Compromise?

John McCain is opposed to raising any taxes. However, he is in favor of considering raising taxes to save social security. McCain is also in favor in allowing oil companies to keep tax incentives. Joe Lieberman is currently on Meet the Press claiming that this is not flip-flopping, it is compromising in good faith with Democrats.

Barack Obama has recently said he is willing to consider allowing offshore drilling if holding that position will help pass a comprehensive energy plan. According to Lieberman, that is a flip-flop. It seems only Democrats make flip flops, forget the huge changes in political positions made by Mitt Romney and John McCain.

Joe Lieberman could not honestly answer a single question about John McCain on Meet the Press. Why? Because Republican Presidential campaigns are no longer about issues. They are all about making you afraid of the opposition party. In this particular campaign, they have a secondary purpose of making a certain segment of our population afraid of a black man with a funny name.

John McCain is running the same kind of campaign against Obama as was run against him by G.W. Bush in 2000. That is not a surprise. The people that run Republican Presidential campaigns (Rove acolytes) were all trained by Lee Atwater, the master of dirty tricks.

Republicans have chosen a presidential candidate that they really don't like. They have chosen a man who, I think, believes in running an honest campaign on the issues but, unfortunately, has decided he can only win with the help of Atwater/Rove dirty campaign tactics.

I was in favor of John McCain over George Bush in 2000. I was in favor of looking at McCain as a possible Democratic Vice-Presidential partner in John Kerry's campaign. Unfortunately, John McCain has sadly shown he is not the man he claimed to be for so many years. It is sad to see such a man dishonor himself the way he has over the last several weeks.