Comments on: Top McCain Adviser: ‘I Would Like The Next President Not To Talk About Deficit Reduction’ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:53:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: batteries http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-5284568 batteries Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:08:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-5284568 As for McCain’s economical program: lets face it, most old school military men like Sen. McCain know nuts about economics. He has always been about Vietnam and the term “never surrender”. Economics is just about a question mark in his mind. So when his deficit and spend budget maths don’t add up, hey its not expected. What shouldn’t be unexpected as well, though, is that on the basis of overall <a href="http://www.batteryfast.com/acer/travelmate-370.htm" rel="nofollow">acer travelmate 370 battery</a>,<a href="http://www.batteryfast.com/acer/travelmate-380.htm" rel="nofollow">acer travelmate 380 battery</a> policy proposals offered by all three, McCain is sure the weakest one, and based on that assessment, he shouldn’t be elected as President. As for McCain’s economical program: lets face it, most old school military men like Sen. McCain know nuts about economics. He has always been about Vietnam and the term “never surrender”. Economics is just about a question mark in his mind.

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]]> By: Cal Malenky http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4911428 Cal Malenky Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:04:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4911428 Can I run my business like that? No, I didn't think so. When you marry into money, it's easy to see how you can be clueless about economics. Can I run my business like that?
No, I didn’t think so.
When you marry into money, it’s easy to see how you can be clueless about economics.

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4911054 Evil Spaniard Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:47:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4911054 Someone looks as a dry drunk. Someone looks as a dry drunk.

]]> By: timothyt0102 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4911050 timothyt0102 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:43:13 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4911050 Well, I don't think the US can re-negotiate FTA agreements; it however, can negotiate amendments to the FTA agreements if the other side agrees to it, which of course, include their own Parliament and, if they have one, their own Senate. As for McCain's economical program: lets face it, most old school military men like Sen. McCain know nuts about economics. He has always been about Vietnam and the term "never surrender". Economics is just about a question mark in his mind. So when his deficit and spend budget maths don't add up, hey its not expected. What shouldn't be unexpected as well, though, is that on the basis of overall policy proposals offered by all three, McCain is sure the weakest one, and based on that assessment, he shouldn't be elected as President. Even I, an Obama supporter, would rather give my vote to Clinton(with some apprehension though) than to McCain. In the end, the US needs a Democrat in the White House again. Well, I don’t think the US can re-negotiate FTA agreements; it however, can negotiate amendments to the FTA agreements if the other side agrees to it, which of course, include their own Parliament and, if they have one, their own Senate.

As for McCain’s economical program: lets face it, most old school military men like Sen. McCain know nuts about economics. He has always been about Vietnam and the term “never surrender”. Economics is just about a question mark in his mind.

So when his deficit and spend budget maths don’t add up, hey its not expected. What shouldn’t be unexpected as well, though, is that on the basis of overall policy proposals offered by all three, McCain is sure the weakest one, and based on that assessment, he shouldn’t be elected as President.

Even I, an Obama supporter, would rather give my vote to Clinton(with some apprehension though) than to McCain. In the end, the US needs a Democrat in the White House again.

]]> By: Freedom Rebel http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4911030 Freedom Rebel Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:48:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4911030 “I would like the next president not to talk about deficit reduction,” Mr. Holtz-Eakin “The next president should talk about what’s good for American families - opening our borders to trade. If we open up any more borders for FREE TRADE it will be our ruination. Not only have we lost millions of jobs from this, the countries that we plunder are hurt. We go into these countries, the workers are paid sub-standard wages, they end up being worse off than when we came there. Plus all of the corporations funnel all the money out of the country. It is a losing propostion not only for our country but for theirs as well. Of course, the only winner in this game is the Big Corporations, like that is major surprise. Another case of how can we stick it to the little guy without him knowing. At the rate of job loses no one in this country will be able to afford buying the products that they are selling. “I would like the next president not to talk about deficit reduction,” Mr. Holtz-Eakin “The next president should talk about what’s good for American families – opening our borders to trade.

If we open up any more borders for FREE TRADE it will be our ruination. Not only have we lost millions of jobs from this, the countries that we plunder are hurt. We go into these countries, the workers are paid sub-standard wages, they end up being worse off than when we came there. Plus all of the corporations funnel all the money out of the country. It is a losing propostion not only for our country but for theirs as well.

Of course, the only winner in this game is the Big Corporations, like that is major surprise. Another case of how can we stick it to the little guy without him knowing.

At the rate of job loses no one in this country will be able to afford buying the products that they are selling.

]]> By: Max-1 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910966 Max-1 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:36:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910966 . <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG3VfKlfDEk" rel="nofollow"><em><strong>Hey McSpender</strong></em></a> . .

Hey McSpender

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]]> By: DallasNE http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910892 DallasNE Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:47:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910892 Ronald Reagan was the grandfather of the irresponsibility administration. George H. W. Bush turned the peace divided into a recession. George W. Bush has married those two ideas together and now McCain's senior advisors are promising more of the same. McCain will devalue the debt with a weak dollar and high inflation. What an exciting prospect. Start making those WIN buttons. Ronald Reagan was the grandfather of the irresponsibility administration. George H. W. Bush turned the peace divided into a recession. George W. Bush has married those two ideas together and now McCain’s senior advisors are promising more of the same. McCain will devalue the debt with a weak dollar and high inflation. What an exciting prospect. Start making those WIN buttons.

]]> By: Anacher Forester http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910874 Anacher Forester Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:03:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910874 Deficit reduction requires a President who understands modern economic principles. It takes a President and a Congress willing to work together to make tough choices. Deficit reduction also requires a President with a long view. John McCain is none of those things. <strong>-AF</strong> <a href="http://sullyisafraud.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud </a> Deficit reduction requires a President who understands modern economic principles. It takes a President and a Congress willing to work together to make tough choices. Deficit reduction also requires a President with a long view.

John McCain is none of those things.

-AF
Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910850 katy Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:43:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910850 from the google news page... it occurred to me, makes a fine example of media headlines presentation: <em><strong>McCain would hike drug costs for wealthy Americans</strong> Reuters - 2 hours ago By Steve Holland PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - US Republican presidential candidate John McCain will outline economic proposals on Tuesday that would increase drug costs for wealthy seniors and freeze billions in government spending for a year.</em> straight and to the point... leave it to the brits... <em><strong>McCain Proposes Medicare Drug Benefit Changes</strong> Washington Post</em> vague, but safe... <em><strong>McCain to seek budget review, drug spending cuts</strong> MarketWatch</em> for the free marketers... from the google news page… it occurred to me, makes a fine example of media
headlines presentation:

McCain would hike drug costs for wealthy Americans
Reuters – 2 hours ago
By Steve Holland PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – US Republican presidential candidate John McCain will outline economic proposals on Tuesday that would increase drug costs for wealthy seniors and freeze billions in government spending for a year.

straight and to the point… leave it to the brits…

McCain Proposes Medicare Drug Benefit Changes Washington Post

vague, but safe…

McCain to seek budget review, drug spending cuts MarketWatch

for the free marketers…

]]> By: piltdown http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910846 piltdown Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:34:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910846 Well, paying $400 billion a year in interest on the existing debt isn't causing enough pain. Let's add to it! Well, paying $400 billion a year in interest on the existing debt isn’t causing enough pain.

Let’s add to it!

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910834 Wayne A. Schneider Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:13:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910834 <em>[Holtz-Eakin] said the benefits of success in Iraq dwarfed the $150 billion annual cost.</em> Does it "dwarf" the cost in lives, especially considering that no one has been able to realistically define what "success" means in the first place? [Holtz-Eakin] said the benefits of success in Iraq dwarfed the $150 billion annual cost.

Does it “dwarf” the cost in lives, especially considering that no one has been able to realistically define what “success” means in the first place?

]]> By: Shayne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910772 Shayne Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:21:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910772 So why are we worried. I mean just because today's kids are going to have to pay for a record number of baby boomers retiring and living longer doesn't mean they won't be able to pay this ginormous debt does it? After all eventually "trickle down economics" has to start working doesn't it? So why are we worried. I mean just because today’s kids are going to have to pay for a record number of baby boomers retiring and living longer doesn’t mean they won’t be able to pay this ginormous debt does it? After all eventually “trickle down economics” has to start working doesn’t it?

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910750 RUCerious Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:03:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910750 Let's bill republicans and their supporters to make up the deficit. Iraq was all theirs. Fiscal irresponsibility is all theirs. Let's not only repeal the 1%ers tax break, let's impose Kennedyesque taxes on them, and balance the books. Jefferson's quotes... If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world. Thomas Jefferson. Let’s bill republicans and their supporters to make up the deficit. Iraq was all theirs. Fiscal irresponsibility is all theirs. Let’s not only repeal the 1%ers tax break, let’s impose Kennedyesque taxes on them, and balance the books.
Jefferson’s quotes…
If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

Thomas Jefferson.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910738 RUCerious Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:53:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910738 <em>Newsweek’s Daniel Gross noted, “McCain’s fiscal program is either a joke or a fantasy.” </em> Like McCain, his fiscal program is a nightmare. Newsweek’s Daniel Gross noted, “McCain’s fiscal program is either a joke or a fantasy.”

Like McCain, his fiscal program is a nightmare.

]]> By: rastaman http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910718 rastaman Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:45:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910718 <strong>MOTHER OF GOD!</strong> MOTHER OF GOD!

]]> By: jonny http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910710 jonny Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:42:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910710 Phil pheckin' GRAMM is McSame's economics witch-doctor. <strong>'Nuff</strong> said. Phil pheckin’ GRAMM is McSame’s economics witch-doctor.

‘Nuff said.

]]> By: Mr. Evil http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910708 Mr. Evil Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:36:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910708 Krusty the Clown lives! Is anyone really stupid enough to vote for this assbag? Krusty the Clown lives! Is anyone really stupid enough to vote for this assbag?

]]> By: Merlin http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910694 Merlin Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:28:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910694 <em>Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says: I can’t see any way that McCain can win this election. April 14th, 2008 at 8:01 pm</em> He shouldn't win as you indicate, but what has me on edge is the absolute love affair he has going with the conventional media. They just love him to death. He has gotten a free pass thus far. Now if the general public, which does not follow what is going on, except through sound bites, and listens to the opinions of "experts" such as Chris Mathews, Cokie Roberts, David Broder, or Bill Kristol (not to mention the right wing smear pundits at Faux and right wing talk radio) he might do quite well. It is this media that acts like a teenager in love with an entertainment idol that really concerns me. Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:

I can’t see any way that McCain can win this election.

April 14th, 2008 at 8:01 pm

He shouldn’t win as you indicate, but what has me on edge is the absolute love affair he has going with the conventional media. They just love him to death. He has gotten a free pass thus far.

Now if the general public, which does not follow what is going on, except through sound bites, and listens to the opinions of “experts” such as Chris Mathews, Cokie Roberts, David Broder, or Bill Kristol (not to mention the right wing smear pundits at Faux and right wing talk radio) he might do quite well. It is this media that acts like a teenager in love with an entertainment idol that really concerns me.

]]> By: Peter C http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910692 Peter C Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:26:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910692 helena @1, I like to call them "attack and spend" Republicans. helena @1,

I like to call them “attack and spend” Republicans.

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/comment-page-1/#comment-4910686 Chocolate Jesus Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:24:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/mccain-deficits/#comment-4910686 step 1: stop forcing the american taxpayer to bribe foreigners not to shoot at our troops.. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_free_ride_over;_ylt=Ar9GnvzhWk8l9sRkPgT7Im1h24cA "..Their bill also would require that Baghdad pay for the fuel used by American troops and take over U.S. payments to predominantly Sunni fighters in the Awakening movement..." ah, but i'll bet we'll run into problems here, because for the life of me, i dont see the shia central government happily funding sunni militias... step 1: stop forcing the american taxpayer to bribe foreigners not to shoot at our troops..

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq_free_ride_over;_ylt=Ar9GnvzhWk8l9sRkPgT7Im1h24cA

“..Their bill also would require that Baghdad pay for the fuel used by American troops and take over U.S. payments to predominantly Sunni fighters in the Awakening movement…”

ah, but i’ll bet we’ll run into problems here, because for the life of me, i dont see the shia central government happily funding sunni militias…

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