Vote for "Surge and Drill" cadidate. Sad, unfortunate, and tragic for common ordinary people of our Great-grand nation

Hmmmm..... War on economy!

To bad the wrinkly-old-white-haired guy did not think about our jobs 4 years ago or 2 months ago when he voted to ship them out of the country. I think he already gave us our "surge on the economy and our job market, he surged it right to canada, mexico and anyplace else but this country.

Nice twist to what is needed for the economy.

While I don't support McCain, his policies seem to be better than what morphs from the Obama side.

Surge - Can McShame expand his vocabulary. THE SURGE, THE SURGE, AND THE SURGE. Give me a break! McShame needs to go some where! He is an idiot for sure.

You guys must make a lot of money being negative.

Hate to tell you this but McCain has no policies on the economy. He only wants to "surge it now" does he tell you how?? No, because he is empty.

Obama does have policies, and great ones that will work.

Enjoy and save your money while you can because if McCain is the choice you will need it.

Maybe we can fix the economy by inflating our tires.

Obama will downplay it and then steal the line.

"Where is BHO hiding his baby mama?"

She's still getting her makeover.

Soetoro, what are you even talking about?

GOP keeps pushing these catch phrases to McCain, and he keeps pushing them to people who are easily deceived. Any even longer than an hour, he will forget these lines and start sounding stupid...Can't wait for the debates where people cant pump him lines to memorize.

"Most Americans identify the surge as taking resources and putting them where they’re needed for success," says the McCain spokesman. But McCain, in order to take credit for the Anbar Awakening (which had nothing to do with the increase in troops in Baghdad), earlier tried to claim that when he said "surge" he always meant the counterinSURGEncy policy, not the reallocation of troops to Baghdad. So what economic insurgency is McCain going to try to supress with bribes and payoffs? and which part of the economy is he going to get to turn on and attack another part of the economy?

Obama wants to "fix" the economy by offering huge government giveaways funded by deficit spending and higher taxes.

McCain is looking for practical solutions. Think about the size of the economic boom that offshore drilling could bring to Florida. Then decide whether you want drilling or not.

There's a Chinese oil rig drilling off the coast of Florida right now - it's based in Cuba. More are coming soon. Are we really gonna let the Chinese drill up our own oil and sell it back to us at a profit?

Get real, people.

Obama will oppose it, criticize it, then later flip and say that he was for an economic surge all along.
And, yes, where the heck *is* Michelle, she of the protuding posterior?

An economic surge?

How exactly is the federal government supposed to implement such a surge? Isn't this rather antagonistic to what Republicans claim to believe about the economy and the government?

Maybe we should just declare more of these no-win wars. You know, like the war on poverty, drugs, illiteracy, obesity, and terror.

We can have the war on unemployment, and the war on falling Dow Jones 30 indices, and the war on gas prices, and the war on bad lending practices, and the war on falling home values, and the war on higher food prices, and the war on exporting of jobs...

Heck, why not just declare martial law. I think McCain already proposed that with his "surge" on inner city crime a couple weeks ago. Since we're going to be putting troops in our cities under President McCain, why not put troops on Wall Street, and insurance offices, and mortgage lending offices, etc.

McCain is a has-been. Old man needs to retire.

I am still waiting for the details!

Take my tax money and give it to the well off, so that the taxes I paid can trickle back to me over 10 years.

A surge you can believe in!

I wonder how this McCain detour into economic issues plays into his obsession with celebrity?

"There's a Chinese oil rig drilling off the coast of Florida right now - it's based in Cuba. More are coming soon. Are we really gonna let the Chinese drill up our own oil and sell it back to us at a profit?

Get real, people. "

That's a real wake up call.

McCain also called for a “surge” in American neighborhoods, similar to Iraqi neighborhoods. This guy is scary.

"Maybe we should just declare more of these no-win wars. You know, like the war on poverty, drugs, illiteracy, obesity, and terror."

You have a point there.

Mack, just think how we can stick it to the Chinese and others by not buying it.

Is moving away from petroleum within our technological ability? Hopefully so, because someday - maybe 20 years, maybe 100 years, I don't know - we'll be forced to do without it altogether. We should accelerate our development of technologies that will enable the shift.

The sooner we do, the better off we'll be, both economically and strategically (not to mention environmentally).

And my guess is we can make real headway doing this before any new oil rigs ever produce a drop.

"Economic Surge"??? Now that's a plan...when do we start "bombing" the economy then?

This goes a long way to prove McCain's ignorance when it comes to the economy and his military narrow minded approach for everything.

What is wrong with this guy. He is stuck on "surge". We need to surge some of this enormous debt we have accumulated into liquidation with a recession.

McSame is a loser....look at what was reported today about his non participant in the votes:

"The idea of forcing Congress to deal with energy issues could open the Arizona senator to charges of hypocrisy. The liberal-leaning League of Conservation Voters gave McCain a "zero" rating for 2007, saying he had missed all 11 votes related to such critical energy topics as automobile fuel economy, offshore Virginia drilling, refinery construction, renewable electricity mandates, energy efficiency, liquefied coal, support for biofuels." By BETH FOUHY.

Say no more...President Obama.

The Original Johnny Mac - well, I have to disagree. This "proposal" by McCain is trite and meaningless, but it doesn't really demonstrate his ignorance.

Don't get me wrong. McCain has frequently demonstrated ignorance in his statements. But I think this one is more gimmicky than ignorant.

A sure way not to improve our economic situation: Bombing Iran.

I guess the McCain supporters are trying to figure out a way to spin this one. My guess is they'll soon give up and just go back to making their broad, sweeping, anti-Obama statements.

For CAIN everything is about WAR. He is a war lover, a money lover, a deceiver and a lier.

He preaches to the poor while wearing $520 shoes and living like the commoner in his 9 houses.

Let's all go to War with CAIN, get drunk buying his bear and go to hell in the process. CAIN will save US all!

CAIN deceive his brother, CAIN is the deceiver.

Ron Paul needs to slap McCain silly for this continued silliness.

Sally - I'm actually looking forward to coverage of the GOP convention, just to see how much oxygen Ron Paul steals from the show.

Paul - Me too. Wish I could be part of the fun.

Paul,

We want Hillary's votes be counted at the Convention, and we do not want to give those votes to 0-bama. We will defend it at all costs.

I guess when the Obama camp mocks this "Economic Surge", the McCain camp will say that Obama is willing to lose the war both on terror and the economy.

McCain sounds more and more like W very day. His proposals, ideas, and ads sound like they've been brainstormed by a bunch of drunk rednecks at a Texas Icehouse.

If you do not support drilling because you want to save the resources for future, more productive use, I am 100% for it and support it.

If you claim that you do not want drilling because it does not lower gasoline price, it is simply a sorry, phony excuse and you have no clue about economy.

lol

fact check your kind of stupid arent you

McCain calls for an economic surge? I doubt he can even spell the word "economic" let alone know how to define it. This strategy coming from the same guy who admitted to the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board that he knows very little about how the economy works. Makes sense though, his wife (Miss Buffalo Chip McCain), handles all the money in the McCain household so John doesn't have to worry about those annoying little details like paying the property taxes on their California mansion.

Katie Said: "There's a Chinese oil rig drilling off the coast of Florida right now - it's based in Cuba. More are coming soon. Are we really gonna let the Chinese drill up our own oil and sell it back to us at a profit?

Get real, people. "

There are 3 things wrong with this false claim.
1. It is not true.
2. Even if China did have an oil rig in Cuba, it would be Cuba's oil they would be pumping, not ours.
3. The whole offshore drilling noise is a non-issue anyway. Even if the congress lifted their ban, it would still be up to the individual states to decide if it would be allowed, and both California and Florida have made it very clear they would not allow it to happen.

Poll: Americans say they have seen too much Obama.
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Already?!

Pity. He needs to be more exposed.

Katie and Mack say: "There's a Chinese oil rig drilling off the coast of Florida right now - it's based in Cuba. More are coming soon. Are we really gonna let the Chinese drill up our own oil and sell it back to us at a profit?"

But Katie and Mack just repeating Republican lies.
Factcheck.org says:
Q: Are the Chinese drilling off the coast of Cuba?
A: No. George Will and Vice President Cheney got that wrong.

Cuba has only allowed exploration in the region, not drilling, and not to Chinese companies. China has entered a deal to drill *onshore* in Cuba, west of Havana--not "our own oil" by any stretch of the imagination.

And in fact, Cheney's office recanted the earlier claim:
Associated Press Online: Cheney's office said in a statement to The Associated Press that the vice president had erred. "It is our understanding that, although Cuba has leased out exploration blocks 60 miles off the coast of southern Florida, which is closer than American firms are allowed to operate in that area, no Chinese firm is drilling there."

Despite the clarification from Cheney and George Will (the original source) Republicans like Katie and Mack keep repeating this false scare point. Are they being dishonest or are they just ignorant?

"your kind of stupid arent you"

Posted by: bhrandon | Aug 6, 2008 5:03:58 PM
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It says it all, why you, a blind, self-claimed "highly educated" phony-supporters support a phony.

After you finish your second grade, we less-educated shall talk to you again.

fact check,

No protester will be allowed near the convention center.

The Dems will never allow another '68. Everyone knows it and even the ACLU case was dismissed

Do you people really believe that Senator Obama has any real answers on jobs and economy??? His state senate district lost 11% of their jobs while he was in that office for 8 years. Crime, drugs and poverty grew. He and his family were one of a few who benefited. He had the criminal Tony Rezko as a partner saving him $300,000 on his mansion purchase. Both candidates need a excellent staff to determine what needs to be done.

Off shore drilling is for the uninformed, even if it has strict environmental oversight. There are millions of acres with a ton of oil already leased out to the oil companies and they haven't drilled on them. They are just sitting there, in areas of the country that would not be greatly impacted, ready to go. With millions of barrels of oil!
So before we all panic and go for the worst possible option so our SUV's don't jug to a stop, think! Americans are being played by McCain and the oil companies once again. The oil companies want their cake and eat it too, and McCain has the fork loaded with just what they want!

McCain is a "Punk" and lives up to his nickname from school. We don't need a 3rd term of the GWB presidency.

Martin: Do all you supporters of McCain really think he is not an empty suite? He has been in politics for 23 years and for most of them including the past 8 years he has voted (when he showed up) against everything that was good for the people the the US unless you are in the top 5% of the wealthy. McCain is telling us that he will "save" us...hell save us from himself. He helped largely to create this mess we are in. Wake up. What does the man offer us???

More of the same from McCain.Republicans still playing the same old tune.Give it up.

Ditto Beck! Check out the massive increase in contributions to McCain's campaign from HESS OIL COMPANY after he had a change of heart about drilling on the coast. Think that was a coincidence? Yea, right....

beck--Senator Obama voted for the 2005 Bush-Cheney Energy Policy that gave billions in benefit to the oil companies. MCcain voted againt it. Now, Obama wants these same companies to fork over the billions in profits so he can pay each family $1000-provided he wins. Sounds like a scheme to buy votes.
Obama wants to put higher taxes on my retirement income. OK

Martin: what you have not said in your statement is that.. Yes.. Obama did vote for this policy, it was the largest energy efficiency policy ever created. That the alternative energy such as solar energy is huge on this policy. Also, what you have not said is that at the same time Obama voted for it, he also stated that he opposed the tax breaks and he wanted them stripped.

Get your fact straight it is people like you who are helping destroy the US.

People really need to do some hard checking on some of the crap that is spread around. It makes us look just like the Repubs want us to look and this really stupid.

I disagree in Obama's energy policy except for when he said, strategic oil reserve are for emergency only because I believe high cost of fuel is not considered an emergency but Obama has flipped and flopped on his view on the use of strategic oil reserves. I am also surprised in the number of his flip-flops within the span of one week. He is now advocating the Clinton's energy policy he criticized during the Democrat primary. Is this how Obama going to lead this country? I also disagree in his latest ad "in the pocket of big oil" because both him and McCain are on the receiving end of big oil contributions. In addition, Obama, not McCain, was the one who voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill. Furthermore, it seems Obama and the Democrats are not consistent with each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------***Obama is becoming more confusing, the more he changes his energy policy.

--Beck--The bottom line, Senator Obama did vote for this legislation and the tax breaks stayed put. You can't have it both ways. Big question: How has this effective our current energy crises? Wind turbines ( alternative energy) in my area have caused the cost of electricity to go up, not down.
It seems to me since the Democrats have taken over, our domestic proiblems have doubled. These are the same people that are now supporting Obama. Think we need a magician in the White House.

The Republican primary just got interesting. Hilton could blow McCain away. Hilton is hot, McCain is not.

The economy sucks except for a few of McCains wealthy friends. The greedy rich have raped this country. McCain is an enabler of the greedy rich. He's owned by wealthy lobbiests,especially big oil.McCain will make the rich richer and screw the poor and middle class. That is a GOP tradition.

Is Surge his answer for everything. Give me a break!

Maybe Senator Obama and his wise men can find a way to tax or get back some of the oil profits from Iraq. It is in the billions and USA is paying for the war, security and reconstruction now.

The wrinkly old white haired warmonger dude needs to take a nap.

"The economy sucks except for a few of McCains wealthy friends."

Hey what about mentor Wright? Have you seen his mansion? I think he's having a bowling alley installed. I'm sure Obama will be over there practicing his hook.

Oh sure! now he has all the answers. What was he doing for the past 3 years other than flipflopping like a grouper gasping for air. If I had to vote for McCain or nothing at all, I would rather the office stay empty.....seems like a good 'strategery' to me.

When the only tool you have is a hammer... everything looks like a nail.

Honestly, the GOP has wanted, and to a certain extent been able to, wage a low intensity war on the poor in this country.

Let's turn Flint into Fallujah! Hoo-ah!!! Beer for my horses!

I've really been thinking about this analogy... and I don't get it.

Should we deploy more economists? Print more money? Prepare a crack squad of psychotherapists?

And who is the enemy that we will vanquish?

Capitalists and mortgage bankers?
The Federal reserve?
The nation of whiners?

McCain is bizarre.

Wow....just wow. When people were tired of hearing McCain saying nothing but "SUUUURGE" in Iraq, he turns to an "economic surge". It's almost like he knows he's beaten already....wierd friggin' guy. . .

Mack---Did you know that Senator Obama gave both state and federal funds to Trinity Church for faith-based initiatives. He also sent funds to the University of Chicago where his wife worked and received a hefty pay raise.
Trinity Church has millions and bought Rev. Wright the mansion or helped purchase it stating he deserved it.

McCain said a few months ago he does not know a thing about the ECONOMY!!Did he just take a class or something in that few months. He still does not know a thing about the economy. I think he is scared when Obama reveals his plan because McCain has nothing. Never did -he found a word that rhymes with purge-Surge--Purge the old guy from this election.Oh yeah Soetoro/mac and Marty sure must love some Michelle Obama and I'd like to ask them who is their babymama doing.

Mack,

Your Fox News Check is in the mail. You can stop with the BS now.

Martin,

Enough with the Rev Wright crap! Just because you got some crazy email telling you Obama's a Muslim doesn't mean it's true. You need to delete your spam box!!

You people and your lies!! Read a newspaper every once in awhile!!

Whew! And these represent people who vote!
For the record the inexact science of economics does have some basic tenets, supply and demand you are probably all familiar with, but the real base is the use of scarce resources, scarce in that most resources are finite.

So during a climate of economic downturn it is time to reassess how those resources are being used and to redeploy them to maximise economic growth.

Surge is probably as good a word as any to simply describe that process and have it resonate, exactly as Obama uses the word change to make his point on current politics.

The everyday wisdom to bear in mind in this discussion is there is no such thing as a free lunch, clever redeployment and new use of resources can save you cost wise, but not doing anything and at the same time pursuing ideological objectives can only lead to further cost rises and economic malaise.

We are ahead of you here in Australia in that regard as we have already had our election last November and the ideological objectives are now at the stage of being accurately costed, currently standing at an increase of energy costs to the tune of 16%, which will be more than enough to put the country into recession after 11 years of economic growth.

It is my contention the so called global warming is not a save the planet problem, it is an economic problem and should be treated as such, but even if I am wrong that doesent alter the voters choice - bottom line is if you believe in it you will have to pay for it.
The way it appears one candidate is asking you to do that and the other is trying to minimise the cost to you.

It is obviously hard for you over there, but if you can forget about party politics that is your simple choice.
Those that didnt realise that choice here before our election are now feeling betrayed as the feel good words have turned into a dollar cost, and that leads to civil unrest, economic downturn, destabilisation and pessimism - none of which I would have thought you guys need right now.

Why do I concern myself? Because as they say here America sneezes and we catch a cold. The fact is that we have already given ourselves a cold, so if you guys dont get it right we will end up with pneumonia!

-Jennifer--I never said a word about Senator Obama being a muslim now or ever. I don't care whether he is or even went to a muslim school. As a child he did as his Mom directed him to do.
The infor about tax money to Trinity has been on the net for months. I just find it odd that the Church would pay help pay for a mansion with tax money designated for needy people. I am also bothered that churches are used for political rhetric. OK

"Obama wants to "fix" the economy by offering huge government giveaways funded by deficit spending and higher taxes."

Bush created that deficit. Even his own Party bewails that.

Higher taxes for the rich. Let's be more specific, here. No one can cut taxes across the board without leading to massively reduction in government services. We can save about $3,973 a SECOND from winding down the war in Iraq.

But let's call it what it is: "Retribution Economics." I'm not afraid to say it. Why whitewash? The middle class hasn't recieved a tax cut in over a decade. The capital gains tax is 15% and the top % have recieved reductions on a semi-annual basis since Bush landed in office. The middle class -the "paycheck types"- are paying 25%-30% on average.

The upshot is that in the past 8 years, the rich have gotten much, much richer while the middle class has been virtually squeezed out of existence.

What Sen. Obama proposes that the rich should pay for the next eight to make up for the tax breaks they've recieved over the past decade. Sure, they may move a large chunk of their money overseas.

But most of them have it in America now, and will have to keep it in America.

Is it "virtuous" and "just"? Probably not. But neither was handing the upper class a blank check at the expense of the middle class. I'm sure Wall St. is horrified.

People forget so quickly - McCain was involved with Keating 5 Savings & Loan scandal (Neil Bush was one of them) that ended up going to the taxpayers for a bailout.

When will people learn the problem with some republicans - they are anti-regulation so they can rake in the dough but when the problems start coming in they whine to the taxpayers for a bailout.

We got played again with the sub-prime mortgages. The uber rich got more so with their low tax hedge funds and now the bill is due, it has come to us, our children, our grandchildren...

Here's a lesson in economics 101 for both candidates.

1. In a bad economy, cut taxes and raise government spending.

2. In a hot economy, raise taxes and cut government spending.

Unfortunately, Bush pretty much screwed us all over because he cut taxes in a good economy and he cut taxes in a bad economy. Because he didn't raise taxes when the economy was good, the government can't afford to spend now that the economy is bad.

Hillary or McCain in the White House! NO OBAMA!

I think another economic surge by our military would be a bad idea at this point. Our military is already stretched to the breaking point in Iraq. On top of that, we might have a confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program. Long tours of duty are taking a tremendous toll on military families. And, on top of all that, the Iraqi gov't is piling up huge budget surpluses.

I think it is high time we start bringing our troops home from Iraq, and reduce the stains on our military, our military families, and our own federal budget.

It’s funny but John McCain’s wife is more like Paris than anyone. Her only interest in John being the president is because she thinks she will be the next Jackie Kennedy. Fat chance, that vicodin fueled dream wont happen. I heard John bolted out on his first wife and 3 kids when Cindy flashed her cash in his eyes, is that true? Is that considered elitist behavior?

In a military action (or business for that matter) you allocate your resources where needed, you respond to the circumstances... dat-in day-out - this is the normal way of doing business. The "Surge" was Media Hype for what is normally done in any well managed operation. Nothing more, except this Iraq situation has been so poorly managed, it became "news". Like-wise an "Economy Surge" is hype for spinning a poorly-managed situation into some lame kind of plus.

Well, There isn't much either can do to improve the economy. The debt is so out of control that at some point the Fed is going to have to restrict the money supply and as a result raise interest rates. Interest rates will have to rise quite a bit to off-set the bailing on US Bonds around the world, and at the same time unemployment is going to rise due to the inability for businesses to acquire capital and expand. It'll be the late seventies again with stagflation and it's going to get much worse before it get's better. Sorry to say, but as with the Vietnam war, Iraq and Afghanistan have bankrupt America. It's gonna be a long long time before we get our economic house in order.

Someone ask McCain why he had all the records of the POW's & MIA"s from the Viet Nam War sealed from from the public???? What does the Senator have to hide about his stay in Hanoi?? Why was his nick name in the Hanoi Hilton "Songbird"?????

beck your a DA puta who doesn't know his a** from a hole in the ground. First the oil companies have not stoped drilling for oil here in the USA. They have started over 15,000 new wells just this year, with 499 in off shore & inland waterways of Alaska, Texas & Lousiana. You would might just try doing some research before parroting the political talking points of your Conservative DA's Hannity, Limbough & Coulter they have an agenda and it isn't telling the truth.

The U.S.A. is bankrupt.

Wait for the New World Order... COMING SOON

Hey, did you know things are looking so bad Saudi Arabia has purchased 500,000 acres of prime wheat producing farmland in the heart of America. Wonder why we can't go to Saudi and buy some oil wells?

Today, Japan has announced they bought $43 million worth of our grain processing and storage silos. All on rail for easy access to the west coast and outta here. They don't trust eating the same GMO Monsanto crap we have to eat so they are buying direct from their own farms they have purchased here also.

We have become a Third World wasteland and are just about finished being raped. Even the illegals are leaving. They don't have $175,000 per person to contribute in taxes for the national debt like the rest of us rich republicans.

That might be the only thing Mccain and Bush are upset about.

none of this money is ever going to get paid back anyway. the bush administration is still shipping cargo planes full of hundred dollar bills on pallets to iraq and no one knows how much or what for. kind of like mccain surging the economy. bring it on before the dollar goes completely down the toilet. like the gop has.

John McCain is a creepy little Troll.

I love that everyone is so enthusiastic about taking the investment money out of the economy and giving it to the one organization in this country that has proven its self, regardless of the party in office, the most inefficient organization of all. Taxing the rich is going to hurt this economy even more. Wealth distribution, especially wealth distribution via the government, is not an answer to anything. What is needed is a plan to create a platform of growth in the economy. Obama’s plan is just not the answer.

Is McCain’s? Well based on the way things have been going so far in this election the statement by McCain was probably said to set the stage for a major policy to be released. I reserve the right to respond to this question until we see what is going to happen in the next week or so.

mccain dont worry there will be a surge come nov the surge to the voting booths voting for obama and you my friend will be surged back to az because you sure dont show up to work at the senate, you my friend have the worst voting record!!! wake up people dont vote for this maniac HES A CRAZY OLD MAN!!! VERY VERY DANGEROUS

What a complete fool. We find out that Iraq has billions of extra money in its budget while we go deeper into debt. Yea very smart McCain, lets keep pouring resources into Iraq while they get rich of our stupidity. McCain's advisors think the recession is a mental problem and we are a bunch of whiners, so what's he talking about a surge?

Funny thing is that given Obama's tax hikes on everyone to give the corrupt UN another $787 billion plus alot of other fluff Obama wants, McCain really wouldn't need a plan to be ahead on economy. As long as he doesn't raise taxes like Obama (and no politician) wants to raise taxes as much as Obama, then the economy will be better under McCain.