McCain Supporters Divided On How Much They Love George W. Bush

Ahh, John McCain and George W. Bush. Where does one man end and the other man begin? If you're left feeling confused as to whether McCain's a party-line busting rebel with his own maverick ideas or a genuflecting toadie of the current regime for whom the only question is whether George W. Bush is the greatest president or the greatest president EVER IN LIFE!...you are not alone. McCain's own surrogates can't seem to make up their mind.

Mitt Romney, the robot who ran for President powered only by silver medals and fraud, has been auditioning to be a great leaden weight around McCain's neck - or, as Romney puts it, "vice-president." So he took up McCain's cause today on Wolf Blitzer's Late Edition emphatically denying that McCain was going to be a continuation of the Bush doctrine: "Well I think you're going to hear that time and again, Wolf, throughout the campaign season. And I just don't think it's going to stick."

Of course, by "time and again," Romney might have been referring to "just moments ago." Roy Blunt, another McCain surrogate, when asked by Blitzer if the McCain candidacy represented a "third Bush term," answered in the affirmative: "It would be. I think it would be. And I think that's a good thing."

And here's the essential mashup of the astounding core competencies and breathtaking message discpline of the McCainiacs, courtesy of ThinkProgress.

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Comments

[LouisPWu]

After looking at the picture accompanying the blog - and gagging - my only question is this: Why didn't they get a motel room?

[yoli647]

LOL, Oh to be old and in love! again!

[PuffAndStuff]

Rutro.... Oh those silly Republicans: half their party would like to see a GW Bush 3rd term and the other half aren't satisfied with W's job performance ....

That said, their speaking heads obviously don't have a general consensus on, or can't agree upon, whether the Bush presidency is an asset for McCain or a disadvantage for him. Sounds like they're going to be bi-polar in their handling of it over the next 6 months ....

Either way -- if McCain liken himself to W and W's presidency -vs.- if he/they very clearly make distance from the Chimp -- he'll be endearing 50% of the GOP voters and alienating the other 50%.

[tj44]

My concern is that NOONE in this administration and McCain camp show ANY sign of remorse or regret for the current state of affairs. We have countless cases of abuse/fraud by this admin. FOB's (friends of Bush) caused untold harm to our economy/country....Katrina--another mission accomplished message as "W" congratulated "Brownie" for a job well done as New Orleans imploded. HUD secretary gave no bid contracts to friends, and so on. False pretenses for the Iraq debacle....over 4,000 dead heroes, 30,000 maimed plus 100,000's of dead iraqi's. Iraq is a cash "black-hole"...$5,000 a minute; NO accountability as usual. Iran may be next. Watch gas prices go up another $5-$10 a gallon, as Bush/McCain continue the neo-con master plan.
McCain says the Bush years were GREAT; sees nothing wrong with the Abramoff mess, pedophile and sex affairs cover-ups. Why does anyone in this country feel another GOP administration will even try to clean up this mess? It will be more of the same.

WHAT IN THE HELL HAS HAPPENED TO THE VOTERS IN THIS COUNTRY, WERE WE ALL DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND to give "W" a second term and maybe McCain a third Bush term?

I am a former 40 year GOP voter. My last GOP vote EVER was for "W"'s first term. A vote, so horrible, that I will carry my sorrow for it to the grave. Wake up America or our children will suffer the consequences for generations.

[realtalk]

People you have to see this article, it seems that Bill Clinton is truly out to ruin the entire Democratic Party , with little regard for the millions of VOTERS, the millions of CITIZENS the party represents .
Bill Clinton's destructive, and devisive words to voters in Kentucky and West Virginia, is Bill Clinton's deliberate way of guaranteeing that the people from these states will not vote for Obama if he wins the nomination. Read this article on abcnew.com, and see the outrageous things Bill Clinton is telling the voters in the upcoming states.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/05/bill-clintons-m.html

[youknowwhat]

Man, that picture is priceless! There should be a test to see if your intelligent enough to be president.

[LouisPWu]

George Bush will go down in history as one of the worst--if not THE worst--presidents in our history. The fact that 19% of the population still approve of his performance in office only gives credence to the normal curve distribution of human intelligence.

[lthuedk 1]

http://www.light-to-dark.com/McBush.html

Dictator: Part Two

[magggs]

Pro-growth tax policies--because the economy has SO GROWN!!!

[ImmanuelGoldstein]

Well it has grown for the people that matter , the upper 10% or so. For the rest of us superfluous people, not so much.

[realtalk]

HILLARY CAN STILL WIN THIS RACE IF THE MEDIA IS ABLE TO CONVINCE OBAMA'S SUPPORTERS TO STAY HOME AND NOT GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE.

IN THE NEXT 6 STATES, ALL OF OBAMA'S VOTERS NEED TO GO TO THE POLLS, AND CAST THEIR VOTE FOR OBAMA. THIS RACE IS NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER, AND THAT MEANS UNTIL ALL THE UPCOMING STATES: WEST VIRGINIA , KENTUCKY, OREGON, PUERTO RICO, MONTANA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA, HAVE VOTED.
IF YOU ARE AN OBAMA SUPPORTER, GO OUT TO THE POLLS AND VOTE WHEN YOUR VOTING DATE COMES UP. DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED!!!

[paragrafH]

Find the UNSHIFT key and STOP SHOUTING! You're not doing your message any good.

[chinacatsunflower]

why does the all caps thing bug some people so much? i don't get it. maybe its easier for the typist to see what they're writing?

[poco767]

We are going to see a lot of three person format ad's in the next few months.

George Bush said (insert failed policy here)
John McCain Says (insert rephrasing of the above policy)
Barack Obama Belives (Anything, he doesn't even need a good idea, just a different one)
Barack Obama, Isn't it time for change?

[harriscrl3]

Poor John McCain he has to move all over the political spectrum to satisfy all his bases. Never let it be said he doesnt make an effort to try and please everyone even if he has got to go back on his word time and time again. I love seeing him jump and hop around thats what happens when you throw your principles out the door so you can be the nominee. Keep hopping McCain at your age you will be exhausted before the elections.

Carol

[IslandGyal]

Following is bushie's step is a good thing....

[Jason357]

I never get tired of seeing the hug shot. LOL. McCain's a souless goof.

[TheShadow]

I agree: That will be the poster shot for the campaign against McCain, and the caption will read:

".....This is your mind on drugs"

[Texas4Obama]

I love that photo too.

I love it so much I put a copy of it in with the 100+ photos that I have of Senator Obama! Hahahaha!

I am sure that McCain wishes he could go back in time and have a re-do on that one!

If Senator Obama would just air that photo on TV for a few weeks he would win by a landslide without having to do anything else!

[filo]

I can't quit you George.