Trouble brewing: McCain says ‘there never existed a deal’

[JonLP24]

Source: Atlantic Journal Constitution

The following statement was just issued by the Republican presidential campaign of John McCain. The key is this phrase: “There never existed a ‘deal’”…..

To wit:

To address our current financial crisis, John McCain suspended his campaign and returned to Washington, D.C., today to help build a bipartisan consensus for a proposal that would protect the American taxpayer.

Despite today’s news reports, there never existed a “deal,” but merely a proposal offered by a small, select group of Members of Congress. As of right now, there exists only a series of principles, including greater oversight and measures to address CEO pay. However, these principles do not enjoy a consensus in Congress.

At today’s cabinet meeting, John McCain did not attack any proposal or endorse any plan. John McCain simply urged that for any proposal to enjoy the confidence of the American people, stressing that all sides would have to cooperate and build a bipartisan consensus for a solution that protects taxpayers.

However, the Democrats allowed Senator Obama to run their side of the meeting. That did not work as the meeting quickly devolved into a contentious shouting match that did not seek to craft a bipartisan solution.

Read more: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/09/25/trouble_brewing_mccain_says_th.html

[ixion]

1. It wasn't congress with the deal, it was the cabal

can't these guys get anything right?

[TwilightGardener]

2. Wow--useless jackass, liar, AND deal-wrecker, all for political attention whoring.

What a great President he would be, eh?

[FlyingSquirrel]

3. Sounds like there will be no debate:

Tomorrow, John McCain will return to Capitol Hill where he will work with all sides to build a bipartisan solution that protects taxpayers and keeps Americans in their homes.

[NYC Liberal]

6. Oh I hope Obama shows up anyway.

The university has been preparing for this for a while, so they would be none too pleased either.

Obama needs to go and just answer the questions that were meant for him.

[Lochloosa]

23. He will be there. Don't worry about that.

[99 Percent Sure]

19. Yeah, except neither side wants McCancel near them...

Repugs are saying that McCaint hasn't given his approval or disapproval of the plan; they are in disarray since by walking out of the meeting, they are dissing their lame duck president.

This is not a negative on Obama, no matter how McCaint and his minions try to spin it. The walkout is bad for the repugs, good for the Dems and good for taxpayers.

Obviously there is no real urgency and there's no need to have a plan in place by tomorrow, as King Henry and the Emperor Dim Son tried to insist that there must be.

Let some of the banks fail - as Sen. Bernie Sandiers, D-VT said,

“If it is too big to fail, it is too big to exist.”

[MindMatter]

24. The right tactic is to walk away

Close up shop. Take a long weekend. That will force McCain to go to Mississsippi because there is nothing happening in DC.

We don't need this bill. We don't need any bill. At this point all we do by continuing to negotiate is give Bush excuses for his failures and present a stage for McCain to play Mighty Mouse.

Just walk away. There is no downside. All we have to do is issue a statement that we gave it our best shot to build a consensus bill that would meet Bush's approval. We had a sufficient consensus until McCain showed up. Now McCain has disrupted the process causing the Republicans to back out of the deal. It is now up to Bush to get his own people on board. Give us a call when you have that done.

[roamer65]

4. I'm having a real hard time telling which is the bigger whackjob.

McSame or Chimpy.

Fuck both of these pig bastards.

[JonLP24]

7. I believe McCain is more reckless then Bush

I developed this opinion with the last couple days.

[HopeHoops]

28. Bush gets drunk, lets handlers decide. McCain blows a decision out his rear and THEN gets drunk.

[Zhade]

32. He's dying, of course he's more reckless.

NT!

[rurallib]

5. So the Pukes are spinning it to make it look like Obama broke up

the meeting.
That was why they needed him in Washington.

[Liberalynn]

15. Exactly.

It needs to be pointed out by someone on our side that Obama wasn't the one who insisted on injecting himself into this situation, other than the joint statement. It was Grampy's McSame who demanded that they needed to be in Washington in the first place and Dumbya who called the meeting.

Nice try asshats. I keep hoping the American people are going to wake up and see them for the coniving SOB's they truly are. The polls shouldn't even be close any more. It should be game over for the PUKES.

[FVZA_Colonel]

8. The only reason any shouting would have occured is because you forced

your way in and broke everything up, Senator McSame.

[alfredo]

18. They had to shout, McCain forgot his hearing aid.

[Miss Chybil]

9. The Republicans have set a nasty trap.

Let's hope the Democrats can pull back from the abyss in time to save us all.

NO PARTISAN BAILOUT BILL. It's all in or nothing.

[sallydallas124]

10. whatever

what a BS article

[MadrasT]

11. Which pretty much directly contradicts this:

Source: Market Watch

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Sen. Chris Dodd, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said Thursday that bipartisan meeting with President Bush at the White House on the mortgage rescue plan was nothing short of a disaster. In an interview on the CNN cable news network, Dodd described a meeting in which Democrats were blindsided by a new core mortgage proposal from House Republicans, with the tacit backing of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. "I am not going to sign on to something I just saw this afternoon," he said. Dodd said Republicans and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson had to decide what they wanted to support. The whole meeting "looked like a rescue plan for John McCain," Dodd said. He said he was simply going to pretend that the meeting had never happened."

[crossroads]

16. Thanks! That sounds more like the real version of what went down! nt

[Liberalynn]

12. Just when you think they can't get any slimier or sleazier they

do.

I just hope the American public will see through this ruse cause if they buy this we are beyond all hope.

I hope Obama and the rest of the Dems counter punch and counter punch hard.

[KamaAina]

13. I didn't realize the "Urinal-Constipation" was quite *that* bad

However, the Democrats allowed Senator Obama to run their side of the meeting. That did not work as the meeting quickly devolved into a contentious shouting match that did not seek to craft a bipartisan solution.

Biased much?

[TwilightGardener]

14. Um, that's from the McCain campaign, not from the paper. So yeah, it's biased--and untrue.

[JonLP24]

17. Whoops, I'm sorry

I didn't look at it that close, I assumed that the AJC was somewhat credible. I'll try to be more carefull.

[GinaMaria]

27. they forgot to mention

that the shouting match was between the repukes. McCain repukes vs. others

[radfringe]

20. he saw a bank from his bus window so now he thinks he's

an economist

[Imagevision]

21. Why should anyone Dem or Repug believe anything Mccain says anymore...?

[and-justice-for-all]

22. Well this smells of rottening corpses...

"the Democrats allowed Senator Obama to run their side of the meeting. That did not work as the meeting quickly devolved into a contentious shouting match that did not seek to craft a bipartisan solution."

That does not sound like Obama to me, this has to bullshit.

[Liberal Dose]

25. What the HELL is a statement (LIE) from the Repuke party doing on the greatest page?

Oh, I forgot the fact that trolls & moles have the power to rec. :banghead:

[Vinca]

26. The first lie that pops out is "suspended campaign."

Who are you going to believe? Me or your lying eyes? He's been giving interviews, speeches, running commercials, having his surrogates on the tube and Mooseburger out there making a fool of herself. From all accounts, they were near consensus until Mighty Mouse appeared to save the day and now it's all gone to hell.

[tpsbmam]

29. What a huge, stinking pile of shit this man is. n/t

[Javaman]

30. all this does for mclame is highlight the fact that he can't bring people together

now that he's purposely and politically injected himself into this mess.

just keep playing out the rope...

[WePurrsevere]

31. "Issued by the Republican presidential campaign of John McCain" .. Nuff Said.

:eyes: :puke: