McCain's Political Theater?
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McCain's Political Theater?
| Wed, 09-24-2008 - 3:39pm |
I think McCain's "suspension" of his campaign to go to DC and sit around while Congress hammers out a bailout plan is just political theater. I am not sure that McCain's presence is required at all. He will need to vote on a bill either way, but he can fly in, vote and be back on the trail. Also, I think postponing the debate is another political stunt. You know, "country first." Our country's representatives cannot work on this program without McCain and his campaign lobbyists sitting there sounds a bit ridiculous. I think this political theater will play well to the base, but I think it makes McCain look like he cannot multi-task well enough to campaign then go vote on a bill.
Sopal

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Sopal
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This is a huge mess that the left created and grew.
I think this political theater will play well to the base, but I think it makes McCain look like he cannot multi-task well enough to campaign then go vote on a bill.
i'm not sure that it's about multi-tasking, rather prioritizing.
Is this a rescue plan for America or a rescue plan for John McCain, as Chris Dodd just said?
"I think McCain's "suspension" of his campaign to go to DC and sit around while Congress hammers out a bailout plan is just political theater. I am not sure that McCain's presence is required at all."
ITA. McCain's presence, in fact, will be destructive. If McCain really wants to speed up passage of the bailout plan, as he claims, then suspending his campaign and rushing down to Washington to politicize the plan can only impede that goal.
McCain's "suspension" of his campaign by in effect transferring it back to Washington to politicize a critical reform urgently needed to restore confidence in our markets once again proves that McCain doesn't understand what our political leaders need to do to help our economy. McCain is worse than President Bush and he can only get in Bush's way here.
McCain's stunt is unprecedented. Reagan and Carter didn't call off the Presidential debate during the Iranian hostage crisis. Just like McCain placed his campaign above America in picking an unknown, unvetted, unqualified VP, again McCain is placing himself above America by using a crisis as a pretext to run away from a head to head debate with his opponent.
Jack Cafferty has it right: http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cafferty_Dont_cancel_debate_0924.html
there's a risk here for obama -- his response to this makes him look partisan.
Sopal
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Thanks, I
*** Pretty sad that a large section of the electorate are able to be manipulated.....
I know...but once they swallowed the "hope and change" slogan it probably didn't take much to persuade them to believe that it's Presidential to say "call me if you need me."
"What business does Reid have telling another sitting Senator that "his presence isn't needed?" Just yesterday George Stephanopoulos said McCain was "the key" to getting the bail-out bill passed."
yep, he's important, he's not important, it's all in how one wants to spin it.
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