The Campaign For McCain!

Don’t be insane, Vote for McCain, or you’ll be in pain!!!

Background

• Republican• Family• Navy• Political offices:

– 1982- Congress- Arizona– 1986- Senate. Now the senior senator from

Arizona.– 2000- ran unsuccessfully for the Republican

nomination for President – the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on

Armed Services. – serves on the Senate Committee on Commerce,

Science and Transportation, and the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

All of this is an example of his politicalleadership and public service

Prisoner of WarJohn McCain lies in a hospital bed in Hanoi, North Vietnam, after being taken prisoner of war.

Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III after his release from captivity in Vietnam.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/01/28/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-a-first-person-account.html

The Iraq War

• Stay in until they can support themselves

• Reconciliation• Creating an ally and a Middle Eastern

peace force• Counter insurgency• Honesty• National security

National Security- Top Priority

HealthcareGive tax credits to those who want a plan desired to their needs ($ 5,000 to families to buy their own insurance)

Shift the emphasis from insurance provided by employers and bought by individuals, to foster competition and driving down prices

Against universal health care coverage

Wants to help lower income families afford their premiums

Source: http://www.poligazette.com/2008/04/30/john-mccains-health-care-plan/

Education“I’m John McCain and I want YOU

to be smarter!”

Quality: teachers, salaries, virtues

“Good teachers should earn more than bad lawyers”

The Economy

-We can not pass millions of dollars of

debt to our children!

-Reduce SPENDING, increase

EFFICIENCY- Economic

strength military strength! John

McCain wants YOU to be safe!

TaxesTough Times!

No tax wastes!

McCain’s model: Reagan! His tax cuts matched spending cuts

More tax exemption for dependents (that means YOU!)

The EnvironmentoClimate Change:

oCap-and-Trade systemoEnergy IndependenceoIncrease regulations on emissions requirements

oWildlifeoIncrease ability to hunt (to an extent)oHabitat protection

oCreate Green JobsoPreserve National Parkso“Climate Policy Must Spur The Development And Deployment Of Advanced Technology.”

Nuclear weapons

o Supporter of Missile defenses

oReduce nuclear stockpile and counter Bush’s push for a second generation of Nuclear weapons

oWork with Russia to strengthen protection

oTry to stop China from progressing.

Interesting Facts•McCain said "I want to give every American a $5,000 refundable tax credit." – This is only half true. McCain wants to give each American single 2500 and each American Couple 5000.•Obama said "The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots." – This is completely false. This number is too large and this idea is not the centerpiece of McCain’s education policy.•Obama also said “"And 100 percent, John, of your ads . . . 100 percent of them have been negative." – This is unbelievably false. Only 73% have been estimated to be negative, while 61% of Obama’s ads have been estimated to be negative.•McCain’s statement “I have disagreed strongly with the Bush administration on this issue" of global warming.” is completely true.

Bibliography

•www.johnmccain.com

•http://ontheissues.org/default.htm

•http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item.php?item_id=2849&issue_id=2

•http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052701367.html

•Interesting facts from: www.politifact.com and http://www.factcheck.org