Verkiezing in de VS #43: Obama party time vanacht

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Gebeten hond
Voor de Democratische partij was de Republikeinse kandidaat voor het presidentschap, John McCain, de gebeten hond. Hij zou een overeenkomst hebben tegengewerkt en alleen aan zijn eigen verkiezingscampagne hebben gedacht.

De Democratische senator Christopher Dodd wreef het zout dieper in de wond, door te wijzen op de dalende peilingen van McCain: "Dit zag eruit als een reddingsplan voor John McCain."

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 10:11 schreef Sheepcidus het volgende:
Gaat het debat Palin-Biden op 2 oktober nou nog door, dat probeerde Mcain toch met die hele suspend the economy so I can work on my campaign te bereiken?

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 10:33 schreef matthijst het volgende:
Katie Couric - Are you and John McCain in favor of this $700 billion bailout?
Sarah Palin - I'm totally in favor of supporting the troops. My son is a troop.
Katie Couric - Right. But I'm asking about the bailout proposal for Wall Street.


Komisch gedaan: http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=22276

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 10:46 schreef Rock_de_Braziliaan het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 10:55 schreef Verbal het volgende:
"You pucked with the wrong ice president"

Flauw, maar wel de Disney-film waar Damon het over had

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Matt Damon in Team America

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:09 schreef JohnDope het volgende:

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Toch niet de "Matt Damon " ?

Matt Damon in Team America

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:15 schreef Verbal het volgende:

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Ja, die

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:17 schreef JohnDope het volgende:

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Echt een dombo eerste klas is dat

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:20 schreef Verbal het volgende:

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Dat vind jij, maar jouw maatstaven zijn een beetje.... anders

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Jesus Loves You Too (u2)

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:22 schreef JohnDope het volgende:

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Hier nog zo'n held in het rijtje van Matt Damon thuis hoort.

Jesus Loves You Too (u2)

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:26 schreef AlanSmitheeJr het volgende:

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Palin en McCain zijn ook helemaal weg van Bono, ze hebben hem deze week nog ontmoet: http://www.cbsnews.com/st(...)pt/main4470088.shtml

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:30 schreef JohnDope het volgende:

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Hield die professioneel niksnut toen ook de hele tijd asociaal zijn zonnebril op?

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:32 schreef Charles.Darwin het volgende:

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Bij Palin en McCain zou ik dat ook doen

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:33 schreef JohnDope het volgende:

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Ja maar jij doet dat niet omdat jij doorgesnoven bent (mag ik hopen)

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:49 schreef Monidique het volgende:
Het enige voordeel van een McCain-presidentschap is dat ik ongenuanceerd door kan blijven mekkeren over de incompetente, slechtste president ooit, . Als Obama president wordt, zal ik mijn hele benadering moeten wijzigen.

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 12:04 schreef JohnDope het volgende:
Het enige dat de filmster heeft gedaan is 2 biografieën schrijven

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 12:07 schreef Monidique het volgende:

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Geen probleem.

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 12:31 schreef Woodpecker het volgende:
Over Letterman: Ben ik de enige die Paul Schaffer een irritante sidekick vind? Laat die man muziek maken en niet continue meepraten...

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 12:41 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:
Hoe laat NL tijd is het debat?

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 11:06 schreef Scandalous het volgende:

David Letterman New-McCain Rant-Sept-25-2008

Countdown with Keith Olbermann about Letterman

Keith Olbermann, David Letterman on Suspended Campaign Pt1

Keith Olbermann, David Letterman on Suspended Campaign Pt2

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 12:31 schreef Woodpecker het volgende:
Over Letterman: Ben ik de enige die Paul Schaffer een irritante sidekick vind? Laat die man muziek maken en niet continue meepraten...

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A bad day for the GOP on politics, bailout plan
By CHARLES BABINGTON – 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even for a party whose president suffers dismal approval ratings, whose legislative wing lost control of Congress and whose presidential nominee trails in the polls, it was a remarkably bad day for Republicans.

A White House summit meeting on Thursday meant to shore up John McCain's shaky campaign "devolved into a contentious shouting match." And that's how McCain's own campaign described it.

The meeting revealed that President Bush's $700 billion bid to combat the worst financial crisis in decades had been suddenly sidetracked by fellow Republicans in the House, who refused to embrace a plan that appeared close to acceptance by the Senate and most House Democrats.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson begged Democratic participants not to disclose how badly the meeting had gone, dropping to one knee in a teasing way to make his point according to witnesses.

And when Paulson hastily tried to revive talks in a nighttime meeting near the Senate chamber, the House's top Republican refused to send a negotiator.

"This is the president's own party," said Rep. Barney Frank, a top Democratic negotiator who attended both meetings. "I don't think a president has been repudiated so strongly by the congressional wing of his own party in a long time."

By midnight, it was hard to tell who had suffered a worse evening, Bush or McCain. McCain, eager to shore up his image as a leader who rises above partisanship, was undercut by a fierce political squabble within his own party's ranks.

The consequences could be worse for Bush, and for millions of Americans if the impasse sends financial markets tumbling, as some officials fear. Closed-door negotiations were to resume Friday, but it was unclear whether House Republicans would attend.

Republicans and Democrats alike seemed unsure which way McCain was leaning. His campaign's statement late Thursday shed little light.

"At this moment, the plan that has been put forth by the administration does not enjoy the confidence of the American people," it said. It was unclear whether McCain would attend Friday night's scheduled debate against Democratic nominee Barack Obama in Oxford, Miss.

Ordinarily a Republican president's problems are with Democrats, especially if they control the House and Senate. In this case, Bush seemed almost over that hurdle.

To be sure, Democrats demanded a number of changes in his $700 billion bailout plan, but administration insiders signaled they probably were acceptable. They included greater oversight, more protections for taxpayers, efforts to head off home foreclosures and piecemeal allocations of the federal money to buy toxic mortgage securities.

What caught some by surprise, either at the White House meeting or shortly before it, was the sudden momentum behind a dramatically different plan drafted by House conservatives with Minority Leader John Boehner's blessing.

Instead of the government buying the distressed securities, the new plan would have banks, financial firms and other investors that hold such loans pay the Treasury to insure them. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., a chief sponsor, said it was clear that Bush's plan "was not going to pass the House."

But Democrats said the same was true of the conservatives' plan. It calls for tax cuts and insurance provisions the majority party will not accept, they said.

At one point in the White House meeting, according to two officials, McCain voiced support for Ryan's criticisms of the administration's proposal. Frank, a gruff Massachusetts liberal, angrily demanded to know what plan McCain favored.

These officials also said that as tempers flared, Bush struggled at times to maintain control.

At one point, several minutes into the session, Obama said it was time to hear from McCain. According to a Republican who was there, "all he said was, 'I support the principles that House Republicans are fighting for.'"

Some at the table took that to mean the conservatives' alternative proposal, which stands little chance of passage.

A few hours later, Paulson and the handful of negotiators wearily headed for home. Frank told The Associated Press: "I did tell Secretary Paulson that this whole thing is at risk if the president can't get members of his own party to participate."

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Conservative Republicans offer bailout alternative
Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:33pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives offered a mortgage insurance plan on Thursday as an alternative to the Bush administration's $700-billion Wall Street bailout.

As Congress struggled to find agreement on modifying the massive Bush proposal to attack the housing market crisis, three members of the Republican Study Committee criticized the administration's proposal and presented their own ideas.

"We think this insurance model works... This is an alternative," Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan said at a press briefing where he distributed a one-page proposal.

He said dozens of House Republicans are involved in the group developing the alternative insurance approach.

Texas Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the study committee, said its more than 100 members "remain skeptical, fearful and unconvinced" about the administration's plan.

"The insurance model is one that appeals to us," he said.

The conservative group called for the U.S. government to offer insurance coverage for the roughly half of all mortgage-backed securities that it does not already insure.

The Treasury Department, they said, should charge premiums to holders of those securities to finance the insurance.

They also called for temporary tax cuts and regulatory relief for businesses. In addition, they said, financial institutions participating in their proposed program would have to disclose more about their mortgage asset holdings.

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 13:04 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:

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Die republikeinen zijn echt gestoord. Ze willen dat de overheid dus een verzekering aanbiedt (dwz, garant staan voor volgende puinhopen), lagere belastingen én weinig doen aan de CEO salarissen.

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Op vrijdag 26 september 2008 13:12 schreef Fastmatti het volgende:

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Mooi plan toch. In tijden van crisis tellen principes gewoon wat minder.