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Good Old McCain Resurfaces; why?
The word has gone out to reporters that the reason Sen. John McCain wants to suspend the presidential campaign to focus on the nation’s financial emergency is that his handler’s have decided that he does best with the public when he is seen as a nonpartisan problem-solver, a guy who reaches across party lines to get things done. Whatever happens this week — whether the scheduled Friday debate with Barack Obama happens, for example — let’s hope that this theory of the handlers continues to prevail.
Until now, McCain seems to have been functioning under the opposite theory: that he has to cozy up to the very right-wing Republicans who think bipartisanship is a bad thing (who love Sarah Palin), while exceeding normal bounds of dishonesty in his ads.
But the polls are turning bad.
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By mwm
September 24, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this
McCain is a coward. He hides behind some chick’s skirt and then, decides his place is in washington, when negotiations have already started. A political manuever. (they do not need him there) He is avoiding the debate with Obama… Which McCain would not do well at. He will not help the situation at all! If he truly is a “maverick”, which is doubtful, he will be opposed to whatever the Bush Bailout plan is. If he is in favor of the plan, he has just saddled up to the status quo. Just one of the many elitist republicans. In the end, the american public will be paying to bail out wall st.By Raoul
September 25, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this
You have a lot of nerve to call McCain a coward. You spew out blogs to show how tough and brave you are. Try spending 5 years in the Hanoi Hilton. We get that you hate Republicans, but it doesn’t reflect well on you to call McCain a coward. Men like him have paid a price to allow you to spew your guts on a keyboard alone at night, no matter how trivial, naive, knee-jerk, and generally unenlightening you are. You should thank him, even if you don’t vote for him. By the way, the ‘Bush Bailout Plan’ would not be necessary if Democrat do-gooders did not force lenders to lend money to people with no means to pay it back. If the bailout is successful, maybe your 401K will survive, which is no doubt dependent on pharmacuetical and oil companies making decent profits. Even Michael Moore has the sense to put his money into corporations that make profits. Do you?By Anghiari
September 26, 2008 9:12 PM | Link to this
source: Huffpost.com 9/26/08 “Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, admitting that until recently she was a vocal supporter of Sarah Palin, now says the vice presidential nominee should bow out: Some of the passionately feminist critics of Palin who attacked her personally deserved some of the backlash they received. But circumstances have changed since Palin was introduced as just a hockey mom with lipstick — what a difference a financial crisis makes — and a more complicated picture has emerged. As we’ve seen and heard more from John McCain’s running mate, it is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn’t know enough about economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion. Parker says her turnaround came from watching Palin in interview. Like other critics, she wasn’t impressed: Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League. No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted. Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there’s not much content there. It’s so bad, Parker says, that Palin should quit the race: Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.”By mwm
September 26, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this
What McCain went through over 40 years ago is of no interest to the voters of today. To select Palin for VP is a reflection of the fact that McCain cannot face the issues and uses her as a shield.