Both, Barack Obama and John McCain Accused of Flip-Flopping Towards Populist Views/ Issues & New American Jobless Report a National Disgrace?

Both, Barack Obama and John McCain Accused of Flip-Flopping Towards Populist Views/ Issues & New American Jobless Report a National Disgrace?
By Marc Chamot

Both Barack Obama and John McCain are accused of flip-flopping towards populist views and issues more than gymnasts have handspring moves commonly called the flip-flop.

They both have done a total 180 favoring populist issues, whether it improves their standings among the independent voters and the undecided? It has sure angered some of their core minority supporters that brought them into the presidential nomination process.

I find it nothing wrong when politicians see the light on an issue and change their minds about it. But I do have a big problem when politicians use the issue by flip-flopping to lie to the voters for votes.

Credibility is becoming a serious problem for both candidates at the moment the one that is most believable will stand alone in the end. Barack Obama’s flip-flop on gun ownership and the Iraq war may not be a big deal to moderates and middle of the road conservatives like me to accept him as a viable candidate. But it may be a big deal to his core of left wing supporters who brought him this far into the Democratic nomination process. My question to Obama is, are you for real? Can we believe you?

John McCain flip-flopped on the illegal alien issue twice! First he supported amnesty for illegal aliens then changed his mind and now he’s back with his pro-amnesty agendas! He’s far worse than Barack Obama it makes John McCain look idiotic and a presidential hopeful that can’t even make up his mind on any issue.

Our economy is in shambles, more jobs have escaped to overseas competition and John McCain is once again showing his 71-year-old fat ignorance and stupidity on the tragic state of American economic policies. John McCain went to Colombia and Mexico pushing for more of the unpopular “FAILED NAFTA and free trade deals” when more Americans are losing jobs because of these horrific deals.

Even well known political analysts for both CNN and Fox News Network have said it’s incomprehensible as to what John McCain is doing going to Colombia and Mexico pushing for the ever unpopular NAFTA and free trade issues, a third rail in American politics next to the illegal alien issue.

We all know that this is the problem that is afflicting our massive economic job loses and ills of our nation, and John McCain is stubbornly still pushing these idiotic Republican marketing strategies that don’t work for Americans.

John McCain’s solution to more jobs in America is more “free trade” with foreigners and he’s unequivocally wrong on that assessment. It’s been proven a total disaster with president George Bush and we’re paying for it now.

John McCain’s answer to people like me on this serious issue is that we want to become protectionists and isolationists. He’s absolutely right on one and wrong on the other.

Americans like me, want to be protectionists, “we want to protect our damn JOBS from these foreign invaders!! I have no doubt that John McCain is so far out of touch with the plight of working Americans. And John McCain has certainly proven that he’s not worthy of being our next president of the United States. Economically we’re doomed with a John McCain presidency.

Do you see our sad state of our current George Bush economy? It will remain the same under John McCain in the way he’s pressing on the issue.

If Democrats want an easy victory over the Republicans they will have to address the high gas prices and be more involved in drilling offshore and nationally to help Americans cope more.

Job loses As jobs woes rise, candidates trumpet economic policies Posted by Jason Tuohey
July 3, 2008 02:23 PM

John McCain and Barack Obama agree on one thing -- the latest negative jobs report calls for action.

On the eve of the country's Independence Day, the Labor Department unleashed statistics showing that employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, marking the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses.

McCain advocated tax relief, lower costs, and innovation to point the economy in the right direction:

"To get our economy back on track, we must enact a jobs-first economic plan that supports job creation, provide immediate tax relief for families, enact a plan to help those facing foreclosure, lower health care costs, invest in innovation, move toward strategic energy independence and open more foreign markets to our goods.

"The American people cannot afford an economic agenda that will take our country in the wrong direction and cost jobs. At a time when our small businesses need support from Washington, we cannot raise taxes, increase regulation and isolate ourselves from foreign markets. These are the same old siren songs that have failed the American people time and time again."

Obama called for immediate action, urging the government to help struggling families with heating and housing costs:

"I'm calling on Congress and the President to enact real, immediate relief with energy rebates for working families this summer, a fund to help families avoid foreclosure, extended benefits for the long-term jobless, and assistance to states that have been hard-hit by the economic downturn."
The presumptive Democratic nominee also took the opportunity to blast McCain, linking his Republican rival to the economic crisis:

"The American people are paying the price for the failed economic policies of the past eight years, and we can't afford four more years of more of the same. That is the essential issue of this campaign because Senator McCain has fully embraced the Bush economic agenda. I believe it has to change."

UPDATE: The Democratic National Committee took it a step farther, attacking McCain for being out of the country when the jobs report came out:

"In an out of touch moment for the ages - on the same day the Labor Department announced the sixth consecutive month of job losses - and while McCain is in MEXICO where scores of American jobs have fled under NAFTA - the McCain campaign is promoting its "Jobs First" plan. Maybe the "first" thing McCain should do to reverse the job losses Americans are suffering under Bush economic policies is to reject those policies instead of vowing to double down on them (and maybe for his own sake he should stop going to places like Michigan and telling folks their jobs aren't coming back while going to Mexico and promoting Jobs First - just a thought).

McCain wraps up his three-day visit to Latin America in Mexico City this morning, where he plans to meet with President Felipe Calderon to discuss immigration and trade.

UPDATE: The Republican National Committee, in turn, hit back at Obama, contends his March Senate vote on the 2009 budget would increase taxes for some Americans making as little as $32,000 per year.

"We need more jobs, not more taxes," said RNC spokesperson Alex Conant. "Americans cannot afford an agenda that raises taxes and costs jobs."
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/07/candidates_resp_1.html

Obama, McCain are 'flip-floppers', say voters
Washington, July 4: A majority of US voters think the presumptive presidential nominees, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, are 'flip-floppers', a phenomenon that apparently led to the defeat of incumbent George W Bush's rival John Kerry in the 2004 polls, a new opinion poll says.

Most of the voters polled believed both men are flip-floppers who will change their opinions for political reasons. Voters are also skeptical that either man will be able to end the partisan gridlock in Washington on key issues.

Asked if Obama and McCain are willing to stick to their principles regardless of the political consequences, the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey says that the people do not think so.
A hefty 61 per cent of voters polled said McCain, the 71-year-old Vietnam War veteran, has changed his mind for political reasons; 37 per cent said he has not.

At the same time, 51 per cent of those polled said Obama, 47, who hopes to be the first black-American president, also shifts positions with the political winds; 38 per cent said he does not.

That is a change from 2004, said Keating Holland, CNN polling director.
"One of the reasons President Bush won re-election in 2004 was that only one-third of voters believed he would change his policy positions because of changing political dynamics. Most voters, on the other hand, believed that John Kerry was a flip-flopper," he said.

As the race for the White House heats up in the run-up to the November 4 presidential poll, charges of flip-flopping and political opportunism are becoming more regular on the campaign trail.

According to Bill Schneider, CNN senior political analyst, the flip-flopping charge may not resonate as much with voters this year as it did in the past.

"After eight years of George W Bush, voters may welcome some pragmatism and flexibility in their leaders. Times change."

The latest CNN poll results also indicate that, regardless of who wins in November, most Americans do not believe the bitter partisanship that has characterized national politics in recent years will come to an end.

The survey showed that 63 per cent of registered voters polled have a favourable opinion of Obama, while 59 per cent have a favourable opinion of McCain. Roughly one-third of voters hold a negative view of both candidates.

Compared to President Bush, whose approval ratings continue to hover around 30 per cent, both candidates are seen in a remarkably positive light.

The poll also shows both candidates improving on their perceived weak points. The number of voters polled who think Obama, the first-time Senator from Illinois has enough experience to be president, has increased by eight points since March (40 per cent to 48 per cent), while the number of voters who say McCain cares about people like themselves has increased by seven points (51 per cent to 58 per cent).

McCain, however, still holds a sizable advantage over Obama on the issue of experience, with 76 per cent of those polled saying the Arizona Senator has the right experience to be president.

Obama, on the other hand, continues to hold a significant edge on the question of caring, with 67 per cent of poll respondents saying the Illinois Senator "cares about people like you."

Only 43 per cent of those polled said Obama could end the partisan gridlock if he is elected; 52 per cent said he couldn’t. Thirty-one per cent said McCain could end the gridlock; 64 per cent said he couldn’t.
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Obama-McCain-are-flipfloppers-say-voters/331388/