Wednesday, September 24, 2008

McCain puts country first over politics

Sen. John McCain today called on Sen. Barack Obama to join him in suspending their political campaigns for a few days to deal with the economic crisis facing the nation.

Obama has rejected McCain's offer.

Who is putting country first? Who is putting politics first? Americans should ask themselves those questions.

Remarks by Sen. John McCain:
America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, every corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen.

Last Friday, I laid out my proposal and I have since discussed my priorities and concerns with the bill the Administration has put forward. Senator Obama has expressed his priorities and concerns. This morning, I met with a group of economic advisers to talk about the proposal on the table and the steps that we should take going forward. I have also spoken with members of Congress to hear their perspective.

It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administration’s proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.

Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me.

I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.

We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved. I am 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.

I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.

Following September 11th, our national leaders came together at a time of crisis. We must show that kind of patriotism now. Americans across our country lament the fact that partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges. Now is our chance to come together to prove that Washington is once again capable of leading this country.

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2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

1)As far as the candidates they are both trying to win and both lie, say what we want to hear, or make suggestions that sound like they are sincere. So, I don't see either one of them doing anything major to truly help the economy. This economy wasn't destroyed in a day and it won't be fixed in a day. So, if they debate or not we will still be in a crisis because we are only borrowing from Peter to pay Paul. In the end we are still in debt. All I see is promises that may never be delivered, but we still have to pick someone. Truly we only know what the candidates want us to know, or see, or believe. We truly don't know whose the right man for the job, but hopefully will pick the right one.

2)I didn't know that felons could vote. I believe they put this information in the window to let this be known to past felons who thought they didn't have a right to vote. Not to specifically attract felons to get more votes for Obama. I'm also sure that McCain isn't telling felons don't vote for me because it doesn't look good. So, I'm glad that someone decided to inform former felons that they can vote in Pennsylvania. It may be seen in a bad eye by some because they have never walked in the shoes of a felon who made a mistake and has changed there lives or was falsely accused. I'm a person who tries to put myself in others' shoes, this way I'm not so quick to judge.

September 25, 2008 1:14 AM 
Anonymous charles said...

Change you can trust, a slogan that could turn around McCain's campaign?

Change you can trust contrasts beautifully with change you can believe in.

Everyone wants change, only with a team that we can trust to implement it.
If you're in a tough spot, you want someone to come to help you that you can trust, not someone you believe may want to help you.

John McCain, polls show, is rated as highly qualified and highly trusted. This slogan, change you can trust, reinforces this message.

It can even be added on to John McCain’s current slogan. Country first, change you can trust. Or perhaps Change you can trust that puts Country first. Or how about Change you can trust that puts America first

It implies without directly saying it that the other side is perhaps a little less trustworthy.

It also reinforces the message that in a time we were facing battle with Al Qaeda worldwide and two conventional wars, John McCain is a commander in chief you can trust to lead us to victory.

There are 30 days left before Election Day. Sarah Palin’s debate performance was good, but it's really up to John McCain to win.

CHANGE You Can TRUST

CHANGE You Can TRUST to put COUNTRY FIRST

CHANGE You Can TRUST to put AMERICA FIRST

CHANGE - TRUST
COUNTRY FIRST

John, are you listening???

http://strategicthought-charles77.blogspot.com/2008/10/change-you-can-trust-slogan-that-could.html

October 4, 2008 6:05 PM 

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