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President Bush Calls Obama And McCain (Obama Flip-Flops, Caves In - Will Go To DC
Washington Post ^ | 9/24/2008 | Michael Abramowitz

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...

(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008; 20080924; bailout; bo; bush; countryfirst; dc; democrat; democrats; economy; election; elections; financialcrisis; housingbubble; obama; obamabiden; obamatruthfile
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Which presidential candidate suspended his own campaign and put the country first? Who wanted to fix this financial mess more than anything else?

John McCain.

Sure as hell not Obama.

Obama caved. Some leadership on his part...

1 posted on 09/24/2008 6:26:01 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
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Obama is still clinging to wanting to debate on Friday, though.

I guess he still hasn’t learned, has he?


2 posted on 09/24/2008 6:27:48 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Should make for an interesting commercial.


3 posted on 09/24/2008 6:28:13 PM PDT by redk
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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...


5 posted on 09/24/2008 6:31:48 PM PDT by gswilder
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

Obama priorities: “Me” first, Country last


6 posted on 09/24/2008 6:32:27 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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7 posted on 09/24/2008 6:33:04 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

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!!!!!!!


8 posted on 09/24/2008 6:33:21 PM PDT by NOBAMA in 08 ( OBIE HUSSEIN IS AN EMPTY SUIT with NO Redeeming Value!)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Six hours from "I'm not coming to Washington" to "Uh, ok, I'll be there"

That's not just a flip-flop. That's a massive belly flop.


9 posted on 09/24/2008 6:35:48 PM PDT by beagleone
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10 posted on 09/24/2008 6:37:48 PM PDT by crop circles
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To: gswilder
Maybe so.

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.

11 posted on 09/24/2008 6:39:10 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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"Obama caved. Some leadership on his part..."

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.

12 posted on 09/24/2008 6:40:48 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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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?


13 posted on 09/24/2008 6:41:32 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama's Pay Grade: Chump Change)
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Obama Flip-Flops, Caves In - Will Go To DC

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I heard the debate is still on. Flip Hussein Obama will argue with Flop Hussein Obama. Odds are on an Obama loss.

14 posted on 09/24/2008 6:44:31 PM PDT by RoadKingSE (How do you know that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't a muzzle flash?)
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Newman!!!
15 posted on 09/24/2008 6:48:34 PM PDT by Shqipo (McCain/Palin rallies.... No rock bands required.)
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So, Obama said no to McCain's request before he said yes to McCain's request?

Sounds kind of like: “I actually did vote for the $87 billion dollars before I voted against it.”

16 posted on 09/24/2008 6:49:46 PM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist (Keep working! Welfare cases and their liberal enablers are counting on you!)
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Re: IBD Editorial No Coal for you.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089818/posts

17 posted on 09/24/2008 6:57:47 PM PDT by Kaslin (Vote Democrat if you like high gas prices at the pump)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

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.....


18 posted on 09/24/2008 6:59:15 PM PDT by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: Laissez-faire capitalist

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!


19 posted on 09/24/2008 7:00:58 PM PDT by djstex
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I hope President Bush will be serving his guests some lovely pork BBQ....


20 posted on 09/24/2008 7:01:12 PM PDT by browniexyz
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