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McCain: I Never Said That I Don’t Know Much About Economics

thinkprogress.org — This week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is traveling through Colombia, making a push for a free-trade agreement. In an interview with ABC this morning from Cartagena, McCain was asked about his now infamous statement that he doesn ’t understand economics well. McCain quickly interrupted the interviewer, denying he ever said this.

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  • warr1979, on 07/02/2008, -12/+57McCain may be the worst presidential candidate ever !!! Please if there is a god protect us from McCain PLEASE !!!
    • didiman, on 07/03/2008, -28/+8Obama may be the worst presidential candidate ever !!! Please if there is a god protect us from Obama PLEASE !!!
      • theaceoffire, on 07/03/2008, -9/+5~.~ *sigh*.

        "McCain may lie, get confused, etc, but at least he isn't a democrat!"
      • buddyfarr, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7@theaceoffire - yep, sigh. that quote is the best example of a political idiot. "Oh, I am gonna vote for a complete political moron just because he is in my political party." No sir, that just shows that you are a moron. Anyone who just blindly votes for their party is an idiot. You should see what each candidate has to offer and then vote for the best candidate. Anyone who only votes for their party all the time no matter the candidate is a fool.
    • qazz, on 07/03/2008, -11/+2I thought Obama was the messiah.
    • ramiro, on 07/03/2008, -11/+3Obama is the worst candidate ever. He may beat Jimmy Carter and getting the Guinness record of suckiest mandate ever.
      • djholybolt, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1More stupidity!

        Suckiest 'MANDATE'?

        Do you not mean Candidate?

        And on that note Jimmy Carter was ***** awesome.

        I consider you a communist.
      • ramiro, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Mandate: A command or an authorization given by a political electorate to its representative.

        Carter could be awesome only to the illiterate.
  • thejoshuablog, on 07/02/2008, -6/+64You'd think by now this decrepit thing would have learned about the Youtube!!!
    • Cuchanu, on 07/02/2008, -1/+25Some campaign spokesman of his said on the Today Show that McCain "likes to tool around on the internet".
      My grandma said that when she thought she was sending emails but they were just sitting there after she typed because she didn't know how to actually send them.
    • rz8472, on 07/03/2008, -3/+13I don't think so, he's afraid of the humming pictograph machines. He even admitted that Cindy is responsible for managing all his wireless visual telegraphs.
    • djholybolt, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2He doesn't even know how to check his ***** e-mail. Hell, he doesn't even have a personal e-mail address! This guy's in no way technically saavy in the least bit to even turn a computer on!
  • reuscel, on 07/02/2008, -7/+71Poor McCain. Senility's a bitch.
    • str1fe, on 07/03/2008, -1/+17I'm still convinced he's at the early stages of Alzheimer's or some similar disease.
      • diecastbeatdown, on 07/03/2008, -0/+11it seems that is a requirement these days to become a viable candidate for the republicans.
      • flashback99, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5you guys make my day.
      • djholybolt, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4I agree. He's flip-flopped about 15 times in the last month! Why isn't he getting ridiculed like Kerry did in '04? Kerry only changed positions on a few subjects but not enough to really do any harm and the Mass Media hounded him all the way up to general election!
  • kleenex1, on 07/02/2008, -5/+48Actually he did say that and it was caught on video. Does he seriously not remember. My grandmother with her worst flux of dementia isn't even this bad. And she's 91!!!
    • Stormwern, on 07/03/2008, -1/+7And it's not the first time he hasn't remembered that specific thing
    • buddyfarr, on 07/03/2008, -2/+191!! McCain probably went to school with her!
  • liberaldemdave, on 07/02/2008, -3/+26darn youtubes! bwahahahahahaha.
  • voxlisa999, on 07/02/2008, -2/+44Whew! I'm kind of getting tired of posting the same comment over and over but McCain makes me do it. The guy doesn't seem to realize that when you say things on camera, they are recorded and can be played back. One of his cronies needs to clue him in.
    • gotigertom, on 07/03/2008, -1/+8his cronies are as tuned out as he is. Many PR flaks born in the 50s and 60s are clueless as to how the internet works, how information is instantly shared and never forgotten.
    • Duositex, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6McCain is so old that up until 20 years ago he stills yelled at photographers for trying to steal his soul. He stopped after he figured there must not be any left.
      • buddyfarr, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1trying to steal his soul! Now that is priceless!

        $25 for the camera
        $5 for film
        stealing John McCain's soul....priceless!
      • djholybolt, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1I absolutely hate the mastercard 'priceless' rip-offs. Those were ok like 3 years ago when it first started. It just gets old after a while, Like John ***** McBush!
  • Cuchanu, on 07/02/2008, -2/+43McCain must think he is a Jedi Master all he needs to do is wave his hand, "I never said that I don't understand economics"..."You never said that you don't understand economics"
    • consonance, on 07/03/2008, -1/+8If there's anything worse than a senile old man, it's a senile old Jedi. If he saw those damn kids on his lawn he would slice them to bits with his lightsaber.
    • bubba9999, on 07/03/2008, -0/+9The current administration has proved that if you say something over and over enough, a certain number of people will believe it despite overwhelming previous evidence to the contrary.
      • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0Sadly there are probably enough of those people to get McCain into office.
  • MorganMghee, on 07/02/2008, -18/+0Even more - morganmghee.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!182233B6B71469E2!273.entry
  • jbdobd, on 07/02/2008, -1/+14For cripes sake - even when McCain was in Naval Academy, the phonograph had been recently invented, so surely he is aware that the voice can be recorded! Someone should brief him now that his image can be recorded as well...
  • CryRightardCry, on 07/02/2008, -4/+14Great, now McCain is going to start shouting at youtube to get off his lawn.
  • makenshin, on 07/02/2008, -2/+6Yes, no doubt he has said he is not very good with economics. His denial of this is a sign probably, that he realizes that foreign policy and war is much less important to American's at the moment than the economy. There are a lot of things I disagree with Obama on, but I feel between him and McCain, Obama would do a much better job on improving our economy. Though I am looking toward third parties more than these two, probably voting for Barr.
  • dinot, on 07/02/2008, -1/+23Seems like McCain doesn't know much about McCain either.
  • AesopSBX, on 07/02/2008, -2/+17Cmon give the guy a break it was just a senior moment....er another senior moment.
  • mexicanpower, on 07/03/2008, -29/+5At least he isn't going to tax America into oblivion.

    McCain '08
    Clinton '12

    Say NO to Barack Obama, because NObama is the Wright choice!
    • solesoul, on 07/03/2008, -4/+10Wow...just wow. 2 things: 1) raising taxes is necessary to increase revenues so we can move out of recession, 2) if you're voting against Obama, please vote against him for reasons other than the non-controversy of Rev. Wright.
      • Charlotte_Web, on 07/03/2008, -6/+6 Wow...just wow. You're going to solve a recession by taking even MORE money away from people and businesses? I don't think so.
      • theaceoffire, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4Where do you think we are getting the $5000 a second for war now? We are borrowing it from China.

        Where do you think we get money to pay them back? Taxes.

        No matter who gets elected, the amount we owe will have to be paid back in taxes.
      • fulibs, on 07/03/2008, -6/+4How incredibly stupid can one person really be? Are you really that brainwashed by B.O. that taking more of your hard earned money is going to help you, or anyone else, in a recession?

        I will try to ignore the fact that Rev. Wright is a racist anti-American that influenced B.O. for nearly 20 years of his life when I cast my vote.
      • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -5/+4How exactly is giving more money to the federal government going to get us out of recession?

        OK, I will vote against Obama because
        1) His Social Security plan will bankrupt America and destroy the economy all by itself
        2) His mandate to get the troops out of Iraq will squander all the gains made in the past year
        3) His lack of experience will jeopardize our ability to deal with the Middle East and will most likely have a detrimental effect on the War on Terror
        4) His plan to raise taxes in general will destroy the economy if his Social Security plan doesn't.
        5) His Universal Healthcare plan will put people health in the hands of the feds, which are the same people who brought you Katrina response and the Iraq War.

        And the list goes on.
      • chevyorange, on 07/03/2008, -3/+5Don't you know, theaceoffire, we can just keep spending and cutting taxes and everything will be just dandy! We're America!

        I can't stand people posting that Obama is going to raise taxes. His plan is to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans. From what I understand middle and lower class will remain the same or get cuts.
      • stormkrow, on 07/03/2008, -4/+6tkstock:
        Time for school so pay close attention:
        1) He will tax the wealthiest 5% of the nation at a higher rate and do away with Bushco paydays for the uber-wealthy. So if you're uber-wealthy buck up otherwise that sounds lie the best idea I've heard in a long time
        2) Squander? Gains? Chevron, BP, Exxon-Mobil or Total's gains? We went to war for Oil. PERIOD. Sorry that argument holds no water when held up to the light of truth.
        3) Lack of experience? Let's see he whooped ass all over the Clinton machine and still has the exact same staff he started with. McShame has a revolving door staff of uber-loobbyists at his disposal; admittedly doesn't know anything about the economy, the internet, habeus corpus and has flip flopped more times in the recorded history of man that he belongs in the Guinness Book of World Records. Yeah that's real "experience". Experience enough to be a Wal-Mart greeter perhaps.
        4) I guess you're a billionaire then? Right? Worried about losing that 4th house?
        5) Bush brought us the Katrina response. Lay blame where blame is due. And to think that we're the greatest nation on earth and we haven't done what every other country on the planet has already done. Why? Because we have to protect those wonderful insurance companies.

        Class is over.
        I highly suggest you check the facts before posting your opinion; as it's just that an opinion with little merit and no footing.

        Vote Republican-Kill a Soldier!!!!
      • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -4/+3Jeez, stormkrow, could your filter be any more distorted? I would bury just for using "uber" way too much in your post, but I'll do it for other reasons. Now it's time to leave the pre-school and go to college:

        1) Under the Obama SS plan, a person who makes $1 million per year will pay $93,000 more in taxes. Sounds great for you, right? Well, do you think that $93,000 just sits in a bank or under a mattress? No, it's invested in other companies which create jobs, spur innovations, etc. So, that's $93,000 taken out of the economy and put into social welfare. And that's just one person. You have to understand the impacts of his policies, not just the simplified "tax the rich is a good thing". It all sounds great in sound-bites until you understand the impacts.

        2) If we leave Iraq precipitously, the Maliki govt will fail and sectarian violence will increase again. This will make it easier for jihadists to operate in the region and rally against the US. You can argue that the original intent of the war was oil, but now it's about saving our asses, because our enemies have flocked to the region.

        3) So, you tout Obama's "experience" as running a good campaign against Clinton? Doesn't that just mean he's a good politician with a smooth line? The fact that he wants to talk with our enemies without precondition gives America the position of weakness. Sure, Ronald Reagan talked to our enemies, but from a position of strength.

        4) I'm far from a billionaire, and far from being a millionaire, and I'm worried about losing my ONLY house.

        5) You think Bush was solely responsible for the Katrina response? You're laughable. I don't even need to justify that with a response. I heard on NPR this morning - they interviewed someone from England about their socialized medicine. He said it was "pretty good" and he thought paying $10 / gallon on gas and 17.5% sales tax was worth it. So who is it costing more? There will be nothing more expensive than "free" healthcare.

        Oh, and your "Vote Republican-Kill a Soldier!!!!" comment is right down at the level of your argument. Hopefully you'll learn to argue on an intelligent level sometime.

        You need to grow up and learn to do some thinking for yourself rather than swallowing every piece of bread the democrats throw you.


        Oh, going back to my question - how will taxing the rich take us out of recession?
      • ramiro, on 07/03/2008, -2/+4"raising taxes is necessary to increase revenues so we can move out of recession"

        ...

        I can't think of anything to reply to such an incredibly imbecile statement as this (tax your way out of a recession). Obama voters are worse than I thought.

        The only response you deserve is to get a good spanking with a dead cat until the poor feline meows.
      • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3ramiro, that quote made my list: http://tomstock.wordpress.com/digg-posts/
    • SpinningHead, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Obama's tax cuts are bigger than McCain's for 90% of the population
      http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candi ...
      • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Everyone gets a tax cut under McCain's plan.

        Notice how the person making $2.9 million is taxed almost $1 million more under the Obama plan? Where is that $1 million coming from? It will come out of their investments in other companies which creates jobs and spurs innovation. Essentially, it will come out of the economy - and that's true for everyone who makes over $250K. The economy won't be able to handle that and would increase the need for social welfare.

        People think the "evil rich people" have all this extra money in bank vaults at their house, when in fact it's invested in the economy. Take it away and you subtract it from the already-sour economy. Not a good plan at all.
      • SpinningHead, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1yes, bushenomics has served the economy so well. You've described supply-side economics. It didn't work for Hoover and it didn't work for Bush. People invest because of company revenues which come from people at the bottom spending money.
      • chaosblade77, on 07/05/2008, -0/+0@tkstock

        I can't say I know too terribly much about economics, but it sounds like that argument works against itself. Yes, the money is being pulled from our economy to pay off our country's debts, which in turn should increase the value of the dollar again right? That would benefit people just as much as having more money in the end, since the price of things like gas would fall, causing other products that are going up in price due to increased transportation charges to also decrease.

        Besides, isn't it better to take from the people with more money than the people with less money? Would you rather the people who make under $250k (AKA the vast majority) get those tax increases, and have even less money going into those companies that the wealthy have money invested in?

        That's how I see it at least.
  • wille1623, on 07/03/2008, -3/+9Maybe he forgot all about it because he is so old.
  • pintomp3, on 07/03/2008, -2/+13mccain's first order of business if elected: ban all video recording.
  • trumpcard, on 07/03/2008, -3/+9McCain knows knows nothing about economics.
    • TwiztOG43, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5McCain knows nothing about anything made after 1951

    • CaptainShaun, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2People that have his ear know far more about economics than most of Digg.
      • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1That's the funny thing - do you think McCain, or Obama would be making economic policies? No, it will be their surrogates who have expertise in that area.
      • CaptainShaun, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Additionally, isn't most of this stuff handled by congress? I'm not American, but my understanding is that congress drafts legislature, not the executive. It is also my understanding that the president's only direct involvement in the legislative procedure is the ability to veto a bill.
      • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1The White House can also draft legislation to be passed on to Congress, but I don't think that's the usual route. Normally they get someone in Congress to draft it, I think.
  • 1johnb1, on 07/03/2008, -1/+17If McCain were flipping pancakes or burgers, they would be done on both sides now....
  • rz8472, on 07/03/2008, -1/+32This just in - John McCain has pledged to campaign in all 13 colonies! What a committed candidate...
    • lhughey, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2As long as its between the days of Monday and Friday.
  • fhernand, on 07/03/2008, -6/+6well, in his defense, he did have 7 months to catch up on this economics thingy they speak of...

    /sarcasm
  • hoodmonkey, on 07/03/2008, -5/+4I never left a comment on this article.
  • flogistan, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5You're supposed to edit it going back and forth from the lie, to the actual footage of his original comments so we don't have to follow a bunch of links. Timing is everything with cynical observations.
  • joncarr, on 07/03/2008, -1/+16Shame on Robin Roberts for not holding his feet to the fire.
    • johnhummel, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Amen. I didn't always agree with Mr. Russert's approach - but he would have nailed the guy on this one. He'd have the clip right there sayiing "Oh, really - well, here's you at X debate saying this."

      Sometimes his "gotcha" and lack of really pressing people bothered me (Mr. Russert had more faith in the American intelligence than I do, I guess) - but that's at least one thing he could do well.
    • pintomp3, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4she probably wasn't expecting him to straight up lie, especially after being called out by tim russert before.for the exact same lie.
  • acegi, on 07/03/2008, -7/+2HHAHAHAAAHAHHAHHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHHAHAHAHHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAA


    I did not laugh. my opponent laughs alot though, i hear.
  • petrodollar, on 07/03/2008, -13/+8What's ironic is that many of the people bashing McCain's poor grasp of economics are ron paul supporters who believe that "inflation" is causing high gas and food prices and think that returning to the gold standard would be wise fiscal policy.

    At least McCain admitted that he's an idiot when it comes to economics. Ron Paul supporters think they have it all figured out based on some youtube videos that explain how the time value of money is a global conspiracy. Apparently all those Wall Street bankers with ivy league MBAs just aren't hip to the inside knowledge that Ron Paul supporters are on to.
    • bxblox, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Know who else is an ivy league grad? Bush...
    • dpizzillo, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2What the hell does McCain's senility have to do with Ron Paul?
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Are you aware that during the last 7 years the Federal Reserve has devalued the dollar, by printing more dollars, by 73%?
      So that creates inflation, right?
      It's not the only reason, but it's at big one when you dollar is worth only about 65 cents now compared to 7 years ago.
      But you are living in the matrix.
  • portnoy, on 07/03/2008, -2/+9Yeah, that's what this country needs at this time. Another president who if not for the powerful influence of his family would not even qualify for a job in the food service industry beyond that of picking vegetables some corporate farm. I would think that after two terms of Bush we would all recognize the need for a leader that can read above a 5th grade level.
  • ohpiddle, on 07/03/2008, -5/+4Where was the footage of McCain saying that he was not strong on economics? The whole footage. Robin really had nothing to say to McCain after his comment, no follow up questions, nothing at all. I have never liked Robin, she puts to much of her own ideas in the news and not enough of the news. No one cares what she thinks about what she is reporting, It would just be nice if she would learn to report it. I am not a McCain supporter but even I can see the bias.
    • bjornski, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4How many times do you have to see it? It's all over, it's been reported repeatedly.

      Is your attention span that short?
    • bjornski, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Here. It's even in video form so you don't have to read it.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_APdK9fgDM

      Touting Phil Gramm as one of his experts should immediately disqualify him from consideration. Gramm and his meddling have helped crash this economy faster than almost anyone else in the past 50 years.

      Maybe he can get some suggestions from Charles Keating, too!
  • angrynorwegian, on 07/03/2008, -1/+11How can someone so dumb make it to the white house?

    Dumber people put him there.
  • simplistics06, on 07/03/2008, -6/+6A nation of retards lead by a retard.

    sounds about right to me
  • B08ama, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1This boy needs some acetylcholine.
  • tober, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0While you have a plane load of reporters in Columbia why don't you find out how many Colombians have killed or injured by the
    Bush/ Cheney administration. Just a round number would do.
  • deadbaby, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5McCain has completely lost it. I actually voted for him in the 00 state primary. I remember admiring that he stood up against Bush even 3 or 4 years ago. What the hell happened to him?
  • Elsewhere42, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Just what we need... another president who makes up reality as he goes. :S

    I sure am glad we have all of the tubes of the internets to let us know about these things!
  • BadgerDigger, on 09/04/2008, -7/+3You are all funny. You take a statement and switch it around to mean something else. If this is the best you have, then I can understand why Obama runs away from debates. I'm sure I'll get dugg down for this, but I just see that as proof that I am right.
    • bxblox, on 07/03/2008, -0/+6By debates you mean "town halls"
    • ShisouKen, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Are you smoking crack?

      The man said he did'nt know anything about Economics..

      Then said it was'nt true...that he never said it...

      Then was confronted by Tim Russert on that lie...

      Then said it was'nt true AGAIN..

      Are we watching the same clips? Is there a McCain clone running around making false statements on his behalf??

      LMAO @ waiting til Tim Russert dies to come out of hiding with this lie again...
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  • skoles, on 07/03/2008, -0/+16God forbid the interviewer do her job and call him out on it by quoting the day & place he said it. Maybe follow up with the video.

    People get pissed about ThinkProgress and HuffingtonPost sites getting to the front page all the time. But you gotta realize THEY are doing more actual reporting than the news stations most of America relies on. And they always back it up with video proof.
  • 10pins, on 07/03/2008, -0/+8http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_OunCv-7qvA

    RIP
  • WilliamDavis, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1"free trade" is not what it seems to imply.
  • headinthesand, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5So lets just go ahead and elect John McCain so that we can be embarrassed four to eight more years that he is our leader and every time he makes a public speech some ***** flys out of his mouth. Just as long as Neo-Cons have there faith in God that John McCain won't start WWIII. Wake up people.... Wake up....
    • zephyear, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1i don't mccain would live for 8 more years
  • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2In all fairness (not that you'll care), he didn't say he didn't know much about it, he said he didn't know as much as he should about it.

    You can know a lot about something and still feel that you don't know enough about it.
  • obamayomama, on 07/03/2008, -6/+2Just like the "100 years" comment, taken out of context, skewed and twisted to serve the left's agenda. It's funny how these posts rail against McCain for being disingenuous while the whole premise of this article is so. And for your information, headinthesand, you and your like minded friends that use the term "Neo-Con" need to do a little research and understand that it was coined and refers to ex-hippies from the 60's that saw the error of their ways and became conservatives. It was never a blanket term for conservatives (hence the prefix.) I guess it sounds cool and does a good job demeaning those you don't agree with, though, so it serves your purpose, huh?
    • Ouhei, on 07/03/2008, -2/+5What exactly is taken out of context about saying he doesn't know much about economics to saying he is strong on economics and never said he was weak on it?

      How is there any other way to take that? Had he said, I now know more about economics than before because I've been studying up, then you MIGHT believe him. But he's denying he ever said it.
      • obamayomama, on 07/03/2008, -3/+2He said that he doesn't know much about economics RELATIVE to what he knows about foreign affairs. That doesn't necessarily mean that he's ignorant on the subject.
      • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -2/+2FTA: “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should,”

        Albert Einstein may have thought he didn't know as much about theoretical physics as he thought he should - it doesn't mean he didn't know a lot about it.
  • tcpik, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5the comments on that site are great.

    “The best thing about Alzheimer’s is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.” –John McCain, September 1999

    LOL
    • obamayomama, on 07/03/2008, -3/+0I can't find the Alzheimer's quote you cite anywhere... guess you just make ***** up as you go along, huh? *****.
      • tcpik, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1comment #18 dick head.
      • obamayomama, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0Oh OK, then that makes it true... if you were any dumber you'd have to be watered twice a week.
  • x2wenty4x, on 07/03/2008, -1/+7Welcome to a world with Youtube McCain. Your BS flip flopping and contradictions won't go unnoticed.
  • bshock, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1And we never said that McSame knew a lot of about honesty.
  • tkstock, on 07/03/2008, -3/+1Obama's plan for Social Security:

    Under the Obama SS plan, a person who makes $1 million per year will pay $93,000 more in taxes. Sounds great for you, right?

    Well, do you think that $93,000 just sits in a bank or under a mattress? No, it's invested in other companies which create jobs, spur innovations, etc. So, that's $93,000 taken out of the economy and put into social welfare. And that's just one person. Everyone who makes over $250K / year will be significantly impacted. That's a LOT of people and a LOT of money coming out of the economy.

    You have to understand the impacts of his policies, not just the simplified "tax the rich is a good thing". It all sounds great in sound-bites until you understand the impacts.

    I think Obama could learn a few things from McCain on the economy.
  • banderwocky, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2To funny! Flat out blatant lie.
  • carterartist, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1wow. that was taken out of context? He said what now?

    I think you fail to see how the man made a point blank statement, then denies over and over that he ever said it.

    That was the point of all this, not the fact that he's an idiot when it comes to economics, we only need to see how bankrupt his campaign is to learn that.
  • aookay, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0Pops needs to take his memory pills
  • ragingflamerboy, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1okay, i'm all anti-McCain,. however, he's going to be the one to get in office because:
    a: america is stupid.
    b: see a.
    Now that being said, and I'm an obama-lover. (Jus' love me some black men!) - this was taken outta context. He never said that he doesn't know much about econom nom nom nom. He said he didn't know as much as he should. wtf people.
  • djdingo, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1That's what I don't understand about McCain, he says one thing then says the other but completely denies ever saying the first thing to begin with. Um...hello? Every single thing you say in public is most likely recorded and it can be found within a matter of minutes on the Internet.

    I've seen the video where McCain says he doesn't know anything about economics. Sounds like he needs to see it himself.

    Don't forget, McCain doesn't even know how to use a computer!
    • BlacklabelSAR, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Being computer illiterate is the new Amish.
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