McCain suspends campaign, backs out of debate due to economy

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

Pathetic. As President of the United States, it's a fact of life that you have to handle multiple tasks on a daily basis. If McCain can't go to Washington and do his normal job...then go to a debate on Friday...he doesn't deserve to be President and frankly, the fact you guys are making excuses for him is pretty pitiful.

and as President you have to prioritize your attention and how you spend you spend your time. There will be times when you have to delegate authority to subordinates important tasks when major issues present themselves, that is the nature of the job, but most importantly you will need to attend to the most important issues of the day.

This is by far the most important issue since the response to 9/11, I think Sarah Palin, Rudy, Mitt and the crowd can cover campagining until a solution is resolved.

[Stylerod]

Wow, Democrats are freaking about this. Looks like McCain is doing the right thing.

[Donkey®]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

and as President you have to prioritize your attention and how you spend you spend your time. There will be times when you have to delegate authority to subordinates important tasks when major issues present themselves, that is the nature of the job, but most importantly you will need to attend to the most important issues of the day.

We're talking about going to Washington to discuss an issue and make a vote....then attending a debate. He's supposed to be trained to multitask. He's supposed to be the best man for the job. He's supposed to have all this fucking experience and he can only do one thing at a time? Michael Phelps could have also focused on a single event and kept it "easy" for himself...but he didn't. I expect people that claim they're ready to be the President of the United States to have the ability to multitask. You can't just drop everything else going on in the world in order to handle a single event. What's he going to do during a hurricane? Shut down the Federal Government until the hurricane passes?

Then you talk about "delegating" and he didn't even do that. He suspended the campaign. He didn't "delegate" to Palin. Wonder why? Maybe because she's an idiot who even he doesn't trust to do a simple thing?

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

This is by far the most important issue since the response to 9/11, I think Sarah Palin, Rudy, Mitt and the crowd can cover campagining until a solution is resolved.

No, they can't apparently since his campaign is suspended.

[Donkey®]

Originally Posted by Stylerod

Wow, Democrats are freaking about this. Looks like McCain is doing the right thing.

Because that's what counts in your world.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Stylerod

Wow, Democrats are freaking about this. Looks like McCain is doing the right thing.

I am just surprised they trust Dodd and Reid to do the right thing.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

We're talking about going to Washington to discuss an issue and make a vote....then attending a debate. He's supposed to be trained to multitask. He's supposed to be the best man for the job. He's supposed to have all this fucking experience and he can only do one thing at a time? Michael Phelps could have also focused on a single event and kept it "easy" for himself...but he didn't. I expect people that claim they're ready to be the President of the United States to have the ability to multitask. You can't just drop everything else going on in the world in order to handle a single event. What's he going to do during a hurricane? Shut down the Federal Government until the hurricane passes?

so you are ok with only 1 day of debate before passing a 700 billion dollar bail out? Now I get why democrats agreed to the Patriot Act without actually reading it.

This even is much more important than a debate.

No, they can't apparently since his campaign is suspended.

When an event is large enough, like this is then 100% of focus is necessary.

[Donkey®]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

so you are ok with only 1 day of debate before passing a 700 billion dollar bail out? Now I get why democrats agreed to the Patriot Act without actually reading it.

This even is much more important than a debate.

The financial crisis will not be solved this week or even next month. I don't think it will be solved this year. Should we cancel the election? This is a meaningless political ploy to make it look like he's done something. He's done nothing...nor can HE do anything. It takes the entire Congress to do it. He either votes yes or no. You can't just stop the universe because something is broken. It has revealed TWO more weaknesses of McCain. Inability to delegate and inability to multitask.

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

When an event is large enough, like this is then 100% of focus is necessary.

So if Russia invaded Poland tomorrow we drop fixing the economy for beating the Russians?

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

The financial crisis will not be solved this week or even next month. I don't think it will be solved this year. Should we cancel the election? This is a meaningless political ploy to make it look like he's done something. He's done nothing...nor can HE do anything. It takes the entire Congress to do it. He either votes yes or no. You can't just stop the universe because something is broken. It has revealed TWO more weaknesses of McCain. Inability to delegate and inability to multitask.

so you are saying that McCain has no power in Congress? Because I can point to real life examples where that is not true.

So if Russia invaded Poland tomorrow we drop fixing the economy for beating the Russians?

that would depend on the situation.

[Donkey®]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

so you are saying that McCain has no power in Congress? Because I can point to real life examples where that is not true.

Which is why people told him to stay away? He was also the one calling them to try and get himself involved.

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

that would depend on the situation.

Are you expected to do more than one thing in your job? I certainly am and I believe most people are. If we weren't able to multitask, we'd be fired. McCain should be held to AT LEAST that standard. He's pathetic and this failed attempt to revive his campaign is just another example of it.

[kinggovernor]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

Which is why people told him to stay away? He was also the one calling them to try and get himself involved.

yea we should really listening to Harry Reid

Are you expected to do more than one thing in your job? I certainly am and I believe most people are. If we weren't able to multitask, we'd be fired. McCain should be held to AT LEAST that standard. He's pathetic and this failed attempt to revive his campaign is just another example of it.

you are misunderstanding the weight of the current situation but I have stated it several times. I could repeat it again but you would just disagree, so whatever, we will let the American people decide.

[Scrum]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

yea we should really listening to Harry Reid

Yeah, fuck that whole "Majority Leader" nonsense.

[Scrum]

Former Republican congressman Mickey Edwards on the subject.

http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/M...D0F456116.html

Oh, brother. What idiot came up with this stunt?



It ranks somewhere on the stupidity scale between plain silly and numbingly desperate. McCain and Obama are both members of the senate and they're both able to help craft a solution if they wish to do so without putting the presidential campaign on hold; after all, I’m sure congressional leaders would be willing to accept their calls if they have some important insights to impart. And while one of them will eventually become president, neither one is president yet, nor is either one a member of the congressional leadership; I’m confident that somehow the administration and the other 533 members of congress will be able to muddle through without tapping into the superior wisdom and intellect of their nominees. Sorry, john; it really sounds like you're afraid to debate. This sounds like the sort of ploy we used to use in junior high school elections.

[IminWonderland]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

again McCain shows why he is a leader.

and Obama is just a politician.

They should both focusing on finding the best solution to our current problem, rather than running around the battleground states.

[IminWonderland]

Originally Posted by kinggovernor

have you heard your boss say this while the company is making the most important decision in several years? They are the leaders of their party, they should control the cookie jar, not Harry Reid.



so why did both McCain and Obama take President's Bush invitation to join a bipartisan group about this

Weak.


We all know that what is best for this country is for us to keep going out of this nightmare.

Your candidate is afraid of Obama. If he were winning, he would want Obama to show up on Friday.

But he isn't winning anymore.

Quite the opportunist candidate you have there, I wonder what kind of opportunities he's going to exploit in office?

[IminWonderland]

John McCain Cancels Letterman Appearance, Keith Olbermann Fills

Yeah....Even standing up Lettermen for Couric?

weak.

[DosEquis]

Originally Posted by IminWonderland

John McCain Cancels Letterman Appearance, Keith Olbermann Fills

Yeah....Even standing up Lettermen for Couric?

weak.

That was one of the more entertaining episodes of Letterman I've seen. He shit on McCain for a good 30 minutes.

"oh shit i gotta bail for DC, big emergency...but i'll stop for katie"

[C4Casey]

Originally Posted by Donkey®

So if Russia invaded Poland tomorrow we drop fixing the economy for beating the Russians?

Um...yeah...because if Russia invaded Poland that would mean WWIII.

[HughRuss]

Originally Posted by C4Casey

Um...yeah...because if Russia invaded Poland that would mean WWIII.

Economy be damned.
America be damned.
Iraq be damned.
Afghanistan be damned.
Voting be damned.

Fuck it all, grab your guns and dip, we gots us a world to defend.