McCain goes Bushwhacking in Florida

McCain goes Bushwhacking in Florida

Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:15 AM by Carrie Dann
Filed Under: 2008, McCain
From NBC/NJ's Adam Aigner-Treworgy


ORMOND BEACH, Fla. – After giving a hard-hitting interview to the Washington Times yesterday in which he was stingingly critical of the Bush Administration, McCain continued his offensive today, forcefully calling on the Treasury Department to adopt his plan to purchase distressed mortgages.

“Let’s go out and buy up the bad mortgages and give them a new mortgage at a level they can afford so you can stay in your home so if your neighbor defaults he doesn’t bring down the value of your homes with him,” McCain declared, banging on his podium. “And let's realize the American dream.

I call on the administration to act now and buy up these home loan mortgages and keep people in their homes. And why isn’t the secretary of the Treasury ordering them to do that?”

In the past, McCain has expressed the opinion that this administration isn’t doing enough to address the housing crisis, but never as forcefully as today. He has never before so adamantly 'called' on the administration to act more aggressively to address the problem, but on a day when McCain is focusing on small businesses, his criticism became a bit more direct.

This morning’s rally was the second of five stops for McCain today in this crucial I-4 corridor region of Florida on what his campaign is calling the "Joe the Plumber Bus Tour."

Continuing his criticism of Biden’s prediction that Obama will be tested early if he’s elected president, McCain also responded this morning to Obama’s recent explanation of his running mate's prediction.

“Yesterday, Senator Obama tried to explain away this warning – by saying that his running mate sometimes engages in rhetorical flourishes," McCain said, laughing to himself. “Really? That’s another way of saying that he accidentally delivered some straight talk to America.”

And McCain ended his critique by asking the crowd of several thousand gathered in the loading dock of a local building materials factory a very pointed question about his opponent’s preparedness:

“Are you ready to trust America’s national security to an untested leader in these times of war?”

When was John Mac Cain tested with the security of this country what is the result?A quagmire that costs billions of dollars that wrecked the economy of the country and the lives of our young people needlessly.

Why didn't John mac cain ask president Bush to invade North Corea, which was preparing to have nuclear weapon.Can we trust somebody who says that in the 21st century a country should not invade another country because of its military superiority.This is the same John Mac cain who voted for the invasion of iraq, a sovereign country ,which did not attack the United states.Is this the conviction of a man with wisdom and good judgement? John mac cain can not fool the american people with empty rhetoric and lies.His record in voting 90% of the time with the Bush administration during the past eight years attests to his approval of the Bush's doctrine.

John Mac Cain's choice of Governor Sarah Palin shows his lack of experience and good judgement.Governor Palin could not hide her lack of knowledge even of the Constitution of the United states.How did Senator Mac Cain could be so careless in choosing his runnig mate if, as he pretends , he has the experience to govern the country?Where did he gain that experience?In the Senate of The United States? Is it true those who spend more time in Washington have more experience than the newcomers ?.Senator Mac Cain said the other day:Instead of changing Washington we let Washington changed us.Therefore it is his confession that he did not do anything meaningfull during his terms in the Senate.If his terms in the Senate were a waste of time as he said ,then what experience does he have to change the course of the country.Doesn't he himself said we need new policies in Washgington?.Who is more able to change the mentality of the Washington politicians ,Senator John Mac Cain or Senator Obama?

The american people will not be duped by Senator Mac cain empty discourse,for we know what Senator Mac Cain stands for: taxe cuts for the rich, increase of the militrary budget ,cuts in social services :medicare , medicaid ,education, health care.privatisation of social security, 5000 dollars taxe credit for health insurance.What kind of health insurance 5000 dollars taxe credit can buy?first of all let us define the term taxe credit;does it mean that every american will receive a chek fo 5000 dollars each year to pay for health insurance?The term taxe credit .if I understand it correctly means that you will be exempt of paying taxe on 5000 dollars of your income whereas you will be taxe for the health benefits that you receive from your employer.Do the math and you will see what Senator Mac Cain's health insurance plan really means for the 48 milion uninsured americans.

Senator Mac Cain admits that the past eight years were bad for the amrican people:the cost of everything went up; did he propose any minimum wage increase for the workers of this country??He opposes any taxe cut for the middle class and the poors at the same time he wants to continue the taxe cuts for the rich and the big corporations .He wants to increase the military budget, he wants to increase taxe cuts for the rich corporations under the false pretexte that the money they save will trickle down to the poors.He did not happend during the Bush administration why John mac cain wants to continue Georges bush's economic policy which proves to be a disaster for the country ?because John Mac Cain and his family will not be affected by this vaudoo economy.On the contrary John Mac cain and his wife are beneficiairies of this policy.Why John Mac Cain will change something that is beneficial to his family?

This is the question that old people, those on fixed income,the middle class and the poors have to ask themeselves.Did the taxe cut for the rich increase the pie for everybody to have a big piece that can satisfy his or her hunger as Senator Mac Cain insinuates.One does not need a PHD in economics to understand the falsehood of Senator Mac cain's promises.We can only listen to Senator Mac Cain to understand that economy is not his forte.