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09-27-2008 07:59 AM |
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Originally Posted by yys
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Its funny to hear people continually link McCain with Bush. It's effective though as seen by all the people who repeat this Dem talking point on here. You might start to believe that Bush and McCain are actually friends. Its well known that McCain and Bush don't like each other. The right wing of the Republican party doesn't even like him.
McCain is the type of politician that will stick his finger in your eye no matter what side you're on if he doesn't agree with what you're saying. Obama is the type of politician that would drop to his knees and start sucking to curry favor; if he agreed with you or not.
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Fact Check: Does McCain almost always agree with Bush?
The Statement:
At a presidential debate Friday, September 26, in Oxford, Mississippi, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama attempted to tie Republican opponent Sen. John McCain to President Bush. "John, it's been your president, who you said you agreed with 90 percent of the time, who presided over this increase in spending," he said.
Get the facts!
The Facts:
According to an analysis by Congressional Quarterly, McCain has voted for bills favored by President Bush 90 percent of the time. The nonpartisan publication, which has analyzed voting by members of Congress since 1953, said the report took into account all legislation that Bush had taken a clear position on. It spans from the beginning of Bush's term to Congress's recess in August.
In the 100-member Senate, 14 current members ? all Republicans ? voted with Bush more than 90 percent of the time, according to the report. Six others have a 90 percent rating like McCain's. The report shows Obama voting with Bush 40 percent of the time and his running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, voting with Bush 52 percent of the time during the course of his presidency.
Obama surrogates also frequently say McCain voted with Bush 95 percent of the time. This is a reference to the Republican senator's record in 2007. That was the highest percentage in the seven years studied. In 2005, McCain voted with Bush 77 percent of the time ? his lowest percentage in those years. "The president and I agree on most issues," McCain said in a May 22, 2003 interview on Fox's "Your World with Neil Cavuto." "There was a recent study that showed that I voted with the president over 90 percent of the time, higher than a lot of my even Republican colleagues."
Verdict: True
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