Graham: McCain’s Policies Would ‘Absolutely’ Be An ‘Extension’ And ‘Enhancement’ Of Bush’s

[babsbunny]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/08/graham-mccain-bush/

In a widely-ridiculed speech last Tuesday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) noted that “you will hear from my opponent’s campaign in every speech, every interview, every press release that I’m running for President Bush’s third term. You will hear every policy of the President described as the Bush-McCain policy.” He added that he believes those comparisons are “false.”

But it seems that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), McCain’s chief surrogate and attack dog, disagrees. Today on ABC’s This Week, Graham stated unequivocally that McCain’s tax and health care policies were not only an extension of Bush’s polices but also an “enhancement”:

STEPHANOPOULOS: Let me bring Senator Graham back in on this because you brought up two. You said the tax policy and the health care policy were essentially, Senator Graham, John McCain is calling for an extension or maybe enhancement of the Bush policies.

GRAHAM: Yeah, absolutely.

Watch it:

[mcctatas]

1. I smell a commercial!!!!

Lindsey Graham should not be allowed in public unsupervised!!

[whistle]

2. That is good to have on the record

[w13rd0]

3. You think records matter to these people?

They can get a tape from 2 decades ago and tar and feather someone for its content but if you find a recording from last week, of them saying something contrary to what they are saying right now, you are just playing politics.

The GOP isn't operating on an appeal to peoples understanding of fact. It's all emotionalism and frantic hand waving.

[mcctatas]

4. Yeah...

but they have flag pins! And bibles! :evilgrin: