Smith Gets His Man, But Does Oregon Want A Third Bush Term?
United States Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the candidate Gordon Smith endorsed for president, will be on the Oregon ballot.
But, do Oregonians want a president committed to continuing Bush’s failed policies?
According to Statesman Journal columnist Ron Eachus, a McCain presidency would mean an increase in the national debt President Bush has created and an endless stay in Iraq.
“He's wrapped himself in Ronald Reagan's ‘voodoo economics’ and hopes the public will forget that the national debt doubled under Reagan's eight years and doubled again under the same refrain from Bush.”
(Ron Eachus Column, Statesman Journal, 2-4-08)
“But on the war, there's no shifting. McCain has always supported it and believed in it.”
(Ron Eachus Column, Statesman Journal, 2-4-08)
“The Iraqi defense minister has said it won't be able to handle its own security until 2018. McCain says we ought to stay in Iraq for 50 years the same way we've done in Japan and South Korea. Anything less is tantamount to defeat. And, like Bush, he continually tries to link a necessity for continued occupation to winning the war on terrorism as if Iraq was an al-Qaida bastion before we arrived.”
(Ron Eachus Column, Statesman Journal, 2-4-08)
“His objective isn't to figure out how to get us out. His objective is to get us to let him figure out how to keep us there.”
(Ron Eachus Column, Statesman Journal, 2-4-08)
A McCain presidency would mean a third Bush term according to Governor Howard Dean, Chair of the Democratic National Committee. McCain could overturn a woman’s right to choose, let lobbyists continue to corrupt Washington, DC and keep us in Iraq for a century.
“On a woman's right to choose, McCain has vowed to appoint judges who would overturn Roe v. Wade.”
(Governor Howard Dean, DNC Email, 2-6-08)
“From Iraq to health care, Social Security to special interest tax cuts to ethics, he's promising nothing more than a third Bush term. After championing campaign finance reform and ethics legislation to score political points, he now has a staggering amount of lobbyists involved in every aspect of his campaign. In fact, two of the top three sources for John McCain's campaign cash are D.C. lobbying firms, and he looked the other way as Jack Abramoff bought and paid for the Republican Party and the Culture of Corruption.”
(Governor Howard Dean, DNC Email, 2-6-08)
“On the war, McCain scoffed at Bush's call to leave troops in Iraq for 50 years, saying ‘Make it a hundred!’”
(Governor Howard Dean, DNC Email, 2-6-08)
“John McCain represents a third Bush term and Gordon Smith thinks that’s a good idea for Oregon,” DPO Chair Meredith Wood Smith said. “McCain won’t change a thing in Washington, DC and the only thing Gordon Smith will change are his positions. Oregonians can’t trust this tandem to bring the change we need in Washington, DC.”
Posted February 6, 2008 Smith + McCain 3 comments
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I'm so pleased to hear someone is fighting against the amnesia of all too many Americans. If we get the history right and keep reminding folks of the facts, victory is assured.
Making the analogy between Korea and Iraq is rubbish, but people need to be reminded that in Korea we had numerous allies and were part of a larger UN Force. Also, how can anyone be so naive as to think, as McCain apparently does, that the occupation of Iraq will achieve anything like the relative stability in S. Korea that resulted after truce was negotiated.
I think it is interesting how much uneducated and ignorant liberals will bitch and whine. The good thing is that there is smart and open Democrats who support smith. Some of the Democrats include representitives and senators in the current Oregon legislative body as well as former U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-OR). I think it is also interesting that Gov. Ted Taxandgoudgeme (Koulngoski) has refused to help anyone actively campaign against Sen. Smith. I think the Democrapic Party of Oregon should take down the tent for the campaign against Gordon Smith for it is surely one they will lose.
Both Gov. Ted Kulongoski and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden have pledged to support the eventual Democratic nominee against Gordon Smith.
Oregonians across the state are ready for a change from the Say Anything Senator. Even Oregon's major newspapers have warned Sen. Smith to speak more honestly and accurately about his record.
This campaign is only beginning.
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