McCain's Excuse for Not Attending Debate

Erratic McCain, Absent Palin, Gamesmanship, and Fear

Yesterday, as a batch of bad polls come in and as Congress is on the verge of agreement on the Presdidential bailout bill, John McCain lied to Barack Obama, suddenly suspended his campaign, tried to get tomorrow’s debate canceled (and move it to the Biden-Palin debate date, which would be canceled), and begged President Bush to personally summon Obama to Washington as well, which Bush promptly did. Congressional leaders told McCain bluntly to stay away. After 2 years on the campaign trail making McCain the most absentee Member of the Senate, Majority Leader Reid told McCain he simply wasn’t “needed here.” When time came for a vote, if the vote was close, he and Obama could vote then.
Does McCain know how the Congress works? Perhaps I should explain it to him. The leaders in crafting legislation, particularly very important legislation crafted on an emergency basis, are the heads of the respective committees (in this case, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), Chairman of Financial Services) with some input from the ranking minority members (Shelby and Bachus of Alabama) and lots of help from the leadership of the House and Senate (Reid, Pelosi, and the others). McCain doesn’t even serve on the Banking Committee! Therefore his help — no matter what he and President Bush claim — consists of voting up or down on the bill. McCain’s been in the Senate 26 years. Either he has a sudden severe case of Alzheimer’s or he’s pulling the biggest political stunt in a generation.
McCain is erratic, deceptive, and impulsive. He continues to show the traits I warned about months ago, that of the inveterate gambler that he is, a man who would throw thousands of dollars on one lucky roll of the craps dice.
Meanwhile Palin continues to hide under her desk, the first Vice-Presidential candidate since the birth of television to refuse a press conferenence. And she’s a more secretive, revengeful, and dishonest person than our current Vice President “treason, shoot-’em-in-the-face, secret-government” Cheney.
Can you imagine if these two loons were actually running the country? A country facing Depression, Massive Deficits, and Perennial War? Can the Republican Party possibly destroy America any more than it already has? Yes it can!
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Three More Hours (filling in for Bob Kincaid)
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Bail Out!

Conservatives complain that welfare mothers spend $30 a month on cable TV. But when their yacht-riding, multi-house-owning, massive-risk-taking-but-not-allowed-to-fail billionaire friends come knocking for a Government handout, they triple the deficit with nary a peep.
$700 billion. Wow, I thought conservatives were opposed to socialism. And they keep saying they care about taxpayers. Nope. All lies. They just want to make sure that the superrich don’t have to give up their Ferraris so that the rest of America gets health care.
As for me, I’d rather see the welfare moms have cable TV so their children at least have something to do. As our penny-pinching-for-the-poor Government has cut back on after-school programs, at least the kids are off the streets.
And the corporate CEOs? I’d like to see them homeless and destitute. Oh they can still get blankets and go to shelters and eat at soup kitchens. I haven’t given up all my liberal values. And welfare’s cheaper than prison.

Whoever Wins Colorado Becomes President

A dissection of polls and the Electoral College.
I stand by my prediction two weeks ago that the winner of Colorado decides the race.
Other possible flip states in this order: Virginia, Ohio, Nevada (leading to tie which Obama wins).

When Free Markets Fail

Conservatives want unfettered capitalism, but when their greed causes their companies to fail, they always want a taxpayer bail-out.