McCain seeks to delay Friday debate to deal with financial crisis

[Avro]

You know when you're asleep like this someone should put you in a basket and hide you in the reeds at the edge of the river.

 

[Praxius]

Back to the topic, none of this suprises me.... it plays out like a bad WWE Soap Opera.

Bush screws everything up, plays the bad guy, making sure everybody hates his sorry guts, then McCain plays the good cop trying to fight the guy he supported the majority of the time.

Bush pulls this stunt and asks everybody to trust him with their money, as if he has been right with everything he's done so far..... McCain gets on his high horse and claims he's suspending his campaign due to this serious issue to make sure it's done "Right" and attempts to avoid the debate with Obama....

..... a debate he'd get his ass served on a plate from, and while everybody thinks "Wow, what a great guy, what a great future leader he is" he should be keeping his ass out of it, keep on track with what he's supposed to do, debate Obama on this and many other issues and figure out what needs to be done properly, and deal with what is to come.

So now Bush gives him another big heroic opportunity to look like a great and wonderful leader, avoids the debate that he'd lose, people vote in the Republicans again, and the sh*t continues for another 4 years or more.

Myself and a few others were a tad suprised that Bush didn't call off the election because of such a serious issue, which would lead to something else of course. But the Republicans can get away with even more then they already have if they keep trying to play the game and get another republican into office again, rather then Bush outright going into dictator mode.

All the while pulling out here and there, avoiding opportunities for Obama to actually compete against McCain in the election and actually see who's better when pitted against one another. The Democrats had the opportunity to have a female president or one with some african herritage.... they chose Obama, so the Republicans mooch off the female concept by putting in Palin, who now seems to be a bigger superstar then Obama, all the while really not know wtf she's doing.......

.... and now when so close to the debate, McCain like the fake chicken sh*t he is, suspends his campaign to fight a farce Bush created perfectly for him to give him brownie points, asks Obama to postpone the debate until it's delt with....... by the way..... when is the election? If it is postponed, I bet it'll never surface until it's too late, if ever.... and therefore they'll get to play their cards the way they have been without any risk to McCain or Palin in regards to being confronted on their policies by someone who can out wit their sorry asses and expose them for the fake hype they truly are.

Seriously, you guys don't think Bush, McCain and the rest of the Republicans don't talk to one another? They're all apart of the same party.... no matter how much McCain tries to tell us he hates Bush and never liked his policies, they're all from the same cloth.

Jesus, I've seen the same BS tactics used for the last 8 years..... it's all been so damn predictable, so written out, played out..... and everybody just sucks it up like candy laced with crack it's not even funny.

And it's the same tactics and games being played right now, only with new actors, it's pathetic.

I don't even have to watch anymore of the US politics from here until the election because I already know how it's going to unfold, who's going to win and how...... that is, so long as the election isn't called off, which is of course plan B.

It's as poorly scripted as a Saved By the Bell episode.

I'm not pissed off about McCain's decision. I'm not frustrated or anything.... on the contrary, this is going pretty much the way I predicted months, even years ago..... a few twists and turns here and there, but for the most part.... it's all on the same path.

It's just sad really.

The election is predictable, the US people in general when looking at the polls, the side policies, the irrelevent background stories they string onto are predictable..... and even if Obama wins, which I highly doubt, he'd get shot anyways and then it's back to the same old routine.

As Avro Stated:

 

[Avro]

What is interesting is how Bush had brushed off the economy as merely corrections and told the public that the fundamentals are sound while shrugging at claims of a recession. Last night it was all doom a gloom and a dire situation if his massive bailout package wasn't passed.

Forgive me for being obvious but the guy is a complete moron.

 

[Praxius]

Oh and a few more things that support my claims on how much of an act this whole crap election is:

Letterman unloads on McCain for not showing up
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...25/letterman_mccain_080925/20080925?hub=World

"Late Show" host David Letterman treated John McCain's decision to cancel an appearance on his talk show more like a stupid human trick than the act of a statesman.

The Republican presidential candidate said he was halting his campaign activities Wednesday, citing the need to deal with the nation's financial crisis, and called Letterman to drop out of the show's late-night lineup. On the air Wednesday night, Letterman assailed McCain's rationale and, with prickly humor, questioned whether the nominee -- now trailing in some polls -- was in trouble.

"This doesn't smell right," Letterman said. "This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody's putting something in his Metamucil.".....

...... Instead of suspending a campaign, Letterman said, a presidential candidate should go to Washington to deal with a crisis and let his running mate shoulder the burdens of politicking.

"That's what you do. You don't quit. ... Or is that really a good thing to do?" Letterman said, a reference to McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. "What's the problem? Where is she? Why isn't she doing that?" he asked.

Letterman later asked: "Are we suspending it because there's an economic crisis or because the poll numbers are sliding?"

And how about this convienant little nugget:

Palin to delay disclosing personal finances
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNe...0925/palin_finances_080925/20080925?hub=World

Sarah Palin has received an extension of the deadline for disclosing her personal finances and now won't have to report until the day after her only debate with Democrat Joe Biden.

The Republican vice-presidential candidate received a four-day extension Thursday from the U.S. Federal Election Commission.

The federal financial disclosure report was initially due next Monday. Now, Palin has until Oct. 3, the day after her debate in St. Louis with Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee.......

What a farce this whole election is.... it's all twisted and bent to suit the Republicans.... it's a fk'n joke.

 

[darkbeaver]

It's bent and fixed to serve the capitalists be they republicans or democrats or conservative or liberals. There is no public government in North America, there are only rigged market forces playing at government and screwing the citizens, that's the way it's been for thirty years that's the way it will end.

 

[Kreskin]

All is well, McCain is going to Washington. He'll personally ensure things are fixed before he restarts his campaign.

 

[talloola]

Up until late last night the debate was still scheduled 'as a go', interesting to see what
happens today.
McCain is a twit, and his ploy to run to washington, because he is 'so needed' to help
solve the problem is a joke. How stupid does he think we all are, but of course, it's
not us is it, 'it's them'.

 

[Kreskin]

Up until late last night the debate was still scheduled 'as a go', interesting to see what
happens today.
McCain is a twit, and his ploy to run to washington, because he is 'so needed' to help
solve the problem is a joke. How stupid does he think we all are, but of course, it's
not us is it, 'it's them'.

Last week his handlers were promoting him as one of the founding fathers of the blackberry. Couldn't he use one to keep in touch?

 

[Praxius]

Up until late last night the debate was still scheduled 'as a go', interesting to see what
happens today.
McCain is a twit, and his ploy to run to washington, because he is 'so needed' to help
solve the problem is a joke. How stupid does he think we all are, but of course, it's
not us is it, 'it's them'.

True true..... so long as "they" isolate themselves to their own media and information, and they don't come accross anything that may raise some questions from their actions, it all sounds ligit I bet.

 

[talloola]

Last week his handlers were promoting him as one of the founding fathers of the blackberry. Couldn't he use one to keep in touch?

I would have thought he was one of the founding fathers of the original 'phone'.;-)

 

[Kreskin]

I would have thought he was one of the founding fathers of the original 'phone'.;-)

His son was.

 

[Nuggler]

Even McCon can't delay Friday !!







Oh, the DEBATE on Friday................well dang, sorry.

 

[talloola]

His son was.

oh yeah, I should have known that.:smile:

 

[Kreskin]

It would be hilarious if the event went on and McCain's spot was empty.

McCain must be tired after the flight to Washington and walking around all those halls followed by reporters. Time for a good nap.

 

[talloola]

It would be hilarious if the event went on and McCain's spot was empty.

McCain must be tired after the flight to Washington and walking around all those halls followed by reporters. Time for a good nap.

And, he'll probably lose his temper in Bush's office, at the Obama,Bush meeting, so look
for a red face showing up instead of the usual snow white one, and his eyes will be
much more darting than usual.

 

[Praxius]

Even McCon can't delay Friday !!

Oh, the DEBATE on Friday................well dang, sorry.

Well maybe that's why Bush has called both McCain and Obama to the White House.... to double team and rough Obama up to force him to delay it.

I imagine the SS will get a few licks in too.

Best use phone books, they don't leave marks.

 

[Praxius]

And, he'll probably lose his temper in Bush's office, at the Obama,Bush meeting, so look
for a red face showing up instead of the usual snow white one, and his eyes will be
much more darting than usual.

He he... slip some viagra in his water at the debate and that'll clear up that red face.... he'll pass out and you'll hear two knocks off the podium before he hits the floor.... the last one would be his head.... you can guess the first one

 

[Kreskin]

Bush invited McCain and Obama in an effort to secure himself a future clemency deal.

 

[Praxius]

Update:

Hey, check it out! The Mummy Returns:

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, left, leaves with Sen. Joe Lieberman, right, after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday.

McCain still up in air about debate
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/World/1081006.html

WASHINGTON — John McCain's campaign expressed cautious optimism Thursday as congressional Republicans and Democrats agreed in principle on a US$700 billion bailout of the financial industry before the two presidential candidates were to meet with President George W. Bush.

Even so, the action didn't appear to be strong enough to convince McCain to attend Friday's scheduled presidential debate with Obama.

Bok Bok.... Chicken Sh*t!

His campaign has said he wouldn't participate unless there was consensus between Congress and the administration, and a spokesman said the Thursday afternoon developments had not changed his plans.

"There's no deal until there's a deal. We're optimistic but we want to get this thing done,'' McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said.

Obama still wants the face-off to go on, and is slated to travel to the debate site in Mississippi on Friday.

The debate over the debate is the latest campaign twist as McCain and Obama try to navigate the uncharted politics of the financial meltdown and show leadership at a time of national angst.

"With so much on the line, for America and the world, the debate that matters most right now is taking place in the United States Capitol _ and I intend to join it,'' McCain said Thursday after addressing former President Bill Clinton's Global Initiative in New York before heading to Washington.

Obama argued the debate should proceed because a president needs to be able to handle more than one issue at a time.

"Our election is in 40 days. Our economy is in crisis, and our nation is fighting two wars abroad,'' Obama said. "The American people deserve to hear directly from myself and Senator McCain about how we intend to lead our country. The times are too serious to put our campaign on hold, or to ignore the full range of issues that the next president will face.''

Exactly..... McCain is either so old that he can't concentrate on more then one thing.... or he's a chicken sh*t.

In Oxford, Miss., debate organizers continued to prepare.

At a news conference, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a Republican, said he expected the presidential debate to go ahead, though he said he had no inside information. "This is going to be a great debate tomorrow night. We're excited about it,'' Barbour said.

And what happens if McCain is a no-show?

Hopefully people will see him as the person he truly is.... all talk and no action..... oh wait.... he's not even showing up to talk.

Television networks, too, were moving forward. "We're proceeding as if it's on and will until someone tells us that it's not,'' ABC spokeswoman Cathie Levine said.

The two candidates spoke to the Clinton Global Initiative — McCain in person, Obama via satellite — before the meeting in Washington with Bush and leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate.

One of the candidates is certain to inherit the economic mess, including the aftermath of the unprecedented plan to rescue the financial sector.

Presidential politics was running smack into the delicate negotiations over how to stop a further weakening of the sagging economy without putting an enormous new burden on taxpayers or rewarding corporations or their executives who share the blame.

On Capitol Hill, Democratic and Republican negotiators emerged from a closed-door meeting to report an agreement in principle. They said they would present it to the Bush administration in hopes of a vote within days.

Rogers said McCain didn't participate in that meeting, but was in talks with Republican leaders afterward. Conservative Republicans were among the holdouts, and there were indications they were waiting for McCain to make a move before they did.[/quote]

Are you fk'n kidding me? He brags on about suspending his own campaign to be this big hero going to head down there to make sure things are done right....... only to be a no-show?

As Thursday began, McCain said he didn't believe the administration's plan had the votes to pass without changes. However, he said he still was confident a bipartisan compromise could be reached before markets open on Monday — one that would stabilize the markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners and "earn the confidence of the American people.''

Well by all means, get your ass in gear and do what you claimed you said you would do.

He again portrayed his announced halt to campaign events, fundraising and advertising as an example of putting the country ahead of politics.

But in doing so he also hoped to get political credit for a decisive step on a national crisis as polls show him trailing Obama on the economy and slipping in the presidential race.

Despite McCain's stated campaigning hiatus, his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, paid a highly visible visit to memorials in lower Manhattan to those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Newsflash, you're a little late for the ceremonies.

Democrats derided McCain's claim to have halted his campaign as a political stunt, though Obama himself didn't go that far.

For his part, Obama urged a swift resolution that would get the legislation passed, saying "action must be taken to restore confidence in our economy ... Now is a time to come together — Democrats and Republicans — in a spirit of co-operation on behalf of the American people.''

Obama also rolled out a new 60-second TV ad to run in "key targeted states'' in which he cited economic policies endorsed by Bush and McCain as essentially to blame for the troubles.

"For eight years we've been told that the way to a stronger economy was to give huge tax breaks to corporations and the wealthiest. Cut oversight on Wall Street. And somehow all Americans would benefit,'' Obama says in the ad.

Ha ha.... this whole thing is a joke.

 

[Kreskin]

Lieberman must be getting paid by the hour to be his shadow.