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Obama: McCain "Earned" Cheney's Praise Today, Was "Washington's Biggest Cheerleader for Going to War in Iraq"
November 01, 2008 6:16 PM
PUEBLO, COLO -- "Earlier today Dick Cheney came out of undisclosed location and he hit the campaign trail and he said that he is and I quote, 'delighted to support John McCain,'" Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., said just now in this Democratic-leaning part of a Republican-leaning state.
"So I would like to congratulate Sen. McCain on this endorsement," Obama continued. "Because he really earned it. That endorsement didn’t come easy – Sen. McCain had to vote with George bush 90 percent of the time and agree with Dick Cheney to get it. McCain had to serve as Washington’s biggest cheerleader for going to war in Iraq. And supports economic policies that are no different from the last eight years. So Sen. McCain worked hard to get Dick Cheney’s support."
Continued the lanky Illinoisan. "Now here is my question to you Colorado: do you think Dick Cheney is delighted to support John McCain because he thinks John McCain is going to bring change to Washington? Do you think Dick Cheney and John McCain have been talking about how to really shake things up? Get rid of the lobbyists and put Halliburton on the sidelines and put an end to the old boys network in Washington?"
The crowd of 16,500 yelled: "No!"
"Come on!" Obama said. "Colorado, we know better. After all it was just a few days ago that Sen. McCain said that he and President Bush share a common philosophy. And we know when it comes to foreign policy John McCain and Dick Cheney share a common philosophy also...So George Bush may be in an undisclosed location now, but Dick Cheney is out on there on the campaign trail."
In response, McCain campaign spox Tucker Bounds issued a statement saying, "Barack Obama and Dick Cheney aren't just cousins, they’ve shared support for the Bush energy policy and the out-of-control spending that John McCain has fought to oppose."
Yes, you read that right, the McCain campaign is arguing that Obama is more Cheney-riffic!
-- jpt
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WHY IS IT SOCIALISM WHEN WORKING CLASS AMERICANS GET A TAX BRAKE
AND
CAPITALISM WHEN THE RICH AMERICANS GET A TAX BRAKE
AND IF SPREADING THE WEALTH AROUND IS
"SOCIALISM"
GIVE ME MUCH OF IT
william shakespear
Posted by: chris b | Nov 2, 2008 4:44:26 PM
McCain may have "stood up to Cheney" about torture, but he changed his tune right after he won the nomination. He is now OK with it, and that is one of the main reasons I could never vote for him. Besides the inane things Palin says and does, McCain does nothing but rant and rave about Obama. When I see a Republican stump speech, 80% of it is about Obama. Seems they'd rather talk about him than their plans, or are there any? He shouts so much that he gets confused, as when he told folks in Western PA that he agreed with the assessment that they were rednecks. He said it twice before he corrected himself. That isn't leadership, that's emotion. We need calm and reasoned, not jumpy and impulsive.
Posted by: Sue in MI | Nov 2, 2008 2:07:42 PM
Well that clears up any doubt that McCain's policies would be a continuation of Bush & Cheney's. And we can readily see what those policies have done to our economy and our standing in the world.
Posted by: Lydia | Nov 2, 2008 10:36:52 AM
Cheney who ?
Posted by: justme | Nov 2, 2008 10:24:50 AM
This election is already baked and in the warming oven till Wednesday... bye bye McSame.
Posted by: Iceberg Slim | Nov 2, 2008 9:46:58 AM
Johnny Mc, you poor soul. You must be thinking "Thanks a lot. Why doesn't my party just tattoo a swastika on my forehead?" Bye, JM. It was interesting.
Vote Obama so we can put all this behind us. Way behind us!
Posted by: NoJohnNoHow | Nov 2, 2008 7:50:50 AM
Vice President Cheney endorsed McCain
Well how can the American people
go wrong with that...
McCain has a new theme Song
HIGHWAY TO HELL..........
FEAR NOT ... THE ELECTION IS OVER
FOR McCAIN... MUMS THE WORD....
Posted by: Anita Yova | Nov 2, 2008 7:50:02 AM
And Obama earned Colin Powell's endorsement -- yeah, the same Colin Powell who had the bad judgement to try to convince the UN that Iraq had weapeons of mass destruction. Maybe Colin's bad judgement includes his endorsement of Obama.
Posted by: cappamore | Nov 2, 2008 2:37:10 AM
To All:
Please stop and think as proud and responsible Americans, don't play into the media and the politicians' lack of professional ethics and integrity. If riots erupt it will be their fault.
If our democracy, rights and freedoms are taken away, it will be our fault only because we wanted change. Please pray for our nation, we are so vulnerable right now that only a tragedy may unite us. The world is watching and laughing at us.
Posted by: Annonymous | Nov 2, 2008 2:29:00 AM
woman citizen
I am always stunned by folks like you who refuse to acknowledge that the Iraq war was a war of choice by Republicans and Conservatives. They lied, pure and simple.
You do realize and understand that, right?
It was packaged and sold by Bush, Cheney et. al. There was never a threat to America, and Bush & Cheney knew that. Your 'after market' spin about who wants to do what,.. now,.. to try and make the best out of a strategic blunder is clueless as well as meaningless, as is your assumption that 55,000 troops will die.
re: "Did you hear that they "...
who is the 'they' you refer to?
Posted by: Blue | Nov 2, 2008 1:46:13 AM
Presidential math?
The 100% republican president:
George W Bush
The 90%:
George W Boooh!
...................
Similarity?
Bush avoided face-to-face combat in Vietnam, and McCain in Korea (pilot)?
McCain is shown crying (?) when he was allowed to send message to her back home.
What if.. he overalled cried a lot in the Korean prison camp? Hero? What if someone in the prison camp constantly reminded him what a greatly successful father he had, and how very disappointed the father would be if he went home early? Hero anyway?
Would it be possible to imagine that the kid 'W' was the terrible disappointment/failure to his father, constantly reminded of it?
And McCain was perhaps also very invisible to his father? Does such emotional scars cause such sensitivity that their stress management skills are impaired?
That instead of looking at stressful situations logically, they both PANIC into wars?
Posted by: Joey | Nov 2, 2008 1:33:26 AM
You read from time to time that there are murderers who know they won't live much longer and are tired of their life so they wish to commit suicide, yet they could prefer to kill as many people as possible to bring them along. Examples of such victims are the innocent children, women and old people in Iraq & Afghanistan.
Posted by: Sutter197 | Nov 2, 2008 12:47:16 AM
Why doesn't this guy go the microwave oven, stand there, and press the "Start" button?
Posted by: Brad Melton | Nov 2, 2008 12:25:48 AM
It is a measure of Cheney's delusional thinking that he believes his endorsement will help McCain. Johnny must be furious. Now, if we could just get Dubya to endorse McCain, the damage would be complete.
Posted by: bardon88 | Nov 1, 2008 11:32:41 PM
McCain receiving Cheney's endorsement,
is like getting the kiss of death from Michael Corleone.
Serves McCain right though.
He was a big part of the mess that has sent this country spiraling to an economic quagmire.
Now McCain will have us believe that he can play Johnny action hero and save us from financial doom.
Who the hell is he trying to kid.
Posted by: alex rivers | Nov 1, 2008 11:01:21 PM
Cheney is Evil...
He knows exactly what he is doing. Guess it was time for him to get even with McCain....
He has lost the election
Posted by: RubyRed Republican | Nov 1, 2008 10:46:40 PM
Cheney knows exactly what he is doing.
It's payback time for McCain! He will lose for sure.
Posted by: RubyRed Republican | Nov 1, 2008 10:38:46 PM
I'm sorry, Itolduso, but you really have absolutely no credibility. That "tax the water" bit was just a little over the top. But I'd love to see a reference for your information.
Now that we know that your very long post about taxes was all bunk you're switching to the Joe McCarthy gameplan?
I just don't buy it that Warren Buffett, who is a bigtime, very successful capitalist, would strongly endorse a Marxist. Just wouldn't happen. Nothing in Obama's plan iss remotely Marxist. His plan is all about trying to start new American businesses.
The only candidate whose record comes anywhere near Marxism is Sarah Palin's. In Alaska, they consider their resources to be "the people's." They tax oil, and then spread the money around. Every Alaskan received a big bonus check each year from the government. And the best part? They don't even have to work for it.
“we’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.” Sarah Palin 2008
Sarah has been running around the country calling Obama a communist - while running a little socialist state in Alaska. Do I think Sarah Palin is a Marxist? No. I don't think she has the slightest idea what is means - or she wouldn't have brought it up = with Alaska's policies out for anyone to see. John McCain has also said that when you reach a certain level, there's nothing wrong with giving a little more. Is he a Marxist? No, of course he's not. And he has said clearly that he does not believe Obama is, either. But is doesn't stop him from using it to try to scare people into voting for him.
Posted by: Mara | Nov 1, 2008 10:33:43 PM
They just cannot help it, can they? They try to be away, absent and still once in a while a pimple appears on McCain's face and he has the scars to prove it!!!
Posted by: Nicole | Nov 1, 2008 10:20:52 PM
Everything in Itolduso's ost concerning taxes has been refuted. It is false. It has been refuted by Fackcheck, Snopes Politifact, Reality check and others. Some reviews have simply said that all of the information was completely false. Others went further – and thought that it was deliberate. I have no opinion on that. However, these claims are false:
Obama will not double your income tax
(bracket by bracket – it’s all crap).
He will not tax you if your home is over 2400 sq. ft.
Obama will not increase inheritance tax
He will not put a 28% tax on the sale of your home
Obama will not tax your IRA or 529.
Obama will not tax our WATER.
All of this came from a chain email that was sent to hundreds of thousands of people last summer, and has been refuted by virtually every independent review in the country. It contained no links to the Obama tax plan and no references. It was simply made up. Apparently, somebody thought it was a good time to try it again.
Posted by: Mara | Nov 1, 2008 10:20:13 PM
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