From:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-and-bushs-kabuki-theatre-mccain.html

Thursday, September 25, 2008
McCain and Bush's Kabuki Theatre: McCain Contacts Bush To Set Up Meeting To Prop Up His "Suspension"

Now we know why McCain hired the Bush contingent.

It emerged in the White House briefing today that McCain called Bush and asked him to initiate a meeting today at 4 pm at the White House, putatively for him to "deal with" the crisis.

That is, McCain asked Bush to help him create an avoidant trifecta: To try ti\o lend some credence to McCain's desperate assertion that a suspension of his campaign is necessary, in effect avoiding a debate in which he would face critical questions about his stance on the economy; attempting to co opt the financial crisis thereby trying to put an end to his plummeting in the polls created by his flailing positions on the economy--perhaps best reflected by his statement days ago that the "fundamentals of the economy are strong"; and, while avoiding his own debate, also buying more time for Sarah Palin after her embarrassing photo op at the UN yesterday, by moving her debate forward as well.

Here's how it happened, according to Q and A at the WHB:

McCain emailed Bush asking for the 4 P.M. meeting. Now, one reasonably might ask, why is today such a necessity for McCain, if his interest is solely the national good?

Because it is before the debate. McCain hopes to stage a meeting at the White House, thereby, with Bush's cooperation, lending plausibility to his claim to need to suspend his campaign. Then, if Republicans, in their own electoral interest, can be persuaded to come to agreement after the meeting, and before the debate, he would claim--in an act of utter stage management--to have "resolved" the crisis. Thereby hoping to take the heat off on his past careening stances and sliding polls and staunch the bleeding on the polls--before the debate.

This is Kabuki Theatre masquerading as substance--no different than what we saw at the U.N. yesterday.

It is utterly stage managed, utterly cynical, and utterly unrelated to the substantive deliberation necessary to actually resolve these matters on the merits and for our nation's future, rather than for short-term and desperate political advantage.

These occurrences are equally important for what they indicate about McCain's governing style as they are for their impact upon democratic process: impulsive acts that rely on drama and theatrical posture rather than substantive reasoning and long-term deliberation; a strong willingness to sacrifice substantive reasoning, deliberative process, and even prior structures and agreements to immediate political need; an attempt to reach outcomes through last minute stage management rather than substantive argument.

These should create deep concern for anyone who wishes for a change in governmental process from the past eight years.

We have an economy, rather than a campaign, to rescue. Putting nation before politics means putting all attempts to resolve it before political attempts to co opt it--and to move towards one's commitments, rather than towards a more immediate and short-term salvation.

Cite:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-and-bushs-kabuki-theatre-mccain.html

I am forever Thankful of John Stewart for exposing Karl Rove!

It was great to watch Tony Blair on this show the other day, and Bill Clinton a couple of days ago...

Seriously, if more Republicans watched his show we'd have a united America.

WELL SERIOUSLY!!

“In light of the collapse of Fannie and Freddie, both John McCain and Barack Obama now criticize the risk-tolerant regulatory regime that produced the current crisis. But Sen. McCain’s criticisms are at least credible, since he has been pointing to systemic risks in the mortgage market and trying to do something about them for years.
In contrast, Sen. Obama’s conversion as a financial reformer marks a reversal from his actions in previous years, when he did nothing to disturb the status quo….All the Republicans on the Committee supported the bill, and all the Democrats voted against it. Mr. McCain endorsed the legislation in a speech on the Senate floor. Mr. Obama, like all other Democrats, remained silent….If the Democrats had let the 2005 legislation come to a vote, the huge growth in the sub prime and Alt-A loan portfolios of Fannie and Freddie could not have occurred, and the scale of the financial meltdown would have been substantially less. The same politicians who today decry the lack of intervention to stop excess risk taking in 2005-2006 were the ones who blocked the only legislative effort that could have stopped it.

I'm so buying this issue, and I never read that magazine (disinterest, not hate).

However, I think it should be noted that when the "media elites" start sounding like tinfoi-hat Libertarians, the Powers-That-Be should be very wary of the rest of us. That goes for both sides of aisle. BOTH parties let us all down, hugely. Just seeing those idiots on the Banking Committee blab on and on about their political ideologies, instead of just ASKING Bernanke the right questions infuriated me.

I'm so furious that Thomas Paine is showing up in my dreams, and I'm half tempted to vote for that gold-standardizing fruitbat Ron Paul.

Tuesday night's Daily Show joke went something like "George will never be ranked as the best President, but if he tries really hard, he could be the Last".

I didn't laugh. Because it's just too damn close for comfort.

lmfao...look at Colbert's facial expression...dude, that has me rollin...

HP Biston

are you a ________.

Mccain fought for the deregulation ...the same deregulation ...when the s&L crisis happened

what did he do?

he didn't stop fighting for the deregulation

he focused on his personal campaign contributions he received so he would not be seen as under the influence of the money...

the guy whose wife owns 7 homes.

He continued to fight for his buddies pushing for that deregulation.

which lost us that first trillion dollar bail out

then he lost us a trillion with Bush on Iraq.

Now his entire "first squad" and himself loses another trillion as they fight for that same deregulation

How many freakin trillions does this guy have to be involved in losing us before we throw the bums OUT!

Frankly, I'm kinda bored watching Stewart and Colbert dry hump Obama's leg for the past two years.

Here we go again with the silly stuff, it want matter if the economy go down the tubes.

McCain's best days are behind him.

That is BEAUTIFUL. Too, too good. See? *That's* what "satire" looks like!

Colbert and Stewart keep us sane.

How much Bank scandel actually follows McCain? Well, He was investigated and largely exonerated in a political influence scandal of the 1980s as a member of the 'Keating Five'. His connection to Rick Davis, who imbezzeled money from Fannie Mae, as early as last Month. And was one of his sons, who was a bank auditor, mysteriously left his job , two months before going bankrupt.
I have a question, about any other organizations, he may be a part of.

Americans may be curious to know which one. I suggest transparency be implemented. At least that is McCains platform. It still is, Right?

And guess what, about Todd Palin?
:)
Of course, Sarah could not join. But she could speak at a group meeting. She's a Female. Only Men join this group. Women join the OTHER ONE. :)

Who wants the answers?
Who is waiting for the book, to come out?

It's time someone exposed Stewart and
Colbert for what they are, Left Wing
political hitmen!
What they call humor is nothing more
than a daily attack on Republicans and
specifically President Bush, John
McCain and Sarah Palin!
It is not done in a comedic way either!
It is nasty and vicious!
They have a constitutional right to
free speech but they should each be
required to state before each program that they are members of Barack Obama's
campaign!

Colbert and Stewart remind me of the smarmy, nasty little wimps in junior high who used to hang out with the janitor.

Stewart and Colbert are so passe. You saw the real deal with the writers strike. It wasn't pretty ... or funny. That's when I stopped watching. They are just like Bush and Obama with their speechwriters and teleprompters. Nothing's real anymore.

Wall Street lobbyists donate MORE MONEY to OBAMA than any other politician IN HISTORY . . . Colbert and Stewart are stone cold silent.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lobbyists donate MORE MONEY to OBAMA than any other politician IN HISTORY second only to Chris Dodd . . . and Colbert and Stewart are stone cold silent.

Democrats REPEATEDLY block GOP legislation to regulate Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae . . . and Colbert and Stewart are stone cold silent.

Democrat Senators receive absurdly favorable loan deals from Countrywide . . . and Colbert and Stewart are stone cold silent.

Colbert and Stewart are shameless fellatio artists for the Democrat Party.

So, is Bush telling Obama, McCain must win this campaign? Does Bush want a third term, that bad? Is an old promise going to be kept? Do you have a Mac computer? How about a color filter? Do you know how to read between the lines? Ever read Plato-'The Cave'?
Life can be pretty interesting, when you understand 'vision'. More to come later.

...and now they make a lot of money making people react...who were you in junior high? Curious...

How much Bank scandel actually follows McCain? Well, He was investigated and largely exonerated in a political influence scandal of the 1980s as a member of the 'Keating Five'. His connection to Rick Davis, who imbezzeled money from Fannie Mae, as early as last Month. And was one of his sons, who was a bank auditor, mysteriously left his job , two months before going bankrupt.
I have a question, about any other organizations, he may be a part of.

Americans may be curious to know which one. I suggest transparency be implemented. At least that is McCains platform. It still is, Right?

And guess what, about Todd Palin?
:)
Of course, Sarah could not join. But she could speak at a group meeting. She's a Female. Only Men join this group. Women join the OTHER ONE. :)

Who wants the answers?
Who is waiting for the book, to come out?

Refreshingly honest!

I knew it! Jon Stewart is a Muslim and and Stephen Colbert is a terrorist! There is a picture to prove it!!! ;-)

Brad, perhaps you haven't been watching the either the Daily show or Colbert the last week.

Colbert trashed the bailout of AIG asking why "We're going to give $85 billion to somebody who couldn't run a business". Check out Tuesday Night "Word" Segment.

Stewart's been railing on the whole bailout, referring to Bush abandoning the Invisible Hand to the Hand of Lenin.

They haven't focused on individuals for this crisis - they haven't even mentioned McCain - they are too busy raging against the entire financial system.

They are far more scared of an Omnipotent Paulson, more than some silly Democrat/Republican candidate. After all, they won't have any power once this bill gets passed.

I'm Independent, and I find the rage expressed in this article to be deeply satisfying. If only for the fact it's actually being heard. All Congress has been doing is putting the REST of US into their voicemail!!!!