At last ... the truth - McCain wanted to resechedule the VP Debate.

[Coexist]

That was the reason for his desperation to cancel this first debate - to give Palin more "cram" time.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/24/mccain-camp-to-propose-postponing-vp-debate/

September 24, 2008

McCain camp to propose postponing VP debate
Posted: 07:08 PM ET

From CNN Correspondent Dana Bash

Biden and Palin are set to debate October 2.

(CNN) — McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.

In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be the site of the first presidential faceoff this Friday.

Graham says the McCain camp is well aware of the position of the Obama campaign and the debate commission that the debate should go on as planned — but both he and another senior McCain adviser insist the Republican nominee will not go to the debate Friday if there's no deal on the bailout.

Filed under: Presidential Debates

[BattyDem]

1. Fine ... reschedule it for Friday.

If Palin is "Ready on Day One" as she claims, then she should be ready on Friday.

[ContinentalOp]

2. Haha, excellent. -nt-

[FLyellowdog]

3. Reschedule for Jan. 21, 2009

Vice President Biden will try to work it in.

[Jennicut]

24. LOL! Damn right.

[medicswife]

6. Yup! :) That's right. Nothing more to say than that. nt

[trixie]

9. it might be hard

considering she is in the Witness Protection Program. :rofl:

[Coexist]

25. my husband says, "she speaks a lot of words, but never really says anything"

[Samantha]

39. She is the like the old Chatty Cathy dolls

She has only 7 messages stored in memory. Regardless of what you say, pull the string and one those messages, previously recorded, plays.

Sam

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. And without restrictions.

Total face-to-face time. :evilgrin:

[yourguide]

13. Haaaaaaaaaahahahahaha!

[Coexist]

14. Perfect!

[Life Long Dem]

4. Bingo...and considering.... I'll read it after my reply!

So I can get one in! Kick.

[Left Is Write]

5. Hey, if the Republican nominee is a no-show, does that mean he loses by default?

[Life Long Dem]

11. It means McSame forfeited...

"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Forfeit \For"feit\, v. t. vb. n. Forfeiting.]
To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense,
or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be
deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some
neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to
forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before
the one acquiring what is forfeited.
<1913 Webster>

had forfeited their property by their crimes.
--Burke.
<1913 Webster>

Undone and forfeited to cares forever! --Shak.
<1913 Webster>

"WordNet (r) 2.0"
forfeited
adj : surrendered as a penalty

"Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "forfeited":
ablated, by the board, consumed, depleted, dissipated, eroded,
expended, forfeit, gone, irretrievable, long-lost, lost, lost to,
out the window, shrunken, squandered, used, used up, wasted,
worn away

[Life Long Dem]

16. Is there a political or legal term in politics that could have a different term?

Good question. One in politics? for....turning someone upside down or spinning things?

[Coexist]

21. what do you mean?

[Life Long Dem]

32. What do you mean, what do I mean?

[Life Long Dem]

38. I heard the radio today. Big big mistake,

wrong day to come home from a long drive wondering where Obama stands, after the radio station explains in detail the sky falling on Obama, but never did they get around to the why the sky fell - if you know what I mean?

[Coexist]

41. ah..... I couldn't figure out what you were saying

thank you for the explanation.

[Coexist]

18. I think it means that Obama would have the full time to look mighty Presidential

with 100 million viewers watching.

[Life Long Dem]

30. Thanks! That's true,

and Obama can only make this crisis look good.

[goodgd_yall]

7. Yeah---I just heard this.

The REAL reason for proposing a postponement comes out!

[FLyellowdog]

8. New book title...

"Guess what happened to me on the way back to Alaska?"

[Me.]

10. A Moose Could Do Better

She must be really bad

[Cha]

15. They didn't vet palin when they should

have and we're not postponing the Prez debate at Ol Miss.. I know mcchicken doesn't give a rat's ass about the people down there depending on this debate going forward but we do.

<snip snip>

"Ironically enough, if John McCain goes through with his threat to skip the foreign policy debate scheduled for this Friday for the sake of prolonging and complicating the ongoing negotiations over the Paulson bailout package, it may end up creating another distressed asset -- the University of Mississippi's investment in Friday's face-off. Officials from Ole Miss told ABC News today that a cancellation would be "devastating" to the University -- and that a postponement might not be possible:

Andrew Mullins, special assistant to University Chancellor Robert Khayat, told ABC News that the Ole Miss campus has been transformed to accommodate the candidates and the press. Road blocks are in place on campus and in the community and the debate television set for the candidates has already been constructed. He said the university has spent roughly five and half million dollars getting ready for the debate.

Mullins also noted that if the Commission on Presidential Debates asks the campus to hold the debate at a later date, he is not sure the university would be able to accommodate them.

"It's huge. You cannot just say that you're not going to do this thing," Mullins said. "I don't have any idea whether we do the debate" at a later date. " probably wouldn't do it."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/24/ole-miss-officials-debate_n_129057.html

[BrklynLiberal]

17. If they are so desperate to get her out of the debate, that is all the more reason to make sure it

goes on...

[Coexist]

19. absolutely.

[CitizenPatriot]

20. obama needs to come out with nasty and untrue ads

because that's what his failure to show up to town hall invites provoked the Cainmeister to....imagine how provoked Obama must be now with Cainster not showing up to a scheduled, prearranged debate.

(sarcasm)

[RoadRage]

22. Have the VP debate on Friday.. the VP's don't need to be in Washintgon

And Biden sure as hell doesn't need to postpone anything.. he could debate tonight without any prep and beat her no questions asked.

Geez.. the first question Palin is asked by Couric is "Tell us about Rick Davis's $15K from Freddie up until last month"... her answer is a deer in the headlights look.. followed by the exact same answer twice and a "I hope he didn't take that money, because McCain doesn't like that sort of stuff". Seriously.. you didn't anticipate that question and have a better answer ready to go! I can't wait for the VP debate... and frankly - one more week isn't going to do her any good.

[Coexist]

23. sounds good to me.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. That's what a caller on Air America recommended...

Sounds great to me...:evilgrin:

[Coexist]

27. battydem suggested it above - I think that should be Obama's proposal

I would still host my debate watching party for that one!

[Rhiannon12866]

44. That is the ideal solution! And David Letterman suggested the same thing...

He said that if McCain had to return to D.C. for an emergency, then he should call on his "second string quarterback" to step in and continue the campaign... And that certainly includes the debates! I'd love to see her debate anyone, and Biden is ready, anytime... but I wonder if we'll ever get the chance...:eyes:

And I'd even host a debate party for that one...:evilgrin:

[iceman66]

45. If they can get away with it,

they won't let her debate at all!

The Obama camp really needs to hold their feet to the fire here.

[Hippo_Tron]

28. Let me guess, Governor Moose Hunter is needed in Washington to solve the financial crisis

:rofl:

[debbierlus]

29. Pathetic. Obama should show up whether McCain does or not -

And, then, immediately fly back to Washington to monitor the situation through the weekend.

[Aloha Spirit]

31. Ha...comment from the link:"Congress needs McCain's help like I need my 2 year old son's help l

lifting a couch.
-Robert, Connecticut"

[book_worm]

33. you know it makes sense, this whole charade just to keep Palin from debating

I guess the debate prep must have been going pretty poorly.

[ShortnFiery]

36. Awe, sheeze doin jus fine, you betcha! Joe's halpin her. :P

[IndianaGreen]

34. The witch hunter Palin is not a member of Congress! Why postpone the VP debate?

McCain and Palin are as accessible to the media as Hitler was when he was in his bunker surrounded by the Red Army.

[Erin Elizabeth]

35. Boy they sure are hedging all their bets.

So what if a deal is done in Congress by Friday? Welp, YA GOTTA DEBATE!

[mscuedawg]

37. Its still hurricane season...maybe they'll get lucky again...n/t

[babylonsister]

40. That's only one truth, friend. Bad polling, crappy stories, ineptness,

witch docs, so many topics, so little time!

[Kahuna]

42. The minute I heard about the "suspension" I knew it was about Gidget

getting her clock clean by the mighty Biden.

[CakeGrrl]

43. The Obama camp should publicly state that the VP debate has NOTHING to do

with the Obama/McCain debates. ALL candidates need to be heard in their debates by the American people.

They can pick any other day for the Foreign Policy debate if McCain insists on ducking his commitment.

The Obama camp should point out that McCain campaign is politicizing the passage of the bill, giving Congressional Repubs an incentive to stall it to help McCain back out.

I'm so tired of their dirty tricks. This needs to get shoved back in their faces hard.

[iceman66]

47. Maybe they should agree to postpone the first debate,

but only if McCain agrees to move the VP debate to Friday night!

They can't realistically argue that Palin is needed in Washington!

[GreenEyedLefty]

46. "I'm ready," said Palin.

Remember this?

"when John McCain and I are sworn in, if we are so privileged to be elected to serve this country, we’ll be ready. I’m ready."

Like hell she's ready. What a maroon.