Thread: LYING AGAIN - McCain: 'I have not changed in my positions'

McCain: 'I have not changed in my positions'

Politics Daily: Former presidential nominee slams 'Eastern press'

Politics Daily
By Jill Lawrence


QUEEN CREEK, ARIZ. — It's dark, but still an oppressive 102 degrees, when Sen. John McCain agrees to talk to me in a parking lot next to his campaign SUV (flex-fuel and energy efficient, I'm assured). It's revved and running, no doubt for the air- conditioned comfort of those inside, but perhaps also for a quick getaway if needed.

I have a feeling our time will be short, so I plunge quickly into questions about the upcoming Aug. 24 Republican Senate primary . "Why are you spending so much money?" I ask ( nearly $20 million so far against former congressman J.D. Hayworth, who has been in the 30s or lower in polls for two months). "To win," McCain replies.

http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/08/ ... -spending/

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls ... -1168.html

"Do you think it takes that much to win?" I ask.

"Well, I don't know. But I've always done whatever's necessary to win," he says.

There's a slight pause while I consider what he said, and he probably wonders why he said it. Then I ask him about Sen. Lindsey Graham's remark to The New York Times, that Graham understands his friend's moves away from risky past positions because "John's got a primary. He's got to focus on getting re-elected."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/magaz ... wanted=all

McCain interrupts me. "Lindsey knows that I don't change in my positions," he says. "I have not changed in my positions. I know how popular it is for the Eastern press to paint me as having changed positions. That's not true. I know they're going to continue to say it. It's fundamentally false. Not only am I sure that they'll say it, you'll say it. You'll write it. And I've just grown to accept that."

I think to myself that I've already written it — as long ago as 2006, as recently as last month. I think, it's the core of Hayworth's campaign (his tagline is "A Consistent Conservative"). McCain has rationales for all of his shifts — on climate change, immigration, taxes, gays in the military — but there's no question there have been shifts. I don't say any of that. Instead, I say the crowd of 700 at the barbecue was friendly and there seems to be "a different sense of you here" than in Washington.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington ... OE=NEWISVA

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/11 ... e-against/

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McCain shifts easily on all positions.... except he cannot erase his involvement with the "Keating Five." Sen. Keating went to jail. How did McCain slip away?

Well, I don't know. But I've always done whatever's necessary to win," he says.

That's true...

Originally Posted by working4change

Well, I don't know. But I've always done whatever's necessary to win," he says.

That's true...

Heavy on the Irony


John McCain Was The Keynote Speaker For A 2006 ACORN Conference On Immigration Reform

It turns out that John McCain was the keynote speaker at a March 2006 conference sponsored by ACORN on Immigration Reform. Consider yourself zinged:

Bertha Lewis, Acorn’s chief organizer, said in a statement that came with the photo, “It has deeply saddened us to see Senator McCain abandon his historic support for ACORN and our efforts to support the goals of low-income Americans.â€

"Well, I don't know. But I've always done whatever's necessary to win," he says.


Thats probably one of the few truthful things McCain has ever said. And he means "WHATEVER".

quote("Well, I don't know. But I've always done whatever's necessary to win," he says.)quote


Politicians are so out of touch they don't realize how stupid they sound,
this man is about as conservative as Harry Reid.

Originally Posted by USA_born

"Well, I don't know. But I've always done whatever's necessary to win," he says.


Thats probably one of the few truthful things McCain has ever said. And he means "WHATEVER".

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

"To win," McCain replies.

"Do you think it takes that much to win?" I ask.

"Well, I don't know. But I've always done whatever's necessary to win," he says.

Like telling people what ever they want to hear at the moment? In other words, LIE.