Obama Paints Image of McCain and Bush as One

McCain did not want to go into Iraq, but he certainly had the answer with his "surge". Obama cannot take credit for either since he wasn't there to vote against the war (it is so easy to claim a stand years later, lol) and to vote against the armored humvees. It is one thing to not go to war, but it is entirely wrong to vote against giving our military the equipment they need to keep them safe once they are in battle! No wonder he didn't want to visit the military hospital on his overseas visit. Oh, wait, he HAD planned to visit them but backed out when he couldn't take his crew with him for photo ops. And claiming you didn't see them because you didn't want to make it a political trip, that doesn't wash since you had every intention of visiting them UNTIL you were told part of your entourage couldn't go with you. Trip isn't political? Don't insult us, Obama, no one is that stupid!

It is pathetic that Obama claims McCain has nothing positive to say, has no plans to help America, and continues to whine about what Republicans "will" say about him. Somehow, Obama protests too much.....because it is Obama that has nothing positive to say, it is Obama that continues to talk "change" but then selects a V.P. who is the polar opposite of "change", it is Obama who has offered nothing of substance as to "how" he will affect "change", and it is Obama who is saying all the negative comments about himself!!!

Obama takes a trip out of the country and claims he was not acting as a politician but as a "citizen of the World". Next he takes a week off for a family vacation in Hawaii. Is this what we can expect when a president should be working on the problems-at-hand? That would have been time well spent in determining your plans for this country if elected, but obviously, a little fun in the sun was more important.

Obama, the candidate of "change". The only change he has managed is his change for the worse. He was inexperienced beginning his campaign, and he appears to be growing even moreso. His 3am text message for his V.P. choice was either the last minute decision (again, that week in Hawaii and time kissing foreign tail would have been better spent selecting a V.P.) at 3am, or it was a very childish, schoolyard slap at Hillary and her remark about who would be ready for the critical call at 3am.

[Quote] McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds said in response that "after being upstaged at the Saddleback Compassion Forum, Barack Obama has adjusted his stump remarks into a hysterical litany of political attacks." [End Quote]
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And that's what happens when desperation, hopelessness, and despair moves in on the Obama campaign. It will only get uglier when David Axelrod shortens his fuses and reverts to the tactics of a dying campaign manager from now until November. Obama's first chance ended with Reverend Wright, William Ayres, the Rezko housing affair, his ultra-leftist voting record on all issues, and his meager three and a half months on the job. Obama’s final chance finished him when he snubbed the troops down range and tried to whisper sweet nothings to Arab and Israeli leaders who simply whispered them back, and his long anticipated, skyrocketing numbers never materialized upon his return. Perhaps after John McCain and his professional staff get to work in the White House, Obama and Axelrod can co-author a book entitled, "Fast Tips to Lose a Presidential Campaign."

Willem, Obama voted yes on the Cheney(Bush) energy policy, a boom for big oil; McCain didn't. Obama voted yes on FISA; McCain didn't show up fpr the vote. Sorry, Dude, Obama leans corporate.

This election is a complete no-brainer. Obama recognizes the disaster we have on our hands and wants a clean break from Bush's failed policies, which were "accomplished" at our expense by perverting government, trashing the constitution and everything it stands for, and antagonizing other countries, all because of his greed for power. McCain has said he agrees with most of Bush's policies. If Obama wins, we could end up with the drastic reversal of course that we need. If McCain wins, things will improve slightly (since no one could be as bad as idiot George), but otherwise things will remain as they are. If that's okay with you, vote for McCain. If you want significant change, you'll be foolish not to vote for Obama. No-brainer.

rachel - correction Obama does not believe in faith based, see he stated that he will extend on it only if they went secular!

Obama twists words, here is one

Obama = Carter Obama = Corzine Obama = Corruption, Obama = Anti-American

Being a fellow democrat, Hillary had to campaign with one hand tied behind her back. Now, the republicans do not have this problem and voters finally are getting to see the real Obama. Based on polls voters do not like what they see! His great speaking ability can no longer hide his total lack of experience. Also, voters have seen that Obama is really nothing more than a Chicago politician.

Al from NJ...you said it all! What you Said goes double for me. obama has nothing to run on except fear, the fear he wants to try to implant in the American people of a seasoned veteran. He is hoping it will cloud the fact that he is an empty expensive suit that has a radical past and present with absolutely no substantial accomplishments to his credit. .

Willem - you're doing a great job of following the Obama playbook. McCain = Bush. McCain = Bush. McCain = Bush.

See, you could save a lot of energy just typing that over and over and over again. Let's just draw conclusions based on a hypothetical pairing and say that McCain policy is the same as Bush's. Whatever. That tactic is as lame as the McCain 'Britney and Paris' ad, but less funny.

I'd almost argue that Obama is a clone of Bush, with his views on wire tapping and faith based programs, and I bet if Obama actually would have had to vote on the war he would have vote for it, and people need to not hold the vote for war against some of the politicans because the truth is most Americans were screaming for blood after 9/11 adn the politicans were just be politicans and voting for the "popular" stance at the time.

McCain sided with Bush on everything, especially after he decided to run for the second time; and where he strayed in the past, he has reversed himself (e.g. tax cuts for the Rich; the christian fundamentalists, torture, drilling).

I've repeatedly asked for an example where McCain would be different from Bush. Nobody has been able to provide me with one.
Last week, even Jindall was unable to point to even one example.

I think Axelrod gets the nod for stupid quote of the day - "this race has always been about more of the same versus change that works..." Huh? Someone please direct me to the situation where the Obama effect has had REAL, MEASURABLE impact in improving something? Book sales and posing in front of teleprompters don't count.

Put another way - if Obama's 'policies of change' were battle tested, then they wouldn't be the 'new change' they keep advertising.

Obama and Axelrod are talking like they've already turned some country around somewhere. I must've missed that presidency.

David, did you really trust the Bush Administration to execute a safe withdrawal from Iraq?
They have proven to be absolute failures at everything, they would have botched that as well.

This Bush-McCain argument is getting very old. They don't believe in the same policies and McCain is not a staunch repulican like Bush is.

Obama needs a better agrument than this.

Why sure, McCain is more like Bush than say Obama. So what if McCain sided with Bush on the war-many democrats did as well or else we would not have been there. As for us being there now; when you change something isn't it your responsibility to make it work?But who would Obama be more like? His buddy Resco, the good Reverend Wright or the weather underground guy;Ayres. Obama can brag about his opposition to the war but when it began he was not a senator and since there he has voted to fund it.

where has larry johnson been?

Debra, McCain=Bush, and not the lame-duck-Bush we see now. McCain is Bush from the first term.

Give us one example where he would be different. As we already know from his voting record, McCain only pays lip service to energy independency, just like Bush did with his SOTU every year.
"Tomorrow we will be energy independent but now we have to DRILL, DRILL, DRILL"

Why doesn't Obama paint a picture of his association with and part of the Trinity Church and Rev. Wright which was for soem 20 years! Oh that doesn't count, he just sat in the pews and didn't listen to things he didn't want to hear. The attacks are worthless.....just tell us what the changes are going to be and don't keep changing them.

Obama sounds hysterical. And paranoid.

People should know one of the commenters on here already was a republican who voted for GW Bush... ...who stepped over for the first woman...and is now back to being a republican.

she knows who she is because she had said during the primaries.

so don't be fooled ...the same people who brought us Bush, Cheney, Runsfeld , Rice, Scooter, Gonzales...

are now trying to bring you John Mccaine.

don't be fooled again... you kids need you to be smarter than that...vote for Obama and Biden and Clinton and Dodd and Hagel and Clark and Powell ...etc.

The team that will get us out of this.