McCain lashes out at Bush's record (CNN)

[Nambe]

Source: CNN

John McCain lashed out at President Bush's record on a host of issues Wednesday, perhaps the Arizona senator's harshest criticism to date of his party's standard-bearer for the last eight years.

"Spending, the conduct of the war in Iraq for years, growth in the size of government, larger than any time since the Great Society, laying a $10 trillion debt on future generations of America, owing $500 billion to China, obviously, failure to both enforce and modernize the regulatory agencies that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century, failure to address the issue of climate change seriously," McCain told the Washington Times when asked to name his criticisms of the current president.

"Those are just some of them," McCain said, laughing. ...

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/23/mccain-... /

[UnrepentantUnitarian]

1. Well, Mr. "I'm Proud to be 90 percent Bush" is at least...

...10 percent lashing out, anyway, right?

[damntexdem]

16. Maybe he thinks that lashing out 90% at himself is OK, outweighed by that 10%.

Maybe Sarah Palin taught him arithmetic.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. He continued: "Forget about the fact that I supported 90% of it, my friends."

[closeupready]

18. lol

n/t

[Supersedeas]

20. McMath doesn't really add up, does it?

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. Doesnt this mean he's lashing out at HIMSELF????

When one votes over 90% for someone else's policies, one must take responsibility for ones actions.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Now, THAT'S the Maverick we all know and love!

[Crowman1979]

5. "I did everything I could to get (Bush) elected and re-elected President." - John McCain

I doubt he can overcome that straight talk.

[notadmblnd]

12. time to make that little video clip an Ad

[endarkenment]

6. And voted for just about all of it while hugging Bush.

But hasn't flip flopped on anything.

Liar.

[saigon68]

10. Mclame and Bimbo Barbie assclowns

[AKing]

7. Yeah,bring up Chimpy...That's a can't miss strategy LOL!

[notadmblnd]

8. Kinda late in the game for McCain to be distancing himself from Bush now

isn't it?

[Raschel]

11. He's going bonkers. Throwing everything out there. lol n/t

[damntexdem]

17. Any babies in that bath water?

No, any water McPain throws out is more likely to contain sewage.

[Mrs. Overall]

9. Keep talking, John.

[LynnTheDem]

13. "I voted with the President over 90% of the time... more than my Republican colleagues."

"The president and I agree on most issues..."

"Fact is that I have agreed with president bUsh far more than I've disagreed..."

YOUR words, Mccain. On tape.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThoBMfcFRc

[krkaufman]

22. See also this short clip, assembled by The Young Turks ...

(TYT) McCain: "I did everything I could to get (Bush) elected, and relected."

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. McKeating5 just lost his core Bush voters!

[damntexdem]

15. Lashing out at what he wants to reproduce.

Well, when you keep doing the same thing, hoping for a different outcome ...

[Mark E. Smith]

19. Didn't McStrange vote with Bush 90% of the time?

McStrange's latest 'message' is the equivalent of lighting his
hair on fire and then trying to put it out with a hammer.

[onehandle]

21. Was he lashing out at a mirror? nt