Why John McCain In '08?

[Olandgirl]

Because you haven't suffered enough:

http://www.airfarceone.net/mcpain_ailing.html


:p

[RobMoney$]

I'm convinced.

Obama in '08(y)

[Olandgirl]

Just like George W. Bush, neither McCain nor Palin talk at all about our economic problems, in large part because they don't even know they exist. We already know about McCain's mansions, but not as many people know that thanks to high oil prices, Alaska's economic situation is much stronger than the that in the rest of the United States. And the only plans they offer are the same as Bush's. For the past eight years, George W. Bush and Karl Rove have tried to divide this country along religious and cultural lines. By appeasing the far right wing of the GOP, John McCain has taken that trend towards polarization and put it on steroids. To gain a political advantage, he is willing to put a true religious zealot within a heartbeat of the presidency (edit: even though she's unqualified to be president).

We need to continue pressing the case that we've been making all along: John McCain means four more years of Bush politics and policies. Now that he has selected Sarah Palin to run alongside him, our case is even stronger.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/09/palin-mccain-more-of-the-same.html

[Olandgirl]

Palin + McCain Equals More Bush

The new Republican ticket seems like the current White House tenant. Neither McCain nor Palin appear to have any significant doubts about President Bush's disastrous policies. Palin's gubernatorial tenure in Alaska is personified by massive firings when she took office. She does not tolerate dissent and shuns the media.

It seems clear to me that we would have another imperial presidency if McCain and Palin win the hearts and minds of the American people in the November balloting. Bob Woodward of The Washington Post has been privy to the workings of the Bush White House and has written four books to prove it. In his latest Book, "The War Within," Woodward depicts Bush as a "man of few doubts" who is "still following his gut, convinced that the path he has chosen is right."

Bush, who has switched from using the word "win" in speaking of Iraq to "succeed," has the gung ho McCain-Palin team behind him. The question is, why? Woodward also wrote that Bush was intolerant of confrontations and in-depth debate. He said Bush maintained an "odd detachment" in the management of the war in Iraq "and too often failed to lead."

Bush has never explained why he invaded Iraq -- a country that had no doomsday weapons and did us no harm. It's doubtful that McCain or Palin could explain Bush's mindless mission in the Middle East if they gained the White House.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/19-7

[Olandgirl]

McCain: More of the Same on Deregulation

Pelley: In 1999 you were one of the senators who helped pass deregulation of Wall Street. Do you regret that now?

McCain: No, I think the deregulation was probably helpful to the growth of our economy.

(60 Minutes, CBS)

McCain still thinks deregulation is a good idea, even while endorsing a Wall Street bailout that would add a trillion dollars to our national debt.

So conservatives everywhere, are you really voting for candidate that endorses both bailouts and no regulation?

The country is nearly bankrupt with debt, there will come a day when no one will buy our debt bonds just like right now no one will buy bonds or shares of the big Wall Street firms!

http://mnblue.com/node/2238

[Olandgirl]

'McCain victory, 4 more years of Bush'

October 26, 2008

Just this morning, Senator McCain said that actually he and President Bush 'share a common philosophy,'" Obama said.

"That's right, Colorado. I guess that was John McCain finally giving us a little straight talk, owning up to the fact that he and George Bush actually have a whole lot in common," Obama said.

Obama then listed what he saw as deficiencies of the McCain-Bush philosophy, which encapsulated his main campaign themes heading into the election on November 4 as America battles its deepest economic crisis since the 1930s.

"We know what the Bush-McCain philosophy looks like. It's a philosophy that says we should give more and more to millionaires and billionaires and hope that it trickles down on everybody else.

"It's a philosophy that gives tax breaks to wealthy CEOs and to corporations that ship jobs overseas while hundreds of thousands of jobs are disappearing here at home.

"It's a philosophy that justifies spending 10 billion dollars a month in Iraq while the Iraqi government sits on a huge surplus and our economy is in crisis."

"We can't have another four years that look like the last eight, it is time for change in Washington."

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Obama_slates_McCain_over_Bush_philo_10262008.html