John McCain no idea how to fix the economy

[Kard63]

He gave a speech where he said some random mumbo jumbo about having a big economy and thats pretty much the same as a good economy..... then he went on to say we buy a lot of oil from people that do not like us.


If you were to make a big ass list of "things" about the candidates I would like more of these things about McCain than the other two, but is anything more important than the economy right now? He really doesn't have a clue.

[Socks]

I can't believe the republicans nominated him as their successor to bush.. The guy looks at least 3x as scary, he's old, looks like he smells (on purpose?) and not only did they choose him... it was a landslide.

And... he might win.

[ProjectNaked]

come on, you think any president has a clue? They are just the figurehead. Do you seriously think those who hold the power in this country are gonna leave it up to some new douche bag every 4 years?? Think of the US as a business and it will become clear to you.

[Cash]

They just want to be in the history books as presidents ...

[V_RocKs]

Mkae the economy a wiki... Then it will fix itself!

[pocketkangaroo]

Don't be silly, he knows a lot about how the economy works.

[Rochard]

Fucking Hillary will be much too busy dodging imaginary sniper fire to fix our economy.....

[SomeCreep]

Originally Posted by Kard63

He gave a speech where he said some random mumbo jumbo about having a big economy and thats pretty much the same as a good economy..... then he went on to say we buy a lot of oil from people that do not like us.


If you were to make a big ass list of "things" about the candidates I would like more of these things about McCain than the other two, but is anything more important than the economy right now? He really doesn't have a clue.

He's almost 80 years old. That's not the age, nor the time at which one should lead a country.

[DeadFidel]

Kard, I appriciate your reads.

Question; What is your sig pic?

[the real magoo]

John McCain vs Ron Paul
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_1KxgH9l3n4

[florin]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Fucking Hillary will be much too busy dodging imaginary sniper fire to fix our economy.....

yeap, she´s a slut...

[dav3]

Ron

Mother Fucking

Paul

.

[majortom]

McCain=......McSame=......McShame

[Nikki_Licks]

He is a representative of the State of Arizona and this state has misplaced 2 billion Dollars. Now they are scrambling to find ways to have us pay for their thieving asses. I doubt this guy has any clue about running a country.

He has sold Arizona down the river way too many times, he flip flops and I believe he has no hard stance on any issue except he was some war hero.

[dav3]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

He is a representative of the State of Arizona and this state has misplaced 2 billion Dollars.

Holy shit!

[teg0]

No way I could ever vote for him. Just the same shit for another 4 years. Also being a POW = mission failed.

[mikeyddddd]

Originally Posted by teg0

Also being a POW = mission failed.

Calling a POW a failure is out of line.

I'm not voting for him either, but I respect his service.

He volunteered for combat duty, unlike those who used family connections to avoid active duty, and suffered as a POW for years when he could have been released (due to his father's position) while others were imprisoned.

[IllTestYourGirls]

Sadly only one person knew how to fix things and he was laughed off the stage. Now we have the dems who think spending 280 billion more a year and a republican who thinks more war will fix it.

[jpwhits]

Michael Bloomberg anyone?

[notoldschool]

Dumb Americans who like to be spoon fed from the media get what they deserve.

[pornask]

McCain has wicked supporters though

[dready]

He's already admitted more than once he doesn't know anything about economics.

[cherrylula]

The President doesn't really do anything besides give speeches and tell bad jokes. He doesn't control the economy and cannot really fix anything. He does what his party wants him to do, he makes people money, he sets himself up for when he is out of office.

McCain wasn't a bad looking guy when he was younger. The President is more of a national mascot or hero than someone who does a job to actually benefit the people.

Do you know how much $$$ has been made from things like President Bush farting dolls??? Millions. The President cannot fix anything.

[J. Falcon]

Originally Posted by dready

He's already admitted more than once he doesn't know anything about economics.

It's amazing that Fox news hardly mentions that, yet we have to see imaged of that stupid preacher 24 hours a day.

[directfiesta]

Originally Posted by cherrylula

The President cannot fix anything.

... but he sure can fuck up a lot of things ....

[DaddyHalbucks]

McCain is no economist, but he knows the root of our problem is too much spending.

[pornguy]

MICKEY FUCKING MOUSE would be better than any of the total morons that will end up winning.

[IllTestYourGirls]

Ya being in Iraq for the next 100 years should help cut spending.

Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

McCain is no economist, but he knows the root of our problem is too much spending.

[xmas13]

You can't "fix" a market economy. It was up, now it's down, and it will be up again later. Same for centuries

You don't know more about economic cycles, markets, booms and bursts, than McCain.

The post of President in a democracy is a post of representative, similar to PR, with pre-written speeches. McCain is not applying for a job of economist, investment banker or CEO.

I love the contempt some adult webmasters have for people like them.

Self-hatred, i said it, i will repeat it.

[Drake]

I don't think the government can really fix the economy, especially an economy that's in the pits due to individuals who made poor choices in investing in homes they couldn't afford, and lenders who deliberately provided people with loans they knew couldn't afford them. This isn't the first time the housing market has doomed itself. It will 'fix' itself over time. Government policies to bail out those unfortunate enough to be on the losing end will not help. It's like getting a financial credit for doing something wrong, and doesn't do anything to resolve the problem. So, on that note, the Democrats appear to have it all wrong.

Cheap houses will eventually be bought up by investors and either rented out or leased and everything will pick up again after this enormous setback. Like the poster above said, it's a cyclical process.

[Drake]

As far as McCain and his war, people often underestimate the other associated costs of war. We're spending trillions on it (sure, a small portion of overall GDP, but it's a lot of money that could be put to better use), dead soldiers, zero progress in the middle east, breeding more terrorists there, instability in that region, skyrocketing oil prices which effects citizens, the decreasing value of the dollar partly because of the domestic economy but also largely part of America's standing worldwide and which effects costs of goods, imports etc.

[pocketkangaroo]

Originally Posted by xmas13

You can't "fix" a market economy.

No you can't. Since we don't have a market economy, your statement is pointless.

Originally Posted by xmas13

The post of President in a democracy is a post of representative, similar to PR, with pre-written speeches.

We are not a democracy either. Again, statement is pointless.

Economics and Civics 101.

[xxxdesign-net]

Originally Posted by mikeyddddd

He volunteered for combat duty, unlike those who used family connections to avoid active duty, and suffered as a POW for years when he could have been released (due to his father's position) while others were imprisoned.

Politicians have often embellished their past... many have a different account of what really happened to him..

[xxxdesign-net]

Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

McCain is no economist, but he knows the root of our problem is too much spending.

for the war? Btw.. Bush said the same thing.. 2 times.. why people keep falling for the same lies?

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Nikki_Licks

He is a representative of the State of Arizona and this state has misplaced 2 billion Dollars. Now they are scrambling to find ways to have us pay for their thieving asses. I doubt this guy has any clue about running a country.

Was the 2 billion his responsibility?

[uno]

Originally Posted by J. Falcon

It's amazing that Fox news hardly mentions that, yet we have to see imaged of that stupid preacher 24 hours a day.

Um why are you even watching fox news?

[directfiesta]

Originally Posted by xmas13

The post of President in a democracy ...

The USA is not a " democracy " .... you should know that...

[pocketkangaroo]

Originally Posted by directfiesta

The USA is not a " democracy " .... you should know that...

Maybe he was sick that day in 5th grade?

[JP-pornshooter]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Fucking Hillary will be much too busy dodging imaginary sniper fire to fix our economy.....

She actually said yesterday that since the government bailed out bears and stearns and spent some 20 B to pump into the us economy she thought it was only fair if "they" would do the same to save all the homeowners in trouble...
I nearly fell off the couch.. apparently she has NO FUCKING CLUE at all.
Imagine if the US feds had not acted quick to save Bears n Stearn.. the economy would have gone south so fast everyone, not just homeowners with bad credit/cash flow, would have been in for a really really bad couple of years...

[J. Falcon]

Originally Posted by uno

Um why are you even watching fox news?

Good question.

[tony286]

president do fix economy's if it wasnt for FDR, there would of been revolution in this country.

[directfiesta]

Originally Posted by J. Falcon

Good question.

I watch Fiz News almost daily, mainly Bill and Sean ... Aside from helping my bowel movements, it is entertaining to hear about the " far far left " ....

[theking]

Originally Posted by Kard63

He gave a speech where he said some random mumbo jumbo about having a big economy and thats pretty much the same as a good economy..... then he went on to say we buy a lot of oil from people that do not like us.


If you were to make a big ass list of "things" about the candidates I would like more of these things about McCain than the other two, but is anything more important than the economy right now? He really doesn't have a clue.

News flash...Presidents do not have control of the economy...and zero power to fix the economy. For the most part the cyclic ups and down of the economy is caused by private enterprise and sometimes by laws passed by congress. Presidents have realative little power domestically other than the bully pulpit and do not controll the purse strings. A Presidents real power lies in foreign policy decisions.

[EZRhino]

Originally Posted by notoldschool

Dumb Americans who like to be spoon fed from the media get what they deserve.

Funny and true, too bad most media outlets are liberal.

[IllTestYourGirls]

most media outlets are neo-con.

Originally Posted by EZRhino

Funny and true, too bad most media outlets are liberal.

[pocketkangaroo]

Originally Posted by theking

News flash...Presidents do not have control of the economy...and zero power to fix the economy. For the most part the cyclic ups and down of the economy is caused by private enterprise and sometimes by laws passed by congress. Presidents have realative little power domestically other than the bully pulpit and do not controll the purse strings. A Presidents real power lies in foreign policy decisions.

Not true. A President can help pass regulations that cover any number of industries. He can sign legislation that changes taxes, tariffs, and government spending. He also has the power to remove and add in members of the Federal Reserve.

While many of his decisions can be overrided by a Congress, a President still has power to dramatically affect an economy. The fact the President let the oil companies write the energy policies, Pharm companies write Medicare policies, and the banks write the financial policies had a dramatic impact on our country's economics.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

He can sign legislation that changes taxes, tariffs, and government spending.

Signing legislation is not the same as writing it.

[theking]

Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo

Not true. A President can help pass regulations that cover any number of industries. He can sign legislation that changes taxes, tariffs, and government spending. He also has the power to remove and add in members of the Federal Reserve.

While many of his decisions can be overrided by a Congress, a President still has power to dramatically affect an economy. The fact the President let the oil companies write the energy policies, Pharm companies write Medicare policies, and the banks write the financial policies had a dramatic impact on our country's economics.

"help pass"...notice where I said "bully pulpit". The Congress controls the purse strings...not the President. The President can use his position of the "bully pulpit" to appeal to Congress and/or the American people but is severely limited when it comes to domestic power. End of fucking story.

[theking]

Originally Posted by baddog

Signing legislation is not the same as writing it.

And you win the golden ring.

[pocketkangaroo]

Originally Posted by theking

"help pass"...notice where I said "bully pulpit". The Congress controls the purse strings...not the President. The President can use his position of the "bully pulpit" to appeal to Congress and/or the American people but is severely limited when it comes to domestic power. End of fucking story.

I still feel he has a lot of power. Take Bush for example. He had a Republican Congress that would rubber stamp anything he wanted. He had a lot of power to change budgets and tax codes. He was able to select the Fed Chairman. He is ultimately responsible for signing off on bad energy, financial, and medicare policies that have hurt our economy. He is responsible for putting people in the DOJ in power. A DOJ that sat back and allowed crooks to pillage through people's 401ks and pensions.

Sure he can't point his finger and say "change this now" (although he has the power to sign executive orders), but he does have a lot of influence politically and legislatively in determining what gets done.