McCain/Palin supporters let their racist roots show

[JaneMas]

McCain/Palin supporters let their racist roots show | Crooks and Liars
By David Neiwert Thursday Oct 16, 2008 10:31am

Now an Al Jazeera camera crew caught the honest sentiments of McCain/Palin supporters at an Ohio rally:

“I’m afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He’s not a Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end up like?”

“When you got a Negra running for president, you need a first stringer. He’s definitely a second stringer.”

“He seems like a sheep - or a wolf in sheep’s clothing to be honest with you. And I believe Palin - she’s filled with the Holy Spirit, and I believe she’s gonna bring honesty and integrity to the White House.”

“He’s related to a known terrorist, for one.”

“He is friends with a terrorist of this country!”

[Nacionalista]

Im voting republican. (Period).

Obama had not convinced me to vote for him yet.

My experience as military is everytime the democrats get elected, the military get screwed.

I was fired from the Army during Clinton to save money during a force reduction crap, then turned around four months later game millions of $ to Mexico.

That was my retirement pay, and I don't like anyone messing with my future Habichuelas.

The force reduction was a big mistake, and to make the story short, that is why 13 years later I was begged to get back in.

I am back in the military now, and I am not going to let that happen again.

So, screw Obama.

[JaneMas]

Originally Posted by Nacionalista

Im voting republican. (Period).

Obama had not convinced me to vote for him yet.

My experience as military is everytime the democrats get elected, the military get screwed.

I was fired from the Army during Clinton to save money during a force reduction crap, then turned around four months later game millions of $ to Mexico.

That was my retirement pay, and I don't like anyone messing with my future Habichuelas.

The force reduction was a big mistake, and to make the story short, that is why 13 years later I was begged to get back in.

I am back in the military now, and I am not going to let that happen again.

So, screw Obama.

1. People should do their homework.

2. If you don't like anyone messing with your retirement then why do you approve of McCain sending Social Security, healthcare & Medicare to Wall St among many other services?

3. Clinton did downsized the military which helped balanced the budget. I think he could have done so in many other ways, but that was CLINTON and the facts are BUSH CONTINUED THE DOWNSIZING. Bush closed Walter Reed & many other military facilities see below & notice date!:

a)
05/19/2005 - Updated 06:47 AM ET
The Pentagon base closings index. State-by-state list of the base closings and realignments the Pentagon is recommending: USATODAY.com

b)
Posted 8/25/2005 8:51 AM Updated 8/26/2005 9:17 AM
Walter Reed Army Medical Center selected to close
By Dave Moniz, USA TODAY USATODAY.com - Walter Reed Army Medical Center selected to close

The Washington Independent » Veterans Groups Question McCain Voting Record

This is chock full of links to the roll call votes, and the roll call votes have links to the actual underlying bills and amendments. I present this so that there is support and things that can be rattled off when saying that McCain is not a friend of the military. Feel free to use it as you want, but this can be tied into the "Double Talk Express". But here is a very quick statement - John McCain skipped close to a dozen votes on Iraq, and on at least another 10 occasions, he voted against arming and equipping the troops, providing adequate rest for the troops between deployments and for health care or other benefits for veterans. Daily Kos: McCain's voting record - how he REALLY supports the troops

In mid 2007, Senator Reid noted that McCain missed 10 of the past 14 votes on Iraq. However, here is a summary of a dozen votes (two that he missed and ten that he voted against) with respect to Iraq, funding for veterans or for troops, including equipment and armor. I have also included other snippets related to the time period when the vote occurred.

September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments. At the time, nearly 65% of people polled in a CNN poll indicted that "things are going either moderately badly or very badly in Iraq.

July 2007: McCain voted against a plan to drawdown troop levels in Iraq. At the time, an ABC poll found that 63% thought the invasion was not worth it, and a CBS News poll found that 72% of respondents wanted troops out within 2 years.

March 2007: McCain was too busy to vote on a bill that would require the start of a drawdown in troop levels within 120 days with a goal of withdrawing nearly all combat troops within one year. Around this time, an NBC News poll found that 55% of respondents indicated that the US goal of achieving victory in Iraq is not possible. This number has not moved significantly since then.

February 2007: For such a strong supporter of the escalation, McCain didn’t even bother to show up and vote against a resolution condemning it. However, at the time a CNN poll found that only 16% of respondents wanted to send more troops to Iraq (that number has since declined to around 10%), while 60% said that some or all should be withdrawn. This number has since gone up to around 70%.

June 2006: McCain voted against a resolution that Bush start withdrawing troops but with no timeline to do so.

May 2006: McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.

April 2006: McCain was one of only 13 Senators to vote against $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.

March 2006: McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.

March 2004: McCain once again voted for abusive tax loopholes over veterans when he voted against creating a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes. Jeez, McCain really loves those tax loopholes for corporations, since he voted for them over our veterans' needs.

October 2003: McCain voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in Iraq by $322,000,000.

April 2003: McCain urged other Senate members to table a vote (which never passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests.

August 2001: McCain voted against increasing the amount available for medical care for veterans by $650,000,000. To his credit, he also voted against the 2001 Bush tax cuts, which he now supports making permanent, despite the dire financial condition this country is in, and despite the fact that he indicated in 2001 that these tax cuts unfairly benefited the very wealthy at the expense of the middle class.

So there it is. John McCain is yet another republican former military veteran who likes to talk a big game when it comes to having the support of the military. Yet, time and time again, he has gone out of his way to vote against the needs of those who are serving in our military.If he can’t even see his way to actually doing what the troops want, or what the veterans need, and he doesn’t have the support of veterans, then how can he be a credible commander in chief?

[PunkMaister]

Originally Posted by Nacionalista

Im voting republican. (Period).

Obama had not convinced me to vote for him yet.

My experience as military is everytime the democrats get elected, the military get screwed.

I was fired from the Army during Clinton to save money during a force reduction crap, then turned around four months later game millions of $ to Mexico.

That was my retirement pay, and I don't like anyone messing with my future Habichuelas.

The force reduction was a big mistake, and to make the story short, that is why 13 years later I was begged to get back in.

I am back in the military now, and I am not going to let that happen again.

So, screw Obama.

Let me get this straight, you vote conservative on one hand but again like so many over there in the states that have never lived here, nor intend too yet daydream of turning the island into a stinking republic? Well guess what what we Islanders won't take it. We are not going to take it, anymore as the song says...