McCain: Obama 'Missing In Action' on Econ Plan; Can't Wait for his 'Paralysis' to be Over

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McCain: Obama 'Missing In Action' on Econ Plan; Can't Wait for his 'Paralysis' to be Over

September 22, 2008 7:35 PM

ABC News' Bret Hovell and Imtiyaz Delawala report: At a rally in Media, PA, Monday evening, John McCain accused Barack Obama of being “missing in action” on plans for a bailout of the financial sector, and said that Obama is paralyzed on the issue.

“My friends, Senator Obama has declined to put forth a plan of his own. I’m not surprised,” McCain said to a chorus of boos from the McCain friendly crowd.

“One week after this crisis began, Senator Obama has still not offered any plan of any kind. The time of crisis when leadership is needed, Senator Obama has been MIA my friends, that means missing in action.”

These lines are thematically not new - McCain has been saying for a few days that Obama's has not put out a plan to address the economic crisis. But the way he said it at Monday's rally - using words like MIA and paralyzed - was new.

McCain told the crowd that Barack Obama voted “present” in the Illinois state senate “nearly a hundred and thirty times on difficult issues,” and reminded Obama that “you don’t get to vote present,” when you’re president of the United States.

Then this line about acting quickly to fix the problems on Wall Street: “And the truth is we don’t have time to wait for Senator Obama to recover from his paralysis in the face of this crisis.”

McCain was joined by his running mate, Sarah Palin, at the rally, on the steps of the Delaware County (PA) courthouse.

For her part, Palin gave a standard introduction of her running mate, and called for the “treasury deal” to be transparent and have details available online.

“We want to do the same thing in DC,” Palin said. “John wants to do the same thing with the treasury deal. We believe that the American people have the right to know which firms the treasury is helping and what that selection is based on and how much that help will cost you.”

“It's your money and you do have a right to know where it's going,” she said.

At the end of her remarks, Palin told McCain that she had a surprise for him, and introduced Paul Teutul, whose cable show “American Choppers” features souped up motorcycles.

Teutul rode a chopper on stage to present to McCain, and said how proud he was to be there.

September 22, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (65)

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Has anyone heard anything from Obama that actually has details? I mean real details and not ambiguous ideas that are designed for voters who cannot fathom complexity!

Posted by: dl | Sep 22, 2008 8:25:41 PM

I laugh when I think of a Chicago community organizer. Really funny!

Posted by: dl | Sep 22, 2008 8:27:12 PM

LEADERSHIP DEMANDS: DECISIVENSS, COMMITMENT & FLEXIBILITY..............In this DIRE economic situation and this presidential election, Obama shows he has none of these qualties. His "wait & see" attitude in face of the dire economic situation underline his INDECISIVENESS. His abandoment of 3 battlefields (the last one being North Dakota) illustrates his NON-COMMITMENT (aka DEFEATISM). As for flexibility...well...he has it but only if it serves his own agenda like his "flexibility" on the campaign fumd raising. But that's not flexibility, THAT'S FLIP-FLOPPING BECAUSE IT ONLY SERVES HIS OWN GOODS.

Posted by: ablanche08 | Sep 22, 2008 8:28:13 PM

Sareena Jones: If a terrorist group attacks Ameriac, at least Obama will get back at them and not someone else.

You know, Obama understand who are Shias and who are Sunnies. He does understand the difference between Afghanis and Iraqis.

Most importantly, he will NEVER send our troops, and will never risk their valuable lives for a MISTAKE.

Posted by: Barzia | Sep 22, 2008 8:29:04 PM

>> Has anyone heard anything from Obama that actually has details?

Yes to the most possible details ever, on the campaign website, and his blueprint.

Posted by: Barzia | Sep 22, 2008 8:31:23 PM

how many reports and plans does obama have to come up with, just because they dont read them doesnt mean they dont exist

obama had a detailed plan up months ago, and then on day that AIG failed he had up a more detailed plan in light of the crisis.

then a few days later released another six point plan

i mean john mccain must be having seizures because he was the one who was paralyzed, he was the one who flipped flopped his way through every single day of last week... it took him two days to realize there was even a crisis

he comes up with a plan almost 6 days later and says no one else did anything, and that he was calm and ready to lead

LOL

i mean, do they think every voter in america is blind or osmething, or cna easily confuse obama and mccain and who did what

its pathetic this mccain camp...

i mean what kind of administration would they run if they are already just completely flat out lying and twisting events and words and facts to whatever kind of message they want to display

i saw this same kind of tactics somewhere else

oh yea, in 2000 and 2004

bush/cheney/rove

only now its

mcworse/palin/roves protege

Posted by: bhrandon | Sep 22, 2008 8:34:15 PM

Obama freezes Decision time. Its paralysis of his neuron cells. There is short circuit somewhere underneath which leads all the way to his head. the neurons in a heat.

McCain/Palin 08

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Posted by: WillNotBeFooledByObamaNATION | Sep 22, 2008 8:37:30 PM

The comments coming out of the McCain camp are truely comical.. so now he seems to be insinuating that, instead of giving this huge financial mess that has some of the greatest financial powers scratching their heads on a bit of thought and consideration, that he should instead be like him, and come up with a hastily thrown together plan based on a knee-jerk reaction, maybe abrubtly change positions and fire a few people, regardless of it being unconstitutional or not. Thanks John, but no thanks..

Posted by: Concerned American | Sep 22, 2008 8:42:26 PM

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Posted by: Concerned American | Sep 22, 2008 8:50:09 PM

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Looks like you have been fooled.. but it wasn't by Obama!

Posted by: Truthbetold | Sep 22, 2008 8:55:36 PM

McCains comments are just trying to divert the fact that he already put his foot in his mouth, and he's hoping nobody noticed. Unfortunately, we have and he isn't fooling anybody.. only showing what he is really made of. His actions are just more of what we have had to put up with under Bush, and it will be a refreshing change to be rid of that kind of an administration once Obama/Biden get elected.

Posted by: SisterMary | Sep 22, 2008 9:04:40 PM

Obama can't make any decisions in a timely manner as he has 300 advisors. He would be THE MOST ADVISOR DRIVEN PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME...I don't want my tax dollars going to this bozo and his triple the Secret Service posse.
Give me a leader without having to check with his puppet masters....SENATOR JOHN SYDNEY McCAIN and NOT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!

Posted by: Emma | Sep 22, 2008 9:26:01 PM

Obviously, it was easier for McCain to put together his plan rapidly...

It's not hard to make a rubber stamp, is it?

Posted by: Mark Kraft | Sep 22, 2008 9:33:38 PM

The media should get away from this
financial stuff, and focus on the important issues. McCain wears sunglasses. Obama does not wear sunglasses. I am certain that McCain has several pair of sunglasses. Who do you trust to make the big decisions. Sunglasses, or no sunglasses. Obama openly defies the sun. McClain is weak and hides. WAKE UP PEOPLE!

Posted by: Mike from Texas | Sep 22, 2008 9:36:18 PM

Posted by: Mike from Texas | Sep 22, 2008 9:36:20 PM

And in reply to the post about McCain's earmark's doublespeak, here you go...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#26843901

McCain's earmarks stand is all a phony veneer... political posturing.

Posted by: Mark Kraft | Sep 22, 2008 9:37:45 PM

Obama freezes Decision time. Its paralysis of his neuron cells. There is short circuit somewhere underneath which leads all the way to his head. the neurons in a heat.

McCain/Palin 08

Posted by: vic
********************************************* that's funny, you guys just repeat whatever a politician or pundit tells you.

Do you ever consider verifying for yourself or you don't really care if it is true or not? Is there some reason you like carrying water for a politician?

Posted by: Truth Matters | Sep 22, 2008 9:46:25 PM

Why no headline with the Democratic Tennessee Senator Mike Kernell and his son David, who is tied to the Obama campaign and he is being subpoenaed for hacking into Gov. Palin's email. This is in the news....can you cover this?

Posted by: Emma | Sep 22, 2008 9:51:55 PM

mcain seems to be loosing and succuming to obamaphobia if nor obamamanics,we need a clear plan for america and its people

Posted by: boit.alex | Sep 22, 2008 10:14:02 PM

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