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Country First (Republican Strategist suggests voting against any bailout for party)

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by pgabriel, Sep 24, 2008.

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  1. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I wasn't going to start this thread but someone is calling people unpatriotic in the Mccain suspending debate thread (usual tactic) so I just couldn't help it


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    Republican incumbents in close races have the easiest vote of their lives coming up this week: No on the Bush-Pelosi Wall Street bailout.

    God Himself couldn't have given rank-and-file Republicans a better opportunity to create political space between themselves and the Administration. That's why I want to see 40 Republican No votes in the Senate, and 150+ in the House. If a bailout is to pass, let it be with Democratic votes. Let this be the political establishment (Bush Republicans in the White House + Democrats in Congress) saddling the taxpayers with hundreds of billions in debt (more than the Iraq War, conjured up in a single weekend, and enabled by Pelosi, btw), while principled Republicans say "No" and go to the country with a stinging indictment of the majority in Congress.

    This creates pressure on the "change" message. If this issue is made controversial, and Obama is not the first to make it an issue, how exactly is a Washington deal backed by Bush's Treasury Secretary "change?"

    But for this to be actionable, it has to be controversial. So this can't be a few lonely voices like Coburn and DeMint. It needs to be the bulk of the Republican conference. In an ideal world, McCain opposes this because of all the Democratic add-ons and shows up to vote Nay while Obama punts.

    History has shown us that "inevitable" "emergency" legislation like the Patriot Act or Sarbanes-Oxley is never more popular than on the day it is passed -- and this isn't all that popular to begin with. All the upside comes with voting against it.

    A bailout may be inevitable, but so to can be the political benefit for Congressional Republicans if played correctly.
     
    #1 pgabriel, Sep 24, 2008
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    Cramer agrees...

    "As Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke go before Congress this afternoon, Washington’s beginning to play politics with Paulson’s plan. Cramer took that up the issue during Wednesday’s Stop".

    Check the vid out here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/26871832
     
    #2 Qball, Sep 24, 2008
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    I'm just watching ABC news and they are saying that the meeting at the Whitehouse on the bailout dissolved in chaos as House Republicans have tried to push an alternate plan. Stephanopoulis also seems to be speculating that McCain might have a hand in this by pushing House Republicans to hold strong on not supporting Paulsen's plan so he can come back and reap some political points from this. That seems fairly wild speculation to me but McCain's role in this does seem rather unclear.
     
    #3 rocketsjudoka, Sep 25, 2008
  4. pppbigppp

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    well what else is he suppose to do? When you are deep in a political mud pit, the best thing you could accomplish is to drag the other party into the fray. The country may dissolve into disarray, but we all know some people care little about collateral damage.

    1. McCain announced he will go to DC to "help" "solve" the crisis
    2. People who actually work on the bill said GTFO, we are closed to a solution and we don't need presidential politics here
    3. McCain go there anyways
    4. Solution dissolved

    Oh the irony
     
    #4 pppbigppp, Sep 25, 2008
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