Bush: McCain ‘Is Not Going To Change’ My Foreign Policy

[Ichingcarpenter]

At the White House today, President Bush threw his support behind Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). In a press conference after a private lunch, a reporter asked the duo how McCain would “make the case that you’re going to provide the change that the voters seem to want.”

Bush quickly cut in, declaring that McCain is “not going to change”:

BUSH: And the good news about our candidate there will be a new president, a man of character and courage, but he’s not going to change when it comes to taking on the enemy. He understands this is a dangerous world.

Following up on the press conference, Rich Lowry of the National Review said on Fox News that Bush is framing McCain as embracing his old platforms, “someone determined absolutely to take on our enemy and someone with a big heart who cares for those who hurt.” Lowry said McCain was shaping up to be Bush’s “successor”:

Who does that sound like? A ‘compassionate conservative’ who wants to take on our enemies. It sounds like George W. Bush. … That’s obviously the way he views John McCain, as a successor to himself.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/05/mccain-bush-change/

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THIS IS PAY-DIRT GOLD

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I guess McLame won't be using 'change' in any of his campaign ads! But we sure as hell

should use 'McCain is just more of the same' in ours!

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. Stay the course McCain

I follow and support the experience and wisdom of Bush's foreign policies

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Stay the course that the USSR was on.

And end up like they did. We're already broke and still buying more guns with Communist China's money.

[MidwestTransplant]

4. I think America is sick of feeling Bush's compassionate conservatism.

[malaise]

5. Why would he?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YceQFoMc8fo