BREAKING NEWS! McCain is suspending his campaign and is asking Obama to do the same!

[flyingimam]

Maybe people would vote for a third party candidate if they got to debate, but they won't and we will never get to see these people slug it out with our supposed top two best choices.. McCain and Obama; neither of which is the best decision for the country IMO. I'd be interested in hearing from the others but we never will. In 2000 they fought tooth and nail to deny Ralph Nader into the debates. They would not even allow Nader to view the debates.

Something is up there.

100% agree. People will wake up, and the 2 major parties will lose a good portion of their fan base, these are better called "our system" our previous administrations and legislature have mostly been these 2 parties only!

same strategy was applied to Ron Paul eliminating him from earlier "republican only" debates.

something is certainly up, can't deny that!

[GoddessHerb]

Holy shit I just seen it on FOX news!

Here's the news reel: McCain Says He'll Suspend Campaign to Deal With Financial Crisis; Calls on Obama to Do Same; Wants Debate Postponed

I'll post more when it comes.

Hmmmm I think this sounds like setting up a great way for bush to declare an "emergency" and instill martial law and suspend the election all together. All hail authoritarianism! Here it comes get ready to either fall in line and follow or be destroyed!

Blessed be~

[rebgirl420]

Hmmmm I think this sounds like setting up a great way for bush to declare an "emergency" and instill martial law and suspend the election all together. All hail authoritarianism! Here it comes get ready to either fall in line and follow or be destroyed!

Blessed be~

That is ridiculous.

[flyingimam]

McCain has probably been regretting choosing Palin for VP.

I bet he is regretting that @ heart but won't want to look like a major flip flopper

and add

He will most likely break under pressure and participate in 2moro's debate, which will make another point to regret.

he just overreacted on this instance imo. it was uncalled for in reality. now I'm not gonna judge his motives anymore until i hear something from him again and get some more info on his impact in this process. then it will be clear what made him take this route of suspending campaigns urging 2 other totally independent entities to follow suit.

[flyingimam]

That is ridiculous.

I would say its a bit too extreme. But all it takes for such a move to actually take place is a delay in passing this proposal and some consecutive and very bad news from different parts of economy in the coming days.

I read the headline regarding mccain in my Environmental science class's break while people were still hanging around the class.

and I just automatically said "Why don't we just postpone the election and let the officials take care of this thing... cuz it seems everything is leaning that way"

but i know my brain leans a tad bit 2wards the conspiracy side as well... so it was out of my mouth as a half-joke which brought laughs to the class

[Psycho4Bud]

Dude! Welcome back! I am glad you found "substance" here!

As I recall you were stating the same thing about a week ago. If you two want to debate the issue at hand, great....if you want to have a lil' piss fest, do it somewhere else!

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

[dragonrider]

McCain has probably been regretting choosing Palin for VP.

I bet he is regretting that @ heart but won't want to look like a major flip flopper

and add

He will most likely break under pressure and participate in 2moro's debate, which will make another point to regret.

he just overreacted on this instance imo. it was uncalled for in reality. now I'm not gonna judge his motives anymore until i hear something from him again and get some more info on his impact in this process. then it will be clear what made him take this route of suspending campaigns urging 2 other totally independent entities to follow suit.

I think these two decisions illustrate McCain's decision-making process, which does not encourage me.

The Palin decision was pure politics and did not reflect sound policy, or even policy that McCain himself believes in. Palin and McCain are very different in terms of policy, and I can't believe he picked her based on policy. It was either pure gut instinct, which I do not trust as a sound decision-making process. Or it was pure calculated politics, and not "Country First" as he would have us believe. I don't think she was a good pick for the country, but so far she has worked for him politically.

And this idea of suspending the campaigns so he can work on the financial crisis is another poor decision. It is either political (which has not worked out well) or some crazy instinctual decision. It has not worked out well either way. Obviously he does not need to devote 100% of his energy to this crisis, and the debates could go on. It's either a failed ploy, or he is making crazy decisions that he really believes in. I'm not comfortable either way. I don't want a president who makes erratic decisions like this. He seems nuts to me.

I will bet almost anything that McCain will be at the debate tomorrow. This decision is going to be added to his list of failed gambles and erratic gut decisions gone wrong.

[dragonrider]

As I recall you were stating the same thing about a week ago. If you two want to debate the issue at hand, great....if you want to have a lil' piss fest, do it somewhere else!

Have a good one!:jointsmile:

Daihashi and I are very "spirited" debaters. I hope everyone else finds it as entertaining as I do. Speaking for myself, even though I hate it here sometimes and threaten to leave, I love it too, and I can't stay away!

[GoddessHerb]

That is ridiculous.

Why do you think so? I'm just curious. Care to elaborate? Do you not think it's even possible? Or does it scare you too much to think that it could actually happen.

My statement is not ridiculous, it's very plausible. It was however said in a semi-facetious tongue in cheek tone which cannot be expressed via the web. Much truth is often said in jest. It is not absurd in any terms but it's easy enough to write it off as such if the idea makes you uncomfortable. The system can COLLAPSE at any moment and that's a scary idea to someone who finds comfort in it.

Blessed be~

[RobPA]

Why do you think so? I'm just curious. Care to elaborate? Do you not think it's even possible? Or does it scare you too much to think that it could actually happen.

My statement is not ridiculous, it's very plausible. It was however said in a semi-facetious tongue in cheek tone which cannot be expressed via the web. Much truth is often said in jest. It is not absurd in any terms but it's easy enough to write it off as such if the idea makes you uncomfortable. The system can COLLAPSE at any moment and that's a scary idea to someone who finds comfort in it.

Blessed be~

:wtf:
Its ridiculous because its scare tactics without substance.