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WOW ! John McCain has done it again he has put his country and the american people first ! he said that he needs to be in washington and even asked obama to join him ( i guess he wanted to show the world that america is always united in a time of crisis ! ) he reminds me of that story of the soldier who was willing sacrificed his life to save his fellow troops by jumping on a hand grenade. this is what McCain did he sacrificed his chance at becoming the president to help save our economic lives GOD BLESS JOHN McCAIN AND GOD BLESS AMERICA ! McCAIN 08 COUNTRY FIRST !

Here are the origins of the current crisis. BOTH PARTIES ARE TO BLAME! But it did start in the Clinton Administration which tried to reverse the effects of RedLining in urban areas by making it easy to buy homes. This was Social Engineering that has run amok. Congress, and particularly the Black Caucus, pushed these policies for votes, influence, and lobbyist cash. Of course speculators and Wall Street took advantage and made things worse. But the qualifications for loans were basically, No down payment, No references, No job security....No problem.
I saw what was happening in the Real Estate business. As long as everybody got paid, nobody really cared if the loan was worthy. RE agents, appraisers, mortgage brokers, underwriters, insurance companies???everyone got their check. Banks made these questionable loans and then promptly sold them to other institutions. Thus, years later, this widespread meltdown.
This Social Engineering concept is exactly what Obama wants to bring to America.
Senator McCain and President Bush both tried to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but were blocked by Democrats who were the biggest recipients of lobbying largesse.

Wonderful, articulate article. It's amazing that McCain has any chance to win at all, considering the place where the Republicans have brought us in the last 8 years, but sadly, I fear that it's Obama who has very little chance of actually winning the presidency, considering the electoral college, racism, and Republican skill with vote fraud.

Excellent - Bravo to Anna Quindlen for such an articulate column. Although I support Obama 100%, I believe that he has only a remote chance of actually winning the election because of 1) the electoral college 2) pure and simple racism and 3) the Republican Party's superior ability to employ various means of fraud.
I hope Ms Quindlen will be able to write as clearly to help us survive another 4 years with a Republican resident in the White House. Thanks, Norman Baker

The presidency was once aspirational.

The most insightful line in a remarkably clear expression of where we stand. Thank you.

Thank you.

The last paragraph of Anna Quindlen's commentary is the one we all should remember when entering our respective voting booths.

"Senator McCain last week was once again hedging principle in favor of victory. His party has been in power as the country has run aground, yet he and his people try to suggest that the same party with the same people and the same policies will somehow produce different results.

There are Stupid Americans that will fall for all of this and I hope there are more of us than them.

Pumadoria,
Obama's voting record in the Illinois State Senate is commendable. The use of the "present" vote is quite common in the state senate and it is used for specific political reasons. He stands for a set of values and he sticks to them. Look it up. McCain is willing to do or say anything to become president. He is a changeling, a Zelig, and a shape shifter. At this point, he seems to think that the more confused and manipulated the voter, the more like he will become president. How else can you explain Palin? His behaviour is cynical and disingenuous and unbecoming of a candidate for the highest office in the land.
Jeff D.
PA

By choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, McCain has shown what an irresponsible politician he is. There is nothing about her that makes her qualified to be president. This is the man who will "keep us safe"? He will put someone with absolutely no idea about world politics a heartbeat away fron the presidency. This is not keeping us safe, it is keeping us in great danger. He could have picked from hundreds if not thousands of more qualified people, but he chose her. Any rational thinking person can see that she was picked for her appeal not her abilities. This is a bad joke that the republicans are trying to play on us! Blind Americans will worry about Obama's religion even though he's gone to a christian church for 20 years. They will listen to McCains distortions and Palin's bridge to nowhere and happily vote for the party who has distroyed our economy and tied us up in a war that should have never been waged! We shouldn't be surprized though, these are the same people who voted for George W. Bush not once, but twice!! and look how that's worked out! Enough said!

And that is the central issue. John McCain is a fine and honorable man with an outstanding personal history. However, how can that one man, by himself, change the direction of the Republican Party which has delivered us into this moras of financial ruin and moral ruin, and done so with joy. I believe McCain wants to be the one who changes things, I just don't think his personal power is enough to repair the damange this country has suffered at the hands of the Republican Party. We need another type of change than what he can provide. Would that he had won in '04.........

I strongly object to Senator McCain being called a shape-shifter when that term was invented for Obama. He learned to be all things to all people by voting "Present" 130 times in Illinois. Most recently, that spectre is evident in his Fisa vote, Campaign financing, gun control, abortion rights, born-alive protection, meeting with dictators unconditionally, Russo-Georgia conflict, Iranian Kuds force depiction, William Ayers (just a guy in my neighborhood)...the list goes on.
The MSM is shocked, shocked that people still think Obama is a Muslim. Perhaps if he was less shape-shifting about it. His father was Arab/Muslim and his Kenyan family are practicing Muslim. His stepfather was Muslim and Barack was registered as Muslim in two Indonesian schools where he received religious instruction. His Church in Chicago preaches Black Liberation Theology which is distinctly anti-white, and anti-American. It continues a symbiotic relationship with Farrakhan's Nation of Islam. Jeremiah Wright had Nation of Islam bodyguards at the National Press Club. So forgive our confusion. Certainly after viewing tapes of Wright and Phleger, this was not a Christianity many of us are familiar with.

This time, Anna made me cry. She has spoken eloquently for me--as a woman, as a mother, as an American, as a human being--for many years. And I thank her and ask her to continue her journey of truth seeking and telling.

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American voters do not want details, or policy papers or solutions. They want show biz. They want rallies and speeches full of partisan preaching. They worship personalities and ideologies not ideas They want good guys in white hats against bad guys in black ones. They want ads that destroy the opposiiton while waving the flag. Don't tell them what needs to be done; tell them what is wrong with the other guy. This has worked in politics forever. We keep electing the same type of cloned politicians from both parties and we somehow expect a different result when they get to Washington. We complain when nothing changes. Then we re- elect the same clone. In this election the outcome will be the same, either the old, standard white model clone or the new and improved black model clone will win. Chalk another one up to the everlasting ignorance, prejudice and gullibility of the voters.