McCain:

”Senator Obama and his allies in Congress infused unnecessary partisanship into the process. Now is not the time to fix the blame, it’s time to fix the problem.”

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccain-has-another-mccain-moment.html

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John McCain just now delivered a statement to the press about the bailout collapse, and called for the finger-pointing to stop—barely two hours after his campaign directly blamed Obama in unequivocal terms.

“Now is not the time to fix the blame.” McCain said. “It’s time to fix the problem.”

But at around 3:30 P.M., the McCain campaign blasted out a statement that fixed the blame directly on Obama.

“Barack Obama failed to lead, phoned it in, attacked John McCain, and refused to even say if he supported the final bill,” the statement said. “This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country.”

Of course, it’s already been established repeatedly that McCain isn’t responsible for what his own campaign does, so nothing to see here.

In all seriousness, this seems to show either that the McCain campaign realizes how badly it erred in launching such an attack on Obama in the midst of today’s crisis news, or that the meltdown’s political strains have knocked the McCain team so badly off its game that we’re way beyond erratic now and are rushing headlong into unhinged.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/mccain_says_now_is_not_time_to.php

Unhinged??  No, right on the money.  Pelosi’s own speech before the vote lost her many dimocrat votes.

fred - 29 September 2008 05:22 PM

Unhinged??  No, right on the money.  Pelosi’s own speech before the vote lost her many dimocrat votes.

Poor babies.  The lady they disparage 10 times daily said mean things about the little pumpkinheads, and they ran off crying?  Pfui.

No. Shecould not even deliver her ownparty.
Dems voted 140 FOR and 95 AGAINST.
Some leader.
She is an air-headed bimbo.

charlielake - 29 September 2008 06:17 PM

No. Shecould not even deliver her ownparty.
Dems voted 140 FOR and 95 AGAINST.
Some leader.
She is an air-headed bimbo.

This is the President’s mess, and he took the lead on proposing legislation.  That’s the way being CEO works.  It is his own party that he couldn’t get to follow.  The opposition party is supposed to be harder, and they gave him a majority of the Dems.  House Republican leaders promised Bush 80 votes, but could deliver only 68.  That’s his problem ... he’s lost his own base.

Shouldn’t McCain be suspending his campaign now?  He’s off to Iowa or someplace.  He said he wouldn’t rest until he had a solution.

Bobby Jindal - 29 September 2008 06:24 PM

charlielake - 29 September 2008 06:17 PM

No. Shecould not even deliver her ownparty.
Dems voted 140 FOR and 95 AGAINST.
Some leader.
She is an air-headed bimbo.

This is the President’s mess, and he took the lead on proposing legislation.  That’s the way being CEO works.  It is his own party that he couldn’t get to follow.  The opposition party is supposed to be harder, and they gave him a majority of the Dems.  House Republican leaders promised Bush 80 votes, but could deliver only 68.  That’s his problem ... he’s lost his own base.

Shouldn’t McCain be suspending his campaign now?  He’s off to Iowa or someplace.  He said he wouldn’t rest until he had a solution.

My but you have become a venomous little man.  You seem to want the country to fail.  This is not the presidents mess, he tried for many years to prevent it.. The dimocrats stopped him..  You should be real proud.

Bush lost control of this days ago. He is a non-player since he is a lame duck and we have two candidates vying for face time on TV and a Congress that caused the problem and is now trying to fix blame rather than fix the problem.
The problem is that the public thinks that this is a bailout for “Wall Street” and they don’t understand the real mechanics of what has happened. And the pols in congress, especially those up for re-election, are feeling the heat of the public.
And there is a group of conservative R’s who believe no matter how you name this pig, it is still a pig- i.e it is privatizing the profits to the banks and socializing the debt. That is hard to sell to the voters.

Yes, many see it as a bailout.. Then when the dims try to slip in items like money to ACORN, it doesn’t give the public confidence.. I’m sure a deal will be worked out.  And I hope after today’s failure, the dims will see they’re not going to get the “golden parachute” package they want.. Today’s actions may ensure a much better deal will be hammered out.

And did pelosi make herself look stupid, or what???

Bobby Jindal - 29 September 2008 06:24 PM

charlielake - 29 September 2008 06:17 PM

No. Shecould not even deliver her ownparty.
Dems voted 140 FOR and 95 AGAINST.
Some leader.
She is an air-headed bimbo.

This is the President’s mess, and he took the lead on proposing legislation.  That’s the way being CEO works.  It is his own party that he couldn’t get to follow.  The opposition party is supposed to be harder, and they gave him a majority of the Dems.  House Republican leaders promised Bush 80 votes, but could deliver only 68.  That’s his problem ... he’s lost his own base.

Shouldn’t McCain be suspending his campaign now?  He’s off to Iowa or someplace.  He said he wouldn’t rest until he had a solution.

1 Bush and McCain both have lied and said we had a strong economy, when this proves we did not.

2 President Bush is the republican who asked for this bailout to start with.

3 McCain lied and said he would suspend his campaign until a bailout bill was passed.

4 Bush and McCain both fail at leading their own party, much less leading the country.

Put all of that together and we have - McCain = four more years of failed bush policies.

fred - 29 September 2008 07:06 PM

Bobby Jindal - 29 September 2008 06:24 PM

charlielake - 29 September 2008 06:17 PM

No. Shecould not even deliver her ownparty.
Dems voted 140 FOR and 95 AGAINST.
Some leader.
She is an air-headed bimbo.

This is the President’s mess, and he took the lead on proposing legislation.  That’s the way being CEO works.  It is his own party that he couldn’t get to follow.  The opposition party is supposed to be harder, and they gave him a majority of the Dems.  House Republican leaders promised Bush 80 votes, but could deliver only 68.  That’s his problem ... he’s lost his own base.

Shouldn’t McCain be suspending his campaign now?  He’s off to Iowa or someplace.  He said he wouldn’t rest until he had a solution.

My but you have become a venomous little man.  You seem to want the country to fail.  This is not the presidents mess, he tried for many years to prevent it.. The dimocrats stopped him..  You should be real proud.

Pretty soon you will have to make some changes to your home/automobile/lifestyle to accomodate your growing nariz, fred.

charlielake - 29 September 2008 07:34 PM

Bush lost control of this days ago. He is a non-player since he is a lame duck and we have two candidates vying for face time on TV and a Congress that caused the problem and is now trying to fix blame rather than fix the problem.
The problem is that the public thinks that this is a bailout for “Wall Street” and they don’t understand the real mechanics of what has happened. And the pols in congress, especially those up for re-election, are feeling the heat of the public.
And there is a group of conservative R’s who believe no matter how you name this pig, it is still a pig- i.e it is privatizing the profits to the banks and socializing the debt. That is hard to sell to the voters.

I guess all the phony Republican outrage over lipstick and pigs ruined your opportunity for a nice one-liner to end your post here…

Leon Trotsky - 30 September 2008 06:36 AM

charlielake - 29 September 2008 07:34 PM

Bush lost control of this days ago. He is a non-player since he is a lame duck and we have two candidates vying for face time on TV and a Congress that caused the problem and is now trying to fix blame rather than fix the problem.
The problem is that the public thinks that this is a bailout for “Wall Street” and they don’t understand the real mechanics of what has happened. And the pols in congress, especially those up for re-election, are feeling the heat of the public.
And there is a group of conservative R’s who believe no matter how you name this pig, it is still a pig- i.e it is privatizing the profits to the banks and socializing the debt. That is hard to sell to the voters.

I guess all the phony Republican outrage over lipstick and pigs ruined your opportunity for a nice one-liner to end your post here...

LEV/IMAGE/DM love their cutting and pasting.. Saves em the trouble of thinking!!!!