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madskillz on 24 September 2008
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HappySqurriel said:
madskillz said:
Hawkeye said:
Hmm, I watched both Obama's and McCains speeches and I have to say this is quite a gamble. If McCain is credited for fixing the economy, but if ANYTHING goes wrong, it won't help him and may in fact hurt him to the point of handing the election to Obama.

The main problem? This won't fix anything before Nov. 4th. It's not a cure-all - and won't fix measures for a while. If you want relief, nothing Congress proposes will help in the short haul.

With that said, the next pres will have time to correct it. Let's see where the candidates stand and quit playing Pres until they are actually President.

 

 

You're correct in saying that the bail-out will probably not fix anything because there are much deeper problems with how the US ecconomy has been handled ... At the same time, the bail out will probably dramatically improve all of the markets in the short run and on election day the Bail-out may look like it solved the problem.

You are right on that - but - seeming one of the largest car dealerships in the country shut its doors today, and the four failing companies are under FBI investigation, and adding more fuel to the fire is McCain's aids taking $15K a month from one of the failed firms - he can say what he wants, and let's not even let Palin and her scandals enter the picture - and anyone can see he's tired. He doesn't grasp how reality works. That 3 a.m. phone call is coming - he can't just say 'Leave me a message and I'll get back to you after tea and crumpets.' No, Happy. That's not how life works.

One of my favorite movies of all-time is Crimson Tide. If you haven't seen it, you owe it to yourself to watch it.

It's basically old skool vs. new school thinking. But one of the best scenes involves the captain running a submarine drill right after a kitchen fire just broke out. Denzel felt it was a bad time to run the drill, but the Captain felt it was the perfect time to run it. Why? Chaos shouldn't be an excuse to be unprepared. I didn't agree initially with him, but realized the Cap'n was actually correct.

The POTUS is one of the top jobs in the world, right behind being a daddy. If you need a timeout, retire. Only full-time workers need apply.

@ theprof00 - just keeping it real.