John McCain Promises Oregon Families a Third Bush Term
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Contact: Marc Siegel
John McCain Promises
In his desperation to cozy up to the right wing of the
Republican Party, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has threatened the retirement
security of Oregon seniors by promising to privatize Social Security, further
strain Oregon’s reserve and national guard units by promising to keep our troops
in Iraq for 100 years, and promising more of the same on everything from ethics
to the economy.
“By rushing to President Bush’s side, McCain is showing
Third Bush Term on the
Economy…
McCain’s Short-Term Solution For the
Economy? Tax Cuts for the Wealthy in Two Years, Of Course.
When asked what efforts would have a short-term impact
on the economy, McCain responded “In the shorter term, if you somehow told
American businesses and families, ‘Look, you're not going to experience a tax
increase in 2010,’ I think that's a pretty good short-term measure. And as far
as confidence is concerned, I think if you say, ‘Congress is going to cut
corporate taxes right away,’ if you say that you've got a plan to eliminate the
AMT, I think some of those are kind of short-term measures right now.”
[Wall Street Journal,
3/3/08]
Third Bush Term on
McCain Would Spend “a Hundred Years”
or a “Million Years” in
McCain interrupted a voter during a town hall meeting in
New Hampshire telling him we could spend "maybe a hundred" years in Iraq and
"that would be fine with me." After the town hall meeting, he told a reporter
"that
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McCain Consistently Using Bush
Talking Points on
In 2003, McCain echoed Bush's rosy predictions by
claiming that the end was "very much in sight" in
[The Hill, 12/8/05; ABC News, Good Morning
In 2006, McCain argued that
[MSNBC, Imus in the Morning, 3/1/06]
As of late, McCain's campaign insists, "terrorists are
on the run," even while half of
[johnmccain.com, press release, 12/17/07; Time, 12/8/07;
Investor's Business Daily, 12/14/07]
Third Bush Term on Health
Care…
John McCain Does Not Have a Plan For
the Uninsured.
According to the Wall Street Journal, McCain’s plan does
not focus on “reducing the ranks of the uninsured,” of which there are about 47
million, or one in seven Americans.
[Wall Street Journal, 10/11/07]
Third Bush Term on Social
Security…
2008: McCain “Totally In Favor” of
Bush Social Security Plan.
“I'm totally in favor of personal savings accounts and I
think they are an important opportunity for young workers. I campaigned in
support of President Bush's proposal and I campaigned with him, and I did town
hall meetings with him.”
[Wall Street Journal,
3/3/08]
2005: McCain Campaigned for Bush
Social Security Plan.
“McCain has been especially supportive of his
onetime rival, appearing with Bush at three events over the past two days in
trying to prod Democrats into negotiations to include private accounts in a plan
to revamp Social Security.”
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