
After making claims that the "fundamentals of our economy are fine" and such, John McCain has DROPPED 9 points in the pols, and instead of focusing on the issues and actually debating with Obama, he's decided to "
suspend the campaign and cancel the debate... for the economy..."
Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to return to Washington and focus on the "historic" crisis facing the U.S. economy.
McCain said it was time for both parties to come together to solve economic crisis.
The Arizona senator called on his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, to do the same.
The Obama campaign announced that Obama would make a statement shortly.
McCain also urged that organizers of Friday's presidential debate at the University of Mississippi to postpone the event.
"I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself," McCain told reporters in New York. "It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a statement saying the presidential debate should go on and that McCain's negotions should not be a "photo op."
Ummmm bullshit!
More like he knows he's gonna get his ass kicked in the debate, and he knows that the economy is fucked, and making statements like that have put him in a really shitty position, and nobody trusts Republicans anymore when it comes to fiscal responsibility, etc etc.
John McCain, quit acting like a spoiled brat.
In this election, John McCain wants to win so bad, he's like a child begging for a toy at the store and mommy says no.
::UPDATE::Ummm... so now they are proposing that they move the debate to the date of the first VP debate. Yeah... that smells like they are just trying to postpone Sarah Palin's beatdown by ol Joe Biden.
::UPDATE II::Via Drudge (I hate him)
David Letterman got cancelled on by McCain who was "going back to DC," but turns out he was being interviewed by Katie Couric.
So Letterman heckled him:
David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.
Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, "Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?"
Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, "You don't suspend your campaign. This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." And he joked: "I think someone's putting something in his metamucil."
"He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sara Palin. Where is she?"
"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"
Finally someone is taking him to the coals over this bullshit. Please let this air tonight.
9 minutes of just ripping into McCain. Damns.