Stupidity Alert: McCain's new TV ad says we are worse off than 4 years ago

[Ichingcarpenter]

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain’s (Ariz.) latest television ad says that the country is in worse shape now than it was before President Bush began his second term.

“Washington’s broken. John McCain knows it,” the ad says. “We’re worse off than we were four years ago.”

The ad, titled “Broken,” shows that McCain is, at least in part, running away from President Bush’s record and looking to win favor with the centrist voters who have supported him in the past.

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton responded by saying that “Sen. McCain wants Americans to forget that during the Republican primary, he said that Americans were better off than we were eight years ago, and that he thinks we’ve made ‘great progress economically’.”

Burton added that McCain “wants us to forget that he’s fully embraced the Bush policies he once opposed, and bragged about supporting those policies ‘more than 90 percent of time’.”

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/mccain-ad-were-worse-off-than-we-were-four-years-ago-2008-08-05.html

[Enrique]

1. John McCain endorsed Bush in 2004

over his good friend John Kerry.

He chose his stupid party over America.

[Mz Pip]

2. So we should elect

the Republican who marched right along with the Administration that took us down this road.

That will make things better how exactly???

[Left Is Write]

3. I hope someone puts together a nice ad higlighting McCain's own opposing statements.

[Roland99]

7. Along with voting with The Propagandist 90-95% of the time.

[gateley]

4. It's my impression that McCain has said that FUNDAMENTALLY

our economy is good. Meaning that the basic tenets work, just that GWB didn't handle it correctly. So, McCain is saying, it's screwed up now, but when I get in office I know how to work our system in our favor. That would be the system that gives tax breaks to companies going overseas, etc. :scared: My interpretation, anyway.

[izquierdista]

5. I have to hand it to McCain

He's doing everything he can to lose, all for the good of the country. What a patriot!

He picks Caribou Barbie, the fundie nutcase to make sure no one but Assembly of God followers actually like the ticket. He admits he knows little about the economy and has an adviser like Phil Gramm call voters whiners because they can't afford homes to live in or cars to drive. (Wait until they whine about having no gas and having to live in a parked car.) He says that the military can stay in Iraq for 100 years when 2/3 of the people want them home. He gets Ben Stein to give him tips on how to make his speeches more boring.

He's got one more stunt to pull. If he cans Caribou Barbie halfway through the campaign and replaces her with Lieberman, someone that no one likes, he will have walked home the winning run for the other team. I have to admire him for being big enough to take a dive for the good of the country.

[chappydog26]

9. Well said! n/t

[trashcanistanista]

10. I really, really think he is doing it on purpose.

He doesn't want to win, he just wants revenge.

:tinfoilhat:

[Top Cat]

6. I guess he is excusing the 4 years prior

[Gabi Hayes]

8. "I think you could argue that,overall, Americans are better off..."

from the debates

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJxDUgpLlc


dems better use this in their ads

there's an INEXHASTABLE supply of these clips, in the sense that there's more than dems need til the election

here:

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDd83b5byk

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOZKeOauNI

[Butch350]

11. Desperate McCain

I watched part of a McCain stump speech today and he was using Obama's talking points from the DNC - referring
to a 10 year plan to rid us of our dependency on petro.

He is now copying many points that Barack uses. A flailing attempt mirror Obamas plans for america - hoping that if he
copies Obama, people will see no difference in the two candidates, then vote for the Grand Fatherly Old dude.

Disgusting - and he is desperate!