Presidential Candidates Have a Day Job To Do

pictured: patriot versus socialist

If there ever was a test to show why John McCain MUST be our next President, here it is. Seriously, if you think Barack Obama is the answer there is something seriously wrong with you. Wake up!

John McCain understands something, don't quit your day job. Until and unless (hopefully) he is elected President of the United States, he is the senior Senator from Illinois. All Senators including John McCain and Barack Obama are honor bound to the people who elected them and their states to do their job. The recent economic developments cannot go unchecked. How much of the crisis is being hyped up for political opportunism is hard to assess. Anyone claiming to have quick answers, and is quick to simply the matter, is being very short-sighted and is essentially blowing smoke at this point. While the media and politicians are quick to want to assign blame, the real important job is to fully understand what led to this mess and come up with responsible solutions not to provide knee jerk, politically sexy, reactions.

Barack Obama has never taken his responsibility as Senator serious as his record, while present, puts him to the furthest left extreme beyond even the independent Socialist, Bernie Saunders from Vermont, or figures like Barbara Boxer. While never calling a meeting for a key sub-committee he chaired, Obama's tenure in the Senate has been a platform to satisfy his own enormous vanity and lust for power. Seldom in American politics has there been a more damnable figure. Obama isn't just a candidate from the opposition party, he is an enemy to the American people who must be defeated at all cost. While Obama continues to air political adds that are pure lies and deceptions, the nation's business calls upon him to be a Senator first and candidate second, but chances are he'd be on the wrong side of any solution regardless, he owes it to the State of Illinois to do the job they elected and are paying him to do. While he works with his campaign staff looking through statements from Senator McCain and Governor Sarah Palin for just the right sequence of words that can be taken out of context to create yet another sleazy attack ad, John McCain is answering the call.

What better way to see a small dress rehearsal of what kind of President each man would be. There is a crisis at hand in America which demands leadership. There are always plenty of more politically expedient things to do. John McCain has chosen to deal with the crisis. Obama is out for his own good and nobody else's except for the creepy oportunists and left wing traitors who'd benefit from an Obama Presidency while the United States as we know it goes to hell. Here it is in clear view, the American way against Obama-Nation. Take your pick.

Here's John McCain's statement, read it for yourself. Don't let the press cherry pick it and distort it as they will surely do.

Statement from John McCain:

America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen.

Last Friday, I laid out my proposal and I have since discussed my priorities and concerns with the bill the Administration has put forward. Senator Obama has expressed his priorities and concerns. This morning, I met with a group of economic advisers to talk about the proposal on the table and the steps that we should take going forward. I have also spoken with members of Congress to hear their perspective.

It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administrations proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.
Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me.

I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.
We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved. I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the commission on presidential debates to delay Friday nights debate until we have taken action to address this crisis.

I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.

Following September 11th, our national leaders came together at a time of crisis. We must show that kind of patriotism now. Americans across our country lament the fact that partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges. Now is our chance to come together to prove that Washington is once again capable of leading this country.