Senator John McCain and his court jester, Sarah Palin, have been slinging so much mud at Barack Obama that his desperation to reside in the White House has driven him to discard whatever little reason and principle he still had left.

One might think that he has no skeletons in his closet by the way he and Palin are trying to sell lies and half-truths to the American public.

Doesn’t he know that people in “glass houses” shouldn’t throw stones? If that’s true then people in “13 glass houses” definitely shouldn’t throw anything!

Below is just the tip of the iceberg in illustrating just how full of shit John McCain is. Soak it up as there is much more TRUTH The Lang Report plans to publish this week as we too are tired of this one-sided slug fest.

Bush Tax Cuts

THEN
2001: "I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans."

NOW
2007: "I will not let the Democrats roll back the Bush tax cuts."
2008: "I think that what we need is more tax cuts."

Border Policy

THEN
2006: Wrote McCain-Kennedy bill, which would have given 11 million illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

NOW
Jan. 2008: In GOP primary debate, was asked whether he would still vote for his own bill: "No, I would not."

Financial Regulation

THEN
March 2008: Told The Wall Street Journal, "I'm always for less regulation." Called for "removing regulatory, accounting and tax impediments" to financial markets.

NOW
Sept. 2008: As Wall Street melted down, declared, "We're going to enact and enforce reforms to make sure that these outrages never happen in the first place."

Waterboarding

THEN
2007: "It was used in the Spanish Inquisition, it was used in Pol Pot's genocide in Cambodia, and there are reports that it is being used against Buddhist monks today....It is torture."

NOW
2008: Voted against bill that would prevent waterboarding by requiring all U.S. interrogators to comply with legal standards imposed by the Army Field Manual.

Talking to Our Enemies

THEN
2000: Favored "normalization of relations" with Cuba.
2003: Called U.S. talks with Syria "appropriate."
2006: Approved of U.S. talking to the Palestinian Authority.

NOW
2008: Said Obama's willingness to meet with enemy regimes shows his "naiveté and inexperience and lack of judgement."

Lobbyists

THEN
1997: Wrote legislation to ban lobbyists from political campaigns. Said lobbyist fundraisers "clearly represent a conflict of interest."

NOW
2008: Campaign relies on more than 170 lobbyists to raise money and serve as aides and advisers.

Pursuing Al Qaeda in Pakistan

THEN
February 2008: Called Obama's insistence that America can track down and kill Al Qaeda in Pakistan the "confused leadership of an inexperienced candidate."

NOW
September 2008: Voiced no objections when Bush ordered U.S. special forces to invade Pakistani territory in pursuit of Al Qaeda militants.

AIG Bailout

THEN
Sept. 16th, 2008: "I do not believe that the American taxpayer should be on the hook for AIG."

NOW
Next day: Backed bailout: "There were literally millions of people whose retirement, whose investments, whose insurance were at risk here."

Gay Marriage

THEN
October 2006: Tells Chris Matthews of Hardball, "I think gay marriage should be allowed."

NOW
Minutes later: "I do not believe that gay marriages should be legal."

The Lang Report is grateful to Rolling Stone magazine for the above facts.

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