The suspension as viewed from across the pond

[pokerfan]

From The Guardian:

John McCain is so maverick that he wants to suspend the election campaign and postpone Friday's debate so that he can return to Washington and help broker a deal on the bailout. According to experts, this is actually the most absurd, impetuous and nakedly disingenuous suggestion that has ever been made in the history of politics, including Ancient Greece and the rudimentary organisational systems archeologists have identified in the lives of early man.

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[Solly Mack]

1. Good read!

[Subdivisions]

2. Gaaawwwd damn! That left a mark! =O n/t

[TwilightGardener]

3. There's no way to spin this as a campaign winner. I was surprised

that the Georgian "crisis" didn't cause voters and the media to laugh out loud at McCain's melodramatic overreaction, but this is just...a gift for us.

[alsame]

4. including Ancient Greece and early man....

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[melody]

5. Yeah, that about says it n/t

[Contrary1]

6. Love this comment:

"So McCain wants to postpone friday's debate and return to DC? Fine.

Move the VP debate up to friday. Then we'll see if she's ready to step up when McCain's too busy or too stressed to multitask.

Call his bluff, Dems."

[southern_belle]

7. LOL

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MadrasT]

8. "and every single person with an internet connection thinks it's an absurd idea"

:spray: :rofl:

[pokerfan]

9. Maybe we should just suspend the election

Everything is in place:

The Patriot Act I and II, the 2005 Safe Act, the 2007 Protect America Act and FISA have destroyed the fourth amendment allowing unprecedented governmental surveillance.

The 2007 Homeland Security Presidential Directive gave Bush dictatorial powers in the event of national emergency.

The Defense Authorization Act suspended Posse Comitatus in 2007 and in six days the Army is being deployed on U.S. soil.

:shrug:

[JBoy]

10. It was even funnier when I read the words in my head with an English accent.