McCain, out of bogeymen, blasts Bush

[stevedeshazer]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/10/blasts-bush.html

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So today McCain unveiled his new "I'm a fighter" speech, hoping to resurrect his presidential campaign with a promise to be the kind of pugilistic, populist politician who battles against Big Mean Interests for his fellow citizens.

And who was the first target of his punches? Sure he hit Obama with a few, charging that the Illinois senator plans to raise taxes and cut trade. "The last president to raise taxes and restrict trade in a bad economy as Sen. Obama proposes was Herbert Hoover," said McCain. "That didn't turn out too well."

But McCain seemed to reserve his greatest venom for the incumbent, George W. Bush, a fellow Republican who defeated the Arizona senator in 2000 and perhaps kept the 72-year-old McCain from his best shot at the White House.

At a rally in Virginia Beach, McCain said:

'We cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change. The hour is late; our troubles are getting worse; our enemies watch. We have to act immediately. We have to change direction now. We have to fight.'

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Well Grampa, gee now, WHO THE HELL HAS BEEN IN CHARGE the last eight years?

[Higher Standard]

1. So even McCain wants Obama to win

That bold statement sure sounds like an endorsement of Obama.

[WI_DEM]

2. That will be McCain's strategy Wed night--attack Bush and pretend that he hasn't been

a strong supporter of the last eight years.

[The Blue Flower]

3. Saw this quote earlier

What does luck have to do with where we are? It's always been about bad policy and incompetent, criminal croneyism. Anyone who believes that governance is about luck is simply demented and delusional. Oh, and stupid.

[Occam Bandage]

4. Yes, gramps. Bush sucked. And you voted with him 90% of the time.