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Links to Bush, McCain speeches
Big week for Republican foreign policy speeches.
I thought that both President Bush (in his speech in Dayton) and Sen. John McCain, in a speech laying out his basic approach to foreign policy, made points that the Democratic presidential candidates have been ignoring and are obliged to address.
Here’s a link to the text of the McCain speech:
As for the video or audio of his speech, trust me, you don’t want it. He gives a speech like he’s giving a report.
Here’s a link to an audio version of President Bush’s speech:
www.daytondailynews.com/news/mplayer/other/78110
And here’s the text: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/03/27/ddn032708bushspeechweb.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=16
As for some commentary (Broder, Brooks, etc) check out
www.daytondailynews.com/opinion.
Comments invited.
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By bob
March 29, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this
BOTH GREAT SPEACHES .BOTH GREAT MEN.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PRESIDENT BUSH. GO JOHN GO.By KP
April 1, 2008 7:52 AM | Link to this
Yes, go John go - and take W with you - PLEASE.By John Loves George
April 2, 2008 2:49 AM | Link to this
God help us all if the brainwashed massed subject us to a third Bush presidency by electing Mini-me-Johnny!By Jim 5
April 2, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
How can anyone mistake John McCain for a Bush supporter? Do your homework. Bush and McCain were barely speaking after the South Carolina Primary in 2000. McCain voted “no” on Bush’s keystone tax cut bill. McCain went on to sponsor campaign finance reform over Bush’s criticism that stopped short of a veto. McCain’s heavy attacks on Rumsfeld caused Bush to replace his Secretary of Defense during wartime.By kim
April 2, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
They are both republicans. So McCain is against the working class, and for big business, against helping our poor have access to health care, and for sending our brave young soldiers into a conflict based on lies. The only difference is that John did fight for his country, but George W. and Cheney cut and run from Vietnam.By Alice
April 2, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
Jim5: You shouldn’t have to do too much digging. The truth is a lot of people who compare McCain to Bush wouldn’t have compared them 4+ years ago because of your point. Unfortunately, comparing them now is justified considering the flip-flopping McCain has done. McCain supports many of the actions this administration has made, the same actions he boldly criticized five years ago. Not to mention his apparent inherited ignorance of the economy from Bush Jr…By Jim 5
April 2, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
The speeches sound remarkably similar in their expression of a vision for America amid a hostile global war. McCain’s speech clearly identifies Islamic terrorism as the primary enemy. His narrow tailoring could mean that although he supports a successful outcome in Iraq, that he is not a total �preemptionist� like Bush. Whenever McCain mentions Iraq he starts with the fact that we are in it and that not invading in 2003 is no longer an option. Rather, he starts with the idea: so how do we handle the war correctly? Senator McCain also mentions a growing and militarizing China and the need for political �liberalization� there. While being diplomatic in his language, he does not back down. Overall, McCain�s platform is extremely strong, if his delivery is not �Obama-esque�.By Conservative
May 30, 2008 11:04 PM | Link to this
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