WASHINGTON, March 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being
issued by the Democratic National Committee:
As John McCain traveled to the White House this afternoon to receive
President Bush's formal endorsement, the newly anointed Republican
presidential nominee confirmed to voters once and for all that a vote for
McCain is a vote for a third Bush term. Though he's cast himself as an
Independent "maverick" who has no problem breaking ranks with the
Republican Party, the truth is on the economy, the war in Iraq, health
care, and many other issues McCain stands in lockstep with Bush and his
disastrous policies. And after seven years of failed Bush leadership,
that's the last thing the American people want.
"John McCain just doesn't get it," said Democratic National Committee
Chairman Howard Dean. "American families are struggling with higher costs
of living, stagnant wages and a mortgage crisis that threatens their homes
and financial security, but as President Bush himself said today, John
McCain is no change at all. All he offers is four more years of the failed
Bush economy, an endless war in Iraq, and shameless hypocrisy on ethics
reform. The fact is, the American people want change, not another
out-of-touch Bush Republican, and Democrats welcome the opportunity to draw
this contrast for voters."
Third Bush Term on the Economy...
McCain's Short-Term Solution For the Economy? Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
in Two Years, Of Course. When asked what efforts who have a short-term
impact on the economy, McCain responded "In the shorter term, if you
somehow told American businesses and families, 'Look, you're not going to
experience a tax increase in 2010,' I think that's a pretty good short-term
measure. And as far as confidence is concerned, I think if you say,
'Congress is going to cut corporate taxes right away,' if you say that
you've got a plan to eliminate the AMT, I think some of those are kind of
short-term measures right now." [Wall Street Journal, 3/3/08]
Republicans Postponing Consideration of Housing Bill So McCain Doesn't
Have to Make a Hard Vote. "Consideration of the mortgage package was
delayed earlier in the week when a debate over the Iraq War lasted longer
than expected. At the time, Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill.,
maintained that Republicans were intentionally delaying consideration of
the mortgage package so that Arizona Sen. John McCain -- the presumptive
GOP presidential nominee -- would not have to cast a vote on the bill
before the March 4 Ohio primary." [Congressional Quarterly Today,
2/27/2008]
Third Bush Term on Iraq...
McCain Would Spend 'a Hundred Years' or a 'Million Years' in Iraq.
McCain interrupted a voter during a town hall meeting in New Hampshire
telling him we could spend "maybe a hundred" years in Iraq and "that would
be fine with me." After the town hall meeting, he told a reporter "that
U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 'a thousand years' or 'a million years,'
as far as he was concerned." [McCain Derry, NH town hall meeting, 1/3/08;
motherjones.com, 1/3/08]
McCain Consistently on Bush Talking Points. In 2003, McCain echoed
Bush's rosy predictions by claiming that the end was "very much in sight"
in Iraq. In 2005, McCain backed Bush, arguing that another year would prove
"stay the course" was working. [The Hill, 12/8/05; ABC News, Good Morning
America, 4/9/03] In 2006, McCain argued that Iraq was "on the right track"
even as it slipped further toward civil war. [MSNBC, Imus in the Morning,
3/1/06] As of late, McCain's campaign insists, "terrorists are on the run,"
even while half of Afghanistan appears to have fallen back under the
control of the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden remains at large.
[johnmccain.com, press release, 12/17/07; Time, 12/8/07; Investor's
Business Daily, 12/14/07]
Third Bush Term on Health Care...
John McCain Does Not Have a Plan For the Uninsured. According to the
Wall Street Journal, McCain's plan does not focus on "reducing the ranks of
the uninsured," of which there are about 47 million, or one in seven
Americans. [Wall Street Journal, 10/11/07]
McCain Opposed Reauthorizing SCHIP and Providing Insurance For Millions
of Uninsured Children. McCain voted against reauthorizing the State
Children's Health Insurance Program for five years, expanding the program
by $35.2 billion. [Senate Vote #307, 8/2/07]
Third Bush Term on Social Security...
2008: McCain "Totally In Favor" of Bush Social Security Plan. "I'm
totally in favor of personal savings accounts and I think they are an
important opportunity for young workers. I campaigned in support of
President Bush's proposal and I campaigned with him, and I did town hall
meetings with him." [Wall Street Journal, 3/3/08]
2005: McCain Campaigned for Bush Social Security Plan. "McCain has been
especially supportive of his onetime rival, appearing with Bush at three
events over the past two days in trying to prod Democrats into negotiations
to include private accounts in a plan to revamp Social Security."
[Washington Post, 3/23/05]
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