Obama just forfeited his right to complain about McCain's tactics

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  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,293
    88keys wrote:
    This is true, but Obama has voted with his party 97% of the time. This is taken from factcheck.org:

    True, but I don't think Obama is saying to make a point that McCain is not bi-partisan (although I'm sure that's part of it). He's saying it to make the point that McCain is not going to be that different from Bush, and judging by his record would be just as shitty a president. The more Obama can tie McCain to Bush the better for him, and that's a pretty damning statistic.
  • 88keys
    88keys Posts: 151
    digster wrote:
    True, but I don't think Obama is saying to make a point that McCain is not bi-partisan (although I'm sure that's part of it). He's saying it to make the point that McCain is not going to be that different from Bush, and judging by his record would be just as shitty a president. The more Obama can tie McCain to Bush the better for him, and that's a pretty damning statistic.

    I believe you are correct, but that fact check was in rebuttal to this quote Obama made form his nomination speech at the DNC:

    "And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need. But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time."

    Here's the link if you want to check it out:

    http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/factchecking_obama.html
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  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,293
    In isolation that's right, but the quote you mentioned is immediately followed by...

    "...but the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change."

    I mean, I think it's pretty clear the point is to tie him to Bush. Whether that's fair or not is a different matter.

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