NO!!!
I'VE BEEN QUESTIONING THIS FOR WEEKS NOW, HERE AND OTHER PLACES.
WHY OH WHY, DID W NOT SIT ON THIS (AND ON PAULSON) FOR A FEW MORE WEEKS?
Bush may not be the brightest buld, but he's been around politics all his life and for him not to realize the implications for mccain is beyond credulity.
At the start of this "meltdown," mccain was surging (thanks to palin) and now had a decent shot of winning.
Of course he shot himself in the foot by going to dc and getting sucked into that whole supporting effort, and if he had opposed the bailout, would have won it going away.
I lay a lot of the blame on bush. He could have stopped that nonsense and postponed it for a few weeks, but no he was in the forefront (leading the charge vociferously) of all the other chicken littles.
Something stinks here to high heaven !!!
Wasn't it stinky Harry that phone called McCain that he was needed in WDC.... I do not think it was President Bush on the phone. McCain got set up by his FRIENDS and he took the bait....
Oh, and remember that naming names part, ha never once did I hear Chuckie, Dodddd, or Barney for their roll in the financial melt down ... McCain ran his campaign on 'earmarks' and evil wicked 'Wall Street'. It is just plain ridiculous to continue blaming President Bush for everything.
McCain sat for how many years on the 'Commerce' committee and like a doofus he proudly claims in a primary debate he does not know economy. H E L L O!!! The real question is did McCain really want to win???