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McCain Communications Tool Kit
Thursday, May 1, 2008(ILCA)
Labor Communicators' Toolkit: John McCain on Working Peoples' Issues
SEND ADDITIONS/SUGGESTIONS TO: McCainToolKit@aflcio.orgIndependent-minded maverick or right-wing panderer? An article by The Guardian's Ed Pilkington examines the two sides of John McCain the candidate.
This video produced by AgitPop Media for TrueMajority urges viewers to interrupt McCain's journey down the warpath: Don't Bomb Iran.
Two pieces of media to help you talk about McCain's lobbyist problem: a San Francisco Chronicle story that mentions the union member protests at McCain's recent fundraisers, and a new nonpartisan website called firethelobbyists.com where you can sign a petition urging McCain to fire the rest of the lobbyists on his campaign staff. Plus it has a fun jingle!
McCain Revealed, the AFL-CIO's online briefing book, has been re-launched with lots of new material, including downloadable flyers you can print and hand out to members. Flyers are packed with well-documented information about McCain's positions on health care, the economy, and veterans' benefits.
...And two dollars at The Union Shop online gets you a bumper sticker telling the world this Republican candidate is the McSame: We Don't Need Four More Years.
Below: SEIU is running this television ad exposing McCain's health care plan as woefully inadequate.
- Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post has a column on how McCain has flip-flopped on his former, saner position on taxes.
- CtWConnect has a blog
post on McCain's economic policies. Not
surprisingly, they mimic Bush's economic
policies. Read on.
- AFL-CIO President John Sweeney issued a press release decrying McCain's economic proposals.
- MoveOn.org has got 10 Things To Know About McCain for voters who may be considering voting for him.
- The AFL-CIO has come out with a comprehensive list of talking points for labor communicators to use in discussing McCain.
- The Drum Major Institute has published report cards for each member of Congress based on his/her voting records on issues important to the middle class. Read why McCain gets a failing grade.
- And, a March 18 CNN Poll shows that 71 percent of Americans believe the war is hurting our economy. (Thanks to James Parks at the AFLCIONow blog for this item.)
Videos and Video Campaigns
Less Jobs, More Wars: a project of BraveNewFilms
YouTube video with McCain describing How He Will Support NAFTA
McCain is Convinced the Economy is Strong, and Bush: McCain Will Not Change my Policies Two videos from ThinkProgress, a blog which remixes and edits footage from CNN and other mainstream sources.
TV Ad on how McCain will be the McSame as Bush
Articles/PapersBroadcast Union News weblog: John McCain Doesn't Like Unions. This item contains lots of references to news articles on McCain's positions.
Jonathan Cohn of The National Review on why McCain's healthcare plan doesn't even approach being universal.
AFL-CIO blog item and List of News Sources on McCain's ties to subprime housing lenders.
From the AFL-CIO's Political Department, a researched list of articles on McCain.
Websites/InteractiveAFL-CIO Working Families Vote page on McCain on the issues:You can click on each issue category to see a summary of each candidate’s position and voting record on working families’ issues like health care, social security, and free trade.
Most fun of all is an interactive website called McCainRevealed , a virtual book with pages you can "turn" to view sections on each issue and take action to spread the word about McCain's real record on working families' issues.