McCain will be at debate tonight

[MountainThunder]

Believes significant progress has been made towards a comprimise.

[Covercorner]

He said he would not be at the debate if a plan was not "Passed". Is there an issue with what he said if the plan is not passed tonight? Significant progress, while a good thing, does not equate to passed.

[Run To State]

He said he would not be at the debate if a plan was not "Passed". Is there an issue with what he said if the plan is not passed tonight? Significant progress, while a good thing, does not equate to passed.

Is it going to matter to anyone on the left? He'll get hammered on it one way or the other just as the right would do if it was Obama.

[Covercorner]

Is it going to matter to anyone on the left? He'll get hammered on it one way or the other just as the right would do if it was Obama.

Agreed. But what about Independent voters? Obama and McCain have thier base of supporters, and the election is not about those people. Will it matter to those in the middle? I would say that this particular thing would not. In fact, if I were an Indie, I would say it's probably much better for McCain to go to the debate than to stay in Washington if no deal was done, no matter what he said before.

[MountainThunder]

He said he would not be at the debate if a plan was not "Passed". Is there an issue with what he said if the plan is not passed tonight? Significant progress, while a good thing, does not equate to passed.

 

 

Actually, he did not say passed. Here is a direct quote.

 

Earlier in the week, McCain said he would delay the debate "until we have taken action to address this crisis. I'm directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the Commission on Presidential Debates to delay Friday night's debate until we have taken action to address this crisis."

 

 

By not allowing a bad bill to pass and getting other alternatives on the table, that is better than what we were headed for with the Bush/Paulson/Franks/Pelosi proposal.

[Covercorner]

Actually, he did not say passed. Here is a direct quote.

 

 

 

 

By not allowing a bad bill to pass and getting other alternatives on the table, that is better than what we were headed for with the Bush/Paulson/Franks/Pelosi proposal.

 

 

Let me double check my DVR to see if I have a separate statement. I heard and have read the statement above, but if my memory serves me, he made a separate statement with the word passed.

 

If I am wrong about this, I retract my previous post and apologize.

[MountainThunder]

Let me double check my DVR to see if I have a separate statement. I heard and have read the statement above, but if my memory serves me, he made a separate statement with the word passed.

 

If I am wrong about this, I retract my previous post and apologize.

 

I could be wrong as well. He may have said passed in his verbal statement. I remember hearing it, but cannot quote it verbatim. We both may be right and wrong at the same time!

[wc2008]

Here's an article from CNN.

 

WASHINGTON (CNN ) -- Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain will participate in Friday night's debate with his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, McCain campaign staff said.

 

 

John McCain had said he would not debate Barack Obama Friday unless the bailout package was passed.

 

McCain said earlier this week he would not attend the debate if an agreement had not been reached on a $700 billion bailout plan for U.S. financial institutions.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/debate.mississippi/index.html

[MountainThunder]

Here's an article from CNN.

 

WASHINGTON (CNN ) -- Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain will participate in Friday night's debate with his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, McCain campaign staff said.

 

 

John McCain had said he would not debate Barack Obama Friday unless the bailout package was passed.

 

McCain said earlier this week he would not attend the debate if an agreement had not been reached on a $700 billion bailout plan for U.S. financial institutions.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/26/debate.mississippi/index.html

 

I read the article twice, ... never saw the term 'passed' in any of it. I did see agreement reached, but where does 'passed' come from. Even if an agreement is reached, it still has to be passed, and I cannot find where

'passed' was a prerequisite from McCain.

[Baseballguy]

Wow. First Bunning takes a shot, now Huck? The wheels are getting real loose if you ask me.

 

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a McCain supporter, said the Republican made a "huge mistake" by even discussing canceling the debate.

 

"You can't just say, 'World, stop for a moment. I'm going to cancel everything,'" Huckabee told reporters Thursday night in Alabama before attending a benefit for the University of Mobile. He said it's more important for voters to hear from the presidential candidates than for them to huddle with fellow senators in Washington.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26900453/?GT1=43001

[UKMustangFan]

^Huckabee's a moron who's still upset that America picked McCain over him as the Republican nominee.

[HOMELESS CAMEL]

Apparently several news outlets are reporting that Mccain went to the bathroom 3 times and Obama 4 times while in the air.

 

They are not sure how this relates to anything, but they are sure it means something. :lol:

 

I say that because they are treating their arrival to the debate like the second coming of Jesus Christ.

 

This isn't the debate we want to see, I want to hear the woman who can see Russia from her house answer serious questions.

 

These two will breeze through this tonight and won't change anyone's opinion of them. If you are Republican going in, Democrat going in to the debate, it's not going to change at the end of an hour or however long it might be.

[Clyde]

On a side note, Oxford has to be the ONLY city in the state of Mississippi that a black man feels comfortable.

[UKMustangFan]

On a side note, Oxford has to be the ONLY city in the state of Mississippi that a black man feels comfortable.

 

:confused: umm...ok?

[Clyde]

:confused: umm...ok?

 

Ever been to Mississippi?