With even Republicans admitting that things are not going well in the country (don't pay attention to the fact that it's their policies that got us in this predicament) and Bush suffering from the highest disapproval ratings of any President in the history of the country, the only thing that John McCain can run on is that his presidency would not be the equivalent of a third Bush term. Of course, given that his strategy in Iraq matches Bush's, his economic policies are not predicted to work any better than Bush's has, and that he is woefully behind the curve on issues that really matter to Americans, that might be a tough sell.
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But don't tell that to Sen. Lindsey Graham, who appeared on Late Edition on Sunday to tell us that it won't be John McSame. Really. He swears.
BLITZER: In our new CNN Opinion Research Corporation poll that came out this week, “Right Track/Wrong Track”, President Bush’s job approval numbers—as far as his disapproval numbers—it was a record 71% of the American public, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, say they disapprove of President Bush’s job performance. That’s even a higher number than Richard Nixon had at the height of Watergate when he was on the verge of being impeached. Are you surprised that so many Americans disapprove of President Bush’s record over these past eight years?
GRAHAM: It’s frustrating times. You have uh, you have fuel prices going up, food prices going up, you’ve got a war in Iraq that was mismanaged for four years, so there is a very frustrating time in which we live. I’m confident of this, that Sen. McCain is doing well because of what he’s done over his life, over the policies he’s pursued, over his efforts to create bipartisan solutions to hard problems and his Commander in Chief credentials I think trump everybody running for President now and he understood the problems in Iraq better than anyone and calls for a change in strategy and that change has paid dividends, so I understand the frustrations people have. It’s tough being president. I think I know why Sen. McCain is doing much better than the Republican brand name because of the way he’s lived his life and politics and his personal desire to lead in this country and he really is an American hero.
Of course, the reason Graham knows this? Because after seeing a DNC ad discussing McCain's economic policies, all that matters to him is that McCain won't raise taxes. Crippling deficit, bleeding money (literally) hand over fist in Iraq, but God forbid we raise taxes to fund the country's interests.
UPDATE: Very interesting. This campaign tactic of trying to distinguish McCain from the Bush policies (no matter how virtually identical they are) for which Graham and Fiorina were on the front lines came about after the McCain campaign got it signed off by the White House to criticize Bush. Can't risk bringing the wrath of the neo-con machine upon him again.
Once again Lindsey sings her favorite song, "Stand By Your Man". She then takes another sip of Kool-Aid.
lindsay graham, now THERE is an unbiased commentator, phhpt.
and, notice, by saying the war was 'mismanaged for 4 years', lindsay implies that the was is being managed well now--since the surge--which is patently false.
also notice how wolf blitzer lets that go without injecting a couple CCs of the truth. of wait, silly me, this is cnn...
cnn = politics, not journalism
OK South Carolina, it's time to come clean - why did you really elect this fool?
Sure Lindsey! And Iraq was just fabulous when you and McSame were there. Gas prices? No problem! Health care crisis? No biggie! Just keep on drinking your Kool-aid. Meanwhile, while the prices go up, you and your henchmen's reputation go down. I wonder what the summer will bring Lindsey? I think the Fall of discontent.
It's very unreasonable for you to suggest that Blitzer should be asking tough questions about Gampy. No man should have to risk his invitation FREE BARBECUE just to get a little truth on the air.
I smell A$$. Plural.
McCain to Star in ‘Grey Hair Anatomy’
Teacher fired for Wizardry
http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Teacher_fired_for_Wizardry
Enjoy.
Tinkerbell is a complete idiot!He still thinks everything is okey doakie in Iraq!
Wolfie is a shill in a new suit. He and his media bretheren will never offend their Repug masters. They are busy along with big business cutting Wolfie and friends big checks!
Lindsey Graham, a Bush bitch if there ever was one.
What a sour, dour, insecure, insignificant little shit that Lindsay Graham is.
Can we get Mr. Graham to comment on McCain releasing
the rest of the Abramoff documents that he suppressed.
As the clock continues....
Any comments from Bush today?
Is playing with the 2008 Westminster Kennel Club's Best in Show ( picture ) really that important right now?
http://www.whitehouse.gov
Any comments from Cheney today?
Dick Cheney and Mrs. Lynne Cheney ( picture ) were last seen waving goodbye to the departing Alitalia airliner and the Pope.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/
Not to be negative (!), but history shows that you can't "fix" a mess like this. You can either continue it (probably make it worse) or take it in a different direction (maybe make it better, maybe worse in different ways). Rolling back is not an option.
My feeling is that the only non-violent solution for the current US problems is a move toward sustainability, in all it's forms (energy, farming, population, net consumption, capital expansion). NOBODY wants to go there apparently, so all you have left is talk, waffle, talk and more talk, then eventually violence. It's just a question of when.
The Smiths @ 13:
Yes...he said "So...fuck you."
Every time Lindsey Graham speaks a dog humps someone's leg.
YourMom @ 14:
Can't we just cut to the chase and get to the violence. SNARKY Comment. Are you listening CIA, Homeland Security...it was a JOKE!!
"GRAHAM: It’s frustrating times. You have uh, you have fuel prices going up, food prices going up, you’ve got a war in Iraq that was mismanaged for four years..."
Nope, five years.
Why is it that everyone seems to have forgotten McCain's remarks about the war and oil. Why didn't Wolfie ask Lindsey about that? It seems OK to mention Wright constantly, but OK to throw McCain controversal words in the garbage.
P.D. @ 19:
Because they know the reality of the situation. Everybody wants that oil.
Yeah YourMom, I don't even know why I get up in the morning. If McCain wins, you're going to have one pissed off country. But given Bush was elected twice(maybe) we don't have a very good tract record.
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P.D. @ 21:
If McCain wins, you will have more war, more bad economic policy, continued destruction of the middle class...but it will all be blamed on liberals, homosexuals and brown people...and the flag will be waved and anthems will be sung and the sheeple will continue to work and cheer the aristocracy as they rape and pillage the economy while holding those dangerous liberals, homos and brown people at bay.
John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign is nothing if not ironic. The supposed maverick has repeatedly reversed positions and compromised core principles to help pave his road to the White House. The Arizona Senator, whose family assets include 8 homes and a stash purportedly worth over $100 million, refuses to disclose his wife's tax returns, all while calling Barack Obama an "elitist." And now, after adopting virtually the entire Bush agenda, John McCain is planning a fall campaign based on distancing himself from George W. Bush, a strategy closely coordinated with the Bush White House itself.
For the details, see:
"McCain, Bush Staffs Coordinate on W Separation Strategy."
That is precisely why McCain needs to be beaten in the election, his kissing the butts of the Far-Right NEOCON's
You're right Liberal, but the GOP has bit itself on it's ass. For the first time, there are more Hispanic voters in Florida registered Democrat than Republican. Guess all the bashing against Latinos has backfired.
Liberal AND Proud @ 22:
And they will wear their flag-pins and call us unpatriotic. Hey, that's why they call him McSame.
You've probably noticed the controlled US media was all over her Hillary until she brought out the nuclear option and all of a sudden the media has backed off dramatically.
LA, I was thinking the same thing. It reminds of the Who song, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss!"
Graham didn't answer the questions, he simply tried to spin the raised issues to McCain's advantage. And surprise, surprise, Blitzer didn't challenge him on it.
graham is an old spinster. a closeted queen.
Liberal AND Proud @ 17:
To quote Han Solo, "Bring em on; I prefer a straight up fight to all this sneaking around."
Lindsey is a creepy guy
P.D. @ 28:
Baba O'Riley.
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 25:
You're being too kind. He's spit polishing and tongue shining those anuses.
xoites (Bitter before Country was Cool) defends Constitution @ 34:
I thought that was from "Won't Get Fooled Again". But will we?
So ol Graham says life under McCain is going to be alllll puppies and kittens... He swears.... Is that anything like the usual GOP promises???.... If so, then hell, game over folks....what's not to believe... Err except for the last eight years of lies, bullshit obstruction of justice, undermining the judiciary and the DOJ, to name just a few specifics and the seeming overall dismantling of this nations government infrastructure under Bush and the neocons in service of God knows what kind of creepy privatized rightwing freakshow ideology... A freakshow McCain has bought into hook line and sinker... Gee other than all that, seems like puppies and kittens all around for every little good boy and girl.. Especially if your a gopper fan I suppose..... The Lindsmeister says so.....
OK just to be clear, why is this whole dog and pony show by Lindsey Graham likely to make any thinking person, ahem, sceptical??? Class? Anyone? Bueller???? Nevermind folks, we all aready know this is just another rhetorical spitwad being thrown at the wall to see if it will stick... It don't... What I wish I could have an opportunity to do, is call in on one of these sunday morning gab fests repub/MSM circle jerks and tell some repub a-hole like Lindsey Graham to shut the fuck up, I'm sick of hearing it. That's about as likely to happen as a Kucinich presidency coming out of a brokered Dem primary season which is about as likely as a Gore presidency from the same scenario, to wit... not very. So my answer to this shit is read it, ignore it, and move on, but that's just me..............JD
There are moments when I wish I lived in some of these states, like Carolina (N/S?) where graham is a senator. I would work my heart out to get this chicken hawk, suck ass senator tossed out on the street with the thousands of other US workers who have met the pavement, thanks in large part to our legislative body enabling the siphoning off of profits to their party loyals.
Nothing to substantiate what this meely mouse pig is saying, but he sure does like to "stand by his 'hero'". Idiot!
Get rid of him and dole. Both...worthless speed bumps.
Don Davis @ 7:
Of course, I meant as McSamey!
Can straight men have gaydar?
I swear looking at Lindsey Graham mine's going off.
♠Bangkok-Bob♠ @ 27:
I've never seen McSame wear a flag-pin. I just assumed that he didn't wear one, because he hates the American Flag.
Graham states:
"Obama and Clinton will repeal the tax cuts that have created economic activity".
Of course, that economic activity is measured by
higher inflation, 300% increase in gas prices, deficits and job losses.
So—THE SOONER THEY'RE REPEALED, THE BETTER OFF WE'LL ALL BE!
ysbaddaden @ 40:
I'm not gay either, but my gaydar sounded off loud and clear from the first time I saw him. Yet another self-loathing gay denying who he really is. Such a hypocrit, given how the GOP hates gays. Sheesh.
The War was "mismanaged" the last four years? Typical Repubublicant mantra.
Litabell @ 43:
*LOL*
have you two been hanging out in airport bathrooms?
:)
CoIntelPro against DIVISIVE DEMS. @ 45:
Ever since they installed the condom machines.
ThunderMonkey @ 16:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrF_s0WuisY
Lindsay Graham: King of the Weenies.
Is Wolf Blitzer on the Council of Zionist Traitors?
Interesting to see that even CLOSET QUEENS like Lansey Graham can't fact the truth about Granpa McSame.
Can't wait for Lindsay's 'coming out' party.
This campaign tactic of trying to distinguish Clinton from the Bush policies (no matter how virtually identical they are)....
FTFY
Funny, Lindsey didn't think the war was mis-managed each time I saw him on TV during those four years. All he did was defend Bush and his policies.
Now that it's indefensible to do so, comes the mis-managed statement. And like most Repugs these days, it's not Republican policies that led us here they say, no...it was that mediochre employee of theirs, George Bush, who didn't carry them out they way they intended.
Vote in another Republican they say, this one with better "credentials", and all we be fine.
I'm sorry, turds like Graham have lost all credibility. All they can do now is scare people into thinking only wise-old grandpa McCain can save them.
Lindsey Graham? I smell a closeted gay man...
If McSame is so damn good why wasn't he the GOP's nominate in 2000? Does anyone have the balls in the MSM ask that question?
This little Dimwit is hanging on every word old geezer McSame utters in the hope he might be named VP? LOL LOL LOL
Hulk @ 38:
In SC, Lindsay is too far LEFT to suit the sheeple. The wingnuts would like to throw him out for someone even worse. SC is the state that made Strom Thurmond such an institution.
Bush's brainwashing from the vists to the Bohemian Grove's "Sacrifice of Care" is working well for the NWO. Every year on the 15th of July a Mind Control ceremony is held to reinforce Carelessness or no care for anything for a year. This is what we are Experiencing from our Government. Just Google it and learn why our govenment has become decadent today and does'nt listen to the People who it serves. This Is Very Sad Indeed!
I have never been to SC, but if this is a example of the "men" that live there I will not include that state in any vacation plans. This little "twinkie" loves to send our kids to war, while he does his dangerous duty stateside. And I well remember his sobbing tears and fake outrage over the poor brain dead girl a few years back. What a two faced son of a bitch he is. Well SC is this the person who speaks for you?
ThunderMonkey @ 16:
and lindsey curls up on the floor and licks his balls? yeah i got it!
I could see this "guy" being some mofo's prison bitch at Jolliet. Put thong panties on his ass and a set of spike heels and make him walk the exercise yard. He'd fit right in.
Graham, you're a little ignorant whore.
Doesn't Lindsey have a wide stance too?
Good luck? LoL. Polls show people already think he is like Bush and it's just going to get worse for McSame as the truth gets out to Americans. Too late you ass kissing chump.
Is this bastard up for re-election?
"These are the times we live in"----OR these are the times the GOP have created???
Lindsey Graham makes my blood boil.
It is very simple.... all the media noise is just media noise.... all the Democrats have to do is focus on the Iraq war and the economy and they will destroy the Republicans in November.. they should not get distracted by all the media garbage... this is a change election and McCain offers no change... plus the Democrats should simply put the question out there... what did McCain do regarding the war and the economy (the two most important issues right now) during his Republican adminstration over the last 8 years... what were his achievements when his party held all the power...? the answer is zero? and does he offering anything different than the failed policies on the Iraq war and the economy than Bush has?
Graham doesn't answer Wolf's questions. Gee, color me shocked.
More shocking, however, is why is it that these "reporters" never follow up and ask politicians to answer the questions actually asked? Are they so afraid of losing access that they're afraid to be true reporters and get these politicians to actually answer the actual question asked?
No wonder CNN and the other MSM are no longer trusted or relied upon by more and more Americans.
Wait, the war was only mismanaged for four years? Graham and I both must have been in a coma for a year, because we missed the year it was being managed well. I would have liked to see that, just so I knew what it looked like. You know these guys never go to church, because they are all too afraid the hallowed ground will open up and swallow them. Douchebags, the whole damn lot of them. Who keeps electing these people?
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