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Obama and McCain, the same?
LA Slimes ^ | June 8, 2008 | Unk.

Posted on 06/08/2008 10:11:10 AM PDT by Bobkk47

It has been a refrain during the exhausting battle for the Democratic presidential nomination that once Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama emerged as the party's choice, we could finally dispense with the personality battles and get down to nitty-gritty policy differences. Indeed, now that Obama seems to have the position locked up, he and presumptive Republican nominee John McCain will have plenty to argue about. But some might be surprised at the breadth of issues on which they largely agree.

On McCain's side, this is understandable. With a Republican president experiencing some of the worst approval ratings ever, it's no shock that the party opted for an unusually centrist candidate. Yet Obama, too, represents a break from Democratic orthodoxy and is reaching out to the middle. This could indicate that on certain policies, something like a national consensus is developing. It at least signals a lessening of the partisan divide that has blocked progress on important changes.

Here are the biggest plots of common ground:

* National security. Surprisingly, given McCain's reputation as a hawk and Obama's as a peacenik, they don't differ much in their ideas about how best to protect the country. Both want to increase the size of the military and provide more training and equipment. Both oppose the use of torture as an interrogation technique, and both would like to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

* Immigration. Lately, McCain has been trying to shore up conservative support by backing away from bills he cosponsored in 2005 and 2006, which would create a guest worker program and provide a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants; now he says he'd focus on securing the border first. Yet that doesn't stop him from touting his immigration reforms when visiting states like California,

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1 posted on 06/08/2008 10:11:10 AM PDT by Bobkk47
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To: Bobkk47
Both want to increase the size of the military

What a crock of BS

2 posted on 06/08/2008 10:13:25 AM PDT by clamper1797 (GWB was shock and awe ... Nobama is shuck and jive)
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To: Bobkk47

Nice try.


3 posted on 06/08/2008 10:13:34 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: clamper1797

Yep, that jumped out at me too.


4 posted on 06/08/2008 10:16:11 AM PDT by processing please hold ( A gov. big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have)
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To: Bobkk47
"Yet Obama, too, represents a break from Democratic Socialist orthodoxy and is reaching out to trying to con the middle"

There, fixed it.

5 posted on 06/08/2008 10:22:13 AM PDT by DemforBush
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To: Bobkk47

Hey LA times, Just say no to crack!


6 posted on 06/08/2008 10:22:28 AM PDT by Perdogg (McCain for President, 2008)
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To: Bobkk47
Obama and McCain, the same?

They are the same in the sense that NEITHER possess any true leadership abilities.

7 posted on 06/08/2008 10:28:44 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Bobkk47
In many areas, some of them absolutely vital, they are the same.

But, there are other vital areas where they are not.

For the sake of those issues and to absolutely keep Obama out of the White House, and unless McCain goes over the edge and picks an abotionist as his VP, I will vote for McCain...but only for those reasons.

Barack Hussein Obama is the apex of the hate-America, domestic enemy in this country. His election as president would be the greatest coup any enemy has ever scored against this country and could easily lead to the worst, horrific disaster in our nation's history.

THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

8 posted on 06/08/2008 10:31:15 AM PDT by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: clamper1797
Probably cited from a speech he gave at his wife's cfr club

Obama is always pandering to the crowd, let the LA slimes call him on it ;)

9 posted on 06/08/2008 10:35:11 AM PDT by underground
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To: Bobkk47

Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs

http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp


10 posted on 06/08/2008 10:53:36 AM PDT by Hugin (Mecca delenda est!)
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To: Bobkk47

How does one take this as wanting to increase the size of the military:

“I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems. I will institute an independent Defense Priorities Board to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary defense spending ... I will set a goal for a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal: I will not develop nuclear weapons.”


11 posted on 06/08/2008 10:54:40 AM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: randomhero97

Also, wasn’t there a recent successful test with the “unproven” missle defense system?


12 posted on 06/08/2008 10:56:03 AM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: Hugin

Beat me to it :).


13 posted on 06/08/2008 10:56:58 AM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: Bobkk47

Are they the same?
No.
One is white the other black.
One is tall the other short.
One is a communist the other is not.


14 posted on 06/08/2008 11:00:05 AM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: Bobkk47


Obama: Most Liberal Senator In 2007

15 posted on 06/08/2008 11:00:58 AM PDT by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military)
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To: Bobkk47
Obama is far worse than McCain. Neither are fit to be President as both have fatal flaws in their character as regards to the offices they hold.

A vote for EITHER is a vote for more of the same poison killing our Republic. They are just a choice between dosages.

16 posted on 06/08/2008 11:02:54 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Bobkk47
My left-wing great aunt, who always votes Democrat, is considering voting for McCain in November. I'm trying to convince her to vote for him (I won't). So far, she agrees that:


- he is "reasonable" (for a Republican) on pro-choice issues
- he wants to "protect" the environment
- he wants to stick it to "big pharma"
- he cut "big money" out of politics
- "he is not a racist" (regarding immigration) (lol)
- he opposes Bush administration policies on "torture" and gitmo
- he is willing to accommodate "reasonable" gun controls
- he will not "threaten" PRECIOUS social security
- he will make sure the "rich pay their fair share of taxes"
- he has supported moderate and rejected "far-right" justices (gang of fourteen)
- war hero
- wants to regulate corporate renumeration (CEO pay)
- is a maverick Republican

It is surprisingly easy to get even life-long Democrats receptive to the notion of voting for McCain. My great aunt's sticking points are:


- he supports the war in Iraq
- he does not support nationalized health-care
- he supports NAFTA (she lives in Michigan)
- MOST IMPORTANT: He is a "Republican"

17 posted on 06/08/2008 11:04:46 AM PDT by M203M4 (True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
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To: Bobkk47

Obama and McCain, the same?
While neither man has an qualifications to be President at least one McCain belives in America, while the other Obama believes in Government and himself.


18 posted on 06/08/2008 11:04:59 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Patriot Guard Riders - Standing for those that stood for us.)
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To: Bobkk47
Both want to increase the size of the military and provide more training and equipment.”

Hahahahahahaha!

The author of that Obama puff should put away their crack pipe. This YouTube video explaisnexactly what Obama's "defense" aka surrender policy is all about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o84PE871BE

Amongst other things, Obama promises to leave Iraq at once(exact opposite of McCain's position), something that will lead to a conflagration engulfing the entire Mideast.
This communist will also:
Cut investments in “unproven” missile defense systems(read ALL missile defense systems, given that every defense system is unproven till its fully tested and developed).
Not weaponize space.
Slow our development of future combat systems
Stop development of new nuclear weapons by America(even as Iran , north Korea and other crazies step up theirs).
Etc etc.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020727/posts

19 posted on 06/08/2008 11:10:38 AM PDT by KevinJohnson
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To: randomhero97
The only way to PROVE anti missile defense is when one of these birds takes down an Iranian or Chinese nuke missile.Otherwise it's just practice and will be pooh poohed.

Of course if we don't have any ABM capability it gives the haloed one an acceptable explanation when he submits in the face of future nuclear blackmail. "Hey don't blame me. The system was never proven. Who's to say it would work now?"

Of course there are some who will say that this future nightmare is the haloed one's plan and desire.Who's to say those folks are wrong?

20 posted on 06/08/2008 11:15:58 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65

Well, according to his little speech he wants to eliminate our whole nuclear arsenal. How anyone could vote for this assclown is beyond me.


21 posted on 06/08/2008 11:27:08 AM PDT by randomhero97 ("First you want to kill me, now you want to kiss me. Blow!" - Ash)
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To: clamper1797

They are as different as night and day, and it’s not just in reference to the military. Obama wants to socialize the healthcare system. He wants to socialize homeowner’s insurance. He wants to tax corporations (particularly the oil companies) out of existence.

He’s a socialist, plain and simple.


22 posted on 06/08/2008 11:51:17 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant
Perhaps McCain campaign could use simple cartoon figures (politically correct gender, race and age neutral) to illustrate the difference on a level that the youth vote could understand....maybe something on the order of a video game format showing consequences of higher taxes, reduced freedom, attack from the middle east,government wasteful spending, etc. The parts about liberal blocking alternative energy could really lend itself nicely to this format.
23 posted on 06/08/2008 12:18:13 PM PDT by Notasoccermom
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To: Bobkk47
The same?!? Not even in the same league...
24 posted on 06/08/2008 12:45:38 PM PDT by WOSG (http://no-bama.blogspot.com/ - co-bloggers wanted!)
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To: Bobkk47

Obama’s Plan To Disarm The U.S.
By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=297645696465868

“Defense Policy: In the middle of a war on two fronts, Barack Obama plans to gut the military. He also wants to dismantle our nuclear arsenal. And he wants to keep you in the dark about it.

In a 132-word videotaped pledge (still viewable on YouTube), Obama agreed to hollow out the U.S. military by slashing both conventional and nuclear weapons.

The scope of his planned defense cuts, combined with his angry tone, is breathtaking. He sounds as if the military is the enemy, not the bad guys it’s fighting. Here is a transcript:

“I’m the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning; and as president, I will end it.

“Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending. I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems. I will not weaponize space. I will slow our development of future combat systems.

“I will institute an independent defense priorities board to ensure that the Quadrennial Review is not used to justify unnecessary defense spending.

“Third, I will set a goal for a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenal.”


25 posted on 06/08/2008 12:51:42 PM PDT by FocusNexus ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Bobkk47

Obama and McCain
By Thomas Sowell

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2008/06/05/obama_and_mccain?page=full

“While all sorts of gushing is going on in the media, and posturing is going on in politics, the biggest national sponsor of terrorism in the world— Iran— is moving step by step toward building a nuclear bomb.

The point when they get that bomb will be the point of no return. Iran’s nuclear bomb will be the terrorists’ nuclear bomb— and they can make 9/11 look like child’s play.

All the options that are on the table right now will be swept off the table forever. Our choices will be to give in to whatever the terrorists demand— however outrageous those demands might be— or to risk seeing American cities start disappearing in radioactive mushroom clouds.

All the things we are preoccupied with today, from the price of gasoline to health care to global warming, will suddenly no longer matter.

....

But you cannot lose a nuclear war for three years and then come back. You cannot even sustain the will to resist for three years when you are first broken down morally by threats and then devastated by nuclear bombs.

Our one window of opportunity to prevent this will occur within the term of whoever becomes President of the United States next January.

At a time like this, we do not have the luxury of waiting for our ideal candidate or of indulging our emotions by voting for some third party candidate to show our displeasure— at the cost of putting someone in the White House who is not up to the job.

Senator John McCain has been criticized in this column many times. But, when all is said and done, Senator McCain has not spent decades aiding and abetting people who hate America.

On the contrary, he has paid a huge price for resisting our enemies, even when they held him prisoner and tortured him. The choice between him and Barack Obama should be a no-brainer. “


26 posted on 06/08/2008 12:54:46 PM PDT by FocusNexus ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: VideoDoctor

Neither one is an asset and they are both huge liabilities. So, I guess they are about the same. I would not want them on our nations balance sheet. They would not improve the annual report. In fact, it would be best just to write them off as bad debts. Wish it were not so, but sometimes a nation has no choice but to endure bad investments.


27 posted on 06/08/2008 1:03:56 PM PDT by mulligan (A)
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To: Bobkk47

Not true. Obama has made it clear he would cut the military.


28 posted on 06/08/2008 1:55:34 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (http://www.iraqvetsforcongress.com ---- Get involved, make a difference.)
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To: M203M4
BIZARRO GOP CODE
US DO OPPOSITE OF ALL CONSERVATIVE THINGS!
US HATE CONSTITUTION!
US LOVE BIG GOVERNMENT!
IS BIG CRIME TO MAKE ANYTHING CONSERVATIVE ON BIZARRO GOP WORLD!

29 posted on 06/08/2008 2:08:16 PM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: WOSG
McCain abandoned the POWs/MIAs in Vietnam and he made sure future POWs/MIAs would get the shaft too.

The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides

U.S. POW/MIAs Who May Have Survived In Captivity

Vietnam Veterans Against McCain YouTube video

Former P.O.W.: "Why I Cannot Support Senator John McCain for President"

30 posted on 06/08/2008 5:39:44 PM PDT by TigersEye (Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
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