bigshotprof
09-30-2008, 02:17 PM
It was a bad day for the scions of personal responsibility. First, the bailout promoted by the President, the leadership and their candidate failed to pass (not just because of Republicans) sending the market down around 770 points. Minority leader Boehner went on TV and said that this bill should be beyond partisan bickering but that because mean old Speaker Pelosi made an anti-GOP speech before they voted--regardless of the consequences--some of the the GOP members voted against it. Later analysis (of both the Reps and the Dems) was that the vast majority of people who voted nay were in tight elections of their own, while Ayes were safe. So clearly, the prevailing Congressional opinion was "If the economy is going to tank, the first priority is jobs--OURS!!
Then the Vice Presidential candidate, in answer to a question by a citizen at a rally, said that American troops should go into Pakistan if they needed to to fight terrorists and the Taliban in Afghanistan (she isn't sure they are there; you can't see Pakistan from Alaska). That's fine, but then when she and McCain were together with Katie Couric, and Couric pointed out that she did what McCain chided Obama for doing--saying what we would do in public--McCain called that a "gotcha question." When Couric reminded him that it was from a citizen on the street and open ended (what should we do about Afghanistan) he changed his phrase to gotcha journalism--apparently implying that the press should have ignored it.
Looks like somebody needs a time out.
Then the Vice Presidential candidate, in answer to a question by a citizen at a rally, said that American troops should go into Pakistan if they needed to to fight terrorists and the Taliban in Afghanistan (she isn't sure they are there; you can't see Pakistan from Alaska). That's fine, but then when she and McCain were together with Katie Couric, and Couric pointed out that she did what McCain chided Obama for doing--saying what we would do in public--McCain called that a "gotcha question." When Couric reminded him that it was from a citizen on the street and open ended (what should we do about Afghanistan) he changed his phrase to gotcha journalism--apparently implying that the press should have ignored it.
Looks like somebody needs a time out.