How in the world can anyone not see McCain and Sarah for who they really are?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5tZc8oH–o

Now, it’s the weekend. The markets will be closed and there’s no impetus to burn the Saturday Midnight Oil when Monday will do.

Most of the government’s moves regarding the financial crisis have happened during weekends.

And Obama kept everybody breathlessly awaiting the internet announcement of his veep pick in the loop right to the second as promised, eh? Riiiight.

uh, “chosen one”, aren’t you a Senator too? oh thats right, you just think you should be paid a Senators’ salary to support your run for the Presidency.

then the hypcrites on the left who complain about McCains’ missed votes during the election cycle have the audacity to complain because he thinks its more important to be part of the political process. gad! the left is deranged.

of course, no one is surprised that Obama wasn’t interested in participating in an actual political “responsibility”, he probably would’ve just voted “present” anyway. just like with the “stimulus” package that he takes credit for but didn’t even show up to vote for the ONLY thing Obama is interested in is getting elected.

i would have preferred that McCain stand up immediately and oppose this bailout (can anyone name any Democrats that have) but no matter how it dies it can’t die too soon. let’s all hope that it does no matter who wins this election.

I’m assuming here but my wife calls me honeyko, asawako, mahalko all the time.

You’re kidding, right?

Money falls from the sky as soon as these guys land in Washington; they can’t take bribes [ahem] “campaign-contributions” fast enough.

(“Drama queen”? Last I recall, Obama was still a senator; does he, like, uh, intend to be around to vote on that sucker, or anything? Look: If you’re going to tar one, tar all that apply.)

Anyone with half a brain would be smart enough to steer clear of being president. It has to be an extremely tough job (if done right) thanklessly rewarded with a pathetically small salary. On the other hand, we will never run short of enthusiastic, but inept candiates who are motivated solely by what the job does for their ego. And those are the ones who manage to get on the ballot and get elected every time.

Is it massive egomania or just plain stupidity? Probably a combination of the two.

It’s can’t-help-being-partisan bag-over-one’s-head nonsense like this which prompts me to be very skeptical of most of your writing outside of judicial affairs.

McCain is back on the campaign because the meeting he went to Washington to request achieved the desired result: Delay the bill. Now, it’s the weekend. The markets will be closed and there’s no impetus to burn the Saturday Midnight Oil when Monday will do. So, debate Friday evening and then back.

> I’m not sure what McCain gained from all the histrionics.

He gained thousands of screaming telephone calls from outraged constituents. (Unlike Pelozi, Schumer and Frank, he actually has taxpayers in his voting-base.)

> The guy who just months ago said he didn’t really know all that
> much about the economy apparently expected voters to buy the
> idea that Congress was waiting to act on the financial crisis until
> it could first consult his expertise.

Do you really think Congress, run by the Democrats on both sides, would have done so if it didn’t want to? When they could otherwise tell him to go stuff it, making him look pretty stupid and impotent?

You know, McCain isn’t the only person in Congress getting the thousands of screaming telephone calls.

> McCain’s “come together” moment also seems to have infused
> with partisanship the bailout negotiations that until that point
> had been pretty bipartisan (though barreling toward a potentially
> disastrous consensus). Once McCain arrived, the negotiations
> soured, as both sides then become conscious of how their
> positions might be spun and interpreted in light of McCain’s posturing.

According to all the best squishy soft-left spin-factory intermediaries you consult, I’m sure that’s exactly the way is appears to you. But the truth of the matter is that the House Republican minority (i.e., the politicians with the most taxpayers in their support bases) were already beginning to shit bricks hard and fast.

Karl Denninger went viral, and the telephones lines screamed “Nay!” 300:1.