Barack Obama,  John McCain,  President 2008

John McCain Calls Barack Obama a “SOCIALIST?”

July 18, 2008 /
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Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) addresses the audience about electric vehicles during a campaign stop at the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan July 18, 2008.

Did John McCain just call Barack Obama a socialist?

Well, sort of.

He also said Obama had the “most extreme” record in the Senate.

Asked later if he thought Obama was an extremist, McCain said: “His voting record … is more to the left than the announced socialist in the United States Senate, Bernie Sanders of Vermont.”

Does McCain think Obama is a socialist? “I don’t know. All I know is his voting record, and that’s what people usually judge their elected representatives by.”

The video is here (around 2:35)

Team McCain should take the opportunity with Obama leaving America to campaign abroad (sorry, partake in a “fact finding” mission) to pound Obama on domestic issue contrasts.

The fact is that Obama has a very left-wing voting record – the most left leaning of ANY Senator.

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