illustration: by Jack Brummet, 2011 (from his first possible run)
Fallout, Lust, Ambition & Madness. Oh DJT, you put a cork in it tonight. I've had The Willies about you for the last year or so but tonight, you laid my fears to rest.
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"Not global warming, like you think and your President thinks.” - Donald J. Trump
Watch: New Hillary ad brilliantly mocks the Republican debate and the candidates' deafening silence on the REAL issues facing the American people.
Posted by Occupy Democrats on Thursday, September 17, 2015
Arguably, the key exchange of the debate was when the frustrated McCain finally said in a clearly scripted remark, "Sen. Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago."
Obama fired back and dismissed McCain's claim of political independence from The Administration:
"If I've occasionally mistaken your policies for George Bush's policies, it's because on the core economic issues that matter to the American people - on tax policy, on energy policy, on spending priorities - you have been a vigorous supporter of President Bush," he said.
"You talk about the surge. The war started in 2003, and at the time when the war started, you said it was going to be quick and easy. You said we knew where the weapons of mass destruction were. You were wrong. You said that we were going to be greeted as liberators. You were wrong. You said that there was no history of violence between Shia and Sunni. And you were wrong. " Barack Obama to John McCain, September 26, 2008