Comments on: Flashback: McCain wanted ‘as much possible campaigning’ with Bush.

By: davidual

davidual — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:07:39 +0000

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.

By: katy

katy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:46:24 +0000

it’s like he heard you, mcwars, at 5:53 pm …
ha!

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:34:29 +0000

McWars 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.

By: katy

katy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:33:55 +0000

GO JOE!
he’s on it too:

…
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.
[...]
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.”
[...]
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!

By: tarazan

tarazan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:32:57 +0000

McCain:” Bush’s 28% popularity wouldn’t do us good anymore ,we are looking now for 40% and above to succeed..
so we prayed for that..and queen Palin was the answer to all my prayers and Lieberman’s “.

By: EugeneDebs

EugeneDebs — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:24:34 +0000

He 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.

By: tarazan

tarazan — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:24:09 +0000

McCain:’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”.

By: katy

katy — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:06:32 +0000

’bout damn time – we need to hear from MORE dems!

The Caucus | A New York Times Blog
September 8, 2008, 5:26 pm
Rendell: ‘The Big Lie Strategy’
By Katharine Q. Seelye

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.

By: shoeless

shoeless — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:05:05 +0000

McCAIN: 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.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:00:12 +0000

McWars, 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…

By: duffyb

duffyb — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:58:22 +0000

http://mccainflips.blogspot.com/

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:58:05 +0000

Here’s a great article
CYNTHIA TUCKER ~
McCain relies on his image, avoids issues

By: McWars

McWars — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:53:26 +0000

LibertyLover 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.

By: McWars

McWars — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:48:14 +0000

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.

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:42:20 +0000

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.

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:39:49 +0000

Sorry Rick, your party looks more like the “deform party” with its severe bending of the truth.

By: Bilbo Hussein Baggins

Bilbo Hussein Baggins — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:37:22 +0000

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.”

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.

By: daveincolorado

daveincolorado — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:34:24 +0000

so if 64% are concerned he is too much like Bush, why teh strong support for mccain?

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:32:12 +0000

callege should be College… fingers got ahead of myself.

By: Gregor Samsa

Gregor Samsa — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:31:47 +0000

We’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…