The real McCain : why conservatives don't trust him, and why independents shouldn't /
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| Author / Creator: | Schecter, Cliff. |
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| Imprint: | Sausalito, CA : PoliPointPress, c2008. |
| Description: | 187 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7307485 |
| Summary: | Thinking about voting for McCain? Read this book. Cliff Schecter's hard-hitting profile explores the gap between the public record of Senator John McCain and his media image. Drawing on a range of sources and adding his unique perspective and humor, Schecter guides the reader though McCain's long history of expedient flip-flops, especially on his signature issues of national security and campaign finance reform. Far from a straight-talking maverick, McCain emerges as a temperamental political chameleon who will do or say virtually anything to become president of the United States. On issue after issue - including the invasion and occupation of Iraq, torture, abortion, and gay rights - The Real McCain reveals a politician who started as a Goldwater Republican, experienced a brief period after sanity after his loss to George W. Bush in 2000, and began pandering to the very groups he challenged after deciding to run again in 2008. |
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| Physical Description: | 187 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780979482298 0979482291 |
