Pathetic.

[sufrommich]

A sham of a meeting to "discuss" in 45 minutes the worst economic calamity since the depression. A little game to create gravitas for John McCain,otherwise non-existent.He sits there smiling like a kid who got to sit at the grown up table at Thanksgiving. It would be hard to imagine the depths to which McCain will go. I'm pissed,I don't like being taken for an idiot.

[knowbody0]

1. everyone in there is intimidated

by Obama's intelligence

[billyoc]

2. Man, that is some MAVERICK SHIT right there.

:rofl:

[Phredicles]

3. "He sits there smiling like a kid who got to sit at the grown up table at Thanksgiving."

Brilliant. And remember when it was Obama who was supposed to be callow and unprepared?

[aquamarina]

4. If McCain was going for gravitas, he botched that as well.

He looked like a senile grinning old fool without a clue as to what was going on around him.

[sufrommich]

7. He did. Obama's expression was one of a very

intelligent man forced to tolerate the simpletons who invented this dumbed down melodrama.

[RichGirl]

5. He can't help it.

They forgot to break his meds in half.

[BuyingThyme]

6. At a time when McCrazy needs to distance himself from the Chimp,

Obama needs to ask publicly what this was all about.

[sufrommich]

8. ALL democrats need to ask that question publicly. nt

[SuperTrouper]

9. Thanksgiving? And McCoward is the Turkey

[cosmodem]

10. Tentative meltdown deal: Bush, McCain, Obama meet

Here is a write up.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=AkCG1mxnHdiMFcy9gs3Jw2es0NUE

Tentative meltdown deal: Bush, McCain, Obama meet

By JENNIFER LOVEN and JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press Writers 1 minute ago





.......McCain, in particular, was being leaned on by Democrats and fellow Republicans alike to deliver GOP votes, as some conservatives are in open revolt over the astonishing price tag of the proposal and the heavy hand of government that it would place on private markets. Placating them enough to bring them in line could be a tall order for the Republican presidential nominee who has a checkered relationship with the right wing of his party.

..........A group of GOP lawmakers circulated a less government-focused alternative. Their proposal would have the government provide insurance to companies that agree to hold frozen assets, rather than have the government purchase the assets. Rep Eric Cantor, R-Va., said the idea would be to remove the burden of the bailout from taxpayers and place it, over time, on Wall Street instead.

Layered over the White House meeting was a complicated web of potential political benefits and consequences for both Obama and McCain.

McCain hoped voters would believe that he rose above politics to wade into successful, nitty-gritty dealmaking at a time of urgent crisis, but he risked being seen instead as either overly impulsive or politically craven, or both.Obama saw a chance to appear presidential and fit for duty, but was also caught off guard strategically by McCain's surprising gamble in saying he was suspending his campaigning and asking to delay Friday night's debate to focus on the crisis.