Obama Paints Image of McCain and Bush as One

Now, how does Axelrod know that this “change that works”…how are you supposed to know that change will work, when it hasn’t changed yet? i don’t get it. Useless Obama-speak. Desperation in his voice now, especially after Obama’s tragic and embarassing loss and gaffes at Saddleback.
Poll from Ohio today: Obama and McCain are tied. yep, a state where Obama had been consistently ahead, is now tied. You remember Ohio, right? The swing state that Kerry lost to Bush? More striking, is that in that state, 89% of Repubs support McCain, but only 75% of Dems support Obama. Now, my goodness, how sad and pathetic is that, when ONE QUARTER of your own party doesnt’ support you?
My oh my, why don’t even the Dems like Obama? What is wrong with him, that he is so incredibly unpopular, even amoungst his own party?
LOL….
President McCain, count on it.

decentamerican, that is intersting that obama and mccain are now tie in Ohio, whats also intersting is that ed rendell gov of PA announced that he will be voting for Hillary at the convention. He says he will vote barack in nov, but that’s a state Bama needs to win looks like he’s got some work to do.

I wish David Gergen was President.

It’s about time. The Democrats need to fight back. The only way Republicans can win is to tear Obama down, not by building their candidate up.
I personally don’t trust McCain to keep us safe. In fact, I think it’s almost a guarantee that he’ll lead us into more wars. He has said many times on the campaign trail that there will be more wars. So, if you want to have more wars and see the draft reinstated, McCain is your man.

obama is a FRAUD!!!! Finally the media, press, and the American people can see the truth. His gang style Chicago group will try any tricks to win. Obama is NOT qualified and will never be elected. The DNC sure picked the WRONG guy!!!

Lucas I don’t think he is worse than bush. I think the United States problem is that it has a history of helpiong put leaders in place only to feel the need to take them out later. Sadam hussein , Osama, etc. Sadama husesein was a ruthless dicator. I dont miss any sleep over his death. However I do miss sleep over the americna deaths behind the invasion, but you tell me what is the US to do if they dont act enough we are seem as uncaring if we do act we are seen as barbaric. I am not even voting for McCain(doesnt mean I am voting for Obama) but he is no George bush and Obama should recognize or it could be his downfall

After three weeks of Obama bashing from McCain, we see that the GOP runs the same script every election. They don’t win on their on merits but rather denigrate the opponent. I don’t know what is more sad the fact that they feel comfortable running that way or that their supporters like and respect negative, dishonest campaigns (the supposed party of Christian values).

-”Mr. McCain, the economic disaster is happening right now, maybe you haven’t noticed.”-
Obama is such a drama queen.

Lucas Gilmore, I completely agree with your statements: “The man is obviously living in the past and has no intention of addressing the economic problems facing our country or resolving the differences that we have with our neighbors in the rest of the world- at least in a peaceful way”
One needs to served and understand the seriousness of war that does damages (economics) in both countries. I believed that Sen. McCain has vengeance in his heart due to Vietnam War that he wants to win so badly in Iraq. His blindness will cause destruction in United States of America.

Hawaii is looking for a king and Obama needs a job doing nothing. So there you go. Obama the do nothing senator would be a perfect match.

I guess Obama does not realize that the fact that McCain is not like Bush is the reason why McCain is not higher in the polls!!

This strategy doesn’t seem to be working. In a year when Democrats should be well ahead, they are unable to close the deal.
Obama seems like a nice person, but his inability to provide direct answers to Rick Warren’s questions really hurt his chances. Maybe the party will have a boost after the VP announcement and convention.

“Basically, what John McCain’s done is he’s hired the same old folks who brought you George W. Bush,” Obama said
Well didn’t he hire most of Clinton era personalities too???!!

Why did Obama at first predict a failure in Iraq and when that did not happen try to legislate a failure. Now when we can leave Iraq in honor Obama is claiming it is his IDEAS that brought all the progress in Iraq

I can see somebody don’t like Obama

Undying support for Bush’s Iraq War, full support for maintaining the disastrous tax cuts for the rich in the face of a trillion dollar price tag for the Iraq fiasco, complete dominance of his campaign by Karl Rove’s Bushies, in bed like Bush with the Christian Right including Ralph Reed, he’s no straight-talker , no maverick, — please tell us how this wrinkled white haired guy McCain is any different from warmed-over Bush. Enough is enough!!!

“He’s not Bush. He’s not really cute. I don’t recall him being funny, either.”
Kitty,
he tries to be funny at times, but to me, he is just downright scary. Anyone who jokes about bombing another country, as in “bomb,bomb,bomb, Iran,” is too far out to even seriously be considered as President of the United States. “I know how to win wars” McCain is much too agitated and volatile to be in the White House.

I guess now that Obambi calls the US president John McCain’s president, all talk of there being no red or blue state American has now also been thrown under the bus for Obambi’s presidential aspirations.
AS for Joe Biden at least he hasn’t called for the partition of Georgia, yet..

when i vote for a president i vote for one that understands his job description.
The President of the United States, by Constitutional order has two primary jobs that address our national policy. His/her first Executive responsibility is, as Commander in Chief, to use all means to defend the Constitution; a Constitution that orders him/her to defeat the enemies that wish to harm our nation. The second primary Constitutional order for our President is to be the one and only spokesperson that speaks for the entire people’s representative Republic, to any foreign country, conveying our clear policy and resolve
some of you may wish this included must be young, cute, warm and cuddly.
mccain understands the job description very well (a little fast on the draw) which worries me, but he understands the duties of the job.

Senator Obama on the Born alive legislation:
“And I hate to say that people are lying, but here’s a situation where folks are lying. I have said repeatedly that I would have been completely in, fully in support of the federal bill that everybody supported – which was to say –that you should provide assistance to any infant that was born – even if it was as a consequence of an induced abortion. That was not the bill that was presented at the state level. What that bill also was doing was trying to undermine Roe vs. Wade. By the way, we also had a bill, a law already in place in Illinois that insured life saving treatment was given to infants.
So for people to suggest that I and the Illinois medical society, so Illinois doctors were somehow in favor of withholding life saving support from an infant born alive is ridiculous. It defies commonsense and it defies imagination and for people to keep on pushing this is offensive and it’s an example of the kind of politics that we have to get beyond. It’s one thing for people to disagree with me about the issue of choice, it’s another thing for people to out and out misrepresent my positions repeatedly, even after they know that they’re wrong. And that’s what’s been happening.”

This Bush tie in is really getting old Obama…..your opponent is McCain, not Bush. It’s not going to work, but your desperation is showing. Yes, none of us like war and yes, none of us want higher gas prices, but aren’t most of us typing on our laptops, cell phones nearby, with HDTV on and a bottle of designer water in hand? Yeah, we Americans have it SO BAD. Anybody want to leave to go live in another country? They’re banging down our doors to get in here, despite whatever anyone says about Bush (I personally haven’t been hurt financially from a Bush presidency). He’s not my favorite and should have been a one termer, but that isn’t McCain’s fault.
Man up Obama and just deal with McCain on the issues, wimp.

People should know one of the commenters on here already was a republican who voted for GW Bush… …who stepped over for the first woman…and is now back to being a republican.
she knows who she is because she had said during the primaries.
so don’t be fooled …the same people who brought us Bush, Cheney, Runsfeld , Rice, Scooter, Gonzales…
are now trying to bring you John Mccaine.
don’t be fooled again… you kids need you to be smarter than that…vote for Obama and Biden and Clinton and Dodd and Hagel and Clark and Powell …etc.
The team that will get us out of this.

Why doesn’t Obama paint a picture of his association with and part of the Trinity Church and Rev. Wright which was for soem 20 years! Oh that doesn’t count, he just sat in the pews and didn’t listen to things he didn’t want to hear. The attacks are worthless…..just tell us what the changes are going to be and don’t keep changing them.

where has larry johnson been?

This Bush-McCain argument is getting very old. They don’t believe in the same policies and McCain is not a staunch repulican like Bush is.
Obama needs a better agrument than this.

I think Axelrod gets the nod for stupid quote of the day – “this race has always been about more of the same versus change that works…” Huh? Someone please direct me to the situation where the Obama effect has had REAL, MEASURABLE impact in improving something? Book sales and posing in front of teleprompters don’t count.
Put another way – if Obama’s ‘policies of change’ were battle tested, then they wouldn’t be the ‘new change’ they keep advertising.
Obama and Axelrod are talking like they’ve already turned some country around somewhere. I must’ve missed that presidency.

I’d almost argue that Obama is a clone of Bush, with his views on wire tapping and faith based programs, and I bet if Obama actually would have had to vote on the war he would have vote for it, and people need to not hold the vote for war against some of the politicans because the truth is most Americans were screaming for blood after 9/11 adn the politicans were just be politicans and voting for the “popular” stance at the time.

Al from NJ…you said it all! What you Said goes double for me. obama has nothing to run on except fear, the fear he wants to try to implant in the American people of a seasoned veteran. He is hoping it will cloud the fact that he is an empty expensive suit that has a radical past and present with absolutely no substantial accomplishments to his credit. .

rachel – correction Obama does not believe in faith based, see he stated that he will extend on it only if they went secular!
Obama twists words, here is one
Obama = Carter Obama = Corzine Obama = Corruption, Obama = Anti-American

Willem, Obama voted yes on the Cheney(Bush) energy policy, a boom for big oil; McCain didn’t. Obama voted yes on FISA; McCain didn’t show up fpr the vote. Sorry, Dude, Obama leans corporate.

It is pathetic that Obama claims McCain has nothing positive to say, has no plans to help America, and continues to whine about what Republicans “will” say about him. Somehow, Obama protests too much…..because it is Obama that has nothing positive to say, it is Obama that continues to talk “change” but then selects a V.P. who is the polar opposite of “change”, it is Obama who has offered nothing of substance as to “how” he will affect “change”, and it is Obama who is saying all the negative comments about himself!!!
Obama takes a trip out of the country and claims he was not acting as a politician but as a “citizen of the World”. Next he takes a week off for a family vacation in Hawaii. Is this what we can expect when a president should be working on the problems-at-hand? That would have been time well spent in determining your plans for this country if elected, but obviously, a little fun in the sun was more important.
Obama, the candidate of “change”. The only change he has managed is his change for the worse. He was inexperienced beginning his campaign, and he appears to be growing even moreso. His 3am text message for his V.P. choice was either the last minute decision (again, that week in Hawaii and time kissing foreign tail would have been better spent selecting a V.P.) at 3am, or it was a very childish, schoolyard slap at Hillary and her remark about who would be ready for the critical call at 3am.