thinkprogress.org — This morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on MSNBC and blasted Congress for being lazy. He said that instead of taking a Fourth of July recess, senators should have stuck around and passed a housing bill. McCain now ranks as the #1 most absent senator of the 110th Congress, having missed 61.8 percent of the votes.
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I love the fact that McCain is so irrationally hated, that they're now holding his campaign for President against him. Might as well hold Kennedy's recent poor attendance up for scrutiny too.I wonder how absent he was for the 110th Congress prior to his decision to run for President, or during his entire Senate career even. Considering this story is coming out now, as opposed to a year ago, I'd say there might be a small reason why he's been absent quite a bit lately.FTR: Obama ranks 3rd in worst attendance (41.8% missed and it's his first term on the job), and Clinton ranks 5th (31.7% missed).Buried as garbage.
twoifbyseaJul 9, 2008
Jesus, how much is too much anti-McCain 'news' each day?The Third Reich itself would be impressed with the amount of political propaganda 'heralded' here each day. What is Obama's attendance for votes? Oh wait... here comes another digg from Joseph Goebbels....
barackalypseJul 9, 2008
You can tell the libertarians I guess, we're the ones who are happy when people like McCain, Obama (#3 on that list), and Clinton (#4) miss votes. Based on their records I can't imagine why you'd want them around and voting.
theaceoffireJul 9, 2008
Obama is a Mime compared to the oceans of crap flowing forth from his opponents.McCain not only flip-flops on what he said the first time he ran, he changes his mind almost weekly, depending on how it was received.
themonkmanJul 9, 2008
It's not like Obama or Clinton, or any of the others that made it just past the primaries weren't campaigning also. The fact is that he's been the most absent senator of all of them, including the other campaigners. He's also had months to take things easier than he would've had not nearly every other Republican candidate short of Ron Paul and Huckabee not stuck in the fight for as long as they did.I understand having to take time off for things. I have to do it occasionally, too. Missing 61.8% of the senate votes is unacceptable, especially when we have so many important problems going on in this country right now. I guess that McCain took the saying "A Government who governs the least governs best" a little too literally. Think of how he'll be if he's president. Absent. Not there. I'll advised. Apathetic. I'm not promising my votes to anyone right now, but I'll tell you for sure that McCain won't be getting mine. He better earn every friggen tax dollar of mine that pays his salary before he gets my approval.
jmn187Jul 9, 2008
whatever send McCain back to the elderly home!
zenmojoJul 9, 2008
@runCMDMaverick? Hello?
andrwmorphJul 10, 2008
Even though the democrats have the majority in congress the president gets to choose whether or not anything they do matters
voodoopunkJul 17, 2008
Always happy to make the point as clear as possible for the liberals out there that have the attention span of a goldfish.