McCain Still Afraid of Debate Even After Agreement Reached

[Mauser]

So I can hardly blame him for wanting to not have to go out there and refute everything political philosophy he'd been touting for the last couple years.

Except that this first debate was supposed to be about foreign policy and national security, and not the economy.

And liberal Democrats are never needed.

 

[Dr Grump]

And now bozos want to make it a disaster trifecta by putting THE single most unqualified person to run for President in the last 100 years in the White House!

Even I know Bush can't run again. And, yes, I am being deadly serious with this statement..

 

[editec]

McCain does not want to recant every plank he's been running on and this financial meltdown is proof that what he has been standing for is a terrible mistake.

Have you been hearing him of late?

He and Sarah now sound like WORKERS OF THE WORLD party members.

Why?

Because everything they used to stand for has blown up in their faces, that's why.

And liberal Democrats are never needed.

You're an idiot Mauser.

You think this is a game?

Nitwit.

 

[random3434]

I admire him.

At his age he legged it faster than Usain Bolt.

You Aussies crack me up!

 

[Ravi]

The latest is that everyone is operating on the assumption that the debate will happen. With added questions about the economy. The only thing in question is if McCain will show up.

 

[rayboyusmc]

Has anyone mentioned that he lied on TV when he told US how this went down? He didn't tell Obama that he was cancelling the debate. He told him he was thinking about it. He has a habit of conveniently avoiding facts that don't agree with him or forgetting them?

He is a grandstanding liar and will do anything he can to be elected, so don't give me anymore shit that Obama is the politician and McBumbles is the "StraightFuck Express."

The sound of jaws hitting the floor reverberated in Washington this afternoon when Republican presidential nominee John McCain announced that he would suspend his campaign and asked that Friday's debate be postponed. Why? Because of the "historic crisis in our financial system," said McCain, who intends to return to Washington tomorrow to participate in Wall Street bailout negotiations on the Hill.


In explaining his decision, McCain also referred to 9/11, patriotism, and partisan divisions that have "prevented us from addressing our national challenges." What he didn't mention was that Democratic nominee Barack Obama—at the urging of GOP Sen. Tom Coburn—had called him early this morning with an invitation to issue a joint statement that would outline agreed-upon principles and conditions for the Treasury's bailout proposal and urge Congress and the White House to join in the statement. And that when McCain called him back at 2:30 this afternoon, the two candidates had agreed on some broad principles.
Obama, taken by surprise with McCain's television appearance just minutes after the two had spoken, wasn't biting on the no-debate proposal. In a hastily arranged press conference in Florida, Obama said that the economic crisis makes the planned Friday debate in Mississippi—the first of three scheduled presidential matchups—"more important than ever."

 

[jillian]

The guy who wanted more debates rather than less?

Sure he is.

He didn't want debates. He wanted town halls so he could pretend the excitement that Obama generates was his. And then good ole Rove could have planted hostile people in the audience.

Why on earth would Obama let McCain call the shots?

 

[Dr Grump]

And liberal Democrats are never needed.

Niether are neocon righties, but they've been running the show for the past 8 years. Go figure....

 

[Elyk88]

He didn't want debates. He wanted town halls so he could pretend the excitement that Obama generates was his. And then good ole Rove could have planted hostile people in the audience.

Why on earth would Obama let McCain call the shots?

but when Bush snaps his fingers and Obama sees McCain headin' to Washington he's all for it...

 

[Mauser]

You're an idiot Mauser.

You think this is a game?

Nitwit.

Spare me the drama, not to mention the silly insults.

 

[Jon]

but when Bush snaps his fingers and Obama sees McCain headin' to Washington he's all for it...

Only if it's the popular idea. He probably has a campaign committee that sets up random polls online every day so he can see which course of action is more popular.