McCain on financial bailout: ‘Just like Iraq, I’m not afraid to go it alone.’
McCain on financial bailout: ‘Just like Iraq, I’m not afraid to go it alone.’
Today, the Washington Post reveals more details about what happened during the White House meeting on Thursday between President Bush and top lawmakers. Despite indicating that his presence was pivotal in Washington for these bailout negotiations, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said almost nothing during the meeting with Bush:
Bush turned to McCain, who joked, “The longer I am around here, the more I respect seniority.” McCain then turned to Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to speak first.
Boehner was blunt. The plan Paulson laid out would not win the support of the vast majority of House Republicans. It had been improved on the edges, with an oversight board and caps on the compensation of participating executives. But it had to be changed at the core. He did not mention the insurance alternative, but Democrats did. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, pressed Boehner hard, asking him if he really intended to scrap the deal and start again.
No, Boehner replied, he just wanted his members to have a voice. Obama then jumped in to turn the question on his rival: “What do you think of the [insurance] plan, John?” he asked repeatedly. McCain did not answer.
McCain reportedly told his Senate colleages: “Just like Iraq, I’m not afraid to go it alone if I need to.”
It depends on whether you guys get fooled or not and write that [bleep]. ... Before McCain came in, we thought we were working. McCain comes in, it gets screwed up, now McCain leaves -- I dunno, it's like Jimmy Piersall.
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McCain is McToast.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:15 pmwhy is he even there, ‘the Fundamentals of the economy are strong.”
McIdiot
September 27th, 2008 at 4:16 pmHe should have used the same approach for the debated…just sit in silence.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:17 pmErr….debate
September 27th, 2008 at 4:18 pmWhat a goddamn grandstanding phony McDepends truly is ………….
He isn’t even qualified to balance his own family’s check-book , which is pretty substantial in relative terms , but pales in comparison to the entire US economy.
Someone should slap him upside his dilapidated skull…….
September 27th, 2008 at 4:23 pm“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain
September 27th, 2008 at 4:24 pmFear
September 27th, 2008 at 4:28 pmis all they’ve got
Pugilistic Little Johnny McNumbNuts was trying to play “rope-a-dope”. Should be easy for him since he is just basically road-kill.
I spoke with a friend who is very “inside baseball” where Congress is concerned and deals with representatives and senators on almost a daily basis. He confirmed what I have always thought. McNumbNuts has only two friends in Washington — Graham and Lieberman. The rest of the bunch detest him because he is profane, dismissive, condescending and insulting (as long as there are no cameras or journalists around).
We don’t need four more years of that, either.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:31 pmMcImpotent
September 27th, 2008 at 4:32 pm“What do you think of the [insurance] plan, John?” he asked repeatedly. McCain did not answer.
What a f ucking jerk.
John McCain: Rated 0% by the American Presidential Association
September 27th, 2008 at 4:34 pmAfter admitting repeatedly and publicly that he does not understand economics (demonstrating it, too), why would anyone expect McCain to have an opinion on Paulson’s plan, much less read it?
September 27th, 2008 at 4:35 pmAnd I’ll bet McCain never ONCE even looked at Obama. Insecure little prig.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:38 pmHi my name is John McCain. Remember me? I mooned for rebuttal.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:39 pmI swear to God, I’ve spent so much of this election season banging my head against the wall over crap like this, I’ve given myself brain damage.
But at least I can run for Vice President now, doncha know?
September 27th, 2008 at 4:43 pmMcCain is cheesedick.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:43 pmAnd he wouldn’t look anyone in the eye while he refused to answer. Sounds like the terrible twos.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:47 pmIs silence still golden? Or maybe that reference in the debate about McDepends asking if Obama wondered if he thought he hadn’t heard him was a reference to the meeting?
September 27th, 2008 at 4:50 pmI think it would of been funny had John said “In What Respect, Barack?”
September 27th, 2008 at 4:54 pmOld Man Johnnie parachuted in, torpedoed a tentative agreement on the bailout of Wall Street and then slipped away. Mission accomplished.
Yer doin’ a heck of a job, Johnnie…
September 27th, 2008 at 4:57 pmObama then jumped in to turn the question on his rival: “What do you think of the [insurance] plan, John?” he asked repeatedly. McCain did not answer.
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Chris Matthews (yes, Tweety) repeatedly made the point that McCain never once looked at Obama during the debate, even though, ostensibly, the format wasto be interactive.
The information above seems to confirm that McCain hates Obama so intensely that he doesn’t have the decency to respond to him.
Or he’s just stupid.
Either way, McCain is one sick bastard. His behavior has been so erratic he’s so hot-tempered that there’s no way in hell he should become the President.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:59 pmJohnny McBombIran suggested last night that a “spending freeze” is in order , save military funding , Vet’s issues , and entitlement programs ; how about a spending freeze on you moronic politicians until you all start doing a semi-credible job representing your constituents like you’re supposed to , instead of your own personal interest(s) ………?
September 27th, 2008 at 5:00 pmSomeone needs to tell Grampy to replace the batteries in his hearing aid
September 27th, 2008 at 5:02 pmWhat a spoiled 13-year-old — won’t look at you, won’t respond to your questions, sticks the knife in your back at every opportunity.
Says Karl Rove: “Grasshoppah, you have learned well.”
September 27th, 2008 at 5:04 pmoops…the link
http://www.truthout.org/article/mccain-and-pow-cover-up
September 27th, 2008 at 5:05 pmOT More info that needs to come out about McStain…
September 27th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Most people when they know they are lying can’t look others in the eye directly
September 27th, 2008 at 5:07 pmsatirev Says:
Let’s make it “Keating Five Week” here at TP!
Now, now, you know you can only bring up history if it contains the letters P.O. and W.
Otherwise, as McCain tried to point out last night in ignoring his rush to attack Iraq, history is irrelevant.
September 27th, 2008 at 5:16 pmMcCain on financial bailout: ‘Just like Iraq, I’m not afraid to go it alone.’
– - What, is Cindy gonna cut a check?
September 27th, 2008 at 5:35 pmsatirev Says:
My pleasure…anything to put his sh it in the street.
September 27th, 2008 at 5:39 pm“Left Coast Mike Says:
oops…the link
http://www.truthout.org/ article/ mccain-and-pow-cover-up”
WOW! I JUST READ THAT WHOLE LINK. MCCAIN IS AN EVEN BIGGER SCUMBUCKET THAN I COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
WORSER AND WORSER
September 27th, 2008 at 5:41 pmI honestly think McCain wouldn’t look at Obama because he was trying to control his temper. Even then, he almost lost it toward the end. Two other things (among many) that struck me was his almost obsessive focus on Iraq, but he also tied it into Vietnam….the war I think he’s still fighting in his own mind. I found it very strange. Of course, we knew he would, at some point, bring up the POW meme, but it’s not true that they were ALL brought back, and there’s plenty of stories around about his classified information, as well as old videos of the hearings and other testimony at the time.
September 27th, 2008 at 5:55 pmSo McCain suspends his campaign, and the very next morning one of his ads runs on the local CBS station.
Next, McCain swoops into Washington on a white horse to give the impression that he, and only he, can save the bailout deal.
And then J. Mc. suggests that instead he’s going to bail on the debate.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Miss Katie gives Sweet Sarah the chance to clarify on national TV the “I’m neighbors with Russia so I have foreign policy experience” fiasco, but instead confirms that indeed Alaska and Russia are geographically located next to one another.
Folks, it just don’t get any better than this.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:29 pmThe comparison of McSwine to Jimmy Piersall is interesting. Piersall was a 1950s and 60s baseball player. He was “crazy”(hospitalized as mentally ill) and not a team player. He is most famous for running around the bases backwards. Crazy, not a team player and running backwards – that seems to sum up McSwine pretty well.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:42 pmI will NOT be sending in ANY taxes if this bullshit bailout becomes law. Let’s see how they work without revenue.
OBAMA NEEDS TO OPPOSE THIS BAILOUT BULLSHIT!!!
OBAMA NEEDS TO OPPOSE THIS BAILOUT BULLSHIT!!!
OBAMA NEEDS TO OPPOSE THIS BAILOUT BULLSHIT!!!
OBAMA NEEDS TO OPPOSE THIS BAILOUT BULLSHIT!!!
OBAMA NEEDS TO OPPOSE THIS BAILOUT BULLSHIT!!!
OBAMA NEEDS TO OPPOSE THIS BAILOUT BULLSHIT!!!
Listen to John Amato speak with Naomi Klein (Shock Doctrine) about the BULLSHIT that is the BAILOUT.
September 27th, 2008 at 6:55 pmhttp://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Download/33194/1/Naomi-Klein-John-Amato092508a.mp3
Barney Frank says mccain is bipolar……nail on head. Thanks to Barney for saying it.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:12 pmHe’s going it alone all right. He’s the only one in Congress who hasn’t even read either of the proposals.
What a fool and what a tool.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:53 pm“What do you think of the [insurance] plan, John?” he asked repeatedly. McCain did not answer.
what did he do? … just sit there and blink?
i think mcCONTEMPT really does have a problem… hell, many problems…
too numerous and obvious…
but he is out-manned, that’s for sure.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:00 pmMcCain reportedly told his Senate colleages: “Just like Iraq, I’m not afraid to go it alone if I need to.”
go WHERE with it??? he passed it to boner and chinless…
September 27th, 2008 at 8:04 pmVene, Vide, PhuckedUpe
September 27th, 2008 at 8:07 pmyeow, zooey @9…
OUCH!
but, i think we are on the same track… heh.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:07 pmIsn’t it obvious that McIIIrd doesn’t know shit about any of this stuff? His handlers give him the bank/corporate/wall street lobbyist talking points and he isn’t quite sure where to interject them. Pathetic.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:08 pmbogtrotters Says:
Chris Matthews (yes, Tweety) repeatedly made the point that McCain never once looked at Obama during the debate, even though, ostensibly, the format wasto be interactive.
The information above seems to confirm that McCain hates Obama so intensely that he doesn’t have the decency to respond to him.
I’m not sure that McCain hates Obama. I think its more that he is scared of him and jealous of his popularity. He sure did come off as a condescending jerk last night. I couldn’t even watch the whole debate. I turned it off in the middle of the foreign policy part. I wanted to jump through the TV and slap that smirk off his face.
September 27th, 2008 at 8:25 pmBilbo Hussein Baggins Says: …
I’m not sure that McCain hates Obama. I think its more that he is scared of him and jealous of his popularity. …
i agree. terribly insecure, and so, contemptuous…
i had to switch to bill maher at 10… had enough b.s. for a while… turned back to rachel for the late-latest, then out…
it’s weird, what should be elation for the rising status of obama, is more of a queezy, how-bad-will-it-be? feeling…
i can’t say any more, can’t put the words down…
September 27th, 2008 at 8:58 pm…
“Just like Iraq, I’m not afraid to going it alone.”
So John, I here you’re a real Maverick, is that so?
SEN. McCAIN: No. No. The fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush
September 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pmIf “by going it alone” he’s inferring he’ll let others do all the heavy lifting (and take credit for it), then by all means McCain is “going it alone.”
Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
September 28th, 2008 at 9:39 pm