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	<title>Comments on: McCain suspends campaign to do his job</title>
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		<title>By: andyt</title>
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		<dc:creator>andyt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Factcheck....Mccain did NOT suspend his campaign as he so selflessly proclaimed yesterday - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/mccain-campaign-still-act_n_129327.html

Why does he keep thinking people won&#039;t see through his lies?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Factcheck&#8230;.Mccain did NOT suspend his campaign as he so selflessly proclaimed yesterday &#8211; <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/mccain-campaign-still-act_n_129327.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/mccain-campaign-still-act_n_129327.html</a></p>
<p>Why does he keep thinking people won&#8217;t see through his lies?</p>
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		<title>By: valis</title>
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		<dc:creator>valis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, right now honey, McCain has two jobs. 1) A senator 2) Presidential candidate. As a Senator he has specific duties assigned to him, i.e. specific committees he sits on which focus on specific policy areas. He does not sit on any committees pertaining to the economy. So, actually drafting this legislation is NOT his job. 

His job as presidential candidate, which he officially accepted at the RNC, actually is a strange job because in it he is actually applying for an even MORE IMPORTANT and MORE DEMANDING job than a 1 in 100 Senator--the one and only President of the United States. 

In an age of cell phones, blackberries, internet, and with legion of staff, not to mention a &quot;tough&quot; Vice Presidential running mate (remember her?) not only does McCain not need to be in Washington to be involved, he has a responsibility as an employee of the American people to present his politics. Why couldn&#039;t he have suggested to hold the VP debate early? Or why doesn&#039;t he send Palin out to shoulder the campaign in his stead? 

For 8 years now we&#039;ve had a government which has talked at us not to us, told us everything we wanted to hear but without the sincerity it takes to truly care about the bonds of our words, and substituted the image of plenty, determination, and success for a reality of adversity, ideologues, and problems...lots and lots of problems. They said, &#039;small government&#039;, and we get a multi-nationals, hyper-deregulation, loss of domestic jobs, and a police state apparatus. They said, and still say, &#039;we&#039;re for the common man&#039;, while pocketing millions from OUR labor.

It&#039;s time for solidarity. It&#039;s time to say no to cynical politics of the neo-liberal/neo-con affluent elites regardless our stand at this point on moral issues. I&#039;m pro life. I&#039;ve been pro life all my life. And although it almost sickens me to do it this election, these crooks simply need to go. They NEED to GO!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, right now honey, McCain has two jobs. 1) A senator 2) Presidential candidate. As a Senator he has specific duties assigned to him, i.e. specific committees he sits on which focus on specific policy areas. He does not sit on any committees pertaining to the economy. So, actually drafting this legislation is NOT his job. </p>
<p>His job as presidential candidate, which he officially accepted at the RNC, actually is a strange job because in it he is actually applying for an even MORE IMPORTANT and MORE DEMANDING job than a 1 in 100 Senator&#8211;the one and only President of the United States. </p>
<p>In an age of cell phones, blackberries, internet, and with legion of staff, not to mention a &#8220;tough&#8221; Vice Presidential running mate (remember her?) not only does McCain not need to be in Washington to be involved, he has a responsibility as an employee of the American people to present his politics. Why couldn&#8217;t he have suggested to hold the VP debate early? Or why doesn&#8217;t he send Palin out to shoulder the campaign in his stead? </p>
<p>For 8 years now we&#8217;ve had a government which has talked at us not to us, told us everything we wanted to hear but without the sincerity it takes to truly care about the bonds of our words, and substituted the image of plenty, determination, and success for a reality of adversity, ideologues, and problems&#8230;lots and lots of problems. They said, &#8216;small government&#8217;, and we get a multi-nationals, hyper-deregulation, loss of domestic jobs, and a police state apparatus. They said, and still say, &#8216;we&#8217;re for the common man&#8217;, while pocketing millions from OUR labor.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s time for solidarity. It&#8217;s time to say no to cynical politics of the neo-liberal/neo-con affluent elites regardless our stand at this point on moral issues. I&#8217;m pro life. I&#8217;ve been pro life all my life. And although it almost sickens me to do it this election, these crooks simply need to go. They NEED to GO!!</p>
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		<title>By: Alan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Alan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain hasn&#039;t cast a single vote in 5 months. The only senator that has missed more votes is Tim Johnson who had brain surgery. Now he can&#039;t debate cause he&#039;s needed in Washington so badly even though there is no vote? What happened to his plane? 

Maybe he just can&#039;t do two things at the same time? I guess if he becomes president we&#039;ll have to tell the world &quot;Only one crisis at a time!&quot; .

As if him being there is going to solve the crisis anyway. As of yesterday he hadn&#039;t even read the proposal. 

Truth is big John needs a time-out to get prepared and hope his numbers get better. 

Some of us remember the last big financial disaster and how Mr. McCain was in the center of it helping his friends cause it. We&#039;re not going to forget the Keating Five and how McCain 2.0 was Mr. &quot;No regulations&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain hasn&#8217;t cast a single vote in 5 months. The only senator that has missed more votes is Tim Johnson who had brain surgery. Now he can&#8217;t debate cause he&#8217;s needed in Washington so badly even though there is no vote? What happened to his plane? </p>
<p>Maybe he just can&#8217;t do two things at the same time? I guess if he becomes president we&#8217;ll have to tell the world &#8220;Only one crisis at a time!&#8221; .</p>
<p>As if him being there is going to solve the crisis anyway. As of yesterday he hadn&#8217;t even read the proposal. </p>
<p>Truth is big John needs a time-out to get prepared and hope his numbers get better. </p>
<p>Some of us remember the last big financial disaster and how Mr. McCain was in the center of it helping his friends cause it. We&#8217;re not going to forget the Keating Five and how McCain 2.0 was Mr. &#8220;No regulations&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Geo1111</title>
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		<dc:creator>Geo1111</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Heidi,

This is clearly the spin of a partisan tool. Nothing coming out of John McCain&#039;s campaign, NOT ONE THING, is anything but a considered partisan ploy. Especially now. Blast is simply a shill publication, and you are a commentator...not a reporter.

The simple fact is that this is a complex situation and I agree with Obama&#039;s point; there is no reason the debates cannot go forward, and both Senators and campaigns cannot attend to their roles in the crisis.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Heidi,</p>
<p>This is clearly the spin of a partisan tool. Nothing coming out of John McCain&#8217;s campaign, NOT ONE THING, is anything but a considered partisan ploy. Especially now. Blast is simply a shill publication, and you are a commentator&#8230;not a reporter.</p>
<p>The simple fact is that this is a complex situation and I agree with Obama&#8217;s point; there is no reason the debates cannot go forward, and both Senators and campaigns cannot attend to their roles in the crisis.</p>
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