McCain's Strategy For Beating Obama

Senator's Plan Depends On Belief That Country Leans More To The Right Than To The Left

(AP)  Republican John McCain's game plan for beating Democrat Barack Obama rests on one huge assumption: Despite an unpopular war, an uncertain economy and the GOP's beleaguered status, the country still leans more to the right than to the left.

“There are going to be stark choices between a liberal Democrat and a conservative Republican,” McCain says at nearly every turn as he seeks to portray Obama as out of step with the nation. The more the GOP nominee-in-waiting can frame the debate along those lines, and capture a larger chunk of the electorate's center, the better his chance to eke out a victory in an extraordinarily challenging political environment.

Of course, a slew of other factors will come into play, including experience, character and outside events.

And, although Republicans shy away from publicly discussing it, race could have an enormous role. Public attitudes about issues like taxes and health care have been tested for years, but no one knows whether the nation will elect a black man, Obama, as president.

Age is another unknown. McCain will be 72 in August and would be the country's oldest elected president; Obama is more than two decades younger.

Seeking an early edge, McCain has spent the past few weeks laying out arguments against Obama, who is on the verge of clinching the Democratic nomination over Hillary Rodham Clinton. McCain has claimed that Obama lacks experience, raised questions about his judgment and suggested that the Democrat offers change that could imperil the country.

At the same time, the Vietnam prisoner of war and four-term senator has started trying to make the case that he alone has the qualifications to be a wartime commander in chief, in effect using his experience to counter concerns about his age.

Six months out, polling shows McCain competitive against Obama, and that heartens McCain's advisers, who recognize the difficult landscape for a Republican after President Bush's eight-year tenure.

In a sign of the troublesome times, the GOP has lost three special elections to fill vacant Republican seats this year.

The backdrop to those defeats: Bush's popularity is low, and a vast majority the public doesn't like the direction the country is heading. It's on the brink of a recession - if not already in one - and it's in the sixth year of a costly Iraq war that most people no longer support but that McCain does. Fundraising figures and primary turnout numbers also indicate that the GOP base isn't nearly as revved up as its counterpart.

Conversely, Democrats have a public hunger for change on their side. They also are on the cusp of nominating a fresh-faced candidate who has raised more than $200 million in more than a year, can pull in 35,000-strong crowds, and who long has opposed the Iraq war. The Democratic Party also has registered untold millions of new voters in key states.

Despite all that, Republicans say that if anyone gives them an opportunity to overcome the hurdles, it's McCain. They argue that he's not a typical GOP candidate and claim he has a necessary broad appeal for the times. They say his reputation for bucking the GOP on salient issues like climate change allows him to reach beyond the traditional Republican base when the party's “brand” is broken to attract independents and moderate Democrats.

“Both candidates will represent change. The question will be the right type of change versus the wrong kind of change,” said Steve Schmidt, a senior strategist for McCain. “Senator Obama's inexperience, his lack of judgment, his naïveté, his lack of accomplishment will all be part of the debate.”

So will ideology.

“There is an overwhelming difference between the right-of-center John McCain and the most liberal member of the Senate, Barack Obama,” said Frank Donatelli, the Republican National Committee's deputy chairman. “The contrast is great on the issues.”

Indeed, the GOP already is portraying the Democrat - who honed his political skills in Chicago after attending Harvard University - as a big-government advocate who wants to raise capital-gains taxes and recklessly pull U.S. troops out of Iraq and is willing to meet with leaders of U.S. enemy nations.

“By all yardsticks, this man is a legitimate leftist candidate,” said Ron Kaufman, a veteran GOP strategist. “The good news is you don't have to paint him as that. You just need a mirror.”

Dismissing the criticism, Obama spokesman Bill Burton said: “This is less about left and right. It's about which candidate is going to take this country in a new direction.”

Democrats claim McCain is not that candidate, and they argue that he offers nothing more than a continuation of eight years of Bush's “failed” policies on Iraq and the economy.

McCain, in response, points to his record of challenging the party line on those and other issues.

Mindful that the unpopular Bush is a liability, McCain has started to distance himself from the president in speeches that encapsulate his own vision. Still, McCain is signaling he will use Bush where necessary; the two, for example, are appearing at a joint fundraiser later this month.

McCain is taking a campaign approach unlike Bush's elections in 2000 and 2004, which emphasized turning out the party's base. Rather, McCain has started shifting to the electorate's center, a recognition of his ideological reach as well as the need to capture swing voters against an opponent who also attracts independents.

He hopes his crusade against climate change - an issue that appeals to people of all stripes - will help him build a winning coalition of voters.

To do so, McCain is targeting traditional swing voting groups, like independents and Catholics, as well as others where Obama has shown weakness in the primaries, among them conservative-leaning so-called Reagan Democrats, blue-collar whites, Jews and Hispanics.

Because of McCain's independent streak and Obama's vulnerabilities with key demographics, Republicans see opportunity in several states Democrats won in 2004, including electoral-rich bastions of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

There and elsewhere, race is surely going to be a factor, even though the GOP says it doesn't want it to be.

Said Donatelli: “We're all Americans, too, even though we want to win, and it just would not be in anyone's interest for race to become a part of this campaign.” McCain himself acknowledged last month that benefiting from latent prejudice in the country “would bother me a great deal.”

That's not to say groups operating independently of McCain's campaign won't wade into the black-vs.-white area - or other areas.

Republicans, for instance, are giddy about Obama's recent rough patch that exposed hotspots.

They cite his comment that small-town people are bitter and, thus, cling to guns and religion, as well as the flap over whether he wears a flag lapel pin, and his relationships with former pastor Jeremiah Wright and a 1960s-era radical William Ayers.

“There are some gifts out there that the party's been given,” said John Truscott, a GOP strategist in Michigan. “The party has to be careful not to go too far, but these are issues that are fair game.”

Republicans can only hope the general public sees it that way.

[j77761]

Barack Obama will lose against John McCain, if Barack Obama wins against Hillary Clinton. Then, John McCain will do futher invasions. These said invasions will result in the annihilation of the UNITES STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.

The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.

President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.

[j77761]

Barack Obama will lose against John McCain, if Barack Obama wins against Hillary Clinton. Then, John McCain will do futher invasions. These said invasions will result in the annihilation of the UNITES STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.

The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.

President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.

[j77761]

Barack Obama will lose against John McCain, if Barack Obama wins against Hillary Clinton. Then, John McCain will do futher invasions. These said invasions will result in the annihilation of the UNITES STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.

The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.

President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.

[questionnews]

"McCain''s Strategy For Beating Obama"

Just shut up & let''s the other guy keep talking.

[tawpdawg11]

From the article:... "Conversely, Democrats have a public hunger for change on their side."

~~~ya think?


AND: "They also are on the cusp of nominating a fresh-faced candidate who has raised more than $200 million in more than a year, can pull in 35,000-strong crowds, and who long has opposed the Iraq war."

~~~uh, that would be 75,000-strong and larger yet to come


AND: ...."The Democratic Party also has registered untold millions of new voters in key states."

Y''all can thank ol Landslide Limbaugh and OPERATION BACKFIRE for that. Talent on loan from GAWD-D.

God lent Landslide the genius to drag out the DemocratIC nominating fight to the bitter end, thus ensuring the registration of MILLIONS of fresh, new democratIC voters with which to POUND McBush and the GOP in November.

Dear God: -Thank you for giving us Landslide Limbaugh. I hope you see fit to get him through rehab again and use him more in the future. Amen

OBAMA AND A FILIBUSTER-PROOF MAJORITY IN ''08! YES WE CAN!

[faith_in_w]

I am going to vote for John McCain and gleefully do without thinking.

[noloyalisti]

Maybe McBush should support stem cell research so he can grow a brain. Then he can remember whether he voted for or against the tax cuts, for or against funding for the troops or for or against illegal torture.

[greatdrivew]

Here''s a strategy that might help you win in November, McCain: select Geraldine Ferraro as your running mate.

You and she can dream yourselves into relevance.

[ouronlyhope]

Clinton supporters count too:
While I can understand your frustration at seeing the first serious female presidential candidate lose to the first serious African-American candidate in the primary, I''d like to bring you back to reality and explain why it would be a REALLY bad idea campaign against Barack Obama, if he is the Democratic Nominee. Ready?
88-year-old, John Paul Stevens is all that stands in the way of a Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. If the Republicans get to nominate Stevens'' replacement (it''s rumored he''s holding out retirement, hoping a Democrat will be elected in 2008) then we will have a Supreme Court majority in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade. It''s really that simple.
Not only that, but we will presumably also have a majority in favor of overturning Griswold v. Connecticut, upon whose reasoning Roe v. Wade was based. Griswold gives unmarried women the right to take contraceptives.
Now, which do you think would be the bigger setback for the feminist movement? Overturning of these landmark Supreme Court cases, or the delaying by a few years of the first female president? And yes, I do believe it will be just a few years. I believe there are compelling female presidential candidates out there besides Hillary Clinton, first among them Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. If she runs for president, not only would I be on the bandwagon, I''d be driving it.
The die is cast, Obama will likely be our nominee, now let''s put our eyes on the prize and win this thing.

[ronanhanna]

"Barack Obama will lose against John McCain, if Barack Obama wins against Hillary Clinton. Then, John McCain will do futher invasions. These said invasions will result in the annihilation of the UNITES STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.

The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.

President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006."


Thought-provoking. Prescient. Perhaps j77761 should run for office. Although I would like to hear more from him on domestic issues.

[f77621]

Barack Obama will lose against John McCain, if Barack Obama wins against Hillary Clinton. Then, John McCain will do futher invasions. These said invasions will result in the annihilation of the UNITES STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.

The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.

President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.

[f77621]

Barack Obama will lose against John McCain, if Barack Obama wins against Hillary Clinton. Then, John McCain will do futher invasions. These said invasions will result in the annihilation of the UNITES STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.

The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.

President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.

[f77621]

Barack Obama will lose against John McCain, if Barack Obama wins against Hillary Clinton. Then, John McCain will do futher invasions. These said invasions will result in the annihilation of the UNITES STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

If by some manipulation of fate, Barack Obama wins against John McCain. Barack Obama will be the last president because Barack Obama will be set-up as the UNITED STATES gets annihilated.

The TRIGGER(S) that the MASONS are setting-up will push both Russia and China to NUKE the UNITED STATES via NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The MASONS want to FORCE the SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON ("EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE). Three (3) HORNS have to be removed before the said SEVENTH KINGDOM can be realized. First, the UNITED STATES (REVELATIONS 17 AND 18). Then, RUSSIA and the NEAR EAST/MIDDLE EAST (EZEKIEL 39). The third HORN is CHINA partially destroyed in the interim to meet the anti-christ later in ISRAEL.

President BUSH was supposed to invade IRAN during 2006, as set-up by the COUNSEL OF TEN (REVELATIONS 13 and 17) and GOD. Neither GOD nor the said COUNSEL can stall any JUDGMENT of GOD. Hence, there was a change in GOD''S LAW during 2006. There was a change in the said LAW during July 2006.

[steeepe]

McCain is not independent -- he voted with Bush 95% of the time as senator. If the country still leans right after witnessing the damage wrought by Republicans in the last 8 years and votes for McCain, we don''t deserve any better and we should just wallow for the next 4 years in more of the same bulldung that''s been shoveled at us for 8 years. McCain''s rhetoric is already starting to resemble Karl Rove''s.

[Razzl]

McCain is no longer "right of center"--in the last 4 months he''s moved solidly to the right, into places the public doesn''t want to be. I''m sure his party operatives aren''t willing to acknowledge the phenomenon that young people are proudly calling themselves "liberals" and that the public no longer responds to the old Republican culture-war tactic of labelling everything; name-calling isn''t going to win the presidency this year. McCain has to do 2 things to make a good race; run mostly on himself and somewhat against Bush, not against Obama. So far all of his instincts are wrong and every thing he''s done lately was the opposite of what he needed to do. This may not even be a race by September...

[walt1944-2009]

"Bagdad John McBush" McCain has begun mapping a strategy that he believes will beat Barack Obama in November.

Some of the highlights of this strategy are:

1. Choose Paula Abdul as his running mate which would assure voters that he has a younger VP, better looking, and just as dumb as he is!
2. Get rid of anyone having to do with a lobbyist on his campaign, which, if he had done his homework, he wouldn''t have to worry about now, would he?
3. Insist on running a "clean campaign" but only if it applies to him!
4. Make frequent trips to what-once-was called "The Rust Belt", and promise he will create "rusty" jobs once again out of thin air!
5. Allow everyone to have health insurance, provided they can find a carrier and can afford the premiums!
6. Promise the end the Iraq War A SECOND TIME, after 5 years: so what''s wrong with NOW????
7. Continue the "War on Terrrrror" by arresting juveniles, holding suspected "terrrrrorists" for years, giving them a military trial (when suitable), and allowing "advanced interrogation techniques"!
8. Disconnecting the "RED PHONE" at night!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!!
sig heil, DEFINITELY MORE OF THE SAME, McCain!!!

[mcvet]

I am going to vote for John McCain and gleefully do without thinking.
Posted by faith_in_w

Yep anyone who believes George Bush was a good President hasn''t done to much "thinking". Something tells me this loser will vote for these freaks no matter how many of our kids kill themselves from 15 tours in Iraq!! Sieg Heil Bush/McSame

[realpatriot1]

f77621,

Your brain has already been annihilated...we have over 2500 tactical nulclear warheads at our disposal. If Iran, & North Korea put their pointy little heads together they might come up with a dozen. Then''s there''s the issue of how to deliver them-a plane? a sub? more technology they don''t have. We can plant a couple of our Trident Class subs up against their shoreline and make Tehran a vision in a history book anytime we want.

Abinijhad is mostly talk. We have the means to take him down.

[pepina42]

Age old Republican but I will vote for the candidate who can promise the following:

1. Immediately after taking office, call together a task force of the most important technical minds in the country to develope a method of converting gasoline engines to a feasible alternate system. Timeline this technology at three to six months.
2. Once the technology has been perfected, make it available to everyone in the country at a reasonable charge ($200-300 per auto).
3. It CAN be done! We have dime-size computer chips that, not so long ago, required several thousand square feet of machinery. .. We have put men on the moon! It CAN be done. It MUST be done.

[j-whitman]

Too bad he''s only got the Bush ''Strategy'' on catching Ossama Bin Laden

"Keep digging, we will see the bottom of this hole someday, just not on my watch"

[apinchofsalt]

Obama is Racist!

[j-whitman]

apinchofsalt,,,, Which parent does he hate ??

[andylance1]

Obama: "We can''t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."

Under the Obama administration, all thermostats will be controlled remotely by the international energy commission. They will be set at 80 degrees in the summer and 60 degrees in the winter.

[donbl1]

Surprised to see the most recent polls for Oregon.

Polls are tricky to read but it appears a significant deterioration for Obama and a rise for Clinton.

Kentucky is different. Clinton continues to build and Obama is now in the 20''s.....

Best thing McCain can do is take the high road. I believe the winning strategy has already been spread by Hillary "win at any cost" Clinton.

[omaar-101]

China & Russia.

Go Vote For McCain and World (3)will Happen ...

Note: You War Mongers, World War (3) is just One More Arab Invasion Away... From being Made Real !!


And All You Yahoos are Screaming about Terorist !!

Keep Your War Mongering & Blood Thirsty EYES on ..China & Russia and India !!


http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/17/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-China-Maneuvers.php


Russia and China: Hold Joint Military Exercise
The Associated Press Published: August 17, 2007


CHEBARKUL TESTING RANGE, Russia: President Vladimir Putin said Friday he had ordered strategic bombers to resume regular Long-Range Patrols as Russian & Chinese Forces held their 1ST Joint Military Exercise on Russian soil.

NOTE: A show of Armed Muscle Aimed at Sending a Pointed Message to the.... United States.

The resumption of bombing patrols, which analysts say signaled a significant change for Russian military policy, comes amid a growing chill in U.S.-Russian Relations, strained over Washington`s criticism of Russia`s democracy record, Moscow`s objections to U.S. Missile Defense Plans and Differences over Global Crises.

Both Moscow and Beijing share a Heightening Distrust of what they see as the United States` Oversized Role and Influence in Global Politics, and the two former Cold War rivals have forged a "Strategic Partnership" aimed at Counter Balancing Washington`s Policies.

There were several Other Asian Countries Involved in those Joint Excercises..also !!

[jydavis1]

is there an age limit to being president?

[liberalme]

I am going to vote for John McCain and gleefully do without thinking.

Posted by faith_in_w at 03:18 PM : May 19, 2008

Wow, I bet you''ve made some pretty intelligent decisions like that huh?
+

[donbl1]

jydavis, there is no age limit only our own opinion about suitability.

[singingrick]

McSame''s strategy:


Stay the course.

[questionnews]

"Senator''s Plan Depends On Belief That Country Leans More To The Right Than To The Left"

That''s the real problem. If one leans too far to the left or too far to the right they fall over. How about a candidate with some balance?

[sgtrds-e4]

"McCain''s Strategy For Beating Obama"

Pray that the media keeps ignoring him as much as it has so everyone doesn''t become aware of just how senile he''s become.

[ponco seno]

McBUSH don''t have a leg to stand on. BUSH & CHENEY ruined the GOP.

He will loose BIG TIME in historical proportions in NOV.

[veteran72]

"McCain''s Strategy For Beating Obama"....

"Right now, I''m being fitted with a Control Chip, so Joe LIEberman can run my mouth by computer, straight from Tel Aviv"....."It''s gonna be swell".....
"What were we just talking about"???......"Dammitt"...

[taotxzen]

Support the Truth:

Jim Webb: No President in history has vetoed a benefits bill for those who have served

By: John Amato

Jim Webb, (who is one of my picks for VP) makes an excellent case for his GI Bill on MTP this morning and calls out the GOP on their negligent behavior and the threatened Bush veto. John McCain and George Bush say they support the troops, but when it comes to stepping up and doing something tangible, they are striking out. How dare they say these benefits are too costly when we%u2019re spending millions of dollars a day to occupy Iraq? And as Webb says, this will be used on the campaign trail. And a watered down substitute by McCain and his pal Graham is not the solution.

Webb: No president in history has, has vetoed a, a benefits bill for those who%u2019ve served. So on the one hand, we have this rhetoric, which goes to what I was writing saying, %u201CThis is the next greatest generation, these guys are so great.%u201D And then we see this president, he%u2019s fine with sending these people over and over again where they%u2019re spending more time in Iraq than they are at home. He%u2019s fine with the notion of stop loss, where we can, we can make people stay in even after enlistments are done. And then we say, %u201CGive them the same benefit that the people in World War II have,%u201D and they say it%u2019s too expensive.

[taotxzen]

Russia and China: Hold Joint Military Exercise
The Associated Press Published: August 17, 2007

Posted by Omaar-101

China will not attack us, we owe them too much money. I think their long range plan is to keep lending us money to blindly pour it into the military at $670 Billion a year and then someday call in the debt.

[randynason]

I''m not a small-town guy. I live in a city, do not have a gun and I am an aetheist. I am very bitter over what this administration has done to this country and will never, never forget how the ******-In-Chief wrested the power from the people and had himself installed as leader. MacCain would be four more years of the same, so forget it.

[shawnhussey]

The McCain campaign should not conceed any region of the country to the Democratic nominee.The GOP can produce many good arguments for a McCain presidency.Senator McCain has more leadership experience than any other presidential candidate.He has far more knowledge of foreign and military policy than does Barack Obama.John McCain believes in the right to life.If elected President, he would nominate strict-constructionist justices to the Supreme Court.John McCain would appoint federal judges who have respect for the sanctity of life.Barack Obama would not even support legislation to ban partial birth abortion.Obama will not be a defender of the right to life.If one believes in a strong national defense and a country where the unborn receive legal protection, John McCain is the presidential candidate to vote for in November.

[noloyalisti]

McBush the next faith based president. Because we don''t want facts to get in the way of a good story.

However, we are not going to let the neo con men fool us again, in spite of the extreme right wing (fascist) mainstream media''s support for mcSame.

[moneymcbush]

Step 1. Fire these Lobbyists:
Robert Aiken,Grant Aldonas,Philmore Anderson,Rebecca Anderson,Stanton Anderson,Susan Auther Andres,Robert Asher,William Bailey,William Ball,David Beightol,Rhonda Bentz,Wayne Berman,Steve Betts,Charlie Black,Judy Black,Kirk Blalock,Carlos Bonilla,Christine Burgeson,Kerry Cammack,Kirsten Ardleigh Chadwick,Rob Chamberlin,Susan Charlton,John Clerici,Josephine Cooper,James Courter,Bryan Cunningham,Alfonse D''Amato,Ashley Davis,Kurt Davis,Rick Davis,Mimi Dawson,John Diamond,Frank Donatelli,Melissa Edwards,Kevin Fay,Christian Ferry,Chris Fidler,Thomas Fiorentino,Sally Furman,Samuel Geduldig,Ben Ginsberg,David Girard-di Carlo,Michael Glassner,Juleanna Glover Weiss,Phil Gramm,John Green,Janet Grissom,Wes Gullett,Kristen Gullott,Kent Hance,Robert Harding,Vicki Hart,Robert van Laer Hartwell,John Heubusch,Deborah Hohlt,Richard Hohlt,Gaylord Hughey,Peter Huntsman,Aleix Jarvis,Greg Jenner,Christine Jones,Nancy Johnson

McCainSource.com

[moneymcbush]

Step2. Fire More Lobbyists:
Mary Kate Johnson,Ned Johnson,Charles Kahn III,Mike Kennedy,William Kilberg,Steve Kuykendall,William Lesher,Jack LichtensteinGail MacKinnon,Peter Madigan,Mary Mann,Paul Martino,Mary McAuliffe,John McGovern,Mike McKay,Timothy McKone,Alison McSlarrow,Kyle McSlarrow,Michael Meece,David Metzner,Susan Molinari,John Munger,Ken Nahigian,Susan Nelson,Jack Oliver,Steve Perry,Nancy Mitchell Pfotenhauer,Steve Phillips,Elise Pickering,James Pitts,Timothy Powers,Anthony Principi,Michael Racy,Sloan Rappoport,James Rill,Steve Roman,Matt Salmon,Joseph Samora,Randy Scheunemann,Katie Stahl,Milly Stanges,Aquiles Suarez,Fife Symington,Jeri Thompson,Dirk Van Dongen,David Vennett,Raymond Wagner,Jeffrey Weiss,Richard Wiley,Tony Williams,James Woolsey,Joseph Wright,Fred Zeidman

McCainSource.com

[veteran72]

In a sign of the troublesome times, the GOP has lost three special elections to fill vacant Republican seats this year.

The backdrop to those defeats: Bush''s popularity is low, and a vast majority the public doesn''t like the direction the country is heading. It''s on the brink of a recession - if not already in one - and it''s in the sixth year of a costly Iraq war that most people no longer support but that McCain does. Fundraising figures and primary turnout numbers also indicate that the GOP base isn''t nearly as revved up as its counterpart.

Pack it up, old man.....

[ofbyfor1]

''Mindful that the unpopular Bush is a liability, McCain has started to distance himself from the president in speeches that encapsulate his own vision. Still, McCain is signaling he will use Bush where necessary; the two, for example, are appearing at a joint fundraiser later this month.''

It''s too little, too late. Only a short time ago, McCain was fawning over Bush in the Rose Garden and he''s changed his original views to back Bush (flip-flopping) too many times over the past few years. And to appear at ANY fund-raiser with Bush is simply going to reinforce that he is more of McSame.

[ofbyfor1]

My friends, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome.

McCain=Bush.

Ergo: don''t be insane, say no to McCain!

[jack3213]

My friends, the definition of stupidity is believing in fairy tales and wishing for change from an inexperianced and unqualified candidate. MCain will win in Nov. 2008. It is because of Clinton that this will happen. Those who support her now will not vote for Obama. This, my friends, is a fact.

[moneymcbush]

My friends, will someone change my diaper.
I p oo ped myself.

[realpatriot1]

jack3213,

Here''s a fairy tale for you...Iraq will be stable in 2013, not sooner and not later.

I have a plan! I can''t do it alone, i need for you to vote for me, twice. Once I''m re-elcted and a lame duck i''ll pull us out.

[rowdytexan2]

Borrow one of Obama''s race cards and throw it at him! And call all the people that vote for him ignorant people who can''t see past their turbans and Korans!

You should''ve just claimed you didn''t have any lobbyists on your campaign team like Obama did!

[rowdytexan2]

McCAIN ON THE ENVIRONMENT-- AT BEST A MEDIOCRE AND CONFUSED FLIP FLOPPER

Oh there''s a good one! Call McCain a flip flopper!

Obama stumped on Hanford nuke waste clean-up, %u201CUhhhhhhhhhh%u201D
By Michelle Malkin %u2022 May 19, 2008 07:43 PM If you put yourself out there as the presidential candidate most in touch with The People, if you put yourself out there as the champion of the environment, and if you put yourself out there as the candidate best able to represent the Pacific Northwest and bring about %u201Cchange,%u201D you should have a staff competent enough to brief you on the biggest policy issues consuming the electorate%u2019s energies there as you campaign for votes.

The Hanford nuclear waste clean-up has gone on for decades. It%u2019s been a cause celebre for environmentalists and the PNW congressional delegation. When I worked at the Seattle Times, I took a tour of the now-closed Fast Flux Test Facility at Hanford, which some cancer researchers said could have been used to produce life-saving medical isotopes. Every year brings new funding battles. Hanford is to the region as Yucca Mountain is to Nevada, and Obama was plenty opinionated about the latter issue.

Well, McCain was asked about Hanford last week while in Washington state and offered a concrete policy answer!

Freaking Obama had never HEARD of it! One of the most dangerous places in the United States!

[faulpelz-2009]

Conservative? McCain? No, sir, not in Houston, Texas. He''s more of a water boy for any cause that suits him. I think they call him a mealymouthed maverick. Method in the madness. And, say, I thought he was the same guy the RNC roasted when Bush was the party favorite. What happened? McCain got saved,too?

[hungry1968]

Borrow one of Obama''''s race cards and throw it at him! And call all the people that vote for him ignorant people who can''''t see past their turbans and Korans!

You should''''ve just claimed you didn''''t have any lobbyists on your campaign team like Obama did!


Posted by RowdyTexan2 at 09:49 PM : May 19, 2008





Women vote for Hillary out of sexism.

The rest of America is going to vote for Obama using common sense.