Lott comes through yet again on a subject most of us should remember.

Xactmundo. THE analysis of McC’s decision. Either you show leadership or no in this situation.

Not so sure. Barry is framing it within the context of chewing gum and walking. A prez needs to be able to multi task and he has a point.

Not sure which message will gain traction.

Maybe not.

Where’s John?

oh. he’s on the floor of the senate debating the financial bail out package.

Where’s Obie Hussein?

Hey he’s out campaigning!

Let the American people decide which is more important.

420sniper on September 24, 2008 at 3:11 PM

Xactmundo. THE analysis of McC’s decision. Either you show leadership or no in this situation.

McCain= country first
Obama = party first

grapeknutz on September 24, 2008 at 4:17 PM

I’d like to change one word of your excellent comment:

McCain= country first
Obama = partySELF first

grapeknutz on September 24, 2008 at 4:17 PM

McCain is doing what he has always done, representing the people of the United States. So who is putting Country First? Let’s see, debate to make self look important and gain power or suspend campaign and go do the job hired to do. No contest, I want my Senators working on this problem!

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2008/09/as-obama-balks.html

Joe American

Who’s really got the messiah-complex here?

hawkdriver on September 24, 2008 at 4:00 PM

I agree that the media has ratcheted up their open campaigning for the Democratic candidate. It was very obvious during the Kerry campaign and now there’s hardly any pretense of objectivity. The problem here is that this will have an impact on the independents except in cases where the media goes so far overboard that they hurt themselves, as they did leading up to the Palin speech.

McCain can only plead his case and hope enough gets through.

As far as this move to delay the debates, ehhhh…I don’t think John Q. Public sees this as a daring leadership move. To me it seems like what it is: a political move designed to force Obama into a devil’s choice. I personally believe that McCain has some credibility on this issue b/c of his trying to get some reform on fannie/freddie a few years back but I don’t in any way think independents who are not heavily engaged see things that way because they’re faced with a million conflicting accounts where many politicians are claiming they predicted this or tried to do something.

With that context, I don’t think either McCain’s proactive maneuvers or Obama’s passivity (both of which are default modes of the candidates) do much to sway anyone whose mind isn’t made up. I think that economy at the forefront is bad because McCain shares a party with the current prez and gets hit with some of the overspray in the minds of those not paying close attention.

My mind IS made up for the (more) conservative candidate and even I think this is a bit of grandstanding on McCain’s part. The only upside is that it forces Obama into a response that is equally calculated so we’ll have a draw.

Here ya go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiEWCnpNnBQ

I knew it would happen eventually, I just didn’t want to see it in my lifetime. =(

Lincoln on September 24, 2008 at 4:00 PM

You’ve thrown in the towel much too quickly. And I could not disagree with you more.

The American People are about to be FORCED to look at what’s going on. And the media, no matter how powerful and pervasive, are NOT going to be able to control this completely. Eventually, they’ll be exposed and discredited completely.

A lot of people need to lose their cushy jobs and some need to go to jail. We just might see that happening if they American People actually get wind of what’s really going on and who’s really behind it.

Watch Chakra’s link here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiEWCnpNnBQ) and decide for yourself that if every American saw the info for what it really is, if they would not turn on a dime against those who caused this to happen, and in turn also reject and villify the dem’s msm propaganda machine.

Buck up. America needs backbone and resolve right now. We’re already operating at capacity levels of spinelessness.

Did Obama actually call McCain “Henny Penny”? Guess he must have his mattress at home stuffed with cash, because things are starting to get a little scary….

Sapwolf on September 24, 2008 at 3:33 PM

ever been on the HuffPo site?

kareyk on September 24, 2008 at 3:35 PM

Karey,

I’ve been to the HuffPo site, but only upon hitting a link and it goes there. Then I may read the story, but I pass on the comments because people there are mostly hateful, uninformed, uneducated, bitter, and appear to live in a world that is somewhat sheltered. They don’t get out much.

JonPrichard on September 24, 2008 at 3:35 PM

true. This move by McCain and OBH’s coming Debate Disaster should seal the Messiah’s fate

Lincoln, you need to take some of MB4′s meds…….

But pubic opinion is saying something else and so I think it is a good thing that McCAin does this. It can serve two purposes, it can help resolve the issue and it can get us off this topic all day every day.

I do wonder about the polls however. I am not sure if they are correct, or if they are a reaction to the crisis and they will change when and if the crisis ceases to be an issue.

I’m depressed, I just don’t see how McCain/Palin is going to overcome the media’s character assassination campaign against them, and there are too many idiots in this country whose minds are too darkened to understand what a catastrophic choice Obama would be. This is the beginning of the end for our nation, especially with the threat of Iran and Russia looming.

I knew it would happen eventually, I just didn’t want to see it in my lifetime. =(

I am jsut worried, (more and more as the days and the media moves on), that no matter what happens it will be spun against McCain and Palin. I’ve tried to post comments on both MSNBCs “Luke Russert Apology” and CNNs “Bono Cancels” articles. There is not one conservative point of view listed. Coincidence? I posted to CNN 1 minute after the last comment. It was “In Moderation” for and hour and a half and then disappeared when a comments closed message went up.

In all my years of following elections, I have never seen anything like this. I feel in my heart they, (the media) are so scared of losing this election they are number 1, dropping any appearance of objectivity and 2, running counter stories poo-pooing the media bias at the same time.

On my way on post this morning I listened to a CBS radio newscast that absolutely gave the impression that McCain was responsible for the AIG, Mae, Mac and Leman failures and stressed that a campaign official of McCains was involved finacially. No mention of any Democratic involvement at all. Nothing!

Thsi is going to be an uphill fight and we have to figure out quickly how to get our word out.