They are called Obamacons. Of course, there are many more than three. However these three are the latest in an Obamacon parade. The three are former Rep. Jim Leach, former senator Lincoln Chafee and intelligence expert Rita Hauser. Here is what Chafee said:
"I served with Sen. McCain, and he and I were the only two to vote against the Bush/Cheney tax cuts," recalled Chafee. "During this campaign it is a different John McCain. He is saying he would make the tax cuts permanent. He is advocating more drilling whereas he voted against drilling in ANWR. It goes to his credibility. And that is such an important issue for this country... plus his foreign policy has been consistently with Bush/Cheney and I know from my perspective that is a huge issue for the United States."
This is a straight-shooting maverick? He challenged Bush on tax cuts and then switched to Bush's side. He challenged Bush on drilling for oil and then switched to Bush's side. Although he claims it isn't so, McCain has always been a hawk and more eager than neoconservatives to "bomb, bomb, bomb."
Another item. McCain offered a belligerent statement, similar to Bush's hawkish statement, on the recent Russia-Georgia conflict. Isn't that more presumptuous than anything Obama has done? Who does he think he is, offering advice to a foreign leader?
Republicans are opening their eyes and becoming Obamacons because they see that McCain is no maverick and that his policies are indistinguishable from those of Bush. And like the Democrats, these Republicans are tired of Bush.
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