McAbsent
So this is the kind of thing that George W. Bush inspires. John McCain must think that after Dubya, anyone would be an improvement. In fact, he is betting on it. I can’t say he is banking on it, because by his own admission, which is all too often glossed over in the mainstream media, McCain is ignorant on economic matters.
Oh yeah, give us more of that.
And the other area where McSame will be just like Bush is in showing up for work. Dubya has been the absentee president, spending more time on vacation than any Commander in Chief. Similarly, John McCain has missed 56% of the Senate votes since January, 2007. That is more than any other Senator (by a lot) with the exception of one senator (Tim Johnson) who is recovering from a brain hemorrhage.
McCain: Most absentee ‘08 Senator
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), missing another major vote on the Iraq war today in favor of presidential campaigning, has pulled far ahead of his 2008 rivals in at least one category: absenteeism.
McCain, who missed today’s vote while campaigning in South Carolina as part of another re-launch of his White House bid, has gone two straight weeks without casting a single vote on the chamber floor. He’s missed 18 straight votes.
Over the last month, the Senate has held 33 votes. McCain, the onetime frontrunner for the Republican nomination, has been on hand for just seven of those votes.
