Posted on 09/29/2008 7:39:35 PM PDT by robert david
It is my belief that Republicans in the House have committed a major blunder by voting against today's bailout plan. They have given the Democrats a very large club to batter them with over the next six weeks before the election as the stock market crashes and the economy goes into a tailspin. It is my fear that this will lead to a Democrat landslide in the House and Senate and may even cost John McCain the presidency as Democrats and their big media cohorts blame the Republicans for the crisis.
Republican Representatives should have heeded the words of their leadership under President George Bush and Senator John McCain instead of caving to pressure from their constituents on a subject they do not fully comprehend.Today is a perfect example why the Founders of this country instituted a representative democracy instead of a direct democracy.
The failure of Congress to pass this emergency plan will also be used by the Democrats to paint a picture of Senator McCain and the President as men who are incapable of providing the leadership required to pass even the most important of legislation.
There may not be any way to save the skin of Republicans in the House who are up for reelection, but if we act now and urge our Congressman to support comprehensive economic reform, we may be able to insure the election of John McCain. Anything less, and we could very well be witnessing an Obama presidency, something our country may never recover from.
God, save our country.
NO.
Republicans who voted for this farce will come out the winners.
DemocRATS are on tape as to their deceptions.
The market will right itself. LET IT ALONE!
NO BAILOUTS!
Do you even know how the voting went along party lines?
scratch that last post.
NO.
Republicans who voted for NO on this farce will come out the winners.
DemocRATS are on tape as to their deceptions.
The market will right itself. LET IT ALONE!
NO BAILOUTS!
You the same guy who called Tancredo an extremist? LOL
Typo?
Sorry, but the disgust I see at congress is pretty even-handed.
“caving to pressure from their constituents on a subject they do not fully comprehend.”
Are you serious? Leave it to the “experts?”
Try again.
You sure about that, latest numbers I’ve seen says about 1/3 favor it, 1/3 oppose it and 1/3 ambivalent.
Will Batman face his final symphony at the hands of Shandel?
it’s posted on this site.
I would say current economic events and the vote not passing today may very well lead to huge gains in the House and Senate for Democrats and an Obama landslide. I pray I am wrong but I feel this 2006 redux all over again but 10 times worse.
Do you buy that?
95 Dims in the House voted against this bill. Whither those Congresscritters?
I would add to you post, "I have been a Republican all my life, but because of the vote in the House on the Bailout Bill, I will vote for Obama and any Socialist....errr, Democrat here and ever after.."
Yes typo, see next post.
Damn it! I hate when I get in a hurry.
You signed on this summer and already doing a vanity the sky is falling.
Give us a break — we need a new rule — NO vanities unless you have been here for five years or more and especially no vanities in News Activism.
Nonsense! Even Shelia Jackson Lee (D-TX) of Houston voted against it!
Many Dims voted against this for very different reasons . If the Republicans play this right , they could very well recapture the house . McCain will have to put aside the Bi-Partisan B.S. and lead the party onto victory .
If there ever was a mess tailor made for McCain , this is it . Why is he not beating this with a bat ? Newt’s idea should be applied heavily to this mess .
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