Flashback: McCain wanted ‘as much possible campaigning’ with Bush.
Flashback: McCain wanted ‘as much possible campaigning’ with Bush.
Interviewed by Bloomberg’s Al Hunt this weekend, Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign manager Rick Davis said McCain would no longer campaign with President Bush:
Q: Do you expect to campaign with President Bush this fall?
DAVIS: No. Again. We’ve turned that page. I mean, that page is gone.
The campaign’s position is a stark departure from McCain’s rhetoric just six months ago when he received Bush’s endorsement. At the time, McCain said he said he would have “as much possible campaigning” with Bush:
McCAIN: I intend to have as much possible campaigning events together, as it is in keeping with the President’s heavy schedule. And I look forward to that opportunity. I look forward to the chance to bring our message to America. … I hope that the President will find time from his busy schedule to be out on the campaign trail with me.
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According to a September USA Today/Gallup poll, 64 percent of voters are concerned that McCain “would pursue policies that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued.”
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Naaaaaaaah…
They’ll be even worse…
Hey… wanna hear Johnny’s latest rape joke?
September 8th, 2008 at 5:08 pmJohn Bush 2008!
September 8th, 2008 at 5:11 pmCloning First
Sure, TRoS, tell your joke, but no snarkiness when you press ’submit comment’.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pmMcSame = Bush. McPalin = Bush-in-a-dress.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm“We’ve turned that page. I mean, that page is gone”?
Check Mark Foley.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:14 pmThey sat John down and explained to him that lying about everything all the time was the principle requirement for the job.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pmNow that McCon is fighting Bush, that picture of them hugging is:
McCain lures Bush into Rope-a-Dope
September 8th, 2008 at 5:18 pmSo this means another flip-flop? McPutz couldn’t get enough of chimpy leg humping before he didn’t want anymore of Bush’s man-love.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:27 pmTranslation: I’ll do anything in order to get elected. If it means saying white is black or supporting Bush’s policies but not supporting Bush, then I’ll do it.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:28 pmMcSame = Bush on steroids
McPalin = Bush on psychic drugs (meth)
September 8th, 2008 at 5:30 pmSo what has changed in the last week?
The economy is weak, and now with the Freddie/Fannie bailouts, a little bit weaker.
President Bush is Still President.
Jobs are being lost.
Gas prices are very high.
Food prices are high because of the gas prices.
American Citizens were wiretapped illegally…. especially most recently in Minnesota in “pre-emptive” raids seizing laptops and cellphones( how else did the police know where these people were???)
Dick Cheney is still the President… er… vice president and ginning up another war… this time with Russia, or Iran or whoever else might be the next $$$ for the military industrial complex.
Caging lists are cropping up all across the country in order to suppress the vote…
And This time, instead of targeting minorities, they are also targeting callege students, ERRORNEOUSLY telling them that they might lose dependent status or their scholarship money if the register.
McCain wants to continue the failed policies of GW Bush.
McCain will raise your taxes.
McCain has a temper problem. Since he has demonstrated that he has a long vindictive memory, you think that he’s gonna think kindly on an electorate that doesn’t want him to be president?
So… The only thing that has “changed” that McCain makes a very rash selection of an UNQUALIFIED TO BE PRESIDENT/ex-PTA/Hockey mom/pit bull with lipstick.
Are we gonna just sit there and take it?
September 8th, 2008 at 5:31 pmWe’ve turned that page. I mean, that page is gone.
And just like that, without even a second thought, McCain discards Bush’s presence in his campaign. Funny, considering they’ve insisted Bush was the very bestest president ever to walk the land.
You’d think that if they believed their own claptrap, they’d ask Bush to hit the campaign trail, instead of putting distance between themselves and him -to the point of accusing Obama of being a Bush third term (funnier still that they use that phrase as an insult).
Although I don’t expect anyone to point this out, let alone that the 23%ers will notice, obtuse lot that they are.
I hope that the President will find time from his busy schedule to be out on the campaign trail with me.
Even if they actually asked Bush to join the campaign trail, methinks he is probably too busy shredding evidence of his misdeeds; it’s not as if the law has ever stopped him from doing whatever he wants…
September 8th, 2008 at 5:31 pmcallege should be College… fingers got ahead of myself.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:32 pmso if 64% are concerned he is too much like Bush, why teh strong support for mccain?
September 8th, 2008 at 5:34 pmAccording to a September USA Today/Gallup poll, 64 percent of voters are concerned that McCain “would pursue policies that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued.”
If this number is true, then how in hell is McBush polling as high as he is today? There is something seriously wrong with the polls today. I am very worried that the polling companies (like the MSM, most owned by conservatives) are cooking the books on us.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:37 pmSorry Rick, your party looks more like the “deform party” with its severe bending of the truth.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:39 pmObama has taken his eye off of the ball. McCain/Bush is the subject.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:42 pmalin is a distraction. Get back to the business of talking about the economy/Iraq/and jobs. Hammer it home. Hammer it now and keep pounding the message. Throw a few elbows. The time is NOW. The time is RIGHT.
Are we gonna just sit there and take it?
Excellent post, LibertyLover. I respond to you with a question: “Are there enough of ‘us’ to stand up and fight back?”
Obama’s campaign was propelled through major support on college campuses, so the right is adding that demographic to their cheat sheet.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:48 pmLibertyLover Says:
Obama has taken his eye off of the ball. McCain/Bush is the subject.
alin is a distraction. Get back to the business of talking about the economy/Iraq/and jobs. Hammer it home. Hammer it now and keep pounding the message. Throw a few elbows. The time is NOW. The time is RIGHT
I must repeat from an earlier thread that Joe Biden needs to stop complimenting Palin and hint that he is going to rip her apart. He doesn’t need to attack her personally, but he should not grant her an aura of legitimacy going into their Oct. 2 debate by calling her smart and formidable, when he knows he can rip her political ambitions apart without so much as lifting a finger.
September 8th, 2008 at 5:53 pmHere’s a great article
September 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pmCYNTHIA TUCKER ~
McCain relies on his image, avoids issues
http://mccainflips.blogspot.com/
September 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pmMcWars, if I’m correct, I thought I heard him say exactly that on the Sunday talking head circuit, that she has to answer questions about policy and defend them at some point…He was definitely talking about the debate…
September 8th, 2008 at 6:00 pmMcCAIN: I intend to give as much possible head, as it is in keeping with the President’s heavy schedule. And I look forward to that opportunity.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:05 pm’bout damn time – we need to hear from MORE dems!
Gov. Edward G. Rendell of Pennsylvania just accused the campaign of Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin of flat-out “lying” about Senator Barack Obama’s plan on taxes.
Mr. Obama would cut taxes for the majority of Americans, according to theTax Policy Center that has examined his proposals, and yet the McCain campaign continues to say that Mr. Obama would raise them.
“I call on Senator McCain to stop misleading, stop lying, about Senator Obama’s tax plan,” Mr. Rendell said in a conference call with reporters.
Politicians rarely accuse each other of lying, preferring euphemisms instead. Mr. Rendell’s unusually blunt language is a sign of the anger that Democrats are feeling as they watch the McCain camp distort Mr. Obama’s proposals (Factcheck.org says the McCain campaign is engaging in “a pattern of deceit”) and their frustration at being unable to stop it. Governor Rendell was highlighting the issue in advance of a visit Tuesday to Pennsylvania by Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin.
Mr. Rendell repeated his accusation several times. He said that most speakers at the Republican convention in St. Paul last week had “lied” about Mr. Obama’s tax plans and that Mr. McCain’s television ads “have continued to lie.” He said Mr. McCain was using “the big lie strategy,” which is to repeat something often enough in hopes that it will stick. And, he lamented, “to some extent it has stuck.”
The McCain campaign had no immediate response to Mr. Rendell’s characterization, but we’ll post it as soon as we receive one.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:06 pmMcCain:’Why should I campaign with myself ?…remember my nick name that has been known to most people is McBush,some call me McSame..but we are talking about the same person”.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:24 pmHe would have to be insane to have Bush campaign for him. Only the most deluded of the Planet Wingnut crowd see Bush as anything other than a complete disaster. If he is LUCKY he will only go down in history as ONE of the worst presidents in American history, more likely, as THE worst president in American history. The Rightwing is desperate for long lines at Orwells memory hole so they can pretend they are running against themselves. NOW they are for change of as Jon Stewart put it only the Republicans can fix the huge messes the Republicans have made.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:24 pmMcCain:” Bush’s 28% popularity wouldn’t do us good anymore ,we are looking now for 40% and above to succeed..
September 8th, 2008 at 6:32 pmso we prayed for that..and queen Palin was the answer to all my prayers and Lieberman’s “.
GO JOE!
he’s on it too:
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Speaking this afternoon to voters in Green Bay, Wis., Biden performed one of the smartest acts of political jujitsu I’ve seen since Palin first appeared on stage with McCain last month in Dayton, Ohio.
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Today in Green Bay, Biden effectively dismantled this notion. Noting that “it’s 2008″ and not some sort of “time warp,” the Democratic No. 2 reminded his audience that “there are an awful lot of very, very accomplished women holding office that I debate, and we beat up each other every day in the United States Senate.”
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http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/08/the-perfect-palin-response.aspx
this part struck me:
“Biden … needs to tread carefully and show more self-control and finesse than he is normally known for,” writes the New Republic’s Michelle Cottle. “As irrational as they may be, the laws of politics forbid any man from behaving in a condescending, bullying, dismissive, mocking, or otherwise disrespectful fashion toward candidates of the fairer sex. Just ask poor Rick Lazio.”
time to make some NEW RULES… thank you JOE BIDEN!
September 8th, 2008 at 6:33 pmMcWars Says:
Excellent post, LibertyLover. I respond to you with a question: “Are there enough of ‘us’ to stand up and fight back?”
Man, I hope so.
September 8th, 2008 at 6:34 pmit’s like he heard you, mcwars, at 5:53 pm …
September 8th, 2008 at 6:46 pmha!
Yep, 64% say McCain would pursue policies in line with the current Bush administration. However, the MSM has McSame in the lead in Leading polls. Whatever!! It is quite obvious that the MM istry8ing to throw this election to McSame.
Why would they do that? Because bad news sells airtime, and they know there will be much bad news under McSame.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm