Holtz-Eakin: McCain may not speak for the McCain campaign on the economy.
Holtz-Eakin: McCain may not speak for the McCain campaign on the economy.
On Wednesday, the Tax Policy Center released a report finding a $2.8 trillion gap between Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) public economic proposals and his advisers’ private assurances. McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin responded yesterday to the report, saying that McCain’s public statements are not necessarily “official” policy. Slate reports:
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, McCain’s chief economic adviser, says the numbers he provided to the TPC aren’t secret—they’re the same ones he provides to anyone who asks. He also disputes the way the study takes suggestions McCain has made on the stump out of context. “This is parsing words out of campaign appearances to an unreasonable degree,” Holtz-Eakin said. “He has certainly I’m sure said things in town halls” that don’t jibe perfectly with his written plan. But that doesn’t mean it’s official.
The Wonk Room breaks down McCain’s double talk on the economy here.
Sort Comments By: Top Rated | Date
45 Responses to “Holtz-Eakin: McCain may not speak for the McCain campaign on the economy.”
Topic Cloud
ArchivesBlog Roll
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 5:04 pmJust what we need. Another puppet president.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pmHAHAHAHA.....WHO'S DRIVING THE RUNAWAY STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS? ANYONE? ANYONE?
July 25th, 2008 at 5:08 pmUnbelievable, eh, Ralph?
McSenile's own campaign telling us not to pay any attention to what the doddering old fart says...?
Yikes. Now I've seen everything.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:09 pmMcPutz speaks for Bushitler.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:11 pmOK folks, I'm out of here, vacation next week.
Please continue the whack-a-troll.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:13 pmOh, I don't know how unbelievable it is, Annie... we prolly shoulda seen this coming all along.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pmUncle Ho, we'll miss your steady bat in the lineup, but we'll carry on.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pmI think it's about time for McBush to come down with a bad case of laryngitis. He can do his ghastly smile and wave at people, but no talking, John!
July 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pmMcCain is only allowed to use one word on the campaign trail, anyone want to guess what that might be?
July 25th, 2008 at 5:14 pmOMG -- Holtz-Eakin might as well have just said that McCain doesn't memorize his script very well, and that he tends to just blather willy-nilly on the stump.
OK Douglas, how is this supposed to convince me that McCain is the best candidate for president? After inauguration, will he be controlled by his handlers better or something?
IS IT ASKING TOO MUCH FOR SOME GENUINE LEADERSHIP HERE???
July 25th, 2008 at 5:15 pmME! ME!!
The word is .........SURGE!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pmMcCain has already shown his cards by stating that he can redefine any word to mean anything. The way he has redefined Surge to include 6 months before anyone mentioned the word Surge.
All he has to do is say I abolished the AMT, by renaming it the Patriot Tax.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:17 pmOh, did I say no new taxes? OK then we call it the Patriot Fees.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:18 pmI think he's got to be allowed two.
"My" doesn't make any sense without "friends".
July 25th, 2008 at 5:20 pmMcCain needs to start wearing his Depends around his pie hole.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pmThis is incredibly unreasonable parsing. I mean it isn't as if he keeps forgetting whether or not he favors privatizing social security. . . oh, bad example, never mind.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:25 pmOh, This is rich. McCain's advisors are saying: Don't pay any attention to the man running for President...he doesn't know what he is talking about???!!!
July 25th, 2008 at 5:27 pma $2.8 trillion gap between Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) public economic proposals and his advisers’ private assurances.
What? That 2,800,000,0O0,000 dollars? That's nothing...it's just a gap. It's lik...er...25% of the entire GDP...you can barely see it...trust me, no one will notice.It's just a tiny little gap.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:32 pmOk, the joke's getting old. You can go ahead and conceed now, John. You've served your country well, thanks. Now it's time to fade away like a good soldier.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:33 pmIt’s just a tiny little gap.
Just like the gap in McCain's intelligence.
It's just a flesh wound.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:35 pmIf McCain doesn't speak for his own campaign, who does? Who are the people really voting for?
July 25th, 2008 at 5:38 pmDoesn't this qualify as not getting his story straight?
July 25th, 2008 at 5:42 pmIf he's this spacey now, it'll only get worse with age, no matter how many advisors he has whispering in his ear, correcting his "misstatements".
The McCain campaign is a mood bracelet. You're supposed to believe whichever of their public statements you happen to agree with at the time. If you disagree, or find contradictions, it's because their statements were "taken out of context" or "parsed to an unreasonable degree."
July 25th, 2008 at 5:44 pmWell, they will probably have to "mic him up", like Bush at the debates, so he makes less mistakes...maybe traitor Joe can keep him on message.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:44 pmEureka!!! I have found it!!! I now know the rethuglican secret!!!
I have discovered how they are able to generate cross-media metrics, orchestrate ubiquitous methodologies, and reintermediate extensible synergies.
You too can write for the McPain Campaign. Just go to http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit/html
July 25th, 2008 at 5:49 pmNumber 28 My bad! Try
http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html
July 25th, 2008 at 5:51 pm.
So McTorture doesn't speak for himself? Has he informed himself of these facts?
.
July 25th, 2008 at 6:22 pmSo the straight talk express will say whatever it takes on the campaign trail in order to get elected. But wait, that is exactly what he is charging Obama with. Do as I say, not as I do is good if you can get away with it. But McCain has this little problem. He doesn't know the details of just what is in his plan so how can you expect him to stick to the plan while out on the campaign trail. McCain knows even less about how the economy works than does George W. Bush. Now, that is embarrassing.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:14 pmSo in other words at McCain's town hall meetings, he's either lying or completely delusional. Hopefully this will become big news, since I suspect when his supporters listen to him, they think he's telling the truth. He certainly has them fooled.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:21 pmI can't understand why this excruciatingly stupid man is within 70 points of Obama in public opinion polls.
It's painful to watch him. Not the painful W thing, where you want to first shoot the television and then yourself, but more the kind of pain when you were eight and realized they'd have to put Old Yeller down.
July 25th, 2008 at 8:48 pm“He has certainly I’m sure said things in town halls” that don’t jibe perfectly with his written plan. But that doesn’t mean it’s official.
So either he doesn't know what he's talking about or he's a liar. Either way he's "unfit for command."
http://progressiveworldreview.com
July 25th, 2008 at 9:48 pmMerely the latest from the Delusional Rant Express.
July 26th, 2008 at 10:41 amThe Pure BULLSHIT Express has 'arrived'.
So. It's either he's misleading/lying his old ass off to the 99% friendly town hallies (and the press) - OR - He's a pre-alzhemic buffoon yakking to 'fill the dead space', ok?
So. Tell me again how he's NOT bush 3.0?
July 26th, 2008 at 8:30 pmHAHAHAHAHA
So he replaced gram.
Wow.
this bs is funny.
So mcchimpy can't relay his very own words honestly. I believe he thinks he's on the Letterman's show all the time. Pathetic. he's so fake I can't stand it.
So mcchimpy has a photo-op and the background is artery clogging processed cheese food. I didn't know German were known for their cheese.
And repugs haven't seen patriotism until we vote in unbelievable numbers. A "surge."
I haven't heard such bs from mcchimpy's camp since 5 seconds ago. It's piling high for the whiners. The masses of people are for peace.
do the repug crumble, turd.
Peace is the natural order.
July 27th, 2008 at 1:26 ambogtrotters Says:
I can't understand why this excruciatingly stupid man is within 70 points of Obama in public opinion polls.
It's painful to watch him. Not the painful W thing, where you want to first shoot the television and then yourself, but more the kind of pain when you were eight and realized they'd have to put Old Yeller down.
HAHAHAHA
Good one!
The pain I assert him to is riding a bicycle and landing on the male bar. It hurts so much you can't touch it.
July 27th, 2008 at 1:35 amThis is another example that the "old world jounalism of Murrow, Cronkite and Rather is dead and buried. In the case of the Time Magazine reporter Ms Tumulty, she seems to think the finding out the who, what, where, when and how have been replaced with a steno pad, which she records what ABC said in rebuttle to the complaint of Congressman Kucinich. There is a great disconnect with what happened and the points made by ABC. She asks little of no questions to ABC. She takes what is handed to her and repeats it vebatim and then calls that reporting. I call is stenography. Lida Sohbet sohbet sesli chat Gelinlik Modelleri
January 11th, 2009 at 11:55 amIf you’re referring to Karl Schwarz’ articles, if they are true, how will we ever know unless the news media gets involved without bias? The military under orders not to speak out may never convey Karl Scharz’ expose’. Sesli Sohbet If Cheney was truly involved in 9/11 and protected in some way, then he’s being protected by what may be going on in the Caspian Sea area as well. That pre-9/11 August 10, 2000 article drives the point home to me that Cheney had a vested interest in the oil at the Caspian Sea area (before 9/11). Fx15 From all I’ve read in Schwarz’ articles, he claims the Taliban was working on a deal with Argentina with that pipeline in the Caspian Sea area and UNOCOL wanted the deal instead. Orjinal Lida It’s too much to get into here and I’m not able to convey in here what Schwarz has presented in his articles. Sikis Dig into Schwarz’ articles to learn more about the unnamed soldier’s experiences related to so-called Black Ops missions in the Caspian Sea area in Schwarz’ article. What Schwarz had to present in this article is an eye opener: kurtlar vadisi pusu izle
January 30th, 2009 at 2:40 pmThank you very much.
February 3rd, 2009 at 12:34 pmsesli chat
sesli sohbet
sesli chat
sesli sohbet
I want suits in Colorado, New Jersey, and any other state where illegal suppression campaigns are being conducted. And some real looks at the polling methodology would also be eye opening.
mynet
February 5th, 2009 at 4:37 amnetlog
sohbet odalari
kiz arkadas
sohbet
He has certainly I’m sure said things in town halls” that don’t jibe perfectly with his written plan. But that doesn’t mean it’s official.
February 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pmyo nunca habia visto a Eugenio Derbez haciendo el papel de malo pero esta pelicula esta muy bonita y si le cae ambos papeles pero lo disfruto mas cuando hace el papel de comedian
March 12th, 2009 at 8:53 amk?z oyunlar? | araba oyunlar? | flash oyun | oyun sitesi
Thank you very much.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:39 amsesli chat
sesli sohbet
Sesli Sohbet
April 16th, 2009 at 3:19 pmSesli Chat
Sesli Sohbet
Sesli Chat
Arsivlik
Film indir
Mp4 Film
Forum
thank you..
April 30th, 2009 at 9:32 am