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McCain Suspends Campaign to Help With Bailout
FoxNews ^ | 9/24/08 | Sharon Kehnemui Liss, FOXNews.com

Posted on 09/24/2008 11:52:13 AM PDT by Qwackertoo

Edited on 09/24/2008 12:11:21 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

John McCain announced that he will suspend his presidential campaign on Thursday to return to Washington to help with bailout negotiations. He urged his opponent Barack Obama to do the same.

The Arizona senator also asked the Presidential Debate Commission to postpone Friday’s scheduled debate with Obama so that he can work on the financial crisis bailout plan now on Capitol Hill.

“America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen,” McCain said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008; ayres; bailout; bho; communityorganizer; congress; countryfirst; democrooks; election2008; electionpresident; faniemae; fanniemae; financialcrisis; freddiemac; hussein; mccain; mccainpalin; mortgage; obama; present; rats; rezko; rino; speculators; wallstreet
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To: Cobra64
No one knows what the hell he's talking about half the time unless you have the "Hannity speak" interpretation device turned on.

It's his continual repetition of catch phrases that bugs me. If he didn't do that, his show could be squeezed into 50 minutes.

1,201 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:04 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Lucky9teen

I’m deafened by the whir of laser printers throughout America.

Y’all let me know iffin ya see any of these on America’s highways and by-ways.

Oh, and Lucky...can you make up something meaningful from my tagline...something like

McCain/Palin 2008
Leadership for When the Schmidt Hits the Fan


1,202 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:16 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Now replacing, "Rove, you magificant bastard!" we have, "The Schmidt hits the fan!")
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To: af_vet_rr
Still, my point stands - if the economy is important enough to miss the Presidential debate Friday, it's important enough to skip out on the Clinton's tonight.

The Senate won't be open and nobody will be around to work with. McCain catches a flight after his dinner tonight and is in DC tomorrow morning, working through the week. McCain has offered REPEATEDLY to debate Obama anytime, anywhere, and the Obamedia never ask Obama about this.

1,203 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:17 PM PDT by Carling (I'm a Typical White Person)
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To: LADY J
Did Hussein say why he hasn't showed up to any town-hall debates with McCain?
1,204 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:25 PM PDT by roses of sharon (The MSM vampires must die!)
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To: NoGrayZone

1,205 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:33 PM PDT by Kaslin (Vote Democrat if you like high gas prices at the pump)
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To: Onerom99
The US Economy is going to freefall into an abyss not seen in nearly 80 years!!

These particular mortgages amount to 5% of the total.
1,206 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:41 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: rintense
Sorry, BO, but I don’t think Americans will accept a ‘present’ vote this time around.

Exactly, not this time! This economic problem literally is hitting too close to every American home.

Barry, in his smug & arrogant way just said, he can multi task, and in the same breath said "call me if ya need me". Obama shows no leadership whatsoever. he wants to play Defensively while we need a great offense with this problem.

1,207 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:40 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (McCain/Palin '08)
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To: PhiKapMom

Well, has anyone checked to see if today’s trolls are the same folks telling us all was rosy with the economy up until the last week or so? The same folks who are concerned about their bottom line ahead of conservative principles when there is a choice to make.


1,208 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:43 PM PDT by John W (Lord Barry heal the bitter ones)
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To: indcons

I don’t blame Wall Street, I blame the democrats who ran these companies in the ground and now want to run them.


1,209 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:55 PM PDT by beckysueb (Drill here! Drill now!)
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To: KansasGirl
Fox News reporting Harry Reid called McCain and told him he wouldn’t be helpful in Washington and isn’t needed there. Surprise, surprise.

LOL!


1,210 posted on 09/24/2008 2:23:58 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Will88

In the sense that some companies will be saved from “failing”, you may have a point. But on the other hand, if the market was being rational — rather than valuing their assets at zero — they would not fail.

What Paulsen contemplates is really having the government be a “rational” buyer when the nonfunctional market is being irrational.


1,211 posted on 09/24/2008 2:24:02 PM PDT by Kellis91789 (I used to be Dilbert. Then I was Wally. I retired before I became the Pointy Haired One.)
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To: mewzilla
Barry was staying at the Belleview Biltmore.

Some animals are more equal than others, eh, Barry?

1,212 posted on 09/24/2008 2:24:31 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: kabar
You are clueless about what is really at stake in this crisis. Even Obama admitted that it was similar to the Great Depression.

Obama is clueless for putting it on the same level as the Great Depression and anybody who buys into Obama's beliefs is also clueless.

Is the financial crisis severe? Yes, but we've known that for months (and in some cases years). If John McCain just realized that today, then he is even more clueless than Obama.

Like I said, what is John McCain going to do in the next two days to fix this, that President Bush, the Senate as a whole, the House of Representatives, and all of the government economists, can't do, and why can John McCain make time for the Clintons tonight, but not make time on Friday night for the debate?
1,213 posted on 09/24/2008 2:24:58 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: xsmommy
"gloom,doom and hysteria are the currency of trolls and they are legion today!"

Time for a game of 'WHACK A TROLL'.

They have been all over the poll threads. This thread brought them all to one place.
1,214 posted on 09/24/2008 2:25:25 PM PDT by j_k_l
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To: prairiebreeze
Fox News reporting Harry Reid called McCain and told him he wouldn’t be helpful in Washington and isn’t needed there.

You can always count on Dirty Harry to step in it big time!

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1,215 posted on 09/24/2008 2:25:33 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 ("I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. ( DBM)
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To: Dante3
Just yesterday a friend wondered if McCain was going to pull a stunt to avoid the debate. McCain sure looks bad as if running scared.

Just yesterday a friend wondered if Obama was going to pull a stunt saying "That was my idea". (Since McCain has had all the good ideas this month). Obama sure looks immature, now that he's gone and done it!

1,216 posted on 09/24/2008 2:25:39 PM PDT by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: ConservativeGreek

Does a Senator have to be in DC if he would only vote “present”, anyway?


1,217 posted on 09/24/2008 2:26:28 PM PDT by Purrcival (Palin runs Alaska. Obama runs his mouth.)
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To: 101voodoo

“Intrade? LOL, the same Intrade that had Bush at 15% on election day 2004?”

Yes, that Intrade, also the same Intrade that had Pawlenty at something like the 70 plus percent favorite for VP on the night before Sarah was announced as VP.


1,218 posted on 09/24/2008 2:26:28 PM PDT by jim35 ("...when the lion and the lamb lie down together, ...we'd better damn sure be the lion")
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To: mwl8787

new tagline thanks!


1,219 posted on 09/24/2008 2:26:31 PM PDT by VastRWCon (OBAMA: Call me if you need me. AMERICA: We dont need you.)
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To: KansasGirl
Fox News reporting Harry Reid called McCain and told him he wouldn’t be helpful in Washington and isn’t needed there. Surprise, surprise.

Seriously? And I had thought my opinion of Reid couldn't drop any lower... we're into live boy or dead woman range here. He can see that Obama looks like a complete fool right now and is trying to cover for him.

1,220 posted on 09/24/2008 2:26:32 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The break-in of Gov. Palin's email account is the equivalent of the Watergate break-in.)
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