John McClinton

With every single day passing, Hillary Clinton and John McCain are seemingly becoming the same person. Probably the most recent example would be regarding their idea to suspend the gas tax during the summer months. The only presidential nominee to oppose this (along with numerous economists and the majority of the Democratic Party) would be Barack Obama. For anybody who saw Hillary on This Week, she had the nerve to put the majority of economists who are against the suspension of the gas tax as "elitist". I think we all want to see gas prices go lower. But the suspension of the gas tax is not the way to go. We have to change our energy consumption habits. He are way too dependent on oil from the Middle East. Using more gasoline, thus more oil, will just drive up prices even more. Whatever we save from the gas tax will be replaced by higher prices at the pump. We need to be less dependent on oil, not use more of it.

And another example where Hillary and McCain totally agree: the war in Iraq. I read an interesting piece on Huffingtonpost this morning about what Hillary had said back in 2005. What did she say? She agreed with McCain on a long term troop presence in Iraq. Here's a small excerpt from HuffingtonPost:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/05/clinton-in-2005-i-agree-w_n_100168.html

"Senator McCain made the point earlier today, which I agree with, and that is, it's not so much a question of time when it comes to American military presence for the average American; I include myself in this. But it is a question of casualties," said Clinton. "We don't want to see our young men and women dying and suffering these grievous injuries that so many of them have. We've been in South Korea for 50-plus years. We've been in Europe for 50-plus. We're still in Okinawa with respect to protection there coming out of World War II."

Sounds awfully familiar to what John McCain said earlier this month about staying in Iraq for "50, even a hundred years." Do Hillary and McCain share the same brain? Do they share the same advisers? It is increasing embarrasing for her to call herself a Democrat when in these two instances she goes against the conventional wisdom of her own party. What is she trying to prove, prove that she can as tough on foreign policy as John McCain? She's never win that battle. It is amazing some of the stuff Hillary says. Saying stuff like this is irresponsible. Don't get me started about her "obliterating Iran" comment. She sounds even more of a war mongerer than George Bush (ok, maybe that's stretching it a bit). You get my point...