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Morris falsely suggested McCain is no different from Obama in percentage of time he votes with Bush

Summary: On The O'Reilly Factor, Dick Morris asserted that while Democrats say "things are terrible, Bush is awful, and McCain is more of same," "[t]hat statistic that 90 percent of the time they vote together? Ninety percent of the votes in the Senate are unanimous. Bush, Obama, and McCain probably vote together 90 percent of the time on resolutions congratulating the New York Giants and stuff." In fact, Congressional Quarterly has reported that Sen. John McCain has voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time, while Sen. Barack Obama has voted with Bush 40 percent of the time.
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Posted by shaggles

I can forgive Morris' goofy calculations.  He doesn't even know how many Senators there are.

Posted by SFnomad in reply to shaggles

Once you get past counting the number of toes, he has problems.

Posted by NiceguyEddie in reply to shaggles

Does this mean that McCain is now 90% ties as the most liberal guy in the Senate? LOL.  It is so absurd how these guys want to have it both ways.  Obamas the MOST LIBERAL GUY IN THE SENATE, but he's NO DIFFERENT FROM JOHN McCAIN.  These guy can't even keep track of their own lies.

Posted by tommy

It's really irrelevant whether McCain voted with Bush or not, from where I sit they both share the same opinions on policy and issues, foreign and domestic....he isn't anti-Bush, despite Morris' twisting and spinning.

That is where people should make up their minds. 

Posted by Governor

I emailed this tip 6 hours ago.  Where's my credit?  Me! Me! Me!

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to Governor

Sorry, Gov. all of the tipster positions are filled. One of us has to die before you can be appointed.

Back on topic, why does Obama refuse to congratulate the NY Giants? He sure doesn't seem very American.

Posted by worrierking in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders

Senator Obama refuses to congratulate the Super Bowl champions for the same reason many of us won't.

It's because they're  the New Jersey Giants.

We're Americans here in NJ too. 

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to Col. Harlan Sanders

Nope, it's this

Posted by DAWUSS

Neal Boortz tried to add in the funny with this:

 

 I'm not quite sure if it succeeds in either category, though.

Posted by peebs755 in reply to DAWUSS

This cartoon is wrong, too. Grampy record shows he was hardly ever there to vote.

Posted by jawill11 in reply to DAWUSS

That cartoon is stupid for two reasons: 

1.  It takes an intentionally naive view of lawmaking with the "the president does not vote" line.

2.  It is incredibly disingenuous in that McCain has a worse attendance record than Obama in the Senate.

Posted by fawltylogic in reply to jawill11

Worst of all, it's not funny.

That sums up right-wing humor - not factual AND not funny. You can get away with one of them, but not both.

Posted by snoopy in reply to fawltylogic

Oh, I don't know. You could take it as Obama telling the truth while mcsame retorts with another lie. But a real fact is mcsame has used both attacks against Obama. mcsame will say anything to get elected.

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to snoopy

And he'll most likely have his VP do anything to get him elected

 

It would get the EIB Seal of Approval, that's for sure...

Posted by snoopy in reply to DAWUSS

I think it was the Col, but I remember someone here making the same statement! This is too ironic!

Palin: I’d Oppose Abortion Even if My Daughter’s Raped By a Moose

By Don Davis

 

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“I WOULD ALSO TAKE THE SAME POSITION WITH A SQUIRREL, BUT IF IT WERE RUSSIAN SPIES, THAT’S WHERE I’D HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE.”

Posted by Dem02020

Just more idiotic interpretations of a U.S. Senator's voting record: instead of "ratings" and "rankings", now it's all about "percentages"...

Insult us a little more why don't you.

Every vote cast by every U.S. Senator, is cast on a particular matter or issue: talk about the issues, and not about some stupid "ranking" or any idiotic senseless "percentage"...

Talk about IRAQ.

Posted by ukobserver

This f'wit has appeared on a British political show called Newsnight as an expert on the Clinton administration and a democratic strategist!! If l find out he is to appear again l swear l will do my best to be there and ask what reason the BBC have for foisting this lying agenda ridden smear merchant on the public as an expert for anything other than sucking the toes of prostitues.

Aren't pundits and commentators like Morris required to be consistent with their own prior statements and views?

If Morris likes Bush, and he likes McCain, and he dislikes Obama, then he should be proud of the fact that McCain supports Bush, and he should be using Obama's opposition to Bush as an anti-Obama campaign issue.

The fact that even tools like Morris won't defend Bush tells you how unpopular he is.  Is anyone going to hold Morris to his own prior statements?

Posted by davidarchuleta

Well... let's see. McCain voted w/ Bush 90% of the time. If Obama only voted differently to Bush 10% of the time, he would have been drummed out of the Party by now. lol God, that's why they call him DICK Morris. ;-)

Posted by brianmlewis9526 in reply to davidarchuleta

Obama most likely would have a record of voting w/ Bush around 60-80% of the time, however he did not vote on most unanimous issues. Take a look at http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/o000167/ and notice how, although he may have voted for something one day, he refused to vote on many other issues which were unanimous votes.

 

I believe this is no accident, and that in order to keep his agreement with Bush % down, he purposely refused to vote on issues in which he would come in agreement with Bush. I find it very insulting to make a claim about how his opponent votes when he himself refuses to vote on issues which will align him w/ the president.

Posted by jbraskin

Out of curiosity, does anyone have an idea as to the last time The Dick got a prediction right?

Posted by boylane

Would someone remind me why anyone should take seriously anything from a man who used to let his paid whores listen in to phone calls he made to the White House?