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October
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- Polls Tightening? Nope.
- The Bush/Cheney Legacy in a Nutshell, Courtesy of ...
- Got Pitchfork?
- McCain Advisor Calls Palin a "Whack Job"
- Unsung Heroes: Americans with Principle Refuse to ...
- Voting For is Not the Same as Voting Against
- Nearby Solar System Looks Like Our Own at Time Lif...
- A Must Read: The Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Sho...
- The Mormon Church Has Lost My Respect
- Watch America Go Back to Sleep
- The Hysteria in Broadcasting Network
- The $150,000 Hockey Mom
- Do You Live in "Real America"?
- Where I've Been
- On the Powell Endorsement
- The GOP -- Not Bottom Yet, But Getting There
- I'm Back
- Ct. Supreme Court Overturns Gay Marriage Ban
- Not Just a Warmonger -- A Hatemonger
- Irony Meter Mass Extinction Event
- The Stones Begin to Pound Sarah Palin's Glass House
- Thoughts on the Second Debate
- British Man Shot for Wearing Obama T-Shirt
- "Dishonorable?" John McCain's Picture Should Be Ne...
- I Designate October 2008 as "Adopt Hussein for You...
- Pig Without Lipstick Deported from Kenya
- The "D" Team
- Independent Vermont Gubernatorial Candidate Tony O...
- The Media Allows Sarah Palin's Propaganda Campaign
- The False Equivalence of Ayers and Keating
- Sarah Palin's America
- Gut Feeling
- CHANGE: "Come Help A Nigger Get Elected"
- McCain: "Who Is The Real Barack Obama?" McCain Sup...
- Oops, I Overestimated the Competence of the McCain...
- Dismantling McCain's War Hero Mythos
- Maybe It's Time to Put Women in Charge of Wall Street
- Phony "Maverick" McCain Can't Even Run His Own Pre...
- Time for Americans to Learn More About Sarah Palin...
- Obama Goes Right at McCain on Keating Five
- Ken Burns: This is not the John McCain New Hampshi...
- Sarah Palin Continues to be an Obnoxious, Lying Bitch
- Overt Racism from the Republican Party Begins
- Obama's Lead Stable for the Moment
- Sarah Palin Cowardice Watch -- Six Weeks with No F...
- The Last Resort of the Desperate -- Character Assa...
- Labor Leader Tackles Anti-Obama Racism Head On
- Troopergate Investigation Enters the Home Stretch
- How a Real Woman Leader Deals with the Public
- Sarah Palin Debate Flowchart
- The Silliness of "Expectations"
- MediaCurves Snap Poll - Biden Crushes Palin
- Initial VP Debate Thoughts
- VP Debate - Live Blog #10
- VP Debate - Live Blog #9
- VP Debate - Live Blog #8
- VP Debate - Live Blog #7
- VP Debate - Live Blog #6
- VP Debate - Live Blog #5
- VP Debate - Live Blog #4
- VP Debate - Live Blog #3
- VP Debate - Live Blog #2
- Live from St. Louis... It's the Sarah Palin Show! ...
- Make-Believe Maverick
- Voters Continue to Wake Up About Palin
- Top Ten Things Overheard at Sarah Palin's Debate C...
- John McCain -- Shameless, Unrepentant Liar
- Now Over a Month Since Palin Was Selected
- Oh, How Fox Does Amuse Me
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The grading system is based on how the Senators dealt with 9 different votes on pro-veteran legislation. Of those 9, McCain voted for 3 of them and didn't vote at all on the other 6 (Obama voted for 5 and missed 4 of them). Not voting is the federal equivalent to voting "present" in Illinois, yet an absent senator is scored the same was as having voted "no." Also, three of the votes were on the same piece of legislation. Had that been scored as 1 law instead of 3 votes, Obama would have voted for 3 laws and voted absent on 4, and McCain would have voted for 3 laws and voted absent on 4.
Seems like a flawed system to me, although I wouldn't be shocked to hear Obama mention it tonight.
He has abysmal ratings from other veterans' groups as well. Obama scores better in every area.
And then there's the GI Bill that he tried to kill and then took credit for.
I can only comment on what you give us, Charles. If there are veterans groups that have credible grading systems, then that would be useful information. The guy has been in Congress forever, so I'm sure there is a long paper trail showing if he really supports them or not.
Incidentally, I thought McCain had a pretty reasonable argument as to why his alternative bill was better than Webb's GI Bill.
Ariel -- I registered my complaints with McCain's voting record on the military in this article.
And yes, he had some valid points. But as usual, he didn't stand by them, and then he tried to score cheap political points by distorting what he did. Sure, all politicians do that, but here it is part of a pattern of talking a good game about supporting the troops but not following through.
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