I'm taking my ball and going home
25 September 2008 00:40 | Politics
Isn't that
just loverly... John McCain is suspending his
campaign to run home to DC to make right all the
wrongs. Here he comes to save the day! John McCain is
on his way.
Can you smell the sarcasm from there?
McCain has stated that he may skip the debate on Friday evening, regardless of whether or not Obama or the Commission on Presidential Debates postpone the debate. The unilateral, and, frankly, something that sounds like an ultimatum, reminds me of the kid who says "Do it my way or I'm going to take my ball and go home."
It would be all well and fine to *suggest* postponing the debate (though I don't think it should be postponed) would be fine and dandy, but this threat (and that's from a report on CNN, not my own statement of thought) to just not show up... stupid. Bad judgement call. (Not the first from McCain.)
The folks in DC are negotiating ways to do a "bailout" of one form or another. If they need McCain's help, they'll phone him. Or is he afraid that they *won't* phone him, and he thinks this is his chance to come across as Underdog? (Or maybe he hasn't figured out the technology of the phone or email yet... ) (Low blow? Yep. So? Nobody said this would be a bi-partisan blog.)
It seems that McCain has made a series of bad judgement calls when it comes to the economy, not the least of which has been the "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" blunder. (I may not remember the exact quote correctly for which I apologize, but you get the idea.) Maybe they're strong if you're bloody rich, but not for the rest of us who don't have the 5 million dollars to be moved into the "rich" class.
It seems to be a pattern dating back to the Keating 5 when McCain was sanctioned for showing "bad judgement" in the Savings & Loan bailout in the 80s... not to mention the removal of regulations that allowed mortgages to be treated like securities and bought and sold.
And did you hear him kind of fly off the handle last Monday when the market tanked and proclaim that this person and that should be fired? Maybe he should stop, think and look at the whole picture before proclaiming steps to fix everything in one fell swoop.
It smells of pure politics. (Kind of like his choice of Palin for the Republican vice-presidential candidate...)
Presidents DO have to handle more than one thing at a time. Multi-tasking is kind of important. Don't you think? Or don't you THINK...?
In case you haven't figured it out, I'm NOT voting for John McCain this election... I've never been one to vote entirely for one party or another. Many times I find myself voting for a 3rd party candidate because I'm disgusted with our main parties. This year? No. Obama all the way.
Can you smell the sarcasm from there?
McCain has stated that he may skip the debate on Friday evening, regardless of whether or not Obama or the Commission on Presidential Debates postpone the debate. The unilateral, and, frankly, something that sounds like an ultimatum, reminds me of the kid who says "Do it my way or I'm going to take my ball and go home."
It would be all well and fine to *suggest* postponing the debate (though I don't think it should be postponed) would be fine and dandy, but this threat (and that's from a report on CNN, not my own statement of thought) to just not show up... stupid. Bad judgement call. (Not the first from McCain.)
The folks in DC are negotiating ways to do a "bailout" of one form or another. If they need McCain's help, they'll phone him. Or is he afraid that they *won't* phone him, and he thinks this is his chance to come across as Underdog? (Or maybe he hasn't figured out the technology of the phone or email yet... ) (Low blow? Yep. So? Nobody said this would be a bi-partisan blog.)
It seems that McCain has made a series of bad judgement calls when it comes to the economy, not the least of which has been the "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" blunder. (I may not remember the exact quote correctly for which I apologize, but you get the idea.) Maybe they're strong if you're bloody rich, but not for the rest of us who don't have the 5 million dollars to be moved into the "rich" class.
It seems to be a pattern dating back to the Keating 5 when McCain was sanctioned for showing "bad judgement" in the Savings & Loan bailout in the 80s... not to mention the removal of regulations that allowed mortgages to be treated like securities and bought and sold.
And did you hear him kind of fly off the handle last Monday when the market tanked and proclaim that this person and that should be fired? Maybe he should stop, think and look at the whole picture before proclaiming steps to fix everything in one fell swoop.
It smells of pure politics. (Kind of like his choice of Palin for the Republican vice-presidential candidate...)
Presidents DO have to handle more than one thing at a time. Multi-tasking is kind of important. Don't you think? Or don't you THINK...?
In case you haven't figured it out, I'm NOT voting for John McCain this election... I've never been one to vote entirely for one party or another. Many times I find myself voting for a 3rd party candidate because I'm disgusted with our main parties. This year? No. Obama all the way.
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