McCain: "I'm Not Running On The Bush Presidency"

AFP :

John McCain on Tuesday struck away from the political legacy of President George W. Bush, as he sought to plot an obstacle-strewn course back to the White House for Republicans.

The party's presidential pick also mused on the lessons of his rebellious youth, as he sought to frame his life story as a history of self sacrifice and military service, the culmination of which would be the presidency.

"The point is, I'm not running on the Bush presidency, I'm running on my own service to the country, my own record in the House of Representatives and the United States Senate and my vision for the future," McCain told ABC televisio

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[DRPike]

"I'm not RUNNING on the Bush Presidency". No Senator McCain, you are sitting staunchly astride it.

[PaulRaymond]

If he was smart, which apparently he is not, he would have been running FROM the Bush Presidency

[nicho]

Sorry, McCrazy, but you've got the albatross of the fascist traitor hanging around your next. You can run as hard and as far as you want, but you're stuck with him.

[Rog49Thomas]

Precisely, he's not running on it.

He's running to continue it.

But with a twist ...

If Pan is General Ripper, McCrazy is Major "King" Kong.

[HumeSkeptic]

Very soon, McCain will claim that he was always against the surge.

[jinjinpinti]

No, No, NO! No more stupid people running our country. John McBush graduated 5th from the bottom of his class at the naval academy. He has readily and openly admitted he doesn't know much about the economy. He may be a nice man and all that, but he is OLD AND STUPID, and he is an integral part of the government that has ruined us in the world and here at home, just as are Bill and Hillary. They are ALL GUILTY as hell for allowing, during their terms in our employ, the criminal administration now infesting our capitol to wreak havoc upon this country and Iraq while they just sat there collecting their salary and patting each other on the back for work well done. I don't THINK so!

[alaintex]

Well, now you don't have anyone to vote for.

[johnrandall]

Are you right? Correct, that is. And I thought mine was a modest request.

[johnrandall]

Well put. I so desperately want someone smarter than me running this country. Come on, that's not asking for much! An ounce of moral sensibility would be very nice as well.

[elderly]

Furthermore, if, as is the case, the major attribute McCain can cite for his election is his status and history as a veteran, let's walk into any VFW facility, put on a blindfold and point to a person and have that person become president. Bet you $1000 (worth about 5 cents after the wonderful bush presidency) that the person selected would make a better, more intelligent president than this bushofile McCain.

[Grannysue]

Of course you aren't John, but then you thought they were talking about Trueman, not Bush.

[HumeSkeptic]

McBomb just crashed another airplane.

[Dyogenes]

Off to a great start John, trying to redefine yourself: as Defender of the indefensible.

Given the ongoing (sometimes escalating!) deaths and economic losses in Iraq, McCain defending Bush's War is way more egregious than Obama defending Rev Wright--who was ill-spoken and divisive, but certainly caused no tissue damages, deaths or loss of national treasure and respect.

As if the Iraq fiasco weren't enough to keep him red-faced, McCain soldiers on by bringing in uber evangelist Rev Hagee to join earful Joe Leiberman to top his Foreign Policy/Bomb Iran team. And, to add further injury to insult, McCain embraces that deregulation-leading-to-disaster snake Phil Gramm ass Top Economic Advisor. McCain is once again making clear his Clinoesque policy inclinations: When push comes to shove--as the nation is about to go off the cliff economically!--McCains' pseudo, factuous response is to bring in the same covey of political hacks that brought us these incestuous problems, in some hopeless hope that Americans will be fooled and Driven to Distraction once again.

No wonder he wraps himself as the eternal Warrior: Defending the Indefensible is "hard work."

[Rotcod]

There once was a scorpion who wanted to cross a river. He asked a turtle if he could have a ride on its back to get across. The turtle said, "No, you'll sting me." "I promise I won't," said the scorpion. After more appeals and protestations from each, the turtle agreed. Halfway across the river, the turtle felt a sharp stinging pain in his neck. "You said you wouldn't sting me," the turtle cried, as they both started to sink. "I'm sorry, but that is my nature," said the scorpion.

[KQuark]

A columnist from Rolling Stone who did a lot of research on McCain had some great insights about McCain. He said when McCain went on his missions in Vietnam and flew near Soviet ships it took all the restraint he had not to bomb them. It did not matter to McCain that this would start WWIII. He said in every war from Vietnam to Iraq McCain wanted to bomb MORE.

A war veteran who promotes war is the worse warmonger possible. Eisenhower was a great man, great veteran and great president because he knew that wars were a necessary evil that's why he ended the war in Korea. Electing McCain would be like electing MacArthur who would have kept the Korean War going to continue fighting a proxy war with China. Wars fill some kind of sick psychological need for people like McCain.

[guntotinganglion]

LIAR.

[sugarmoes]

my friends....

[outnow]

Church (religious right) plus money plus war equals McCain.

"In your guts, you know he's nuts." That's what they said about Barry Goldwater who wanted to use nukes. Barry Goldwater is McCain's hero, he and Ronald Raygun.

LBJ ran the "daisy ad" with the little girl picking the petals off the daisy until the big mushroom cloud took her out. But Bush and McCain have the bunker-buster nukes. Get ready for the big kill over in Iran. The old saying, "Make love, not war," demonstrates the "thrill" that Dr. Strangelove has with his war toys. Bush and McCain are two peas in a pod. Bob Dole may advertise Viagra but these two are both obsessed with mass destruction. The "release" through massive destruction serves their purposes and libidos. McCain wants revenge for his torture at the hands of the "Cong" and Bush always liked to pull the wings off of butterflies, according to his biographers and the Bush on the Couch author, a psychiatrist.

Different strokes for different folks but these guys have something in common.

[Counterglow]

Um, with respect, John...yes, actually, you ARE running on the Bush Presidency. Either that, or those were sport hugs you were giving him in those pictures that were pasted all over the news, and that would just be too weird.

[MilwaukeeMike]

Ahh, well, it wouldn't be much to run on, would it?

Of course, you're not going to do anything differently, but running on what he did to destroy the prestige and economic, financial & military strength of this country would not be a good thing.

[mommadona]

Dear John....

OHHHHHHHHH, YES YOU ARE.

You are bound by your words.

Noticed lately?

It gets tighter as it goes.

Just like a Chinese finger puzzle.

You can figure it out.