tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post1844415472893989927..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: Epic FlailDave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-30534963035920144992008-09-26T23:42:00.000-04:002008-09-26T23:42:00.000-04:00Just in time (before the liquor stores close), I r...Just in time (before the liquor stores close), I received this suggestion from blog reader "Lietzy": "I think I am going to play a drinking game during the debate -- and drink every time McCain says 'my friends.' That will ensure that I will be good and wasted by the time it is mercifully over." Excellent advice, Lietzy.<BR/><BR/>One thing is sure-- Lietzy got wasted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-20360379340659846112008-09-26T13:56:00.000-04:002008-09-26T13:56:00.000-04:00FOTFLFOTFLJ.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10888193975667450910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-70228311405565886762008-09-26T12:32:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:32:00.000-04:00Governor Palin, please get up from JJV's desk and ...Governor Palin, please get up from <B>JJV</B>'s desk and let him get back to work.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-87659622966331948592008-09-26T12:28:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:28:00.000-04:00Unfair, bob Schiffer reported it and I can neither...Unfair, bob Schiffer reported it and I can neither find nro link to cbs news. Reid is all over the place but I have no time to link.jjvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223110296462634454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-14615986630792908822008-09-26T12:20:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:20:00.000-04:00This Post article from yesterday includes the sent...<A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/24/AR2008092400771.html" REL="nofollow">This Post article from yesterday</A> includes the sentence:<BR/><BR/><I>Bush also invited congressional leaders as well as presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to meet with him at the White House [Thursday].</I><BR/><BR/>And now for your strawman: I made no reference to Obama's presence in DC being necessary for resolving this crisis.<BR/><BR/>Re Paulson and Reid asking McCain to show up: Does the phrase "kindly cite sources" ring a bell?Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-29792433530546751582008-09-26T12:08:00.000-04:002008-09-26T12:08:00.000-04:00Well, Harry Reid asked for him to come and so did ...Well, Harry Reid asked for him to come and so did Paulson. Nobody asked Obama, except MCain. Now I have no view on the package (an unusual feeling for me, but I don't think there is any reason to believe Paulson did not think he'd help and of course Reid was posturing and changed his tune to suit Democratic needs when McCain actually came to help. Please link to the cries from all sides to have the community organizer come fix things!jjvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223110296462634454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-87638952253432623452008-09-26T11:48:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:48:00.000-04:00I second that motion. I've been watching cable new...I second that motion. I've been watching cable news (too much cable news) and reading the MSP and for once it seems that everyone agrees that McCain, who btw hasn't voted on ANYTHING since April, was NOT necessary and actually may have been a hindrance to the bailout/machination on Capitol Hill. Btw, I AGREE with what Republican Senator Richard Shelby said last night on MSNBC (and elsewhere) about he rather have no plan than a bad plan. But having McCain and Obama hanging around is just gumming up the works.<BR/><BR/>Get thee to Mississippi, John McCain, post haste!J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10888193975667450910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-85827096387433106432008-09-26T11:34:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:34:00.000-04:00Kindly cite your sources for the "perceived as nec...Kindly cite your sources for the "perceived as necessary" angle. My sense is that McCain's stunt was interpreted as, well, a stunt by most everyone involved, especially for someone who is almost proud of not knowing much about economics.<BR/><BR/>Now, if there was a crisis demanding a strident kneejerk reaction I'd pay his bus fare so he could make it.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-80493109909265290662008-09-26T11:20:00.000-04:002008-09-26T11:20:00.000-04:00As I understand it the One was hemming and hawing ...As I understand it the One was hemming and hawing over a joint statement. McCain has kept it close when he should be dead by now. He is driving the Obamites (and indeed the Republicans) nuts. I do not know the politics of it. However, I do know McCain is percieved as necessary in a crisis and nobody in the Senate or Congress thinks that about Obama. If anyone notices this the Grand High Mufti of Change, the Prince of "Present," the Disciple of Diversity is in trouble. I expect McCain to lose but he does appear to lead while Obama remains a cipher.jjvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223110296462634454noreply@blogger.com