I am sooo tired of hearing the lie that McCain voted 90% of the time with Bush!!!
From Team Obama (and the BC ilk) referencing McCain:
“He talked about bipartisanship but didn’t mention that he’s been a Bush partisan 90 percent of the time…”
According to the Washington Post’s Votes Database Project, http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/,the claims of Obama and the DNC are 100% false. McCain, unlike Obama, does not consistently tow the party line. McCain, unlike Obama, can honestly talk about his bipartisanship.
During the 110th Session of Congress, McCain placed 65th in his party having voted along the party line 88% of the time; Obama placed 12th, voting along the D party line 96% of the time.
During the 109th session of congress, McCain placed 94th, voting along the party line 79.4% of the time; the wiper-snapper placed 5th, voting along the party line 94.8% of the time.
In the 108th and 107th sessions, McCain placed 93rd in both and of course BO wasn’t in Congress at that time, he was doing his damage and conspiring for greater damage in IL.
Rank and % of time voted with party:
2007-2008
Obama – 12th – 96.0%
McCain – 65th – 88.0%
2005-2006
Obama – 5th – 94.8%
McCain- 94th – 79.4%
Of the two, the only one that voted the party line 90% of the time (actually over) is Obama. Obama’s claims to reach across the aisle, of unity and moderation are like most everything else that comes out of his mouth – straight up lies.
And look at the Party Voting Averages during the 110th session ,,, which party is more hard line and less likely to reach across the aisle?
(These scores represent the percentage of votes on which a lawmaker agrees with the position taken by a majority of his or her party members.)
Democrate – 87.6%
Republican – 80.8%
