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Sigh. Has nobody in the McCain camp heard the term “Glass Steagall?”
fossten on September 17, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Why in the world isn’t Palin pointing out the major role the Dems in Congress played in this housing mess?
I swear- the friggin’ DNC’s been all over the media today blaming Bush and the GOP for this, UN-FRIGGIN-BELIEVABLE!
Am I missing something here?
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Vague.
lodge on September 17, 2008 at 5:05 PM
“You can’t underestimate the wisdom of the people of America. They’re seeing through the rhetoric, and they’re seeing through a lot of the political cheap shots, also. And they’re getting down to the facts and the voting records that are going to show that stark contrast.”
I love the faith.
Spirit of 1776 on September 17, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Am I missing something here?
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:04 PM
No, I too don’t get this at all. What the hell is McCain’s team doing? They should be in full force attack, unless McCain is somehow vulnerable on this in a way we don’t know yet and so he can’t attack.
McCain is on Hannity’s radio show now. NO talk of the Dem’s issues yet, just talking about his great running mate. Please please please attack!
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM
to add to my above, I think Hannity has been attacking Obama correctly all day so he should be able to get McCain to WAKE UP!
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:11 PM
This boilerplate is going to take it’s toll, if she doesn’t start to be a bit original. She should be describing how social engineering and forced loans started this whole thing. Not good.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM
No, I too don’t get this at all. What the hell is McCain’s team doing? They should be in full force attack, unless McCain is somehow vulnerable on this in a way we don’t know yet and so he can’t attack.
I think he’s trying to get past the gloom and doom and come across as a leader. His team probably believes that if they focus on “solutions” while the other side just plays the blame game it’ll make Obama seem even less Presidential. I tend to agree both sides sitting there pointing the finger at the other wouldn’t help either.
As for the interview I hope it’s a lot better than those excerpts cause her answers seem very vague and almost Obama-like (not in what she’s saying but in that she doesn’t provide specifics and just seems to be talking).
Kronos on September 17, 2008 at 5:16 PM
No, I too don’t get this at all. What the hell is McCain’s team doing? They should be in full force attack, unless McCain is somehow vulnerable on this in a way we don’t know yet and so he can’t attack.
I get the feeling there’s more to the 2005 thing than meets the eye. There must be a tripping point otherwise it makes no sense not to hammer how McCain saw the F&F thing in 05.
lodge on September 17, 2008 at 5:17 PM
If she can only do boilerplate with Hannity – of all people – why would she perform well in a debate?
“That’s why he has embraced the ideal of the alternative fuels also. And I’ll keep working on him with ANWR.”
“It’s a nice thing about him, too, is he is not asking me or anybody else to check our opinions at the door. He wants that healthy deliberation and debate with it.”
All the elitist will say she doesn’t speak eloquently enough for them. The problem is that the economic problems are over the heads of much of the populist. She talks their language. And, by the way, it’s not her responsibility to attack the Democrats while elitist Republicans spend their time attacking her. Stop attacking her and do your own dang job. You want to say something about it write a blog or an article. I read more from the right about Palin being dumb and uninformed on foreign policy than I do about the Lobbyist money Obama took from Fannie and Freddie. Believe me, that means more to Obama’s own constituency than anything else you could say.
I’ll probably starting laughing when I see Hannity’s face beaming with pride.
lodge on September 17, 2008 at 5:23 PM
I think he’s trying to get past the gloom and doom and come across as a leader. His team probably believes that if they focus on “solutions” while the other side just plays the blame game it’ll make Obama seem even less Presidential. I tend to agree both sides sitting there pointing the finger at the other wouldn’t help either.
I completely agree on the solutions, and no where do I say only attack, but you can’t just come out with empathy while Obama says that it is your fault, which is exactly what Obama is doing. McCain has to stick up for himself and also tell the American people how we got to where we are right now. McCain has had proposals to fix this and has identified this problem repeatedly. He has to say that Obama’s advisers are part of this, Democrats all over are a part of this, Obama is the second highest recipient of money from these corrupt groups……. Obama and the MSM are certainly not going to talk about this.
Tell us how it happened, what part Obama and the Dems played, and how you (McCain) saw it coming years ago and how you are going to fix it.
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Something is just not right here. The housing mess has the Dems finger-prints all over it. Obama has two key advisors who are former Fannie Mae CEO’s, all kinds of red meat for McCain to use- Palin’s interview looks detached, vague, and…amateur-ish and McCain’s not saying a word, as Obama pounds the Republicans.
Something is very very wrong here.
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:26 PM
They’re showing portions of the interview on Fox, including some that were in the Time transcript, and she it looks better than it reads.
And, by the way, it’s not her responsibility to attack the Democrats while elitist Republicans spend their time attacking her. Stop attacking her and do your own dang job. You want to say something about it write a blog or an article. I read more from the right about Palin being dumb and uninformed on foreign policy than I do about the Lobbyist money Obama took from Fannie and Freddie. Believe me, that means more to Obama’s own constituency than anything else you could say.
Sultry Beauty on September 17, 2008 at 5:19 PM
So, echo chambers are the way to go, right?
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I thought the transcpit was good. Very good. she hit the major points. Toxic waste in wall Street good line. reform the process, no pointing fingerrs, looking for solutions, good so far. Anyone looking for wonkish white papers from any canidate at this point is going to be upset. Palin did great if the delivers matches the words here. The public will connect with this. They know the the problems. Unrestrained greed, taking risks with other peoples money, a lack of fundciary responsibility on wall street. A belief that they were kings. It is time to clean house restore the compact between our finacial houses and the people.
great interview
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:29 PM
So, echo chambers are the way to go, right?
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Reagan’s 11th comandment should be in full force until NOv. It is how you win elections.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM
This is NO time for the McCain Camp to go passive. If they don’t go on the attack here, Obama’s going to get the upper-hand. People are worried and p!ssed, and Obama is serving up the GOP as the perfect scape-goat.
I’m telling you…..something is very wrong here……
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM
could be a trap set by McCain. a full broadside is being loaded I think. With all i’s dotted and t’s crossed. McCain is going to let it rip very very soon.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Good grief. This is a tough crowd today!
McCain is NOT going to make this financial meltdown a partisan blame game. He just isn’t. If that’s what you want and what you think will win this election, you are just wrong. People are scared and they are not interested in who started it, they want to know who is ggoing to end it. The Bush-bashing by the Obama people is a mistake on their part too. They can’t resist it. But Gov. Palin absolutely cannot be going out there and talking about anything but John McCain and what he is going to do in the next four years.
I’m willing to bet Gov. Palin did not get to an 80% approval rating in Alaska by blaming her opposition for everything that went poorly before she became Governor, nor by whining “you were there first” when they threw barbs at her. She just put her head down and got to work fixing things. That’s what most Americans want their leaders to do.
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Chris Dodd and Obama were the main problems with whats going on now… McCain sounded the alarms in 2005 and Dodd and Obama just kept taking bribes and Hush money from the Lobbyist and Special Interests..
Not sure why the media isn’t reporting it.. (Well DUH, I know WHY, But damn.. how in the TANK is our media?)
Chakra Hammer on September 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM
I hope you’re right; other wise McCain is missing a once in a life time opportunity to strike a mortal blow to the Dems. And on their key strength- the economy.
This is slow moving softball right over the plate…….really?
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Chakra Hammer on September 17, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Yeah.
Maddening isn’t it.
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:43 PM
No I’m not kidding. This interview is about Sarah Palin and John McCain. People want to know more about her and her views, not watch her trash Barack Obama or Barney Frank. She hasn’t been in Washington to see any of this stuff happen anyway and is not a credible attack dog on this issue. McCain’s doing just fine on this himself.
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM
I agree to a point. i think the attack should come and come strongly but I think it should come from a 527’s. Let McCain/Palin say what the problem is. that they are going to fix it. Let others attack and link Obama on this issue. Then in the debates Mcain can bring it up if he has to.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:49 PM
McCain’s doing just fine on this himself.
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM
McCain is losing the debate on this. Badly IMHO. He is letting Obama define the debate. This is just obviously the wrong thing to do.
There is no reason why Sarah cannot state: a. what happened, b. how it could have been prevented (what McCain tried to do in 2005), and c. how the McCain-Palin administration is going to take care of business.
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:50 PM
This is NO time for the McCain Camp to go passive…
…I’m telling you…..something is very wrong here……
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ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Please, everybody needs to click that link.
ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 5:53 PM
When McCain was trying to fix the problems he was “going Maverick again” because the Banking committee during the 109th congress was Chaired by a Republican..
However, It was the Democrats the kept stopping any real fixes or reforms..
Chakra Hammer on September 17, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Good job to the McCain camp for letting the Wallbanger conduct the hard-hitting, incisive interview that Americans from coast to coast want to see!
Oh, uh… nevermind.
I thought she was going to be interviewed by an actual journalist instead of a political commentator with a personal agenda.
an_abstraction on September 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM
an_abstraction on September 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM
damn trolls. You mean like gibson that had no axe to grind?
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:58 PM
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM
You can’t talk about fixing a problem till you diagnose the cause. Right now, I’m just hearing a lot of rant from the McCain team about CEO pay and Wall Street greed. When the McCain team starts talking details about a fix, it would be very helpful for the audience to know how encouraging loans to unqualified applicants got started. They don’t have a lot of time on this.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:03 PM
something everyone should watch….some scense are heart wrenching..
welcome to the downside of capitalism. The fix is easy. Combine the regaltory agencies, prosucute the fraud, and unrestrained greed under lack of fudciary oversight. Close off the money loop to washington.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM
an_abstraction on September 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM
…Wallbanger….
That’s pretty F*/.!@ low even for a single celled troll like you.
ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 6:16 PM
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I’ll say this: Has anyone seen the interview yet? NO! So how do YOU know how she sounds? From excerpts taken from CNN TIME? Are they FOX NEWS? I guess you’d be telling me that ABC and Gibson were right on time and didn’t cut that interview 6 ways from Sunday and make her sound less knowledgeable than her actual FULL answers? Right? Am I right?
You people are so gullible and that’s why the MSM will run circles around you time and time again.
I think until the public is educated about the chronolgy of events in this fiasco, they aren’t going to trust any solution which is promised. That education process can be done in a way that isn’t partisan. The record speaks for itself. McCain’s Senate speech and bill he introduced in 2005 show he was aware of the problem. Why not present audiences with a series of bullet points backed up by documentation as to the regulation which started it and the vulnerability to taxpayers it created by making bad loans virtually risk free to lenders? That isn’t too hard for the average voter to understand, and can be done in a 3 minute presentation.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Where’s the beef? No entitlement reform? Immigration?
no agruement form me. I think a 527 would be better doing it. Leave McCain to show leadership during a time of crisis not finger pointing. But I garee McCain has to hit back hard soon in somewhy. the Press are in the tank they won’t do it for him.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Palin Gets the Financial Crisis, While Obama/Biden are Clueless [Mark Hemingway]
Both Joe Biden and Sarah Palin were asked whether or not they were in favor of the AIG bailout today. Now as Ramesh noted, Biden’s decision to blame tax cuts for the wealthy for the AIG bailout is frankly idiotic. But also profoundly troubling is that nowhere in the statement does Biden evince any knowledge of what AIG does or why it was important to be bailed out — and his ignorance goes a long way toward explaining why he’s against a bailout that is pretty obviously necessary to prevent a potential worldwide financial crises. (Meanwhile, Obama issued a statement that makes it impossible to discern whether he’s for or against the bailout, and said statement even gets AIG’s name wrong.)
Now here’s Palin’s statement today on AIG:
“Dissapointed that taxpayers are called upon to bailout another one,” she said. “Certainly AIG though with the construction bonds that they’re holding and with the insurance that they are holding very, very impactful to Americans so you know the shot that has been called by the Feds its understandable but very, very disappointing that taxpayers are called upon for another one.”
That is exactly right. It’s terrible that the bailout is occurring but Palin indicates that she understands why letting the world’s largest insurer go down would be a very bad shock to the financial system. AIG underwrites a massive amount of credit default swaps — which are very similar to insurance contracts for debt instruments. While I wouldn’t say AIG couldn’t have done anything to avoid their predicament, in some important respects, AIG’s financial burdens were not created through their own mismanagement so much as being left holding the bag on these contracts after the failings of its customers. Thus the AIG bailout is more about maintaining liquidity — refusing to bailout AIG would not be about addressing moral hazard in the way it would be if the Fed were dealing with an investment bank insolvency.
The bottom line is that Gov. Palin gets it, and veteran Senator Biden is embarrassingly clueless.
If she can only do boilerplate with Hannity – of all people – why would she perform well in a debate?
lorien1973 on September 17, 2008 at 5:17 PM
cause she’ll be facing Biden. Yeah “Stand up!” Biden.
VolMagic on September 17, 2008 at 6:39 PM
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 6:32 PM
She has the moxie and communication skills, but they need to let the filly out of the barn and onto the track. I think she can run circles around Biden on economics and energy. She’s improving by leaps and bounds, but her appeal to women is apparently stabilizing and she’s going to have to win them back on issues. I’m nervous about the timeline.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:42 PM
My goodness, some folks are such a bunch of reactionary ninnies.
powerpro on September 17, 2008 at 6:43 PM
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:42 PM
She needs to take her message to the People. The convention speech proved that. I would suggest a press confernece. A major speech. Not a campiagn speech but a major speech outlining McCain and hers positions on energy maybe or even forgien policy.
Obama is palying a reckless game with our financial markets. By going out everyday and warning of the sky falling he is feeding the panic. Obama is costing the Americian citizens and the world citizens trillions of dollars. He needs to step back now and quit causing a panic. We are having a credit crisis due to panic. The fundemeentals of business are strong. Companies are still making money, people are still employed. This panicmongering is a major cause for concern.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Hmmm, maybe you have not seen this.
ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM
No Chris- I did not see that before!
Damn! That’s gonna leave a mark!
Now- let’s crank out some ads ASAP!
Hopefully McMaverick is just ramping up for the coup de grâce!
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Krauthammer had a good point on Hume’s show earlier, which was that neither candidate can really offer a solution because they don’t know how this is going to shake out yet.
Something is just not right here. The housing mess has the Dems finger-prints all over it. Obama has two key advisors who are former Fannie Mae CEO’s, all kinds of red meat for McCain to use- Palin’s interview looks detached, vague, and…amateur-ish and McCain’s not saying a word, as Obama pounds the Republicans.
Something is very very wrong here.
That’s because McCain and his army of lobbyist campaign staffers are up to their eyeballs in helping set the conditions that has led to this mess. He’s treading on very thin ice and he knows it.
Fletch54 on September 17, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Is is fair for us to put the burden of this election on Governor Palin’s shoulders? McCain has to do it.
McCain’s “fundamentals” remark was ridiculed all day long yesterday. At the evening rally with McCain and Palin, she was trying to be upbeat and positive, but if you look at the video, McCain looks depressed and terrible. She can’t do this alone.
. Not a campiagn speech but a major speech outlining McCain and hers positions on energy maybe or even foreign policy.
I agree with you–she needs to do another well-thought-out speech that lets her shine like at the convention. She has a great sense of comedic timing, and mocking Obama hit his Achilles heel. More, More, More.
nyrofan on September 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Gosh maybe if the Right grumbles some more we can actually lose this goddamn election…the right bitches more effectively about Palin than the left, whose attacks are laughable. If you want to know why Palins positives are down just peruse this site for instance…or National Review. Geez Louise…
It is evil that Palin has to defend her self from both sides while trying to win and election that sees her and McCain up against the most dangerous politican we have ever faced.
Thanks a lot Right Wing…maybe for your next trick y’all can talk down the Military so that we can lose to Al Qaeda.
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Sigh. Has nobody in the McCain camp heard the term “Glass Steagall?”
fossten on September 17, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Why in the world isn’t Palin pointing out the major role the Dems in Congress played in this housing mess?
I swear- the friggin’ DNC’s been all over the media today blaming Bush and the GOP for this, UN-FRIGGIN-BELIEVABLE!
Am I missing something here?
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:04 PM
Vague.
lodge on September 17, 2008 at 5:05 PM
I love the faith.
Spirit of 1776 on September 17, 2008 at 5:05 PM
No, I too don’t get this at all. What the hell is McCain’s team doing? They should be in full force attack, unless McCain is somehow vulnerable on this in a way we don’t know yet and so he can’t attack.
McCain is on Hannity’s radio show now. NO talk of the Dem’s issues yet, just talking about his great running mate. Please please please attack!
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:10 PM
to add to my above, I think Hannity has been attacking Obama correctly all day so he should be able to get McCain to WAKE UP!
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:11 PM
This boilerplate is going to take it’s toll, if she doesn’t start to be a bit original. She should be describing how social engineering and forced loans started this whole thing. Not good.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 5:13 PM
I think he’s trying to get past the gloom and doom and come across as a leader. His team probably believes that if they focus on “solutions” while the other side just plays the blame game it’ll make Obama seem even less Presidential. I tend to agree both sides sitting there pointing the finger at the other wouldn’t help either.
As for the interview I hope it’s a lot better than those excerpts cause her answers seem very vague and almost Obama-like (not in what she’s saying but in that she doesn’t provide specifics and just seems to be talking).
Kronos on September 17, 2008 at 5:16 PM
I get the feeling there’s more to the 2005 thing than meets the eye. There must be a tripping point otherwise it makes no sense not to hammer how McCain saw the F&F thing in 05.
lodge on September 17, 2008 at 5:17 PM
If she can only do boilerplate with Hannity – of all people – why would she perform well in a debate?
lorien1973 on September 17, 2008 at 5:17 PM
All the elitist will say she doesn’t speak eloquently enough for them. The problem is that the economic problems are over the heads of much of the populist. She talks their language. And, by the way, it’s not her responsibility to attack the Democrats while elitist Republicans spend their time attacking her. Stop attacking her and do your own dang job. You want to say something about it write a blog or an article. I read more from the right about Palin being dumb and uninformed on foreign policy than I do about the Lobbyist money Obama took from Fannie and Freddie. Believe me, that means more to Obama’s own constituency than anything else you could say.
Sultry Beauty on September 17, 2008 at 5:19 PM
I’ll probably starting laughing when I see Hannity’s face beaming with pride.
lodge on September 17, 2008 at 5:23 PM
I completely agree on the solutions, and no where do I say only attack, but you can’t just come out with empathy while Obama says that it is your fault, which is exactly what Obama is doing. McCain has to stick up for himself and also tell the American people how we got to where we are right now. McCain has had proposals to fix this and has identified this problem repeatedly. He has to say that Obama’s advisers are part of this, Democrats all over are a part of this, Obama is the second highest recipient of money from these corrupt groups……. Obama and the MSM are certainly not going to talk about this.
Tell us how it happened, what part Obama and the Dems played, and how you (McCain) saw it coming years ago and how you are going to fix it.
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Something is just not right here. The housing mess has the Dems finger-prints all over it. Obama has two key advisors who are former Fannie Mae CEO’s, all kinds of red meat for McCain to use- Palin’s interview looks detached, vague, and…amateur-ish and McCain’s not saying a word, as Obama pounds the Republicans.
Something is very very wrong here.
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:26 PM
They’re showing portions of the interview on Fox, including some that were in the Time transcript, and she it looks better than it reads.
CanadianGuy on September 17, 2008 at 5:27 PM
So, echo chambers are the way to go, right?
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM
I thought the transcpit was good. Very good. she hit the major points. Toxic waste in wall Street good line. reform the process, no pointing fingerrs, looking for solutions, good so far. Anyone looking for wonkish white papers from any canidate at this point is going to be upset. Palin did great if the delivers matches the words here. The public will connect with this. They know the the problems. Unrestrained greed, taking risks with other peoples money, a lack of fundciary responsibility on wall street. A belief that they were kings. It is time to clean house restore the compact between our finacial houses and the people.
great interview
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:29 PM
So, echo chambers are the way to go, right?
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Reagan’s 11th comandment should be in full force until NOv. It is how you win elections.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM
This is NO time for the McCain Camp to go passive. If they don’t go on the attack here, Obama’s going to get the upper-hand. People are worried and p!ssed, and Obama is serving up the GOP as the perfect scape-goat.
I’m telling you…..something is very wrong here……
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:30 PM
could be a trap set by McCain. a full broadside is being loaded I think. With all i’s dotted and t’s crossed. McCain is going to let it rip very very soon.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Good grief. This is a tough crowd today!
McCain is NOT going to make this financial meltdown a partisan blame game. He just isn’t. If that’s what you want and what you think will win this election, you are just wrong. People are scared and they are not interested in who started it, they want to know who is ggoing to end it. The Bush-bashing by the Obama people is a mistake on their part too. They can’t resist it. But Gov. Palin absolutely cannot be going out there and talking about anything but John McCain and what he is going to do in the next four years.
I’m willing to bet Gov. Palin did not get to an 80% approval rating in Alaska by blaming her opposition for everything that went poorly before she became Governor, nor by whining “you were there first” when they threw barbs at her. She just put her head down and got to work fixing things. That’s what most Americans want their leaders to do.
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Chris Dodd and Obama were the main problems with whats going on now… McCain sounded the alarms in 2005 and Dodd and Obama just kept taking bribes and Hush money from the Lobbyist and Special Interests..
Not sure why the media isn’t reporting it.. (Well DUH, I know WHY, But damn.. how in the TANK is our media?)
Chakra Hammer on September 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM
I hope you’re right; other wise McCain is missing a once in a life time opportunity to strike a mortal blow to the Dems. And on their key strength- the economy.
I certainly hope you’re right unseen…..
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:40 PM
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/17/mccains-attempt-to-fix-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-in-2005/
Chakra Hammer on September 17, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Are you kidding me?
This is slow moving softball right over the plate…….really?
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Yeah.
Maddening isn’t it.
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 5:43 PM
No I’m not kidding. This interview is about Sarah Palin and John McCain. People want to know more about her and her views, not watch her trash Barack Obama or Barney Frank. She hasn’t been in Washington to see any of this stuff happen anyway and is not a credible attack dog on this issue. McCain’s doing just fine on this himself.
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM
rockmom on September 17, 2008 at 5:45 PM
I agree to a point. i think the attack should come and come strongly but I think it should come from a 527’s. Let McCain/Palin say what the problem is. that they are going to fix it. Let others attack and link Obama on this issue. Then in the debates Mcain can bring it up if he has to.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:49 PM
McCain is losing the debate on this. Badly IMHO. He is letting Obama define the debate. This is just obviously the wrong thing to do.
There is no reason why Sarah cannot state: a. what happened, b. how it could have been prevented (what McCain tried to do in 2005), and c. how the McCain-Palin administration is going to take care of business.
kerrhome on September 17, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Hmmm, maybe you have not seen this.
ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM
email form John McCain’s camp:
My Friends,
In my life, no success has come without a good fight and this election is no
exception. I am joined in this fight by Governor Sarah Palin and other reformers on
our Party’s ticket. We are fighting for your well-being, for our men and women in
uniform, for better jobs, for energy independence and for government reform.
I’m fortunate to have a partner in reform, Governor Palin. Our ticket is ready to
shake up Washington, ready to bring real change and stand up to the status quo. But
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running scared.
Election Day is less than 50 days away and the Obama-Biden Democrats have launched
vicious and offensive attacks. The Obama-Biden Democrats will no doubt turn these
attacks on other reformers on our ticket. They can attack if they want; all the
insults in the world aren’t going to bring change to Washington.
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unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM
ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Please, everybody needs to click that link.
ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 5:53 PM
When McCain was trying to fix the problems he was “going Maverick again” because the Banking committee during the 109th congress was Chaired by a Republican..
However, It was the Democrats the kept stopping any real fixes or reforms..
Chakra Hammer on September 17, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Good job to the McCain camp for letting the Wallbanger conduct the hard-hitting, incisive interview that Americans from coast to coast want to see!
Oh, uh… nevermind.
I thought she was going to be interviewed by an actual journalist instead of a political commentator with a personal agenda.
an_abstraction on September 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM
an_abstraction on September 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM
damn trolls. You mean like gibson that had no axe to grind?
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 5:58 PM
You can’t talk about fixing a problem till you diagnose the cause. Right now, I’m just hearing a lot of rant from the McCain team about CEO pay and Wall Street greed. When the McCain team starts talking details about a fix, it would be very helpful for the audience to know how encouraging loans to unqualified applicants got started. They don’t have a lot of time on this.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:03 PM
something everyone should watch….some scense are heart wrenching..
http://minx.cc/?post=273674
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 6:03 PM
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:03 PM
welcome to the downside of capitalism. The fix is easy. Combine the regaltory agencies, prosucute the fraud, and unrestrained greed under lack of fudciary oversight. Close off the money loop to washington.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 6:05 PM
an_abstraction on September 17, 2008 at 5:56 PM
…Wallbanger….
That’s pretty F*/.!@ low even for a single celled troll like you.
ChrisM on September 17, 2008 at 6:16 PM
I’ll say this: Has anyone seen the interview yet? NO! So how do YOU know how she sounds? From excerpts taken from CNN TIME? Are they FOX NEWS? I guess you’d be telling me that ABC and Gibson were right on time and didn’t cut that interview 6 ways from Sunday and make her sound less knowledgeable than her actual FULL answers? Right? Am I right?
You people are so gullible and that’s why the MSM will run circles around you time and time again.
Good luck with that.
Sultry Beauty on September 17, 2008 at 6:20 PM
I think until the public is educated about the chronolgy of events in this fiasco, they aren’t going to trust any solution which is promised. That education process can be done in a way that isn’t partisan. The record speaks for itself. McCain’s Senate speech and bill he introduced in 2005 show he was aware of the problem. Why not present audiences with a series of bullet points backed up by documentation as to the regulation which started it and the vulnerability to taxpayers it created by making bad loans virtually risk free to lenders? That isn’t too hard for the average voter to understand, and can be done in a 3 minute presentation.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Where’s the beef? No entitlement reform? Immigration?
Valiant on September 17, 2008 at 6:21 PM
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:20 PM
no agruement form me. I think a 527 would be better doing it. Leave McCain to show leadership during a time of crisis not finger pointing. But I garee McCain has to hit back hard soon in somewhy. the Press are in the tank they won’t do it for him.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Palin Gets the Financial Crisis, While Obama/Biden are Clueless [Mark Hemingway]
Both Joe Biden and Sarah Palin were asked whether or not they were in favor of the AIG bailout today. Now as Ramesh noted, Biden’s decision to blame tax cuts for the wealthy for the AIG bailout is frankly idiotic. But also profoundly troubling is that nowhere in the statement does Biden evince any knowledge of what AIG does or why it was important to be bailed out — and his ignorance goes a long way toward explaining why he’s against a bailout that is pretty obviously necessary to prevent a potential worldwide financial crises. (Meanwhile, Obama issued a statement that makes it impossible to discern whether he’s for or against the bailout, and said statement even gets AIG’s name wrong.)
Now here’s Palin’s statement today on AIG:
“Dissapointed that taxpayers are called upon to bailout another one,” she said. “Certainly AIG though with the construction bonds that they’re holding and with the insurance that they are holding very, very impactful to Americans so you know the shot that has been called by the Feds its understandable but very, very disappointing that taxpayers are called upon for another one.”
That is exactly right. It’s terrible that the bailout is occurring but Palin indicates that she understands why letting the world’s largest insurer go down would be a very bad shock to the financial system. AIG underwrites a massive amount of credit default swaps — which are very similar to insurance contracts for debt instruments. While I wouldn’t say AIG couldn’t have done anything to avoid their predicament, in some important respects, AIG’s financial burdens were not created through their own mismanagement so much as being left holding the bag on these contracts after the failings of its customers. Thus the AIG bailout is more about maintaining liquidity — refusing to bailout AIG would not be about addressing moral hazard in the way it would be if the Fed were dealing with an investment bank insolvency.
The bottom line is that Gov. Palin gets it, and veteran Senator Biden is embarrassingly clueless.
http://corner.nationalreview.com/
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 6:32 PM
The bloom seems to be off the rose. Could it be all that boilerplate instead of specifics?
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/17/cbs-poll-obama-leads-by-five-after-trailing-by-two-post-conventions/
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:32 PM
cause she’ll be facing Biden. Yeah “Stand up!” Biden.
VolMagic on September 17, 2008 at 6:39 PM
She has the moxie and communication skills, but they need to let the filly out of the barn and onto the track. I think she can run circles around Biden on economics and energy. She’s improving by leaps and bounds, but her appeal to women is apparently stabilizing and she’s going to have to win them back on issues. I’m nervous about the timeline.
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:42 PM
My goodness, some folks are such a bunch of reactionary ninnies.
powerpro on September 17, 2008 at 6:43 PM
a capella on September 17, 2008 at 6:42 PM
She needs to take her message to the People. The convention speech proved that. I would suggest a press confernece. A major speech. Not a campiagn speech but a major speech outlining McCain and hers positions on energy maybe or even forgien policy.
Obama is palying a reckless game with our financial markets. By going out everyday and warning of the sky falling he is feeding the panic. Obama is costing the Americian citizens and the world citizens trillions of dollars. He needs to step back now and quit causing a panic. We are having a credit crisis due to panic. The fundemeentals of business are strong. Companies are still making money, people are still employed. This panicmongering is a major cause for concern.
unseen on September 17, 2008 at 7:16 PM
No Chris- I did not see that before!
Damn! That’s gonna leave a mark!
Now- let’s crank out some ads ASAP!
Hopefully McMaverick is just ramping up for the coup de grâce!
FiveWays on September 17, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Krauthammer had a good point on Hume’s show earlier, which was that neither candidate can really offer a solution because they don’t know how this is going to shake out yet.
Jezla on September 17, 2008 at 8:18 PM
A solution for the financial situation, I might add. Sorry I wasn’t clearer.
Jezla on September 17, 2008 at 8:19 PM
That’s because McCain and his army of lobbyist campaign staffers are up to their eyeballs in helping set the conditions that has led to this mess. He’s treading on very thin ice and he knows it.
Fletch54 on September 17, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Is is fair for us to put the burden of this election on Governor Palin’s shoulders? McCain has to do it.
McCain’s “fundamentals” remark was ridiculed all day long yesterday. At the evening rally with McCain and Palin, she was trying to be upbeat and positive, but if you look at the video, McCain looks depressed and terrible. She can’t do this alone.
I agree with you–she needs to do another well-thought-out speech that lets her shine like at the convention. She has a great sense of comedic timing, and mocking Obama hit his Achilles heel. More, More, More.
nyrofan on September 17, 2008 at 8:46 PM
Gosh maybe if the Right grumbles some more we can actually lose this goddamn election…the right bitches more effectively about Palin than the left, whose attacks are laughable. If you want to know why Palins positives are down just peruse this site for instance…or National Review. Geez Louise…
It is evil that Palin has to defend her self from both sides while trying to win and election that sees her and McCain up against the most dangerous politican we have ever faced.
Thanks a lot Right Wing…maybe for your next trick y’all can talk down the Military so that we can lose to Al Qaeda.
PierreLegrand on September 18, 2008 at 1:49 AM