Ole Miss Official Says Debate Cancellation Would be ‘Devastating’

McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration’s three-page bailout proposal. McCain just doesn’t like his polling numbers.The NO TALK EXPRESS needs to debate.

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.
He surely would like to put off the debate, and attempt to create more favorable conditions for it. Don’t be cowed by false sanctimony.
Cite:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-trailing-in-polls-continues.html

I want to know if McShame will get back in time to give Bush a big ole hug after his speech tonight?

That’s simply brilliant. What now John, what now?

ironic you take a dip in the polls
and now you want to help save america?
funny how 24hrs changes things.

You people are idiots. Continue to choose Partisanship over Leadership and you’ll reap what you sow.

Sounds like his attitude about the surge where he did not look at the polls and now even Obama admits its working.

Why is McCain just now SO interested in being available to address the economy? Because…He knows that he will need to answer some tough questions during the debate! This is McCain’s “debate and switch” tactic. Pun intended. On with the debate!

So Mccain needs a “time out?” The most absent member of Congress needs a time-out! Senator their were millions of people that were counting on you to vote for equal-pay for equal work; environmental policies; veterans bills and deal with the housing crisis, but you did not show up to vote! It’s only when the MAIN STREET crisis hit WALL STREET did you bother to look up from one of your 7 homes or 13 cars to act like you cared.

Debates can be rescheduled
Impending financial implosions cannot.

McCain, learn something from Obama.
When the phone rings at 3 AM, you can’t take a time out.
Obama. Better days lie ahead.

Another good piece of evidence showing how impulsive and erratic this guy is.

We already kicked Obama’s but in the first debate. Also where was NOBAMA when he said anywhere anytime in June. Ducking McCain

The country comes first. Good for John McCain. This shows leadership. Obama is a fraud. He has no idea about the economy. The Obama media does not want to talk about his association with thugs in Chicago, like the terrorist Bill Ayres, and his shady real estate deal.

Sometimes emergencies happen—even to PRESIDENTS. One must have the energy, clarity to respond. Reject this ploy to stall and buy time. McCain knows nothing about the economy. He wants to steal Obama’s expertise and glean some sof Obama’s voters. Don’t allow the latest trick to steal the election. Only delay if you swap in the VP debate….or keep the original schedule with the VP standing in for for McCain.

So…everyone was on the same page and working hard to find the right solution, so McCain rides into town and politicizes everything in the hopes nothing will ever get done. Way to put country first!

Will you accept the scripted Presidential ‘debate’ again?
Brought to you by your ‘good friends’ at Wall Street.
No Paul or Nader Main Street USA,
nor Cynthia McKinney.

I am proud of McCain for this! what helps the country more, a debate or finding a solution to our economic crisis? im pretty sure the 2nd! when the election is over, the president needs to show real leadership and bi-partianship, when has Obama done this? Mcain and Palin seem like politicians that you actually trust, and to all you who think hes scared or this is a stunt, i think u need to realize that we need action now to economic problems not just talk.

Sen. McCain called for the debate to be postponed so that he could focus on the current economic crisis??? Maybe if he had been focusing on the growing economic crisis and spent a little time educating himself about the economy before he decided to run for president, we wouldn’t HAVE crisis now. NOW, he wants to postpone the debates? Reminds me of the guy who murdered both his parents then pleaded for mercy from the court because he was an orphan!

What a coward McShame is.

THE DEBATE SHOULD GO ON!!!
This call by the McCain campaign to post-phone this Friday’s debate is outrageous.
The American voters deserve the opportunity to hear both candidates debate. I can only imagine what distraction that having two presidential candidates inserting themselves into an ongoing legislative process will be.
1) Obama can help with the legislation, deal with a crisis, AND have a debate – after all a President has to multi-task.
2) Bringing Presidential politics into the middle of this will only delay the process, we are much better off with my Obama’s original suggestion of issuing a joint bi-partisan statement to rally everyone in Washington to work together.
3) As of yesterday, McCain hadn’t even READ the 3 page proposal by his own admission, now he wants to “help”.
4) His economic credentials being what they are, I don’t think he can really help here and is would serve the public interest by staying out of it.
5) We have to balance the voters legislative needs with the reality that they have a choice to make between the two candidates and need information to make that choice. The debates are a part of that process and the voters should not be denied their rights.
6) How about this, have the debate but change the topic to the Economy so we can all hear how you would both solve it and decide who has a better plan.

McCain I need a time out also… I am exhausted… I need some time to put on Sara’s rubber boots to wade thru your crap this week. Give me tell Monday! Thanks “My dear Friends” but No Thanks.

Wow those GOP people the epitome of opportunism. They did it with their convention, figuring out a way to keep Bush and Cheney away without looking like complete hypocrites. They’re trying it now, with this debate. Mccain put Obama into a lose-lose situation. Say what you will, his handlers are genius at exploiting the situation for their own man’s political gain. All this ‘country first’ bulls h i t will play right into their base’s hearts and minds. And it will give them fuel for fighting Obama no matter which way he decides. Yes sir, they are certainly very good at being very bad…..

This is not country first, this is Mccain first! He should be able to multi-task. This is just another attempt of Mccain to change the news cycle with one of his gimmicks! His whole campaign has been one gimmick after another, and most if not all of them have backfired. ie…
Obama hasn’t been to the middle east in x days…well he went and got a “rockstar” welcome..
Obama is an “empty” celebrity like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears….well, a very RICH Mrs. Hilton was not thrilled and was sorry she donated to his campaign…
Sarah Palin Pick…she turned out to be a dud who is right now, still “sheltered” (although she is a pitbull) from the media and from the American People and only giving scripted speeches. Oh, and she is sitting up there taking pics with world leaders who will not even remember her name when they leave here and could care less…
And now the whole suspend my campaign thing when I am down and spiraling in the polls…
He’s not a maverick…he’s a gimmick! Let’s be informed!!

The prodigal son returns. John McCain has announced that America is finally confronting a crisis that he doesn’t feel he can be absent for.
Some fun facts about John McCain: Of all Senators, John McCain has been the most absent. There have been 643 votes taken in the current Senate session: McCain has missed 412 of them.
McCain has not voted in the Senate since April 8th. Since March, he has missed 109 of the last 110 votes.
He missed votes on the GI Bill, energy policy, and in 2007 he missed “all 15 critical environmental votes in the Senate” — giving him a 2007 rating of 0% from the League of Conservation Voters. Zero percent? I don’t think that’s fair. I think they should have given him an “incomplete”, and told him that he had to stay for summer session if he wants to graduate from the Senate.
So welcome back, John McCain. If I were the Senate Democrats, I would now completely rejigger the Senate schedule in order to put things up that America would really, really like to see John McCain cast a vote on. It seems the least we could do.

In light of the Financial Crisis we taxpayers face, I was wondering which candidate would manifest their message in deeds instead of words…It seems McCain is the one… Country First! He has my vote!

The ole Maverick strikes again. I think he genuinely wants to get in and solve this critical problem. He is now seen as reaching out accross the isle like he has always done to get the bail out solved. I ask when has Obama reached out to republicans and Independents?

It’s a good thing when you are president, John, that you will never have two problems to work on at the same time, RIGHT??

McCain should have chosen not to attend the debates based on the fact that 3rd party candidates are shut out. If he did that I would respect him. This is just a political gimmick. Good riddance silly republicans.

McCain and Palin are idiots just like their followers..

Great leadership by MCCain. I am glad to see someone stand up to do what is right. This is serious stuff we are in. The Dem’s that are in control of this mess should be relieved of their duty on this committee. Where is the outcry? As John Edwards said in the debate, Obama has never gone against his party when voting, he does not do what is right for the people. McCain has stood up against Republicans many times and against Bush. Well documneted.

Wow. The poster who wrote about how John McCain doesn’t think through the consequences of things is right. Notice how he didn’t call Obama privately and make his suggestion, as Obama had the courtesy to do with him. No, he had to be a drama queen and make a big fuss. It is totally unnecessary. In point of fact, the most important job the two presidential candidates have at this moment is to present their case to the American people. There are plenty of other folks on the ground who can debate the merits of the proposals. Furthermore, when people do get elected, they may have to deal with more than one issue at a time. On the test of mental dexterity and adaptability, therefore, McCain has already failed. I can only imagine how depressed the people who worked so hard setting up the debate are feeling right now. I suppose McCain is trying to fake Obama out and control the terms of the debate. But can we please cut the drama display? Take two hours to debate and then go right back to the economy if you wish, Mr. McCain. It’s supposedly your strong suit, even if you don’t know your Czechoslovakia from your Spanish leaders. So have at it and trounce Obama, as you should be able to do quite handily. Then, fresh from your mighty victory you’ll have the economy wrapped up by Friday midnight.

Annie – McCain is the MOST ABSENT MEMBER OF CONGRESS. He has missed more votes than any other Senator, including two out with brain tumors. McCain is only showing “deeds” now because his polling numbers say it’s the politically expedient thing for him to do.

OK, A Hurrican slamming the coast is heroic to simmer down the RNC, but this economy thing will be going on for awhile. I am SURE people would like to hear the answers for HOW to deal with the economy???? COME ON MCCAIN….let’s go!

People on here are saying the campaign can wait…so will the election have to wait also?

Ron Paul warned him about the coming economic disaster. He had warning. Now let’s do this thing. I won’t watch because 3rd parties are shut out, but he gave his word, money has been spent, lots of people have put in time.

John Paul Jones said I have just begin to fight. McCain states I have just begin the flight. This is even a bigger pander than picking Palin. The American people deserve better.

They BOTH have an important CURRENT JOB to do before they accept the next one. Lets solve the problem now so that there is a reason to vote in the future. (as for the 5.5 Million. I am glad my school has better educational responsibility.)

The debate should go on to see what
regulations will be put on the financial institutions who have gotten us into this mess

Elect McCain and this is the erratic and irrational behaviour we will get in our president! I am a republican and I shudder the prospects of McCain running the country like a bull in the china shop as he is doing now.

Hmmm … bet they call in Sarah as a substitute!

Wow! My friends and I have a Watch the Debate party planned and, like Ole Miss, we don’t want to cancel. Seriously, between the McCain campaign trying to keep the press away from Palin – and now McCain trying to duck out of the debate – kinda makes you wonder if they have anything to say? I hope the debate goes on and McCain gets to tell Americans WHY he wants to be president. I could use a good laugh to start my weekend. OYE………

“Hmmm … bet they call in Sarah as a substitute!”
We’d all be better off if they called Sarah in as a substitute for the bailout issue — she’s probably the only one who has actually balanced her own checkbook.

McCain put politics aside for his public service.
Obama refused to participate in the John McCain townhall meetings months ago.
Obama did poorly at Saddleback. McCain is not afraid of him at all.
Good call McCAin.

I’m glad to know that Obama’s ego is more important than this country’s credit market drying up as well as the possibility of the Treasury Department ending up with a blank check for $700 large.
As always, partisan Democrats would rather see this country hit the sh*tter than for them to lose an election.

How is this gesture by McCain considered “putting politics aside?”
You can’t be “not political” 6 weeks before an election, and this political maneuver of McCain’s is no exception.

The most important task in America right now is replacing the problem, George W Bush.
Is McCain going to suggest too, his Goerge stay in office be extended.
America should get on with the important job of replacing GWB. GWB is just currently in the Bush, confused as always. Well just like McBush.

McBush will do and say anything to get out of the debate….His counter should go back to Alaska and stay there Even Mrs Bush said, she is nt ready but a quick learner give me a break I meet this man yesterday and now I have foreign experience yahoooooooooooooo if this is the case anyone of us could be Vee p,McCain made a BIG BIG nistake and now how does he get out of it I agree with Obama the people have a right to this debate

Beck,
Why didn’t Mccain and Palin postpone their meetings with the UN?
The crisis was already in progress when they were parading in New York this week.
This is not leadership this is cowardice. Mccain is just trying to create a political to bring up his poll numbers. We can see right through him.

Beck – You know the exact content of their conversation? Were you there? Obama is the lame duck that votes “present” to avoid addressing or attaching himself to real issues.I don’t share you views, but I respect your right to have them.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ECONOMY IS STRONG MCSAME!!!!

Now, if Mc Cain suspends his campaign to go to the job he is paid to do I don’t see anything wrong with that. Obama needs to go back to work and contribute something significant to this crisis. He continues to piggy back on everything his oppnents say and do without saying anything concrete. He is not original and has nothing to offer. What decision has he made concerning this situation….NOTHING substantial. All he is doing is critising McCain who at least is coming up with ideas. Enough already with Obama and the foolishness…Get original and say SOMETHING. Don’t just react, respond sensibly.

Spending millions on this is just so much B.S. and is totally untrue. If so much money was indeed spent for this debate, I wonder just why in the world that my two children’s tuition there this year is costing me so da**ed much. I’d prefer a break on the bills rather than watching the chief of liberals blabbering.

Let me correct- not Lehman but John Thain from Merrill Lynch- too many players to not make a mistake every now and then.

Millions spent? What for? Bonuses for the creeps that run the zoo? My suggestion — next time do not build that bridge to nowhere. Were you expecting millions in return for serving the people? Hey chief, just tap the athletic fund for some of the “loss.” There is plenty there. This is an ABC blog — why are there so many rabble rousers against McShame and so few against the Messiah B Hussein Obama? Is ABC biased like NBC, CNN, NPR, NYT, LAT, CBS, and other lib media outhouses?

It seems McCain likes to talk tough but cannot debate Obama on real issues.
Obama 08. Thats the common sense choice.

Comrades, comrades. Don’t worry whatever the reactioary McCain does or says means little. The people are on our side finally and the glory of living in a truly socialist state where we can control the press and what people do and say is at hand. Long live the revolution!

Boo hoo. 5 million dollars gone to waste. 700 BILLION dollars at stake with the bailout. Tell the college administrators they can have their 5 million dollars back, courtesy the US taxpayer, I want to prevent a second Great Depression, how about that? And if you ask me there is no way to prevent it now, we should not bail out the banks and retain our credibility as a democratic nation.

Obama dodged several requests for 10 town halls! Good for McCain….screwing BO up since he’s all prepped for his mid-terms…he doesn’t want to study this material all over again. McCain knows it backwards and forwards and could walk into a gas station and be prepared to debate BO, anywhere anytime….like BO has said REPEATEDLY he’d do with McCain. Chicksh–, Obambi.
McCain COUNTRY FIRST, WALKS THE WALK!

The President of this country has to be able to multi task, if he or she cannot, they should not be in office.
So my question is this, if McCain cannot do a debate, and the rest of the time stay in tuned and informed with his staff on what is going on, how on earth could he run the entire country?
Please Republicans, explain that one to me, I REALLY want to hear it.

We had wars in the past and the great depression. Even then, we had Presidential debates. Why is this so different? McCain runs away from debates while his running mate runs away from the press. It’s pathetic.

This is rediculous! What exactly will he do that can turn back the clock on Wall Street? McCain is scared to debate and not being happy with the poll numbers, the only way out to look “Maverick” is to pull out. What a cheat!

McCain scared? That’s a good one. Barry is the one who has ducked the town hall debates. One poll has Obama up and it is overweighted with Dems and African Americans, definitely an “outlier”. McCain is the one showing leadership, Obama-Politics as usual. Why is that no surprise?

Get out the checkbook Cindy, your ol’e man owes Ole Miss a few million dollars for running chicken behind an issue he helped created…Makes me want to burn my navy ribbons.

Why not take a measley 2 hours to debate Obama? Why back out? This is why you cannot trust his word, just like Palin backed out of cooperating with with the investigation in Alaska. This is just breathtaking! Just as the article says, Ole Miss will lose MILLIONS if they do go forward with this! What more do you need!

This is what leadership looks like, and why the Dems are in such a panic. Obama does not need to go to Washington to vote. If his history is any predictor, then he will just vote ‘Present” anyway.
Personally I would love to see Palin go against BHO.

All of the politicians pundits and financial gurus talking of the entire US Financial system collapsing and Ole Miss is worried about it’s financial loss! Get real people do you want the debate to go on with a bunch of jaw jawing and finger pointing or do you want these guys that were elected to work for to get their asses back to Washington and do some work.

You Missouri folks keep supporting this disaster of a ticket, McHoover/Palin and you’ll see a lot more devastation.

Apparently we are to believe that all of the elected and appointed officials in Washington who have been working on a bipartisan basis to resolve this problem just can’t handle it without John? Please! This makes John look like he has no faith in the very government he is asking us to let him lead! It makes him look like someone who will cut and run whenever things are uncomfortable for him. It makes him look like he can’t handle more than one thing at a time. Maybe he should suspend his campaign permanently?

We are talking about the largest spending program in U. S. history at between $700 billion and $1 trillion. McCain goes to Washington to be part of the solution, suspends his campaign and pulls down his ads. Obama says “call me if you need me”
Pick the one putting his country first>
Hint: His initials aren’t BHO

If McCain was going to “focus” on the economic crisis, he should’ve thought a little harder about deregulation-no-matter-what, his basic and probably only economic principle.

Mccain is showing his lack of skill for multitasking

Your comment on Mccain putting off the debate because of putting the country
first is ridiculous…If someone is looking to run a country, this country,
they should be able to multitask. President Bush hasn’t cancel everything
has he?

What is next..? postpone the November election.

McCain hiding from the debate?
LOL!!!!!
It was Obama that refused 10 other debates and ran scared and settled on a measly three.
I think the pscych term is called “projection”. I call it Obama Kool-Aid.
LOL!

While Obama was waiting on McCain to return his call this morning, McCain was holding a special meeting with Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, the expat international financier who once supported Hillary Clinton but now is supporting McCain because she thinks Obama is “elitist”. The woman that splits her time between her NY and London homes and refers to middle class as “rednecks”.
WHEW! He’s working hard!

McCain is acting like a desperate lunatic. The debate is good for this country. We need to hear both candidates on these cirtical issues at this critical time. What the f’ck is his problem?

At least McCain doesn’t vote “present”

Could we PLEASE stop calling each idiots because we disagree? We’re facing some very important problems here and a crucial election, and this is unhelpful and rude. ENOUGH. If you have a position, back it up. The name-calling is beneath all of us.

Get out of the kitchen!
What a coincidence: a national poll today showed Obama leading McCain by nine points. McCain faces that fact by calling for a suspension of the campaign and a postponement of the debates. No way. What’s next? Canceling the election? This country is in a CRISIS OF LEADERSHIP. We have an age-old tradition of debates going back to Lincoln. Additionally, we always have held our elections despite wars, market crashes and economic depressions. This country has lived through a lot, but it has never canceled out democracy. Nor should we do that now. Life isn’t always a bed of roses. Americans need to face up to the bad stuff. A problem can not be solved unless everyone admits that a problem exists.
Today McCain called for collapsing the campaign. He does not want the people to know how out of touch he is. Yet, by calling for the cancellation of the debates, he wants to keep the voters out of touch with their candidates. Once again, he is preying on ignorance. Let us NOT PERMIT him to do this. McCain ce ded the election today. He is a coward. His numbers don’t look good today so he’d rather cut and run. No way, no how. We WILL have those debates and we WILL have the election on November 4th. Not one day late or a dollar short. Voting is the most basic right of all Americans. Nobody, especially a sore loser who is losing strength in this race every day, is going to take my rights away.
This is indeed a crisis, a vacuum, of leadership. During the last eight years, my freedoms have been chipped away enough, all in the name of terrorism. And how does giving the executive branch of government unbridled power solve terrorism? It doesn’t, and it didn’t. We need to throw out those incompetents. This reality finally hit McCain today and he ran away with his tail between his legs. Such a maverick.

bruce..
crack a book once in a while? okay? and turn off your hate radio. voting “present” is a procedural vote to protest the bill as it is.. but not kill it.. and send it back to committee for re-working.
(IDIOTS!)

Mr. McCain is obviously putting “country first” by doing whatever it takes to assure Senator Obama gets elected on November 4th. At age 72, I have no doubt that he’s tired and having second thoughts about the huge and demanding job he was campaigning for.

Since Mccain’s camp was getting paid 30k a month from Freddy (right up until last month)he might have some “inside” information to offer. Look having a bad two weeks is no reason to run and hide, we NEED leadership right now.

McCain’s cancellation of the debate might have a much simpler reason – he just cannot carry on at this pace and needs some rest. Too much for his old age.

Does this surprise anybody? The Republicans have been using the 9/11 tragedy for years for political gain. It’s a given that they will try and use this crisis as a political cover. Expect Bush, in his address tonight, to laud McCain’s campaign suspension and try to swing votes to McCain. Shameful.

John Mccain looks out for and only thinks about doing whatever will help John Mccain. I doubt he’s even thought about the fact a lot of other folks money has already been spent. It’s not a good time for him in the polls and the subject of economics isn’t his “strength” so screw everyone and everything else.

Well, if McCain doesn’t show up, then it will be a one man presentation by Barack Obama. This might be even better since he will have the stage all to himself!

Let’s see, no one suspended their presidential campaigns in the middle of the CIVIL WAR, THE GREAT DEPRESSION, OR WWII. This is such a transparent attempt to avoid getting crushed in this debate.
How is not having a debate for 2 hours on a Friday night going to help the financial crisis? Next he’ll want to postpone the election because he’ll lose that, too.

rick le bonte:
G.E.D. ?

So now Ol’ Miss is going to be in the hole 5 million dollars? Is the McCain campaign going to cover these costs? This is unthinkable. In an economic crisis like this he’s going to cause this university such financial constraints. I wonder how folks in Mississippi are going to feel about this. Let’s see if they com into play now? How does having a debate impede working on this financial crisis? A president should be able to do both. And I don’t think this is going to help him with independents. He doesn’t look like he’s doing something, he looks like he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

Give me a break…McCain wasn’t going to help he would just be a distraction at this point.
If you can’t see through this lame political bs I feel sorry for you.

if you think asking Sarah Pillin liar and manipulator and mirage thinks that is putting COUNTRY FIRST – i have a bridge to sell to you in Alaska. No one with any country first attitude would ask an inexperienced hardly a governor who has shown up hardly for work at all in the last year and a half (oh long time being gov.) and is now hiding everything in an investigation she said she welcomed, would have picked her. McCain is McCain first and country be damned for leaving him in a pow camp for so long. Can’t you people see??????? Oh, don’t forget the Keating 5.

McCain can’t multitask during a crisis. Obama can. Case closed.
Look how McCain reacted to Katrina: eating birthday cake with President Bush — shortly after the storm made landfall!
Now he has a chance to put forth his foreign policy. And what does he want to do? CUT AND RUN, that’s what!
Go ahead and hide, Johnny! Maybe Sarah can fill in for you. Oh wait, I forgot, you don’t let her speak in public! She’s simply too ignorant!

Drzoon
As nominee, John McCain is the leader of the Republican party as Obama is on the Democratic side. This crisis is so severe that both leaders should be involved. Put aside partisan politics for two to three days for the good of the American people. It has nothing to do with committee asignments and everything to do with Leadership.
Get it?

Although Obama sometimes seems too introspective when answering questions, he doesn’t make “off the cuff” and impulsive decisions & actions like McCain. This guy (McCain) would get us into a war with Iran, North Korea and Pakistan all at the same time! I’d rather have an introspective thinker as President over an unbalanced 72 year-old adolescent any day! How about you guys and gals????
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I seem to recall that McCain took this past Sunday “off”. Now he is so badly needed to resolve the crisis that he can’t campaign? Pandering.

Germany’s President Angela Merkel is a theoretical physicist. With the fussy putdowns the repub moonbats dish out about Barry’s magna cum laude from Harvard, imagine what would happen if someone like Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg (Physics) and Paul Krugman (star economist) ran for Pres/VP? There was a time when men of learning ran for the Presidency and heeded the counsel of the wise. Leaving aside geniuses such as Jefferson and Adams, in our times we had an Eisenhower listening to scientific and economic advisors. The repubs with their disdain for learning have changed that and being largely composed of dimbulbs can’t bear to see a smart. intelligent. learned, scholarly person like Barry run for President. The washed out TV actor Fred Thomson makes much of Sarah being able to field dress a moose like Ted Roosevelt. Ted of course was much, much , more than that. For a change we have a candidate – Barry – who has not only read the Federalist Papers, but can also hold his own on them against the finest constitutional scholars! mcSame supporters. It is not too late, vote for real smart change, Vote Obama-Biden.

You, my friend, are an idiot. So what you’re saying is this type of action will energize the Republican party for a couple of weeks and then cause it to crash and burn. Good plan.
Posted by: Walter | Sep 24, 2008 6:41:33 PM
Actually Walter, you are the doofus.
I am saying that McCain’s move will resonate not with Republicans, but with independents that will decide the election. He already has the GOP energized. Sarah Palin did that.

Not only is McCain behind in the polls, his team saw the Couric interview with Palin and freaked. She’s nowhere near ready for a high level debate. By postponing his debate he buys her another week to get ready — and she really, really needs it. They are in a colossal state of panic.

The reason Obama doesn’t need to go to DC…is because he holds NO SWAY. He has NO influence…So it doesn’t even matter if he is in DC. Notice yesterday…a number of senators said they will NOT support the bill without McCain’s support. McCain is one of the only people who can cross party lines to get things accomplished.
So Obama keeps campaigning and debating because everything is about HIM.
McCain stopped his campaign and goes to work for our country….just like his motto COUNTRY FIRST.

“My gut tells me that McCain’s move and Obama’s response just won the election for John McCain.”
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Now that’s funny. Another conservative whistles past the graveyard as his ideology crushes under the weight of its failure. Conservatives can constructively use their time in opposition to come up with some economic and foreign policies that actually work in the REAL world.
McCain is an opportunist. Whatever valor soldier McCain showed 35 years ago has no relationship to “country last, politics first” candidate McCain.
McCain can run, but he cannot hide. Sooner or later, he and his unqualified pick for VP will have to answer an unmoderated, serious question about a serious policy issue.
Presidents must multi-task. McCain can’t. Even if his conservative ideology weren’t totally disproven, McCain has shown he’s termperamentally unsuitable for the job.

If John McCain is the answer it must have been a really stupid question.

As I read through the Republican posts they have an awful sameness and repetition of just a few “talking points.” Now that we know that the McCain campaign directed volunteers to write fake letters to the editor of the nation’s newspapers, I think it safe to assume that they also send their imposters out to comment on blogs. It’s a common spamming technique to give the illusion of “discussion.” Surely no one with any real sense or integrity can think backing out of the presidential debate is “noble” at this point.

We all know what an economic genius McCain is, and just how much he is needed there, yea right. This is a political stunt, nothing more. Why not hold the VP debate this Friday then, and move the 1st Presidential debate to Oct 2nd???

Roger wrote:
“Debates can be rescheduled. Impending financial implosions cannot.”
What? McCain can’t spend 2-3 hours dealing with a debate? Like he’d cause the collapse of the US financial system if he did? What would he be doing in those 3 hours in D.C. that couldn’t be done by others? It’s not like McCain is going to sit and do original analysis of the economy while he’s at it.
Ridiculous.
Presidents don’t get time outs.

I have just one really dumb question. If the $700 billion is to buy bad debt from financial institutions, why can’t it wait? If these are loans which have been defaulted on, will another week of nobody paying on them really be an issue? Not trying to completely be a smart ass – trying to understand!

This isn’t fair. The whole world’s waiting to see Barack whip McCain’s ass.

A US News poll they just took in the last hour shows an overwelming majority want the debates to be held. This does not play well for McCain. The American people can see he is trying to duck and dodge.
50% Held As Scheduled
36% Held With Focus On Economy
10% Postponed
4% Not Sure

After 8 years of George Bush, voting for John McCain is like changing seats on the Titanic

Bottom line; McCain thinks that the country as a whole is as stupid as his base. :-)

The man who has admitted that the economy is not his strong suit thinks he
s going to show up in Washington and everyone is going to say “Oh Johnny’s here now all is saved. ” PLease, learn to multitask. What if he were president and there were another crisis ? Does he ask the earth to stop spinning ? Picture in picture is probably too much for him to handle too.

I’ve been reading everyone’s comments here and you people seriously need some new material. You just repeat yourselves over and over again.
Obama and McCain are not president yet, last I checked they were still Senators and belong in DC right now to show some leadership and help fix the economic problem. No one wants to hear a foreign policy debate, it’s the economy that needs to be addressed.

No One Is Stupid!!!! McCain is not Country First, He is not Truth First, He is not Integrity First, He is not Character First. McCain is McCain first.
McCain Second and McCain third. Then Don’t ask Palin anything and lie and deceive to stop her investigation for Abuse Of Power 4th !!!!
Where were you on Monday McCain? You could have participated on Tuesday. You can participate everyday and still meet on the debate. You are a deceiver and liar. Your campaign manager got caught with his hand in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s cookie jar after you gave your word and saying you would put him up to the test. You said Rick Davis is not with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and attacked The New York Times creditibility, but they were able to confirm that up to last month Rick Davis was receiving $15,000.00 a month. The Government is bailing out this company who is paying Rick Davis $15,000.00 a month, not year, up to last month, not 3 years ago as you insinuated. The New York Times is totally creditable, but you MCCAIN are yet again a LIAR. The media and OBAMA himself was able to confirm you lying commercial, about OBAMA and the black man at Fannie Mae, but your campaign is right in bed with them.

MCCAIN CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS AND STILL DO THE DEBATE. THIS IS MORE DECEPTION AND MORE LIES AND TACTICS TO TRY AND WIN VOTES. WAS MCCAIN THERE ON MONDAY. WHAT ABOUT TUESDAY. THEY ARE PROGRESSING AND THE PRESIDENT WHO IS RESPONSIBLE UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION IS HANDLING IT. MCCAIN IS VERY SAD. THE GAME IS UP !!!! GO, IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, BUT FACE UP TO YOUR LIES AND DECEPTION. MCCAIN IS A DESPERATE PHONY. NO ONE IS CALLING FOR HIS HELP. HE HAS GOTTON CAUGHT ON YET ANOTHER LIE YESTERDAY. HE MADE A COMMERCIAL ABOUT OBAMA AND A BLACK FANNIE MAE PERSON AND SAID THAT WAS OBAMA’S ADVISOR. IT WAS A BLATANT LIE AND AFTER ALL OF THE STATION FACT CHECKED THIS LIE, HE WAS CAUGHT BECAUSE ON HIS CAMPAIGN ARE MANY TRUE FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC LOBBYIST.
MCCAIN SAID RICK DAVIS WAS NOT A FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC ADVISOR, BUT THE WONDERFUL NEW YORK TIMES, WHICH I NEED TO SIGN UP FOR A SUBSCRIPTION FOUND OUT THAT RICK DAVIS HAS BEEN RECEIVING $15,000 A MONTH UP UNTIL LAST MONTH.
MCCAIN LIED. ARE THEY IN A RUSH TO PASS THIS BILL BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT RICK DAVIS WAS PAID TO DO? GET US THE 700 BILLION QUICK AND THERE WILL BE MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM?

Emma did you go to college I didn’t because I had no $, I came from a coal mining community not mega bucks back in the 50′s…..Amen to Marion… Bruce who is the biggest deregulator , not Obama…And Randy you keep leaning that way and maybe obama will catch you.I was a Hillary supporter and the only reason Mc bush picked a female VP was to get the female votes and the Hillary votes I hope we females are a little bit smarter than he gives us credit for can see right threw this transparent suit and transparent jacket and skirt.

Oh on Rick Davis He was receiving $30,000 a month for the last 5 count them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 years from Fannie Mae

Do you honestly think he gives a damn about the economic crisis???? If he did he would have been working on it the entire time. I know that some people think that he’s such an outstanding man for putting his country first and foremost above the election.. even though suspending the debate was just a ploy to make people believe that he cares about the economy. And as stated by Obama before.. they do have plans.. we do have an airport.. they aren’t coming in until Friday.. They can leave on Friday as well. What does he have something against working on the weekends???? It’s daddy Bush all over again. He wasn’t able to give an interview during Desert Storm because he was in the middle of a golf game. He couldn’t multi-task, George Jr can’t multi-task, and neither can McCain. Bill knew how to multi-task. Don’t believe me.. just ask Monica.

ben:
great question.. and here is a stab at a short answer.
there are two factors in any market/economy that are EVERYTHING: Fear and Greed. Truth is, we need both. right now we are in such a death grip with market fear that we need to make it safe for banks to loan money. to us.. and even to each other. as a matter of fact, right now, mc donalds can’t get a line of credit (washington post financial page) to renovate their franchises! MC DONALDS! so… we need to lay 700 billion guarantee against what is probably really only 200 billion in defaults… to make it safe to loan again.
we are a credit nation. a credit world. when we went deep deep deep in debt with this war .. ONE TRILLION…. someone… (it should have been voters!) should have asked “what does that do to our economy”?
but instead we were worried if we “relate” to the candidate. if we would want to “have a beer” with him. is he an “elite” snob because he went to a really good college and talks really well.
as little as two weeks ago… there was a candidate that was really trying to make “lipstick” a campaign issue. when all that time…. this economy failure was pressure cooking on the back burner.
so…
its up to us again. what is it that is going to matter this time?
we are interviewing for a president. not a clown who pulls tricks like – i have a lot of work to do back at the office, can’t debate this weekend, sorry!

Hey, Maybe Mccain can pay back Ole’ Miss for the $5 million they spent setting up the debate he’s not showing up for. Then he can solve another economic crisis!

TUNGSTEN AND SONJA: I do believe that what is happening right now is what we call either “reaping what you sow”, or “what goes around comes around”, or “for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction.” Take your pick. Now only are the neo-cons and religious-right who hijacked the Republican Party having to eat their words, but now they are copying everything Obama says and does.
SONJA: At the DNC Obama challenged McCain to a debate “anywhere, anytime.” As usual you neo-cons don’t check your info or sources before you spout dribble.
TUNGSTEN: “partisanship” you say, like when Cheney shut out the Democratic members of Congress, time after time for the first 4 years, or when Bush would only meet with the Republican members of congress. Do you mean partisanship like than?
I can’t tell you how happy I am to see justice finally appear.

Ben E…… and the book Bush was so called reading to that child in the picture that was taken he was holding up side down. and to think he was elected twice a man with an IQ of 93 tells you just how smart the American people are doesn’t it. And I can say this because I didn’t vote for him either time ha ha

Bruce:
If you aren’t being paid to blog by the McSame campaign, you should be! You certainly are great at parroting their “talking points” — problem is they aren’t working any better for you than for the McSame Campaign, which is disintegrating before our eyes!
Enough!
Obama/Biden 08

As a student of Ole Miss, it is devastating that McCain would take this oppotunity and 5.5 million dollars away from our school, so he can deal with the economic situation. Exactly what does he plan to accomplish by this Friday that can’t wait a couple more days? Washington cannot come up with any quick fixes for the current financial situation that will probably affect our country for years to come with or without McCain’s help. He just lost my vote.

Whew!!! So much hatred…wouldn’t it be nice if someone had a balanced and objective view of these two candidates and not so much venom? The economy is in a highly serious dilemma, one of these two clowns will soon be president,
it makes sense to go to Washington, both of them and participate in the solution. But of course this is common sense which is missing in the good ole USA today. You are saying we should just sign off on 700 billion and flush that away because Mississippi spent (overspent) 5 Million bucks on a stage set, etc. and would be depriving students of a chance to see a debate? Wow, are we really that stupid as a collective nation now? goodbye America!

“As a student of Ole Miss, it is devastating that McCain would take this oppotunity and 5.5 million dollars away from our school, so he can deal with the economic situation.”
?????????
Real big of you there, Obama plant.

“Why didn’t he suspend his campaign when entire neighborhoods were losing their homes and pitching tents in the public parks?
It sounds to me like the GOP is trying to explain that we should just postpone the entire presidential election until Bush gets something right – in which case, they can name him president-for-life.”
???????Weird????
These people are just nuts.

“Yeah, as one poster commented, why not postpone the election too? Why even bother? Let’s literally give Bush a third term?”
????????
Can’t believe there is another…Liberal Wackjobs think there is a conspiracy if someone left the seat up.

“The New York Times is totally creditable, but you MCCAIN are yet again a LIAR.”
???????????
Funniest thing I have read in weeks!!!

“Correct me if I’m wrong, but when 9/11 happened, George Bush was reading a book to a kid. What did he do when he got the news? He kept reading that book to that kid. So in THAT big crisis, the President wasn’t even needed immediately. What’s the rush, John?”
?????
Paging Mr. Moore. Your BigAss DoubleCheese is ready.

TONIGHT’S DEBATE:
OBAMA
vs.
TELEPROMPTER
gimme the prompter

Wow nObama, I was about to comment to the liberal morons here but you just took on 10 at one time, and sent them off to lick their wounds. Where did everybody go??

OMG enough about teleprompters already. Seriously McCain uses them and hand written notes too. I think every politican uses them. In fact if you ever checked into it for yourself, you will find that McCain loses himself in his own staged town hall conferences. Even McCain’s own media supporters are discussing McCain’s poor town hall debates with himself.
Listen you have every right to poke fun, but you are trying to poke fun at the opponent, at least have the common sense to use stuff that your own candidate isn’t guilty of because otherwise you just look dumb.

I think McCain should go to Washington as scheduled and have Palin make a surprise visit to Ole’ Miss in McCain’s stead. Boy, would that throw a wrench at Obama or what?

PUMA = “Party Unity My @ss”.
These are “either we get Hillary Clinton or we go home” types; they are so smart that they will vote for someone who disagrees with HRC on just about every issue and support someone who, in effect, chose an inept running mate. That helps women?
Frankly, I am glad that these PUMAs have gone over to the Republicans: you can have them with our blessings!
Of course, I doubt that the Republicans will want them either…

Um, PHD, have you seen the Couric interview? Obama would love it if Caribou Barbie showed up instead. 90 minutes of “In what respect, Tommy?” and “Let me try to find you some and bring them to you”. Yikes. In fact, this transparent ploy by the McCain campaign seems to be aimed at postponing “indefinitely” the VP debate. Why else do you think they’re desperately hiding her from the press? It ain’t cuz she’s a crack debater, that’s for dang sure.

Shea, that wasn’t PHD posting, that was me. The poster’s name is BELOW the post. PHD is actually on your side, read more carefully.

GoldTmmys, obviously the future of America is more important. Infact, Ole’ Miss should thank McCain for going to Washington because I’m pretty sure he’s going to try to leech the pork out of the bill to get it down to a reasonable size. This will leave more money for things like Pell Grants which Ole’ Miss should welcome.

Ron Paul, Ralph Nader, Chuck Baldwin, would LOVE to debate Barack Obama but he won’t disrespect his colleague/buddy John McCain. Still think that these guys don’t wash each others back? Your better off voting 3rd party or voting for yourself vs. these bums!

Wow. He’s really lost his marbles.
Lets make sure not to elect him.

he JUST LIKE JOHN MC CAIN… does not sit on any committees that have ANYTHING to do with this bill.
and if it comes time to vote… then just like barack said… they both have big planes.. they can just fly back there and vote.
but in the meantime.. they don’t need a desperate old man back there trying to take credit for crap he had nothing to do with… and trying to squeeze himself into “photo-ops”
WAKE UP you freaking IDIOTS!
my god man… Rome is burning and you idiots are excusing ANYTHING this pretender is pulling!
we are a heartbeat away from a depression. do you want someone who graduated 895th out of 899? or … someone who took six yrs and five colleges to get a degree in “broadcasting” … to really understand what is going on here? or do you want the smartest m’f'er to come out of harvard … (working his OWN way through) to get a grip on this and lead us back into stability?????

From the Wikipedia. Unlike McCain’s Lies, This is The Truth. Same McCain, Different Failure. Our Country cannot afford McCain/Palin.The core allegation of the Keating Five affair is that Keating had made contributions of about $1.3 million to various U.S. Senators, and he called on those Senators to help him resist regulators. The regulators backed off, to later disastrous consequences. McCain and Keating had become personal friends following their initial contacts in 1981,[10] and McCain was the closest socially to Keating of the five senators.[21] Like DeConcini, McCain considered Keating a constituent as he lived in Arizona.[18] Between 1982 and 1987, McCain had received $112,000 in political contributions from Keating and his associates.[22] In addition, McCain’s wife Cindy McCain and her father Jim Hensley had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators. McCain, his family, and their baby-sitter had made nine trips at Keating’s expense, sometimes aboard Keating’s jet. Three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating’s opulent Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay. McCain did not pay Keating (in the amount of $13,433) for some of the trips until years after they were taken, when he learned that Keating was in trouble over Lincoln.[6][23]
Just as the Savings and Loan Failed, so now does Wall Street and the Mortgage and Banking Institutions. McCain can’t try and blame Obama for the 1989 problem. He has been responsible for so much failure in this economy. Treating Wall Street Like they did the Savings and Loan.

McCain’s motivation is much more sinister than that. McCain is using a financial market meltdown and pain-in-the-average-American-wallet for political advantage.
He is trying to spin that he is a “man of action” whereas Obama is just talk. Problem is, we are just dumb enough as a country to believe him.
I am very afraid that he will succeed once again in “head-faking” the voting public.
He could care less about this crisis and is in no position to lead any kind of consensus, its political grandstanding at it’s most blatant and transparent.
Again, of course, it’s transparency is dependent upon a voting public smart enough to see through it – and we are not that, we are not smart.
Maybe Ahmadinejad is right, the end of the American empire is perhaps in sight.
God have mercy on our souls, we know not what we do. I’d argue our intentions were good, but I imagine a few million Native Americans and Slave Africans would disagree.

I used to live in Cincinnati (don’t ever live there by the way – it’s the religous @sshole of America).
I remember going on a date with an attractive woman I was interested in, talk swung to our “view of the world”, you know, getting to know each other better, and she enlightened me that she believed that the dinosaurs must have drowned in the flood because the were too big to fit on the Arc.
It wasn’t until the 04 (Bush II) and 08 (Palin) Republican conventions that I realized who these people believe in, terrestially speaking anyway.
I remember that date, I was truly dumbfounded, and I’m not usually at a loss for words.
That’s when I realize, I have to get the f*ck out of Cincinnati.

ANOTHER STUPID LIB QUOTE……….”"This is so transparent! There is such a backlash against republicans right now that McCain is just trying to be “bipartisan” now instead of republican. Notice how he made sure to mention he was speaking at Clinton’s global initiative? And… that he wanted to work with Obama’s campaign during this issue. He is just posturing. I liked him about 10yrs ago before he became the Republican Party’s whipping boy. “”,…………“This is so transparent! There is such a backlash against republicans right now that McCain is just trying to be “bipartisan” now instead of republican. Notice how he made sure to mention he was speaking at Clinton’s global initiative? And… that he wanted to work with Obama’s campaign during this issue. He is just posturing. I liked him about 10yrs ago before he became the Republican Party’s whipping boy. “ ………OK. I know who you are…..You are the Vermont Independent that has no clue because you grew up in some expensive boarding school…….Well Than…..Big Mac should be your best friend. But no.. Borat Husain 0-Bama is much closer to the socialist in you….
Wow. You People on the left think you have a God Given Right to run This Great Country. It is very interesting that your love for your selves and your intellectually LEFT ilk is so inert that Obama Himself could tell you he is a Muslim Fundamentalist and you would think it was ok as long as he graduated from Harvard he should be President.
Those of us that here in FlyOver Country have had ENOUGH
We’ve had ENOUGH Of the Leftist environmental Wack Jobs Not letting our nation build more refineries to help our nation deal with the gasoline shortage. They Blame the Fat Cats. Republicans don’t want the oil companies to treat us like the do, but the people who put these Left Wing law Makers into our Congress should own up to what is all of their fault!
We’ve had ENOUGH Of left wing judges believing that they have the education to re-write our constitution from their bench. If we let you elitist Left Wingers win, You will have our constitution model what ever the ACLU says it should.
We’ve had ENOUGH Of you far Left Anti-War Pacifists’ and Your ilk of Bomb Makers. You and Bill Ayers Are on the Same……Aren’t You All So Proud Of Your Wako Leader, and his Buddy Barack Husain Obama.
We’ve had ENOUGH Of all the people who say “Not God Bless America” “God Damn America!”. Oh Yeah, I forgot, That was a Buddy Of Borack Husain Obama That Said That as Well! WE’VE HAD ENOUGH OF ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SAY “NOT GOD BLESS AMERICA” “GOD DAMN AMERICA!”. OH YEAH, I FORGOT, THAT WAS A BUDDY OF BORACK HUSAIN OBAMA THAT SAID THAT AS WELL!
We’ve had ENOUGH Of you Leftist and Your Drive By Media Treating Our Republican Babe Like you are all so much better than her. Give Me A break…. You are than saying that you are better than 51% of America!,,,, Not a good idea when you are trying to elect your Savior. Barack Husain Obama!
We’ve had ENOUGH

OK …. “dumb ass Elitist Lib quote” …
..
Inteligent Conservative response,,,and I qoute.. ..
“ “ ????? What????ah…ah…ahh…Paging Mr. Moore. Your BigAss DoubleCheese is ready.”.” …… OMG that is damn Funy,…
Can I use that,,,,,LOL….he.he.he HA ..HA ..HA!

I think Obama is right the next person in office is going to need to multi-task & is not going to say’ stop the world’ I have a problem here. He is not going to be able to postpone meetings with head of states when things get tight. He is not going to be able to say one thing & do another. He needs to learn that the old ways are not the best way & he I think will learn that in November when he losses.

After months of following these mostly infantile highly partisan blogs, this financial crisis has crystallised the difference between left and right, not just in the USA but world wide – here you are with a major crisis and most of the left bloggers are upset because a debate is at risk.
Most independents and those on the right would opt for fixing a major problem first and then debating.
Stark difference in priorities -talk, or action.
Leave it to you to work out which one achieves the most beneficial results over time.
The most important election in America’s history just got more important, and so far the polls show talk is going to win.
My assessment? Bye bye American pie, hello chop suey and curry & rice.
Just remember when I am proved right, it was your choice!

McCain has suggested that he and Obama debate on the date scheduled for the VP debate. McCain is so transparent. Doesn’t want Palin trying to debate
Watch video: Gov. Sarah Palin could not name a single instance in which Sen. John McCain has advocated for more regulation of the market — a position that, in the wake of crisis in the housing and financial markets, the Arizona Senator has adopted as his own.
http://tinyurl.com/3relw8

difference between left and right, not just in the USA but world wide – here you are with a major crisis and most of the left bloggers are upset because a debate is at risk.
Most independents and those on the right would opt for fixing a major problem first and then debating.
Stark difference in priorities -talk, or action.
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any true leader could do both. This is just another scam by the right to keep their candidate from being exposed as the fraud that he is.
Exactly what difference could 2 men make out of the hundreds working on the issue in the few hours they would be gone for the debate? Especially since one has admitted he is economically ignorant………….. it’s politics folks, pure politics

Yes, campaigning must surely be more important the dealing with the worst crisis since the depression. The moderator just told you so.

When my kids are sick, I still have to pay the bills on time.
I expect anyone who wants my vote for President to be able to Walk and Chew Gum at the same time.
McCain ‘suspended’ his campaign….then rushed to an interview with Couric, to a photo op with foreign leader, and plans to attend Bill Clintons Global Initiative tomorrow. BEFORE HEADING TO WASHINGTON….WHERE HE HAS MISSED THE LAST 100 VOTES, SINCE APRIL.
HEY McCain, ever heard of one of them new fangled devices, the cell phone?

Hey McChicken, what are you going to be doing in “Washington” that is so important??
I just heard on the news you aren’t even on the committee dealing with this, so you aren’t even allowed in the room! As it is a closed door session.
If McChicken tries to run away and hide (under his desk probably) from the debate on Friday, I think we need a reporter and a camera on him all day and night on Friday so we can see WHY he is too busy to debate!
And hiding in the bathroom stall with Larry Craig in the Senate bathroom isn’t going to cut it McChicken!!!!
In fact I heard that is exactly what is planned if he tries to chicken out on the debate!!
So come on McChicken, take your whipping from Obama. Get your behind out to that woodshed on Friday night. As Obama is going to beat the tar out of you at the debate and you know it!!
You can run McChicken, but you can’t hide….
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heaven forbid Obama stops campiagning to look after the most important bill in the last 70 years. He might upset the academnics in Miss. At least he has his priotities straight. Election first, America second.

WHY ARE THERE NO REORDS FROM THE FOLLOWING?……………………………………………………………………………
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7. Illinois State Senate schedule — “not available”……………………………………………………………………………………….
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10. Embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth — Not released………………………………………………………….
11. Harvard Law Review articles published — None…………………………………………………………………………………..
12. University of Chicago scholarly articles — None……………………………………………………………………………………
13. Your Record of baptism– Not released or “not available”………………………………………………………………………
14. Your Illinois State Senate records–”not available”…………………………………………………………………………………

I can only say this, if Obama had done what McCain has done, then the Republicans would have accused him of not being ready for the debate. I think everyone should stop and look at the facts. In 39 days, we elect a New President, and I for one would like to hear what each has to say before I make up my mind who to vote for. This latest stunt by McCain has made me lean toward Obama, because if he were President, life around him would go on. To me this is more a political ploy than a geniune concern for the American people. If he was so concerned about it, why wait until Wednesday. As an independent voter, I am not happy at all.

McChicken………McShame…………………,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,…………………………..I was a backer of first of The Honorable Senator Fred D. Thompson we think alike. Next I backed Governor Mitt Romney because we think similarly. Then I excepted the leadership of the Honorable Senator John McCain because of his work Ethic. Now the Senator and I do not have all the same basic view, but at least he has a resume. …………………….,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,…………….Now, look The senator knows that the issue before Washington is the number one issue on at least 73 percent of minds of this great country………………..Senetor McCain Said,,,,,”I need to go to Washington to do the job that americans are paying me to do………………….His Majesty Borat Husain 0-Bama feels that his constituants what him to get his votes in order and prepare for the debate of his life……………hmmmmmmMMMMMMMM…….Who is looking like the one that should be running this great shinning city on the hill we call America.

What a shame it would be that all of Obama’s cramming for the exam on Friday night could go to waste. He would have to learn all over again. He is certainly showing this country where he puts us on his list of priorties. He is throwing one heck of a temper tantrum that he can’t have it his way. The country’s economic emergency should take priorities over a simple debate. The reason all you dems are bashing McCain is because in your dreams you see Obama winning the debate when those of us that are sane and realistic know that Obama is just too inexperienced and not intelligent enough to win this debate. Obama is so hyped up over it because he is scared and to John McCain it is just another debate that he will win. What a shame that all of Obama’s cramming could be for nothing and he will have to learn all over again. McCain is making the only right decision. Country first!!!

Palin has no experience. She’s afraid to do interviews and now her party is trying to move her debate because she is unprepared. She’ll never be prepared because she doesn’t have 1/4 of the experience that Biden has. She’s a joke.

People get a grip. This is just a debate and this country is in a crisis. But of course, you are the same people that would have a coronary if the Super Bowl were postponed because of a crisis that needed attention first. Everyone knows that the outcome of this crisis is what will really be the deciding factor for alot of voters but they feel it is more important to have a debate? For heavens sake, if you don’t already know what to expect from this debate then you have been walking around with blinders and ear plugs. The Dems will claim that Obama won and the Reps will claim that McCain won and everyone will vote the same way they intended to on Friday morning. This is soooo dumb. Obama s u c k s at debates and speaking without a teleprompter and he will do the same thing in the debate. The only thing he will undoubtably add is a whole lot of bullying, which he is really good at. His arrogance and inexperience will definitely shine through. That is one thing you can count on. But either way, I will still vote for McCain because I cannot get past all of Obama’s faults. A debate will not change his spots. He still is a man with a shady past and an arrogance that is beyond belief!

Hey Uncle Moe, The economic crisis was happening a week before McCain decided he needed to ‘suspend’ his campaign. The ‘suspension’ however happened as soon as McCain’s poll numbers dipped. So McCain cares about US or John McCain?
And Uncle Joe, I want McCain to RELEASE HIS MEDICAL RECORDS.
McCain’s Dad and GrandDad died in their 50s from sudden heart attacks. Just that, on actuarial tables, puts McCain with POOR ODDS OF LIVING THROUGH THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
—————————————-Posted by Uncle Moe: Yes, McCain is dropping like a rock, attending to the job the voters elected him too. Obama is too busy stroking his own ego to bother with such triffles.
WHY ARE THERE NO REORDS FROM THE FOLLOWING?……

I could beat McCain in a debate.

Who the hell wants a debate when Rome is burning and people could lose their homes and life savings…besides, these guys have said it all for months now…nothing new to add..where are people’s priorities??????????????

McCain says DeRegulate Health Care BECAUSE IT WORKED SO WELL WITH BANKING.
“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.” Sept/Oct 2008, Contingencies, journal of actuarials.
So, McCain was Praising Financial DE-Regulation and promising that if we DE-Regualte Health Care, it will perform as well as the financial industry has.
McCain, yeah.

I think Washington can handle this very important desision without McCain and Obama in the spotlight. Do we really want the bailout desision to be influcenced by presidential politics? McCain needs to meet Obama in Oxford like a man. If McCain isn’t ready, that is his own fault. Ole Miss is ready, he should be too!

mccain has 26 years of working on tough goverment issues such as this.
obama votes present.
thats why obama would rather have the debate.

I want John McCain to stop using this crisis as a political stunt.
Congress was doing just fine in working out a deal without McCain pulling this stunt.
I don’t think McCain is scared of debating…I think he just wants HIS NAME in the news that isn’t associated with POLL NUMBERS. In other words-he wants to change the narrative.
The news cycle lasts only about 24 hrs, so the Polls will drop off and the debate ‘issue’ becomes the ‘new’ news.
Politics!
Why doesn’t McCain just stay out of the way and let congress pass this deal – he is only holding things up.
Now he is going to try to stall the deal until Monday- I bet a buck he’ll not be at the debates.
Ole Miss is out 5 million, and the American people are let down.
Then, of course McCain will offer up the date that is scheduled for the VP Debates INSTEAD. That way he can keep Sarah Palin out of the debate and we won’t hear one word from her unscripted until after Nov. 4th.
I’m sooooo sick of this gaming-
lets just vote TODAY!

McCain’s defenders can’t defend McCain, so they attack Obama with false lies and rumours all based on racism and ugly sickness that they’ll have to answer to God for!
McCain hadn’t even read the bail-out proposal 3 days ago. Obama has been in touch with Treasury Secretary Paulson and the major negotiators EVERY DAY on the phone. McCain hasn’t voted in Congress since April 8. Republicans and Democrats are pissed that they’re almost done with the bail-out negotiations and now McCain wants to parachute in as if he’s a big part of the negotiations?!? And what kind of campaign suspension is it if he’s still campaigning and doing TV interviews and Sarah Palin gets sent to Ground Zero for a photo op?!?

GOP FOR LIFE
Obama would have done the same thing but mccain bet him to the mark