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McSame to Suspend Campaign!!

By The Left Shue
Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 03:02:01 PM PST
Section: Diary Topic: Election news/info

Cross posted here

Breaking news from The Hill:

McCain suspending campaign, wants to delay debate

"Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Wednesday he is suspending his campaign, and he is asking Democratic rival Barack Obama to join him in trying to postpone Friday night's debate so that both candidates and both parties can focus on a solution to the Wall Street crisis."

While McSame would like us to believe that he is concerned about resolving the financial mess HIS party has gotten Wall Street in to, I can't help but believe that he is frantically looking for a way to put as much distance between himself and this mess as possible before he has to face the American public (especially on a stage next to Barack Obama).

Even if you are not as skeptical as I am about McSame's self-serving motives, you have to ask what kind of leadership example is this that he is not able to concentrate on more than one issue at a time. I mean, there have been presidential campaigns and elections held during times of economic depression, times of war (both on American soil and abroad) and during times of domestic turmoil such as the time following the assasinations of Martin Luther King Jr. And Bobby Kennedy.

As of this writing, I am not sure what Sen. Obama's answer will be to John McSame. But I, for one say that this is absolutely the right time to make the "Prince of De-Regulation" answer for his sins.

[UPDATE: 16:10 09-24-08] Obama's Response

"A short time later, Mr. Obama appeared at a news conference in Clearwater, Fla., and said that while he agreed �there are times for politics and there are times to rise above politics and do what�s right," he saw no need to cancel the debate, scheduled for Friday night at the University of Mississippi. �This is exactly the time when people need to hear from the candidates,� he said.
He added: �Part of the president�s job is to deal with more than one thing at once. In my mind it�s more important than ever.�"

Nice....

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue

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McSame to Suspend Campaign!! | 6 comments (6 topical)

He's gutless!

Real men don't duck debates. Real men don't suspend campaigns.

If perception is reality, then the world must be flat and the sun must revolve around it.

by ivan on Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 04:55:15 PM PST

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Real women don't either

So why doesn't he send in the second string quarterback? Oops--she can't walk and chew gum at the same time either.

by eridani on Wed Sep 24, 2008 at 11:46:51 PM PST

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Doctor's orders?

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campaign.wrap/t1home.mccain.afp.gi.jpg

More recent pictures show a little droopiness around the left eye and lip. Stroke? Might this be a doctor's orders sort of thing? If so, that disqualifies him for being president right there.

by eridani on Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 12:01:08 AM PST

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It Ain't Over Till Its Over, & Our OVER Paid

OVER Credentialed OVER educated political bambi nitwits could end up getting rolled still.

Recall, this is the party of bed wetters and losers like Dukakis, Clinton (health care etc etc), Gore, Kerry, Nancy, Harry ...

The fascists have ALWAYS only had

LIES

but,

what has that stopped?

This isn't a time for Barack happy happy talk, this is a time to bury them.

rmm.

http://www.liemail.com/BambooGrassroots.html

by rmdSeaBos on Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 04:19:58 AM PST

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typical "fighter jock" behavior...

...push out "beyond the envelope", lose control, and bail out just before the plane crashes and burns.

"...if you need a goat fu%#*@, cnn will do it..." --john oliver, "the daily show", 10/12/2009

by fake consultant on Thu Sep 25, 2008 at 06:09:43 AM PST

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Fake's metaphor fits. by Arthur Ruger, 09/25/2008 07:01:12 AM PST (none / 0)

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