Posted on 09/24/2008 4:14:39 PM PDT by GVnana
Reid to McCain: Don't Come Back to Capitol September 24, 2008 5:14 PM
A Democrat tells ABC News that, in a phone call late this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that it would NOT be helpful for him to come back to Washington, D.C., to work on the Wall Street bailout bill.
McCain this afternoon suspended his campaign and said he would skip the first presidential debate in order to return to Capitol Hill to work on the log-jammed Bush administration legislation, which, as of Wednesday afternoon, was in peril.
McCain had phoned Reid to ask about the prospects of him, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and others to sit down and work together on hammering out a bipartisan proposal.
"Sorry," Reid said to him, a Democrat close to Reid says.
Reid then read McCain the statement he had just put out: "This is a critical time for our country," says the Reid statement. "While I appreciate that both candidates have signaled their willingness to help, Congress and the administration have a process in place to reach a solution to this unprecedented financial crisis. I understand that the candidates are putting together a joint statement at Sen. Obama’s suggestion. But it would not be helpful at this time to have them come back during these negotiations and risk injecting presidential politics into this process or distract important talks about the future of our nation’s economy. If that changes, we will call upon them. We need leadership; not a campaign photo op. If there were ever a time for both candidates to hold a debate before the American people about this serious challenge, it is now.”
A source close to Reid said McCain didn't have much to say after that. Reid, the source says, thinks McCain's maneuver is a gimmick born from bad poll numbers and the fact that "debate prep must not be going very well."
- jpt
UPDATE: McCain senior adviser Mark Salter emails: "Yesterday, Harry Reid said that consensus couldn't be achieved without John McCain's leadership. John stepped up and is providing that leadership. Now Senator Reid seems to have changed his mind for reasons we'll let him explain. But what he should understand is that this isn't about Harry Reid or John McCain or Barack Obama. It's about the American people and, in the words of Warren Buffet, the financial Pearl Harbor they're facing. John's committed to doing his part to help avert that calamity. We hope Senator Reid is too."
I am so disgusted by this congress and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi in particular, that I have visions of tar and feathers and two geeks being chased down Pennsylvania Ave.
Indeed.
Can the hypocrat party make their minds up?
Biden and Obambi can’t seem to get on message on “clean coal” among other things.
Just a few hours ago I saw Charles Schumer exclaim some nonsense like the complicated mess in Washington doesn’t need MCCain because it would be like someone painting a masterpiece work of art and then have people come into your studio and talk about adding this or adding that and it simply doesn’t work that way.
I kid you not.
Ummmm Chuckie, the mess you idiot liberals make of things is NO masterpiece!
Nancy Pelosi’s solution was to shut congress down again and go on yet another vacation, just as she did when they didn’t want to drill for more oil, say something meaningless about Bush and then go on her BDS book tour. Again.
This is truly mind-bending, simply attempting to follow this crowd of hypocrats and keeping up with their positions is a sure way to get a migraine!
I’m not sure they HAVE a position unless it’s got something to do with raising taxes and killing infants.
Hypocrats: the party of the mentally ill, for the mentally ill BY the mentally ill.
F.U. Reid. Mac is a Senator. Who is Harry Reid to tell Senators to stay away from the Senate!!!! There are no words bad enough to describe what I think of Reid. He has GOT TO GO!
??? Are you really that dipsticked you don't get the meaning of, "Hammer home?"
You either go bold or go home.
Whatever that means...? You mean like the American people did to stop the Shamnesty crap McCain was spearheading! Yeah, boy that was real leadership on McCain's part! < /sarc> Trying to shove Amnesty down people's throats, is this the bastion of leadership you want?
I'm suggesting McCain go conservative on this and fight democrat corruption all the way to the rotten core.
This thing has dem fingerprints all over it and it needs to be screamed from the roof tops!
If there were ever a time for both candidates to hold a debate before the American people about this serious challenge, it is now.”
So Reid, being the dumba$$ that he is, doesn’t realize the first debate on Friday has a topic chosen by Obama, which is Foreign Relations! Yes, Obama chose it, since apparently it is so important (to him) at this point in time.
I swear,,,we cannot tolerate this anymore!
RE” It would be well for Freepers to remember McCain’s , motto ... COUNTRY FIRST! McCain is doing the right thing”
ABSOLUTELY! McCain is doing the best possible thing in returning to the Senate to work; problem is, few of the voting public will pay enough attention to hear about this.
And you don’t get the real story or quotes from TV. No one will hear that fool Obama at his bumbling press conference today. Those TV idiots always paint Obamanation in the best possible light.
Opposed to the LOTE's and idiots who would vote for anyone with an (R) beside their name.
I don't hate McCain, but I sure as sherlock don't like him because he's not conservative. He also sides with dems over conservatives more time than I'd like!
“Wasn’t it last week that Reid got in front of a TV camera and announced to one and all that no one—I assume that includes him—knows what to do [about Wall Street and mortgage lending debacle]?”
Yes, and I remember seeing that headlined at Drudge.
I googled and here’s what I found.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2008/09/reid-on-financi.html
I agree with you. Duty, Honor, and Country first.
The way they undermined our troops and demanded retreat and defeat by sabotaging their mission providing comfort to the enemy leaves the lot of them with American blood on their hands.
Now coupled with this, a rational person can come to no other conclusion.
You’re correct. TREASON.
I’m with you...I think they should ALL resign. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. To paraphrase William Buckley, I believe the first 535 people out of the phone book would do a better job than they have.
If I were Searchlight, NV, I'd tar and feather Dingy and ride him out of town on a rail!
("If it weren't for the honor of the thing, I'd just as soon walk" says now tarry and feathered Dingy)
No, it's not! You don't have a friggin clue what you are saying! You do relaize this represents maybe 5% of loans that haven't even defaulted yet? This means 95% of people are still paying their motgages. Let the markets adjust, nothing else needs to happen.
Bush is a doing a terrible thing if he pushes this bailout!
-what did I miss? Reid dares to take on John McCain......LOL
“A source close to Reid said McCain didn’t have much to say after that. Reid, the source says, thinks McCain’s maneuver is a gimmick born from bad poll numbers and the fact that “debate prep must not be going very well.”
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a maneuver by Reid because Obama’s “debate prep must not be going very well” and knows Obama’s poll numbers will suffer after debate, LOL.
Reid says oh we need McCain here, McCain comes, Reid says never mind, DEBATE cancelled! And if McCain didn’t come, then well, you know what the Dems will say. Blah, blah, McCain doesn’t care about the American people.
Harry Reid is an American disgrace, and the people of Nevada should ride him out of the state on a rail.”
how I wish we could.He owns the votes in S Nevada, and that out votes those of us in N Nevada.
UPDATE: McCain senior adviser Mark Salter emails: "Yesterday, Harry Reid said that consensus couldn't be achieved without John McCain's leadership. John stepped up and is providing that leadership. Now Senator Reid seems to have changed his mind for reasons we'll let him explain. But what he should understand is that this isn't about Harry Reid or John McCain or Barack Obama. It's about the American people and, in the words of Warren Buffet, the financial Pearl Harbor they're facing. John's committed to doing his part to help avert that calamity. We hope Senator Reid is too."by slipping poll numbers for McCain, Reid meant, slipping upward. ;')
Harry Reid is a chicken-shit sniveling corrupt little crawling drooling liberal faggot, wearing Depends and crying for Mommy.
Nobama got a great amount of money in donations from the companies that are in trouble and asking for bailout.
I think Nobama doesn’t want to be forced by public opinion to go back to Congress and be there for any questions to be lobbed at him directly.
This Muzzie fool has recieved more money from Fannie & Freddie on an annual basis than anyone else I can find out about, to say nothing about the rest of the investment banks.
He is in this up to his neck, and I have noticed that his 2 big ADVISORS that worked at F & F haven’t had the decency to resign and crawl into a cave somewhere.
I would love to see Nobama stuttering and stuttering and uh uh uh’ing himself into a corner if he is questioned for his level of participation in this mess.
Lord, Please give us the strength to get thru until Nov 5th and Please take good care of John McCain.
We need him now more than ever.
I studied my troubleshooting flow chart:
Harry Reid says bad idea ------------------------> Good idea.
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