Reform or Revision?

McCain and Palin would like to have you believe that they are the champions of reform. The facts would indicate otherwise:

McCain who has been a loyal Republican for over 25 years in Congress is hardly a reformer. He has consistently voted over 90% of the time with the Bush Administration. From his early days in Congress when he supported Charles Keating, the corrupt leader of the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan during the S&L crisis, to his latest support for big oil interests, McCain has championed special interests. His top campaign officials are all well known lobbyists with NeoCon affiliations. They will continue to passionately pursue the same Bush Republican strategies and policies that have brought us war, deficits, and an economic crisis the likes of which we have not seen since the great depression. Despite their rhetoric, they could care less about health care, real energy independence, or a different world view for America.

Anyone watching the Republican convention in St. Paul only a few weeks ago listened to one speaker after the other address the cheering crowd about "Islmo-Facism", "Drill Baby Drill," and continued tax cuts for corporations and the most wealthy Americans. Meanwhile, the crowd roared wildly in support. Someone please tell me where is the reform in all this? Did they talk about ending the war? Did they talk about regualtion for Wall Street? Did they talk about renewable energy? No! But, by conveniently cancelling the visit from Bush and Cheney while wrapping themselves in community service and the fan-fare over new right wing superstar pick for VP, they simply changed the dialogue away from the reckless Republican agenda of the last eight years. They then cleverly recast John McCain into a reformer. Reformer? I call this what it is: "Revision not Reform."

Here is some Republican Straight Talk: If you want to ship your jobs overseas, ship your money to the Middle East, ship your kids off to war, and then charge the nine trillion dollar national debt off to your grand kids, then vote Republican. They have the track record to prove it.