Suspended Campaignation: McCain Hits the Panic Button

September 24, 2008 by Pelikan
Filed under: Fannie Mae, John McCain, Presidential Campaign 2008, U.S. Economy, U.S. Financial Crisis 

Sen. John McCain’s latest campaign stunt won’t beat out the Palin Gimmick for most transparent political move of this election cycle, but it shows again McCain’s propensity to abandon common sense when his polling numbers fall.

This afternoon, McCain announced he would suspend his campaign tomorrow morning due to the “financial crisis.”

My first question is, “John, could you just leave it in suspension until about forever?”

McCain claims the crisis is just too serious for life as he knows it to go any longer until Congress passes the $700 billion corporate give-away late this week or early next. Most laughable was what he said he’s going to do while he’s in a state of suspended campaignation. He’s going to get to work on the crisis.

Huh?

What the hell is John S. McCain going to do? The last time he got really involved in an issue that involved troubled lenders he and the four other Keating Five clan nearly lost their political careers. His campaign manager ran the lobbying operation for Fannie Mae, one of the biggest pigs at the public’s trough. Just two days ago the McCain campaign said he wasn’t even going to show up in Washington for the bailout vote unless it was so close they needed his ‘yea.’ In a fit of impetuousness last week, at the beginning of the current wrangling over the Paulson plan, McCain tried to look like a player and looked like Barney Fife trying to pull the revolver from the holster. Oh, and he wants Sen. Barack Obama to “postpone” their debate on Friday night.

Did I ask yet, “What the hell is McCain going to add to the scrum in Washington?” He’s already admitted that the economy is not his strong suit. There are not many other members of Congress in the House or Senate who are cozier with the K Street elite – that’s not what the other pols need for their PR campaign. There are about a dozen Bush Administration officials and Congressional leaders who will decide the legislative fate of the bailout bill – John McCain’s not one of them. What’s he going to do?

So, what changed today. Number one, the Bush Economy, for which McCain has been chief apologist for, (fundamentally strong economy) has hit home with voters hard in the last ten days. Obama is pulling away in the polls again. Florida is in play. The flash in the pan that is Sarah Palin is starting to fizzle. Number two: the panic button. Irascible John rolled out of bed today and punched it. When he hit that button, this bonehead move came out of the campaign machinery.

In the end, McCain’s attempt at high drama just looks like more of the erratic behavior for which his campaign has become known.

McCain would have us believe this is about a “national crisis.” What this is really about is taking America’s mind off of a flagging campaign.

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One Comment on Suspended Campaignation: McCain Hits the Panic Button

  1. regis on Wed, 24th Sep 2008 10:25 pm

    2. Wow, the McCain campaign has hit a new low. Who knew that was even possible?

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