Comments on: McCain’s Bluff Has Been Called http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:34:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: s http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547711 s Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:27:33 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547711 btw.. the head guy of the biggest bank failure had worked there 3 weeks and will get over 12 million.... It's hard to feel bad about a bank going down if they are in trouble and make that kind of deal. btw.. the head guy of the biggest bank failure had worked there 3 weeks and will get over 12 million….
It’s hard to feel bad about a bank going down if they are in trouble and make that kind of deal.

]]> By: s http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547704 s Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:17:50 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547704 #10 Could it have been an excuse to be in DC so he could swing by the docs and get some medicine for his rumored condition(s)? It seemed funny to me that he got there late in the morning and also that Palin talked to the press that day too. #10 Could it have been an excuse to be in DC so he could swing by the docs and get some medicine for his rumored condition(s)?
It seemed funny to me that he got there late in the morning and also that Palin talked to the press that day too.

]]> By: s http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547700 s Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:01:14 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547700 CNN just said the debate is on tonight. (I am disappointed that Obama can't have the 90 mins alone to inspire Americans, but 45 will be fine) CNN just said the debate is on tonight.
(I am disappointed that Obama can’t have the 90 mins alone to inspire Americans, but 45 will be fine)

]]> By: moonbat http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547699 moonbat Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:35:29 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547699 Ask yourself, what was the purpose of McCain going to DC? It's clear he had nothing substantial to add to the dealmaking, except to obstruct it. I still believe that a huge purpose is to stall or cancel the debates, especially the VP debate next week. And given the campaign finance rules elucidated upstream, I'd bet McCain cancels the debate, which means no appearance by Obama either. Of course the Democrats can and should make hay out of this by any other means possible. <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/26/81617/1783/155/611072" rel="nofollow">Here's a DKos diary</a> supposedly on how at sea the McCain camp is over Palin. They simply don't know what to do with her, and I'm sure steering her away from the cameras is their top priority. Ask yourself, what was the purpose of McCain going to DC? It’s clear he had nothing substantial to add to the dealmaking, except to obstruct it. I still believe that a huge purpose is to stall or cancel the debates, especially the VP debate next week.

And given the campaign finance rules elucidated upstream, I’d bet McCain cancels the debate, which means no appearance by Obama either. Of course the Democrats can and should make hay out of this by any other means possible.

Here’s a DKos diary supposedly on how at sea the McCain camp is over Palin. They simply don’t know what to do with her, and I’m sure steering her away from the cameras is their top priority.

]]> By: biggerbox http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547698 biggerbox Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:11:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547698 As a depositor of Washington Mutual, I'd like to personally thank John McCain for his effectiveness in solving the economic crisis. So, getting everybody in a room and telling them to "cut the shi*" is harder than it looks, eh John? Especially when most of them have been in the room day and night for more than a week, and also knew more about the issues when they started than you know on your best day. What a pathetic joke. I'm betting he shows at the debate, despite there being no agreement, and people will politely try to avoid mentioning the fact that his threat not to show was bluster and bluff. (And, since bluster is his key foreign policy theme, we can kind of see how well that would work, right?) This morning, I heard a soundbite of McCain from a debate earlier in the year. He sounded so much stronger and clearer-headed, and I wondered if that was just my imagination. I think the stress of the campaign may have really accelerated his mental decline. My prediction of his appearing tonight may be wrong, if his handlers have decided he can't be allowed out in front of the cameras by himself that long. As a depositor of Washington Mutual, I’d like to personally thank John McCain for his effectiveness in solving the economic crisis.

So, getting everybody in a room and telling them to “cut the shi*” is harder than it looks, eh John? Especially when most of them have been in the room day and night for more than a week, and also knew more about the issues when they started than you know on your best day. What a pathetic joke.

I’m betting he shows at the debate, despite there being no agreement, and people will politely try to avoid mentioning the fact that his threat not to show was bluster and bluff. (And, since bluster is his key foreign policy theme, we can kind of see how well that would work, right?)

This morning, I heard a soundbite of McCain from a debate earlier in the year. He sounded so much stronger and clearer-headed, and I wondered if that was just my imagination. I think the stress of the campaign may have really accelerated his mental decline.

My prediction of his appearing tonight may be wrong, if his handlers have decided he can’t be allowed out in front of the cameras by himself that long.

]]> By: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547697 maha Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:32:25 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547697 <i>If one candidate doesn’t show, then it becomes a campaign event which corporations could not fund because of spending limits. </i> That's what I'm reading elsewhere. If only one candidate shows up, the event will just be canceled. If one candidate doesn’t show, then it becomes a campaign event which corporations could not fund because of spending limits.

That’s what I’m reading elsewhere. If only one candidate shows up, the event will just be canceled.

]]> By: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547696 maha Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:31:25 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547696 <i>If the McCain campaign has played this one right, there will be an announcement later this evening that an agreement on the bailout plan has been reached. While Obama is in Mississippi, McCain will appear at a press conference in Washington looking like the great statesman who saved the bailout plan.</i> Right now, I'd say the chance of that happening is about the same as catching Osama bin Laden by later this evening. If the McCain campaign has played this one right, there will be an announcement later this evening that an agreement on the bailout plan has been reached. While Obama is in Mississippi, McCain will appear at a press conference in Washington looking like the great statesman who saved the bailout plan.

Right now, I’d say the chance of that happening is about the same as catching Osama bin Laden by later this evening.

]]> By: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547695 c u n d gulag Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:28:36 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547695 How about a fund that lends money to the people who can't pay thier mortgages? And a board that renegotiates home loans to something people can afford. It can be funded as we go. If I remember right, that's how the RSC worked. This would save peoples homes. It would fix bad mortgages and save banks. But, that's the bottom-up approach. And we can't have that. No, we have to save the greedy idiots who got us into this mess in the first place. We have to throw over a trillion dollars at the banker's, not the people. Facsism indeed... How about a fund that lends money to the people who can’t pay thier mortgages? And a board that renegotiates home loans to something people can afford. It can be funded as we go. If I remember right, that’s how the RSC worked.

This would save peoples homes. It would fix bad mortgages and save banks.

But, that’s the bottom-up approach. And we can’t have that. No, we have to save the greedy idiots who got us into this mess in the first place. We have to throw over a trillion dollars at the banker’s, not the people.

Facsism indeed…

]]> By: SteveG http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547694 SteveG Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:22:20 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547694 Can there even BE a debate without McCain? A friend with a deep background in campaign finance law was musing that there are very strict rules about debates because they are corporately funded and need to be differentiated from news stories and campaign events. The first are exempt from campaign finance laws and the funding of the second is regulated. If one candidate doesn't show, then it becomes a campaign event which corporations could not fund because of spending limits. Can there even BE a debate without McCain? A friend with a deep background in campaign finance law was musing that there are very strict rules about debates because they are corporately funded and need to be differentiated from news stories and campaign events. The first are exempt from campaign finance laws and the funding of the second is regulated. If one candidate doesn’t show, then it becomes a campaign event which corporations could not fund because of spending limits.

]]> By: RadioClash http://www.mahablog.com/2008/09/26/mccains-bluff-has-been-called/comment-page-1/#comment-547693 RadioClash Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:07:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2770#comment-547693 "It’s not clear to me what will happen if Obama shows up tonight and McCain doesn’t. However, I say again that unless some critical meetings or negotiations are taking place in Washington tonight, most Americans will assume McCain just plain ducked out. Not very heroic of him." If the McCain campaign has played this one right, there will be an announcement later this evening that an agreement on the bailout plan has been reached. While Obama is in Mississippi, McCain will appear at a press conference in Washington looking like the great statesman who saved the bailout plan. This really has been the turning point of the campaign. This financial crisis was going to bury McCain. His campaign could not just let this roll over them, so they had to make this play. Will it work? “It’s not clear to me what will happen if Obama shows up tonight and McCain doesn’t. However, I say again that unless some critical meetings or negotiations are taking place in Washington tonight, most Americans will assume McCain just plain ducked out. Not very heroic of him.”

If the McCain campaign has played this one right, there will be an announcement later this evening that an agreement on the bailout plan has been reached. While Obama is in Mississippi, McCain will appear at a press conference in Washington looking like the great statesman who saved the bailout plan.

This really has been the turning point of the campaign. This financial crisis was going to bury McCain. His campaign could not just let this roll over them, so they had to make this play. Will it work?

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