McCain to suspend campaign to work on bailout bill

[smockers83]

Last time I checked, I still pay McCain and Obama to be senators. We have this ridiculous idea of campaigning in the US and it is wasteful in time and money. Why is it wasteful? Because we have different forms of mass media such as TV and the print media, and how many times do we hear the candidates saying the same things for a week or so on TV day in and day out? I know I heard Palin's speech from the convention a couple of times afterwards from her own mouth in different locations. Why? If you're going to talk, talk about something new because chances are we've already heard it if you're repeating it. In the UK, campaigning for PM is only a number of weeks.

[AZhitman]

Like I said before, the debates are a sham.

Send each guy up there with no notes, no teleprompter, and an impartial, professional debate moderator and THEN they'll be worth a damn.

Give the Moderator a buzzer to hit each time a candidate says something that's NOT factual.

Factcheck has had to issue corrections on damn near EVERY single ad both campaigns have run. Pathetic.

[Cold_Zero]

Last time I checked, I still pay McCain and Obama to be senators. We have this ridiculous idea of campaigning in the US and it is wasteful in time and money. Why is it wasteful? Because we have different forms of mass media such as TV and the print media, and how many times do we hear the candidates saying the same things for a week or so on TV day in and day out? I know I heard Palin's speech from the convention a couple of times afterwards from her own mouth in different locations. Why? If you're going to talk, talk about something new because chances are we've already heard it if you're repeating it. In the UK, campaigning for PM is only a number of weeks.

Agreed,

We actually had our Governor suspend his campaigning (a couple of times this year) to take care of recovery efforts during flooding. He did so because he was the elected head of the state and it's his job to oversee these types of efforts. With 3 of the 4 Candidates in this election being elected Senators first, I would expect that their asses to be in Washington DC, in the Senate Chambers doing their job, which is crafting, hearing discussion on and voting on legislation.

Had Hurricane Katrina been one year late and hit August of 2006, do you think any politician up for re-election in the Gulf Coast would have gotten a free pass to go campaigning? Hell no.

[AZhitman]

But Bud, Hurricane Katrina was a political ploy by the Left to prove that GWB hates Black people.

[Encryptshun]

But Bud, Hurricane Katrina was a political ploy by the Left to prove that GWB hates Black people.

That's like the Godwin's Law of political conspiracy theory spoofs. Good one, Greg!

[spngr311]

Last time I checked, I still pay McCain and Obama to be senators.

This is what I was thinking when I heard of this. I don't understand why people think this is a bad thing. Their job is to be senators right now, running for president should not remove one from their responsibilities that they are paid.

It is one debate that is only being postponed. We will still hear their views on foreign policy (the focus of this debate). Also, isn't foreign policy supposed to be McCain's stronger asset vs. Obama? Wouldn't it be dumb to cancel the debate that you would probably do well?

[AZhitman]

^

[srellim234]

AZ- everyone knows, courtesy of their local Republican televangelist, that GWB had nothing to do with it. It's GOD who hates black people. It was His divine intervention that prevented GWB from placing competent people in the right positions to deal with it, too. Right, "You're doing a good job", Brownie?

[AZhitman]

Ah - Gotcha.

I'm gonna have a chat with Him about that this evening.