Obama: Call me if you need me. [Update on Meeting with Bush]
By Matthew Weaver on September 24, 2008 at 6:24 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, John McCain
Obama made a stunning gaffe in his press conference this afternoon. Responding to McCain suspending his campaign to address the economic crisis, Obama said that if they [Congress] need me, they’ll call me.
Yes, Obama wants to continue with his campaigning and the upcoming debate rather than show leadership and fulfill his role as Senator. In what has to be the quote of the day, if not the election, Obama said:
“Apparently, this was something that, you know, he was more decisive about…”—Barack Obama speaking about John McCain action to stop campaigning.
Wow! There could be no further contrast in leadership between these two men. McCain rolls up his sleeves and says ‘let’s get something done.’ And Obama says ‘call me if you need me.’
Update: Bush will meet with both candidates Thursday …
Yes, Obama went on to explain:
“I believe that we should continue to have the debate,” he said. “I think that it makes sense for us to present ourselves before the American people, to talk about the nature of the problems that we’re having in our financial system, to talk about how it relates to our global standing in the world, what implications it has for our national security, how it relates to critical questions, like the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
“We’ve both got big planes. We’ve painted our slogans on the sides of them. They can get us from Washington, D.C., to Mississippi fairly quickly.”—Barack Obama as quoted by Shailagh Murray in the Washington Post.
When given an opportunity to serve his nation in a time of severe crisis, Barrack Obama decided that his own personal gain was more important.
Stunning!
Sen. Lindsey Graham just made a great set of remarks to Fox News’s “America’s Election HQ” host:
“We don’t want a debate! We want a solution. We’ve got 40 days to debate. We’ve been begging this guy to debate us for six months now. What we need is for the Congress to answer the call of Secretary Paulson and Ben Bernanke and Warren Buffett and every other smart person to not allow a financial PEARL HARBOR to happen.”
Host: Senator Obama has suggested that a president needs to be able to do a number of things at the same time …. like have a debate for example and be able to have his finger on the pulse of what is going on in Washington. Is he right about that?Sen. Graham: I would think that if the president were overseas right now and talking to a foreign leader, they would get on a plane and come back home because the country is experiencing a financial crisis. If either one of these people were president, and they were overseas talking about some foreign policy matter, I hope they would have the good judgment to jump on a plane and come back to the United States and call an emergency session of the Congressional leaders to avoid what Warren Buffett calls a ‘financial Pearl Harbor’. That to me is what we need to do.
We have 40 days left to debate. We may not have but a few days left to protect American savings and financial institutions from collapse, and after the two days you’ve seen here in Congress of nothing but posturing, we’re running out of time.
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UPDATE via CNN’s Political Ticker at 8:21 p.m. ET:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush has asked both Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama to join him for a meeting at the White House Thursday afternoon to discuss the economic bailout plan, a White House officials said.
“The President called Sen. Obama tonight around 7:30 pm,” said Dana Perino, White House press secretary. “The president has invited the bicameral and bipartisan leadership, and the two senators running for president, to the White House tomorrow to work on driving to a bipartisan and timely solution.”
Obama’s campaign said in a statement that he has accepted the invitation. …
Oh my!! They are now reporting that the stock market will crash if a bill isn’t passed by Friday. This is a serious matter that needs to be dealt with now!!!! WHERE ARE YOU NOBAMA? STILL MEMORIZING FOR THE DEBATE? I hate Obama. I really don’t care what happens to him as long as he doesn’t step foot in the Oval Office.
Where did you see that?
We do not need nor want obama!
andrew — Obama crammed for 3 days for this Foreign Policy debate — he will forget everything he was taught by the time he gets to debate again.
I hope this shows the American people once and for all. Obama just runs for office — he does not govern.
The One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopkn0lPzM8&feature=related
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The One doesn’t need to go to Washington, he can work miracles from where he is…
They all need to get there back there and fix it. And I dare Pelosi to turn off the lights again. They have the best health care plan, the best retirement plan and us…the little voters are at risk of losing everything. NO big paychecks for the executives and put Hillary’s mortgage plan in place…FIX IT!
ALERT
NOBAMA HAS TO STOP CRAMMING AND GO TO DC. HE HAS TO GO TO THE PRESIDENT’S MEETING FOR MCCAIN/NOBAMA AND CONGRESS TO RESOLVE THE FINANCIAL CRISIS BILL.
What good would Obama do?
He wouldn’t know what the hell he was doing anyway.
He can sit in the “dunce” corner where George W. hangs out.
Both John and Obama are summoned to the WH today.
This is going to be the leader of the free world?????? UGH
LOL More like the Ronald McDonald of the world.
Amy BETTER RONALD MCDONALD THAN BARRY…RONALD STANDS FOR SOMETHING bobo stands for nada!!!
The Hamburgler….LOL…
Leader of the free world… I wonder how long that moniker will last. How long will freedom ring?
These developments seem so historical, it is disconcerting…
The leader of the free world needs to be able to chew gum and walk at the same time. Too challenging for McCain? Has he not yet heard of the Blackberry? The telephone? Though the real reason, as ABC is reporting, is to delay this debate to next Thursday thereby delaying the VP debate. Isn’t Sarah ready yet?
right. if you are going to commit a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, what we need is a senator that will make the decision based on blackberry messages sent to him by his aides. Obama continues to prove that he is W in DEM clothes.
Please. Who in the Senate follows him? The Conservatives despise him for his past “sins” of not toeing the right-wing line all the time. They’re the ones who need to be brought along. He should send his economic adviser, Phil Gramm, instead. Oh, I forget, it was Phil Gramm’s deregulation plan — pushed primarily by McCain — that got us into this.
Trust me, nobody under 60 understands his resistance to the modern world of communications. He’s just showboating, throwing a Hail Mary pass as Krauthammer said tonight on Fox. Even Fox!
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the bill you speak of, was passed by over 90 of the senators. it was signed into law by Bill Clinton. It was bipartisan bill. So, don’t blame McCain. And this crisis can be put at the feet of FannieMae/Freddie Mac, which was 100% supported by DEMS.
Schumerwas all for deregulation, and Clinton signed Gramm-Leach-Bliley.
No Rose,
Many of Sen obama’s key campaign people contributed to this crisis…
PLEASE view this video. It contains facts, sources and proof about Sen Obama and Sen McCain’s roles in this mortgage crisis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiEWCnpNnBQ
http://www.youtube.com/v/AiEWCnpNnBQ&hl=en&fs=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0
Explosive Video, Fannie Mae CEO calling Obama and the Dems the “Family” and “Conscience” of Fannie Mae
http://patriotroom.com/?p=2092
This speech is EXCELLENT.
Learn More:
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/19/mccains-newest-ad-obamas-former-adviser-jim-johnson-and-fannie-mae/#more-4909
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/16/obamas-finance-chair-failed-bank-owner-penny-pritzker-and-todays-wall-street-problem/#more-4842
Watch this chilling video.
Dear Mr. Obama: Who Are You?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aBNduAyQ4
It was Barney Frank leading the Dems against the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005 co-sponsored by McCain that got us into this mess. The huge growth in the subprime and Alt-A loan portfolios of Fannie and Freddie could not have occurred, and the scale of the financial meltdown would have been substantially less. Deregulation actually made possible bank acquisition of Bear Stearns and Merrill Lynch, saving billions in likely resolution costs for taxpayers. McCain knows what he is doing. He has the support of conservatives in Congress, as he has sided with them on most issues; his 100% ACU rating is evidence of that. We pay him to be in Congress, and his first responsibility to voters is to be in the midst of the crisis, not phoning in his 2 cents from his Blackberry. God, you people are annoying.
Too many partisans are willing to post lies or half-truths as a way of scoring points. Rose is posting lies and half-truths as a way to smear McCain.
It is a matter of public record that McCain was aware of the problems at Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac and that he was thwarted in his attempt to address these problems by Democrats and Republicans. It is also a matter of record that Obama has received much more in donations from the troubled companies than McCain, even though McCain has been in the Senate forever and Obama is new.
That McCain is a Republican who tends against regulation is true, but it is a lie to say he is for the current regulatory situation or responsible for the mess.
We should judge people on what they actually do and say. With so many lies and half-truths floated about by supporters of both campaigns, how are Americans to make an honestly-informed decision? Frankly, it is unpatriotic to taint a person’s choice for president by knowingly lying or distorting the facts about the candidates. If we don’t know the truth, the freedom to choose loses its’ meaning.
SM
The congress had more than one chance to address this problem in the last 2 years; all of them of them are responsible, everyone should be back in Washington right now. The buyers who just had to have that European trip thanks to taking out a second mortgage are responsible, the only ones who don’t have a damned thing to do with this, are honest people, who made their payments, not looking for more than just doing right by the loans they took out.
Yes.
rose, shut tfu!
Well where are Obama multi-tasking skills. Can’t he be in Washington (it is an emergency), and Mississippi. He just contradicted himself.
Good point!
Obama can bowl with a score of 37 and vote “present” at the same time.
Now that is talent.
LOL.
And BO would rather campaign, and finally get around to debating after stiff arming McCain on joint town halls.
McCain has shown that governance and legislating may be a little more important at this moment.
What do you think Middle America would prefer? If you say, “debate”, then you’d better go away and grow up some.
rose — if you can get anything into that Obama soaked brain of yours. Get this. Congress does not agree on what to do to save the markets — they need leadership from the leaders of their parties to get something done. Got It? Obama cannot lead he is too busy running to stop and lead. Tell yourself Obama is the best man to lead this country when we go into a Depression because this is what we are being told will happen.
We were told there were WMD, too.
Rose — you are proof that only the braindead could find something positive about Obama.
Seems to me that it is 3 am and the phone has rang. Phone: Obama we have a problem. Obama: Call me back. I’m busy. Was Hillary right? Here is our first crisis. Where’s Obama?
sunny florida
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We were also told that Obama was not qualified to be president.
By Joe Biden, Obama’s running mate!
What a vote of confidence!
The jokes write themselves!
OMG, Rose. How old are you? We are having a financial crisis. There is NO argument about that. However, there are several different ideas on the solution and Congress - of which Barry is a part - needs to deal with it. They can’t deal with it from the campaign trail. Good grief, this will impact everyone in this country, and nations all over the world. Do you get that? Do you get what the problem even is? Are you in grade school?
I can’t believe Barry Soetoro actually wants to shirk his responsibility - again. This guy simply can’t be allowed to win the election.
hey fellow posters, take a look at ole rose. she gets the [DELETED BY ADMIN] post of the day award.
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Rose… bottom line it was DEMS that encouraged the gigantic growth of sub-prime…they were thinking…more americans in houses
The Repukes were thinking…GREAT, we’ll bundle the subprimes with the good loans and sell them to OTHER INVESTORS (like pension plans, mutual funds, etc) and make a butt load of money
McCain has raised issues about this…but since both parties were feeding at the trough…neither Republican nor Democrats have done anything about this.
People who paid attention KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME for over 4 years… as soon as the housing bubble burst and those ARMs came due.
We cannot let the failure spread. If cash flow disappears, so does the capital to stay up stay up with growth. And in a global economy…there will be someone else to do the work even if Americans can’t do it. That leads to job loss, poverty and ultimately to a very serious contraction.
The only thing the Congress is debating is how much they can end up stiffing the American taxpayer for, while their wealthy friends walk of thier gazillions.
I think I’d like the new POTUS to be INVOLVED in that decision. Who are they going to protect… their friends or the avg joe?
Action and inaction certainly speaks volumes at this point about who is really interested in looking out of our interests. Ultimately, we’ll have to see what McCain is in support of… and Barry… well, he’s just going to keep voting present because the most import thing to him is to win his next election cycle…the only legacy of his entire political career.
Rose,
Was Pres Bush 43 on the telephone or on his blackberry during Katrina?
A lot of good that did the people of Louisiana…
Rose…
are you sure that it is Gov Palin that needs the prep time for the debates?
Learn about the real Gov Palin & what she has accomplished in Alaska
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt6VzuseI30
Now,
Learn about the real Sen Obama and what he has accomplished in Chicago
http://vodpod.com/watch/857180-why-chicagoans-are-against-obama
Nearly 125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer (2008)
http://cbs4denver.com/national/chicago.summer.shootings.2.810882.html
Sen Obama’s ACTUAL Legislative Accomplishments:
http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/The_Obama_Craze_Count_Me_Out_5413.html
For those who are interested, here is the video of a recent McCain/Palin rally (9.19.08) in Blaine, MN:
Palin Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAjZxP2OySk
Palin Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jEowjcqLX4
McCain Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtMtY4ZQQOY
McCain Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq8m1WopnpM
Watch this chilling video.
Dear Mr. Obama: Who Are You?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aBNduAyQ4
This video is based 100 % on easily verifiable facts.
No Rose… Somehow I have the feeling that Gov Palin is ready to debate…
Suuuuuure….that’s why Obama caved and is heading to DC.
You don’t seem to understand–if a solution is found in time, there will be no delay. McCain is simply putting country before pratting on about foreign relations (it’s kind of silly to worry about external issues when your local situation is so dire).
But then, you’re a troll, so who cares what you think?
A Rose by any other name still stinks like a troll
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John Mccain is a coward. Doesn’t want to debate!
STFU. McCain would crush O-Trash in a debate on foreign policy.
LOL yeah right.
For old time sakes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWKhYQarJU
Obama - YES WE CAN!!
Well, when he can arrange time away from campaigning.
It’s a classic.
Just take a mike and video conference and McCain will do fine at the debate…
He’s got class I understand he does not need to be in same room as the One !!!
Go John yo make him look the dork he is…
Gimme gimme gimme : i hope he looses every last penny from those books hes made and his pension is sailing down the swany river..
You can always tell who the trolls are. You don’t have to actually read what they post. You just check their typing and grammar and spelling. Trolls usually exhibit an IQ under 50.
Tonight they’re hovering in single-digits.
It’s cold in them thar hills…
Mommy hasn’t turned the heat up in the basement yet.
She’s trying to get them upstairs and off her computer.
what about those 10 townhall debates Obama wouldn’t do with McCain.
How about the townhall debates with Hillary that Obama wouldn’t do.
That is the end of your argument!
McCain wanted, what, 12 town hall debates?
McCain is a man that knows when you are needed and the country is in a big MESS!
McCain = Leadership and Judgement
Yeah. He spent years as a POW and he’s scared of Barack Insane 0mama? hahahahahahahahahahaha Oh my GOD. You need to take you medication.
Yes, it would be really hard to outshine Obama when all Obama says is uuuuuuuuu, aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh, doooohhhhhhhh
Really? Is that why McCain proposed 10…COUNT THEM 10 debates?!?!
And a$$wipe Nobama after tucking tail and running from Hillary only agreed to the bare minimum of 3 debates with McCain.
Obama is the absolute WORST candidate in US history. He actually makes Dubya look competent.
It is astonishing that at two different places I saw while doing some research people slamming MCCAIN for this. They are claiming he is afraid, that he’s trying to get out of it - you know, the one who actually DOES have foreign policy experience. It is shocking - really. Another way in which the MSM has skewed this whole campaign FOR Obama.
I’m with Matthew - I think this shows his GLARING lack of leadership aility!
McCain knows he needs to go and work and doesn’t need photo ops. His life has been about service and besides McCain has survived 5+ years as a POW and Obama hadn’t served 2 years and he was going for POTUS!
McCain is a called Maverick, and has earned people’s respect.
RRR AMy,
dont be too surprised.
Sen Obama and his campaign and his supporters have used this tactic before when they had no response to a situation…
“The best defense is a good offense”.
Whenever anything was mentioned about anything Sen Obama or his people did or did not do….
and
they were criticized for it….
the obama group started attacking McCain/Palin for anything and everything they could find to use against them.
They try to divert the focus of the voters on to something else so that McCain and Palin are put on the defensive trying to insulate themselves from these false atatcks.
In the meanwhile…everyone is ignoring the following SERIOUS AND UNRESOLVED ISSUES CONCERNING SEN OBAMA AND HIS CANDIDACY
(BTW…it is 9/24 and these items STILL HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWED UP BY THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA OR ANYONE ELSE…)
1– US Treason Gate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqHFk-3yQM
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09172008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/obama_objects_129453.htm
Sen Obama tried to slow down return home of US troops in Iraq ? McCain camps response
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/15/a-traitor-in-our-midst/#more-4827
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/09/15/is-obama-illegally-and-improperly-interfering-in-us-foreign-policy/#more-4824
2- Berg Gate
BERG LAWSUIT
Why is This Story Being Buried By The Main Stream Media?
http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20089295&BRD=1672&PAG=461&dept_id=33380&rfi=6
Obama Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court (Constitutionally Ineligible for the Presidency)
| 8/21/08 | Jeff Schreiber
Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:00:24 PM by LdSentinal
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065855/posts
The action seeks an injunction preventing the senator from continuing his candidacy and a court order enjoining the DNC from nominating him next week, all on grounds that Sen. Obama is constitutionally ineligible to run for and hold the office of President of the United States.
“I filed this action at this time,” Berg stated, “to avoid the obvious problems that will occur when the Republican Party raises these issues after Obama is nominated
3- Rezko Gate?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tony-rezko-sentence-delay-webaug21,0,7342747.story
Rezko’s sentencing date has now been pushed back to at least October 28, 2008, which is less than a week before the November 4, 2008, General Election.
Additionally, “Rezko’s attorneys, led by Joseph Duffy, now have until Sept. 19 to file motions,” Coen wrote.
Re: the MSM spin for Obama. While checking out ABC’s site to find out about their stunning news that Obo is suddenly ahead by 11 based on the perception that McCain is responsible for the banking meltdown while Obo will fix it (I don’t know where they get these ideas…ahem.) buried in the ABC New story was the fact that McCain is basically the deal maker on this bailout. Should he decide to vote against it, it won’t pass. Obviously, the stakes are high and he’s negotiating whether he will support the bailout. So, he needs to be in Washington.
oh right, he is so scared of Obambi he just created this financial crisis for personal gain…pathetic.
Troll. Filthy Obama troll. Debate that.
yeah, and that’s why NObama wouldn’t show up to the many many townhall meetings McCain urged NO to do MONTHS ago. NObama is upset that his Cliff notes will have to be re-memorized thus, leaving less time to COMMUNITY ORGANIZE the election fraud.
NObama, NOshow to get the job done.
NObama. NOt ready to lead.
COUNTRY FIRST!!!
John — Its Obama who’s the coward. He is afraid to lead. What a fraud he is. McCain would wipe the floor with Obama on Foreign Policy. But right now saving this nation’s economy is more important. McCain doesn’t pretend he’s a Messiah like Obama. He is just a principled man who was born to lead.
Hey JMC IS A C:
The only coward is your Bambi baby. On this one, he won’t even vote PRESENT, for then to say… I did not vote fot it. Too much ego, too much smooth talk. You Obullish trolls better learn some HISTORY. Mc Cain has been subjected to more pain than all of us toguether, and called a hero even by your bluffer Messiah.
Offered 10 this summer!
Obummer DIDN’T WANT TO FURTHER DEBATE HILLARY -his OWN party - after he was chewed up and spit out by her (Hillary)! That last debate he did with her SCARED HIM SH@TLESS! He’s now refused ANY townhall meetings with McCain and just agreed (through much pressure) to do 3 debates. If this debate doesn’t happen on Friday, he - Obummer - is scared to death that he’ll FORGET EVERYTHING HE MEMORIZED FROM HIS notes and aides on WHAT to say in the debates - and HOW to answer the questions.
Obummer is SCARED!
Obama is a fucking joke. A bad joke but a fucking joke.
Yet his lead in the polls continues to grow…
Wait until after his “no show” to solve America’s financial problems …. he’s too busy cramming for a debate.
Let him debate his fellow senators, doing is CURRENT JOB.
NObama. NOshow. NOt ready to lead.
COUNTRY FIRST!!!
People do not educate themeselves on the facts. They simply follow like lambs to the slaughter. If they would do some research and open their ears Obama would not be ahead again. He disgusts me!! He has a great opportunity to show us what he is made of in congress,and he just wants to continue the campaign. What will he say if he is elected and war breaks out? Call me if you need me! Ill be at the ranch!!
Actually, his lead is heading downward this week again. It’s still a dead heat tie, within the margin of error. But technically, BO has lost a few points this week in most polls.
they only call Obam supporters no wonder he keeps up now and then they go into his phone database….
Get a grip hes steering the country to the biggest explosion we will ever see….
Please come out in droves Nov 4th…
THAT MAN NEEDS A REAL JOB WHERE HE NEEDS TO GET HIS ASS OUT OF BED IN A MORNING..
SPONGING OFF US ALL NEEDS TO STOP
…I dont know where you get your info, but Barack has been surging as of lately. RCP has all the averages. http://realclearpolitics.com/
Im hoping that once this bailout package is finally passed, and the debates occur, McCain can improve and win in the end.
This happens every weekend. If they conduct a poll on the weekend all of sudden obama is up. Why is that? Because kids are answering their phones and lying that they can vote.
This is what kills me. His poll lead grows because people think he can better solve the economic crisis better. Are you kidding me? Has anyone looked at Chicago? McCain came out looking like a leader today. He’s ready to get to work. Obama wants to issue a joint statement. Actions/words. Sound familiar? And all Obama really cared about was being sure everyone knew he called McCain first! O ended up looking like a baby.
& reminding us about his painted logo on his plane…
LIKE WE NEEDED TO BE REMINDED HE SPENT MONEY TO PAINT HIS PLANE???
WHAT A WASTE OF SPACE
kathy — In the Gallop Poll they admit to overpolling black voters and under polling whites. Also, Gallop used registered voters instead of likely voters. In short they are in Obama’s pocket and that poll is an out and out lie. Obama and McCain are in a statistical dead heat in the tracking polls.
The pollsters never let you see the raw numbers, only the weighted results. The polls are nothing more than manufactured narrative.
brooklyn lou — you got it.
Give it a few days, Cynic. This was a stunning move for John McCain and only proves he has what it takes. While Obama muses on multi-tasking, McCain goes to Washington–to do the job he was elected to do. Ever see Mr. Smith Goes to Washington? Yes, it’s romantic. But people desperately want a leader who is willing to put it on the line, do the right thing and the hell with personal/political consequences.
That’s not something Barack Obama has a clue about. He’s the professional “campaigner.”
Let’s see what the American public thinks about the doer vs. the talker.