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Bush Wrongly Credits McCain For 'Working Hard' on GI BIll
huffingtonpost.com — as Bush acknowledged the House and Senate members who came together to support the bill, he slipped in the name of one who labored to obstruct the bill -- Senator John McCain. McCain was given the same credit as those who had steered the passage of the bill from day one.
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- nicknas, on 07/01/2008, -11/+69WOW and to think people want to elect Mini me who got even LOWER Grades in school than this Dolt!!
I wouldn't Hire either of them to run a 7-11 Much less a Country. They are embarrassing.- PabloMac, on 07/01/2008, -17/+1Yeah, Mr. Feelgood will do such a better job.
- LukasSmith, on 07/01/2008, -20/+6You people are idiots. You use this tiny fraction of the big problem to make petty arguments. How bout a real argument. Like try,hmmm, why the ***** did the democrat party hand Bush another year in Iraq and Afganistan? Outraged? Of course you're not. good sheeple.
- SpinningHead, on 07/01/2008, -1/+6Learn English. The adjective form of Democrat is democratic.
- LukasSmith, on 07/02/2008, -2/+2Yawn typical "I have no answer so time to be a grammatic queen" answer from Democrats.
- WarfareArtist, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Just quietly choose your poison...
- jabberwolf, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Democratic is an adjective ! not the pronoun for the DEMOCRAT party. ( He just didn't capitalize Democrat)
He was correct and YOU are still a ***** retard!
The Democrats LOST on this and had to go through an appropriations bill that did NOT get the grants for those in part time military positions but FULL TIME military for 3 years!
Again Democrats, propaganda, and Olberman are shown to be the way of the most retarded people on earth... and apparently they post on digg!
- jabberwolf, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Democrats had to go through an appropriation bill that gave Mccain and Bush what they wanted not what Hagel wanted. Mccain wanted this bill, but did not want the pay off for school grants to be given too early but saved for more senior soldiers to become officers. It is now after 3 years FULL SERVICE they get grants for schools.
Democrats wanted partial service. So why are Democrats claiming victory?
Plus ensured that the troops were funded through 2009!!!
- grlykool, on 07/01/2008, -7/+77Hagel and Webb fought the adminstration (and McCain) tooth and nail for this bill.
- medfreak, on 07/01/2008, -1/+11McCain did work hard on the GI bill...he worked hard on stopping it.
- jabberwolf, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Democrats worked hard but lost.
And they had to go through an appropriation bill that gave Mccain and Bush what they wanted not what Hagel wanted. Mccain wanted this bill, but did not want the pay off for school grants to be given too early but saved for more senior soldiers to become officers. It is now after 3 years FULL SERVICE they get grants for schools.
Democrats wanted partial service. So why are Democrats claiming victory?
Plus ensured that the troops were funded through 2009!!!
- wonderlandpr, on 07/01/2008, -6/+65What ELSE will George Bush lie about, with the OK, wink, nod of John McCain?
NOW Bush lied when he stated that he, Bush and McCain supported the GI bill. They did NOT.
Bush was against is and only signed it because he had to.
McCain was totally against it, yet Bush credited McCain as a supporter.
IF you love the truth in this Country, make sure that this LIE, a direct LIE of the President with John McCain's OK, gets out there.
Webb should speak out on this. Maybe he will when he runs with Obama as Veep. I vote for that team today and any day.- dbhalla, on 07/01/2008, -5/+3its hard to find a digg topic with the words "bush" and "right" in it
its not as if i tried
i know its pointless - Calcularius, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5Would be much easier to list what he HASN'T lied about.
I don't even believe that his name is George.
- dbhalla, on 07/01/2008, -5/+3its hard to find a digg topic with the words "bush" and "right" in it
- BarbArt, on 07/01/2008, -8/+55This really pissed me off tonight because I know the history of this bill, and McCain has opposed it from the start. I was yelling at Bush on the TV and my husband told me, "Republicans lie. Write it down; remember it; put it in your wallet. Republicans lie."
- Cuchanu, on 07/01/2008, -10/+9Politicians lie and it's our job to sort through the BS and vote for the one who's lies bother us the least.
- banmaster, on 07/01/2008, -3/+16Republicans lie the most though.
- SonnyW, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3It isn't our job to sort through their lies; it's our punishment for electing them.
- LukasSmith, on 07/01/2008, -19/+3Because Democrats never tell lies. Riggghhhhht.....................not.
- LukasSmith, on 07/01/2008, -13/+3Because Democrats are never Partisan. Righhhhtttttt.................not.
Because Democrats don't troll Digg.com day and night. Rigghhhhhhtttt.................not.
Because I believe Digg.com is a non-partisan forum. Rigggggggghhttttt.................not.
The truth will set you free.- MelvinSchlubman, on 07/01/2008, -1/+8Bush's latest approval rating was 29% (so I heard yesterday). If 71% of diggers disapprove of Bush then all the down-digging of conservative opinion here would be no surprise. It's more that you have to go out of your way to get into a context that not a partisan forum against Bush.
- LukasSmith, on 07/02/2008, -2/+1Actually believe it or not I am myself not fond of Bush. I think you missed the part where I was offended by the generalization of Republicans. As if Republican party is party of lies, Democratic party is not. Since the democrat party has been pretty much sleeping for the last 8 years I remind you of the Clinton years. I am offended by this typical partisan bashing.
"Republicans lie. Write it down; remember it; put it in your wallet. Republicans lie." - PhilLesh69, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Wow, did you learn comedy alongside Borat?
I think I'm funny.... not. hehehahaah.
Geez. the whole "not" comedy shtick is lame.
If only you understood the truth. It has nothing to do with the democrats being wrong and the republicans being right.
BOTH parties are just two branches of a control mechanism, designed to occupy the voting masses while those who own this country do whatever they want. That is the truth. Once you realize it, that truth will really set you free.
- MelvinSchlubman, on 07/01/2008, -0/+5"He who controls the past, controls the future."
- PhilLesh69, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Or as the Neocons say, "We're an empire now. While you are trying to figure out reality, we're creating new realities."
- MadEnvoy, on 07/01/2008, -1/+5Politicians lie. - Corrected.
- Cuchanu, on 07/01/2008, -10/+9Politicians lie and it's our job to sort through the BS and vote for the one who's lies bother us the least.
- richdoll, on 07/01/2008, -5/+48 obama & mccain got into a fight on the senate floor about this bill mccain refused to support the with excuses. obama should have gotten credit
- PolishLogic, on 07/01/2008, -27/+7The saddest part of this whole story is that Congress passed this poor excuse for a bill.
- pintomp3, on 07/01/2008, -2/+9why do you hate our troops?
- PhilLesh69, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1I know you are being sarcastic, but since when does it mean you hate the troops when you want to bring them home and only send them to do jobs that really serve the interests of our country?
Or since when is it hating the troops to want to give them a proper education, that all the recruiting TV ads have promised them?
- PhilLesh69, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1I know you are being sarcastic, but since when does it mean you hate the troops when you want to bring them home and only send them to do jobs that really serve the interests of our country?
- pintomp3, on 07/01/2008, -2/+9why do you hate our troops?
- onyxcoltrane, on 07/01/2008, -5/+24Olbermann covered this also: http://digg.com/politics/Olbermann_Jim_Webb_the_GI ...
- BedPost, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Not saying it's wrong, but I always find it funny how when someone links to another Digg article within a front paged one, it's invariably submitted by them.
- Cuchanu, on 07/01/2008, -5/+13Working hard and hardly working are the same thing to Bush
- pintomp3, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4mccain worked hard.. to oppose the bill.
- Cuchanu, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1ahh, true. Touche...
- pintomp3, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4mccain worked hard.. to oppose the bill.
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 07/01/2008, -31/+9Buried for HuffPoo sniveling.
- Rotzooi, on 07/01/2008, -11/+20Buried for being a Bush supporter.
A despicable subhuman. That's what all Conversatives are to me now. Not worth the space you occupy.- Digger1218, on 07/01/2008, -12/+8Yeah, subhumans. Maybe we should make them wear armbands so everyone would know who they are. And we could put them on trains to special camps to get them out of sight.
- banmaster, on 07/01/2008, -2/+7That would work pretty well actually, and it'd be difficult to imagine anyone doing as bad a job running the country as they have done for the past 7 years.
- phrenzy, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2If the last 8 years hasn't proven the worthlessness of the 'Neo-Christo-Conservative' platform in general, I don't know what will... All out nuclear holocaust?
- BohicaTwentyTwo, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Boo Bi-partsian bills that supports the troops!
Yay using anythig whatsoever to reinforce your hatred of people who have opinions different from your own!
So Rotzooi, how long have you hated freedom?
- Rotzooi, on 07/01/2008, -11/+20Buried for being a Bush supporter.
- Macrophage, on 07/01/2008, -12/+17GOP = DRAFT...by now that really should be clear.
Guess what..they draft GOP KIDS, and Dems, and Greens, And Indies, and everyone who does'nt have rich connections....So whats's it going to be folks?
Want to be the first one on yer Block...............................
PEACE
John- superkendall, on 07/01/2008, -4/+5The only politicians who have called for a draft in recent times are Democrats. Republicans, and independents concerned that we need a strong military, realize that a draft based military is simply not as effective as a force that is full of people who willingly went into service.
- hellsing47, on 07/01/2008, -5/+4Stop posting.
- TheInformer, on 07/01/2008, -8/+4If any party is going to re-institute a draft, it's going to be the Democrat. Why? When the Republicans are in power, there isn't really any problem in getting people to sign up for the military, because they know the Republicans are pro-military. The Democrats, on the other hand, have shown themselves to be anti-military if anything, and people won't be so eager to join. The number of men and women will decrease. Draft.
A draft being instituted is a reach, but it's far more likely to happen under a President Obama than a President McCain or President Barr. - jlab, on 07/01/2008, -2/+2That's exactly what people were saying last election and it didn't happen.
- Dibou, on 07/01/2008, -5/+1This is the same Democrat fear-mongering that happens every election. The evil Republicans will DRAFT YOU! Oh no!
Then the Democrats put up a draft bill that the Republicans vote down.
- tufftugg, on 07/01/2008, -4/+10 And this surprises who?
- BdON003, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I'm shocked that Bush has misspoken. This is so unlike him.
Whether it was intentional to fool the media is a different story and should not be put on McCain (unless he arranged for it)
- BdON003, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I'm shocked that Bush has misspoken. This is so unlike him.
- Carl306, on 07/01/2008, -9/+9The words "Bush" and "Wrong" go hand in hand together anymore.
- swrostmore, on 07/01/2008, -1/+13wait, what?
- Rotzooi, on 07/01/2008, -3/+12Rewriting history, people. What he said will go into the records, not that it's untrue.
- BesideYouInTime, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5Wasn't Bush going to veto this if it didn't get the required majority?
- Arkons24, on 07/01/2008, -27/+7This is *****. The original sponsor of the bill, Jim Webb, even said McCain was an intricate part of the bill being passed. Buried as fluffington post *****.
- rationalbeats, on 07/01/2008, -4/+22Hey *****,
Give me a link to that statement. Because Jim Webb went on the Daily Show and said he was amazed that McCain was against it. Since these benefits are the same McCain had when he was in the military.
So until you give me a link to that quote I am calling ***** on your statement.- zrcochran, on 07/01/2008, -1/+10Here's the clip from the Daily Show:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?vide ...
Skip to 3:25 for the part about McCain - Julik, on 07/01/2008, -10/+3He was not against increasing benefits... He was all for increasing the benefits.
He wanted the bill to scale with your service. Which is what it should do.
This is coming from a veteran. - kreneskyp, on 07/02/2008, -0/+7He fought it tooth and nail in order to prevent it from passing.
So whether or not he was for giving troops better benefits, he cannot in any way claim that he helped pass this bill.
- zrcochran, on 07/01/2008, -1/+10Here's the clip from the Daily Show:
- rationalbeats, on 07/01/2008, -4/+22Hey *****,
- LukasSmith, on 07/01/2008, -15/+5I think they are missing the point here. McCain was not happy with giving extra benefits to soldiers. At least not before more years went by. I imagine in the world of politics his side gave a bit and gained a bit. But I would say his ultimate gain was the Democrats passing full payment for another year of Iraq War with 0 strings attached. What I really want to know is why didn't this reach digg.com? Dare we not criticize this holy group of men and women called the Democrat Party?
- ebonn101, on 07/01/2008, -26/+10Buried. F-ing Huffington Post.
- twiztidsinz, on 07/01/2008, -3/+13Buried. F-ing self censor.
- GrodyChamp, on 07/01/2008, -16/+5Webb, who sponsored the bill SAID McCain was an important part of it. STFU with your propaganda huffpo
And McCain made sense with what he was saying about restricting the GI bill for now to help short term military retention. Good forethought if you ask me.- wendelgee2, on 07/01/2008, -1/+11*****.
“McCain needs to get on the bill,” Webb told reporters after a Christian Science Monitor breakfast meeting on Wednesday. He said legislation mirroring the post-World War II GI bill should not be considered a “political issue.” […]
Webb’s bill has 51 co-sponsors, including nine Republicans. Webb, a former secretary of the Navy, said he may have to get 60 co-sponsors to ensure Senate passage, but then added that many more Republicans could vote for the bill if McCain endorsed it.
From another article:
McCain:
The Constitution of the United States gives no authority for the Congress of the United States to set lengths of tour or lengths of duty in the military and I hope we will steadfastly reject this kind of micromanagement, which would create chaos.
This morning on CNN, Webb rebutted McCain’s assertion that the Senate has no role in troop deployments:
Well, first of all, Sen. McCain, who I’ve known for 30 years, needs to read the Constitution. There is a provision in Article I, Section 8, which clearly gives the Congress the authority to make rules with respect to the ground and naval forces. There’s precedent for this. - pintomp3, on 07/01/2008, -1/+5the bill had 58 co-sponsors, mccain wasn't one of them:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s22/show
he skipped the vote.
- wendelgee2, on 07/01/2008, -1/+11*****.
- Yage2006, on 07/01/2008, -3/+17I see they are still big on the "Lie because people who hate the liberals will believe you" technique.
- bluesman3535, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0Yes Dennis Prager starts nearly every radio show of his with this technique. And there has been a successful linking of 'liberal' with 'the left'. So Prager just says things like 'The Left hates George Bush so much they can't see anything else on this issue' etc. I have to conclude Prager is either delusional or a propagandist due to the large and growing number of people on the RIGHT who hate GWB!
- PhilLesh69, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I'm not entirely sure what you just said, but I am a lifelong republican, who even voted for GWB in 2000.
However, at this point, I have learned that the entire two-party system is just a divide and conquer strategy. The people who own this country present us little people with a hand full of divisive issues, like immigration, abortion, gay marriage, offshore drilling or exploring ANWR, and we easily get distracted with such meaningless issues.
Meanwhile, our industrial base is shipped off to cheap-labor nations, our military is being ground to the bone, and our economic situation has evolved to a point where the richest of the rich, the top 1% control more than 50% of our wealth, and the poorest of the poor control less than 1% of the wealth.
We once had a nation that had a large middle class. We were once on the right track. Then Corporatism gained the upper hand, and now we have reverted to the same old historical vertical heirarchies, where the rich control everything, and everyone else is a wage slave to the wealthy.
I think maybe that is why McCain was so opposed to the enhanced GI Bill. He benefits when everyone else is kept from advancing economically. - bluesman3535, on 07/16/2008, -0/+0Time for some honesty! I voted G Hw Bush.....Dole was a joke so stayed home, then GWB twice. I'm a Conservative libertarian! Now can I have my 2000, and especially trusting 2004 vote back? GWB is an idiot and has proven it 100 times!~ Where is the newer wing at Yale marked 'Bush'? I cannot accept that GWB earned a legit degree, without family influence or money, from any higher institution. It's BS! Isn't it obvious? Americans should demand common sense from the highest office!
- PhilLesh69, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I'm not entirely sure what you just said, but I am a lifelong republican, who even voted for GWB in 2000.
- bluesman3535, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0Yes Dennis Prager starts nearly every radio show of his with this technique. And there has been a successful linking of 'liberal' with 'the left'. So Prager just says things like 'The Left hates George Bush so much they can't see anything else on this issue' etc. I have to conclude Prager is either delusional or a propagandist due to the large and growing number of people on the RIGHT who hate GWB!
- KillaJazzBass, on 07/01/2008, -3/+24Of course Joe ***** Iowa wont know the difference and vote McCain into office regardless. Dont underestimate the power of stupid sheep en masse.
- youareretarded, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Exactly.
Bush knew exactly what he was doing, tell a lie, state the lie as fact, let the lie repeat itself and people will believe the lie.
It's been his M.O. from day one.
- youareretarded, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Exactly.
- ousthouse, on 07/01/2008, -17/+8Show a Bush mistake... check
Attack McCain... check
From The Huffington Post... check
Obama thumbnail... check
Digg front page... check- ADVIZR, on 07/01/2008, -4/+5Bush/McCain supporter attempting to be clever... check
Burying you... check - artofficial, on 07/01/2008, -1/+5rinse...repeat.
- ADVIZR, on 07/01/2008, -4/+5Bush/McCain supporter attempting to be clever... check
- briankoenig03, on 07/01/2008, -2/+16I don't like Obama's picture being the thumbnail for this story....Bush lying about McCain helping the bill doesn't directly relate to Obama.
(I am pro-Obama, but saturating the page with his image when he isn't directly related doesn't help anyone) - davidamerland, on 07/01/2008, -2/+7I find it hard to believe Bush made a mistake! The man's infallible!
- TheInformer, on 07/01/2008, -4/+3The only infallible one is the Messiah.
- URnotheonly1, on 07/01/2008, -17/+5gasoline was $1.76/gallon the day before Harry Reid became senate majority leader. The democrat idiots make me realize it can be worse than Bush.
- growler1, on 07/01/2008, -2/+101. Nationally, gas prices averaged 2.33 in Jan. of 06.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/22/gas.prices/index. ...
2. Please explain what sort of neocon logic leads you to link Harry Reid with the causative factors of the current high price of gas.- kreneskyp, on 07/02/2008, -2/+3buh those democraps have a majority dur dee dur.
- URnotheonly1, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1Better not move forward with Bushs energy plan, it was done behind a closed door, and they didn't invite the environmentalist????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Your entire world view is Americas problem
- growler1, on 07/01/2008, -2/+101. Nationally, gas prices averaged 2.33 in Jan. of 06.
- Brownds, on 07/01/2008, -16/+9I can't believe the dolts that take The Crapington post seriously. I would not wipe my ass with that rag. It is soo damned biased lol. A Dem could be caught killing babies and the Huffington Post would report it as "Democrat saves children from the hardships of growing up"
- nblsavage, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5How exactly does one wipe one's ass with an internet site?
- Brownds, on 07/01/2008, -4/+3Ok my virtual ass sorry.
- DieselGrunge, on 07/02/2008, -1/+2Do you have a printer?
- DieselGrunge, on 07/02/2008, -2/+3Propaganda works both ways. Why no one a digg realizes this is beyond me.
- Brownds, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0Not really I never see Neo-con web sites on Digg. But then again Neo-con's don't know how to use the interwebs.
- nblsavage, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5How exactly does one wipe one's ass with an internet site?
- budgetguitar, on 07/01/2008, -1/+15This was no mistake. McCain even took credit for defeating a different one of HIS OWN bills.
They really think you are that dumb. And if you aren't, you know somebody who is. - TheInformer, on 07/01/2008, -16/+9huffingtonpost.com
Buried. - Julik, on 07/01/2008, -11/+5McCain was for increasing benefits of the GI Bill... Don't let this garbage internet publication tell you otherwise.
The difference was that he wanted the benefits to scale with your time in service, which is how it should work. For those that don't know how it works, you basically pay $100 a month for a year ($1200 total) to sign up for it. Right now if I was using the full benefits of my GI bill I could get over $1200 a month for school. That is plenty for me to get my degree. Combine that bill with the different scholorships and grants available out there. That does not even include any financial aid benefits (depending on your income).
He did help get the wheels in motion with the bill, but when it was finalized he wanted to go a different direction with it, which I believe was the right way to go. The men and women who put in 10-12 years deserve to get more out of it than I do when I only put in 4 years.- mychaleg, on 07/02/2008, -2/+21200 a month is enough for you to get your degree huh? Please give me your life, because I'm going to COMMUNITY college and can't do it full time because the GI Bill doesn't cover my expenses enough for me not to work...and I'm by no means living a lavish life.
I don't expect it to cover all my bills, but now with my tuition covered and a monthly allowance I'll have a chance to attend full time and maybe even transition to working part time.- Julik, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1A guy I worked with for 4 years in the military is going to the University of Washington on his GI Bill... Finacial Aid and a couple scholarships that all he had to do was write an essay. That is by no means a community college.
Also there is only so much money for the GI Bill. Why should 4 years of service give someone the same amount as 12 years of service? They should give a little more to the people that stayed in longer, and the only place to get it from is the ones who got out after 4.
Also that has nothing to do with garbage publications bashing McCain for something he was in support of. - Julik, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Also I just noticed you were complaining that you cannot go to college full time because you have to work. When I was in the military I went to college full-time... Even more than full time some semesters. No one says you cannot go to college full time and work, if you want to work hard enough to get it done you can accomplish it.
You could also talk to your state reps, most states have additional benefits for veterans who return to the state they signed up in. For example, Illinois will give you 4 years of college free at a state university (undergrad degree) if you sign up in Illinois and return there when you get out of the military. In addition to that you also get your GI Benefits. So you may want to check out if your state offers anything similar.
- Julik, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1A guy I worked with for 4 years in the military is going to the University of Washington on his GI Bill... Finacial Aid and a couple scholarships that all he had to do was write an essay. That is by no means a community college.
- mychaleg, on 07/02/2008, -2/+21200 a month is enough for you to get your degree huh? Please give me your life, because I'm going to COMMUNITY college and can't do it full time because the GI Bill doesn't cover my expenses enough for me not to work...and I'm by no means living a lavish life.
- TheSwashbuckler, on 07/01/2008, -0/+7Wrongly?!
How 'bout Bush lied again... - Dibou, on 07/01/2008, -12/+5Woohoo!
I saw the title and KNEW it would be Huffington! - MikeFallopian, on 07/01/2008, -10/+5I can't believe this ***** is on the front page again - HuffPost knows perfectly well that the recently-passed bill was a compromise, which included the provision - demanded by McCain - that benefits be transferable to family members. Yet HuffPost's shills keep putting out misinformation and digg keeps eating it up. If you think that the GI bill that just passed is the same thing that McCain opposed, you should actually read the texts of the old version and the final version. Don't take my word for it, read the two versions, read the competing bill that McCain sponsored before the compromise was made, and come to your own conclusion. And bury this HuffPost crap.
- youareretarded, on 07/02/2008, -1/+1So did McCain vote for or against this new "compromised" bill?
- medfreak, on 07/01/2008, -1/+10McCain did work hard on the GI bill...... he worked hard on killing it.
- bipolarruledout, on 07/01/2008, -2/+3In other news up is down and down is up in the current white house. If this surprises you then you have been living under a rock or you suffer from a common brain disorder known as neoconservatism. Seek the help of anyone with a three digit IQ.
- jwalt1776, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0Then I shouldn't seek you, in recognition of that fact. Thank You!
- superman9908, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Our troops deserve better educations and more they are the people that give there lives for our country. case closed
- blipblipbeep, on 07/01/2008, -0/+0may Kama take mercy on your sole bush.
- TimDigg, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I'm pretty sure his feet are ok
- blipblipbeep, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0Lol soul. I bet they bark.
- TimDigg, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1I'm pretty sure his feet are ok
- Pedestrian101, on 07/01/2008, -9/+3Huffail forgot to mention that Obama has never led or even been a major part of any legislation. The bills that he "co-sponsered" in the Illinois State Legislature were given to him by the lead Democrat in the legislature, though he did no actual work for them. LiberFail.
- Sogui, on 07/01/2008, -8/+2Actually McCain worked with Webb to add an amendment so that the GI Bill's benefits could be transferred to the soldier's wife or children. Webb acknowledged that this was an important feature that McCain had suggested.
Of course all the idiots on Digg are parroting the Huffington Post's EARLIER articles "But, But McCain fought Webb tooth and nail on this Bill!" What they failed to realize was that McCain was very passionate about veteran's benefits and he worked hard on his own version of the bill that would enhance benefits for soldiers who stayed in service longer (and he delivered a compelling speech on this point) and allowed transferability of benefits. Ultimately McCain's stubbornness on the issue allowed for an even MORE generous GI Bill to be passed! How dare he! - CyphreDias, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3Pretending to be a simpleton and a hay-seed in order to get the upper hand in a scam is a classic power maneuver. The Bush family are blue-bloods from the east coast. Bush Jr's southern accent is not real. He has been trained from birth in the art of deception. Bush takes the heat while his elite friends and family benefit. Bush offers himself as the scape-goat. Don't be stupid people. It's all staged. Wake-up. The Dems and Reps are all the same party and the Huffington post is a propaganda machine no different than faux news or any other mainstream media source.
Ron Paul would have been a good choice, although I disagree with "free trade". I see "free-trade" as slave trade, because it creates a dynamic that encourages robber-baron business practices that result in slave-wages. To compete, all other countries will need to also lower wages. Before long, we have neo-feudalism. Protectionism is good. Being vulnerable is bad. Self-sufficiency is good. Dependence is bad. Seems like common sense, but the Orwellian press has everyone's head all turned-around. - Calcularius, on 07/02/2008, -2/+1Of course, the only place we'll see this in the media is Huffington post... I dare not send any links to that site if I'm trying to persuade a misguided Republican.
This should be a front page AP article, but the "liberal media" somehow misses this stuff. - jacothedevil, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2and this is surprising why?
- ADINSX, on 07/02/2008, -3/+3I'm a democrat, and an Obama supporter, but seriously, digg (talking about digg here, not huffpost) is so incredibly biased it is ridiculous. Even well thought-out posts that have any kind conservative tone are buried to hell, while any dime-a-dozen "Impeach bush" post is dugg like it is some kind of gold. I actually digg many insightful conservative posts that I believe have been unfairly buried, just because they'd never see the light of day otherwise.
Anyway, McCain was detrimental to this bill's passing, regardless of his reasons, and therefore deserves no credit from Bush (who himself is in no position to be GIVING credit).- bluesman3535, on 07/16/2008, -0/+0Not true on the bias, I get buried all the time bashing the right,or left! Anybody can sign or log on to Digg,so get over it! Kitchen too hot for ya? I hear Pleasantville.com might be for you!~
- jwalt1776, on 07/02/2008, -5/+0"Bush can't do anything right!"
Bush says No. They say yes.Bush is winning the surge in Iraq meeting 15 of the 18 Benchmarks, that the Iraqi Government had to succeed in, are now being met by, "Leaps and Bounds!" and I bet you will only hear the Democrats saying that "We shouldn't be there in the first place!" When in fact my neighbor said at the beginning of this war that, "We gotta get rid of this nut-case!" She, said nothing about, Weapons of Mass Destruction. Now that's all I hear, "Bush Lied People Died!" 98 percent of congress voted on going to War, and saw the exact same material that, "The Bush Administration Saw!"
No Terrorist attacks in the USA since 9-11, and I've never heard a Democrat give him credit for that.
Ya, know what the Democrats have done for us, "Obstructed with the progress of the war, 3 months after they approved it!; they gave us corn based ethanol, that now has left this country in shambles, due to lack of farming of other crops, for food! And the funniest thing about that, is that it was supposed to help the environment, and it emits more carbon in the air than, gas and oil. IRONIC ISN'T IT!
Specially since, Obama has his pockets lined, with corn ethanol commodities!
Wise-Up Democrats, you have to be in successive (month-wise) negative growth and we are still having positive growth, so stop bending the truth that, we are in a recession. We haven't been and will not be in one, unless, Taxbama wins the Presidency and crashes the stock market. Then see how many poor there are in this country - Hillsfar, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1It's the same as when Bush and Cheney linked Iraq with Al Qaeda. Enough Americans believed. In this same manner, Bush sows his seeds of lies into gullible American minds, cementing McCain as fighter for the GI Bill.
- bynddrvn, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Agree, the main stream media just spewed out whatever crap Dubya & Co said about Iraq. Amazing, the truth is that Osama bin Laden HATED Iraq and Saddam Hussein, he called them "socialist infidels" in an interview! Osama only started supporting Iraq when it became a choice of supporting the US or Iraq. The dems should grow some balls like Kucinich and impeach these bastards!
- jerrycurley, on 07/02/2008, -1/+0You know what is kind of funny? How the Obama spammers still claim to not be spamming, yet they take an articlethat has absolutely NOTHING to do with Obama, and they use his picture for the submission.
- LBTS, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1You know what else is kind of funny, besides your blatantly racist digg name? Obama supported Veterans by promoting the passage of the G I Bill, while John McCain worked tirelessly in opposing Veterans on this bill.
Perhaps the OP, in using Obama's picture, was merely pointing out that Obama is the one Bush should have been correctly crediting for helping pass a bill that aids our Veterans.- jerrycurley, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0What the *****? Racist digg name?
And don't embarrass yourself even more. It has been thoroughly proven that there is a coordinated effort to spam digg with any and every Obama story.
(It will not get one even ONE additional vote come November, by the way.) - LBTS, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Yes, racist digg name. You think people are stupid. How ironic.
The Jheri curl (often incorrectly spelled Jerry curl - the source for jerry rig - and/or Jeri Curl) is a hairstyle that was common and popular in the African American community in the late 1970s and throughout the '80s. wikipedia.
- jerrycurley, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0What the *****? Racist digg name?
- LBTS, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1You know what else is kind of funny, besides your blatantly racist digg name? Obama supported Veterans by promoting the passage of the G I Bill, while John McCain worked tirelessly in opposing Veterans on this bill.
- bynddrvn, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1We need to spend the 4th of July weekend and anytime we get writing letters to the main stream media. They need to cover issues like this. Somehow they have managed to mention just about ever absurd rumor about Mr. Obama but they give McCain a free pass for making misstatements, flip flopping on issues, and outright lying. This needs to stop, they are not helping our democratic process, and they are hurting us by not reporting on the issues that will have a direct impact on our lives.
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