Senate Dems Push Conflicting Messages on McCain

Harry Reid isn’t exactly on top of things. Is he. I’m not sure he’s even alive. He’s definitely a major reason that this congress is called a ‘do nothing’ congress.
And, he’s truly hateful and bitter!

I think McCain is modest. When he said economy is not his strongest suit, he compared with himself. His ‘national security’ maybe the strongest, then ‘economy’. He was NOT comparing with Obama. No matter what, his ‘economy’ is still stronger than Obama. Obama is not strong in anything.

Your hard-earned tax dollars at work, America……………
No wonder this Congress has done nothing!!!
Instead of spending their time working on a solution to a problem, they would rather spend their time playing the blame game right on the floor of the U.S. Senate………..

Obama/Pelosi/Biden/Reid 08 is this change?

I am a little more concerned about the conflicting messages John McCain is sending about himself and our economy.
“Our economic fundamentals are sound vs.
we are in a crisis that needs probing by a commission like the 9/11 attack.”
The Bush tax cuts were against his principles but are now OK. Immigration reform was needed vs. throw them out.
With all due respect ABC. two identical posts on Harry Reid’s “contradictions” vs. none on McCain?

It must be noted that Herbert Hoover was a sitting President. Senator McCain is no Herbert Hoover, and Barack Obama is no FDR.

Senater Dodd and Senater Obama are the 2 largest recepients of campaign cash from Freddia Mac and Fannie. I agree with Senater McCain that an investigation into these companies and their ties to congress should begin. Also the energy bill being considered in congress contains no royalties going to the states were offshore drilling is being considered unlike Alaska. Nancy Pelosi is responsible for the exclusion of royalties to these states because she knows the states will never agree to drilling if they have no stake in the revenues. The Dems “stink like 3 day old fish” when it comes to governent fraud along with the Repubs.

Jim…can you reference where you got this info?
Senater Dodd and Senater Obama are the 2 largest recepients of campaign cash from Freddia Mac and Fannie.

“Bhrandon, the Democrats controlled the Senate during the first 2 years of President Bush’s first term”
Actually it was more like 1 1/2 years.
Any why? Because Jeffords was so disgusted with the Republican party, he left it.
McCain? He went back to kissing Bush butt and voting with him 90% of the time even after Bush smeared his family.

glfgirl…I LOVE THIS!!!
Obama is not strong in anything.
Ha, maybe that is why he raised 60 million in August and beat Hillary!!!

boy these blog headings are on overtime trying to patch up McCain

“Obama is not strong in anything.”

It’s not the “fundamentals” that he wants the commission to investigate…

Bingo, but add to this the fact that market work on perceptions and so responsible politicians need to reassure about the fundamentals even while they show they’re aware there’s a problem that needs to be addressed. The partisan in the Dems is at war with the responsible politician in them. (And the result makes them sound a lot like McCain — there’s a crisis, though the fundamentals are sound.)

Does anyone know whether Obama is for or against bailing out AIG? McCain has openly stated he is against having ordinary tax payers bail out the wealthy.
link pls thanks

Everyone with employer paid health benefits needs to be aware of McCain’s radical new approach that will result in millions more becoming uninsured. I will put in the link, but abc tends to censor these – please don’t censor abc, I’m trying to source my comments:

“Everyone with employer paid health benefits … “

“Come on, someone has to know where Obama stands on the AIG issue.
Or has he not taken a position yet? Waiting for the outcome then will make a Monday morning quarterback call.”

The only community Obama has been organizing is the one on Wall Street. The banks, and investment firms have been pro Dodd and Obama.

JA:
Obama is in the process of analyzing McCain’s position on AIG as we speak.
As soon as he and his 300 advisors can come up with the perfect synonym for McCain’s position, he will be voicing “his” stand on the issue.

Seriously, Obama has to have said something on AIG.
There is no way he’s wasting time making half truths while the economy is in disaster.
WHERE DOES OBAMA STAND ON BAILING AIG OUT?

beck: Of course McCain is a republican. What were you thinking. He’s not one of those underhanded inexperienced candidates running for office like Obama Hussein who has made people like you believe he is the best candidate for the white house even though he doesn’t have the capabilities to run this country or the knowledge of politics or foreign policy. He’s a know nothing, do nothing and says nothing. If he is elected you will see the dictatorship come out in him and the enemies he will make.

Kitty: Your right. They are the change, the change is to get rid of them for good. Especially Nancy Pelosi the troublemaker of the DNC along with the mouth Dean. Nancy was the cause of Hillary not winning the nomination when she practically had it in the bag. Nancy was so jealous of Hillary she could spit. Now we have Palin and she keeps her mouth shut. Palin would certainly put her in her place. Hillary was too soft on Nancy and let her step on her with the superdelegates.

Isn’t ACORN a community org., maybe Obama worked for them and that is why
we haven’t heard of his work.

The fundamentals of our economy are not strong as you pointed out Jake in an earlier post.
But this is not 1929. I seriously don’t think the majority of Americans will be lining up for free soup in the near future.
But for McCain to repeat that the fundamentals are strong after being hammered by the Dems for it shows he has lost his ability as a politician. And then to come back and say he meant “American workers” are the fundamentals just looks stupid.

Jake,
Thank you for this opportunity to help you get over yourself. The fundamentals of the American economy are not strong, they are weak — currently. It is true that America is a massive economic engine, but like any engine it’s the fuel and the destination that determine how far you go and where you end up.
John McCain believes in bad fuel (trickle-down policies and little or no government regulation of markets that are not transparent) and wants to her our contry in the wrong direction (private SS accounts held by the same Wall St. idiots who just blew up Lehman Brothers, etc.). The Democrats are saying that if John McCain is elected, he’ll screw things up so bad you won’t believe it.
That’s not a contradiction. But in the world of press reporting, journalistic spin is the new black. And may I say, you look fabulous….

The Phantom, if the fundamentals of the American economy are so week explain two facts:
(1) GDP grew in the first half of the year (0.9% in the first quarter; and 3.3% in the second quarter).
(2) Both candidates and both political parties raised a total of $152 million JUST IN AUGUST (Sen. Obama–$66 million; the DNC–$17 million; Sen. McCain–$47 million; and the RNC–$22 million).

James Danley:
If you haven’t noticed…THREE OF THE FIVE LARGEST INVESTMENT BANKING FIRMS HAVE BEEN BLOWN TO SMITHEREENS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS…AND COUNTRYWIDE MORTGAGE WAS BOUGHT OUT BY BofA TO AVOID A SIMILAR PUBLIC FATE…AND BEAR STEARNS WAS EUTHANIZED BY THE US GOVERMENT…AND NOBODY HAS ANY FREAKING IDEA HOW MUCH DEBT IS REALLY OUT THERE…AND THE US ECONOMY, INCLUDING THE MARKETS, HAS BEEN GOING SIDEWAYS FOR SEVEN FREAKING YEARS…AND OUR DOLLAR IS BLEEDING…AND WE’RE LIVING OFF OVERSEAS CREDITORS…AND THE AVERAGE PERSON IS WORKING MORE FOR LESS, WITH LITTLE OR NOT HEALTHCARE, LITTLE OR NO RETIREMENT SAVINGS, AND LITTLE OR NO HOPE THAT THINGS WILL GET BETTER.
And you show me your numbers like it means something. It means nothing. GDP will always be calculable, and rarely look horrifying. As for the amount of money raised by the candidates, that’s a joke, right? You could take all the money that all candidates have ever raised in American politics and throw it at the cost of the Iraq War and it would buy us a couple of weeks.
A COUPLE OF FREAKING WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!

I think McCain’s response was exactly what a president does. First he reassures, then he builds hope and confidence that we can get through this crisis, then he lays out a plan for fixing it.
Obama and the democrats used the occasion to gain politically and make everyone more anxious. Now that isn’t the kind of leadership I want. Don’t jump into the panic and take advantage of a crisis. McCain knows there are big problems–he just didn’t want everyone nose diving.

Because there is nothing whatsoever in between “strong economy” and “run on the banks! panic! Depression!”

Biden’s on the road throwing his friend of 30 years John McCain under the bus. Would you throw a close friend of 30 years under the Bus? In Public? Obama threw his Spiritual leader and Grandmother under the bus. These two are throwing the average man and woman under the bus with their incessant blaming of the republicans with the failing economy. Pelosi and Reed promised all kinds of changes when they came to power two years ago and headed the do nothing congress thus throwing the electorate under the bus. Gasoline was two dollars a gallon two years ago but you and yours as well as me and mine got thrown under the liberal bus. Wake up America before you and yours get run over by the liberal bus.
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If economy is not strong nor sound, should I sell off my stocks now to be safe? Obama should know better what he is saying, he makes me nervous. Seems Obama is the one out of tocuh this time. Scary.

The Democrats apparently had their collective heads in the sand 5 years ago:
The NY Times five years ago reported that the Bush administration proposed increased oversight and regulation of Fannie and Freddie, but Democrats pushed back. “The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry. The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with Congress, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios.” Democrats pushed back: “Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing. “These two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the 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.” Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed. “I don’t see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,” Mr. Watt said.”