Tag: john mccain
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McCain Biographer Now Sez: “not a principled man.”
Elizabeth Drew, who penned a rather adulatory McCain biography just a few years ago (Citizen McCain, 2002), says: … In retrospect, other once-hailed McCain efforts – his cultivation of the press (“my baseâ€) and even his fight for campaign finance reform (launched in the wake of his embarrassment over the Keating Five scandal) now seem…
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John McCain Pledges to Eradicate Government
John McCain has promised to balance the federal budget by 2013. He's also pledged to enact a tax plan that will deliver a budget deficit of $650 billion dollars in 2013. Just to give these numbers a little perspective: Agency 2013 Projected Outlays Agriculture $120 billion Commerce $9 billion Education $86 billion Energy $30 billion…
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The Republican Energy “Plan”?
Here's the best description I've seen of McCain's plan for American "energy independence": The image was produced by these guys, with data from the Energy Information Administration. HT to Gristmill and Mark Thoma. Related posts: The Villain of Building Energy Efficiency: Triple-Net Leases. Not Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit The Efficiency of De Ebil Gubmint Man…