Can we just postpone the election too? Without debates, I will not have enough information to vote!

THROW IN THE TOWEL, JOHN.

Give me a break!

If McCain and Palin havent had enough coaching to debate by now, they shouldnt even be running for office.

Stop pretending Friday's debate (on or off) will affect the economic bail out. John McCain is the last person who will be sought for advice about fixing the economy.

Either it's April Fools Day or McCain needs to can the boneheaded advisor who either proposed all of this in the first place or who didn't talk him out of the idea if it was his own.

McCAIN HAS A BAIL-OUT PLAN, ALRIGHT!!!

BAIL-OUT OF THE DEBATES.

JOHN: DONCHA KNOW?

YA CAN'T WIN IF YA DON'T PLAY!!!

McCAIN/PALIN:

NOT READY.

So this is the real reason why McCain is going to all this trouble. Failin' isn't ready and he wants to cancel the VP debate.

What a chickens!!! They are totally lost. They can't face the American people without talking/offering solutions for our biggest problem, THE ECONOMY STUPID!!!! Are these the same people who are "applying" for the highest office in the land? What a joke :-)

for the first time this dem is embarrassed of being a dem, and for the first time am so polarized that i have started to distrust and dislike all blacks

for the first time this dem is embarrassed of being a dem, and for the first time am so polarized that i have started to distrust and dislike all blacks

no. there is no need to postpone the debates just so Palin/McCain can get more cramming in for their final exams - they never attended class, anyway, so it wouldn't do a lot of good now.

Let's just change the election day, too. And how about Christmas? Wouldn't it be nicer in January when we have the after Christmas sales?

keep trying McCain...Palin's gonna have to face Biden someday, and you're gonna have to face Barack.

Coward McCain and flailing Palin: a match made in a Disney movie.

obama's arrogance has turned me into a black hater

ron, somehow I doubt that you're either a democrat in the first place or ever trusted blacks in the second.

This is such a horrible political stunt.
All of a sudden John McCain is so sensitive that he would postone the Presidential debate until Oct 2....Oh wait! The day unnprepared Sarah Palin is to debate Joe Biden? How thoughtful of John McCain...remember the slogan,"Country First" (especially when it's time to dodge any questions)
When will Ms. Palin have her debate? How about Nov.5

I hope that Senator Obama goes to MS as planned and has a great nationally televised interview with Jim Lehrer- on the economy, and shows the country who has the guts to speak and act like a leader rather than a wimp like McCain. Onwards and forwards, leave ole 'say some crazy crap every day' McCain behind. McCain is unstable, and everyone knows it.

I can't believe this! All the time and money people spent in Mississippi to put on this debate. Not to mention the locals that prepared for this and then they are discounted. The economy in Mississippi is really awful. If McCain really cared for the people, he would do the debate and look presidential. By not doing the debate, he looks weak and confused. He wants to politicize the debates and he's having his VP doing the same. All Washington needs is his vote. What is he going to do there but sit around and talk about this. He wants free TV time if its televised. He is so transparent. People aren't that dumb we see through this.

Can Ed McMahon be contracted to go to Oxford and yell "Where's Johnny" if McCain doesn't show. They are trying to give Palin more time now too. Maybe she can go back and speak to the investigators in Alaska.

WE THE PEOPLE!!!! The American people deserve to know what their government is going to do with their money. It is time for our "leaders" to grow a "pair" and face us, our fury, and take the heat for the mess they have done. Don't hide cowards. Don't treat me like a child. This reminds me of my husband and I telling our kids to put their shoes on and come with us, without telling them where we're going. I am not a little girl and the government is NOT my father. It is: WE THE PEOPLE. We are the "bosses," no the other way around.

McCain/Palin: Not ready to face the American people, but ready to lead?

hey ron,

You're no democrat, you're a racist - why don't you f_u_c_k off back to whatever red rock you crawled out from, and take your yellow candidates with you.

Either they are idiots or think the American people are.
They are the laughing stock of the planet that Sarah Palin thinks is only 6000 years old.

This from Politico,com:
The McCain campaign's new urgency about the financial crisis didn't entirely clear his schedule this morning.

My colleague Amie Parnes reports that he made it to his scheduled morning meeting with Lady Lynn de Rothschild, a Clinton backer who recently came out in support of him.

All while Obama was waiting by the phone for a returned call.

this forum will not allow free speech. anything uttered critical but honest against obama is rejected. middle america is tired of that crap

McCain is scared to death to let Palin open her mouth. Why? He knows- and he doesn't want us to find out. She's clueless, that's why. We'll find out eventually. She can't do photo-ops forever. McCain should stop being sexist and cut her loose.

Mccain is known for his ability to forge bi-partisan work. Honestly, if the bail-out bill is not passed by the Senate, it could be a 1000 point drop in DOW on Monday. Only McCain can help the dems and repubs work together. It would be impossible for him to be immersed in the deliberation on senate floor and then debate Obama at the same time in Mississippi. Mccain is the real leader we need.

you yankees laugh at smalltown people and southerners but you will lose this election and this lifelong democrat and liberal has seen the ugly side of intolerant obamites.

McCain UNSTABLE

Palin UNABLE

What a dynamic Duo.

I was voting for McCain, but he is no maverick. What a stunt this all is.

AND he wants to push back the VP debate so his big dumb VP choice can have more time to prepare too.

This is like when Clinton sent Pelosi that threatening letter.... you don't rule the world McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

jazk. ur an intolerant radical. this country will reject you and your racist friends --

McCAIN SHOWS HIS TRUE COLORS:

YELLOW

YELLOW

AND YELLOW.

SHAME ON JOHN McCAIN.

SHAME ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

AMERICA DESERVES BETTER.

OBAMA = LEADER

McCAIN = COWARD

What the crap does that mean, Ron?

Pardon me, but the "bail-out bill" consists of $700Billions of OUR MONEY, my friend. Do I deserve that my "leaders" tell me, in my face, why I am supposed to give them MY MONEY? YES I DO, my friend. Indeed, not only I deserve it, I DEMAND IT, my friend!!!

Just like an old Ford Maverick McCain has burst into flames after being struck from behind by the Straight Talk Express as it speed away from his new vehicle the Snow Job Express.

and with the anger he has created in the white community, if he wins, how long do you think before some crazy takes him out? you cant create this kind of heat and not get fire in a country w radicals on the right and left. you sow what you reap. God help us all.

What is McCain using for brains?

McCain aspires to be the leader of our nation. I think one qualification for the job is to be able to respond quickly, when decisions need to be made and the American people need to be informed. A lot of voters haven't made up their minds, and Friday night is a good time for the candidates to make their positions clear.

By seeking to delay the debate, McCain is once again raising questions in the minds of many voters that he is not prepared to debate Obama and that he simply doesn't have the smarts and the character to do the job.

McCain is not ready to debate!
Palin is not ready to debate!

McCain/Palin should throw in the towel since they are already trying to squirrel their way out of talking to the American public!

McCain you should be ashame!!!!

Ron.....
The KKK meeting is beginning without you

LOL WOW McCain is a trip. Just get in your private jet fly to Washington if you feel the need. Then fly to Mississippi and when you are done with the 1 to 2 hr debate fly back to Washington. There you’re done. (Shakes head) I thought he said economy was not his strength any way. Just us technology like video conferences, email…, oh I for got you are not technology inclined.

i would vote for colin powell even though he is a republican and im a dem. i will not vote for someone who is supported only because of his race. that is racism and you, sir, are a racist.

ron get a grip after your first post no one is reading any more of your trash.

Who has put country first?

Obama called McCain this morning to invite him to issue a joint statement meant to put pressure on the government to come up with a better bailout plan for the country. Politically, this would be a stupid move for Obama --- he is now ahead in the polls and in public perceptions of economic leadership so he really didn't need to cast McCain as his equal on economic issues. But he put country first and give McCain a call. He waited hours before McCain got back and indicated his agreement. During the several hours he was waiting for McCain's response, he didn't go public with his joint statement suggestion. He was obviously sincere about putting politics aside and solving the grave financial crisis.

What did McCain do? He got extended a "country first" branch and, instead of taking it to show unity, sincerity and seriousness, he went public with an announcement unilaterally suspending his campaign and pushing for postponement of the debate, all in the name of national interests. With this gimmick, he showed once again all he cares about is political gains.

Shame on you, John McCain!

SO NOW WE KNOW. . . .McCain's NOT ready, and for sure PALIN'S NOT READY !
The only way to DELAY the inevitable, is to come up with a reason. . .and like everything else the GOP does, why not use this serious Economic crisis, to do just that !!!! This is beyond believeable. . . Pathetic !!!! And McCain wants to be POTUS ???? Obama is supposed to be the apprentice. . .not experienced. . .confused. . .whatever!!
Looks to me like McCain's heading in the wrong direction, and certainly NOT LOOKING PRESIDENTIAL !!!! Palin/Biden can debate on Friday. . .that's what VP's are supposed to do. . .step in when needed !!!! Oh wait, she's not ready !!!! Outrageous.

McCain as a maverick means he lacks the brand of being a leader and arguably the brains to be one too. This stunt will not fool the American people.

SNOW JOB EXPRESS has pull away from the debate site with McCain & Palin running for cover.

If McCain can't debate this Friday, why doesn't Palin stand in for him?

Let's do the Vice Presidential debate this Friday. After all, a VP should be ready, at a moment's notice, to assume the responsibilities of the Prez.

ron - you're on the wrong website.

Try www.KuKluxKlan.com.

You're also in the WRONG COUNTRY, and in the WRONG CENTURY.

THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE YEAR IS 2008.

WE DON'T LIKE YOUR KIND AROUND HERE.

John McCain is dropping in the polls like the tickers on Wall Street. If McShame truely had felt this way he would have requested everything stop on Monday - not three days later. But guess what John, you can't ask the workd to stop so you can get your bearings! His wealthy buddies are panicking and his solution is to go the Washington so he can escape the debate and campaigning since he and Palin are sinking like stones. However let me be clear that world leaders find Palin beautiful (without much substance) but because of that and her two days of meeting them that she has foreign experience now.
Bono canceled because the GOP let camera's into the meeting (for 29 seconds) and he would not be able to express his true views about her and this stunt.
Now is the TIME for the debate -especially since it will show the people of America exactly how the POTUS would be handling this crisis. If McShame won't come then he is not worthy of leading this country because the real issues won't happen in line in a one,two,three fashion. Country fiorst - bull$h!t. He has only one thing first and that is he thinks he deserves to the POTUS - and in his mind he can justify his lies!
Washington does not need McShame and Obama there to get in the way and make this issue a Photo Op - like Obama said he can do this work form anywhere.

RON:

I just read your comments.

You are a stupid, ignorant person!

God help you!

From "I don't know as much about the economy as I should," to "They need me. I'm the savior. Just don't have time to debate."

Please. There's either a tactical reason for doing this, or they know they're going to get their asses kicked and need extra time to cram. Palin won't even be exchanging much with Biden with the 'new' format designed to give them less time to answer a question (she can't really speak to an issue for more than 90 seconds straight). Why does she need more time - she should have plenty of time to memorize a bunch of 90 second responses to questions they expect will be asked.

My jaw will forever be on the floor if this election is even close.

1944, 1864, 1932 - candidates managed to have campaign and stand for election during some pretty dire times. Nice try McCain (and get studying Palin).

ron ron ron
if you dislike all blacks then how you going to live in the world. shame shame shame shame on you to say such a thing. i am sad there is a person like you living on this earch.

Gee what is more important a debate or stopping the next Great Depression? Obamabots are you really so uneducated that you do not know the real answer? You honestly think a debate (especially after obama had his butt handed to him after the last one) is more important than this most important piece of legislation?

Meet the IDIOTS!
McCain/Palin

McCain has really jumped the shark.

The guy that just last week said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong is now the only person who can save us from economic disaster? Please. The fact is that 98% of the negotiation is already done between Republicans and Democrats on the bill, and has no need for McCain to swoop in and do anything. Especially when he, by his own admission, doesn't have any personal expertise on the economy in the first place. Its hamfisted grandstanding.

GRRRRR! OK this is too much. First bump the pres debates now this!!!!! Give me a fukk!n break!

Ron. . . Obama's arrogance didn't turn you 'into' a Black hater. . .you are one already !!! He's just bringing out what you are. . . don't blame others for your own hatred. . . . and I suppose you're a Christian too.

McCain= Not ready to debate. Palin=Not ready to debate, not ready to hold a press conference, not ready to have another interview and not ready to answer any questions.

Any question on who is NOT READY TO LEAD?

from south louisiana, i am liberal, french and catholic. the kkk hates jews, blacks and catholics...i have never seen a klansman and in this area they were never welcomed. we fought racism at every turn in this unique area of the south--to oppose obama does not make one a racist; to vote for him simply cause he is black does not make one enlightened...

steve not to worry Palin is planning on talking in Tounges as if she were at home in her Church. You won't know what she says nor will anyone else.

first they won't let her take questions from ANYONE, now they don't want her to debate on the day scheducled. McCain if you want to move the debate why not do it on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th why pick a day that the VP are plaing on debating.

If McShame cannot multitask enough to debate Obama he clearly cannot handle the job of president which involves juggling a handful of serious problems at once.

and Ron, you are the most vile scum to ever post on this board. Take your cowardly racist statements and shove-em up you a$$ which seems to be where they originate anyway.

Shouldnt a president be able to multi-task? Handle more than one crisis at a time? This is a political stunt by a man desperate because his poll numbers are slipping. Again McCain is not "Country First" its "McCain First". Sarah "quick study" Palin isnt learning fast enough, got to postpone the debates. The republican party thinks Americans are stupid. How insulting

Ron

nobody is going to force you to vote for whomever you dont want.

and nobody is going to force you to hide your rascist instincts.

come on now. that hate you speak about comes from within. from you/your ilk.

nobody forces you to feel the way you want. you want to feel it that way.

and why? does not surprise me. so go on and make our day. go vote for the moose.

Chattyway: you're a paid McCain blogger. I thought he was suspending his campaign.

What are doing here?

McCAIN IS A COWARD.

JUST THROW IN THE TOWEL, JOHN.

HAVE SOME DIGNITY!

Hey Ron,

I live in middle America and I don't want a racist tool like you speaking for anyone out here.

Biden Dropping Out? Rumor Thrives on Internet
by Judson Berger
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
It’s almost certainly just a case of the telephone game gone high-tech, but there’s an Internet rumor surging through inboxes and discussion boards that Joe Biden will drop out as Barack Obama’s running mate after his Oct. 2 debate with Sarah Palin — and that he’ll be replaced by Hillary Clinton on the Democratic presidential ticket.

The story line goes as follows: John McCain’s selection of Palin has generated so much interest in the Republican ticket that Obama needs to make a radical move to regain momentum. So in the days after the vice presidential candidates debate in Missouri, Biden will bow out, citing “health problems” (Biden underwent surgery in 1988 to repair two brain aneurysms). Enter Clinton.

Furthermore, the story goes, any damage the gaffe-prone Biden does during the debate will be erased by his abrupt exit.

It sounds like a job for Fight the Smears, the Web site the Obama campaign set up to quash damaging Internet rumors. But Fight the Smears hasn’t touched this one, perhaps out of fear that it would only further a wild rumor. The Obama campaign has not commented on it, other than to say that Biden’s medical records will be released soon.

Snopes.com, a site devoted to picking apart online rumors and urban legends, has labeled the status of the claim “undetermined.” Several online discussion boards have been loaded up with denials.

Biden has caused a few hiccups for the Obama campaign. On Monday, he had to issue a clarification after he called one of his own campaign ads “terrible” in an interview with CBS News. He also faced a rebuke from Obama after he spoke out against the government bailout of American International Group last week before Obama was ready to take a position.

On Tuesday, he said that President Franklin Roosevelt had gone on television in 1929 to discuss the Wall Street crash (Herbert Hoover was president in 1929 and the TV hadn’t been invented yet).

At one point, he even said Hillary Clinton might have been a better pick for Obama’s No. 2.

The Republican National Committee has gleefully set up a Biden “gaffe clock” to monitor his rhetorical flubs on the campaign trail.

Nonetheless, Democratic supporters dismiss outright any speculation that he might be dropped from the ticket.

“It’s crazy. … It’s just not gonna happen,” Democratic strategist Bob Beckel said.

Dropping Biden from the ticket would be a throwback to George McGovern’s shocker in 1972, when he replaced running mate Thomas Eagleton after it was learned that Eagleton had undergone electro-shock therapy for depression.

McGovern lost to President Nixon in a landslide, suggesting that seventh-inning lineup changes are not the best strategy for presidential candidates who want to shake things up.

Speaking hypothetically, Beckel said that, if it were to happen, the Democratic National Committee could feasibly call a mini-convention of sorts to confirm a new running mate. He also said “it would be so disruptive” that it would make no sense for Obama to pursue such a change.

Deadlines have passed in some states to send absentee ballots to military personnel and civilian voters overseas — meaning they would have received a ballot already with Biden (and Palin) on their parties’ tickets.

“I doubt it,” said Christopher Hull, presidential scholar and adjunct government professor at Georgetown University, when told of the Biden rumor. “Joe Biden is not that big a liability. Joe Biden was arguably the most experienced candidate in the [Democratic primary] race.”

“Joe Biden, of course, has shot off his mouth and gotten himself in trouble,” he added. “It’s Joe Biden we’re talking about.”

Though Obama lost ground in the polls after McCain tapped Palin to be his running mate, he has recently regained some of that footing. The FOX News Opinion Dynamics Poll on Wednesday gave Obama a 6-point lead, and a Washington Post-ABC News poll put his lead at 9 points. The Gallup daily tracking poll gave the Democrat a 3-point lead.

Hull said he would understand the desire to put Clinton on the ticket if Obama were persistently trailing in the polls.

A recent Associated Press-Yahoo News poll showed former Clinton backers are still reluctant to support Obama. The survey showed just 58 percent of them back him - unchanged since a similar poll in June.

But Hull said he doesn’t sense panic in the Obama ranks.

“I don’t think the Obama campaign was panicking even when the rest of the Democrats were panicking,” he said.

Obama, meanwhile, is standing by his man.

“Joe Biden is also an outstanding public servant and I am very proud of the choice that I made,” he told NBC’s “Today Show” in an interview that aired Tuesday. He said he’s a “great admirer of Senator Clinton’s” and he hopes she remains a “close adviser.”

And Biden is dutifully living up to his role as attack dog.

“Time and again, on the most critical national security issues of our time, John McCain’s judgment has simply been wrong,” the Delaware senator said Wednesday in Cincinnati.

BIden has campaigned all over the country for Obama, hitting long-shot states like Montana as well as key battlegrounds like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida and Michigan. He’s largely hitting working-class towns, especially in the Midwest.

Though Snopes.com ruled the validity of the dropout rumor was “undetermined,” the write-up did cast serious doubt on the idea that Obama would dump the Senate veteran who seemed to fill in Obama’s perceived foreign policy gap.

“It’s difficult to definitely prove a negative, but rumors of Biden’s replacement as a VP candidate seem to be nothing more than e-mail chatter at this point,” the site said. “Whatever boost Barack Obama’s campaign might conceivably gain by swapping Joe Biden for Hillary Clinton just a month before the general election might also be more than offset by criticism that such a last-minute switch demonstrated poor decision-making ability and was indicative of a weak and vacillating presidential candidate.”

Can’t you just make me president without an election? Then Sarah and I will be happy to debate.

you yankees are nuts. you dont understand the silent majority who elected nixon, reagan, etc...and you never will. we fight in the military; we are patriotic; and we dont like those who would lord over us. my family has been here since the 1600s. and there are many like me. if obama is not ahead by 7-8 points before the election, he will lose because of people like me. take that to the bank.

How can a "Maverick" act so COWARDLY?
McCain has officially LOST.

RON: You wrote that Obama has created anger in the white community. How has he done this?

chattyway -

McCain up to this point has not done one thing to assist in this legislation except to throw in remarks that were very far off base. His going to Washington is nothing than a poltical stunt to try and buy him time - not to aid in the solution. Perhaps you need to stay informed instead of watching or reading the news once a week.

And ron - you kin in alabama are waiting for you - they said your robes are ready!

obama's arrogance has turned me into a black hater

Posted by: ron | Sep 24, 2008 7:22:21 PM
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Yeah right, Ron. Good for you. If this is what made you hate blacks, you were an invitation looking for a place to happen. Go vote for McCain. We don't need you to win, and we certainly don't want you. See ya...wouldn't wanna be ya....

Who does John McCain think that he's fooling with his "Politics First"? NOT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- THAT'S FOR DAMN CERTAIN!!!

McCain announced he wants to postpone the election until he can get an accurate count of all his houses and cars

And what is the excuse for the VP debate delay?

I agree with the previous posts:
McCain and Palin are simply not ready for the 2 highest offices!!

WE MUST SAVE OUR COUNTRY NOW!!! DO NOT VOTE FOR THESE TWO!! HOW CAN YOU TRUST THEM!!!??!!

i am honest about my feelings. most keep quiet but vote white when it comes down to it and you know it. you just cant face facts...

So this is part of the ploy. To postpone the VP debate and probably to cancel it altogether.

Senator McCaine is incompetent and has been demonstrating it throughout this campaign, He calls his impulsive kneejerk decisions those of a maverick but they are decisions of an indicisive iltempered not very intelligent man whose blind ambition and reckless behaviour is dangerous to put at the helm of a nuclear power.

The press better expose this man before its too late and not only America but the entire world has to suffer the consequences.

LOL. From all dates they chose the same date of the VP debate, so the VP debate can be rescheduled to an 'unspecified date'. This is the smoking gun that proves this postponement is a trick to delay both presidential and VP debates because McCain and Palin are not ready! WAKE UP AMERICA!

wow ron

do you realize you make people supporting Mccain go

"this guy is on our side?!!!"

The fundamentals of the economy are strong. The fundamentals of the economy are strong. The fundamentals of the economy are strong. The fundamentals of the economy are strong. The fundamentals of the economy are strong. The fundamentals of the economy are strong. Pssss McCain ahhh its actually not!!! go ahead and debate because the fundamentals of the economy are strong. LOL!!! He's is clueless.

John McSAME and Palin know nothing about economics (they have said so themselves). They are cowards, debate now (of course the RepubliCONs will have aids as wireless headsets and the lot as Bushie did with advisors speaking into the earpiece telling them what to say)...McSAME and Palin BIG FRAUDS, AND TELL EVEN LARGER LIES!!!
No blank check for WallStreet! and NO
LEGAL OUTS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY! Not falling for the used car salesmen of the Bush Administration!

ron, I'll pray for you.

McSame in Insane.. with these tricks..

Ronny Boy

you kidding me? are you frigging kidding me?

which bank would i take it to when McPalin's de-regulators have already destryed.

oh! that monthly credit line for your farms and small-town shops wont be readily available from now.

why you ask? coz of the McPalin deregulators who have finally succeeded in creating this financial asset bubble.

dont worry, you got things to cling to. dont you?

Another fine POLITCAL STUNT, by the Lying Coward that he is. You are NO HERO, YOU ARE A COWARD!

Just ditch the first debate but don't let lipstick lady off the hook. She needs to debate as planned.
Better yet, let her and Biden go first!!!
And the the "first time black haters"... people are not as stupid as you think. We all know you've worn sheets over your heads for your "community meetings" before!

Why don't either candidates use the term "balanc