McCain promises billions in spending

Associated Press ^ | May 1, 2008 | LIBBY QUAID

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

She also told TV host Jay Leno last night the Republican presidential candidate is “not the best of drivers,” and that she does most of the driving.

We used to call this sort of thing "self-defense." ;)

[verity]

Are you disagreeing with the contention that an Obama or Hitlery Presidency would be worse than a McCain Presidency?

[Uncle Hal]

Folks John is acting like a tax and spend liberal. Since he has got the nomination he has gone back to his old self. If the 2 Democrats were not so bad I would consider not voting for him. He is testing my patience.

[Amendment10]

The title of this thread does not compliment the article. The article relates to McCain wanting to cut taxes.

In fact, according to one organization, Clinton and Obama are the Senate's biggest spending proposers for '08.

Clinton, Obama are the big-shot spenders

[verity]

I would not want to wager my life on that assumption. Nevertheless, the commentary in your second paragraph is, IMHO, quite accurate.

[KC_Conspirator]

This is one crappily written article. McCain is not calling for more spending; this fool of an author just asks “how is he gonna pay for tax breaks” like and idiot liberal. Don’t expect an article asking the democrats how they are going to pay for nationalized healthcare.

[Antoninus]

Don't you just love how the idiots on the left equate tax cuts with spending hikes? Someone must have sent around a memo.

Anyone who doesn't see what's going on here is truly benighted.

[pupdog]

I am. I no longer see any difference.

[verity]

Perspicacious judgment is a prerequisite..

[pupdog]

I always strive to do my best.

[verity]

Good puppy.

[pupdog]

Thank you.

Now if you're done, can you give me any specific reason why a "perspicacious judgment" should see any significant difference?

[verity]

IMHO, Obama represents a contemporary "Jimmy Carter" who cannot be trusted with this Nation's security.

Hitlery is big government incarnate, particularly with her version of a nanny health care system.

McCain is neither Barack nor Hitlery.

Choice #4 is....there is no fourth choice.

[calcowgirl]

Republican John McCain is making promises that would cost billions of taxpayer dollars

The article fails to mention McCain's $2.5 TRILLION dollar Amnesty plan or his $1.2 TRILLION dollar cap-and-trade program to fight "global warming."

New user fees could pay for the gas-tax holiday, McCain adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin said. Ironically, McCain said those kinds of fees were essentially tax increases when former rival Mitt Romney imposed them

Oh... that makes a difference. "It's not a tax--it's a fee!" (Thank you ARnold Schwarzenegger!)

"America is supposed to help people in rural settings, people like the quilters who are direct descendants of slaves," McCain said. "It's 'give people a hand up.' That's the essence of government."

Didn't know that before. /s

[calcowgirl]

... “by the way, you have to pay for the pea... and the shell... and my time to move them around... and the right to watch them, AND pick up all the costs to replant the field that the pea came from, including gasoline, insurance, registrations, fees, licenses and processing.”

Don't forget the program to pay the farmers for not growing peas. ;-)

[calcowgirl]

This is one crappily written article. McCain is not calling for more spending

Mortgage financing program, veteran medical, student loan programs, internet in rural areas....

[calcowgirl]

Don't you just love how the idiots on the left equate tax cuts with spending hikes?

With respect to calculating the deficit, they have similar characteristics. Should we just ignore the bottom line?

[pupdog]

See, I got those first two statements. It’s the third one that I’m not seeing. Well, technically, yes, he’s not them. Neither is, say, Ted Kennedy. “Significant difference” is what I’m looking for.

And the last statement is the kind of wrong that makes me wonder just when the concept of individual choice and empowerment left the GOP. There is always another choice. And I know, because I’ve been choosing it since 2000. Only one candidate was going to return me to the voting booth, and it wasn’t McCain. What I’m seeking is a good reason to feel differently.

[pupdog]

"It's 'give people a hand up.' That's the essence of government."

The leading GOP presidental candidate declares government is not the problem, government is the solution. The day grows darker and darker.