McCain Talks Environment, Misses Votes When It Counts **
John McCain Skipped Every Crucial Vote in 2007, Ranked Dead Last Among all 535 Members of Congress
(click image to see McCain's dismal 2007 record)
McCain skipped every one of the 15 votes that the League of Conservation Voters deemed critical measures for the environment, including votes where the Arizona Senator's yea would have meant passage by a single-vote margin.
McCain has won support from many environmentalists ... but his absenteeism on important votes this session calls into question his reputation as a maverick who might buck the party line on some energy and environmental issues.
"Out of 535 Members of Congress, John McCain is the only one who chose to miss every single key environmental vote scored by the League of Conservation Voters last year. When it came time to stand up and vote for the environment, John McCain was nowhere to be found," said Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club. "Every other Member who received a zero from LCV last year at least had the temerity to show up and vote against the environment and clean energy time after time. And unlike John McCain, I doubt any of them would claim to be environmental leaders or champions on global warming."
Although McCain likes to play up his environmental record in a positive light, and the media often plays along, the facts don't always back it up, and since he began his run for the White House he has ignored environmental issues entirely. "McCain’s LCV score exposes the real record behind the rhetoric: a lifetime pattern of voting with polluters and special interests instead of consumers and the planet when it comes time to stand up and be counted. Or perhaps worse yet: a consistent refusal to stand up and be counted at all." The Sierra Club is sponsoring a letter to the editor campaign to help point out the hypocrisy. Check here for a sample letter and information on how to find your local newspaper.
Also, see how Clinton & Obama measured up and a comparison of each's environmental record here.
**corrected title and photo: After reading some of the comments from our readers it has become clear that the previous title reference to "MIA" offended many. That wasn't my intent. I am sorry. That's one of the great things about this blog is the comments. The threads are often our source for breaking news and 'what just happened on such and such channel', and perspectives that run the gamut. And if and when we make a mistake or cross a line, as I did in this case, you guys and gals are like having dozens of editors and ombudspersons. I hope you will accept my apology. -- Bill W.
"MIA" is in poor taste. Otherwise, I think the record is fair game to go after.
Yes, McCain is a piece of shit.
So is every politician.
I place my faith in Obama.
But I'm not naive.
What about those Native Americans evicted from their lands to make way for the mining company.
WTF how the hell does this happen in modern America
brutal genocide
Good old fashioned Republican values, the weak to the wall and profits before people.
MIA IS IN BAD TASTE.....
ON THE ENVIRONMENT MCCAIN IS.................. D.O.A.
MIA is exactly what he is.
Missing inaction.
Voting is overrated. Empty rhetoric is what people really like!
Say one thing, do another, then dine with Satan for an eternity! Everyone wins!
John McCain made 32 propaganda tapes for the Viet Cong Communists.
And had them all classified...
Vietnam Veterans Against McCain
I disagree with this. Can't a non-vote be counted as a half-yea vote? At least he had a smigdeon of decency to not vote against the environment. Not that he should be seen as anything other than the fake that he is.
And it's not just the environment McCain's MIA from.
This begs the question how many votes has McCain missed - across all issues -in his legislative career? Clinton?
If people are going to attack Barack Obama on missing votes in the Illinois Legislature, we should contextualize Barack's record with the voting record of his opponents.
Unfortunately, not a lot of people really give a rats ass about the environment. We can now thank the NY Times for making McSplain appear to be the target for angry-left-liberal smears. The Media WANTS a McCain Presidency. It will be harder now to throw legitimate charges against him and have the Media take them seriously.
His voting record is almost as good as his real military record...884 out of a class of 889 at the
academy , shot down on 4 th mission , voted for torture and was a song bird in captivity ,
Surrounded by lobbyist in his campaign , straight talk express my ass , but I guess he is the best
that party has too offer , so pathetic .
theWalrus @ 11:
No thinking permitted comrade.
I think the term, "McCain MIA on the environment" is very appropriate. In fact, I would go so far as to say that McCain is negligent and derelict in his duties as a U.S. Senator. I can understand if a Presidential candidate were to miss a few votes but when they consistently miss all voting then its obvious that the Senator does not take his job seriously. Its also a clear indication that McCain may be unfit to handle the many tasks placed upon the President.
I agree that using the term MIA is in poor taste and lowers the level of discourse.
I don't get it. Didn't Hillary and Obama miss a bunch of votes as well? These are part time jobs, at best. Why can't any of these fucks do them?
I say miss three votes and you're out. That's the way it is in college. That's the way it is for prison.
How about "Disreputable Puke" instead of MIA?
Impeach McCain!
We don't need a McPresident.
VietVet8666 @ 2:
i place my faith in shorts!
mine
I think Republicans have a death wish. They wish we would all die. I can find no other explanation for such wanton and reckless disregard for the environment.
If Obama is the nominee, then my vote for him shall be considered a vote for the environment, nothing more, nothing less.
BIGBONEDED @ 12:
Agreed. McCain is and always has been an under achiever and to get him to move in the direction you want him to go all one has to do is simply apply the pressure. McCain has lead his entire life, and now his campaign in just this same way.
lolarusa @ 15:
I can agree with you to an extent but lets not put McCain's military service or the various follow up military comparisons beyond scrutiny. Everyone knows about McCain's service in Vietnam yet it is that same past military service that makes up a good portion of the Presidential candidate we see see today. If McCain where still serving in the Navy today as a low level officer would the Navy hesitate to list McCain UA or even MIA if he failed to show up for duty? I think not. They would do it in a heartbeat and we should be doing the same thing when it comes to McCain's voting records.
and since he began his run for the White House he has ignored environmental issues entirely
That's not accurate, as I've seen him on CSPAN at campaign stops talk about the environment and Climate Change. Problem is, like others have said, he's all talk and little action on that front.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/22/open-thread-50th-anniversary-of...
McCame and Went
I agree the M.I.A. part is poor taste. I don't care for McCain and pray he doesn't get in, but considering the man was a prisoner of war, I think the M.I.A. label is incredibily bad taste.
Straight Shooter @ 21:
its the Rapture ('oven' ready) and or Armageddon crowd, wonderful happy cheerful people these, anybody else not claiming fantasy voices in the sky guiding them, would be locked up for treatment in a padded cell.
ferrofluid @ 27:
I had a conversation with my friend this evening, a christian conservative McCain supporter. When he started his usual rant about how he could solve our problems by turning the sand in Iraq to glass I told him to stop saying such rediculous statements because we both knew he will never have his finger on the button. Finally he said, in all seriousness, "Well I'm praying for Jesus' return on November 10th, so he wouldn't have to worry about who the next president will be".
While typing this thought maybe I'm starting to make him bend his belief if he doesn't want to have to vote for McCain.
true, but he DID spell rIdiculous incorrectly..
While typing this I thought
Well at least it wasn't a misspelling.
Quiet Burp @ 25:
#302, thanks! :)
The entire (211) current (as of Friday 12:01am pst) McName List :-D
and
Friday’s C&Ler’s contributions to the McNames McList (current total at the time 268) :-D
You's guys is awsum prolificatin' McNamifiers - Thankz! =(8<:}-)
Saint Augustine @ 28:
I've ran into those same type of people. Many times, they are looking for someone to save them or they bring up some simplistic, insane idea about how their candidate such as McCain will deal with enemies (I.E. turning the middle east into green glass). They always fail to realize that by carrying out those suggestions a whole host of even more severe problems will arise. People like them are simple minded, ignorant and foolish.
This adds to the rapidly forming narrative that McCain's actions are often at odds with his high-minded words. He goes out of his way to claim these very pure positions on many issues, but his voting record simply doesn't support his claims. That makes him a hypocrite, a man who does not keep his word, a pollitician who does not tell the truth, you choose.
The environment simply can't afford another conservative or flip-flopping conservative Republican in office. Basic fundamental neo-conservative idealism doesn't believe it's up to the government to worry about the environment. That thinking spills over into conservative idealism as well. Instead, we should pray our way out of climate change. God will take care of it.
Let's just pray another Republican doesn't get elected. We already lost 7 years of progress on dealing with climate change and enviromental issues.
McNotVoting?
Mc2Busy2Vote?
McZzzzz?
Go take your Geritol and leave the world be, Old Man Mac!
I've long suspected that votes are manipulated. For example when a congress(wo)man is in a tight race, (s)he is allowed to vote against the Repub stance, IF his constituents lean that way and IF his vote won't swing the final result. That way (s)he can go home and say (s)he voted for that good conservation bill. Does anyone have a close vote where the "independent-minded" Repub actually made a difference?
Like it or not, the Democrats don't vote in lockstep. While some of us may be aggravated by that, I prefer to see representatives who not only are independent thinkers, but also vote that way. Minnesota's late Senator Wellstone often voted against legislation the Clinton administration was pushing.
MN USA @ 37:
Its the 'whip' system, ie party organizers in the Houses who make sure individual Sens or Reps follow party guidelines, as the wiki article claims its lighter in the US than the UK.
In the UK theres the suspicion that the 'whips' use blackmail (of members hidden crimes) as well as verbal persuasion.
With the lockstep attitude of 99% of Republicans and their insane cruel policies and all the many documented scandals, it prob applies to them too. Turkeys voting for Xmas sums up it up for them sometimes.
justabill @ 9:
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However, he is NOT missing any opportunity to CASH IN !!
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The following speaks volumes about McCain's character and his threshold for hypocrisy, that the loopholes are everywhere McCain is. His weird wife Cindy is also in it up to her weird vicodined eyeballs..
It concerns McCains' GRAFT in connection w/ New Cardinals Stadium where the last Superbowl was won by NY Giants, just a few weeks ago.
Did McCain Finally Get His Stadium Help Payoff?
Cardinals, Anheuser-Busch ink sponsorship deal
Subject: the 2003 Glendale, AZ Cardinals stadium deal in which Sen. McCain personally intervened to get the $600 million deal approved. After approval for the stadium, Anheuser Busch was given the single contract for alcohol serving .
The company that holds the distribution rights for Anheuser Busch is Hensley Co, whose Chairman of the Board, Cindy Hensley McCain received nearly $50 million dollars in a bonus payment after the stadium deal was secured.
The issue is not what politicians do with their private lives-- the problem is graft. And the public life of John McCain shows a continued pattern of duplicity to enrich his own pockets.
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QUIZ
Q: Which politician worked to get the FAA to approve the doomed Cardinal Tempe Stadium?
A: John McCain
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Q: Who just landed the alcohol deal for the Cardinals?
A: Anheuser-Busch
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Q: Who has the distribution rigths for Phoenix area?
A: The Hensley Company
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Q: Who is Hensley's Chairman of the Board?
A: Cindy Hensley McCain
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http://www.abwholesaler.com/hensley/AboutUs/AboutUs
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You Too Can Connect The Straight-Talking Dots...
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New Cardinals Stadium
The stadium is the first and only stadium in North America that is capable of completely removing the grass playing field from the stadium
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The roof is made out of translucent "Bird-Air" fabric and opens in twelve minutes. It is the first retractable roof ever built on an incline.
Facility information
The unsolved criminal attacks of October 2001 on certain senators is prob the most radical and vicious whip tactics in modern US history (or of any democratic western country). It got the Patriot Act through the Houses unread with nary a no vote.
It doesnt matter if they do choose McCain as the GOP candidate, the more critical issue is who will be their VP candidate,
I suspect they plan on 'Reaganing' McCain if he gets the top job. Age or a whacko lone 'you know what' will get the VP into the top job.
switchgrass @ 8:
"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of conflict."
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