Comments on: Fiorina: ‘McCain Has Consistently Said’ He Will ‘Balance The Budget By 2013′ http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:07:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Marie http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5136356 Marie Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:39:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5136356 It's easy to see why HP people disliked their CEO. BTW - is anyone going to ask why McCain has not been seen in the Senate since April? It’s easy to see why HP people disliked their CEO.

BTW – is anyone going to ask why McCain has not been seen in the Senate since April?

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5136242 tarazan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:57:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5136242 Fiorina insists that McBookkeeper will balance the budget for us in no time.! Fiorina insists that McBookkeeper will balance the budget for us in no time.!

]]> By: Game of Life http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5136184 Game of Life Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:04:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5136184 he ran his campaign in the red he wrote and backed backdoor laws for his benefit he and his administration can't catch up with the 21st century was mcchimpy studying AAP during his "capture?" Remember he has admitted he doesn't want to know about economics. there isn't a reason to be proud of not knowing how to run our country. mcchimpy flops like a fish out of water. he ran his campaign in the red
he wrote and backed backdoor laws for his benefit
he and his administration can’t catch up with the 21st century

was mcchimpy studying AAP during his “capture?” Remember he has admitted he doesn’t want to know about economics. there isn’t a reason to be proud of not knowing how to run our country.

mcchimpy flops like a fish out of water.

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5136038 RUCerious Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:05:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5136038 Yeah, just like HP balanced their...Oh, right, never mind... Yeah, just like HP balanced their…Oh, right, never mind…

]]> By: had enough http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5136036 had enough Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:04:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5136036 I have a nagging fear the goppers will find some way to make McCain spend more time with his family and find another candidate to run against Obama. McCain has got to be an embarrassment to the goppers as well as the aged. I have a nagging fear the goppers will find some way to make McCain spend more time with his family and find another candidate to run against Obama. McCain has got to be an embarrassment to the goppers as well as the aged.

]]> By: Gregor Samsa http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5136032 Gregor Samsa Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5136032 <i>Wasn’t Fiorina busted for spying into personal stuff of HP employees? </i> ~jb That wasn't Fiorina, but Patricia Dunn. She hired private investigators to obtain private information on other board members. Stupid move. She was charged with at least one felony. Wasn’t Fiorina busted for spying into personal stuff of HP employees?
~jb

That wasn’t Fiorina, but Patricia Dunn. She hired private investigators to obtain private information on other board members. Stupid move. She was charged with at least one felony.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135976 Keith Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:12:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135976 @28, I meant "the problem was what to do with the massive surplus". @28, I meant “the problem was what to do with the massive surplus”.

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135972 barfly Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:02:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135972 Sorry to go OT, but: <em>Just one week after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement: Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement following the diagnosis of a brain tumor, a prognosis the Sun-Times' political columnist describes as "dire." "The details are being worked out with the doctors this week, but the tentative plan is for radiation and chemotherapy," Novak said.</em> While no one deserves to get a tumor, the news that he'll no longer be a republican media mouthpiece is good news indeed. Sorry to go OT, but:

Just one week after being diagnosed with a brain tumor, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement:

Robert Novak has announced his immediate retirement following the diagnosis of a brain tumor, a prognosis the Sun-Times’ political columnist describes as “dire.”

“The details are being worked out with the doctors this week, but the tentative plan is for radiation and chemotherapy,” Novak said.

While no one deserves to get a tumor, the news that he’ll no longer be a republican media mouthpiece is good news indeed.

]]> By: dasm http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135966 dasm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:55:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135966 consistency: noun, Republican. Changing your mind, "flip-flopping" if you will, misspeaking, etc. in order to best pander to audience. Lies, distortions can be included, as consistency is a fluid concept. consistency: noun, Republican. Changing your mind, “flip-flopping” if you will, misspeaking, etc. in order to best pander to audience. Lies, distortions can be included, as consistency is a fluid concept.

]]> By: christopher wiwi http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135964 christopher wiwi Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:53:00 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135964 Ah, the maverick mcflipper has got himself a real winner in Carly,spying on her employees is a real plus for the straight talker or is it Mcwars or is it Mcflipper I get confused..... Ah, the maverick mcflipper has got himself a real winner in Carly,spying on her employees is a real plus for the straight talker or is it Mcwars or is it Mcflipper I get confused…..

]]> By: ljm http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135952 ljm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:37:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135952 It has to be relaxing for the old man to know that he can say anything, anytime, and be pretty certain that the media and Dems will hardly challenge you. Must be the same arrangement given to Bush in 2000 and 2004? It has to be relaxing for the old man to know that he can say anything, anytime, and be pretty certain that the media and Dems will hardly challenge you.
Must be the same arrangement given to Bush in 2000 and 2004?

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135950 The Republic of Stupidity Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:32:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135950 Actually, Wayne, if he's not showing up to vote, that's just one less GOOPer vote to deal w/... Actually, Wayne, if he’s not showing up to vote, that’s just one less GOOPer vote to deal w/…

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135940 Wayne A. Schneider Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:21:32 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135940 <em>Gregor Samsa Says: Right, McCain has consistently said he will balance the budget by 2013, just as much as he has consistently been against the invasion of Iraq. Meaning, it depends on the time of the day and whether or not he can remember his Senate voting record on the subject… August 4th, 2008 at 8:41 pm</em> Well, right now I'd be happy to see him remember that he is a United States Senator, and should be showing up to vote now and then. Okay, maybe not "happy", but you get the idea. Gregor Samsa Says:

Right, McCain has consistently said he will balance the budget by 2013, just as much as he has consistently been against the invasion of Iraq.

Meaning, it depends on the time of the day and whether or not he can remember his Senate voting record on the subject…

August 4th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Well, right now I’d be happy to see him remember that he is a United States Senator, and should be showing up to vote now and then.

Okay, maybe not “happy”, but you get the idea.

]]> By: Paul W http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135920 Paul W Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:48:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135920 Fiorina is even more confused and integrity challanged than McCain is. http://progressiveworldreview.com Fiorina is even more confused and integrity challanged than McCain is.

http://progressiveworldreview.com

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135918 Keith Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:47:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135918 When W took over from Bill, the problem was what to do with the massive deficits. Then W had a trickle-down economic policy which gave us the Great Depression in the 20's and exploding deficits in the 80's. Guess What, it didn't work in the 00's, either. New record deficits even larger than Ronnie's or Daddy's. Now McCain says he will balance the budget by more tax breaks and staying in Iraq for 100 years. And apparently 40% are buying it. When will people ever learn? Maybe if the MainStreamMedia would explain what happened in history instead of this false balance of allowing any kind of crap to be said. When W took over from Bill, the problem was what to do with the massive deficits. Then W had a trickle-down economic policy which gave us the Great Depression in the 20’s and exploding deficits in the 80’s. Guess What, it didn’t work in the 00’s, either. New record deficits even larger than Ronnie’s or Daddy’s.

Now McCain says he will balance the budget by more tax breaks and staying in Iraq for 100 years. And apparently 40% are buying it. When will people ever learn? Maybe if the MainStreamMedia would explain what happened in history instead of this false balance of allowing any kind of crap to be said.

]]> By: jb http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135916 jb Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:46:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135916 Wasn't Fiorina busted for spying into personal stuff of HP employees? Now she is working for Magoo. If this is what Americans want, then God or some other almighty fanciful being help us. So sad, shallow, lame, ignorant....some folks should hang it up while they still have a few shreds of dignity. Wasn’t Fiorina busted for spying into personal stuff of HP employees? Now she is working for Magoo. If this is what Americans want, then God or some other almighty fanciful being help us. So sad, shallow, lame, ignorant….some folks should hang it up while they still have a few shreds of dignity.

]]> By: AngryOne http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135906 AngryOne Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:27:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135906 <i>"I would like the next president not to talk about deficit reduction."</i> - <a href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001139.htm" rel="nofollow">Douglas Holtz-Eakin, May 14, 2008.</a> “I would like the next president not to talk about deficit reduction.”
- Douglas Holtz-Eakin, May 14, 2008.

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135884 tarazan Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:02:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135884 Fiorina is not telling us how she and McCain can wipe out a deficit of 480 billion dollars in few years when: -She and McCain want to continue sending more checks back from the Treasury as tax refunds. -Reduce tax rates. -Staying in Iraq for a long time. -Start another war with Iran,and create world economic recession,if not depression. -Fighting inflation and rise of 'cost of living'. Are they 'she and McCain' rubbing Aladdin Lamp for answers. Fiorina is not telling us how she and McCain can wipe out a deficit of 480 billion dollars in few years when:

-She and McCain want to continue sending more checks back from the Treasury as tax refunds.
-Reduce tax rates.
-Staying in Iraq for a long time.
-Start another war with Iran,and create world economic recession,if not depression.
-Fighting inflation and rise of ‘cost of living’.

Are they ’she and McCain’ rubbing Aladdin Lamp for answers.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135872 MapleStreet Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:49:55 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135872 because “economic conditions are reversed,” Is this a glancing reference to McSame saying that the economy is just chugging along, honkey dorey ? because “economic conditions are reversed,”

Is this a glancing reference to McSame saying that the economy is just chugging along, honkey dorey ?

]]> By: Zooey http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-5135870 Zooey Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:44:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/04/fiorina-mccain-balance/#comment-5135870 The only consistent thing about a McCain position on any given issue, is that his position will change. Again...again...and again... The only consistent thing about a McCain position on any given issue, is that his position will change. Again…again…and again…

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