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John McCain: Dishonorable and Dishonest

Posted on October 13, 2008

Attention, unnamed McCain advisors: Lindsey Gramm said that McCain was contemplating fighting the financial crisis by cutting taxes on capital gains and dividends because some of you told him he was.Jackie Calmes: No New Economic Policy Is Expected From McCain: Despite signals that Senator John McCain would have new prescriptions for the economic crisis after a weekend of meetings, his campaign said Sunday that Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, would not have any more proposals this week unless developments call for some. The signs of internal confusion came as the campaig...

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economic policy , economy , taxes