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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 10:56 PM Original message |
McCain promises to balance budget (in 4 years) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. I promise to sell bridges to the people who believe that |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That is his plan |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's been the plan all along. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And we'll still be spending more |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Right--it's not too hard to balance the budget: Just mindlessly slash the |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It's incredible that they get away with it. |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Their mentality is, "Let me keep all my money, and you keep yours, and |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 05:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. The Libertarians that I know assume that the economy operates in a vacuum. |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. It won't come anywhere near balancing the budget. But millions more will be destitute. |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
49. As long as they keep the new "war" in IRAN off budget, the |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, but he also promises to stay in Iraq for 100, so split the difference |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well now... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I hope so! Goes to show how out of touch he is. I know so many seniors who |
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FogerRox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. Whens the last time a republican balanced a budget ? |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. a question which cannot be asked enough. n/t |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Nixon? I'm just quessing here. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Nope! |
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chelsea0011 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. So it was Ike??? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. Bullshit |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Excellent! Another promise from the 8th Grade School Council Candidate! . . . |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. I'm reminded of Pedro's campaign promise in Napoleon Dynamite |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Balanced budget, more war, tax cuts for the rich |
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spag68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-06-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. McCain |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Damn it all, THE GOVERNMENT FUCKING BORROWS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY!!! |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. And I promise to invent antigravity chips to embed in our |
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Michigan-Arizona (516 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. After reading the title |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. Good luck... |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. I heard all of this talk about McCain pulling this off by cutting domestic programs. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
24. Cut off SS and starve the old people - sounds Bushian. nt |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is from The Onion, right? |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. Easy to balance the budget when you don't count the mind numbing pace that overall debt continues |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
29. What Does McCain Mean By "Reform"? |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
30. Balanced budget and 100 year wars |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
31. Yeah - let's gamble all our retirement funds in the stock market that has remained flat since Bush |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
32. Political dead meat |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
33. Just run that side-by side with *'s promise to do the same thing |
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Zuiderelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. "entitlement programs"... yes, people who contribute to a program are entitled to benefit from it. |
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JMackT (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
35. Right |
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lumpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
37. No question, McCain is following in Bush's footsteps. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
38. he'll cut every program for the people and reduce us to third world nation |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. How long does he want the Iraq War to last? Will he continue to pay for that fiasco? |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. The London Bridge IS in Arizona.... |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
41. on the backs of working people. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. So that means we either end the Iraq war |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
43. As long as funding for the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan stay "off the books," it's possible. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
44. Curbing wasteful spending? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
46. In 4 years? This sounds like he's not going to be around for 8. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. lololololololololololol |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Jeez, what a liar! Does anybody believe this shit? n/t |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
50. How low does he want to go in the polls? He'll balance the budget by cutting Social Security and |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
51. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! |
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