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McCain vs. Obama on Bipartisanship and Women: It’s What you DO, Not What You Say

Posted by: Mike's America @ 4:13 pm in Barack Obama, John McCain  | 0 views

As the saying goes “talk is cheap” and another cliche suggests that “actions speak louder than words.”

Both these come in handy as we compare the records of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama.

On Bipartisanship McCain 55, Obama 13:

Records show McCain more bipartisan
Stephen Dinan
Washington Times
Monday, September 15, 2008

…Whether looking at bills they have led on or bills they have signed onto, Mr. McCain has reached across the aisle far more frequently and with more members than Mr. Obama since the latter came to the Senate in 2005.

In fact, by several measures, Mr. McCain has been more likely to team up with Democrats than with members of his own party. Democrats made up 55 percent of his political partners over the last two Congresses, including on the tough issues of campaign finance and global warming. For Mr. Obama, Republicans were only 13 percent of his co-sponsors during his time in the Senate, and he had his biggest bipartisan successes on noncontroversial measures, such as issuing a postage stamp in honor of civil rights icon Rosa Parks.
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But since 2005, Mr. McCain has led as chief sponsor of 82 bills, on which he had 120 Democratic co-sponsors out of 220 total, for an average of 55 percent. He worked with Democrats on 50 of his bills, and of those, 37 times Democrats outnumber Republicans as co-sponsors.
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Mr. Obama, meanwhile, sponsored 120 bills, of which Republicans co-sponsored just 26, and on only five bills did Republicans outnumber Democrats. Mr. Obama gained 522 total Democratic co-sponsors but only 75 Republicans, for an average of 13 percent of his co-sponsors.

Who Values Women More? McCain $1.04, Obama 83 cents!

DICK MORRIS’ ‘08 PLAY-BY-PLAY
Volume 1, #36
September 15, 2008

Obama has never gone out of his way to relate to women. Only seven of his top twenty Senate staff positions are filled by women (McCain has thirteen of twenty) and women on Obama’s staff earn 83 cents for each dollar his male staffers are paid. (McCain pays his female staffers $1.04 for each dollar he pays to his men).

Obama Talks. McCain Acts!

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jpm100
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Ya know, this bipartisan thing is something I wouldn’t mind if Obama was taking the lead and McCain was failing miserably.

September 15th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
Aye Chihuahua
 2Reply to this comment  

jpm100,

Would that be another example of putting party/politics before country?

September 15th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
jpm100
 3Reply to this comment  

That would be me pulling for my beliefs, like everyone else can attempt to do. And one of those beliefs is that Big Government is bad for the country.

Putting party before country is trying to delay the Iraqi troop step down or portraying the word of barely known informants as more authoritative and unbiased than US servicemen or convicting those servicemen in public before their trial. I could go on and on and on and on…

Its not the ends, its the means. Wishful thinking about the candidates policy positions is a pretty harmless means.

September 15th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Aye Chihuahua
 4Reply to this comment  

jpm100,

I think I may have misunderstood your original post.

The thoughts you expressed in #3 lead me to believe that you and I are very close to one another in our positions.

September 15th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
charles
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According to the New York Times, Democrats blocked Bush’s Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reforms so low income people with bad credit could buy houses.
”These two entities -Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, and the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee.
http://strategicthought-charles77.blogspot.com/2008/09/democrats-blocked-bushs-fannie-mae-and.html

September 18th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
bettyblue
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You can load up on all the political finger pointing you like but we all know those arguments can be made pro or con at will. Don’t be distracted. Actions do speak louder than words, or statistics, and there is no excuse for Mr. McCain’s attempt to defend the people at the McCain/Palin rally who were shouting suggestions re: death to Obama. I did not hear the original event and had only hoped that it was a bitter rumor. After hearing McCain defend it last night during the 3rd Debate, my ire rose. First, it is nothing more than sociopathic behavior to make such a comment. If any of us, today, made such a comment about George W. or myriad other prominent people, we would be carted off to jail. Second, if the perpetrators were indeed veterans, as Mr. McCain suggested, then he should not be excusing the behavior but referring those veterans for counseling services through the VA. In any respect, it is unacceptable and should never be condoned by someone who thinks he has the capacity to seek placement in our Nation’s highest office. He is obviously not qualified for the command of this country as he apparently lacks good judgment and the intelligence necessary to truly understand our complex issues. Regardless of any past history or records, all of which are subjective and skewed on both sides, and, could be squabbling points to no end, current performance demonstrates that McCain would not be a capable President. We need more intellect and stability than he is able to offer. Our highest office needs the stability and intellect exhibited by Senator Obama.

October 16th, 2008 at 8:38 am
Mike's America
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BettyBlue: Are you an idiot or did you just stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night?

You people have some nerve. You didn’t even hear the offending statement in question and yet here you are parading around with your moral indignation?

Where were you when Cong. John Lewis likened McCain and Palin to George Wallace and talked about setting bombs and killing innoocent people?

Where were you when Obama attended the Daily Kos convention and just sat there while they paraded their hate for the GOP in his face?

Where were you when DNC Chairman Howard Dean said he “hates republicans and everything they stand for” and claimed Republicans are “evil?”

Where were you when a Hollywood filmmaker puts out a movie about the assasination of President Bush?

Where were you when Harry Reid called President Bush a “loser” and a “liar?”

Where were you when the left wing nut jobs said Tony Snow deserved to die a horrible death and burn in hell?

I could go on and on and on and on. There has been an unrelenting torrent of hatred and bile directed at Republicans every single day for the last eight years.

And you show up here to start pointing fingers?

If people really were being carted off to jail for doing what you say how is it that loons like you are still running around free?

October 16th, 2008 at 8:57 am
Aye Chihuahua
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@bettyblue:

people at the McCain/Palin rally who were shouting suggestions re: death to Obama. I did not hear the original event and had only hoped that it was a bitter rumor.

You can rest easy now bettyblue.

It didn’t happen.

The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.

The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the alleged incident on its Web site Tuesday and then again in its print edition Wednesday. The first story, written by reporter David Singleton, appeared with allegations that while congressional candidate Chris Hackett was addressing the crowd and mentioned Obama’s name a man in the audience shouted “kill him.”

Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment.

“I was baffled,” he said after reading the report in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune.

He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.

Don’t believe what the media is telling you. The reporter who made the claim is the ONLY person who “heard” it.

I wonder how that happened.

October 16th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Mike's America
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Aye: We must be tuned to the same “frequency.” I just posted that on the main page.

Somehow I doubt it will make a dent into the willful ignorance of betty boop.

October 16th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Aye Chihuahua
 10Reply to this comment  

@Mike’s America:

I actually read it this morning at 5am but just had an opportunity to post it.

October 16th, 2008 at 10:46 am
bettyblue
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Thanks, Aye Chihuahua. I had hoped that it wasn’t true and had written it of to smear. I
was then confused when McCain seemed to give it validity.

October 16th, 2008 at 11:08 am

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