McCain Calls Clinton and Obama “Out of Touch”

(CBS)
From CBS News’ Andante Higgins:
John McCain hammered Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton today, calling them out of touch. “They don't understand America’s economy and they don’t understand history,” he said. “I will look forward to that debate and I will argue they are out of touch and they don’t understand fundamentals of economics and certainly what’s good for America’s future – and it isn’t through big spending and it certainly isn’t through pork barrel projects, which they have supported with hundreds of millions of dollars.”
On day two of the “It’s Time for Action” tour, McCain visited devastated and prospering businesses during his sweep through Youngstown, Ohio, today. “Here in Youngstown, obviously people are in great difficulty,” he said. “We visited a closed facility. They’ve got a great new owner named Al Johnston who is struggling to get it open…and it’s an example of the casualties that this region has suffered,” McCain explained.
In his town hall meeting at Youngstown State University, McCain delivered some straight talk to voters concerned about steel mill jobs lost in the area. “I can't tell you that those jobs are ever going to come back to this magnificent part of the country but I will tell you that I will commit myself to providing these workers who have lost their job with another chance. A second chance. They need it, they deserve it,” he said.
McCain also told audience members twice that he knew his answers were of little comfort to them when he talked about jobs and the economy. “You’ve seen up close and first hand the tragedies that have affected individual families as a result of the job loss here,” he said.
McCain was also asked by reporters about the lack of African-Americans at his events today. He sounded a bit defensive explaining how he knew he had a lot of work to do for the African-American vote and vowed to continue reaching out. He spoke out on affirmative action today as well. “If you’re talking about assuring equal and fair opportunity for all Americans and making sure that the practices of the US military are emulated, the greatest equal opportunity employer in America, then I am all for it,” he said. “If you are talking about quotas, I am not for it. So all of us are for affirmative action to try to give assistance to those who need it, whether it be African-American or other groups of Americans that need it.”
Did he form this opinion before or after he claimed people who make more than $200,000 a year are middle class?
McSenile, who surrounds himself with lobbyists and has to be corrected by his puppet-master LIEberman, in not knowing the difference between Shiite and Sunni, says the democrats are out of touch???.....this is a comedy piece, right???
At least he had the good sense not to announce this from his private jet.
My concern is with the bottom feeders of political parties you know, councilmen, commissioners, auditors, state representatives, state senators, various boards leadership positions etc. These positions are not glamorous, but they do provide the "farm team" for the big league positions with the statewide or national offices.
Please help me understand, with an economy falling apart more every day, with real limits on what average people can afford to donate to politics, what does this say about the new class of bottom feeders?
From where I am sitting I am seeing only special interest or self funding as the way to get the bottom feeder campaigns moving.
Perhaps the biggest legacy of Mrs. Clinton''s delayed exist from her hopeless position is the creation of the most self centered corrupt bottom feeder class we have seen in decades.
Thanks Hillary -- It is nice to know you care enough to destroy the lower rungs of the system.
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Posted by abmitus at 02:06 AM : Apr 23, 2008
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LOL Took the words right out of my mouth! ROFLMAO
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Posted by occams_taser at 01:16 AM : Apr 23, 2008
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Oh PLEASE!! You don''t care about social security and keeping it around for the future generations? You don''t care about Health Care and making it available for all American''s? You don''t care about a war started on lies? If you don''t care about any of the things being fought over in the Democratic Race, what is keeping you upright??? Sieg Heil Bush
How will they vote in the general election...most will never vote for McCain.
google "IOUSA"
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Posted by yurpallid at 07:11 AM : Apr 23, 2008
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You know all this about him how?? Oh Let me guess! You are using your magic swastika you won as a door prize at the LAST Republican Rally! ROFLMAO You Nazi''s haven''t a clue and I don''t see you getting one anytime soon. YOU freaks ship all our jobs to OTHER nations and then have the nerve to tell someone to go to work. Where does slime like this come from??? Sieg Heil Bush
This kind of quote is from those who don''t understand the modern economy. Having "work" in the modern economy for most people its really a perk or government handout or based on a favor from someone, and the "work" pays far more than the job is worth, again based on government subsidy from borrowed money. Suppose you "work" in a Wall Street firm, and "earn" a bonus of $50K for your "work", which consists of taking advantage of government Fed money? Or you "work" in real estate, selling homes to people who can''t buy them but who use government-backed securities to "buy" the houses. That is how it is now, the people who have "work" are generally privileged lazy and spoiled and paid 10 times more than what effort they actually put in.
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by tongassberry
April 23, 2008 9:41 AM PDT
- Obama 08! ... For Change Vote Obama! ... John Mellencamp - Small Town http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDkAG3R0h8 ... Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmLt6kcZ72Q ... Barack Obama 08!
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