Friday, March 19, 2010

Joe Scarborough: McCain is no conservative

H/T Sonoran Alliance. McCain has a radio ad citing talkshow host and former Congressman Joe Scarborough as evidence of his alleged conservatism. Oh really? Last year during the presidential campaign, Joe Scarborough let loose on the concept of McCain as a conservative:
A conservative is not a man who calls tax cuts that George Bush passed that would revive the economy, "tax cuts for the rich." That is not a conservative. A conservative is not a man who is one of two Republicans standing alone in Washington, D.C. voting against these tax cuts that every other Republican supported in Washington, D.C. That is not a conservative. A conservative is not a man that teams up with Teddy Kennedy to produce a bill that is nothing short of amnesty that would allow 12 million illegal immigrants to gain legal status if John McCain's bill and Ted Kennedy's bill becomes law. That is not a conservative. A conservative is not somebody that goes on Tim Russet's show a couple of weeks ago and says that if that amnesty bill that will allow 12 million illegal immigrants to become citizens, the next day he does not go on that show and say, "Yes, I would sign that bill. But don't worry, it's not going to come to my desk." That is not a conservative. A conservative is not a man who says that he wants to increase taxes 50 cents per gallon on the American people, trying to push through a bill that the rest of the world won't join onto. That is not a conservative. I could go on forever and ever.
On another show, Scarborough expressed his incredulity that McCain had sent out campaign mailers attacking Mitt Romney for not supporting Bush's tax cuts early enough - yet McCain voted against those very tax cuts and said he was "proud" to vote against them! Scarborough said "it smells like dirty politics and dirty campaigning. Which John McCain complained about in 2000."

2 comments:

Andra said...

McCain just received the National Taxpayers Award for being the THIRD MOST FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE MEMBER IN SENATE...your information is incorrect!

Republican said...

I could just as easily made this remark about JD. The media has such an interesting way of turning the truth to show their readers what they WANT to be the truth. The truth is, McCain is conservative, he has proven such and will continue to prove so as he will win this election.