“Tell me, in what ways is John McCain any different from George W. Bush?”
Closing Gitmo, thinking Alito is too conservative, his “gang of 14,” no “torture” tactics to get terrorists to talk, and no drilling in ANWR for starters.
I’m no Bush fan at all, but because of the above reasons and others (such as McCain’s famous temper and vindictiveness), McCain would definitely be worse.
Apparently a lot of people in Bush's administration are of the same mindset. We can torture these people in Afghanistan if we really need to torture these people. Hell maybe we should open up a detention center on Bikini Island.
thinking Alito is too conservative
IIRC Harriet Myers was Bush's choice for SCOTUS.
his “gang of 14,”
It was the Gang of 14 compromise that ultimately got us both Alito and Roberts and may protect the Republicans from being screwed over if a Democrat ever makes it to the white house. What the republicans wanted to do about ending fillibusters was tactically stupid and McCain saved their bacon for another day.
no “torture” tactics to get terrorists to talk
That all depends on how you define "torture".
and no drilling in ANWR for starters.
We've had Bush for 8 years and we still have no drilling in ANWR.
McCain would definitely be worse.
We all thought Bush would be better and he wasn't. Maybe McCain will be worse, or who knows, maybe he'll surprise us all and be better. I'm fairly certain he'll be better than Hillary or Obama.