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I can't figure this out...

OK, let's see. John McCain is going to "change Washington".

How does that compute?

His party has controlled the Presidency for the last 8 years.
They've controlled the Senate for 10 of the last 14 years.
They've controlled the House for 12 of the last 14 years.

If he does get elected, he'll face a Democratic House and a Democratic Senate.

He has yet to propose any substantial policy shifts that I've seen that differ from the Bush administration.

The only vague suggestion is stopping "earmarks" like the ones Gov. Palin secured for her town and state (multiple ones she pushed for and celebrated securing are on McCain's list of no-no's).

And, to top it all off, he buckled under to pressure from the extremist Moral Majority wing of his party instead of picking the VP candidate he really wanted. The same wackos who brought us... George W Bush.

So where, exactly, is this "change" supposed to come from?


Comments (2)

He thinks it's 2000.

He wanted to run on "more of the same", but somebody was already using the slogan.

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