Good question.

When it comes to immigration reform, this one?:

May 22, 2008, 3:51 pm

McCain Says Immigration Reform Should Be Top Priority

By MICHAEL LUO

….When Mr. McCain’s presidential bid stalled last summer, many blamed his advocacy for the immigration reform bill in the Senate, which included a pathway to citizenship for the illegal immigrants already here in the country….

Or this one?:

Arizona Senator John McCain supports immigration reform that would deport illegal immigrants

BY Aliyah Shahid

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Tuesday, July 6th 2010, 1:09 PM

Arizona Sen. John McCain has a message for illegal residents of his state: Go back where you came from.

McCain, who has been veering right to try and win his Republican Senate primary against conservative former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, said on Tuesday that he supports immigration reform that would deport those living in the country illegally.

“No amnesty. Many of them need to be sent back,” McCain said…

Or on TARP, this one?:

McCain on TARP back in ’08

….And here’s the statement McCain released on Oct. 3, 2008, after the House passed TARP: “I commend the House of Representatives for coming together to pass the economic rescue bill today. I’m glad I suspended my campaign to go back to Washington to help bring the House Republicans to the table. I believe that the taxpayer protections that have been added have improved the bill. This rescue bill is not perfect, and it is an outrage that it’s even necessary. But we must stop the damage to our economy done by corrupt and incompetent practices on Wall Street and in Washington….”

Or this one?:

Sen. John McCain: I was misled on bailout

by Dan Nowicki – Feb. 22, 2010 12:00 AM

The Arizona Republic

Under growing pressure from conservatives and “tea party” activists, Sen. John McCain of Arizona is having to defend his record of supporting the government’s massive bailout of the financial system.

In response to criticism from opponents seeking to defeat him in the Aug. 24 Republican primary, the four-term senator says he was misled by then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. McCain said the pair assured him that the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program would focus on what was seen as the cause of the financial crisis, the housing meltdown….

Or on gay marriage, this one?:

McCain: Same-sex marriage ban is un-Republican

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 Posted: 4:29 PM EDT (2029 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona broke forcefully with President Bush and the Senate GOP leadership Tuesday evening over the issue of same-sex marriage, taking to the Senate floor to call a constitutional amendment that would effectively ban the practice unnecessary — and un-Republican….

Or this one?:

McCain Woos the Right, Makes Peace With Falwell

Possible 2008 Presidential Contender Makes Inroads With GOP Base

By TEDDY DAVIS

March 28, 2006

….But McCain “reconfirmed” to Falwell that he would support a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman if a federal court were to strike down state constitutional bans on gay marriage….

On government wiretapping, this one?:

John McCain Q&A

By Charlie Savage

Globe Staff / December 20, 2007

….There are some areas where the statutes don’t apply, such as in the surveillance of overseas communications. Where they do apply, however, I think that presidents have the obligation to obey and enforce laws that are passed by Congress and signed into law by the president, no matter what the situation is….

Or this one?:

Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

Published: June 6, 2008

WASHINGTON – A top adviser to Senator John McCain says Mr. McCain believes that President Bush’s program of wiretapping without warrants was lawful, a position that appears to bring him into closer alignment with the sweeping theories of executive authority pushed by the Bush administration legal team….

We could go on and on. Think Progress can and does.

If you liked the leadership of Newt Gingrich (r-family values doesn’t count if you can’t keep track) in the House of Representatives in the decade of the nineties, you’re just gonna love the golfer‘s agenda if the republicans take control of the House in November.

An “Impeach Obama” bumper sticker was placed on a window at the Johnson County Democratic Headquarters in Warrensburg.

They’re telling us what they plan on doing. It’s up to us to let the voters know about the prospect of a journey back to those good old days.

And it’s a nice design.

They’re starting to crop up all over.

The New York Times calls the race, even in the present toxic environment, as “Leaning Democratic”:

Campaign Finances

Ike Skelton [D] as of July 14

Raised $1,931,570

Spent $773,558

Cash On Hand $1,369,570

Vicky Hartzler [r]  as of July 14

Raised $389,025

Spent $255,938

Cash On Hand $241,764

Source: Federal Election Commission

And that’s probably one of the reasons why.

Spotted this morning on a car in Warrensburg, Missouri.

…except for a few.

Previously: Wecome to post-racial America

A letter to the editor was published in the Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal on Monday, August 16th, with the heading “Racism targets Obama”:

Racism is alive and directed at our president.

Two very offensive racist bumper stickers were sent to the Johnson County Democrats PO box in Warrensburg. One had the donkey symbol with a strike-out mark and the words “2010 – Don’t renig.” The other had the initials BP above an oil blob and a photo of President Obama, with the words “Slickest and blackest disaster in US history.” I turned the second one in to post office staff to register a complaint with the post master, and kept the first in case people didn’t believe me.

I hope that local republican and conservatives are as offended as I am, and will speak out publicly to disavow these racist bumper stickers. Some people believe conservatives are closet (or not) racists and this is why. Please prove them wrong by speaking out against racism.

Jane VanSant, chair, Johnson County Democratic Committee

[with permission of the letter writer]

Curiously, the letter doesn’t appear to be available on-line.

It turns out that a local republican office holder did speak out and then some:

Hoskins Speaks Out Against Racist Bumper Stickers

…The letter to the editor regarding the bumper stickers called for local Republicans to speak out against racism, which I will gladly do, Rep. Hoskins said…

…No one has taken credit for sending the bumper stickers Rep. Hoskins continued, I was offended that the tone of the letter clearly implied that conservatives tend to be racists and therefore must have been the ones responsible for sending the bumper stickers. I have friends, business acquaintances, House colleagues, Johnson County Central Committee members and family of different colors. While I am clearly a conservative Republican, I am confident that I am the norm and not reflecting the attitude implied by the letter to the editor. Its ironic the very narrow-mindedness the letter speaks against is the same narrow-mindedness it projects by stereotyping conservatives as racists…

That’s right, because liberals and progressives would have every reason to anonymously send bumper stickers to the local Democratic Party post office box.

And, apparently, when victims ask others to speak out it’s their fault.

“…I hope that local republican and conservatives are as offended as I am, and will speak out publicly to disavow these racist bumper stickers. Some people believe conservatives are closet (or not) racists and this is why. Please prove them wrong by speaking out against racism…”

Uh, you did say you were offended and you did speak out. So, according to the letter writer you proved some people wrong. Is this a problem? Just asking.

The chair of the Johnson County, Missouri Democratic Central Committee went to the Warrensburg post office to check the committee’s post office box for mail today.

In the mail was a a plain envelope with the address of the committee and no return address. There was a 37 cent Ronald Reagan stamp and a 10 cent stamp for postage.

Contained in the envelope were two bumper stickers:

What passes for subtle racism from right wingnuttia in post-racial America.

The second bumper sticker, as described by the chair, had an image with “BP” and an oil slick on the left, Obama’s image on the right, and the legend, “Slickest and Blackest Disaster in U.S. History” in the center.

The chair turned over the envelope and the second bumper sticker to a post office employee at the counter who told her he would turn the materials over to the local postmaster. She retained the first bumper sticker.

Welcome to post-racial America.

Truth in labeling for the former half term governor…

This morning in downtown Warrensburg.

Also, too.

….Sarah Palin urged her supporters to “stop” cars with Obama stickers and confront them with her sarcastic cutsey catchphrase, “How’s that hopey-changey thing working out for you?”….

The Obama/Biden bumper stickers will stay on our vehicles until we stop seeing these.

No, we didn’t stage the photo. It is what it is.

Never let people with smart mouths, bad attitudes, and political axes to grind near a union print shop. If you do so, they will inevitably gravitate toward creating a sarcastic bumper sticker. It’s got to be genetic.

The bumper sticker is 11 inches wide and 3 inches high. The background is actually white (okay, I’m not the world’s greatest photographer, so sue me).

Here’s the deal:

We printed 500 of these suckers (the photo really doesn’t do it justice, so sue me – I tell you, it “pops” live) at a union shop. Printing at a union shop is the only way to go. Are you paying attention Democratic Party candidates?

Since the Show Me Progress corporate headquarters has a staff of exactly zero we do not have the necessary infrastructure to fill requests that ask us to “please send me three”.

However, if you want to acquire 100 of these beauties for distribution as you see fit, we can talk. Contact us at: info@showmeprogress.com  If we get enough large orders we can order a really large printing (thereby driving the costs way down) and everybody will then be really happy. We won’t have distribution headaches, the meme achieves complete saturation, and a union print shop will be kept busy twenty four hours a day, seven days a week until early November.

Everybody will be happy. Except for actual republicans.

Now, don’t get upset with us because we can’t send you “just three”. We have a choice here. Write and post blog content, or fill bumper sticker orders one at a time. I think you’ll agree with the choice we made.

We plan on bringing the bumper stickers with us to the Missouri Democratic Party convention in Columbia on May 10th. Then again, if they’re all gone by then we’ll try to figure something out about getting more produced and distributed to the consumer masses.

A way to acquire a few of these beauties before May 10th is to actually see one of us before then.  Not so fast. Right now they’re sitting in one spot in the west central part of the state. We haven’t gotten a chunk of them to our folks in the eastern part of the state yet. Once we figure that out, we’ll let you all know.