McCain: A third Bush term?

twocanpete — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:27:58 GMT

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Bush has left such a mess politically and with the economy that the next presidency will be a nightmare for whoever is unlucky enough to inherit it.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Eric, Salinas, CA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:29:45 GMT

"Bush Hugger" McCain is just another clone of the tyrants that have wrecked our democracy and brought dishonor and deceit to the White House like no one ever has.

We don't need those stinking tax cuts for the rich and greedy driving up our national debt. We don't need to stay in Iraq any longer because Afghanistan and Pakistan are coming apart at the seams because some fools didn't want to finish the job they started almost 7 years ago. We don't need another incompetent fighter jock in charge of our military.

Go Obama 08/12!

McCain: A third Bush term?

Obama For President!! — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:30:22 GMT

Exactly! I love the headline!! That exactly what it would be .. If McClain was to win!

I want to see a new agenda item from McClain that is not connected to Bush and the current adminstration!

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McCain: A third Bush term?

Brian M. De. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:34:47 GMT

McBush is so close to Bush that they both use that stupid. Speak pause smile thing , and frankly McBush doing it looks even more cheesy than Bush .Both of them look simple doing it. LockStep to the right like siamese twins.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Larry IN — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:36:33 GMT

25 years late.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Linda. Boston, MA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:41:55 GMT

Hear McCain himself tell us how similar to Bush he is:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/12/mccain-2005-i-totally-sup_n_106733.html

McCain: A third Bush term?

Walt, Ohio — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:41:59 GMT

McCain is similar to Bush II in one other significant way: a bogus military record:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-klein/mccains-secret-questionab_b_107409.html
The problem with McCain is that he is running ads here in Ohio trumpeting his military service as justification for his qualifications for POTUS. It appears that his entire military career is one that has benefited from blatant nepotism. For someone who graduated 894 out of 899 to obtain Naval Aviator status should have raised red flags everywhere.
McCain needs to sign Standard Form 180, the same form that Kerry signed to release his entire military records. The American people need to know about his military record, since he is basing his entire campaign on the "merits" of that record.
McCain has already been questioned as a North Vietnamese collaborator by Vietnam vets:
http://www.usvetdsp.com/smith_mc.htm
Now his total record in the military is being exposed as being fraudulent.
What does that say about his character? Clearly that he is neither qualified nor should be considered for POTUS. He is nothing more than an underachieving elitist who has benefited from the rankest form of nepotism: his daddy's naval connections to advance his naval career; and his second wife's money and connections to advance his political career.

McCain: A third Bush term?

jerry/corpus christi texas — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:42:47 GMT

We can thank the democratically controlled congress for the economic mess this country is in. They make the laws, not the President. Anybody blaming President Bush for whatever economic problems there are is just flapping their gums.

There are a few things that President Bush and Senator McCain are in agreement with, but they are really far apart. Anybody can see that. Obama and Clinton were pretty much joined at the hips when it came to their policies. Obama is just another tax and spend liberal who will do great harm to this country.

McCain: A third Bush term?

bill, okla — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:43:55 GMT

The War Gnome and Bush are alike in that their policies are mainly geared to helping the rich and neither is very smart. Continuing the mantra of Bush's third term may or may not work with undecided voters, I personally don't think it will. McCain doesn't appear committed to anything or anyone which makes him less reliable than Bush if you can imagine. Think ahead Embrace hope and Vote Obama

McCain: A third Bush term?

BJ, CA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:44:02 GMT

It's really to bad the GOP can't find the where with all to sound like something different...
You either are sticking by your guns or your looking for change...and since there are so many things really going bad...I'm sensing there is almost this curse that America is spiraling downward...
If the GOP loses I hope they don't kill the country to spite the election...
I hope we're Americans first .. political parties aside...

McCain: A third Bush term?

Diane from Illinois — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:45:38 GMT

McCain’s positions are nearly identical to the president’s on abortion and the types of judges he says he would appoint to the courts.
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That, alone, should line up woman behind Obama. If not, check out McCain's voting record on womens issue. ZERO. He does NOT support woman's issues such as early cancer detection (mammograms, cervical, etc.) nor does he support pediatric healthcare for low income Americans. Why ANY woman would vote for him is beyond me.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Neshka, MN — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:50:26 GMT

If he has similar almost identical stances on the war in Iraq, the economy, and healthcare he will then continue the Bush policies. I don't think I can handle anymore of that. Those are the 3 key things that concern Americans today.

We need change we can believe in, not change right before the general election. I this wish wash about what he's going to do now, he could have done already if that's what he really wanted to do. Everything Obama stands for he is making good on it NOW.

-The Joshua Generation Project
-No campaign funds from lobbyists
-Speaking with Iraqi leaders about pulling our troops out.

That's change we can believe in.

McCain: A third Bush term?

BJ, CA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:53:38 GMT

I think it would be even worse than Bush...
This guy likes to try and experiment with war...
surges, build ups, generals in charge, expansion into Iran if necessary....

I think McCain loves conflict for conflicts sake..
I see no peace in his manners and language...

A warrior want-a-be President is the wrong choice..

Obama'08

McCain: A third Bush term?

Jeff, Charleroi PA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:56:03 GMT

Sorry to disappoint you folks, but McCain is right on the drilling issue. It's not flip-flopping when circumstances become dire and you look at different solutions as he has with offshore drilling. It's no different than Obama supporting a gas-tax holiday in Illinois and when he learned it didn't work he changed his position. It's called learning from your mistakes. Obama needs to come up with something different on gas prices than taxing the oil companies. That's going to translate to zero difference for us at the pump.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:57:52 GMT

They're different on the torture thing, and campaign financing. Had McCain been elected president in 2000, I really doubt he would have come up with this invade Iraq idea. So there's some differences.

I believe Bush is the worst president we've had to date - worse than Buchanan. I suspect many historians will agree. So to even contemplate a comparison between a current candidate and Bush is probably unfair.

But it is troubling that McCain presents himself as the foreign policy and national security candidate, and yet seems to know so little about foreign policy and national security issues. Maybe he figures because of his military experience, no one would notice. But they have... its become a routine punchline now on comedy shows.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Not fooled by distractions, Houston, TX — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:58:04 GMT

"The Gelding" has sold his soul and all his principles for the gop nomination. Too bad it will all be for naught - he'll get steamrolled by Obama and be left with nothing, not even his credibility.

McCain: A third Bush term?

thats a fact jack — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:59:14 GMT

mccant and cheney what a team continue the bush attack on America and our constitution. bush and cheney will soon hold up their "mission accomplished" signs when gas hits $5 a gallon and oil company profits have decimated the American middle class and economy.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Harry Colon — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:00:30 GMT

Barack Obama. The reincarnation of Jimmy Carter morphed with Mike Dukakis with a spinkle of Al Gore and John Kerry, and add in a little Rev. Wright. In other words, Obama as liberal as they come.

McCain: A third Bush term?

WDRussell EL. OH. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:01:37 GMT

At one time he may have been a maverick, but he is just another GOP fear monger now.

McCain: A third Bush term?

DNA does not Lie — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:05:44 GMT

I think that there are clear differences between the two. George is a wee bit taller, and has more hair.

Other than that, you would have to take a DNA sample to tell the difference.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Robin, Portland Or — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:09:13 GMT

I say it is four more years of Bush because it would be four more years of the same personality type. Born of means to strong competant fathers. Didn't do so well at school and show no real signs of intellectual curiousity. Always showing how tough they are almost as a means to compensate for something. Focus on one issue;basic ignoring or grazing over the others or the consequences. An inability to acknowledge they made a mistake. Holders of the concept that "everyone must be like me and look at life the way I do".

Enough of the tough guy, I'm ready for a smart guy.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Hilldems4McCain — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:11:49 GMT

McCain isn't like Bush at all. They share some ideas, but how they implement them is very different. McCain was almost John Kerry's VP. McCain doesn't always agree with the Rep party. I think he would be better off as a Independent as would Hillary. I think once McCain is elected you will see him pull even further away from the Rep party and ideas. Which with his experience makes him the best canidate running. He knows how the reps think and know how to deal with their crap. He is very willing to work with the Dems to get the country back in order and to win the war and get our troops back home.
On a side note.... if everyone would stop and think if we pulled out now, we would be setting ourselfes up for so much trouble. Iran would take over and Al-Quida would move in. Bush caused this mess and now we have to finish it ASAP and get home. The Iraqies need to stand up for themselves now. It's time ! We need to start slowly pulling out.
I'm not a rep, I'm Independent. I was first looking at Hillary,she was the best choice ! then it falls to McCain. I base this on their experience. Besides Hillary has balls she won't take crap off Bill or the reps. When he cheated on her, she snipped them off and keeps them in her purse. She wears the pants now !
Damn shame the DNC gave obama the nod.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Javier Q, NY — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:13:46 GMT

So who is worse Jimmy Carter who inhereted Richard Nixons/ Gerald Ford's mess or George W. Bush who inhereated Bill Clintons Surplus?

The real question for Obama is once he becomes president, and he will, is how to overcome the mess George and his friends left in the White House!

Carter's was big on Human rights: the "basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled. While Bush is BIG ON WAR & OIL!

McCain: A third Bush term?

Steve A Jonesboro IN — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:17:42 GMT

Yes, mccain is just more bush...possibly even dumber, and certainly as incompetent and arrogant.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Michael Chicago — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:22:23 GMT

McDareToDream said:

"many do not have the luxury of waiting on the far-off plans of futurists and politicians..."

This guy makes me sick. I'm excited about Obama because I'm excited about the chance to embrace many of the ideals that made this country what it is: great, intelligent minds coming up with new technology in record time that is forever a benefit to the country.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Bush Clone McCain — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:23:29 GMT

Yep! Mccain is just like Bush. From his label to his policies, from his insensitivity towards the poor, to his indifference and disrespect for the constitution there is no difference between McCain and Bush.

No, Thank You--I've had quite enough.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Tim, Reading, PA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:31:32 GMT

Harry Colon, dude you need to learn what reincarnation means, cause Carter's not dead yet. Now if you were to say someone is the reincarnation of Ronald Reagan, or FDR I'd give you some credit at rudimentary English, cause both of them are dead.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Bill Clinton — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:46:07 GMT

God, it's no wonder MSNBC's ratings are in the toilet. Between those clowns Olbermann and Matthews, and this kind of pseudo-journalism, the channel is doomed.
Guess all you marxists forgot the election of 2004 when John "I was in Nam...kind of..." Kerry floated the idea of McCain as his VP. funny, but back then the left was just beside themselves with that idea. Here it is just four years later and suddenly McCain is now the target of your hate speech? (And how ironic is that--the liberals managed to get silly hate speech laws passed and they violate them every time they write about a conservative, or as I call them, Americans who care.)
Keep on supporting your empty suit Obama. Personally, I don't want a racist, marxist, greenhorn occupying the house on Pennsylvania Avenue. With his terrorist ties, his links to muslims, his past ADMITTED drug use and his fluffy yet substance-free speeches, he's barely qualified to lead a boy scout troop much less take the title President. Tell you what, when you can name one thing, ONE THING, he accomplished all by his little lonesome as a US senator, I'll start taking him seriously. Until then, he's like watching a trout flop around on the deck of a boat.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Coleen, Seattle, Washington — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:47:13 GMT

Bottom line is I don't need the media or a poll to tell me what I need to know about these candidates. I don't care about the politics of guilt-by-associations or linking one candidate to the policies of his party. I have two daughters and a grand-daughter. McCain has one of the worst records in the Senate when it comes to issues that have affected my life and will affect the lives of my daughters and my grand-daughter.

Republicans claim Obama is a racist. I could care less if Obama WAS a racist. He won't stack the Supreme court to get Roe V. Wade reversed. Republicans claim Michelle Obama refers to white people as Whitey. I don't care if Michelle Obama really does hate Whitey. She won't keep women getting less pay than men doing the same job and she sure as hell won't prevent young children from getting and keeping affordable health care. John McCain has already demonstrated with his OWN words and actions what he's planning to do for and to women in this country and as a 66-year-old retired white school teacher I have to vote Democratic this year.

McCain: A third Bush term?

try work — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:48:48 GMT

Why do Democrats believe that the government is responsible for everyones wants and needs. When did we become a people that are not willing to earn our own way? This stuff really wears me out. I DO NOT NEED THE GOVERMENT TO FEED ME OR MY FAMILY, TO PAY FOR MY CHILDRENS HEALTH CARE OR COLLEGE. If I need to I will be willing to work multiple jobs to provide for my family. All Americans used to think this way, now I feel that I am in the minority... This is whats wrong with our country and I promise Obama is not going to "change" that!!!!

McCain: A third Bush term?

Rita B. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:51:10 GMT

John McCain should have been the republican nominee in 2000. I cried when Bush won. I cried much harder when Gore was cheated out of the presidency. And when Bush was elected to a second term, I feared my heart would break. I'm sure millions of others felt the same way. I've always had an affinity for John McCain, but NOT as our next president. We need someone with great vision about the probabilities & possibilities of our world & future.

McCain: A third Bush term?

obama 08 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:01:41 GMT

So in other words, McBush is a flip-flopper Bush jr.

Nice.

NO MORE WAR.

NO MORE GWB FAILED POLICY.

NO MCBUSH

McCain: A third Bush term?

Med, Phoenix, AZ — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:02:05 GMT

If the nation had listened to Carters push for alternative energy, would we be paying all our cash to the big oil industry profits today?

McCain: A third Bush term?

Olle Larsson, Salt Lake City, Utah — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:05:37 GMT

McCain as President,
What about naming judges for the supreme court , abortion, steam cell research, $100 -110 billion a year to Iraq and pay as you go with extended tax cuts for the wealthy and nations defecits.

McCain: A third Bush term?

S.B. Stein E.B. NJ — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:12:37 GMT

It seems that McCain is trying to do somethings that will endear him many conservatives that aren't sure about McCain. In 2000, McCain call Jerry Falwell and others agents of intolerance. Now he needs them to hold onto many of the conservatives that Reagan put together (that G.W. Bush tore apart). He won't make it because he isn't talking enough to them and showing how he will move (or encourage a move) forward. Yes, we need enough oil and refineries to turn oil into gasoline; we need to develop new technologies and plan for the long haul with them. Fuel cells, hybrid (plug in hybrids too) cars and vastly increaced efficiency requirement are needed. Is there any part of McCain's plan to encourage that research? Honda has plans for the 2009 model year to have a fuel cell car that you can lease. Where's the Detroit companies?

McCain: A third Bush term?

Sharon G Pa — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:15:31 GMT

Anyone seriously thinking of voting republican better think long and hard. Here is their eight year legacy.

Gas prices have increased over 100 percent. Prices at the gas pump have jumped 102 percent from $1.44 per gallon in January 2001 to $2.90 in May 2006, with prices rising by 40 cents in four weeks this spring. The price for a barrel of oil has more than doubled from $29.59 in January 2001 to $69.44 in April 2006. The average household with children will spend about $3,343 on transportation fuel costs this year, an increase of 75 percent or $1,440 over 2001 costs. (Energy Information Administration, Household Vehicle Energy Use: Latest Data and Trends, and Weekly Retail Gasoline and Diesel Prices)

Health care premiums have increased by over 70 percent. The cost of family health insurance has skyrocketed 71 percent since the beginning of the Bush Administration. The typical family health insurance premium is now $10,880 a year compared with $6,348 in 2000. (Kaiser Family Foundation)

College tuition has skyrocketed by as much as 57 percent. Tuition and fees at four-year private universities have increased by almost $1,200 or 5.9 percent in 2005 and 32 percent since the 2000-2001 school year. At four-year public universities, tuition and fees increased by 7.1 percent this past year and 57 percent since President Bush took office. (College Board, 10/05)

Housing affordability has reached a 14-year low. Median monthly home ownership costs, including mortgage payments, have risen nearly five percent since President Bush has taken office. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Soaring house prices and higher mortgage rates have put homeownership out of reach for more people than at any time in more than a decade…Affordability has long been a problem for low-income home buyers. But as home prices have marched steadily higher in recent years, many buyers with healthier incomes also are being squeezed.” (U.S. Census Bureau; Wall Street Journal, 12/22/05)

McCain: A third Bush term?

June, Los Angeles, CA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:20:01 GMT

Politicians aren't going to "solve" $5-a-gallon gas for anyone. Neither McCain nor Obama can bring gas prices back down permanently.

EVERYONE who consumes fuel must make dramatic changes in their daily behaviors, and reductions in their consumption.

Why are massive, heavy utility vehicles still being purchased and used by people who don't need them?

Why are people still choosing communities that are 30, 40, 50 miles away from the workplace?

Not everyone possesses the flexibility or resources to make immediate changes to their routines, and unfortunately these are often the people who can afford the gas increases the least.

But people who consume more than they truly require (that's most of us!) all have the power to change their attitudes and their behaviors starting now.

"Gas tax holidays" and other emergency measures are just the little Dutch boy with his finger stuck in the dam -- it won't work for very long, and when it stops working things will get REALLY bad.

I wish everyone complaining about gas prices would recognize that they are partly to blame, and takes steps to reduce their dependency.

McCain: A third Bush term?

captbilly Sacramento — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:22:09 GMT

I am an engineer who is old enough to have lived through the oil embargo of the 70s, and the Carter administrations response to the oil shortage. Carter got it pretty much right. The only reason that we have the same energy crisis looming again is that every succeeding administration after Carter's decided that finding alternative energy sources was a very low priority. We can blame every President and congressman (or woman) starting with Reagan for the place we find ourselves in today.

Politicians have proven that they cannot deal with any issue that has a solution that takes more than 2, 4 or 6 years to solve. I did a paper on energy resources back in the late 1970s, when I was in college. In that not very in depth study (I was just an undergraduate physics student at the time) it became clear that oil was and is a short term solution. Even 30 years ago anyone who cared to look into it could see that we would be running out of oil in a few decades. The fact that the US was able to keep oil prices artificially low for 30 years by threatening the use of military force, does not change the underlying reality that we are at the end of an oil based energy system. We only have one real choice, are we going to wait to the last minute and then have a catastrophy, or are we going to invest heavily in alternatives and move smoothly into the next energy age.

McCain seems to believe that we can simply continue to suck up oil where ever we can find it, and that can be our energy policy. Now perhaps if one is only a couple of years from death and he doesn't care what happens after he is gone, then trying to ring the last few drops of oil out of the earth seems like an actual plan, but I have children that I would like to see grow up in a country in which their dreams can come true.

We need to elect a president who can look beyond his next election and make the hard choices that we have put off for decades. Obviously we need to tax oil companies, they are making record profits. We need to take that money and find a long term solution to our energy needs. McCain wants to use the same tired playbook and find a non-solution that doesn't even take care of our immediate problem, and doesn't even address our long term energy needs.

McCain: A third Bush term?

The - Democrat Soldier — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:22:17 GMT

Try work - If you understood the role of the government you wouldn't be so stupid. Take care of your family and do what you must. Who's stopping you?

We all pay taxes and I guarentee if you needed help when or if something terrible came your way. YOU would expect the government (local, federal) whatever to step in.

Vote for who you want and by the way - every American deserves a right to live free, happy and be sustain. NO matter how it happens...instead of having a government that allows the few that have to continue to steal and robbed from the rest of us.

If there were less Greedy people in this country...maybe we wouldn't need a government at all.

By the way - people do work and they work hard and most of their money is going to GAS, FOOD, and the "spectators" in the Market causing unjust high prices.

Don't be so stupid

stop the non-sense

Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA

McCain: A third Bush term?

GAB, Austin, TX — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:29:45 GMT

The following is a report ont he federal reserve website. It shows cash reserves in the nations banks in billions.
I included the last year, but the report startes in 1959. Never before this year has the nations banks (at least since 1959) been in the red. I am assuming what this means is that our bank system is broke. I am also assuming that this information is not being disiminated as it may cause a run on the banks.
Here is the link: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/data/BOGNONBR.txt

Title: Non-Borrowed Reserves of Depository Institutions
Series ID: BOGNONBR
Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Release: H.3 Aggregate Reserves of Depository Institutions and the Monetary Base
Seasonal Adjustment: Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency: Monthly
Units: Billions of Dollars
Date Range: 1959-01-01 to 2008-05-01
Last Updated: 2008-06-06 8:13 AM CDT
Notes:
2007-05-01 43.010
2007-06-01 43.420
2007-07-01 41.521
2007-08-01 43.895
2007-09-01 41.132
2007-10-01 42.283
2007-11-01 42.313
2007-12-01 27.169
2008-01-01 -3.874
2008-02-01 -17.578
2008-03-01 -50.490
2008-04-01 -91.936
2008-05-01 -111.746

McCain: A third Bush term?

Not fooled — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:59:13 GMT

MCCAIN: A THIRD BUSH TERM?

No mccain would be much worse, and I didn't think that would be possible.

Why does the gop consistently recruit C- legacy students/appointments - is that all they've got is rich, spoiled underachievers whose parents bail them out of trouble? Let's vote for the smart candidate this time around - not student #894 out of 899.

McCain: A third Bush term?

angie in ky — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:13:02 GMT

Jerry- Please quit blaming the democrats for this mess. They have only controlled congress for about 180 days and bush keeps vetoing everything. This is a bush problem. Face it.

About McCain- I am very disappointed in him. Eight years ago I would have voted for him, despite being registered democrat. I think you should vote for policy and character not just a party. Yet, John Mc Cain has changed his policies to try to "play to the base" of the republican party. He has embraced Bush's failed policies and will continue to take the rights of our citizens and try to turn the presidency into a dictatorship. We have checks and balances for a reason. We need to leave them in place. McCain is in favor of indefinately detaining the prisioners at Gitmo- what is wrong w/ trying and convicting them? Would you like to be held in a foreign country without charges or rights? Would america stand for its citizens being treated that way by another country? I hope not. Those people are being treated as hostages. Let's do the trial and convict them. McSame on torture, taxes, abortion, and telling lies.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Ted Mitchell, Jackson MI — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:16:45 GMT

jerry/corpus christi texas,

Pierced by a slight Democratic majority, and the mighty VETO pen of the POTUS, your claim has more holes than a spaghetti strainer.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Sharon Ridley, Nolensville, TN — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:19:57 GMT

McCain is the best candidate for president. Dems picked an unknown for their candidate. We have to know something about a person who will occupy the White House. Obama is a great orator, but has done nothing while he has been a senator except vote for all liberal positions - he will not represent all of America. McCain has some flaws too, but don't we all.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Ted Mitchell, Jackson MI — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:21:10 GMT

Jeff, Charleroi PA,

Funny, I just listened to a report on NPR, where the guest suggested that even if we drilled every possible US drop of oil, that it wouldn't amount to a "drop in the bucket" of the world supply. That said, seems a little meaningless to destroy environments to do nothing about prices.

We should revolutionize our energy policy. Not just keep driving down the same road, even as we pass the "bridge out" sign.

McCain: A third Bush term?

vl, FL — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:23:45 GMT

Anyone who agrees with financing the Iraq War with borrowing 2 BILLION DALLARS (Reported on CNN) a week FROM CHINA and continuing to BORROW EACH AND EVERY WEEK has no business being President of our Country.

We The People are suffering from this awful Recession and all John McCain wants to talk about is WAR AND VISITING IRAQ

Visiting IRAQ does not rank in the TOP 10 of WE the PEOPLE Problems

Until MCCAIN get out of touch and in touch with WE THE PEOPLE PROBLEMS he should just spend his time on something more productive than telling us what his plans are for becoming the next President.

McCain: A third Bush term?

VietVet, MIddletown, Ohio — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:41 GMT

I'm a Vietnam Vet myself. I respect McCain for his service. However, just as I lost respect for the scum bag Swift Boat Veterans for sacking Kerry, I lost respect for McCain when he hugged Bush- you know, the guy who didn't do his full term in the Air Force and got out early to campaign for the Texas governor and flew planes in the Guard that he knew would see no action in Nam. Then, the same guy who decided he didn't want to particpate in the Vietnam War, starts a war of his own in Iraq. Didn't have to fight in that one either. No, McCain is another dose of misery for the American people like we have seen the last eight years from Mr. Coward. He will continue a war that will be remembered as unwinnable in 10 years, with a wall in Washington with the names of the dead- and people will see this wall and ask- what did they die for, just like the Vietnam Wall.McCain didn't learn a thing from his Vietnam experience, even having been tortured. The economy- don't look for any improvements under McCain. No difference there. By the way, those that blame the Democratically controlled Congress on the problems of the last eight years- I remind you that it just recently became Democratically controlled. The Republicans controlled it for the better part of Bush's presidency.For "Bill Clinton"- Bush was a known drug user in his college days-don't lay that crap solely on Obama.And, Kerry was in Nam in the Navy on a swift boat. It is documented, just like your boy Bush's disgusting service record is documented.You can give up your poor logic on the defense of a coward who you call your President.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Christopher, Madison, WI — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:46:30 GMT

Hey Jerry from Texas, Dems don't control the Congress. The repukes have filibustered everything that could have helped this country out the mess it is in. These were Bush's policies written by the credit companies, the energy bills were written by the oil companies and he signed his name to them. Jerry why are you over here at this blogs. Shouldn't you be back home over at FauxNoise? As far as Clinton and Obama being alike...yes you are correct (I'm sure this rarely happens to you). We as Dems are proud to have a similar message for the voters. Tax and spend is better and borrowing money from commie China. Credit and spend is a joke. Now shut up and go home!
BTW when they say Texas is like a whole other country...God how I wish that were true. Please leave the voting to the north where the educated folks live!

McCain: A third Bush term?

mexed, san antonio, texas — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:48:39 GMT

I see the headline that Hamas has worked out a truce with Israel. Does that mean that Israel actually talked to them? They had conversations with them? John McCain and George Bush would never do that kind of thing. You should never talk to the enemy. Wow, this just might save some lives. It might be a positive step. How could they possibly be fools to believe that? Vote for John McCain. He will show them how it's done.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Christopher, Madison, WI — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:49:31 GMT

Hey "try to work"...some people in society need help, some don't want to work. I'm glad to see as a selfish rightie you have clumped them all together. I'm sure you think of yourself as a "Christian". Jesus would disagree.
BTW you are in the minority, deal with it as the rest of man kind evolves!

McCain: A third Bush term?

JK, PA — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:06:22 GMT

Here's a headline for you, McCain:
Carter builds homes for the poor. Bush makes war to kill American soldiers for oil rights.
Let's stay in Iraq for 100 years, torture the prisoners in Gitmo, and let bin Laden enjoy a long life. Good, sound GOP foreign policy!

McCain: A third Bush term?

NoBama — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:18:03 GMT

Must
Say
Nothing
Bad about
Candidate Baraka

These people are a bunch of edits. I am not a McCain support but just can’t stand these ignorant reports. How do they get paid to report. God forbid they have a report that is not bias. God forbid they even say anything negative about Obama.

McCain: A third Bush term?

RoBoTech, AL — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:28:15 GMT

This is just hilarious.
Trying to paint McCain as Bush clone.
I'll tell you what, let's look at some issues that OBAMA is a clone of Bush.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
HEY, identical view on that issue. I guess Obama is also a Bush Clone.
WOW I guess Obama and McCain are really just fighting over who's going to "out Bush, Bush".
See how that works?
100 years? As bad as I hate McCain (and I'm an independent Conservative!), he DIDN'T say that and pushing this "100 year" thing is going to backfire.
He didn't say this, then three weeks later backpedal out of it (which is an Obama tactic when he gaffes). In the same breath, he clarified it. Now maybe to Dems, they think this is a brilliant move, but to Main Stream America, this is Buffoonery, Lies, and out and out slander. And you'll see that backfire by November. We don't like this tripe, no matter WHO the Candidate is. The "100 years" is too easy to refute, simply by playing the real clip, taking about 2-3 seconds. A cheap ad.
McCain is an idiot, but he's no Bush clone. This and the "100 years" Obama talking points just show that Obama isn't the "different politician" he claims, but just the same smear artist (and wild eyed Howard Dean is the proponent of this) as the rest of them.
I know that the dems want the White House so bad they'll throw their old white haired grannies under the bus (the May convention proved that), but the American people aren't that stupid, and most importantly, they don't have as much hate in their hearts as I see the Obama supporters have on these blogs. They must really be scared, and in the back of their minds know that The DNC Elites have set up another flawed candidate. Three in a row, isn't it?

McCain: A third Bush term?

RoBoTech, AL — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:36:03 GMT

"At one time he may have been a maverick, but he is just another GOP fear monger now. "

This too, is funny.

I don't see any difference in Fear Mongering between:
"Terrorists will get you if Obama wins"
And
"Your entitlements will be cut off/reduced if McCain wins".
BOTH are using fear to get the target groups vote.
This is why Politics are taboo subjects in a bar.
Both sides see hypocrisy in the other.
But, in reality, they are the same old hypocrite under the skin.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Bush is the worst President of all time. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:44:54 GMT

Like the post before me, I think McCain would have been a good choice for President back in 2000. But I'm not willing to give him a chance in 2008.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Bill, Memphis TN — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:53:55 GMT

The only difference between Bush/McCain is the /.

McCain: A third Bush term?

coolrepublica — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:54:53 GMT

Bush could have a great plan for ending world hunger and Obamafans would be here saying they would not want any of that because it would be a 3rd term of Bush. What's wrong with agreeing with someone's good ideas even if you disagree with the bad. It's not a all or nothing game.

McCain: A third Bush term?

Expelliarmus, OH — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:47:53 GMT

"try work":

The purpose of people banding together (groups, clubs, tribes, nations) is so that all members can benefit from banding together; benefit for everyone involved and watching each other's backs.
If we are all simply 'on our own,' and the government exists only to perpetuate itself, the reason for forming a government is completely lost.