McCain Pledges Break With Bush On Economy

Republican Seeks To Prove He Is Different From President And From Obama

(AP)  Republican John McCain promised to pivot from President Bush's economic policies and impose strict controls on government spending that would spur investor confidence and the stock market's recovery.

"I will protect your savings and retirement accounts and get this stock market rising again," said McCain, after huddling with economic advisers and pledging a break with Bush administration policies.

Aides said that McCain's call for cuts in the capital gains tax and tax breaks for seniors who invest would help the market rebound, a nod to the top issue on voters' minds little more than a week out from Election Day.

"A stronger economy with greater investor confidence would help turn the stock market around," said Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman. "That would help drive up stock prices and the market recover."

In his closing argument of the marathon election, McCain tread a thin line between bashing Democratic rival Barack Obama and making clear that he would steer a different course than the current GOP administration.

"We both disagree with President Bush on economic policies," McCain said. "My approach is to get spending under control. The difference between us is he thinks taxes have been too low, and I think that spending has been too high."

His most dramatic claim was a pledge to turn around a plunging stock market. Most of the progress he promised would come from the economic stimulus sparked by big tax cuts he's pushing, McCain said.

"I will create millions of jobs through tax cuts that spur economic growth," McCain said. The capital gains tax cut he's proposing would encourage investors, Bounds said.

Before he spoke, McCain met with economic advisers including former rival Mitt Romney and former Housing Secretary Jack Kemp. The event was designed to focus his message on the economic meltdown that has dominated the campaign and left him on the defensive. The downturn has helped boost Obama to a lead in the polls, both nationally and in key battleground states like Ohio.

"The difference between myself and Sen. Obama is my plan will create jobs, it's a difference of millions of jobs in America," McCain said. "My approach will lead to rising stock market prices, a stabilized housing market, economic growth and millions of new jobs."

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton responded, "A day after John McCain said that he agreed with George Bush's economic philosophy, he continued to parrot the same failed policies that give billions to billionaires and big corporations while providing no relief at all to more than 100 million middle-class Americans."

McCain's meeting with economic advisers came as polls show him trailing Obama, with most Americans deeply worried about the direction of the economy. For weeks McCain has been seeking to distance himself from Bush and his economic policies and he made that break complete in the nation's industrial heartland. Obama has tried equally hard to tie McCain to Bush, repeatedly citing McCain's 90 percent support for Bush in Senate votes.

At a rally in Dayton, McCain continued to criticize Obama.

"That's what change means for the Obama administration, it means taking your money and giving it to someone else," said McCain. He ridiculed Obama's argument that his tax plan was based on fairness.

"There's nothing fair about driving our economy into the ground and we all suffer when that happens," said McCain. "We'll cut business taxes to help American jobs and keep American business in America."

McCain opposed another economic stimulus package and said he would instead seek to bring spending under control. He made clear the advisers he met with would be part of his administration and it would steer a far different course than Bush.

McCain described an economic stimulus plan under discussion in Congress as "another $300 billion spending spree they are calling a stimulus plan."

"I would rather give the great American middle class additional tax cuts and let you keep the money and invest it in your future," said McCain.

McCain repeated his proposals to cut taxes for those who hold stocks for at least a year, and end requirements that force people to take money out of retirement accounts during the market's downturn.

He also said he would toughen rules governing the financial markets.

"I will demand complete transparency into the accounts and activities at all banks and insurance companies so they cannot take on the kind of risk that brought down the financial system," said McCain. "We will have strict rules of conduct on Wall Street and if they are broken, executives will be severely punished."

While he voted for a $700 billion rescue package for the financial sector, McCain said "the government will get out of the banking business fast" if he's elected.

[ramos937]

McCain can be honored for his war record and still be criticized.

Unfortunately, McCain, in public, admitted openly that the does not understand economics. You have to have some understanding of the subject before you can start any corrective measures. Plus, Phil Gram, a major arthetect of the mess we are in, continues to be one of McCain''s principal economic advisors.

[ioweign]

McCain Pledges Break With Bush On Economy

######

Now after 8 years....right !!

[inventagod2]

waaaaay too little

waaaaay too late, oldguy.

[gig15]

Yeah like he promised to never let Keating 5 happen again to his "beloved" southwest. Give me a break. God bless America is McCain.Palin get elected. We will be held hostage to the distribution of tax cuts to the wealthy by his own party Bush.Cheney. McCain is just spitting out rhetoric of distortion and psychotic words to confuse the voter into thinking he will change. Hardly. If you think he has control over his anger, just wait until he unleashes his 30 to 40 years of bottled anger he harbors against the American people. He has misdirected anger which should go to his father and the military. If he hadn''t been a reckless and risky maverick, he wouldn''t have been in the Communistic Viet Con POW camp for over 5 years. Be smart, knowledgeable, and wise. Elect Obama.Biden for change as our next President and Vice President of the United States of American.

[lastdance128]

The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime
Can not Get it Through Their Heads

They Have Been - EXPOSED - For WHO they Really Are and
WHAT they Really Are ! ! !

EMISSARIES of That -

That is :
THE DESTROYER - of - WORLDS

The Endorsement of Each
John McCain and Sarah Palin Supporter
A Repeat of The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime
Accomplishments of :

JOB DESTROYERS __ WAGE PACKAGE DESTROYERS
WORKING MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA DESTROYERS
FAMILY UNIT DESTROYERS __ HOME OWNERSHIP DESTROYERS
ECONOMY DESTROYERS __ CREDIT DESTROYERS
DEMOCRACY DESTROYERS __ CIVIL RIGHTS DESTROYERS
WORLD PEACE DESTROYERS __ BANK DESTROYERS
INVESTMENT DESTROYERS
UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY DESTROYERS
UNITED STATES INDEPENDENCE DESTROYERS

ECONOMIC STRIFE That is Being used as a Weapon to :
ELIMINATE a DEMOCRACY and REPLACE IT With :
The Totalitarian Dictatorship of : A NAZI FASCIST RULE
Against : The Populace of the United States

Any Corporation or POLITICAL INFLUENCE __ That has Supported and Assisted in :
The Achievement of : PURPOSELY and INTENTIONALLY
DESTROYING : The DEMOCRATIC INFRASTRUCTURE and
The ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE of The United States is an :
Act of TREASON

The Endorsement of Each
John McCain and Sarah Palin Supporter

[david1737]

Headline:


Ted Stevens Guilty In Corruption Case
Senate''s Longest-Serving Republican Convicted On All 7 Counts.

[noloyalisti]

Great news about Stevens. Now let''s get Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rove and their crime family.

McSame is a complete fraud. Just look at his record. He voted against unions, against supporting alternative energy and against the troops. Look at his record and then ask yourself why you would want another pea brained liar for pResident.

[shortestfuse]

OBAMA WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES. What he''s NOT telling you is that he will let the Bush tax cuts expire. (In his doublespeak, allowing a tax cut to expire is not raising taxes.) Rolling back the Bush tax cuts will add thousands of dollars to millions of middle-income tax payers. DON''T BUY THE OBAMA LIES!!!!

[airboatboy1]

Steer a different course, yeah, right. He wouldn''t no where the hell to steer to! He steered a different course when he picked Sarah didn''t he? I don''t think your gonna be steering, so just sit back and enjoy the ride.

[irmcvet97]

LOL Now HOW MANY TIMES have you folks heard THIS line from a Republican? We''re going to Cut taxes for the Wealthy, it WILL Trickle Down to you! We are going to cut Spending AND that will balance the Budget!! ROFLMAO How many times do we buy the SAME tired OLD lines before we realize it can not, it will not work!! HOW MANY?? McSame will be LESS able to do what he says than Bush... He will say or do anything to get elected but anyone believing that Taxes will not have to go up given what we have seen in recent times AND with our infrastructure falling apart, is drinking something far to strong!!

[lastdance128]

The REAL Economic Recovery Plan of :
John McCain and Sarah Palin

More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x
More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Mothers

Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits
Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Mothers

Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits
Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits

More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x
More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Mothers

Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits
Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Mothers

Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits
Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits

More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x
More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Fathers

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Fathers

More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x
More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Fathers

MORE - Unemployed - Unmarried and
School Drop-out - Teen-Aged Fathers

More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x
More Teen Age S*e*x - More Teen Age S*e*x

Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits - Cut Benefits

[irmcvet97]

OBAMA WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES. What he''''s NOT telling you is that he will let the Bush tax cuts expire. (In his doublespeak, allowing a tax cut to expire is not raising taxes.) Rolling back the Bush tax cuts will add thousands of dollars to millions of middle-income tax payers. DON''''T BUY THE OBAMA LIES!!!!

Posted by shortestfuse at 05:04 PM : Oct 27, 2008

Aside from the FACT that the Bush Tax Cuts helped NO ONE in the Middle, what do you suggest? "Stay the Course" and hope that THIS time Trickle Down will work? Obama will cut taxes to the Middle Class because there is NO OTHER option. They and they alone are the engine to pull us out of this mess. Give them a buck and they will BUY with it. THAT will create a need for MORE products and you can rest assured that the greedy WILL product that product.

[irmcvet97]

Say no to communism. Say no to Obama.

Posted by johnfish7 at 05:28 PM : Oct 27, 2008

Joe is that you?? I haven''t heard THIS garbage since I was a child in the Mid 50''s. Joe McCarthy would brand anyone who wouldn''t or didn''t follow his guidelines as to what an American was supposed to say was called a Commie! It was sick then and it still is. Obama is no more a commie than is McSame! It''s lame and is pure Desperation to use trash like this... get a life Sparky!!

[lastdance128]

RE :irmcvet97
NO-One believes your :
Fabricated, Perverted and and Deranged Statements

irmcvet97__ Forever Floating and Drifting throughout the :
Republican Nazi Fascist Twilight Zone - Never Knowingly-Realizing or
Understanding The Difference of True Reality and Fantasy Land

When are You and the rest of the : CHRISTIAN RACIST
Republican NAZI Fascist Party
Going to get it Through Your Head

THE SOUTH __ IS NOT __ GOING TO RISE UP AGAIN ! ! !

THE STARS AND BARS - DO NOT - EXIST ANYMORE

irmcvet97 __ Take another Pill __ Drift away into the : Never - Never Land of
The Republican NAZI Fascist Party - Fantasy Land ! !

[lastdance128]

The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime and
The Republican NAZI Fascist Party
Can not Get it Through Their Heads

They Have Been - EXPOSED - For WHO they Really Are and
WHAT they Really Are ! ! !

EMISSARIES of That -

That is :
THE DESTROYER - of - WORLDS

The Endorsement of Each
John McCain and Sarah Palin Supporter
A Repeat of The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime
Accomplishments of :

JOB DESTROYERS __ WAGE PACKAGE DESTROYERS
WORKING MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA DESTROYERS
FAMILY UNIT DESTROYERS __ HOME OWNERSHIP DESTROYERS
ECONOMY DESTROYERS __ CREDIT DESTROYERS
DEMOCRACY DESTROYERS __ CIVIL RIGHTS DESTROYERS
WORLD PEACE DESTROYERS __ BANK DESTROYERS
INVESTMENT DESTROYERS
UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY DESTROYERS
UNITED STATES INDEPENDENCE DESTROYERS

ECONOMIC STRIFE That is Being used as a Weapon to :
ELIMINATE a DEMOCRACY and REPLACE IT With :
The Totalitarian Dictatorship of : A NAZI FASCIST RULE
Against : The Populace of the United States

Any Corporation or POLITICAL INFLUENCE __ That has Supported and Assisted in :
The Achievement of : PURPOSELY and INTENTIONALLY
DESTROYING : The DEMOCRATIC INFRASTRUCTURE and
The ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE of The United States is an :
Act of TREASON

The Endorsement of Each
John McCain and Sarah Palin Supporter

McCain Pledges Break With Bush On Economy

BullS**t

Say no to communism. Say no to Obama.

Posted by johnfish7 at 05:28 PM : Oct 27, 2008

Read about McCarthy, it''s time the Republicans got off a 55 year old rant.

OBAMA WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES. What he''''''''s NOT telling you is that he will let the Bush tax cuts expire. (In his doublespeak, allowing a tax cut to expire is not raising taxes.) Rolling back the Bush tax cuts will add thousands of dollars to millions of middle-income tax payers. DON''''''''T BUY THE OBAMA LIES!!!!

Posted by shortestfuse at 05:04 PM : Oct 27, 2008

Sorry, it''s been misproven up to 163,000 per year you save, even the GAO says so.

[targaray-2009]

"Make-Believe" Maverick -versus- ''Rogue" Maverick -

John McSame needs to be worried about Sarah Palin using the RNC CREDIT CARD TO REDISTRIBUTE RNC wealth from their republican Wall Street fatcats to filthy rich fashion designers in Paris, France.

[dhutch88]

It is all coming out. Obamas agenda to take care of the lazy. This was a conversation he had regarding civil rights. Maybe everyone should think twice about this guy.
7-year-old radio interview in which Barack Obama discussed the failure of the Supreme Court to rule on redistributing wealth in its civil rights rulings has given fresh ammunition to critics who say the Democratic presidential candidate has a socialist agenda.

The interview -- conducted by Chicago Public Radio in 2001, while Obama was an Illinois state senator and a law professor at the University of Chicago -- delves into whether the civil rights movement should have gone further than it did, so that when "dispossessed peoples" appealed to the high court on the right to sit at the lunch counter, they should have also appealed for the right to have someone else pay for the meal.

[dhutch88]

Hand outs to everyone. Killer of the American Dream= Barrak Obama

[joe68sg1]

McCain Pledges Break With Bush On Economy

!!! BRILLIANT !!!
Must be the maverick in him...lol
No, just another republiCON idiot...

[dhutch88]

No more hand outs, make them work and earn there keep

[dhutch88]

laastdance128 if your uneducated post were true, you would be haning out with John Wayne Gacey the Chicago Democrate. Not to bright there lastdance128 but then again I guess thats what we have come to expect from the left

[dhutch88]

Ken, let me guess you need a hand out.

[dhutch88]

Barack Obama says that people continue to %u201Csuffer%u201D because there is no government program to take money from the rich and redistribute it to Americans who are less well off.

Let me guess the lazy are already in line to vote for this puppet. Maybe the less fortunate should start to work and start working. Less fortunate doesnt mean unable, it means people who have accepted it.

[lastdance128]

RE : dhutch88 __ For You and all your Perverted and Degenerate Friends

The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime and
The Republican NAZI Fascist Party
Can not Get it Through Their Heads

They Have Been - EXPOSED - For WHO they Really Are and
WHAT they Really Are ! ! !

EMISSARIES of That -

That is :
THE DESTROYER - of - WORLDS

The Endorsement of Each
John McCain and Sarah Palin Supporter
A Repeat of The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime
Accomplishments of :

JOB DESTROYERS __ WAGE PACKAGE DESTROYERS
WORKING MIDDLE CLASS AMERICA DESTROYERS
FAMILY UNIT DESTROYERS __ HOME OWNERSHIP DESTROYERS
ECONOMY DESTROYERS __ CREDIT DESTROYERS
DEMOCRACY DESTROYERS __ CIVIL RIGHTS DESTROYERS
WORLD PEACE DESTROYERS __ BANK DESTROYERS
INVESTMENT DESTROYERS
UNITED STATES SOVEREIGNTY DESTROYERS
UNITED STATES INDEPENDENCE DESTROYERS

ECONOMIC STRIFE That is Being used as a Weapon to :
ELIMINATE a DEMOCRACY and REPLACE IT With :
The Totalitarian Dictatorship of : A NAZI FASCIST RULE
Against : The Populace of the United States

Any Corporation or POLITICAL INFLUENCE __ That has Supported and Assisted in :
The Achievement of : PURPOSELY and INTENTIONALLY
DESTROYING : The DEMOCRATIC INFRASTRUCTURE and
The ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE of The United States is an :
Act of TREASON

TREASON : The Endorsement of Each
John McCain and Sarah Palin Supporter

[boatdocster]

"I will protect your savings and retirement accounts and get this stock market rising again," said McCain.

Lets see, last time McSame was involved with a bank or savings & loan it was known as the Keating 5, and the only people who lost money were investors; not Keating, McSame or his friends.

McSame brags about voting with Bush over 90% of the time on budget and the economy, but now suddenly turns a corner and sees the light?

Is that yet another McSame flip flop, or does he simply continue to sell his soul to the GOP base for votes, regardless of cost???

[watchmen14]

McCain March 2008: I loves me some Dubya! I hope he comes out on the campaign trail with me, I voted with him 92% of the time my friends.

McCain October 2008: Oh no... Bush was a bad idea. Um, so is Palin... Gosh it''s getting hot in here. Better turn down the thermostat again. Hey turn down that noise ya dern kids!

[eroosevelt08]

Sorry Senator McCain. WE have been trickled on long enough! Vote Obama!

[lucilioness]

IT''S TOO LATE McNOBRAIN. YOU SHOWED AMERICA JUST HOW OUT OF TOUCH YOU REALLY ARE BY CHOOSING A RUNNING MATE WITH LITERALLY NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOB OF A VP. YOU ALLOWED HER TO SPREAD HER RACIST VENOM FROM RALLY TO RALLY. YOU ATTEMPTED TO USE THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN AS AN ADVANTAGE. BUT, YOU FORGOT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT MATTERS MOST TO MOST AMERICANS: IT''S THE ECONOMY STUPID! NOW YOU''RE STANDING UP THERE WITH MITT ROMNEY BEHIND YOU PRACTICALLY BEGGING FOR THE PRESIDENCY. YOU SHOULD HAVE CHOSE HIM WHEN IT REALLY MATTERED. YOU MAY HAVE STOOD A CHANCE. NOW YOU JUST LOOK PATHETIC! IT''S NOT TO LATE TO SEND SARAH PACKING, APOLOGIZE TO AMERICA AND PUT MITT IN HER PLACE. ALL HE HAS TO DO IS BREAK SENATE TIES, AND TAKE YOUR PLACE IF YOU''RE INCAPACITATED. YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO IT, YOU GOT NOTHING TO LOSE AT THIS POINT! GO OBAMA/BIDEN!

[lucilioness]

OH YEAH McNOBRAIN STOP MENTIONING BARACK''S NAME WHEN YOU''RE BEGGING FOR ANOTHER CHANCE. YOU''RE JUST GIVING HIM MORE PUBLICITY...AND YOU KNOW HE''S ALREADY A ROCK STAR! LMAO!!

[o_the_potus]

Pledge? That''s less than a promise which, for McCain, means it''s just another outright lie.

[kimb54]

SPREAD the PAIN VOTE McCAIN%u2026Yes you can gain wealth if you steal it from your CHILDREN and GRANDCHILDREN
So it is up to you ROB your KIDS or VOTE OBAMA

[fbla1805]

%u201CJoe the Plumber%u201D unfortunately needed longer to be veted:

Turns out Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (alias McCain%u2019s %u201CJoe the Plumber%u201D)
doesn%u2019t have a plumber%u2019s license.

Nor did his boss know he was selling his own business to Sam (%u201CJoe%u201D)!

That business is apparently worth less than $100,000, nowhere close to the $250,000.00 %u201CJoe%u201D claimed it was worth in his conversation with Obama (in other words, he %u201Cmisspoke%u201D to us on camera).

Truth is, Samuel (%u201CJoe%u201D) makes about $40,000 a year, has a state tax lien from Ohio for nearly $1,200.00, a second lien for $1,261.00. Not being able to keep up with his own bills, he%u2019s buying a business, right?

The latest is, it turns out that good ol%u2019 Samuel (%u201DJoe%u201D) is a prominent figure on the local right-wing radio station, and a financial donor to the McCain campaign. He%u2019s also shown up on youtube rants attacking Social Security.

As %u201CJoe the Plumber%u201D shows, the media fantasy of Republican operatives is truly amazing!

These McCain operatives obviously believed they could sneak this by the American people, even in this day and age with the internet and 24/7 news cycles. And McCain still uses him as the centerpiece of his campaign speech!

Who would have thought?

[fbla1805]

Spread the Wealth? Sarah Palin, now worth $1.2 Million, created a new Republican %u201Cno-tax but spend & spread the wealth%u201D model:
no taxes in Alaska (no sales tax, no income tax),hundreds of millions in "socialist welfare" (including thousand dollar checks to all),
including the %u201CBridge to Nowhere%u201D (flip-flopping for it before she was against it!),
even hiring a D.C. lobbying firm to get millions while small-town mayor of Wasilla (pop. 7,000!),
paying for this %u201Cspreadin of the wealth" by boondoggling taxpayers from the %u201Cother 49%u201D for hundreds of millions (%u201CI spend, you pay!%u201D)
and slyly covering her trail by babbling on about %u201Cgovernment get out of my way%u201D in the debate with Biden!

Sarah got creative with her wardrobe, too, spendin lavishly on herself:
$4,716.49 on hair and makeup just through September,
$22,800.00 on makeup Oct. 1-15,
$5,102.71 at Bloomingdale%u2019s New York,
$9,447.71 at Macy%u2019s in Minn.,
$49,425.74 at Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and NY
$75,062.63 in a whopping%u2019spendin spree at Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis (doggone it, she%u2019s goin upscale on us real fast!).

Then there%u2019s $21,012. for her three daughters%u2019 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights (paid by the state of Alaska, admirably provin Palin%u2019s credentials as an equal-opportunity biller)!

Republicans used to belittle former Sen. John Edwards%u2019 $400 haircut, but compared to Palin, that%u2019s chump change!

[fbla1805]

In the last two Bush elections, Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Tobacco bankrolled Bush to the hilt. No complaints then from Republicans, as a small oligarchy of corporations was buying the US Presidency away from 300 million Americans!

We didn''t donate enough to Gore''s & Kerry''s campaigns to help them defeat the Republican sleaze machine. They lost, and we, the people, lost big time - Republican-made disasters just keep on breaking down on us every day!

But we learned from that experience - today, more than 3 million citizens have donated between $5 and $100 to the Obama campaign.

By the sheer additive power of this huge public response, we have enabled Obama/Biden to wage this campaign, and to beat the sleaze machine of McCain/Palin/Rove & Fox News.

I am proud to be one of those contributors!

We, the American people, want and desperately need integrity back in our politics, and in our economy, and yes, we%u2019ve been digging deep into our pockets to help Obama & Biden achieve this goal!

We now have the great democratic privilege to vote, and to put an end to this sickening era. The politics of ploys, stunts, slime, sleazy robocalls, and culture wars, and Rupert Murdoch%u2019s Fox News, will be defeated in a landslide victory!

[fbla1805]

How about %u201CAshley the Todd%u201D?
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24, 2008 Latest Dirty Trick to Sway Election Backfires - Thwarted by Pittsburgh Police Dept: - McCain Worker Made Up Attack Story - PittsburghWoman To Be Charged With Making False Report After Claiming %u201CB%u201D Was Carved Into Face By %u201C6 Foot 4 Inch Tall Black Mugger%u201D .
A John McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter %u201CB%u201D scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack, police said Friday. Ashley Todd, 20-year-old college student from College Station, Texas, admitted Friday that the story was false, police said.
Maurita Bryant, the assistant chief of the police department%u2019s investigations division, said Todd is being charged with making a false police report.
Todd worked in New York for the College Republican National Committee before moving two weeks ago to Pennsylvania, where her duties included recruiting college students, the committee%u2019s executive director, Ethan Eilon, has said. Eilon declined to comment on the investigation Friday or to help The Associated Press contact Todd.
This story reflects desperation, and shows the level at least this McCain campaign worker, (rogue, I would assume and hope!), was willing to sink to in the final pre-election push!!!

[nearl4511]

So....John is now going to thwart favoritism to Big Oil, Big Pharma, etc. and roll back the tax breaks. Uh OK.

What exactly do you mean John?

[o_the_potus]

Read McCain Breaks Pledge on the Economy. McCain will say anything if he thinks it will help him get elected and, for far, nothing has. Maybe he should try shutting his pie hole since every time he opens his mouth, more undecideds go out and immediately vote for Obama.

[walt1944-2009]

John McBush McCain has "pledged" to break with the Great Emperor Bush II on the "Ferengi" economics which the Great Emperor has been pushing for the past 8 years.

McBush is deciding to break with the Great Emperor Bush only 8 days before the election which the polls are saying he may lose BIG TIME anyway!

Why McBush didn''t decide to break with the Great Emperor Bush 8 MONTHS ago, is a puzzle, but we are talking McBush here, not someone in complete possession of his faculties. I guess he was too tied up with trying to remember how many homes he had!

SIG HEIL, NOBODY LOVES ME!!!, BUSH!!!
sig heil, NOBODY LOVES ME EITHER!!!, McBush!!!
sig heil, NEIMAN-MARCUS LOVES ME!!!, Palin!!!

[whitemale08]

How can McSame break from George Bush on economics?

He just said yesterday that they both share the same philosophy.

We can''t afford more of the McSame...period.

If Obama wanted to emulate McCain''s attack ads, we would hear robocalls in the Heartland informing America''s patriots that McCain:

a) was in the pocket of former Lincoln Savings & Loan president and convicted criminal Charles Keating;

b) was buddies with fellow convicted criminal Republicans Ted Stevens, Tom Delay, Scooter Libby, Bob Allen, Trent Lott, Jack Abramoff, Don Young, Larry Craig, Randy %u201CDuke%u201D Cunningham, Tom Feeney, Alberto Gonzoles, Bob Ney, Rick Renzi, Richard Curtis, Steven Griles, Mark Foley...etc;

c) accepted political donations from the Watergate convicted criminal G. Gordon Liddy;

d) picked a runningmate mired in scandal (Troopergate) and has acted "unethical" according to her own people - - and doctored expense reports to bilk her taxpayers;

e) gave up information to his communist captors in North Vietnam, whereas other American prisoners did NOT;

McCain has a lot to answer for. You can%u2019t call yourself a patriot while voting for criminals.

[jazzytaz2]

People keep believing the same stories for another 8 years so we can really jump in the sewer.

[jazzytaz2]

more McCain mishaps
Fast Facts

1. Took partially responsibility for the Walter Reed controversy
2. Was criticized for comments about Chelsea Clinton in 1998
3. Was a member of the Keating Five
4. Cindy McCain has admitted to past drug addiction
5. Battled rumors that his adopted daughter Bridget McCain was the result of an affair
6. Denies reports of an inappropriate relationship with lobbyist Vicki Iseman

[jazzytaz2]

Why isn''t McCain''s association with known junkies (his wife) brought into question?

[nearl4511]

McCain is going to drastically break with Bush by cutting all big oil and big Pharma taxes to zero?

Seriously. John used to stand up for things early in the Bush administration. But he moved closer to Bush the last 2 years in all things: tax cuts to the wealthy, torture, the works. What happened to this man?

[nearl4511]

Or is he breaking with the latest Bush/Paulson socialism?

I just don''t get it.

[jazzytaz2]

YOu people keep looking at McCain''s silly ideas and you keep missing the point. Independent economists have reviewed the so called McCain plan and it will add at least $5 Trillion to the national debt. And it will do nothing to stimulate the finances of the "middle class" you remember the "middle class", they are the ones who when faced with foreclosure were told by McCain to take a hike. Then all of the sudden when the cameras are rolling McCain is the middle classes best friend. McCain and Palin could care less about the middle class; they have their mouthes so tight around the assess of corporate America that they can taste their bile. McCain keeps spouting that Obama will tax, sure he will tax the upper rich those making well over $250,000 and I am sure none of the people blogging fall into that category. Wake the "F" up people!!!!

[jazzytaz2]

McCain''s past record shows that he is the lobbyist''s best friend, why else would they have helped Resurrect him from the dead? His campaign was tanking then all of the sudden it was flush with funds and he was able to continue campaigning. McCain will get the money flowing allright...right into the hands of corporate America. Big McCain said he''d stop all the porkbarrel buffets, he said he''d veto any bill packed with pork, and that we''d know the names of the people. Well that big corporate buyout/bailout/rescue bill he signed was loaded with pork. So when is big McCain going to give us his name????