The Note: McCain’s Move: Brilliant or Boneheaded?

McCain wimps out of the debate because he has no way to answer for the republican disaster of the last eight years, and Sarah Mooseburger won’t answer any questions from anyone because she’s an idiot. And half the country supports these frauds. They elected Bush twice, why not McBush the third?

Bill Clinton just took Obama to the woodshed.

Wall Street Greed VS Main Street Need
Dear concerned citizens of America and Mass Media of the U.S.A.
As a concerned registered independent voter, forensic psychiatrist, disabled American I made my decision to vote after taking into consideration following joint tickets attributes and characteristics.
1. Has the ticket shown adequate calmness, coolness, and connectedness’s under pressure to lead our nation [Presidential Temperament]?
2. Has the ticket shown sustained sound “Judgment and Caliber”?
3. Has the ticket shown adequate understanding of depth and degree to address the crucial challenges in their their purpose, policies, and positions [ Honesty, integrity and sincerity]?
4. Has the ticket sufficient “understanding and knowledge” of inside Washington workings [Experience]“?
5. Has the ticket reservoir resilience, wisdom, and vigor to address the present and future f our beloved “Great-grand Nation”?
6. Has the ticket enough joint foreign policy experience and exposure based on ” Values, Virtues, Vastness, and ” [American moral soul]“?
7. Has their campaign talk, slogans, ads, plans, and programs based on facts and are they free of fear, fiction, frivolous labels, unfair attacks, negativity, and impulsively? [No "imminent danger to national
security and safety"].
8. Has the ticket genuinely kept on message of country first and politics last and avoided copying [Message change"]?
9.Has the ticket message stayed away from Culture divide and war[ Disaster prevention ]?
10. Has the ticket resisted being surrounded, supported and surrogate’s by divisiveness, distortion’s, and destructive characters, [ Real patriotism VS shiftiness and shameless parrot-ism]?
11. Has the ticket thoughtful, real non-partisan, & non-impulsive plans to address our current economic crisis or political tactics and temperamental statements.
I have personally and professionally concluded that OBAMA-BIDEN ticket will lift and inspire our greatgrand nation back to its greatness within and restore our global standing with the use of maximum, firm
international diplomacy and minimal force if and when indicated {” Peace thru Strenght “}.
12. The era of responsibility has to replace irresponsibility and unaccountability will change to accountability and transparency. The Wall Street greed will change to Main Street need.
Yours sincerely,
COL. A.M.Khajawall [Ret] MD.
Forensic psychiatrist, Disabled American Veteran and Iraq
Freedom team. Grass roots California leader per Senator McCain’s
PS: It is sad and unfortunate that Hon, Temperamental Maverick McCain has been turned into ” Roller-coaster” by his political moves and handlers.

In one of his ad McCain point a finger on Obama for not acting on this issue. And now what is he doing? You decide. . . concern voter

I don’t need someone “gambling” with my future. What is more important than proving you are ready for the job. If he can’t handle more than one crisis at a time, then what the heck is he doing running for president? His VP choice sure can’t help. She can’t even handle questions from the media unless it’s in a controlled environment.He should be able to fly to Washington, have meetings, fly to Mississippi and do the debate and fly back to Washington. It’s called multi-tasking. Something the majority of us do on a daily basis.

geevill – you mean Clinton on the morning shows stating the financial crisis has the potential to become a true disaster, and touted Obama as the man to resolve it? That’s a really nice “woodshed”.

geevil, I read your crap out here all the time and you just spew hate and racism all the time, go back to the park and pick up the rest of the trash, you are just an angry person with nothing to offer….

A PLOY he is hurtung and b=needs a new tatic…..He is a piece of junk

My thoughts exactly Dr. Khajawall. Thank you.

Obama says, “As I said before, I think that one of the things we have to determine is how we can be most helpful. It’s my sense that the most helpful thing we can do right now is, uh, to let everyone know this is a sufficiently important problem. I can be helpful, and I am prepared to be anywhere, anytime. So, uh, I think the message is, if I can be helpful, I am prepared to be there at any point.”
Bear in mind that Senator Obama wants to run the executive branch starting in January. At a moment when his country needs leadership and Congress is meeting to determine policy that will affect the executive branch for the next several months and years, he doesn’t consider his role as a Senator important enough to take part in those negotiations. “If I can be helpful,” Obama says, indicating that he doesn’t consider fulfilling his current responsibilities helpful or even desirable.
Instead he wants to let everyone know that this is a “sufficiently important problem”. Sufficiently important how? Apparently, “sufficiently important” to issue press statements, but not “sufficiently important” to get back to work for a few days. What would constitute a problem “sufficiently important” enough for him to do that? Congress needs to address a $700 billion bailout that Obama has already stated will severely restrict his policy options if he wins the elections. Doesn’t he have a “sufficiently important” interest in that, either?
Obama has another problem with returning to Washington, one that received little attention in the analysis of McCain’s challenge yesterday. Obama has to raise $3 million each day in order to hit his target of $100 million a month. He needs to conduct fundraisers constantly in order to make that goal. Taking three or four days off the campaign trail means a potential loss of revenue for Obama, one he can ill afford at the moment. That’s a “sufficiently important problem” that would keep Obama out of Washington.

Boneheaded

McCain and Obama, campaigning still on tv and radio. Interesting to hear, endorsments continue for McCain, when he said, he would stop is endorsments and campaigning. How about setting up a Report of all the TV and radio ads, still played endorsed by McCain.

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Either way, the lobbyists win again. It will be interesting to see who profits and who loses–but we already know who is going to pay the tab.

This is grandstanding and political posturing, plain and simple. McCain’s first reaction a week ago, was that the “fundamentals of the economy” were strong. Then he lied about what he meant in saying that. Then he wanted to fire the SEC chairman. Then he said he hadn’t even read the bailout proposal. Then, suddenly, he decided that the crisis couldn’t be solved without his “leadership” and unilaterally decided to postpone the debate. It is an outrage. He is acting like a child.

If I can be helpful He is a empty suit.
One of the two of these people will soon be the leader of the free world.Time to reach out figure it out and hammer it out.Get there they both have experts and advisers keep throwing ideas out till it all makes sense for all americans not just wall street.Stop the band-aids on the bullet holes

LOOK HE IS CAMPAIGNING!!!
McLier, hee hee

The Great White Geriatric Hope Hero has been officially validated into being a P TO THE U AND S S Y.
Translation: Obama just finished off the McCain campaign’s MILKSHAKE.
The funny thing is that in Political Science classes all over the country, John McCain will be the laughing stock of all Presidential campaigns.
After all, what else would you expect from a committee of clowns?
POTUS OBAMA – HOW EASY IT IS…….

its all a ploy. ALL a ploy. he’ll come out with an ad
“Mccain suspended his campaign to work on the bill, OBama was still trying to get elected, mccain country first”
just watch.
This is a stupid , stupid man underestimating the American people.
I am tired of paying taxes to bail out all the rich republican friends at AIG, Fannie and mae.
We’ve seen it before, haliburton ripping people off, Donald Rumsfeld’s Avian flu deception, the iraq war.
ALL LIES.
no more. NO MORE!
vote Obama. Vote obama/Biden

I don’t buy the tale told here. IF this crisis really is what we’re being told, and McCain believes it as well, he would, as a serious public servant, want to be in the middle of it. How can one do that if they’re still in media-mode? Obama clearly has no taste for this fight that may be shaping up over the bailout. He barely started to get a little traction on transforming himself from ObamaShow to typical cynical politician, and now he has to deal with THIS? snot fair

I think Senator McCain is losing it (and I am not saying this to be mean). Has anyone else noticed that his left eye barley opens? A friend of mine who is a medical doctor said that this often happens when an individual suffers a stroke. IF this is true, then putting Gov. Palin “a heartbeat away from the presidency” is a truly scary thought.

This one is easy..send Biden and Palin to Ole Miss and let the top of each ticket go back to DC…simply flip flop the dates of both debates.Each VP candidate HAS to beable tostep in whenwvwe calleon for the good of hte Nation, lets see who is/isnt up to the job.

Bonkers. Now he is stealing Obama’s points in his address to the CGI. Bonkers, McCain has become scary.

this was a political reset of his campaign
his campaign manager is in trouble after a week of blaming obama hes caught with his hands, no himself completely in the cookie jar
after a week of completely off messaging, confused stumblings and flip flops, and no clear idea of what was going on
with his campaign getting extremely neagative attack after attack realizing they were opening themselves up for a backlash
and mccain slipping in the polls
are the reasons he had to stop his campaign… he needs to take a time out
i mean look at it, the bill is already almost 98% complete, mccain says hes rushing back to DC, yet he stays in new york, does some interviews, cancels others…
he didnt even care about the crisis, hes calling the economy strong, and suddenly 8 days after the crisis, suddenly everything needs to stop something has to be done
i hope americans view this for what it is, just terrible terrible leadership
there have been debates during crisis before
this is jsut cheap

This one is easy..send Biden and Palin to Ole Miss and let the top of each ticket go back to DC…simply flip flop the dates of both debates.Each VP candidate HAS to be able to step in when ever called on for the good of the Nation, lets see who is/isnt up to the job.

At 72, McCain has certainly lost his bearings.
Last week, Sen. McCain said the fundamentals of the economy were strong.
To Katie Couric, he said that the country faces its worst crisis since World War II.

McCain is campaigning right, running on Obamas Platform.
Now no matter who you vote for, you are voting Obama. So now Obama wins.
Do we now change his name to McBama?

McCain is campaigning right, running on Obamas Platform.
Now no matter who you vote for, you are voting Obama. So now Obama wins.
Do we now change his name to McBama?

Desperate! He’s losing in NC now. What would you do guys and gals. He is down in Colorado by 9, down in Michigan by 10, down in Virginia by 7, down tied in Florida, For God sakes he is Obama is demolishing McCain in Iowa by 15. McCain now only has a 4 point edge in WV. I would hit the reset button on my campaign to if i were getting crushed like this. I think its definitely going to tank his numbers even lower. More importantly, you begin to see support withdraw from him. It’s embarrasing.

How obviously one-sided is this reporting? ABC only has Dems on to state what they think of McCains decisions, but where are those that think what McCain is doing is noble? It’s obvious who cares about his country and who only cares about winning the election. When ABC interviews Chris Dodd about what he thinks–it’s completely laughable. Here you have the Senator (Dodd) that proposed the Bill that got us into the mortgage mess we’re in while pocketing more money than anyone else on capital hill (next to Obama)and giving billions to his Morgage buddies. Where is the reporting of these facts? If the mortgage industry goes socialist–the Dems will get their way. Goodbye free market–hello government controlled mortgages, health care and who knows what’s next. We’ve seen how the government runs everythings else they can get their hands on. Obama and the Dems are Marxist (Progressive). Obama has made no effort to hide this. Is this what we want for our country? Or do we want someone who will set aside the political games and do something? Obama is an absentee Senator. He’s done absolutely nothing while in office except run for President. He is the most liberal/socialist Senator on the Hill. Is this what we want? I want a true leader and ABC should interview a few people who feel that way (there are millions of us). Stop the favoritism and let’s try being objective for a change. Didn’t you learn anything after the Gibson/Palin interview? Total biased news coverage is pathetic. The American people are not that stupid. Hopefully the American people will be able to overcome this liberal bias and see the truth throught the lies. The Marxist way of thinking is to make everyone believe that we can’t get by without government intervention. The Dems are trying to scare everyone into a government dependent country. It didn’t work too well for Russia–why do we want that here?

He was not campaigning he was scheduled to do this for clinton the news media picked up the feed

I love the entertainment of these blogs so much

mcain is certainly not afraid of debating obama this friday. obama’s response to a national economic crisis is to say call me if you need me but i am staying on the campaign trial to raise cash and prepare for the coming debate. this rescue package is certainly a big deal and requires leadership and risk taking. obama has shown neither. mccain is reluctant to support this package and many republicans in congress also have concerns so mccain can show leadership by going to washington. sen. dodd and rep. frank and sen. obama along with many democrats were deep in the hole for fannie mae and freddie mac as well as for pushing the private sector to lower their lending standards so everyone could own a home even though they may not be able to truly afford it. liberal democratic politics in the capital markets is the true root reason for this mess. proper oversight by gov’t was also lax. mcain as far back as 2005 noted the problem with fannie and freddie and proposed true reform but the democrats opposed it and now the chickens have come home to roost.

Appearing on Good Morning America Thursday, Clinton told ABC News’ Chris Cuomo that McCain’s push to postpone the debate would only be a good political move if both candidates agreed. McCain announced on Wednesday that he would “suspend” his presidential campaign to come to Washington to help negotiate a financial bailout bill “We know he didn’t do it because he’s afraid because Sen. McCain wanted more debates,” Clinton said, adding that he was “encouraged” by the joint statement from McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.
“You can put it off a few days the problem is it’s hard to reschedule those things,” Clinton said, “I presume he did that in good faith since I know he wanted — I remember he asked for more debates to go all around the country and so I don’t think we ought to overly parse that.”

Newsweek reports that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis “has remained the treasurer and a corporate director of his lobbying firm this year, despite repeated statements by campaign officials that he had ended his relationship with the firm in 2006.”
Don’t be fooled by John McCain.

This is a ploy. Now there is talk of delaying the VP debate. Anyone who has seen Ms. Palin’s three interviews is not surprised. This is a plan. I don’t think the American people will see it any differently. Look at the polls on whether this debate should go forward. Most agree that it should.

100% bonehead on McCain part, I expected him to show leadership and not pull a stunt like this. Obama is looking more presidential each day and McCain/Palin is trying every trick in the book/excuse to run away from the debate. What a shame McCain lost my vote.

Of course Obama wont go to washington, he have no ideas for thsi crisis, thsi f* fdems messed up there, and he is a part of it (well, he never voted, because he have no idea whats all about, was just sitting there and trying to act cool).
of course, he wont go to wipe off thier crap, because he cant! he is NOT experiance, he/they are experiance in messsing up!
DEMS! eat your sh* its your fault!

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The McCain campaign is speaking for the Alaska state government these days, especially when it wants to ensure that nothing embarrassing about Gov. Sarah Palin emerges before Election Day.
Questions for the Palin administration are most often answered by McCain staffers, including Meghan Stapleton, a former Palin spokeswoman; Taylor Griffin, who worked for President Bush’s campaigns in 2000 and 2004; and Ed O’Callaghan, a McCain campaign lawyer and former federal prosecutor from New York.
They have clamped down on information flowing out of state government, especially when it comes to the so-called Troopergate investigation. The inquiry centers on whether Palin abused her power by firing the public safety commissioner after he refused to fire her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper. The McCain group even attached a “truth squad” moniker to Troopergate news conferences this week.
The presidential race has kept Palin out of Alaska for all but three days since Sen. John McCain announced on Aug. 29 that he had chosen her as his running mate. This week, Palin was in New York for her first-ever meetings with world leaders, a trip to the World Trade Center site and an interview with CBS’ Katie Couric.
Even Palin’s lieutenant governor, Sean Parnell, said keeping in touch has been difficult. And since hackers broke into Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account last week, he said, it has dropped off entirely.
“Until she was hacked, we were communicating just about daily. Now I’m talking with her chief of staff,” Parnell said. “I saw her in person when she came home about a week ago, but I haven’t spoken to her since.”
In Palin’s absence, messages left with the governor’s office are usually returned by the McCain campaign. A recent request for information was answered by a governor’s spokesman with a sad smile and a shake of the head.

Spin it anyway you want. McCain is putting country first. He’s doing the job that he’s being paid to do. Will Obama?
Why would McCain try to avoid a foreign policy debate? You libs and your conspiracies…priceless.

After Obama refuses to take part, with McCain in Town Hall Meetings, Obama and his talking heads are now attacking McCain for putting the “debate” on hold until the economic crisis is somewhat resolved. Amazing.
It just goes to show:
Obama = “DO NOTHING” Candidate
McCain steps up — and once again
Obama sits and waits to figure out what to do.

dear – huh.
Did Obama vote at all? he never knew what to do, so he was always undecided!
he has a crepy mind…
yes, im a racict! talk to the point, dont tell me you know what you gonna do to the economy! you messed it up DEMS.
yea! all of you!

“We know he didn’t do it because he’s afraid because Sen. McCain wanted more debates,” Clinton said, adding that he was “encouraged” by the joint statement from McCain and Sen. Barack Obama.
“You can put it off a few days the problem is it’s hard to reschedule those things,” Clinton said, “I presume he did that in good faith since I know he wanted — I remember he asked for more debates to go all around the country and so I don’t think we ought to overly parse that.”

the “CHOSEN ONE” lifts his arms and Spake ” economy heal thyself” or call me if you need me I need to be out here to tell people what I will do instead of actually doing an real work in case I get blamed for it…Vote “PRESENT” oh sorry ..he did get 500 mil, for ACORN so he could steal info for vote..
Chris Dodd Housing, Barney Franks banking,Raines 90 million fannie pay off Clinton adviser now Obama’s, Rangel don’t pay taxes, rezco slum lord obama got him 14 million,Wright,G.D.America Clinton NAFTA Clinton Deregulated for his global world economy for theives to borrow..ALL DEMOCRATS, Crroks liars and theives…

What a DRAMA QUEEN McCain is!
Is this the kind of leadership America needs? Lurching from one position to the next like a drunk at closing time?
Another hasty bad decision to cover his last hasty bad decision.
SARAH PALIN IS NOT QUALIFIED AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT, JOHN.
NO POINT IN TRYING TO HIDE IT ANY MORE.
YOU MADE A MISTAKE>
ADMIT IT.
McCAIN = CUT AND RUN COWARD.

“We don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.”
“Fool me once Shame on you Fool me twice Shame on me.”

McCain woosed out of the debate and thinks he’s doing something to help with the bailout, what is it that he’s going to offer?….

Who’s McCain think that he’s fooling –”Country First” my a**; IT’S “POLITICS FIRST”!!! Only this time, the American People will see just how dishonorable he has become [just to get elected]!

I admire his decision..do the job you were elected to do.

You people need to read up on mr O he does not debate well he is the one playing politics trying to make like McCain is scared ask yourself this question who wanted more debates at more states mor cities who would only agree to three?

Obama looks as Presidential as that Iranian bafoon at the U.N. Love the worlld..How the world is going to be destroyed. the sky is falling Obama save us..Saves us we don’t know true freedom we love to choke on our social issues. we don’t want people to be their best we want them to be drones like us..
Pelosi,Reid,Dodds,Franks,Rezco,Wright,Phleger,Raines, no oil,no wind,no america

boneheaded

This is worse than Katrina Call me if i am needed Hey Paulson you doing a heck of a job Thats what Obama should be saying right now

Once again, Obama shows he’s just fluff.
Obama = All mouth – no action
At least McCain stepped up– I give McCain alot of credit.
Obama = “DO NOTHING” candidate

Is that his answer if elected President…call me if you need me???…
I’m sorry, I can’t go do my job because I have a television appearance scheduled! Priorities man, priorities.

If Obama can go back to Congress to vote to keep Terry Schiavo on life support, then he can do this. HE’S the one who is boneheaded.

Obama needs to do his job. His is not elected to prepare for a debate. It too much to ask him to do 1 single thing that is for the country, SELF_CENTERED AND EXPOSED = OBAMA! Need to prepare for debate, cannot deal with economy. Harry Reid said they needed to know if John McCain was going to support the bill and I believe he got his answer. Not as you idiots have proposed!

It is brilliant. He is doing the hard work that Americans needs. He is the change he need- Bipartisian work and resolve. Obama panders. McCain goes in the rooms and cuts deals. He is good at doing that.
Obama has never cut a deal except with the devil.

Oh, by the way, I love the way Bush made this issue out to be everyones fault but his and the people responsible for it. Bush and his cabinets and the people he hired to oversee this stuff DROPPED THE BALL, THEY WAS TO BUSY DOING NOTHING BUT RAKING IN OUR MONEY BY RIPPING US OFF. I hate the way the Republicans…including McCain take an awful situation that they themselves have created, and then act like they are our saviors, our angles in waiting… Today I am mad, sick and tired of the whole thing and I can’t wait for Nov. 4th.

the republican bus is flying off the cliff and they want to drag the country with them, time to make a change…

Let’s see…
On one hand you have McCain willing to suspend his Presidential campaign to go work on resolving this banking crisis. He also requested to postpone the debate be postponed until a deal on the bailout bill is in place.
On the other hand, Obama says he will only go to Washington if he is needed and wants to debate on foreign issues Friday. Incidentally, Obama refused 10 debates over the summer.
Both McCain and Obama are running for President- highest office in the land- and Obama believes his input or involvement is what, “above his pay grade?” Obama is not showing good judgment or LEADERSHIP skills. Now that Bush asked him to show up because Bush knows both McCain and Obama represent the future president and their involvement is important. At least now Obama can show up and vote “Present.”

NielPA – Your candidate is the MOST ABSENT MEMBER of Congress. McCain managed to beat out two other members battling brain tumors for the prize. You nor your candidate who has missed more votes than ANY other member of Congress, need to be calling anyone out on work ethic. The only reason McCain is interested in getting back to Washington for this is because the polls tell his that’s what is in HIS best interest.

While they may be saying this is a bold move on message boards and tv – they are really shocked at McCain’s judgement. The people out there defending McCain are paid to do it or just cannot stand to lose at ALL cost. No one truly believes that he did this for any reason other than the fact that he is panicked and regrets the Palin choice.

McCain’s campaign is ultimately trying to cancel the VP debate and push out the foreign policy debate, which is his strength. A patriotic move, I think not.

Brilliant move? I don’t think so, Obama should call his bluff show up and answer questions even if McCain is not there. This is another McCain stunt. BTW…McCain is starting to look and act older. Even yesterday the camera angle for his announcement let the scar on his face show, which they usually hide, this making him look worse. Then today we see the REAL reason for this, the McCain campaign is suggesting that McCain and Obama debate in place of the VP candidates next week. THAT is the real goal here, Palin is looking worse and worse even in the few interviews she has done. The debate prep must be going VERY badly. This is just another cheap stunt. Presidents must remain calm and act stable. McCain is looking old, irrational and phony. His running mate is proving she is not ready for prime time.

Why does Obama wait until others come out with the real “answers”; then he comes out and steals other candidates platform.
Obama did the same thing in the primaries with Clinton.
Just when the voters were finally catching on to Obama’s total lack of judgement and experience in the primaries, Obama pulls the Michigan and Florida debacle.
Michigan and Florida voters really got the short end of the stick in the primary; as well as Hillary Clinton.
Obama just can’t seal the deal because he just doesn’t have what it takes to be president.

Brilliant – for both campaign leverage and for forcefully breaking govt SOP. He can help the country and himself at the same time.
For all those who want to blame Repubs -IMHO everyone is to blame. From the deregulation repubs, the “housing for everyone” democrats, the “mark to market” advocates, the people who could call hearings on predatory lending but not securitization of ephemeral financial products, a SOX law which tells you everything and nothing, the wealth vs wages nature of American economy, direct and indirect (401(k)) shareholders, an American system too reliant on credit and foreign investors, homeowners who shouldn’t have bought houses, bankers who shouldn’t have made the loans … there’s plenty too go around in a culture that often favors the quick, big win over more sustainable benefits.

You all miss the point entirely. If we don’t settle this financial crisis, a debate about foreign policy will be moot–because in short order, the US will lose its AAA+ credit rating meaning the rest of the world will not readily buy our bonds to fund our deficit spending. China already is making moves to limit its exposure to the US Treasury.
I am sorry to say that McCain gets this issue and Obama doesn’t. I have tried to gain some confidence in Obama that he is what he says he is and not a socialist isolationist class warfare idealogue that his record indicates. Recently my take on Obama is that he is just another well spoken politician with his own interests at heart, not mine or the nation’s.
I would really like to have my mind changed because I am completely disillusioned with both parties. I am tired of gotcha politics, scoring points in the mainstream media and dumbed down “debates.”
At least McCain will roll up his sleeves and wade right in up to his shoulders, while Obama pontificates and snipes from a distance.
Score this one for McCain.
How ironic that the world’s most successful democracy must now pay

Brilliant or boneheaded? Wrong question. I’d say the question ought to be whether McCain is a serious or childish candidate.
I think its getting harder and harder to see him as a serious candidate.

Typo corrected
I am ashamed of his political pandering attitude towards our economic problems. I don’t think he can balance his personal checkbook, so what can he add to this crisis but more of the same with additional pandering for photo ops.
It is a boneheaded move on his campaigns part to avoid the debate with Obama. He wanted 10 townhalls and all of a sudden he is using this as a reason to keep him and his weak choice for VP out of the debates!! I say It’s time for the showdown man to man!!
GET REAL JOHN McCAIN

I know let’s cancel the VP debate, he says…

mccain led . obama after trying to stay out ( vote present ) on a vital issue . followed like a sheep. well that is the usual pattern of his behavior

Infantile mccain. As president this knee jerk cut and run behavior is unacceptable. Is he going to bomb Iran if he has a domestic crisis? Can he handle more than one thing at a time? No. The debate must go on and if he refuses then Palin/Biden must debate Friday – quit the games, we can’t afford this. Why wan’t mccain in the senate for the last FOUR months dealing with this economic crisis? This is embarrassing. McCain’s mental ability is in question.

If McCain is so concerned about the country losing money, why isn’t he concerned about the $5,000,000 that has already been spent getting this debate ready? Just lose it and forget it? I guess that is a drop in the bucket for him since he and his heiress have a lot more and could afford to lose that much. What about the advertisers looking forward to reaching millions of viewers and the Americans planning debate watching parties? Just let them throw their money away too? what a liar. He is just afraid of losing a debate and is desperate to atop the VP debate because Palin isn’t ready to answer questions.

McCain delays to push out the VP debate — lest we see the Emperor’s running mate has no clothes. We see. Blind followers cannot. This is a critical time in history for this nation.

ABC News is trying to emulate Fox News… pinhead or patriot (bonehead or brilliant)… Has it occurred to anyone that Obama’s own democratic buddies on the Hill thinks he can offer anything new or be helpful since he has not been taken up on his offer to suspend his campaign and go back to work for the American people as an elected Senator? They sure aren’t turning to him for leadership in this very crucial matter. Hmmmm?

It was the Republicans who go us in this mess in the first place,not democrats. Obama is doing what he is supposed to be doing, getting ready for a debate. McCain is just trying to show the world that he cares about the economy! It’s just a publicity stunt gone bad. If he misses the debate tommorow,then the country won’t know his views on foreign policy. There’s not to much McCain can do,but take up space.Obama’s not trying to be somewhere he is not needed. Like Obama said “A president can multitask” he doesn’t have to suspend his whole campaign just to go to washington.McCain has a airplane and so does Obama.

The debates are suppose to be about foreign policy but you know the economy will end up being involed. mccain is scared he admits to know nothing about the economy,Just last week he said the fundementals of the economy are strong he is now trying to get the vp debates cancelled how is mccain going to washington fix something he knows nothing about? he cant use the internet to communicate his cell phone you know 21st century technology people travel every day out of the country and still keep up with their jobs at home its called TECHNOLOGY. IF MCCAIN CANT HANDLE THIS CAMPAIGN THEN I SAY DROP OUT AND PUT SOMEONE IN THERE THAT CAN!

Obama is a bone head.
A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions. (suntimes, 2008)
In otherwords Obama spent $100K of Chicago tax dollars on a badly built gazebo. Now thats a bone head you can count on.

First, this bailout should be up to the American People and not the Senate/House. It’s our MONEY and we should have a say in how its spent. Second, McChicken is trying to make this a political move to benefit him!!! This information didn’t come out yesterday it’s been a week and NOW he ready to stop campaigning and head to Washington!!! LOL!!! He is a joke!!! I believe the president of the US should be able to debate and handle other issues at the same time!!!

The Bailout should be out on the ballet so WE the citizens can vote on it!!! It’s our money!!!

Ryan M: “I read your post and your criteria was well thought out, however I was shocked to find out that your conclusion was for Obama.”
I’m with the retired colonel, Ryan. McCain doesn’t have the temperament nor maturity (despite his age) I’m looking for in a president.
And to me, that point seemed obvious even before this latest string of campaign stunts.

If McCain wants to move the debate to the night that the VP debate should take place. Why dont they move the VP debate to Friday instead. I am sure Biden is ready but I guess Sarah would not be able to handle it. If you are going to be running for such a high office, you need to be ready for anything.

Typical McShame, a day late and a dollar short. The congress is putting the final touches on the bill and now McShame wants to be part of it. We can now see what kind of president he will never get to be.

Here’s an interesting take from a Republican and former member of Congress. McCain’s move is “somewhere on the stupidity scale between plain silly and numbingly desperate,” said former Republican congressman Mickey Edwards (OK).
My concern is whether either McCain or Obama would help in Washington. Not commenting on either’s capabilities as a legislator, but the simple fact is both are candidates for president. And that fact could actually cause either to inadvertantly damage these negotiations.
“Obama and McCain coming back will not be particularly helpful,” said House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.). “It’s just going to bring the presidential campaign into the halls of Congress directly.”
I think both should put country first and actually stay away for a while. We have people in place to deal with this. We can argue all day whether they are the right people or not, but in times of crisis, often the worst move is the emotional, kneejerk one to bypass the offices and procedures already in place for dealing with such events.
In this case, its a job for Paulson, Bachus, Frank, and to a lesser degree Shelby and Dodd. And between them, they may well now be close to something both parties and both branches of government can live with. Insert a candidate or two, and who knows what happens next.

We also get to see that McShame can not multi-task as well. One thing at a time. It is obvious now that he couldn’t run a business let alone the country.

Paul well said-I still believe that they should be there Hey if some one going to cook a big meal Should’nt the chefs be there trying to decide whats going to be on the menu?

This was a ploy to make McCain look like he cares unlike Bush who he’s running as. It’s a fraud that unfortunately Obama has allowed John to perpetuate. So I ask Barack debate Nader, Baldwin, or Paul, at least there will be a discussion about America’s problems and how we can solve them, no Obama will just do whatever his colleague asks of him. Jeez, what election, this has become a FARCE!!!

I know this is a long post, but it is very informative so PLEASE READ.
I’m wondering whether Congress will be able to truly fix the current mess and how much the fix will cause problems in the future. Our current financial crisis is due to a number of problems and not just what’s happening to AIG, Lehman Bros., Fannie or Freddie.
Lets place the blame on today’s current crisis where it truly belongs. The national debt, the mortgage crisis, and the debt we are further incurring.
The United States is in debt and this is partially due to the costs of the Iraq War, which is the sole responsibility of the Bush Administration. Voters/individuals will decide if they believe the war was worth it.
Another part of the crisis is due to excessive spending, including pork barrel spending and earmarks. This lies at the feet of both parties in Congress. Earmarks are slipped into bills at the last moment and many including the President (whether its Bush, Clinton, etc) do not become aware of them until after a bill is signed. Both parties are at fault here.
Congress, regulation, and the Clinton administration caused the mortgage crisis, which has forced many like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fail. Since most people here do not want to believe the last fact, here are facts to back up my last statement. In 1994, President Bill Clinton signed a bill to promote low-income home ownership. To accomplish this it required the implementation of adjustable rate mortgages. Money actually costs banks money (because people save and expect interest on their savings). That’s why banks make loans that charge interest. It’s to gain money in order to pay interest in savings (basic fact).
Now lets put together a scenario that shows the consequences of Clinton’s bill. Lets say money costs banks 6%; therefore they need to charge 6% interest on their loans in order to remain in business. What the adjustable rate mortgage did is allow people to buy homes and only pay say 5% in the first year (banks are losing money). In the second year or third year the rate would go up to 6% (bank breaks even). In the third or fourth year, the owner would pay 7% to replace the loss banks incurred when the homeowner was only paying 5% (bank makes money and may stay in business). By the time the homeowner is paying 7% banks, consumers and everyone else believed that the value of the home would have appreciated. This allowed people to refinance and afford to pay the interest that allowed the banks to recover from their losses and possibly make some money. Not a bad plan overall.
The problem is that people betted on the house appreciating, which once the housing bubble burst, did not happen. In addition the crisis was also caused by changes in accounting principles and the addition of bad regulation (not deregulation, regulation). Under the Clinton administration, Congress, by law, required Savings and Loans companies (like Fannie, Freddie, and other banks) to give mortgages to risky borrowers. In order to do this, banks had to borrow money from other banks and foreign investors. To borrow from other banks and foreign investors, the borrowing banks wrapped up the mortgages into sub-prime loan packages. Banks used the homeowner’s loans as collateral saying that these people had a loan and would pay it off. Here is where regulation again caused a problem. According to Congress, banks could not discriminate between loans. Meaning these loans will most likely pay off, here is one sub-prime loan package and these are the risky sub-prime loans, there is another package. Nope, banks were forced to wrap up the risky loans that fell through together with the loans that were likely to be paid. When loans started falling through, banks and foreign investors no longer “bought” the sub-prime loans packages. Banks were forced to stop lending credit, more loans fell through, and people were forced to foreclose. This is when companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac started getting into real trouble. So in truth, it wasn’t the fault of banks it was the fault of Congress’ regulations that were passed during the Clinton administration.
I won’t go into the long-term effects here. However, for those who are curious here is a research paper that describes those effects and showcases these negative effects and how the ones that were really hurt are racial minorities (especially African Americans).

Is Palin involved in the negotiation of the bailout plan? If McCain can’t debate as scheduled, we should move up the VP debate to this Friday. Give us a preview of what we should expect if Palin has to take over for McCain.
Obama/Biden 08

I forgot to post he website for the research paper. Here it is: http://www.faireconomy.org/files/StateOfDream_01_16_08_Web.pdf

So, my dem friends — what if McCain doesn’t go back and try and get his party to come to consensus for the bailout? What if, after the Committee leadership came out with their versions, their whip vote counts tell them a third to a half of Republicans won’t vote for the bill. Will the Dems go ahead (as the majority party) and will they vote to pass it as Bush and his team have requested?

MadAsHell: Please read my post. It’s long, but simple and informative. Part of the current problem is regulation, not deregulation.

reddog: “I still believe that they should be there Hey if some one going to cook a big meal Should’nt the chefs be there trying to decide whats going to be on the menu?”
There’s an argument for that, but the counter-argument is we have two chefs trying to get the same job, and would you really want to eat something cooked by current chefs as well as two prospective ones, each of whom is trying to out-cook the other?
I believe there’s an old saying about too many cooks spoiling the broth.

What’s going to backfire on McCain is that the DJIA is going to close UP today.

Paul, to paraphrase Treasure of Sierra Madre:
“Exit Plan, we don’t need no stinking exit plan?” See Iraq.

I think the two of them are very close on their ideas and it would be nice for the two of them to come together and show leadership change. I think that could be the single greatest moment in American history politics

ricky: your post doesn’t make sense.

ConcernsAboutTheTruth-Now lets put together a scenario that shows the consequences of Clinton’s bill. Lets say money costs banks 6%; therefore they need to charge 6% interest on their loans in order to remain in business. What the adjustable rate mortgage did is allow people to buy homes and only pay say 5% in the first year (banks are losing money). In the second year or third year the rate would go up to 6% (bank breaks even). In the third or fourth year, the owner would pay 7% to replace the loss banks incurred when the homeowner was only paying 5% (bank makes money and may stay in business). By the time the homeowner is paying 7% banks, consumers and everyone else believed that the value of the home would have appreciated. This allowed people to refinance and afford to pay the interest that allowed the banks to recover from their losses and possibly make some money. Not a bad plan overall. IF They sell it what it cost them they would not remain in Buissness!!!!!!!!

if this is Obama’s move, I bet you don’t see people questioning or second guessing. All because it is McCain. I for one, think he did this out of good faith.

McCain….brilliant, Presidential, and knows when the house is on fire you don’t multitask (debate). AS ALWAYS PUTS OUR COUNTRY FIRST, and would rather lose an election and do right by this country.
Obama, as usual, puts his ego first and used his press conference to posture as if everything is about HIM. My God, he is so “actor mentality”….me, me, I, I. What a bloviator!
McCAIN/PALIN ALL THE WAY!

Anyone tell me what Obama’s plan is? HE HAS NONE…I am so upset that the media doesn’t talk about it…Friday, McCain detailed his plan yet we hear nothing in the Obama camp…I want a leader not a follower!

Suck on this you Obama Nuts.
McCain’s statement from the Congressional Record.
Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were “illusions deliberately and systematically created” by the company’s senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal.
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s report goes on to say that Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets in order to trigger bonuses for senior executives. In the case of Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae’s former chief executive officer, OFHEO’s report shows that over half of Mr. Raines’ compensation for the 6 years through 2003 was directly tied to meeting earnings targets. The report of financial misconduct at Fannie Mae echoes the deeply troubling $5 billion profit restatement at Freddie Mac.
The OFHEO report also states that Fannie Mae used its political power to lobby Congress in an effort to interfere with the regulator’s examination of the company’s accounting problems. This report comes some weeks after Freddie Mac paid a record $3.8 million fine in a settlement with the Federal Election Commission and restated lobbying disclosure reports from 2004 to 2005. These are entities that have demonstrated over and over again that they are deeply in need of reform.
For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs–and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO’s report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay.
I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.
I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation.
I’d say this pretty clearly refutes Barack Obama’s silly claims that John McCain is not a reformer and does not know anything about economics. One candidate is the real reformer, and it ain’t Barack Obama. By the way, the Democrats blocked the legislation McCain proposed, and it was never passed. So if you want to know why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed, leaving the taxpayers with billions of dollars in losses, blame the Congressional Democrats.
Try and Spin this Please!!

Posted by: Kim | Sep 25, 2008 12:18:53 PM-Try and Spin this Please!! They cant kim thats why they try to say he is ducking the debate

Thanks for clarifying Ricky. No I had not heard about the Dutch journalist.

Kim must have missed Palin’s interview with Couric on CBS last night. Beyond that one insert form the Congressional Record there is no record of McCain doing anything to avert this crisis.
To quote Sarah the Great, “I’ll try and find ome and get back to ya.”

There’s no smart or dumb move on this. He’s just want to take care of this economic issue for the people. I bet he could care less about the election. After what he has been through and shown in his life, McCain is no wimp like obama to dodge a debate.

BRILLIANT
NOW HE CAN HIDE BEHIND OUR PROBLEMS
It was either this, or fire your campaign manager for his ties to Freddie Mac
Almost as BRILLIANT as BUSH last night BLAMING our problems becaues
WE WERE SO WELL OFF 10 YEARS AGO, that we got SO USED TO LIVING IN A SURPLUS
DAMN PRESIDENT CLINTON! you are to blame! why you had to go and put us in surplus!!!!!

This financial crisis was so severe Bush administration officials briefed Congress last Friday and they worked on a plan through the weekend. According to this blog, it was not until Tuesday that Bush himself canceled a fundraiser to get back to Washington to work on the crisis. Then McCain does the same thing the next day. Original leadership my posterior.

HANNAH
Why didn’t he and the rest of the Republicans work on it BEFORE?!
WHAT now we have to stop our campaign of HOPE and CHANGE BECAUSE YOUR REPUBLICANS MESSED THINGS UP?
I want a president that won’t send out the message “IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON ATTACKING THE US, DO IT WHILE WE ARE IN CRISIS, BECAUSE WE’LL BE TOO BUSY TO NOTICE”

Gigi: Members of both parties wrote/sponsored bills years ago to warn and possibly take care of the crisis. These bills failed because of gridlock in the Congress. Just because there may be a majority does not mean that party has supreme control. That is why we have what the people of the United States calls a do nothing Congress with the lowest ratings in history.

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/L/f/bush_hurricane_cake.jpg
right… they care.
IT SHOWS

Sarah Palin could not think of anything McCain did to regulate the economic crisis when asked by Katie Couric on CBS last night. Because her pit bull ate the briefing book while she was at the hockey match with first dude! Cancel the debates. We have a Great Depression to stave off of our fundamentally sound economy that we can see from Alaska.

Ricky: The fundamentals of the economy according to McCain are the American workers. The American workers are responsible for creating new technology from computers to alternative energy. They are responsible for growing the food you eat. They are responsible for fixing your car. If the American workers are not strong there is no hope for this country. The American workers are responsible for getting this country out of every crisis we have ever been in. By mocking this statement by McCain you are mocking the average worker. Say anything negative about McCain that you want. But please make it factual and where it does not shed a negative light on the working people of America. In fact, do you ever have anything positive to say? Everything I’ve read is negative and not constructive at all.

Gigi: Members of both parties wrote/sponsored bills years ago to warn and possibly take care of the crisis. These bills failed because of gridlock in the Congress. Just because there may be a majority does not mean that party has supreme control. That is why we have what the people of the United States calls a do nothing Congress with the lowest ratings in history.
Posted by: ConcernsAboutTheTruth | Sep 25, 2008 12:37:59 PM
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THAT’S NOT WHAT YOUR PRESIDENT SAID LAST NIGHT. And sorry, I didn’t know that when you have a Republican PResident and a Republican filled congress, the blame for all that goes wrong falls on Barack Obama (because he won’t fix it)

Reddog: I volunteer for a Not for Profit Organization. We make money to cover our costs and the rest is donated to cancer research. Yes businesses have to make money, but not everyone is about growth.
Posted by: ConcernsAboutTheTruth | Sep 25, 2008 12:27:02 PM
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I commend you, I plan, coordinate and execute fundraisers for TJ Martell, Skylar Neil Foundation, Lillyclaire foundation and The United Way of So FL, what organization do you support?

“In light of the collapse of Fannie and Freddie, both John McCain and Barack Obama now criticize the risk-tolerant regulatory regime that produced the current crisis. But Sen. McCain’s criticisms are at least credible, since he has been pointing to systemic risks in the mortgage market and trying to do something about them for years.
In contrast, Sen. Obama’s conversion as a financial reformer marks a reversal from his actions in previous years, when he did nothing to disturb the status quo….All the Republicans on the Committee supported the bill, and all the Democrats voted against it. Mr. McCain endorsed the legislation in a speech on the Senate floor. Mr. Obama, like all other Democrats, remained silent….If the Democrats had let the 2005 legislation come to a vote, the huge growth in the subprime and Alt-A loan portfolios of Fannie and Freddie could not have occurred, and the scale of the financial meltdown would have been substantially less. The same politicians who today decry the lack of intervention to stop excess risk taking in 2005-2006 were the ones who blocked the only legislative effort that could have stopped it.

Three of the four frontrunners in this election have the position of SENATOR… elected BY the people and paid to do their jobs.
This action taken by Congress on this particular crisis is going to affect our country for a VERY long time.
Why wouldn’t the “next president”, whichever man is elected, NOT want to be front and center as Congress works out these details? He is going to have to live with the fall-out and the affer-effects throughout his presidency.
I believe it’s a time where SENATORS need to be doing their job. It’s not a time to be absent!
All three Senators should understand what a PRIVILEGE and TRUST has been granted to them by the people who elected them.
Shame on those who deride McCain for getting back to Washington to do his job.
Is it political? EVERYTHING is political in a campaign! Too bad it’s that way. However, I feel that because of McCain’s experience, he DOES understand that his place is in Washington, campaign or not.
The financial stakes are higher than ever.
Let the SENATORS do their jobs! And quit GRIPING when they do!!!

Brilliant move by President McCain!

Gigi to answer your question I volunteer for the American Cancer Society. I joined this after my sister a 23 got cancer. I also volunteer for CASA which works to support abused and neglected children.

It’s a good thing to see that people from all walks of life take their time and money and put it into worthy causes. It helps to know one is not alone.
God bless you and your family.

Gallup today shows that McCain and Obama are tied at 46%. It appears that McCain’s suggestion to postpone the debate and concentrate on America is working. Americans know that McCain is the man for the job and will be the next POTUS. Obama, well, he’s just that, Obama, the fake community organizer!
McCain/Palin 08!
“Country First!”

Gallup Daily: Race Back to a Tie at 46% Each NEW September 25, 2008
John McCain has gained ground and is now tied with Barack Obama among registered voters in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update for Sept. 22-24, with each candidate getting 46% support.

McCain/Clinton/Obama all wrote/sponsored bills to warn/fix the crisis. But none of it was passed.
So therefore they,
just like congress,
proved ineffectual.
This is a bi-partisan problem.
Posted by: ConcernsAboutTheTruth | Sep 25, 2008 12:55:31 PM
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SO what good does it make for McCain to stop his campaign?
other than campaign stragety, that is.

Obama in a debate…”ummm…uhhh…ohhh…hmmm…uhh….yeah, I agree with Mrs. Clinton”. Palin would wipe the floor with NoBammy!

GIGI
SO what good does it make for McCain to stop his campaign?
He wanted both to stop Barack its all about me in the spotlight did not want to-Its about focusing on the problem in a bi-partisan way

He wanted both to stop Barack its all about me in the spotlight did not want to-Its about focusing on the problem in a bi-partisan way
Posted by: reddog0216 | Sep 25, 2008 1:17:39 PM
Very good comment!

Again McCain willing to reach across the aslie to the other side to work together
Thanx david

SO what good does it make for McCain to stop his campaign?
other than campaign stragety, that is.
Posted by: GIGI | Sep 25, 2008 1:13:30 PM
In the eyes of Americans, the candidate willing to give up his campaign for the future of America reasonates deeply. John McCain represents America….Obama represents himself.
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 25, 2008 1:17:59 PM
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so you are saying he is doing it so American CAN SEE who the best candidate is… ISN’T THAT CAMPAIGNING?
HOW IS THAT NOT CAMPAIGNING?

Obama in a debate…”ummm…uhhh…ohhh…hmmm…uhh….yeah, I agree with Mrs. Clinton”. Palin would wipe the floor with NoBammy!
Posted by: jess | Sep 25, 2008 1:14:27 PM
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FUN QUESTION OF THE DAY!!!!!!
answer this correctly and you will receive today’s award for BRIGHTEST PERSON THAT READS ABC:
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE FOLLOWING ARGUMENT ABOUT DRILLING IN OUR COUNTRY FOR ENERGY SOURCES?
1- Who said: “OUR OPPONENTS SAY, AGAIN AND AGAIN, THAT DRILLING WILL NOT SOLVE ALL OF AMERICA’S ENGERGY PROBLEMS – AS IF WE DIDN’T KNOW THAT ALREADY”
2- And who said: “I BEG TO DISAGREE WITH ANY CANDIDATE WHO WOULD SAY WE CAN’T DRILL OUR WAY OUT OF OUR PROBLEMS”
Choose your Answer:
A – Sarah Palin Against Sarah Palin
B – Former Mayor of Wasila Against Alaska’s Governor
C – Brystol Palins Mom Against Willow Palin’s Mom
D – All of the Above

No David “its because replublicans are stupid and The racist americans that are causing Obama not to be blowing McCain out of the water”
The above statement was played by reddog portraying a liberal

JUST RELEASED
PRINCETON, NJ — John McCain has gained ground and is now tied with Barack Obama among registered voters in the latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update for Sept. 22-24, with each candidate getting 46% support.
http://www.gallup.com

Did you see Bill Clinton slap Obama down again? He said McCain’s emphasis is right on the money. They most be steamed at Camp O.

Gigi…you are getting confused….McCain is doing this for the good of the country regardless of the campaign…thats why he is doing it. Obama, on the other hand, is pandering……he hasn’t mentioned how bipartisandhip will help the country….i doubt he even knows what bipartisanship is. McCain is doing this for the country…..its heartfelt, real, and needed at this time in America. Obama’s stance on this will undboubtedly hurt him…..which I’m glad…Obama will NEVER be POTUS.
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 25, 2008 1:27:45 PM
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that’ is “heart-felt, or real” is up for debate. I am still sore at the image of
him celebrating with BUSH THE DAY KATRINA HIT NEW ORLEANS…
I was in front of the TV crying (I went through ANDREW, it was horrible!) then I flip the channel and see these two BAFOONS LAUGHING IT UP AND POSSING WITH A WHITE CAKE AND THE SYMBOL OF MY COUNTRY IN IT.
Having said that,
if REDDOG says they (CONGRESS) have proven ineffective – WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO TO SUSPEND HIS CAMPAIGN AND GO TO WASHINGTON AGAIN?
other than for America to see him do it and get votes?????????
don’t play with words, you’re smart and we all know it.

Gigi: In response to your question. Obama/McCain/Clinton should all be going back to Washington to work on the issue. I said that they each wrote/sponsored a bill. That means that each of them has done research in the past and are aware of at least a portion of the problem and have something to contribute to the fixing of the problem. As individuals they each failed, but now since Congress must do something it is more likely that action will be taken. Obama/McCain are also the presidential hopefuls and will be better able to rally their parties together in person than from a distance. Party members tend to listen to their presidential hopefuls even if its just to help their own party out. I think that each candidate has something to contribute and by showing up greater cooperation will occur. Also every vote counts.

And if I cut you question or statement short I assure you it was accidental And as far as me recieving 4000 back No I have the pleasure of living in new York where they take take take

and I believe this was his best campaign tactic yet.
just like he did when he was all “CONCERNED” over IKE hitting TX
Because IKE, not KATRINA, came during Elections time…
how fast we forget.

Obama/McCain are also the presidential hopefuls and will be better able to rally their parties together in person than from a distance
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I am glad to see a Non-Democrat finally giving Obama some credit for being a Leader… just personally I am not sure that publicly telling the world that WE CAN’T HANDLE MORE THAN ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME is a good tactic.
I personally think if McCain REALLY meant it, he would have made a private call adn discussed it AND MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT TOGETHER, that would have shown TRUE bipartisanship and GOOD FAITH. Mccain is out to get votes and you and I both know that…

“learned from Katrina?”
what like us Floridians are Chopped liver?!
the government had had PLENTY of time to learn about HURRICANES! local, schmocal, we’re about to choose a president, when it comes to local elections I am pretty sure LA’s residents will
have a chance to think about LOCAl.
What is this “learn as you go by screwing up” the Sarah Palin Doctrine?
no standards.

I also will say McCain Has reached across the aslie more not voting his party line more often than Barack

Hold on GIGI when florida got hit by andrew it was nothing like the problems from katrina and I do not mran that in the fact of devistation I mean In the way people were trapped levies etc etc Do you honestly belive that either party wants to harm or put in harms way people of this country? I live in new york and before katrina hit we were all a buzz about the storm comming People stayed by there choice.

Actually if you look at my first comment (too far up) my initial and still my stance is that it was Brilliant; a brilliant move to make votes.
He’s using the Nation’s crisis for his personal gain.
This is the BEST way to get all the spot light to himself.
But it does make him a liar. this is not about us, it’s about him
THIS IS NOT SUSPENDING HIS CAMPAGIN, IT’S HIS BEST CAMPAIGN DECISTION YET.
Campaign = America?

The idea that John McCain needs to mount his horse and ride to the rescue in Washington is preposterous. Especially since he just got there about an hour or so ago.
If he was so urgently needed in Washington one would imagine he wouldn’t have spent time interviewing with Katie Couric or appearing on Rachel Rae.
This was a total cowardly move by McCain. Nothing more than political BS. It’s a shame his supporters can’t see that

It appears to me the one wanting the spotlight for personal gain is Obama, saying he’ll keep his TV appearance by himself rather than work on his Senate duties.

anyway… since the campaign is suspended, and the Vice President Nominee can’t take McCain’s place and keep it going…
are they gonna issue refunds to campaign donors?

some how I deleted my other point or that they decided to ride it out It was a sad situation and I think all have learned from it
I think that neither party wants to hurt us it makes no sense for them to put us in harms way.I think most of it comes down to figuring out whats best for the masses and slicing up the pie.
Balancing goverment regulations and the peoples freedoms and liberties

Now is not the time to waver, stumble or put self before Country. The taxpayer must be protected; the banks and shareholders must be held accountable. There will be pain; there will be hard decisions that cross party lines so therefore my vote is for John McCain.

KYLE: Are you serious or were you joking?