Comments on: Kabuki Theater: Not Actual Leadership (Updated) http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/ Tracking Minnesota Politics Since 2005 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: amuseinc http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24931 amuseinc Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:55:46 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24931 McCain looks like an old angry fool right now. If he doesn't go to the debate he looks terrible and foolish. If he does go to the debate, he looks like he panicked. I hope he goes and Obama lays into him about it enough to get him pissed... that would be the cherry on the top. McCain looks like an old angry fool right now. If he doesn’t go to the debate he looks terrible and foolish. If he does go to the debate, he looks like he panicked. I hope he goes and Obama lays into him about it enough to get him pissed… that would be the cherry on the top.

]]> By: TwoPuttTommy http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24929 TwoPuttTommy Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:51:09 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24929 Lo - of course not; it didn't start with "Once upon a planet, far far away..." Lo - of course not; it didn’t start with “Once upon a planet, far far away…”

]]> By: lojasmo http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24925 lojasmo Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:23:15 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24925 Wow. McCain hasn't even bothered to read secretary Paulson's three page plan. What a loser. Wow. McCain hasn’t even bothered to read secretary Paulson’s three page plan.

What a loser.

]]> By: SeanH http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24918 SeanH Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:39:06 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24918 Looks like poor McCain is going to have to debate Obama after all <i>WASHINGTON - Warned that time was running short to bolster the distressed economy, congressional Republicans and Democrats reported agreement in principle Thursday on a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, and said they would present it to the Bush administration in hopes of a vote within days. Emerging from a two-hour negotiating session, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said, "We are very confident that we can act expeditiously." "I now expect that we will indeed have a plan that can pass the House, pass the Senate (and) be signed by the president," said Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah. The bipartisan consensus on the general direction of the legislation was reported just hours <b>before President Bush was to host presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain and congressional leaders at the White House for discussions on how to clear obstacles to the unpopular rescue plan.</b> Key lawmakers said at midday that few difficulties actually remained. "There really isn't much of a deadlock to break," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.</i> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=AoSUlBPKgfzFGYLhFtFZHpKs0NUE Looks like poor McCain is going to have to debate Obama after all

WASHINGTON - Warned that time was running short to bolster the distressed economy, congressional Republicans and Democrats reported agreement in principle Thursday on a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, and said they would present it to the Bush administration in hopes of a vote within days.

Emerging from a two-hour negotiating session, Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., said, “We are very confident that we can act expeditiously.”

“I now expect that we will indeed have a plan that can pass the House, pass the Senate (and) be signed by the president,” said Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah.

The bipartisan consensus on the general direction of the legislation was reported just hours before President Bush was to host presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain and congressional leaders at the White House for discussions on how to clear obstacles to the unpopular rescue plan.

Key lawmakers said at midday that few difficulties actually remained.

“There really isn’t much of a deadlock to break,” said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=AoSUlBPKgfzFGYLhFtFZHpKs0NUE

]]> By: Zach http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24916 Zach Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:36:20 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24916 I can't believe this thread is still going. Repubs keep coming back for more. maybe you can call time out like your nominee tried to do. Too bad you guys have to vote for McCain Palin out of party loyalty. No tent should be big enough to let these coward buffoons into the whitehouse. Today has been hilarious! I can’t believe this thread is still going. Repubs keep coming back for more. maybe you can call time out like your nominee tried to do. Too bad you guys have to vote for McCain Palin out of party loyalty. No tent should be big enough to let these coward buffoons into the whitehouse. Today has been hilarious!

]]> By: lojasmo@charter http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24904 lojasmo@charter Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:33:35 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24904 McCain has NOT CAST ONE VOTE in the last six months. Although his new dodge is, technically, "change" it's not what America needs. A trillion dollars in unaccountable corporate bailouts is indeed more of the same from the republican party. "This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in 40 days will become responsible for this mess. It will be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once.” -Barack Obama McCain has NOT CAST ONE VOTE in the last six months. Although his new dodge is, technically, “change” it’s not what America needs. A trillion dollars in unaccountable corporate bailouts is indeed more of the same from the republican party.

“This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in 40 days will become responsible for this mess. It will be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once.”

-Barack Obama

]]> By: SeanH http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24903 SeanH Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:29:21 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24903 DTM, what is McCain's excuse for not doing his current job well? Oh wait, I know-He was a POW. DTM, what is McCain’s excuse for not doing his current job well? Oh wait, I know-He was a POW.

]]> By: SeanH http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24901 SeanH Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:23:47 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24901 <i>Well, let’s look at what went down yesterday. when the script Obama’s been reading from unexpectedly changes - what happens?...</i> You either didn't actually see the Press Conference or you are deliberately being dishonest about it. There was no hemming and hawing. There was NO about face. McCain appears to have no friggin clue what is going on. None, zip, nada. It is his ideological beliefs that resulted in this mess. Talk about not acting like a leader! Well, let’s look at what went down yesterday.

when the script Obama’s been reading from unexpectedly changes - what happens?…

You either didn’t actually see the Press Conference or you are deliberately being dishonest about it. There was no hemming and hawing. There was NO about face.

McCain appears to have no friggin clue what is going on. None, zip, nada. It is his ideological beliefs that resulted in this mess. Talk about not acting like a leader!

]]> By: DantheMan http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24900 DantheMan Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:22:45 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24900 Barack Obama is a politician who is too concerned about his future career to do his current job well. Instead of actively working on the crisis, which his supporter Warren Buffett described as the Pearl Harbor of financial crisis, he was prepping for the debate in a Florida hotel. That's not change, that's more of the same. Barack Obama is a politician who is too concerned about his future career to do his current job well.

Instead of actively working on the crisis, which his supporter Warren Buffett described as the Pearl Harbor of financial crisis, he was prepping for the debate in a Florida hotel.

That’s not change, that’s more of the same.

]]> By: TwoPuttTommy http://mnpublius.com/2008/09/kabuki-theater-not-actual-leadership/comment-page-2/#comment-24899 TwoPuttTommy Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:15:29 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=2899#comment-24899 "standard bumbling"??!? last week, Bushy McSame claimed the economy "fundamentals are strong." Then he flip-flopped on that. Then he wanted to fire Cox. Then he didn't. McCain's only excuse for his frequent flip-flopping, is he can't remember - his Partzheimer's is kicking in. And the scariest thing if Bushy McSame were to become President, and keel over? Governor MooseMeat is only a heartbeat away from The Oval Office. “standard bumbling”??!?

last week, Bushy McSame claimed the economy “fundamentals are strong.” Then he flip-flopped on that. Then he wanted to fire Cox. Then he didn’t.

McCain’s only excuse for his frequent flip-flopping, is he can’t remember - his Partzheimer’s is kicking in. And the scariest thing if Bushy McSame were to become President, and keel over? Governor MooseMeat is only a heartbeat away from The Oval Office.

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