McCain to suspend campaign and ask to delay debate (Page 2)

McCain I'm putting my campaign on hold to go to work and address this crisis.

Obama I called him first.

I once said Clinton would be President if the Republicans ran a Dud man o man the Democrats have run a dud Clinton must be LHAO and counting the days to 2012 forget Obama dropping Biden the Dems need to find a way to drop both of them and get Clinton in the #1 spot.

jimbo - 2008-09-24 7:52 PM

puellasolis - 2008-09-24 8:50 PM

jimbo - 2008-09-24 5:36 PM

CBarnes - 2008-09-24 8:33 PM

McCain I'm putting my campaign on hold to go to work and address this crisis.

Obama I called him first.

I once said Clinton would be President if the Republicans ran a Dud man o man the Democrats have run a dud Clinton must be LHAO and counting the days to 2012 forget Obama dropping Biden the Dems need to find a way to drop both of them and get Clinton in the #1 spot.

dude. here's a $20. go by some punctuation marks.

Here's a $5 for the "u" you left out in "buy."

awww f&$%.

You forgot another U and a C and a K there too.

That's tough to answer because the traditional "rules" have all gone out the window!  Bush spends MORE than the Democrats and this Administration is the worst ever at deficit spending.  Some middle Democrats in Congress are voicing skepticism/outrage, but they will not only support it, but will also try to add on additional spending for other issues.  This Democrat Congress can spend money almost as bad.  The ultra-Conservative Republicans hate Bush for spending and hate McCain for not staying with the traditional party line.  It seems like only the FAR left and the FAR right are talking fiscal Conservatism.  Everyone in the middle spends like crazy and Bush is, well... Bush has been in a league all his own.

I think the "traditional" stereotype of a Democrat and a Republican are completely gone when it comes to spending matters.  Who knows what McCain will do?  Who knows if his vying for Conservative Democrat and moderate Republican support or he's aiming for the farther right traditional base?  All bets are off.

... I just think it's a bad political move in a campaign.

In less than 7 weeks, one of these two men will be elected to become the next President of the United States - the most powerful man in the world.  At this juncture, the job they were elected to do takes a very distant second to the task at hand of educating the population how they would handle this crisis AS PRESIDENT and giving the people confidence that they are in fact, the best of the two (viable) available candidates to do so.

Consider them lame-duck Senators.  They can vote but from a political standpoint, they and their parties are much more concerned with the next Executive Administration.  I'm sure their party leadership are saying, "forget the Senate.  If you want to help, get your butt out there and win this damn election.  You have less than two months so get moving!"

This move by McCain's HAS to be campaign-motivated and was thought out by his campaign staff.  A move I happen to disagree with.

Here's some direct quotes from Mccain

and when asked about qualities he'd want in a VP

That's what I found in a 5 second google search.

Here's some direct quotes:

Nov. 26, 2005: "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated."

Dec. 18, 2007: "The issue of economics is something that I've really never understood as well as I should. I understand the basics, the fundamentals, the vision, all that kind of stuff."

McCain should and will do just what a leader is supposed to do understand and admit what he is weak at, listen to the experts, weight the evidence, make a decision and guess what? That is what he is doing.  I am starting to wonder what so many of us want as a president?  Do ya want a guy that acts like he has all the answers to all the questions?  How about a guy that cannot or will not or does not understand he is wrong?  While I like Bush overall that is what and who he is, the more I learn about Obama, the more I think he is the same.  McCain admits he has a weak area economics so some of you here claim he knows virtually nothing about economics how about a little intellectual honesty? Oh and to all of you who feel the need to offer me money so I can buy punctuation marks and fix spelling errors I’ll send ya my e-mail address I take PayPal and the more financial help I can get from the perfect people on this web site the better off I will be.

If McCain doesn't show and it becomes a Q&A for Obama alone - it will be the nail in the coffin of the McCain Presidential campaign.  No way he could recover from the image of blowing off a debate.

It won't happen.  McCain will show up.