Senator Graham: McCain's Policies Would "Absolutely" Be An Extension Of Bush's (VIDEO)

Senator John McCain has aggressively tried to distance himself from Bush in an effort to avoid being tagged by Democrats as running for Bush's third term. However, as Think Progress notes, McCain's chief surrogate, Senator Lindsey Graham, did not adhere to that message during his appearance on ABC's This Week, with George Stephanopoulos.

Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Graham if McCain's tax and healthcare policies are essentially "an extension or maybe an enhancement of the Bush policies." Sen. Graham answered, "Yeah, absolutely."

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Comments

[riverhouse]

Straight out of the horse's ass's mouth ...

[Counterglow]

Thanks SO much for my laugh of the day!

[Highwind]

Oops. Looks like Lindsey just couldn't stand keeping the truth to himself.

Kerry was great.

[macintoshsauce]

Tell me something I don't know already. John McCain = George W. Bush.

[castlerider]

O'reilly has a collumn on right wing's "Newsmax" talking about how McCain's going to give Obama a "hard right to the jaw" about his "terror appeaser" intentions and how he has heavy ammo to back up his attack because of the surge supposedly working, and the great success of our occupation....
Never mind that there is no running water in most of Iraq, no electricity except for maybe an hour in most places, kids don't go to schools because of the great dangers..
Oh yeah, we're really making a difference, at the cost of 20 plus billion a month while our economy tanks, you sorry bastards.

Obama should- that is, I recommend that Obama talk and interview with journalist Dahr Jamail, who has been on Democracynow! several times and several other progressive blogs... He has been in Iraq I believe as long or longer then any other journalist and knows more about exactly what is happenning then anyone. Nobody can intimidate him when it comes to information on Iraq, and thank God Obama is a fighter who comes right back, because that is what he will really need to beat these sorry world domination obsessed criminals.

[davidwparker]

Graham must be eye-ing 2012. Republicons cannibalize each other in a heart-beat.

[serialcoma]

What a horror show.. we have, ostensibly, the best form and concept of government on the planet and yet we allow it to be populated and controlled by jackals....

[darwinfish]

That's because uneducated idiots are allowed to vote!

[Paladine]

I love Kerry...

[kellygrrrl]

ditto!

he deserves a lot of credit for bringing O to National stage

[bushbotssuc]

He would have been a good president; great when compared to what is in there now.

[loax]

Bot. this is the gut I would want speaking for me! Whant an ass. McBush is trying to run from being tied to Bush, and distance himself to make hime the candidate of change. Nice going, Graham, just keep reminding America the the reign of terror will go on,and on, and on! OBAMA 08!

[Paul]

The Honorable Senator has gained a little more credibility.

Someone should ask him where McCain stands on Bush torture and the war on terror.

[ProgressiveBum]

...and warrantless wiretapping

[Deni]

Did you miss the news this week? McSame stands WITH Bush on torture and the war on terror.

[Cil]

Paul,

Where do you think McCain stands on Bush torture and the war on terror?

I think that McCain is hoping to distribute some terror himself! Don't forget John McCain was a POW. I honestly believe that he is hoping for payback time. It is absolutely scary that Americans are trying to elect John McCain as there President. Just listen to him, he is endorsing WAR, and BOMBING. He fully intends to keep American troops in Iraq for as many years as need be, in order to continue this War. I shudder to think of what is in store for the American People should he be elected president of the U.S.A.

[MBFLA]

Did someone not get the memo?

[ProgressiveBum]

Well...No. This is the stench of republican desperation. Can you smell it?

[Nolewoman]

Wow! Guess the truth slipped out. Better take him to the wood shed and get him straight. Truth is not allowed in the McSame campaign.

[jlover]

tell us something we already don't know.....of course mccain's policies are JUST LIKE bush's...mccain voted with bush 95% of the time................JOHN MCCAIN IS PAPER THIN........WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON HE SCRAMBLES AROUND LIKE A ROACH

[clearthinker2008]

I think I like Mc-Cains surrogate, keep talking and talking...

0bama 08

[levedis]

lINDSEY!!
Always on the wrong side.

[Freddc]

Whoops! someone has gone off script...wayyyy off script!! The Obambi campaign against John McMethuselah is like shooting fish in a barrel... but a whole lot funner! As I peruse around the various states for Baracky (on his site) and see all of the many, many campaign events taking place to help get him elected and then i look at the anemic McFlipFlopper happenings I am struck with the fact that maybe the Republicans might want to sit this one out. We volunteered at the Bristol, Virginia Baracky event and what surprised me was that in less then 48 hours time we had an event scheduled, 100 volunteers showed up and 10,000 enthused people meet out in the middle of no where to see Baracky in the sweltering heat. They did all of that with basically three on the ground staff from HQ. We signed up more 2000 of those people to be volunteers for the campaign. Now multiply that by every event that is going on across the USA for Baracky and one gets a sense of the tidal wave coming!

The O-train is gonna crush!

[DrCahill]

Impressive stuff! Keep up the O-Faith :)

[laire]

I hope the Obama camp uses that sound bite over and over again until the scott-Irish people understand which candidate has their best interest at heart and who really represents the new ideals of America.