How is John McCain out of touch? Let me count the ways
John McCain is out of touch -- that much is clear. He supported President Bush's veto of SCHIP, he opposes the Employee Free Choice Act, all while enjoying the luxury of his wife's $100 million beer fortune. But can you name his top-ten out of touch moments? Crooks and Liars has done the legwork for you. From claiming there was "great progess economically" during the Bush years to suggesting eBay as a solution to poverty, John McCain just doesn't get it.
Here are three of the most egregious examples of McCain's inability to understand or relate to the American Public:
1. Economic downturn is “psychological.”
Having on multiple occasions admitted his limited understanding of the economy, Senator McCain instead turned armchair psychologist to diagnose the U.S economic slowdown. In April, McCain told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto that “a lot of our problems today, as you know, are psychological.” Apparently, four months of job losses, oil at $120 a barrel, record gas prices at the pump, 47 million uninsured and a devastating home foreclosure crisis are merely figments of Americans’ imaginations.
8. Opposed to SCHIP expansion, McCain speaks at children’s hospital.
Last October, John McCain joined George W. Bush in opposing the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), calling Bush’s veto a “right call by the president.” Of course, that didn’t stop McCain from rolling out his health care proposals last week at Miami Children’s Hospital, a Florida medical institution which last fall publicly supported the S-CHIP expansion he opposed. In a further irony, while McCain decried “new mandates and government regulation,” 9 year-old Jake Bernard who was spotlighted at the event received treatment for his cleft palate thanks to a statute passed by the state of Florida. So much for McCain’s pledge to “work to eliminate the worries over the availability and cost of health care.”
10. “I’m not running on the Bush presidency.”
On April 1, 2008, John McCain offered Americans another April Fool’s joke, proclaiming “I’m not running on the Bush presidency.” McCain might want to check his campaign’s position papers. After all, in his eternal quest for the Republican nomination, McCain has adopted virtually the entire Bush agenda, often reversing long held positions and compromising supposed core principles. From Iraq, tax cuts for the wealthy, broken promises on the deficit to opposition to SCHIP, tax credits for health care, overturning Roe v. Wade and a right-wing Supreme Court, John McCain represents a third Bush term. It’s no wonder Mr. Straight Talk said in February:“I would be proud to have President Bush campaign with me and support me in any way that he feels is appropriate. And I would appreciate it.”
So would we.
Read the rest of John McCain's top 10 out-of touch moments.
