Dems Blast McCain After Bailout Negotiations Go Sour

[CrimsonWhite]

This is turning into a fuckin' circus.

Barack Obama and his Democratic colleagues in Congress blasted John McCain on Thursday, accusing him of injecting presidential politics into the high-stakes debate on Capitol Hill over economic bailout legislation.

The round of recriminations came after the two rival candidates left what was supposed to be a landmark summit with President Bush and congressional leaders. Aides and officials in the meeting said the discussion ended badly, with Democrats fuming at House Republicans over their refusal to drop objections to the administration’s proposal.

But they also spread the blame to the Republican presidential nominee, who on Wednesday announced he was suspending his campaign to work on the negotiations and called for such a high-level meeting of candidates and officials in Washington, D.C.

“Here’s my observation and I think this may have been confirmed at the meeting today — when you inject presidential politics into delicate negotiations, sometimes it’s not helpful. The cameras change things,” Obama told FOX News after the meeting ended. “It’s not clear to me that having presidential candidates in a high-profile way in the negotiating process is useful.”

Dems Blast McCain After Bailout Negotiations Go Sour - America’s Election HQ

 

[dilloduck]

This is turning into a fuckin' circus.

No joke----blasting a Senator for being in DC. What an odd concept for a Senator to be in DC.

 

[Chris]

No joke----blasting a Senator for being in DC. What an odd concept for a Senator to be in DC.

McCain hasn't cast a vote in the Senate since April.

 

[dilloduck]

McCain hasn't cast a vote in the Senate since April.

Then it's about damn time he gets his ass up there and put it on the line.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

McCain hasn't cast a vote in the Senate since April.

Ohh and when did Obama vote last? And exactly what are they getting paid to do?

 

[jillian]

No joke----blasting a Senator for being in DC. What an odd concept for a Senator to be in DC.

Only if you're too stupid to understand that the idiot is screwing around with our economic future....

I wonder if McCain hired a stunt double for this one.

 

[Mauser]

Only if you're too stupid to understand that the idiot is screwing around with our economic future....

I wonder if McCain hired a stunt double for this one.

Generally speaking.....people don't do stunts unless they're reasonably sure they'll be safe and sound when it's all over.

With regards to the bailout, there's no way of knowing how it's going to play out. Suspending his campaign.....not appearing at the debate....the possibility that no agreement will be reached and he will have wasted his time trying to reach agreement.....there are simply too many variables involved to call it a "stunt", and there's absolutely no way of knowing how the American people will view his actions.

I don't believe he did this as a stunt. I believe he did it because he hoped he could help the process along, and that it would be in the best interests of the nation....even though it might not be in his own best interests.

 

[Gunny]

This is turning into a fuckin' circus.

Tough. McCain and House Republicans apparently haven't gone as socialist as Bush and Senate Republicans have.

At least the circus has clowns though -- Congressional Democrats.

 

[Diuretic]

Generally speaking.....people don't do stunts unless they're reasonably sure they'll be safe and sound when it's all over.

........

Hail Mary pass.

 

[Mauser]

Hail Mary pass.

He's a long way from needing to throw one.

 

[Diuretic]

He's a long way from needing to throw one.

Hmmm, given his choice of wide receiver he might want to try for a quarterback sneak.

 

[Gunny]

Hmmm, given his choice of wide receiver he might want to try for a quarterback sneak.

He's doing what he's being paid to do as senior Senator from Arizona.

Obama is doing what he's being paid to do too: sit back and STFU as a junior Senator coffee fetcher.

 

[editec]

MCain and Obama are NOT needed in Washington right now.

They should go back to their campaigns and tell people what they THINK ought to be done.

right now I don't know what either of them thinks is a good idea, and depending on what they say, the American people can decide who to elect.

 

[Diuretic]

Gunny, if Mr Landry were calling this you can bet McCain would be benched. All that dithering isn't good for a team.

 

[WillowTree]

Only if you're too stupid to understand that the idiot is screwing around with our economic future....

I wonder if McCain hired a stunt double for this one.

Wait a minute, let's put the facts in as we know them. A. Harry Reid publicly announced that John McCain was crucial to getting this bill passed. So John McCain goes and immediately the idiots that call themselves Democrats start bitching cause he is interferring. Then we are told John McCain didn't say a word just sat in the meeting and absorbed information "so why in the hell did he go there in the first place?" the idiots screamed, he should go to the debate. So make up your stupid minds. John McCain is a sitting US Senator, not only does he have a right to be there he has an obligation to be there. And lastly the bone of contention is giving 20 percent of 700 billion dollars to corrupt entities like ACORN. I am glad he's there. If anybody gets 20% of 700 Billion dollars it should be the employees who lost their stocks portfolio and retirement in these failed companies. That is who should get the money.

 

[editec]

If anybody gets 20% of 700 Billion dollars it should be the employees who lost their stocks portfolio and retirement in these failed companies. That is who should get the money.

Let them sue the banks, boards of directors and MASTERS of THE UNIVERSE for their losses.

They invested in the wrong people, Jill.

They were all kinds of perfectly smugly content as they made money while the non-investor class was dying to make them richer, ya' know.

You want to help the investors and bond holders, you got to start down at the bottom of the heap where the problem actually began.

Take over the banks that fail, let the USA hold the paper, collect the mortgage paymens (sans the VAR changes) and let the USA pay off those bond holders over time, based on the actual ROI that comes from non predatory interest rates, instead of the egregious interest rates these predator banks wanted to charge them.

 

[rayboyusmc]

Getting the bill passed, not working it out. It was a two hour phot op for McCain being seing with the current shitting president.

It's a fucking stunt and everyone knows that except those who have such "faith" that nothing like facts will bother them.

At least the circus has clowns though -- Congressional Democrats.

Right, all the Repubs are just sterling examples of leadership. What a fucking joke.

I know you would all support Obama doing this.

 

[KMAN]

Tough. McCain and House Republicans apparently haven't gone as socialist as Bush and Senate Republicans have.

At least the circus has clowns though -- Congressional Democrats.

Amen brother! Atleast there are a few people in our government that still believe in personal responsibilty!

 

[NOBama]

Reid is on TV (CNBC) whining again. It seems that he thinks the Senate Committee on Banking should have the only say in formulating the final legislation for this 700B$ Loan to Nowhere, that the House of Representatives should stay out of it, and that the mere presents and participation of McCain and Obama constitutes “Presidential Politics” which he claims is interfering in the process.

Imagine that…

 

[jillian]

Let them sue the banks, boards of directors and MASTERS of THE UNIVERSE for their losses.

They invested in the wrong people, Jill.

They were all kinds of perfectly smugly content as they made money while the non-investor class was dying to make them richer, ya' know.

You want to help the investors and bond holders, you got to start down at the bottom of the heap where the problem actually began.

Take over the banks that fail, let the USA hold the paper, collect the mortgage paymens (sans the VAR changes) and let the USA pay off those bond holders over time, based on the actual ROI that comes from non predatory interest rates, instead of the egregious interest rates these predator banks wanted to charge them.

The quote wasn't mine.