Reid Disses McCain's Plan to Come to DC: 'Trying to Divert Attention From His Failing Campaign'

Mannawell, Obama hasn't been in the Senate long enough to have voted against or for regulation. And for the time he was there, he voted present. Oh, and because he now says he's always been for regulation, we're expected to believe him? Come on.. I wasn't born yesterday, bud. The guy has no conviction. Never has and never will. He's like a feather caught in the wind. Never knows where the wind will take him next.

There may be no lower snake in America than Reid. The man is traitorous. Who in their right mind would even bother quoting the idiot that said the war was lost.

Brooklyn, do you have a problem with a "free maket" system? Sounds like you do, bud. A word of advise, keep your socialistic tendencies out of Washington. Socialism in this country is not going to work. You're forgetting that people of the old establishment, those 38 and up, who know about the cold war, witnessed the Iranian hostage crisis, and who got to vote in the '88 presidential race far out number the ideologues who are now promoting socialism. I can't believe that the Democratic party has been hijacked by the radical left. The party that once represented the underdog has become the platform of Marxism. Folks, as yourselves this. Why is Obama pandering to the young? He is pandering to the young because they don't know anything about crisis. They are the easiest ones to draw in because like most people who have just graduated from High School and College, they're idealists. Now, there is nothing wrong with being an idealist so as long as you know where your heart is. Now to counter my argument, some of you will simply ask how in hell I know this. I know this because I was there. I was an idealist, ready to change the world. Oh, I've changed the world alright. I do what I can. I just don't force radical change on people. You adapt and learn other people's ways. Then, you engage them in dialogue. What Obama is doing folks is simply taking a train that is going 120 miles an hour and pulling the breaks. Folks, this country, like a train moving at that speed, will face a derailment of historic proportions. Change is inevitable, no doubt. But the change Obama is proposing is too much at one time. Socialism in our United States will never work. The founding fathers of this great nation of ours made sure of it. Don't ask how they knew. They just knew. Our Declaration of Independence, our constitution, the very government who is now supposed to work for the people, was founded on "free market" principles. You socialists will have to destroy the very piece of paper that gives you your right to think the way you do. Now, that isn't going to jive. No, sir! Not without a fight. Patriots who honor and hold the constitution dear to their hearts will rise to the occasion and will spill their blood before seeing this nation destroyed by people like you.

I don’t have any problem in characterizing McCain .He is a Republican!
According to his own campaign, Republicans are corrupt and incompetent.
Obviously he has inside information!.

Mike,

I feel you sincerely. And so that we are clear, I am not playing politics with my comments.

I agree that all hands need to be on deck to get us out of the woods.

But I vehemently oppose any act by either of the Candidates to inject Politics into this bailout process.

The two Candidates are going to approach the problem with excessive caution because neither of them would want to give the other, ammunition to use against him.

Caution? Yes! we need Caution. But excessive caution is what we don't have the time for.

They have put themselves forward to serve in the highest office of the Land, they should concentrate on telling us what they intend to offer us in the next four years.

And what platform will be open and accessible to all and sundry to hear there programmes? The debates.

Questions relating to the Domestic Economy would be asked and the Candidates would have the opportunity to make us feel their pulse.

McCain and Obama's presence on Capitol Hill will be an unnecessary distraction.

The "Great Deregulator" has moved from the "fundamentals of the economy are strong" to full blown panic mode in just ten days...with plenty of contortions and flip flops in between. Now he's going to go back to Washington and straighten out the mess that he and the other "free market ideologues" helped make.

This is not leadership...it's stuntmanship of the most banal and cynical type. McCain seems intent on proving George Will correct. He lacks the judgment and temperament to be President. He's also giving the us the impression that he's unable to walk and chew gum at the same time.

Given that the administration and the Senate and House Committees seem to be working this through with intelligence and remarkable speed, McCain's return to the Senate has more to do with shifting the conversation away from his record as an economic "deregulator,"
Rick Davis' $15,000 monthly gifts from Freddie Mac, and his running mate's inability to provide Couric with more than one example of McCain voting to strengthen regulation.

Wonder if he intends to push himself into photo-ops with Frank, Dodd, Bernanke and Paulsen once they've worked out a deal?

Harry apparently can't remember that less than 24 hours early he was whining on ABC news for McCain's help with the Republicans. And that he wanted to know what McCain was going to do. I guess he has his answer. He wants to see that Americans are represented. And no bailing out the auto manufacturers. They have had all of the US handouts they deserve. ENOUGH.

What people perceive to be an advantage to Obama in these recent days of economic turmoil is really that he’s unequivocally shown better ability to understand, judge, and manage the situation better than John McCain. First McCain says that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” on a day where the world is shown that is anything but the truth. After acknowledging later that the economy is “at great risk,” he then declares that no financial institution should be rescue from turmoil no way, now how, well maybe…ok, sure. He says the problem is greed but, “I’m a fundamental deregulator.” With so many convolutions in between half-cocked calls for the firing of the FEC (Federal Election Committee=not involved) and the SEC, the American people don’t know if John McCain is talking about football or the economy. I don’t think McCain knows either.

At the same time Barak Obama , who has supported efficient regulation and enforcing the laws we have already, exercised good judgment in waiting until all the facts were out instead of jumping to hasty conclusions and declaring rash courses of actions. He remained straightforward about the dangers in the economy, staying cool and optimistic, and receptive to ideas. When Paulson came out with his $700B no-accountability demand, Obama rebuffed it and set the framework of principles for Paulson to work within. Obama understands that as distasteful as this rescue is to everyone, except Wall Street, it is likely necessary to prevent the greatest economic depression the U.S. has ever been through. To be fair, McCain’s and Obama’s framework principles are very similar, though McCain’s are slightly more populist and irrational given the circumstances. Both candidates, both parties realize when a crisis is so significant, that they need to sit down at the roundtable to do work for the American people. It’s too bad John McCain is the last one home.

Dare and Emily, if I hired you and paid you $160,000 a year to do your job; you had better do your job. You pull stunts like not showing up for work, you get fired. It is as simple as that. Senators should be held to the same job ethic standards that we the American people live with. If you feel like giving your hard earned money away, go ahead and donate to charity because it will do a lot of good there instead. These representatives and senators are milking the system. Remember, we hired them to do our business. The problem at hand is too big for just a few to be involved. This is an all hands on deck situation that requires all senators, not just some. No senator should be left out. We should all demand they all be held to account, Democrats and Republicans. And lastly, I don't know about you, but I sure in $%# would like to get my money's worth. After all, we're their freaking boss. Boy, what a concept, eh? Oh, and Obama, simply voting present will not jive, bro. You need to get your skinny $$%# to Washington to do the job I'm paying you for.

Why is it that making an appearance on Letterman is so important? Its an entertainment program. An interview with Katie Couric is news.

You have not been paying attention if you do not realize that every senator now plays to the camera. Just watch them on the senate floor once in a while. All of them make fools of themselves from time to time.

If McCain doesn't agree with the current bailout, should he not go and offer his position on what should be done?

Obama's plan again is to wait and see what developes, see what is generally acceptable and then take a position. Then later he can craft a speech and deliver it in his inspirational fashion. Any more when I hear Obama speak, I hear a religious style preacher.

Reid is a JERK!

He has said many times "I can't stand John McCain".

He states "I don't what to do" when asked about this crisis"

He states one day "that John McCain has to get involved".

When McCain calls to get involved he says "stay away".

How did Nevada ever let this guy get elected...and how did the Senate Democrats ever decide that he should be the Senate leader?

Mike from Texas,

I wonder who the Opportunist is in this instance?

A McCain that has not voted on any resolution since April or the McCain who sees this as an opportunity to play Politics with human lifes?

What will the presence of the Candidate on Capitol Hill do?

McCain has already issued a Press statement that he is not supporting the bailout.

Their presence will only throw spanners into the works. It would only be politics as usual.

Each of them would only be playing for the Camera, so we don't need them there.

They should go on with the debates on Friday where they can tell all Americans how they intend to solve the hydra-headed problems.

Reid, is indeed a political opportunist. It is just unbelievable how the Democrats are behaving in this situation. It is simply an outrage that one senator, Reid, is telling another colleague of his, McCain, not to show up to work. These #$%#$ need to understand that they've got the people's business to conduct. How stupid do they think the American public is? Reid and a good lot of these %%$^ senators are just foaming at the very mouth that they now have a chance to control people's lives. These $#%^ ought to get fired. We're finding out what good life long politicians do to our country. I mean the audacity of these individuals. I hope we revisit term limits soon because a lot of them have got to go, Republican and Democrats alike. The sovereign people of the United States must demand these changes. Talk about Washington being disconnected. Boy, are they disconnected. America, wake up! It is time to demand term limits for these individuals. And it is also time to re-visit the line item veto. It is time to challenge the establishment. It is time to take back our beloved country. I'm hoping the FBI probe into the four financial institutions we're bailing out finds fraud and criminal intent that leads all the way to our congress. Some of these senators and representatives deserve to be made examples of; and like any ordinary citizen who breaks the law, they ought to pay the price.

John Kantor,

It appears that you are the one that is the ignorant here.

The WH is trying to do the same arm-twisting it employed to get the Patriot Act passed. The same arm-twisting that got us into the Iraq quagmire. The same arm-twisting that got the Economy messed up.

Do you expect the American People to give a carte blanche to George Bush to spend $700billion of Tax Payers money without regulation and supervision?

You can as well suspend Ben Bernanke and sack Treasury Sec Paulson and then open the Vaults of the Federal Reserves for him and spend as he wishes.

The heavens will not fall if the Legislators take their time to look at this proposal before handing over the future of Americans yet unborn into the hands of the President.

Why a direct bailout, if I may ask? Why not Loan guarantee as it was done to revamp Chrysler from Bankruptcy in 1978.

McCain is not a member of the Banking Committee and may not even be admitted into their deliberations.

McCain and Obama will only bring Politics, grandstanding and playing to the gallery into the deliberation to impress the American public if they join the debates on the floor of the House.

That is a distraction we can not afford at this time.

If I may also inform you, as Historians have rightly pointed out, the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II did not prompt the suspension of Campaigns.

The Debate!
Sen. McCain let’s talk about the stupid war on Iraq .Thousands of brave Americans dead and injured. Let’s talk about the deregulation of the market and for consequence the collapsed economy. Lets talk of the billions dollars gifted to the oil companies resulting on today price of petrol. * My friends that was Obama fault*.
Senator McCain you are missing the point .What makes a President is the right Judgment. Be cool like cucumber in time of crisis. Not have 7 houses 13 cars or family business hundred million dollars worth. Do not have the temper to pick a fight but the temper to fight every day make the life of the community around you better.* My friends that was Obana job.*.
Sen. you said the fundamentals of the economy are strong. What do you talking about? About the Cindy McCain business? Or about the Wall Street mess?
I don’t know that’s Obama fault to! John McCain is desperate to be President his campaign the most sleazy and shamefully ever!

Jonnie Macaroni! Obama is nice guy but his not stupid. Neither the voters.
Be careful ,because your little political game will backfire!

Reid's comments show both just what a sick political opportunist he is - and how little the Democrats understand about our economy. If this bill doesn't pass there will be a global Depression within six months.

Why was the response from the McCain campaign to Reid's flip-flop removed from this article?

This is a problem for Obama because i see mac is getting his closing arguement together he is going back to DC to get his GOP rank and file together for what is going to be what i predict the ugliest attack mode we are going to witness if youre a democrat the best is in DC if you leave there all americans are tired of the crap nobody legislates anymore and the GOP take their cues from the party standard bearer, dems on the hill dont even do what Obama tells them to do, he couldnt be a "whip" in our party because who is afraid of him. GOP has always ran the better operation, it doesnt matter who it is but dems are good at running campaigns but not governing

I am glad so many people can see through McCain's smoke screen and bag of tricks.

We need to situate all these stunts with his reckless ambition to become the President even if he has to say anything to get there.

Senator McCain is 72 years old. This is his last chance at having a shot at the Presidency. If this opportunity slips, I don't see a 76 year Old McCain coming back to ask for his Party nomination in 2012.

Put yourselves in his shoes. Assuming you have the last chance at doing a thing that has been your life-long ambition, wouldn't you do anything, just anything to achieve it?

McCain is not asking for the suspension of the debates for himself, but for Gov. Palin who is still being tutored on Domestic and Foreign affairs.

She has spent all her life in Wasilla. That has been her own little world where she has reigned supreme. Whe she doesn't have to know what is happening in the rest of the 49 States not to talk of whatever is their problems in Canada.

Just ponder and put yourself in her shoes. Little knowledge of the Country and virtually non existent knowledge of the World.

It is all panic and it is all a game at the expense of Americans who are presently hurting and who more than ever before, are looking up to Leadership to show direction.

If you are fooled by McCain's stunts, then you are a ...... (I leave you to fill the dotted lines yourselves