Comments on: McCain’s call for calm is a complete sham http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:31:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Werner Patels http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3830 Werner Patels Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:51:54 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3830 That tactic was complete baloney. I am also really getting sick and tired of McCain's phoney holier-than-thou attitude and remarks. He only cares about himself, not about the country. And his new gal pal, Sarah, as we now know, is afraid of witchcraft and sorcery. What a <i>dream team</i>!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3830','Werner Patels'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3830','Werner Patels','That tactic was complete baloney. I am also really getting sick and tired of McCain\'s phoney holier-than-thou attitude and remarks. He only cares about himself, not about the country.\n\nAnd his new gal pal, Sarah, as we now know, is afraid of witchcraft and sorcery. What a <i>dream team<\/i>!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> That tactic was complete baloney. I am also really getting sick and tired of McCain’s phoney holier-than-thou attitude and remarks. He only cares about himself, not about the country.

And his new gal pal, Sarah, as we now know, is afraid of witchcraft and sorcery. What a dream team!

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3829 JuliaM Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:36:24 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3829 <i>"you really do fly the anti-Obama flag on this blog!"</i> Hey! I fly it on any blog that gives me an opening... ;)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3829','JuliaM'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3829','JuliaM','<i>\"you really do fly the anti-Obama flag on this blog!\"<\/i>\n\nHey! I fly it on any blog that gives me an opening... ;)'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> “you really do fly the anti-Obama flag on this blog!”

Hey! I fly it on any blog that gives me an opening… ;)

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3828 Letters From A Tory Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:07:51 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3828 Bloody hell, you really do fly the anti-Obama flag on this blog! Good find, interesting to read. However, Obama isn't trying to open that door - I can't find any comments by him about McCain's campaign adviser. Furthermore, Obama is only going to support the rescue plan if there are massive concessions to keep the industry under control in future - something that McCain doesn't seem to have expressed any interest in yet is supporting the bailout.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3828','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3828','Letters From A Tory','Bloody hell, you really do fly the anti-Obama flag on this blog!\n\nGood find, interesting to read. However, Obama isn\'t trying to open that door - I can\'t find any comments by him about McCain\'s campaign adviser. Furthermore, Obama is only going to support the rescue plan if there are massive concessions to keep the industry under control in future - something that McCain doesn\'t seem to have expressed any interest in yet is supporting the bailout.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Bloody hell, you really do fly the anti-Obama flag on this blog!

Good find, interesting to read. However, Obama isn’t trying to open that door – I can’t find any comments by him about McCain’s campaign adviser. Furthermore, Obama is only going to support the rescue plan if there are massive concessions to keep the industry under control in future – something that McCain doesn’t seem to have expressed any interest in yet is supporting the bailout.

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]]> By: JuliaM http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3827 JuliaM Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:56:52 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3827 “Secondly, you’re having a bit of a nightmare thanks to your campaign manager Rick Davis, who owns a consulting firms that received $500,000 between the end of 2005 and last month from Freddie Mac”

Not sure why that should worry McCain, – Obama can’t open that door.

For very good reasons. $126,349 worth, to be precise…

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3826 Letters From A Tory Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:51:58 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3826 Indeed. Your point about not agreeing is even truer than you might realise, as evidenced by this passage from Anatole Kaletsky in today’s Times:

“When Mr Paulson announced his $700 billion “plan” last Friday, everybody in the financial world (myself included) heaved a sigh of relief. Finally, it seemed, the US Government was going to do whatever it takes to stabilise the world financial system. The universal assumption was that Mr Paulson would present a detailed plan of action over the weekend, putting a safety net under the value of homes, mortgages and related assets. Yet all that appeared by Saturday evening was a three-page legislative outline, with no hint of the mechanisms to be used. The only substantive clause in the draft was a swaggering demand for untrammelled power: “Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to this Act are non-reviewable and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.”

When further details of the Paulson plan failed to appear on Sunday it was assumed that the details were being untangled in late-night political negotiations. When there was still no plan on Monday, the view was that Mr Paulson must be holding back the details for his testimony to the Senate Banking Committee the following day. But then, to everyone’s astonishment, Mr Paulson turned up to the committee on Tuesday morning with only the briefest opening statement, which simply repeated what he had already said the week before: the sky was falling and the only way to stop it was to give him authority over $700 billion in public money, to be spent in unspecified ways.”

Simply terrifying.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/anatole_kaletsky/article4820549.ece

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]]> By: patently http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3825 patently Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:43:34 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3825 "We're in a crisis! We can't agree what to do! Let's stop debating it!" Nope .... not a terribly tempting slogan...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3825','patently'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3825','patently','\"We\'re in a crisis! We can\'t agree what to do! Let\'s stop debating it!\"\n\nNope .... not a terribly tempting slogan...'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> “We’re in a crisis! We can’t agree what to do! Let’s stop debating it!”

Nope …. not a terribly tempting slogan…

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]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3824 Letters From A Tory Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:04:48 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3824 Ha, might well be - which would make his politically motivated gesture on postponing the debate even more absurd.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3824','Letters From A Tory'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3824','Letters From A Tory','Ha, might well be - which would make his politically motivated gesture on postponing the debate even more absurd.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Ha, might well be – which would make his politically motivated gesture on postponing the debate even more absurd.
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]]> By: jim http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/09/25/mccains-call-for-calm-is-a-complete-sham/#comment-3823 jim Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:02:17 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=1146#comment-3823 Hmm isn't this first debate on foreign policy?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3823','jim'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3823','jim','Hmm isn\'t this first debate on foreign policy?'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Hmm isn’t this first debate on foreign policy?
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