How could McCain have lost by announcing that he was voting now because of various junk thrown in by (list of names)? Isn't that precisely what he promised to do?
Are you talking about his statement on earmarks? I don’t know how he’s going to handle that. I do know this, earmarks and pork are two different things, and he should have made that clear when he first started talking about it. You may be able to say no to earmarks, but you are not going to get rid of pork. If you are holding to the belief that’s going to happen, there will never be a candidate to come along that you can support.
Some keep quoting the earmarks thing and forget that he’s running on “Country First.” When I heard him say “I will make them famous and you will know their names,” I took that to mean the names of the bills with earmarks. But others took it differently, so I may be wrong.
Anyway, my own thoughts on this, he’s a senator trying to make the right decision for a country in crisis that was created by those that are out to destroy him, and some of whom helped to create this crisis for their own gain - all the while they’re propping up a known fascist, who also had a heavy hand in creating this through his threats against financial institutions while representing ACORN.
We all know the sinister side of the dems, and particularly BHO, and we’re well-aware of their plans for this country. That alone should be enough to make us crawl over broken glass to vote for McCain. There’s a world of difference between John Sidney McCain and Barack Hussein Obama, and if folks would be honest, they know it to be true. Be disappointed, but don’t give up. To do that gives them victory.
Just look at how the two men have handled this. BHO has taken credit all along the way. McCain has been silent. BHO made a campaign speech from the floor of the Senate, promising that this bailout package is the beginning and not the end, and saying he wants to go further in protecting main street. McCain didn’t politicize it. He took the high road and he’s being lambasted for it.
I do understand about wanting him to fight and call these people out, but some things are best left to surrogates.
We don’t know all the details of this bill and/or ramifications of doing nothing, as there are dozens of so-called experts on either side of the issue that are even contradicting each other. But I trust he’s doing what he believes to be the best thing for the country, even if he loses the election.
As for how could he lose by voting against it...you know the answer to that. It would not matter how he voted, the MSM/dems would skewer him...if he votes for it, they have him on the earmarks quote....if he votes against it, what happened to “Country First.” It’s already happening. Just look around here for examples. I’ve seen threads here where some say he’d better vote for it, and others say he’d better not. The man can’t win!
Also, keep in mind that a lot of non-Wall Street folks livelihoods are affected by this in a trickle-down way, and they also vote. Again, the MSM/dems would never let him live it down...he wanted old folks to lose their pensions....he wanted young families to be out on the street....he wanted businesses not to meet payroll....he wanted college students to not make tuition.....you get the picture. They own the airwaves and they wouldn’t let up.
Regarding the additions to the Senate bill, I heard a senator today who said that many parts of this bill, not sure what those are, had previously been approved by the Senate, so he could not insist that those be taken out.
Don’t lose sight of the fact that this crisis was on the horizon, as Pres. Bush, John McCain, and others have tried to warn for years. Is it beyond reason to believe that it was manipulated into happening at a time of their choosing by those that have the power to do so? I believe it was, and we’re seeing the fallout that they were trying to achieve. We’ve been sucker-punched and it hurts, but we have to realize how important this election is and fight on.