>Someone who has strong Marxist-Leninist tendencies.
You know, I had a seminar course in Marxism back in the seventies and
it took us an entire semester just to read the most elementary texts
involved. Am I to assume that you mean the term as defined by the
Stalinists, or are you more of a Trotskyite in your concept. Then
again, you might be an admirer of the Khrushchevian definition, or
perhaps the Maoist interpretation.
My point is that you are throwing around terminology that has more
weight than your use of it.
>Someone who has the worst possible friends and associates.
You mean like "The Keating Five"? Perhaps you mean someone like Ken
Lay? Maybe Bebe Rebozo?
>Someone who has actively supported groups engaged in voter fraud.
Please! In Chicago! "I'm shocked..."
>Someone who believes deeply in wealth redistribution.
cf. "Whiskey Rebellion", c. 1790's.
yawn...
>Someone who has a grand total of 143 days of "service" (out of 4 years in the Senate).
"MISSED VOTES:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000303/votes/missed/
John McCain has missed 407 votes (63.8%) during the current Congress."
"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Russia invades Georgia and President Bush goes on
vacation. Our president has spent one-third of his entire two terms in
office either at Camp David, Maryland, or at Crawford, Texas, on
vacation.
His time away from the Oval Office included the month leading up to
9/11, when there were signs Osama bin Laden was planning to attack
America, and the time Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city of New
Orleans"
"George Bush Sr. took all or part of 543 vacation days at Camp David
and in Kennebunkport. Ronald Reagan spent 335 days at or en route to
his Santa Barbara, California, ranch during his eight years in office.
Of recent presidents, Jimmy Carter took the least days off -- only 79
days, which he usually spent at his home in Georgia. That's less than
three weeks a year, which is closer to the average American's paid
time off of 13 days per year."
"What about Clinton? As of December 1999, President Bill Clinton had
spent only 152 days on holiday during his two terms, according to CBS
News."
BTW - this might be of particular interest to you:
"How much does John McCain know about his campaign manager's lobbying
history and potential current business interests inside Ukraine -- and
when did he know it?
The stakes of the answer to that question are increasing, due both to
the continuing controversy over the role of lobbyists in McCain's
second presidential run, as well as the press inquiry into the
connections between McCain campaign manager Rick Davis and the global
business and political interests in Ukraine, a country represented by
the lobbying firm that bears his name -- Davis-Manafort.
The Davis lobbying firm offered political consulting services to the
pro-Russian "Party of Regions" inside Ukraine."
(Where not specifically cited, quotes are from various news sources
and you can look them up yourself.)
have a nice day.
tom watson
