Received from NH Dem Party Press Office April 7, 2006

THE DOUBLE TALK EXPRESS HITS NH

John McCain comes back to New Hampshire this weekend, but Granite Staters might not recognize what they hear.  On issue after issue, John McCain is spinning, parsing, double-talking, and downright abandoning the positions he championed in the past, all to help his 2008 campaign.  Was the John McCain of 2000 a fake moderate, pretending to support Roe vs. Wade and oppose the Bush tax cuts in order to get some easy headlines?  Or is the McCain of 2008 a fake right-winger, pretending to favor an abortion ban and voting for the Bush tax cuts in order to win his party's nomination? Lately it seems like both are true - and it's all just double-talk.

MCCAIN VS. MCCAIN

**ABORTION
"Maverick"
McCain Opposed Overturning Roe: It Would Force Women To Seek Illegal Abortions.  [SF Chronicle, 8/20/99]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Said He Wouldn't Be Bothered By Supreme Court Ban On Abortion.  [CBS News, 1/25/06]

**EVIL
"Maverick"
McCain Called Falwell "Evil Influence" on GOP. [Kansas City Star, 5/28/05]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Met With Falwell To Lay Groundwork for '08 Run & Agreed To Speak At Falwell's Liberty University.  [US News and World Report, 11/14/05; Lynchburg News & Advance, 3/28/06]

**TAX CUTS
"Maverick"
McCain Opposed Bush Tax Cuts. [Baltimore Sun, 5/27/01; Statement, 3/18/03]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Voted For Bush Tax Cuts.  [New York Times, 2/21/06]

**GAY MARRIAGE
"Maverick"
McCain Opposed Federal Gay Marriage Ban. [Los Angeles Times, 1/25/05]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Supports State Measure to Ban Gay Marriage. [Arizona Republic, 8/26/05]

**STANDING UP TO RACISM
"Maverick"
McCain Condemned Bush For Failing to Denounce Racist Beliefs At Bob Jones University.  [Fox, 2/24/00]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Endorsed George Wallace Jr., Keynote Speaker at White Supremacist Group Gathering. [AP, 11/17/05; 6/6/05]

**CREATIONISM/INTELLIGENT DESIGN
"Maverick"
McCain: Local Schools Should Decide on Teaching Creationism.  [Times Union, 8/28/99]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain: "Young People Have the Right to Be Told" About Intelligent Design; Enough Scientists Believe It Is Part of Science. [Courier Journal, 12/20/05; Arizona Daily Star, 8/28/05]

**PORT SECURITY
"Maverick"
McCain Criticized Bush Administration For Not Doing Enough On Port Security.  [NationalJournal.com, 5/16/03]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Called Questions Over The Dubai Port Deal A "Misplaced Priority."  [ABC News, 2/26/05]

**WAR ON TERROR
"Maverick"
McCain Had "No Confidence" In The Bush Administrations Handling Of Iraq. [Associated Press, 12/13/04]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Said Bush Administration "Earned Our Trust" In The War On Terror. [McCain Senate release, 2/21/06]

**NSA WIRETAPS
"Maverick"
McCain Thought Bush Broke The Law And Called For Hearings To Get Answers On Why Bush Circumvented FISA. [NBC News, 1/25/06, FOX News, 1/22/06]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Settled For Briefings On NSA Program To Select Senators.  [NBC, 2/9/06]

**IRAQ
"Maverick"
McCain Said The U.S. Made "Serious Mistakes" Which Led To Insurgent Victories In Iraq. [ABC News, 2/26/06]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
McCain Said Iraq Was "On The Right Track." [MSNBC, 3/1/06]

**REFORM
"Maverick"
McCain Said "This Is Why We Need To Clean Up The System, Because We're All Tainted By It." [Meet the Press, 2/20/00]

"Loyal Right-Winger"
Mccain Hires Phone-Jammer's Boss (Who Is Also Tied To Delay Scandals), And Rejects Tough Lobbying Reform [UL, 3/30/06; San Francisco Chronicle, 1/18/06]

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