John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
07/07/08

TRANSCRIPT:
[B-roll: Demonstrators holding "McBush" and "Obama" signs and a handmade sign reading "IRAQ: WHAT EXIT STRATEGY? 4000+ Dead. For what?" and "McCain FLIP-FLOPS on BUSH TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!"]

SPOKESWOMAN #1: "You know I actually asked for research on how much the state has had to pick up because the federal government spent most of our money on Iraq. And we've increased of we've had to spend on our veterans, including treatment for mental illness, tuition, etc. Because the federal government has not followed up doing the right thing for veterans. So what we have spent on veterans in the state of Colorado has increased dramatically because of the loss of the federal government."

SPOKESMAN: "Yeah I would just add, as a former budget analyst of the White House, you know, you look at the non-discretionary, non-military discretionary spending; we're talking about a small amount of where we use our money. If we want to talk about actually balancing the budget, we have to talk about getting out of Iraq and putting that money into our state and into our country to be able to balance our budget. We're spending so much money overseas; that's where we need to talk about saving money."

REPORTER: "Sen. McCain talks about nuclear power. [...] What do you guys think about nuclear power, especially in Colorado?"

SPOKESWOMAN #1: "Does he ever say where he wants to place it? No he never would. Because he'd lose that state in a heartbeat. So, you know, when he says something like that, ask him what state he's going to put a nuclear plant in, and [...] what governor's gonna accept it. So he can talk about it again. But, you know, what is the chance in reality of it actually happening? So, you know, again, they're talking about oil shale again."

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