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McCain's Crystal Ball: Osama Caught, No More Pork Barrel, Flat Tax
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ABC News’s Bret Hovell reports: Sen. John McCain is scheduled deliver a speech from the not-to-distant future Thursday morning – a speech that will chronicle what he hopes his first term in the White House will look like.
“The Iraq War has been won,” McCain will say, according to excerpts of the remarks released Wednesday night by his campaign. “Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension.”
The style of the speech – in which the presumptive Republican nominee will list the things he hopes to have accomplished at the end of his first term – reads like his current stump speech, but with verbs in the past tense.
Osama bin Laden will have been captured or killed, McCain will say, because of closer cooperation with the government of Pakistan and better intelligence gathering in the region.
“There still has not been another terrorist attack in the United States since Sept. 11, 2001,” McCain will say.
Other accomplishments he hopes to achieve include the formation of a League of Democracies to bring to bear pressure on governments that do not share democratic values. He will say that that group will use economic pressure to encourage the government of Sudan to allow a peacekeeping force into Darfur which will stop the genocide there.
McCain will talk about his economic plans, including lowering the corporate tax rate, and creating a new flatter tax code. In his remarks, he’ll say that he will have been able to eliminate pork barrel earmark spending as well.
“After exercising my veto several times in my first year in office, Congress has not sent me an appropriations bill containing earmarks for the last three years,” McCain will say.
McCain will also list improvements to education and health care, progress towards energy independence and security along the United States's southern border. He says he’ll have press conferences once a week, and will even submit to questioning from a joint session of Congress, “to take questions, and address criticism, much the same as the Prime Minister of Great Britain appears regularly before the House of Commons.”
The speech is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. eastern time in Columbus, Ohio.
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We've won? Uh, Great; Now pull the freakin' troops out... after all the war IS a pork barrell project. Why can't our troops protect OUR borders, and spend their money back home???
Posted by: blog | May 15, 2008 9:18:44 AM
John McCain needs to get over himself. I'm sick of hearing what a great big war hero he is. He is not the only war hero we have in this country. There are plenty - and unfortunately, some dead. That's all he has going for him. Just because he is a war hero (which was many, many years ago) doesn't mean he is capable of or has what it takes to be president. He is senator only because of his family standing and being a war hero. Get over yourself John and admit you don't have what it takes to lead America. Your 15 minutes of fame has been long over, let it go. You are not the man you once were - you used to be a political hero also - but now you have become just another bushboy.
Posted by: Ron | May 15, 2008 9:19:22 AM
McCain is a real piece o work alright. He knows that the most important thing about war is winning... well... at least the FEELING that we won. It really has NOTHING to do with the MORALITY of the thing. It has nothing to do with WHY WE STARTED THE INVASION, and it certainly has nothing to do with the shape it leaves our nation in nationally or internationally as a consequence. The longer I live in this nation, the more time I put in on researching our nations REAL HISTORY, the more shamed I am of how it is we got here.
Posted by: RW | May 15, 2008 9:23:35 AM
Isn't it apparent to some of you that a whole bunch of people want Obama. Thats is why he is winning and favored over McCain. His candidacy has flourished financially because many many individuals have sent money ... not corporate interest. He has the support of many. That is born out as fact by the votes and the dollars.
Posted by: Albert Sidney | May 15, 2008 9:31:23 AM
McCain makes me sick. He is no diff.than Obama. Who could be so arrogant to believe that we humans who are a little spec of fly crap on the face of this universe could actually alter the climate. The socialist-enviro groups will have us living in mud-huts riding bikes while they live like Al Gore. Quit looking for the nanny government to take care of your problems , and run your own life. Hillary is starting to look like the most sensible one of the bunch. That is scary.
Posted by: Craig Wayne | May 15, 2008 9:32:02 AM
Another screw up on the straight talk express. What happened?? I thought there was another hundred years to go! Oh wait.. The American public doesnt like the war. Is that why your switching up Johnny Boy!
And you phycopaths say your going to vote for him. You bitter people who cling to guns and religion are pathetic!!
Posted by: T_Smith1314 | May 15, 2008 9:35:11 AM
He forgot about the other dream of his: getting elected President. That's the one dream he should be worrying about.
Posted by: The Unshrub | May 15, 2008 9:40:35 AM
TheRockofAges post of 9:26:55 is the only logical post of the morning. Al may be our only hope. .... Come on, if Obama supporters can be ridiculous then Rock and I can too.
Posted by: Royce | May 15, 2008 9:42:18 AM
Hey RW. If you are so ashamed to be from this country maybe you should consider leaving and making room for one of the tens of thousands who are willing to risk there lives to live in the greatest nation on earth. Wa Wa Wa.
Posted by: Craig Wayne | May 15, 2008 9:42:47 AM
I don't care if Bozo runs for president. No more Republican policies in the White House.
Posted by: JOE | May 15, 2008 10:08:35 AM
Ok! Another fantastic promise by the GOP!!! Tops all GOP promises since 2000!!!! YiHAYYY for GOP.. surely they are using us right... time and time again.. and why are we so wrong to have stopped listening?? Did USA get smart?
Posted by: origood | May 15, 2008 10:32:35 AM
This man is so old he doesn't even know what he's saying half the time. It will be interesting to watch his brain disintegrate between now and November.
I do pity him, because he always wanted to be president, and the Bush people did a number on him, like they did to Kerry, in 2000.
But the future of my country is at stake, and we can't have a mean old warmongering clown in charge. Not again!!!
Posted by: jeffp | May 15, 2008 10:32:46 AM
YOW!!! THE BIGGEST PANDERER OF ALL!!!!
Posted by: origood | May 15, 2008 10:34:35 AM
Lower taxes on the rich... the middle class continue to be squeezed out of every penny.. and the poor be deprived of the services we have a social conscious to provide..... hmmm...all that's missing in this mix is the fear of destruction if we don't follow him to war and the cry of righteous values to damn the opponent.
Posted by: origood | May 15, 2008 10:37:28 AM
How is John McCain going to accomplish in the same things that George Bush hasnt been able to do in 8 years? How is he going to increase the Marines and Army size (have a draft)? Its all talk and no real concrete plan. What he is saying doesnt directly help the citizens of the USA unless they are the chairman of Exxon. I agree messing with Federal Income tax is wrong. I wouldnt be opposed to abolishing it and getting the 1/3 of my paycheck though. I certainly dont want to pay a government set flat tax! Its already that way. Vote Ron Paul even if its a write in and maybe these 3 Stooges that the media is propping up will realize the majority of America doesnt want to vote for them and they want real change. At least we would know if the election is fixed if we all wrote in anybody but Hillary, Obama or McCain. Mr. McCain the middle east has been a war zone for thousands of years. How are we going to stop those countries from attacking each other ever? Shouldnt the welfare of the citizens on US soil come first? Instead of closing borders which are already supposed to be closed to illegal aliens why not set a limit on how many legal immigrants can come to the USA and steal jobs per year? Better yet start taxing companies who farm work to other countries like India?
Posted by: Paulie | May 15, 2008 10:46:43 AM
Lower taxes on the rich... the middle class continue to be squeezed out of every penny.. and the poor be deprived of the services we have a social conscious to provide..... hmmm...all that's missing in this mix is the fear of destruction if we don't follow him to war and the cry of righteous values to damn the opponent.
Posted by: origood | May 15, 2008 10:50:06 AM
Lower taxes on the rich... the middle class continue to be squeezed out of every penny.. and the poor be deprived of the services we have a social conscious to provide..... hmmm...all that's missing in this mix is the fear of destruction if we don't follow him to war and the cry of righteous values to damn the opponent.
Posted by: origood | May 15, 2008 10:54:50 AM
I heard the speech would be entitled "The Impossible Dream".
Posted by: RFBorjal | May 15, 2008 11:05:41 AM
LMAO @ Dan
I have noticed that theme for quite some time now...
Posted by: Citizen in FL | May 15, 2008 11:12:26 AM
"Thanks to the Liberals and the News Media, the Iraq war is already lost"
Wow, I never knew the Pentagon took its orders from the News Media. I always thought the SecDef, Joint Chiefs, and Pres were the ones at the top. What about the State Department? They are supposed to be handling the diplomatic side of reconstruction... I guess that means the News is in charge of them too.
So do they comand jointly or divide up the responsibilities? Like ABC controlls the military and CBS controlls the diplomats.
Posted by: Marc | May 15, 2008 11:23:52 AM
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