Sunday
07Sep2008
McCain Voted with His Party 90% of Time, Obama 97% of Time
Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 11:55PM But it’s not about bipartisanship, it’s about voting with Bush. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
Oh, and when he was in the U.S. Senate, Obama says it’s the Republicans fault that he’s a hypocrite.
Sooooo… how do you bring change to Washington if you cannot reach across the political aisle? I think that brings partisan politics and gridlock.
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IMO, I do think it is about comprimise. One candidate seems to have done it more than the other. Even Billl Clinton reached accross the isle, so to speak.
I agree there has to be compromise and Clinton can claim a relatively successful presidency because he did so. It benefited the whole country.
Many-most democrats definition of bipartisanship means Republicans doing all the bending.
very good point, I hope the McCain camp will start putting it this way. I knew that it would look like this, but I didn't know the numbers.
It might also be interesting to show the number of votes each of them have given (as well as the near 200 present votes Obama racked up in the IL senate.
That 90% figure for McCain is a bogus number. Many of the votes were pro forma votes on minor issues. On other votes, were he might have voted against the administration, he was absent because he was campaigning for President.
I think the point is more that Mr. "change agent" McCain voted 95% with a President who has a 30% approval rating.
The point is, does the country want 4 more years of the Bush?
grumpy clearly did not read the post or the comments. That makes it hard to have a discussion.
The 97% to 90% comparison would be more significant if Mc'Cane' weren't running against Bush.
Mc'Cane' is sayin' I aint "W" ... I'm the maverick ... but his votin' record says he's only 10% marverick and 90% "W"
That's EXXON-john's p(R)oblem as he tries to depict himself as the Change Agent .... he's 90% Not Maverick!
Snerd
I think the point is that Mr. Obama doesn't want to be judged by the same standard that he judges others by. John McCain is a Republican and he should be voting with his party! I expect the same from Obama.
Regarding the figure, voting with the President entails what? The President doesn't legislate. He signs bills into law, so wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the President votes with McCain 90% of the time?
Obama is trying to tie McCain to Bush. So? What sort of shock is it that a Republican aligns with a Republican? But ask Obama why he is even MORE paritsan than his opponent and it's "oh, that's not the point...NOT the point!"
Essentially, Obama has voted 97% of the time with a FAILED SENATE MAJORITY and FAILED CONGRESS. Let's see; 90% vs 97%... which is higher, Obama?
Oh, and who has the lower approval rating, the President or the Democratically run Congress and Senate?
Obama is running scared...
grumpy, if Obama wants to make a point, he should just make it. His comment that voting for McCain is voting for Bush is a more sustainable agrument than "McCain 'voted with' Bush 90% of the time" (or vice versa??) because it makes him a hypocrite, or should I say reveals the hypocrite that he is.
The problem is for Obama, he cannot be that blunt in his argument because McCain has been a thorn in Bush's eye on many important issues like illegal immigration, Gitmo, military tribunals, up and down votes for Supreme Court judges... come on, these are vital issue that McCain broke with the President over.
Obama cannot claim or live up to McCain's record so he has to pimp this rhetoric.
Keep it up, Obama....people aren't buying it.
in order for bush to sign a bill it had to pass a republican congress. we would suspect that republicans vote with bush at a higher rate (near 100% for the years that republicans were in control). the fact that mccain was as LOW as 90% is a substantial story.