You don't schedule a vote on a bill like this a month before an election

[bluestateguy]

This bill is not popular. The challengers back home to these congresspeople are just waiting with the attack ads, ready to go if the incumbent votes for the bailout bill.

You don't schedule a vote on a bill like this a month before a fucking election.

Wait until after the election and call a lame duck session. It will pass, and people will have 2 years to forget about it.

[BadGimp]

1. unless your intended outcome is to influence the Election

eom

[yourguide]

2. Um, I believe they are voting for it today because

THE ENTIRE FUCKING ECONOMY WILL COLLAPSE IF THE BANKS ARE ALL ALLOWED TO FAIL!

[CJCRANE]

5. But why did Bushco leave it

until a week before Congress goes into recess?

And only last week McCain said the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

Just like 9/11 they knew what was going to happen, they had all the warnings.

[lamp_shade]

3. Schedule?

[blondeatlast]

4. You do if the entire economy of a world superpower will crash into

Mount everest if you don't do something.

Most ignorant post I've read today and that's saying something.

[Barack_America]

6. Yeah, who the hell scheduled an economic collapse right before the election!?!

That was really stupid.

[cosmodem]

7. Did you tell Ms Pelosi that?