McCain Claims Credit For Bailout Deal

Previewing a McCain campaign message for the days ahead, top strategist Steve Schmidt claimed Sunday that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is responsible for the tentative agreement on a mortgage bailout that congressional leaders announced shortly after midnight.

Schmidt was appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" with David Axelrod, the Obama campaign's chief strategist, who ridiculed the McCain claim as "a little bit of fiction."

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[rosal]

Notice he is taking credit for this, just as he took credit for veterans' benefits after he voted AGAINST them. He seems to take credit for a lot of things, except he never takes credit for the war in Iraq. Sorry Mc, we are not from Wasilla, we know your real policies and voting record.

[MIVOTE]

McCain has done absolutely nothing! He knows it! The American people did it. We're footing the bill. He went to one of his many homes, the one is Washington, went to sleep and started his dream about helping. McSilly should go back to sleep.

[LAB11]

McLie is just an old drama queen. He didn't read the thing when it was only 3 pages and surely couldn't muster the energy to even turn 106 pages, let alone read and comprehend the content. He only fooling himself and the ding bat beauty contestant. Stop the drama and get to the issues if you can Mac.

[bygollymissmolly]

I hope when he says that someone laughs in his face. He was responsible for torpedoing the deal and then after they got him out of the way, they agreed to pretty much the same deal they had before McCain jumped in and messed things up.

[angelbravo]

at this point whats another lie gona hurt.

[nycwerewolf]

If you care about our veterans and this country of ours...

...Don't vote for John McCain.

McCain voted against our troops MANY times in the senate.

John McCain voted AGAINST 20 million dollars for veteran care facilities.

John McCain voted AGAINST $322 million for safety equipment for our troops in Iraq.

John McCain voted AGAINST $1 billion dollars in new equipment for the National Guard.

John McCain voted AGAINST Jim Webb's G.I. Bill.

John McCain voted AGAINST $430 million for veterans outpatient care.

Barack voted FOR all of these troop support initiatives.

They deserve better than McCain.

We deserve better than McCain.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

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If You Are Thinking About Voting For John McCain/Sarah Palin...
...First Ask Yourselves These Questions:
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[lohy]

Only his base believes McFool anymore..

[DaOne]

McSame also too the opportunity to claim credit for Sunlight, The Sphinx, and Godfather II.

He also quickly seized upon someone who could not defend themselves by saying he had taught that novice Newman every acting skill he'd ever had.

His campaign knows no shame.......however it truly is a sham.

[gnorrfa]

sure he did. he cured cancer didn't he?

[hockeynut]

he is a cancer!!!!!!!

[lohy]

Well, then, physician heal thyself!!!

[sandals]

McSame is grasping at straws,going for the headlines, he has no plan and this morning on MTP,
Axelrod should have ask why McSame had voted 19 times against the minimum wage, the GI bill, he wasn't even in the senate to vote, why he votes against Main Street and votes for WALL STREET!
More political theater from McSame!

[kellygrrrl]

duh!
did anyone expect anything different?

[Tropiholic]

He must have been "helping" via remote control!

[shellshock30]

Ok so help me out here...some of you would suggest voting against Obama because he supports the bailout deal so you could vote in the same jackasses who put us in this situation?

[mommadona]

John McCain is bound by his words.
Every lie draws it tighter.
Like a Chinese Finger Puzzle.

So far, so good.

You can lie, John, but you can't hide.

You ARE the problem, not the solution.

[Janus]

Lies, deceit, and exploitation of both patriotism and religion have been the political strategy throughout the history of the Republican Party in its role as obedient servant of the social Darwinist Plutocracy, including the previous and the current Gilded Ages. McBush and the many others like him are just doing what it takes to make the plutocrats happy, generous donors and to keep the pathetic Dupes on board to fornicate themselves by voting against their own interests.