Comments on: Crazy Like A Crazy Old Man

By: Grumpy Old Man

Grumpy Old Man — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:07:14 +0000

If Johnny Mac were winning, postponing the debate might make sense. He isn’t, and natheless is giving up a chance for a game-changing event. BH0′s eloquent, but not much of a debater.

What next–challenge the man to a moose hunt?

By: Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:46:57 +0000

No, I think this one takes the cake as the most bizarre one, at least in my lifetime. I have never seen anything like it. Even with Perot, ’92 was relatively normal. It seems to me that we are on the verge of having circus-freak levels of weirdness.

By: nyx

nyx — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:42:50 +0000

This is the craziest campaign that I remember. Christ, other than ’92, has there been such a weird election?

By: mjfgates

mjfgates — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:32:44 +0000

For McCain, suspending the campaign might actually be the smart thing to do. After all, the alternative is to continue it. Better to keep one’s mouth shut and be thought a fool, and all that.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:57:12 +0000

“As far as aiding in negotiations on the bailout, McCain has nothing to contribute (perhaps he could call up Andy Cuomo for some advice) and will be there, as always, mugging for the cameras as part of his desperate bid for positive coverage serious effort to save America.”

Ha, well said. He doesn’t (by his own admission) understand economics, he’s been AWOL from the Senate for a year running for president, and many of his colleagues hate him.

I’m sure his fellow senators are overjoyed that McCain’s riding to their rescue as they sift through these enormously complicated issues under insane political pressure, all while many of them are running for reelection. There’s probably a Senate betting pool on how long it’ll take before McCain accuses a colleague of being a cowardly out-of-touch asshole who doesn’t care about America.