Has the "I'm not George Bush" claim hurt McCain?

[techs]

I have just seen for the 4th time the Obama ad that shows McCain saying he's not George Bush. Which is followed by McCain boasting he voted with Bush over 90 percent of the time, more than many other Republicans.

To me, all this did is give Obama a great opportunity to link McCain to Bush with his own words.

 

[nageov3t]

love how Obama never mentions that he voted with Bush like 40-50% of the time himself and straight party-line 97% of the time.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: loki8481
love how Obama never mentions that he voted with Bush like 40-50% of the time himself and straight party-line 97% of the time.

That's McCain's job.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: loki8481
love how Obama never mentions that he voted with Bush like 40-50% of the time himself and straight party-line 97% of the time.

What do either of those numbers have to do with anything? Voting with Bush 50% of the time is not the same as voting with him 90% of the time, and party-line voting becomes more of a problem when the party in question is unpopular. It's not that McCain voted with SOMEONE 90% of the time, it's that the particular someone was Bush.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

What you should be wondering is why *any* politician pretty much has to vote "along party lines". It's pathetic that most members of both parties blindly vote the way their party leadership says, regardless of what they think. It's pathetic.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: GarfieldtheCat
What you should be wondering is why *any* politician pretty much has to vote "along party lines". It's pathetic that most members of both parties blindly vote the way their party leadership says, regardless of what they think. It's pathetic.

Unfortunately, that's the way it works a lot of the time. If you vote against your party often enough, then they're not going to support you.

 

[microbial]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: GarfieldtheCat
What you should be wondering is why *any* politician pretty much has to vote "along party lines". It's pathetic that most members of both parties blindly vote the way their party leadership says, regardless of what they think. It's pathetic.

Unfortunately, that's the way it works a lot of the time. If you vote against your party often enough, then they're not going to support you.

Its even worse when you self-proclaim yourself as a political "Maverick", and then your opponent pins you to the mat with your own voting record and your own words.

Basically McCain loses credibility at his own Maverick game--and he walked right into it.

 

[Genx87]

What are the big ticket items that people dont like about Bush?

Iraq war?
Patriot Act?
Immunity for Telco's?
Continued funding the Iraq war?
Bank bailouts?

Iraq war doesnt apply to Obama but how has Obama voted with Bush on the other four?
McCain campaign is run by baffoons.