On Mon, 8 Sep 2008 18:01:46 -0700, Paul M. Cook wrote:

> "Pan" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:25:55 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> Paul that is Dem rhetoric. With out unanimous votes, ect, he agrees
>>>> with Bush about 45% of the time. Or the same amount of time as Obama
>>>> if you count the number of time he voted within the unanimous vote.
>>>
>>>No it was in one of his own commercials. It is not rhetoric at all it is
>>>his
>>>voting record. You're quoting a falsehood, not me.
>>>
>>>Paul
>>>> :-)
>>>
>> give me a url please.
>
> Plemty out ther to Google. Here is a quote from a cite referring to
> Congressional Quarterly
>
> ""It's not change when John McCain decided to stand with George Bush 95
> percent of the time, as he did in the Senate last year," says Barack Obama.
>
> The claim is true. According to Congressional Quarterly's Voting Studies, in
> 2007 McCain voted in line with the president's position 95 percent of the
> time - the highest percentage rate for McCain since Bush took office - and
> voted in line with his party 90 percent of the time. However, McCain's
> support of President Bush's position has been as low as 77 percent (in
> 2005), and his support for his party's position has been as low as 67
> percent (2001)."
>
> 95% of the time in 07 he voted with Bush
> 90% with the GOP in 06 - as if the GOP ever really was anything but a rubber
> stamp for Bush
>
> That's your maverick for you.
>
> Paul

but the other five percent of the time he made funny faces and stuck his
tongue out at bush. maverickin' we can believe in!

your pal,
blake