McCain, on MTP, admits that he voted w/ Bush 90% of the time, STILL tries to throw him under the bus

[Amerigo Vespucci]

McCain says Bush failed in number of areas
Dismissing poll results, GOP candidate insists ‘we’re doing fine’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27386775/

WATERLOO, Iowa - Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee, said Sunday that he was a proud Republican but believed the Bush administration had failed in a number of areas, asking voters to remember that “I’m not George Bush.”

In recent days, the McCain campaign has aggressively run away from Bush and his unpopularity with voters, blaming him for the economic downturn and a record national debt. In an interview with NBC News last week, McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, identified Bush’s unpopularity as the campaign’s most serious obstacle.

Speaking Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” McCain acknowledged that he has voted with Bush more than 90 percent of the time, but he said that on the most important issues — U.S. strategies in Iraq, climate change and the economy — “I was not popular in my own party.”

“I respect the president of the United States, of course,” McCain said in the interview with NBC’s Tom Brokaw. But “there were a number of disagreements over philosophy.”

[grantcart]

1. McCain destroyed himself on MTP

Brokaw asked the right questions and had the clips and the quotes to lead McCain into the slaughtering house.


I understand some people at DU are upset about a particular thing here or there but the fact is that any independent watching MTP would never ever vote for McCain - he lost votes today he didn't pick up a single one.

[ObamaKerryDem]

2. I was actually pleasantly surprised with Brokaw today..

Thought he would give McSame a softball interview. He, at least IMO, didn't. Good for him. And I agree that McCain hurt himself in a number of ways in this one..