tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post3438769915314362889..comments2023-12-28T18:17:11.191-05:00Comments on Gruntled Center: Obama's Substantive RecordGruntledhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-54512114419417671252008-05-29T22:26:00.000-04:002008-05-29T22:26:00.000-04:00That was before the primaries.That was before the primaries.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-42387253020629081162008-05-26T22:36:00.000-04:002008-05-26T22:36:00.000-04:00"McCain used to have a great record for bipartisan...<I>"McCain used to have a great record for bipartisanship. That's why independents liked him. <B>Lately</B>, though, not so much."</I><BR/><BR/>McCain-Kennedy? Wasn't that just last summer? <BR/><BR/>Just depends on how lately "lately" is, I guess?<BR/><BR/>What's more, McCain's proposal to create a new government bureaucracy to manage his global warming solution is about as big-government-speak as you'll find in this campaign, short of universal health care. He's going to find a lot of affection across the aisle for that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-56598462210747324882008-05-26T20:25:00.000-04:002008-05-26T20:25:00.000-04:00Sorry, Varatil is really me.Sorry, Varatil is really me.Gruntledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377809238377382438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-102228747265954722008-05-26T20:23:00.000-04:002008-05-26T20:23:00.000-04:00McCain used to have a great record for bipartisans...McCain used to have a great record for bipartisanship. That's why independents liked him. Lately, though, not so much. That is worrisome.<BR/><BR/>I was not looking for conservative things that Obama worked on, I was looking for achieved things that Obama worked on with conservatives. Avian flu counts for me.Varatilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12486690962320655509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-1997544986160476152008-05-26T19:23:00.000-04:002008-05-26T19:23:00.000-04:00I'm not exactly enthralled with McCain for Preside...I'm not exactly enthralled with McCain for President, but I fail to see how there's any legitimate ground for Obama to claim on this one... sorry, Gruntled.<BR/><BR/>First, McCain has not just "worked with," but has actually co-sponsored major legislation with people like Feingold and Kennedy. He is outwardly despised by many conservatives for his willingness to compromise.<BR/><BR/>Second... and this <I>is</I> an honest question yet admittedly one that is "loaded"... what is the most conservative legislation that Obama can point to that has his fingerprints all over it? Truly, I'm uncertain, though I have a high suspicion that generally one can only find instances of conservatives reaching substantially to the left... not of Obama reaching substantially to the right.<BR/><BR/>But again... please correct my ignorance if that's so incorrect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16201378.post-58042500122541724072008-05-23T09:39:00.000-04:002008-05-23T09:39:00.000-04:00Regardless of his meager record Obama has problems...Regardless of his meager record Obama has problems with middle income working people, people bitterly clinging to their guns, God, racist ideas. Does he sound like a uniter to you? He doesn't to me. I looking forward to his debates with McCain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com