John McCain's Pandering and Flip-Flopping Make Him Unfit to Be President

There was a time when John McCain was moderate enough to garner votes from voters from both parties. Now he appeals to neither. Because McCain has lost all sense of integrity, having surrendered his dignity long ago. In 2001, McCain was one of just two GOP senators to vote against Bush’s destructive tax cuts. Now McCain makes a point of bragging about his support for making Bush’s tax cuts permanent. Recently McCain has been declaring that passing an economic package is at the very top of his agenda. But when the Senate voted earlier this month on a bill to provide assistance to seniors and veterans, McCain skipped the vote. The bill fell short by just one vote - McCain's. In the 2000 presidential campaign, Karl Rove launched vicious smear tactics against McCain on behalf of the Bush campaign. But McCain has now embraced Rove, saying that he has always respected Karl Rove as one of the great political minds in American politics. McCain as a serious presidential candidate has flipped and flopped like a hooked trout on a variety of issues from same gender marriage to the confederate flag. McCain led the battle against Dick Cheney on torture, even though it cost him donations, votes and endorsements. Recently, McCain was out pandering in force, supporting the torture of political prisoners (a de facto extension of support for these techniques to be used on American troops as well), so that his "principles" would not cost him a single "donation, vote, or endorsement."
When he found himself cash strapped, he even took money from the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth, the same group he has called "dishonest and dishonorable." And McCain has done a complete about face on the religious right He once called the religious right "agents of intolerance." Recently he stooped to deliver the commencement address at the late Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. Pandering is what McCain does best.