John McCain has made bungle after mistake after faux pas while dealing with this financial crisis. So, it only makes sense that he would turn quitter, because when the going gets tough, Republicans run and hide. Don't believe me? Just go to the secret bunker and ask Lying Liddy Dole.
Breaking News
John McCain suspends campaigning to work on economy, requests postponing Friday debate; asks Obama do the same.
Sorry John, but America needs a leader who can do more than one thing at a time. FDR handled a Great Depression, a War in the Pacific and a War in Europe. Barack Obama doesn't need to take a breather.
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Quitter.
First, he quit thinking right-wing hate mongers were agents of intolerance.
Second, he quit thinking that torture was wrong.
Third, he quit thinking his own bill on immigration was acceptable.
Fourth, he quit thinking the Fundamentals of Our Economy Are Strong.
Fifth, he quit on America by dropping out of the race for President.
Quitter.
"The striking difference between me and my opponent is that I live in North Carolina and my husband can vote for me."
- Sen. Kay Hagan
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
New meme: McCain is a quitter. Pass it on.
Other people who have "suspended" their careers.
fbihop - Plaxico Burress says he was #suspended so he could concentrate on the economy
Robert P. - Matt Millen #suspended his job with the Detroit Lions so he could concentrate on the economy.
"The striking difference between me and my opponent is that I live in North Carolina and my husband can vote for me."
- Sen. Kay Hagan
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
Good one
That was coughing-up-the-water-I-was-drinking funny.
From MSNBC
The decision to let politics stop at the water's edge was--surprise, surprise--Obama's:
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There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of the comfortable past which, in fact, never existed. - Robert F. Kennedy
Timeline:
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
Slime
McCain and his campaign handles are pure slime. Liars and slime.
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Doubts about Dole?
Suspends his campaign
so he can set up a commission to study the problem?
All he needs to do
is hold a mirror up to his own face. If he doesn't know what caused the problem at this point, doubtful he's gonna figure it out in the next week.
Progressive Democrats of North Carolina
Freakin' out
The poor guy is just completely freaking out. Sure sends a scary signal to the country (not to mention the world) that this man who wants to lead us all is running for cover when the going gets tough.
Boy I bet he's being really, really nasty to his family about now.
I Thought This Was a Joke
I haven't had any news since 12 noon--and I initially thought this blog, and subsequent comments, were fabricated for our comedic enjoyment. Pure pleasure ... and hilarious!
Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war. - John McCain
Leigh
A Smut-Filled Tome
It is a joke,
his campaign I mean.
Thursday's headline on MSNBC:
"The striking difference between me and my opponent is that I live in North Carolina and my husband can vote for me."
- Sen. Kay Hagan
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
Rick Davis
More likely McCain's campaign can't function because his campaign manager Rick Davis has to go to DC to lobby for Freddie Mac.
Just disclosed yesterday that his firm received recent payments
$15,000 last month to keep them on retainer.
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Vote Democratic! The ass you save may be your own.
McCain is an ass...
There have been 643 votes taken in the current Senate session: McCain has missed 412 of them. McCain has not voted in the Senate since April 8th. Since March he has missed 109 of the last 110 votes.
Now he want's to focus on the nation's business? Woo hoo!! Actually, he's scared witless.
Stan Bozarth
Bottom of the pack.
One has to wonder. John McCain finished 894 out of 899 students and that is with two admirals in his family pulling strings.
He went on to fly jets and to crash FIVE of them.
One has to wonder what his career path had been if he had not been a Vietnam war hero?
Angry, philanderer with a history of failure.
"The striking difference between me and my opponent is that I live in North Carolina and my husband can vote for me."
- Sen. Kay Hagan
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me
Great Quote of the Day found by kos
Mickey Edwards, Princeton lecturer and former Republican congressman at The Arena....
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
Progressive Discussions
Something else about this I find very interesting about this.
McCain has demonstrated some true political stupidity throughout this process.
He starts by suspending the campaign to go to Washington to "work" on the bailout policy. Ok, fine: he wants to project himself as taking the initiative to get serious about a problem and work to get things done, hoping that Obama won't do the same and that he can lob the "he's not serious enough to be President" charge. Politically speaking, it's a smart initial play.
But then he proceeds to leave a low hanging fruit provided by the Obama campaign. They responded with: "It's more important now than ever that this debate take place in light of Americans' concerns about the economy." This would, of course, be the correct statement to make. There's one slight problem, though:
The debate on Friday night is, by all reports, focused on the topic of Foreign Policy, not the Economy.
The McCain campaign could have taken this opportunity to really drop a nuke on the Obama campaign. They missed it completely as if they were running aimlessly in the woods.
Not only does John McCain possess limited policy knowledge and intellectual ability, at best; he has piss poor political instincts. I'm truly convinced in light of this episode that he's not smart enough to be President.
Not a nuke at all.
Obama could have laughingly responded, "Well, I don't know what's going on with John. I've suggested that at this point in time it is more important for us to discuss with the American people how we will fix this crisis, and that is what I think we'll end up talking about in the debate. But, John still wants to defend the failed policy of Iraq some more. I'm not sure what John is focused on any more."
"The striking difference between me and my opponent is that I live in North Carolina and my husband can vote for me."
- Sen. Kay Hagan
Jesus Swept ticked me off. Too short. I loved the characters and then POOF it was over.
-me