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  1. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:14 PM

    Well, his vote matters most than anyone’s as most republicans will vote the same way he votes.

  2. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:14 PM

    His request is more then fair.

  3. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:15 PM

    Too long, didn’t read it.

  4. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:16 PM

    Read: McCain’s postponing the debate to learn what the Economy actually is.

  5. Posted by MostOffensive | September 24, 2008 at 3:16 PM

    obama should do it too instead of holing up in Florida. Also, Bloomberg should be McCain’s Secretary of the Treasury

  6. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:17 PM

    finally someone has come to save the day

  7. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:18 PM

    This whole thing is so fucked up. Paulson, Bernanke, Bush are out of their fucking minds.

  8. Posted by a dead horse | September 24, 2008 at 3:20 PM

    He suspended his campaign, not just the debate

  9. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:21 PM

    fucking sack of shit full of nothing airbag dumb fuck “I didn’t pay attention in finance class 30 years ago” “I couldn’t spell CDO until yesterday” wanna-be president being “I love america and bankers turned it socialist” empty headed foul mouthed strategerizing full-of-anal-sperm from taking it from the donors wind bags.

  10. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM

    Wouldn’t it be convenient if the republicans didn’t have to debate at all, let alone postpone them? Sarah Palin i limiting reporters’ access to photo ops and now McCain is avoiding debates.
    I do think the best chance they have of winning is if they don’t speak at all. And apparently even THEY agree with me.

  11. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM

    more like McCain has suspended his campaign to try and UNDERSTAND the economy.
    what a gutless prick.

  12. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM

    @10 Too long, didn’t read it.

  13. Posted by EricM | September 24, 2008 at 3:24 PM

    Any change you can clarify that, @10, you seem a bit uncommitted.

  14. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:24 PM

    McCain better do something…latest polls show the race tilting somewhat substantially towards Obama. This economic crisis interrupts his campaign’s plans to focus the election on Rove-ian wedge issues.

  15. Posted by blndebnker | September 24, 2008 at 3:25 PM

    I’m sorry, but LAME. Him suspending a debate that only takes a few hours out of the day is not going to magically solve this. As if in an hour or two, the economy will be saved.

  16. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:26 PM

    this is @10, can I get that on a mug?

  17. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:27 PM

    Too long, didn’t read.

  18. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:28 PM

    Why don’t we just get the $700 billion from Tony Rezko and still go ahead with the debate Friday?

  19. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:28 PM

    @10- awesome!
    -11

  20. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM

    Mccain on Intrade has ticked down to .44 on this.
    We are fucking SCREWED with these assholes, folks

  21. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM

    Who the hell elected Maxine Waters. Her questions for Hank and Ben are retarded.

  22. Posted by RAW DOG | September 24, 2008 at 3:29 PM

    Bess – What is a “campaing”?

  23. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:32 PM

    I think if McCain performed a jig it might help a little.

  24. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:32 PM

    @ 10 – nice.
    @ 11 – McCain can ONLY talk about time spent in Hanoi Hilton and Palin can only talk about killing and skinning animals. Yet the most fucked part it they still stand a good chance of getting elected because the general public is that stupid. Especially on this issue.

  25. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:33 PM

    McCain hasn’t cast a vote in the Senate since April. The best thing he could do is to continue that trend.

  26. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:35 PM

    @10 – That is exactly what the doctor said would happen to you if you stopped taking your medication.

  27. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:36 PM

    Barney Frank sounds funny. haha he said rectitude.

  28. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:37 PM

    The man did the right thing. He is one of the more upstanding pols in DC. It shows commitment, no?
    Name another one of the 600 fuckheads in Congress that have done anything proactive in this mess.
    He also offered Obama to join him.

  29. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:38 PM

    @ 25
    would you rather elect an empty suit nobody and someone who thinks that FDR was president in 1929 and was on tv?

  30. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM

    @12 – Maybe you should try “to” understand English better.

  31. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM

    @ 22 i know.
    I burst out laughing when hank answered her and the look on his face was a polite but amused “what the fuck are you talking about lady”.
    Did anyone tell maxine what the focus of the hearing were today. You would think that Hanks and Bens presence was a dead give away and yet she was talking about how unfair this was for small business/blacks/minorties/woman.

  32. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM

    @ 22 i know.
    I burst out laughing when hank answered her and the look on his face was a polite but amused “what the fuck are you talking about lady”.
    Did anyone tell maxine what the focus of the hearing were today. You would think that Hanks and Bens presence was a dead give away and yet she was talking about how unfair this was for small business/blacks/minorties/woman.

  33. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:42 PM

    @25 Agreed. Dems problem is they think the american public is intelligent while republicans know how stupid they really are. When it comes down to it, Americans would rather have a president they can watch nascar and go hunting with than a president with intelligence and resolve.
    I weep for the future.
    -11

  34. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:43 PM

    @ 4 – Agree.
    @ MostOffensive – I agree, Bloomberg would make a great treasury secretary, but I think he should save his time and resources to run for president in 4 years.
    @ 25 – And a better alternative is????

  35. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:44 PM

    @29
    get a clue shill, he’s no upstanding pol. this is just a trick to gain empathy with the voters.

  36. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:47 PM

    35 Ya think re bloomberg? He’s not a finance guy – more of a journalist that adopted very well to the post-print era. He has great administrative skills. Good at making things run well. Maybe something to do with urban affairs instead.

  37. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:48 PM

    Palin’s long road to higher education.
    Hawaii Pacific College (1982)-1 semester
    North Idaho College(1983)-2 semesters
    University of Idaho(1984)-2 semesters
    Matanuska College(1985)-2 semesters
    University of Idaho(1986/7)-3 semesters
    All culminating in a BS in Communications.
    You’re going to tell me she’s qualified to run one of the worlds superpowers?
    She’s not qualified to drive me around in a f’in cab.

  38. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:48 PM

    @29, I said “more” upstanding. It’s all relative.
    Of course, he’s seeking empathy and yes it’s a political maneuver. That’s how the game is played. But at least he’s doing it with action rather than “hope”.

  39. Posted by girl | September 24, 2008 at 3:50 PM

    I’m loving this thread. @10& 11- spot on.

  40. Posted by MostOffensive | September 24, 2008 at 3:50 PM

    @35 I was behind Bloomberg for president the whole time, to be honest
    @37 not a finance guy? seriously?

  41. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:51 PM

    Thanks girl, I heart you too!
    -11

  42. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:53 PM

    this is @10.
    THESE are the fucking people we’ve elected:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg
    These PEOPLE. THESE. They can’t spell. They don’t know how to add. CARDBOARD DERIVATIVES. Fuck it. Just.. JUST FUCK it.

  43. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:54 PM

    @ 35
    What i have learned since the weekend when freddie and fannie were bailed – there is no better alterenative currently running.
    They have both been awful. Neither have any real understanding of the main street or wall street economy or the interplay between the two.

  44. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:54 PM

    41 Yes seriously. He’s a tech guy.

  45. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:58 PM

    We can only hope he permanently suspends his campaign.

  46. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 3:59 PM

    @38:
    Not everyone in the world has the money to go to a private university/college in the northeast with a bunch of kids from prep schools named after cities in England.
    (Nor were people exposed to the same degree back in the day to 1,000′s of colleges, especially outside of their regions)
    Though she was all over the place, going to U. Idaho shouldn’t disqualify her from being president. You elitist prick.

  47. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:00 PM

    This is such a joke. The whole McCain/Palin ticket is a joke.
    First of all, McCain isn’t on any key committees with oversight responsibility.
    Second, like having the candidates scurry back to Washington is going to help anything, rather than generate even more of a media circus.
    McCain knows he’s lost this election and is acting out of total desperation.

  48. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:00 PM

    @38
    I like the thought of having Sig and Edgar Hansen chairing key committees in the oval office.

  49. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:01 PM

    hahahahaha….
    We’re all boned no matter who wins. They’re basically exactly the same, yet everyone thinks they’re worlds apart.
    Dumbasses.

  50. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:02 PM

    I think if McCain wants to postpone the debate, perhaps we need to have the VP debates on Friday…This way we save the venue and still get a debate?

  51. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:03 PM

    @47 Being in a beauty pageant should disqualify you from being president.
    It’s the Presidency! Not F’in Project Runway.
    Now go back to the bog you shit kicker wearing potato picking middle America NASCAR squeal like a pig REDNECK!

  52. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:04 PM

    @38 that same turn up your nose mentality is what ruined wall street. who gives a fuck where she went to school. Bush went to Yale. And remember he was born in CT not TX.

  53. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    @51
    Great idea! Biden and Palin debate foreign policy, in 2 days time.
    Somebody bring the popcorn…

  54. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    47 – what a joke.
    University of Idaho is perfectly laudable. WHat is not laudable – is moving around to 5-6 schools and the extra time for teh communications degree from those 5-6 schools. It shows a bit of indecisiveness or randomness. I dont care about the schools frankly. It doesn’t show focus.
    I think it’s sad that you don’t hold her to a higher standard. Honestly, if we knew that about someone who was coming for a job at my company – it would give us severe pause!

  55. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    47 – what a joke.
    University of Idaho is perfectly laudable. WHat is not laudable – is moving around to 5-6 schools and the extra time for teh communications degree from those 5-6 schools. It shows a bit of indecisiveness or randomness. I dont care about the schools frankly. It doesn’t show focus.
    I think it’s sad that you don’t hold her to a higher standard. Honestly, if we knew that about someone who was coming for a job at my company – it would give us severe pause!

  56. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:06 PM

    47 – what a joke.
    University of Idaho is perfectly laudable. WHat is not laudable – is moving around to 5-6 schools and the extra time for teh communications degree from those 5-6 schools. It shows a bit of indecisiveness or randomness. I dont care about the schools frankly. It doesn’t show focus.
    I think it’s sad that you don’t hold her to a higher standard. Honestly, if we knew that about someone who was coming for a job at my company – it would give us severe pause!

  57. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:07 PM

    @11 Obama didn’t grant access to reporters when he met with foreign leaders, but MSM didn’t seem to mind then…

  58. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:07 PM

    Geez … what’s next? Clay Aiken is gay, the market is going to hell in a handbasket. Next thing you know, McCain will ask to postpone the election to coincide with his graduation from The New School (where he is enrolled in new media and finance classes)

  59. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:07 PM

    47 – what a joke.
    University of Idaho is perfectly laudable. WHat is not laudable – is moving around to 5-6 schools and the extra time for teh communications degree from those 5-6 schools. It shows a bit of indecisiveness or randomness. I dont care about the schools frankly. It doesn’t show focus.
    I think it’s sad that you don’t hold her to a higher standard. Honestly, if we knew that about someone who was coming for a job at my company – it would give us severe pause!

  60. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:09 PM

    47 – what a joke.
    University of Idaho is perfectly laudable. WHat is not laudable – is moving around to 5-6 schools and the extra time for teh communications degree from those 5-6 schools. It shows a bit of indecisiveness or randomness. I dont care about the schools frankly. It doesn’t show focus.
    I think it’s sad that you don’t hold her to a higher standard. Honestly, if we knew that about someone who was coming for a job at my company – it would give us severe pause!

  61. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:10 PM

    @ 30
    Come on that made me laugh. How many people in the audience do you think had any idea of Biden’s error? That scares me almost as much as Biden.
    See my response @ 44.
    Both Horrible.
    At this point, i think my time on November 4, 2008 would be better spent picking the lint out of my belly button.

  62. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:10 PM

    Also most private schools (the ones you are talking about) have serious endowments and give out serious financial aid vs. other schools.

  63. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:11 PM

    @44 agreed
    I think neither has a clue on what needs to be done to ease this crisis

  64. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:13 PM

    The McCain-is-scared argument pretty much falls flat on its face considering that McCain challenged Obama to 10 town hall debates, and Obama refused, backing down from his “I’ll debate John McCain anytime and anywhere pledge.”
    Obama was taking 3 days to prepare for the debate, so it is not just a few hours. The Senators need to do their jobs.

  65. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:15 PM

    @55, 56, 57, 60 – how does your firm feel about people who have trouble understanding the 2 sentences to the left of the area where comments are typed? By posting the same comment 4 times, were you hoping to avoid being accused of indecisiveness?

  66. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:18 PM

    Sorry about the multiple posts. It is the first time I have posted and I did not see any indication that it had posted. I apologize.

  67. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM
  68. Posted by HAM05 | September 24, 2008 at 4:19 PM

    it doesnt matter which one of them is elected. the president is just an employee of the ‘state’ which happens to be the collective consciousness of a bunch of fucking retards. i fucking hate politicians and everything they represent. bastards.

  69. Posted by Investorcluzo | September 24, 2008 at 4:21 PM

    have you seen these hearings? I believe some senators would have done better trying to figure out the nyt cross word puzzle. please, what the hell is mcc going to add to this debate? this looks like a head fake (true or not) because he knew about this since sunday, why did he wait so long?
    on a separate note, did anyone notice that fannie doubled in value over the past 2 days?

  70. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:22 PM

    I have a theory. And a good one too.
    McCain/Palin suppporters are REDNECKS. FUCKING NIPPLE-SELF-TWISTING CHRISCROCKER-SUCKING MOTHER-HUMPING ANAL-PUMPING REDNECKS.
    There’s a hint of indisputable truth in that.

  71. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:22 PM

    #48 tell me about all the oversight committees that Obambi is on…..Chairman of the Senate sub-comittee on Afghanistan…but unfortunately he never even convened a meeting

  72. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:23 PM

    Why don’t we just postpone the election while we’re at it until this crisis “passes”. This isn’t a goddamn Hurricane.
    This is the most retarded thing I have ever heard.
    FAIL.

  73. Posted by RAW DOG | September 24, 2008 at 4:23 PM

    Bess = flaming liberal

  74. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:25 PM

    @22 waters is the worst. amazing these folks keep getting re-elected year after year.

  75. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:27 PM

    @65
    The Harvard lawyer will rip McCain apart in the debates. He just doesn’t want to embarrass the old man. It’s like throwing sucker punches on a man all tied up.

  76. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    RAWDOG = Glory hole aficionado

  77. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:29 PM

    Bloomberg WOULD NOT MAKE A GOOD SECRETARY OF ANYTHING. The man is sexist, racist, ruthless above all. Anyone who has worked with him knows what a scumbag he is. Cynics would say-oh, that what makes a great leader. He has no moral fiber-I wouldn’t trust him. I also wouldn’t want him to solve our problems.
    TRUST ME-DEEP DOWN, he’s a SOCIALIST like the rest of them only looking out for HIS BEST INTERESTS.
    He should go back to managing the kiddies in the playpin that is LP.

  78. Posted by diablo | September 24, 2008 at 4:30 PM

    Didn’t McCain say last week that the economy was fundamentally sound? Now he’s willing to lose the election to save it? Because all this shows is the guy wants to avoid talking to the voters about the real issues. Congress is already running scared about this bailout. McCain and Obama should be upfront and debate the real issues. If they both feel the bailout is the best thing since sliced bread, come up and say it live in a debate.

  79. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:32 PM

    @78
    Did Bloomberg anal-pump you? Why the intense hatred? Don’t short his cox, bro. Short McCain. He’s your man.

  80. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:34 PM

    I think Bella the LEH bomb sniffing guard dog is smarter than at least half of our elected officials.

  81. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:34 PM

    Here’s a solution that prevents 2x & 3x posts. It works for me.
    1) Write your post.
    2) Push the red “Post Comment” button.
    3) Wait at least 5 seconds.
    4) Push the “Refresh” button at the top of your browser.
    6) When the screen refreshes, Voila! There’s your post on DB.
    Your Welcome.
    The Guy from Delaware

  82. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:35 PM

    @78 Obviously a disgruntled former BLP employee.
    Bloomberg would kick ass and take names.
    - former BLP’er (not disgruntled)

  83. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM

    @80. Nope. I worked with him, for him for 15 years. I did very well and was compensated handsomely for it.
    Just telling it like it is. He did well on “Meet the Press” last Sunday. BBG mentioned that “People at my company who work hard are compensated.” True. People who work hard at company and AREN’T compensated leave.
    Despite his reputation as a private businessman, he shouldn’t be anywhere near our national infrastructure.

  84. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:38 PM

    McCain: The fundamentals of my debate preparation are not strong.

  85. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:38 PM

    All the politicians are getting some face time out of this fiasco. OK. Now pass the package. Why? Because the party is over. And that means your party.

  86. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:39 PM

    Oops! I forgot to insert Step 3.5) Push the “Stop” button at the top of the browser. The go on to Step 4).
    See my post #82.
    The Guy from Delaware

  87. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    @10/43
    I find your anger intoxicating. Rather sexy!

  88. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    Also, You MAY have to repeat Step 6) “Refresh” if you post doesn’t appear the first time.
    See my posts #82 & #87.
    The Guy from Delaware

  89. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    @47
    “Though she was all over the place, going to U. Idaho shouldn’t disqualify her from being president.”
    It took her six years to get a jerk off degree and you think she’s qualified to be VP of the United States.
    Obviously the debate was postponed because Palin is still having troubles finders her ass with both hands.
    Don’t get me wrong she’s good looking and I would lick her ass unitl the moose come home. But to think that she’s one heart beat away from successfully representing the United States on three serious international matters is scary.
    1.) An out of control anti-American country that supports terrorism and has nuclear weapons. Pakistan
    2.) An anti-American country seeking nuclear weapons and provoking its neighbors into conflict. Iran
    3.) A pissed off and humiliated Russia looking to reestablish their global power/influence at the expense of another cold war.
    Just what the fucken United States needs, a gum smacking hockey mom in an SUV acting like Billy Badass. At that point the U.S. will be on the bridge to nowhere.
    One heart beat away.
    SPODE

  90. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:42 PM

    @62 LOL on the lint pickin’, thank you for that.

  91. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:45 PM

    Burnankke!!
    Folks, time to find an island in the atlantic, populate it with smart people who know how to issue a currency (call it the new dollar) and run the global economy without giving rednecks the vote every 4 years
    call me a rat but this ship is sinking

  92. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:47 PM

    @90
    I’m a Billy Badass. Do I qualify for presidency?

  93. Posted by Investorcluzo | September 24, 2008 at 4:48 PM

    bam! obama just gave mcc a right jab. he said, “it is the job of the president to be able to focus on more than one issue at a time”…I think he just said mcc can’t multi-task in a very political manner.

  94. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:49 PM

    McCain is too old. Obama is too young. What’s the alternative? Biden/Palin ticket? Too late?

  95. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:50 PM

    economy is still fundamentally sound. we have ample labor and capital deployed in diverse, profitable industries.
    credit markets and finance are fucked right now.

  96. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:52 PM

    @95,
    WTF are you talking about? Close your browser and go back to performing your back office duties.

  97. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:53 PM

    What is up with Paulson’s scary crooked pinkie?

  98. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:53 PM

    InvestorCluzo@#94…
    I doub’t if obama can focus on one issue, let alone “more than one”.
    obama’s “right jab” isn’t going anywhwre. Don’t expect one comment to save obama’s campaign. It won’t.
    The Guy from Delaware

  99. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:54 PM

    DB, favor: on this board over the past few days there have been definitions, such as:
    to FULD or to THAIN
    They were spread out all over the place however. They were gems. Can we get a recap of those under one concise umbrella?

  100. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:55 PM

    Can he not focus on the economic crisis AND take a few hours out of 1 day to debate? Now that I think about it, when was the last time anybody saw McCain walk AND chew gum. Hmmmmmm.

  101. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 4:58 PM

    97 you’re so high and mighty ain’t ya? I bet waiters spit in your food before they serve you.

  102. Posted by AJ | September 24, 2008 at 4:58 PM

    obama needs to say “ok, we’ll just have the debate in DC friday night”

  103. Posted by Investorcluzo | September 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    @tgfd – slow your roll. I’m not talking about saving a campaign, I’m talking about the here and now. the unwashed masses have A.D.D. in the worst way. it’s these “snippets” that make the nightly news which jane and joe 6-pack rush home to every night. rightly or wrongly, it was a good jab. just accept that fact and move on…
    on another separate note, did anyone see hammering hank just beyatch slap that senator?

  104. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM

    I’ve been watching the hearings. Can someone please try to answer the following questions without trying to piss on me at the same time?
    Question 1) Why can’t we dispense with the “Mark-to-Market” Rule for the rancid securities?
    Question 2) Why is anyone still buying and selling CDS’s when nobody could pay for a default anyway?
    The Guy from Delaware

  105. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:03 PM

    @102
    I gave you too much credit when I said back office. Back to the mailroom! I’m waiting on a package from Zappos. Chop chop.

  106. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:04 PM

    @101
    It’s an election year for the congress, too. Maybe they should focus on their re-election campaigns. Let’s just defer the whole thing until January.
    I live in IL, and I think Obama needs to get up there and do his fucking current job instead of shooting out resumes for his next gig.

  107. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM

    97 here
    High and mighty I am alright!
    @105
    Know your place and go back to your janitorial duties. Don’t attempt asking questions that you can’t understand.

  108. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:07 PM

    HE SAID TO PAULSON SMALL BANKERS SAID THINGS ARE GOING FINE. WAY TO GO RAINMAKERS AT WACHOVIA!!!!
    -HEDGEmony

  109. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:09 PM

    Hey dipwad, 102 and 95 aren’t even the same person. Your heels are on their way and then you can dress like the bitch you are.

  110. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:16 PM

    If I recall the whole/hole cause of the meltdown is transparency (actually goes much deeper to our posession & dept actualized psyche, but never mind that).
    Transparency, wouldn’t a debate assist with showing the vox populi their positions?
    -C

  111. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:17 PM

    @88
    I find Bella rather sexy.
    -@10

  112. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:20 PM

    @51 — excellent point. We taxpayers should not have to eat the deposit on the hall …
    (there is precedent, people who call off weddings last minute often hold the reception)

  113. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:21 PM

    McCain hasn’t set foot in Congress to cast a vote in like six months, but he needs to suspend the debate to focus on an issue in which he has no expertise whatsoever?
    I call bullshit.

  114. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:30 PM

    HighAndMighty@#108…
    Bravado makes you sound like someone who CAN’T answer my 2 questions in #105.
    Anybody else, please?
    The Guy from Delaware

  115. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:39 PM

    @ 107: I am aware that Congress is in an election year. You know how I know? Because they are CAMPAIGNING…right now, believe it or not.
    Not sure what your living in IL has to do with anything. I live in AZ…not sure what that has to do with anything either.

  116. Posted by diablo | September 24, 2008 at 5:43 PM

    OK, McCain might be too busy on Friday to show up for the debate, trying to learn what the economy is. Last week he thought it was fundamentally sound, now he’s confused and needs some time.
    Fair, McCain should send Sara Palin in his place. She’s supposed to be his backup anyway if they get elected. Grab the opportunity Palin, no time out for you.

  117. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:43 PM

    well according to the McCain campaign he did invent the blackberry. Couldnt he take one with him to the debates to keep up to date with whats going on in DC?

  118. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 5:51 PM

    @110
    Sorry. With your poor writing style I thought you were the same person.

  119. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:09 PM

    McCain canceled his appearance on Letterman tonight … that monologue will be classic

  120. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:15 PM

    McCain just handed the election to Obama. He has proven that he cannot multi-task.
    As we speak, there is a war going on, an economic crisis of epic proportions, still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ike (and Katrina), no resolution on healthcare, etc.
    We need a President that can walk and chew gum at the same time, not one who whines to the teacher that he missed class the day economics was taught.

  121. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:23 PM

    HighAndMighty@#108…
    “Know your place and go back to your janitorial duties. Don’t attempt asking questions that you can’t understand.”
    FYI, it will be the legion of the “can’t understand” who probably decide the fate of thousands like you in the very near future.
    Be nice to them.
    The Guy from Delaware

  122. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:32 PM

    Fight on!

  123. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:34 PM

    Last

  124. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:37 PM

    Coz being a fighter jock really teaches you all you need to know about CDO’s

  125. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:39 PM

    I have to say once again, TGFD, STFU! Go take your meds.

  126. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 6:57 PM

    Re Economic Crisis…
    While viewing C-Span a few minutes ago, I watched one stuffed-shirted Robert Horwats, Int’l Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs & Co pontificating on about something or other in such an incoherent fashion that nearly everyone at the conference was in a f’n coma.
    What a fucking douchebag. A captain of finance? With people like him running the place, it’s no f’n wonder GS was on the ropes.
    Face it clowns. Wall Street has lost its mistique. The more often douches like Horwats appear on TV and in public, the less credibility Wall St retains.
    To tell you the truth, I could have run GS into the ground just as efficiently as douchebag Horwats and others did. Only difference is, I wouldn’t have charged as much.
    The Guy from Delaware

  127. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 7:27 PM

    47=TGFD
    Not that I mind him being around, but he’s got a real natty light kind of thing going on. Going to crappy school in fact does, generally, not equal good enough to run superpower. I admit I’m not good enough to run the country; why does everyone have to be the little emperor these days. Know your place people!

  128. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 7:27 PM

    @29: You fucking retard. It was Obama who reached out to McCain for a bipartisan solution to Wall Street’s fuck up. Your talking points are awfully stale.

  129. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 8:01 PM

    @ 129
    EXACTLY
    What is the matter with elitism? Why do we aspire to be lead by mediocraty?
    Lets face it both democrat and republican candidates are from the elite class. So dispense with the arguement and choose which member of the elite class you want to go with.
    But don’t pretend that the guy with 8 houses and a wife worth $200 million or the other guy with a harvard law degree and a wife with the same are not memebers of the elite class – they both are!
    This country needs to start aspiring to elitism, again!

  130. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 8:36 PM

    = #47
    I agree, you have to be smart to run this country. I’m saying you shouldn’t be disqualified JUST based on where you went to school. I’m bothered by the fact that it took her 6 years. I guess my post was “too long to read.”
    Harry Reid got an associate degree then graduated from Utah State. He’s running the senate (when Cheney’s not around). Nancy Pelosi went to Trinity University in DC (whatever that is). And some people bump around college and never finish.
    The whole rant was more along the lines of us Wall Street people being elitist jerks about where we went to school, when you darn well know half the people in our classes at the Harvards/Whartons/etc.’s were filled with Bushes and not Obamas.

  131. Posted by guest | September 24, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    Too many greedy Jews on Wall Street
    - Anti-semite

  132. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 1:19 AM

    #38. Could you please supply a link for the Republican Vice Presidential nominee’s educational credentials? TIA
    (certainly hope it isn’t the Democratic Talking Points memo from David Plouffe and Axelrod)

  133. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 1:34 AM

    For all you sexist males here, particularly the guy criticizing her credentials simply because she won a beauty pageant:
    “The Miss America Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women. Last year, the Miss America Organization and its state and local organizations made available more than $45 million in cash and scholarship assistance. This assistance is not just for the handful of young women who become Miss America, but is available to the over 12,000 young women who compete in the state and local competitions as well”
    http://www.missamerica.org/scholarships/purpose.aspx
    Now, don’t all rush to the link even though it has numerous pictures of intelligent beautiful women.

  134. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 1:54 AM

    Has it occurred to anyone else that McCain might be ill? He canceled a Late Night appearance, read from the Teleprompter, and took no questions. McCain is an older fellow, and this behavior lets him slide into the pack of Congress with an excuse, unlike a 90-minute debate where it would be difficult to pretend that he is hale and hearty.

  135. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 2:58 AM

    136. That does make sense. Look at the beating the guy is taking on the internet and in the press. And Letterman was just plain vicious.

  136. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 3:19 AM

    @136 … have heard people raise that question, however, not sure how long MCC (and Palin, for that matter) can continue to evade the public eye.
    MCC better realize that part of being the Commander-in-Chief is juggling multiple priorities that aren’t always convenient.
    His request to postpone the debate made him look incompetent.

  137. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 7:40 AM

    53, TGFD and all of you claiming that the elitist attitude is what ‘got us here’.
    Screw you. This whole thing was started by Lewis Ranieri and his gang. A fat Italian guy, who wanted to be a chef and started in the mailroom. If we’d kept New York to the Ivy League crowd and London to the Sloane Rangers, no-one would have been smart enough to invent anything that could screw things up this much.

  138. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 9:27 PM

    Let’s be honest people. If you think that wasn’t a political move the box on your electronic voting screen should be disabled. A couple of points:
    1.) They both have planes, which last time I checked go fairly fast.
    2.) They were almost done w/agreeing to the terms.
    3.) The president of the U.S. should be the ultimate multitasker, if you can’t do many things at once…you should redo your job search criteria on monster.com
    4.) 9pm Friday night you’re going to be working?
    5.) McCain hasn’t voted since April.
    6.) McCain acknowledged economics isn’t his ‘thing’, YET somehow in 48 hours he’s going to become the Adam Smith? http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007600
    7.) Obama called HIM at 8 am to talk about a joint statement.
    One last thing, people that STILL think the McCain/Palin ticket is better fit to lead the world for the next 4 to 8 years are one, some or all of the following: (a.) idiots (b) racist (c) dim-witted (d) can’t distinguish nose from there asses
    Thanks

  139. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 9:29 PM

    Let’s be honest people. If you think that wasn’t a political move the box on your electronic voting screen should be disabled. A couple of points:
    1.) They both have planes, which last time I checked go fairly fast.
    2.) They were almost done w/agreeing to the terms.
    3.) The president of the U.S. should be the ultimate multitasker, if you can’t do many things at once…you should redo your job search criteria on monster.com
    4.) 9pm Friday night you’re going to be working?
    5.) McCain hasn’t voted since April.
    6.) McCain acknowledged economics isn’t his ‘thing’, YET somehow in 48 hours he’s going to become the Adam Smith? http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007600
    7.) Obama called HIM at 8 am to talk about a joint statement.
    One last thing, people that STILL think the McCain/Palin ticket is better fit to lead the world for the next 4 to 8 years are one, some or all of the following: (a.) idiots (b) racist (c) dim-witted (d) can’t distinguish nose from there asses
    Thanks

  140. Posted by guest | September 25, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    =140
    I did not hit comment twice. Bess, are you outsourcing your web developers to Wasilla, Alaska again?

  141. Posted by guest | September 26, 2008 at 3:50 PM

    Boondoggle! They are ripping us off! Check the “simple” math:
    http://yourmortgageoryourlife.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/11666666-home-owners-could-be-rescued-from-foreclosure/
    it’s a crime!

  142. Posted by guest | September 26, 2008 at 3:50 PM

    Boondoggle! They are ripping us off! Check the “simple” math:
    http://yourmortgageoryourlife.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/11666666-home-owners-could-be-rescued-from-foreclosure/
    it’s a crime!

  143. Posted by weeklyworldnews | September 30, 2008 at 9:27 PM

    Apparently McCain has a new plan!
    to sell out his homeland – Hawaii
    Haha :)
    http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/mutants/mccain-will-sell-hawaii-to-raise-cash/

  144. Posted by guest | October 7, 2008 at 1:18 PM

    I was just wondering if anyone knows what happened to Bella the Leh. Bomb Dog?

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