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McCain Camp: Let's Push Back Biden-Palin Match-Up, Too
Share September 24, 2008 7:04 PM
ABC News' Teddy Davis and Rigel Anderson Report:

The McCain campaign told ABC News on Wednesday that John McCain wants to postpone Friday's presidential debate until Thursday, Oct. 2.

The Arizona senator would like the vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden, which is currently scheduled to take place on Thursday, Oct. 2 in St. Louis, Missouri, to be scheduled for a later unspecified date.
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Yeah, that's what I said earlier. Thanks for not paying attention, again.

You could read my posts if you pulled your head out of the sand.

I do give them a scan Rex but the attack stuff just doesn't interest me.

McCain suspends his campaign to work on the crises and thats putting himself first? when is the last time you had your Med doses checked?

But there were fresh signs of trouble in the House Republican Caucus. A group of GOP lawmakers circulated an alternative designed to attract private money back into the credit markets with less government intrusion.

Under that proposal, the government would provide insurance to companies that agree to hold frozen assets, rather than purchase them directly as envisioned under the administration's plan. The firms would have to pay insurance premiums to the Treasury Department for the coverage.

"The taxpayers haven't done anything wrong," said Rep Eric Cantor, R-Va., adding that rather than require them to bear the cost of the bailout, the alternative "pretty much puts the burden on Wall Street over time."

Boehner, R-Ohio, the minority leader, was huddling with McCain on the rescue. When asked whether the GOP presidential nominee could corral restive Republicans to support the plan, Boehner said, "Who knows?"

Sam Stein:

Barack Obama is committed to hosting a public, televised event Friday night in Mississippi even if John McCain does not show up, an official close to the Obama campaign tells the Huffington Post.

In McCain's absence, the Senator is willing to make the scheduled debate a townhall meeting, a one-on-one interview with NewsHour's Jim Lehrer, or the combination of the two, the official said.

Such a course of action could make life incredibly difficult for McCain, who has called for the suspension of the debate in light of the current economic crisis. Should he stay in Washington D.C. -- if a bailout is not completed by then -- and let Obama alone reach tens of millions of television viewers?

A lot, of course, depends upon what the debate commission decides to do. At this point in time, there is no indication that they are going to postpone the affair, as the McCain campaign has asked.

Kinda like ducking a debate where they'll ask you about your beliefs and votes regarding deregulation and his lobbyist heavy campaign.

Cowardly like that.

Until you and the traditional media types can show some shred of evidence that John McCain suspended his campaign -- besides McCain saying it -- you and the traditional media types should stop saying McCain suspended his campaign. He didn't.

Evidence abounds that McCain's campaign is operating at full speed. McCain spoke at the Clinton Global Initiative this morning, Palin did a photo op at ground Zero today, then at 11am, McCain's senior economics advisor was busy doing a campaign event with the uber-conservative Washington Times (she's not there as a private citizen). It isn't a suspension of your campaign when you continue to do everything you were going to do anyway.


Think Progress found five instances of McCain campaign flacks on t.v. spinning their message. There's active campaign underway in Virginia. And, by doing some actual investigating, Huffington Post confirmed that the McCain campaign is very active today in key battleground states:



Here's a little hint for the political press corps: If you can keep reporting on Palin/McCain campaign events and if you keep having McCain staffers on your networks, the campaign ain't suspended.

John McCain tried to dupe the American people. He got a lot of help from the traditional media. If they actually reported what was going on and not what McCain said, this sham would be exposed.

As for bsams, it's starting to get embarrassing how many Republican and McCain lies you so unquestioningly swallow. So insults make you not only look gullible, but they make you look like a gullible asshole.

Barney Frank has had some of the best lines:



and wouldn't you know it, the Dems and Republicans reach preliminary deal on bailout plan. All without McCain. McCain was AWOL today while the real deal was being negotiated. What a surprise. But I'm sure McCain will show up for his photo op at the White House later today.

There is yet more reason as to why McCain is trying to duck out of the debate. The first debate, far from being all about foreign policy, will have an economic focus -- and the campaigns knew that last week. Further evidence that this is all just a political stunt by McCain:



Last week. McCain knew last week that the first debate would give the candidates a chance to discuss the economic situation on national t.v. with a huge audience. He doesn't want that. He prefers the drama.

McCain's erratic behavior gets more disturbing by the hour. But regardless, there will be an event tomorrow night in Oxford, Mississippi with or without John McCain



This gambit from McCain didn't work either.

It's amazing how desperate McCain is and has been for "town hall" style events. The only type of event that he's excelled at in the past. Which is why he's been so adamant about wanting to commit Obama to that type of event and not just a standard moderated one with an actual reporter asking tough questions.

So McCain is finally getting Obama at a town Hall debate. Only without him there.

Kinda like ducking a debate where they'll ask you about your beliefs and votes regarding deregulation and his lobbyist heavy campaign.

Cowardly like that.

Bill Clinton defended McCain and said he was right today.

the AP calls out the liar. BSAMS cries

AP: McCain didn't suspend his campaign as promised


Busted. McCain's campaign specifically said they'd stop appearances, rallies, and TV advertising. But they didn't. Liars.



it's sad how many times bsams falls for Republican lies.

Bill Clinton defended McCain and said he was right today.

the AP calls out the liar. BSAMS cries

AP: McCain didn't suspend his campaign as promised


Busted. McCain's campaign specifically said they'd stop appearances, rallies, and TV advertising. But they didn't. Liars.



it's sad how many times bsams falls for Republican lies.

So you concede that McCain lied about halting his campaign?

Good. It was starting to look embarrassing the way bsams at least kept on trying to turn up into down.