A Suspended Presidential Campaign? Yes!
Republican John McCain is suspending his presidential campaign – ostensibly to go and “deal wit” the American financial crisis – and he’s challenging his Democratic opponent Barack Obama to do the same.
Aside from the fact that having two more politicians in Washington is probably the last thing this country needs right now (better to keep them as far away as possible), this is actually a pretty clever political stunt from the McCainiacs … if only it meant that the campaign would actually stop.
Both of these idiots have been knee-jerk pandering on this bailout issue ever since it hit, varying only in rhetoric and infinitesimally small degrees as to how far they want to shove Washington and Wall Street’s shared failure up the collective corn hole of the American taxpayers.
Seriously, why stop with suspending the campaign? Why can’t we suspend the presidency and the whole friggin’ federal government at the same time?
Maybe then American businesses and families could get back to doing what made this country great a long time ago – you know, before middling politicians like Obama and McCain sold us down the river to public employee unions, corporate special interests and all the K Street lobbying whores who represent them.
“Right” or “left,” “left” or “right,” it’s a familiar two-step up in Washington, but as much as these politicians paint themselves with different brushes at the fringes, both of their parties feed on the same two things – divisiveness and your tax dollars. And assuming that either Barack the smooth talker or McCain the straight talker can fix that … to say nothing of what’s ailing our economy, is to make an ass of, well … you know the saying …
Seriously, we’ve had it with both of these clowns and the parties they represent. Somebody better get us a “Serenity by Jan” candle before we start throwing our computer into some furniture.
Comments
By Draven on September 24th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
“Seriously, why stop with suspending the campaign? Why can’t we suspend the presidency and the whole friggin’ federal government at the same time?”
That option should be on a ballot.
By Anonymous. Yes. on September 24th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Make Mayan a ‘Bonfire.’ [SBJ Candle Flavor]
***Borrowing from a theme of a ~good~ Tuneage candidate, Southern Culture on the Skids, “Make Mayan A Hawaiian!” ***
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http://www.last.fm/music/Southern+Culture+on+the+Skids/_/Make+Mayan+a+Hawaiian?autostart
By smart Kid Grant on September 24th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Bob Barr!
By rick on September 24th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
If these two quit, can we run Biden against Palin? Joes a blithering idiot and that gives us a chance at change we can believe in.
By reggie on September 24th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
what ever happened to “laze-fair”?
so what if a company goes bankrupt? some people lose their jobs, a stock is taken out of the NYSE, and maybe a company will go over-seas. what good comes out of this? an open space in the NYSE for a future business to be created, a stock that people will invest in, and our economy goes up.
what McCain is doing right now is a move of (as Diddy would call it) “bitch-assness”. why stop such a historical campaign just because a company went-under. so what if theres a little bit of inflation, more companies go under, and some jobs are lost to over-seas markets.
why cant we drill in Alaska RIGHT NOW. who is stopping us? oil companies from the middle east who are getting richer by the second? last time i checked neither Obama or McCain were against Alaskan drilling. so if we all agree, lets do it.
why dont we stop using political parties and just have a battle royal style election. last man standing wins.
OR could we eliminate ALL parties and just let every canidate run independantly. this would stop political bias (to some degree) and let us get a taste of what the canidates REALLY want to do.
im just sayin….
By reggie on September 24th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
on a separate note, this bull-shit presidential address is just saying “yea, our economy sucks. what do you want me to do about it?”
i’d bet a happy dollar that Mr. Bush could give a rats ass about the economy right now. he probably already has “retirement” plans.
lets face it, like all good sports teams, tv shows, movies, ect. nothing lasts forever. so we can think of America as (sorry will) the Colts, Knight Rider, and Beverly Hills Cops 3. which is the rank side. let the economy die, let us move to Australia with our jobs, and lets stop bitchin about it. roll with the punches and wait for a phenix to arise.
By Red Bank Bar on September 24th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
McSame wants a time-out. He can’t chew gum and walk at the same time so the wrinkly old white dude needs a breather.
They’ve also decided Pig Woman Palin can’t be educated by next Wednesday so they need another break.
Can you smell McSame soil himself while in free-fall?
By rick on September 25th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Maybe I’m wrong, but, McCain has branded himself as a maverick willing to do whatever it takes to make things happen. He’s also branded himself as a patriot first and a politician second. Seems his meeting these two goals at once with his decision may create a problem for Obama if he can show Obama not caring about the suffering of the American people and is continuing his campaign out of self absorbed narcissism.
Problem with Bush’s speech last night was he blamed everything on the Bankers, Finacial people and homeowners that took out loans they couldn’t pay back. What he didn’t address is the underlying cause and what he plans to do to correct the issue so it doesn’t reoccur. The Bankers and Financial people didn’t wake up one morning and decide after 200+ years to all the sudden become full of greed and avarice. Something changed that allowed the feeding to begin and until we can root it out and expose it to light and remediation, we’re doing nothing to insure it doesn’t reoccur.
RBB- as always “you’re full of shit.” Now, take your toes from your mouth and find something constructive to do.