Bluntly McCain is sabotaging the Bipartisan effort to avoid Palin debating Biden

Perky

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:33 PM
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Bluntly McCain is sabotaging the Bipartisan effort to avoid Palin debating Biden

Edited on Thu Sep-25-08 01:35 PM by Perky

THis is what is going on here. THis whole thing is so he can postpone tomorrow and reschedule the Palin debate out of the picture.

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mcctatas

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:34 PM
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1. ding ding ding...

we have a winner!

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yardwork

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:35 PM
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2. Yes, it looks like he's trying to run out the clock so that he can cancel Friday's debate.

This is not going to work. The Democrats chair the committees now, and I hope that they don't along with McCain's shenanigans.

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crazylikafox

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:36 PM
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3. Just watched Barney on CNBC. That's pretty much what he said.

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nc4bo

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:36 PM
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4. No doubt about it. nt

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dennis4868

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:36 PM
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5. also...

McCain wants to screw up the deal so that he can then save the deal and be the savior!

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leftynyc

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:42 PM
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15. That's exactly what I just told

my sister. His gambit wasn't working and, worse, was being mocked. He has to be seen as the savior here before he not only is considered irrelevant, but actually has to debate tomorrow.

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CakeGrrl

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:38 PM
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6. I keep saying that all Obama has to do

is offer to move this debate to any other time before the election, but that it need not affect the scheduling of any of the other debates, in particular the VP debate since that one doesn't involve him and McCain.

The Obama camp needs to force McCain's hand and take the VP debate off the table.

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iceman66

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:39 PM
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9. Yes.

Or offer to switch the dates between Friday's debate and the VP debate!

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SwampG8r

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:41 PM
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13. you can say that again

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iceman66

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:40 PM
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10. double post

Edited on Thu Sep-25-08 01:40 PM by iceman66

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liberal N proud

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:40 PM
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11. Debate, Debate Here and Debate Now

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Heather MC

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:38 PM
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7. there's 5.5 Million bucks spent in Mississippi that says if he does that he is more fucked than he

was. Mississippi will go big blue

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leftynyc

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:45 PM
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17. No it wont

And that's why the pubs feel free to screw around with this.

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Cha

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:53 PM
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20. It might not go "Blue" but there will be a lot of good

press about Obama showing up when they have all that money invested, rooms books, and potential revenue from restaurants hanging in the balance from an area that really needs it.

"Ironically enough, if John McCain goes through with his threat to skip the foreign policy debate scheduled for this Friday for the sake of prolonging and complicating the ongoing negotiations over the Paulson bailout package, it may end up creating another distressed asset -- the University of Mississippi's investment in Friday's face-off. Officials from Ole Miss told ABC News today that a cancellation would be "devastating" to the University -- and that a postponement might not be possible:

Andrew Mullins, special assistant to University Chancellor Robert Khayat, told ABC News that the Ole Miss campus has been transformed to accommodate the candidates and the press. Road blocks are in place on campus and in the community and the debate television set for the candidates has already been constructed. He said the university has spent roughly five and half million dollars getting ready for the debate.

Mullins also noted that if the Commission on Presidential Debates asks the campus to hold the debate at a later date, he is not sure the university would be able to accommodate them.

"It's huge. You cannot just say that you're not going to do this thing," Mullins said. "I don't have any idea whether we do the debate" at a later date. " probably wouldn't do it."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/ole-miss-officials-debate_n_129057.html

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KathieG

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:39 PM
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8. It's pretty obvious

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napi21

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:40 PM
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12. That's FINE with me! The time has already been allotted, and the

Debate is scheduled. Let Biden appear and andwer questions for 1 1/2 hrs. Keep poor little fragile Sarah in her glass bubble! Soon she will be able to return to Ak. and drive THOSE FOLKS crazy!

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PA Democrat

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:42 PM
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14. Have you seen part 2 of the Couric interview yet?

I think McCain would stage a fake terrorist attack to avoid the debate at this point.

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FatDave

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:51 PM
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19. Don't give them any ideas. (nt)

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LaurenG

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:43 PM
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16. McCain wants to win at any cost. So far he's "screwn" himself .

Each time he makes a decision or opens his mouth it's a screw up. I doubt he wants to debate Obama for any reason. He says he wants debates and town hall meetings but he knows he can't hold a conversation without some of his antics being exposed. I'm sure the rovian tactics he is using will backfire on him.

Let's just get this over with John, go ahead and have the debates. You can't win; you can't speak coherently about issues and your judgment in VP's was atrocious, for that matter your VP has no grasp of the issues. Let the debates begin and prepare to get back to work in AZ.

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Cha

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:46 PM
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18. Obama will be at Ol Miss tomorrow night and

Edited on Thu Sep-25-08 01:48 PM by zidzi

if mccain shows up then it's because Obama took the lead. If he doesn't then Obama has the stage to himself without the uglyass liar.

And, mccain can figure out what to do next about getting his protege outta the debate with Biden.

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medicswife

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:58 PM
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21. That's what they're going for. It's pathetic and it pisses me off. nt

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Thu Sep-25-08 01:59 PM
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22. Sure sounds like it. /n

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