We were down this road before. He is arguably by his votes, if not the most liberal Senator in 2007, then tied for it.

But at least he and Hillary SHOWED UP TO VOTE on key issues, which is more than could be said for Gramps McCain.  He's been absent so many times that they don't have enough votes of his to analyze.

wz,

A fair criticism of McCain. 

AA,

No, he's not.  Even the American Conservative Union doesn't think so.

Don't any of these publications have RESEASRCH DESKS any more????

"among the 99 votes Obama cast that contributed to National Journal's "most liberal senator" label -- in addition to the ethics office vote he named -- were those to implement the 9-11 Commission's homeland security recommendations, provide more children with health insurance, expand federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, and maintain a federal minimum wage"

That liberal Bastid! Wanting things the majority of Americans support.

Julia,

There ya go basing liberals again by calling Obama a name. tsk. tsk.  

basing=bashing

 

That's as true a reason as any, why they use senseless vague ultimately meaningless generalizations to describe any Congressperson's voting record, rather than actually cite specific votes... because if they cite the votes, then they risk getting a substantial discussion going:

"so he voted that particular way on that particular legislation? gee, what's so bad about that?"

You better believe that's the last thing this "media" wants: a substantial discussion of any political issue at all, with details and specifics included.

Better to just play on voter's vague impressions and prejudices... better to keep away from details and specifics, and instead use meaningless generalizations in discussing political issues.

 

That right there pretty much describes the complete context in which we presently hear the word "liberal" used by the worthless "media"

 

provide more children with health insurance

SCHIP in its form presented for vote, was not what majority of Americans wanted.  Sorry to burst your bubble.

You don't think the two vetoes and unified Republican opposition had anything to do with it runnung dog of Spainish imperialism?

Summary: USA Today uncritically reported that Sen. John McCain "noted" that Sen. Barack Obama "was once named the most liberal senator by National Journal magazine." But USA Today did not report that McCain himself "did not vote frequently enough" to receive a rating.

Aw come on...McCain would be rated the Most Maverick Senator of course!

Not showing up to vote makes him a rebel ;-)

Yeah, a rebel without a cause apparently.

Or a rebel without a clue :-)

Ya sure he's not senile and forgot where the senate floor is?

Maybe he lost his bearings (over where the Senate was). Nothing to do with age. Maybe Geezer coot codger needs a GPS system.

Aw come on...McCain would be rated the Most Maverick Senator of course!

Not showing up to vote makes him a rebel ;-)

We've already established that Gramps McCain is a Ford Maverick:

NOW are you saying he's an AMC Rebel???   :-)

I'm thinking this is the most appropriate ride for Grampy in a few months.

I think its aweful funny that the corporate owned media thinks that by bringing up Obama's voting record as somehow the most liberal.... as if that's a bad thing.... will somehow stop people from voting for him!

Besides..... Bernie Sanders is the most liberal, by far! 

Also, wasn't John Kerry the most liberal senator back in 2004?

Come to think of it.... wasn't Al Gore the most liberal politician in 2000?

Can;t the right-wing get their story straight?

Sure but Bernie Sanders is a declared socialist while Obama is one of those sneaky stealth socialists. He's going to turn our country over to Godless Islamic Communism!

I heard somewhere else Obama was a Muslim Marxist.  How can he keep all these hats straight?

As to him being the "most liberal" ... I'm sure the National Journal cherry picked the votes they used to come up with the conclusion they were looking for.  They fixed the facts around results they wanted.  The NJ would be most useful birdcage liner.

Wow, Obama's an elitist, a muslim, a christian, a liberal, a marxist and an inexperienced outsider. Heck, he's apparently everything but a racist. No wonder the GOP hate him, he's the big tent candidate!

I don't know of any conservative that 'hates' Obama. Now you might go looking over in Hillary's camp...  

I don't know of any conservative that 'hates' Obama.

Try listening to Mark Levin's radio pukefest for more than five minutes.

Are you kidding?  Yesterday you posted a word perfect Sean Hannity Obama scary list impersonation and today you want to claim that you can't think of a single conservative who hates Obama?  Do you even make sense to yourself at this point?

Good question, AA. Do you hear yourself? 

Can we have one reality check, a side of sanity and a glass of reason.

You should meet my uncle.

He said "I ain't voting for no n****r who changes their name to Obama.   Obama is not an American name."

He truly hates him (he's also from WV.  Nothing against WV, but I think that's worth noting.) 

He really should have put an apostrophe after the O.

It will take a healthy dose of Liberalism to clean of the disastrous results of Conservatism in practice. Why knock it? I think the American public is ready for a truly Liberal administration. The more the Corporate Media pushes this, the better Obama can draw a clear distinction between himself and the failed policies of the Republicans. Conservative is the dirty label everyone wants to run away from these days, not Liberalism.

I agree with Obama's criticisms of NJ's rating criteria, but I find it amusing that Obama was criticizing the ranking at the same time his online supporters were using it as a reason to vote for him rather than Senator Clinton in the primaries.