Cheney Endorses McCain? Any Other Reason Needed to Vote for Obama?

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Well, this is interesting. At the tail end of the compaign, who endorses John McCain? Dick Cheney!!! As if that is not enough to say, Vote for Obama.
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Ok, are there any other reasons needed to vote for Barack Obama? Cheney endorsing McCain is the equivalent of the devil himself telling you how to vote. I cannot believe the "handlers" did not tell him to keep his mouth shut. But, I am glad they didn't. So, Barack Obama has Warren Buffet and Colin Powell as big endorsements. McCain now has Bush and Cheney. Enough said.Salon hits on this as well. They call it the "Coveted Dick Cheney Endorsement". Saturday night live could not have made up a better skit than this (Well, maybe the one where they mocked what it would look like to get a George W. Bush endorsement on Prime Time). Barack Obama spoke about this endorsement:"President Bush is sitting out the last few days before the election. But earlier today, Dick Cheney came out of his undisclosed location and hit the campaign trail," Obama said. "I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it. That endorsement didn't come easy. Senator McCain had to vote 90 percent of the time with George Bush and Dick Cheney to get it." Cheney's name drew boos from the crowd, which cued Obama for what's become a standard line in the last week. "You don't have to boo," he said. "Just vote!" What was the McCain campaign response? They are saying Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are similiar in positions. They state (Again, from Salon):"Barack Obama and Dick Cheney aren't just cousins, they have shared support for the Bush energy policy and the out-of-control spending that John McCain has fought to oppose," spokesman Tucker Bounds e-mailed reporters. (The e-mail included a handy fact sheet, citing an Obama speech in Iowa in January as the source to note Obama and Cheney's distant family ties.) Apparently the idea was to persuade voters that Cheney and Obama have more in common than Cheney and McCain. Ok, so no we have been told by the McCai
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