USA Today: From McCain, an erratic response to crisis

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From McCain, an erratic response to crisis

As Wall Street's roller-coaster week unfolded, John McCain's views on the economy went through about as many gyrations as the Dow Jones industrial average. Brace your neck for a quick recap.

Monday: Speaking at a rally in Jacksonville, McCain declares that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." Coming as the Dow plunges more than 500 points and Lehman Bros. goes belly up, this makes McCain sound somewhat out of touch.

Tuesday: McCain explains that he meant to say American workers are fundamentally sound, and the economy itself is in "crisis." But, he adds, this crisis does not warrant bailing out insurance giant American International Group, which should be allowed to fail. McCain adviser Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO, unhelpfully opines that no one on either presidential ticket would be capable of running a company such as H-P.

Wednesday: After the government takes over AIG, McCain says the rescue was regrettable, but unavoidable.

Thursday: McCain, who over the years has described himself as a deregulator, recasts himself as a pro-regulation, anti-Wall Street populist. If he were president, he says, he'd fire Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox, a former Republican congressman confirmed by unanimous consent of the Senate in 2005.

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Cannot be said enough, John McCain is erratic.

[billyoc]

1. Extremely old and erratic. VERY serious health problems. Often forgetful and confused.

Difficulty reading teleprompter... :eyes:

[Beetwasher]

2. Wow! Great Recap! What Page Is This On? Is It The Print Edition???

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[Cha]

3. Euphemistically john mccain is "erractic".

What's the word for he'll say anything to get elected? And throw in a fugue state.

[SuperTrouper]

4. LOL!1 Norah O'Donnell and Contessa Brewer are knifing McCain, too

for being partisan and not like Obama who has been nonpartisan and Presidential :wow:

[ProSense]

6. McCain is having a lousy week. n/t

[Democrafty]

8. McCain is having a lousy campaign. n/t

[ProSense]

9. LOL!

True.

[Window]

5. K/R.

[DeepModem Mom]

7. K&R

[JBoy]

10. The fucking guy is like a scrap of paper blowing in the wind.

[Quantess]

11. He is either confused, or lying, or both.

He's usually lying but sometimes he's confused.

Maybe he's confusing himself with all the lies he's telling.

[ProSense]

12. Both. n/t