is McCain's campaign really suspended? Hardly with UPDATES
By John Amato Wednesday Sep 24, 2008 3:08pmUpdate 1: CNN calls the Obama, Bush and McCain meeting that is happening right now---"Historic"
Update 2: The Trail: McCain's "Straight Talk Air" landed at National Airport just after noon, and McCain's motorcade sped toward the Senate. But by then, senior Democrats and Republicans colleagues were already announcing that a deal in principle had been reached.
McCain's flunkies are all over TV attacking Obama. "McCain Campaign Still Active Across The Country".....And then there's this:
The McCain campaign, however, has not "temporarily set politics aside." In the five hours after McCain's speech, aides Nancy Pfotenhauer, Tucker Bounds, and Mike Duhaime appeared on Fox News and MSNBC five times, frequently criticizing Obama and Democrats...
My colleague Nora McAvalnah tells me that sources close to Senate Democratic leadership
now fear that McCain's true motivation for calling off his campaign and coming back to DC is simply to cast a "no" vote against the bailout, despite his private statements to the contrary.
And now Rep. John Boehner is backing down on the bail out which to me looks like they want McCain to take the lead of the Republican party and announce what they will do.
The U.S. House of Representatives' Republican leader on Thursday said there is not yet a deal his party has agreed to for legislation to bail out Wall Street, but he said he was encouraged by progress.
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Any truth to the rumor that mccain is really taking this break so he can check into Bethesda for a round of chemo??
They're going have him vote against the bailout, then he and the Repubs are going to use it against Obama if he votes in favor of it. It's a trap is what it is.
He's playing president!
what an ass!
McCain, it should be understood, has one objective: to get enough of the 19% undecideds to vote for him.
I think he's got a shot.
Anyone undecided at this point may well go for McCain. If Obama has not won that person over by power of reason, and McCain has not totally turned that person off, then McCain may well win that person's vote.
My $0.02.
what the hell is going on?
are they pulling a fast one?
So Pathetic...
I wonder if this gets GI John on the smite list...
Look at this little gem that's been seen on HP.
Seems mccain is using a trick he used before when he was running against bush.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2000/02/28/MN62687.DTL&...
ROFLMAO
McCain's gonna insist that no CEO, CFO, Board Member or ANY agent of ANY of the newly nationalized financial institutions be paid ANY MORE than the highest paid US government official.
(Somewhere I read he said that .. anyone?)
That's maybe .. what, a coupla hundred thousand a year?
And that IS about what they SHOULD be paid for efficiently managing the nation's banking.
Seize their assets! Put their corporations in receivership. Make them fill out paperwork requesting funds from "their" bank accounts while Federal Auditors sort out the mess. And if they can't live on a couple hundred thousand a year make them GET A REAL JOB.
That's what McCain's gonna do ..
.. yeah!! .. cuz he's the Maverick .. Mr REFORMER Himself ..
Ruthless People @ 3:
Isn't that the truth! What a fucktard McSame is... truly an absolute a$$hole on top of being a lying, sleezy waste of time.
Barrett D @ 6:
You know they are!
Any truth....period.
McCain needs to suspend the campaign because of a minor operatin scheduled for Saturday.
he has to go for pre-ops procedures both today and tomorrow..
the debate is definitely off.
-snark- You people need to be reminded that McCain was a POW for 5.5 years -/snark-
Truman @ 12:
Are McSame's lips moving? Palin's?? What about Bu$h's or Cheney's? If so, there ain't any truth coming out... just lies, lies, and more lies.
VietVet8666 @ 5:
your $0.02 will be worth much less after feds are done printing $700bb
I think it's McStains adult diapers that are held up by suspenders. That's what they really meant. He's obviously full of shit as a holiday duck.
Bill Clinton secretly put them on him when McStain attended his global initiative thingee all while he wasn't looking and suddenly POW! Liberal dirty tricks.
Meanwhile truth is suspended S.N.A.F.U.
VietVet8666 @ 5:
ah gracious uno concerno....
MSNBC is reporting there is a deal:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26888415/
Meanwhile, the WaPo is asking in a newly-posted article just exactly what John McCain's role in it was. Those of you with special knowledge of the history of his opposition to regulation on Wall St. should amble over there and put your two cents in. This morning, the site monitor at WaPo wrote an interesting piece about how lopsided the comments have been against a bailout. Our observations are being noticed.
Don't let the McCain campaign set the terms of this debate. Go make an informed comment.
This just keeps getting better and better. Gonna need more popcorn!
"8-year olds, Dude".
More seriously, scorpions sting because it is in their nature (not that I really want to sully the good name of poisonous scorpions by lumping them in with a republican phony like McCain, but I am just illustrating a point). Witness McCain getting a good faith call from Obama Weds morning then turning around faster than you can say "Keating Five" to call a press conference and try to grab credit for the idea. This is what McCain does; this is what modern republicans all do. They are craven, lying, shameless, and TOTALLY predictable in that you CANNOT make a deal in good faith with them.
I respect the effort by Obama and I really respect the smooth way he laughed it off while still making it clear that McCain, true to form, tried to shaft him. But no more nice-nice with these freaks:
they sold their souls to The Debbil a long time ago. Looking for whatever small modicum of good is left in them is a waste of time when one has other things to accomplish.
If McInsane was to vote "no", he'd lose one of his core constituencies - the uberwealthy. That could actually hurt him quite, quite badly.
Jeff at 16
Hadn't thought about that.
One good thing though si that the $700bb won't be worth $700bb. A good ratfuck for the Wall Street thieves.
McCain is full of shit! Sorry but that's the first thing that came to my mind. He is fu*king gaming this bailout and this thing is too big to play games with. This is our fu*king money he is laying on the table. He's not doing his favorite sport of gambling in Vegas. This is about real people and he's playing with our money, not his wife's.
You mean McCain lied?!? I'm shocked. Shocked!
Annie @ 8:
Oh, snaaaaap!
CNN:
Quickvote
John McCain's request to delay campaigning and this week's debate is:
An effort to help the economy 18% 1938
A political gimmick 82% 8774
Total Votes: 10712
By announcing that he is "suspending" his campaign...and then making appearances...all of a sudden he generates news and of course...coverage.
This gets him around the media blackout that the pissed off media imposed.
And best yet...he doesn't have to answer any questions.
It's like this. Congress worked out a compromise deal that all sides agreed with this morning. Unfortunately, that makes McCain's influence look irrelevant, and we can't have that. So Boner backs out, McCain goes to Washington D.C., suddenly the deal rematerializes, and McCain takes credit for hammering through a bi-partisan solution. And for an encore, he'll find a way to blame Obama for trying to stonewall things.
www.zogby.com
McSame 46%
Obama 44%
Zogby predicts possible McSame landslide.
I shit you not.
By the time he got there, through Katie Couric's studio (After dissing Letterman), the details were worked out. He's just showing up for photos. He may think he has a few tricks up his sleeve, but Americans are onto this ploy.
See Quickvote posted [at] 27
McCain doesn't actually know what's going on in his "campaign." I put the word in quotes because it's really more of a stunt assisted by lies than it is a genuine campaign.
Yes, this is the kind of "leadership" we have to look forward to with a Palin/McCain administration; deceit, pandering, flip-flopping, opportunism and double-talk. Do you really want this, America?
McCain is such a sneaky little weasel. Every time it looks like he's down, he worms his way back. What's the voting order for senators? Maybe Obama should just vote like McCain to screw with him. Of course, I don't think that's Obama's style, but once again he has to watch out while McCain tries to stab him in the back. Thank the goddesses Hillary gave him such good training :P
cheesesauce @ 17:
Ah yes, good ol' Slick Willie. Nice to see he's doing his best to position Hillary for 2012. Don't give me that crap that he cares about the US. He cares about one thing: getting back to the White House.
White trash piece of shit.
I think the election is already decided. Maybe, probably, perhaps.
http://tinyurl.com/3usurj
Nothing against McCaint's mother, but he's a lying, conniving SOB.
2000 Election : McCain Backs Out of Debate In California
With new polls showing his campaign dead in the water among California Republicans, Arizona Sen. John McCain has pulled out of a long-scheduled debate with Texas Gov. George Bush, set for Thursday in Los Angeles.
Chuck @ 30:
Sickening - literally.
L.A. Confidential @ 36:
Why did you make me go there, why?!?!?!?
JudyLou @ 37:
Thats how you get ahead in politics.
Uppity Blue Lensman @ 39:
Zogby is possibly the worst pollster out there.
Fanon @ 40:
I'm not making you do nothing. Anyway, I guess Obama wasn't invited.
Will the Repukes *once again* throw a partisan monkey-wrench into the legislative process? Looks like it. For once, they may do some good! The Bail-out (good term for criminals, isn't it?) is pure robbery. Give the money to U.S. citizens. Inflationary? Sure, but debts will be paid.
http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/590-FLASH-Fed-Speaking-Out-B...
http://politicalsalsa.blogspot.com/2008/09/bush-wants-to-add-bad-auto-lo...
~~~This is an interview of Merkel from Germany ~~~
"Yet doubts were being raised not just at the United Nations but farther afield, with Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, among the most outspoken. She said that at last year’s meeting of the Group of 8, she had strongly urged both the United States and Britain to be more rigorous in supervising financial activities, and even offered specific proposals to be applied to banks and other institutions.
But the United States was not interested, she said. She also seemed to express a certain exasperation that the United States was now asking Europe for help, after inflicting damage on the rest of the world that could have been avoided.
“We did what we were supposed to do,” she said in an interview with Münchner Merkur, a German newspaper. “We adopted a decent E.U. regulation on the national statute books,” but “when it came to it, the Americans said, ‘That’s not for us.’ ” - "
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/world/24nations.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1...
The Dems are for the Bailout. Could someone tell me why the Dems are for the Bailout?
This whole thing has become really convoluted. I've been trying to wrap my head around it for the past two days. But I haven't changed my mind. It seems fairly obvious that any bailout should only benefit the people who are doing the bailing out, and not the CEOs who fucked up.
Any deal should include a good deal for mainstreet, and if doesn't, fuck Wall Street. Let it drag on, call Bush's bluff. And if McCain doesn't show up for the debate, hammer him for being a pussy.
Also, I thought McCain was just an opportunistic sell-out prick. But now I'm beginning to hate the guy.
Come on people - It is the usual diversion and misdirection.
This time it is to hide what is important to them right now.
What is happening - Right now - Is that it’s all about... The 32 Words...
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are
non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not
be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.”
If you do not understand the import of those 32 words, then follow the link.
Ok testosterone's!
There are much better looking females (estrogen's) then Palin (pain and lying insecure no) and way to smarter! Just DO NOT put us in the same package! I love my dogs! They have more foreign experience then this gal and of course they much prettier!
Mike @ 47:
If those 32 words, or any others which resemble them in import and meaning, are still in the 'agreement,' then the people of the USofA have a right to bloody rebellion. Eat the fuukin rich!
affielover @ 48:
She's good she's a publicity hog knows how to milk her audience for everything they got she's a real "player".
The only sudden rise to fame I've ever seen happen this fast before was The Beatles.
L.A. Confidential @ 43:
He was there via video link.
Obama, Bush, and McBush are still in conference. I suspect Bush and his little buddy are trying to convince Obama to not show up at the debate that will have some focus on the economy.
I imagine Obama will tell them that he can debate and do his part on the economic issue. That John McCain will be so angered by this, that he'll lunge at Obama's throat causing the Secret Service to blast him full of holes.
Either way, Obama will most likely debate alone.
John - really disappointed by the Democratic Party @ 45:
$$$$$
The bailout IS a very bad idea. EVERYONE in Washington should be voting NO.
you CAN NOT FIX A CREDIT CRISIS WITH MORE CREDIT!
Uppity Blue Lensman @ 22:
No, it won't. They know his vote is politically motivated.
Yellow Elephant Safari @ 1:
Fucker's sher enough dyin...
melanoma attacking the brain stem
losing control of his facial muscles...
he's got 24-30 months...
then Presnint Palin...
Fanon @ 51:
I think the NWO is going to install McCain and Palin regardless if anyone likes or not at this point.
Ah yeah Video. Everythings video now days I forgot.
of course NOT but try proving it to the average joe/judy. mccain says he's about country first....he will lie to maintain that marketing gimmick.
Democrats absorb a striking defeat as they agree to allow expanded offshore drilling in waters they once called sacrosanct, giving Republicans a rare victory on energy policy six weeks before the election.
What else is new?
Isn't it funny how whenever something happens to remind people how disastrous the Republicans have been, John McCain wants to set politics aside but as soon as that news cycle has passed, then it's straight back to being a dick again.
Okay, someone clue me in here... Shouldn't we be against the bailouts, too?
The Truth Hurts @ 35:
While I agree with you 100%, please don't disparage trash; it can be recycled. However, I find it difficult to recycle and breakdown a Clinton.
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Bonkers @ 26:
Hahahahaha! Didn't Rick Davis run McCain's campaign in 2000? Not Rovian. McCainian tactics.
L.A. Confidential @ 56:
Me, too. Thought so since the Dims' candidates emerged...
L.A. Confidential @ 62:
Looks like I better stay off of planes containing die-hard repugs!
Dan-in-PA @ 53:
you notice the market talking heads are trying every
chance they get to say the public has a lot to do with
this problem as in they pay their mortgages. this
problem is much more involved than foreclosure.
the financial institutions were totally over leveraged
and the fed discounted/lowered interest rates...
remember 'go shop'...bush is at fault also. homes
prices are way over valued and they to adjust. they
want to keep the inflated prices stable.
these firms were 'betting' on subprime loans. they were
betting on whether they would be paid on or not. the
people that shorted the subprime loans made millions.
woody, tokin librul @ 49:
Here's what we're lookin' at now, according to the AP wire:
The tentative accord would give the Bush administration just a fraction of the $700 billion it had requested up front, with half the money subject to a congressional veto, congressional aides said. Under the plan, the Treasury secretary would get $250 billion immediately and could have an additional $100 billion if he certified it was needed. The last $350 billion could be blocked by a vote of Congress under the arrangement, designed to give lawmakers a stronger hand in controlling the unprecedented rescue.
And then there's this plan that some GOPers are pushing:
A group of GOP lawmakers circulated a less government-focused alternative. Their proposal would have the government provide insurance to companies that agree to hold frozen assets, rather than have the government purchase the assets. Rep Eric Cantor, R-Va., said the idea would be to remove the burden of the bailout from taxpayers and place it, over time, on Wall Street instead.
L.A. Confidential @ 50:
You are watching TV I have not since 1999. You know the Harvard experts on blow job. That was my cutting time.
Uppity Blue Lensman @ 65:
All this Republican produced crap, missile shields, mind readers, governments, etc doesn't work. But they get billions to make stuff that doesn't work anyway.
VietVet8666 @ 5:
Sorry, about worth .01 cent..
Isome Hussein @ 60:
They are talking about buying debts that the private sector has been unable to collect on. There are reasons that the private sector has been unable to collect these debts. Do you want your tax dollars to be spent purchasing the medical bills, credit card debts, and defaulted mortgages of the deceased, drug addicts, and the disabled? Do you really think that the IRS is going to ever collect a penny of this debt? Would you invest your own money in the purchase of these peoples debts? It is your money when you stop and think about it. Then you open up the can of worms of whether or not this will even help the economy. Printing $800 billion to cover the purchase of these debts is going to create a lot of inflation. This seems to me like a sure bet towards paying $10 a gallon for gas or milk. I'm sure that wages will not go up to compensate for this. I think this is going to create a lot of poverty and kick a lot of wealth up to the people that already have a lot of wealth. I'm sure it will also cause a lot more people to default on their loans and cause a lot of homelessness. I personally think that this is going to cause a bigger disaster. If they are going to spend $800 billion; doesn't it make more sense to spend $800 billion to build environmentally friendly factories that could employ tens of millions of Americans.
affielover @ 69:
No I certainly am not I do not watch TV I watched a few debates this fall my total TV intake since 1990 has probably been about 100 hours. Mostly severe weather alerts.
Looks like we got our October surprise a bit early.
Was this McCain's idea, or Rove's. Of course its all show biz', but I fear it may work. Then we can have 4 more years of the same, with a christian fanatic waiting in the wings to start a war for Jebus.
Oh shit, we're gonna' need a bigger boat...
Pat @ 74:
And a hell of a lot more adult beverages
L.A. Confidential @ 73:
You are such a good boy!
mcCain campaign's SHOCK and FLAW strategery, round two.
"Historic"
Let's sound the trumpets!!
There will be a time in the future when no one even remembers anybody or anything from this period history anyway. Besides the fact we're living it we're still an inconsequential a blip in time.
affielover @ 76:
Yeah all 55 years. A total waste of time in the cosmic scheme of things at this point.
We are told that "low interest rates" led to excessive borrowing, but we are not told how these low interest rates came about. They were a deliberate policy of the Federal Reserve. As always, artificially low interest rates distort the market. Entrepreneurs engage in malinvestments - investments that do not make sense in light of current resource availability, that occur in more temporally remote stages of the capital structure than the pattern of consumer demand can support, and that would not have been made at all if the interest rate had been permitted to tell the truth instead of being toyed with by the Fed.
Not a word about any of that, of course, because Americans might then discover how the great wise men in Washington caused this great debacle. Better to keep scapegoating the mortgage industry or "wildcat capitalism" (as if we actually have a pure free market!).
Speaking about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the president said: "Because these companies were chartered by Congress, many believed they were guaranteed by the federal government. This allowed them to borrow enormous sums of money, fuel the market for questionable investments, and put our financial system at risk."
Doesn't that prove the foolishness of chartering Fannie and Freddie in the first place? Doesn't that suggest that maybe, just maybe, government may have contributed to this mess? And of course, by bailing out Fannie and Freddie, hasn't the federal government shown that the "many" who "believed they were guaranteed by the federal government" were in fact correct?
ron paul today
Catch you later. If there is one.
willie @ 77:
Might I suggest Schlock and Flaw?
Have a good one, LA
upchuck @ 72:
That is similar to what I thought. But reading through the comments, albeit perhaps a little too quickly, I got the impression that some people thought we should be fore the bailouts.
L.A. Confidential @ 50:
Careful... McCain would think that you're calling Palin a pig. We wouldn't want the farmer to think that his prized sow is getting picked on. Thankfully, the spider named Foxnews keeps telling us all the good things about Palin with help from the rat (Rove).
His campaign was just given a time-out.
I want some detail. I knew the media would revert to form and go on the all out attack against Obama. His good poll numbers were the trigger.
So what if McCain votes no on the bail-out? If Obama votes yes he doesn't deserve to be in office. The two of them are Wall Street stooges. Just look at their "economic advisors", Phil Gramm and Robert Rubin, the two guys who were instrumental in creating this disastrous situation. This is the biggest heist pulled yet by the Bush administration and they will soon be laughing all the way to their bank in Dubai. Just to reiterate, if Obama votes yes, throw him under the bus. Don't vote at all.
While everyone awaits Obama for the press conference at the Whitehouse (yes, Obama, not the Maverick), the BraveNewFilm cancer ad just came on. Good timing.
purvis ames @ 88:
McCain will vote no; Obama will vote yes. McCain will accuse Obama of voting with Bush.
Or, McCain will vote yes, claiming that all HIS points were incorporated into the bill, taking credit for the entire agreement.
Guess Bush will have to blame the Republicans and McCain for not getting this package approved. The Democrats don't have to make any changes to their own plan.
Crash McCain is a lying, hypocritical coward.
This is not even a stunt because they've suspended nothing. This is a fraud being perpetrated upon the world.
McCain saw that the Dems w/ Obama's actual participation were close to getting a bipartisan agreement and he had not even read the original bill and had not even been talking to the congressmen negotiating the deal.
His economic retardation was ready to be fully exposed. So, he had to make it seem like he rescued the deal. Pretending to be the hero/maverick.
The media should suspend coverage of McCain and refuse to give any facetime to these lying scumbags.
John McCain is no patriot; in fact, this entire incident proves that McCain cares only about winning, the country be damned.
The first question for McCain when he finally takes questions should be: Why did you lie to the country about suspending your campaign? Are you afraid to face the consequences of your lifelong, misguided quest to deregulate the market? Enron? Keating 5? Our economy in the toilet? Allowing your greedy, filthy rich friends to defraud America for the last 30 years?
CMINCA @ 89:
I posted this cancer ad on my blog and I immediately got a response saying that I shouldn't be so paranoid about McCain's melanoma. The comment referred to a daughter-in-law with melanoma that survived over 10 years. My response was that McCain is old and that's a factor in him having a recurrence of his melanoma.
Fanon @ 40:
Kinda funny, isn't it?
People on Crooksandliars.com get me go go to every manner of links. One night I stayed up until the weeeee hours watching a two hour documentary I found here. It was a really great link but I felt like Alice after falling down the rabbit hole the next morning.
Is "Straight Talk Air" still being run on Cindy's tab, and being funded by an unofficial donation from Anhauser Busch Beer?
L.A. Confidential @ 36:
What a sad way to treat corn.
If McCain gives a thumbs down and the rest of the Republicans follow it doesn't mean he'll win the election, but it will increase his chances. Americans of all political stripes are generally opposed to this bailout.
An even bigger story is what this means. This will be the first time in Bush's presidency his party has turned against him.
Now I wonder if they'll support the Articles of Impeachment. To the guillotine (or in our case retirement on the taxpayer's dime)
L.A. Confidential @ 50:
The Beatles slogged away in Hamburg and England for six years (more, actually) before they were "instantly" famous.
Just sayin'.
Cats r Flyfishn @ 93:
I have a friend that is 1/2 McCain's age that has been warned about having any additional incidents of skin cancer. It is serious business.
McCain's handlers realize that the P.O.W. has a cognitive deficit. I'll let the medical staff offer a diagnosis; however, I would venture Alzheimer's. McCain is obviously having difficulty
understanding and responding to questions. Several days gives them time to think about
possible options. Palin's deficit originates in her lack of experience AND knowledge about
anything. She's simply a placeholder, ie. Sign here. OK.
Pat Buchanen is saying that McCain is not going to debate this week, because he doesn't want to debate this week. When did you ever think Pat Buchanen would sound reasonable. I remember when he was the craziest and most right-wing Republican on TV.
John McCain suspends his campaign and the stock market goes up the next day. Could he solve the economy's problems if he just quit?
This distraction has been somewhat effective. The focus is off of Palin's fiasco of an interview with Katie Couric. The polls are tied (Gallop). Wolfboy is asking whether this stunt of McCain's is more proof of just what a Maverick he truly is. I'm going to puke.
if the repubs vote no to the bailout, I say the Dems vote present and let the bailout fail. Then we can blame the GOP.
VietVet8666 @ 5:
Burden on Obama: win undecided voter over using power of reason
Burden on McCain: win undecided voter over simply by "not totally turn[ing] that person off"
Can't say I understand why the burdens are so different.
all of them are going to sell us out , mccain obama bush hoyer palosi ried every stinking one of them
Abbybwood @ 94:
Problem is, LAC always uses those tinyurl links, and unless you trust LAC (and I do), you don't know where the hell a tinyurl link will lead you.
I'll say it again. Somebody grab the yellow chicken suit! Let's find McCain!
Colbert Suspends Colbert Report
I watched a bit of his speech at the Cliton Global initiative this morning. The words "If I am elected President..." slipped past his lips on "accident" I guess, but it didn't sound to me like he wasn't campaigning there.
Barr wants to debate Obama in Miss.
That would be interesting. Barr isn't a chicken shit like McCain.
John McCain hasn't suspended a damn thing. I am angry and livid at the idea that any intelligent American would even fall for this pandering. He is a self-serving senile idiot for insulting the intelligence of the American people. And Ms. PALIN...
Sarah Palin is a sick reminder of what lengths some in this country will go to. John McCain's utter lack of regard for his country exhibited by his choosing this moron is evident every time she opens her babbling mouth. "Take the fight to Iraq...so they'll never do what they did on 9/11". IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11...Miss Caribou!!!
Meanwhile, the U.S and Pakistan are exchanging gunfire today. Will the Bush doctrine bite us in the ass one last time before he heads into the history books?
No, it's not suspended. There have been ads running from last night and today on radio and television. And they are even more disparaging of Mr. Obama.
A truly neauseating display of political theater.
The two candidates should stay completely out of this.Its been painfully obvious that this is all being choreographed to make McCain the deal maker/hero with the always principle free GOP marching along in virtual lockstep.I just can't believe the absurd lengths McCains campaign is going to in trying to seize the narrative.
I'm more concerned that this is a setup to cause a huge problem so they can suspend elections. Every time Bush opens his mouth something goes terribly wrong for Americans. This is exactly the kind of thing I've been waiting for.
NO SUSPENDED ELECTIONS. BUSH MUST GO!
As for CNN's pronouncement of the meeting as "historic" McCain could poop his pants and that would be historic, but not necessarily noteworthy.
His postponement will somehow tie into hers. You can bet money the next thing we hear is the Biden/Palin debate canceled.
With the way she is babbling on mainstream (what a freaking moron) there is no way the Republicans will let her debate Biden at this point. All of the info they are trying to cram into her head is coming out in one big unorganized mass of misinformation and it is downright frightening.
What kind of "suspension" was this? A suspension of disbelief, of reason, of basic morality?
If he wanted a timeout, he should have just called for a timeout.
McCain/Palin 08 "Country Club First. The Ticket to Nowhere".
Lucky for Rick Davis, while the campaign is suspended, he can go pick up a few side jobs for Freddie Mac. "RRRRiiiiicccckkkkyyyy, Freddie called and asked if you can cut their lawn today."
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