Republicans on Hill: We and McCain Are Takin’ Care of Business (TCB)

“I don’t know what games were being played at the White House yesterday, ganging up on Boehner,” said House GOP Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio “but if they thought they were rollin’ me they were kidding themselves.”
When people start speaking in the third person, its best to back away slowly.

While I am sure the Democrats were willing to assign nearly a trillion dollars in debt to the American taxpaying public, I for one am grateful for McCain, who has stepped up to ensure the country’s best interests are met. Obama was ready to place his usual ‘present’ vote and get back to the business at hand: boning up on his foreign policy answers with his debate prep team. I believe he said he would be available by phone, if anyone needed him. Considering that this deal will affect the American public for years, if not decades, to come, I would think (as both a Senator and as a presidental candidate) he would actually have wanted to have a hand in crafting it. Multi-tasking and prioritizing are two different things. A true leader knows the diffference, especially when the country is in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

I hope that the GOP members in the House ends up saving the taxpayer about $10,000 to $30,000 per person. So, I don’t follow that it’s bad if McCain supports an alternative plan.
If there is an alternative to the tax payer being on the hook, I’m for it. If there is an alternative to increased socialism, I’m for that as well. For the record, I don’t usually vote Republican but this move my McCain if successful will damage Obama immensely.

What I saw on CBS News yesterday is that the Republicans’ new proposal was to have fewer regulations in the bill and include corporate tax breaks.
Not good. No wonder the deal fell apart last night!

McCain himself said he knows nothing of the economy…
what has he done to help any of this out? nothing! show up and let your pals say you cured the world of this crisis….

The Dem hatchet job yesterday was a farce. They baldfaced lied and said there was a deal when there was not. They even sent conflicting signals three days ago saying McCain had to come and convince Republicans… but whe he came Reid (who originally asked) then said he was not needed.
At a time when our money is at stake… the dems as usual are so casual about using it as political switch and bait!

I have already emailed both OHIO Senators that if ONE DAMN DIME goes to ACORN that I will vote every Democrat out of office until I draw my last breath. I am 56. My mother is 95. That is a lot of voting!

DEMOCRATS ARE IN MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE…WHY CAN’T THEY JUST PASS THE BILL?
who is playing what game here?
It’s funny now Obama is on Bush side and McCain against Bush…I guess the McBush slogan would not work anymore! heh

I love… Even the Republicans are turning against their own Empty Suite!!!!
The whole episode left even conservatives admitting that the McCain campaign looked erratic and a bit foolish with no apparent direction or guiding principle.
“It just proves his campaign is governed by tactics and not ideology,” said Republican consultant Craig Shirley, who advised McCain earlier in this cycle. “In the end, he blinked and Obama did not. The ‘steady hand in a storm’ argument looks now to more favor Obama, not McCain.”
Shirley added, “My guess is that plasma units are rushing to the McCain campaign as we speak to replace the blood flowing there from the fights among the staff.”

America is not buying your bull this time GOP
It is not the republicans trying to rush this thing through. If the democrats think this bill is wonderful they can pass it, easily, no republicans needed.
So why don’t they (the democrats) just pass it?

Not surprised the GOP would say “McCain showed leadership in this”. I seriously pray people aren’t that easily fooled to see that this was politics at it’s worse.

The Democratic positions on how the bill needs to be fixed were stated very clearly early in the week before McCain politicized this. When the final bill is done, lets see just how close it hews to them:
Vastly increased oversight.
Limits on executive compensation.
Stock/equity in companies (payback the tax payers).
If the final bill the Republicans sign onto include these, then they haven’t added anything – they’ve just dithered to make a political ad out of an important process.

So the Republicans want the Republican administration’s bill to pass without any Republicans voting in favor of it?

Boehner refuses to be rolled? The only people getting rolled here are the American people by these corrupt jerks we have for political and business leaders.

beebop
the ‘root cause’ of the problem is aggressive Republican deregulation started back in 1982.
Mission Accomplished

I think it is quite funny that Obama and the democrats are on Bush’s side, and Mc Cain is not. Four more years Senator Obama.

“Clearly the Democrats have a majority in both houses of Congress,” Blunt said, “if they want to do this by themselves they can do it by themselves any minute they want to”
This is another example of Republicans blatantly lying and not being called on it. The Republicans have shut down the Senate with a record number of filibusters to protect President Bush’s policies the past two years. Nothing gets through without at a minimum their passive consent. Not to mention the bill originated with the top ranking Republican, President Bush. Mr. Blunt knows his statement is a lie but trusts his base is too slavishly devoted to bother to think and notice.

Hey Jake, Why not report the reason republicans are against the democrats bill – 20% going to Acorn and La Raza? Grow a pair and do some factual reporting instead of this smearmongering you and much of the rest of the media engage in. It is time for real leadership. We don’t have that with Pelosi and Reid. They are larding this plan up with pork. You should be trumpeting this.

Rex – failed civics, did we?

I want the guy in charge who jumps in with both feet – no matter what anyone thinks. That is John McCain. I don’t think the guy who says “Call Me If You Need Me” is the man of the hour, or for the job. McCain knew there was no deal because he knows what is going on. Again, the Democrats don’t seem to have a clue – except to look like deer in the headlights. Did you see Reed on TV this morning? He is the most pitiful leader we have ever had in the Senate, and Pelosi is right behind him. I now know why they call it a “Do Nothing Congress!”

dl-it’s the REPUBLICAN’S plan!

The Repubs in the House can spin it any way they want… but clearly McCain’s showboating yesterday in Washington only served to jack up tensions and muck up any deal being brokered, as well as muck up his legacy, his campaign, and his chance in this election. He’s shown himself to be a rash, narrow-focused thinker… acting on impulse before he thinks things through.
McCain is not presidential material. And his running mate is hopelessly out of her league.

HP Boston: We’re just not going to buy it. The republicans wanted to regulate Frannie and Freddie at the behest of their lobbyist friends from Lehmann Bros and Bear Stearns to undermine Fannie and Freddies’ ability to compete in the open market. They didn’t try to regulate all the lenders and they certainly weren’t trying to do it to help or protect the american people. It was a good ol’ boys stab in the back and it didn’t work. You can cut and paste all day. Where is Lehmann Bros now by the way?

Keith B: “I want the guy in charge who jumps in with both feet – no matter what anyone thinks. That is John McCain.”
So the next time you get a tooth ache while waiting for an oil change you want the mechanic to grab some pliers and take care of it?

DogBitez :
So sorry you weren’t following news reports of the meeting yesterday.
Bush and 0bama did most of the talking.
McCain barely said anything.
You know …. you guys need to make up your mind. He’s either throwing a wrench in the works or not doing anything. But you can’t have it both ways. That’s not the way it works, okay? Pick your fiction and stay with it.

beebop: “jhw539:
So. Democrats in agreement with Bush?
And so is 0bama. Whose Bush’s third term? Not the guy with the stones to say “no” to him, that’s for sure.”
How much more partisan can you get? Yes, the Democrats agree something has to be done, that water is wet, and that terrorists should be hunted down and killed. They thought President Bush’s initial demand for a blank check was unacceptable, and have offered compromises to meet him halfway and take care of the problem. Such compromise has been the hallmark of good governance for generations, from Nixon going to China to Newt Gingrich reforming welfare with Clinton.
This isn’t some football game where you’re waving a foam finger screaming for your side. Real lives are affected here.

Jake- Please post the WEB ad the Mccain campaign already released about his having won the debate that has yet to occur. It’s interesting because at the time it was released:
A. McCain said he wasn’t sure if he was going.
B. The debate has not taken place yet.

Hp Boston: The republicans tried to regulate Freddie and Fannie at the behest of their lobbyist friends from Lehmann Bros and Bear Stearns to undermine their ability to compete against them in the open market. They didn’t attempt to regulate all the lenders and they certainly weren’t doing for the american people. It was a classic good ol’ boys stab in the back and it didn’t work. You can cut and past all day. Where is Lehmann Bros now by the way?

Look. Most Americans paid their bills and played by the rules. Some people bought houses for which they could not qualify and yet got risky loans. Sorry. But to bail them out and reward people like ACORN who helped them falsify documentation is not the answer. If anyone in the House or Senate agrees to reward these thieves — ACORN — with ANY taxpayer money, we should all march on DC.

Read it and weep:
Electoral Votes Now:
233 – Obama
190 – McChicken
270 – To win
Obama looks to win EASILY FL, CO, MI, MN, WI, OH and PA. That’s 7 out of 10 battlegrounders, grasshoppa. He only needs 2 of these and it’s over. Close your eyes and pick two, any two!
This part is funny…..McCain has to win all of them just to keep the race close. THAT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN, is it?

“The day before, Harry Reid DEMANDED that McCain GET ON BOARD. Try getting off a blog and reading actual NEWS every once in a while.”
On Tuesday, Reid “demanded” that McCain take a position on the bailout.
Since McCain had not even read the 3 page proposal yet which had been out since Fri, I agree it was unfair of Reid to do that.

I dont expect much shake up tonight. McCain’s campaign has been erratic and strange for weeks but he’s a decent debater. I dont expect much from the “debate”, just canned stuff.

beebop:
so, Mr. ‘drawn more breaths’, I’m curious, how old are you?

Nat Turner:
I don’t want to be any where near you on November 5th when you open your newspaper and read “President-elect McCain.”
I know that you guys are all getting paid and hope that by slamming these “open” blogs you will convince the media and each other that all is well in 0bama land.
Guess what? The Republicans don’t care what you think. Their base is RALLIED and while you sit here and smack each other on the back, they are out doing what it takes to ELECT their candidate.
Buh-bye losers. :)

Bob Rubin, chief economic advisor for Obama, is CEO of Citicorp, who will get about $60 billion of taxpayer money for their stupidity.

the dems have the votes right now they are the majority in both houses and they have the support of the pres. so they can pass the bailout right now.
what they are doing is they are trying to make sure that if they obama and dems win in november they can blame the republicans when they announce cuts in social programs due to the bailout and blame the republican administration plan. we get it.

“the dems have the votes right now they are the majority in both houses and they have the support of the pres. so they can pass the bailout right now.”
Yes they do. But the Dems, Senate GOPers & White House are waiting so that this bailout is presented to the people in a bipartisan unified fashion for the good of the country in a time of crisis.
The House Republicans want more corporate tax breaks and LESS regulation.

beebop: “Guess what? The Republicans don’t care what you think. Their base is RALLIED and while you sit here and smack each other on the back, they are out doing what it takes to ELECT their candidate.
Buh-bye losers. :)”
I think that summarizes beebop’s position well. I invite people to scan through her various lies and misrepresentations on this page and decide for themselves. As for me, she’s a complete zealot who (like McCain) is willing to say whatever it takes for “her side” to win without regard for what is good for the country. It’s not about policies to keep our nation strong and healty, it’s about “doing what it takes” to win. McCain deserved a better legacy than this.

independent no they will not sign a bailout plan unless they can get a republican stamp on it. they know the bailout will result in cuts to obama promised social programs and tax cuts. by having a republican stamp on the bailout they can blame the republicans for the cuts.

colorado: “they know the bailout will result in cuts to obama promised social programs and tax cuts. by having a republican stamp on the bailout they can blame the republicans for the cuts.”
What? Are you serious? They can’t blame the Republicans for the bailout when they hold enough of a majority that they had to agree to it too. This is about not letting the Republicans turn this important legislation into a wedge issue: Get there concerns in now, represent their supporters, and lets get a bill everyone hates but agrees is necessary.
Do you WANT the Democrats to ignore a large portion of the country? This is absurd – do you comprehend what you are saying, or do you really love playing the victim so much you are demanding to be ignored now?
HOW CAN YOU CONDEMN THE DEMOCRATS INSISTING ON THE REPUBLICANS REPRESENTING THEIR CONSTITUENTS?

Ryan C. — Trust no one. The ad looks photo-shopped. If it was real, it would say “Paid for and approved by …” as required by campaign advertising law.

The Republicans are trying to grand-stand as usual. The White House puts out a plan NO ONE likes, both parties agree somewhat on a simple framework. Out of the blue they start tap dancing with sparklers in hand as though they are the saviors of the American taxpayer. What a sad joke this is.

colorado:
so exactly who has been running both houses of the government since 2000, ?
I’ll help you out here: Republicans
I know you don’t like that word, and nowadays, neither do any of yer buddies, but it’s a fact.
Dems have had a bare majority since 2007.
your time is close to an end..
Mission Accomplished

You have the republican congress on one side and the republican president on the other side and pool ol’ McCain doesn’t know which side is up. And they think they should run the country.

colorado: Why don’t you explicitly answer the question you are arguing:
Do you WANT the Democrats to ignore a large portion of the country (those represented by Republicans)?

•-> “Former Attorney General and White House Counsel Gonzales has admitted to investigators that President Bush directed him to go to the then-Attorney General John Ashcroft’s hospital bedside in that dramatic late night showdown over the warrantless wiretapping program. Gonzales has previously refused to answer congressional questions on that point in this testimonial trainwreck from July 2007:
It’s all unraveling, lies, distortions, crimes and myths…….
… the truth shall set you free.
Mission Accomplished

“Its Orwell come to life.”
So there are pigs that are more equal than others? That explains the pork barrel spending:
- pork for Obama’s church to fund Pastor whom he doesn’t know is a racist to build a house. Check.
- pork to Obama’s wife’s hospital so she can get a big raise. Check.
- pork to ACORN to create voter registration fraud. Check.
Why doesn’t someone just pay the check?
Ah… 700 billion approved by Obama to pay his financial supporters on Wall Street. CHECK!

Republicans on Hill: We and McCain Are Screwing Things Up
McCain “suspends” his campaign to blow up the economic deal so he doesn’t have to debate Obama.

BrattyMcCain: “McCain “suspends” his campaign to blow up the economic deal so he doesn’t have to debate Obama.”
He is still debating Obama tonight. And you have to admit he has done a wonderful job of lowering expectations for his performance. Before this stunt, it was common knowledge that he is strong in foreign affairs (the actual debate subject), a 26 year veteran of the Senate, and a very well tested and skilled debater.
If there was a crisis involving Russia, a subject likely to come up tonight, he could have legitimately argued his expertise was actually needed in the Senate.

jhw … I may be wrong, but wrong isn’t lying. Perhaps you can further explain. And, keep in mind, “a de factor requirement” is a tactical, not legal, rule
I haven’t heard/seen any indication that the Senate Rs would filibuster — they’ve been much more in tune w/the Committee plans and seemed to be behind the bill. With the exception of Shelby, I haven’t seen much example of Senate resistance, have you?

Well, I’ve just seen McCain’s web Ad up on the Wall Street Journal website, declaring “MCCAIN WON THE DEBATE”..
pretty amazing for a guy who went on national tv to claim he ‘suspended’ his campaign!
Especially fast too, when you consider the debate won’t be starting for another 6 hours!

“I believe and my colleagues believe that America is on the edge of an economic crisis,” Boehner said. “We believe that Congress needs to act and we need to act quickly. We need to act quickly and protect the American taxpayer first and foremost — that’s what this fight has been about.”
And so they propose another (capital gains) tax cut for those still profiting on Wall Street.

I am, for one, proud that John McCain listened to the advice of Newt Gingrich and advanced the Reagan Revolution by pushing another round of tax cuts.

It is fitting that it was Lindsey Graham would reach into his bag of tricks and pull out “Acorn.” In politics, an acorn is what a blind pig occaisionally finds. Please note I did not use “lipstick” in this reference.

The Republican controlled Congress, along with Bush, deregulated the banking industry. Treasury Secretary Paulson (R) was the CEO of Goldman Sachs. He has millions invested in the stock market.
They believe in trickle down economics, also called voo doo economics, an ideology created by their hero Milton Friedman. Friedman hated the New Deal. For those of you who don’t know, the New Deal saved America from the Great depression brought about by Republican Herbert Hoover.
Until American voters get a clue and vote out Republicans, we will have these economic problems. They are crooks.

Re: “lending to people that had no means of paying back the loans”
That’s not all true. Some of these people could pay, but they got variable rate loans instead of fixed rate loans. That means their payments could go up depending on the interest rates. One month their payment was $1,500, the next month $2,000. Plus they fell into negative equity, so they couldn’t refinance. That’s not the homeowners fault.
Democrats want judges to give homeowners fixed rate loans to keep them in their homes, but the Republicans in Congress oppose it. They don’t want people to keep their homes. That way they can buy them up cheap.

“You are just repeating what all the conservative blogs are writing about today after Sen. Graham yesterday said this to Greta van Susteren.”
Original thought is hard to come by these days.

Don’t the dems have the votes to pass it without any republicans? If so, just pass it. They are the majority in both houses, right?

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From the Wall Street Joournal, Sept.26
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“The difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was apparent during the White House meeting yesterday where Barack Obama’s priority was political posturing in his opening monologue defending the package as it stands. ”
“John McCain listened to all sides so he could help focus the debate on finding a bipartisan resolution.”

REX,
I thought the dems were the majority the last 2 years?????
Again, get your facts straight.

Not4Me
that’s why I specifically indicated “Bush spying on Americans” … and hopefully he will be charged with his crimes and brought to court to stand trial.
You are typically Republican, as you don’t ever read what’s in front of your nose before you start regurgitating talking point nonsense.
Mission Accomplished

Re: “Don’t the dems have the votes to pass it without any republicans?”
The Republicans need to help clean up the mess they’ve made. I think they want a crash. They get off on creating fear and destruction.
GW is the worst President in US history.

Not4Me:
to my original ‘Big Brother’ reference:
As noted above, Obama voted to reauthorize the USA PATRIOT Act, which extended the Act, …
but with some amendments. Such amendments would clarify the rights of an individual who has received FISA orders to challenge nondisclosure requirements and to refuse disclosure of the name of their attorney.
He voted against extending the USA PATRIOT Act’s Wiretap Provision on March 1, 2006. This bill would give the FBI the authority to conduct “roving wiretaps” and access to business records.

enjoy the debate..
I hope issues get discussed in detail
Mission Accomplished