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Flip-flops
Heather-Ann Schaeffner The Corner News published July 2, 2008 I am often irritated by how little the average person knows about what is going on in the world around them. I am infuriated when I see politicians openly and obviously capitalizing on that and no one doing anything about it. John McCain was an avid opponent of the new GI Bill when it was being debated and voted on in the House back in April. While the bill was on the Senate floor, McCain again voiced his opinion that expanding benefits for our veterans would not be a good thing. The Republican candidate for President did not take the time to show up and vote against the bill (that’s a political move so that his name is not listed as having actually ‘voted against’ it). The White House vowed to veto a new GI Bill if it came to the President’s desk. The Pentagon was official against the bill, stating that increasing education benefits would encourage soldiers to leave the military to go to school. The bill hit the President’s desk as an amendment in a supplemental appropriations bill. He passed it into law on June 30, 2008. In a press conference he read that McCain worked bi-partisanly to help pass this beneficial bill. I wish people would be more honest, if you are against something - be against it and that’s that. |
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It’s easy to put it like that and try to dumb down the complicated political process to make it look like Republicans such as Bush and McCain flip-flop on everything. In reality, one must often vote for something they are against in order to pass more important legislation or fund something more important (such as the war). It’s a pretty sketchy way to pass a bill when our soldier’s in a war zone depend on ammunition, food, fuel, and armor that has non-relevant bills attached to it.