and this is one of them.
yesterday, in the face of the crumbling economy and a bailout costing $700 billion in taxpayer's (yes, our) money, republican presidential nominee john mccain suspended his presidential campaign. he said it was time to drop the partisan politics and return to washington to get this deal banged out and get the economy back on track. he called for democratic presidential nominee barack obama to suspend his campaign as well (to which obama said "no") and asked that the presidential debate, which is scheduled for tomorrow night up the road from my current location, postponed.
and in his hurry, he had to blow off an interview with late night talk show host david letterman. he had to, there is a crisis at hand... katie couric wanted to do an interview. so he did that interview and rushed over to his hotel in new york, where he spent the night. because there is a crisis at hand, and john mccain needed to get... to sleep. and then he got up and left... for a speech in new york. yes, he had to make the speech at the clinton global initiative in person (obama also spoke there, via satellite). and then mccain got on a plane and got to washington... 22 hours after he essentially said, "things are so bad i'm going to drop everything to get to washington to help get things done," he finally got there.
does anyone see a disconnect between mccain's words and his actions?
i don't get it. first off, the audacity to think that john mccain arriving in washington will be the final push to get things done while people have been arguing over this for at least a week is just beyond me. he wouldn't make much difference. but that aside, if mccain's going to make a big deal about dropping his campaign, why did it take him so long to get to washington to face this crisis?
when i hear people tell me there is a crisis and they need to address it, i generally think they imply that the action will happen immediately. when you find out that your house is currently burning to the ground, you don't call everyone first and tell them you're going home to save your stuff, then stop by taco bell and get some volcano tacos because "fire" reminded you of "spicy tacos", and then drop off those vhs movies (this is a mccain parallel...) that you rented last week, and then get home. you just freaking go home. it's a crisis. it implies the need for immediate action.
unless it's not a crisis, at least maybe john mccain doesn't think this is a crisis. maybe he really does think that the fundamentals of the economy are sound,like he said last week. or maybe he doesn't know what he thinks. i sure as hell can tell.
does anyone else find this odd? just me?
hey, i think there's a new semi-regualar blog feature in this "things i just don't understand...". it's got a very seinfeld-esque quality to it.
"and another thing... who designed the little devider things between the urinals in the men's rooms?!"
more to come...
yesterday, in the face of the crumbling economy and a bailout costing $700 billion in taxpayer's (yes, our) money, republican presidential nominee john mccain suspended his presidential campaign. he said it was time to drop the partisan politics and return to washington to get this deal banged out and get the economy back on track. he called for democratic presidential nominee barack obama to suspend his campaign as well (to which obama said "no") and asked that the presidential debate, which is scheduled for tomorrow night up the road from my current location, postponed.
and in his hurry, he had to blow off an interview with late night talk show host david letterman. he had to, there is a crisis at hand... katie couric wanted to do an interview. so he did that interview and rushed over to his hotel in new york, where he spent the night. because there is a crisis at hand, and john mccain needed to get... to sleep. and then he got up and left... for a speech in new york. yes, he had to make the speech at the clinton global initiative in person (obama also spoke there, via satellite). and then mccain got on a plane and got to washington... 22 hours after he essentially said, "things are so bad i'm going to drop everything to get to washington to help get things done," he finally got there.
does anyone see a disconnect between mccain's words and his actions?
i don't get it. first off, the audacity to think that john mccain arriving in washington will be the final push to get things done while people have been arguing over this for at least a week is just beyond me. he wouldn't make much difference. but that aside, if mccain's going to make a big deal about dropping his campaign, why did it take him so long to get to washington to face this crisis?
when i hear people tell me there is a crisis and they need to address it, i generally think they imply that the action will happen immediately. when you find out that your house is currently burning to the ground, you don't call everyone first and tell them you're going home to save your stuff, then stop by taco bell and get some volcano tacos because "fire" reminded you of "spicy tacos", and then drop off those vhs movies (this is a mccain parallel...) that you rented last week, and then get home. you just freaking go home. it's a crisis. it implies the need for immediate action.
unless it's not a crisis, at least maybe john mccain doesn't think this is a crisis. maybe he really does think that the fundamentals of the economy are sound,like he said last week. or maybe he doesn't know what he thinks. i sure as hell can tell.
does anyone else find this odd? just me?
hey, i think there's a new semi-regualar blog feature in this "things i just don't understand...". it's got a very seinfeld-esque quality to it.
"and another thing... who designed the little devider things between the urinals in the men's rooms?!"
more to come...
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