Comments on: McCain Breaks With Bush On Climate Change

Urges Free-Market Principles And "Effective Diplomacy" To Reduce Global Warming

[sistatee-2009]

McSwine has his own views on climate change? He should. He can remember the last ice age.

[greatdrivew]

Let''s see McCain split with Bush on the economy, war, health care, foreign policy, tax policy, military bases in Iraq and national debt creation.

[downtowner97]

Armageddon has to happen before Christians can go be with Jesus in the clouds. McCain wants to prevent armageddon. McCain is keeping Christians from being with Jesus. I really wish Christians would go live in the clouds and stop knocking on my door, so I''m not going to vote for McCain.

[brianbwb-2009]

"Urges Free-Market Principles And "Effective Diplomacy" To Reduce Global Warming"

How is this a split from Bush, who has always believed that the ecosystem should be sacrificed for the profit of a few?

[jerr11]

Maybe my vote for ya against Obama will turn out to be a good thing for this country!

Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 12:36 AM : May 13, 2008


I believe it will.

McCain is the real deal.

We need someone who will steer the country in the right direction.

These past 7 years has been great for the nation.

$4 a gallon gas.

4071 dead Americans in Iraq.

$3 trillion squandered.

Halliburton''s profits through the roof.

I believe the country need to conitue on this path of prosperity.

Go McCain, 94 MORE YEARS, 94 MORE YEARS!

(In Iraq, that is)

[noloyalisti]

Anyone who believes a word out of the mouth of a Republican should have their head examined. McBush is a true republican: flip-flopper, not well educated on the issues, protect big business at the expense of the common folk. Why would you believe him now?

[alphaa10-2009]

CBS reports McCain said, "I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears. I will not permit eight long years to pass without serious action..."

However, the most serious action ahead for McBush is to vet his own policy statements of glaring contradictions.

For example, euphemism is not a policy, and cannot cover a void of understanding. Yet, McBush would replace the carrot of trade incentives and the stick of tariffs and other trade disincentives with the mere slip of a concept he calls "effective diplomacy"-- this statement just doesn''t ask for credibility, it begs for it.

Continuing the McBush parade of industrial-grade evasions, his cap-and-trade control of carbon emissions is a gradual, voluntary response to drastically immediate, involuntary crisis. Nature has its own schedule, and will have the last word on how humans deal with their global warming problem.

Doubtless, we will be out of time when the last obdurate polluter realizes he has made a big mistake with the environment.

[stn_sage]

McCain is blatantly pandering on this issue. He wants us to believe that he''s going to engage on this issue!
HOGWASH!

How can we believe this?! As pointed out in the article, he''s taking money from energy companies, he proposed suspending the federal gasoline tax, and he''s voted against funding alternative energy sources!

In other words, his actions betray his words!

He''ll do the same thing Bush did when he was pretending to be an environmentalist in 2000, he''ll go back on his word after he gets in office!

These politicians really believe that the vast majority of the public can be fooled, and most of the time! And, they''re right, IF we let them!

[omaar-101]

McCain won`t back Webb`s GI Bill plan


Oh Yeah...John McCain is a ''''True Patriot'''' US Veterans can Depend On...Huh


WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, has suggested he would OPPOSE a Bi-Partisan measure by Virginia Sen. Jim Webb to expand college Tuition Benefits for (Military Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan).


McCains new move comes as a blow to Webb, a freshman Democrat and former Navy Secretary who had been Quietly building Bi-Partisan support for months.



Note: Webbs GI Bill, a centerpiece of his 2006 campaign, would pay the college tuition of many Military Veterans who have served since the (Sept. 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks). The amount of tuition paid would not exceed the cost of the most expensive state school in a Veterans Home State, in most cases.

The Current Montgomery GI Bill pays only a SMALL FRACTION of the COST of COLLEGE TODAY.

[omaar-101]

A President that Really & Truly Cares about Americans and their home plights.


The U.S. House of Representatives opened debate on Wednesday on a bill (HR 5830) that would create a $300 billion fund to save homeowners from foreclosure, but President George W. Bush threatened to VETO the legislation which he said would "reward speculators and lenders."


The plan looks certain to pass the Democrat-controlled House and the bill''''s sponsors expect many Republicans will defy the president and back their measure in the face of the current housing crisis.

Declining home values and rising foreclosures over the past 12 months have darkened the mood of U.S. consumers and pushed the economy toward recession. Recent reports show consumer confidence hit a five-year low in April, while home prices booked a record drop in February.

The Democratic plan combines a variety of new measures as well as some already-passed legislation in a bulky bill largely crafted by Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services committee.

Significantly, nearly a third of Republicans on Frank''''s committee voted for his portions of the housing bill.

Late on Tuesday, the White House threatened to veto the housing plan and took particular aim at a provision that would deliver $15 billion of federal grants to cities and towns so that they could buy foreclosed homes that are in disrepair.

[rowdytexan2]

Good for John McCain! We need to get moving on this.

Maybe my vote for ya against Obama will turn out to be a good thing for this country!

[kissamaarse]

Sure, McCain. What''s the twist, as on everything else you touch?

[edward1975-2009]

There is too much evidence to suggest that something is changing in our weather patterns, whether it be global warming or as other have said cycles the Earth goes through. Something is happening, we are seeing the retreating of all major glacier fields, polar ice melting that has been around for 20K yrs or so, and more Categotry 5 hurricanes in the last half decade, than in the history of this nation. To ignore what is happening is just ridiculous.

[idnnsg]

Ooops!

I meant "Bush doesn''t want to do anything..."

when I said, "Bush doesn''t want to too anything..."

[idnnsg]

Ooooh! He''s such a "maverick"! I''m so impressed! (NOT!)

One tiny problem with this "break With Bush" is that Bush has actually admitted global warming is real, several times in the past couple of years! The difference is that Bush doesn''t want to too anything to try to fix it, whereas McCain wants to suggest unworkable "solutions" (based on the "free-market"), thus obtaining the same non-result.

Here''s an example, Bush on NPR Interview:

MR. WILLIAMS: Now, also in the State of the Union, you talked about the %u2013 quote here %u2013 "the serious challenge of global climate change." Were you talking about global warming there?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Absolutely, and it''s a serious challenge.

[formrusmcsgt]

So McSame fnally found an issue to differentiate himself from dubya about......

[naucoming4u]

I also can''''t reward the GOP for the last 8 years of operating with virtual impunity regardless of the consequences. So it''''s another vote for Obama.

Posted by mydogdylan6 at 10:33 PM : May 12, 2008
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The Democrats have to do this on their side as well!

Yes, McCain is being called "McSame" for a good reason, because in order to get the NASCAR Conservatives to vote for him, McCain has to commit to several thousand more dead or injured U.S. soldiers (in Iraq) in order to entice the likes of "jamesm", "speakinup", and all the other Fox News fans.

But Obama and Clinton also feels compelled to coddle the illegal immigrant population for the Hispanic vote, (for starters).

So where does that leave the "independent" candidates? OH MY GOD! They may actually bow down to the needs/wants of the majority of Americans! (And they usually do, but the dumbazz media doesn''t even give them the time of day).

[haoli25]

Too Little, Too Late, McBush! Try again in 2012...if you haven''t croaked by then.

[mydogdylan6]

I also was seriously considring McCain in 2000. However, I think to get the GOP nomination, he''s sold a part of himself. He''s changed his position on several issues already. I felt he used to vote his heart (ticking off both Rep. and Dems.), but now he''s more about getting the hard right Repubican voters to like him. Too bad.

I also can''t reward the GOP for the last 8 years of operating with virtual impunity regardless of the consequences. So it''s another vote for Obama.

[kansas1946]

Many Republicans don''''t like McCain and I think that''''s good for America because it indicates we have a real American here, not a real Republican, Sen. McCain deserves serious consideration!

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tb, I think you are exactly right. I supported McCain in 2000, but I am going with Obama this go around. I would not be opposed to McCain except for his stance on the war. I belive it was wrong to go into Iraq and McCain has supported Bush every step of the way. But I do think he is an honorable American, just not the best choice this time.