Sen. Lieberman said Sunday that he does not agree with a new hard-hitting ad released as part of friend's 2010 re-election bid. (Photo Credit: CNN)
Washington (CNN) – Sometimes election year politics can drive a bit of a wedge between the closest of political allies. In this case, Sen. John McCain’s first foray into 2010 campaign advertising is rubbing his longtime ally the wrong way.
In a new radio ad released Thursday, McCain takes on the record deficit spending by the Obama administration, which has defended it as an effort to pull the country out of the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression.
"President Obama is leading an extreme, left-wing crusade to bankrupt America," McCain says in the new ad, I stand in his way every day.”
Asked about McCain’s new ad Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, Sen. Joe Lieberman said “You know, every now and then, John McCain and I disagree.”
“I don’t agree with that,” Lieberman added referring to McCain’s attack on Obama for record federal spending in the last year. “I think that the president understands the importance of bringing our government back into balance. Look, he came in at a most difficult economic time, inheriting a national debt that had doubled in the preceding eight years.”
Lieberman also told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King that he thought Obama might mention “some tough medicine for our economy” during his first State of the Union address expected next month. “We need it and I hope there’ll be bipartisan support in Congress for doing that,” Lieberman said of the fiscal belt-tightening some observers expect Obama to push for in the second year of his presidency.
McCain, appearing side-by-side with Lieberman Sunday while the two senators are on an overseas Congressional visit, defended his hard-hitting ad against Obama.
“The president promised that he would stop the wasteful spending. He has not vetoed these pork barrel bills. We have increased the debt and deficit dramatically,” McCain told King.
“The spending is out of control and it’s not been brought under control,” the Arizona Republican also said Sunday. “And that’s what I’m fighting because we’ve laid a debt on our children and grandchildren that is unconscionable.”
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Liberman is with the democrats now, where he has a nice "job" but for sure he knows the size of the deficit. Let politicians be politicians!
Like most old dogs, we love them, but they seem to always be under foot.
McCain has made alot of noise this year but has said nothing and done nothing. It's easy to criticize, but where's the action of consequence?
The Dems are in a riot and frenzy. They don't care what damage they do to our country. Just as long as they can receive their bribes and cocaine. Simple as that.
When McCain said economics wasn't his strong suite during the election, I'm sure what he meant was that he knows everything about the economy and we should take his fiscal advice. He was just having a senior moment.
You know, every now and then Joe Lieberman prostitutes himself to the insurance industry. When health care reform goes down the tubes, Sen. Lieberman will be able to look in a mirror, smile broadly, and say to himself, "You made this happen, big boy."
Both McCain and Leiberman have become political jokers. I guess they are both senile rigid and needs to stay home retired. Let some fresh minds come on the political stage and bring in some fresh ideas and thoughts in the political process. These two are too old and its time for them and their lot of old senile stiff people to get out of the Senate and Congress. If anyone can bring us back from the brink it the younger generation who have a better understanding of the future than the old guards.
And this is news?
Still prefer McCain over the turn coat.
Oh yes it is an election year and Lieberman is once again trying to start building up his support for his run for re election in 2012 but it ain't gonna happen. Lier-berman has flip flopped so much both sides of him are beginning to hurt and no one wants him. He's not anted by Democrats, Republicans or even his own state. It's tough being the Senator from Eatna.
His time has come and gone. Time for him to go even if it means I have to move to Conn to vote against him.
he senile, warmongering mcstain should go away ... he supports torture and murdering of children in Iraq, but throws stones when HIS president (you know, the guy that kicked his a$$ last year) tries to help fellow Americans. mcshame seems to be suffering from severe memory loss by not fessing up to being a significant contributor to the current economic crisis by marching lock-step with gw idiot and DICK cheney's non-economic policies ... BTW 9/11 happened under the chimps administration FACT, the shoe bomber happened under the chimp FACT ... we were under that administrations budget until just this past August, so Obama's policies only kicked in the final quarter of the year ... This old fart needs to go away and retire to the home with the woman he left his crippled 1st wife for ...
"President Obama is leading an extreme, left-wing crusade to bankrupt America," says Mr. McCain.
This is why I did not vote for John McCain. It is a completely false statement and he knows that, and yet he chooses to present to the American people as if it were a fact. He forgets that people will listen to him and take it as factual, which it is not. It is an exaggerated opinion designed to create a reaction with the voters. These people make me sick with their politics.
The real truth is that he doesn't even believe it himself.
CNN, get real please. Enough with the extremely hyped and exaggerated stories and headlines. I mean seriously, this article did not live up to the title, "LIEBERMAN SLAMS MCCAIN AD"...Lieberman simply stated: “You know, every now and then, John McCain and I disagree.”...NOTHING like the headline. Great coverage CNN!
Both McCain and Lieberman need to retire at the end of their terms. These guys work harder on their strategies to divide more than they do working for their constituents. Say goodnight Irene and let's get some people who know the real issues and can find ways to improve the country, not just their own egos or political parties.
Both of them playing politics with terrorisam.
John King as usual did not ask him pork barrel spending in defence budget.
I hate to be the one to tell you John
But your kissing buddy George W. broke Americas back for the past 8 years, but apparently you were not paying attention
Thanks to the American voter, we put a real man in the oval office this time around
I can not even fathom what you and the brain dead governor would have done to this country
Now stop your treasonous bashing and go home and soak your aged teeth, let the real Americans begin to fix the mess you Republicans left us with.
CNN, your headlines are ridiculous. Leiberman slams McCain. He couldn't have put it any nicer. Since when is, every once in a while we disagree deserving of the headline. Leiberman Slams McCain over Ad?
Your headline person should work for Access Hollywood or National Enquirer.
Why does McCain think its okay to bankrupt our nation and leave our children and grandchildren with massive debt if the money is being spent on wars (any war, John seems to like 'em all) ... but if it is being spent to pull our country out of a near-depression, promote alternative energies or deliver affordable health care to our citizens it's wrong. Just wondering,,,,,,
John McCain is a self-serving, arrogant, lying, ignornant excuse for a Senator and should retire. At one time he was a hero and an asset tor our country, now he's a barrier to the parties working together to solve serious problems.
Lieberman is equally self-serving and has also become a barrier. As a country, we have tremendous issues to overcome, yet his pandering to the right and flip-flopping encourage other Senators to now work together.
Both need to go!
crick and crock... take your pick
Thank God for John Mccain.........Thank You for standing in that gap when we, the American people can't...We can march, write and man oh man can we, and will we vote this year.......vote all those who have stood behind this Tax and spend, apologizing to our enemies, giving our enemies citizen rights, President out of office....Keep standing up for us John.....Keep standing up for America...we're right behind you!
"Leiberman Slams McCain" should be "Disagreement at the Morning Diner Over Coffee."
I wouldn't call this "Leiberman slams McCain's new ad" kind of a misleading headline CNN. He may not agree, but it's very true- our country is going in the wrong direction- and if people aren't seeing that , then they are just seeing what they want to see. I'm a democrat who has woken up to the fact that this was the wrong candidate at this time. I'm very sorry we passed on Hillary Clinton. We needed someone with experience in this job, both on the ecoomc front and the terrorism front. He is failing at both, and our country will fail miserably if he fails. I've been just shocked at the singular focus on healthcare. None of that will matter if people don't have jobs, and we get attacked in a big way again. The priorities are so badly out of order, it's scary.
poor old John McCain...
Is very sad to see people getting old and still willing to be in the limelight. They both should retire and let the country to a new generation, a generation of hope and trust in the future.
Both of these men have seen better days. Yes, Obama had to embrace stimulus spending to compensate for the big drop in consumer spending and lack of bank credit, but his stimulus package put pork politics over job creation after he promised there would be no pork in his Administration.
McCain and Lieberman... I would call these two clowns Abbott and Costello but that would be an insult to Bud and Lou!
McCain's corruption in Washington goes back to the Keating 5 bailout of the 80's. I hope the people of Arizona have finally wised up about him and vote him out of office.
Obama inherited an economy in shambles left by the incompetent Bush administration.
Funny, McCain. Where were you when you fellow "fiscal conservative" George W. took the debt from $5 Trillion to $10 Trillion and initiated TARP for his bankster friends. Give me a break.
These 2 are just like a broken record. No matter how many times you play it the sound will still be the same. Time to throw it away.
While I respect Senator McCain's military service, Iam appalled by his and the Republican's party total disloyalty to the American people. Remember the Family Leave Act. Those bastards were against that much less any type of health care reform. There is going to be a middle class revolt soon and I assure you it will be directed at Tea Bagging,Carpet Bagging Republicans.
Once McCain endorsed the disasterous bailout bill #1/100...I knew he was full of shiite. Ypu'll also notice that up until that very announcement...it was a virtual tie in all the polls. McCain shows his true colors? His support evaporated instantly...and rightly so.
EVERYONE that was for that bill was and is corrupt to the very bottom of their souls. The power they gave away in that bill was nation changing in scope...and FAR too few opposed. Now because of that bill we have a money god that answers to NOBODY AT ALL. He CANNOT be held accountable in ANY way whatsoever by anyone for any actions he does. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE doubt me and double check this for yourself. This power without accountability was the scariest part of the bailout bill by far as it's a direct transfer of power from the people to the bankers.
This was not a hidden sentence somewhere on page 9,754 of a bill. Everyone that voted for that bill KNEW flat out that they were transferring power.
Go ahead do a bit of background on our current money god and tell me what stands out. Where was Money God Geithner while all of these mega-banks made all of these horrible choices? Oh that's right he worked for them in senior management roles. Been working "both" sides of the coin for awhile now.
Make no mistake...the New World Order is slavery.
McPain is a sore loser. Get over yourself you old dog.
If I had my choice to help my fellow American or bomb other countries and pay to rebuild them, I would pick help my fellow Americans and try a more diplomatic approach to foreign policies. I am talking about the hard working Americans who get up and go to work every day just like me. Wake up people, government spending will always be BIG. It is big under the Republicans. They choose to spend large amounts of our tax dollars on priorities that are typically different from the Democrates. The Demos usually support more broad domestic policies. I see no problem with putting policies in place that will focus on positioning ALL Americans, especially hard working ones and the 'truely' diabled ones not the ones that only seek to take advantage of welfare and other programs. The big change should focus on putting all able minded Americans to work even the lazy ones!!!
Lieberman and McCain = Dumb and Dumber
McCain and Lieberman-the Republicans should have let these two run as Pres and VP candidates on the same ticket. That would have shown the US that Bush was merely a precursor to what would have been sure doom.
For these two to parade themselves as American-spirited servants is beyond the pale, even for today's politicians. I don't know which one is worse for us-at least Lieberman would put us all to sleep before killing us with his inanity and backstabbing.
check out california ( NY and ILLINOIS are soon to follow) people.....a failed bankrupt state whose unions and liberal policies are sinking it into the ocean way before any quake would......we need leaders like McCain who will stand up and call out obama's leftist pollicies that are leading us ALL over a cliff before its too late.......
We have a 12 Trillion Dollar Debt, and it may be 20 trillion before the next election. How much longer before the whole system collapses and unemployment goes from 10 percent (Official) more like 17 percent (Actual) to maybe 50 percent.
Everyone is going to pay for continued lack of any Fiscal responsibility. If you think you can beat the system, think again. And look up Aesop's Fable about the Goose that laid the Golden Egg.
The Federal Government has no business in business. of any kind.
LIEberman campaigning to retain his chairmanship - about to be booted and replaced by a true Democrat. Both of his faces are on display every day now.
you cant have it both ways judas joe, repub. from israel!!!!!!
Deficit spending from Washington to Carter: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by Ronald Reagan: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by George Bush Sr.: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by Bill Clinton: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by George Bush Jr.: $5 trillion
Of the $11 trillion nation debt, $8 trillion was irresponsible spending by Conservative Republican administrations. They chose to borrow in good times when we SHOULD have been paying down the debt. At the end of his term, Clinton had paid back .5 trillion of the money his administration had borrowed.
The last fiscally responsible Republican administration was Richard Nixon's. The last capable Republican president was Gerald Ford. The last progressive Republican Administration was Teddy Roosevelt.
Google it.
Go away old blood and let new blood, younger minds, outside the WA beltway enter. It is time for all the OLD white men to RETIRE. They have done enough damage to this country. Let the younger generation try new ideas, and show the old guys how to work together. I will not be voting for McCain, and Liberman can not decide which side of any given issue he is on. He will change parties again to get elected, and the people of Conn just keep putting him in a chair.
"I’m entertained and sometimes a little angry when I see this constant, vicious attacks by people on the left. I’ve never seen anything like it in all the years that I’ve been in politics, the viciousness and the personalization of the attacks on Sarah Palin."
– John McCain–
"The reason Chelsea Clinton is so ugly is because Janet Reno is her father."
– John McCain, launching a slur against a child to make a crowd laugh
Yeah, Thank GOD for John McCain and oh will we vote this year
"we"? He Beanner you got a mouse in your pocket?
Are Republicans even relevant anymore? The Democratic party have become the party of centrist and the soon-to-be defunct Republican party has become the party of religious wing-nuts, birthers and vapid former beauty queens.
Julie: I think you have your tenses mixed up. The country is not going in the wrong direction. It went in the wrong direction and now we are having to bite the bullet and clean up the mess.
Whether you agree with the motives or not, the fact is this President has outspent every President before him. Furthermore, most of the spending has been applied to political paybacks and entitlement programs (and I'm not even counting the unmitigated disaster that is his health care bill!). Make no mistake, this President is a politician of the first order and do note that his actions NEVER match his shallow words!
For crap's sake, CNN ... enough with the "SLAMS" and "BLASTS" headlines. If anything, Lieberman gently disagreed with the ad. But "Lieberman gently disagrees with McCain's ad when prompted" isn't a headline that gets people to click a link, is it?
Wow, that was one heckuva "slam".
Stop trying to manufacture news. Whoever selected the language for your headline needs a refresher course on ethics. What a laughable distortion.
When will people pull there heads out of there butt's and clamp down on what really bought our country to it's knees it was the oil company's and refineries gouging America out of work our government caused this by being cowards to big oil.
Where is this "extreme, left-wing" agenda the Republicans keep talking about? Obama's policies so far have been a little bit left of center in my opinion. Why all of the criticism of being a socialist, a communist, a left-wing extremist, etc.? The Republicans always cite expansion of government and deficit as a fault of leftist policy. How convenient they always forget that the government exploded in size and debt under George W. Bush. It's time to stop all of the criticizing of the President and start trying to offer alternatives if your ideas are so much better.
"President Obama is leading an extreme, left-wing crusade to bankrupt America,"
That makes no sense. ZERO. No politician, left or right- hell, no one in their right mind- would seek to bankrupt their country.
Ask yourself, WHY would he want to bankrupt America? We know why Cheney and Bush did what they did: to funnel taxpayer dollars to themselves and their friends (Enron, Halliburton, etc.) via no-bid contracts. But how on earth would Barack Obama benefit by bankrupting America?
But this doesn't surprise me. McCain showed his true, ugly colors during 2008.
I wish this creepy little weasel would go and live with his constituents in Israel
Not really poor ole John......what he is saying is being spoken day by day at the kitchen table of Main Street of America......
When you make a promsie in politics one assumes it will be forgotten..but this year..it's different..people are truely expressing that a man's word holds true....and demanding it. So, in essence, in 'saving' the economy, creating Federal health care, and all the other 'new' programs there must be accountablity for the dollars and there must be a belt tighten on pork barrel spending.
Give Joe and John a gun and have them do a duel. The best thing would be if they both hit the target and we are done with both of them. His ad is the same old talking point complain about the problem without offering any solution.
McCain and Lieberman may disagree on the topic of Obama's ridiculous deficit spending but BOTH know that Fiscal Conservatism and focus on the economy is our greatest challenge.
Simply put, Obozo and his unquenchable thirst for socialism within a Nation that is built on capitalism, is a formula for continuing economic failure, spiraling unemployment, invasion of our personal freedoms and higher taxes for working Americans.
The lust for Big Government only serves those that desire re-election from the votes of those that feed off it's entitlements and false hope and promise it conveys. This has been the Democrat Party's strategy for decades. Just ask those who's families have had generations on our welfare roles, who they continue to vote for!
I really hope Lieberman runs again for Pres. hopefully 2012. I would vote for him in a minute. It's a shame he did not get the nomination in 2004, instead the dumb people chose John Kerry. See what bad voting can lead to Dems. I thought you wanted change.
Did McCain express his concern about the debt to George Bush when he ran the debt up? Was he concerned about the war Bush/Cheney took us into for personal rather than logical reasons? Let's not forget the past eight years of arrogance that took us to a place unlike one we had seen before. War–debt–economic destruction–loss of allies and growth of terrorists!
All Republicans need to take ECON 101.
We are in a RECESSION because GOP/Bush kept taxes and interests TOO LOW while there was no real ECONOMIC GROWTH.
Yes, low taxes and interest rates are NOT always a good thing for an economy.
During a RECESSION a gov't needs to increase spending to STIMULATE the economy. Taxes and interest rates also need to be kept low because the expected outcome is that ECONOMIC GROWTH should occur since we've hit rock bottom.
Once the economy is stable, you will need to cut spending and raise taxes and interest rates. The problem is that raising taxes and interest rates can cause a politician to lose his job!
But it's the right thing to do ... except if you are a Republican.
Take ECON 101 and you will never vote GOP ever again.
I would like to ask Sen. McCain about all the money the Bush administration spent on an "unnecesary war." Also Bush started the bailout. Yes our children and grandchildren will be paying a huge debt but it is not President Obama's fault. He is just trying to "dig" us out of a massive debt the Bush administration left us? Have the people forgotten who started this mess. He is actually replacing money that the Bush adminsitration got away with. Let's think for a second: What would have happened if President Obama hadn't have taken the measures he did to save our economy. I am afraid we would be in a worse mess. I think McCain should either shut up or step up., and that doesn't mean standing in Pres. Obamas way. Bush put this country on the wrong path and in the wrong driection.
Someone had to fix the mess created by W and his buddies... Obama inherited this mess, and THEY have the unmitigated gall to complain? This is toddler tantrum thinking at its worst. Go away... you're not helping solve the problem YOU created!
Notice how those in congress count on the American people to be completely ignorant of how our government works. President Obama hasn't spent a dime. Congress has. That's how it works. Congress passed a ridiculous spending bill in the last days of the Bush administration and approved another shortly after Obama took office. Put the blame where it belongs, on Congress.
Old joke time, If PRO is the Opposite of CON then what is the opposite of Progress?
I live in Arizona. Politically, I'm an independent voter. McCain will not be getting my vote.
What would lead CNN to label the Lieberman comments about McCain's ad a "slam". I doubt the comment could even be correctly related as a "slap on the wrist".
Meanwhile, Tom Sawyer's insinuation that Republican's need to be Keynesians when it comes to economics is a bit rich. Seeing as Bill Clinton was no Keynesian, perhaps he thinks ol' Slick needs to take economics 101 too? And when was the last time you saw a conservative defend Bush fiscal policy–Uhm, I know, that would be just about never.
hands down Lieberman is smarter than John McCain all day long . but both are nti Obama anti american take Liz cheney and the rest of the racist purist republican base and put them on a slow boat to Yemen
now thats a great idea . send all of them to Yemen . they can bad mouth the president all they want and we can put them on a no fly list .. and watch them with one of our drones.. what a great day it would be for all of america
What have these 2 dimwits done that's positive for America in the last 10 years? Why do people even listen to these losers?
I love CNN's take on this "Liberman SLAMS McCain". I would not consider this a slam, just an honest disagreement. Amazing how the liberal media wants to twist everything.
John McCain = Piece of crap.
McCain ran a great campaign during the 2008 elections.
Better watch it joe, or the Republicans won't let you play with them.
Mr. McCain, before you wear your head out and criticize Obama, please look deep in past 8-9 years of history.
Your own party, W, Cheneeey, created unrepresented economic mess, which Dems and Obama are only trying too fix.
Can you take little blame of what we have on our hands today?
Where's the slam? Come on CNN stop making up these false headlines.
To annie s: Because the children and grandchildren would still be alive in a FREE country!
As a Dem, I am loving the Republicans right now
They have managed to put three entirely different faces on their party
Sour Grapes McCain
The Alaskan narcissist
And the typical, angry, misled followers.
So by all means, McCain, Palin, keep on talking!
Just how would McCain had solved our recession? He always said that economics was his low point! President Obama is doing the best he can to lead our country out of the problems caused by the Bush administration. If anyone thought it would be solved overnight they were completely naive. Giving business it's head and allowing the ridiculous mortgage practices go on and letting Wall Street do whatever it wanted to do led to this recession, along with the deficit spending on the wrong war. It's going to take a long time to get out of this, but it would help if people worked together instead of sniping at every minute detail. The Republicans have to recognize the mess that Bush pulled us into and realize that things need to change in order to get out of it. Or, we could have just let the country slide into a depression. I grew up hearing about the effects of that and personally I don't want to live through or have my family live through it.
McCain and Lieberman will do anything to stay relevant. It's time to put these two senile old fools out to pasture.
Selective memory and revisionist history. Republicans really need to get a grip. I watched Liz Cheney on "This Week" essentially blame Obama for intelligence failures that may have led to recent terrorist attacks and attempted plots. Please tell me on whose watch 9/11 occurred. Please tell me on whose watch the economy starting going south due to overspending and lowering taxes while funding TWO wars. I'm not simple-minded enough to blame all this on the Bush/Cheney team; I wish Republicans/Conservatives would show equal deference to Obama's administration. I don't agree with the overreaching taking place under the present administration, but let's at least have an intellectually honest debate regarding these very important and crucial issues. John McCain will just never learn!
McCain has REALLY lost it! Where has he been during the financial nosedive?
Does the GOP assume everyone is stupid and doesn't know about the condition they left this country in? I really wonder if some people actually believe the GOP rhetoric. The GOP purchased two wars on borrowed money and the bills are coming due. They almost bankrupt our country and now it is Obama fault he is keeping us running? Did the GOP want our country to disintegrate like the USSR? Do they really want to break our country apart? Lincoln would vomit if he saw what the GOP has become.
Old shell game two repugs playing good cop bad cop,sorry people are not falling for it anymore.
Every time i see Senator Liebermann i note that striking resemblence to "Senator Palpatine" (later to become evil emporer of the galaxy) of "Star Wars" fame. Even the politics are similar: don't offend anyone, stand for no thing and every thing at the same time, go with the flow, switch sides as needed, bide your time and when desaster strikes grip that opportunity with both hands to move up in ranks. I would not buy a used car from that sorry excuse of a man, let alone vote for him, even if it were only for city dog catcher!
I wonder why Liberals and President Obama hate America? It seems, every step they take is wrong and sliding us towards destruction and Socialism. Apparently, since the election, the Republicans now know the right path for America. It's odd they didn't come to that wisdom during the Bush Administration.
McCain's words would serve well if he himself would make his son, who was a CEO of failed Silver Bank of Arizona in 2009, give back the bonus money he took. He quit one month before Silver Bank failed and investers lost their money. Bank of America took over Silver Bank to help investers and we the tax payers bailed out Bank of America. McCain is a crook and fraud himself who stole millions from Lincoln S&L and Charles Keating and his son went to jail and McCain walked.
Hey El Kababa,
I have a little problem with your numbers
Deficit spending from Washington to Carter: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by Ronald Reagan: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by George Bush Sr.: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by Bill Clinton: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by George Bush Jr.: $5 trillion
it's called cost of living increase and population growth
US population in 1900 was 76,000,000
US population in 1950 was 151,000,000
US population in 1981 the year carter left office was 226,000,000
US population today 309,000,000
That cost of living also doubles about every 20 years, for sake of argument will simply the numbers, I know this isnt exact
1900 to 2000 will say cost of living increase a factor of 5, population growth a factor of 4, 5* 4 = 20, if everything is equal budget to individual citizen wise the current budget would be 20 times larger then the budget of 1900.
Its fair to compare Reagon to Bush SR
its fair to compare Bush SR to Clinton
its fair to compare Clinton to Bush JR
its fair to compare Bush to Obama
its not fair to Compare Bush or Obama to President Washington because the factors are no where near close, I'm sick of both the extreme right and left wing.
Both of these clowns should go by the wayside along with the #1 clown obama and 98% of all congress. Better representation for WE THE PEOPLE could be randomly selected from a phone book.
Negativity brings ratings not. In this case media coverage is benefiting people who want to hurt America and causing us jobs.
Please John, what planet were you living on during the 8 years of the Bush disaster. Your Repubs put us in this mess. Give it up John and go back to Az. your time has come and gone.
Where were the talking heads during the last 8 years!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE HECK! Do they think people are STUPID?! You spent OUR money like mad men ...didnt regulate the Banking system correctly ...needless war and within 10 months, they have the nerve to talk smack about our President trying to FIX the problem they were responsible for. * 8 YEARS PEOPLE!!! If you ask any Repub. they will say "it wasnt MY fault" Sad Sad Sad. All they say is Obama is Wrong..and have no solutions..just complaints and politics...
I hate that some very educated people act as if good spending in bad times is the same thing as bad spending.
McCain is an old fool.
John McCain and Joe Lieberman really need to get a room. Dont even try to pretend to be bipartisan
to "scifi guy": It's your right wing crazies that hate America. They want it fail, just as Hush Limprick. You people are traitors. Obama 2012!!!
We must all remember that this is the same guy that picked Sarah Palin as a running mate. Need I say more. His expertise at many levels should certainly be challenged.
Gee Joe don't knock yourself out. You will be lucky to find either party willing to put up with you in the next election. You are more Republican than anything else. Why don't you see if they will take your sorry @$#.
Amazing how sielnt (and supportive) of huge deficits all these right-wingers wre during the horrible Bush years. Now that there's a Democrat inthe WH, they fry him. Nice job, guys.
No more votes for old goats...time to elect new and fresh ideas to completely revamp our current broken, corporate and special interest owned political system.
I wouldn't exactly call that a slam. Sometimes headlines are very misleading.
Jamie from Louisville – You are an idiot.
John McCain has served this country with distinction. My guess is you are one of those clowns who always says things like, "Well, I was going to join the Marine Corps, but....".
If you can't say something of relevance, then don't post.
Who really cares what these two half-wits have to say? They've lived off bribes for most of their lives and are nothing but a couple of parasites. Send McSame back to Hanoi and deport Lieberman to Israel. Probem solved.
CNN ... enough with the play on words "SLAMS" headlines. If anything, Lieberman slightly disagreed with the ad just enought not to anger the Dems . But "Lieberman did not SLA M McCain's ad by no means . The American public is not stupid.
They were both invited to beat up on the President. It worrys me when have so many emenies around the world trying to hurt us "American " and we need to united at this time to protect ourselves. United is a sign of strenght but when we spend 24/7 with the GOP tearing down our President we just show them how weak we are. Don't get me wrong not wrong with accountablity. We need to show the Terrorist we are The United States of America, and not an entity for McCain to sour Grapes because he didn't get elected.
I don't particurly like either one of these men. Come on McCain you don't fool the average voter. You republicans blame all on the left wing, you know very well the Republicans was the first to spend a huge chunk of future tax money, Our money, on the wallstreet bail out & cause dthe mess we are in now! I think all will be surprised in the upcoming election, there are a number of people who are disappointed in both parties & will be voting for change rather than Party! Don from Ohio
Sure I'll take McCain's advice, because I trust a man who says that Sarah Palin is fit to be President.
And he sure knows a lot about the economy. I know he doesn't like any type of spending, so I will use the GOP memory erasing pills to forget that he stopped his campaign to rush to Washington and vote on TARP.
The End.
Hey Tony the facts still didn't change one iota & the deficit by
those who attempt to call themselves fiscal Conservative. is a glaring fact to the fact that the Rethuglicans aren't fiscal conservative.
Deficit spending from Washington to Carter: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by Ronald Reagan: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by George Bush Sr.: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by Bill Clinton: $1.5 trillion
Deficit spending by George Bush Jr.: $5 trillion
Of the $11 trillion nation debt, $8 trillion was irresponsible spending by Conservative Republican administrations. They chose to borrow in good times when we SHOULD have been paying down the debt. At the end of his term, Clinton had paid back .5 trillion of the money his administration had borrowed.
The last fiscally responsible Republican administration was Richard Nixon's. The last capable Republican president was Gerald Ford. The last progressive Republican Administration was Teddy Roosevelt.
Google it.
Hypocrite alert! John McCain and the Republicans spend like drunken sailors for 8 years and then try to pin it on Obama. Not to mention throwing in tax cuts we couldn't afford...
Y'Know, when Repubs had power, all we saw were Repub talking points saying Dems were "not doing it right!". Now that Dems are in power, all we see are Repub talking points that Dems "aren't doing it right!". The most horrible lie perpetrated on US citizens in the last 40 years is that the media is "liberal biased". I am so sick of McCain and Leiberman tag-team slamming ANY attempt to do something substantive to help lower income people or restore our United States ethics that I pretty much change to cartoons on my TV as soon as almost ALL media sources give these losers a microphone. I used to respect CNN – not as much anymore. Please stop doing nothing but conservative opinion and find a way to let the "great unwashed majority" be heard.
Mr. Mc Cain your a good man but theres no way America is going to hire on a 100 year old president .
It's amazing to see these Republicans act as if these problems magically popped up when Obama became president. The reason we have such a huge money problem is because we've been fighting a war the past decade and were mislead by a Republican who continuously made things worse until he left office. I can't expect anyone man to magically save the country in one year after that. Neither should they. And certain people like Liz Cheney shouldn't even be given the time of day..old news..old lady..not caring..her husband was cruel.
This is just another example of two VERY OLD politicians saying whatever will get them elected. I hope NEITHER McCain NOR Leiberman EVER get elected again. Give it up! Neither of you will EVER be President and NOBODY cares about your ever-changing self-serving statements (except John King).
Wow–the Republicans bankrupt the government and destroy our economy, then obstruct the whole time Democrats try to fix it, then point and blame Obama for their mess. And with the sad sack of "journalists" we have now, they'll probably get away with it...
We apologize to the American people for the harm we have caused by taking our great country to the brink of a depression, trashing the constitution, violating America's rules of warfare, allowing torture, supporting unnecessary wars that cost the lives of 4500 of our military, taking the side of big business at the expense of our own citizens, conducting a campaign of lies and hate to create President Obama's "Waterloo," and allowing terrorists to attack Americans over a dozen times since 9-11.
FDR ushered in the longest economic expansion (40 years) our country has ever known; Clinton left office with a budget surplus.
Reagan and GW Bush both chose to give the wealthy irresponsible and totally unnecessary tax cuts during war time – and we ended up with huge deficits.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out Republicans don’t know diddly about the economy – McCain included.
Freemason and Vatican double talk.This is just more of the same Republicans an Democrats arguing back and forth nothing really new and dragging America down to the grave so the Freemasons and Vatican can have their Northern Hemisphere Union. lets face it mathematically it's impossible for the American people to pay back the deficient and once the dollar collapses anarchy and unrest will hit this country like a top speed bullet train against a concrete wall. Read more @ !3Th and Pine.
John McCain will never be president but that doesn't mean Obama should be president either.
OK, so if Republicans spent 'like drunken sailors' for 8 years, with the worst Bush deficit being about $400 billion, then what do you call Obama for generating a deficit of $1.3 trillion, with projected deficits of over $1 trillion for the next 10 years. Yes, Bush deficits were bad. Obama's deficits are catastrophic. You liberals need to get a grip. The stimulus was a waste of $800 billion. That would have paid for your precious health care for those who don't bother to work for it for 10 years.
McCain and all the other Republicans believe that giving tax cuts to the wealthy will create jobs and generate more tax revenue. The truth is – not opinion here, but fact – is that the wealthy have taken that extra money and invested it in overseas factories, where labor is cheap and environmental protections don't exist.
The result? The wealthy have gotten wealthier and the American Middle Class has shrunk.
Everyone knows that Republicans, for all their bluster, don't know jack about creating and maintaining a healthy American economy.
All they know is giving more and more money to their cronies – the wealthy, the health insurance industry, the military industrial complex – at the great and lasting expense of the average American.
Contrast that to FDR and now Obama who want to invest in America – through infrastructure, new technologies and education – all necessary ingredients to keep America competitive and prospering.
McCain has held that office for a long time and had plenty of time to speak about Bush Jr. adding almost as much as the last three presidents combined to the deficit.
We didn't hear anything from him during that time about that. No TV ads, no interviews, no....anything...
The unlimited growth of the government we are experiencing today is a pure result of a high level of political corruption that's been dominating washington for the past 20 years. In both political parties, (republican and democrats) law makers instead of being the guardians of our founding fathers principles in controling the government influence in people's life they become the tool for the growth of the government.
We have powerfull lobbying firms contributing money to law makers campaign coffers in order to shape laws that will protect them in robbing the consumer or eliminate any competition to give choice to the consumer or live the market regulate itself in a capitalism economy. In result we have Big Banks and Insurance Monopolies with Super rich CEO's getting more more rich while the rest population is getting poorer and making a middle class inexistent. So when the population is getting poorer and the middle class is threaten then the only way to win votes from that majority poor is to provide government free handouts or increase social programs. it's a shame.
In a perfect capitalism and free society, Government should be creating favorable conditions or providing tools for people to get out of pauvrety themselves by taking self responsability. Not to hand out free money through enormous social programs making some people realy lazy and unproductive and increasing the national debt.
It's ok to care for the Medicaly Disabled but not any capable person hidding behind the curtain of povrety.
stop using the word "SLAM" you had used many times before, and it has lost the meaning.....sounds like Cheap Fox Television
Both losers...........
All Republicans do is say one thing, do another, and treat us like idiots who won’t notice.
Fiscal conservatives – and yet under Reagan and Bush they created huge deficits.
Family values – Rhetoric filled with division and hate; political leaders having affairs.
Protect our freedom – Intruding into the most private aspects of our lives: Sexuality, a woman’s body, a person’s faith.
Lieberman = McCain = fool = loser
John McCain you are not running against Obama for senator. The election for president is over. Try directing your ads at the senator running against you idiot.
Tony
Deficit spending is the difference of revenue, largely from taxes, minus spending by the Fed government. Changes in population are not part of the equation. Keeping revenues in balance with spending is simply a matter of income equally spending. This is sometimes referred to as pay-go. Like you and me, the goverment should balalnce expenses and income annually (pay-go). If under the Bush administration - taking increases in population into account - the government wanted to spend more, they needed to tax more. Very simple.
The problem is that there is no political will to deal with the US population honestly. Therefore year in year out we run deficit budgets.
The Bush deficit are dramatically higher than $5 Trillion when you add in the costs of Iraq and Afganistan. These wars are being funded "off the books" just like Enron was.
To all those asking the (reasonable) question why anyone would want to bankrupt the government, check out the "Cloward-Piven Strategy," first published in The Nation in 1966. No, I'm not going to tell you what it is – you wouldn't believe me. Look it up.
I must say that I enjoy some of the comments MORE than the news item being commented on.
The fact is the American people are not nearly as dumb as some politicans think they are, although I have to say I wondered about that a lot after GWB got in the second time.
"Extreme left wing agenda to bankrupt America" This confirms why I did not vote for John McCain. Had this nation followed the extreme right wing agenda, America would already be in Bankruptcy.
What would the unemployment rate be today if we had followed Eric Cantor and his pals proposals. It would not have been the Great Recesion it would have been the 2nd. Great Depression.
Mike, you and the rest of your reactionary, neo-facist ilk need to get back behind Sarah Palin's skirts and hide.
Tony-George W Bush would call you math "fuzzy."
So transferring $1.3 trillion into the coffers of the military industrial complex to fund georges silly wars is OK? The foreign debt these wars have created are 10 times more of a threat to the stability of this country than the 'terroist' threat invented to support these wars. john mccain has his head up his rear. john, for the sake of the US citizenry, start flying airplanes again, and take lieberman with you.
Wait a second! I though Johnnie was in favor of all these wars in the Mideast! Eliminate them and we cut hundreds of billions. I am thinking that Obama is not quite the "socialist" that Johnnie says he is. In fact, I think it is just the usual lib vs con BS that we hear constantly from politicians. America deserves better! Throw them all out!!
Yeah, I don't think that was much of a "slam"
Isn't it about time the DemocRATS stop playing the blame game and start owning what they have created?.....record debt and ruinous policy. Hey, you've had a year now and all we see is more spending! I'll take Bush's record any day over these bloated, budget-busting braggards.
McCain has gone so far right that he is no longer the man of integrity that our family so fully loved and supported. Its a pity because that integrity is what set him apart. Now in the sunset of his career he has bowed to extremists and become one of them. It breaks my heart...but he long ago gave up the mantle of "Maverick". he is now truly nothing but a side-kick...
KA-POW CNN news slammed for 'slam'-ing, recent readers have slammed CNN news for over use of the word 'slammed' or 'slams' in 97% of headers posted on their 'Political Ticker 'news column. Will the Slamming continue?, good night and good luck.
The power of the constitution will always be in the will of the people, unless a democrat is elected by over 9 million more votes than a republican. Then you obstruct.
McCain knows as well as anyone that 'pork spending' is actually a tiny amount of the federal budget. Arizonans have been reminded of it for years on end with nothing for their state, while John plays to the cameras to stoke his massive ego, not unlike the fires on the USS Forrestal.
As for Joe Lieberman, it's all too little, too late. His polls have tanked, he's on his last term, and Iran or Israel can have him, whichever needs a little more calamity to add to the messes they're already in.
It is my wish that both McCain and Lieberman remain i the Middle East for the duration of their miserable lives, lies, cheating and thievery notwithstanding, until the end of time.
McCain is a has-been loser trying to recapture the spotlight. No one cares what he says or thinks.
"Cloward-Piven Strategy" is taken from right of center literature. It is but one of numerous sources for information, but should certainly not be considered the lone source for formulating an opinion.
It's way past time for joe lieberman to retire to his villa in israel.
Hello CNN, exactly how does Sen. Liberman's quote of "I don't agree with..." McCain constitute a "slam" per your main webpage link to this article? The term "slam" isn't even in the article's actual title. Act like real news people...if I wanted inflammatory headlines I would be surfing Fox.com.
I was expecting more from Lieberman, given the headline.
CNN considers that a "slam"? Really?
By and large, the American public are children who need to be coddled, given candy at the right time and tucked into their beds at night by the politicians they elect and the political parties they back. So is it any wonder people like McCain feed into that formula whenever they can?
The fact of the matter is, we can all disagree with the particulars, but cannot deny this country was headed toward a many-years depression so severe we'd long for the days of 10% unemployment. Government spending has stopped that reality in a way the GOP's answer of never-ending tax cuts wouldn't have.
Tax cuts to stimulate investment and hiring? When no one is buying your goods now, why would anyone invest in producing more?
For the past 100 years, the thing that has brought us out of recession and depression has been government spending. FDR did it, Reagan did it, Bush did it. The problem with the Bush recession is that the Republican economic policies of the past 30 years (policies also followed by the Clinton administration) have left the US in terrible shape financially and already loaded down with debt and drowning in deficits. The problem with President Obama's spending is that it does nothing to help the rich get richer, which is really what Republican object to.
I sure would like to hear how McCain would have done things! You could be sure that the rich would be happy as could be because they'd have the biggest tax breaks in history! That's how Republicans operate! Obama has done more in one year than McCain would have done in 10! His little floosey VP would be out speding all she could get her hands on, firing everyone within her reach, and bringing in her high school cheerleader girlfriends to female up her staff! McCain should not be criticising the president. He should be leading the Republicans in OFFERING solutions. Those people have put up a hard block, finding fault with EVERYTHING Obama has proposed! Solutions to all of our problems can't be the same ole, same ole. As has been said, "How's that working for you?". It hasn't been working for anyone. The new approach is now different than any that have been offered before. People are upset because there's a lot of spending going on. Well, cutting taxes didn't work, so let's try something new. The wars are now under control and an end is in sight. Think of that blood money going back to pay the debt . We must be patient because it takes time for new ideas to take hold and produce results. The Cheney family, McCain, Palin, and FOX News should stop the HATE! If they were truly thinking of the best for the country they would shut up! Many Republicans are smart enough to see what they're up to. Give them credit for some brains. The GOP is going down the tubes!
I remember when McCain left the campaign trail to go back to Washington with much fanfare for an important vote. He voted for the bill which had thousands of dollars of 'pork' while he was stating daily on the campaign, he would never vote for pork.
Now in this interview, ' there he goes again'.
It appears the Republican lawmakers deliberately bankrupted America's economy to obstruct and prevent the Democratic Administration of President Obama from having the funds for the sweeping changes and urgent needs in America's infra-structure needed to turn America around in a new direction.
As President Obama moved to close all of the CIA secret prisons around the world, all of the former CIA directors warned President Obama of consequences if he did so.
It appears the deliberate acts of the CIA in failing to notify the TSA of all of the creditable information on the Nigerian Muslim bomber came from CIA officials that remain loyal to former VP Dick Cheney who want President Obama to fail in shutting down both wars and pulling America back to dealing with urgent and pressing issues with America's infra-structure.
What one know about Deficit and economic when never work one eight hour day in his life. Enough said.
Really... did he "SLAM" the McCain ad by saying "sometimes we disagee?" Better journalism would say Sen. Lieberman disagrees with McCain ad. I agree, CNN is trying to be Fox news.
My great Conspiracy Theory, The G.O.P. and the State Of Israel has constructed a plot. Joe Lieberman is a double agent, he may be a citizens of U.S.A but his heart soul and mind is with the State Of Israel. The Plot is make the U.S.A. fight Israel's enemy the Moslem World and the take over of Middle East Oil Fields, all of them including Iran. They don't want it too ovious so they keep the Israeli Army out of sight and off the battlefield. Senator JOE L really needs to run for Prime Minister of Israel and not for Politcal Office in America.. we will continue to be at war with the entire moslem World as long as Lieberman is still calling shots in the Senate
Listen to what Joe is saying...he's got it right.
Liberman just wants to get elected again. Dodd is out so he has to go back to his liberal thinking. We are bankrupt already because of Dodd and Frank so Joe you have to make a better argument than that.
They both get their paychecks from the same person. Cmon children. Don't show that you both agree. That would be giving away the truth.Just like in zeitgeist. We all need some drama.
This is why John isn't President; and shouldn't be a senator.
There is a place for McCain, it's caled a retirment home.
I don't believe a word McCain says anymore; I have lost all faith in him! It's time for him to go!
Yes, he "stands in the way." It's all he's capable of.
I believe that much of Senator McCain's gripe about the President has honestly a lot to do with his lost of Presidency. McCain and the rest of the Republicans had the last 8 years to improve this country and we see the results of that debacle. He offers nothing, but more of the same and I am praying that someone from the state of Arizona would honestly look to vote hit out.
Ah, a pitiful gasp from a desperate man. The old John McCain would spit on the latest version. Is he really that angry over his most recent presidential loss that he's been reduced to nothing but a confused, snarling political hack? It' appears so.
When he chose palin, he sacrificed his integrity and principles. I guess being a cranky old man howling at the moon is going to be his lasting legacy.
McCain is just running again because Cindy doesn't know what she would do with him in the house everyday. She likes him to be busy in DC while she does her thing in AZ. Time to retire, John. Your arguments are getting stale, and starting to lack common sense.
"The stimulus was a waste of $800 billion. That would have paid for your precious health care for those who don't bother to work for it for 10 years.">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Mike, you need to get a grip. Millions of people are working and either don't get health care insurance or can't afford it. They all can't be as fortunate as you. It's not a matter of "working" for it.
Question how can libernman slam mcain over anything as he is a bigger republican than mcain himself is in my personal way of seeing this politicially related issues. who held health care hostage until he got his way to protcet the insurance industry across this country from having any real form of comptetion , the people of the great state of conn need throw his a– out of office once an for all an be throught with him forever
Wasn't it the past administration that got us into 2 wars. By my calculation, that adds up to a huge national debt!!! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize what the past administration has spent.
The billions that we have spent on wars in the past years would feed a whole nation and give healthcare to the whole nation as well!!!
Talk about spending money wisely!!
Alinsky Is Laughing At You...This is the stupid crap...you right wingers always find...YES I looked it up...fact checked it....you are a lunatic...as is Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and the rest of the racist that you listen to.
God help us.....
It's unfortunate that of all people, John McCain should feel forced to use such tactics to get reelected. It is not what he stands for. I wonder if he will have any guilt over this, or is he just becoming more and more like the right wingers of his Party? He didn't used to be that way. Even though I didn't vote for him, I still always respected him, but this strategy is a real turn-off. I am glad he is not president, because it is clear now that he would not have been a good representative of all the people.
To "leftisloony"
California is bankrupt for its remarkable governor and it's ridiculous state constitution that requires vote on every public measure. Over the years, it has grown in population, economy, etc. without much tax revenue coming in, thanks to the non-stop tax-breaks and other stupid incentives by the Republicans.
NY and Illinois to follow? Which country do you live in? The computer that you are using to right this senseless rubbish is probably paid for by the high-tax paying residents of NY or Illinois. We, unfortunately, are paying you for your right to be stupid.
Take an economics class and read constitutional law. Make it a new year's resolution.
I do believe it's time for McCain to retire. I am a concervative on many issues but saying that Obama is trying to Bancrupt the United States of America is nonsence. All poiliicians are to blame for the mess this countries in and they should all be working together to fix it. Those in the far right and far left are hampering the process if they are so intent on proving the other wrong. What is wrong with this country, have we not learned anything?!
Hey Mike, formerly from Syracuse, gues what, over $400 billion of that 1.3 trillion is from lost tax revenue, yeah, from 8 years of Republican rule, you people need to do a little research and not mis-lead people. Then again most of the people that disagree with the way this administration is trying to get out of the hole left by the Redumblicans are only listening to the right wing idiots that got us into this position and defended it.
At one time, both of these men had remarkable ideas and did some remarkable things for their respective states.
Now, they both appear to have lost some of their faculties, or at the very least their common sense.
And both of them have arguably sold their souls, politically speaking, in hopes of getting elected to various offices over the past 8 years.
Now, they both need to retire before they destroy what's left of their legacies.
McxCain should just fade away and give some younger person a
chance to foul things up. He is so Hypacritical in everything he says
that it is hard to believe anything he stands for.
Seems like a lot of "ageism" from libs on these blogs- these 2 have more knowledge and can react twice as fast as Obama to urgent situations–and he is almost half their age–go figure.....
I wouldn't trust Joe Lieberman any farther than I could throw a piano. This is a man who, while being associated with both parties was actually doing all he could to sink the Democrats attempt to bring about a long needed health care plan for the first time in many years.This, to a nation desperately in need, with people actually dying for lack of care.There is no way to describe this mans duplicity He is dangerous because he cannot be trusted. Interestingly he is now turning on a man, John McCain who has supposedly always been his best friend.With THIS kind of friend, you don't need enemies.
McCain is a nasty little old man who has NOTHING to offer anyone! In one word, he'sd a fraud – period!
While I certainly agree with joe Liebermann on this issue, this guy is going to end up with no one to support him. He is just pissing everyone off.
Senator McCain stated in the U.S. Senate he did not know what is going on here during Senator Liberman vote on health care speach when his time was up.
Senator McCain you are correct you really do not know what is going on here and it time for you to leave the Senate.
Senator McCain it is time for you to retire and go back to AZ.
Let the two little female dogs fight!
politics...plain and simple. who ever became president inherited the mess of war, home implosion, unemployment... as to who could make it worse after 2008? the jury is still out and it'll be years before we know. mccain lost, lieberman is still in, and obama is where the buck now stops. politics...plan and simple.
Sen Lieberman in his heart knows that John McCain and the ad are right. Sen Lieberman can't believe that the trillions in corrupt spending and debt are really what our country should be doing. Sen Lieberman can't believe that the corruption of the Louisiana Purchase and Corhusker Kickback are the way we should be running our Government! Sen Lieberman has taken a lot of heat from the crazy left that is bankrupting our nation. If it helps him with the corrupt left wing nut cases a little criticism between friends won't hurt anybody!
Bush and the conservative movement have created every problem that they're now criticizing the democrats for trying to solve. Hey John, did you ever consider that you're responsible for it?
McCain finished last or second to last in his Naval Academy class which he got in because of his Admiral dad. He also nearly flunked out of flight school but due to his dad intervening again he doesn't. Then he gets shot down on one of his first missions in Vietnam because of his poor flying ability then he makes a career off his illustrious POW experience. And we give him creedence on his opinions on how to save America? No wonder Arizona is the only state he can get elected from.
Reading the comments here I just wonder what their suggestions are? McCain dropped off the campaign trail and flew back to Washington to vote on Bush's stimulus bill and didn't even know what he was talking about when asked. Now, all he can do is criticise. What would he be doing? Would he cut taxes and lower revenue so we can't pay for the two wars we are fighting, or for the military or for our infrastructure. We already know they don't want to bother with health care.
Lieberman??? What will he do? what has he done?? What are his solutions???? Who the heck is he??????
It is so very easy for people sitting on the side line to criticise, whine, bi!ch and moan when they have no responsibility or accountability for anything. If McCain was so smart and had all the answers he would be in the White House today. Contrary to Republicans belief, the majority of Americans are not stupid. We did not believe McCain, Sarah Palin or Republicans had the answers and we see that they still don't have the answers. If they did, our country wouldn't be in the shape it is in today. Hmmm, President Obama sure didn't inherit the same country George Bush did, now did he?
@Alinsky,
I looked up the "Cloward-Piven Strategy" in a few sources. The right-wing sources did describe it as a bankruptcy strategy, but Wikipedia describes it better, I think. They wanted to cause political stress in the system, in order to bring awareness to the plight of the nation's poor. Their ultimate goal was a form of socialism, similar to what we have in Alaska (where the state pays everyone a fixed but small income).
You may not agree with socialism, but the process wasn't about bankrupting America. Read a few sources, not just one.
King advertised his show as "a hearing on information" from these two losers on their take of "foreign affairs;" instead, he asked John McSame about the RNC problems with Steele, which McCry quickly avoided and jumped into his canned speech on Obama ruining the country. As usual, old John King sat there with his bobble head firmly in place.
I think I have already seen this interview on Fox several times; at least 100 times during the campaign.... which John McSame LOST!
Is this the same John McCain who claimed our economy was solid just prior to the worst collapse of the financial system since the great depression?
Is this the same John McCain who was for and then against any stimulus plan to reverse the severe economic devestation the Bush regime subjected our citizens to.......and then dabbled in the melodrama of suspending his presidential campaign to go to Washington during the congressional vote and was then snubbed by both his party as well as the opposition?
This is almost comical. Seems we can always tell when McCain is ignoring the facts and spewing empty, political rhetoric........yes, we can tell, everytime his lips are moving.
Listening to McCain when it comes to the economy is like depending on my auto mechanic for dental advice.
scifiguy asked "I wonder why Liberals and President Obama hate America?"
I sometimes wonder the same thing, but about Conservatives. How can they hate Americans and American values so much?
But what I really wonder is why there are so many people, left and right, who think that people who have a different political view do not love this country. It's pretty sad that we believe disagreement = lack of love for country.
It's a concern when politicians decide they're going rogue, although that's nearly impossible for a Republican to express any thought not previously authorized by the party.
Of course when Sarah Palin refers to her base and going rogue, she's probably thinking about applying base first before going with the rouge.
Anybody with half a brain should have McCain's and Liberman's number by now. They want it both ways, and hope you're stupid enough not to notice!! The two of them are yesterday's news, and need to go!
What did these two do during the Bush years as the country was being economically raped and brought to the wrong war?
Why do we pay any attention to these two idiots any way?
Just vote them out come election time
McCain you are not the President. You weren't a good candinate. You were running when the enconomy was free falling. Who are you now to try and question what President Obama is doing. For a spilt second after the election you disapear, can you please do something like that again. Half the time you don't know what the hell you are talking about. Please leave it to the more intelligent one's.
Gosh, all I have to say is who is eating imported $150.00 steaks at the Whitehouse while 22 million Americans are eating beenie weenies without jobs and without HOPE of any jobs in any foreseeable future. You are nothing more than a tax paying paycheck for your elected officials at this point, hitting the Senate or House is like hitting the LOTTO. The system has been corrupted by special interest lawyers voting themselves entitlements known as self serving politicians to the point that America needs to stand up and flush the system. I'm sure it would recover to its present level of corruption in time however maybe in the transition America could recover a little bit?! Destroy the economy and the religious base and it is easy to control the sheeple.
Most Americans don't agree with McCain...last election proved that.
It has been obvious from the beginning of Obama's Reign that he is out to fundamentally change this nation from a Democracy to a Communistic Society! That is his "far left agenda" and to make the Union?SEIU a monopoly! Someone has to stop him!!!
For the last decade, Mr. McCain was in the Congress voting for Republican budgets and the repeal of Glass-Steagall Act. His hands are very dirty with American blood.
I hope he's enjoying his seven houses that he married.
He's got no clue what it's like to be an American.
and I USED to respect him as a hero.
quite sad
Lieberman, "Stop lying"!
You all up in McCain's butt during the campaign and after the election. Your numbers are tanking in Connecticut and you're looking for sympathy. Forget it, you are done this time!
Nobody agrees with McCain...not even Sarah Palin. Ha!
Someone should remind McCain that it was the previous administration that gutted out treasury, spent money as though there was no tomorrow and left us on the brink of global economic collapse. Why do these Republicans think we're going to forget that?
Nobody agrees with McCain, last election proved that.
I read many of the comments that people write on Fox News website as well as on CNN. I think the biggest problem is that there is too much anger coming from both sides toward the other. Both the Democrates and the Republicans have contributed towards our country's current economic problems. Getting angry at each other and coming up with conspiracy theories is not going to solve anything.
Nothing positive and real is ever going to get done until Democrats, Republicans can put aside the anger, and learn to work with each other. The way people are acting today is really kind of sad.
Amen, thinkagain!
I keep telling those who are so obsessed with republicans way of low taxes. These wealthy corps took the monies and sent jobs overseas.
What I find is funny, some people say "Hilary would make a better president than Obama" Notice NO One says McCain would make a better president than Obama?
We elected the best. America got it right.
to mike formerly from syracuse:
if you think the uninsured are only comprised of people who don't want to work for it, you are not intelligent enough to be on this board.
many employers don't offer insurance and many employees are not allowed to get 40 hours so they would have insurance. many others are self-employed or denied insurance for other reasons.
get your facts straight.
If the above respondents are a statistical sample of american voters no wander America is in such mess.
As usual, McCain's on the wrong side of common sense. He stood with Bush to put us in this economic mess.
The Dems are not in a riot and frenzy. McCain, as well as all the other old guard are the ones in a frenzy. They are no longer revelant and they just can't understand that. They have no productive ideas, they can only criticize and tear this Country further apart. I didn't see McCain running off his mouth during the Bush debacle when Bush was putting this Country into ruin. Thank God for President Obama. I have never been so proud of any President in my 40 years of voting.
McCain's "crusade to bankrupt America" statement makes me sad. He was my one last hope for civility from the Republican Party. Sen. McCain had the opportunity to say "I disagree with spending priorities and here's why", but he had to go with name-calling and accusing Pres. Obama of wanting to destroy the country. He has just put himself in the same category as Beck, Limbaugh, and all the politicians who serve them.
Wow! he got some nerve disagreeing with the almighty mccain. let's see how long it lasts.
Does it really take McCain to tell us that this Country is going bankrupt?
BOTH OF THEM NEED TO RETIRE .. ONE HAS TO LED THE OTHER AROUND .. lol And america doesn't need to pay for them to travel all over the world . keep them home our make them stay in maybe a place like Yemen
All of us who identify with DEMS or REPS and use that as an argument to continue spending like drunken sailors are fools. The numbers get larger each time and this administration will make the past bad-guys' (whichever your favorite flavor) overspending look like the work of amateurs. So I suggest you aim at the thiefs in Washington of both parties rather than each other.
What we think might be progress is really buying votes with cash. Your cash!! It must be nice to negotiate your re-election agenda with other folks' money. Imagine the business deals one could pull off with an almost endless supply of cash that is not yours. The health care bill was a theft of biblical proportions with the billions in payments to the various states whose Senators were smart enough to hold out 'til the end in the health care debate. Can you imagine when all 50 of them wake up and hold out for more cash for re-election. Where do you think the repayment is coming from? And by the way, the reason Clinton was able top repay some of the debt was because for the last 6 years of his DEM administration the REPS controlled Congress but without a override majority. So there were checks and balances in place which allowed businesses to create jobs knowing that the government wouldn't be able to enact anything too stupid – in other words the government would stay out of the way!! God willing we will return to those days!!
more than you earn?
You go bankrupt. End of story.
So McCain thinks he could have done better? This coming from the man who didn't realize the economty was in trouble when he was running for President. He's part of the problem. After all, he's part of the reason the national debt doubled in size during the Bush reign of terror. Get rid of all these old politicians that have made a career out of being national politicians and get some new, intelligent people in to manage our country.
ThinkAgain said "McCain and all the other Republicans believe that giving tax cuts to the wealthy will create jobs and generate more tax revenue. The truth is – not opinion here, but fact – is that the wealthy have taken that extra money and invested it in overseas factories, where labor is cheap and environmental protections don't exist."
This is a gross mischaracterization of a sound economic model that the GOP has long endoresed, but has gotten away from in terms of spending. People like you and the Dems rail against the history of Economics and pretend that tax policy should reflect your mistaken ideals of pushing economics as a social justice agenda to appeal to the crass ideals of populism, but which ultimately hurt this country. Jobs have left the country for two reasons. One, we are extremely affluent and we live in a global economy that helps us more than hurts us, by a lot. How else could electronics and other goods be so cheap and plentiful to us? As much as many complain about their plight, we are much better fed and enjoy much higher standards of living then we did during the early and mid 20-th century when we were a manufacturing economy. Two, the Left keeps pretending that you can indeed take water only out of the deep end of the pool, but you cannot. Jobs that would otherwise stay here get shipped off because the tax burden in the United States for Corporations and Investment is among the highest in the World. We would increase our total tax revenue if we lowered corporate taxes and capital gains.
good lord the man is still doing his i was a p.o.w. you owe me act from the convention.
mr. mccain it isn't called standing in the way it is called OBSTRUCTIONISM.
Chip, you ought to look up what a "facist" really is. It might surprise you how facist the Democratic Party is becomming.
Someone thinks that Americans aren't as dumb as politicians think they are? No, they are dumber even dumber than they think. On the most important issues: health, food and farming, the economy, military... Americans continue to be sheeple... blindly supporting the insanity...
After all Lieberman is a died in the wool Democrat and he has to spend.That is a Democrats path to winning elections and he knows it.Spending other people's money ,such as taking all of those perks and the RollsRoyce health care plan he has, is easy for him. We should elect people who have to live by the same laws they force on us. If we counted the people who have never worked, and will never work at any job, unemployment would be 50 percent even in good times.
Mr Mccain, I have to ask......what about all the debt G.W. Bush laid on the backs of our children and grandchildren? or do you no speak of that? Obama inherited this mess and it wil take a while to clean it up, then American will elect another Republican in and they will run it up again! Republicans do spend......they just spend on different things than Democrats such as tax rebates for the wealthiest Americans!
A sad aspect of freedom of speech is that politicians cannot be charged with slandering other politicians. But journalists are supposed to expose the lies and voters are supposed to get the liers out of office. Clearly this whole mechanism is badly broken.
Obama is not trying to bankrupt the nation nor is McCain standing in his way every day. Both obvious lies, the first statement is tantamount to a public accusation of treason (conspiracy to bring down the government) against the sitting president. We should be laughing him out of office.
An important part of journalism is holding public figures accountable. Why isn't John King saying "aren't these outright lies? How could any serious person listen to or agree with this stuff?"
McCain is well aware that government spending in excess of revenue is in fact desirable and essential for economic recovery (the hard part is running a surplus during growth periods), so he's also lying about this particular spending being bad, and he is attempting to use other's ignorance of economics to get himself re-elected - despite the fact that what he is advocating is bad for the American people and he knows it.
Why does everyone still talk about what Bush did? Bush is gone. The ball is now Obama's to run with. Part of that is owning up to decisions that were yours and not blaming your predecessor for the situation. Didn't Obama say that he wanted to clean up the mess but he didn't want to hear from who made the mess, they should just get a broom and get to work? Take some of your own advice Mr. President. Stop whining about the situation you were handed and GET TO WORK!
It is time we get rid of both the democrats and the republicans.
Niether party cares about the country.
The only thing they care is who is going to pay them more gor thier crooked votes.
Think again- Explain to me again how many jobs low income and lower middle income people create. How many low income people do you know that employ 5-10-50 or 100 people? How did that 800 hundred billion "stimulus" that was going to create jobs and keep unemployment under 8% work? Your screen name is laughable. I have read many of your comments, and it is very obvious that you are incapable of thinking for yourself. and just parrot the left-wing nutjobs that do your thinking for you. But yeah, lets tax the rich more, shucks, they will just happily pay the Government more without passing the increase along to the consumers or taking companies oversees. Idiot left wing-nut philosphy.
It reminds me of Spy vs. Spy only in this case it is Loser vs. Bigger Loser. They should both take a que from Chris Dodd and retire. McCain is tired and showing it and Lieberman is, well Lieberman is Lieberman and isnt that enough! America deserved better representation. Whatever happened to "Mavericks"...McCain has sold his soul to the Wingnuts...what a shame.
If you look at a political compass Obama is actually on the right so is the entire democratic party except for Dennis Kucinich. He doesn't have "extreme leftist agenda" it is only farther left than McCain so it is extreme.
Lieberman knows that he screwed the pooch by threatening to filibuster HCR. His approval rating in CT is around 25%. This is his weak attempt at shoring up his left flank.
It won't work.
Let's see, congress is the place that the legislation comes from right? They're the ones responsible for putting pork into that in the first place. Shame on McCain and the rest of congress for blaming it on the president. They've only themselves to blame for putting crap into bills that only helps a few groups instead of the US as a whole.
America will soon be run by younger people. The old line of Washington, people like McCain and Lieberman need to retire and go home. In December, Lieberman received $1.4 million dollars from the healthcare insurance companies in Connecticut, just before he announced that he would not vote for the single payor option for people who cannot get healthcare insurance. These old guys are only interested in hanging around to get the PAC Money, or kickbacks from the pharmaceutical and healthcare insurance companies. We need term limits, and a younger thinking leadership. New jobs will come from small business, not big business. The GOP seems to side with big business, the pharmaceutical, and healthcare insurance companies. Forget all the talk about change. If you are one of 2.4 million people who will lose your home to foreclosure in 2010, you know what a life changing event that is; so that kind of change sucks. Where was the GOP when Bush and Paulson gave over $350 Billion to Wall Street, only to be told that credit will be tightened, not loosened.
Question for Big Mac: In how many years of the presidencies of George Bush the First and the Second was the Federal Budget in balance?
Answer: Zero
Question: On how many occasions in those twelve years did Big Mac oppose a major tax cut or spending bill proposed by the Bushes.
Answer: Zero
Question: How much credibility does the GOP and its current Mac Attack have with anyone who is paying attention?
Answer: Zero
time to vote for "none of the above"
It's truly a sad time when a moderate republican like McCain thinks he has to use this kind of attack to appease the right wing nuts.
Turning coat
When a republican so called president BORROWS 1.8 BILLION DOLLARS FOR EVERY DAY HE IS IN OFFICE WITH JOHN McCAINS HELP AND BLESSING AND LEAVES A 6 TRILLION DOLLAR ADDITION TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL DEBT AND McCains blasts a democrat that has been in office for less than one year.
If John McCain was smart enough to know all things he would be a retired Admiral like his father and his grand father.
I'm sooo sick of McCain.
Please, McCain. You lost. What don't you understand, my friend..to use your overused words?
CNN..how about reporting the news that's important and less of that which people don't care about? Go MSNBC!!
McCain had no problem with George W. and his fellow Republicans robbing America...why so worry about it now? What difference is it to him who robs America...he;s just lingereing for his big slice of the pie thats all.
Too funny. Can you imagine what the economy would look like if "suspend the campaign" mclame and caribou barbie were in the WH???? My God. WE would not be worrying about deficits, we would be worrying about 35% unemployment and no financial sector left standing. No auto jobs – mclame was against loaning GM and Chrysler money to stay afloat, no jobs from infrastructure spending, no mortgage relief - and that is jsut the start. mklame would not have been able to address helath reform since we would be nearing reviolution at this point, just like when Hoover did what mckane would have done during his term in the early 1930s before FDR came along and saved not just the nation but capitalism. mckane or any republicon talking about the economy is like an arsonist talking about fire prevention.
Where is the surprise here? Sen. McCain and other top Republicans have used fear and intimidation as their best weapon against President Obama and his policies starting on Day 1 of his presidency. Is that all they can offer?
What about Bush's record deficit spending? Where were all the so-called-fiscal conservatives when Bush was doubling our national debt?
The Republicans ONLY complain when the Democrats spend...... the GOP presidents can do as they please. Hypocrisy.
I suppose its too much to ask that the GOPers understand that......
1. President Obama inherited an economic disaster, close to the Great Depression.
2. That the Stimulus Bill has created jobs, though not enough. Conservatives do not know American History, if they did they would know that during the Great Depression, FDR created an enormous deficit in order to put our Nation's economy back to prosperity.
3. IF you, conservatives knew some U.S. History you would know that during the Twin Recessions of '81 & '82, a Republican was president. However, unlike President Obama, Reagan was not crucified for the Twin Recessions.
4. In ....1983...... when REAGAN was president our unemployment was......... also.........10%....... and we did survive and go on to the great 90's when our economy thrived.
I am sick and tired of the hate spewed at President Obama, which is really veiled .......racism........ I have never seen such hate towards an American president in my 56 yrs. of life!
When Bush was president, the conservatives would call Liberals Anti-American & un-patriotic for criticizing a president!
Whose Anti-American now?
Perhaps we should just have let the poor starve. Let those who lost their jobs and health insurance lose their homes along with their pride. Why is offering a helping hand such anathema to McCain and the Republicans? McCain has done nothing in recent years but reverse the ideas and philosophy of his early years. I once had respect for John McCain but no longer. He has joined the " criticize the opposing party for anything and everything" group. You know you CAN disagree with things your own party does and you CAN approve ideas of the opposing party. It is allowed!
What we really have to ask ourselves is,"would you trust your children with either of these clowns for more than a minute"?We believe Dementia has set in on both of them.We dont trust either one of them to lead, more than a circus parade or TCMs birthday party.Hahaha
Whoever wrote this article didn't watch the same interview I did. "Slam" in the headline is totally inappropriate, in fact I think Lieberman actually chuckled before he made his comment. You're reference to "driving a bit of a wedge" is also rediculous. Why does all the news media keep having to dramatise everything. Just report the facts.
Americans are VERY fortunate to NOT have Senator McCain for President.
The country would have been in a deep depression, war with Iran and N. Korea, more distance between us and the world, women's rights abolished, mockery of science and the rise of the religious right.
We certainly would be going back to the dark ages.
The GOP have devoted ALL their time hating President Obama, instead of working for the American people.
People of Arizona. What are you waiting for? Why not recalling this old crook McCain now?
is CNN kidding? The article is titled "Leiberman slams McCain new ad" but the quote they used as justification was "sometimes we don't agree"
Where is the "slam?" Wow, CNN, please be more biased for me, then at least this would be entertainment, and not the news it parades to be.
Sounds like Lieberman is starting to get worried about his recently crashing approval.
I actually like John McCain, personally but certainly not politically. He is a person of confiction if not intellect. His main focus is pork. He seems not to have noticed all the spending in the Bush Administration unless it was a "pork barrel project". He never seemed concerned about the wars that certainly were more expensive than his pet concern.
He seems more concerned with bravado and machismo (and "maverick") acts toward nations we don't like than he does towards diplomacy and strategic thinking.
John is a good man whose intellect goes as far as his "gut" will take him.
Lieberman is disagreeing with McCain because now is the political moment to pretend he still sides with Democrats. I hope the voters in Connecticut are too smart for this shrewd yet see through maneuver.
there are greater issues to react to in Obama's government than pork. It's a little disgusting to know that people like McCain are blocking Obama every step of the way when the times call for everyone to pull together. Obama was convincingly elected to lead, let him lead for crying out loud.
Curious how beloved our president is who takes 3 days to respond to an amature terrorist attack that almost succeeded. Couldn't break away from his golf game to respond (or maybe he waited to be told what to say from his ZARs). He jets all over the country vacationing while so many people are out of work. He's going to take care of all you losers that want a hand-out from those of us who work hard,
I can't wait to see how well the stimulus money will boost the local economies of the non existent zip codes. Or maybe the tennis courts will generate enough money for congress' pay increase.
McCain said: "I stand in his way every day..." I think this goes to show why our nation is quickly slipping on the superpower scale. Because "our" politicians are more concerned with impeding each other's work and progress for the nation.
This is a fine example of why Old Man McCain didn't come close to being elected. Obama may not be doing the greatest job, but look at what he walked into. Mr. McCain is simply living in a fantasy world...that dry desert air must be drying out his brain.
The problem is not government growth, but unending corporatocracy. Corporations are NOT the same as a person, don't have the rights that the people do, and DO have responsibilities to the community that gives them the infrastructure necessary to exist.
The GOP has nothing to offer. Why the fxxx are we borther listerning to them. They are should retire and go home. Let the people who are out of work have their jobs if they care about this country. BULL
The Bush administration was handed a balanced budget then ran up 5+ trillion in debt during a period of economic prosperity. Why wasn't McCain concerned about spending then? We should have been stuffing the coffers for a rainy day instead of cutting taxes and spending money like a drunken sailor.
Go, Joe, go! Do whatever your sorry ass can to further divide the Repugs.
McCain and Liberman are both fools of the year.
I don't think the Gop realizes that one day if their fortunate enough may gain the White House back and when they do they will be heavily scrutinized and blamed on a daily basis and fortunately we can conjure up the truth with our finger tips. What goes around , comes around! I use to believe CNN was a responsible news source unfortunately They let the Gop spin their lies! I'm done with CNN!!! Fox news is nothing but propaganda. That leaves MSNBC and thus far when they have been wrong they retract and admit it. The other stations don't even make an attempt. They think we are stupid! As far as nightly news stations, forget them to. Everything our President is trying to do to get this country on track is blasted by idiots! I'm just sick of the lott of them! Want real news, tune into the BBC! John King , he is an inside man to right wing!
mr. dip and Mr. stick or the two stoogies , or just caLL them dumb LOL
Grandkids do not pay for deficits due to wars, excessive tax cuts, military spending, etc. Reagan ran on a balanced budget even supporting a balanced budget amendment and then as pointed out by previous commentors ran up the biggest deficits ever at the time. Been the same for all Repubs since with obviously GWB running up $5 Trillion in debt, passing tax cuts that created no permanent jobs only a construction/housing bubble, and left the economy in total collapse. Do we really want to be led by a party that believes safety pinning teabags all over their clothing is somehow intelligent?
The ones saying we should cut taxes and gut gov spending are probably those who benefited the most from 20 yr of extremely generous tax cuts which allowed them to invest more in the stock market.. I'll bet they also enjoy those socialist programs Medicare and SS and aren't willing to give them up for the good of the deficits. HA
McCain has dementia, as proven by his total loss of memory concerning the last 8 years. I honestly don't know who these two believe is still listening to them, because way over half of Americans don't. Just look at LIEberman's latest poll, and I'm not so certain that McCain will win his seat in November. Wouldn't that be grand?
THEY (Republican and Democrat politicians) are not the problem. WE THE PEOPLE are the problem. In a democracy, if the people elect politicians who drive their country trillions and trillions of dollars into debt, then the people are responsible for it. WE (the Republican AND Democrat electorate) have caused ALL of the problem and taken NONE of the responsibility. The Greater/Greatest Depression IS coming to America, the reasons are deeply rooted in our culture, and there IS NO turning back at this point. [Unless you want to cut virtually ALL spending and just spend a couple decades paying taxes to cover your accumulated debts while receiving very skimpy barebones benefits from the national gov't? No? You'd never dream of such a thing? I didn't think so.) Thus the only thing a wise American can do at this point is to buy a piece of land (in this country or elsewhere), start learning some agricultural and survival skills, and brace for the inevitable.
Someone below said take Econ 101 and you'll never vote for the GOP. Not quite true. Take Econ 101 and you'll never vote for either party.
Fact is Bush thought VETO was a four letter word and never used it. Obama said he would change things and get spending under control. He hasn't done it.
Granted the economy and the wars have made it difficult, but until all of the clowns we have elected in both parties stop feeding the pork-barrel binge, nothing will change. Give the President a line item veto and then it will be much easier to hold the President (whoever he or she is accountable for bringing spending under control.
Who cares about what that Judas says or thinks !
Whether he agrees or not w/Mccain, the point is that CNN agrees w/McCain and is continuing McCain's campaign against The President. Look at all that free Obama Bashing time they provide and think advertisers are more than willing to pay them for that co-agenda. Disgusting. The show and J King is unwatchable.