McCain and His Campaign Blame Obama and Democrats for Bailout Bill's Death, McCain Says Now Is Not the Time to Affix Blame

Didn't he say:

"Now is not the time to FIX the blame..."

not

"affix"?

He might have meant something else than you would assume had he said, "affix"

"Anyways, Pelosi attacked Bush's failed economic policies. She could have blamed the Republican controlled 107th, 108th and 109th Congresses ..."

Right, and she could have blamed "everyone should have a home" policies. She could have blamed approval of the mixing of banking/investment companies. She could have blamed congressmembers who protected Fannie/Freddie. She could have blamed all congressmembers for not listening to analysts who - in the past 2 yrs - were warning of imminent problems in financial markets.

And yet she didn't. She cherry-picked the partisan points.

Show me where Republicans are pointing to any of the above en masse as contributing factors?

jenny:

you seem to have a certain specific action on your mind

Jenny: I'm really tired and I have to work tomorrow, but right now I'm laughing my rear end off. I hope your posts get left on. Please don't delete her posts.

The Real American Bob:

how very republican, a few quotes completely out of context to justify nonsense.... well done

So in other words, because a little woman said a few harsh words about them, they screwed the bill and their leader, Dubya, to spite her?

If they can't get along with woman, why'd they hook up with Palin?

Jenny Did McCain vote for the G.I. Bill?
No Apart from saying fire Rumsfeld[just as he said fire Chris Cox SEC Chairman]while Obama was the first to raise the body armor issue Walter reed medical centre again Obama took the lead where for instance a soldiers who had lost a limb in the protecting this country was asked to pay for services as well for prosthetics lastly McCain's great experience can lead to our soldiers getting killed along the border with Pakistan his adopted daughter history his wife's work in Kosovo Bosnia Bangladesh Republicans love blaming someone else but they cant get the job done.

Those of you who are voting for Obama will be the same ones voting against him in 2012. Just like the idiots who voted for Bush. Yep some of you are Obama supporters. I thought so.

Obama - The DNC version of George Bush.

I'd think McCain is referring to the dems (most recently Pelosi in the well) trying to put all the blame for the current crisis (not the vote) in the laps of the Republicans.

Dems up and down the party line - including Obama - have been spending a lot of time talking about how the current crisis is the result of failed Republican policies. Watch/read and speech/discussion about the crisis and the proposed bill. Surprisingly, Rep party leaders have spent little press time talking about CRA, Clinton's support for the GLB, etc. They've been talking about how to make the "bailout" program better.

Yes, reps favor fewer regulations on business. But, it was reps who tried to strengthen oversight of FM/FM. Yes, reps can sometimes favor Wall St over Main St -- but today's outroar shows why -- protect the financial market, and to a large extent you do protect Main St. No, there was no push among Reps for greater regulation as mortgage/credit issues surfaces --- but were there any leading Democrats talking about imposing balance requirements, limiting CDO or CDS packages, etc?

From Dreams of My Father: 'I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn't speak to my own. It was into my father's image, the black man, son of Africa , that I'd packed all the attributes I sought in myself , the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.'

God forbid someone emulates Mandela.

From the very beginning, McCain has injected election-year politics in this bail-out. Now he wags his fingers at the Democrats for acting partisan?

Anyways, Pelosi attacked Bush's failed economic policies. She could have blamed the Republican controlled 107th, 108th and 109th Congresses which blindly supported Bush's cut-taxes-and-spend policies against their own instincts, but she didn't. The Republicans should be blaming Bush's policies too, since government has grown even larger under his control. Of course, they would then have to admit that they were wrong in the first place, when they supported him from 2001 to 2007.

RL in Illinois

Everybody at the meeting confirm the story. Obama participated in the meeting, McCain didn't till the end and when he did the House Republicans blew up. Every credible news organization has reported this.

MM - "When the Republicans propose a better plan then the bailout? maybe I consider it ..."

- add insurance element rather than buyout
- change mark-to-market
- keep the bankruptcy rules as is without allowing writedown on the primary/1st mortgage

all recommended by the Republicans.

Jenny

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MM 1:23:28 and you were there? Wasn't it really because Obama just "took over" and nobody could get a word in edgewise and in the end HE blew up because he didn't get his way? It would be real tough sitting there listening to a gas bag who doesn't know what he's talking about. Darned polite, I'd say.

MM, McCain has proven that he serves his country by his years of public service which is a lot more than the 141 days that Obama served in office. The respect that McCain is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.

What respect? He sat on his but in congress for 26 years. Doing absolutely positively nothing.

Amen Jenny

MM, McCain has proven that he serves his country by his years of public service which is a lot more than the 141 days that Obama served in office. The respect that McCain is given around the world is not because of a teleprompter speech designed to appeal to American critics abroad but because of decades of clearly demonstrated character and statesmanship.

When the Republicans propose a better plan then the bailout? maybe I consider it but now they just don't want to pay the POLITCAL PRICE for deregulation which is passing a bailout. "Which they are all oppose to."

dump

McCain wants to double down on George Bush's failed idea's....

Obama is no george bush get a clue!

Obama will be the next POTUS!

get real Republicans messed the economy up and Dems will fix it under Obama!