McCain Can't Identify His Cuts
Posted by Michael Link on April 21, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Can't identify cuts, or won't?
On one of the Sunday shows, John McCain used the discredited claim that he'd cut spending by eliminating $65 billion worth of earmarks. This time, at least, somebody was there to call him out on it:
STEPHANOPOULOS: But, sir, let me finish my point. Every other estimate I’ve seen say that the earmarks are $18 billion or $20 billion a year. To get to the $60 billion, that includes earmarks like the aid to Israel, $2 billion a year. $1 billion a year for military housing.You’re not going to cut those.
McCAIN: I’m going to cut at least that.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Are you cutting aid to Israel?
McCAIN: Of course not. I’m not cutting aid to Israel. I’m cutting billions and billions out of defense spending which are not earmarks.
Being called out on it might not stop him from repeating the same things we all already know to be factually just plain untrue, but it's good to see that people are beginning to push him to be honest about this stuff.
Comments - 13 »
Comments - 13 «
Honesty may be a big stretch.His reeling these things off gives me the impression of a loose cannon. This kind of rhetoric will cause confrontations with people that will disagree with him. This could be very interesting given his temper.
Posted by virgo on April 21, 2008 at 01:02 PM
The Democrats can no longer identify those in control of some of their web sites! Imagine if traitors to the Democratic Party were in control of this web site! Click on to my name below to see this LIVING NIGHTMARE come true at the DFA (Democracy For America) internet web site which is also supposed to be for the Democratic Party!
Posted by Inquiry on April 21, 2008 at 02:34 PM
Are you calling Michael out?
Posted by SandyH on April 21, 2008 at 03:29 PM
I don't think anybody is calling me out. Am I missing something?
Posted by MichaelLink on April 21, 2008 at 05:04 PM
Why are we sending aid to a country that is richer than we are?
Posted by Butte on April 21, 2008 at 06:52 PM
The media is deciding the election,
Posted by newsjunkie on April 23, 2008 at 08:47 AM
The media is deciding the election,
Posted by newsjunkie on April 23, 2008 at 08:52 AM
If you Cut the Tax Breaks to the Wealthy like Hillary wants to do, you Can afford a lot of help to the middleclass and others that desperatly need a help up.
Let us hear what Hillary's plans are? I bet half of you haven't a que what she has planed for the 2000 years. Remember the ninties?
Lets all take a step up the ladder of success again, and help our Veterns that come home half of what they were? They can be better than they are now and so can we. Hillary sayes there is no need for all that suffering the Republicans have put us through in America and especially our hero's fighting abroad. BRING THEM HOME SHE SAYES. HOLD ON HELP IS ON IT'S WAY, FOR GOOD, THIS TIME.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLANS HAVE ALWAYS WORKED AND ALL WE NEED IS A TOUGH FIGHTER LIKE HILLARY TO GET US WHAT WE NEED in our policies.
Posted by oneforall on April 23, 2008 at 12:56 PM
For sure, if McCain becomes President, there will only be one change: the witness of McCain replacing Bush's name tag with his name tag.
My friends, this will be the only change.
Posted by Free on April 23, 2008 at 07:25 PM
He doesn't know what he is talking about. With all of the cuts the fed has done to the states, the states depend on that tax money for roads and other needs. The govenors will all be against that one.
Posted by newsjunkie on April 23, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Have you ever seen a harder worker than Hillary??? She knows her policies are best for America. She was laying out her plans for the United States of America, long before Obama said anything but a ML King type speech. When Hillary won three states in a row. Obama changed his style and put some plans in his speech. They were so close to what Hillary had planned that he started bashing her. She has said some things about him like he voted three or four times to support the war in Iraq. And if she had known Bush and his cabinet where lying about WMD and yellow cake etc she would never voted to give Bush power to use whatever method to protect our Nation. This is what the Senate does, usually. They usually can trust the President to follow the USA's plans to try everything else before declaring war. Everyone knowes what happened and they know how many other Democratic Senators voted for war. Some that are supporting Obama. So get off her back already.
Posted by oneforall on April 24, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Hillary does such a great job at kicking Obama around, she'll make a great nominee doing a great job kicking McCain aruond.
Posted by Free on April 24, 2008 at 07:41 PM
Again, the only change we are all going to see from McCain is: name tag replacement.
Posted by Free on April 24, 2008 at 07:49 PM
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