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I wish Republicans would stop following me around
Obama could say something like this
You know, I've noticed that whatever positions I take, Republicans end up taking them too. But only after they've held the wrong positions for years.
Two years ago when I said we should send more troops to Afghanistan, John McCain thought we could muddle through. Now he has adopted my position & wants to send more troops.
When I said we should go after bin Laden in Pakistan, John McCain called me naive. But now George Bush has adopted my position & is attacking there.
When I said we should have a timeline for getting troops out of Iraq, the Republicans attacked me. But the Iraqi government wants our troops out & the Bush administration has agreed to set a timeframe.
When I said I would negotiate with Iran, I was attacked by Republicans. But you know what's coming next. The Bush administration is talking to Iran and even Henry Kissinger now supports my position.
When I said I would change the government, John McCain ran in the primaries as someone who would follow George Bush's policies to the letter. Now suddenly, he's taken my position and decided he wants to change the lobbyist-run Washington that he helped create.
When I said 6 months ago that we needed to be careful about the impact of subprime mortgages, John McCain's chief economic advisor was Phil Gramm, the man who called us whiners. More importantly he was the author of the legislation that allowed the banks to get to this point. And John McCain strongly supported that. Now after 26 years of saying that banks should be deregulated, John McCain has done a 180 and adopted my position.
I'm flattered that the Republicans have become such big fans of my positions, but I kind of get tired of them following me around everywhere I go.
Seriously, don't you want a President that knows what to do about the economy before the crisis, instead of one who encourages failed policies for years, then comes up with an entirely new position after the stuff hits the fan?
Don't you want a President who will lead instead of follow?
Comments (23)
Awesome! Forwarding to my peeps.
September 17, 2008 11:27 AM | Reply | Permalink
Righteous
September 17, 2008 11:38 AM | Reply | Permalink
Love it. Rec'd.
September 17, 2008 12:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a HUGELY important point!
When I heard McCain say "Enough!" yesterday I:
- could not believe it then
- almost choked on my danish
- as I laughed out loud at it
When one candidate copies another...who does HE think is REALLY winning?
September 17, 2008 12:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do they not hear themselves?
September 17, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've been thinking the same thing. Excellent.
September 17, 2008 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great post! Thanks.
September 17, 2008 8:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great! Great idea, well-written; Obama's team needs to get this idea.
September 17, 2008 8:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Someone has been listening very closely and well to Obama's speech patterns, tone, and sense of irony.
That someone might apply to ghost his speeches, though I don't think he needs much help there.
Until then, that someone can remain a carpenter who hits the nail on the head.
September 18, 2008 5:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
1. I don't believe McCain hears himself. That's part of selling your soul; you are gifted with the ability to not see yourself for what you are.
2. I do believe that his campaign hears him, and they just believe that American's really ARE stupid.
And there you have it. The difference between Obama and McCain: Obama believes in the goodness of Americans . . .
September 18, 2008 12:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
And Republicans believe in the "My GOODness -- time to cover-up again!"
September 18, 2008 5:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
As a few others have said, this is EXACTLY what I have been thinking recently. Finally, when KISSINGER of all people converted to Obama's position on Iran -- which Republicans have criticized so thoroughly -- I knew I couldn't be the only one noticing.
You lay it all out well. Rec'd, and highly.
September 18, 2008 12:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
I KNOW I hate HOW OBAMA copies the REPUBLICANS! HE did the SAME thing with Hillary Clinton he parroted everything SHE said in the DEBATES! THIS GUY can't even take a position, he will put this country in the toilet with his GLOBAL POVERTY ACT sending 845 Billion to AFRICA which is the FIRST bill he pledged to sign as President! He is a BAFOON! AND income taxes can not be raised for ANYONE right now, this tax and spend politician is ALL WRONG for AMERICA and out of touch with the small business owners who are making this country go!
September 18, 2008 9:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
Tax and spend is propaganda.
The neoconservatives in the RNC have spent this country into a 9 trillion dollar debt between preemptive war with insignificant countries, unaccountable government contractors, a bloated federal budget and a deregulated corporate America.
The externalization of risks and costs that they allowed for the last four decades is coming home to roost. The corporate welfare they have promoted and the business "leaders" and government "leaders" who were never held accountable for gross negligence is why we are in such a desperate spot right now.
Money invested in places like Africa and southeast Asia and South America - where most of the remaining untapped natural resources are - is to counter an increasing Chinese presence in all those places. Further, he doesn't propose whatever ridiculous talking point you are shouting with regards to global poverty - though increased prosperity brings down birth rates which is important for all of our long-term survival as a species.
"Small Business Owners" won't be taxed by Obama. That is propaganda as well. The only ones who don't pay taxes under a neoconservative plan are people making millions of dollars and multinational corporations. Obama will lower taxes for 90+ percent of the country. Whatever small increases the top tier pay is immaterial. They have been getting a free-ride off our backs since this country began.
You need to turn off Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and listen to republicans who know what the fuck they are talking about.
September 18, 2008 9:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
Fantastic Snark!
Priceless!September 18, 2008 10:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Problem being a fundamental lie the republican party pushes about the economy. Raising taxes on income after the 250,000+ limit creates jobs. I know, wrap your head around that, how could raising taxes ever create jobs? If you raise taxes over 250000, then to stay under the cap a small business or a large one can invest in new machinery, new technology, materials to work with, among other things and make their net profits go down by doing so. Tax accounting does not tax cost of goods sold. All of those things had to be purchased somewhere. If you go out and purchase new machinery, someone has to build it, ship it to you, install it, and work at your business running it. Seems like it gives someone a job. The business even gets to depreciate the equipment over a schedule, and pay even less taxes that way if they do not need the entire offset in the business year they bought the equipment. All raising taxes over that cap does is force the hand of successful business to expand rather than just remove profits. Lowering taxes makes it cost less for you to remove money and cease expansion of your business than to expand. It is to the benefit of very large corporations. I say this AS a small business owner, who's taxes did NOT go down during Bush any more than anyone else's did, and who's tax cuts really didn't help anything.
The cap on a small business actually would be 250000 dollars per wage earning shareholder plus the 250000 more for the corporation net profit if they wanted to hold it there, and then taxes would increase after. It might take a bit of creative accounting to do so, but the limit is not what you believe it to be.
It would infinately benefit most Americans if they understood how this stuff really worked so they could see that lowering corporate taxes actually does the opposite of making jobs.
September 18, 2008 10:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Co-sign across the board.
I owned a small business during the Clinton administration (web design and networking). My last two years of full-time operation, I made more than $250,000 per year, and got taxed - but so many people came to me with extra money to spend for projects that the extra few thousand I paid wasn't even missed.
I discovered that it's not small business that really makes us go - it's people having disposable income that helps small business create and sustain jobs.
September 18, 2008 11:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
Pretjene would be a BAFFOON if he weren't such a BUFFOON.
September 19, 2008 9:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
That would be great...except it's factually incorrect on every point, but that hasn't stopped Obama yet. Run it!
September 18, 2008 9:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
If, by "factually incorrect", you mean, "absolutely true on all counts", then I agree with your statement.
I suspect your problem is with your candidate. Perhaps you should tell him to hire better advisers.
The McCain campaign...
And all this was between breakfast on Monday and lunch on Wednesday!
McSame/Failin - The Strategery We Need.
September 18, 2008 11:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
What's the phony-assed cross-swords nonsense about?
Look up the word JINGOISM for how FOOLISH you advertise yourself as being.
September 19, 2008 9:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
Might not be such a good idea to mention the Pakistan thing though, since a Pakistani army general just said that next time they see US troops or helicopters in Pakistani territory they'll open fire (of course, the Pentagon said that statement would be "corrected" later and Pakistan is a good ally). It makes a good line but doesn't work so well in practice.
September 18, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Since when does the Party of Red Patriots take the advice of allies?
Or, for that matter, nuclear-armed enemies?
Bushit and former-POW McBushit will show that general a thing or two. And you can bet it will result in death and destruction -- and heroes who are not Republican.
September 19, 2008 9:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
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