Rolling Stone - The McCain Issue

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MAKE BELIEVE MAVERICK

"John has made a pact with the devil," says Lincoln Chafee, the former GOP senator, who has been appalled at his one-time colleague's readiness to sacrifice principle for power. Chafee and McCain were the only Republicans to vote against the Bush tax cuts. They locked arms in opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And they worked together in the "Gang of 14," which blocked some of Bush's worst judges from the federal bench.

"On all three — sadly, sadly, sadly — McCain has flip-flopped," Chafee says. And forget all the "Country First" sloganeering, he adds. "McCain is putting himself first. He's putting himself first in blinking neon lights."

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Rolling Stone (none / 0)
The cover story attempts to tear down the "myth" of John McCain, taking his "maverick" trope and tenets of "country first" and "straight talk" head on...

sean
portland

by sfinneganus on 10/06/2008 10:33:21 AM EST

Fire For Effect....Over (none / 0)
LA Times Says Free Ride Is Over
http://www.latimes.com/news /politics/la-na-aviator6-20 08oct06,0,7633315.story

McCain Domestic Terrorist Problem
http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=PDlpWfLyYss

by sfinneganus on 10/06/2008 11:22:57 AM EST

Excellent Links (none / 0)

McCain == smoldering ruin

And Digg that video, too.  Let's push it to the top.

by EveningStarNM on 10/06/2008 11:34:32 AM EST

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I saw McCain on the cover of Rolling Stone (none / 0)
When I was in Borders Books so I bought it. Haven't read it yet. Now I'm going to

by Chinese Democracy on 10/06/2008 12:34:43 PM EST

the story (none / 0)
well, of course the pieces of the story are familiar to politics junkies like us, but it did a good job of pulling it all together into a story.  And you can be sure many Americans don't know the story at all.  I particularly like the quotes from another decorated former POW who DID NOT share intelligence with his captors to get easier treatment (as McCain did), but instead tried to escape two times, risking his life in the process.  McCain basically broke the code of the POW by giving classified information to the North Vietnamese instead of putting COUNTRY FIRST.

by desertpear on 10/06/2008 01:54:30 PM EST

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