Senator, Does George W. Bush Put Country First?

During the John McCain-Sarah Palin rally in Northern Virginia this morning, the Republican presidential nominee repeated one of his favorite new lines, giving "advance warning to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first, country-second Washington crowd... Change is coming!"

OK, but when will he put some names to this rhetoric? Obviously, they think Barack Obama is that kind of 'me-first' un-patriot, but what about the rest of that "country-second Washington crowd?" You know, the one that Republicans have been in charge of for the better part of this century?

For example, when will the press ask McCain or Palin whether President George W. Bush puts his country first? Or Dick Cheney?

Or indicted Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska? Or scandal-plagued former congressman and now Gov. Jim Gibbons of Nevada? What about House GOP Deputy Whip Bill Shuster, who partied down on the first night of the convention while McCain canceled activities and encouraged RNC delegates to cool it as Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast? Country first?

Or how about Ralph Reed? He worked with Indian tribe-swindler Jack Abramoff -- to which McCain directly referred to in his GOP acceptance speech -- so he could "start humping in corporate accounts." The same guy who was raising money for McCain less than a month ago. Does he put himself or his country first?

Sure, the McCain camp could complain about the unfair nature of those questions, but why shouldn't they be made to account for their words? Either he starts spelling out those who are insufficiently supportive of their country or he's railing against phantoms. Let's see some names, Senator.

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Comments

[sharpstyx]

never gonna happen

Mccains campaign has proven time and again that they have no intrest in talking about anything that would benefit the country period. They spew the same crap day in and day out which everybody in the country knows by heart now.
Mccain has no agenda, other than to keep smearing the opposition, keep claiming phoney outrage about imagined attacks and distracting the media and the american people that they have no intention of doing anything other than continuing the last 8 years.

[sueno]

The only thing McCain is bringing is more corruption,
more of the same stupidity and corruption-

[HattieB]

WHERES PALIN'S MEDICAL RECORDS ??? OCTOBER SURPRISE .. MAYBE ?

She seems a bit unstable..­.

[XME]

Yup...I think she and McCain she both have to undergo court supervised therapy by a trained psychiatrist, and that we should be allowed access to the analysis from the doc before 11/04!

[lwaxanatroi]

The real place where we can and should hit them and hit them hard on "country first" is voter caging. Denying the basic right to vote is so unpatriotic that it ought to be labeled treason. How can anyone call themselves "country first" if they systematically exclude people from the ballot box on the basis of party? We need to expose this practice, keep on exposing it, and link it to McCain. Don't hit the race part, although that is egregious; hit the partisan aspects. Then show McCain talking about how he loves the US more than the Repub party and ask him what he's going to do to insure the right to vote.

[AMERIKA]

Really! Lets! Bet he ducks the question if it is ever put to him.

[HattieB]

where are palin's medical records.. or is that sexist too...

[ofbbg]

In the same drawer with Bill Clintons and John Kerrys!!