Mr. McCain Picks a Woman for V.P. Mate

[Ghost]

Someone has to tell you what to do. The whole world is affected by which lunatic you elect next.
Its time end the chain of lunatics so America will no longer be the laughing stock of the world.
You want that dont you? not to be laughed at anymore?

Thank goodness we have noisy, non-voting, busy-body foreigners to tell us who we will elect president.

[jubaji]

Someone has to tell you what to do. The whole world is affected by which lunatic you elect next.
Its time end the chain of lunatics so America will no longer be the laughing stock of the world.
You want that dont you? not to be laughed at anymore?

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Oh yeah, we're just dyin' to be taken seriously by the likes of you...



If only we can win the approval and admiration of filthy, weak, inferior nations like yours we can at last sleep at night.

[Ghost]

We are superior.

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Oh yeah, we're just dyin' to be taken seriously by the likes of you...



If only we can win the approval and admiration of filthy, weak, inferior nations like yours we can at last sleep at night.

[Hardball]

Mr. McCain wants to postpone the debate on Friday night to deal with the wall street crisis. What a ploy, he must be reading the polls. He's behind again.

[Tant01]

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.
-H. L. Mencken

[treelizard]

I think she is really likeable as a person, but she is just really unqualified. I guess it's kind of comforting in some weird way because there have been a lot of unqualified men in the past who were picked for important positions, so I suppose it is a sign of progress.

I think Obama's gonna win though.

Actually, the thing that pisses me off the most about her is that she endorses the aerial hunting of wolves.

[jubaji]

Just imagine...

That's about the extent of anything D.I. ever has to say.

[Ghost]

You dont think she comes across as a bit of a nutcase then. what was it, a pitbull with lipstick on for hockey mums. whatever they are.
Im sure shell get the hockey mum vote then.

Are there going to be any debates, will be amusing im sure.

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS-FoXbjVI[/YOUTUBE]

I think she is really likeable as a person, but she is just really unqualified. I guess it's kind of comforting in some weird way because there have been a lot of unqualified men in the past who were picked for important positions, so I suppose it is a sign of progress.

I think Obama's gonna win though.

Actually, the thing that pisses me off the most about her is that she endorses the aerial hunting of wolves.

[jubaji]

I'm sure it will be entertaining.

Joe Biden's 'debate' skills amount to: "Look, whatever you just said is the exact opposite of the truth. I mean, gimme a break!"

and that's about it.

[Hardball]

McCain's move: Putting priorities or politics first?
Story Highlights
John McCain suspends campaign, says he won't go to debate without bailout deal

Democrats accuse him of looking for a distractions, injecting politics into bailout

McCain says most important debate is the one on Capitol Hill

Voters tell CNN they want the debate to go on

(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign is being played by Democrats as a desperate ploy from a campaign in decline and by Republicans as a courageous move to rescue the economy.

The Arizona senator said he won't show up for Friday's presidential debate if no deal is reached on the government's $700 billion bailout proposal, leading Democrats to accuse him of looking for a distraction.

"I think it shows that John McCain is becoming increasingly desperate in his campaign," said Keith Boykin, a Democratic strategist and host of BET's "My Two Cents."

"It's an indication that John McCain shoots from the hip -- or more likely shoots from the lip -- every time he speaks, and he's not a guy who's got the judgment to make decisions," he said.

Conservative writer Matt Lewis called the notion that McCain is afraid to debate "laughable."

"Everybody knows that John McCain is very, very good at actually taking tough questions. I think what we have seen here today and yesterday, though, is an example of a statesmen," he said. "I think it's ludicrous to say that by wanting to put politics aside, John McCain is somehow injecting politics into the debate."

Democratic candidate Barack Obama's running mate, Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday accused the Republicans of looking for a "distraction." Watch more on the fate of the debate »

"They don't want to debate the issues with us," he said Thursday in Louisville, Kentucky. "They don't want to debate the issues ... because they know they really literally don't have a political leg to stand on."

McCain said Thursday that Washington needs "all hands on deck" to work on the government's proposed $700 billion bailout plan.

"I cannot carry on a campaign as though this dangerous situation had not occurred, or as though a solution were at hand, which it clearly is not," McCain said in New York. "With so much on the line, for America and the world, the debate that matters most right now is taking place in the United States Capitol. I intend to join it."

Democrats have also implied that McCain is trying to buy more time for vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. McCain suggested having the presidential debate take the place of next Thursday's vice presidential debate, and moving that one to a later date.

But Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, called McCain's decision to suspend his campaign the "greatest single act of responsibility ever taken by a presidential candidate."

"It is surprisingly irresponsible and politically dangerous for the Obama campaign to try and insist on a debate Friday night," he said.

McCain says he does not think the bailout proposal will pass as is, and he is returning to Washington to push what he sees as "fundamental improvements" to the legislation. Watch more on McCain's big gamble »

Obama's campaign says they can take care of the bailout proposal and still hold the first presidential debate, scheduled to take place Friday in Oxford, Mississippi.

The University of Mississippi, which is hosting the debate, has already invested millions in preparing for it.

"I think we can do both of these things at the same time. The next president is going to face multiple crises on the same day," Robert Gibbs, Obama's top adviser, said on CNN's "American Morning."

"We've got a presidential debate scheduled. We've got a stage. We'll have an audience. My guess is we'll have a moderator and at least one of the presidential candidates," Gibbs said.

But considering that Obama and McCain are senators, Republican strategist Bay Buchanan said both candidates should focus on the bailout plan because it's their job. Watch analysts weigh in on McCain's decision »

"They should be doing their job, especially at a time of crises when their vote, when their leadership could really make a difference in this bill," she said. "These fellows are the senators. It is their responsibility. It's what we pay them to do."

Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist, said the debate is the most important thing the candidates could do right now.

"It's preposterous that we can't have a presidential debate in the middle of this economic crisis. We had a presidential campaign in 1864, when Sherman was marching on Atlanta. We had a presidential election in 1944, when D-Day was going on in Normandy," he said. "We can have a debate on Friday. In fact, it's probably the most important thing McCain and them could be doing, would be to debate the issues."

I-Reporters told CNN that no matter what, they want to see the debate go on.

Len Parks, an independent from Stockbridge, Georgia, said he liked both candidates, but now he will probably vote for Obama.

"It made no sense to me for him to suspend his campaign. I think he's kind of grandstanding here," Parks said.

Democrat Dereck Blackburn called canceling the debate a "political stunt."

"It's very disrespectful to the elections process and disrespectful to everyone who is involved," said Blackburn, who is from Manayunk, Pennsylvania.

And Republican Katy Brown, from Kent, Ohio, said in this situation, McCain needs to take Obama's advice.

"I want to see John McCain show up, I know he's trying to do his best, and I know it's his duty to be there for this vote on the economy and the $700 billion bailout. But he also needs to be there (at the debate) because Americans need to hear from him," she said. "So hopefully this doesn't hurt him, hopefully he takes Obama's advice and multitasks and shows up."

Alan Silverleib, CNN's senior political researcher, said only time will tell how McCain's political gamble will play out.

"What is going on here is that John McCain has been in a rut the last couple of weeks ever since this economic crisis broke. It plays to the economic advantage that Democrats have in this campaign," he said, noting that polls show that more people think Obama would do a better job handling an economic crisis than McCain.

Obama has been on a steady rise in national polls this past week. According to CNN's latest poll of polls, he now leads McCain by 5 percentage points.

"The Democrats, of course, are very afraid that McCain is going to swoop into these delicate negotiations on Capitol at last minute and when they reach an agreement, he's going to claim credit for having brought those negotiations to a successful conclusion," Silverleib said.

[jubaji]

Obama is making a mistake if he doesn't agree to postpone.

[Ghost]

i can imagine the debate going something like this

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqGWTh_NZ-0[/YOUTUBE]

[Guest]

And where the heck is Mike Brewer these days?

Mike's career currently demands 100% of his time and focus, and also necessitates a greater degree of anonymity.

[Ghost]

I heard he was in pakistan working in a sweatshop sewing tennis shoes.

Its the only work he could get

Mike's career currently demands 100% of his time and focus, and also necessitates a greater degree of anonymity.

[jubaji]

A victory for evangelical nut jobs who believe the earth is only 6000 years old, like Jubaji does.

D.I. is at it again