McCain having it his way now

I hope Michigan votes for McCain and Palin who will actually serve our country and the american people instead of Obama who wants to appease foreign nations (see campaign trip to europe) and not our own, who will implement socialist healthcare (who do you think pays for that?) and is pretty impressed by himself. Obama is undoubtedly a great speaker and charismatic, but won’t put the American people over his party agendas and foreign countries demands which is bass-ackwards.

Obama has said over and over that he wants to get out of Iraq and fix things at home in America instead of putting billions of dollars a year into a country with people who hate Americans.

I guess you have too good to understand that there are millions of people living below the poverty line that need help. the republican party is too selfish to care about them with their “pull yourself up by your boots straps mentality”. barack put it best when he countered with, “what if you don’t have any boots?”

And what is wrong with having good writers? I would like to have a president that doesn’t fumble through his speeches. A president taht I can actually be proud of. I would also like to have a country that is not hated by the rest of the world. Is it bad that we want to have a relationship with other countries instead of invading them?

“constant partisan rancor” like all the speeches given the night before, especially Gov Palin’s. ————————————————————- “We were elected to change Washington, and we let Washington change us”, but now vote for me because “change is coming.” We’re supposed to believe this when they failed before? ————————————————————— “After we’ve won, we’re going to reach out our hand to any willing patriot, make this government start working for you again,” as opposed to Obama who is reaching out to everyone while campaigning. ————————————————————— “I don’t work for a party.” except when I vote with President Bush 90% of the time. ————————————————————— It’s absolutely dumbfounding that the Republicans are now taking up “change” when they’ve been the ones who got us into this mess in the first place. Americans do want change and Republicans aren’t it. Vote John McCain, they screwed up before, but now they admit it and are going to work to “change” it…. please…

Rachel I feel you 100%. I know Obama and his peeps want Global Peace and the Republicans need the fear factor to win, so the fact that wars can be won with words as opposed to gigantic military machinery scares them. McCain will only embrace death of those that dissent with the American way of being. We need to embrace the dissenters and adapt our culture. I speak not of the crazy dissenters who cause pain and suffering, but the medical realm in lets say Austria, etc.

And why are we planning on paying Georgia? That is THEIR problem not ours, that’s why there’s a World Bank and NATO. That money could go to better the lesser here in America. One thing that people don’t remember is that we stand together, and we’re only as strong as our weakest link. So what does that say about inner city education, prisons, and high school drop outs? America is screwed and has been screwed for a LONG TIME by people like John McCain, George Bush I and II, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan. Those people STOPPED caring and that is WRONG! Obama cares! He is the best possible candidate in a LONG TIME. Vote Obama, please don’t put the death machine back into office!

God Bless America!

The dems should be handing out stickers that simpley state: DON’T BE FOOLED AGAIN!
If we are and vote for John then we deserve whatever comes afterwards.

Sarah Barrrrrrrrrrricuuuuda!

I can’t believe that there are still people willing to extend George Bush’s policies by voting for McCain. I also thought there was no chance that Georgie was going to be elected for a second term due to him being so inept. Our thought processes in this country are seriously flawed. The Republican ideals are old and short sighted. These war/Oil mongers have destroyed our economy (lets send another seventy billion to Iraq). Iraq actually has a surplus budget this year. And I’m glad our kids will be paying that debt back to China (from whence the money came). Great job Republicans!
PS- Check today’s report on the new high for jobless rates. Great job Republicans!

McCain/Palin is the worst thing for the US future. What do either of them know about not having a job or not having enough money? These are supposed to be the people and the world look to and reflect on the US. Is this want we what the world to think of us? Close minded and stuck in the past? We need someone who will guild us to a better future for America!

the democrats are so low brow. not very well mannered people.

Hypocrisy again, calling statement of fact low brow. I would much rather have Obama and Biden be the go to guys in a globalizing earth. McCain would pull the trigger before he even saw a gun. He is irrational and a scared old man. Palin is a gimp, nothing to do with quality leadership. You can back reference to issues with her that I posted previously.

Yikes is all I can say. McCain is better then Bush, but my parents beagle would be a better prez then Bush. Please God save the United States of America from John McCain, please!

There are good Republicans, but he is NOT one of them!

Furthermore from FactCheck.Org

FactChecking McCain
September 5, 2008
He made some flubs in accepting the nomination.
Summary
We checked the accuracy of McCain’s speech accepting the Republican nomination and noted the following:

* McCain claimed that Obama’s health care plan would “force small businesses to cut jobs” and would put “a bureaucrat … between you and your doctor.” In fact, the plan exempts small businesses, and those who have insurance now could keep the coverage they have. * McCain attacked Obama for voting for “corporate welfare” for oil companies. In fact, the bill Obama voted for raised taxes on oil companies by $300 million over 11 years while providing $5.8 billion in subsidies for renewable energy, energy efficiency and alternative fuels. * McCain said oil imports send “$700 billion a year to countries that don’t like us very much.” But the U.S. is on track to import a total of only $536 billion worth of oil at current prices, and close to a third of that comes from Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom. * He promised to increase use of “wind, tide [and] solar” energy, though his actual energy plan contains no new money for renewable energy. He has said elsewhere that renewable sources won’t produce as much as people think. * He called for “reducing government spending and getting rid of failed programs,” but as in the past failed to cite a single program that he would eliminate or reduce. * He said Obama would “close” markets to trade. In fact, Obama, though he once said he wanted to “renegotiate” the North American Free Trade Agreement, now says he simply wants to try to strengthen environmental and labor provisions in it.

Analysis
Sen. John McCain’s acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Sept. 4 was couched more in generalities than in specifics, offering fewer factual claims to check than we found in other speeches to the gathering. But we found some instances where the nominee strained the truth.

Insurance Claims

McCain mischaracterized Obama’s health care plan:

McCain: His plan will force small businesses to cut jobs, reduce wages, and force families into a government run health care system where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor.

mccain at conventionThe claim that “small businesses” would have to “cut jobs, reduce wages,” runs counter to Obama’s actual proposal. Obama’s plan would require businesses to contribute to the cost of insurance for employees or pay some unspecified amount into a new public plan. But his proposal specifically says, “Small businesses will be exempt from this requirement.” And it offers additional help to small businesses that want to provide health care in the form of a refundable tax credit of up to half the cost of premiums. We’ll note that neither man has defined what exactly a “small business” is.

Furthermore, Obama’s plan wouldn’t “force” families into a “government-run health care system.” His plan mandates that children have coverage; there’s no mandate for adults. People can keep the health insurance they have now or chose from private plans, or opt for a new public plan that will offer coverage similar to what members of Congress have. Obama would also expand Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. His plan certainly expands government-offered insurance – and McCain’s doesn’t – but it’s not a solely government-run plan, as McCain implied. And if Obama’s public plan turns out to be similar to what federal employees have, as he says it would be, we’re not sure how “a bureaucrat” would stand “between you and your doctor.” The possible exception would be persons covered by Medicaid or SCHIP.

McCain also made this boast:

McCain: My health care plan will make it easier for more Americans to find and keep good health care insurance.

Fair enough. But McCain’s plan wouldn’t do nearly as well as Obama’s. One comparison, by the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, finds Obama’s would reduce the uninsured by 18 million people in its first year, compared with a 1 million reduction under McCain’s plan. TPC made various assumptions about the plans to fill in details each proposal lacks, so those numbers aren’t definitive. We await more comparisons from other experts.

Oily Words

McCain attacked Obama for supporting “corporate welfare” for oil companies:

McCain: [I]nstead of freeing ourselves from a dangerous dependence on foreign oil, both parties and Senator Obama passed another corporate welfare bill for oil companies.

The bill McCain is talking about here is the 2005 energy bill, which actually raised taxes on the oil industry a little bit overall – by about $300 million, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. Meanwhile, McCain himself proposes to cut the corporate rate for all companies – oil included – and that would result in an estimated $4 billion cut for the five largest U.S.-based oil companies, according to the Center for American Progress Action Fund. Obama, on the other hand, is promising that he’ll strip oil companies of “tax breaks” to the tune of an amount yet to be determined.

It’s true that Obama voted for the 2005 bill. He said he favored the $5.8 billion (over 11 years) that it contained in tax incentives for renewable energy, energy efficiency and alternative fuels. McCain voted against it on the grounds that the $2.6 billion it contained for oil and gas incentives was too much, even though the bill also took away $2.9 billion from the industry, for a net tax increase of $300 million. Describing such a complex measure as “corporate welfare” is misleading.

More Oily Words

We found other exaggerations in McCain’s claims about his plan for energy independence:

McCain: We are going to stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don’t like us very much.

In fact, the U.S. doesn’t pay nearly that much for oil from hostile nations. According to the Energy Information Administration, the U.S. imported 4.9 billion barrels of oil in 2007. At today’s prices, that works out to about $536 billion, still a hefty chunk of change, but considerably less than $700 billion. More important, that’s what we pay to all exporting nations, not just those that “don’t like us very much.” We note that 32 percent of U.S. oil imports came from Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.

Just Wind

McCain also made sweeping claims about green energy that aren’t actually backed up by his policy proposals:

McCain: We will attack the problem on every front. …We will increase the use of wind, tide, solar and natural gas. We will encourage the development and use of flex fuel, hybrid and electric automobiles.

McCain has been quite specific about his proposals to clear the way for building 45 new nuclear power plants, opening offshore areas to oil drilling and spending $2 billion a year for so-called “clean coal” technology. He has also proposed a $300 million prize for developing the first practical plug-in electric car, although General Motors already is working on that and is aiming for delivery of the Chevrolet Volt by 2010, prize or no prize. McCain has also proposed a $5,000 tax credit for consumers who purchase zero emission vehicles

But when it comes to power from wind and tide, McCain’s words are blowing in the breeze. His energy plan, which he calls the Lexington Project, proposes no new spending for renewable energy programs. Instead, he proposes to “rationalize the current patchwork of temporary tax credits,” but hasn’t said what he means by that. As we’ve written before, spokespeople for the wind and solar industries are unsure what this actually means. Finally, we’ll note that McCain himself told supporters at a July town hall meeting that he doesn’t think that renewable energy is likely to be “as much of the solution as some people think.” Perhaps not, but if McCain is right his own words are contributing to the public misperception.

Pig in a Poke

McCain repeated his vague promise to make spending cuts:

McCain: Reducing government spending and getting rid of failed programs will let you keep more of your own money to save, spend and invest as you see fit.

McCain has not said which programs he considers to be “failed programs.” He thus makes the spending cuts sound less painful than they will be should he fulfill his previously stated promise to balance the federal budget by 2013 while also making all Bush tax cuts permanent and adding new cuts of his own. McCain repeated his promise to eliminate “earmarks” from federal spending bills, saying “the first big-spending pork-barrel earmark bill that comes across my desk, I will veto it.” That drew applause, but the fact is that earmarks amount to only $16.9 billion in the current fiscal year, according to the Office of Management and Budget. Meanwhile, the deficit is expected to be more than $200 billion in 2009. And McCain’s tax cuts will add billions more to future deficits unless offset by spending cuts, which he so far has not been willing to identify. What would he cut?

A McCain adviser, former CBO chairman Douglas Holtz-Eakin, has said that McCain “will provide the leadership to achieve bipartisan spending restraint” and “will perform a comprehensive review of all programs, projects and activities of the federal government” to find programs to cut or eliminate. But that, of course, will come after people have cast their votes.

Trade Talk

McCain said, “I will open new markets to our goods and services. My opponent will close them.”

McCain may be alluding to Obama’s threat earlier this year to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement if Mexico and Canada won’t open the deal to renegotiation. Obama said at a Democratic primary debate in Cleveland in February:

Obama, Feb. 26: I will make sure that we renegotiate. … I think we should use the hammer of a potential opt-out as leverage to ensure that we actually get labor and environmental standards that are enforced.

But that’s far from a threat to “close” markets to U.S. exports.

An expert from a pro-trade group agrees. “It’s a stretch to take the heated comment from the Cleveland debate to pull out of NAFTA if it wasn’t revised as indicative of a protectionist policy,” Jeffrey Schott, a senior fellow and trade expert at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, told FactCheck.org. “In any event, the position on NAFTA has since been clarified.”

In fact, Obama has said he thinks it’s unwise to repeal the trade deal, because to do so “would actually result in more job loss … than job gains.” And in a June interview with Fortune magazine, he stated that he didn’t plan on pulling out of NAFTA. “Sometimes during campaigns the rhetoric gets overheated and amplified,” he said.

It’s true that McCain has been a stronger advocate of free trade agreements than Obama, who supported the trade deal with Oman in 2006 and one with Peru in 2007 but opposed the one with Central America and another with Colombia. But saying he would “close” markets is nonsense.

Planet Plans

Finally, we note that McCain and the Republican delegates applied a different standard to the Republican nominee’s lofty rhetoric than they did to Obama’s.

McCain drew applause with this line:

McCain: We must use all resources and develop all technologies necessary to rescue our economy from the damage caused by rising oil prices and restore the health of our planet.

The previous evening, however, McCain’s running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, ridiculed Obama for using similar high-sounding words:

Palin, Sept. 3: What does he actually seek to accomplish after he’s done turning back the waters and healing the planet?

That crack drew jeers and laughter. Perhaps Republicans see a distinction between “healing the planet” and “restor[ing] the health of our planet,” but it escapes us.

–by Brooks Jackson, with Viveca Novak, Lori Robertson, Joe Miller and Emi Kolawole

@JR…

Way to make a fool out of yourself. McCain was in Colombia the week before Obama’s trip to Europe.

http://blogs.america.gov/campaign/2008/07/03/mccain’s-colombia-trip-well-timed/

If you’re going to try to engage in political debate, make sure you have your facts straight.

SoCal Spartan
Where do you come up with this sh*t? If I wanted to mine a Republican database, I’d get Republican results. Statistics are meant to prove whatever you want them to prove. I think you are really stupid enough to believe the crap you post. But then, if you track your posts going backwards, you get caught in your own BS lies on a regular basis.

Can you say DENIAL? Standard Republican view. I always love how Republicans attack and run. For example; My father says the Democrats do nothing in regards to controlling the immigration issues. Yet, I dare ask for him to present the track record of George Bush’s efforts to control immigration. The fact is that there isn’t a track record, remember “Viva Bush”! Enough said. They also accussed John Kerry of “flip flopping”. As if that was a huge offense! Karl Rowe, John McCain, and yes, even there precious Palin have been linked to double standards in the past few months. I’m so tired of Republican bullyism that I can puke.
PS- Try to find your own campaign slogan. Change has already been assigned. And if we want change lets get rid of the Republican party this November.

Hocketguru21:
How’s this for a campaign slogan d*ckhead? NOBAMA!

At least its original. But some things never change. I speak of your slander which made me laugh again at the attack and run syndrom afflicting Republicans. Now run off and pleasure yourself with a picture of Palin.