The country is in a crisis. This time it is financial attack but with reprocussions that seriously affect our security almost as dire as 9/11. The terror on Wall Street must be averted. Whatever way the politicans can do this, they must be in agreement and do it now.
McCain, by stating that he wants to postpone the debate Friday, get back to Washington, and meet with Obama and Bush is doing his job. He is taking care of the important business at hand, just as surely as if it were a terrorist crisis in America again. That is what he is paid to do.
Campaigning should be secondary when we are faced with such a huge problem. No matter who becomes president after the elections, this problem should be averted before that time. McCain wants to do this before either newcomer steps into the Oval Office.
Obama is avoiding taking care of the country's business. He wants to jet around the country now - when there is a desperate need for our leaders to sit down in all night sessions and put their heads together. Face- to-face, not by phone, or text messages, faxes or emails! But, instead he is prefering to rely on second-hand information fed to him by his staffers! Obviously Obama feels he would rather try and win the public over with words, than actions and actually doing something productive (as has been his typical histroy). What does that also say? It says he feels that exposure on TV in a debate is more important for his own future and that our future can take a back seat until he is finished talking!
Perhaps, Obama thinks that joining in on the work, and rolling up his sleeves to get this done ...is above his "pay grade."
Sorry, FReepers, I forgot to spell check my above post. I was in a hurry to post and, well jeeze...look at how I did it. Apologies to the spell police here. Maybe you’ll just overlook and deal with the content. LOL
Obama's original statement:
"I'll go anywhere if it will be helpful."
[emphasis added]
Wow! Now that's what I call real leadership!