Blog Buzz: John McCain Suspends Campaign, Talks Financial Crisis Bailout, Sarah Palin's Katie Couric Interview
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McCain's Loose Definition of "Suspend"
John McCain shocked everyone last night with his announcement that he was suspending his campaign, but since many McCain ads are still running and the candidate found the time to address the Clinton Global Initiative today, liberal bloggers are a little confused about the meaning of "suspend." Josh Marshall at TPM says the cancellation is "the biggest 'dog ate my homework' in history." The announcement isn't sitting well with lawmakers, either, who want McCain to butt out, and other liberals think it's yet another example of the levels to which McCain will stoop for political gain. One National Review Online blogger says the move shows real leadership, while another worries it's too risky. Michael Crowley at the New Republic thinks McCain can survive the blunder.
McCain Will Rescue Economy, Won't Read Paulson Plan
Despite the fact that McCain has suspended his campaign in light of the current historic financial crisis, he still hadn't found time to read the Paulson bailout plan as of Tuesday. Liberal bloggers are in disbelief that McCain thinks the situation is serious enough to cancel a debate but not serious enough for him to take the time to read the three-page plan. McCain says he does not think the bailout deal will pass, but reports say policymakers are close to striking a bailout deal. This news makes McCain's plan to suspend his campaign and solve the crisis seem a little unnecessary. Weekly Standard weighs in on what McCain's plan of action should be.
Sarah Palin's Greatest Interview Hits
Sarah Palin's recent interview with Katie Couric is garnering her worse criticism from liberal and pro-Obama bloggers than her interview with Charles Gibson. Bloggers say it's "more painful" than the Gibson interview, "a train wreck," and "cringe inducing." Michelle Cottle at the New Republic has a few training tips for Palin to help her mask her "complete absence of understanding." Conservative bloggers give Palin a "B-" and defend some of her shakier moments as a result of "selective editing."
—Gretchen Hannes
Reader Comments
Palin is an old 1980s term
Just like Mrs. Hasselbeck, Palin is, plain and simple, an air-head. NO disrespect but hearing HOW Palin talks and comparing that to Mrs. Hasselbeck of "The View", the are both of the same-mold: flighty. McCain, he chose Palin because he is tired and didn't expect to get passed the PRIMARIES. Now finding himself facing Obama, he didn't have anything prepared and to sabotage his own election, chose Palin as his running-mate, no disrespect to WOMEN. Females in America have the capability to be President of the United States but Ms. Palin is NOT ready. She's an air-head and is too flighty to be Commander in Chief should McCain become ill or passes on.
Hasselbeck is also flighty and her brain is lost in space! Neither her nor Palin reside in REAL America. Palin's excuse is that she has resided in ALASKA, BIG country and OPEN air, which explains her being mindless. Hasselbeck, she just lives in fantasy, plain-and-simple. Let them both REMAIN where each of them respectfully are while America gets onward with TODAY's real-life issues.
Palin
It appears katie Couric deliberately and vicously attacked Sarah Palin by taking advantage of Sarah's apparent lack of Hollywood experience in front of the cameras. Is it the job of journalists, especially one of Couric's history and standing, to employ 'gossip,rag paper' tatics?
McCain-Palin
If Barack Obama becomes president of this Great Nation I will take my family and move to another country. The Rock Bomb will destroy this country from the inside out by letting our enemies in. Sarah Palin has more wisdom and intelligence than the rock bomb and the piddle-puddle combined. John McCain is not a carbon of G. Bush and McCain will lead us forward with common sense. I cannot believe Americans, especially middle-class Americans will fall for the circus antics of the Bomber and his clowns.
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