Take Back the Flag’s Take on the Second Presidential Debate: The Robotic Republican
From the debate:
Obama: So we’re going to have to make some investments, but we’ve also got to make spending cuts. And what I’ve proposed, you’ll hear Sen. McCain say, well, he’s proposing a whole bunch of new spending, but actually I’m cutting more than I’m spending so that it will be a net spending cut. […]
McCain: Do you know that Sen. Obama has voted for — is proposing $860 billion of new spending now? New spending.
That’s right, Senator Obama and Democrats are now used to the Republican rhetoric enough to accurately predict the upcoming lies and offer the Republican a chance to say something else–or at least phrase it in a different way. Yet McCain proved once again in this statement that he’s all systematic rhetoric programmed at the Republican National Committee headquarters. How is this even considered civil discourse or productive debate in choosing a president?
McCain’s best argument for the presidency is that Obama is proposing new spending, an untruthful and boring Republican standard. Of course he’s proposing new spending. McCain is too! Every candidate for every office promises new programs, new tax cuts, or maybe even both. All involve new spending.
Obama specifically said yes to new spending, including investments in infrastructure and energy jobs across the country. Then he stated in unequivocal terms that his plans involve more cuts then spending, leading to, wait for it, a “net spending cut.”
Senator McCain’s programmed statements are an insult to the American voter. Please, Senator McCain, have some respect; don’t spew Republican rhetoric at us, when we all know its absolutely false. You’re better than that, but you haven’t shown in in a long, long time.
Take Back the Flag’s Take on the second presidential debate is based on direct language from the CNN transcript.
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October 15, 2008 at 2:58 am
I agree that the McCain / Palin campaign are indeed insulting the American public, but the scary thing is that many are falling for it and even are talking about Palin for president in 2012. I guess people really want to see the country ruined.
By the way, here is a website I found that shares all the Sarah Palin dirt to support Barack Obama!