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Distancing Himself From Bush, Or Co-opting The President's Lines?

At least one missive in John McCain's "comeback" speech this a.m. sounded an awful lot like words used by Pres. Bush against cong Dems in the homestretch of the '06 election.

McCain in Virginia Beach, VA: "Senator Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq."

Click through for Bush in 2006: "The Democrats have made a lot of predictions. Matter of fact, I think they may be measuring the drapes," Bush said yesterday to laughs at a Sarasota, Fla., fund-raiser for GOP House hopeful Vern Buchanan, reported the New York Post.

(JENNIFER SKALKA)

3 Comments

what are you talking about jen????? its not copying BUSH, its the damm truth!!!! he does not have to copy BUSH, have you read drudge lately, pelosi already is planning with the obama team what they are going to do, obama its been said is already planning their agenda and are going to come back to congress early, its no secret, MCCAIN is right, they are measuring the drapes, talk about sure of themselves, we read that obama is using teleprompters at all his speeches now, guess hes afraid it'll slip what he is really going to do, they say he does not want any gaffes, he is so sure he is going to win, all the press and media have it over, so where have you been????? so who can blame MCCAIN for saying what he said, facts are facts, they are measureing the drapes, he's already getting ready to take off his obama symbol off his plane where by the way use to be AN AMERICAN FLAG, but he took that off to put his chosen one obama symbol, really patriotic, wouldn't you say???? but hes going to replace it with the presidential seal, so like obama!!!!!

Same old tired Republican idiocy. When in doubt, appeal to: RACISM, FEAR, SCARY LIBERALS, TAXES.

Please.

The Republican Party has FAILED us for the LAST TIME.

Sandra -- "Have you read Drudge lately?"

I am sure you have no idea how much that makes me laugh.