I'm not so sure that having McCain in office would constitute much change over the current administration...

Posted by javajunkee on June 3, 2008 at 3:28 PM

How are McCain and Bush similar in their politics?

Posted by Kducey on June 4, 2008 at 6:47 AM

a href="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/06/04/mccains-more-of-the-same/"McCain is More of the Same/a

They are on the same page 95% of the time, as is well explained in the blog post linked above.

Posted by javajunkee on June 4, 2008 at 11:28 AM

Sounds like a real objective piece. I wshould really change my opinion based off this piece. GMAB!

Posted by Kducey on June 5, 2008 at 6:47 AM

Sure, the tone of the piece (and the site in general) seems to have a bias against crooked politicians, but considering the abundance of verifiable facts cited in the post to support the case, it doesn't seem to be as much about an "opinion" as it is about a willingness to accept the reality of the situation.

Posted by javajunkee on June 6, 2008 at 2:29 AM

It's good to know that merely being different is good enough these days. We haven't seen much discussion of the issues for months now.

Posted by Wenalway on June 6, 2008 at 7:21 AM

That same article bashes the Bush tax cuts. Anyone with any economic sense has to realize that the Bush tax cuts were a great stimulus that led to vast economic growth in this country. During the Bush years we saw a very strong economy for 6 of the 8 years. Economic health was a plus for the Bush administration. Now the Obamanation wants to call for the largest tax increase ever, during a time of slowed growth? I can only imagine Adam Smith rolling over in his grave when I hear that.

Posted by Kducey on June 6, 2008 at 8:10 AM

The Real McCain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c

The economic growth in this country during the Bush era has been phenomenal. Unfortunately, what has been growing is our debt, both individual consumer debt http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/06/news/economy/consumer_credit/?postversion=2008060615 and national debt http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5282521. With record foreclosures http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/05/AR2008060501501.html and the biggest jump in unemployment since 1986 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsanM66tszKz1zFq0LOG4XvWS7zAD914PMEO0, those stimulus checks are sure to do plenty of good.

Posted by javajunkee on June 6, 2008 at 6:31 PM

So you want the government to determine how much debt you can incur? Not me, no thank you. The responsibility has to be on the consumer.

Oh and those stimulus checks, Barrack voted for them. Nice try.

Posted by Kducey on June 9, 2008 at 6:25 AM

I'm not saying that being different is all that it takes to be qualified to run the country, Wenalway. Issues like the war, healthcare and obviously, the economy, are incredibly important.

But the general election season is still pretty fresh. It's a little early to be making up my mind. I was just saying that finally having a Democratic candidate for the election is the first step in what promises to be an exciting few months.

Posted by mthilmony on June 9, 2008 at 1:57 PM