Posted on 09/24/2008 6:25:59 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
White House spokesman Tony Fratto said President Bush called Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama tonight around 7:30 pm. Bush and GOP presidential hopeful nominee Sen. John McCain also spoke this afternoon, and their staffs conferred afterwards, Fratto said.
The president has invited the bicameral and bipartisan leadership, and the two senators running for president, to the White House tomorrow, "to work on driving to a bipartisan and timely soultion."
Obama has agreed to attend the meeting.
"A few moments ago, President Bush called Senator Obama and asked him to attend a meeting in Washington tomorrow, which he agreed to do," Obama-Biden spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement...
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John McCain.
Sure as hell not Obama.
Obama caved. Some leadership on his part...
Obama is still clinging to wanting to debate on Friday, though.
I guess he still hasn’t learned, has he?
Should make for an interesting commercial.
A commercial is all McCain will get out of this now. Sounds like they basically already have a deal done in congress. They’ll have a big photo-op meeting on Thursday afternoon to announce the deal.
The average American will just see McCain and Obama working together.
McCain looses the benefit of risking his political career to get this bailout done.
I don’t think Bush helped McCain on this one. Sorry...
Obama priorities: “Me” first, Country last
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Should be funny watching Obama HUSSEIN walk into the WHITE HOUSE tomorrow with his Tail between his Legs and his Notorious Teleprompters under his Arms! This, hopefully, the closest The Empty-suited, Closet Radical Muslim ever gets to the WHITE HOUSE ever again!!!!!!!
But, Obama’s vicious attack on McCain will not be forgotten, nor will McCain's willingness to drop everything to fix the financial mess be forgotten, either.
I think that this will be seen as a filp-flop on Obama’s part, and that he made a big mistake in the first place by not going to DC when McCain asked him to and found a way out.
All of this equals...
Obama: Not Ready To Lead. Not Ready To Be President.
For someone who is willing to sit down and talk with our enemies without pre-conditions, Obama showed very poor judgment in not heading to Washington to begin with. He had to be shamed into it by the President calling him. His arrogance reminds me of General McClellan's snubbing of President Lincoln.
Bush let Obama off the hook, but I understand it was Mccain the requested the afternoon meeting. McCain will be back on the Job Thursday AM when will Barry drift in?
I heard the debate is still on. Flip Hussein Obama will argue with Flop Hussein Obama. Odds are on an Obama loss.
Sounds kind of like: “I actually did vote for the $87 billion dollars before I voted against it.”
Hehehe. Yes. President Bush was at his finest. The Senators were called back to Washington. After watching President Bush’s speech, he was not kidding. When the President tells you to return to DC, it’s normally best to comply.....
Obama looks like the bratty school kid that didn’t want to join in with the others and had to get called in by the principal to learn how to work better with others instead of putting himself first!
I hope President Bush will be serving his guests some lovely pork BBQ....
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