McCain/Bush--updated

Nothing seems to make one of my Republican friend's head asplode more than the suggestion that McCain is Bush 3. Not so, he declares. Sure, he may have hired the exact same neo-con advisors who thought invading Iraq would be easy. And sure, he is appealing to the same anti-intellectual religious crowd who cared more about gays marrying than torture. But he is a mavrick, goddamnit.

Sigh.

From Sara, this comparison between John Bush McCain and George Bush is quite striking.

McCain:
"I know some of you have been left behind in the changing economy and it often seems your government hasn't even noticed. Government assistance for unemployed workers was designed for the economy of the 1950s. That's going to change on my watch. My opponent promises to bring back old jobs by wishing away the global economy. We're going to help workers who've lost a job that won't come back, find a new one that won't go away.

We will prepare them for the jobs of today. We will use our community colleges to help train people for new opportunities in their communities. For workers in industries that have been hard hit, we'll help make up part of the difference in wages between their old job and a temporary, lower paid one while they receive retraining that will help them find secure new employment at a decent wage."--from John McCain's Nomination Acceptance Speech 2008

Bush:
"America's growing economy is also a changing economy. As technology transforms the way almost every job is done, America becomes more productive, and workers need new skills. Much of our job growth will be found in high-skilled fields like health care and biotechnology. So we must respond by helping more Americans gain the skills to find good jobs in our new economy... we must ensure that older students and adults can gain the skills they need to find work now. Many of the fastest growing occupations require strong math and science preparation, and training beyond the high school level. So tonight, I propose a series of measures called Jobs for the 21st Century... I propose increasing our support for America's fine community colleges, so they can... train workers for industries that are creating the most new jobs. By all these actions, we'll help more and more Americans to join in the growing prosperity of our country. Job training is important, and so is job creation."--from George W. Bush's 2004 State of the Union speech

Jon Stewart has some clips of those similarities.



Sure glad they are different people. If we keep repeating the "mavrick" lie enough, will people believe it?