Bruce Carriker
16th September 2008, 10:59 AM (10:59)
This must be one of the fastest flip-flops on record. :laughing:laughing
MONDAY MORNING: John McCain at a town hall meeting in Florida: "The fundamentals of our economy are strong."
MONDAY AFTERNOON (after Lehman Brothers files the largest bankruptcy in US history): "The American economy is in a crisis. America is in a crisis today...our financial markets are in turmoil...the economic crisis is not the fault of the American people.
"We have got to reform the way that they (Wall Street) do business. Our workers have been the strength of our economy," said McCain. "We are going to fix it.
"Enough is enough. We are going to put an end to the greed that has driven our markets into chaos."
I wonder if it has occurred to McCain that we're not idiots? His party is the party of Wall Street. Who but a complete moron would believe that a Republican administration is going to reform the way Wall Street does business? :laughing:laughing
The "greed that has driven our markets into chaos" is the result of a generation of deregulation and lax oversight, and the party responsible for that for 20 of the last 28 years is McCain's party.
If you believe that John McCain is correct...that enough is enough...that Wall Street needs reform...that greed has driven our markets into chaos...then it's time to reject the party of Wall Street and vote for Barack Obama.
If, on the other hand, you think he's just saying what he needs to say to get elected, all the while winking that "we're not really going to reform" wink at his Wall Street friends, then it's time to vote for someone else, too. Seems like either way McCain winds up on the short end of his own argument.
MONDAY MORNING: John McCain at a town hall meeting in Florida: "The fundamentals of our economy are strong."
MONDAY AFTERNOON (after Lehman Brothers files the largest bankruptcy in US history): "The American economy is in a crisis. America is in a crisis today...our financial markets are in turmoil...the economic crisis is not the fault of the American people.
"We have got to reform the way that they (Wall Street) do business. Our workers have been the strength of our economy," said McCain. "We are going to fix it.
"Enough is enough. We are going to put an end to the greed that has driven our markets into chaos."
I wonder if it has occurred to McCain that we're not idiots? His party is the party of Wall Street. Who but a complete moron would believe that a Republican administration is going to reform the way Wall Street does business? :laughing:laughing
The "greed that has driven our markets into chaos" is the result of a generation of deregulation and lax oversight, and the party responsible for that for 20 of the last 28 years is McCain's party.
If you believe that John McCain is correct...that enough is enough...that Wall Street needs reform...that greed has driven our markets into chaos...then it's time to reject the party of Wall Street and vote for Barack Obama.
If, on the other hand, you think he's just saying what he needs to say to get elected, all the while winking that "we're not really going to reform" wink at his Wall Street friends, then it's time to vote for someone else, too. Seems like either way McCain winds up on the short end of his own argument.