By the end of the day the corrupt media will surely blame John Mc Cain for the fact 96 democratic house members voted NO for this bill.

My question is this. Why bother even have elections if the media is hell bent on rigging the outcome anyway ?

i oppose a bailout at the middle class' expense. we have heard doom and gloom scenarios from this administration since iraq. and i don't buy em anymore. the market will correct itself and those who made poor choices will be penalized, period. that is free enterprise.

Here is the deal... are their seats SAFE come election time?

Among 38 incumbent congressmen in races rated as "toss-up" or "lean" by Swing State Project, just 8 voted for the bailout as opposed to 30 against

um, 2/3 of Dems voted for it, 2/3 of reps voted against it, McCain is the leader of their party, and was already claiming credit for having brought the thing together. Country first indeed.

Republicans need to do their share and get 12 more House members.

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AS much as this bailout package makes me ill, I see it as a necessary evil. We have no choice. Otherwise, I see a depression coming our way....I'm stocking up.

the media is not rigging anything. Let's calm down and remember that a Republican, Bush, has been sitting in the WH for 8 years! Re-elected, I might add, after starting a widely unpopular war! So, if the media has a true liberal bias, I'm sure they could have ensured a Kerry victory. This has nothing to do with the media. It has to do with the sheer incompetence of the GOP, Bush and now McCain. Nobody put a gun to his head and asked him to declare that he was going to troop to DC. Nobody asked him to march back to Ole Miss for the debate. He could have skipped it if he wanted to. Nobody forced him to pick Palin. If she can't answer the Alaska/Russia question for the 3rd consecutive time, that's the fault of the "liberal" media?! C'mon. Sometimes we need to get our head out of the sand and get a clearer look at what's happening in the world.

McCain and his campaign are a team of the most prolific liars in modern political history... and it appears they are spinning out of control!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why is there no television coverage of the protests in the streets?

The banksters and the complicit politicians are losing their grip because the people don't believe their lies anymore.

Let the uber rich bail themselves out. The rest of us will need to take care of each other because it is very clear that nobody else will.

... A sweet ‘bailout’ alternative. A plan all Americans would be proud of.

Assumptions:
Financial bust is NOT caused by Democrats and/or Republicans – but is systemic and has been evolving for decades.
Today’s poor financial conditions are symptoms of a failed system (only) and has fueled a never ending and escalating cycle of consumerism and indebtedness among a majority of Americans. Not good.
Fixing a broken system is the only ‘real’ solution while ‘bailing’ out or creating more debt will simply broaden the pain in the short and long term – not to mention devalue the already declining dollar.

Based on these assumptions, the mere suggestion of what follows will stun the planet and awake Americans in ways no one has ever experienced. Invest in the American people. A conjured up political solution in Congress will never work.

7 Point Rescue, Security & Freedom Proposal
1. Emergency and immediate troop redeployment to the homeland - bare minimum skeletal staff to remain in sensitive zones
2. Ensure all Veteran benefits are in place and fully operational to support troops and families
3. Red alert spending freeze all federal non-essentials
4. Invest in new grid system to deliver wind and solar energy from the heartland to all points east and west to be fully installed in 6 years
5. Invest in new transportation systems to include natural gas, hybrid mass transit systems and automobiles with a goal to phase out ALL combustion engines in 8 years.
6. Abolish the Federal Reserve - Federal government to assume responsibility to maintain and create currency. Consider value based currency such as the GOLD standard.
7. Abolish the IRS and federal income taxes to allow the ingenuity of Americans to meet ALL said objectives.

Thanks for listening.

pelosi, Obama and Dean have spent years
throwing Propaganda around to "Blame Bush" Blame the Government" for everything, even as they moved forward on destorying the nation.

If Pelosi and the Democratic/chicago machine want to take over the government and business and industry they will have to work at it, and not have it handed to them.

Reality will hit and they will pass something.

Fact of the matter is they will not want to face the public when they are out of work and in 4 weeks a lot will be out of work if there isn't a BIll.

They will be able to say I voted against it, but the economy trumped my concern, etc.

I believe Paulson was right, the consequences of not passing a bill and passing it quickly is worse by far than just passing the bill. No one really wants to do it, but it is clear that not only the U.S. market, but markets overseas are responding to this financial problem. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi should learn to keep her mouth shut. There was a basic agreement to put aside partisanship and do what was in the interests of the country. She apparently did not get that memo. Just could not wait to point the finger at the Republicans. From my recollection, the Democrats are the ones that instructed Fannie Mae to put 50% of its mortages in the low-income to low-middle income group, a group as a whole who could not otherwise qualify for a new home with NOTHING down. There are other underlying causes, so there is plenty of blame to go around. What really stands out in voters minds right now is the extremely low approval rating of the Congress, now controlled by the Democrats. That approval rating is lower than that by far than President Bush. Congress, in the House vote did nothing to disprove or improve the approval rating. It is well-deserved, for Republicans AND Democrats. Please get off your gluteus maximi and do the republic's business, please.

McCain and his campaign are a team of the most prolific liars in modern political history... and it appears they are spinning out of control!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Libratine

where have youe been?..is this your first campaign?

i'm confused..earlier in the week liberals were complaining about Bush's plan for 700 billion and bailing them out...using tax payers money , etc...now they are blaming REPS for not passing it..what the H E L L do you people really want?..do you know?

Don't any of you use your brain? President Bush inherited a mess left over from Bill Clinton, who was a colossal disgrace to our presidency. His administration reaped the benefits of President Ronald Reagan's efforts. As for the war, are you idiots not remembering the attack on September 11th?!? It was unprovoked and the retaliation was UNANIMOUSLY voted YES!!!And don't forget--President Bush has been fighting a liberal Democratic Congress at every turn.

As for the McCain/Palin ticket - God Bless them both! They are our only hope. When America becomes so gullible that they believe the rehearsed lines from Obama and whats-his-name we are in a sad sad state.

Carol ..well said..

Add a provision that eliminates golden parachutes for the execs of failed and failing companies (not just tax them) and the bailout will pass.

@ infoseeking

I think the Republicans wrote the book on rigging the outcome of elections. You all must be running scared, all the old tactics are comming out. Blame the media, if the media was liberal, Bush and Co. would be in jail

@ infoseeking

I think the Republicans wrote the book on rigging the outcome of elections. You all must be running scared, all the old tactics are comming out. Blame the media, if the media was liberal, Bush and Co. would be in jail