Tornoe's Toons: Obama rolls up his sleeves

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What? I think you have the candidates confused.

posted by Anonymous02

Didn't Mccain make a big show of suspending his campaign to not phone it in, then phone it in from his condo in Virginia?

Didn't Mccain show no leadership by creating unnecessary drama to get to washington, ruin a deal already put together (which was already done by the time he got there) and then bail out to Virgina instead of staying in Washington?

Didn't Mccain show no leadership by not telling the whole truth in his statements, telling falsehoods, getting corrected publically, and then repeating the falshoods as truth? factcheck.org, politico.com msnbc. abc, cbs, nbc - all have verified the lies!

If your kid lied like him....oh my.

Mccain isn't motivated to fix anything, he simply wants to win. At any cost... to you, to me, to everyone. His drivel is all meaningless words we "want to hear" and are not supported by the facts. As far as experience, he has the wrong kind of experiences! All just like Bush. Would you re-elect Bush? Not me.

Didn't MCcain set up his party for failure by weirdly saying he would suspend his campaign (ridiculous - no presidential campaign ever stops, nor did his, he just campaigned from washington/virginia).

Didn't Mccain show us how hard he was not going to work for our country, our veterens, our families, the the positive health of our country and instead underscore and boldly show us how hard he was going to play political games?

He got to congress, distroyed a deal he wasn't part of, didn't have an opinion when he was there and then, instead of thinking of America, went away to virgina to literally PHONE people from his house in VA.

When he said he wouldn't phone it in and he had to be there in person. He was in VA!

See, he had nothing to do there, since the bailout was in committee. It's not his committee who was working to create the bailout. Which means, he's not needed and blocked out from going, I would imagine. And in either case, I want a pres who can multi-task, instead of creating needless drama. I don't need that kind of drama so I'm sure not voting for it. That's what TV is for.

and if that weren't enough, he interjected presidential politics and hurt the process, and made it into a sideshow.

Did you know most "no's" to the bailout were republicans who were up for reelection and wouldn't risk it?

The Dems delivered their vote agreement, and then some. Republicans did not, because as some claim, they got their feeling hurt.

WHAT?!

So that means the Republicans, in an emotion/hurt feelings vs. the financial health of the USA choice didn't choose our country! Wow.

Mccain didn't bring his party together. He helped decimate it and he scares the heck out of me.

10/01/08 11:51 pm

Are You Blind?

posted by Jim D.

I think you're the one confused. Harry Reid asked McCain for help, then tried to make him look bad for doing so. The only deal was between the Democrats and Bush. They made a big deal because they don't want you to look into things too closely. If you did, maybe you'd see that this was being predicted since 1998. Wait a Democrat was president - that can't be! It's all Republicans fault for deregulating, right? I think anyone who's gone through the process of buying a house with little or no money down would disagree with that nonsense. That wasn't the problem. It was giving loans to people that didn't deserve them (Illegal aliens - duh, how else did you think that was going to end?).

Year after year, people have tried to do something only to have the Democrats stand in their way. Oh, but Republicans were in charge, right? Take a look at this bill for example. The Democrats are in control, but Republicans in the House (The Minority) kept it from going through. Huh? Wait a minute. The minority can actually affect things. Who knew. How many times do you think Democrats pulled that nonsense when they were the minority? Barney Frank said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in good shape. Nothing was ever going to happen. Hello? He's head of the financial services committee. Could've stopped it but refused. Now it's Republicans fault? OMG, why would they say that? I don't know.....maybe to get their guy elected? Well, how many Democrats have gotten kickbacks from those organizations? Better yet, how many former senators and congressmen took positions with them after leaving office, hmmm? Look it up.

The people of this country don't want the bailot, so kudos to Republicans for fighting it. Now you're saying you're mad because McCain didn't go a long with Bush? Make up your mind. You're so-called fact checking is pure political BS. MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC - are all liberal and have a stake in this election. Three of those networks have been caught inventing stories and exaggerating the facts to drum up interest. Wait, that can't happen could it. I saw it on TV - it has to be true!!! Even Fox News is against McCain because Rupert Murdoch hates his guts.

Democrats don't care about you - they only want your vote. They had all the opportunity in the world during the 90's, but you're still underpaid, healthcare is joke, stuff costs more than it should, and your job sucks. They promise the moon and deliver nothing. They just keep stringing along the faithful because not many realize they're being had.

10/02/08 10:56 am