McCain/Palin: "Because You Haven't Suffered Enough!"

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A McCain-Palin Administration would deliver:

STAY THE COURSE ECONOMICS: Just like George W. Bush, neither McCain nor Palin talk at all about our economic problems, in large part because they don't even know they exist. We already know about McCain's mansions, but not as many people know that thanks to high oil prices, Alaska's economic situation is much stronger than the that in the rest of the United States. And the only plans they offer are the same as Bush's.

EVEN MORE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL EXTREMISM: For the past eight years, George W. Bush and Karl Rove have tried to divide this country along religious and cultural lines. By appeasing the far right wing of the GOP, John McCain has taken that trend towards polarization and put it on steroids. To gain a political advantage, he is willing to put a true religious zealot within a heartbeat of the presidency (edit: even though she's unqualified to be president).

THE SAME OLD LIES AND DECEPTIONS: Both Palin and McCain lie with reckless abandon. They don't care. In fact, they get off on it. Remind you of how the administration sold the war in Iraq (aided, of course, by none other than John McCain)?

We need to continue pressing the case that we've been making all along: John McCain means four more years of Bush politics and policies. Now that he has selected Sarah Palin to run alongside him, our case is even stronger.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/09/palin-mccain-more-of-the-same.html

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1. McCain/Palin: Same Old, Same Old

McCain/Palin: Same Old, Same Old
by: Bob
Wed Sep 10, 2008 at 08:00:00 AM EDT

It's been almost a week since Senator McCain gave his exhausted appeal for four more years of the Bush/Cheney administration and Governor Palin offered her spiteful retread of Karl Rove's 2004 "divide America" campaign. It has taken me that long to realize what the Republicans were doing. Exactly what they did in 2004.

First, an appeal for four more years of Bush/Cheney policies: tax cuts for the rich, continuation of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an expanded role for Christian fundamentalism in the federal government, and a politics based on fear and division that pits neighbor against neighbor, state against state, and region against region. Divided, the G.O.P. may win. As Palin said of McCain's life, "It's the journey of an upright and honorable man - the kind of fellow whose name you will find on war memorials in small towns across this country." Cities, you see, don't have upright men. (McCain, amusingly, grew up in the large city of Alexandria Virginia).

Second, Big Lie tactics: repeat false claims in controlled settings, refuse to answer questions, and rely on your political opposition to be too timid or inept, and the media to be too fearful, uninformed, lazy or controlled, to mount an effective challenge. As Willard said in his Convention speech, "We need change, all right - change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington!" The Republicans, of course, have controlled all three branches of government since 2001 (except for the Senate in 2001-2 and Congress after 2006): Washington is Republican. At a more granular level, Palin claimed she opposed the "Bridge to Nowhere" when she actually supported it. She put the state plane on eBay -- but only for show, and actually sold it at a cut rate to a political friend. Now she is hiding from the press. Classic Big Lie.

The problem with the first approach this year is that the policies of Bush and Cheney are unpopular: 33-64 favorable/unfavorable for Bush today compared with 54-44 in September 2004. This is because results from the past four years have been pitiful. The Dow was at 10,471 on 20 January 2005. It closed today at 11,230, up 7%, less than half the 14.74% inflation during the period. If you own a house, you probably have lost even more. The Taliban, who backed 9/11, is back in business; Bin Laden has not been found; and the war in Iraq is endless.

http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=12913

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2. McCain/Palin: More Bush Failure and Corruption

John McCain, desperately clinging to the maverick image he once had, has openly promised us nothing but the same failed policies of the Bush years. About the only thing that one can say about McCain is that he is, for a Republican, relatively free of scandal, if you ignore his role in the infamous Savings and Loan scandal. But with his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, McCain has now shown that he openly embraces the Republican culture of corruption that has plagued America under Bush. McCain/Palin offers America more Republican failure and corruption.

http://culturekitchen.com/mole333/blog/mccain_palin_more_bush_failure_and_corruption

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3. kick

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4. Funny and to the point - I love it!

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5. Yep........for morans, it hurts so good is their motto!