The Note: McCain Gamble Leaves Bailout, Debate in Limbo
EmailABC News’ Rick Klein reports in Friday’s Note:
OXFORD, Miss. — Sen. John McCain may or may not have broken the bailout bill — and surely he didn’t do so all by himself.
But he owns it now.
In the battle over perceptions, it really is this simple: There was a deal before McCain came back to Washington. There was not a deal by the time the evening ended. And now there might not be a bill — or a first presidential debate Friday in Mississippi.
Holding that very heavy bag are McCain and his GOP colleagues in Congress. Steve Schmidt gets his wish: McCain is in the middle of the action — amid friendly fire, political gamesmanship, competing loyalties, reelection fights, and a White House with no juice left.
(And, oddly, the whole distraction has an upside for Team McCain: We’re not talking about Gov. Sarah Palin, whose slow media rollout is maybe not going slow enough.)
Read the rest of The Note — and get all the latest on the 2008 election, Congress, the White House and the wide world of politics every day — from Rick Klein by bookmarking this link.
“Democrats immediately blamed McCain for disrupting the effort at compromise, saying his decision to suspend his campaign and return to Washington shifted the klieg lights of the White House contest to the tense and delicate congressional negotiations,” Michael D. Shear and Jonathan Weisman write in The Washington Post.
Oh yes, the debate.
We know that at least half of this strange non-team that saw the bailout bill go from done deal to just plain done Thursday at the White House will be making the trip to Ole Miss.
Sen. Barack Obama’s A team is already in Oxford, Miss., for a debate that would be fraught with symbolism and historical significance even if its very existence wasn’t still in doubt.
“Come hell or high water, we’re going to Oxford,” an Obama press aide said late Thursday, per ABC’s Sunlen Miller.
Continue reading today’s Note by clicking HERE.
ABC News’ Hope Ditto contributed to this report.
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McCain/Obama fiddiling while our country BURNS! Nero would be proud of Frank, Pelosi, Reid, Boehner and the rest of these bums! They’d rather bailout a billionaire and give the check to their own constituents. That tells me all I need to know. Every incumbent will NOT get my vote in this election and especially the next one. Call them NOW and gets this awful bailout that makes the War budget look like peanuts, KILLED NOW! Keep calling! Stand up for your children, stand up for yourselves!
Posted by: hmn | September 26, 2008, 9:22 am 9:22 am
It’s not just the bailout, but the joke of the “suspension” of McCain’s campaign; stating the seriousness of our economic situation, but not bothering to read the 3 page proposal set forth by his party; lying outright repeatedly; Palin problems; conflict of interest problems; ineptitude and the list goes on and on and on…
Posted by: Amy | September 26, 2008, 9:22 am 9:22 am
The republicans are simply trying to act like they are doing something, but are really just providing McCain a smoke screen to hide behind, since he’s getting his head handed to him on a platter. Now he needs to suspend his campaign why Senator? They didn’t during WWII or during the Great Depression or during the Civil War, so why do you need to suspend your campaign??? Oh thats right to play politics and avoid the debate where you knew you’d lose.
Posted by: polarbearkiller | September 26, 2008, 9:31 am 9:31 am
The story is all over Progressive Talk Radio today about the McCain campaign sending absentee ballot applications to registered democrats or people that have donated to Obama’s campaign. These ballots are deliberately misleading and have postage paid return addresses that are for an election clerk that is outside of your city or town. What this will end up doing is either having your vote not counted, or if you return one of these, they will cite you for election fraud, saying that you already voted absentee.
>
> These ballots are only being sent out in ‘purple states’ and this is a big deal.. This is called voter caging, and is a huge problem.
>
> The McCain campaign is stealing this election as we speak. P lease get this information out to as many people as you can, and tell anyone you know who has received one of these ballots that they need to contact their city election clerk or the supervisor of elections immediately.
>
> Also call the local media and let them know what is going on.
>
> The main stream media is never going to cover this so we have to depend on our ground campaign to get the word out to our voters.
>
Posted by: Minerva | September 26, 2008, 9:33 am 9:33 am
now we get why he has been involved in costing this country over a trillion dollars …3 times… over a trillion dollars
three times!!!
s&l Mccain Keating a trillion +
the Iraq War Mccain Bush a trillion +
now Mccain Gramm Davis etc… and his conservative base shoots us in the head
Posted by: dl | September 26, 2008, 9:34 am 9:34 am
hmn…what is yor suggestion? Do you know that without a decision soon, and not that I want them ti rush it, the financial markets will fail.
This means everyone from the shifty corporate bankers to the mom and pop shop will be cut off from cash flow.
Is there an answer that satisfies every one? I don’t know. But walking away doesn’t solve the issue.
McCain needs to either step aside or cool down. The Reps were on the threshold of getting everything they wanted, when McCain stepped in, for his own politcial gain.
Nice one John!!!
Posted by: cin | September 26, 2008, 9:36 am 9:36 am
mccain didnt realize he was going to come back to a revolt amongst the house republicans
the very people who are teh base of the republican party taht didnt like mccain until he picked sarah palin
he now has to figure out a way to win those people over, and bring them to the table
if they continue to say no, then mccain will have failed to be the leader he claimed he was going to be, and also then what does he do
does he show up for the debate?
last night he walked it back a little bit and said he would be there if there was ENOUGH of a deal
so no matter what hes showing
Posted by: Bhrandon | September 26, 2008, 9:39 am 9:39 am
Minerva…you are so right.
I hope the American people are not so stupid as to vote another Rep back into office especially now, with this crisis which McCain has admitted he knows nothing about.( so what was he doing in DC?)
BTW, isn’t that why he has Palin? So where is his economic wiz? She was a ground zero looking in the hole.
Posted by: formerhillary | September 26, 2008, 9:40 am 9:40 am
Minerva, you are full of it.
Posted by: Kitty | September 26, 2008, 9:44 am 9:44 am
When all the dust settles I can guarantee you Boehner will be history and Ohio will be better for his departure.
Posted by: depravedmaniac | September 26, 2008, 9:45 am 9:45 am
Bhrandon…so I guess you can see this was ALL a show for McCain? He will be at the debate..and he won’t help a darn bit at DC…
Looks like they were pretty close to a deal BEFORE McCain got there.
I am confused as to why he did all this “showboating” unless it was for votes, because he oviously didn’t sto camopaining. He was interviewed by Katie Couric, did a speech for his pal Babba, and kept this ads running…NICE..
Posted by: militarymom | September 26, 2008, 9:45 am 9:45 am
I going to admit…In the beginning I thought McCain suspension of his campiagn was a great political move but watching this poll number go down I guess the American people are smarter then that.
Posted by: Vanessa | September 26, 2008, 9:47 am 9:47 am
Kitty…it is because of stupid people like you that Bush got elected twice..
Get informed!!!
Posted by: thetruth | September 26, 2008, 9:47 am 9:47 am
Well out military mom. The act by MCCain is noting more than political postering and distraction from the Palin fiacso. He will show tonite. Unfortunately I will be at a homecoming
football game and will have to catch a repeat. Ah the dedications of mothers.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga | September 26, 2008, 9:49 am 9:49 am
Obama is a jerk. He is completely helpless in this mess — a graphic example of ineptitude. Think what the shallow one would do if confronted with a serious situation in the White house. Frightening thought!
Posted by: dl | September 26, 2008, 9:50 am 9:50 am
At the first place I did not care
McCain’s age. But now I
care a lot as we all witness unusual
events One after the other.
Posted by: FM | September 26, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am
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]!
Posted by: Howard Gallas | September 26, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am
Why would anyone in their right mind blame McCain if this fails, perhaps they should look at all the add ons the dems are doing. They want to throw on a 56 bil stimulus package, oh it’s 700 bil what’s another 56 bil. And now I hear that Biden is seeking millions in earmarks…
Posted by: samhiguchi | September 26, 2008, 9:52 am 9:52 am
John McCain and Sarah Palin have taken 84 MILLION DOLLARS FROM WE TAXPAYERS to run their campaign.
We are expecting to see the two presidential candidates debate on a stage tonight in Mississippi.
Somebody should explain to John McCain that keeping an important committment to the American people is putting country first!
Posted by: Truth Matters | September 26, 2008, 9:52 am 9:52 am
What a circus, what a bunch of crap!! McCain has made a joke out of the American people.
Posted by: beck | September 26, 2008, 9:53 am 9:53 am
Dems and Repubs. come out to announce the plan was been substantially revised and is now finalized. The McCain comes to town, meets with the House Republicans and heads to the White House. And lo and behold, the deal is busted apart and chaos reigns. People can see why McCain suspended his campaign and the debate –he had to get to D.C. to blow the deal apart!!!! Dems are holding their noses to vote for this stinker caused by Bush and the GOP f’ing up to save the economy and McCain (through his House surrogates) is torpedoeing it. Meanwhile WaMu has the largest bank failure in U.S. history. It’s 100 % pure politics by “maverick” John McCain. Country first — I think not!
Posted by: hopesprings52 | September 26, 2008, 9:54 am 9:54 am
Barack Obama continues to display the leadership and temperament required to be the next president of the United States.
This may seem cynicle, but I can’t help but wonder if John McCain didn’t stage the House Republican revolt on Thursday, only to plan to “rescue” the country hours before the scheduled debate on Friday night. He would then attend the debate and proclaim to be the hero that saved America from financial doom.
Both parties were close to an agreement before John McCain arrived in Washington DC and had a private meeting with the House Republicans.
Time will tell….
Posted by: rhonda | September 26, 2008, 9:59 am 9:59 am
McCain is just a joke, he is not up to the task and is hiding behind his lack of skills, inabilities and lack of knowledge. That is unfortunate. McCain has no judgement, he is not a leader and will not succeed because God loves America.
Posted by: BKMC | September 26, 2008, 10:03 am 10:03 am
Hey, what is important here to hear Obama and McCain talk about issues that might NEVER happen if the economic crisis continues. Obama is a “fruit cake”. Obama should stay and help— he is a Senator still paid to do this job, if not willing to do it for Illinois, how about willing to do it for the country.
Obama said it is critical but he is acting like it is not…only having his prepared debate is now important.
Posted by: Ann | September 26, 2008, 10:06 am 10:06 am
Rhonda – Very interesting idea. I will bet McCain will show up after a miriclious ending to the meetings in which all will be settled and he will attempt to take all the credit. I am very disappointed in MCCain, he was at one time a man of integrity now I am not so sure. The Straight Talk Express has had a major derailment.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga | September 26, 2008, 10:07 am 10:07 am
The paid Republican bloggers spewing their partison rhetoric are ruining these blogs for those of us who would like intelligent discourse. I encourage everyone to look at the various blogs and see that Kitty, Belle Starr, John,etc. blog over and over and over in disdainful ways. These people are highly partison, repeat untruths, and generally will do anything for McCain. Most of us regular people are just trying to work through the issues and be good patriots. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Posted by: winter99 | September 26, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am
Yes, it is so funny how McCain rode into Washington when there was an agreement on hand and now its all disrupted because of the politics he injected into it….why? Because he’s a coward and didnt want to face Obama (and not to mention his wish to postpone/delay/cancel the Palin debate). The news also reported last night that while Obama was asking some very tough, specific answers during the White House meeting, McCain remained “mostly silent.” So where’s this maverick McCain who held the financial solutions in his hands (AND he didnt suspend his negative ads during this process either, oh just another lie). I want this election to be over and McCain/Palin to be thrown into their respective ditches. We’re tired of THESE two who say they have answers, experience, the will to lead, blah blah blah….but instead they offer us silence, lies, confusion, frustration, anger, and embarrasment (you almost feel sorry for Palin’s ignorance on questions she has BEEN ASKED BEFORE!!! And Laura Bush said she was a “quick learner” well….sorry Laura, we’re not taking YOUR word for it).
Posted by: sue | September 26, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am
I see by the obvious link to Obama’s website, as well as the slant of the information posted here, that ABC wants a certain man to be president, regardless of what is really true.
Posted by: David | September 26, 2008, 10:09 am 10:09 am
I’m only getting bits and pieces of the bailout plan, like all of you, but it looks like the Dems are trying to stick in the usual spending plans to “spur” the economy. I wanted the plan to help out regular people, but that kind of spending is just the usual way Dems say they “help” people to get votes.
I’m glad the Republicans are sniffing out ACORN voter fraud. They better get on that. I wonder if they can sue/take to court ACORN if they link fake registration cards to members of their organization. They should be really aggressive with that. Those fake registration cards keep popping up and it seems like they are mostly being linked to ACORN.
Acorn has been added to the bailout, a “earmark” from the DEMS….shame on them!!
Posted by: HP Boston | September 26, 2008, 10:09 am 10:09 am
MCCAIN LIED ABOUT SUSPENDING HIS CAMPAIGN.
PROVE ME WRONG
Posted by: watching | September 26, 2008, 10:10 am 10:10 am
Hey I am not a paid blogger how do I get that job???Wow McCain is giving out jobs like that.I will surely vote for him now!
Posted by: reddog0216 | September 26, 2008, 10:11 am 10:11 am
The fact that Barack Obama has the most liberal, left wing voting record in the Senate proves he is not a discerning politician. He’s not a democrat that thinks and weighs, he just votes “yes” when the issue is liberal. He’s not a democrat like the others, he’s a socialist.
Posted by: Clif Moberg | September 26, 2008, 10:14 am 10:14 am
house republicans stalled, and perhaps this is a big part of why.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/26/the-democratic-acorn-bailout/
Just cant keep thier paws off it. Out tax doallars ALREADY pay for these groups, they DO NOT need to be part of this.
Posted by: WakeUpJake | September 26, 2008, 10:14 am 10:14 am
Ann – since Obama (nor McCain for that matter) sit on any committees pertinant to the crisis, just what are they supposed to do? They are to sit in on and participate in the negotiations which they have done. They are supposed to vote on the bill when the time comes. They sat in yesterday, they can fly back from Mississippi in what a couple of hours. The debate must go on. We need to hear what these guys have to say about the economy as well as their foreign policy.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga | September 26, 2008, 10:14 am 10:14 am
niether am i, i am just an underpaid military member concerned about our country
Posted by: David | September 26, 2008, 10:14 am 10:14 am
I previously had tremendous respect for John McCain and was considering voting for him. What a disappointment and embarrassment he has turned out to be. Sarah Palin, his most important decision, would jeopardize this country in ways we could only begin to imagine with her lack of qualifications. The McCain has assumed the Rovian standard operating procedures, and have told so many lies, the American people just expect that what comes out of the campaign to be lies! McCain did not suspend his campaign, nor has he even thought of putting country first. He is playing partisan politics with the economic future of this country. This is unforgivable.
Posted by: gater23 | September 26, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am
watching :He said I heard him I think Because obama refused to do the same he kept the ads on tv and also most of the ads are set-up way in advance by the networks
Posted by: reddog0216 | September 26, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am
house republicans stalled, and perhaps this is a big part of why.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/26/the-democratic-acorn-bailout/
Just cant keep thier paws off it. Our tax dollars ALREADY pay for these groups, they DO NOT need to be part of this.
Posted by: WakeUpJake | September 26, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am
McCain’s ads were on TV all day here in PA. He’s a lier.
Posted by: Gus | September 26, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am
All I know is what I saw, Obama made his points at the meeting, McCain deffered to another person, perfect!
McCain went there and fixed the problem…
Posted by: Mike | September 26, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am
DEMOCRATS- Fannie/Freddie doing just fine, no need to regulate:
”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.”
NYTimes, 2003
Posted by: HP Boston | September 26, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am
house republicans stalled, and perhaps this is a big part of why.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/26/the-democratic-acorn-bailout/
Posted by: WakeUpPeople | September 26, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am
It was a stupid move on McCains part. He forced the issue, the president had to call in Obama to save McCain, the Republicans then revolted so that McCain could look like he was there to accomplish something, and then McCain has nothing to say. There is nothing more to be said The Public isn’t buying it
Posted by: Thinking | September 26, 2008, 10:17 am 10:17 am
Posted by: gater23 | Sep 26, 2008 10:15:06 AM would jeopardize this country in ways we could only begin to imagine with her lack of qualifications. She is running for vp and has as much qualification as the other guy running for PRESIDENT
Posted by: reddog0216 | September 26, 2008, 10:17 am 10:17 am
This was a previous post….but its very disturbing and important people are made aware:
The story is all over Progressive Talk Radio today about the McCain campaign sending absentee ballot applications to registered democrats or people that have donated to Obama’s campaign. These ballots are deliberately misleading and have postage paid return addresses that are for an election clerk that is outside of your city or town. What this will end up doing is either having your vote not counted, or if you return one of these, they will cite you for election fraud, saying that you already voted absentee.
>
> These ballots are only being sent out in ‘purple states’ and this is a big deal.. This is called voter caging, and is a huge problem.
>
> The McCain campaign is stealing this election as we speak. P lease get this information out to as many people as you can, and tell anyone you know who has received one of these ballots that they need to contact their city election clerk or the supervisor of elections immediately.
>
> Also call the local media and let them know what is going on.
>
> The main stream media is never going to cover this so we have to depend on our ground campaign to get the word out to our voters.
Posted by: dan | September 26, 2008, 10:18 am 10:18 am
We’ll have to watch and see if indeed now McCain announces he was able to bring the House GOP back into line and rescue the bailout plan. McCain proclaims he is above politics, but I have never seen a candidate who danced so much to the political drummer. One political stunt after another, from picking Palin, to dropping out of the debate. Being unstable, erratic and politically motivated does not make you a maverick, it makes you a nut.
Posted by: hopesprings52 | September 26, 2008, 10:19 am 10:19 am
Yeah “Bush Hugger” McCain rode into town claiming he would save the day and all he managed to do was blow the deal out of the water. What a total failure of leadership if he can’t get the wayward conservative lunatic fringers of his own party under control. Maybe “Sinner” Sarah could do a better job of whipping the recalcitrant ones into line.
“Incompetent” Bush is a lame duck president with only a few months to go but McCain is already a lame duck president before he ever gets elected.
Now what will the old debate dodger do with the debate? If he now goes down to debate he flip flops on his promise to stay in Washington until a deal is done. If he doesn’t go he flip flops on his promise to do debates. A totally lose lose situation.
What a waste putting the Moronic Jerk on tv after his show is over. I can’t stand that fool and will have to switch channels until he’s gone.
Posted by: beck | September 26, 2008, 10:20 am 10:20 am
If you consider a bachelor degree in journalism obtained from five universities in six years equivalent to a Columbia ungrade, Harvard Law, editor of the Harvard Law Review, constitutional law professor at the prestigious University of Chicago as more qualified, then I bow to you.
Posted by: gater23 | September 26, 2008, 10:20 am 10:20 am
Did we not see this crap coming at us yesterday??? We have become so aware of the Repugs and their games this past 8 years. Several people writing in on this site yesterday had today nailed.
McCain is one Empty Suite.
Posted by: beck | September 26, 2008, 10:21 am 10:21 am
So What if he blew the deal out of the water From what I read about the deal The deal SUX!!!!I dont want to foot the bill do you BECK????
Posted by: reddog0216 | September 26, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am
The story is all over Progressive Talk Radio today about the OBAMA campaign sending absentee ballot applications to registered democrats or people that have donated to Mccain’s campaign. These ballots are deliberately misleading and have postage paid return addresses that are for an election clerk that is outside of your city or town. What this will end up doing is either having your vote counted twice.
>
> These ballots are only being sent out in ‘purple states’ and this is a big deal.. This is called voter caging, and is a huge problem.
>
> The OBAMA campaign is stealing this election as we speak. P lease get this information out to as many people as you can, and tell anyone you know who has received one of these ballots that they need to contact their city election clerk or the supervisor of elections immediately.
>
> Also call the local media and let them know what is going on.
>
> The main stream media is never going to cover this so we have to depend on our ground campaign to get the word out to our voters.
> ACORN is getting money from the Obama Campaign to get this voter fraud in all the swing states!
Get out there and stop this now. If you receive an absentee ballot go to your SECETARY OF STATE AND FILE A COMPLAINT!
Posted by: HP Boston | September 26, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am
McCain is one Empty Suite.
Posted by: beck | Sep 26, 2008 10:21:26 AM
Beck sweetie it is empty SUIT as in OBUMA IS AN EMPTY SUIT!
Posted by: HP Boston | September 26, 2008, 10:26 am 10:26 am
McCain has once again proved he will do anything to win. Even at the expense of the American people.
Posted by: Sally | September 26, 2008, 10:30 am 10:30 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:32 am 10:32 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:32 am 10:32 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:33 am 10:33 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:34 am 10:34 am
McCain Gamble?
No, it’s McCain is an idiot…and a liar.
He didn’t put his campaign on hold. It’s going full fledged forward teetering on the brink of lunacy.
Posted by: newz4i | September 26, 2008, 10:34 am 10:34 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:36 am 10:36 am
john mccain: my country for a photo
Posted by: greg | September 26, 2008, 10:36 am 10:36 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am
Hey HP Boston. Blogging is a place to vent, not where we correct each others spelling errors. You obviously got what they were trying to say.
Posted by: Amazed | September 26, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
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Good for you George, you are so far on the dark side I bet this is going to be a gotcha plan! So entertaining and sickening at the same time.
Posted by: HP Boston | September 26, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:39 am 10:39 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:41 am 10:41 am
One of the problems that House Republicans had with the original “plan” was that millions of dollars were earmarked for ACORN, Obama’s former employer……..
Posted by: SandyB | September 26, 2008, 10:42 am 10:42 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:44 am 10:44 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | Sep 26, 2008 10:41:28 AM
Grow up
Posted by: reddog0216 | September 26, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am
Today 9/26/2008 10:30 A.M.
Republicans and Democrats think they all should stay in Washington until the crisis is resolved.
Obama would rather be in Mississippi for a debate.
Posted by: Judge | September 26, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am
One of the problems that House Republicans had with the original “plan” was that millions of dollars were earmarked for ACORN, Obama’s former employer……..
Posted by: SandyB | Sep 26, 2008 10:42:48 AM
Well how else would you win an election if you dont have dead people and convicted felons voting for you?
Posted by: reddog0216 | September 26, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:47 am 10:47 am
The racists are here with their ACORN lies a conspiracy theories. I bet they even try to tell people they’re Christians. Well…Christ, our country is showing how and mean and stupid they can be.
Posted by: Becky | September 26, 2008, 10:49 am 10:49 am
Obama is a jerk. He is completely helpless in this mess — a graphic example of ineptitude. Think what the shallow one would do if confronted with a serious situation in the White house. Frightening thought!
Posted by: dl | September 26, 2008, 10:49 am 10:49 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:50 am 10:50 am
Obama, your tax programs will place Americans deeper in debt and cause a depression. Arrogant Obama does not know how to spend taxpayers’ money. What money give-a-way programs does he want to benefit the American taxpayer? All I see in Obama is complete crap about more taxes to give away more money. Reduce taxes and stop the war like conflicts around the world. Obama does not have the financial experience to realize that a free market will seek equilibrium, the badly run business and banks will be picked apart, and the stronger companies and banks will take over the best assets. There is no need for higher taxes unless it is the desire of Obama to feed more corruption. Obama’s tax increases will cause a taxpayers’ debt bubble.
Posted by: Judge | September 26, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am
The racists are here with their ACORN lies a conspiracy theories. I bet they even try to tell people they’re Christians. Well…Christ, our country is showing how and mean and stupid they can be.
Posted by: Becky | Sep 26, 2008 10:49:32 AM
it is proven that is what acorn has done and has been find for it as well
Posted by: reddog0216 | September 26, 2008, 10:53 am 10:53 am
“Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama’s lack of “qualifications” to serve as President of the United States, announced today that Obama and Democratic National Committee [DNC] filed a Joint Motion to Dismiss on the last day to file a response, for the obvious purpose of delaying Court action in the case of Berg v. Obama, No. 08-cv-04083“.
“It is obvious that Obama was born in Kenya and does not meet the “qualifications” to be President of the United States pursuant to our United States Constitution. Obama cannot produce a certified copy of his “Vault” [original long version] Birth Certificate from Hawaii because it does not exist.”
Posted by: Judge | September 26, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am
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About Contact Archives RSS Columns Photos Michelle Malkin Lead StoryThe Ant and the Grasshopper, 2008 edition
By Michelle Malkin • September 26, 2008 10:27 AM
My syndicated column today updates what used to be one of my favorite Aesop’s fables: “The Ant and the Grasshopper.” It’s been revised over the years (most famously by Jim Quinn in the 1990s), but the tale needed a new revision based on the stimuluspalooza/Mother of All Bailout frenzy of the last year. As with the shamnesty bill, even if the MOAB gets killed, I can guarantee you we’ll see more mini-MOABS.
Thrift is dead.
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The Ant and the Grasshopper, 2008 edition
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2008
With what looks like imminent passage of the Mother of All Bailouts (following on the heels of a year’s worth of government-funded rescues of private homeowners, lenders, insurers, and the automakers), Washington has turned Aesop’s famous fable about prudence and hard work on its head. The time is ripe for a revised 2008 edition of “The Ant and the Grasshopper:”
In a meadow on a hot summer’s day, a Grasshopper was chirping and carousing his time away. He watched scornfully as an Ant nearby struggled to store up large kernels of food and build a secure nest. The Ant pulled overtime shifts to pay off his loans and accumulate retirement funds for the future.
“Give it a rest,” the Grasshopper said. “Why bother saving and slaving and toiling and moiling? Let’s party!” The Ant demurred: “I am planning ahead for winter and you should do the same.” The Grasshopper blew off the Ant, squandered his supplies the rest of the season, and abandoned his home while on vacation (paid for by tapping every last cent of his home equity gain) instead of holding down a job.
When winter came, the Grasshopper’s pantry was empty and his shelter ruined from neglect. The Ant, weary from planting, harvesting, and stocking up for months, was dining comfortably in his nest.
Cold, hungry, jobless, facing foreclosure, and up to his two pairs of eyeballs in debt, the Grasshopper limped to the Association of Community Winged Insects for Rescue Now and demanded recourse. The office was swamped with thousands just like him. ACWIRN immediately put the Grasshopper to work registering dead ants as new voters.
Funded with tax dollars from the rest of the meadow’s residents, ACWIRN organized mass protests at the Bank of Antamerica, ambushed its top officials at their private homes, harassed their children, and demanded that the meadow’s politicians halt all foreclosures (”We must keep Grasshoppers in their houses!”) and outlaw discriminatory lending practices against starving, homeless Grasshoppers (”Well-stocked shelters are basic insect rights!”)
The banking industry capitulated; the Orthoptera Lobby secured hundreds of millions of dollars in housing earmarks and grants and counseling subsidies to support the Grasshoppers with the shadiest credit and employment histories. Antie Mae, the meadow’s government-backed home lending giant, fueled the push for increased insect homeownership in the name of biodiversity. Its executives cooked the books and headed for the hills. Katie Cricket and the Mainstream Meadow Media joined the grievance-for-profit circus, profiling Grasshopper sob stories and drumming up ratings as bewildered Ants wondered who was looking out for them.
The banks drowned in toxic debt. More Grasshoppers fell behind on their mortgage payments. Bailout mania and panic gripped the meadow.
Our little Ant, minding his own business, heard a knock on his door one late winter night a year later. It was his old, sneering Grasshopper neighbor. With ACWIRN’s presidential candidate, Barack Cicada, now in office, the Grasshopper had been hired by the meadow as a tax collector.
“I’m here to take your provisions,” the Grasshopper cackled.
But it was the Ant who had the last laugh. “I’ve learned my lesson,” he told his shiftless friend. “Why bother saving and slaving and toiling and moiling? I’ve spent all my savings. I’m walking away from my mortgage. Thrift is for suckers,” the Ant said as he headed out the door, leaving the Grasshopper empty-handed.
Posted by: HP Boston | September 26, 2008, 10:58 am 10:58 am
Posted elsewhere – but …
Has everybody gone insane? All along the House Republicans have indicated they didn’t like the proposals coming out of Paulson or the Committees. All along there’s been a question of whether there were enough Republican votes – not because the votes are needed in a Dem-majority Congress but because the Dems don’t want to be “exposed” as supporting the plan on their own. So:
1) who’s really playing politics with our financial futures? The Dems who have the votes, but won’t use them.
2) who’s been ignoring the obvious discontent on the Republican side? Well, Senate and House leadership (prim Democratic) for start. Readers here as well, apparently. How can you look at 2 facts (Repub members don’t like the program, Committee members say there’s a deal) and not see that they’re both true. Repubs don’t like the program, and the largely Democratic members of the Committees had a deal they could live with.To say the “deal collapsed” is ingenuous – it was never there.
3) Try to see through the “brilliant or bonehead” level of reporting, and understand that finding a way to get the Republicans behind a bill is why Bush went on tv and why McCain went back. Maybe it does mean includng something new in the “faux deal” and maybe it doesn’t (I have to admit I like the insurance program just as much as the deal terms).
4) There’s this incredible suspension of disbelief going on. Now, Barney Frank is channeling Paulson as the go to guy … but he’s one of the guys who let the country slide into this without any warning or preparation. Now the MSM is surprised that the conservative Republicans are not supporting a plan they said they didn’t support … were they not reading their own reporting? Now McCain’s trying to work out a plan with conservative Republicans … but he’s getting heat for that? Now, Obama is saying he can walk and chew gum at the same time … but he can’t get the Democratic members of Congress to pass a vote they say they support because it could hurt them politically. Nice all around.
Posted by: TPS | September 26, 2008, 10:59 am 10:59 am
Reddog,
It’s true that ACORN may have been questionable, but Obama isn’t responsible or associated with every black person or group who does something wrong. That’s just racist to say that…and you know it. Racism is a form of mental retardation.
Posted by: Becky | September 26, 2008, 10:59 am 10:59 am
McCain and Obama should be at work in Washington. They are paid to be our senators.
The democrats have the votes to pass what they want. The truth is that the democrats have no plan. The meeting blew up when the republicans told to democrats to pass what they want, but the republicans were not voting for it.
The democrats do not have the guts to sign away this kind of future on their own. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac got us in this mess under democratic control. They gave loans to people who did not have the means to pay them back. Interesting Clinton social policy. Ruin people’s lives by getting them in debt, while getting the democrat heads of these organizations 10 of millions.
Posted by: dydx | September 26, 2008, 11:01 am 11:01 am
First off lets dispense with the bull there was ever an agreement, and Stephanopoulos even said so. The democrats took Bush’s idea, totally rewrote and assumed everyone would back it. They never contacted the house republicans (whom they do not need to pass said bill).
How can democrats blame McCain’s return when Harry Reid begged for him to return to DC when he said “We need, now, the Republicans to start producing some votes for us. We need the Republican nominee for president to let us know where he stands and what we should do.”. Now why the democratic majority leader of the Senate needs McCain to tell him what to do is kinda up in the air. You cannot phone in negotiations. McCain knew he would have to meet face to face with people so he suspended his campaign.
The fact the very people reposible for this mess, like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd (and other “freinds of angelo) are in charge of a fix should worry everyone.
Posted by: Zaggs | September 26, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:03 am 11:03 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:04 am 11:04 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:04 am 11:04 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:05 am 11:05 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:06 am 11:06 am
“Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite” be a jerk in public.
Posted by: dydx | September 26, 2008, 11:07 am 11:07 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:09 am 11:09 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am
I voted republican ever since Present Johnson expanded the Vietnam War (conflict).
President Bill Clinton wanted to help people buy their dream of homeownership. He tried to do something good for the people. Later, President Bush saw the problems in Freddie and Fannie and the Democratic Congress ignored the problem. I think Bill Clinton would have tried to turn things around.
Posted by: Judge | September 26, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am
Yes, God forbid the Democrats have to vote for the bill that none of THEIR constituents want, and push the plan through while the Republicans vote “NAY,” as THEIR constituents want.
This is why the plan stalled, because the Dems do not want to hold the bag on this one, and would prefer to wait while Rome burns.
Now who’s CHICKEN?????
Posted by: SandyB | September 26, 2008, 11:12 am 11:12 am
One of the bloggers got it partially right:
While Rome burned, Nero fiddled…
The largest bank in the United States, Washington Mutual, fails while Obama fiddles his way to a debate…
And with the American economy is going up in flames, John McCain stays in Washington to work and do what voters elected him to do…
Let’s contrast that…
Obama plays partisan politics and decides to leave the economy in the hands of more experienced Senators while he flys to act out a debate in Mississippi…
And, if the debate doesn’t take place, Obama will use the forum and news lackeys for a partisan platform/single candidate media event…
Maybe when you’ve only actually logged in 143 days in your Senate job (an unfilled first term) and have more appreciation for your own political aspirations than your job, like Obama, such a move might seem appropriate…
But, one would hope that anyone who deems himself qualified and worthy of the job of President could at least forego a debate, one of three, in favor of Senate work to stabilize the failing economy…the job John McCain and Obama were both elected to do…
While I don’t really care for the political platform and ideas of either candidate, at least John McCain shows up for work instead of opting to play with the teleprompter on the stage at Ole’ Miss…
Maybe Obama can set up a basketball goal on the stage and shoot a few hoops…
That seems to be his strong point…
And affirmation of the position…
Anybody But Obama…
Posted by: Jayhawk | September 26, 2008, 11:12 am 11:12 am
Hey – “Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite” we got your point the first hundred times you posted it. Do you have another thought? Try typing it into the little box.
Posted by: dydx | September 26, 2008, 11:12 am 11:12 am
Yes, everyone has read the “Stephanopoulos” post twenty times already, can the extra ones be deleted please?
Posted by: SandyB | September 26, 2008, 11:14 am 11:14 am
The difficult question must be addressed: Is Barack Obama’s popularity due to his ethnicity more than to his accomplishments? Would a white senator with the same resume be considered his or her party’s nominee?
As much as we may hate to say it, it seems improbable. Barack Obama has yet to complete a single full term as a US Senator. He has no legislative accomplishments of which to speak, and he has yet to offer any specific details on how he plans to fund his grandiose plans. He has no military experience, nor any deep familiarity with the military machinery of this country.
To be sure, were Obama to be elected, his presidency would be a great step forward in this country, haunted as we are the specter of our racist past.
However, is it worth to gain this milestone at the expense of electing a man wholly unqualified for the office?
Merely paying lip service to such intangible ideals such as “change” and “diversity” will not make our country safer nor our economy stronger.
Unfortunately, it appears that Barack Obama simply does not have the appropriate qualifications to be president.
R.S. Cochran is a college English professor, a lifelong Democrat, and founder of Name3Things.com.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=R.S._Cochran
Posted by: Judge | September 26, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:16 am 11:16 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:17 am 11:17 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:17 am 11:17 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am
SandyB: “Yes, God forbid the Democrats have to vote for the bill that none of THEIR constituents want, and push the plan through while the Republicans vote “NAY,” as THEIR constituents want.”
Exactly right and we got into this loan mess by the Clintons (with Garelick and the rest in charge at Fannie Mae) giving loans to people who cannot pay them back. No wonder Bill Clinton says that McCain is doing the right thing by going to Washington.
That kind of Clintonesque pandering does no one any good. Giving some one a loan they cannot pay back is bad for every one.
Posted by: dydx | September 26, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:19 am 11:19 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:20 am 11:20 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:20 am 11:20 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am
Yes, Geraldine Ferraro had it right several months ago, and was called on the carpet for it:
Obama would not be the Party’s nominee if he were White.
This Dr. Cochran is correct, as was Ms. Ferraro.
Posted by: SandyB | September 26, 2008, 11:23 am 11:23 am
SUN TIMES UNCOVERS ANOTHER OBAMA MESS IN CHICAGE!
Read all about it …
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/09/chicago_sun_times_continues_to.html
Posted by: Xtra, Xtra - read all about it! | September 26, 2008, 11:25 am 11:25 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:28 am 11:28 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:28 am 11:28 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:29 am 11:29 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:29 am 11:29 am
Thanks “Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite” for reminding us. We will all catch McCain on Stephanopoulos’s show!
Maybe he will explain why the democrats are so willing to sell out America on this bail out deal.
Posted by: dydx | September 26, 2008, 11:30 am 11:30 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:32 am 11:32 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:33 am 11:33 am
Meanwhile, Stephanopoulos is giving McCain his show on Sunday to hold a town hall. Stephanopoulos is willing to circumvent the debates himself.
Posted by: Stephanopoulos is a hypocrite | September 26, 2008, 11:34 am 11:34 am
Most voters, I among them, oppose the bailout even with the great depression gun pointing at their head. House Republicans are just followers – trying to represent this opposition. The Dems in Congress seem to exhibit some leadership with their support for this bailout.
Wow, Dems, if you have leadership, lead! What are you afraid of? The future of the country or the future of your jobs?
Posted by: Obama-Yah-Wright | September 26, 2008, 11:38 am 11:38 am
This repeated posting of a message is a Hitler Youth sort of tactic to discourage free speech and thought. The left wing of the democratic party has become the party of hate. They feel that any action that they do is justified by their internal frustration. Hate does not get us any where. Dialog moves the country forward. Do not discourage dialog.
Posted by: dydx | September 26, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am
Sarah Palin is shooting at their elephant- now John McCain is running around throwing Hail Marys on his way down, saying bringing her onboard was a big mistake. No wonder they won’t let her speak to the media- ” Putin is flying around over Alaska.” I don’t look to see much of Sarah Palin unscripted ever again. Yes, somewhere in Alaska there’s a village missing an idiot.
Posted by: The American Electorate | September 26, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am
McCain and Palin have both falsely claimed that Alaska produces 20 percent of the U.S. domestic energy supply and/or 20 percent of the U.S. domestic oil and natural gas supply. Both claims are false. Alaska produces about 3.5 percent of the U.S. domestic energy supply and about 7.4 percent of the U.S. domestic oil and gas supply.
McCain released an ad claiming that Obama’s “one accomplishment” in education was “legislation to teach ‘comprehensive sex education’ to kindergarteners.” That’s false. The bill was hardly Obama’s accomplishment as he was not even a cosponsor, and in any case, the bill didn’t make it out of the state Senate.
Obama quotes McCain as saying he wants to apply “Wall Street deregulation” to health care. That’s a distortion of McCain’s words. McCain actually limited his comparison just to the idea of allowing people to purchase health care policies across state lines.
McCain claims that U.S. oil imports send $700 billion per year to countries that don’t like us very much. That’s an exaggeration. In fact, we actually pay more like $536 billion for the oil we need, and one-third of those payments go to Canada, Mexico and the U.K.
Obama has misrepresented some of McCain’s votes on school funding as votes for cutting education spending. In fact, of the five votes the Obama ad lists, one was for an increase in school funding (just a smaller one than Democrats wanted) and four others were against increases and not for spending cuts.
McCain has promised that he will balance the budget by 2013. That’s unlikely. The nonpartisan Tax Policy Center says that without serious spending cuts, McCain’s tax proposals will actually increase the size of the debt between $5.1 trillion and $7.4 trillion over the next 10 years. So balancing the budget would require cutting federal spending by 25 percent. McCain, however, has proposed very few specific spending cuts.
Posted by: GIGI - dydx nothing but empty words.... | September 26, 2008, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
my apologies, forgot to cite my source:
factcheck.org
Posted by: GIGI | September 26, 2008, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
I cant wait., I think Obama will win the debate tonight. this will be a great debate. Both candidates are not that great at debating So it will be at least interesting. http://www.watchdebate.com has McCain and Obama’s worst debate moments.
Posted by: Luiik | September 26, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm
Calling Obama honest is like calling Drudge a reporter. Great party line – sure to get a lot of laughs!
Posted by: dl | September 26, 2008, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
I am not big fan of obama or biden and I used to like McCain but with all these recent flip/flops and the way Sarah Palin talks, I wish America just do not vote for this GOP ticket…..please do the favor to the entire world and do not vote GOP ( vote either obama or Nader)
Posted by: Mac from Canada | September 26, 2008, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm
luiik:
didn’t you hear? Apparently McCAin has won the Debate even before announcing he was attending the debate!!..
just click at what the Wall Street Journal posted this morning and was BUSTED by an astute reader…
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mccain_wins_debate.html
and click on the screenshot also!!.
This is our MEDIA AT BEST!!
LAUGHABLE!!
Posted by: floridaforus | September 26, 2008, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm
Thanks floridaforus. That’s hilarious. Dear God tell me we are not going to let McCain/Palin get control of this country, when he can’t even run a campaign that makes sense.
Posted by: Sarah | September 26, 2008, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm
Obama the Magic negro is going to prison.
Posted by: Rezko | September 26, 2008, 8:58 pm 8:58 pm
I SENT THIS LETTER TO MY REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS:
We demand that Congress stops adding earmarks and pork within the contents of the “Bail Out Bill”. In addition we do not want a payout to ACORN — or any organization like ACORN.
We feel this is an egregious abuse of House and the Senate positions in Congress. Enough is enough.
We will no longer continue to vote or support any Representative or Senator who votes for bills with earmarks and pork or allots money to ACORN.
I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED AWAY WITH TONS OF MONEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BAIL OUT.
If the government agrees to pay off mortgages for people who bought homes they could not afford — then the government needs to pay off ALL mortgages for ALL legal American citizens.
I don’t want my tax payments used to pay off somebody else’s home!
I PERSONALLY AM AGAINST A WALL STREET BAILOUT BUT AT LEAST FORKING OVER A THIRD OF THE MONEY — WITH THE REST CONTINGENT ON EFFECTIVENESS — MAKES SENSE.
I AM TOTALLY AGAINST GIVING 10% TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE “ACORN”. PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BUY HOMES THEY CAN’T AFFORD. DO NOT BAIL THEM OUT.
NORTH CAROLINA TAXPAYER
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Barack Hussein Obama is campaigning tomorrow — promoting “himself”.
Why isn’t Obama going back to DC to work on our country’s crisis? If he can’t do his senate job — he surely can’t run this country! — OR maybe that’s above his pay grade!
Country First in 2008.
Posted by: HONORABLE JOHN McCAIN IN 2008 | September 27, 2008, 1:04 am 1:04 am