Ms Smith, I’m in total agreement.

And here is a list of 27 of his flip flops in case anyone should argue with that fact: 1) Was against the Bush tax cuts; now is for making them permanent and even bigger. 2) Was against the GI Bill; now is for the GI Bill. 3) Was for immigration reform; now is against immigration reform - and repudiated his own prior position on immigration reform. 4) Opposed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill - which had his name on it. 5) Was for gay marriage, and then opposed gay marriage. 6) Was for Roe v. Wade, then was against Roe v. Wade; then for it, sort of; then against it, sort of. 7) Was for storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain; then was against it. 8) In 2000 was for military action against rogue states; now is against it, EXCEPT for Iran….which he sings about bombing and says it’s good to sell them cigarettes so we can kill them. 9) Negotiating with North Korea; was against it; then for it, especially when Bush did it. 10) Negotiating with Castro’s Cuba - in 2000 was for it, now against it. 11) No negotiating with terrorists except when Colin Powell went to Syria in 2002 and when, in 2006, said we’d eventually have to deal with Hamas. 12) Unilateral military action against terrorists in Pakistan - against it when Obama said it was good; for it when Bush did it in the spring of 2008. 13) Warrantless wiretaps - against them 6 months ago; for them now. 14) Torturing detainees - always against it; since he was tortured he should know. Now, in favor of torturing detainees. 15) Perpetual detention of detainees - bad a few years ago, good now. 16) Iraq - the right course in 2004; stay the course in 2005 and now he was always against the flawed strategy - especially when Rumsfeld was there. 17) Estate tax - for it in 2006; against it now. 18) 2004 - for privatizing Social Security; 2008 against privatizing Social Security. 19) February 2008 promised a balanced budget in 4 years. April 2008 said it will take 8 years. June 2008…..back to 4 years. [And, since he is now for the Bush tax cuts, balancing the budget EVER will be impossible.] 20) In 2008 - first glad to look at oil windfall profits tax; then it’s a bad idea - Jimmy Carter’s bad idea. 21) In 2000 - no new offshore oil drilling; now, just very recently, it’s a great idea. 22) In 2000 - attacked Bush fundraising leaders; in 2006 had some of the same people co-chair his own fundraisers. 23) In 2000 - Jerry Falwell was an “agent of intolerance”; in 2006 McCain delivered the commencement address at Falwell’s Liberty University and in 2008 McCain was big buddies with Rev. Hagee and Pastor Parsley. 24) Opposed and voted against the Martin Luther King holiday; now says he was for it. 25) 1986 - opposed South African divestment to attack apartheid; June 2008, praised it. 26) In 2000 - defended South Carolina’s Confederate flag as a symbol of heritage; in 2002 said it should come down and it was an “act of political cowardice to not take it down.” 27) 2000 - against teaching creationism in schools; 2005 - alternatives to evolution should be taught.

Your argument is flawed. A Democratic president this year will not insure a more liberal Supreme Court. In 2005, Obama was seriously thinking about voting to confirm John Roberts as chief justice. “Talking with his aides, the Illinois Democrat expressed admiration for Roberts’s intellect. Besides, Obama said, if he were president he wouldn’t want his judicial nominees opposed simply on ideological grounds.” (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/AR200708…) Good thing Chief of Staff Pete Rouse reminded him that vote would come back to bite him but it gives me absolutely no reassurance for the future of the Court under an Obama administration. Second, if it’s Roe v. Wade you’re referring to, the votes to overturn it are already there. Just look at Carhart v. Gonzales: Kennedy, Alito, Scalia, Thomas and Roberts. If Obama is elected and if Justice Stevens retires, it won’t matter if a raging liberal is appointed in Stevens’ place. The balance won’t shift.

Liz, I am in total agreement with you. I have liked and respected John McCain in the past, but believe he is totally out of touch with the direction that most Americans want to go and indeed the direction of the rest of the world. I don’t believe that is an age thing-I have a brother who is a year older, but is in step with the current trends. Although a republican, my brother will be voting for Obama.

insouciant total ignorance ? i wish i could get that on a bumper sticker…over a photo of McCain. perfect description.

His age wouldn’t bother me at all if his erratic flip-flopping on the issues since 2000 didn’t appear to me to possibly be signs of senility. I guess that would at least that would be an excuse for it. I still find it amazing as well as appalling that there are people who will actually vote for McCain because they want another Bush.