Opinion Talk

By Slotl

May 28, 2008 7:28 AM | Link to this

McCain should look in the mirror and avoid the “new” McCain. He needs to bring back the “straight talk express” and stick to his 2000 message.

He has become a clone to Bush’s regime. He can avoid face to face with Bush, but he needs to remember who his “is” and what he stood for in 2000. He can’t win without it.

By Slotl

May 28, 2008 7:28 AM | Link to this

McCain should look in the mirror and avoid the “new” McCain. He needs to bring back the “straight talk express” and stick to his 2000 message.

He has become a clone to Bush’s regime. He can avoid face to face with Bush, but he needs to remember who his “is” and what he stood for in 2000. He can’t win without it.

By Call it Like it is

May 28, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this

Stoli,

You’re joking right?

McCain has no one to stand in his way to the White House.

Especially, a ROOKIE, with ZERO experience!

By dirty harry

May 28, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

With all that “EXPERIENCE” McCain has you would think he would know the difference between the Sunni and the Shia?

The strait talk express has convoluted into the double talk express.

As a so called “MAVERICK” in 2008 he has voted (According to the the “congressional quartely”) 100% in favor of bush’s positions, and in 2007 95%.

It’s hard for him to duck away from Bush with that kind of record.

By Blind Homer

May 28, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Adept at fund-raising? Well one out of three ain’t bad, but McCain must distance himself from the failed foreign and domestic policies of the last seven and a half years.

By Pay Day

May 28, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

I can’t recall anyone being elected president for the first time having experience so let’s please lose the argument. Did you know exactly what you were doing the first day on your job? I would rather have someone that is morally up to the task than someone who has the same old rhetoric and experience that has driven this country into a recession and an enemy worldwide. George Bush should have had plenty of experience “growing up” in politics and having a father as president but, his experience has lead us into a war that is a mistake, mired the economy in a downturn not seen since the depression and made oil companies rich beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. Sure, I need McCain’s same experience like I need a hole in my head…

By Get Bush Out!

May 28, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

Pay Day - I ditto that. We can where “experience” can get us - just look at the gas pumps! We do not need another Bush, and that is exactly what McCain is. Also, do you REALLY want to be in a sensless war for another 100 years? Is that is experience, I do not want any!

By Get Bush Out!

May 28, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

Pay Day - I ditto that. We can where “experience” can get us - just look at the gas pumps! We do not need another Bush, and that is exactly what McCain is. Also, do you REALLY want to be in a sensless war for another 100 years? If that is experience, I do not want any!

By Get Bush Out!

May 28, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Pay Day - I ditto that. We can see where “experience” can get us - just look at the gas pumps! We do not need another Bush, and that is exactly what McCain is. Also, do you REALLY want to be in a sensless war for another 100 years? If that is experience, I do not want any!

By Get real

May 28, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Only if he actually wants to win. Having fundraisers with Bush that are closed to the press only makes him look a hypocrite. If he had nothing to hide, why not invite the press?

By CAP

May 28, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

I beg to differ with you about Bush getting us into this “Depression” as you call it!!!! The only people who have gotten us into where we are today with the economy is the Mortgage Lenders! If you don’t know that then you need to get your head out of the sand! If the Mortgage Leaders wouldn’t have given houses to everyone…..even people with NO MONEY to pay for them then they wouldn’t be where they are today…and the people who bought the homes wouldn’t be in foreclosure! And that trickles down to the builders, and on to Home Depot, Lowes, etc. You can’t buy a house if you don’t have the money to make the payments..Bush didn’t have anything to do with that! As far as the war goes, we went in with the right reasons…..even Hillary and the rest of the bunch of Dems agreed with Bush at the time, now they say they didn’t, but that is another subject! Yes, the war needs to end…but we did go in for a reason, there have been weapons of mass destruction found…..and of course Sadam would get rid of most of them when he knew we were coming, he would have to be an idiot not to! Also, don’t forget that there were alot of people that are glad that Sadam is out of power! WE had many, many years of a good economy,,,,,,people are forgetting that! Let’s put the blame where it belongs! Also, I don’t think the oil companies are getting any richer than they were before…..how about looking at demand from the US, Population growth and other countries who are buying oil as well as the US……we need to find ways to be oil independent in the US and also build cars that are more economic to drive….we need to get our head out of the sand and realize that Bush didn’t create all the problems…I know alot of the dems would like to believe that though….you all are in for a rude awakening if Obama or Hillary get into office and you can’t have a test at the hospital for about a year and when they raise taxes…..we will see then!

By Head in the Sand

May 28, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

CAP: It appears that YOU are the one with your head in the sand—must really mess your CAP up!

The Lenders, who were not properly monitered by the Bush administration, made the loans. Yes-I agree a lot of people took loans that should not have, but, a lot of supposedly smart people on Wall Street bought bundles of these loans as investments. They were smart enough to figure out that alot of these loans were shaky, but, what they heck they got theres and no one from the goverment was watching-laissez faire-right? However, the investments were collaterlized by other smart people on Wall St. who then got loans and therein lies the problem that led to the Bear Stearns situation, credit tightening, etc. The Bush administration was asleep at the wheel, but the Treasury Secretary and former CEO of Goldman Sachs (=smart Wall St. Guy) bailed them out taking the worthless mortgages as collaterol. If they go bad guess who will get stuck—John Q. Taxpayer.

Second, Oil prices have a lot to do with the current downturn. And, gee whiz, guess where a lot of the Big Money guys at the private McCain/Bush gathering got there money from—the same place Bush did-OIL.

Oh, by the way, Hillary may have supported the war, which is why she will not win the nomination, but Obama openly opposed it.

Now careful opening your eyes-sand can hurt when it gets in your eyeballs.

By Head in the Sand

May 28, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

Cap: Apparently you don’t have any money to invest, or you would know that Oil companies are making record profits. DUH?!?

By Sydne Ora

May 28, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

After many years of watching democrates impose higher taxes and programs for minorities and poor which have been abused because they provide little good (welfare), and after many years of watching republicans impose higher taxes with a reduction of personal American freedoms guaranteed in Constitution and Bill of Rights and both parties have thoughout history put us into economic depression and recessions. I would like to see more news and commentary on Libertarian Party. WWW.LP.ORG I believe if the majority of Americans actually knew what the Libertarian Party truly stood for Bob Barr would be our next President. Wake Up America! We can make a change but not by voting in the ‘past’ with Dem’s or Rep’s which offer no real change, just the same types of lies the Presidential Candidates of those parties always tell to get elected.

By Copyleft

May 28, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

The question is meaningless, in that it presumes involvement from Bush would be “help” in any way.

The only way Bush could “help” McLame is by denouncing him as a dirty, stinking liberal peacenik. THEN maybe America would vote for him.

By Bush Please!!!!!

May 28, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

CAP, have you lost your damn mind. Members of bush’s own cabinet admitted that bush mislead America about the war. He was going to war regardless, now because of his inexperience, over 4,000 Americans and tens of thousands Iraqi’s have lost there lives. You republicans are quick to yell Obama doesn’t have the experience. What did bush have. you republicans want to drill for more oil on US soil. That will take 10+ years to get oil, how will that help now. You republicans jumped on Obama’s pastor, look at McCain’s pastor. When will you short republicans get it……….

The failed fake War happen on your watch………. Oil companies got wealthy, bush family ownes oil companies….. bush did nothing about health career, social security, national security, the economy, foreign relations, gross national product, mortagage industry, Katrina, failing school systems, job training, sorry, I can keep going.

All of this happen with a republican president, republican control congress(2000-2006), and a republican control house….and you wonder why a lot of american is drinking the obama koolaid. you guys controlled everything and messed up, that’s putting it lightly. You guys made the 2004 election about same sex marriage. you bought a couple of money hungry pastors to buy in your campaign. Who would of thought that a lot of the republicians had a thing for boys. Sorry, different topic….:) gas prices has gone up 400% since he’s been in office. Where has that happen with any other president. I did not mention anything about the food industry, retail, airline companies who are legally passing on the cost of doing business because of gas prices over to the consumers. that’s right, it’s not “lil” bush’s fault. CAP Please!!!!!!

By Just thinking

May 28, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

The last time we had elected a president with high morals and no experience in national affairs, we ended up with 18% mortgages and our diplomats being held hostage in Iran. We sure dont need another Jimmy Loser Carter in the white house.

By Copyleft

May 28, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

You mean the guy who turned out to have more ethics than the entire Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush-League adminstrations combined?

The guy who turned out to be RIGHT about needing a new energy policy, and turning his back on the Saudis?

The guy who won the Nobel Peace Prize, helped house the homeless, and has pushed for justice, peace, and fair elections all across the globe?

Please. If Obama is HALF the “failure” Jimmy was, we’ll still be far better off than we’ve been with Walking Disaster Bush.

By One

May 28, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

McCain + Bush = McBush!!! And we’ve been bush-whacked long enough!! Bye bye Dubya, glad you’re dragging McBush down with you!!!!! There’ll not be another Rethuglicon in Whitey’s House for a long, long, long, long time!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Kiki

May 28, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

I’m not a McCain supporter, but I actually feel a tad bit sorry for McCain on this issue. He cannot raise significant funds for the general without the Bush fundraising efforts. All of the big RNC donors are corporate fat cats who have been in Bush’s pocket for the past 8 yrs. and they don’t like McCain for myriad reasons. This leaves me wondering how much of McCain’s public persona is real, and how much is to gain favor with the filthy rich corporate *ssholes, looney neo-cons, and ultra-right wing religious fanatics. I guess we’ll never know. McCain loses if for no other reason than that he sold his soul to try and win this election. His “straight talk” was what got him this far. Without that, he’s got less than nothing.

By joyce

May 29, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

I sent a dontation to McCain because Pres. Bush endorsed the request for it. I’ll vote for McCain because he is the best of the three to protect this country. Bush’s biggest enemy was (is)the liberal, left-leaning media which did everything they could to destroy his effectivness. He also had some bad advisors and didn’t have enough experience with how radical mid-Easterns can become. He had a Texas thought that Iraq would be thrilled to have their dictator gone and freedom. That was a big mistake and he and we have paid well for that lack of knowledge.

By demwit

May 29, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

Without Bush, who then would the Democrats, neo-progressive media and CopyLeft have to esponge their self consuming hate upon??

By Copyleft

May 29, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

Gee, Dimwit, your group’s hatred of Clinton kept YOU going for a good decade after he left office—and HE didn’t even launch an unwinnable war based on lies!

I think we’ll have plenty to work with as long as neocon tools and fools are hanging around stinking up the country.

By Ms. Tucker If Ur Nasty

June 3, 2008 1:08 AM | Link to this

Whatever happened to Jebbie? If the Bush name is the Gold Standard so many of you lemmings seem to think it is, then shouldn’t a former governor of one of America’s most populous states be a good fit for some important post? Following the logic of some in these blogs that say experience can be gleaned by being the son of an ex-president and CIA head, then maybe Neil could play a role in McCain’s cabinet? Truth is, Mccain knows pariahs when he sees them.