Novak On McCain Adviser’s Claim That Obama Is 3rd Bush Term: ‘Silliest Thing I Have Ever Heard!’
Novak On McCain Adviser’s Claim That Obama Is 3rd Bush Term: ‘Silliest Thing I Have Ever Heard!’
On Bloomberg TV this weekend, McCain policy adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin — attempting to fight off the fact that McCain is running to continue President Bush’s key policies — ludicrously claimed that Barack Obama would be like President Bush on the economy. Obama is “dedicated to the recent Bush tradition of spending money on everything,” Holtz-Eakin said.
But even conservatives aren’t taking the bait on the new talking point. Reacting to Holtz-Eakin’s interview, conservative pundit Robert Novak said on Bloomberg TV:
That is the silliest thing I have ever heard! And I won’t even dignify how stupid it is.
Novak went on to argue that there’s no doubt McCain is attempting to “get away from Bush.” Asked if McCain can succeed in that strategy, Novak said yes because “slamming Bush” is something many Republicans would approve of. Watch it:
The new McCain strategy appears to be “I’m rubber, you’re glue; whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you.” But as James Kvaal and Robert Gordon demonstrate in a Wonk Room analysis, the McCain and Bush comparison sticks because it is true.
It’s pretty devastating for Holtz-Eakin that his crackerjack talking point won’t even pass Novak’s smell test.
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It really bothers me when Novakula is used as a credible source for anything.
He should be in prison.
June 8th, 2008 at 10:43 amThis Holtz-Eakin guy sure is a media punching bag. It can't be easy, being punked on a daily basis, especially for a candidate with such badly-conceived proposals. It like being Peewee's Herman's publicist.
June 8th, 2008 at 10:51 amI like this Holtz-Guy. I hope he just keeps on mouthing this crapola until the first debate. Then he'll be Eakin out a living doing something else.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:01 amHAHA I mean can't you see these idiots in a room getting all excited when they came up with this talking point? The radical Right has run off any Republicans of intelligence and this is what's left. As sad as it is funny as hell.
And I do agree with Ralph . . . Novak should be in prison.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:01 amNovak is nothing but a republican waterboy who sold out on our our CIA agents to help his pathetic party. He's also one of the most racist people on the planet along with Pat Buchanan. Although they would oppose any Democrat they really hate Obama because he's black. Robert Novak claims to be a christian but he's got a oneway ticket straight to hell because of his racist opinions and feelings.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:01 amObama is “dedicated to the recent Bush tradition of spending money on everything,”
If by "everything" he means the war, okay, but that's hardly recent, nor is it something Obama's going to want to spend money on.
What this really is about is the insane believe that Bush isn't a real conservative. The same Bush cheerleaders that sang his praises in the beginning are now trying to distance themselves from him now that his presidency will go down as the worst ever.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
June 8th, 2008 at 11:05 amThe savings from winding down the occupation of Iraq will go a long way to funding necessary social programs.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:31 amThe spending that needs to be cut is the special interest tax loopholes that have been handed out by BushitCo for the last seven years. No more corporate welfare.
Hi Mr. P
June 8th, 2008 at 11:31 amOh, and GD repuglycan apologistas everywhere!
June 8th, 2008 at 11:32 amThompney Says:
Wait, why did TP call the great Holtz-Eakin crackerjack?
Ya might want to take another look at chapter one of your Hooked On Phonics book again. It says "crackerjack talking points".
June 8th, 2008 at 11:32 amRobert Novak? He's still alive?!?!?!?
Who cares about anything this fossil has to say!!!!!!!
June 8th, 2008 at 11:35 amDouglas Holtz-Eakin would make a great presidential economic advisor. America should seize the chance to make him a federal reserve governor.
The Age of Incompetence is nearly over; why would we reward it?
June 8th, 2008 at 11:36 amBut, yes, Holtz-Eakin is a saltine kinda guy.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:36 amSouthern Belle ~ Who?
June 8th, 2008 at 11:36 amOBAMA is a third Bush term? Really?
I love the smell of Republican desperation in the morning...
June 8th, 2008 at 11:38 amTechnically, no. He's the undead.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:39 amAll it will take is one political debate. Obama will show the hypocrisy and deceit of John McCain. His voting record and his lies shall be out in public view.
The media will be hard pressed to keep ignoring all of his faults and blunders. He shall be unveiled as another warmongering politician.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:41 amFR ~ Bring on the debates! I can't wait for Obama to chop McIIIrd up into little bitty panderbites.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:48 amIf it's so stupid, then why were his supporters chanting "FOUR MORE YEARS!" at his speech on Tuesday night?
June 8th, 2008 at 11:50 amWhile McCain tries to run a tough-but-respectful campaign, he must appeal to a party full of Purple-Heart-bandaid-wearing hypocrites who live on the low road. Obama should ask McCain in debate if he repudiates them, and their apparent disrespect for the military, and the sacrifice of it's soldiers.
June 8th, 2008 at 11:54 amyou know what's wrong with that green screen?
it's green - and mcCREEPY isn't... not really.
but i fear the subliminal message IS effective...
see that picture, see that green, see mcSAME...
word association, is why they put up that green screen...
just thinking out loud...
and i thought that the first time i saw it...
not the first to i'm sure...
g'morning...
June 8th, 2008 at 11:54 amIf it’s so stupid, then why were his supporters chanting “FOUR MORE YEARS!” at his speech on Tuesday night?
Because the 23%'ers are too dumb to realize how bad it would sound to the rest of the electorate.
You're the only ones who want for more years...
June 8th, 2008 at 11:56 amThomasMc Says:
If it’s so stupid, then why were his supporters chanting “FOUR MORE YEARS!” at his speech on Tuesday night?
June 8th, 2008 at 11:50 am
probly getting ready for '12???
June 8th, 2008 at 11:57 am#20 RUCerious Says:
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FR ~ Bring on the debates! I can’t wait for Obama to chop McIIIrd up into little bitty panderbites.
I can't wait either RUC, Obama is such a tremendous speaker he will win hands down on every one of them. It will be so nice to see McCain try to stutter his way out of not supporting the vets and the continued war in Iraq.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pmIf obama had any fukkin stones at all, at every debate, he'd wear one of those 'purple heart' band-aids...and if Bombin' Johnnie made a fuss, he'd ask: where were you on 2004?
June 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm"If it’s so stupid, then why were his supporters chanting “FOUR MORE YEARS!” at his speech on Tuesday night?"
They were duped into believing George was going to make a surprise appearance, and that was the only chant they had memorized.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:01 pm#23 katy Says:
you know what’s wrong with that green screen?
it’s green - and mcCREEPY isn’t… not really.
but i fear the subliminal message IS effective…
see that picture, see that green, see mcSAME…
word association, is why they put up that green screen…
just thinking out loud…
and i thought that the first time i saw it…
not the first to i’m sure…
g’morning…
That is a very good point Katy, I hadn't thought about that. But you are absolutely right. Too much sun working outside, not so quick on the uptake yet.
Good Morning!!
June 8th, 2008 at 12:02 pmAlthough I really don't care about anything Novak has to say, I find it interesting that even the GOP Kool-aid drinkers have their limits. Novak is correct -- Holtz-Eakin's claim is both silly and stupid. I think even the most dumbed-down American would agree.
Yes, the GOP will do their best to paint Obama as a "tax and spend liberal", hoping nobody will notice that the way they have run through the government's money makes the Dems look like tightwads. AND the GOP will do their best to distance themselves from Bush, because they know they can't win with only 25% of the vote. I just never dreamed that Holtz-Eakin would attempt to employ both strategies in one outrageous soundbite.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:06 pmThompney Says:
The heck with this place.
Here, let me hold the door for you.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:10 pmBombin Johnnie's (or surrogate Eakins) is not entirely wrong. Obama's economic advisors would fit right in at the Bushevik Shitehouse...
June 8th, 2008 at 12:10 pmSometimes, wingnut comments cannot be adequately explained by mere stupidity alone. At times like this, there must be other causes as well. Perhaps a controlled substance.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:10 pmThompney Says
June 8th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
The heck with this place. I’m donating $1000 to J. MCCAIN III. Barock Obamamama was a law instructor, not a professor, and won his senate too easily in 2004.
______________________________________
You are certainly entitled to contribute to and vote for whomever you wish. However, your reasons for choosing McCain over Obama are about the silliest I have seen so far. Other than Obama's resume and his landslide senate victory (both negatives in your book), do you have any other reason for preferring McCain? Or are you making your decision based on just this?
June 8th, 2008 at 12:11 pmPoor Thumpknee, don't let the door hit your ass on the way to the recruiting office.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:16 pmOh, and thumpedkneejerk....
June 8th, 2008 at 12:18 pmcheck this out
Not sure they'd take him. I know Bush has broken the military to the point where they'll accept felons, but I don't think they're signing up severe mental cases just yet.
Maybe after they bomb Iran...
June 8th, 2008 at 12:19 pmThey might take him, it appears he's self-medicating...
June 8th, 2008 at 12:27 pm(Thompney shouts over uproarious laughter from TP community)
(laughter grows louder, more raucous)
(laughter stops. all eyes stare at Thomney, seeming to be on the verge of a breakdown.
beat.
TP erupts in laughter once again. Thompney is downcast.)
June 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pmDon't need to prove it. McIIIrd's record of voting in the years he's been in the Senate are abysmal. He's voted with Bush 100% this year, when he's bothered to vote, and it's about 75-80% for the last seven years. Enough evidence for me that Obama's experience as a community organizer put him close enough to the people's experience that he'd make a great president.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:32 pmHis ability to organize a top notch campaign is also evidence of his managerial skills.
McIIIrd's campaign, run by his lobbyist buddies is making web video advertisments that tout his prep school background, bragging about his values of honor and snitching. What a joke.
Like his honorable dumping of his disfigured wife who stayed loyal to him through his captivity. And his calling his trophy cash cow wife a cu*t and trollop. Real presidential material. Not.
Hey, Tom's knee! Come on over to Kos and spout that crap. You think we're hard on you! BWAAAHAHAHAH~!
June 8th, 2008 at 12:33 pmOh, and Tommy Pee, did you check out my link on #37? Care to retract your statement?
June 8th, 2008 at 12:34 pm"MCain has been in the senate for nearly 30 years."
Yes, he is in serious debt by now. He owes so many favors the only way out is to become president, and have the ability to abrogate any and all future legislation with signing statements.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:35 pmThompney, if you're sick of the laughing, then why did you go into comedy?
Seems like a strange career choice.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:37 pmAnd he wonders why his comments draw laughter and derision...
June 8th, 2008 at 12:39 pm...which does so much good on an internet blog forum...
June 8th, 2008 at 12:40 pmI have a degree from the University of Burly Man.
U B da Man
June 8th, 2008 at 12:42 pmI see our morning's entertainment has switched from trying match wits with us (a task for which he was sorely unprepared) to bluster and bravado, which, again, proves so useful in the internet community.
Thompney, for your own sake, go back to the comedy. You were at least amusing then. I fear this new approach will just make you look sad and pathetic.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pmUniversity of BM? No wonder you're so full of crap.
June 8th, 2008 at 12:52 pmHow about some Village People instead?
June 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pmNo worries. You've built up such a massive amount of credibility, how could I not believe you?
You seem to have a little trouble with the concept of an internet community, though. For instance, you can't really sing me Brian (sic) Adams, now, can you?
June 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pmSorry, Humpknee, enough is enough, you have been flagged.
June 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pmThompney Says:
Ralphy, please believe me. The site must be down for maintenance or something. It’ll be up before then or i’ll promise to sing you Brian Adams.
Eh, thom p,
If it was RYAN Adams, THAT would be Burly Man music, BRIAN Adams, more like Gurly Man music. But then, I guess this is all self explanatory, huh?
June 8th, 2008 at 1:02 pmTompy, you're much more amusing when your posts make a little more sense than this one. Please try harder.
June 8th, 2008 at 1:17 pmHumpknee says: Too many of those white-colored things lying around.
Try putting a wastebasket between your knees.
June 8th, 2008 at 1:30 pmWow, the RNC is really scraping the bottom of the septic tank to find trolls these days. LMAO
The new troll seems to be missing basic critical thinking skills. I wonder if it forgets to breathe now and then too.
June 8th, 2008 at 1:57 pm"This is Bob Novak, reminding you even I will spay and neuter my own kind sometimes. Goodbye everybody!"
June 8th, 2008 at 4:04 pmLOL, Novak is clearly smoking something! Either that or he has a financial gain in McBush becoming the next dictator. He is not doubt what is called an American Sheeple to fall for McBushs LIES.
JT
June 8th, 2008 at 6:57 pmThink your Hard Drive is Clean?
Lumpy: Do I really have to beat the shit out of you?
June 8th, 2008 at 6:59 pmNovak should be sitting in a prison with Scooter Libby, but that's not happening.
But when a traitorous pig like Novak calls you an idiot, you know you really are approching houseplant IQ.
June 8th, 2008 at 10:12 pmThe Republican Party always lives off lies. Nobody would by anything from them if they told the truth about wanting to destroy government and our way of life. Or that they want to turn our government over to corporations to steal our tax dollars for the thugs and cronies. They always lie.
June 8th, 2008 at 10:38 pmAttaching Sen. Obama to mcsame is totally silly.
I knew they would use dirty tactics but this talking point is dishonest. TYPICAL!
Next they will say Sen. Obama is just as old as mcsame.
I don't believe the polls are real; how in the world does Sen. Obama have a slight lead over mcsame. IMPOSSIBLE!
June 9th, 2008 at 1:54 amMaybe it's not so silly. Stay with me on this one...
June 9th, 2008 at 11:04 pm1. McCain claims that Obama is Bush's third term.
2. At least 25% of the country is really stupid, as evidenced by the people who still support Bush.
3. Only stupid people will believe that claim, the rest of us are smart enough to know how full of s#!t it is.
4. McCain loses his base, as the 25% who want a third Bush term will vote for Obama.
5. Obama wins in a landslide bigger than LBJ did in 1964.
mcchimpy's policy is a blueprint of chimpy's policy. Why does he lie when proof is on countless blogs, messageboards and vids?
Instead of dealing with the occupations, death and the economy mcchimpy wants to play schoolyard games.
A sign of dementia is regression.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:21 pmGah! Not even Novak can stomach the kind of swill they are dishing out now! Hahahahaha, that is amusing.
What next? Karl Rove dissociates himself from McCain, to avoid feeling dirty?
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pmAnd I won’t even dignify how stupid it is.
And if anybody could dignify stupid, it would be Mr. Novak.
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:42 pm