All About McCain - Page 91

scaeagles · 09-24-2008, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Leo, come on, you gotta be kidding me. This isn't 9/11, and the comparison is gross and offensive on many levels. You want to talk about knee-jerk reactions?

In all honesty, this isn't the great depression either, with unemployment of 30% etc, etc, etc, but I keep hearing the comparisons. Even now at 6.1% most countries - even European countries - would love to have our unemployment rate.

I still don't get it. But that's OK. I don't have to. And you don't have to understand me.

Cadaverous Pallor · 09-24-2008, 07:18 PM

McCain skipped Letterman. Letterman calls him on it.

Watch the whole thing. Don't skip the beginning, because Letterman says very nice things about him....and later on, at about 7 min, he shows that McCain isn't racing to DC.

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Originally Posted by Letterman

This is not how a tested hero behaves.

innerSpaceman · 09-24-2008, 08:16 PM

Thanks, but no thanks, says Harry Reid about McCain's return to help inject presidential politics into a vitally important situation. Um, we can handle it without that kind of showboating, Reid says (in a nutshell).

McCain is a douche.

scaeagles · 09-24-2008, 08:31 PM

Of course Reid would say that....he's the democrat senate majority leader.

McCain may still be a douche, but Reid is politically motivated in what he said.

innerSpaceman · 09-24-2008, 08:39 PM

Oh absolutely. And trying to judge it dispassionately, I see more truth in Reid's statement than in McCain's objectives.

McCain may be a senator, but he can't escape being a presidential candidate six weeks away from a tight and increasingly competitive election. He is just getting in the way of the serious business he purports to be so concerned with so as to "suspend his campaign."

And Dave Letterman was right. What's with suspending your campaign when you have the only running mate who's not a senator?

Shenanigans.

Tom · 09-24-2008, 08:54 PM

He's gone and done it now. A close election, 41 days to go, the presidency within his reach... and then McCain has to upset the one interest group you can't risk upsetting if you seek national office in this country.

Beet farmers.

Ghoulish Delight · 09-24-2008, 09:59 PM

Ugh, I heard at least one genius lauding him for his selfless decision to, "quit the race" while he deals with this.

Gemini Cricket · 09-24-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

McCain skipped Letterman. Letterman calls him on it.

Watch the whole thing. Don't skip the beginning, because Letterman says very nice things about him....and later on, at about 7 min, he shows that McCain isn't racing to DC.

Wow. Dave was on fire and right on the money, imho. McCain needs to check the seat of his pants for grill marks.

Tom · 09-24-2008, 11:06 PM

And yes, there is already polling out on McCain's decision, from SurveyUSA.

The upshot: only 10% of those surveyed believe the debate should be postponed, and 14% believe that the campaigns should be suspended.

JWBear · 09-24-2008, 11:15 PM

...And 56% of Republicans want the debate to go on to. Hehehe....

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Thanks, but no thanks, says Harry Reid about McCain's return to help inject presidential politics into a vitally important situation. Um, we can handle it without that kind of showboating, Reid says (in a nutshell). McCain is a douche.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	Of course Reid would say that....he's the democrat senate majority leader. McCain may still be a douche, but Reid is politically motivated in what he said.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Oh absolutely. And trying to judge it dispassionately, I see more truth in Reid's statement than in McCain's objectives. McCain may be a senator, but he can't escape being a presidential candidate six weeks away from a tight and increasingly competitive election. He is just getting in the way of the serious business he purports to be so concerned with so as to "suspend his campaign." And Dave Letterman was right. What's with suspending your campaign when you have the only running mate who's not a senator? Shenanigans.
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Tom Valued member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 541	He's gone and done it now. A close election, 41 days to go, the presidency within his reach... and then McCain has to upset the one interest group you can't risk upsetting if you seek national office in this country. Beet farmers.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Ugh, I heard at least one genius lauding him for his selfless decision to, "quit the race" while he deals with this. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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09-24-2008, 11:06 PM	#909
Tom Valued member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 541	And yes, there is already polling out on McCain's decision, from SurveyUSA. The upshot: only 10% of those surveyed believe the debate should be postponed, and 14% believe that the campaigns should be suspended.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	...And 56% of Republicans want the debate to go on to. Hehehe.... __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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