McCain Continues "I'm Not George Bush" Theme

By: John Bentley
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(DOWNINGTOWN, PA.) – Trying to capitalize on what the campaign says is a surge of momentum coming out of last night's debate, John McCain tried to separate himself from the economic policies of the current president.

"We can't spend the next four years as we've spent much of the last eight, waiting for our luck to change," McCain said today at a rally here.

"As I mentioned last night to Sen. Obama, I'm not George Bush. If he wanted to run against George Bush, he should have run four years ago."

Both campaigns have released TV commercials keying off the line from last night's debate, with Barack Obama's camp trying to link McCain to Bush's tax policies and the McCain campaign using it to show their candidate's differences with Bush.

Obama also talked about McCain's attempt to distance himself from Bush today, telling a crowd in New Hampshire that McCain supports many of Bush's economic policies.

"He said, 'I don't know why you're running against George Bush.' I said I'm not running against George Bush, I'm running against all those policies of George Bush that you support, Sen. McCain," Obama said.

"In three debates and over twenty months, John McCain still hasn't explained a single thing that he would do differently from George Bush when it comes to the most important economic issues we face today. Not one."

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by rue_dee October 17, 2008 3:23 PM EDT: "If he wanted to run against George Bush, he should have run four years ago.%u201D

What an insipid thing to say. Geez.; Reply to this comment


by nesstoria October 16, 2008 10:10 PM EDT: McBush is trying his best,to convince us that he is not like bush.Yet he voted 90% of the time w/bush,oh but don''t take my word for it,let mcbush tell you himself.
Go to......youtube.com/mccains90%ad.Or BarackObama.com.

you; Reply to this comment


by harbinger09 October 16, 2008 9:05 PM EDT: McCain=Bush and McCain/Bush=Republicans

any of the 3 names leaves the same bad taste in the mouths of America and the world.; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 October 16, 2008 8:57 PM EDT: McCain = Bush

nuff said.; Reply to this comment


by koko98-2009 October 16, 2008 8:46 PM EDT: How much does the Republican party hate John McCain? He was doing great last night until the Ayers question came up and then, responding to the Sean Hannity''s of the world, he turned into a grumpy old man and never regained the initiative. I think most Republicans would love to see McCain lose only to show what happens if the party in not led by a red meat conservative.; Reply to this comment


by jefflz-2009 October 16, 2008 6:03 PM EDT: Given Bush''s record, McCain is trying to say he is a non-Republican Republican. Does this mean he was for the Republicans before he was against them? McCain''s own voting record speaks for itself on huge tax cuts for the extremely wealthy and complete support of deregulation of Wall St.. He can run from Bush but he cannot hide. "I''m Not Really a Republican" McCain is happy to have Palin by his side- he was unable to draw any but the most loyal party members before the New American Idol showed up. But like the fate of all American Idols, Palin is becoming yesterday''s news. We are all far more worried about the prospect of working until we need walkers as we watch our 401K''s drop like a stone. Neither McCain or Palin have a clue. If McCain is disabled for any reason, would we want her choosing the next head of the Fed, let alone have a finger on the nuclear trigger? Furthermore they can run but they cannot hide from Bushonomics. McCain can pretend not to be a Republican but that would be like Palin pretending to know the first thing about Wall Street. After all, she can''t see it from Alaska. Despite clainms of bekin mavericks, the pair of them are for the Bush policy of bare-knuckle free market economics and will continue marginal or no oversight of greedy investment bankers. You can''t " Throw the Bums Out" if you are the bums.; Reply to this comment


by john43218 October 16, 2008 5:35 PM EDT: If Barack Obama wins the presidency, he will endanger the country by making us more vulnerable to terrorist attacks, the vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence tells Newsmax.

Obama %u201Cwould so weaken our security forces that I personally believe that we would be in much greater danger of terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad,%u201D says Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo. %u201CI%u2019m very much concerned, because he%u2019s shown weak judgment throughout his career. Throughout his campaign he has taken one position after another that just doesn%u2019t make sense in fighting the war on terror.%u201D

Obama voted twice in favor of requiring warrants to intercept communications of foreign terrorists situated overseas, including Osama bin Laden, Bond says.

%u201CHe voted for all of the amendments to weaken the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act bill and fought to strip it of its power,%u201D Bond says. %u201COnly at the 11th hour when he saw the tide was turning, did he vote for%u201D the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Obama%u2019s comment that the way to fight the war on terror is with prosecutions, the way the first World Trade Center bombing was addressed, shows how out of touch Obama is, Bond says.

Now if more Americans understood that we could get on to electing John McCain

OBAMA IS AN IDIOT; Reply to this comment


by DCropp October 16, 2008 5:25 PM EDT: Let''s see for months you''ve been riding Bush coattails. Suddenly, you fall behind in the polls and it''s the last debate. McCain''s response, I''m not Bush.

Why has Bush been raising millions for the GOP to spend on McCain''s campaign?

Why does McCain have Bush staff throughout his campaign?

Why did McCain vote with Bush 90% of the time?

Why did we see McCain meeting with Bush throughout the summer?; Reply to this comment


by Gary Kempf October 16, 2008 5:06 PM EDT: McCain Continues "I''m Not George Bush" Theme

He could play the theme from the Adams Family or The Partridge Family.
It doesn''t change the fact he has been up George W a** for eight years...; Reply to this comment