Erratic McCain, Absent Palin, Gamesmanship, and Fear
September 25th, 2008
Yesterday, as a batch of bad polls come in and as Congress is on the verge of agreement on the Presdidential bailout bill, John McCain lied to Barack Obama, suddenly suspended his campaign, tried to get tomorrow’s debate canceled (and move it to the Biden-Palin debate date, which would be canceled), and begged President Bush to personally summon Obama to Washington as well, which Bush promptly did. Congressional leaders told McCain bluntly to stay away. After 2 years on the campaign trail making McCain the most absentee Member of the Senate, Majority Leader Reid told McCain he simply wasn’t “needed here.” When time came for a vote, if the vote was close, he and Obama could vote then.
Does McCain know how the Congress works? Perhaps I should explain it to him. The leaders in crafting legislation, particularly very important legislation crafted on an emergency basis, are the heads of the respective committees (in this case, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of Financial Services) with some input from the ranking minority members (Shelby and Bachus of Alabama) and lots of help from the leadership of the House and Senate (Reid, Pelosi, and the others). McCain doesn’t even serve on the Banking Committee! Therefore his help — no matter what he and President Bush claim — consists of voting up or down on the bill. McCain’s been in the Senate 26 years. Either he has a sudden severe case of Alzheimer’s or he’s pulling the biggest political stunt in a generation.
McCain is erratic, deceptive, and impulsive. He continues to show the traits I warned about months ago, that of the inveterate gambler that he is, a man who would throw thousands of dollars on one lucky roll of the craps dice.
Meanwhile Palin continues to hide under her desk, the first Vice-Presidential candidate since the birth of television to refuse a press conferenence. And she’s a more secretive, revengeful, and dishonest person than our current Vice President “treason, shoot-’em-in-the-face, secret-government” Cheney.
Can you imagine if these two loons were actually running the country? A country facing Depression, Massive Deficits, and Perennial War? Can the Republican Party possibly destroy America any more than it already has? Yes it can!
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September 25th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Maggoo is playing guerilla politics(hit and di-di)retention of PTSD and remembrances from Vietnamese captors–who no doubt taught insidious oriental games of intrigue and public posturing
With Maggoo at the helm of our economy–think Krugerands
September 26th, 2008 at 4:09 am
Robert Reich offers 5 strong conditions for Obama. They are a great response to the Presidents’s fear card. Run republicans run…..
The five;
1. The government (i.e. taxpayers) gets an equity stake in every Wall Street financial company proportional to the amount of bad debt that company shoves onto the public. So when and if Wall Street shares rise, taxpayers are rewarded for accepting so much risk.
2. Wall Street executives and directors of Wall Street firms relinquish their current stock options and this year’s other forms of compensation, and agree to future compensation linked to a rolling five-year average of firm profitability. Why should taxpayers feather their already amply-feathered nests?
3. All Wall Street executives immediately cease making campaign contributions to any candidate for public office in this election cycle or next, all Wall Street PACs be closed, and Wall Street lobbyists curtail their activities unless specifically asked for information by policymakers. Why should taxpayers finance Wall Street’s outsized political power – especially when that power is being exercised to get favorable terms from taxpayers?
4. Wall Street firms agree to comply with new regulations over disclosure, capital requirements, conflicts of interest, and market manipulation. The regulations will emerge in ninety days from a bi-partisan working group, to be convened immediately. After all, inadequate regulation and lack of oversight got us into this mess.
5. Wall Street agrees to give bankruptcy judges the authority to modify the terms of primary mortgages, so homeowners have a fighting chance to keep their homes. Why should distressed homeowners lose their homes when Wall Streeters receive taxpayer money that helps them keep their fancy ones?
Wall Streeters may not like these conditions. Well, you should tell them that the public doesn’t like the idea of bailing out Wall Street. So if Wall Street doesn’t accept these conditions, it doesn’t get the blank check.
I’m Robt and I approve these conditions.
September 26th, 2008 at 10:47 am
The more I see of McCain–the more I see things very very wrong with him–he is a liar and a gambler and a gambling liar–survival at the Hanoi Hilton was not pleasant–and McCain’s jet-pilot crap-shoot kinda karma is starting to show–heroes don’t always make good leaders–and destiny isn’t always a pretty picture
Trying to take time-out in a presidential campaign is not allowed–just like taking time-out during a presidency has its dire consequences–as George Bush found out at 9-eleven
With apologies to Steve Martin–can’t anyone see that John McCain is the real Mr. Maggoo (if we elect a cartoon figure this time–the U.S. will deserve everything it gets)
Buy Krugerands–beat the October surprise
September 26th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I did not deserve GW Bush, as an American and I definately deserve better than Palin/McCain.
From what I can tell, Republicans could have nominated Phyliss Diller and the clone of Hitler and they would support them because simply, party is what they think is superior.
For republicans, their political party comes first. Over who they represent and the country itself.
Evidence?
heres two,
*McCain has to slogan his campaign with, ” country first “.
He has to convince his supporters of this?
*Republicans cannot vote for what is best for the country even if that means, “voting in opposition of their party ’s troubling candidate “.
They rather vote their guy, no matter how harmfully risky it appears their candidate will be for the Country they try to convince you they want to put first.
*When republicans say they put country first, That doesn’t mean Americans! They haven’t said “America first”. Will they tell you what country is first? Hannity’s America? James Dobson’s America? Wall Street’s America?
September 27th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Two of my first impressions after the presidential debate.
*Obama appeared more patient than McCain especially with all the many little jabs under the belt regardless how accuracy.
*McCain was very dismissive of any of Obama’s points. Obama was more gentlemenly by agreeing on a basic point of McCain then pointing to where they disagree.
John McCain disagreed and dismissed so much and so, that McCain displayed the inability that he could listen to any advisors because he knows it all.
Does that sound familiar at all from the present Administration?
The question on McCain for me now is,
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Does McCain feel he knows it all and can’t be advised of anything?
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One other thing that stuck out,
McCain made a good point on the next president will govern over how America will handle post Iraq?
but (of course),
McCain made many poor statements like how he will take care of the Veterans although he has a roughly 20% rating from all the Veterans organizations.
Obama hit a blow with Mccain not recognizing the Iraq war began in 2003. That for McCain the war started in ‘07. Even though McCain clucked over the Iraq war would be a cake walk, greated as liberators and all. Where was McCain when the Generals were being fired for telling congress (before the war -in prep) that 350 ton 400 thousand troops were needed. Because if they got those troop numbers the SURGE was not necessary.
The McCain dismissiveness and know it all attitude reflected badly on John. This also goes to a president that could hear the voice of Americans vs what John(Grandpa) feels what is best for us children.
The commentator could have controlled it a little bit better.
September 29th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Spread the word…this whole financial disaster is Bush’s fault—he failed to protect us from DEMOCRATS:
http://www.kfor.com/global/story.asp?s=9080306
The Bush Administration, in April of 2001 warned congress of a potential financial crisis. In their 2002 budget requests they declared the size of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac “A potential problem… and can cause strong repercussions in the financial markets.”
In 2003, the White House upgraded the warning on real estate mortgage loans. Their experts said that the way loans were being handled could spread beyond the housing sector. In fall of 2003 the Bush Administration was pushing congress hard to create a new federal agency that would monitor and supervise Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; both are Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE).
John Snow, Treasury Secretary at the time called for regulations and supervision of GSEs. He said in September 2003 “We need a strong world-class regulatory agency to oversee the prudential operations of the GSEs and the safety and the soundness of their financial activities.”
Snow was pushed back from this position, by then ranking member, but the eventual Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Barney Frank (D) from Massachusetts.
Frank denied there was any problem and was quoted as saying, “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are not in crisis.”
In fact, Barney Frank was encouraging the government to do more to get low income families into homes.
“The more people, in my judgment, exaggerate the threat of safety and soundness, the more people conjure up the potential for serious financial losses…. [a problem] I do not see. We see entities that are fundamentally sound financially and would stand some of the disastrous scenarios. But, even if there were a problem the government wont bails them out. The more pressure we see there then there is less, I think, we see in terms of affordable housing,” Barney Frank said in September of 2003.
The creation of a regulatory agency to oversee GSEs was ultimately blocked.
MORE:
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/politics/general/view.bg?articleid=1122185
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,423701,00.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-_HlpZ8azA
DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRATS ARE SO QUICK TO RUBBERSTAMP THE BUSH BAILOUT PLAN — Three letters C Y A !!!!
September 29th, 2008 at 11:07 pm
When the committees are the PROBLEM - as they were in the case of your buddies Chris Dodd and Barney Frank, I expect MY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO PERSONALLY PARTICIPATE IN CRAFTING THIS BILL!!!!
I WANT THEM THERE!!!
September 29th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
You were there few years, McCain was there over 25 years—-maybe HE KNOWS BETTER THAN YOU!! Smarty pants!!!
September 30th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I wasn’t in Washington (congress) for years.
But I have been through Mcguire AFB, and I’ve seen D.C. on a map.
I am so qualified that I’ve googled many Washington DC sites. I’ve read many articles and writting that have come out of D.C.
Maybe I should be resolving the bailout/rescue.
Personally if it wasn’t for my fellow middle class Americans. I would Rescue Wall Street the same as the Bush Administration rescued those after Katirna.
And after the months of the disaster just getting worse (as in Katrina). I would mandate no one in Wall Street can earn over minimum wage. That includes the CEO’s and Banking managers as well.
For starters.
September 30th, 2008 at 2:59 am
*McCain publicly states, ” the fundamentals of the economy are sound “. (numorous times).
-Two hours later that day, the market crashes and Bush squeels for lipstick on the Wall St Pig.
*McCain suspends his campaign and first presidential debate to parachute in to enemy territory and slay Washington, bringing a bi-partisanship the way only a Maverick could. But, only after making campaign stops all the way to Washington. Mccain also proclaims loudly to the press that he will not leave Washington DC until the crisis is resolved. He appears very panicy for an old pinned war horse.
-Turns out, the Bi-Partisan bill fails as McCain goes on TV afterwards claiming his leadersip solved the Economic crisis.
*The supposedly suspended Mccain campaign announces the day of the presidential debate that McCain won the debate.
-Anounces this before the debate before the debate even began.
*McCain never announces re initiating his campaign and shows up at the presidential debate.
-At this debate he claims earmarks are responsible for the economic crash and spends most of his economic time on earmarks. Grumpily yells out at Obama to get off his lawn. And that Obama doesn’t understand why he should get off McCain’s lawn. Shows his frendly Bi-partisan character by never even looking at Obama once throughout the debate.
-Turns out the polls show Obama stood up well next to McCain and many of the polls show it.
*Day after debate McCain at a campaign stop, claims Obama is phoning in his thoughts on the economic fallout.
-Turns out, McCain hasn’t voted on anything since last April. McCain hadn’t even returned to vote on the most improtant Veterans care bill. As he phones in his thoughts on the bailout.
Vote for Mccain?
September 30th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Oh Maggoo– U did it again
September 30th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Going off topic just a little update on the Bush crime family.
Brought to you by those liberal judges legislating from the bench.
This came from the “Duke” Cunningham criminal investigation.
” Kyle Dusty Foggo, 53, of Vienna, Va., struck a deal in U.S. District Court, pleading guilty to wire fraud for “depriving the United States and its citizens of their right to his honest services.”
As part of the plea, prosecutors dropped 27 other counts against him and agreed to seek a prison term no longer than three years and a month.
But, but Dusty was such a God fearing man and so loyal to Bush. It simply can’t be true.
Remember, Kyle “Dusty” Fogo is a Maverick too.