[uwish]

well I wouldn't say he isn't a patriot. Just a blind one.

The republicans have no idea of the damage they have caused over the last 6 years in particular.

they have bankrupted their country on which they claim to love so much and cost thousands of US soldiers lives going into Iraq without cause.

They could have easily made their objectives in Afgan and been home in time for dinner.

[Zipperfish]

I got a lot of respect for McCain stopping his campaign to deal with this, which supports my opinion that there are two fine presidential candidates running in the current US election.

However, McCain has long been a proponent of deregulation of the bank industry (a position I favoured, actually), and this meltdown happened after eight years of Republican rule, so he's cleary more vulnerable than Obama on the issue.

[Scape]

Well he will miss the debates, so what he never took his senate job that seriously either by missing 65% of the senate votes. Besides, this 'golden parachute' issue is an embarrassment for him. He can not with his history be credible as a champion of regulation and how could he be seen as coming down harshly on CEO's demanding their bailouts considering Carly Fiorina fired over 20,000 of her employee's while snagging a $45 million dollar golden parachute herself? Yeah, they love their country alright... ship US jobs to China while pocketing the profits like the fat rich cats that they are it's the American dream.

[Reverend Blair]

$1:

I got a lot of respect for McCain stopping his campaign to deal with this, which supports my opinion that there are two fine presidential candidates running in the current US election.

To deal with what? It's a lot like when a politician shows up to tour a disaster zone...all they are really doing is getting in the way.

Their jobs, as presidential candidates, is to come up with prospective policies to deal with things after one of them gets elected. They both have plenty of input behind the scenes and everybody is aware of it.

The debate is on foreign policy, not economics, so what they say during the debate won't be playing politics with the issue.

McCain is hiding from a debate he was expected to get trounced in.

[Dayseed]

If McCain is suspending HIS campaign, why isn't Palin continuing on? Letterman said it best, the Republican party is having an internal meltdown and this is the public spin while they try and resolve it. Maybe McCain was going to get clobbered in the debate, maybe Palin was caught shooting fish with a rifle from a helicopter near a SeaWorld.

[JustKate]

Reverend Blair Reverend Blair:

$1:

He is putting Country First. What is more important for a true patriot of the United States, running for a President, or tring to do soemthing NOW to save the economy and millions of citizen taxpayer retirement funds.

Oh, don't even try to feed us that shit. He tried a crass political ploy and was out-maneuvered.

Is he a patriot? I doubt it. He's been instrumental in creating this mess and his calls for further deregulation show that he hasn't learned his lesson. He's put corporations ahead of the interests of his country as a matter of course for years. Patriots don't do that.

And Obama is right...a president who can only do one thing at a time is not fit for the office.

And Obama is right again...if there's a time the American people need to hear from the men vying to run their country, it would be now.

I call BS. McCain is NOT GW. Bush. I'm sick of hearing that. McCain has gone up against Bush tons. Iraq being one of the biggest. You don't hear much about that mess anymore, why? because they finally listened to McCain.

[Scape]

Window dressing. Of the 65% of the vote he bothered to show up for over 90% were directly in line with Bush.

[JustKate]

I don't get why Canadians are excited to see Obama the next US president. I've seen to much where he says he wants to change the world. No thanks Obama!

He scares me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMDur9C ... p?p=780872

[Scape]

Why are you crazy about McCain? Whoever wins will be a marked improvement over the current administration and exuberance for the change in the guard does not translate into favor for any candidate. As for 'changing the world' I think we had enough of that BS already don't you think?

[JustKate]

Scape Scape:

Why are you crazy about McCain? Whoever wins will be a marked improvement over the current administration and exuberance for the change in the guard does not translate into favor for any candidate. As for 'changing the world' I think we had enough of that BS already don't you think?

He's not as scary as Obama to me.

[Reverend Blair]

$1:

McCain is NOT GW. Bush. I'm sick of hearing that. McCain has gone up against Bush tons. Iraq being one of the biggest. You don't hear much about that mess anymore, why? because they finally listened to McCain.

Er, the post you quoted didn't once mention Bush, JustKate. I'd say you were making a strawman argument, but you didn't even bother constructing a strawman. Instead you just kind of went off.

McCain has championed deregulation and a reduction in oversight throughout his career.

[JustKate]

Sorry Reverend Blair, should have quoted uwish, not you.

[Zipperfish]

JustKate JustKate:

I don't get why Canadians are excited to see Obama the next US president. I've seen to much where he says he wants to change the world. No thanks Obama!

He scares me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMDur9C ... p?p=780872

Then you're too easily scared.

[Reverend Blair]

Yeah, I'm not sure why that would scare anybody. Discussion and argument with friends and neighbours is about the oldest form of grass roots democracy there is.

[uwish]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

JustKate JustKate:

I don't get why Canadians are excited to see Obama the next US president. I've seen to much where he says he wants to change the world. No thanks Obama!

He scares me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCMDur9C ... p?p=780872

Then you're too easily scared.

yeah

if you think that is scary you need to get out more.

listen to the previous liberal governments comments about social engineering of Canada and their plans

that is far more scary to me