Can't get fooled again - 9/24/08

Twitter was abuzz this afternoon with analogies to McCain's announcement that he wanted to "suspend" his campaign, including the debate Friday night, to "focus" on the economy. Oh, my! I want my president to be able to multi-task, and I want to hear from these candidates right now. I do think that the debate format should be altered from a 100% focus on foreign policy to include the economic crisis.

Now, the economic crisis. This is my problem with the current situation. They wailed about Weapons of Mass Destruction and told us we had to approve of their war to be safe. They demanded that we accept their Patriot Act (talk about a misnomer) in order stay safe. Now, these same people are telling us that we must pass this blank check legislation, burdening the taxpayers and the next administration with their unfathomable debt in order to bail out the financial institutions so drunk from their spending spree that they're about to pass out. Rachel Maddow had this wonderful analogy, explaining that they're like children sick from too much Halloween candy, wanting to treat their nausea with, yep, you guessed it, more candy. They want us to enable the frenzy and the guy who's currently playing the President is going on television tonight to tell us that we have to, that it's imperative, that it must be done quickly (before we have too much time to consider what we're really doing). Hmmmm... haven't we heard that somewhere before. It makes me think of something Mr. Bush once said, or tried to say:

I don't want the financial markets to freeze up any more than the next guy. Developers having access to financing directly affects my job. No dollars to lend, no dollars with which to build, no need to knock shit down. But I am not inclined to support anything this administration tells us we must do quickly, no questions asked. Not a blank check. The sky is falling. The little boy's cried wolf too many times. Can't get fooled again.

I'll watch the Presnit tonight & update this post if I have something else to say. My plan is to blog the debate Friday night, if McCain musters the courage to show up.

Peace, y'all. This is getting interesting.