tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post4460151584383656254..comments2023-10-29T03:29:27.319-05:00Comments on North<br>Texas<br>Liberal: mccain suspends campaign, calls for delaying first presidential debate due to economic crisisBradleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00021020679332430458noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-9199602257827483142008-09-25T17:54:00.000-05:002008-09-25T17:54:00.000-05:00McCain and Obama issue joint statement on economy ...McCain and Obama issue joint statement on economy - it is pure meaningless platitudes. Then Marc Ambinder discovers Obama had proposed some meat for the statement and McCain said no. These are the principles McCain could not agree to:<BR/><BR/> First, there must be oversight. We should not hand over a blank check to the discretion of one man. We support an independent, bipartisan board to ensure accountability and complete transparency.<BR/><BR/> Second, we need to protect taxpayers. There should be a path for taxpayers to recover their money, and to turn a profit if Wall Street prospers.<BR/><BR/> Third, no Wall Street executive should profit from taxpayer dollars. This plan cannot be a welfare program for CEOs whose greed and irresponsibility has contributed to this crisis.<BR/><BR/> Fourth, we must help families who are struggling to stay in their homes. We cannot bail out Wall Street without helping millions of families facing foreclosure on Main Street.<BR/><BR/> Fifth, we both agree that this financial rescue package should move on its own without any earmarks or other measures. We have different views about the need for other action, but this must be a clean bill.<BR/><BR/> This is a time to rise above politics for the good of the country. We cannot risk an economic catastrophe. This is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem - this is an American problem. Now, we must find an American solutions.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17414725749450659875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-79276861166589396802008-09-24T21:03:00.000-05:002008-09-24T21:03:00.000-05:00No-- it would have looked like just as desperate o...No-- it would have looked like just as desperate of a political ploy had Obama dropped 10 or more points in the polls and then called for a time out and asked to delay the debate... the Republicans would have had a field day.Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00021020679332430458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-13371095274732989642008-09-24T20:30:00.000-05:002008-09-24T20:30:00.000-05:00Liberals are funny. You just can’t accept that the...Liberals are funny. You just can’t accept that the candidate for the opposition has outmaneuvered the anointed one. Had the situation been reversed and Obama suspended his campaign you would all be lionizing his noble and selfless decision. The funny part is watching you degenerate into panic mode now that McCain has seized the initiative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-33918620474097698772008-09-24T19:12:00.000-05:002008-09-24T19:12:00.000-05:00McCain makes moves like these to do either one of ...McCain makes moves like these to do either one of 2 things, or both: He slips in the polls then does things for shock and awe (postpone a debate, similiar to how Bush lost in 2000 then stole votes from his brothers home state, or McCain slipping and then bring in a grocer mom).....OR......He realizes he is so rich and we are so not (at least I'm not) that we're starving physically and mentally and will accept the newer thing at the time. Not I, I won't be fooled. I'm going with the most intelligent, the most consistent and the candidate with the less bagagge.....OBAMA!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-86397879646926100432008-09-24T19:00:00.000-05:002008-09-24T19:00:00.000-05:00I take my last comment back. Only 1 thing needs t...I take my last comment back. Only 1 thing needs to happen Friday Sept. 25th, the men that have been chosen to become the new president need to PUT UP OR SHUT UP!!!! How in the hell does a man change history by postoponing a presidental debate?????? Just like when Bush offered extending daylight savings time to save energy...sure just change the sky from blue to purple. Disgusting Bush and McSame are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-29476095861105617422008-09-24T18:54:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:54:00.000-05:00McCain's a cluck who has lost his feathers (a bare...McCain's a cluck who has lost his feathers (a bare naked chicken in other words)! This is wrong and the voters should know it. Yes, he should be able to multi-task, as others have said, and no, he didn't put the country first. The debates are about the country watching to him think on his feet for us all to make a decision regarding his reasoning skills. We can't do that nearly as well when he's hiding in Washington talking behind closed doors to whomever, then claiming he made a contribution. This is a stinging reminder that this 72 year old can't handle the heat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-49884332965274392892008-09-24T18:53:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:53:00.000-05:00What is McNot going to do? Go to Washington, swoop...What is McNot going to do? Go to Washington, swoop down from a Black Hawk, announce "I'm Here to save the world, wearing his Superman cape. What an idiot, he has not voted since april, why in the world does he think they need him now! McCain + Palin = Dumb & Dumber!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-22306746497762708872008-09-24T18:24:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:24:00.000-05:00Does he need a nap? Maybe he can't do two things ...Does he need a nap? Maybe he can't do two things at once like Obama wants to do? This is an excuse and shows us what kind of president he will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-64532617732914943512008-09-24T18:21:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:21:00.000-05:00If Mccain is too scared to debate Friday, he shoul...If Mccain is too scared to debate Friday, he should let his pig off the leash and debate Obama. Palin has bigger nuts than Mccain does. Mccain knows nothing more than instilling fear in the American people, and then using it to his advantage. Although I seriously question his though processes on making this decision to bail out of the debates at a critical juncture when Americans have to wait two years to see it, and are given only 40 days before the election to choose. What a whimp. Mccain is not a leader. He is a senile crumrudgeon.<BR/><BR/>Obama wins.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873767453068099659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-83043612442564959332008-09-24T18:19:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:19:00.000-05:00Either one of three things need to happen Friday n...Either one of three things need to happen Friday night, either change the topics of the first debate from foriegn policy to economic, have the VP debate Friday Sept. 25th, or HAVE THE ORIGINAL DAMN DEBAT!!!! (*pardon my French* :) ). Again quit doddging McCain, your already making broken promises in the name of country!!!!!!!! (sounds like Iraq to me)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-53108299554856543522008-09-24T18:12:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:12:00.000-05:00McCain-Palin are scared. McCain is a lame-duck spe...McCain-Palin are scared. McCain is a lame-duck speaker at best, and the McCain campaign doesn’t want Palin opening her crazed mouth in public anymore either…she always finds a way to put her foot in it and make them look even more incapable than they already are. It's a very poorly executed political stunt...what can he do about the economy that the 98 Senators can't already do, their ratings dropped and this is their move...too bad for McCain they weren't as sneaky as they thought they'd be, unfortunately for them Americans have woken up. Palin's already proven that she knows little to nothing about politics, that's why it took her FIVE different Colleges to graduate, yes, Junior College. Palin is not the brightest bulb in the box and she's definately a few sandwiches short of a picnic, it evidently runs in her family as we've seen. Because of McCain and Palin our traditionally staunch Republican family will be voting Democratic for the first time in all of our lives. Many other ‘Republican’ families we’ve spoke to will be voting Democratic this year as well. And we're not having our sons die in some meaningless/lost war because some old man has a grudge from over 50 years ago against a few countries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-51387097405939972008-09-24T18:09:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:09:00.000-05:00Okay, in the words of Homer Simpson......DOOOOOEEE...Okay, in the words of Homer Simpson......DOOOOOEEEE!!!!! WTF???? Postpone a presidential debate??? Is this real life??? First thing I thought, "Wow, someone's doddging!!!" You want to help the American people??? HOW!!!!!!!!!!?????? HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO IT JOHNNY????!!!! NOTHING, I MEAN NOTHING MORE THAN A WEAK PLOY TO GET SYMPATHY VOTES. If any candidate wants to help with this newly added American debacle, then do it when the time is right, during the "economy phase" of the presidential debates. Everything this McCain campaign does turns me and hopefully the rest of the American voters......OFF. From attempting to postpone a debate, picking a grocer mom to hold the second highest office in the world, to giving her a crash course with world leaders, while at the same time not letting her answer any questions on her own IF AT ALL!!!! WHO CANNOT SEE THAT NEITHER REPUB. CANDIDATE IS PREPARED?????? NO MORE AVERAGE JOES OR JILLS IN THE OVAL OFFICE PLEASE. And for god's sake..Bill Clinton....SHUT-UP!!!! LATER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-38411858709499564782008-09-24T18:05:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:05:00.000-05:00So McCain wants to move the debate to Oct 2nd and ...So McCain wants to move the debate to Oct 2nd and push Biden Palin back.....hmmmmm so lets just have them the VP's on Friday night......or nothing.....we need to see one of you Friday....STOP RUNNING STAND UP AND TELL US WHAT YOUR STAND FOR!!!! STOP RUNNNGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-4060081984629659662008-09-24T18:00:00.000-05:002008-09-24T18:00:00.000-05:00This is another example of how Senator John McCain...This is another example of how Senator John McCain puts country first. All Obama cares about is winning the election at any cost. Obama neglected his duties as U.S. Senator before running for President, and especially after he began running for President. Keep America strong and safe ... Elect McCain/Palin in November.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15103142868924664212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-3668650180984483702008-09-24T17:56:00.000-05:002008-09-24T17:56:00.000-05:00Jimmy Cracked Corn and I Don't Care!!! I can[&...Jimmy Cracked Corn and I Don't Care!!! I can['t believe this grandstanding as if a man who admittedly knows little about money and banking, or how many checking accounts he has, what possible advice can he muster up to patch the hole in the American tire???!!!<BR/><BR/>Who gave him this advice, Rove? <BR/><BR/>I smell fear in the GOP and it's about time. Here's a nifty treat of nostalgia!! Wasn't it GW SR> who was President when ther S&L crisis, and the Keating 5 debacle took place? Why is it when there's a Bush in the white house the whole country goes to hell in a handbasket!!!?????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-54469155916556374882008-09-24T17:27:00.000-05:002008-09-24T17:27:00.000-05:00LISTEN TO THIS PEOPLE-Obama repeatedly stressed at...LISTEN TO THIS PEOPLE-<BR/><BR/>Obama repeatedly stressed at his news conference that he called McCain first to propose that they issue a joint statement in support of a package to help fix the economy as soon as possible. He said McCain called back several hours later, as Obama was leaving a rally in Florida, and agreed to the idea of a statement but also said he wanted to postpone the debate and hold joint meetings in Washington.<BR/><BR/>"Obama said he suggested they first issue a joint statement showing bipartisanship.<BR/><BR/>"When I got back to the hotel, he had gone on television to announce what he was going to do," Obama said.<BR/><BR/>MCCAIN- LOOKING OUT - OH NO - NOT FOR THE COUNTRY- but HIMSELF!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05245610453510310172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-63685116644093836602008-09-24T17:24:00.000-05:002008-09-24T17:24:00.000-05:00All of you who make this stupid, canned argument a...All of you who make this stupid, canned argument about multi-tasking and McCain running away, please keep reading. <BR/><BR/>First, multi-tasking has been proven to be a far less effective work technique than focusing on one issue at a time. It was a term of the 90's that is quickly losing steam, like all other management consulting gibberish. The fact of the matter is, a President has many tasks to do and generally should deal with them as they come in the door and are scheduled. However, when something really important comes up, that leader should stop everything and focus on issues that are important to the people. I would rather have 100% of my leader's attention on how I'm going to keep my job and my house than 50% on that and 50% on how his make-up looks and how his remarks will come off in the Friday debate. We have the most sophisticated economy in the world and one guy in Washington is suggesting using the government to take over the entire financial industry. these are monumental changes to our country's very foundation and deserve the whole attention of the people who we've hired to solve them. Who are those people? Senators, like McCain and Obama. We pay them to fix our problems, not to debate about how they would fix our problems if they only had the chance. WWe have 50 days left to hear about that, but a blank check to Czar Paulson could be signed any minute. Which is really more urgent?<BR/><BR/>Second, McCain is a coward. The first debate is McCain's softball. He was right about the surge. Actually visited the countries of concern more than 6 months ago, and is favored big time in the polls for his foreign policy experience. There is no reason for him to be scared. Obama, on the other hand, woudl love to bury the worst of the debates for him beneath this financial crisis. No one will talk about the debate on Monday, they will be talking about Paulson's promotion to king. It is a perfect time for Obama to show his foreign policy vulnerability because no one will listen or care. Trust me, the only one who is doing any political posturing and is scared of holding a debate when people will actually pay attention is Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-75344724387351391322008-09-24T17:06:00.000-05:002008-09-24T17:06:00.000-05:00Suspending the campaign is a joke. So we are to s...Suspending the campaign is a joke. So we are to somehow see John McCain, who probably ranks in the botton 20% of senators on understanding financial and economic policy, riding into Washington to save the day.<BR/><BR/>Monty Python can you direct?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-4452464788026727522008-09-24T17:00:00.000-05:002008-09-24T17:00:00.000-05:00Hs anyone besides my 74yo mom noticed the physical...Hs anyone besides my 74yo mom noticed the physical change in McCain's face? His left eye (on the right in Pic) is drooping and his mouth is pinched somewhat on the same side. What gives? And, are we witnessing the last throws of the Republican party?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-53290952055117523132008-09-24T16:59:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:59:00.000-05:00Hs anyone besides my 74yo mom noticed the physical...Hs anyone besides my 74yo mom noticed the physical change in McCain's face? His left eye (on the right in Pic) is drooping and his mouth is pinched somewhat on the same side. What gives? And, are we witnessing the last throws of the Republican party?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-37198341820600583602008-09-24T16:53:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:53:00.000-05:00Wow Kimberly, that was quite a rant. Did you stamp...Wow Kimberly, that was quite a rant. Did you stamp your feet while you lamented Obama being outmaneuvered? Well I guess you can multitask. God forbid we should, but please allow me to try, to apply the philosophy of logic to your evolved, gripping and poignant commentary. First, how is it that when McCain makes a maneuver, political or genuine it is, ‘a ploy’. But when Obama makes a maneuver, political or genuine such as his 8:30am phone call or his ‘Presidential Address’ at 5:00pm, it is not? The academic answer, which is to say the truth is, you cannot objectively condemn one without condemning the other and expect your opinions to be treated with credibility. In fact, lacking empirical evidence, the responsible observer must accept the actions of both as genuine. Second, if it is a fact that we are in pursuit of the truth it becomes necessary to treat each sample with equal scrutiny. To this end you open yourself up to criticism by making a biased statement by conjecturing that one has “…no scruples or ethics” again without presenting empirical evidence or quantifiable, (nonpartisan) data while remaining suspiciously silent regarding the other. You obviously have not done your homework or you may be compelled to condemn Obama similarly for his actions in the morally questionable way in how he eliminated the competition in his Senatorial race. Lastly, one must ask under what compulsion do you profess to know the mind of McCain so well that you can speak definitively on his patriotism or love for his country? What he has done in the service of this country is a measurable quantity as is what Obama has done in the service of this country. I humbly submit that you place the metaphoric weight of their relative contributions on a scale and weigh them. If you are able to be objective and I’m sure you are, you couldn’t help but see how your statement can’t be supported by fact. If not then well, careful Kimberly, your prejudice is showing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-22214106875624729022008-09-24T16:52:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:52:00.000-05:00This is such an obvious political move -trying to ...This is such an obvious political move -trying to act like he can help with this crisis when he said himself he is not strong in economics and then says the economy is fundamentally strong. He must not be confident going in to the debates and needs an excuse to put them off. He knows he is weak in economics and needs more time. If he's not ready to debate then he's not ready to be president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-47804173047431405842008-09-24T16:51:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:51:00.000-05:00This is total nonsense. The McCain camp will do w...This is total nonsense. The McCain camp will do whatever is necessary to steal the election, even if it requires manipulating the truth and changing the rules.<BR/><BR/>Run for President or get out of the race. <BR/><BR/>We've had 8 years of Bush 'going on vacation' when things got tough. McCain is no Maverick. He's more of the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-79301975631624993592008-09-24T16:50:00.000-05:002008-09-24T16:50:00.000-05:00McCain is just doing this for publicity. I mean he...McCain is just doing this for publicity. I mean he's married to a freakin millionaire..do you really think he cares about anyone else's pockets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22913587.post-84417128240211284852008-09-24T16:48:00.001-05:002008-09-24T16:48:00.001-05:00I fear he's doing Bush's work: act now, Democrats...I fear he's doing Bush's work: act now, Democrats, or there will be no debate and no campaign. So reminiscent of post-9/11.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09226808221906914402noreply@blogger.com