voting record

I often discuss candidates based on their past voting record, because let's face it, we want to know where candidates REALLY stand, not just what they say. I have previously exposed John McCain's right wing extremist voting record, including his consistently anti-choice, anti-Veteran, anti-farmer and anti-labor votes. Whatever McCain CLAIMS, his voting record shows he is not in touch with the mainstream of Americans. The National Jewish Democratic Council also compares McCain's extremist stands with Obama's moderate, mainstream stands. And the Sierra Club slams McCain on the environment. Even George Bush's own Pastor slams McCain's character and morals and endorses Obama.

The Sierra Club sent out an email today highlighting the efforts of another environmental organization, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV). LCV just put out their annual Congressional Scorecard, and the Sierra Club wants everyone to notice that John McCain received a big fat zero. McCain scored as low as anyone could on environmental issues.

Here is the email from the Sierra Club:

Two weeks ago John McCain was the only Senator to duck a crucial vote on the future of clean energy in America -- dooming to failure the measure that would have helped make renewable energy more affordable and accessible. Now it turns out this missed vote is part of a pattern.

Last week, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the 2007 National Environmental Scorecard giving Senator McCain a score of ZERO. According to the scorecard, McCain was the only member of Congress to skip all 15 crucial environmental votes scored by LCV.

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