Obama links McCain to Bush
By Brian Lawson, PolitickerNH.com Reporter
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama at a Concord rally: Photo Credit: PolitickerNH.com
CONCORD--U.S. Sen. Barack Obama used a rally in New Hampshire to connect his rival to President George W. Bush.
Obama said that U.S. Sen. John McCain has voted with Bush ninety percent of the time and would be unable to deliver change to Washington.
"I mean how could someone plausibly argue that are they going to bring about change when their policies are identical to what we've seen over the last eight years," Obama said. "They must think the American people are stupid."
The Illinois Democrat also argued that McCain supports Bush's economic policies saying "he agrees with George W. Bush that we've made economic progress over the last eight years and he says that the fundamentals of our economy is strong."
Obama criticized McCain's claim that he is a maverick and has bucked his party in the past.
"The fact that John McCain broke from some of his party's worst ideas doesn't make up for the fact that he was for 90 percent of them," Obama said.
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Sure were alot of vets with Obama
Ssssh. Don't tell anybody.
Rumor is that vets are with McCain.
Even though, when Obama received an 80% rating from the DAV, McCain got a paltry 20% rating.
What about Obamas 96% of the time voting record with the Maj?
Snooze, another attempt to tie McCain with Bush, when Obama has a 96% of the time voting with the Majority in Congress and the pelosi twins have a 98% of the time voting record.
Snooze.
I'd be more concerned about Obama's links
Obama's links which are WORSE than anything he could link McCain to, include:
A racist pastor Wright
William Ayers, murderer
Che Guevara and Saul Alinsky
Obama wrote two racist books and thus has no right to be running for president.
He is an empty suit and narcissistic egomaniac.
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