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John McCain's Incredible Foresight
I
have a Rick Davis side note. Last
night I was watching the News Hour with Jim Leher, and they had a story
about the financial crisis's impact on Florida voters and how it's affecting
the candidates. One thing caught my attention when they played a clip from John
McCain where he says that he began taking a stand against Fannie Mae and Freddy
Mac two years ago.
"Two years ago, I warned the White House and the Congress
that Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac needed to be fixed..." blah,
blah, blah.
He's
a buffoon, but if he indeed had that kind of insight, then why wasn't he
leading the fight to increase oversight and for more regulation then? To have such incredible insight as he
is implying in the clip to foresee one of the worst economic disasters in the
history of the United States, wouldn't he feel compelled to fight for nothing
else? Shouldn't he have distanced
himself from folks like Phil Gram, the granddaddy of this disaster? And most of all, why would he hire Rick
Davis to lead his campaign???!!!
McCain
and his campaign have been lying their butts off saying that Rick Davis is no
longer lobbying for Fannie and Freddy or hasn't for ever and ever... But, McCain looked beyond that and
hired him anyway.
On
a lighter note, the funniest political cartoon I've seen for a
while. Maybe it's just me or that
it caught me at the right moment, but every time I look at it I break out
laughing–the first time I was almost crying. Tom Toles is wonderful.
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Comments (2)
I don't know what the devil went wrong with my HTML. I apologize for that scary mess. Here's a prettier version:
I have a Rick Davis side note. Last night I was watching the News Hour with Jim Leher, and they had a story about the financial crisis's impact on Florida voters and how it's affecting the candidates. One thing caught my attention when they played a clip from John McCain where he says that he began taking a stand against Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac two years ago.
"Two years ago, I warned the White House and the Congress that Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac needed to be fixed..." blah, blah, blah. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec08/floridaeconomy_09-29.html
He's a buffoon, but if he indeed had that kind of insight, then why wasn't he leading the fight to increase oversight and for more regulation then? To have such incredible insight as he is implying in the clip to foresee one of the worst economic disasters in the history of the United States, wouldn't he feel compelled to fight for nothing else? Shouldn't he have distanced himself from folks like Phil Gram, the granddaddy of this disaster? And most of all, why would he hire Rick Davis to lead his campaign???!!!
McCain and his campaign have been lying their butts off saying that Rick Davis is no longer lobbying for Fannie and Freddy or hasn't for ever and ever... But, McCain looked beyond that and hired him anyway.
On a lighter note, the funniest political cartoon I've seen for a while. Maybe it's just me or that it caught me at the right moment, but every time I look at it I break out laughing–the first time I was almost crying. Tom Toles is wonderful. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/toles_main.html?name=Toles&date=09302008&type=c?hpid=opinionsbox1
September 30, 2008 10:23 AM | Reply | Permalink
I think everyone could use a little comic relief around here so I thought I'd share this. When I saw your title, I thought it said "John McCain's Incredible Foreskin."
He's so desperate, if he thought it would get votes, he'd probably show us his foreskin (or lack thereof).
I am amazed by McCain's nerve. Does he really think nobody's paying attention so we won't notice these little discrepancies between what he says one minute and what he says the next?
September 30, 2008 12:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
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