*Honestly, that’s a lot of effort by a small town to make the debate happen, and Senator McCain has chosen to bail on it. Thanks for the hardship! *
No, no, no, elelle. That’s not hardship. It’s… LEADERSHIP!
:rolleyes:
For Republicans, the old saying ‘Desperate times call for desperate measures’ never rang so true.
Japanese couple! I choose YOU! <cue Pokemon music>
I really, really hope that if McPalin doesn’t show up, that Obama does do a town hall meeting not only to give himself a wonderful forum and platform to blast his opponent into oblivion, but also so that the people of Oxford can get at least some of the money they expected to make from this event. Way to go, McPalin–shit on the reddest of red states whydon’tyou…
According to this morning’s Jackson paper, everything is going along with the preparations, as planned.
I like how they titled their article, “Economy Leaves Debate in Doubt”. Heh.
Looks like this has angered people all across the state. Not a good thing, if he was counting on carrying MS.
This made me laugh so hard!
Mississippi has been looking like it might go more Democratic lately anyway. You’d be surprised; a Democrat beat Trent Lott’s pick in a special election recently (and it had a lot to do with people getting out to vote for Obama in the primaries). I’m not saying Obama will carry the state, but I don’t think it will be a landslide like McCain probably expects.
A Democrat would never get the free pass on this kind of obvious stunt from the media that McCain is getting.
Oh honey, I’m never surprised at what happens here. 
I seriously think that Obama supporters in the state outnumber McCain supporters. A significant portion of Mississippians don’t vote at all. This time, I think a good many of those will vote for Obama. That’s based on what I hear through the grapevine.
Well yeah, but the debate was created by snort community organizers, so who cares what they think?
The GOP media lapdogs are marvelling at how principled and statesman like McCain is. Of course we know what they’re saying when the mikes are off.
There are actually a lot of Republicans in Western New York (all those rural towns). But considering they all live in the same state as people that live in New York City, yeah it’s a waste.
Breaking on Fox:
McCain says he’s going to the debate. He has no choice, really. There wouldn’t be any session tonight. He’d look like an idiot if he stayed in DC doing nothing. Plus the Republicans would rather collectively drink poison than let Barack Obama have 90 minutes of free, unrebutted air time.
“Okay, I read the script, where’s my money?”
He’s still going to get reamed. Two days ago he said he’d suspend his campaign until a bailout settlement was reached. Well, there’s no settlement yet, and here he is at the debate. This is leadership?
Oh, no no no no. Here’s the spin:
Senator McCain wanted to suspend his campaign, correctly and honorably, and save Wall Street, but those darn Democrats maneuvered him into a corner. First, they insisted on reading and debating McCain’s last-minute surprise replacement bailout package, stalling as long as possible. Then, because the Democrats refused to suspend their campaign, McCain had no choice but to continue. It’s not his fault! If he had his way, he’d be all up suspending. He’d be suspending his shit all oooovvver the damn place. Its all Obama’s fault. If Obama had simply debated McCain months ago, the way McCain wanted, then they wouldn’t have to debate at all.
You’re not too far off. There’s a little more “Democrat political posturing,” “Democrat blame game” and “only thinking of the patriotic taxpayers” but you sure got the tone just right.
He’s now making a big show of rushing to Missouri and rushing back to Washington to work on the deal some more. I imagine he’ll be making cell phone calls between questions, because, you know, they can’t do a goddamned thing without him. The only reason we’re in this mess is because he hasn’t been at work since April.
And yet while there managed to win the presidential debates from his cell (source:Wall Street Journal, 1972).
Meanwhile Obama has just announced he’s flying from Mississippi to D.C. and is criticizing McCain for “abandoning his country in a time of need”. (Source: Wall Street Journal [next to “WSJ welcomes Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass as our election coverage team”).
I wish it were true. Then I’d enjoy the articles about how “blindsided” and “confused” the McCain campaign was by Obama’s actions, as Obama was supposedly by McCain’s.