# Bailout deal agreed to. McCain's"leadership" not required. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 25, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177 "2008-09-25T17:20:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177/181 "2008-09-27T18:42:18Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I think we are going to unprecedented scrutiny of McCain’s and Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary. In fact, I want to see them name their picks well before the election, and it better not be some Wall Street insider. I’d also like to see a prohibition of anyone working for the Treasury Dept to go into the private banking sector for X number of years after leaving that dept. I don’t know what X needs to be, but something long enough so that we don’t have some revolving door shuttling Wall Street insiders into and out of Treasury. Add regulators to that list. They take jobs in the industry they regulate frequently. It has proven to be a form of delayed bribe. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177/182 "2008-09-27T19:58:11Z")
Am I nuts? I’ve been just sort of assuming that Obama would appoint Warren Buffet as SecTreas, but maybe that’s just a product of my own ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177/183 "2008-09-27T22:51:45Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > Am I nuts? I’ve been just sort of assuming that Obama would appoint Warren Buffet as SecTreas, but maybe that’s just a product of my own ignorance. Buffet has a job. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177/184 "2008-09-27T23:20:06Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Buffet has a job. So do lots of people. When the President asks you to serve, you usually take it pretty seriously, especially if he gets medieval on your ass. I’ve seen the pictures of Obama looming over other Senators. He knows how to get medieval without so much as raising his voice. ---
**Author:** ![frankzafka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@frankzafka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frankzafka)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177/185 "2008-09-28T00:02:46Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > My thread title is perfectly accurate. A deal was made without McCain’s help. That is a fact. Why should I change it? If you build a house and I blow it up with dynamite, that doesn’t mean you didn’t build a house. > > A deal was made, then ratfucked. If it was ratfucked then apparently it wasn’t a deal afterall. Squirm, baby, squirm. Twist and turn. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177/186 "2008-09-28T00:46:27Z")
If a house gets burned down, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t house. Both sides said they had an agreement. An agreement by both sides is _by definition_ a “deal.” Then the deal was ratfucked. Incidentally, why would I be squirming. It’s your boy McCain that fucked himslf in the polls with this stunt. I can’t wait to see what reckless gambit he tries next. It’s like watching Brett Favre in a playoff game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bailout-deal-agreed-to-mccains-leadership-not-required/465177.md?page=9)