McCain: Scrap Friday Debate for Bailout; Obama: The Debate is On

The recent ECONOMIC problems are NOT some “POOR GUYS BUYING WHAT THEY COULD NOT AFFORD”.
Typical that the CONS that SET UP this CRISIS would “BLAME THE VICTIM”.
At least with KEATING 5 and ENRON we STILL had the NERVE, OUTRAGE and ABILITY to INVESTIGATE,BRING CHARGES and PROSECUTE some of the TOP MANIPULATORS that destroyed so many ordinary citizen”s lives!
As it looks NOW the FAT CATS that used LOBBYISTS to push through SUCH DIRTY DEALINGS will “GET AWAY WITH IT” this time.
Guess “Financial Crisis Fatigue” has set in.
So many of the American people are acting like a BEATEN HOUSEWIFE who STAYS WITH the MONSTER that beats and abuses her!
It”s been a long and convoluted CON JOB based on SELFISHNESS and GREED by people who ALREADY had MORE THAN THEIR SHARE of the Nation”s WEALTH yet in their BOTTOMLESS PIT OF GREED – Wanted MORE!
They wanted it ALL AT ANY COST even up to and Including the DESTRUCTION of the American People and their way of life!
So, this TINY SLICE of people AT THE TOP “worked” over decades to STEAL the ENTIRE WEALTH of our great Nation slowly inserting laws that FAVORED them, buying politicians, destroying leaders they could not buy and through careful media control and education “mismanagement” -DUMBING DOWN millions.
Posted by homespunlady at 02:52 PM : Sep 24, 2008

Whoa… McCain is using us again to benefit himself. He is afraid to go up against Obama in a debate so lets do the right thing here, lets call off the debate and go and save America… After all, I helped destroy it, maybe I should pick up some of the pieces. McCain = EMPTY SUITE…..

Good for him. I want to see this “plan” include more oversights, and help for those that have lost their homes, yes I pay a mortage, yes I am responsible, but some of these people got in over their heads because they were tricked. I’d rather see them have another opportunity to pay for their home than for the bank to own it. At least they’d be making some money. This is a huge deal, and I think it’s smart to work out all the details instead of rushing it.

Maybe he should suspend his campiagn FOREVER

oh cmon mccain you dont give a crap and you know it…
its obvious he doesnt want to debate

McCain wants to postpone the debate so his campaign manager, Rick Davis has time to check and make sure he does not have any more payments in his account from Freddie Mac that he did nothing to earn.

yea exactly hes behind almost ten points in a few polls right now nationally (and i take the national polls with a grain of salt believe you me)
and he has no way to get it back
this is his only way, my god forty days left lets get this going mcworse

i guess the fundamentals of the economy are no longer strong?

Paulson has time to go on all the talk shows and still get his work done. Mc can show up at Ole Miss for one little ole debate.

roger miller im sorry you are misinformed your candidate is ducking and running right now
he has no idea what the economic crisis is he only knows he cant win it with this going on
so stopping campaigning is the only thing he can think to do… and then wiat for people far smarter then he to figure out the crisis and then he can tell bush and some of his pals to give him credit for pushing the measure through
just like he did with the GI bill he refused to endorse and refused to vote for
but he sure took credit for it

Country First. Nice to see.

McCain is running scared… he has no clue on the economy and now wants to postpone the 1st debate so he can get familiar with what all of us americans have been going through for the past 7 yrs… GET REAL.
The debate should go on as scheduled…
No matter what.. McCain is going to vote against anything on this bailout, because he wants this to be about him and nothing else.
Go ahead McCain and suspend your and Caribou Barbies campaign…. WE WONT MISS YOU

Just an attempt by McCain to look like he’s in charge.
However, it sounds pretty ironic for a guy who a week ago was saying the fundamentals of the economy are strong to now be saying the country can’t survive without him chairing an immediate bailout negotiation before markets open on Monday morning.
Sorry, but I just don’t see too many people buying that line.
Its also ironic considering this is the guy who not long ago said he doesn’t understand the economy.
Probably the best thing for the country – if McCain really wanted to put country first – would be for these details to get hammered out without either candidate there. Having a candidate involved will just more politicize the discussions.

Obama has no idea whats going on here because his teleprompter is not loaded to deal with this. let’s be fair, give Obama a day or two to re-program his teleprompter so that he can make a statement.

It would be better for the economy to give every houshold in America 10,000 and let the sinking ships sink. Many could save their homes with this money or start over. At least honest people who pay their debts and don’t get in over thier heads wouldn’t be paying for fraud and 7 figure salaries then.

What a joke – people act as though McCain is afraid to debate Obama. Do any of you people even pay attention to what is going on. Obama bombed every debate he has participated in the last year. He got whupped by Clinton repeatedly and refused to particpate in any more debates with her. Did anyone watch the forum at Saddlebrook – McCain came away as knowledgeable and confident, Obama stumbled through – let’s face it – Obama always puts his interests first and he probably doesn’t want to waste time “studying” again. He should try being a leader during this crisis not a perpetual candidate.

McCain is terrified because he knows that he was a BIG part of the reason our economy is in this mess. He was TOTALLY on the “bandwagon” for de-regulation.
He wants to cancel the debates…OMG this is so funny…he is running scared!!!

The only time McCain has shown up to work is to cast a vote for the rich…. uhmmmm…. so congress does not like Bush’s bill… congress is trying to write in some protection for the American people… NOW McCain thinks he needs to run off and do his job… uhmmm, McCain sorry… I think congress can handle this one without your thoughts on how to make your friends richer and us poorer.

McCain did this beause of the jump in the polls for Obama. Who is he trying to fool.
Ex Republican

YOU GUYS ARE A BUNCH OF A**HOLES, MCCAIN IS TRYING TO HELP HIS COUNTRY OUR COUNTRY, PUT YOUR I TOLD YOU SO’S ASIDE AND TRY TO REMENBER PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO ARE OR ARE GOING TO LOSE EVERYTHING IF THIS MESS IS NOT CLEANED UP, IF OBAMA HAD COME UP WITH THIS YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE CALLLED IT THE SECOND COMING, GET A LIFE MCCAIN IS CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN AND SEE

Why did Obama duck the town hall debates? Oh yes, he was hiding behind Michelle’s skirt and then says I am willing to have that deate any where any time as long as it does not take place.
Obamabots now think their messiah will win the debates? Great. Tell that to Axelrod and ask him not to praise McCain.
All right?

LOL HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
mccain you pud
Statement from Obama Campaign
At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama’s call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details.

Anyone who thinks Obama is some superior debater obviously did not see any of the primary debates where Obama (uh.um.well..ah..you know..um) got his ass whopped by Hillary!

Rick…that change I don’t want if it means the same ole policy and if you listen to McCain that is what he is saying…”there is nothing wrong with our economy, is it fundamentally strong.” DAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

McCain can go to washington without the big announcement and debate, it only takes a couple of hours.
BLOWFISH!!!!

Once again McCain is treating the voters as idiots. He is merely trying to avoid this debate with Obama & is using this crisis as an excuse. I guess its not only Palin who is afraid to face the media/voters questions, its Mcain as well. Come on McCain,quit treating the voters as though they are ignorant!!!!

Anyone who thinks Obama is some superior debater obviously did not see any of the primary debates where Obama (uh.um.well..ah..you know..um) got his ass whopped by Hillary!

hussein will never agree to stop campaigning and work on the economic crisis. The reasons are obvious:
1. hussein has NEVER enacted or crafted ANY meaningful legislation during his entire “career” as a senator. He isn’t likely to start now.
2. hussein is an artificial creation of the loony-left liberal media with no more substance or depth than a Daffy Duck cartoon. Whenever there are no mirrors and no cameras, hussein ceases to exist. His existence therefore REQUIRES that he remain in front of a camera campaigning.
It is best to let competent leaders work on solving this crisis. Let “sweetie” hussein do the only thing can knows how to do: promote himself.

Well, looks like McCain just jumped the shark.
What’s next? McCain wants to postpone the election too?

Roger Miller:
The “present” vote in Illinois is sometimes cast by state lawmakers with a conflict of interest who would rather not weigh in on an issue. Other times, members use the option to object to certain parts of a bill, even though they may agree with its overall purpose.
“The ‘present’ vote is used, especially by more thoughtful legislators, not as a means of avoiding taking a position on an issue, but as a means of signaling concerns about an issue,” said state Rep. John Fritchey.
Obama sponsored 820 bills in the Illinois State legislature. So much so that the Illinois Times featured him in a cover story naming him HEAD OF THE CLASS for his legislative abundance.

I Cannot believe this. McCain is basically chickening out. He should be prepared for this debate and this just reflects how un-prepared, he is to lead this great nation. How can we even place this nation under his leadership. This was definetely un-called for

ch…I saw all the debates and I saw a lot of ass…whip from Obama too…
You all keep saying give McCain a chance? Well he had his chance with the Keating Five, now you need to give Obama a chance to see what he can do….

Statement from Obama Campaign
At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama’s call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details.

This man is full of poop. Always with his gimmicks. What next, some card tricks or a rabbit out of the hat? Why not just mug the elections like last time. I have more respect for the space between my shoes and the floor than I do for this BS artist. Yeah, like they need his wisdom and knowledge at the table, a guy that has no clue about economics. This guy and his VP are shams, a con game.

First he says this, “Sen. John McCain on Wednesday said he would “suspend” his presidential campaign to come to Washington to help negotiate a financial bailout bill.”
Then he says, “McCain campaign political director Mike DuHaime told reporters at a lunch meeting in Washington that the senator will not commit until he sees the final package that comes to the Senate floor.”
Which is it? Help determine the final bill or show up only when the final bill is ready? Geez John, can’t you get your own story straight? It’s obvious you’re doing this only for political reasons.

This comes the same day that the polls have Obama up by 9 points. Sounds more like McSame’s dog ate his homework, so he can’t debate on Friday.

the debate will take 1-2 hours, what great thing is McCain going to accomplish in those 2 hours if he suspends the debate?

Mcsame Mclame his friends are now poor. I hope his wife gets a big enough tax cuts so they can keep there 7 houses.

Now more than ever Americans need to be able to make an informed decision on who will be the next president. This is just an attempt to distract distract distract.

This is just such an obvious political ploy on McCain’s part — yes the financial crisis is important, BUT WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ELECTING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES – who presumably will steer the ship of state out of this and other storms? I think McCain is just using the financial crisis to delay the inevitable — Obama’s victory!! Get over it McBush, you have losT!

you,petty small minded people, think just like the person that you are supporting, McCain took a stance and said that he would suspend his campaign to do the job that he is being paid to do, Obama on the other hand is busy trying to take credit for it. If he was so concerned, why did he not suspend his campaign. You people obviously don’t give a damn about this country, how dare you try to take this and turn it into some petty small minded issue. The damn campaign is suspended so that he can get to work, tell you lazy, empty suit to do his job.

The american people deserve a debate on Friday, economic crisis or not.
If anything, they should change the topic of the debate to the economy and domestic issues.
This is ridiculous, not to mention that Obama called McCain first and McCain calls him back 6 hours later and then issues a statement acting like working together was all his idea when it was Obama who reached out first.
Is it really going to help to have McCain and Obama in Washington right now. Isn’t it a big enough mess not to have the 2 Presidential candidates there and all the distractions that come with it?
This is more political pandering. Oh, look at me, I’m going to suspend my sinking campaign and postphone my responsibilities because I can’t do two things at once. Really?, really?
This is BS.

Fox News has a posting that shows that Obama initiated the call this morning. Now, McCain is taking credit for it. Typical.

McCain is behaving like a political hack, and this is nothing but a stunt!
If we could hold elections IN THE MIDST OF WORLD WAR II and DURING THE CIVIL WAR we can hold this election now!
Obama, please don’t play along with McCain’s loser foolishness– stay in and win!
A proud American for Obama,
Carlton Donaghe

What a crock………………pants on fire!

McCain is still playing politics…not working…it’s not admirable, it’s chicken!!!! I suppose Palin has to go to Washington, too…Daddy takes his daughter to work day!!!

I’d like the debate to be on Friday night because regular Friday night TV is pretty bad.

So move the debate to Washington DC and proceed on Friday.

The debate was on foreign policy because Obama campaign changed it from the economy.
It would be delayed a week so both senators can deal with the crisis.
McCain is the key to get republicans in congress on board.
This is the right move and will hurt McCain politically. But he has always been about country first.

Emma…get real…stop drinking kool-aid. McCain professes that he works across party lines, but if you really look into it, he wants it all his way….nothing ever gets done and he blames it on the other guy..
Plus McCain is part of the gridlock..

McCain knows he is going to get “taken to the woodshed” on Friday by Obama and is trying to run away!!!
What a CHICKEN!! I hope Obama doesn’t let him get away with this, as Obama says he can do both, why can’t McCain multitask!!
How desperate is this!!!! When all the LIES don’t work, just run and hide!!!
This is not going to stop your “freefall” ion the polls McCain!!!
We need to see you DEBATE on Friday. All the Republicans that now want to suspend this, WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF??

Stick with the debate. The bailout will pass. McCain is not an economy expert and will only gum up the negotiations.
The only helpful thing McCain can do now is to debate Obama on Friday so we can make a decision who to support.
This is just plain cowardice and politicizing the bailout. This action is more prompted by polls and one upsmanship than anything that he can help solve.

Tell them to vote NO NOW!!!

What’s next? The election?!? If we can’t win then we will just stop the game from continuing. Wake up people, this is getting really scary!

Laugh Out Loud!!!! This is so funny despite being so serious!!! Bush is going to speak to who tonight? McGerotol should be shuting down his campaign FOR GOOD!!! NYT reports McCain’s staffer received money from Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae!!! What’s the rush to hand over 700 billion dollars to thieves!! Wake up America, we are being robbed and fooled, AGAIN!!! Like father like son!!!

mccain back stabs obama after obama directs mccain to issue joint statement together
mccain trys to claim the high road by taking obamas suggestions
wow
what a pathetic worm
Statement from Obama Campaign
At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama’s call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details.

McCain is doing what he can to help the country out in a financial crisis.
Why is Obama making a big deal of a debate NOW after backing down so much in the past?
Obama is playing politics with a nation in turmoil. Typical reaction from a inexperienced politician.
Who cares about a debate when the country is falling apart?
McCain feels COUNTRY FIRST and it showing in his decision to work out the crisis in Washington.
McCain will be President because of his leadership qualities.

Mr and Mrs America, we are witnessing the greatest theft in the world history.
If a neighbor came pounding on your front door one day and demanded that you give him $2,000 immediately “in order to bail out the local bank, or else,” and he demanded it *immediately,* with no delay, right this very second…you would call the Cops. Because you would recognize it as attempted theft.
They don’t want America to “stop and think” before we hand over the cash. If we stop and think, or demand oversight with more than one person, or have a closer look at where that gargantuan sum is going to end up, they’d never get it approved.
Don’t let yourselves be railroaded, America. You are the one who’s footing this bill that you never signed on for.

Those of you who think McCain is doing this to put “Country First”, keep on dreaming. The rest of us will wake you up Wednesday morning, Nov 5th. There is another, better option for McCain if he REALLY wants to discuss the economy. Flip the topics around so that this debate is on the economy and the last one is foreign policy. Simple, easy solution. Think McCain would go for it? Doubtful. If he’s not up for a debate with Obama on his one so-called strength, my guess is a debate on the economy will have him tucking tail and running for the hills. Time has a way of exposing the truth. True with Wall St., true with McCain/Palin.

McCain went the UN to train Palin, it did not work well. McSame, the champion of deregulation said the fundaments of the economy are good, the same day the tow giant american financial institutions collapsed. He has presented his economic plan but people told him he is not qualified to handle economy. He sees that people have made up their mind his polling numbers are going down and Laura Bush said that Palin does not have foreigh affairs experience. He is running away to hide behind a crisis which is almost one week old and cannot solve it. Obama should avoid to be led by somebody who is politicizing the financial crisis. He has done nothing to help people during foreclosures and now he will not do the same. God save America from McSame. America needs a presidemnt and not a senator, McSame go and debate Obama, America wants to chose a leader who can help them out of this mess and that leader is not you or your republican party. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA/BIDEN08.

Nice try, McCain! Trying to act like you know what the heck is going on with this bailout! Looks to the American people that you are afraid of being unable to handle these debates. Where have you been when the questioning of Paulson and Bernanke has been going on? Campaigning!!! There are a few hundred competent people to take charge. You need to be at the debates to show your stuff – you are a presidential candidate! VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN!

geevil…Obama has heard his story before. McCain is just dodging the bullet he know is coming. He is scared to death.
The American people want to hear what the candidates think about this crisis, not through the news media, but through their own words. McCain is running on fumes…

First of all, in a debate over foreign policy, Obama would get embarrassed. McCain is putting priorities first here. He is putting his country first. Obama is just looking for the political expedient route as usual

Whoa! John wants a time out? Where was he last week when the economy was fundamentally sound? What will Sarah do, go home to keep an eye on the Russians? This is not a bail out this is a payoff to all the fat cats that supported Bush. The worst is yet to come!

The debate SHOULD be on. We have 2 wars going on as well as an economic crisis.
THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE 2 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO DEBATE.

A bush man McCain – has to go in and speak in behalf of the prez. He is going in the trenches for Bush again !!!
Chicken!!!
He WOULD be a second coming of Bush.

McCant is pulling a Palin.
The Press is giving Palin a free ride so why should this McLeopard show his McSame spots on Friday?
If I were doing this badly in the polls, I’d ask for a Time Out too.

BREAKING NEWS
John McCain announced today that he had to rush to Washington, DC as his life force eminates from that place.
According to sources within the McCain campaign officials settled on a cover story involving John McCain debating himself on the floor of the Senate regarding the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and immigration reform.

“We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government interference in the markets exacerbates problems in the marketplace and causes the free market to take longer to correct itself. ” – http://www.gop.com/2008Platform/Economy.htm

I can’t get over this move folks. This debate might take TWO HOURS max.
What can mcLame get done in TWO HOURS??
This ENTIRE republican campaign has OFFICIALY turned into a Jerry Springer episode.
mcLame is RUUUNNNING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All you Obama “fans”…. Obama is just mad because he didn’t think of it first. He had 3 days planned to “cram” for the debate and he doesn’t want to have to re-schedule. McCain said he wanted to postpone the debate— not cancel. Obama can remain in hiding and keep practicing. Or one sure way to win the debate is to debate himself.
Trying to fix the economy is more important than making Obama look bad in a debate about Foreign policy

Are you kidding me!!!
The fact that McCain has been directly involved in creating some of the economic problems that are destroying this country today says everything you need to know about him.
And now he wants to be the hero thats going to save us from what? John McCain and his friends?
Go debate Old Man and take your well deserved slap in the face. Maverick my Ass.

A real war hero…acting like a chickenhawk. I’d never thought I’d see the day. C’mon John, you agreed to the debate months ago. It’s an hour long – that’s it! Postponing it makes you look like you’re running from something. You and Palin need to start answering some questions or you’re going to lose a lot of votes and fast!

If the bailout is still looming over everyone’s head come friday I think it should not be spoken about by either canidate. But the debate should go on.

Obama campaign is holed up in a hotel in Florida, working up a response to McCain’s request to suspend their campaigns to go to Washinton on this crisis…..or OBAMA CAN DEBATE ON HIS OWN ABOUT A SUBJECT HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT COMPARED TO JOHN SYDNEY McCAIN!!!!!
Obama will come on with his press conference soon and his well scripted address to McCain’s request, but McCain’s press conference was AWESOME!
Took him all of 3 minutes to make this maverick decision and put his country first, as usual, and risk losing out to a debate HE WOULD HAVE KICKED OBAMA’S A– IN. I truly feel relevied in some way today, should my candidate who I have invested so much in doesn’t win. I KNOW JOHN McCAIN TRULY LOVES THIS COUNTRY ABOVE HIMSELF, AND WOULD RATHER LOSE AN ELECTION AND DO RIGHT BY US.
Screw Obama if the liberal media hand him his crown this year and GIVE it away….JOHN SYDNEY McCAIN IS MY PRESIDENT!

Put an r in the middle of Moon, and you’ll know what Obama is

I have the resolution. McCain and Obama can go and focus on the economy…just move up the VP debate to Friday, so the American people can still see the candidates debate. Problem solved!

Some hero this man is…running like a scared rabbit, any excuse will work for him. They don’t need his lack of knowledge there, it’s just an excuse to dodge Obama. First the mute VP Palin, now the dodging McCain. This is leadership?, Transparency?, Reform?. Clowns are what these two are.

How can a founding member of the Keating Five have anything to say about our financial crisis? Keating paid McCain to keep himself out of jail, McCain, like the stupid knucklehead that he is, took the money and defended the criminals involved in what was then the biggest financial collapse in history. McCain and his crooked friends deserve to rot in jail for what they did more than a decade ago!!

McInsane at the onset of this economic whirlwind said, “the fundamentals of the economy are strong”, uh no. Then, just hours later he screamed “the economy is in crisis”. Then, next day or so he calls for the firing of the “Chairman of the FEC”. That would be the Federal Elections Commission. If I am Obama I would NOT suspend the campaign. The US Constitution calls for this country to elect a new President. Obama owes it his constituency and to the country to not fall into this trap which is basically a move by McCain
to be seen as providing leadership and oh by the way Obama is following. McCain doesn’t want to debate Obama – plain and simple! Don’t do it Obama! Call him out for what he is – erratic, out of touch, without a clue!

GOP = Grand Old Party as in OVER!

Absurd! Unbelievable! What does McCain think his job is? He’s supposed to be running for the President of the United States. His current duty to the American Public is to make the case that he is the right choice for the office. The election is only a few weeks away. What is McCain going to do that the rest of the legislature can’t do without his full attention? Why not postpone the election too! What McCain is doing is the same thing the Bush administration did by hiding the financial crisis until the last minute so they could use FEAR to ramrod legislation. Similarly McCain is taking away from the American people time that is needed to make a rational choice in the election. You can be sure he will then pull out FEAR TACTICS in the final moments before the election to win over the electorate. Obama should not fall into McCain’s lowlife scheme.

I do not know of a nice way to put this except to say “most” of you Obama supporters on this blog are a bunch of idiots running around in circles like a bunch of chickens with their head cut off. McCain truly cares about this country and is trying to make the right decision without having to worry about a debate in the meantime. Nothing more and nothing less. Maby when you are out of work and standing in a soup line you can all talk about great Obama is.

Rattigan McCain looking to hide among the other republicans on a sinking ship. Urgent – Bush also just raised the color from orange to red. Terriorists invading Guam.

COWARD. 1 week ago he said the economy was strong, now that he is down 15 points he pulls this stunt. He should suspend his campaign permanently. No worries though, OBama will suspend McCains campaign forever!

Didn’t he said a week ago the fundamentals of the economy were strong? Didn’t his economic advisor Philip Gramm said that America had turned into a nation of whinners, that there was a mental recession?? Hasn’t he supported deregulation that led to this for 26 years? Didn’t he said that under the Bush administration there had been “economic progress”? He is down in the polls and his campaign tries to paint him as someone worried about the economy when he clearly is not. He has shown again he doesn’t have the temperament to lead the country. NOW MORE CHANGE THAN EVER IS NEEDED!! OBAMA/BIDEN’08

This is proof we don’t need a tortured ex-con running the country!

“This is just an attemp to get the headlines away from his campaign manager accepting money from Freddie Mac as early as last month.”
The Messiah accepted cash from Fannie.

I cannot believe the remarks that are made on behalf of Obama…Are you that ignorant? People WAKE UP!!! Senator McCain is asking Obama to return to Washington and work TOGETHER for the American people…COUNTRY FIRST! We will debate later. All I hear is OBAMA first. Why read something into a statement that is not there.

McCain by this seems to be acting more like POTUS. So shut your democrat mouths!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. Coffee, I totally agree! Two days ago, both McCain and Obama interviewed that each would only return to the Senate if their votes were needed for a majority; otherwise, they both left the arguing up to others. NOW, McCain flip-flops again, and proposes to cancel the first of the debates that he supposedly argued against Obama to schedule!!! This man is a blatant panderer and foil of his Rovian handlers.

I think everybody that votes needs to take the Obama test at http://www.barackobamatest.com and see if he speaks for you. It’s very interesting, not biased either, it shows you how you stack up or don’t stack up to the rest of the country on most issues. I don’t know who created the web site but it really is interesting to take. I think it should be called the voter qualifying test.

There goes the Obamanation putting the election first over country. Its easier to babble about change than actually solve problems.

He needs to learn to multi-task. That is what a President does. the Oil Companies are setting up with the Heritage foundation, to run the Stock Market again. Still a Far Right Tycoon Take-Over.

As the media is reporting Obama actually approached McCain first and wanted to issue a joint statement that they will work together. McCain disregarded that and spoke on his own.
There is no real reason to cancel the debates because congress will not be in session at that time. No one should have to cram for a debate. Isn’t that the point of debates?? I certainly think that McCain is exploiting this problem to benefit him in the campaign. While this issue is important it is expected to be voted on by Friday. Why cancel the debates? America wants to see these two men debate. This is imperative to the election. Suspending your campaign may get you points from your own team, but not anyone else.

Bwahaha, people think McCain is scared to debate obama on foreign policy?
That’s hilarious.

McCain asking for a postponement is admiting that he is unprepared to address questions on economic issues.

The debate must go on. It’s not a question of priorties but of ability of the candidates to handle problems and situations in parallel.

That’s right baby, the debate is ON! McCain can try to deny the American people their right to vet the candidates, but it won’t work. Get on that stage and tell us what you know, McCain. We’re all waiting.

The slimey liberal paid Obama bloggers in the first 10 or so posts are not representative of REAL AMERICANS. This debate can be rescheduled in a gas station and McCain can walk in without having to be briefed or study up as B. Hussein has to. THIS IS HIS SUBJECT….he has no fear of debating Obama….DID YOU SEE SADDLEBACK?
Wake up koolaide drinkers….your boy is just that…McCain’s “boy” having to react/respond, which I’m still sitting here waiting for….can’t wait for his angry response….still waiting.

If you can’t handle the heat, gramps, just quit!

McGerotol can’t do s@@t for anybody or this country!!! Watch that lying dog run!! Run doogie, run to your hole!!! I DEMAND TO SEE THIS DEBATE BEFORE DIGITAL TV COMES IN FEBRUARY 2009!!!

This is a person who puts country first. Clearly Obama puts himself first. Then again it is not surprise. He and his terrorist buddies hate this country anyway. Obama would eat his family to get elected. Truly a terrorist syspathizer who cares little for his country. But again, he does not show up to vote anyway. If he does vote, he just says “present”.

libs,
your fear is proof that this worked!!!
McCain/Palin 08!
Deal w/ it! :)

Did Lincoln suspend his campaign in 1864? No.
McCain needs to grow a pair.

All McCain is doing is more scare tactics….scare the American people into screwing themselves some more. FKCU YOU MCCAIN.

This is a Psych-out by the McCain Camp. Let’s see if they fall for it. My opinion, suspend until SUNDAY 9:00 p.m.

Lack of courage under fire! lol
McCaint should JUST SURRENDER! lol

“This is the most transparent political ploy I have ever seen.’
Actually performing the duties that we pay him to is a ploy? Barry the perpetual candidate should take note. The guy is so busy always running for office that he has done nothing.

Multi-Task Like a Real President.
McStaller is hurting bad.

McCain knows nothing about foriegn affairs. That is all BS that he is well versed. Just look at everything he says…confuses who is being trained in Iran, confuses the Premier of Spain for a terrorist, doesnt know where Spain is, everything about him shows when you just scratch at the paint a little. He knows nothing, nada. zilch. Has been getting by with this “experience” BS for too long now. Claims “experience”, but his mouth betrays him.

I suggested to the McCain campaign that they send Sarah Palin to debate Obama. I think she will kick his ass and perhaps she’ll ask him if she looks like a pig.

Great job McCain!!! And the idea that McCain is ‘scared’ of debating Obama is crazy. McCain is far superior in debating and in a town hall setting. You want change Mr. Obama, go back to Washington and help with this financial mess. Take a note from McCain and do something!!!

An obvious political stunt designed to look like it is NOT a political stunt. This gets him out of the debate he is scared to engage in.
I’m sure Obama and his staff are capable multitasking. They can work on, or have been working on, contributing their input to the financial crisis while they are on the road. Of course, McSame can’t even use a personal computer or send an email, so maybe he can only handle one issue at a time. Now as President, if only the world presented it’s problems and crisis in a polite one at a time fashion…

If John McCain wears any more makeup to make him look alive, we might have to put our hands over his eyes and lay him down in a box.

So, it is a bad thing for Mccain to go do his job IN CONGRESS? How is that weak? If Obama doesn’t follow suit, then he doesn’t actually care about the American people. Their jobs in congress should be above their political campaign.
I can guarantee if Obama had suspended and McCain hadn’t, that all of you would have gone after McCain for it.
Bottom Line:
Any congressman not helping with the current bills to attempt to remedy last weak’s financial problems should be ashamed of themselves.

If he was so concerned then why is he gallivanting around with Sarah Palin in NYC?
THIS MAN IS MENTALLY UNSTABLE! UNFIT TO LEAD! DO YOU THINK THAT PUTIN OR BIN LADEN WOULD WAIT FOR THE US TO HAVE SOME MEETINGS BEFORE THEY ATTACKED? THIS MAN IS A LOOSE CANNON WHO ONLY KNOWS HOW TO PULL STUNTS! BARACK OBAMA NEEDS TO SAY NO AND THAT THEY SHOULD CHANGE THE DEBATE TOPIC TO THE ECONOMY!!!!

O’DEAR IT’S SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE GOT A WICKED PLAN UP HIS SLEEVES. WILL OBAMA FALL FOR IT? FOR THAT MATTER WILL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR THIS `BOLD’ ABRACADABRA?

can somone tell me how the suspension of his campain is going to help.

Here is the REAL way it went down, nice duck and run move by McCain trying to leave the other team exposed…. just like he did as a POW…
“Obama’s campaign did not immediate say whether he supported a delay of the debate or would also stop campaigning.
The Obama campaign said in a statement that Obama had called McCain around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to propose that they issue a joint statement in support of a package to help fix the economy as soon as possible. McCain called back six hours later and agreed to the idea of the statement, the Obama campaign said. McCain’s statement was issued to the media a few minutes later.
“We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved,” McCain said. “I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.”

If you are interested in truth, look up this bill. McCain tried to fix the problem in 2005.
S. 190 [109th]: Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005 McCain tried to fix Fannie and Freddie –Democrats blocked it. There’s no hiding this point, because t’s a matter of Congressional Record.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-190&tab=summary
http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressOffice.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=c97d478f-f460-4253-b2ec-8d9fbcaff20c&Region_id=&Issue_id=c0a1cd3d-1012-497b-881e-3ecaf836b694
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas
Obama sat on the sidelines and did not vote.

Of course McSame wants to “suspend is campaign and the debate.” He’s behind and he wants to stop the rush to Obama. The crisis didnt’ happen overnight and it’s going to take more than a week to figure out a way out. Ironically, his financial advisor, Phil Gramm, is at the core of the problem. Maybe he should take a few minutes and fire Gramm..and his Campaign Director (the guy who works as a anti-regulation lobbyist for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac).

Way to go McCain! You are not selfish. Your thinking of your country first. I admire you for this selfless move.

Obama has not only taken, but just drank ALL of McCain’s milkshake.
What a P to the U S S Y!
Send the backup P (Palin). She could use the experience of getting schlacked by adding it to her resume.
POTUS OBAMA – ITS A SUUUUUURE LOCK!

Wow. It is amazing to see the childish comments by the Obama supporters. Were you not loved as children? Abusive parents? Your vitriol is overwhelming. Grow up.

George W. Bush and his Administration is the greatest enemy the United States has had to face. They have one goal and one goal only that is to protect and increase the assets of the wealthy. They see the American people as their prey. George Bush and his kind deserve to spend the rest of their lives in a maximum security prison in the general population. There supports are nothing but traitors who would sell their children, wives and mothers for profit.

Country is second in this. Why shouldn’t they debate? Why subvert the electoral process John. Obama didn’t ask to postpone any of his debates in the middle of his crisis period.

You guys are hilarious! McCain scared to debate Obama? LOL
Had the roles been reversed, would you bash Obama?
you guys are taking crazy pills

The Oil Companies are merging the Heritage Foundation to still run Wall Street again. Tycoons for Heritage Foundation. I smell another Far Right Republican Crash.

Wow, the polls today must have really shaken up the McSame camp for them to pull something like this. Desperation is always such an interesting thing to watch

GreggW – The debate is on Foreign Policy — that is why Obama had to take 3 days to “study” and practice. The Economic debate is in mid-October.
McCain doesn’t need 3 days to practice. Obama lost every single debate he had against Hillary.

WHY DOES McCAIN WANT TO CUT AND RUN?

Congress Lies Low To Avoid Bailout Blame
By TERRY JONES
INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, September 18, 2008 4:30 PM PT
Congress says it likely will adjourn this month having done nothing on the most important issue in America right now: the financial meltdown from the subprime lending crisis.
Can Congress just walk away from a problem it helped create? Maybe, maybe not.
There’s now some talk of a grand deal between the Treasury, the Fed and Congress for a “permanent” solution: creating a government agency to buy up all the bad subprime debt, just like the Resolution Trust Corp. did with bad real estate in the 1980s and 1990s.
Already, the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to keep the subprime crisis from crashing the world economy. The collapse of twin mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with the failures of Lehman Bros., Bear Stearns and insurer AIG, expose taxpayers to more than $1 trillion in liabilities.
Until now, Congress has been surprisingly passive. As Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid put it, “no one knows what to do” right now.
Funny, since it was a Democrat-led Congress that helped cause the problems in the first place.
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently barked “no” at reporters for daring to ask if Democrats deserved any blame for the meltdown, you saw denial in action. Pelosi and her followers would have you believe this all happened because of President Bush and his loyal Senate lapdog, John McCain. Or that big, bad predatory Wall Street banks deserve all the blame. “The American people are not protected from the risk-taking and the greed of these financial institutions,” Pelosi said recently, as she vowed congressional hearings.
Only one problem: It’s untrue.
Yes, banks did overleverage and take risks they shouldn’t have.
But the fact is, President Bush in 2003 tried desperately to stop Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from metastasizing into the problem they have since become. Here’s the lead of a New York Times story on Sept. 11, 2003: “The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.” Bush tried to act. Who stopped him? Congress, especially Democrats with their deep financial and patronage ties to the two government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie and Freddie.
“These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Rep. Barney Frank, then ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. “The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”
It’s pretty clear who was on the right side of that debate.
As for presidential contender John McCain, just two years after Bush’s plan, McCain also called for badly needed reforms to prevent a crisis like the one we’re now in. “If Congress does not act,” McCain said in 2005, “American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole.”Sounds like McCain was spot on.
But his warnings, too, were ignored by Congress.
To hear today’s Democrats, you’d think all this started in the last couple years. But the crisis began much earlier. The Carter-era Community Reinvestment Act forced banks to lend to uncreditworthy borrowers, mostly in minority areas. Age-old standards of banking prudence got thrown out the window. In their place came harsh new regulations requiring banks not only to lend to uncreditworthy borrowers, but to do so on the basis of race.
These well-intended rules were supercharged in the early 1990s by President Clinton. Despite warnings from GOP members of Congress in 1992, Clinton pushed extensive changes to the rules requiring lenders to make questionable loans. Lenders who refused would find themselves castigated publicly as racists. As noted this week in an IBD editorial, no fewer than four federal bank regulators scrutinized financial firms’ books to make sure they were in compliance. Failure to comply meant your bank might not be allowed to expand lending, add new branches or merge with other companies. Banks were given a so-called “CRA rating” that graded how diverse their lending portfolio was.
It was economic hardball.
“We have to use every means at our disposal to end discrimination and to end it as quickly as possible,” Clinton’s comptroller of the currency, Eugene Ludwig, told the Senate Banking Committee in 1993. And they meant it. In the name of diversity, banks began making huge numbers of loans that they previously would not have. They opened branches in poor areas to lift their CRA ratings. Meanwhile, Congress gave Fannie and Freddie the go-ahead to finance it all by buying loans from banks, then repackaging and securitizing them for resale on the open market.
With those changes, the subprime market took off. From a mere $35 billion in loans in 1994, it soared to $1 trillion by 2008. Wall Street eagerly sold the new mortgage-backed securities. Not only were they pooled investments, mixing good and bad, but they were backed with the implicit guarantee of government. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac grew to become monsters, accounting for nearly half of all U.S. Mortgage loans. At the time of their bailouts this month, they held $5.4 trillion in loans on their books. About $1.4 trillion of those were subprime. As they grew, Fannie and Freddie grew heavily involved in “community development,” giving money to local housing rights groups and “empowering” the groups, such as ACORN, for whom Barack Obama once worked in Chicago.
Warning signals were everywhere. Yet at every turn, Democrats in Congress halted attempts to stop the madness. It happened in 1992, again in 2000, in 2003 and in 2005. It may happen this year, too. Since 1989, Fannie and Freddie have spent an estimated $140 million on lobbying Washington. They contributed millions to politicians, mostly Democrats, including Senator Chris Dodd (No. 1 recipient) and Barack Obama (No. 3 recipient, despite only three years in office).
The Clinton White House used Fannie and Freddie as a patronage job bank. Former executives and board members read like a who’s who of the Clinton-era Democratic Party, including Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelick, Jim Johnson and current Rep. Rahm Emanuel. Collectively, they and others made well more than $100 million from Fannie and Freddie, whose books were cooked Enron-style during the late 1990s and early 2000s to ensure executives got their massive bonuses.
They got the bonuses. You get the bill.

I think it’s a smart move on McCain’s part, and a smart counter by Obama. McCain will lose this one. Even old hands like Newt Gingrich are against the bailout. Even if things go south on Monday as McCain is predicting, the Republicans are ultimately responsible for this mess. That just plays into Obama’s hand.

Here go the liberals. Calling the reps names, criticizing, but nothing of consequence. The trouble here is that the dems were the ones with the greed and the fraud and the reps have to get blamed for not overseeing their sins.

THIS IS TIMELY YOU IDIOTS…..AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE MONDAY MORNING, and next week this thing can be rescheduled….the MARKETS NEED TO KNOW THIS THING WILL GET PASSED OR WE’RE GOING TO GET A MARKET COLLAPSE, YOU FOOLS. IT’S IS FRIKIN TIMELY, AND McCAIN SEES THAT!
You unemployed 20 somethings need to put down your crack pipes (oh, sorry, forgot you all get .10 cents a blog)
Get a life, and switch candidates…your saddling yourselves with a loser.

IT WOULD BE UNWISE NOT TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON. I’M SURE BOTH CAMPAIGNS KNOW THAT A DEBATE CAN BE POSTPONED.

Senator McCain, what has changed in the last week?
1) Your horrendous polling numbers.
2) You’re now saying the economy is terrible, but last week you said the economy is fundamentally strong.

Didn’t McCain say that the economy was strong. That was couple of days back. So when did he realize that the economy was in danger that he needs to cancel the debate. mcCain is trying to fool the American!!! Are we that stupid to fall for it?

this is SO typical of the republicans and the way THEY approve allocate and spend taxpayer money .
this fiasco will cost A LOT more than they are thinking and 800 billion dollars’
will just be the start.
NO BAILOUT , THE AVG AMERICAN WILL DO OK , NO BAILOUT FOR THE RICH!!!
let the fbi and the authorities deal with the scum who have sold out people and their insurance and retirement.
PUT THEM ALL IN JAIL AND SEND A CRYSTAL CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE GREEDY MONEY GRUBBERS… NO MORE!!!

When John McCain says he puts his country first, what he really means is he puts himself and his Friends who are Bank owners, big time investors, and financial corporate owners first.
I am a USA working middle class citizen, and have yet to see any Republican ever putting me first.
John McCain, the candidate of contraditions.

McCain demonstrates leadership.
what is the difference to Obama whether it’s Friday night, or next week??
priorities. McCain knows that they should be in D.C. taking care of business.

Unbelievable! McCain can’t handle two things at once!?!? And to speak up after agreeing to a JOINT statement!?! And ask that the debates be delayed WITHOUT contacting Obama first!?!?
Country first, my ass!

Great job Mccain, country first. Obama does not care about nothing but the president title. I hope Obama does the debate by himself and says where is Mccain, he is making sure we the people dont get ripped off by the rest of the government. Omaba its over for you BUDDY.

This is true leadership. Where’s Obama? Hiding in a Tampa hotel asking his 300 foreign affairs advisors what his position is and how he can keep from stuttering during a debate.

To Beck and Nat Turner…this is the furthest thing from trying to get out of the debate. The debate format favors McCain. Two minutes to answer from each candidate and then a five minute free for all exchange. We already know that Obama can’t get out any ideas of his own unless he has a teleprompter in front him. Why do you think he turned down all 10..count them…10 offers from McCain to have Town Hall meetings where they take unscripted questions from the audience and have to give unscripted answers. Obama can’t handle that. He is full of …uh, oh, uh, I think, uh, umm, well, umm, ohh. I can’t wait. Hey Obama, I love that you have had to turn to having teleprompters at your rally’s now as well. There is nothing like some guy standing in the middle of a rodeo arena with a teleprompter in front of him. He amazes me. Ignorance is the most expensive commodity we have and I have seen a lot of it displayed here.

Again, McCain puts his country first. As he would rather lose a war than an election, he wants to make sure that the economy is taken care of first, and you Libs think he is running away. What YOU are doing is running from the truth! McCain just showed LEADERSHIP! Something you guys would not know about even if it came up and bit you on your backside!

Whoever wins this election — I hope they have a clue about how to fix our economy … our country is sinking.

What McSame meant to say was:
The polls show that I’m dying here. I need a timeout and I think I can use this crisis as an excuse to stop the bleeding.
McCain is circling the drain and what’s Obama to throw him a life jacket.
If I’m Obama I tell McSame:
“I’ll postpone the debate if you let Miss Alaska do three 60-minute interviews with Rachel Maddow, Tom Brokaw and Chris Matthews.”

Obama supporter = chicken with head cut off. Enough said.

What kind of presidential candidate cannot tackle more than one issue at a time?
Handle the talks during the day, then debate at night.
Head right back afterward.
Simple?

Good Grief
No wonder the network news ratings are tumbling, do all Haters watch ABC and post on there blog page. Good Lord, What has Obama done, why do we always impune anyones intentions. Why do Liberals hate so much they lose all sense of civility. It is amazing and scary, if they ever do get power..look out for the “love police” and the “rehabilitation centers”

Once again, McCain puts country before ego, and once again Obama falls for it by tripping over his over-inflated self-worth.

mccain i can see through the gimmick you are playing.
how convenience for you, the day your polls are sailing down the sea, the day palin is literally self exploding is the day you remember to go back to washington, when you have not voted since april. give me a break.
do not be a CHICKEN, you can debate for 90mins on friday and fly back to washington COWARD.

Yeah! Obama’s going to sit out on taking any action and not vote again. That’s real good, just what we want to show in character in a presidential election….non-action, no vote on a serious bills. Same’ol politics as usual you get out of a Dem. Maybe he just can’t decide how to vote.

This looks so bad and he knows it why would he do it if he didn’t think he had to take a roll in this bill?
Just a thought for all to use their brains.
One thing that disgust me is that the goverment nor the candidates talk about the wasted incentive money paid to each state through Title IVD to break up American families and to keep the courts full of corruption lawyers and judges. Why is the social security administration paying and matching child support dollars to keep Child support employees salary’s. Why is Child support and department of human services building mansions while people are loosing their homes. Why is welfare moms still living off welfare when they are on work first programs not working.
The 3 year limit is a joke the bill that the clintons signed for Title IVD is too. The economy is suffering from tearing families apart and international spending simple answer is stop this now. Spending another 700 billion which is going to cost each tax payer family over 10 grand is not the answer. Debate Obama and McCain but talk about the real issues. Family first and keep families together and stop throwing money to the hungry liars corrupt judges and departments of lazy workers and let families take care of themselves without goverment interference. The other side of the note all the mortgage companies have been ripping off people for years keeping their attorneys in Legislature to make sure rates don’t go below a certain line that are not subprime. ALL mortgages written to those b or less paper never went to those low rates that a paper loans went to. The majority of Americans were and are paying the highest rates ever in history due to those same bankers that are hurting right now. Don’t be fools get to the point.

Hey “bah” why don’t you wake up and smell the facts. The bailout is supported by both sides of the aisle, genius.

“Quite frankly, I think you could ask Sen. Obama if he’s going to do what he thinks is right. I mean, he has never — I believe — never once made a decision that is an unpopular decision or went against the orthodoxy of his party, and was one that was one that was a tough decision to make. . .
You mean like being opposed to the war in Iraq! I’m so livid with all of this BS.

“Quite frankly, I think you could ask Sen. Obama if he’s going to do what he thinks is right. I mean, he has never — I believe — never once made a decision that is an unpopular decision or went against the orthodoxy of his party, and was one that was one that was a tough decision to make. . .
You mean like being opposed to the war in Iraq! I’m so livid with all of this BS.

The only thing that’s change the last 48 hours is the polls; McCain is just in a panic because his biggest achilles heel (the economy) is now the almost-sole focus of the upcoming debate so he is trying to flee from it – like a kid pretending to be sick because he isn’t ready for a test at school. Transparent and sad…and will further erode his numbers.

Hahaha… he should have just gone down there without suspending.
Looks like he gave up and threw in the towel.
Good for him

John McCain says he is a Maverick of Change. Yet McCain is a Republican and the Republican base is the conservative.
Conservative means NO CHANGE.
Candidate of contradictions.

posted by RICK
IF OBAMA HAD COME UP WITH THIS YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE CALLLED IT THE SECOND COMING, GET A LIFE MCCAIN IS CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN AND SEE
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NOT SO! MCCAIN DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ECONOMY,BY HIS OWN ADDMISSION!sO WHAT WILL HE DO? He should be able to “multi-task” have you heard of that? because there ARE certainly going to be numerous problems to deal with, if he becomes leader of the FREE WORLD! ON WITH THE DEBATE!

disgusted: Same ones you did. Or not?

This initially looked like a good, patriotic move, then I remembered the Keating 5. Me smells something fishy here. Oh, yes… I know what that is. It is John boy protecting his ASSets.

Another section of comments from libs just proving they hate America. They only care about power, and anything goes in order to steal it. Smear, lie, whatever it takes.

For those of you who’ve never seen it in a candidate before (i.e., Dems), what McCain is exhibiting here is called “statesmanship”. I shouldn’t expect any of you to recognize the high road since you’ve been crawling in the political gutter since at least the late 80′s. Frankly, given your neo-socialist propensities, you’re probably getting ready to throw a party when the US economy tanks and you can establish a Soviet- or Chinese-style polity.

McCain should send Palin to consult with Congress – h_ll she went to six colleges before earning her degree so don’t tell me she didn’t do any travelling.

McCain wants to suspend campaigning because all he has done is put his foot in his mouth causing him to lose ground to Obama. His handlers realized that he has to do more than just hold his own in the debates and he is not prepared. I had a feeling they would try something like this.

“Oh the DRAMA!!!! McCain will do anything to distract voters from the issues in this campaign.”
I try to be polite on message boards, but the person who posted the above quote is an absolute idiot.
Distract from the issues? The Wall Street meltdown is one of the biggest issues and is directly related to our economic well-being.
Get some new talking points and a brain.

You democrats are just ticked because McCain beat Obama to this tack. See ya suckers. GO MAC

Leadership vs Partisanship. Figure it out America !

YOU MARXIST LIARS!!!
McCain has NOTHING to do with this financial problem! That’s YOU DEMOCRATS who were fully vested in FANNIE MAE and FREDDIE MAC (and others!). You were EYEBALLS DEEP IN IT — taking campaign money from them and God only knows what else!
Bush tried no less than 17 TIMES to address this issue BEFORE it became a crisis and threat to the economy, but you Marxist Dems would have none of it!
You LIARS need to look in the mirror…and then take some poison and save this country!

Why the anger towards McCain from Obama supporters?
I sense there is Obama supporter FEAR that McCain actually showed LEADERSHIP and STRENGTH in the economic crisis.
Here is an opportunity for the American people to get their economy back on track and all Obama supporters can think about is a debate that could be rescheduled to Monday.

Obama — whew — “I didn’t want to debate on Foreign Policy.”
“Now I can get back to campaigning and reading my telepromter instead of “practicing” and pretending I know something about Foreign Policy.”
“I am not going back to DC and invlove myself in a crisis — I might have to make a decision and vote YES or NO.”

McInsane wants to postpone the debate? Frankly both McCain and Obama owe it to the American people to keep this debate on schedule. Why? The world is watching and both of these men are US Senators. They should be adult enough to go to DC and lead their parties AND still run for POTUS. After all the Constitution of the US of A says we must elect a new POTUS. McCain is simply trying to delay because obama leads in the polls and is afraid that if Obama does well in the debate he could suddenly be trailing by 10 or more points. Debate I say Obama! Don’t fall for this old coots tricks!

Biden and Barry can debate. They seem to be at odds lately.

Look at all these ridicious, nutty comments by the Obamicans. ABC is a fully owned subsidiary of DNC, inc. McCain isn’t my favorite angel, but he at least, is trying to do his job as a US SENATOR, during a time of national crisis.
Obama is doing what he’s done all of his life, the ONLY thing he’s done, i.e. attempt to enhance his personal fortune and political power. McCain IS a national leader. He HAS ALREADY SERVED this country more than every little Obama twit posting on this forum.
Everytime the Obamicans open their mouths, the demonstrate how vapid they are, and they reflect on the narcissistic shallowness of candidate Obama. No, Obama hasn’t got time to return to Washington to do his job, to stop a financial crisis that could ruin this country. He’s got to run for a more powerful one, ah..um.. “for the people”.
If the market crashes, financing drys up nationwide, and all those “rich” people you dispise lose everything (i.e. the 95% of small busines owners in America), you Obamicans can have a riot of a party celebrating. But then, good luck getting a job, or starting a business, or putting food on your table. Enjoy the “depression”, and don’t forget to blame it all on GWB and the Pubbies..maybe even jail a few of them. It won’t change your fortunes, but it will make you feel good inside. The country can go to hell, but at least your candidate will “have the power”.

But McCain has the time to trot Palin around NY meeting foreign leaders? What a ruse!! He isn’t ready to debate, is afraid of debating and is using this as a ploy to avoid it.

If McCain is so well versed in foriegn affairs, he should be able to do this debate standing on his head, both arms behind his back, one eye closed while reading a novel. Fact is…he is not prepared, nor will he ever be. He comes up with gimmicks and showboats of his “duty” to be in at the table in Washington. This man brings nothing to the table, he has nothing to offer all the economist and experts. He knows nothing about economics, how can he even possibly understand the dynamics and situations they speak of? Get this through your thick heads, he knows nothing about economics.

Steve: “Once again, McCain puts country before ego…”
I guess its in the eyes of the beholder, but to me this is clear proof he puts his ambitions over the country.
If this is as timely an urgency as McCain says, then why in the world would he overlay a presidential campaign and all the drama involved?
Sorry, but that’s not country first.

Even though I don’t agree with McCain’s mealey-mouthed politics I thought that I respected him as a courageous, albeit misguided man UNTIL NOW. THE DEBATE IS 90 MINUTES LONG–NOT 90 DAYS LONG. Let’s see: “I don’t have 90 minutes to engage in a Presidential Debate”?!? I no longer respect this man on any front. NEVER has a Presidential Debate been more critical to the American Republic. Coward.

and just who is OBAMA going to debate if John MCCAIN is not there–oh, I know he can get his racist ex-pastor to debate. This is crazy–I do think this situation with the economy is much more important than a debate that will end up with more mud slinging. Enough is enough–this presidental race has been a long drawn out name calling, mudslinging process with no real issued addressed. It is time to address the major issued facing the American Taxpayer today–THE ECONOMY–SEE JUST HOW WELL EITHER OF THEM CAN DISCUSS AND SOLVE THIS PROBLEM

its funny that McCain wants to delay the debates on the same day every major poll shows him behind and that ppl are figuring out that Obama is the guy that looks more presidential about this issue of the economy.
McCain had to wait for his advisors to tell him what he should do,thats why it took all day for him to decide what is good for the country.
and this is the best he could come up with,heck a day or two ago he announced that he wouldn’t even be in Washington for the vote and now he wants to be the savior.
this guy is all over the place,makes what George Will said yesterday about McCain even more correct.
this is just grandstanding at its worst

You can’t suspend being president, McCain!! Why suspend the campaign? Just WHAT can you do in two days to help the situation???

They should hold the debate in Washington D.C. and have each party come up with an economic proposal, and they can hash out their plan at the debate. Then bring it to congress after.
Nothing like a crisis to see who has the best presidential potential…

can somebody help Barack find his way back to D.C.? the only reason that he would go there anytime soon is if he had a fundraiser.

Seems like someone fit for president should be able to deal with Wall Street AND debate. It’s not like a president can put wars and hurricanes on the backburner so they can focus on economics. It all comes at you at once.

I wish you liberals would go start your own country somewhere and become as radically communist as you like…and leave the rest of us alone. Then again, maybe all the conservatives should leave….it would be interesting to see what would happen to the country without us (ala Atlas Shrugged).

I appreciate the fact that McCain is looking out for me. It would behoove
Obama to do likewise. As a senior citizen whose life savings are at stake, it would be nice if ALL senators and representatives thought about ordinary hard-working Americans for a change.

The truth is that Hussein is trying to skate from having to vote on any “bailout” package. That way he will not be on record and then can, at any futrue time, play both sides of the street. Turth is he is a political hack from Chicago who cares more about gaining power to “chagnge” this still great nation to a Socialist State than he dows about repairing any part of the current Capitialst America. Hussein you and your fellow Socialist travelers are a disgrace to what America stands for.

HAHAHA, nothing more than trying to resurrect a dying campaign, with another political move, designed to look as “country first” in order to get cheap votes.
Mccain’s ship is sinking faster than titanic, lol

Excellent job Sen McCain. We are facing a major crisis and all hands should be on deck to solve it.

McCain: ever hear of “multi-tasking”? It’s pretty essential for the leader of the country. Since you change your mind EVERY DAY in regards to the economy (its’ strong/don’t bailout AIG/Yes bailout AIG/No bailout/Yes Bailout) the other 48 senators will probably get along much better without your help. Thanks, but no thanks.

Hey all you Obama Kool-Aid drinkers. The debate on Friday is about FOREIGN POLICY. McCain doesn’t need to prepare because he’ll wipe the floor with Obama. Try to get some real arguments instead of the stuff your loser party is spoon-feeding you.

Finally a leader!!!

I think it is phenomenal that McCain is putting “country first” … this is real change we can believe in!
…. and all you obamacons who think he is afraid to debate Obama on foreign policy … get real!!

Many of you are unaware of the serious condition we face in this country. At least some are willing to put personal gain aside and work on the problem. I have my doubts that the problem will be resolved because it benefits Obama to keep the ecomony down. He is willing to make the average guy suffer for his gain.

tahts a really good point
the debate is 90 minutes
i mean these candidates fly all around the country bus to city after city, i mean constantly on the go…
they seriously cant do the debate
what kind of political stunt is this
its pathetic

The only thing that’s changed today is the polls.

Can McCain debate and chew gum at the same time. This event lasts about three hours including bits and pieces and he has to rush back to Washington when a week ago he was saying the fundamentals of the economy are strong. This guy is off his rocker.

First of all, McCain is not in the Senate leadership, he is not on the banking or finance committees, so what is there for him to do that the other 98 Senators aren’t already doing.
For McCain and Obama to run back to D.C. and get in the middle of this will just make coming to a deal harder. I am sorry, they are both running for President and anything they do will be taken in this light.
If you don’t think this is just the same old politics from McCain, just go back to the story and read DuHaime’s statement. If they wanted this to be non-partisan, country first, etc. then they would not be making statements like that.
Pathetic.

McCain wants Time-Out for a nap! Hey GOP, How about running a candidate who did NOT let his plane get shot down! McCain can’t keep up the campaign pace. How would he handle the pressures of Commander-in-Chief. Oh, I forgot, Ms. Moose, his would-be Leader-of-the-Free-World-in-Waiting is up to the task, having been Chief Executive Officer of Wasilla, AK. Vote Democratic!

How predictable…How Cynical…Rather than pulling together as AMERICANS to support each other, the vicious partisan sniping (ON BOTH SIDES) on this forum goes to prove that taking the time to spew anger and rage here is pointless and worthless. Come on everyone, just for a moment set aside your “passionate” debate and support BOTH candidates, BOTH parties according to your convictions and our other leaders in this crisis. Communicate your thoughts and proposals to your elected representatives instead of spewing bile on this blog. Help and become part of the solution rather than simply pointing out failures that are already very apparent to all of us.

Mr. Obama doesn’t know what to do on Capitol Hill, except to vote ” present”.
I was one of the Pennsylvania undecided until I saw the bravery n McCains announcement today- anyone who knows a smidge about politics knows that this can ruin him, not because of his actions but because of the spin Obama will put on it.
I am ashamed of my fellow dems and the vitriol and , okay, vomit they are spewing this election cycle. Obama has shown no class, no principles and no scruples.
It is so funny- all the liberal postings say the same thing- and are so full of anger!
Biden is a bufoon, a liar and a plagarist, a man who uses connections to get his kids jobs, lives in a mansion on his not-large salary and has been a Washington insider since I was in elementary school! So if you consider McCain a part of the probelm,you need to look at your own ticket, too. How come Sarah Palin is the only one “a heartbeat away” from the Presidency”? Doesn’t this apply to Mr. Biden, too?
Ohhhh- young semi-African americans don’t ever die. Only old, Republican from Arizona.
I am so sad by the demise of our party.
I’m gonna have to go Nader or McCain.

Sounds like putting Country First has caused the ZeroObamas and Code Pink to reschedule their plan and hotel reservations. Maybe they can drink the bucket of urine from St. Paul… if they run out of ‘CoolAid’… while they wait

This McCain is worst than George Bush. The guy will do anything to be elected. He more opportunistic and even more of a liar.

Obama needs to shut his mouth, roll up his sleeves…and get back to work.
The country can do without a silly a$$ debate for at least another week.

McCain is running. Courageous presidents do not run.

The Oil Tycoons are buying Heritage Stock. Watch an under the table deal on this one. Sorry Heritage but Black Gold Capitolists, put us here in the first place. Black Gold Dictators, need to fess up.

You can go to Washington McCain – go ahead and suspend your campaign. We’ve got plenty of Democrats that are actually looking out for the people. Senator Dodd is doing fine.
Maybe if you had prepped for the debate instead of taking naps, you wouldn’t be running scared.

McCain cancelled his appearence on Letterman to show how serious he is about this.
McCain doesn’t care about the politics he cares about our country.
Letterman is worth millions in free advertising.
This shows how serious McCain is.

Susan wrote: “Seems like someone fit for president should be able to deal with Wall Street AND debate. It’s not like a president can put wars and hurricanes on the backburner so they can focus on economics. It all comes at you at once.” If you can’t handle walking and chewing gum at the same time, you should remain sitting, McCain.

Just shows you how stupid libs are:
“John McCain says he is a Maverick of Change. Yet McCain is a Republican and the Republican base is the conservative.
Conservative means NO CHANGE.
Candidate of contradictions.”
Conservative thought has brought about MANY changes, and we are not happy with the way things have been working for at least 20 years now. There has never beeen anyone the least bit conservative as president since REAGAN.
Moderate / leftist politics and policies have DOMINATED since 1988. Conservatism seeks to change lots of things: taxation, social security, welfare, etc. It’s only the current Democratic and Republican parties who side with the wishy-washy center and end up ruining the country with poor choices.
Please do not utter the words McCain and conservative again. It’s silly and just plain wrong.

The reason McCain is running is because he knows that he is going to get ROASTED for the Sarah Palin pick during the debate.
McCain’s camp has yet to develop an answer to the inevitable question:
“Senator McCain, you will be the oldest president sworn into office in January. Actuarily speaking, there is a distinct possibility that Gov. Palin may be called upon to assume the presidency. Can you please tell the American people, SPECIFICALLY, what in Gov. Palin’s background or knowledge/skill set, prepares her to be commander in chief?”

In 2003, Bush proposes a new agency to regulate Fannie and Freddy. Democrats shoot down the idea:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3D6123BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2

LITTLE BUSH MCCAIN IS TO MUCH LIKE BUSH NEEDS A LONG TIME IN PRISON NOT IN THE WHITE HOUSE BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL JUST LIKE MCCAIN

Apparently McCain supporters suffer from the same thing Johnny boy has and that is loss of memory. If you actually READ you will find that Obama approached McCain not the other way around. And all McCain is doing is trying to use this to his advantage…McLame is late and needs to get a room in the rest home Sarah was speaking at the other day with people who can relate with him…the old and senile. He should continue to debate and just take his beat down like a POW/VET/WAR Zero has been taught to do.

Obama can go debate himself. I’m sick of seeing this creepy guy. How many debates did he have with Hillary? We’re sick of him. We know John McCain – I don’t need to hear a debate. I need to know the person elected president is up to speed on what is going on with our economy. It would be nice to actually see Obama do the job he was hired to do. I live in Illinois and one of my senators never shows up for work.

Yeah, McCain is just shaking in his boots at the thought of debating Obamuhhh.
“Uhhhhh….errrrrr….Racist!….ummmmmmmmmm…errrrrrrrrrrrr…uhhhhhhhhhhhh…Hope!…..uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…errrrr…ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…Change!”
And that’s WITH a teleprompter!

Each of you will look at McCain’s actions through your McCain filter. Same with Obama. Those on the right will applaud McCain for realizing just how serious this financial issue is and won’t let partisan politics stand in the way of a resolution.
Those on the left will say McCain is scared and will jump up and down and act like a child. Just look at the posts from Nat – silly, silly.
So each of you will line up and take shots at each other. Such a waste of time.

All you guys touting McCain, did you miss the fact that Senator Obama called him this morning to suggest a united front on this.
If you dig a little deeper you find out McCain called back 6 hours later agreed to it and then goes on TV and pretends like this was his idea.
Don’t believe me:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campaign.wrap/index.html
Check paragraph 10
I had a lot of respect for Mr. McCain but he officially lost my vote today. What a weasel.

WOW. Instead of looking at the sobering reality that faces the United States of America, we have a deluge of liberal, anti-Republican voices who are bashing John McCain.
BOTH candidates are duly-elected representatives of their states. And BOTH candidates have a responsibility (esp. as potential leaders of the U.S. of A.) to get back to work with this economic calamity before us.
re: McCain. No more cries of “he’s running away” or “he’s doing this because the polls say he’s down.” THIS IS LEADERSHIP IN ACTION. Bash him based on your political preference, but appreciate the pro-active actions he’s taking.
Put aside political single-mindedness. Both Obama and McCain need to get back to Washington D.C. and help chart the future course of this nation. NOW.
I could bash Obama/his campaign for not agreeing to stop their campaign (and the Friday debate) in favor of this necessary action. His actions (or lack thereof) speak for themselves.
I agree: John McCain DID THE RIGHT THING. Hopefully Barack Obama will, too. And the future of this great country will be upheld and preserved. Right now, we’re in dangerous waters. I don’t think most people really understand the direness of what lies ahead with the economy. This mess does not end the current crises.

McCain is just trying to help Barack Hussein Obama out. Seeing that the joke of a candidate only put in 143 days in the Senate…he figured he would give him the opportunity to at least reach 6-months! Get a life you Obama supporters. You are just all uptight that your ‘savior’ is not leading by the points that he should. You realize your party has made a mistake and you can do nothing now but watch him make a fool of himself during the debates. By the way…he is not going to be allowed to use a teleprompter during the debates. Which means your man is toast. This is going to be great! Maybe after losing the White House for a 3rd time — you will all wake up.

HAHAHAHA!!! You democrats are absolutely hilarious!!!

In 2006, McCain co-sponsors a bill to regulate Fannie and Freddy. Democrats shoot down that idea too:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0

Boy, when I got the email from Obama-Biden to comment on this blog, I didn’t think there’d be so many before me. Wow.

I find the majority of these comments extremely sad and frustrating. These comments are what’s wrong with America now. Partisans from each side have to see an angle on everything. This is why NOTHING EVER GETS DONE! With the 24/7 news cycle it’s a never ending circle of “who is getting the best press out of this” or “who is hurt more by this gotcha statement”. The more the political parties have to win each statement or news cycle the less chance that America and Americans can win.

McCain did the right thing and Osama is an idiot for not following suit.

McCain is no hero. He is running away from reality. Where was he when his buddies were ripping off the country. NOW he wants to do something. Scr– him and the rest of the SOBS who stabbed our country in the back for a bag of gold coins. McCain and all of his Mafia buddies need to be prosecuted as TRAITORS to our nation. They are all full of CR–. Debate or quit but don’t you whimp. My father fought in wars and he never ran away to hide. My father and mother went bankrupt a few times but they never gave up. My mother is dying of Cancer but she continues to fight on. That is what America is. Fighters and not quiters. Debate or go home and stay home.
Cony

If McCain wanted to remove politics from the situation, he would have reached an agreement with Obama to postpone the debate. By unilaterally announcing his desire to postpone it, he is playing politics. It is meant as a trap. If Obama agrees to postpone, he is following McCain. If he doesn’t agree, then McCain will accuse him of putting politics first.
But the irony is that it is McCain who is playing politics.

So let it collapse. We need a good old fashioned cleansing.

One more time McCain shows that he puts the country first and then his own agenda. On the other hand, Obama could care less, all he wants is to be Presidnet of this country no matter what. To the Obama fools, McCain can take this clown on and bit him with his hands tie behind his back. MR. OBAMA PUT YOUR COUNTRY FIRST, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN THIS LESSON !!!!!!!!!!

I believe our United States Senators do need to be in Washington and that it in fact does take precedence over campaigning. This is a good time to see how both can work together and with their esteemed colleagues.

Suspending his campaign might actually help McCain in the poll numbers. No chance to screw up. Hold his feet to the fire on the debates though!!!

Hey Obamabots, all your third grade comments reflect very poorly on your candidate.

There’s really no reason for Barack to go back to the Senate for this crisis. While he does have the title “Senator”, he’s a lightweight there with little sway over the more senior members. He’s probably right that he could contribute just as much to the crisis negotiations from a debate podium as he could from his Senate seat.

Fox just mentioned switching the debate topic to economics because that is why BO has benefited from recent polls…and we all know McCain’s experience is Foreign Affairs/National Defense.
McCain campaign has suspended their ads and cancelled a Letterman appearance and another engagement.
Obama campaign does not want to postpone….(Obama is probably boned up on his studies and doesn’t want to reschedule).

He hasn’t pulled his ads, and I imagine he won’t do so tomorrow either.
The Double-Talk Express keeps rolling.
McCain:
Politics First.
Self-righteousness Second.
Country Third.

The economy is collapsing, and Obama won’t postpone his nationally televised photo-op. I guess he doesn’t take the problems of ordinary Americans as seriously as McCain does.

You Obama people really are stupid.
You are so detached and coddled that you have no idea just how big this crisis is, and why it compels immediate attention. You have absolutely no grasp of the scale and severity of the situation, and what effects a failed attempt at a bailout would have on every American.
McCain gets it – Country First, even if it means he gets blasted by the media for a “political move” (which he will — endlessly), and that Obama gets a free and clear to campaign for votes while neglecting his elected duties – yet again – as a U.S. Senator. McCain would rather lose an election and bear the brunt of a hostile press calling his noble actions “poltical” than see our Economy crash because of partisan nitpicking.
McCain has always put country first – this is just another example of a great leader making a tough decision that will likely hurt his own ambitions terribly. You’ll never, EVER see Obama make such a sacrifice – country over ambition – never has, never will.
And while McCain suspends his campaign to honor his Senatorial duties to the American people, Barack Obama gives speeches and panders for votes. Not doing his current job, even in a crisis – yet we’re supposed to promote him? Why? So he can not do his new job?

Are you kidding me?
If you can’t stand the heat go cool off in Alaska!

There are quite a few liberal hacks on this string who conveniently forget that it was Obama who would not debate McCain in town hall meetings.
If you think that McCain is running because he is scared to debate Obama, you are clueless.

http://www.hellnobama.com

I wish everyone here would do their homework. Go to the Senate’s website and look up bill S.190. It was introduced in 2005 by McCain and 2 others. The reason I’m telling you this is because the bill called for extra oversight and more regulation of Fannie and Freddie. Guess what? The Dems filibustered it and did not allow it to pass. So if anyone is to blame for the housing mess it’s the Dems. Also Obama VP search committee head was Mr. Johnson former CEO of Fannie. One of his economic advisers is Mr. Raines, another CEO of Fannie. Also Obama received more money from Fannie than anyone else in the Senate except for fellow Democrat Chris Dodd. Oh and if you think Obama can win any debate, just take a look at the Saddleback Forum and any debate from the primaries and you will see that without a prepared script and a teleprompter he is nothing but an empty suit.

mcCain wnats to cancel the debate? The debates are planeed by non-partisians that BOTH parties agree to abide by. McInsane is simply pulling a ploy. He now trails by 6 points in most polls. If he is able to putoff the debate and be seen as “providing leadership” he suddenly closes the gap and then goes into the debate next week tied or leading. Not so fast. A POTUS has to deal with many crises situations – I say McCain should “man up” and meet Obama in Mississippi! Debate now!

After admitting he knows jack-all about the economy, what makes McCain think he’s going to add a lot to the discussion about a recovery plan?

McCain just slapped O’bama silly. The American electorate will admire his move while O’bama and his “Change” agents cry for more of the same.

Great move McCain! What a true leader to put future political admissions on hold, go back to the job he was elected to do, and help solve what could soon be the Great Depression part 2!
I guess this truly shows the guy has leadership abilities, unlike his opponent who has never led anything, not even a boy scout troop.

We are in desperate straits if we need John “I don’t understand the economy” McCain to fix our economy.

Obama needs to continue with the “debate”. Show up and answer the questions. This election is too important to be jerking the voters around. As for McCain. . .well, as Monty Python would say, “Run away! Run away!”

Nobama isn’t going to agree with McCain, even though its the right things to do because Nobama didn’t think of it first.
McCain isnt trying to delay anything, he holds the upper hand in debating. Its Nobama who has backed down from every debate proposed by McCain.
Nobama is truely a stuttering empty suit.
And of course, McCain will do whats right, and Nobama will either change his mind, or lie and say he did it all.
But maybe there is No point for Nobama to go to Washington; another present vote would be worthless.
Poor Nobama and his uneducated sheep. I don’t hate them, I feel sorry for them.

The Dem controlled House is totally lost again. They have gotten nothing done and continue to mire a solution with pork barrel garbage. McCain will set this straight even if Obama would rather pretend to do a debate. Where is your leadership and priorities Obama? Actually, his main reason to debate is his hope that no one will watch, being more interested in saving the economy, and he can have his butt whipping go by unnoticed! Go McCain!

I’m amazed at how childish most of the Obama supporters are. But then again I shouldn’t be considering almost 72% of Obama supporters believe that the Supreme Court should base their rulings out of fairness instead of the Constitution. Seriously people…if you want to really screw this country over, go ahead and vote for Obama. Also it is funny how people blame Bush on all the bad things in the country when they should look at the Democratic led Congress instead. Congress makes the laws, not the POTUS. Geez, I’m tired of stupid Americans.

There is no vote scheduled. There is no debate scheduled. The hearings are currently in the banking committee. The members of the banking committee are trying to figure out if this entire thing has been made up by a bunch of overzealous Wall Streeters on crack who haven’t been right about anything they have predicted in a year and a half. Even Newt Gingrich says NO to the bailout. There is nothing for either candidate to do in Washington. McCain is pulling a stunt to divert attention from his spiral dive in the polls.

Score another smart political move on the election chess board: McCain is dropping the scheduled Letterman TV show tonight. What person running for President in midst of a financial crisis would go on some silly late night chat show? Not this future President.

If this was so urgent, McCain should have called for this two or three days ago. Doing it now seems like a desperate move, which is not good for him or the markets.

Children, children…stop fusssing. I don’t know what McCain has in his head right now, but my initial reaction to his suspending his campaign to return to Washington was “game, set, match”. If anyone believes that this old Republican guy is afraid to debate that young Democratic guy on foreign affairs, they are seriously delusional. Come out of that bubble you live in and look around at the real world…for a change.

Mr. McCain is chicken and is running away like a little girl.

http://www.hellnobama.com
Obama win the debate against McCain? Ha..obviously no one saw the primary debates with uh, er, um, I, er…Obama.

John McCain, stood up infront of the TV cameras giving a speech to his Republican followers. He stated in one speech that ‘the person responsible was a regulator.
However, over and over and over again, John McCain has called for DEREGULATIONS that would tie the regulators hands.
John McCain, candidate of Contradictions.

Debates are for show business; this financial situation is real world business. I would like to see which way Obama goes on this vote; or will he just say “present”. Actually, I understand the debate format excludes a teleprompter, which leaves Barry to his stuttering “uh”s and “duh”s. MCL at Harvard, huh? Says more about Harvard than it does about Obama.

I will debate that idiot Obama. I have more foreign policy experience than he as I was stationed in FRG for 3 years. I’ll bet that idiot doesn’t even know what the FRG was! I have more economic experience than he as I have balance my checkbook successfully for 35 years! The only thing he’s got me on is drugs and I don’t plan on snorting cocaine at 50 years of age.

I love seeing the libs call McCain a coward and blame cons and Reps for this crap!!!
POT meet Kettle!!!
The Dems, from the clinton administration laxing accounting regulations to Dem Sens Shummer, Dodd, and Obama and Rep Franks going ought of their way to protect Fanny Mae and the others is what caused this!!! PERIOD!!!
And you folks think Obama is experienced and so smart???
OH OK LOL!!!

Let Obama debate himself. He talks out of both sides of his mouth anyway. That way we won’t have to listen to the liberals cry like a kid that was told no. NOBAMA.

McCain is really afraid because he knows that the economy will be center stage, not the main topic earlier scheduled. He wants to run away. If McCain cannot handle multi-tasking, then he cannot run the country. The president encounters many problems simultaneously, how would he handle them, by postponing them? This is childish, unprofessional and lacking in leadership. Obama, don’t postpone! You are in your right to say NO. If this debate is postponed, the media should have the courage to point out McCain’s lack of leadership.

Hey, Harold: Where has McCain been the past six months on other important votes, like giving rights to veterans? Doesn’t seem like he cared a lot about “honoring his Senatorial duties” until now, when he saw his poll numbers tanking.

you do all know that MCCain is afraid to debate. there is no reason he cannot do both.

O’bama doesn’t want to waste the three days he spent learning how to debate this week. Goof.

McCain wants to postpone on the day his poll numbers dropped.
I felt that way about a test once in elementary school and wanted to stay home “sick” too.
What a baby! Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah, Wah! :(

Hey all you Democratic idiots….In 2004 McCain and the congressional Republicans tried to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but the congressional Democrats including Obama prevented these regulations from becoming law. The cause for all the financial turbulance was thus created. I wish the dems could read, then they could be a bit more informed about things.

Fine–Move the Palin-Biden debate to this week. Oh no!!! Palin isnt ready.

Obama to McCain:
“I’ll see you at my inauguration, chicken.”
POTUS OBAMA – ITS A DONE DEAL!

MATT DRUDGE IS A HOMO

Here’s the problem:
Top Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008
Name Party/State Total
1. Dodd, Christopher J D-CT $133,900
2. Kerry, John D-MA $111,000
3. Obama, Barack D-IL $105,849
4. Clinton, Hillary D-NY $75,550
5. Kanjorski, Paul E D-PA $65,500
To all you demlovers out there. Democrats orchistrated the failing economy, orchistrated your votes, and will try to orchistrate the demise of the U.S. Remember it’s GAME OVER for everyone including YOU!

the media is going nuts with the who called who first line instead of realizing that this a critical step that should take precedence over all else period. get back to work now mr obama and do your job.
at this point i don’t even care who wins. but fix this crisis first. this is no time to be on the campaign partisan wagon. this is the time to save our economy from total collapse.
undecided purple person

There’s this quotes like…
‘The American government will endure until the day the government realizes it can bribe the people with the people’s money.’
As far as I am concerned, ignorant bigots come in two colors: Red and Blue.

You Obama people really are stupid.
You are so detached and coddled that you have no idea just how big this crisis is, and why it compels immediate attention. You have absolutely no grasp of the scale and severity of the situation, and what effects a failed attempt at a bailout would have on every American.
McCain gets it – Country First, even if it means he gets blasted by the media for a “political move” (which he will — endlessly), and that Obama gets a free and clear to campaign for votes while neglecting his elected duties – yet again – as a U.S. Senator. McCain would rather lose an election and bear the brunt of a hostile press calling his noble actions “poltical” than see our Economy crash because of partisan nitpicking.
McCain has always put country first – this is just another example of a great leader making a tough decision that will likely hurt his own ambitions terribly. You’ll never, EVER see Obama make such a sacrifice – country over ambition – never has, never will.
And while McCain suspends his campaign to honor his Senatorial duties to the American people, Barack Obama gives speeches and panders for votes. Not doing his current job, even in a crisis – yet we’re supposed to promote him? Why? So he can not do his new job?

Tricks are for kids, not adults.
I feel sorry for everyone who is falling for this ridiculous stunt. Does McCain need more study time or something. Maverick my ass.

Read the comments here to better understand how sad and pathetic the mind of a liberal is.
This is the biggest economic crisis that we have dealt with in 80 years, and you all are so petty and vindictive that you would prefer that he waste his time at a debate over getting something done in Washington. Let’s see, save the economy or do a debate on TV — that’s a toughy! He’s not cancelling the debate, he’s postponing it.
If anything, this should show you that Obama is only interested in building up his cult of personality and has no interest in working to make this country stronger. All of your comments make me absolutely sick.

There isn’t much McCain or Obama can do about the economy right now. All they get is a vote on the plan currently being worked out by congress, a plan that neither side intends to vote for as is. If there is anything else that needs to be done, their financial advisers can handle it. McCain is doing one or two of two things, trying to look good by saying the economy is more important, or getting cold feet…I figure he’s getting cold feet and leaving this his excuse. They need to debate, he can’t hide himself like he does Palin.

Tons of economic experts, highly respected people with advance degrees in business, finance, economies, banking, people with tons of experience on Wall Street dynamics, business, government, finance, etc, etc, etc, And McCain with no experience or knowledge in any of this is needed at the table. Are we a nation of idiots to believe this nonsense. I’m sure McCain has people on his staff that understands this much better than he does and can represent him better then he can himself. This election will go down in history as the most hillarious and comical ever. McCain is just so full of it. Everyone knows the real deal here, McCain fools nobody.

I am from the deep south and people from the south never run from a fight. If you are afraid to debate a black guy than I will not vote for you.

Hold the debate in DC on Friday as originally scheduled.

What a bunch of idiots you are on the left.
McCain is not afraid to debate Barack, he wanted Town Hall meetings and Obama chickened out.
Give me a break, the Keating 5, that is the best you can do. McCain was found NOT GUILTY………look it up.
This suspension of the campaign is for the benefit of the COUNTRY, and all Barack cares about is ruining this country.
Take off the blinders you on the loony left and realize a true act of compassion when you see one.

if mccain really “cares” here right, the can move ALL THE DEBATES to washington. the chicken is running scared. COWARD

America has a president right now to deal with the economic crisis. You two guys are senators trying to be the future president. Stop the BS, and go to the debate. What a nonsensical idea, wall street is down, so we cancel presidential debate.

McCain knows he lost the election. This bailout has been going for a week and they planned to have it solved by the end of the week. Both candidates can’t change the outcome, only congress and the White house could. This is just a desperate move by McCain. Just like the Palin pick. What a bonehead.

Mcain has never ran from anything in his
life. He has always put country first.
Obama is not a pimple on Mcain’s ass.
Getting ready to show him what leadership is all about.

POSTED BY SICKOFMCSAME: Wait a minute…Obama has “never made an unpopular decision”?? How about opposing the Iraq war when everyone else was for it? This is, I believe, what can most accurately be termed “duck and run” – you know what Republicans always say they are NOT going to do! Once again do your homework. Obama was not in the Senate when he opposed the war. He was representing one of the most liberal districts in the entire country in Illinois, so no in his district this was not an unpopular decision and he had to take no heat for it because noone knew who he was then. Liberals are crazy!!

McCAIN WAS GOING TO WIN BEFORE AND HE’S GOING TO WIN NOW! READ IT AND WEEP O-”BAA”-MA MARXISTS!!!
I am sure he’ll get a bump from this courageous move that takes into consideration the future of this country rather than bringing Marxism to the USA!
Take some poison you Marxists (and “save the country/planet”)!

The only candidate who inspired any confidence was Hillary.
And she is not on the ticket – even though she got more votes than Obama (or Mccain or any other primary candidate in history).
How sad…..

McCain is a leader.
Obama is a politician.
The evidence here is clear.

homespunlady needs to get her facts straight. McCain and the Republicans tried to pass reform in 2005 and the Democrats headed by the likes of Frank – Reed and Pelosi blocked it. This has spiraled out of control. Four of the Senators in the Keating five scandal were Democrats and McCain was cleared of any wrong doing. I can’t say the same for the Demon-crats. There are many secretaries, janitors, administrative assistants etc. that work on Wall Street. I guess this is all their fault too. The real problem is the do nothing congress. As soon as the Demon-crats took the majority nothing got done. They can’t even make a decision now. Obama just goes and votes present. He has never made a decision on anything except that he wants to be president and he will do that come hell or high water. We are in the midst of a economic meltdown and Obama should get to Washington and do his job. The people didn’t elect him to wring his hands and vote “here – I’m here”!!

Good move by McCain. He is after all, a senator, and takes his job seriously, and wants to have basis if he needs to later criticize the results of the negotiations.
Let Obama go down there to Mississippi and debate himself. Shouldn’t be a problem, he’s held so many positions in the issues. He’s already a walking contradiction.
Wouldn’t even have to memorize anything – he could just use 2 teleprompters.

This was a political maneuver. You should be able to handle a debate and work on legislation at the same time. A debate would be healthy right now as the country tries to understand this bailout. McCain is realizing he is behind.

Is this how McCain would govern? One ineffectual hail Mary publicity stunt after another? This is a terrifying possibility to ponder. I’d almost have Sarah Quaylin in charge because it’s clear from his erratic behavior that McCain is not all there.

Hey s.b. (you forgot the “o”) You are truly an idiot!

Once again- McCain puts country first. Obama does not. McCain has my vote. Why would Obama not out the focus on the country’s most urgent crisis? McCain is the leader.

Conservative thought has brought about MANY changes
MANY backwards changes…
hahahaha Grumpy McAngryPants can’t handle the debate because of all the republican deregulation. Sweet!

Engage…get real..McCain is stalling. Neither he or Obama are on the finance committee so they cannot make any decision until a decision is made by the committee. Let them do their job, McCain, and get on with the debates…the stock market hasn’t crashed yet…

All democrats know what to do is play politics, smoke screens for the american people. Someone tries to fix a problems and he gets ripped for it…..FU DONKEYS…..

Even though I had no plans to vote for McCain I still had some respect for the man. Not now!!! His true colors are shining through. Dirtbag!

All of a sudden he cares about going back to washington? It only mattered after his poll numbers started dropping like flies over the economy. Now he wants to run back to washington to make himself the hero.
Lets be the nice guy and save america after we have stabbed them in the back for years. Good job Mccain, way to look professional. You cant say its wrong if you voted for this crisis to happen. And you can’t say washington was wrong when you were a part of this mess.

obama’s inability to lead is evident by the ignorance and arrogance of the comments of his lemmings

He doesn’t like the way the campaign is going, and he’s doing this at a time where Obama is moving ahead in the polls, what the HELL is he going to do about the economy that he can’t debate with Obama on Fri night for anyway???? He’s a straight up COWARD.

To anyone who thinks this didn’t start with democrats Frank, Dodd ans Schumer, you are blind.
My wife worked in a bank doing mortgages..they took off all the truth in lending requirements, these people in some cases didn’t even have JOBS and there was no way to deny the loan..
Wake up!
Bush tried to fix it, Mccain warned about it and put in a bill S109 i think to stop it…The DEMS shot it down…
Educate yourselves on this issue, the dems just cost you 10K to bail out people who should never have been given the loan in the 1st place.
The banks knew they were too big to allow to fail and we would have to eat it as usual.
Throw them ALL out in NOV and start over with some who actually care about this country instead of their own GD re-election.

I am not buying that McCain wants to go back to Washington because of the impending crisis. Just last week everything was fine. We wants to slow up the energy surrounding Obama. He knows his campaign is headed south.

lk….
really…you want to revisit keating 5??/
ALL THE DETAILS???
BRING IT ON!
Obama/Biden 08

Obama to McCain:
I have just finished off your milkshake!
Now, on to the GOP’s.
What a bunch of clowns!
They’re scared s***less of O!
POTUS OBAMA – The One With The Big “Bolls”

If McCain won’t debate him, Barry is going to unplug his teleprompter and go home.

I support Obama…but here will still see that McCain wants what’s best for the country. And guess what?! At this rate, every American is going to be impacted severely by the failing economy. I’m glad McCain is putting so much importance on fixing the problem. Like he said, it’s not about the election, it’s not about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about fixing America. Obama would be foolish to to not suspend the debate like McCain has asked. He’ll still get his time in the near future to debate.

There isn’t much McCain or Obama can do about the economy right now. All they get is a vote on the plan currently being worked out by congress, a plan that neither side intends to vote for as is. If there is anything else that needs to be done, their financial advisers can handle it. McCain is doing one or two of two things, trying to look good by saying the economy is more important, or getting cold feet…I figure he’s getting cold feet and leaving this his excuse. They need to debate, he can’t hide himself like he does Palin.

Gregg: “Hold the debate in DC on Friday as originally scheduled.”
Not a bad compromise. That way McCain only loses 90 minutes from his “crucial” role in fixing our economy – which he says he doesn’t understand. He can save the four hour roundtrip flight.

Apparently few people saw the article on the Bloomberg website that explained exactly how we got into this mess. A few years ago the Dems were holding hearings on the current state of the economy, and it was recommended that the federal gov provide more oversight of Freddie and Fannie. BUT the Democratic leadership killed the idea. And guess which congresspersons benefit the most from contributions from Freddie and Fannie? Pelosi, Dodd, Reid, Obama. McCain has recieved some, but not like the others. Plus, it was his idea to provide oversight of these companies. If it is important enough for Bush to go on TV to address the nation, is it not important enough to suspend the campaigns, and get something done before it won’t matter who the president is? Or do we prefer a Second Great Depression? Because doing nothing sends us on that trajectory at high speed.
A leader leads. A campaigner campaigns.

All McCain needs to say in this debate is that Obama thinks there are 57 states in the US. Game, set match. Goodbye to another Dem liberal candidate.

The great POW warrior turns into a child…like calling in before the Quiz and saying “I’m sick…can’t make it!”
This is the day that should be looked at as the end of McCain-Paleo.

There is no reason for Obama to go back. He would just get in the way. Time for the adults.

So what McCain is saying he can not handle multiple situations??? Because I hope he knows that if he were to become President of the United States that is a part of the job requirement. Did someone explain that to him?? I mean you should be able to meet with the House and get on a plane overseas as soon as it is over.
We need new leadership in this country we see where the last 8 years has landed us and this man wants us to accept a suspension of the presidental campaigns? He has either forgotten to take his meds or like most of the GOP getting bad advice. Move the debates to Washington and if McCain can’t handle that then I think the republican voters need to protest for a new candidate.

The presidency is a great big job. If McCain can’t learn about economic issues and handle a little old 90 minute debate, how’s he going to handle the really tough issues of natural disasters, economic problems and 2 wars all at the same time. Senator McCain is 1% of the Senate, and as far as I know he currently has no special role on banking issues that make him more important than 1% of the Senate.
This doesn’t smell like putting Country First which one certainly would do in the case of 9/11 or a Pearl Harbor situation. This reeks of a stunt and posturing.
Additionally, I really think the election process needs to go on. If we let current events disrupt it, we end up like all those countries where the disliked dictator calls off elections because of current events (but really to maintain power). Our system is so much stronger because we can handle changes in administration with civility and without great upheaval even in times of crisis.

Where the hell was McCain late last week?
Why does this proposal of his coincide with his sinking in the polls?
Perhaps his debate preparation didn’t go too well…
McCain: A crisis? uhh…. uhhhhh…. quick…. who should we fire? SEC guy? yeah I guess… ::forgets where he is::

GET REAL YOU OBAMA SUPPORTERS. FOR MCCAIN TO POSTPONE WOULD ONLY HELP OBAMA
YOU PEOPLE SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT OBAMA GETS SOME MORE TIME. OBAMA HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DEBATE AND HAS LOST EVERY DEBATE HE PARTICIPTED IN. HE HAS A PROBLEM WITHOUT HIS NOTES AND IS UNABLE TO THINK FOR HIMSELF. WHY DO YOU THINK HE WOULDN’T AGREE TO TOWN HALL DEBATES? ATLEAST WITH THE BIG MEDIA ON HIS SIDE THEY WILL HELP HIM NOT LOOK LIKE A TOTAL IDIOT.

OBAMBA SUCKS FAT D!CK, BLOW ME HIllary…..OBAMBA SUCKS A$$,

why should obama care about another non-vote? he has refused to vote one way or the other on many other bills in the past, why should now be any different?

Of course Obama would rather dwell on theoretical by engaging in Harvard, elitist type debate, rather than solve a crisis. In the debate he can register “Present”, while to solve the economic issues he won’t be able to (at least not this time). This really shows that Obama is an empty suit with zero leadership ability, and of course no record of achievement. Go McCain!

You crazy Obama idiots really have no brain. If you do not think it takes a lot of time to resolve the $700B bailout problem, you have done nothing important in your life before. Shut up and get a life. Time is of extreme essence for the $700B bailout now.

McCain chicken?? Who refused every offer by McCain to debate at townhalls all summer?

Hey Monica – Good try but the debate is only about Foreign Policy not the economy. It has been set up for months. Each debate is to be on specific topics.
MCCAIN/PALIN

Cant McCain multi-task? Cant he run a campaign and be a senator at the same time? If he cant he doesnt need to be running for anything let alone POTUS.

McCain is all business, Osama (oops) is all tak

I agree with the Obama campaign – the candidates can do both. There is no need to postpone the debate. McCain is buying time.

McCain and Obama have no say in the matter as they are candidates. Either will have to clean up Bush’s mess when he becomes president. At this point, neither has anything to contibute to the bailout other than to vote NO for their states.

Chordmonkey, get real. I will never offer support to self-serving socialist leftist anti-American political hacks — nor will I “put aside” my disdain for these creeps.
A person who truly understands what makes this country great could never support such scum, nor suspend bringing out the truth about that scum.
The Dems were HOPING for the US to lose the Iraq war. The Dems, with their social engineering experimentation and their liberal crapola, are culpable for this mortgage mess. And now they are champing at the bit at the chance to capitalize on it politically, by pointing the finger of blame away from themselves where it belongs, and instead, once again, they shamelessly pander to the BDS sufferers.
Liberals are arrogant, lying, sanctimonious creeps that rail against this country and cannot wait to sell the USA short in the name of global parity. Their immediate aim is the destruction of our nationalism and the ultimate goal is totalitarianism. I’m supposed to “put that aside”? The hell you say.

Multi-task McCapitolist.
You put us in this situation, with your Middle Eastern Capitolist ideas. You told Middle America, yesterday, that your vote should not count anyway. Quit whinning, and MULTI-TASK. McStaller just wants his Oil Tycoons to be able to Buy up Heritage Stock. You sad little man. Why should we give your Middle Eastern Capitolists, more money. Do the Capitolist Extreme party need more NUKES? Weapons of mass destruction.
McSilly, needs to go home.
The Middle Class. Has spoken.
That means 95% of us. Not McBlinkies 5%, of the Capitolists.

How about it, McCain supporters. Can you guys spare your economic savior – who admits he doesn’t even understand the economy – for 90 minutes on Friday?

Both candidates are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. No matter what the issue or what side they take. And when one of them is elected, they will fail according to at least 50% of the people in this country. We do not believe them and nothing they can do at this point will change that opinion.
I wish both candidates the best. The winner of the Presidency may well turn out to be the big loser in all of this.

JoeV,
Is that you, Rush?

Adding on to what i just said:
The only thing that has changed in the last 48 hours of this economic crisis is the national polls.
This is obviously a pathetic political move by an equally pathetic individual.

ik…you’re wrong, McCain was chastised for not making good decisions. That isn’t being cleared. I don’t want someone who cannot make a good decision on the economy 30 years ago when he was 40, let alone now when he is 70ish…

Obama would prefer to fiddle at the debate on Friday while the financial markets burn. The smart guys will be figuring out the problem in Washington. I think McCain should not worry about the debate and let Obama do another “interview” with his buddies in the liberal media. Maybe he will open up on his sleazy background?

here’s one thing (among others)obama cares more about than the economic crisis: himself

U.S. Constitution does not mention presidential candidates. The U.S. has a sitting president, a vice president, and a Senator pro tem to take over if the first two are unavailable. That is the way the U.S. Constitution and its government works.
McCain’s suspension of his campaign is showboating and grandstanding in the worse way. Bush does not need either candidate to suspend their campaign, because he is the current president. McCain is not putting country first; he is putting polls first. Sorry, McCain, it is nothing more than a political stunt, and is unacceptable.

McCain’s been trying to get Obama to debate for months now – he invited him to townhall discussions. Everyone knows that Obama’s weakness is debates. His speeches all have nice little labels on the cans, but open them up and they area big loads of stinky crap. Typical politician spewings. Wake up and smell the coffee – you’re Golden Nig doesn’t know what to do… He’s a pawn in this whole thing.

Try to think folks. McCain lobbied hard to get the first debate on the topic of Foreign Policy. Why? Because both his record and all the polls have this as his strong point. Because the first debate is the most important because its hard to change people’s opinions after they have been set. Also, with polls trending towards Obama, McCain needs the debate more than Obama does at this point. Add all that together…McCain is taking a huge risk politically to suspend campaign and ask for delay in the debates. There is alot of downside, but very little upside…except for the country…hmmmm.

Obama needs to agree to postpone the debate, but he will no doubt try to spin it that McCain is afraid or, like some dunces below, that McCain can’t handle more than one thing at a time.
Personally, despite all I’ve read about this bailout, I don’t entirely understand it, and I don’t think very many other voters do either.
I like McCain’s decision to try to forge a bipartisan agreement on this. I don’t like the fact that Chris Dodd and others who helped create this crisis are in on trying to ‘solve’ it.

america, do you really want mccain to be the president. he is RECKLESS, makes decisions on the cuff, maybe he will wake up one day and decide to attack canada. he is so UNPRECIDENTIAL.

McCain puts the country first….HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…wait..wait…HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA…ok…HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA..whew…now that was funny…I can type now.
How can someone who was 3rd up from the bottom of his class put anything first?
Oh wait…he did put something 1st when he divorced his 1st wife…himself.
This man wouldn’t spit on you if you where on fire. Don’t be too stupid all your life.

Jwilson,
McCain wanted town halls because he pre-tickets them with supporters and fixes the questions….
it’s fact.

Of all the people available to join him on stage with him to announce this, why would he have John Thain, the CEO of Merrill Lynch up there? Thain was the highest paid Wall Street CEO last year (Over $80 million). It sure does not look good in light of the backlash against Wall Street CEO pay. Pretty stupid if you ask me.

Word on the street says that when the debates do finally occur, Obama will have to submit to a pat-down search to make sure he doesn’t sneak in any wrist-or leg-teleprompters.

Dear John McCain:
We were in a economic crises while you were beating your chest and whining that Barack Obama wouldn’t join you for town hall meetings – which you apparently had plenty of time to participate in instead of working on our economic crises. We were in economic crises when you were saying “the fundamentals of our economy are strong”. We were in economic crises long before you ever announced your candidacy for President – when you should have been showing up to work each day as a Senator and helping solving our economic woes. Arizona, the state you represent, is leading the nation in home foreclosures. This should have been a clue to you in case you missed all the other clues. We were in economic crises long before you fell behind in the polls and needed to do something else to get some focus on you. We were in economic crises when you chose a running mate whose record as mayor was to strap her small city with a 22 million dollar debt and spent taxpayer’s money on a road to nowhere. It’s nice of you to finally recognize that yes, we are in an economic crises. Welcome to 2008 in America!
Sincerely,
A Former Republican

Plain and simple. Al the crooks on Capitol Hill need to get their heads out of their asses and pass the best possible package. Fact is the debate should go on. As a matter of fact, since we are in such a dire financial crisis, the topic should be changed to the economy from foreign policy. Then we could see which of these 2 men really has a grasp of what we are facing. How about that?

You republicans are insane. McSHAM saw the polls plummetting today and his handlers came up with this move. Period.
This is a political ploy pure and simple.
McCain is a joke, and yes a coward.

Once again, McCain places duty before personal advantage. Will Obama? Or will he vote “present” again.

Go back to 2005 when John McCain proposed an overhaul of both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac based on his deep concern for inappropriate lending practices. It was voted down by the likes of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and more. Your liberal media will not report that

The Obamabot trolls on this site seem to forget that McCain tried to push for reforms to Fannie Mae / Freddie Mac two years ago, and the DEMOCRATS stopped that reform.
Obama has received more money from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae than any politician except Chris Dodd.
McCain is right on. A real leader and the one to clean up after this mess; Obama just wants to use every mess to his own advantage, which explains why he’d always rooted for us to lose in Iraq.

Of course Obama doesn’t want to come back to Washington. He’s spent the past 2 years running for President, why would he want to finally represent the people of Illinois at this late date?

There is no reason why they can’t meet in Washington to work on the “bailout” and still have the debate. If anything you would think Obama would agree to delay it to give himself more time. This is a political ploy by McCain. He is down in the polls. Obama called him first asking for bipartisanship and McCain is trying to make it look like it was his idea. What new tricks will the McCain camp come up with next? If we delay the presidentail debate then lets move up the VP debate. That sounds like a fair compromise. Let’s ask Sarah.

Go to Fox News. Their posting shows that Obama initiated the call to meet and discuss the issue, but not to postpone.
McSame can’t multitask?

“mccain should be tarred and feathered like a coward” – seems like obama’s inspiring words of “hope” and “change” are really taking hold

Obama is here in Clearwater, Florida, Smoking Cigarettes and Studing for the Debate. The Debate can wait, We have a Gas Shortage not a Cigarette Shortage, in Florida.

The last time Obama answered questions in a public forum he began to decline in the ratings for about a month. I am sure McCain would welcome the chance to debate. I think it is a mistake for him to try and back out of this.

I would let Obama go ahead and head up to the debate site while McCain stays in DC with the Senate. Since when has Obama contributed there any way? Maybe he can hellp break down the stage. He would be more useful helping with that than in Washington.

McCain just lost the south. People from the south do not like a coward.

Once again- McCain puts country first.
McCain cares about AMERICA.
Obama does not. McCain has my vote. Why would Obama not out the focus on the country’s most urgent crisis? McCain is the leader.

Are you people kidding me! This is another ploy for Mccain to make Obama look bad and it only will work on the poor people that continue to support him.
Yeah right…Country first! Mccain First. Mccain second , third and fourth. Whose he kidding.

Wow, have liberals forgotten the fact of how Obama can’t debate and only speaks will with a teleprompter? This just shows how misinformed most people are. This Friday’s debate is on national security and foreign policy issues (issues that are not Obama’s or Democrat’s strong points). I think Obama should be thanking McCain for wanting to postpone the debate so he has more time to study.
Please also remember that in 2003, Republicans wanted to restructure and reform Fannie and Freddie, but got stonewalled by Democrats in Congress. And did I mention that Obama has one economic adviser who use to be the CEO of Fannie and who is now under investigation by the FBI for his role in the collapse of Fannie and his other adviser (who advised him on picking Biden as VP) was also part of the Freddie and Fannie leadership who got us into this.
Get a life liberals. And just to correct the record, liberals comes from progressives, progressives comes from fascism, and nazism came from fascism.

Ethan: “So is Obama basically saying that his presence wouldn’t be helpful in solving this crisis?”
Do you think having either presidential candidate there would be helpful or more of a distraction?
Ask emergency workers how much it “helps” when they have to stop filling sandbags to escort elected officials around. Same principle. The campaigns would just get in the way and politicize these discussions on how to fix, in the next 48 hours, our “fundamentally strong” economy.

Just another trick by the McCain camp to turn the poll numbers around in his favor.
McCain’s best days are behind him.

Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 24, 2008 3:56:47 PM
IN THE STREETS, AMERICA!
Bhrandon – what are you suggesting? You think that scares patriotic Americans. You want, what, race riots if Obama loses??
Go to the streets. Take your brownshirt “get in their faces” thug Obamicans and go to the streets. However, you won’t be alone. You’ll be greeted by millions of American Vets who have actually served their country, have gone in harms way, put it all on the line, and who have actually defended democracy.
And, though we won’t be happy taking time off from our jobs and families, but we will defend democracy again.
Grow up Bhrandon. Get real, Obamaicans, before you say more nutty things that could have real consequences. Serious consequences.
The difference between America and the rest of the world is not “IN THE STREETS, AMERICA!”. That’s anti-American. That’s Obama’s world.

All the democrate care about winning at the expense of the country. To them it is more competition than competence. The country should come first. If the country is screwed, so are we. If people don’t know the issues by now or the candidates and for what they stand, it is pretty sad. Besides, the media was saying they were concerned because they didn’t think many people would tune in to see the debates. There is a larger debate going on in Washington now. The trouble with Obama is he won’t be able to bring his speech write or someone to tell him what to say.

Ok, Darlene first learn to spell “orchestrate”. The failing of the financial institutions is not the fault of the Republicans or the Democrats or the Independents. It’s causes came from the crashing housing market, deregulation and greed. Once financial institutions were deregulated they were able to put all their eggs in one basket and when one sector (housing market) crashed all their eggs broke. Before deregulation they had to keep everything separate so if the housing market crashed they still had money in other avenues not tied directly to the housing market. Deregulation garnered them more money but it was a greater risk. Regulation garnered steady money with minimal risk. They tried to play craps, bet all their money and came up snake eyes.

It’s not healthy for a guy of McCain’s age to be dealing with such stress. Leave him be.

I guess facing a possible Depression is not enough of a reason to cancel a useless debate? You liberals couldn’t understand that someone would put the country first in a serious crisis. OBama will end up going to DC…. he’s been had once again!

P.S. The chicken comments are stupid also. McCain challenged Obama to 10 townhall debates and Obama turned him down. Obama lost every debate he had with Hillary; take away his teleprompter and he’s a stuttering jackass.

Why would anyone think McCain does not want a debate?
Obama says anytime, anywhere, but declines to participate in Town Hall mtgs.
Obama sounded like a stammering idiot at the Saddleback debate. The guy speaks worse than Bush without a teleprompter.
There is pletny of time to debate, Obama just has to take the advantage away from McCain, and he can’t do that by agreeing with him.
Just another example of Obama first, Country second.

This old man is a crook.People are sick and tired of McCain’s pranks.This is a positive sign of what to expect on his part.He will fail big time. Never again with dubious and nasty pranks.The debate must hold.He is not out to bail people out of the mess.He despirately wants to be president.Unfortunately he is coming out at a very wrong time. May come out in 2016. GO OBAMA/BIDEN 08&12

McCain/Palin ’08
Palin/Jindal ’16
COUNTRY FIRST

What a bunch of bleeding heart liberal drival. You want some cheese with your whine?
You libs make me sick ….. obami the swammi voted against the legislation that would have prevented this mess. McCain co-sponsored the the legislation, and because of the Dems “if i don’t get my way, no one will” attitude, we are in this mess. why not go crawl back under your bridges, you guys are a bunch or sniveling trolls!!! SHOO!!!

just like those of us see through obama, we knew with him it is abama first country some where down the line. i should like may commander in chief to be concerned about wether or not i could pay for my home. i still don’t u;nderstand why people can’t see through him. he will not ever put us first. pelosi has said they wouldn’t pass the bailout without repub support. so what are they all working together to put mccain in a corner. little barry hussein obama needs to think about the country he is trying to fool into putting him in the white house instead of himself!

Looks like Barry wants to vote present again instead of actually doing some work. I guess he doesn’t get another $100k if the crisis is solved and his buddies go away to jail with all the rest of his advisers. Maybe no one flashed up the fact that their is a mortgage crisis on his teleprompter since his mortgage was paid for by organized crime unlike all of those unempowered women with sub-prime loans.

do you really think Mccain is not prepared give me a break, he just cares more about america than himself unlike obama

Why doesn’t Barack Obama give back all his money he took from Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac so we don’t have to bail them out?

Beck it is obvious that you didn’t graduate very high in your class or did you even graduate These are debt and people are defaulting when people default bank write has write down The problem into day market lawmaker like Barney Franks put pressure on the banks and Fannie may to put high risk on the books so more minorities to have houses I hope the dem get the bill they want and Obama get in and let see what he does about all the pork he has promise If he goes through with half up unemployment will go through the roof and the Republican will have both houses again in 4 years

Gregg: “Hold the debate in DC on Friday as originally scheduled.”
I second the idea.
And I further propose that no one be allowed into the discussions about the bailout who feel the need to tell us they don’t even understand the economy.

I will not vote for a coward Mr. McCain just lost NRA vote.

more on John Thain…the CEO of Merrill Lynch that was on stage with McCain…
He received one of those HUGE golden parachutes recently…
Mccain is an idiot.

The debate on Friday is soley focused on National Security, so it would make sense to call off the debate when the most important crisis right now deals with the economy. That is not to say that national security isn’t important, but I think McCain logic behind calling off the debate is sound.

I oppose Obama and this Bail out. You all have been brainwashed by popular liberal media. Open your eyes. Where has America’s balls gone? You are all cowards. You oppose the war. You know nothing of it. Ignorance. Shame on you all. I swore to defend this nation. I have seen my brothers in arms die for what you would consider a lost cause. You sit behind your keyboard and vomit your hate blogs to the ignorant lemmings of the country, just as the media has spewed its deplorable rants. You have bought it. Just as you will buy this bail out.
You want freedom. You will soon have communism. You will belong to the government. This has been decided by you. You will be controlled. Wake up liberal puppets. Your socialist leaders are pulling your strings!

Jim…McCain has a pretty sleazy background. He sleeps with the enemy, lobbyists….

McCain asked to DELAY the debate, not cancel. And he hasn’t said he won’t show up for the debate in Mississippi on Friday. We’ll see how this plays out . . .

That sounds an awful lot like a time-out!

attempting to run? this debate is about foreign policy..he will blow obama out of the water anyhow..

You people are idiots. Obama is in this mess up to his Messianic robes. He has his hands in Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the democrat party, which has stymied reform since their affirmative action lending under Carter and Clinton. If McCain were running the Obama Campaign (degrading prisoners of war because their torture kept them from typing and posing) he’d be talking about shifty Chicago politics, Senator Dodd, Congressman Frank, and Mr. Obama (less complicit because of his 143 days of hand-in-the-till class warfare). All McCain wants to do is reaffirm his blocked 2005 calls for reform, and try to work out a solution. He isn’t worried about debating socialist economic policies (corporations are bad, this country sucks when republicans are around (despite me getting rich at that time). Nor, is he worried about his VP debating Mr. “I don’t know American History”, “I expect the lame to walk” “My country is ready for a clean and articulate black guy”, ” Hillary is better than me”, “I’ve been in the senate longer than McCain and have been on the wrong side of every national security issue for 30 years” plagiarist Biden. Obama is a party-line, sexist, empty suit, 60′s radical, throw back, race bating, socialist, hollywood, internationalist, two-faced, resume-inflating, media created, inexperienced joke. He leans on his message of change (same liberal philosophies proposed since Marx) and young appetite for hope (hollywood youth pandering proven by Gore and Kerry to be SO resonant with mainstream America). I’ll see all you complete jokes on November 5. Go ahead and figure out if you lost because of butterfly ballots, cheating voting machines, racists, rednecks, or whatever.) Have a good day.

McCain 08 say “Talk vs. Action. You decide which is the more cynical approach.”
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McCain is the MOST absent member of Congress missing more votes than any other Senator. He’s only Talk vs. Action when it’s politically correct for him.

For all of you Chickens, if you think Obama is empity suit, this is your chance to expose him to the voters by debating him. Who is running away? You can run, but you can’t hide. One way or the other, your guy has to debate Obama.

I am not happy with bailing out homeowners who went into financial commitments that were beyond their means. Now folks (good old politicians looking for votes) in Washington want me to subsidize these folks for the next 20-30 years. Let’s be even handed then, what is government going to give me for the next 20-30 years…more taxes?

I oppose Obama and this Bail out. You all have been brainwashed by popular liberal media. Open your eyes. Where has America’s balls gone? You are all cowards. You oppose the war. You know nothing of it. Ignorance. Shame on you all. I swore to defend this nation. I have seen my brothers in arms die for what you would consider a lost cause. You sit behind your keyboard and vomit your hate blogs to the ignorant lemmings of the country, just as the media has spewed its deplorable rants. You have bought it. Just as you will buy this bail out.
You want freedom. You will soon have communism. You will belong to the government. This has been decided by you. You will be controlled. Wake up liberal puppets. Your socialist leaders are pulling your strings

I’m tired of disasters being used for political advancement. First the RNC was postponed so they could do something about Ike which they did nothing about. Now it’s the financial crisis. I wonder what they can do in 40 days that will reverse a decade of unregulated greed.
It’s simply opportunistic pandering.
Do the debate.

This is what it is a political trick to make John McCain look more concerned than Barack Obama. Today is Wednesday so if Sen McCain really felt that way he would have said something Monday. The country is not fooled.

Obama, I don’t care about a STUPID debate! Get your ass back to Washington. You people better fix this FAST!
GET TO WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” McCain NOW wants to suspend his campaign because the economy is in crisis!?
It’s a political move, nothing else. The only thing that’s changed in the last 48 hours has been the poll numbers….that favor Obama.
This man is NOT presidential!!

So the presidential candidate who a few months ago admitted that he didn’t know much about the economy, and who has thrashed from position to position the past two weeks enough to make George Will worry, now wants to return to Washington to lead us out of this mess.
Obama is right to answer ‘thanks but no thanks’.

@Brandon:
Being a sponsor of legislation two years ago doesn’t exactly qualify McCain for Oracle status.
It takes little insight or courage to sponsor legislation, and two years ago is nothing to brag about.
Warren Buffett, on the other hand, directed his businesses to divest CDS’s five years ago and Larry Lindsey was ringing the fire house bell about Fannie & Freddie more than five years ago.
The fact that these geniuses of business and finance were out in front so long ago is an indictment of the politicians who failed to act for literally years.

Obama may or may not use a teleprompter but he certainly doesn’t use them on the campaign trail because he’s usually not directing his attention to one particular. Mcain definitely reads all his speeches. Campaign trail or otherwise.

The next thing you know, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is term limited, will call for term limits to be overturned because of the economic crisis!!!

It is not McCain that needs THREE DAYS to practice for a debate!!!! What does this say about Obama (SCUMBAMA!!)? He will not ever put our country first. He thinks he is the center of the universe, and this just proves it. He is more worried about his image and “practicing” his delivery than he is of our COUNTRY!!! He doesn’t care about our soldiers, didn’t even visit the hospitals on his “little” illegal trip abroad to try and get Iraqu to keep our soldiers longer than needed. He doesn’t care about our children. In his own words, babies are punishments for mistakes. No one wants to come out and say it, but I will, “Obama does believe that infants surviving abortions should be murdered.” Again, this is HIS own words saying that it would only cause more confusion having to call for an emergency doctor to take care of this “BABY” (in my world babies are human lives), and this would only second guess the original desicion of the mother.
McCain is VERY comfortable answering questions and has documented support for his answers and his ads. Obama has to reherse answers and needs a teleprompter, even on the road!!! His ads are pety and reflect a “CRY BABY BULLY” without any documented evidence to back them. By the way, hearing on the mainstream media is not evidence since there is NO REAL JOURNALISM anymore. Are you kidding us? Do we want, much less need, such a superficial individual like this in the White House? NO!!!!!!!!!! Obama has NO DEPTH. There is nothing under the looks. He will bankrupt this country and give it away to his foreign friends, which by the way are NO FRIENDS of ours (ex: Iran). Goodness only knows what he has promised them when he says we need to reward their good behavior. Look what happened when Clinton awarded Korea’s good behavior. THEY WERE ONLY GOOD ON THE SURFACE!!!THEY USED OUR WELL EARNED AMERICAN DOLLARS (THAT CLINTON HANDED OVER) TO BUILD WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION!!!
OBAMA is a BAD JOKE!!! No one is laughing.

please do not lump all democrats in with those lemmings who support obama…..many of us actually wanted the best President for our children, our troops and America by voting for and supporting Senator Clinton, the only reasonable and sane choice to better our future and begin the process of solving our problems

I am a white man from Alabama. I will not vote for Mr. McCain because he is a coward.

McCain doesnt like the polls and wants a do-over for the economic crisis. People dont trust him, the WSJ said he was unpresidential and even conservative George Will suggested he might not have the temperment to be president.
And given the many things said about him by republicans in congress, I dont think they really want him back.

John McCain has just put the AGE ISSUE squarely on the table. Poor grandpa. He can handle only one problem at a time. I have some news: Presidents often face more than one problem at a time.
Barack Obama should announce that he will show up to take questions from the moderators, and that if McCain prefers to stay home and watch it on TV he’ll have his campaign deliver a glass of buttermilk, some cookies, and an electric blanket.

Hey geniuses on the left,
If your great democratic leaders would’ve listened to McCain in the first place in 2005, we wouldn’t be in this position today.
That would mean he was right, and we can’t have that.
Go ahead and look the other way while Obama outright lies about McCain’s position… That’s the democrat way. deny deny deny, blame blame blame….
Well perhaps Obama can take his favorite vote – “present” – so as NOT to take a position….
What a flake. And his supporters are just as blind…
All I hear from McCain is how he wants to work with BOTH parties, You know… UNITE people. INCLUSIVE.
All I hear from BHO is how this is somehow McCain’s fault, knowing damn well he tried to help fix it, against the will of Congress…
Go ahead sheeple, look the other way.
You NEVER hear BHO wanting to work with BOTH parties… EVER.. The great uniter is actually the great divider…

WHAT…A…FREAKING…JOKE!!! McCain doesn’t know diddly-squat about the economy, but now he’s pretending that this financial crisis can’t be solved without him. Geez! If he knew he was that important, then he should have been solving things in Washington last week or last month — not “rushing in” the day before the debate. The people who are the real number crunchers in the Senate (not McCain OR Obama) will put a bill together, and then Obama & McCain can vote on it. Neither one of them needs to be there right now.
Pure political poppycock! McCain has no shame. There’s absolutely no legitimate reason preventing a Friday night debate.

COUNTRY FIRST. Obama is only concerned about his own political ambition. He is constantly taking his lead from McCain (Georgia conflict, Hurricanes relief, etc) when he can’t decide what to do. THIS IS NOT LEADERSHIP. As for McCain being “chicken”, remember McCain challenged him to a series of townhall debates beginning in the late summer. The real “chicken” declined so he wouldn’t draw attention away from his anointed campaign. Obama first!

Did anyone see that OBAMA CALLED MCCAIN FIRST to issue a statement together, but then McCain pulled the rug out and did it himself? McCain First, Ethics Second.

Did anyone see that OBAMA CALLED MCCAIN FIRST to issue a statement together, but then McCain pulled the rug out and did it himself? McCain First, Ethics Second.

McRicky, will loose millions of dollars, that the Middle Class has put up, for this debate. He wants to rub salt in the wound, that he caused. The 80′s curse, is catching up with him.
Yesterday he tells us his vote does not count, but it does later. McFlip-Flop, would not vote for it anyways.
Be a Multi-tasking President. Not a one thing at a time, McBush.
Prove you can be better than Bush. Multi-task.

As an Illinois voter, I have to side with McCain who, of the two candidates, has shown repeatedly “Country First” truly means something to him. For Obama, Country comes after politics. I wish just once, Obama would do what he was sent to Washington by Illinois voters to do — REPRESENT THEM IN THE SENATE.
As an aside, Friday’s debate is to be on foreign policy — McCain’s strong suit and something on which Obama is suspect. Maybe Obama doesn’t want to delay the debate for fear all that cramming his has done will leak out his brain.

A simple law would solve the work in Washington/debates on issue. One must resign from the House of Reps. or the Senate to be eligible to run for President. How much legislative work has McCain or Obama or Hillary or Biden really done in the last year? They have all been running for president as their full time job. This situation only highlights the issue.

now, more then ever, it is obvious to even the dingbats who support mccain or obama, that Senator Clinton is clearly our best hope

Once again, McCain puts country first, and the liberals attack him for it.
The MSM is so bent left, I bet they’d televise a debate without McCain, just Obama answering questions, with the mediators (always some pro-Obama stooges) going: “Senator McCain, your response? Oh, Senator McCain is not here, something to do with doing his job in Washington. But let’s just say his response is ‘Duh.’ Now, next question, President–ah, Senator Obama…’”

This is what it is a political trick to make John McCain look more concerned than Barack Obama. Today is Wednesday so if Sen McCain really felt that way he would have said something Monday. The country is not fooled.

You Dimocrats are delusional. McCain is scared to debate? Uh …. hasn’t he invited Obama to numerous townhalls and been denied? Wait, maybe Obama was too busy meeting with and taking money from the people who caused this problem in the first place.

Obama’s teleprompter will be ready at 4:45pm today for an updated statement.

McCain must have checked the polls today and felt he needed to do something. I can’t blame him. It was almost slipping away.

We Love you future president John McCain. We predict you will win in November by a landslide.
Go Home Obama!

SMART MOVE BY THE MAVRICK, BUT WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS THE TRUTH (DRDINO.COM)

George Bush told the American people that money spent on the Iraq war would be refunded to America through Iraq Oil
revenue. Where is that money now that we need it?
BD

I am pretty ashamed of most of you.
Guess you don’t mind losing everything, right? WHY aren’t you screaming for Obama to get his A… back to Washington and help fix things?
IS this the change you believe in?

For those who haven’t been keeping up with current events – the Financial/Credit crisis is really a whole lot more serious than what is being let out to the public. The Obama & his campaign have the same intel as McCain, but could care less about the USA & the Citizens. All BHO & the do-nothing Dem Congress care about is getting his Oneness elected.

IGNORANTS HOLD MCCAIN FOR DEREGULATION VOTES
WHY DO YOU THINK THEY HAVE CALLED IT “FREE ENTERPRISE,” “LAISSEZ FAIRE” FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
LAISSEZ FAIRE MEANS DEREGULATION.. LET THEM BE!!
MCCAIN NEVER SUPPORTED GREED AND IRRESPONSIBILITY
MCCAIN IS NOT BUSH.
THATS HOW THE ECONOMY GREW TO BEGIN WITH. LAISSEZ FAIRE…DEREGULATION!
SAME THING!!
IF YOU PREFER COMMUNISM, THEN GET ONE!
IF OBAMA WANTS TO DEBATE, LET THE FOOL DEBATE ALONE.

You dumbasses want everything in turmoil so you can appear to be the savior. I don’t think McCain is afraid of your anointed one. Democrats are behind all of this melt down and it will be made known by the radio and internet news outlets. The national media want touch it becuase it casts their anointed one in the true light of who he is.

Hold the debate in DC on Friday as originally scheduled.

These debates are just as important as the economy. Congress is working on a temp solution right now, has nothing to do with McCain or Obama. But, who we elect will have to deal with it next year and 3 years after that. McCain is getting cold feet…plain in simple.

Obama can study and prepare for both… Why can’t McCain?
I bet it has something to do with recent polling.

Steve: “he has done more in 1 week than most Americans do in thier LIFETIME”
Lol, yeah. McCain flip flops more before 9 a.m. than most politicians do all day.

Let’s be honest,
what the heck is Obama and Mccain going to do do to speed up the process to get this mess resolved.
AHHHH …..NOTHING!

I call BS, McCain has finally proven himself a coward. Is he too old to multitask? Can he not handle the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and the economy. What a joke, he is no prepared for the debate, he is not prepared to be President. He campaign is in the toilet now he wants to run out the clock. Are we going to suspend the election too? Whose up for that? This is officially the last nail in the coffin.

Wow, McCain! You just stepped up to the leadership plate my friend! Good job! Obama, not to be pinned as a non- leader, has said, “The debate is on!” to avoid looking like a follower. We have now scene who’s Presidential and who’s not.
Obama is nothing but a feel good celebrity type candidate anyway. His followers should be required to pass a basic intelligence test on political issues before being allowed to vote. Obama followers are basically excited about the pep rally candidate of emotions.

This is a risky move- but should be applauded. McCain is actually doing what he says he is about; COUNTRY FIRST

At least McCain will be on record and we can hold him accountable. Can’t say that for Obama…I still don’t know his position on this bailout, I guess we will never know since he won’t be voting! For all those that say McCain in chickening out of the debate…the debate topic is Foreign Policy, I think McCain wins that hands down. As for the polls, I will beleive them on Election Day. Clinton supporter backing McCain.

If I was down by three touchdowns with ten minutes left in the game I’d probably call a timeout also.
Can you really blame McSame? And you cons thought Hillary was happy about Palin. Imagine how Romney feels right now.

So the people commenting would rather a debate occur than to have a solution to the financial crisis? WOW!
PS. Obama isn’t that great at debating.

Obama was the first one who called McCain this morning to agree to a set of principles. So why is the McCain campaign going on a negative attack on Obama? (I’m referring to McCain operative Mike DuHaime.) It looks like McCain is trying to have it both ways. Trying to appear bipartisan but acting in a deeply cynical and partisan manner.

McCain is a low-life and an idiot! What a political HACK!

If McCain cannot handle a debate right now, what will he do when we’re hit by a terrorist attack? He’s supposed to be up to the task of being president. It does require doing more than one thing at a time. All he has to do is show up and answer questions about foreign policy. Soldier up, McCain. The show must go on.

Its funny how the John McCain supporters talk about how obama supporters are flooding this blog…are y’all not aware how many of us there are? and that we outnumber y’all on EVERY BLOG? We’re outnumbering y’all on the street now too…that’s what this desperation move by McCain is all about…Spin it out how you want. Most people are smart enough to sort out the truth. HEY…Let’s take a few hours out…DEBATE and Still work on this situation over the weekend? Paulson has had time for every talk show in the country all week. layoff the MCcain koolaid.

Looks like a gimmick. It could also help McCain with his political monetary
fund. As long as politicing is suspended by all, funds are preserved for only the obvious and necessary.

Each and every time the Republican Bush administration and Republican FED Bernanke said the bail out with Federal Taxpayer’s money would fix the economic crises and turn it around for positive growth, THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED.
Enough already. Republicans just keep throwing our hard earned tax dollars down the drain.
McCain’s bailing out because he has been with Bush every step of the way. Even saying that the Economy was sound, How many times thus far this year.
4 more years of the same. Can’t wait. NOT.

I am so sick of Obama put himself before the country.
Obama is disgusting.
-Democrat for McCain/Palin

SlowTalkinJones – You actually sound like someone with brains unlike the dumb and dumber morons posting on this site!
Undoubtedly, McCain plans to develop a plan similar to the Regulatory Reform Act he championed in 2005. Remember, the Act that that the socialist democrats destroyed!

Of course Obama wants the debates to go on. Barak Obama cares only about Barak Obama. He did nothing for his district…the over taxed, high crime slum and I doubt he’s even thought of sending his brother 5 bucks. He’s a pious air bag who cares about no one but Barak Obama…no matter what the cost. Oh well, it will save him from voting “Present”.

Before all of you democrats gloat -
Obama has no economic or foreign policy background, that is why he has 300 advisors and can’t make a decision. 2 Major crises (Georgia and this) and Obama has a deer in the headlight look. Also remember that Frankin (freddie Mac) Raines is part of the Obama campaign. And McCain tried to put oversight in 2005 and Obama and his gang stopped it. Moral of the story, Obama is a marxist-leninist that will lead this country to the slaughter house. Not with a war overseas, but internally because that is what Marxists do. He wants to set up a civilian security corp. Excuse me. The call that the secret police in CHina. Just be stupid dems, I have the means to leave this country and live elsewhere, wherein most of you will die her under Adolph Obama.

what kind of idiot thinks that trying to circumvent the markets from falling another 400 points on monday morning is a “time-out”?

This news site is looking more and more like an MSNBC fan club everyday.

HE RAN FROM A 90 MINUTE DEBATE!! A 90 MINUTE DEBATE–A 90 MINUTE DEBATE. ALL OF THOSE FOOLS OUT THERE WHO ATTRIBUTE GREAT MOTIVES TO MCCHICKEN HAD BETTER COME TO GRIPS THAT HE RAN FROM A 90 MINUTE DEBATE! WOW……CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THE OLD FOOL GOT ELECTED?!? THEN HE’D BE “TOO BUSY” TO KEEP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE INFORMED. “TOO BUSY” TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE. IT’S THE END OF THE LINE OLD MAN….FORGET ABOUT SENATOR OBAMA…IF YOU DON’T HAVE 90 MINUTES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEN JUST PLAY SOME SHUFFLEBOARD IN FLORIDA AND LEAVE THE POLITICS TO THOSE WHO DON’T THINK THAT 90 MINUTES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IS AN “INCONVENIENCE”. WHAT A JOKE..HOW CAN ANYBODY WITH TWO BRAIN CELLS NOT REALIZE THAT BECAUSE THE DEBATE IS ONLY 90 MINUTES LONG MCCAIN IS A SCARED OLD MAN. “THANKS BUT NO THANKS JOHNNY” I DON’T NEED YOUR “HELP” IF YOU DON’T HAVE 90 MINUTES FOR US!

It is really sad how many people are being fooled by the Black used car salesman. Wake up people!!!! Barry is an empty Leftist suit.

McCain is suspending his campaign for the good of the country. You IDIOTS that suggest anything else are just that, foolish little kool-aid drinking children. McCain is acting like a LEADER and going to get a necessary task done. Obama is looking like a candidate, not at all like a leader, and is FAR more worried about himself. You just saw someone walking the walk, good or bad, McCain is going to go do his JOB which he has already been elected. Obama is going to stay on his personal ego float of a campaign and polish his nose for the camera. McCain is putting this black activist to SHAME and deservedly so. Go do your JOB Obama, and THAT is a Senator.
FYI McCain is going to mop the floor with Obambi in the debates. Obambi is an intellectual lightweight supported by Mafia and gangsters. Yea, You and Obama can keep your change. I am not interested in counterfeit change.

You guys are all idiots! Do you think McCain is afraid of Mr. teleprompter himself? This guy can’t take a crap without the help of a teleprompter, that’s why he refused an open debate. Ever hear him without one..ah… duh what I’m tring to say… is uhhh ..dah hillarious

Obama had the chance to have all the debates he could have wished for.
Seems I remember Obama hiding behind his teleprompter and declining the 10 town-hall style debates McCain proposed.
Now, Obama is all “geared up” for this Friday, and he cringes at the thought of having his first national debate hanging over his head all weekend.
Plus, Barry is probably afraid that his training from debate camp will wear off after a few additional days.

Brilliant move by McCain. Now Obama looks petty if he insists on going through with the debate. The debate is to be on Foreign Policy. Anyone thinking that McCain is afraid to go up against Barry on that topic is insane. Who thinks Obama is a superb debater, anyway? “Uh, Uh, Uh”. Hilarious.

Attention all Obama lovers. Let’s focus for a minute. I do believe he said post pone not cancel. Also I do remember Obama being the one who only wanted 3 debates. I guess he was scared of town hall debates. Either way shut up about the debate and focus on the economy for a moment. Get a package together that won’t make us common folk sick to our stomach and pass it. Once that is done, the get back to the debate. I can’t believe how focused we’ve became on the debate. It can wait a few days then you can have your dang debate. I swear people are clueless.

Have you obamazombies ever seen Obama debate?! Hillary Clinton cleaned his clock, and I suspect John McCain will do the same.
This is yet another example of McCain (who is by no means perfect) putting his country first and risking the election and Obama putting himself first, which is what he is best at?
Have any of you considered how much money we as taxpayers have paid Obama, who has spent the majority of his “public service” campaigning? He said before McCain made this announcement he didn’t even intend to return to Washington, D.C. to vote on this. THAT should give all of us some indication of his priority – an Obama win, at any cost.

I SAY TO MCCAIN…GET YOUR ASS BACK TO WASHINGTON FRIDAY AM IF YOU THINK YOU MUST…BUT BE FOR THE DEBATE FRIDAY PM. IT’S CALLED WORKING TWO JOBS.

In case anyone needs reminding. Both of these guys are still paid senators and have been elected to serve the people and not compete in a mud slinging popularity contest. Why not both of them return to do their job. Which is more important saving the economy or having a Friday night talk fest?

Some of you people make me laugh!
We have a present issue to deal with. McCain is putting the needs of the nation ahead of an election. Noble to be sure. Obama, on the other hand, has simply shown that his 1st priority is to try to win the Presidency. Forget the needs of the nation now. (Remember, though he is running for President, he still has a job to do NOW)
And all you can do is make rediculous claims that McCain is somehow in trouble for it?
Are you afraid Obama will forget everything his advisors are teaching him in his “debate camp?”
And – btw – did you see your boy against Hillary? If she could destroy him in those debates, why would you think that he would fare any better against the much better debater, McCain?
The duplicity here makes me laugh!!!!

In case anyone needs reminding. Both of these guys are still paid senators and have been elected to serve the people and not compete in a mud slinging popularity contest. Why not both of them return to do their job. Which is more important saving the economy or having a Friday night talk fest?

“McCain wants to postpone the debate so his campaign manager, Rick Davis has time to check and make sure he does not have any more payments in his account from Freddie Mac that he did nothing to earn.”
What about Obama’s $105,000 in contributions??? How pathetic you liberals are.

Do you liberal loons read what you write? You write nothing except hateful stuff. You bash on McCain for no other reason. Do you even know the socialist Obama? His upbringing?
If Obama is so great, he should serve another 15 years in Congress before moving on to trying to be President. He’ll have 15 more years of making his ‘change.’
Put the politics aside: fix the problem. Someone needs to be a leader. Do your elected job.
Obama would not be running for President if he had to give up his senatorial job (and pay check) to campaign full time. He appears, to me, in it for the fame and money. McCain has it right on Obama.. er, Rockstar Obama.
McCain will win Ohio. Republicans are squelched from the media – its all liberal left wing loons. But when it comes time to vote, you’ll see the media saying the Exit Polls show Obama in Ohio. Then the state will come up Republican yet AGAIN.
Liberals, drink your kool-aid.

I just think its funny that everyone on this thread thinks that Obama’s going kick someone’s behind at the debate … they obviously have never seen Obama debate. “I…ummm…uhhh…I…uhh…okay, well I denounce and reject him then” HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

obama’s leadership is apparent when most of his policies and plans are largely borrowed or influenced by those of Senator Clinton

The reson the campaign should be suspended now and not last week?
Because there is a very high liklihood that congress will pass no financial recovery bill! Obama and McCain as their parties standard bearers are needed in washington to push through a comprehensive, bipartisan plan to try and keep our financial system operating.
multitasking?
we’re not talking about a walking and chewing gum at the same time people! this is the most serious economic disaster since the great depression!!! this needs and we deserve to have our parties standard bearers devoting their full attention to averting another great depression.
running from a debate with obama?
I think anyone who has watched john mccain and barrack obama debate during their parties primaries knows that mccain is a much better debater then obama. obama has difficulty thinking on his feet and certainly cannot speak without a teleprompter. and mccain is looking for the debate to be delayed not cancelled! i think he would love to debate obama on teh success of the surge, or on obamas desire to meet with tyrants without any preconditions.
Obama is free to shirk his duties as a senator – God knows he hasn’t done anything of substance since entering the US Senate in 2005. (other then run for president) – but it is disgusting for democrat loonies to question mccain’s suspension of his campaign!!!
He was willing to lose an election to win the iraq war.
again he is willing to lose this election to help the united states defeat this financial crisis!!!
And if he does lose the election – it will be a loss for all americans!!!

Funny how the Dems are trying to make this a political gain. Look at who the FBI is investigating… follow the money. It leads straight to Barry, Barney & Dodd. Sure there are little creeks going to the Elephants, but the bulk of the public rip off is going to Dems and people who support them. Look it up.
Also, this LOL LOL LOL BS is shameful. To be glad this is happening is UN-American. Although, you libs just play follow the empty suit. Barry goes over seas and belittles the greatest country ever created. And you just get behind the piped piper.
As for the debate on Friday, who cares. Barry can show up and debate himself for all I care. “The debate is still on” just shows where his ill-fated campaign is headed. Nowhere… he’ll show up, make some stupid sarcastic remarks and claim that McCain is too scared to debate. Scared, I don’t think so, I could win a debate against Barry.
Party before country, that’s what the Dems always say.
Drop it, Barry. Or maybe the debate is your excuse not to be leader once again. Show some gravitas (yeah, I said it, a favorite lib phrase from years gone by). Remember, Barry unless you lead, the view’s always the same.

Did anyone see that OBAMA CALLED MCCAIN THIS MORNING to issue a joint statment TOGETHER…and then McCain pulled the rug out and just did it himself?
AGAIN, MCCAIN STEALING IDEAS because he can’t come up with any himself and the ones he does come up with aren’t popular. Also, how about Palin’s “government transparency” initiative…that Obama already did…line 2 years ago.
McCain First, Ethics and Standards Second.

McCain needs to stretch his cash.
He’s stopping the ads to save money for October.

It would be very interesting to see what government officials had stock in AIG, Lehman, and Freddie and Fannie. I bet there were a lot of high-up dems. Frankling Raines and Obama, aren’t they tight? That Obama guy certainly has questionable people he hangs around with.

This is a gimmick by McCain to gain attention and impress on cynical crowds that he understands economy. He’s JUST too old to handle these grave problems awaiting the next president. The man who claims ‘country first’ chose Palin not for th sake of the country but to win the election.Period. It shows his poor judgement.

McCain hates America and wants to give his Wall Street pals $700 billion of our money. Impeach the BUM!

What kind of reporting is this? Endless quotes from McCain’s staff about how he’s putting country first and Obama has never made a decision that wasn’t self serving? McCain is only pulling this stunt because he’s getting creamed and it’s quite obvious he has supported for decades the economic policies that got us into this mess. Why aren’t you reporting that Obama contacted McCain this morning and asked to issue a joint statement and then McCain jumped out in front with this nonsense. The American people deserve to hear the candidates debate. Stifling that does not promote democracy

Bunch of whinning Libs posting on this site.

Facts:
Obama has received more campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie than McCain.
Both these fools don’t understand the constitution.
No one should for either of these clowns.
McSame = Obama

Funny how so many are saying that McCain is “chicken!”
McCain offered to do TEN TOWNHALL DEBATES with Obama…. and Obama REFUSED, because he stammers like a drunk when divorced from his teleprompter and forced to think on his feet.
The only “chicken” in this race is OBAMA, who has run away from extra debates offered by Hillary, and the townhall challenges from McCain.
Obama’s not fit to be mayor, let alone President.

After reading this, it is hard to imagine Obama as President. This article , to my surprise, affected me. I do not consider myself a partisian hack like half the epople on these boards, however I was a Obama supporter. I respect McCain alot more after just reading this article.

Obama didn’t want to do townhall meetings with McCain. Now we have a crisis that must be dealt with. We’ve had 18 months of campaigning; I think we can afford a few days for these two Senators to do their jobs.

Must I remind some of you ignorant Mccain supporters that this old piece of sh** is partially to blame for what is going on. He was against regulating so now the old piece of sh** wants to go “help” sort out a problem that 1st he didn’t even think exsisted but also contributed too and then waited weeks to decide he should help. Spare me the sympathy jerk! You may have some of these people right up ur a** but I’m not buying it. Vote Mccain & DIE………I hope it’s worth it.

Why can’t McCain debate for a few hours AND deal with the economic debacle? What’s the real reason he doesn’t want to debate? Fear. Fear of looking real bad compared to his opponent.

I think it’s a good idea. Listen, I know I’d like to focus on what they are doing in Washington with our future. With all this peripheral baloney with everybody screaming at each other it’s hard to filter out what is actually going on. It would be better if decisions were made in a calmer, more focused, environment. There’s always more days for politics. We are talking about our country’s future, no matter who wins in November.

I’ve never seen so much vitriolic hatred in my life as comes from the left. If you guys felt the same way about Al-Qaeda as you do about the GOP we’d have wiped out the terrorists long ago.

What kind of reporting is this? Endless quotes from McCain’s staff about how he’s putting country first and Obama has never made a decision that wasn’t self serving? McCain is only pulling this stunt because he’s getting creamed and it’s quite obvious he has supported for decades the economic policies that got us into this mess. Why aren’t you reporting that Obama contacted McCain this morning and asked to issue a joint statement and then McCain jumped out in front with this nonsense. The American people deserve to hear the candidates debate. Stifling that does not promote democracy

Get McCain out of office now!

I’ll give this to Bush II, when 9-11 happened he didn’t drop the book he was reading in front of the kids and run screaming from the classroom like John McCain is doing now.

Oh my. What’s next? Do you think the republicans will try to postpone the election?
I mean, clearly they are going to lose. And this crowd, they’re organized crime. They don’t lose.
Scary.

What a disgrace…this man wants to be president but he can’t even debate…there are 98 other senators and 500 house members working on it but mcsame is going to provide some type of genius input…he wont do press conferences… his vp wont talk to press is this North korea… when exactly are we supposed to get a chance to see the candidates articulate their visions instead of some canned rhetoric – welcome to the thunderdome people, I guess republicans feel the prez should be elected on faith alone without hearing the two debate

The two things that came out of the democrat’s New Deal were social security and fannie mae. 70 years later, we are broke because of them. Thanks, dems for creating 70 years of feel-good economics!

If Obama isn’t willing to postpone the debate and attempt to fix America’s wound, then it just shows me that he’s only interested in becoming president, not in actually helping people get back on their feet. It’s just a debate, a debate that most Americans don’t watch, a debate that’s lower in ratings than American Idol! A debate can easily be postponed w/out any consequence. Postponing to help fix our economy is unacceptable and will only cause more pain for Americans. If Obama was the first to suggest postponing the debate, all the Dem cry babies would rally around saying, “see, McCain only cares about himself, not the economy”.
What a preclude to what his presidency would be like—only out for his celebrity status, not for the American people. He should head to Hollywood instead of the White House. I was going to vote for him up until a few months ago and I switched to McCain b/c of his character alone.

You’ve got to hand it to these Republicans, anyone else would be embarrassed to try to make a virtue out of not being able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

I was going to comment but “An American” says it all
TEMPERMANT
thanks

From:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-trailing-in-polls-continues.html
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
McCain, Trailing in Polls, Continues Campaign By “Suspending” It
John McCain, trailing by 9 points in national polls, has announced that he is “suspending” his campaign.
Having lost significant ground to Obama on the issue of the economy, and facing a potentially defining and withering debate on Friday where he would be confronted on his statements on the economy that have led to this sharp decline, McCain has attempted to change the rules of the game, to erase many past errors through a putatively “unpolitical” move–something we have seen before.
A simple question: Under the same economic conditions, if McCain had been leading, does anyone believe that McCain would have “suspended” his campaign?
This is the ultimate in cynicism–using the current conditions in order to attempt to blunt a sharp decline and try to control the media dialogue, through a political act designed to avoid a potential political debacle. He is continuing his campaign–which was leading to loss in all directions–by “suspending” it. It is an attempt to silence media criticism and questions–and to prevent a debate on these issues that for him is sharply unfavorable.
McCain is attempting to avoid the debate in the face of this decline, through the type of evasion and lack of press access and communication that has characterized his campaign. It shows an extraordinary willingness to use difficult conditions to erase and avoid political errors, and serve political needs.
He surely would like to put off the debate, and attempt to create more favorable conditions for it. Don’t be cowed.
Cite:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-trailing-in-polls-continues.html

Mr. McSame you just lost my vote. I just hate cowards.

What exactly does McCain think they are all going to DO on Friday night if they are not debating? It is only the Bush Administration that wants to claim this has to be resolved in the next two days. And then McCain never works on weekends anyway. Another break on Friday evening is not going to destroy the country.

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McCain has been the champion of deregulation that got us into this mess. How will he get us out?

Hey Chordmonkey, find a different chord because that one sounds like sh*t. All I want are the neocons out of office, then we’ll fix the crap they broke. There is no bipartisanship with those who commit treason. They raped the contsitution, they raped the public treasury, they wrecked the economy, and they are now trying to pull of one last big heist. To hell with them, no bipartisanship from me, and I will not sit in the same room with a bunch of Mcmonkeys who can’t even see what the crooks have done to our nation.

YES You were a POW, Thank you for that but that does not make you a MAVERIC.
All you are is a
MAVERIC CHICKEN
MAVERIC RUN WHEN YOU CANNOT DEBATE
MAVERIC QUITTER.
I guess you want to desperately show that you are putting America before election, wink wink, I can see through your GOP GOLDEN EIB strategy. What a master manipulator.

Notice he did not say he was going to rush back to ARIZONA – to hear what his constituants have to say…..
DO THESE PEOPLE EVER LISTEN TO THE VOTERS????

Are you kidding me! The DEBATE is the place where the American people get to see who can come up with solutions to the problems of this economy. Not behind closed doors.
If a President can’t do more than one than at a time he shouldn’t be President because I am sure once they get to the White House they will have a hand full of things to do.
OBAMA DON’T GIVE IN, GO TO THE DEBATE.
It reminds me of Sarah Palin’s husband refusing to show up when ordered by a judge. Who does he think he is?

Co’mn, You Mccain supporters are really something. Your candidate want to postpone the debate, today. Today. Now, he looks at the polls. Could it be he using the bailout as an excuse?

Obama has just announced that he will not be joining him because no matter what the outcome is he will be voting “Present” anyway.

hey REPUBLICAN IDIOTS!!
YOU ARE DONE FOR!! TAXMAN COMETH FOR YOU THIS TIME …NO LOOPHOLES ,BIG RATE INCREASE.
EXTRA HOUSES/CARS/BOATS/PLANES ETC WILL BE HIGHEST TAX RATE FROM, NOW ON. ENJOY!!
TELL YOUR KIDS TO GET READY FOR SOME PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION (THATS THE BUS)
Bwhahahaahha!!!

Karate chop to Obama’s throat.
Excellent move

I’ve been wondering when both would decide to return to doing the jobs they were elected to do rather than talking about the next job they would rather do as President. The debate that is on-going within Congress represents a far better opportunity for both candidates to actually demonstrate their leadership qualities instead of talking about what they intend to do as President. Quit talking about what you want to do as President and start focusing on what you can (and should) be doing right now!

If Nobama wins and his liberal agenda ideas pass, my family, along with millions of others will PAY.
Here are at least 5 ways:
1. Our Social Security will go up between 4-9%
2. Our income tax will go up
3. Our small business tax will go up
4. We will have to provide health insurance for ALL our employees, thus we will have to FIRE some of them to keep from going under.
5. Socialized medicine. Less American doctors. Why bother working hard at all if success means paying for everyone else. I don’t want a commune lifestyle.
It bothers me that party line is more important than
issues. I find it hard to believe people would vote to have their freedoms taken away and live in a society where we are taxed like crazy.
By the way, I don’t like the gvnmt bailing out idea. I vote LESS GOVERNMENT.

This is the biggest load of CR*P!
Now McCain has cancelled Letterman. Why don’t we all just hide in a cave until election day?
I hope the powers that be can see through this. Obama and McCain are NOT the President. They are running for President so now more than ever we need to hear their views.

You guys have to stop with this BS of “country first”. McCain didn’t have “country first” when he picked Palin. He had “McCain First”. Anybody who nominates a totally unfit and incompetent person who could be the President on day one is not thinking about “country first”. This is as selfish and self serving as it comes. You guys can live in lala land, but everyone and their mother laughs at the mention of Palin. It’s a joke, the whole world knows it. McCain and you flunkies know it. Now, this new gimmick. What next…God spoke to him and told him to cancel the election and declare himself President? And of course, we are should go along with that too. Circus, that’s where he belongs.

Are you people serious? Don’t you think it’s important for the government to get the bailout bill right yet you have the nerve to call Senator McCain a coward for delaying. If anything, delaying favors Obama, he still has time to ask Biden what he thinks on foreign policy and for those of you who haven’t been following closly, this debate is on the topic of foreign policy. McCain unlike Obama’s vote actually counts here. This is just another example of Obama unexperience to lead.

without catchy sound bites and eloquent one-liners, obama’s unscripted interviews would be a waste of the reporters’ time

I cannot believe that one of the men who wants to be President would rather get his face on TV instead of being involved in the biggest financial concern in almost 70 years. Frankly I find this unbelievable. He has put himself before the country and the people he suppose to represent. Sad day for America.

Hey, Roger Miller,
If (and I hope this doesn’t happen) McCain gets elected, I’ll be laughing at the likes of you who support this charlatan disguised as a “maverick” and “straight talker” because he will bring about the Great Depression part 2 with his policies. Bush and team already bankrupted the country (isn’t the past 2 weeks evidence enough for you true believers), and McCain will seal the deal. So go ahead. Get behind your party and your candidate and sneer and jeer with arrogance at those of us that are informed on the issues and don’t just repeat soundbites created by the Roves and Limbaughs of the world that are full of the sound and fury signifying nothing. In the end, we’ll end up bailing you all out, and I’m already tasting bile in my mouth at the prospects of having to prop up you folks as it is.
So keep it up, man. You’ll get what you want, and in the end we all lose. But if it does happen, be sure that I’ll be standing there laughing and pointing at you as you cry like a little girl when you’ve lost your job, your life savings and your house because we have sunk even deeper than we are now under a McCain presidency. The sad thing is you all will be the first to get in line with your hands out crying to the rest of us to save you. How convenient. Of course, when you do I’ll just give you a Bible and a pat on the back and tell you to have faith in your moral turpitude that your so-called values will get you through all of this, when what you really need is food and money. HA HA HA!!!
You people disgust me. WAKE UP!!!!

Cheryl L.- What makes McCain “look” more concerned is the fact that he is willing to put polotics aside and actually do something in the Senate other than preparing for the presidency. What makes Obama “look” more selfish is his ability to never put anything above his political aspirations. In this case, looks are everything.
PS – BHO himself along with his advisors and confidants were large contributors to this mess…but then again you are probably blaming it on Bush.

Obama doesn’t give a damn about this country. He will say and promise anything to get elected.
McCain should cancel the debate unilaterally so he can perform his primary job in Washington. McCain does not need Obama’s permission.
If Obama wants to stay down south in Mississippi, rather than do his job in Washington, it is just more proof that Obama is a populist demagogue.
P.S. It is not racist to be anti-Obama!

Will wrote:
“What about Obama’s $105,000 in contributions??? How pathetic you liberals are.”
Ah, will….BIG fyi….Obama’s contributions came from Freddie and Fannie *EMPLOYEES*….not the *COMPANY*. Important distinction their, buddy. Now who’s pathetic. LOL

Hold the debate in DC on Friday as originally scheduled.

It’s really not about the debate…..this is clearly an opportunity to make Obama look bad.
End of Story.

I THINK UH THAT FOR ME UH TO RETURN TO UH WASHINGTON TO UH VOTE UM ON UH MATTER UH THAT UM WOULD BE MAYBE UH STILL UH BE THERE UM AFTER UH THE DEBATES UM WOULD NOT BE PRODUCTIVE UH AND I BELIEVE UHH THAT IT WOULD BE MORE UH IMPORTANT TO UH DEBATE ISSUES UH THAT UM THE PUBLIC UH WANTS TO HEAR UH ABOUT. AFTER ALL UH THE DEMS UH ARE THE UH MOST INTELLIGENT UM PARTY UH AND UH THATS UH WHY UH THEY UH ARE SUPPORTING UH ME.

What a bunch of Whinners…………..
The mean ol rich guys have done teated you wrong.
You guys should get a life.

Gitardood wrote:
“Hey geniuses on the left,
If your great democratic leaders would’ve listened to McCain in the first place in 2005, we wouldn’t be in this position today.”
Of course Gitardood failed to point out that in 2005 to Republicans controlled congress & the presidency, so I’m not sure why the Democrats are important in all this. I guess if he’s right that it was caused by not following McCain in 2005, it’s all the Republicans’ fault.

We, the working middle class need the Financial corporations, the Banks, and Wall Street to be given stricked guide lines and regulations to PROTECT the American economy and prevent this from happening again.
They messed up, not me. Put them in prison already. Close their businesses when they run their own businesses to the ground. Stop rewarding unsavory businesses who committ unsavory business transactions with my tax payer money.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0
Commentary by Kevin Hassett
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Sept. 22 (Bloomberg) — The financial crisis of the past year has provided a number of surprising twists and turns, and from Bear Stearns Cos. to American International Group Inc., ambiguity has been a big part of the story.
Why did Bear Stearns fail, and how does that relate to AIG? It all seems so complex.
But really, it isn’t. Enough cards on this table have been turned over that the story is now clear. The economic history books will describe this episode in simple and understandable terms: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exploded, and many bystanders were injured in the blast, some fatally.
Fannie and Freddie did this by becoming a key enabler of the mortgage crisis. They fueled Wall Street’s efforts to securitize subprime loans by becoming the primary customer of all AAA-rated subprime-mortgage pools. In addition, they held an enormous portfolio of mortgages themselves.
In the times that Fannie and Freddie couldn’t make the market, they became the market. Over the years, it added up to an enormous obligation. As of last June, Fannie alone owned or guaranteed more than $388 billion in high-risk mortgage investments. Their large presence created an environment within which even mortgage-backed securities assembled by others could find a ready home.
The problem was that the trillions of dollars in play were only low-risk investments if real estate prices continued to rise. Once they began to fall, the entire house of cards came down with them.
Turning Point
Take away Fannie and Freddie, or regulate them more wisely, and it’s hard to imagine how these highly liquid markets would ever have emerged. This whole mess would never have happened.
It is easy to identify the historical turning point that marked the beginning of the end.
Back in 2005, Fannie and Freddie were, after years of dominating Washington, on the ropes. They were enmeshed in accounting scandals that led to turnover at the top. At one telling moment in late 2004, captured in an article by my American Enterprise Institute colleague Peter Wallison, the Securities and Exchange Comiission’s chief accountant told disgraced Fannie Mae chief Franklin Raines that Fannie’s position on the relevant accounting issue was not even “on the page” of allowable interpretations.
Then legislative momentum emerged for an attempt to create a “world-class regulator” that would oversee the pair more like banks, imposing strict requirements on their ability to take excessive risks. Politicians who previously had associated themselves proudly with the two accounting miscreants were less eager to be associated with them. The time was ripe.
Greenspan’s Warning
The clear gravity of the situation pushed the legislation forward. Some might say the current mess couldn’t be foreseen, yet in 2005 Alan Greenspan told Congress how urgent it was for it to act in the clearest possible terms: If Fannie and Freddie “continue to grow, continue to have the low capital that they have, continue to engage in the dynamic hedging of their portfolios, which they need to do for interest rate risk aversion, they potentially create ever-growing potential systemic risk down the road,” he said. “We are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk.”
What happened next was extraordinary. For the first time in history, a serious Fannie and Freddie reform bill was passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill gave a regulator power to crack down, and would have required the companies to eliminate their investments in risky assets.
Different World
If that bill had become law, then the world today would be different. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, a blizzard of terrible mortgage paper fluttered out of the Fannie and Freddie clouds, burying many of our oldest and most venerable institutions. Without their checkbooks keeping the market liquid and buying up excess supply, the market would likely have not existed.
But the bill didn’t become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn’t even get the Senate to vote on the matter.
That such a reckless political stand could have been taken by the Democrats was obscene even then. Wallison wrote at the time: “It is a classic case of socializing the risk while privatizing the profit. The Democrats and the few Republicans who oppose portfolio limitations could not possibly do so if their constituents understood what they were doing.”
Mounds of Materials
Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.
But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.
Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.
Clinton, the 12th-ranked recipient of Fannie and Freddie PAC and employee contributions, has received more than $75,000 from the two enterprises and their employees. The private profit found its way back to the senators who killed the fix.
There has been a lot of talk about who is to blame for this crisis. A look back at the story of 2005 makes the answer pretty clear.
Oh, and there is one little footnote to the story that’s worth keeping in mind while Democrats point fingers between now and Nov. 4: Senator John McCain was one of the three cosponsors of S.190, the bill that would have averted this mess.
(Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is a Bloomberg News columnist. He is an adviser to Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona in the 2008 presidential election. The opinions expressed are his own.)

McCain wouldn’t come back to vote on veterans, energy, or anything else, but all of a sudden, he’s back?! He hasn’t cast a vote since April, but -now that the polls are down – he remembers he has a job?! Puh-leez.

What is the man who does not understand the economy doing rushing back to Washington to stop Obama’s momentum? This is like when I was 5 trying to help my dad fix things around the house. I might of even had a nice catch phase at the time like family first. The reality of the situation was I just got in his way. John let the people who understand the economy fix it. You voted to deregulate for 26 years getting us into this mess, you are not going to fix it. Go out and loose the debate Friday like a man, you can not hide forever. John put your Country first and drop out of this race for good so we can have Obama put are country in the right direction.

The difference between a senior stateman who has helped broker numerous bipartisan agreements and a freshman senator that has yet to do anything but vote “present”.
They are both right. McCain is needed in Washington and Obama can handle his typical contribution without being there.
Leadership vs. politics. Plain and simple.

Would all the McCain supporters who think Obama is such a lousy debater that he will be trounced in the debate please explain to me why Obama is not ducking the scheduled debate on foreign policy—an area McCain claims as his strong suit—but it is McCain is seeking to dodge? In ten words or less, no third order arguments please.
Don’t tell me it is the bailout. That has been a hot topic for everyone since last week, and it is clear that there is no simple answer, everyone is thinking hard.
What I see is a campaign whose director (Davis) got caught red handed in an influence scam (after attacking Obama beacuse some Freddie employees made their own contributions to Obama), and a couple days of positive movement for Obama in the polls. Only one natl poll (WaPo) shows the 9 pt lead for Obama, others much smaller.
If McCain loses his cool over (a) having one of his lies exposed and (b) a bad polling day or two, how can he possibly be the Republican president who carries on W’s great legacy of reducing taxes on the rich to zero? GOP Presidents have to lie daily to sell these programs to ordinary people who are not millionaire stock holders, and their poll numbers can be expected to drop to oh. 19%b positive when Main St discovers they have been screwed.
Wonder if Putin or Ahmadinejad would give a President McCain a timeout. Or maybe McCain could just send in his VP, Caribou Barbie.

I agree with all of the Obama supporters. Obama is a man of great honesty, morals and integrity. Vote Obama! We need socialism (and communism) in this country. Why should hard working Americans be able to keep their money or posessions? We should equally divide everything (or give it to the government)! I will repeat the sentiments of a bumper sticker I saw, “Vote Democrat, it’s easier than working” and all hail “Comrade Obama”, liberator of the unemployed, lazy and common thieves. Karl Marx would be very proud. What you say, who is Karl Marx? Just a little world history lesson you may have to look up. You all make me proud to be an American! However, I am sure you can all name the celebrities on “The View”, “Oprah”, “Desperate Housewives”. Yes, I am very proud.

COUNTRY FIRST??? McCAIN IS THE MOST ABSENT SENATOR IN THE SENATE. OBAMA HAS BEEN BACK MANY TIMES TO VOTE IN THE SENATE. OBAMA CONTACTS MCCAIN TODAY AT 8AM AND MCCAIN RUNS WITH IT. WHAT A GREAT LEADER!

Man what else u got under your sleeves (Palin, now dont want debates) as if you gonig to solve sitting there. Give your principal ideas, get the technical things worked out and you vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Why dramatic now? Run… Run.. Run.. hope u can hide.

THE MESSIAH WANTED TO CHANGE THE ELECTORAL MAP.. NOW HE IS PACKING HIS BAGS OUT OF A DOZEN STATES..
HE IS NOT ‘THE ONE’
MCCAIN IS THE ONE
COUNTRY FIRST!!!
COUNTRY FIRST!!!
COUNTRY FIRST!!!
COUNTRY FIRST!!!
ACE IN THE HOLE FOR MCCAIN!!
LET OBAMA DEBATE ALONE!!
THE MAVERICK IS NOT BUSH!!
FREE ENTERPRISE IS IN KEEPING WITH MCCAIN POSITION..
OBAMA IS A COMMUNITS..
MCCAIN/.PALIN 08

Hey “Beck” (or “homespunlady” if that’s your psuedonym): No doubt you are (or are related to) one of the felonious borowers who lied on their mortgage apps to finance a life-style that you couldnt afford or to speculate in the housing market. Or are you one of those crooked mortgage brokers who helped falsify the loan docs? YOU ARE THE REAL CROOK HERE. And you have the nerve to condemn Wall Street. For what? For not preventing you from committing a fraud on them, the banks and by extension everyone who inveted in mortgage-backs? Hell will freeze over before the government provides money to bail you out. But bankruptcy is too good for you. You should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. YOU are the problem.

First of all, these candidates have limited power over the current solution. They are Senators. Everyone does understand they could be more later so they have a little extra influence.
This bail out is stage 3 of many in this crisis. So it who ever is elected as the next president will have a lot of responsibility and power to carry this though to resolution toward future prosperity.
So isn’t it very important that the campaigning and debate continue as it will help decide the next president of the united states? To give the people that decide who the next president is, the visibility they need into their choices so that they can make an informed decision? Suck it up McCain, times are tough, put in a few all nighters if you have to. Roll up the sleeves. Can’t just put everything else that is important on the shelf while you deal with one issue. One issue that won’t be solved with this bail out.
The biggest effect you or Obama can have on Americas future is to get elected.

Let’s see?
Have the two people, one of who could possibly be leading this country, meet with the President and staff to come to a resolution to what could the biggest financial collapse in our history? Or, have a debate, which can easily be rescheduled, in which both candidates will spout rehearsed answers to predrafted questions?
I’m thinking having the candidates involved in the decision making process of something that will affect our country for the next administration is more important than a Friday night puppet show.
This will backfire on Obama if he doesn’t agree.

He’s so in bed with these Wall Street crooks that he has to suspend his duty as a politician! WOW! This is proof that he is as crooked now as when he was a member of the Keating Five!