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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: mass55th

Yeah, Obama will bite.

He’ll bite his lip in confusion.


561 posted on 09/24/2008 12:54:51 PM PDT by wastedyears (Now sadly living in the DPRNYC [Brooklyn])
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To: Taking Congress back in 2008
McCain just he admitted he can’t do two things at once.

If Zerobama's crowd claims this, then respond that some things are too important to try to handle two at once. I don't want a surgeon checking his Blackberry in the middle of open heart surgery. Or doesn't the extremely junior senator from Illinois think the current financial crisis is important?

562 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:05 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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To: tiredoflaundry

Why would the messiah need McCain to hold his hand?

*snicker*


563 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:13 PM PDT by Salamander (Stop the destruction of America! McCain/Palin 08!)
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To: CatOwner
See if you can find my posts at DU (just a hint: I'm not registered there nor do I plan to).

I can read the same stuff you're posting here in any number of posts on DU. In fact, I do, regularly - I'm registered there, and I routinely post crap that drives those Commies nuts. Perhaps you've read some of my work. :)

564 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:14 PM PDT by TonyInOhio (This is no time to go wobbly.)
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To: Zhang Fei
My hope is that Obama doesn’t let McCain get away with promoting the Paulson handout plan. He needs to make McCain feel the pain, just as conservatives held McCain’s feet to the fire over Bush’s equally wrongheaded amnesty bill. We already know that McCain did not listen to conservatives on the amnesty plan. The question is whether McCain is willing to sacrifice his bid for the presidency - in the face of Obama’s attacks - in order to fund an economy-destroying handout to Wall Street. The Paulson handout plan needs to be buried in the ash heap of history.

Who the hell are you and what the hell are you talking about?
565 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:22 PM PDT by gipper81
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To: mass55th
Somehow I can’t believe that Obama’s team made the first move.

LOL! According to yesterday's NYT blog,

He side-stepped two questions about whether he would vote against bailout legislation that did not include his priorities, and he also did not commit to returning to Washington to go on record and cast a vote on a final package.

“If we get consensus and everybody is popping champagne, then I’ll probably go back to campaign with folks who are having a tough time in Ohio and Michigan,” Mr. Obama said. “If this ends up being a close vote or a vote where the outcome is at all in question, then obviously this is a top priority.”

Obama's campaign realizes that McCain has landed a haymaker, and now they're just trying to stay on their feet.

566 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:33 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: teddyballgame

CNN said the President’s statement read that he welcomes McCain’s participation.


567 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:40 PM PDT by roses of sharon (The MSM vampires must die!)
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To: Centurion2000
Obama is not going to go the debate and act like a bridezilla when he's stood up.

Is he?

568 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:40 PM PDT by AU72
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To: rushed
No doubt Rove advised this. The McCain momentum is slipping and this is a calculated “time out.”

Carlroveitis....A mental illness only affecting liberal democrats....Similar to paranoia.

569 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:49 PM PDT by TruthWillWin
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To: steve-b
That argument doesn’t fly — everybody knows that it’s routine for Senators and Congresscritters to go on the campaign trail (if only for reelection) while continuing to do their jobs.

You must have your head planted firmly in the sand. Our present economic situation can hardly be described as routine. Geesh!

570 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:50 PM PDT by mplsconservative
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To: anymouse

I love it. Whenever the momentum of the campaign swings against him, McCain audibles a deep pass to turn things around.


571 posted on 09/24/2008 12:55:50 PM PDT by oilwatcher
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To: Red Steel

Yup. they’re totally flummoxed.


572 posted on 09/24/2008 12:56:08 PM PDT by cvq3842
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To: teddyballgame

Bush’s press sec thanked McCain for his action and support in solving the crisis.........


573 posted on 09/24/2008 12:56:17 PM PDT by tioga (Bring on the debates! While Obama wows the media, McCain will win over Americans.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Brilliant!


574 posted on 09/24/2008 12:56:44 PM PDT by cvq3842
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To: Unlikely Hero

I think you are 180 degrees off the target.

McCain expects to win.

And I expect it to be a landslide. Too many people are learning about the REAL Obamanation.


575 posted on 09/24/2008 12:56:51 PM PDT by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Guenevere

Waaaaah... No choice, move the debate to a different time.


576 posted on 09/24/2008 12:56:51 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: HelloooClareece
McCain needs to point out the Biden gave a major FOREIGN POLICY speech today and that Obama wants to debate about FOREIGN POLICY this week while our economy is in its worst shape since 1979.

O-Dumbo is probably afraid he'll forget all of the answers that he's memorized if the debate is moved.

577 posted on 09/24/2008 12:56:55 PM PDT by Carling (I'm a Typical White Person)
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To: Qwackertoo

Obama just said the debate is ON...does that mean he’ll be standing on stage alone?


578 posted on 09/24/2008 12:57:02 PM PDT by jilliane
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To: Zeppelin

COUNTRY FIRST!


579 posted on 09/24/2008 12:57:06 PM PDT by Blue Turtle (I)
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To: Brytani

“Obama sent out a release saying he called McCain this morning at 8am”

Even if that IS true, I hope Team McLame has the guts to:

Deny
Deny
Deny

!


580 posted on 09/24/2008 12:57:23 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel
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