McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Michael — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:20:14 GMT

‘The moral of the story is -- government isn't always the answer.’

Wow, not exactly a Reagan-esque response, I thought government was the problem per Republican talking points? Maybe the conservative movement as a driving force really is dead after all...

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Class Warrior, D.C. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:21:48 GMT

haven't we heard all this "compassionate conservative" crapola before? Where was the Uniter,Not the Divider, where was compassionate conservatism during Katrina? We've heard all thia blah blah blah from rich-friendly Republicans before.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Joe - STL — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:23:07 GMT

I think we all know what we really get with "compassionate conservatism" - and we do NOT want anymore of it!

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

BL, Cincinnati OH — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:25:17 GMT

"emphasizing his crusade against ‘wasteful’ government spending."

"tax write-offs to companies that offered high-speed Internet"

This is the kind of Republican double speak they never get called on year after year. They hide their paying for crap like this to corporations as "tax write offs", but that just means they have to pay for it somewhere else. Oh that's right, McCain and the Repubs aren't going to pay for it. They will continue to drive up our national debt to insane amounts just like Reagan did.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Pete - Albany, NY — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:29:54 GMT

What does it say about John McCain when he tells the NC GOP not to air the Jeremiah Wright ad and they decide to do it anyway?

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

jerry/corpus christi texas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:31:03 GMT

Amen President McCain!

You liberals out there who think you are going to be rescued by the government for whatever stupidity that was caused by you should re-think that grey area of your brain. Food prices going up, idiots think it is more important to make fuel out of food then feeding people, that must be liberal thinking right there.

People have got to start taking responsibility for themselves. If government has to fix it, it will cost you more. For those liberals who would love to pay more, no one is going to stop you if yu want to pay more taxes yourself. Please send in at least 60% of your next paycheck so people like me can pay less taxes.

-- Exit polls reveal why this poses significant problems for Obama if he becomes the nominee.
-- The cracks in Obama's Democratic coalition in Pennsylvania mirror what we saw in Ohio, and those cracks could have implications in November.
-- Hillary Clinton cleaned up with Union households - like she did in Ohio.
-- Clinton did better than Obama with lower income voters.
-- Clinton won Catholic voters.
-- Clinton won Jewish voters.
-- Clinton increased her margins in suburban and rural areas - without losing ground in urban areas.
-- Clinton won Pennsylvania suburbs by 12-points

So let me get this straight....
Hillary won with the uneducated and stupid....
Won with the unions she has never cared about in the first place....

Must be a lot of people doing wayyyyyyy too many shots an beers lately!

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Old White Woman from KCMO — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:33:19 GMT

When HRC is finally denied the DEM nomination, she'll run as McCain's VP, and try to take half the DEM party with her... Remember the Goldwater girl????

Come on SD's - run her out of the party NOW...

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

aleese. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:33:52 GMT

Last week McCain invoked the depression years on the stump. Yeasterday he blamed Lyndon Johnson for the economy. Standing in front of a rusty, dilapidated factory full of broken, and boarded up windows, he told the people government can't help you, and forget about changes in trade policies that have hurt your employment prospects. Please vote for me.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

McMahon Jeffires, Scottsdale AZ — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:41:38 GMT

"Govt isn't always the answer"

Nice going McCain, now you lost all you moveon.org, daliykos and NYTs support. And to think they were going to endorse you.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Truth for Our Times — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:47:11 GMT

McShame and Pastor Hagee...

That will clinch the Catholic vote...

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Cecil Holmes, Dallas Tx — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:49:09 GMT

[Hillary won with the uneducated and stupid....]

Don't deny Hillary her due. This is the biggest voting block in the Democratic party, and who ever the nominee is, they will need those votes come this fall.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Al, TN — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:50:55 GMT

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

thats a facty jack — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:50:59 GMT

We all know republican governments are NOT the answere to anything good.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

jerry/corpus christi texas — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:10 GMT

Well we all hope that jerry from cc never asks for help from th rest of us when a hurricane wastes corpus, which it will someday. No whining now jerry about insurance companies or the rest of us declining to restore you or your family to decent living standards. We all vote for you and your kind are on your own.
Al, TN (Sent Thursday, April 24, 2008 9:50 AM)

Having already lived through a Katrina style hurricane in Corpus Christi (Celia), I wrote the book on how to get through a category 5 hurricane. I'm more prepared then anybody.

daddy didn't raise no liberal!
I can take care of myself with out government help thank you very much!

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Class Warrior, D.C. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:00:28 GMT

Jerry says "If gov't has to fix it, it will cost you more" and McShame says "no more wasteful gov't spending. So...HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING A MONTH IN IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN?!?

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Alan, NJ — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:02:30 GMT

This is the message that kills. Put this in context of BO's proposal to "pay" (sorry offer a college tuition credit) $40 an hour to "volunteer" for public service. (I take this from the figures of a $4000 tuition credit for 100 hours). How does this make any economic sense? You could employee a breadwinner with a family for less and it would still be a good wage (say $30 an hour). I'm pretty liberal but when goverment wants to operate programs like this I throw my hands in the air. I mean why not offer $25 an hour to people on welfare? It's insane at a time of recor deficits.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Strange world — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:04:08 GMT

"to be punished by haveing a baby" B.Obama
Obamas vote for late term abortions..
do i need to go on
dont worry about the Catholic vote we Catholics know there is no room in the democratic party for us.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Diane from Illinois — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:12:08 GMT

McCain should figure out WHO he is before giving anymore speeches. Is he liberal? Is he conservative? Is he independent? Just who is he? He flip-flops so much it makes the Clinton spin less forceful with every revolution. McCain is the BEST the Repubs have! Looking forward to November!

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Larry R. — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:26:00 GMT

Seems like another Republican candidate called himself a "compassionate conservative." How did that work out for New Orleans...and the rest of America? Tax breaks for companies to offer high-speed internet service to poor people? Yea, that ought to turn the tides for the GOP!!

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

S.B. Stein E.B. NJ — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:28:49 GMT

McCain's response to the question about health care, "wellness and fitness" sounded alot like Tom Cruise and his comments about medication. To say that all people need is that is an over simplification of what needs to be done. Besides awareness of what is proper to eat, there are other issues involved.

Government is the place to turn when corporations and other places screw you out of what you need or fail to provide what you need at a level you can afford. When government cuts back on aid to local governments for positive projects (homeless shelters, retraining programs etc.), those programs get cut. The result can be people don't get the help they need when they can't afford it. Compassionate Conservatism is a lie; does it give a pat on the back to someone who can't catch a break with a job or with getting into a training program (because of money)? I haven't seen any attempt to help by our current administration who only seems to be compassionate to the corporations that support his "policies."

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

John Fitzgerald Kennedy — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:04:36 GMT

Ask not what you country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Renee, Atlanta, GA — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:11:22 GMT

Is this the modern way of saying, "Let them eat cake?" Instead, it is, "Let the poor people have free internet access?" What a load of crap!

Now, Johnny, since you need to be clued in, many of us would prefer decent jobs, sustainable wages and lower gas prices. Thanks for the free internet pal, but when it comes to feeding families or reading Fox news, many of us would choose option A!

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

W.D.Russell,East Liverpool,Ohio — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:17:57 GMT

Yeah right. Nine digit McCain says you don't see him crying about needing the governments help.

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Peter, San Diego — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:18:04 GMT

The weak will always want a big government, naturally. Their problems are always blamed on some kind of evil injustice that the government must fight against on their behalf. The masses will eventually succumb to the impulse of wanting to be taken care of, rather than yield to the strength of their wills. Our country has an unhealthy and growing dependence on government. The extreme left doesn't get it and never will get it. Why bother explaining it to them?

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

Steve A Jonesboro IN — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:31:55 GMT

"Govt. isn't always the answer" sounds about right coming from a clown who doesn't have ANY answers-besides "stay the course", of the other "compssionate conservative" moron. Mccain/bush is a fraud!

McCain: 'Gvt. isn't always the answer'

O, Pennsylvania — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:41:52 GMT

The problem with the whole "Government isn't always the answer" is that those that say this seem to think that others won't take advantage of others. People do and companies most certainly do. This is why the idea that giving tax breaks to company will make them pass on their savings to their workers or customers is a stupid belief since its clear that isn't want happens. Companies take the tax breaks and find more ways to make even more money by paying workers less. They abuse the system.

Now smaller business might do the fair thing but they are still many of times affected by abuse of the large companies. You need something (ie. government) to counteract the abuse to a degree.

The problem is the global market. I have no problem with governments trading with each other however businesses being able to expand freely with no limits out of their home countries is where the problem is I think. If companies understood they can make money freely but they must (under the law) do it in the United States (had no choice or they couldn't exist in the US) then I think things for everyone would be better off.