(CNN) - John McCain lashed out at President Bush's record on a host of issues Wednesday, perhaps the Arizona senator's harshest criticism to date of his party's standard-bearer for the last eight years.
"Spending, the conduct of the war in Iraq for years, growth in the size of government, larger than any time since the Great Society, laying a $10 trillion debt on future generations of America, owing $500 billion to China, obviously, failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century, failure to address the issue of climate change seriously," McCain told the Washington Times when asked to name his criticisms of the current president.
"Those are just some of them," McCain said, laughing.
The comments are the latest in the Arizona senator's efforts to distance himself from the unpopular president as Election Day inches closer and opinion surveys repeatedly suggest Bush is a heavy drag on the GOP ticket. A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll showed the president's approval rating mired in the mid-20s while nearly 60 percent of voters felt McCain would continue the president's policies.
In the interview, McCain also took swipes at the president for supporting a massive Medicare program, the administration's repeated invocation of executive privilege to sidestep oversight, and Dick Cheney's powerful role as vice president.
"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said.
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Old bitter man.
Thanks but no thanks
Obama/Biden '08
...and talks like a duck...its McBush.
Look in the mirror old man, you are Bush.
too late. Game over. VOTE!
McCain is always talking about small town America. Well, I live in big city America and I want to know what is he going to do for me? I am just as much an American and just as patriotic as people who live in a small town. McCain doesn't seem to care about us.
I keep receiving negative mailings from Republican party. After they've been in power for 8 years, don't they have something positive to send?
Lol, McCain was criticizing himself Wed? Remember your voting record Mr. McCain. You sided with Bush over 90% of the time.
Do you agree with Palin's?
Guiliani: arent you the one who got totally demolished in the primaries? And the one who keeps throwing out the "9/11" analogy to make you famous, seems like you are profitting off of a tragedy. And you married your cousin. You are no one to be speaking about Obama. I guess you are trying to prove that you hate black people.
What? This man will do anything to win... how do you vote with Bush 90% of the time and now, when you are behind in the polls, lash out at him?
As my uncle used to say, "you can't fix crazy"
john i dare you
you was in the middle of his mess
come on,share the blame be a man not a coward
stand up and try to regain you honesty we used to know you had
sorry
tha way you ran your campaign
i early voted for obama
try to restore your honor
"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said.
Right. So I suppose we chalk this to another point of disagreement between McCain and Palin as well?
Hey, don't turn on your buddy like that. You were his close friend until you started to lose this election.
Didn't Sarah Palin say the job of the vice president is to be in charge of the legislative branch...
Pot...kettle. Who is McCain to criticize Bush when he voted with him 90% of the time. Now, he has a problem Bush's policies. Give us a break.
McSame trying to distance himself from GWB is too little, too late, and McSame's record speaks otherwise. Let's see-hmm, the socialist and terrorist thing isn't working; the Joe the Plumber shtick is losing its appeal; the VP pick can't put a coherent sentence together-may as well whip out the ol' "maverick" song and dance again.
OK so you're angry with Bush but you still haven't said anything about what you would do DIFFERENTLY.
I'm sure you're very angry and mad at Bush, after all America did pick him over you (I can't believe we elected BUSH over you - what does that say about your abilities?). But being mad at him isn't going to fix the economy.
Next.
McCain NOW saying the Iraq war spending is a terrible thing but he still wants to continue the ill advised and poorly administered INVASION! Just shows he'll talk out of BOTH sides of his mouth to try and sway peoples thoughts. The sad part of this is that there are the uninformed who believe all this pandering crap.
Wow! He is now starting to sound like Obama.
Tell that to Sarah Palin, Johnnie. She'll freak out!
What is unfortunate is that he (McCain) has been part of this failure. Voting with President Bush over 90% of the time and spending most of this adult life in congress and doing nothing to very little to fix our broken systems.
We need change American, real change.
But Mccain you went along with this, you said and I Quote President Bush has done a great Job! Mccain if you thought all of these things were wrong why did you agree with him 90 percent of the time? PANDERING A LITTLE MY FRIEND?
But he voted 90% of the time with Bush...interesting. He changes it up everyday...we never know what McCain is going to do from day to day...flip flop.
Spending? Like in the wardrobe budget for Sarah "The Vice President's In Charge Of The Senate" Palin?
The one he supported or the one he had the guts to criticize. This guy is falling faster than london's bridge.
Then why did you vote with Bush so often, McSame?
But you voted with him 90% of the time. So aren't you responsible for 90% of his mess?
Vote Obama/Biden and send a clear message that we want our country back and working for all of it's people. McCain's record and his speeches clearly are not for the people. Please do not be blinded by his lies/fear.
I have disliked Bush for years, and thought I would NEVER dislike anyone else that much, but McCain has topped W on my list of dislike. I can't stand the fact that he stands up and repeats the same lies over and over. I just mute or change channels. NO THANKS
Sorry, John, you can badmouth your relatives, but when we look at the names "John McCain Republican" and "George Bush Republican" we can see you're from the same family.
Thanks, but no thanks, for that bridge to nowhere.
To late for this crap Mccain.
Obama........08
To Dumb and Dumber:
After 8 yrs of George Bush – I am sorry to say I voted for him twice-
THANKS BUT NO THANKS.
WE want JOBS BABY JOBS
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Obama keeps flip-flopping on the issues, why
This McCain does not think straight at all; he has been a part of George Bush's administration. Now he is bitting the finger that has fed him to fool Americans. I think age is seriously telling on him or does he think Americans are fools?
This McCain has helped George Bush to destroy America's image throughout the world; the policy of the administration has made America to have more enemies across the world.
Well, if we get Mr. Obama in two weeks, we'lll get just what we ar looking for and probabl deserve. Ironically in a couple of years, we may be looking back at the Bush years as "good years. Isn't that scary? I just know when people start whining about higher taxes and a worse economy and dangerous terroism goingon with our troops hiberating here back home, my response will be simple – " You voted for Obama, didn't you?
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Its more than a little too late to try and separate McCain's close attachment to Bush and his neo-cons. If McCain was as courageous as he would like us all to think, he would have not gone along with most of Bush's goofy ideas for the past 8 years. McCain had plenty of opportunity to speak up then, and John, we don't want you now.
McCain is only angry at bush because he will lose the election because of him.
Obama 2008*
90% McSame. In your own words. Nice try...
MCLOSER AND HIS BEAUTY MCQUEEN ARE JUST AS BAD AS THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. WE NEED AND WANT A CHANGE FROM THEIR MCSAME LIES.
McCain still want's to continue the failed economic policies that favor the wealthiest Americans and have driven the largest income gap between the rich and poor ever in history. Rip on Bush all you want McCain. You aren't fooling me.
You mean the record McCain supported 90% of the time?
Doesn't that make it McCain's record as well?
He is getting all Mavericky on GW, but becareful McCain...
If you slap Bush will you feel 90% of the pain.
He and Bush are one in the same but I guess this is his last attempt to try and separate himself from Bush. Not going to happen at this late date.
He starting to sound more and more like Barack Obama every day. When you have no ideas of your own, just borrow the other guy's if it looks like they're working. He may not be President Bush, but he's also not Barack Obama. John McCain formally started on the downslide when he stopped being himself. He's trying to find something...anything...that makes him look better, but it isn't going to happen. Too many mistakes have piled on top of each other. Just an observation as I've been a solid Obama supporter since day 1. Please people...vote for an end to all the drama....
Obama/Biden 08
Too little too late.
Too little, too late, both of you are a dissapointments !
Obama/Binden!
McCain is not Bush and his leadership will prove that beyond any doubt! Unfortunately, Obama IS the most LIBERAL senator and he will prove that beyond any doubt. Choice for America – McCain!!
John McShame, you supported President Bush 90% OF THE TIME, JOHN, you are big part of Bush's failure.
We are not ready to continue on the same path.
McSame, YOU ARE DONE.
VOTE Barack Obama.
Yet his economic proposals leads to even greater debt.
MCcain is a desperate man right now. He will start bashing Bush to try and distance himself from what he is. WE DONT NEED MCCAIN IN THE WHITEHOUSE. NO WAY. NOW HOW.
Wow lash out at your best friend... with friends like Mcbetray here who needs them! One minute he's hugging him and the next when the election isn't going his way he turns on him like a pitbull... must of learned it from Sarah
he is back pedaling! during his debates he was for the war to continue for 100 yrs if it needed to, to ensure victory. and then his own running mate thought that the current VP Cheney should have the same or more role in the Pres. job. now he is trying to back track and retract what he and his bimbo are saying. Man, he is desperate!
Hard to believe McCain at this point – after he has backed Bush's war plan and has repeatedly vowed to increase the scope of US war plans.
He certainly didn't have a problem voting for them over 90% of the time
Senator McCain should explain to his running mate that she will not be a part of the legislature,as she seems to believe.
McShame must have forgotten he has an "R" after his name...duh it is your own party stupid and you voted with Bushie and your party 90% of the time...and you want us to trust you for 4 years.....you must think we are as stupid as you are!!!!!!
Say anything – do anything – Same McCain – Desperate.
You voted with him 90% of the time and even admitted it at one point and that's why Obama is using it in his ads. Smart thing to do if I might say so. Now all of a sudden, you're totally against Bush's policies? What kind of poisoned Metamucil do you think we've been drinking? You are not fooling ANYONE with this tactic. McLame, you will say anything to win this election, even throwing your buddy-at-arms under the bus. As soon as you get into the Whitehouse (God forbid), you will switch RIGHT back around and shake ole Shrub's hand. Give it up, old fool and take Ms. Pyschotic Moosemeat with you.
You are still fighting .. Good job.. but it tooooo late..
A little too late, don't you think? You want to distance yourself now from Bush now that you are loosing Senator McCain? But you have voted over 90 percent of the time with Bush. There is only 12 days left before the lection; what else can you come up with that is a lie? You keep forgetting that there is the internet, videos that will disprove your lies. Arizona must sounds pretty good by now Senator McCain!!!
Those things must be the 10% of the time that John Mccain didn't agree with the Bush administration, huh?
It's funny to see Republicans complain about the state of the nation when they have been in complete control for most of the last eight years. You had your chance. Hopefully, now we can change things for the better. Please vote to reverse the disastrous failed policies of the republicans.
Obama / Biden '08
...all this while McCain was a powerful member of the Senate. If you can't lead 100 people in the right direction, you can't lead 250 million.
FAR too little; FAR too late, McSame! And, if you're such a "maverick" why is your economic / tax plan just like Bush's? Political opportunist and hypocrite!
"...owing $500 billion to China, obviously, failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century"
John, YOU are the one with a consistent history of deregulation. As you said in your own words: "I'm fundamentally a deregulator". And yeah, let's put someone who just recently learned how to use email in charge of modernizing our regulatory system for the 21st Century.
And if Bush has been so wrong, then why has John McCain agreed with him so much? 90% of the time, John. NINETY PERCENT.
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"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said."
Ha! Seriously? Well then you really need to talk to your running mate, because Sarah Palin seems to think that the VP has both executive AND legislative powers – you know, wanting to "get in there with the Senate" to make policy changes.
I find it absolutely unbelievable that Sarah Palin has been running for Vice President of the United States of America for 3 months now and STILL doesn't even know what the VP does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean, there are no words to describe how ludicrous that is....
But McCain, Palin thinks her role as the VP is to be part of the legislative and the executive branch. And you might not be Bush, but you have the same temperment. Make enemies out of anyone who dissents, surround yourself with yes men, and act with a sense of entitlement (like elitists with rich and powerful fathers).
America doesn't need that!
Our enemies won't test us if McCain is president? WOW! So, all we have to do is elect John McCain and Al Qaeda will surrender worldwide? That's awesome! Why didn't he just tell us that in the first place. hahahaha. What a joke. I can't believe anyone buys this b.s.
If anything, a warmonger in power only furthers the terrorists cause. Have we learned nothing?
The Joker...evil little laugh and all.
This man will do anything to win. He's pathetic and so is that moron palin. mccain is desperate and he is full of lies, "he got them were he want them" yeah right who are you trying to convince of that the people or yourself? You bought that awful woman into the scene and she has done nothing but hurt you, well maverick what's next? you and that loud mouth idiot palin are out of gas. LOL
Obama/Biden
it is absolutely laughable that mcsame acts as if he had nothing to do with bush's failures.
He endorsed them. He was bush main cheerleader. Yes, he was against the tax cuts and then the flip for them.
Now, the tax cuts are his only economic policy!
Yes, Obviously McCain doesn't agree with Cheney's definition of the vice presidency. Otherwise his selection of a barely-educated, right wing pork barrel raising conservative who would revoke Roe vs Wade but is unable to name any other Supreme Court decisions would be even more unconscionable. Wait, that sounds like Bush.. So where's the gap? Looks like a third term for Bush to me...
Oh please. Thank God he and his moron running mate will be out of the light in a few weeks.
Question....
WHY DID IT TAKE MCCAIN SO LONG TO STRONGLY DISTANCE HIMSELF FROM BUSH???????? I HAVE AN IDEA ....MAYBE HE COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO LIE BEFORE BUT NOW HE STARTING TO BELIEVE THE POLLS AND THE ANYTHING GOES STRATEGY IS IN PLACE!!!
Bush = McCain. The only thing changing is the name!!
Give me a break. Another tactic. Keep changing everyday. I can't wait for Nov 4th to get this over with.
Eratic! These people have poor judgement all the time. I really feel that Palin's use of $150,000 of RNC money to "look good" is the last straw. Campbell Brown who anchors Cnns "Campbell Brown" show says that women are unfairly held to a different level than men when it comes to how they look. Fine, I can go with that. But then she reflects on Hillary Clinton and how people commented on her pantsuits and her hair. Fine, they did. But she paid for them! Palin and McCain show extreme levels of intitlement. What ever they want they should have. Cindy McCain bragging about a $300,000 suit that she wore for a political event, is too much. $300,000 is a nice house. These people are so disconnected to the real world that it beyond belief that the regular people put up with it. I know that after pressure was put on the McCain/Palin camp they have said Palin's clothes will be donated. What is she going to wear then? Will they have to re-buy? This behavior and mindset needs to be paid attention to. It says a lot!!!
I believe Senator McCain has shifted closer to these policies of the Bush Adminstration and cannot "change his uniform" at the start of the fourth quarter. This is a little in contrast to some of his stances from 8-15 years ago. His voting record shows where he has stood in following the current adminstration vitually all of the time. If he had remained true to his values of the past, he could make these statements with some sort of validity. THere is no more Right-Center field McCain and blaming just the Bush administration he supported is way off base.
That must be the 10% he voted against – yeah right.
This is McCain 's best strategy yet. I'm impressed, but it might just be a little late.
Flip flop, I don't think that I would want to be in a fox hold with you
Joe six-pack, Palin said the VP is in charge of the just Senate. That's a huge relief; I was scared for a second.
Say what you want John. You DO agree with most of Bush's policies. You do follow the pricipals of Republican politics- if not why would you BE a Republican?
The real question here is, do we want these policies continued?
Do we want someone that SAYS they are for middle America and then takes his running mate shopping at stores the average American can never affored to walk into? what message does this send?
I don't think it's the right one.
and that my friends, is why I, John McSame, voted in lock-step with him over 90% of the time.
Why on earth would you ever expect me to vote for you McSame? McCain this pandering is borderline pathetic, it's sad. Thanks for your service, John....appreciate your time in the Navy.....but you are not fit to be President
Flip-flop Flip-flop tic tock tic tock time is running out
Is there ANYTHING else he can say that Obama hasn't said already?? Once again, McCain states the obvious too little too late.
McCain only has two weeks left... his plane is in flames and is ready to crash!! ABANDON SHIP!! ABANDON SHIP!! IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONNED YOUR PARACHUTE AND JUMPED IT MAY BE TOO LATE FOR YOU!!! McCAIN HAS EXPERIENCE JUMPING OUT OF PLANES ON FIRE....
MAY DAY.... MAY DAY.... THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES....
WAKE UP, AMERICA!!! VOTE SMART... NOT SENILE!!!
If you don't agree with Dick Cheney then you need to talk to your VP choice since she thinks that she would be part of the Legislative Branch if she were VP!
Funny you have all these complaints about the current administration when you voted with it 90% of the time.
McCain needs to listen to what his VP (Palin) things her role as VP is going to be.....another Chaney if not worse......McCain can say all he wants to about Bush and his administration but McCain is of the same Republican Party voting with Bush 95 percent of the time.......for the war in Iraq and wants to stay as long as it take until we achieve Victory for a country that doesn't even want us over there and we are spending $10 billion dollars a month to support that war..........doesn't McCain know this war has helped put us in the financial crisis that we are in...........so that makes him as much at fault for the financila crisis as Bush, Wall Street, and all the other blood suckers........if he wanted to distance himself from Bush he should have voted against the bailout........to late McCain we don't want more of the SAME.........
McCain is pathetic. If he disagreed, why did he vote with Bush 90% of the time? McCain's words are hollow and desparate.
So your basiclly talking about yourself then right?
What name will you call Bush, if Obama is a torrorist/Arab/Muslim/foreinger..........
McCain how can you tell your VP that she will be over the Senate and anything you ask her to do but now complaining about Bush. Give me a freaking break. You need to get with the Medicare program and stop selling the American people short.
Who want their Social Security wiped out, Medicare wiped out and what other programs that have been in place over a decade. MCBUSH you are so pathetic until you can't even see how studpid you are now.
You voted for the war and now want to talk again the war, only because you think it will get you out of hock. McBush you are the same old man and will be even when Bush is no longer there to defend you.
You need to stop talking about Obama and what he says and do and start talking about the old man that you are and your stupid ideas for the American People.
He can repeat his lie all he wants. I have read McCain's policies and they are very traditional republican and are very Bush-like. He can not save our economy, as evidenced by the way he has been handling the situation. He thrives on war and believes peach is failure. He is very similar to Bush.
MCSAME, YOU WILL NEVER CONVINCE THE SMART AMERICAN VOTERS THAT YOU ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE IDIOT PRESIDENT OF THE LAST 8 YEARS. YOU ARE HIS CLONE IN SO MANY WAYS. AND PLEASE STOP CALLING MY YOUR "FRIEND". THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O8AMA
If McCain doesn't approve of Cheney's idea that he has a role in the executive and legislative branches of government, he might want to talk to his running mate about her idea of what the vice-president's role is. I believe she said yesterday that she would be "in charge" of the Senate. Brillant, John, truly brilliant.
Now he does it!! when is convenient for him to do it!! TOO BAD IS A LITTLE TOO LATE!!! we al know you voted with Bush 90% of the time.. It can out of your mouth!1 and now you are using your pathetic stratedy of sympathy!! it wont work!!!!!! PPL please don't feel over confident is not good! lets go out and vote, and help Obama to win this election!@
Are McCain and Palin even on the same ticket, because they sure don't know how to back each others views? Disorganized now, don't want to see them in the White House and make more of a mess.
McCain has already accepted Obama as his leader. McCain keeps copying whatever Obama says.
susie October 23rd, 2008 10:16 am ET
Obama keeps flip-flopping on the issues, why
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EVER SINCE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS CAME TO THE FOREFRONT, MCCAIN BEEN DOING A LOT OF FLIP FLOPPING EVEN ON UNNECESSARY ISSUE!!
McCain=Bush... Simply a name change nothing new.
WAS THAT A BUS!!!!????!!!!!
And he voted along with him 90% of the time....
But you still voted with him over 90% and seemed excited on Bill O'Reily's show to support the President. Too Little Too Late Now. You needed Palin to get your base in line, now you're trying to make a push for Independents. But it's too late because they are turned off by your unqualified Vice Presidential Pick.
John McCain use to be a good guy. Now's he just a confused old man....such a shame.
I think he is vying for a position in Obama's Cabinet
Mccain is NOT Bush, and do people realize the republicans didnt care for Mccain until he won the nomination as the underdog? He voted against things his own party wanted, and has crossed party lines to get things done. Mccain is a leader and highly qualified to turn this nation around. He is NOT Bush and does not have Bush policies. He is the Obama of the Republican party the person here for change in the way republicans do things. It is wrong to make fun of Obamas race, why do people make fun of Mccains age? Wouldnt we all want to be older and wiser?
"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said. Well, dont you think you should tell ur VP pick, Sarah Palin, that she will not be in charge of the U.S. Senate...
But he voted with Bush 80-90% of the time, this must be the other 10% of the equation when he didn't vote along with W. He even bragged about his support of the Bush policies. Talk about your typical flip-flop, throw my buddy under the bus, shame on McPalin.
too little too late.
John, you don't like Bush's decisions now?
well, you shouldnt have supported him 90% of the time then.
now in your desperation, you try to claim that you will offer something different. it is plain to see that you are simply grasping at straws, not offering CHANGE.
Is it possible for John to think of anything left to say or do as the election approaches. John – why did you wait so long to disagree with Bush so strongly – I mean – you had 8-years as a Maverick to stand up against him. Where were you ?????
Geroge the President
Joe the Plumber
Sara the Reformer
John the Maverick
All are frauds!
Nothing said here matters if you don’t get yourself to the polls.
Now, the way you vote is under attack.
It is sad that In this great democracy, unless you cast your vote in a particular direction, certain elected officials and other public figures brand you “un-American”.
North Carolina Rep. Robin Hayes, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, McCain spokeswoman Nancy Pfotenhauer and others have been emboldened by the unrestrained accusations of unAmericanism initiated by Sarah Palin.
Her targeted and hate-inciting diatribes have helped foster a frightening trend in the current political discourse.
The entire tenor of the McCain campaign has been to divide the country into the “them vs us” camps that have reigned for the better part of the 1990’s and 2000’s.
It has been said that reasonable people can disagree. Unreasonable people call others un-American. And stand at the podium while the crowd advocates violence, and say nothing.
It’s time to dial back the rhetoric. It is time to distance ourselves from the people who seek to rule by stirring up hate.
I will not be voting for John McCain, though I feel sorry for him because I believe he is a better man than his campaign.
But that is not a good enough reason to hand the reins over to him.
Vote Obama/Biden.
Nothing said here matters if you don’t get yourself to the polls.
Nice try but it won't work! You are the same.
Obama/Biden for truth and honor
It is unbelievable how deep people can go in order reach out for absolute power and how stupid they see their voters.
McCain would do anything to get to that White House. Lashing at Bush eventhough he voted for him 90% of the time. And, putting a pretty face on his ticket. Nice Try.
I voted for Obama
He must be talking about the 10% of Bush measures he didn't vote for, don't you think?
so, he supported the bush administration in the war all these years, but now he's saying they've screwed it up? i smell a rat
I guess that argument would be far more convincing had he not followed the Bush/Chaney/Rove caravan for most of the last eight years. Strikes me a very disingenuous at this point. Hope he checked this out with the "boy's club" ( sorry, since the debate I've been putting quotes around almost everything!) before going on his rant.
This would be commical if it wasn't so serious. "I've voted over 90% of the time with president Bush". A quote wasn't it? Now a backstabber. I as a democrat once held alot of respect for John McCain. He was the Maverick of the republican party. Now he has become a puppet of the GOP and all his campaign advisors. How sad for all the people who really thought better of this man.
Why is McCain lashing out at Bush's record? When I heard a TV AD out of McCains mouth " I voted with George Bush 90% of the time... I even went against some people in my own party and voted with the President This was John McCain's words, from his mouth, not from someone else.
So is John McCain lashing out at himself? Because that's what it sounds like to me.
Uggh! I can't wait til the elections.
Obama/Biden '08
HAHA!!! That from a person who supports Bush 95% of the time..
He is a REPLICA of Bush and palin is a REPLICA of Cheney!
McSame you think we are stupid? You think Americans are stupid?
susie October 23rd, 2008 10:16 am ET
Obama keeps flip-flopping on the issues, why
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Susie, give it a rest, we all know you're STILL mad that Hillary lost but she got over it a while ago, you need to do the same unless you're just a sad person with OCD in which case, I pity you. McCain is the one flip-flopping right now against his best bud, Bush so take your head out of the sand and open your eyes for once in your miserable life.
Too late McSame. You have already screwed the pooch. Good by and good luckk. I on my way right now to vote early for Obama you bitter old man. Game over.
McCain and Palin are on the same ticket right? They contradict each other a lot on issues. They're a mess now, what will they be like if they were in the White House?
Let the finger-pointing begin!
where'd that piece on palin saying 'god will make the right thing happen Nov. 4th' ?
that is near the same statement that turned me off to Repulicans in general. George W Bush stood on national television and said to the whole world that 'God is on our side' in Iraq....
And you people can't figure out WHY John McCain and Sarah Palin Scare the BeJesus out of everyone .... that is Shocking!
Republican's need to rethink who they want thier Base to be.
They have McCain on video bragging about voting and supporting Bush! Someone needs to clue this old man in on today's 24 hour news cycle! If he is going to open is mouth, he had better have his staff review what he said before!
its one thing to say something, but another thing to mean what you say. This was not a good move for McSame. Just say McNo
Obama/Biden 08
So 11 days he throws Bush under the bus to try and show he's not Bush. YET he agreed with Bush enough to vote with him 90% of the time. Another cheap ploy to score votes but with so few days remaining, who cares?
Last ditch attempt = TOO LATE! I guess you won't be invited to Texas barbeques after this.
WHY YOU DID NOT LASHED OUT AT HIM WHEN THESE MISTAKES WERE BEING COMMITTED – NOW, YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT LOOSING THE WHITE HOUSE.
one word, therapy
How do you justify voting with Bush 90 percent of the time, and then say that he was wrong most of the time? This , like the Palin pick speaks to McCain's VERY poor judgement. Unbelivable. He might as well say that he is mad at himself. I don't see how we could possibly elect someone who has just admitted voting wrong 90 percent of the time.
Too Little Too Late John....have a nice retirement.....
Bush increased the size of the government and Obama wants to increase it further. McCain wants to decrease it and cut spending, yet somehow it's McCain that's going to continue Bush' policies. The ignorance, stupidity, and fandom of the Obamabots is pathetic. You're not voting of the next American Idol, morons, you're voting for president of the United States.
Interesting. This man will say anything that he thinks will buy him a vote.
He criticizes Bush, but fails to mention that he voted for basically every single on of the aforementioned criticisms.
Too bad you can't take back your 90% votes with Bush huh. Too late to un-ring the bell my friend. Better explain to your VP exactly what the VP does and the first dude cannot sit in on the senate like he does in Alaska. Then have her write a letter to the third grader she mis-informed on the job of the VP. Also have her sit dowm and watch Scholatic Rock's I'm Just a Bill for further clarification.
That's the McCain I would have voted for a few months ago, before he showed his Bush-like election tactics. As a Democratic leaning Independant I always admired McCain. You lost me the past few months Senator.
Huh. Not fooling me Johnny boy. Spending – guilty
The conduct of the war in Iraq – guilty
Growth in the size of government – guilty
Laying a $10 trillion debt on future generations – guilty
Owing $500 billion to China – guilty
Failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies – GUILTY
that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century – plagarism of Sen. Obama
Failure to address the issue of climate change – guilty and check out your running mate's beliefs on the subject.
Wow, that is the pot calling the kettle black! We are not fooled Sen. McCain. You ARE Bush and his policies, only older and slower. And your running mate is a right-wing JOKE.
Goodbye Sen. McCain, hopefully we won't have to hear your lies and propaganda after Nov. 4th.
Say what? He agreed with him 90% of the time!!!!!! So is he dissing his own record as well? The man is a desperate idiot. Does anyone really want the John McCain of 2008 as President?? Really?
Wow Johnny Boy you're just lashing out at everyone aren't you??
And it just kills me that it says he lashes out at Bush's record ... a record that is pretty much identical to his own.
Geez, I'm so tired of him already. Is it November 5th yet so that I'll either know that Obama won or so that I can start preparing to move to Canada??
I want to respect an aged veteran, and I don't want to kick a man who's down, so I'll say that I think that these comments are by far the most patriotic, beneficial, and accurate statements I've heard from this gentleman in a long time. I hope he continues to tell the truth regardless of political pressures to go with the flow. If he does, he will eventually regain the nation's respect, I think.
Is this the same John McCain who voted with Bush nearly all the time? Sounds like he dumps old buddies who aren't useful any more just like he dumps old wives when they become disabled.
Little late now.........................should have lashed out against Bush's Policies about 6 years ago. JOHN McCain ....You and George are in the same PARTY.....You have supported George 90% of the time.....You and the GOP have made this mess............We need Obama's Judgement and Cool-Headness to get us out of YOUR mess !!!!
Exactly who is trying to fool who? McCain sided with Bush 90% of the time... that is 9 out of 10 times... they did the damage together. This is last minute election gimmickry. Even McCain's current election proposals are same as Bush's.
McCain..you voted for him TWICE AND you said you "Support President Bush on every major issue". So his failure is YOUR FAILURE.
Um. John. That was YOU bragging on video in an interview that you supported Bush 'even more than some of my Republican colleagues'. So, again, you paint your own self a hypocrite. Do you not see that it's obvious to everyone that you'll kiss the butt of whoever you think can get you closer to power. Then it was Bush, now it's a plumber. But, John, your past still exists for all to see on video (maybe you don't know about YouTube since you're not very computer-friendly).
Nice try, but one more epic fail.
putting a new face on a GOP office is like putting lipstick on a pig!
Twin Rivalry.....so cute!!
You said it. You can't have a tax cut during a war. Now you are supporting Bush's tax cuts being made permanent. As long as there is a war or 2 going on, your tax cut mentality ties you at the hip with your buddy George W
That's being a REAL MAVERICK::
1) vote 90% of the time with G. W. Bush.
2) SPIT on the hand that fed you...
McCain's criticisms of President Bush would have been more believable had he shared them with us before he decided to run for president, and before he got so fatallly behind in this race. All I read are more lies and 'bs'. A message to McCain and Company:
NOT THIS TIME!
OB08! GOD BLESS AMERICAN-LAND THAT I LOVE!
Wow, every word that comes out of his mouth contradicts something he's said earlier in his campaign.
Will someone ask Obama what he thinks about the Fairness Doctrine! This issue is off the charts with Americans! Get him to answer this one question and it will expose someone who is against Freedom Of Speech!
"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said.
Oh wow ... that's funny, because doesn't his running mate think the same thing that Cheney does??
Say anything – do anything – You are same McCain/McBush. You're gone with the wind.
Okay now I feel sorry for him.
McCain you have the same old policies of Bush & Cheney so give us a brake, you are a desperate old man. America go out there and VOTE early, and Vote for Obama & Biden. Please CNN print my comment. Thanks.
You, Senator McCain supported Bush OVER 90% of the time...your very own words...is this early dementia for you? How can you possibley make any difference between you and him? I am a 33 year old business owner, Catholic, bleacher mom and find absolutely nothing I can relate myself to either you are your sorry excuse of a running mate....and to think my husband and I ONCE visited your office in DC...Thanks, but no Thanks!
Too little, too late! We will not be fooled by this desperate attempt to steal this election! I believe you are basically a good man, Senator McCain, but General Powell was absolutely right when he stated this is a "transformational" election and that it is time for a "generational" change. You can't 12 days before the election denounce the President you have supported a majority of the time the past 8 years and expect the American people to fall for it!
"I have been tested"...gee, sounds a lot like Bush when he said "Bring it on".
LATIGO says "Well, if we get Mr. Obama in two weeks, we'lll get just what we ar looking for and probabl deserve. Ironically in a couple of years, we may be looking back at the Bush years as "good years. Isn't that scary? I just know when people start whining about higher taxes and a worse economy and dangerous terroism goingon with our troops hiberating here back home, my response will be simple – " You voted for Obama, didn't you? "
YOU VOTED FOR BUSH, DIDN'T YOU?
Yet he is using every single one of Bush's campaign tactics. Nice try, Mr. Desperation.
Ok, McCain voted with his party 90% of the time, and Obama voted with his 98% of the time.
Tell us something new, we're getting bored from the broken records from both sides
EARN MY VOTE (neither of you have)
How is it that McCain voted for Bush's policies 90% of the time....
and now lashes out at him?
How is it that the world sees deregulation as one of the main drivers of the economic crisis.....
but Republicans do not.
A little too late McCain...Get back on your white horse and you and Caribou Barbie ride away in the sunset in Arizonia and Alaska...
One thing I need to say...Do you think Mattel will come up with a doll called Caribou Barbie?
Vote
Obama/Biden08/12
He is saying and doing everything he can to win. It is too late for him to realize that Bush is his liability. If he is really smart, he should have cut the ties two years ago. A question, why didn't McCain run against Bush four years ago?
McBush, McSame – Pot actually calling the Kettle black, means you were 90% as wrong as Bush. And now you disagree with Snarlin again....
Obama/Biden 08
VOTE EARLY, VOTE EARLY, VOTE EARLY, VOTE EARLY, VOTE EARLY.
""I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said."
That's funny, considering that Governor Palin believes that she is not part of the executive branch. It seems like they'll say anything to win.
I never knew ol' McCain would ever distance himself from his great pal' Bush! They agree on so much its sickening!
Obama-Biden
REAL CHANGE!
8 IS ENOUGH !
TOO LATE! WE ARE NOT AS DUMB AS YOUR VP!
The hubris of this man knows no limits. Nothing is his fault. Not the fact after 26 years in the Senate anything they did especially the last 8 years. I am sick of hearing the "SURGE" worked. For one I don't believe a thing they tell us about the famous surge and second there would have been no need for a surge if we hadn't been there or if we really did need to be there had done things right. No it was planned as well as a Frat party on a Friday afternoon. And lastly, to hell with "Joe the I am not really a plummer I am a dead beat who is unlicensed and doesn't pay what taxes I owe". McCain is repeated the "Joe the Plummer" mantra like a madman. Joe the plummer doesn't exist. The guy lied........Can we talk about the 95% of people in the real world who don't make $250K and don't shop at Neiman's?
What lovely deja vu, and Karma! Obama all the way!
So here we go again. McCain doing EXACTLY what Obama has done already. Newsflash Johnny, Bush is your boy. You voted with him and supported his failed policies and war mongering. Now, because you are desperate and it worked for Obama...you want to attack Bush and make it appear you are different, well you aren't.
Desperation and poor planning are NOT qualities we want in a leader...buh bye McCain
WAAAAY too little, too late. Game. Set. Match.
"I've been tested, my friends," says McSame. Ninety percent, is a high rating, McBush.
Too late............ Democrats have been syaing these things all along.
hahahhahhaaaaa....................yeah right
But what specifically will you do as president DIFFERENTLY than Mr Bush? He STILL has yet to make that case. I am not a McCain basher but since it is true over the last 8 years he has voted with Bush 90% of the time, then he needs to point out in what ways specifically he will differ than Bush and as far as I know, he has yet to make the case. Everything he has said that I have heard has been more of the same. He is representing the GOP that has not changed it's philosophy in spite of evidence the trickle-down econ has been a failure.
Bush = Republican
McCain = Republican
If you want change, you don't vote for the same party or the guy thats had a chance to change things for decades and did nothing.
Go Obama/Biden!
McCain is part of Bush's record. This man voted with W 90% of the time, gave in to negative campaigning and let his party pick his VP. He's no maverick. Why didn't Wolf challenge McCain on any question? How has McCain been CIC tested? One cannot be tested as CIC unless one has already been CIC? I thought the job McCain was running for was President of the United States? All this talk about being CIC rather than President of the United States really bothers me. Oh well, I've cast my ballot for this year and can safely say the Maverick didn't earn my vote..
Wow, Senator McCain is on the go. Good for him!
I like his idea of growing the pie, not just fighting to redistributing the pie.
We spent too much energy elbowing one another and missed too many opportunities.
McCain can run but he can't hide from "I did everything I could to get him elected" and I "voted with him 90% of the time".
Does he not know his own running mate's position on "what it is exactly that the Vice President does?"
She surely seems to think she will be a part of both branches.
When does he start to distance himself from Palin?
McCain, WE'RE NOT STUPID! You would be a 3rd term Bush!
I wish I could see whats going in Bush's mind. Poor George!
His supporters are distancing themselves from him.
After voting with Bush 90% of the time, and on the record and on tape touting it?
Other than the climate change issue, on which he did openly disagree with his party on several occasions, what economic policies on that list did McCain oppose with a vote on the record prior to starting his Presidential run? Oh yes, opposing the Bush tax breaks – which he has now filp-flopped on to pander to the right.
Yeah right, you are Bush you idiot. Vote for Obama ( PERIOD )
And yet, John McCain is a part of the problem of the last 8 years. John, did you forget you were a Republican? YOUR party caused this mess and that's the reason you won't be elected. Stop trying to now criticize President Bush, when you were with him on his ideas 90% of the time! Ridiculous.
Let's not be fooled by the sudden criticism by John McCain, at this late date, of George Bush's policies. Again, McCain thinks the American people lack intelligence.
It's funny when John McCain attacks himself. His policies would be the same as Bush's. The end.
It is funny how McCain can sell his supporters on the lie that he continues to tell only to attempt to propel himself into the White House.
I just don't see how so many Americans are still blinded. But if the GOP supporters wish to keep donating their hard earned money to support Palin's wardrobe, then I will give you my address. LOL.
Time for Bush to come out and declare support for Obama/Biden!!!
Mother goose says-
Birds of a feather flock together,
And so will pigs and swine;
Rats and mice will have their choice,
And so will I have mine.
If he now suddenly actually feels this way with the election so close, why then did he vote WITH Bush 90% of the time the last eight years, something he has boasted about? He wears desperation very poorly.
Has anyone ever noticed how McCain keeps harping about not leaving Iraq without victory, but he never defines victory? He's thrown all his morals overboard in his pursuit of the presidency. A desparate, pathetic man.
Considering that Bush is becoming as endeared as the worst President in the last hundred years, Jimmy Carter, this is probably a wise move, but a bit tardy.
I VOTE WITH PRESIDENT BUSH 90% OF THE TIME...YEAH THAT IS WHAT I REMEMBER.
OBAMA / BIDEN 08"
He should have started distancing himself from Bush years ago when people cared...he's too late on that one..whomever his campaign strategist is should be fired....
Not this time Sen Mccain. You can put lipstick on your 90% voting record supporting the Bush Administration, however its still 90% that you have sided with the Bush Administration.
Bill,
You should put this in your website:
Huh ??? Is this a sudden epiphany? Where have you been the past 8 years? Oh yea, that's right.... voting with Bush 90% of the time...
Chalk this up to McCain's memory problem.
Too little, too late!
McCain needs to tell Sarah what the duties of VP are.
Sen McCain is part of the problem , not part of the solution.
it is a little bit to late for him to try now to distance himself from Bush but he still wants to continue Bush's policies
Voting with Bush 90% of the time means 10% of the time he voted against his own party!!! Where is Obama's voting record.......thats right he hardly ever voted while in the senate or in Illinios and certainly never crossed party lines.
Biden voted with the evil Bush almost 50% of the time does that make him 50% percent bad. Does that mean that Biden and McCain voted the same 60% of the time????
Thank you John..... 12 days befor America puts an end to the sad,sad,
last 8 years, there is a new light on the horizon... why its John McCain,
he is glowing.... he has gained an idea... Obama has made such good
milage running against Bush perhaps I should try... I never truly
understood his policies anyway.
Yup, its that old(69)-retired-white guy from Ma. former Republican
BRUCE
McCain republican is not running against Bush, he is running against the democrats Obama/Biden for president.
The repubs are doomed this year. No more repubs.
Landslide Obama/Biden 08/12.
McCain is not Bush. All of you who are going to vote for Obama.. be prepared for our nation to become a socialist nation. Maybe he promises no new taxes, but he will let all the tax breaks that Bush has enacted expire. What that means is that EVERYONE will pay higher taxes, not just the rich. Yes, Obama is smooth with words, you have to learn to read between the lines. He will also enact the Freedom of Choice Act. That doesn't just mean that abortions will be legal (which they already are) that will mean that doctors and hospitals will no longer be able to decline from providing abortions for personal or religious reasons. What it really means is that we will see a reduction in the number of doctors in this country and we will have a new crisis on our hands. The Israelis are very worried if Obama becomes our next president also. If Obama becomes our next president, our country will no longer be the country we know and love.
Perfect, yet you voted with him in 90% of votes.... So.... who is responsible for what you just accused Bush for... yes, indeed you too.
So,,, what happened now? You suddenly realized errors of your ways and now repented and converted? But hey, what you are proposing now is different from what Bush was doing exactly how?
This is desperate. Clutching at straws is not the way to win an election. Really, really sad.
MCCAIN, WHY THE HECK HAVE YOU VOTED FOR BUSH POLICIES MORE THAN 90% TIMES THEN? (you said that, not me)
It's a little late for McCain to be trashing Bush's record now. McCain chose to get in bed with Bush. now he's paying the price.
Too little too late Johnnie boy. Your awakening seems predictable and insincere. I guess I would be mad too knowing that Bush's record is so hard to run on, but come to think of it, wasn't that YOUR choice? Didn't you have the time to set a different course? You didn't but why would that stop a Republican from blaming everyone but themselves. Typical response which is why McCain will NEVER become the President. Should have tried harder at becoming Admiral....guess they didn't want you either.
Mr McCain, I knew Bush was an idiot the first time I heard him speak.
You supported his policies 90% of the time.
It took you 8 years of one disaster after another to get it.
And you don't see the fact that Palin is Bush with lipstick now?
This country needs leadership that can see past the end of their noses not the hindsight is 20/20 approach you seem to embrace.
CNN didn't point out that a senior republican blasted back at McCain that these attacks on republican congresses, Bush, etc are not helpful.
The republican party is imploding.
McCain "lashing out" is his problem. He rants and raves about other's positions while failing to define his own. If Senator McCain loses this election, he has himself to blame. Attack ads and smear campaigns work during normal times. The times we are facing are not normal. We're fighting two wars, the economy is tanking, people are losing their jobs and homes and he chose possibly the most unqualified person to be VP that we have ever witnessed. He has the written the book on how to run a disasterous campaign. All that is left is for him to autograph it.
You don't agree with Dick Cheney's opinion that he's a member of both the legislative and executive branch? Well, you better have a pow-wow with Palin because she sure agrees with it!
BIG STORY COMING ABOUT JOHN MCCAIN VERY SOON! STAY TUNED!!!
What's he complaining about? He voted WITH Bush!! OMG... Hypocrite
Maybe you should have a been a bit harsher about it BEFORE you posed for pictures with Bush and BEFORE you got into the General Election.
The latest polls are showing BIG MARGINS for Obama right now. I don't want to get too cocky as there are still 12 long days to go, but there are polls out today showing Obama with a 10 point lead in INDIANA. INDIANA!!!!
If Obama can beat McCain in Indiana by a sizeable margin what hope does McBush possibly have?
But come on Senator McCain......you voted with President Bush 90% of the time.......remember saying that not long ago? Therefore, you've been just as much of the US's problems as he has been. Please save your rhetoric as Americans are too smart to fall for the GOP trash talk once again. Realize you will NEVER be President and go home to retire. The US needs REAL leaders like Obama.
Obama/Biden '08
One can only hope that these desperate do anything, say anything tactics will fail on deaf ears. It's almost unimaginable that the election is this close to begin with. The rhetoric bashing Obama is never followed with his own ideas or clerar agend for change or reform. It's beyond gross.
Please people, you get what you deserve! Please get out there and vote, get involved in helping others do the same. We have an enormous responsibility to make sure we don't suffer another 4 years under this B.S. regime.
Vote!!!!
John: Fire Palin NOW! A last minute change will do far more than lashing out at a president whose policies you seem likely to continue. She is a stupid, egotistical, stupid, corrupt, stupid, bullying, stupid, incompetent, stupid woman. Fire Palin – the possibility that the Sarah Palin could take charge in this time of extraordinary difficulties is horrific. Fire her.
At least he voted for somnething. Obama has no record to even criticize. He has done NOTHING.
He has got to be joking. For the last I don't know how many months we have heard over and over again about McCains 23 years, 23 years in Washington. This is supposed to show how much experience he has, but instead it just shows how he has spent 23 in Washington worry about nothing but forwarding his own political career! Now, McCain decides that Bush is to blame, where has he been?! I guess the Maverick wasn't really paying attention..... Will he pay attention in the future???
Sorry Mc Cain, I can trust the words that come out of your mouth. Besides, if you become president, this country will be run by Palin.
No can do, no can do – This is so scary!
It is too late. And it is also unethical. McCain shouldn't abandon his party's president at this critical moment. It simply shows he will do and say anything to get elected – a typical opportunist. This is far away from a character of a leadership.
You are 8 years too late in distancing yourself from W. Your worked like crazy to reelect him in 2004 and voted with him 90% of the time. Why did you do that if he was so wrong on apparently EVERYTHING??? I'll tell you why Mr. Maverick – because you thought it would endear you to the Republican base ahead of your 2008 primary run. "Country First" is just an empty slogan from you, Senator.
I know change is coming – lets hope its real change and change for the better for everyone's sake.
The Republican National Committee is distributing a mail piece that says "Terrorists" on the front and opens to a big picture of Barack saying "Not Who You Think He Is."
John McCain - who promised to run a respectful campaign - said that he was "absolutely" proud of it.
TOO LITTLE
TOO LATE
BACK TO ARIZONIA
IS YOUR FATE!
TRICK OR TREAT
CANDY FLOWS
GIVE ME 1/2 OF PALIN'S CLOTHES!
Its apparent that you uninformed cnn political ticker bloggers haven't been paying attention to politics the last 4 years. Newsflash: John Kerry asked John McCain to be his running mate. Why would he pick someone like Bush?? He wouldn't. John McCain is nothing like Bush you morons. PAY ATTENTION, DON"T ALLOW THE MEDIA TO ELECT OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!!!
Voted already and I didnt vote for you McSame
Obama/ Biden 08
He's got one hand shaking with voters and he's so desperate that the other hand is throwin' "W" under the bus! It's sad to watch him in such desperate state. It's over, Johnny boy. It's over. Let go. Shhhh...it's OK....just let go.
The next thing out of his mouth will be "I'm realy a democrat".
Doesn't agree that Cheney should think he has powers in the Legislative branch, but his own Vice Presidential candidate thinks she has those same powers...
The bond is strong indeed...
Bush and McBush will go down together...
A military veteran Republican for Obama/Biden 2008
You know its unbelievable that he can say all this with a straight face, well no let me correct that..he did "laugh". He should have because he realizes that he is "laughable". Senator Obama has been saying this all along and Sen. McCain never once disputed it other that to finally at the LAST debate say "Sen. Obama I am not Georgia Bush, yada, yada, yada". This had to be the highlight of his evening. Whoever came up with that is a genius...NOT. Please hurry up Nov. 4th.
Yes, McCain, and I'm sure you would be compelled to carry this on as soon as the neo-cons get to you.
This was not a failure on Bush's behalf. All of this was planned to make as much money as possible for Cheney and his cronies in the military industrial complex - Halliburton, etc. - and Wall Street.
McCain is all talk.
He says that he has been tested. How? When was he President? Is he talking about the years he spent in prision? My uncle spent those same years on the battle field. Fighting a war is far different from Presidential duties anyway.
He says he'll do this and he knows how to get America on track. You've been in Washington 30+ years, why haven't you already done anything of note? Your resume should be long and impressive. You've shown us nothing of note.
Your leadership is so poor. You change with the wind. You can't even unite your own party, let alone this country. Heck your VP has publicly disagreed with you.
Angry McCain lashing out at Bush? OMG...didn't he proudly state on record that he "voted with Bush 90%" of the time?
Bitter McCain sucked up to Bush after the 2000 election and was Bush's little sidekick. Kind of a big brother, little brother thing...
I didn't think McBush could sink any lower but somehow he's managed.
Oh yeah, he did manage to sink even further with pulling Giuliani out of the political wilderness to do a shameless robocall.
Sarah–I think you got it a little wrong. McCain has flip-flopped on every one of his policies more than once. Especially the economy...I think he has economic policies...?
Only One Choice.
Only One Candidate.
One Team.
Obama/Biden '08
Yelling about the stuff he supported won't change the outcome no matter what he says.He said it in his own words "I voted with bush 90% of the time,more then anyone else in my party."
Yeah we get it....Say anything when you have nothing left to say.
Google: Stern Obama Harlem
A desperate last minute attempt to pander to the millions who've been disgusted by Bush for more than 6 years!
A bit late John.
I think Sara looks wonderful and would make a good president in 2012. I think we need a mother figure in the white house to take care of all those naughty boys.
I'm John McCain and I voted with President Bush over 90% of the time. Seems to me that was your own words Senator McCain. Too late now to back track. Where was your Maverick style back in 2003? Yeah, I remember it.... Supporting the President and standing by his side.
Even my 85 year old father who is Republican said "For the Good of America and the young people who will inherit this country, this debt, these wars, American needs a man of new Ideas, a man of intelligence, and if that means a man of color, so be it." He said "I know many Senior Citizens that are very productive and serve this country in many areas, but McCain is 72 and with all that we are facing we needs a man with new and younger ideas.........yes he was a hero 40 years ago, but he isn't in his 20's anymore so don't expect the same as he once was........
"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said.
_____________________________
Wait, wait, hold on a minute. Isn't this exactly what Palin said her role would be as VP the other day! And your a day late and 90% short on trying to blast Bush, you two have been tied at the hip since 2004 now your against him. Does McCain honestly think people are stupid enough to believe this crap?
where was this 6 months ago?...he's only saying it now because he is down in the polls. If Bush was a popular president, McCain would have been praising him to the hills.
I guess bashing Barack really doesn't stick, so he is now throwing punches at poor W. Wake up and focus on yourself for a change. Show us your real face, just once before this race is over.
Has anyone else noticed? it is all about McCain on CNN these days. CNN is trying desperately to salvage the election for McCain. First Palin's full interview; then McCain's yesterday. CNN is about McCain... well thanks in part to Republicans who really know how to get the media to back them – via accusation of bias. By the way; why didn't CNN ask Palin about her $150,000 shopping bill. So much for the ordinary hockey mom.
McCain just cant figure out whose side he is on; what he really believes; who he really is; where he really stands.
hahahaha and until a few months ago you were proud of having voted with this clown 90% of the time.
WELL GEE, JOHN, THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING! ONLY PROBLEM IS, I ALREADY VOTED TODAY IN TEXAS FOR B. HUSSEIN OBAMA!
MAYBE NEXT TIME, GRUMPY
McCain will say anything to try to win...
" Social Security is Easy to Fix "
" I know how to Win this War "
" I know how to get Osama Bin Laden "
" I will never raise taxes in a bad economy "
" I voted with President Bush 90% of the time"
and now... "failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies" " I AM ALWAYS FOR DEREGULATION "
Unbelievable. should be their campaign theme song.
We'll I don't believe anything that comes out of his lying mouth. I hope for sure he's giving Joe/Sam the Plumber a paycheck for using his name to help further his own career.
"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," McCain said.
But Sarah "Knows nothing" Palin sure does.
You agreed with the man 90% of the time...
You agreed with his policies.
You agreed with his motives.
But now when you are less than 2 weeks from losing an election you want to speak out against him?
Sorry I don't believe you.
Plus I voted early... for OBAMA / BIDEN.
Little late in the game to start dissagreeing with bush now
I'm for Obama because he is pro-life.
thanks to trickel down policies and corp.greed north america is now owend by communist china and these same people call obama a socialist
McCain why did it take you 8 year to lash out Bush's record this what you call desperation....McCain/Palin it to late I voted for Obama/Biden
and Jim Martin for Senate for Georgia..........McCain/Palin is out of touch with American.
WOW McCain bashing Bush for all the deficit and debt? Why did he then vote for every one of Bush's budgets? Now that he is down in the polls McCain needs feels the need to bash his twin. Typical politician.
It's a lil' late in the game grandpappy McShame. Don't try to get the American people to think that you are against Bush policies when you've CLEARLY voted with him 90% of the time. Hang it up!!! We are not that stupid. Maybe YOUR BASE is but the rest of us ARE NOT.
VOTE SMART
VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN 08-12
nice try. but, you're a little too late, buddy.
I hope Obama and Palin win!
mcBush sounds anxious, toooo late , plan your retirement in arizona or which ever house you can remeber the address to. maybe take sarah palin with you as your house keeper, todd could be the guard
Yeah right.
Everything he says is so disingenuous!
He is going to cut spending??? Is spending $150K to clothe the pitbull any indication of that? That, "my friend" is more than I earn before taxes in three years. On clothes! That is more than houses are worth (in my neighborhood, not McCain's). Come on already.
Well Jonny BOY, i think its a little to late to disagree.
THANKS BUT NO THANKS!
Gotcha!!! When Senator McCain use to accuse Senator Obama of saying and doing anything to win an election the message kind of resonated a little. Now isn't this the pot calling the kettle black. This guy just wants to win and he will say and do anything to get there. He has flip-flopped positions, he has thrown advisors under the bus or like Carley Fiorina sent them to Belarus and he has tried to steal other people's ideas to get his points across. I want the Republican party and the conservatives who stood with George Bush all these years and said he was the best thing since Ice Cream to come out and publicly repudiate anything that John McCain is now saying about their Commander-in-Chief. After all didn't you all use to say he was just like you.
In the words of the great Montgomery Scott, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
From 2001 until 2007 John McCain was palling around with George W Bush and voting with him over 90% of the time.
John McCain pals around with George Bush
america needs to realize mccain isn't bush, much of what happened is due to frank, dodd and pelosi. and yes, bush. but obama is the least experienced candidate we've ever had in the long history of our country. obama has no experience whatever to run this country and less experience than sarah palin. do we really want no checks and balances and move so far left with liberal president and liberal congress?
Too little
Too late
As they say in Louisiana,
Vote early and vote often.
Just kidding, thought we needed a little levity today.
Why did McCain spend his 70th birthday with Rafaello Follieri, convicted con man? More shady financial dealings??
"AND YOU TOO BRUTUS" said the dying CEASER to Brutus his close friend and confidente when he too stabbed him in the back!!and to quote another is Pontius Pilate in washing his hands off the death of Jesus.
Now we have another good example of such treachery to further ones own ambitions at any cost!!!
YOU LIBERALS ARE ALL OUTOF YOUR MINDS. YOUR THE MOST HATEFUL PEOPLE AND A DRAG ON CNN. YOU SHOULD ALL BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!!!
YOU MAY ALL BE VERY SURPRISED COME ELECTION DAY. THE POLLS ARE ALL PROPOGANDA!!!!!
I AM A DEMOCRAT AND I VOTE MCCAIN !!!!
Does he realize that we've all seen him saying that he voted 90% of the time with President Bush?
Although I will be cryuing when Obama gets in, as will the rest of the country, I can't help laughing when Obama suporters extoll his virtues. His biggest virtue is his eloquence and flowery diatribes. Less obvious to those so blind as to support him is his lack of substance, accomplishment and successful project completion.
Voting for Barack is like voting for hope, without a common sense understanding that he can't deliver.
Yet, your VP candidate wants "SOME FLEXIBILITY" as far as running the senate.
Come on, tell me something else.
Ok, tell me how you vote with the 90% of the time (his own words) and NOW he says he has a problem with Bush!! The clock is ticking, try to find something else to throw at the wall!!!
Scott, Wichita,
The difference with McCain backing Bush 90% and Obama backing Dems 98% is this:
Failed policies!!!
I'm not saying that the Dems are always right. But, it's apparent that Bush was mostly wrong.
That's the difference my friend.
@ dirty harry, latigo, susie....
You people need to read the facts....all you do is state negatives about Obama and it's been proven....that his proposals on running this country are more sound than McCain....
And to Susie....No one had flip flopped more than McCain & Palin, which has also been proven....
So you people just need to accept that our next president will be
BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA......
Why didn't you disagree with him when you voted for him 90% of the time? What a joke this man is.
mccain/palin = patholgical liars!
All I hear is Pat Benatar singing in the background:
It's a little too little, it's a little to late..."
Quack!
Obama/Biden 08...12...
Sen. McCain's own words sounds like a very effective Obama/Biden campaign ad to stress the primary reason why he shouldn't be our next President.
According to his own testimony, he's supported the President on 90% of his policies and now he wants to distance himself from said policies for the sake of his campaign.
THAT'S NOT COUNTRY FIRST, IT'S McCAIN/PALIN FIRST!!!
That One/Say it ain't so Joe '08
Finally John McSame came back from a deep Coma ... to make all these stupid comments
Who is he trying to fool?
McCain is going to have a really tough time when he returns to the Senate on November 5th.
who knows BUSH+CHENEY with any luck may both decide that there both going to for once in there 8 years DO THE RIGHT THING and LOOK to the Future and VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN since few Neo-Cons have already given there support to Obama will make it easy for them.
Plus Cheney are ment to be related to each other so BLOOD and all that.
AM still waiting for Rice to see the LIGHT and vote Obama/Biden.
"I don't agree with [Vice President] Dick Cheney's allegation that he's part of both the legislative and the executive branch," BUT...Sarah Palin claimed the same thing. Is McCain in charge at all in this campaign?
This indeed is the time to say anything to get elected.
Now isn't that the "Pot Calling the Kettle"..
Did he not vote the way Bush voted 90% of the time.
Does he think we just fell off a turnip truck.
He is grasping at straws because he knows he is on his way HOME!! John pick a house any house, 1 thru 7 and say BYE-BYE..
Obama – BIden 08
McCain is a has-been who will say or do anything to get elected, and his running mate is a cartoon.
...and McCain voted 90% of the time with Bush to create all the problems he now lists! McCain is too late to criticize, and shares the burden he has unleashed on generations to come.
There are STILL a few of you out there who say that neither candidate has earned your confidence for you to give your vote to. I say one thing to you: "What would your worst nightmare be? " My WORST nightmare would be to have Sarah Palin anywhere near the power buttons of our government. Therefore it is easy to vote OBAMA . Or, I guess you could vote for Ralph.
Senator McCain is a good man who has served his country well, but he has been blinded by his desire for the Presidency. It's a shame he didn't say these things two, or even four years ago, when they might have had an influence on other Republicans in Congress.
Too little too late Johnnie boy. It is a bit typical of you to blame everyone else but you. It's tough running on Bush's record but that was YOUR choice. You had time from your 1st run to make a record but you didn't and now you're stuck with George W. Maybe you should try again for Admiral...oh no, they didn't want you either. I guess it's back to the ranch(s) to live off of Cindy and watch the sunset.
McCain, you and Palin have said enough already. It's time to listen: "As you do unto the least of these my family you do unto me". You've denounced everyone except Palin who has fomented divisiveness, mistrust and hatred based on false allegations. You've denounced Obama's plan to give a break those who've been the backbone of the U.S. economy...so they can show their mettle before they lose hope. You've denounced the party that brought you where you are. You've denounced the need for diplomacy and communication. Ask yourself who's left in your corner. How long before they denounce you?
Didn't McCain vote for 90% of Bush's policies?
Thanks, but I'll vote for the conservative who actually votes like one. The guy that tried to warn us about this financial crisis over a year ago.
Ron Paul '08
LATIGO says "I just know when people start whining about higher taxes and a worse economy and dangerous terroism goingon with our troops hiberating here back home, my response will be simple – " You voted for Obama, didn't you? "
Now that McBush is whining about Bush policies, you may ask him, "McBush, you voted for Bush, didn't you?"
So Bush Light, is the koolaid he wants us to drink now. Must be the reason Cindy owns a distributorship. I would havevoted for McCain in 2000, he was a maverick, but I am afraid he has sold his soul to the powers that be in the Republican party to get where he is today. He is no longer the maverick. He has the seal of approval from the powers that be, so something has changed. He can try to distance himself from Bush in public, but he can't do it for real. He owes them.
McCain complaining about someone he voted/supported over 90% of the time and bragged about it???
And now he states all these mis-steps, but in a "laughing manner"?
If you watch both of these idiots when they're speaking, once they start smiling you know they are lying!!!
Both are like two peas in a pod and can't be trusted. McCain has all of Bush's campagin operatives on the payroll, coupled with former/present lobbyists who will do anyting to get elected - no matter what the price. And we, the American people, have paid heavily for the past eight years!!! Can we really afford another 4?
Elect this fool and this country will become a second power instead the leader of the free world.
Too late, Senator McCain. We all know how proud and patriotic you were to vote with Bush over 90 % of the time. You must truly suffer from vertigo from flip flopping so much. If neither you nor Sarah Lee know what vertigo means, try looking it up under DIZZY.
shame on you
LOL...much to late old white haired dude. You should have done that at the beginning of the campaign. By the way...you aren't fooling anyone...its so obvious that you are desperately trying something to get you up in the polls. Sad...so sad.
Wow!! Could it be that he has no more bad things to say about Obama, so now he is turning on Bush??? One thing's for sure, he has nothing good to say about himself except "We'll fix it.", and "I have a plan.", but he never says what that plan is. So, he has decided to distance himself from HIS OWN VOTING RECORD!!!! Senator McCain, George bush is not Senator Obama. If you wanted to run against Senator Obama, you should have started at the beginning of this election cycle. Too late in the game to start trying now.
Yet, Sen. McCain voted in favor of 90% of Pres. Bush's economic and other issues. Didn't Gov. Palin just say yesterday that that was the role of the Vice President. Apparently she was not a constitutional law student.
WHAT A HYPOCRITE !!!!
MCBUSH HAS THE SAME RECORD AS BUSH & WORSE.
AT LEAST BUSH DOESN'T FLIP-FLOP LIKE MCBUSH DOES.
MCSAME VOTED FOR DEREGULATIONS & THE IRAQ WAR.
THE TWO SINGLE POLICIES THAT LED US HERE.
MCSAME & JOE LIEBERFOOL MAN WHATEVER CORNER
THEY THINK WILL GET THEM A DOLLAR, OUR DOLLAR.
Finally he figures it out. This campaign is against Bush
Way too late, John ... each day your campaign becomes a little more sickening. You are in no way funny, so cut out the laughing. Three words ... SLIDE BABY SLIDE.
Does that mean that John is 90% responsible for Bush's policies since he supported them? When do we get to hear John from 2000 criticize John of 2008?
Imagine what an irratic idiot now trying to distance himself from the administration that he himself supported over 90% of the time with his votes. Actually more than 90% now as he has flip flopped on some of issues he didn't support so he could get some of the Conservative base.
McCain is the perfect definition of desperation but far to little far too late.
Now he wants to disagree with his buddy??? Reeks of desparation to me