This is crazy. But maybe the guy just didn't want to debate Obama right now with the economy in shambles....or maybe its the fact that he is down 9 points in the polls and needed to a big splash in the media. Whatever it is - the whole things screams "desperation" to me. Now I know some of you people will say "this is exactly what he should do" - but come on - the last thing Capitol Hill needs now, in the heat of intense negotiations, is a floundering presidential campaign pit-stop.
Below are some other quotes from the papers I found that support my argument.
"John McCain is a gambler by nature, and the bet he placed Wednesday may be among the biggest of his political life," Dan Balz writes in The Washington Post. "What he ultimately risks, is a judgment by voters that his move was a reckless act by a struggling politician - that hardened partisan lines in Washington at just the wrong moment and complicated efforts to deal with the biggest financial crisis in more than half a century."
"Real leaders don't have the luxury of taking time outs, Senator McCain. They're supposed to be able to deal with a wide array of problems, all at once. Especially when they're President. That's why it's called "the hardest job in the world." Lincoln ran for office during the Civil War. Reagan ran at the height of the Cold War. Bush ran with two wars raging in Afghanistan and Iraq. But McCain can't run during a crisis on Wall Street?
Kind've makes you wonder what his multitasking threshold is....and what else he'd "suspend" or "postpone" when the going got tough."
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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9 points down? Where ARE YOU GETTING THIS?!!!!
Shame on him for remembering he in an elected official, and trying to help represent his state. Shit your boy has been campaigning for two years, of course he doesn't want to stop now. McCain is talking about rescheduling a debate. And you compare it to Wars?
This blog should really be a good ad for the McCain people. I sure as sh*t don't like JOhnny Hot Head...but this liberal hack machine is like a runaway train. It's soooo out of control, I don't know if anything can save it.
FROM THIS AM
WASHINGTON -- The race between Barack Obama and John McCain remains a dead heat, despite financial turmoil that has turned the nation's attention to economic issues that tend to favor the Democratic presidential candidate, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
"McCain is trailing Obama by 9 percentage points in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. "
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=5873320&page=1
Guy - get it right. All the news stations / papers reported that he is down.... And he is.
Like he's really going to go into Washingotn like some knight in shining armor and save the day.?? They bascially have a deal on the table....where the funk has John Mccain been until now?
Waht we the people need is to see what these candiates have to say on the issues.....rescheduling debates in a very hard thing to do and would prob not happen.
This a clear stunt on his part....and stunts (Palin) are just baout the only thing the guy has left in his sputtering tank
"Guy - get it right. All the news stations / papers reported that he is down.... And he is. "
Complete lie. Come on Bret. You are better than that.
I don't doubt he is up a bit. But everyone is reporting him up 9% is simply false
"You can't suspend the democratic process because we're facing problems. At what point do you think, maybe we should suspend the election? We'll have the elections later. Some people have done that before: Castro did it, Napoleon did it, Julius Caesar did it. You can't do that. If you like it or not, the campaign is part of the democratic process....You wanna take your time off, that's fine, but you don't say we're suspending the campaign. You can't say that. It's the democratic process. We didn't suspend it for 9/11, we didn't suspend it for Pearl Harbor, we didn't suspend it for the Nazis, we didn't suspend it for the damn British. We don't do that in America!" -ferguson-
I dont know who wrote that...but I agree with em
Bret
THis is an elected Senator postponing a debate. He was elected by the people of Arizona. GOd knows ALL Predentials Candidates leave their bases to dry when they are running.
What democratic process? A debate?
This guy comparing 9/11, pearl harbor and the British is Insane.
I love you like a brother. I respect the sh*t out of your thoughts. WE COMPLETELY disagree and we'll have to just agree to disagree.
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