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.
When the smoke clears we will see what this brings.
He’ll take credit, but not suspend his campaign to come to DC? What a child.
Because the CGI vent has many foreign leaders who will not be all gathered in NY for much longer. He has plenty of time to debate Obama after this week.
WHy is McCain so political about this?
Effin unreal.
According to who??
the fake one hasn’t said bupkiss yet!!! on and on....
Because he's a lying sack of $hit. He didn't want to go back to D.C. He wanted a joint statement instead. I guess we can say he won't be going back to Washington any time soon.
PATHETIC.
I don’t think this is a good idea. Nobody is going to pay attention to what he does with the economy. Go to the debate and take on Obama.
obama babling live now- it seems he was thrown by McCain’s changeroo!
So, did Obama talk to McCain? That is the main question I have.
Oooooo, press is asking pressing questions!
According to his job description, he’s still a U.S. senator last I checked.
LLS
Obama (& media friends) putting the screws into McCain right now re: cancelling their debate. Now the press all questioning Obama about McCain’s behavior. Like a love fest gossiping about a third person. I LOATHE the media.
Again, doing the right thing according to who? You? Are you the authority on what is right?
Obama said it—President needs to be able to deal with more than one thing at once. It is more important now than ever to debate.
McCain’s statement: “I’m going back to Washigton to get something passed before the market opens on Monday.”
Obama’s statement: “I... uh... thank... uh... Coburn and... uh... and Senator McCain called me this afternoon... and... uh... let me reiterate the conditions I’ve laid out before... and... uh... we should all put politics aside... and... uh... let me go over the chronology from today... uh... I wanted to release a joint statement... uh... and... I recommended we send a clear signal... and... uh... when I got back to the hotel he had already gone on television... and... uh... we need to send a clear signal... uh.. with respect to the debates... uh.. this is exactly the right time people need to hear from us... and... uh... it’s more important than ever that we present ourselves to the american people... and.. uh.. he had already agree to a joint statement... and he mentioned that... uh... he was going to fly to washington... and... uh... this was something he was more decisive about.. or... uh.. i mean... uh...”
You forgot your sarcasm tag.
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