McCain Vows War on Poverty, Says Nation in Recession

[Xipe Totec]

Source: Bloomberg

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- Republican John McCain, saying the nation is in a recession and "families are hurting," retraced Lyndon Johnson's steps in eastern Kentucky and pledged to mount a war on poverty different from that waged by the former Democratic president.



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If the war on terror is won by killing terrorists,

how do you win a war on poverty?

If I was poor, I'd be running for cover.

:scared:

[Solly Mack]

1. Damn...who're they gonna water-board for that?

[rurallib]

2. Wow - more tax cuts for the rich AND a war on poverty AND

a war in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. Well, no doubt we can do it all. Some body call China, I think we need a bigger loan. Is he thinking he can outdo #43's $5 trillion debt?
And what is his health care plan? "your on your own sucker.

[niyad]

3. I thought he meant "war on the poor"

[rurallib]

5. Will the poor be equipped for the war like our army - - never mind

Soylent green to solve the food crisis coming up.

[tanyev]

4. Will it last 100 years?

[niyad]

6. but, doesn't idiot-in-chief say things aren't that bad? is he going against his hug buddy?

[pattmarty]

7. Just to kinda paraphrase; "John McCain, you ain't no........

.....Lyndon Johnson. It would take oh, maybe 100 John McCains to make a half a Lyndon Johnson.

[AZ Criminal JD]

16. Given the millions of Vietnamese Johnson ordered killed

You are probably right. McCain killed some but not in a league with Johnson.

[pattmarty]

17. Look at Johnson's' record on all things EXCEPT Vietman..............

..............If it wasn't for Vietnam (which he inherited by the way), he would have been the second greatest President of the 20th century. He fucked up big time on Vietnam and he and we paid dearly for it probably to this day.

[AZ Criminal JD]

22. "Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?"

Johnson will always be remembered for Vietnam and that alone. And no he didn't "inherit" the war. He inherited a few military advisors. He started the war. He and his fake Gulf of Tonkin "incident".

[pattmarty]

23. Well then, name me any President since then (or before for that

matter) that passed more domestic legislation (voting act, Medicare/Medicaid, Civil rights act, low/middle income housing act) oh hell, I could go on but what's the use. I'm betting you're one that thinks the "Clinton years" were the best of the 20th century.

[MindPilot]

8. So McSame "retraced Lyndon Johnson's footsteps"...

I wonder how he felt about his democratic CIC when he was pulling frat boy stunts with his F4?

Curious if there are any quotes from back then?

[truthisfreedom]

9. Rethugs always need to get their war on.

[MindPilot]

10. Yes. I winced when Carter referred to the energy crisis as

"the moral equivalent of war"

I knew what he meant of course, but if ever there was an opportunity for a better choice of words, that was it.

[BluePhildog]

13. McSame

McSame is hardly even a pimple on LBJ's hairy ass. When LBJ was CIC, the poverty rate dropped from 25% in 1963 to 12% in 1968. LBJ passed the tax cut, not JFK. REAL INCOME INCREASED for the middle and lower classes by 30% under LBJ, a feat never before or since equaled in US history. He also left Nixon a balanced budget and would have brought an end to the war in 68 if Dick had not offered a 'better deal' to SVN for not negotiaing with NVN in Nov. of 1968. Read about it in Anthony Summers book "The Arrogance of Power". See the Freedom of Information released docs that prove it for yourself!

[Ian David]

11. We should be able to wipe-out poverty in 4 years. Bush wiped-out the middle class in 6. n/t

[Cresent City Kid]

12. 3 hots and a cot

"Fill that empty belly in the Army!"

[billyoc]

14. No, no, I'm not poor, I swear! Ow! Owww!!

:rofl:

[sinkingfeeling]

15. So McCain thinks everybody in Kentucky should be coal miners?

Government ``can't pay lost wages. It can't dig coal from the earth,'' McCain, 71, said. ``It can't buy you a house or send all your kids to college. It can't do your work for you.''

[natrat]

18. sure along with more tax cuts for the uber rich,sure

[Geek_Girl]

19. I think his war on poverty will be more like

war on the poor.

[LynnTheDem]

20. GITMO the POOR!!!

USA! USA! USA!

Coz you can never have too many people rotting in jail!

America = "war" mentality. It's worked so well for drugs & terrorism. :eyes:

[ckramer]

21. It appears that this is a trend - it's cool to talk like a JFK

McCain has no convictions, but he will say anything, anything to get elected.

[struggle4progress]

24. How's Johnnie gonna fight poverty? He opposes any meaningful steps towards

pay equity for women -- and putting money in working women's hands is one of the most important things anybody could do to help poor children

He opposed minimum wage hikes: anybody wanna tell me how to fight poverty while makin sure poor folk don't get higher wages?

His health care plan would deny coverage for pre-existing conditions: you got diabetes or high blood pressure or another disease common among the working poor, tough shitz

He doesn't support paid family leave, either -- so if you're working that minimum wage job and the kid gets sick, you can only afford to nurse the kid if you skip a few of your own meds

[Amonester]

25. Bookmark this thread to use it in the campaign.

And this one too:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3280843

[Xipe Totec]

26. By eliminating the poor?

That seems to be the republican theme...