Last week, after probably being told by advisers that he had to come out with something big to make everyone forget about the fact that he said the economy was “sound,” John McCain called for the firing of SEC chairman Christopher Cox. Yesterday, he announced his pick for replacement.
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and if moz isn’t available, what about hitler?
you can’t fire the SEC chairman…
hehe, he used the words “Cuomo” and “prestige” in the same sentence!
you can’t fire the SEC chairman…
@2/4…ding ding ding.
mccain = senile old bag
Scary dude.
I’m sure his replacement candidate didn’t know about this, neither did EP.
How can anyone vote for this guy?
#7 you have to vote for him because Obama is a jackass-his comment about Cuomo is troubling though. If you wanted to single out one person who was most responsible for the subprime mess then Andrew Cuomo during his stint at HUD would be the guy
Heck, why not make Elliott Spit-or-swallows the next SEC chairman?
8 Cuomo most responsible for the sub prime mess? Go back to Staten Island.
#8 They’re both jackasses, but only one of the two jackasses wants to give over his economic policy to Phil “I failed the third, seventh and ninth grade” Gramm and Andrew Cuomo. If McCain wins, it’s not like he didn’t give the world fair warning.
@2/4- So true and its something that has been completely ignored. How does anyone vote for a president who doesn’t even know what the powers and limitations of his job are? I am pretty sure that if I were running for president (or any job for that matter) I would know what the job requirements entailed before applying for it. Fuckin moron.
@2 and 4, yes you can. The President can appoint a new chairman as he sees fit. Cox would still be a commissioner, but not the chair.
12, you might consider actually learning the rules (see 13).
#9 you are an idiot- Cuomo pushed to change the Fannie and Freddie charters while at HUD which reulted in them buying more risky assets. i guess they don’t teach critical thinking at community colleges
#15 I’m assuming you’re referring to #10, not #9. That must be some school you attended that didn’t even teach integers. Go to Google. Type “number line.” That might be a good place for you to start…
McCain is such a fucking jackass.
“When I’m president, if I want someone to resign, they resign!”
Someone get grandpa some Metamucil, he’s grumpy again.
I know you are but what am I
#16 Tony- sorry the back office gig didn’t work out. you can always try running numbers on Mulberry street
Hey assholes. STFU with the name calling. McCain is a senile who knows nothing. You want him to helm the country? Get a clue. Obama 08. There’s only one choice.
#20 Senile is an adjective not a noun. If you are going to use “helm” as a transitive verb then at least take the time to learn what it means. no wonder you like Obambi
Heard Palin’s not coming to NY. Just as well, she’d prob get lost, never having been here before.
21 Surprised a Palin supported knows what a transitive verb is. Know a recipe for meth as well?
21 Your support for two complete fools as your leaders speaks volume of your own intellect.
23 and 24- yes i see you points- a do nothing Senate lifer who had a D average at the University of Delaware and a Harvard educated lawyer who hangs out with terrorists and sounds like a Black panther are better choices. Thanks for clearing that up
25 When you started with “do nothing Senate lifer”, I truly thought yours was an anti-McCain post. Funny that. Oh nd the “hangs out with terrorists” thing: whered you get that? Hannity?
@26, Ouch. That bitch got served.
“hangs out with terrorists and sounds like a Black panther”
ha. riiiiiiiiiight.
Everyone keep saying Obama is a jackass. Can someone please back it up? saying it over and over again doesnt make it true.
Don’t vote for either of these douchebags. Vote Independent.
#29, I agree…
Ron Paul (sorta independent) or bust.
Don’t blame the Democrats for this mess. Clinton left you with a budget surplus and real income growth. You can thank Bush/Cheney/Gramm/Rove/McCain/Paulson and co. for this mess.
Oh yeah, and you Republican voters for supporting them. You were warned time and again about this, and I’m not taking shit for your stupidity.
McCain’s call for the resignation of Cox was purely political and makes no sense coming from the presedential nominee. Cox was on McCain’s list for a potential VP nomination. McCain voted for Cox when he was nominated to the job. McCain supports the deregulatory philosophy of the current SEC.
Clearly it was a political ploy to get him back into the public’s eyesight after the recent economic turbulence caused him to slide in the polls.
#15,
I’m the idiot who wrote post #9 and I don’t see how your response to me responds at all. Except for the gratuitous playgroundish insult.
So all I can really say is: I’m rubber and you’re glue.
Ahhh I guess Grampa McCain can’t chew gum and walk at the same time too.