McCain: Obama means 2nd Carter term

June 09, 2008 From NBC's Mark Murray

In an interview to air later tonight on Nightly News, McCain tells NBC's Brian Williams that while Obama might criticize him for representing a third Bush term, Obama seems to be running for a second Carter term. Part of the transcript...

Williams: Is it going to be tough to run with an incumbent party for the White House, given this economic backdrop?

McCain: I-- I think it's-- it's tough. But I think the American didn't, people didn't get to know me yesterday. They know me. They know that I have fought for restraining spending, which Senator Obama has been a big part of, with earmarking (UNINTEL) projects. They know that I have been a strong fiscal conservative, and they know I understand the challenges that they face.

They need a little break from-- from their gasoline taxes, and they -- and they know that -- we've got to get spending under control. And we've got to become independent of foreign oil. Sen. Obama says that I'm running for a Bush's third terms. It seems to me he's running for Jimmy Carter's second. (LAUGHTER)

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McCain Compares Obama to Jimmy Carter

June 09, 2008 7:45 PM

ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., opened up a new line of attack on presidential rival Barack Obama Monday night â?? tying the Illinois Democrat to former President Jimmy Carter, a one term president who battled low approval ratings.

"Senator Obama says that Iâ??m running for [President George W.] Bush's third term," McCain told NBC News's Brian Williams, alluding to a line of attack that Democrats have launched against the Arizona Republican. "It seems like Barack Obama is running for Jimmy Carterâ??s second."

The idea that Obama is similar to Carter is one that has been percolating in conservative circles for a few weeks. And earlier Monday at a fundraiser in Richmond, Va., McCain backer Lawrence Eagleburger brought it to the Senatorâ??s attention by directly suggesting he make that comparison.

"I do have a suggestion," the former Secretary of State said to a room full of McCain donors. "It occurs to me that the Democratic candidate does remind me a great deal of Jimmy Carter. And perhaps we should make that identification stick."

McCain, it seems, agreed. When asked in the NBC News interview why he made the comparison, McCain criticized Obamaâ??s economic plan as being like the former Presidentâ??s.

"Because spend, spend, tax, spend. Heâ??s got a proposal that willâ?¦ raise spending by $1.4 dollars over 10 years, thereâ??s no way to pay for those programs," McCain said.

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