McCain and the economy

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=what_is_mccains_economic_agenda

This article brings up a lot of John McCain’s weaknesses. McCain has admitted that economics is not his “strong suit” and yet he wants to change the government’s role in the economy by dramatically cutting non-defense spending. He also said that he is "so disgusted with the way my party is wasting money. It's an embarrassment." Bernstein writes that when McCain speaks about his economic decisions his body language becomes uncomfortable. When McCain is asked questions he does not always say what he supports on his web site, or when asked the same question from different interviewers he does not always respond the same. Don’t we want a president that strongly believes in what he/she thinks and therefore would answer the same when asked the same question by two different interviewers. Bernstein heard McCain speak of the alternate minimum tax, but his web site shows a different plan that regards to social security. Does this discrepancy carry over into all his politics or just when he talks about economic because it is not one of his strong suits and sells it that way. It is hard to picture that if there is a discrepancy does it carry over into his policy regarding the war. I think with our economy being in recession we need someone who really knows the ins and outs of economics to pull the United States up and be powerful again because we are losing our powerfulness we have on the world. Some critics have labeled McCain “McSame” because he is going to follow Bush’s way of dealing with economics and follow Bush’s agenda. McCain is not one that is strong with economic but is believed to want to change our economy out of his nice big heart, which would be a strong drive to change but will not ultimately change our economy.