieberman is very liberal. He may not stand up for the Democratic party as much as I would like but he votes with the members of his party the majority of the time.
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The reason that people have these ideas about McCain and Lieberman is the media. Lieberman is considered conservative and Hilary isn't? Actually the rotweiler liberal congresswomen from California know they can never take on a Clinton so they don't say anything about her. Lieberman and both Clintons are from the center in the Dem party. Lieberman was for the Iraq war just as many other Dems were. He hasn't changed his position and this bothers some like Dean who want to use Iraq as a political tool (politics over what's good for the country, not that there is anything wrong with that). Otherwise, he is a staunch Dem.
My thought is that McCain got an image in the media of not being tough early on. People laugh at George Bush's speeches to the public now but McCain buckled under pressure during their debates when George pulled a campaign pamphlet on him. His "hero" image took another hit when the genius that is Karl Rove attacked his military background. He bounced back but not all the way so people think he's somewhere in the middle when he's not. That's what I think anyway.
-Rudey