In an unprecedented act of gutless faggotry, US presidential candidate, John McCain postponed Friday's debate with Senator Barack Obama, "so that he could return to Washington to try to forge a consensus on a financial bailout package."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/us/politics/25mccain.html?ref=us
Originally posted by rbmorrisFinancial bailout of AIG??
In an unprecedented act of gutless faggotry, US presidential candidate, John McCain postponed Friday's debate with Senator Barack Obama, "so that he could return to Washington to try to forge a consensus on a financial bailout package."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/us/politics/25mccain.html?ref=us
From my figures every man woman and child in the USA would have to pay $2300.
That means Ben Dover people. 😞
I liked McCain in the past. Now I am leaning towards Osama Hussein. 😕
Originally posted by rbmorrisSHUT UP. What a dick.
In an unprecedented act of gutless faggotry, US presidential candidate, John McCain postponed Friday's debate with Senator Barack Obama, "so that he could return to Washington to try to forge a consensus on a financial bailout package."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/us/politics/25mccain.html?ref=us
EDIT: not you.
Originally posted by Ice ColdAIG was last week. Try to keep up.
Financial bailout of AIG??
From my figures every man woman and child in the USA would have to pay $2300.
That means Ben Dover people. 😞
I liked McCain in the past. Now I am leaning towards Osama Hussein. 😕
As a senator, he made the right choice. Now Obie has no choice but to do the same or look like an idiot.
I like this move by McCain. He is showing care for the country and making Obie feel like an idiot at the same time. Good stuff.
Originally posted by PocketKingsI don't think Obama fill follow suit. He made an excellent point today that the president has to deal with more than one thing at a time, and so should a candidate.
AIG was last week. Try to keep up.
As a senator, he made the right choice. Now Obie has no choice but to do the same or look like an idiot.
I like this move by McCain. He is showing care for the country and making Obie feel like an idiot at the same time. Good stuff.
Originally posted by Ice Coldyoure right. a maverick would see hes down and come to the debates with guns-a-blazing. but mccain is running away with his tail behind his legs and playing marauder.
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I liked McCain in the past. Now I am leaning towards Osama Hussein. 😕
Originally posted by PocketKingsummm...wasn't Mccain the candidate that said he doesn't know much about economics? Maybe he should focus on the debate, and let those who know what to do, do it, and stop grandstanding.
AIG was last week. Try to keep up.
As a senator, he made the right choice. Now Obie has no choice but to do the same or look like an idiot.
I like this move by McCain. He is showing care for the country and making Obie feel like an idiot at the same time. Good stuff.
his campaign is on life support anyway
So the latest is that we find that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis's firm was on the Freddie Mac payroll until last month when the government took over Freddie and forced it to stop paying money to lobbyists and insiders like Rick Davis. Now, Davis is part owner of Davis Manafort, the firm in question. But the McCain campaign is insisting that Davis hasn't drawn any compensation from the firm since 2006. So, the question is, is that true?
McCain campaign house blogger Michael Goldfarb says this is demonstrably false. And it may well be false. But the only evidence seems to be Davis's and the campaign's claims. I suspect that what they're saying may be true. But at this point with Davis and the campaign caught in so many different lies, do they really have any credibility to make such claims absent actual evidence? I mean, just yesterday Davis was saying he hadn't had any contact with the mortgage giants since the front group he ran for them shut down in 2005. And now we learn that the following year he asked them to keep sending more checks, apparently in return for no services rendered -- a point, you should note, that Goldfarb appears unable to deny.
Second, if I'm an owner of a company, I don't have to draw compensation today to reap benefits from the company's current success and profits.
The best statement I've read so far on this tangled web is just out from Public Action Campaign Fund ...
"John McCain's campaign manager and Freddie Mac essentially had what amounts to a secret half a million dollar lay-a-way plan. For almost three years and as late as last month, Freddie Mac made secret, monthly payments of $15,000 to Rick Davis's firm, apparently in exchange for providing special access to a future McCain White House. If McCain knew about this, his presidential campaign should be in serious trouble. If he didn't know about it, he ought to fire Rick Davis immediately," said David Donnelly, Director of Campaign Money Watch.
--Josh Marshall
The New York Times has more on Rick Davis' recent PR work ("work" used loosely here) for Freddie Mac:
One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain's campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month, according to two people with direct knowledge of the arrangement. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by Mr. McCain that the campaign manager, Rick Davis, had no involvement with the company for the last several years. Mr. Davis's firm received the payments from the company, Freddie Mac, until it was taken over by the government this month along with Fannie Mae, the other big mortgage lender whose deteriorating finances helped precipitate the cascading problems on Wall Street, the people said.
They said they did not recall Mr. Davis doing much substantive work for the company in return for the money, other than speak to a political action committee composed of high-ranking employees in October 2006 on the coming midterm congressional elections. They said Mr. Davis's his firm, Davis & Manafort, was kept on the payroll because of Mr. Davis's close ties to Mr. McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, who was widely expected by 2006 to run again for the White House.
Mr. Davis took a leave from Davis & Manafort for the duration of the campaign, but as a partner and equity-holder continues to share in its profits.
Originally posted by irontigranbtw, where does that 'maverick' name come to begin with? I realize it's supposed to give an impression of a brave vigorous hero, a youthful risk taker. but all I've seen speaks more about craziness. not the creative kind of virile craziness, but random senile dementia.
youre right. a maverick would see hes down and come to the debates with guns-a-blazing. but mccain is running away with his tail behind his legs and playing marauder.
Originally posted by wormwoodHe has commonly gone against party lines on significant issues. For example, he pushed for campaign finance reform when it was not very popular with his party.
btw, where does that 'maverick' name come to begin with? I realize it's supposed to give an impression of a brave vigorous hero, a youthful risk taker. but all I've seen speaks more about craziness. not the creative kind of virile craziness, but random senile dementia.
His stance on being "pro-immigration," for lack of a better label, is another example.
However, if you mistake me for being a supporter, don't. He also has a strong de-regulation record (not maverick). So he will have a very tough time convincing the portion of the public that has half a brain that he will do anything meaningful for the working man.
Originally posted by MrHandah, okay thanks.
He has commonly gone against party lines on significant issues. For example, he pushed for campaign finance reform when it was not very popular with his party.
His stance on being "pro-immigration," for lack of a better label, is another example.
However, if you mistake me for being a supporter, don't. He also has a strong de-regulation record (not ...[text shortened]... of the public that has half a brain that he will do anything meaningful for the working man.
Originally posted by gregsflatThe video to the right on the page here has a great preview on Katie Couric's interview with Palin tonight on CBS Evening news.
So the latest is that we find that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis's firm was on the Freddie Mac payroll until last month when the government took over Freddie and forced it to stop paying money to lobbyists and insiders like Rick Davis. Now, Davis is part owner of Davis Manafort, the firm in question. But the McCain campaign is insisting that Davis has ...[text shortened]... ign, but as a partner and equity-holder continues to share in its profits.
http://wcco.com/election/palin.witchraft.prayer.2.825153.html
I copied that from a Debates Forum post, btw.
Palin speaks in generalizations and Katie presses her very well. I will be watching.
Meanwhile, the debate is still off!? This was my plan for Friday night's festivities and I'm pissed!
"A great deal is being asked of the American people, and great care must be taken to ensure their protection," he said. "As most of you know, I am an old Navy pilot and I know when a crisis calls for all hands on deck. That is the situation in Washington at this very hour when the whole future of the American economy is in danger. I cannot carry on a campaign as though this dangerous situation had not occurred or as though a solution were at hand, which it clearly is not."
-John McCain (to the rescue and full of crap)
Originally posted by SunburntWitchcraft??? 😉
The video to the right on the page here has a great preview on Katie Couric's interview with Palin tonight on CBS Evening news.
http://wcco.com/election/palin.witchraft.prayer.2.825153.html
I copied that from a Debates Forum post, btw.
Palin speaks in generalizations and Katie presses her very well. I will be watching.
Meanwhile, the debate i ...[text shortened]... were at hand, which it clearly is not."
-John McCain (to the rescue and full of crap)
Well, purportedly, they have reached a deal in congress, so that would mean that the debate is back on. No?