Comments on Politico about McCain and Obama and the debate:
Robert L. Borosage, Institute for America's Future:
Brilliant McCain. The going gets tough and the tough call “time out.” Suddenly, the bold leader wants to return to being one of 100 with lots of protective cover. Safety in numbers? Sure. Leadership? Not so much
And:
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform:
Smart move. Shows initiative.Leadership.
Makes the case that McCain stands for non-partisan problem solving.
If Obama stands on the side and whines about the outcome he might be right (that the package is a mistake, as I am sure it will be) but he will look like a complainer not a leader and his ties to the Fannie Mae leadership will be highlighted.
He could take on her and the First Dude at the same time and never even sweat.
Hell, so could I, and I'm no Dark Master (de) bater.
I'm excited. Cause I bet tonight I get to learn the Ivy League for "punk-ass bitch," cause KO is putting it together *right now* and it(will be) FG.
Of course he will use more words than that.
A map.
And some Churchill for added wonkishness.
Or maybe some called ballgame from 1927(it's Keith, after all)
Enquirer just went live with their Palin affair story. Maybe that's why they want a time-out from being out on the trail?
You know, if Obama had proposed postponing the debate, Norquist would be criticizing him as obviously wanting a time out.
That's the level of bullshit these people are putting out. It doesn't matter what the merits of any given proposal is, as long as Obama is for it, they'll tear it down as fast as they can. No matter if it was something they were all for last week.
Huh. Maybe. I like the blinking "breaking news" thing.
ETA: I hear though that the story was on the paper edition last week. So, what is breaking news?
I think an economic depression is likely if the bailout doesn't go through. And that a complete collapse is likely if it does go through. The longer we stagger on as if everything's normal, the harder it's going to hurt when we finally fall down.
So I'm really hoping for a depression.
From an article at Forbes
"Choking up of credit is like taking the lifeblood away from the economy," [Fed Reserve Chairman] Bernanke said.
This pretty well sums up the problem.
So I skimmed the Enquirer thing. Looks like three members of the affair-guy's family swear it happened. But no smoking gun, right?
One of the family members did pass a polygraph test, which maybe means something....
It's the Enquirer, I'm not buying it. Yeah, they got the goods on Edwards, but that doesn't make me take them seriously.
