First things First....

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The Following is from MoveOn. And with all the sniping and bitterness of this past weekend, I think it is more and more important that we keep the focus on who we MUST beat in the General Election...
10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):

1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.



2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."



3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.



4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."



5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.



6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.



7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."



8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.



9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."



10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.

This is important stuff. As this primary season drags on, the Demcratic party faces the dilemma of watching some of the more conservative, moderate and independent voters walk away from voting altogether or deciding that McCain is close enough to being a dem. Yes, I have seen these words written, on liberal message boards. We have mentioned here - on this blog - talk of some of our own party members becoming McCain Dems.

We must not let this happen. The man is not a maverick, and he is not a moderate. He is more of the same, More neo-conservatism, more war, more anti-environment, more big corp economics, more anti-children, more anti abortion, more bigoted policies... More of what we have had for the past 8 years, at the very least. The SCOTUS will have at least 2 vacancies during the next administration... This is our last chance to balance the nations highest court for probably the next 20 years (yes - 20 years).

It is time that we the people who care about the GE, get the word out, because the media is not. The headlines over the weekend were appalling, and not about John McCain. So until this primary is over, it is our job to pass this on because the change must - right now - be with us.

It's Monday, we have some great sound clips to giggle with (thanks Shane-o, Momma & the Mooks! :hug:) So I will see you inside.

:peace: and
Raine