McCain: I'm not George Bush

If you weren't George Bush you should have acted like it the last 8 years. America needed Country First then instead of Party First.

John McCain is NOT President Bush.
John McCain is John MCCain.

By the way, President Bush didn't mess up the economy, "we the people" did.

You want to stimulate the economy...go buy a car. You want to fix the housing market...go buy a house. You want to fix the credit crisis...pay your bills.

Who is John McCain

Chose Phil Gramm as a Economic advisor(Mr. Deregulator)
Now we need oversight
No bail out for AIG Bail out AIG
Chose Carly Fiorina as a Economic Advisor (She cut 7,000 jobs at HP and made millions) . IBM you are the winner
Chose Sarah Palin as Vice President
Economy collapsing He said the Economy was fundamentally sound
Voted with Bush 90% of the time
Suspend debate lets debate
Involved in a nasty political campaign-even if he allowed the women to do it for him
After abhorring it during the 2000 campaign

kb

bush did destroy our economy -- free market, deregulation--government doesnt belong in the private sector, ect ,ect, ect. a single justice dept probe of a single mortgage company 3 years would stopped this train wreck in a heartbeat...

Bush raised the deficit ceiling. He ruined our economy.

How about remembering that Biden is from Delaware, a terrifyingly deregulated state that harbors credit card companies.

And, if you're not suspicious of Obama for raising more money than any candidate ever, you're all just blind.

This election is a joke. A horrible awful joke and it's all the same crap, just a different bucket. We should be able to make real choices, not have people FED to us as our options by two hyper corrupt parties.

I can't believe people really think things will get any worse under McCain vs. Obama. Come on.

McCain is not George Bush. He is George Bush 90% of the time. Does that make hime 10% better, or 10% worse than the worst President in American history?

I laugh at everyone that blames their financial situation towards the government or the president. IF you want to live a better life than go make more money! Thats the greatness of this country. Free enterprise! so stop your whining and stop pointing fingers. Go take care of business!

John McCain himself bragged that he voted with Bush 90% of the time! Those are straighter words than what you'll hear from the "straight talk express." He may have been a maverick in the past, but not since he started his presidential runs. Since then he's been sucking up to the Republican Party and most recently the religious right.

Now he's trying to distance himself from Bush. Too little, too late. That's McCain...out of touch and erratic.

"By the way, President Bush didn't mess up the economy, "we the people" did.

You want to stimulate the economy...go buy a car. You want to fix the housing market...go buy a house. You want to fix the credit crisis...pay your bills."

Wow. Buy a car, buy a house, get more credit cards, pay for that pool, send your kids to private school (not even college), spend, spend, spend, spend, spend. Just make sure to pay all your minimums on all your credit cards each month!

Do you really think that we got into this mess by not spending enough? We overspent. We took the lead of the federal government and spent like there was no tomorrow. (Well, many Americans did--I didn't.) If people--and the government--had save some scratch over the years, we'd be in a far different situation now.

But they couldn't resist the temptations of government-assisted loans--brought to you by Bush & Co. Actually, it started long before Bush with Carter, but our current president failed to do the right thing and stop this squeaky-braked train and made it worse.

Yes, the people helped ruin the economy. Bush, the Republican Controlled congress, and then the Democrat controlled Congress sure has hell did their part to muck things up!

McCain does not understand the economy. McCain has no stated policies that coincide w/the Bush administration's policies, traditional let the market fix the economy simplistic approach.

Obama has the leadership, vision and judgement to take America in a new direction, partly rooted in Democratic roots, and centered as well in pragmatism and the roots of his family's values. He will make an amazing President for the US when we most need an amazing one.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...if it were Clinton, you would be all over is like Monica Lewinsky...typical Republican, never take blame, always accuse others!!!
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John McCain is NOT President Bush.
John McCain is John MCCain.

By the way, President Bush didn't mess up the economy, "we the people" did.

You want to stimulate the economy...go buy a car. You want to fix the housing market...go buy a house. You want to fix the credit crisis...pay your bills.
Posted by Mark Byrne October 23, 08 06:26 PM

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Who is John McCain

McCain may not be George Bush, according to his own words has voted with him over 90% of the time. McCain is certainly following in the same sleazy, lying, dishonest campaign tactics as George Bush.

GOP = goofy old phart

McCain does not understand the economy. McCain has no stated policies that coincide w/the Bush administration's policies, traditional let the market fix the economy simplistic approach.

Obama has the leadership, vision and judgement to take America in a new direction, partly rooted in Democratic roots, and centered as well in pragmatism and the roots of his family's values. He will make an amazing President for the US when we most need an amazing one.

Where was John McCain during the Bush Presidency when the GOP, in lockstep with Bush, failed in its Constitutional duty to provide a check and balance to an Executive power grab? Why did McCain betray his principles, and recently even his friend Joe Lieberman who he wanted as his VP candidate, by caving in to the Evangelicals demands? Why did McCain, who of all people knew the nature of the Bush slime machine that defeated him by outrageous lies, not stand up for his country and oppose Bush's power grabs and deception? McCain is NO maverick, he's just an erratic gambler with ambitions that exceed his temperment and ability, and the country is seeing how he REALLY responds to a crisis. That is why McCain will lose, and lose badly, because he will not be fundamentally different than Bush.

Since when is raising money a crime? at least Obabm didn't spend $150,000 on Bidens clothes!!!
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How about remembering that Biden is from Delaware, a terrifyingly deregulated state that harbors credit card companies.

And, if you're not suspicious of Obama for raising more money than any candidate ever, you're all just blind.

This election is a joke. A horrible awful joke and it's all the same crap, just a different bucket. We should be able to make real choices, not have people FED to us as our options by two hyper corrupt parties.

I can't believe people really think things will get any worse under McCain vs. Obama. Come on.
Posted by EAJ October 23, 08 07:2

Adam,

Deregulation... are you referring to a specific law?
The President doesn't make the laws, congress does.

If the President messed up the economy there should be a paper trail.
Give us a link to an official document showing that the President single handedly caused this.

-Mark

P.S. This country was built on the free market system. We have the "right" to fail.

How would you like someone regulating your grocery purchases. "No, to much fat and sugar in your cart, that's illegal".

Nobody messed up MY economy..."THEY" messed up OUR economy. You are obviously a Republican not wanting your party to take the blame...as usual!
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I laugh at everyone that blames their financial situation towards the government or the president. IF you want to live a better life than go make more money! Thats the greatness of this country. Free enterprise! so stop your whining and stop pointing fingers. Go take care of business!

The trouble, as Obama put it, is that it is hard to tell the difference between Bush and McCane, because Mccane voted so often to support Bush'es positions. Obama is not the greatest but McCane and Payless are SO BAD and such a disgrace to the country that we have little choice but to support Obama. When, Oh when will we get a third party?

To "Posted by McCain 2000"

The economy IS spending money. If people don't buy things, why make things?...then eveything stops. No jobs.

The trouble, as Obama put it, is that it is hard to tell the difference between Bush and McCane, because Mccane voted so often to support Bush'es positions. Obama is not the greatest but McCane and Payless are SO BAD and such a disgrace to the country that we have little choice but to support Obama. When, Oh when will we get a third party?

If McCain was W. then he would have more of the party backing than he does. Everyone knows the two aren't the same. This is just Obama and leftist media negative campaign stuff. This is not campaigning on the issues.

"And, if you're not suspicious of Obama for raising more money than any candidate ever, you're all just blind. "
Fir the first time ever I donated to a Presidential campaign. Obama's. I gave all of $25.
Why?
Two reasons. I support him, and he asked. That he is getting lots of money is no mystery. He has a very effective campaign staff who are very good at getting small donations. Small donations that aggregate into big money.

I also have received in the mail two letters with John McCain's name on the envelope, John McCain's name at the top of the letter, and John McCain's signature, asking for money for the RNC presidential campaign. You know John McCain: the guy who accepted federal campaign funds and agreed not to solicit donations. That guy.

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Of course you aren't George Bush! What a thing to say!

You are John Hussein Mudslinger McBush, and you and your skull on a stick wife and that beauty queen from Alaska should get out of our faces. Don't you have a plane to crash, a medicine cabinet to raid, a bridge to nowhere to build?

Leave us REAL AMERICANS alone!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well of course you’re not George Bush, thank goodness. However we still don’t want you in the oval office to mess up this country even more fostering Bush-like policies and agendas. We need a change.

YOU'RE NOT EVEN JOHN MCCAIN!!!!.....Vote Obama /Biden '08.....Out with Bush/Cheney/McCain no matter who they think they are or aren't!!!

Many of you right wing bloggers talking about "Socialism" really need to pay attention. Bush gave us the biggest expansion of government in US history. Bush gave us the biggest deficit in US history. Bush gave us the biggest loss of civil liberties in US history. Bush is nationalizing US banks. A communist move.

And while McCain is not physically Bush, they are two separate people, they are not much different. Indeed McCain is more of the same, only more so. Its obvious to me that you all wouldn't know a socialist if he were slapping you in the face.

The right wing commentary will just get more and more ideological and indeed hysterical. It will continue to try to paint Obama what he is not. It will continue to try to destroy his character. That is their only hope. It is not going to work.

To those who spouting Socialist. Well, if Obama is a socialist, then McCain and Bush are bush-wacking Pirates, dressed in business suits. In league with those running some of the the large businesses these days with "golden parachutes", with special note of the oil companies, car companies and the investment banks. All of them crying "deregulation, deregulation", "self regulation, self regulation", "limits to liability", "limits to liability", etc....

The American people are starting to tune out the Republican Party. And rightly so. I think the reason is obvoius - America as a Nation trumps the Republican Party. Many are starting to see through the Republican facade. William Buckley Jr. gets it, Colin Powell really gets it, but the Party Leaders and demagogues do not - especially people like Rush, Bush, Bachmann and and de Rothschild. The Party is so imbued in its own Propaganda, in its own sense of Superiority and Self Righteousness, that it has indeed lost its way.

The Party has something of a Maoist sentiment of being the ruling Party and the Ruling Class. In spite of the dissent of most of the Nation. Real Republicans need to seize the levers of the Party, tear it down and rebuild from the grass roots up. Its ownership is too centered in selfish ideological hands and its philosophy has gone Piratical; way too right wing. I think it is way out of the mainstream. For so long it has been there, and held its ground by moving the mainstream and demonizing the left. No more.

I believe that Republicans do not have a lock on conservatism - indeed, Obama is a true pragmatist and he knows that you need to be fiscally conservative to be more socially liberal. Otherwise it does not add up. He is not really a liberal. Obama and the Democrats also understand you can't let the Foxes run the Hen Houses, and certainly not under self policing policies. And certainly not with limits on liability if they eat all the Hens and can't replace them when caught.

Republicans today do not understand the concept of collective. This is mostly because they are the ones that are benefiting from the Caveman's survival of the fittest ideas and the "ownership" society. They have the money and the power and they view and work politics to maintain it. They feel entitled and they pay lip service to social policies while generally demonizing them as being something unAmerican. When, indeed America needs to shift away from the extreme right wing to a more common sense approach.

Republican Party leaders and their rich backers want to keep giving the mainstream masses a wind up toy. A Bush, a Palin, a McCain or any Barbie or Ken will do. Just dress 'em up and get 'em talkin' just like ole "Joe Six Pack" and "Joe the Plumber" whoever that is. Its sure not you or me. Let them think their leaders are just like you. This has kept the masses happy, while Republicans and cronies eat the Hens.

Of course, when the Hens are noticed missing, it will be someone else' fault. Probably the Democrats somehow, it does not matter how, or someone in Iraq. No wait, it might be Putin, or possibly its Castro, no wait he's almost dead, okay then, Chavez ...... Or maybe that Muslim Arab Socialist African Malaysian Hawaiian and UnAmerican Obama...... And so the tomfoolery goes........

Liberals are not socialists. The latter is a word sullied by dictators and megalomaniacs. Theirs' is a false concept of socialism, used for selfish gain and to keep the masses poor and in chains. As McCain has said - strong backs, or the backbone of America is that American laborer. A back strong enough to carry the malarkey called Republican Conservatism or, I think, Piratical Conservative is more fitting.

There is no stronger Nation than one with a well run economic engine. One that is fairly and sensibly regulated. One that shares the wealth equitably. One that is built on morally sound incentive systems for its operators. One with a collective advancement and support system for all its members.

Republicans as much or more than any others will tell you that you don't send into battle men without protection and weapons. You don't send men that are unskilled and untrained in the use of weapons. You don't win battles by leaving your compatriots unprotected. And you don't leave the weak and wounded behind. Their rescue is the mark of heroes. If its heroic in the battlefields of war, why not so in the battlefields of life?

America is indeed headed for a brighter future with Obama than with McCain.

This is a great one by Larry Linn "McCain is not George Bush. He is George Bush 90% of the time.". I wished the Obama campaign features this in an ad. I guess a McCain presidency will give us 36 months of Bush policies and 4 months of Sarah shopping at Neiman Marcus.