Can Mc_Cain supporters successfully defend against these statements by Hillary with facts?

Question

Quoted directly from Hillary's speech about John McCain and his carrying on the policies of George W. Bush:

"Jobs lost, houses gone, falling wages, rising prices. The Supreme Court in a right-wing headlock and our government in partisan gridlock. The biggest deficit in our nation's history. Money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis.

We need to elect Barack Obama because we need a President who understands that America can't compete in a global economy by padding the pockets of energy speculators, while ignoring the workers whose jobs have been shipped overseas. We need a president who understands that we can't solve the problems of global warming by giving windfall profits to the oil companies while ignoring opportunities to invest in new technologies that will build a green economy.

John McCain says the economy is fundamentally sound.

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BTW, just saying "uh, well...that just means Barack and Hillary are both LYING" doesn't count here...I am looking for factual evidence they are wrong and/or how McCain will differ from Bush based on laws he has supported, for example. Because, I fear, these are VERY hard points to defeat as stated.

Answer 1

No they can not - because Hillary was indeed stating FACTS!

Answer 2

What's the #1 cause of lost jobs?  China.  Who pushed for a free trade deal with China?  Bill Clinton.   What is the #1 cause of price increase?  Oil, which is more expensive due to increased demand from CHINA.  Trying to blame Bush or worse McCain for that is purely idiotic.

The supreme court is NOT in a "right-wing headlock" by any stretch of the imagination.  It is conservative, but the supreme court SHOULD be conservative because the law should be as consistent and non-changing as possible.  Legal consistency is a requirement for a stable society.

The US government is in partisan gridlock.. because of people like OBAMA.  McCain actually works with both sides, Obama doesn't.

Obama doesn't understand the concepts of supply & demand, much less something as complicated as the entire US economy.  Exploring new technologies is good, but Obama just doesn't seem to grasp the fact that those technologies aren't ready NOW, nor will they be ready any time soon.  He also doesn't seem to get that we live in the NOW, not in the distant future.  

Answer 3

You can't ask McCain-Bush people to provide facts, because no facts will support their arguments.  It's all about where Barack Obama went to church, what 60s radicals lived in his neighborhood, who lived next door to him, etc.

It is always easier to appeal to the lowest, basest of human smallness when making the Republican case, because they lose on the issues every time.

Answer 4

Those aren't facts being presented. It's typical political, quite intentional, vague thoughts to convey a message. I don't disagree that parts of the quote contain legitimate and accurate problems. Much of it has a slant and you can't argue against that, Please provide me with the facts about "The Supreme Court is a right-wing headlock" or the connection between "Money borrowed from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis".

In four long years I'd be able to easily connect money borrowed from X disgusting country to a number of liberal provided social services that I disagree with. I'll also be able to describe the deficit as "the biggest in history". It's currently a talking point with democrats because it riles people up. That helps them. The deficit is meaningless. It's going to keep growing, It needs to.

Answer 5

Good luck with this question, you won't get an actual answer from the McCainites.