Oh, please be Sarah Palin for vice president.. Please be Palin... But that would be too good to be true of course (since it would destroy McCain)

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"Biggest political gamble I believe just about in American political history...that is not hyberbole. I can think of no choice of VP that approaches this"

- Pat Buchanan, August 29, 2008


Mitt Romney? Tom Ridge? Lindsay Graham? Rudy? Tim Pawlenty? Mike Huckabee? Kay Baily Hutchinson? Condi Rice? Charlie Crist?

Noooo!!! Nope, John McCain believes Sarah Palin is the best and most qualified person in the Republican party to take his place if he kicks off (he is kinda old). President Sarah Palin.

John McCain is an unacceptable and dangerous candidate for the office of President. And he has now proven himself to be the unstable and unintelligent doofus we feared he was.

This race is over, and it will be a historic landslide. Unless Palin pulls a Harriet Miers and withdraws in the next few hours or days (which I think is likely). Or the GOP pulls its head out of its ass and gets McCain to withdraw, and a viable candiate runs in his place.

The GOP die-hards must be reeling today.

Picture the Biden - Palin debate (if it happens). Poor girl. Seriously, poor girl. Getting her ready in a few weeks will be impossible. "OK, Sarah, there's a country called Georgia. And there's another country called Kazakhstan... And now let's get you up to speed on organizations. There's one called the UN. There's another one called the EU..."

As predicted here, and right on schedule, the spineless and poll-reading John McCain flip-flops on bailouts for housing gamblers

Our politicians suck.

Period.

Full stop.

Here's how HP reported McCain's no-going-back "F*ck you housing gamblers" speech from March 31:
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John McCain draws a crystal clear line in the sand - NO GOVERNMENT BAILOUTS FOR FAILED BANKS & MORTGAGE GAMBLERS. Well, maybe not that clear of a line

"It is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers"

- John McCain, before he eventually modifies his position after seeing the media coverage, polling data and drop in contributions
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And then sadly, predictably and right on schedule, here's the gutless poll-reading uber-politician McCain today, urging a massive taxpayer-funded bailout for housing gamblers and failed flippers.

Straight talk my ass. John McCain is just another snakey, smarmy, two-faced, spineless and REIC-corrupted politician, undeserving of your support. Too bad the GOP didn't nominate a real man. Too bad Americans hate honest politicians like Ron Paul.

McCain Shifts on Aid to Some Mortgage Holders

Senator John McCain, who drew criticism last month after he warned against broad government intervention to solve the deepening mortgage crisis, pivoted Thursday and called for the federal government to aid some homeowners in danger of losing their homes, by helping them to refinance and get federally guaranteed 30-year mortgages.

“There is nothing more important than keeping alive the American dream to own your home, and priority No. 1 is to keep well-meaning, deserving homeowners who are facing foreclosure in their homes,” Mr. McCain said in a speech on economic themes

Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, had been painted as uncaring by Democrats, and drew murmurs of concern from some Republicans, after a speech in California last month in which he cautioned that “it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers,” and noted that the crisis had been brought on by both lenders and borrowers.

Since then, he has gone out of his way to try to signal that he understands that times are tough and that people are hurting.

The mortgage plan that Mr. McCain unveiled — which his advisers said was designed for needy homeowners, and not financial institutions — would apply to people who were falling behind on payments on their primary residences who could show that they would be able to meet the terms of a new, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Mr. McCain also called for the Department of Justice to investigate the industry.

In his remarks, Mr. McCain did not mention how much his plan would cost, but his aides said it would help 200,000 to 400,000 homeowners.

John McCain, proving his ignorance about the Fed, the housing bubble and crash, and economics in general, blames the Fed for not cutting rates SOONER

We've had an idiot as president for the past seven years.

Do we want another idiot?

The good news is that McCain won't even be competitive this November. Thank god. What a dolt.

McCain Says Bernanke Should Have Reduced Interest Rates Faster

Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke should have been quicker to cut interest rates to try to avert a recession.

``I personally would have liked to have seen those rate cuts earlier,'' McCain said today on ABC's ``This Week with George Stephanopoulos.'' ``That doesn't mean I want him fired, it doesn't mean I've lost confidence,'' McCain said.

McCain, the Republican front-runner for the party's nomination, said that if elected, he would consider Bernanke's reappointment when his term is up in 2010.

(Bonus - enjoy this gem from a recent GOP debate where Ron Paul asks McCain about something he has no idea about)