Cramming For The Test -- McCain wants to cancel debates

Wow. McCain is short, yes, but today he stooped to a new low. He claims he doesn't want to debate Barack because of the economy. And if Mr. O says no, and wants the debates to go on as planned, then the Republicans set up Barack to appear in front of the American public and the world as someone who doesn't care enough about the economy to halt the debates. Seriously. Wow.

As Barack's campaign so easily pointed out today, perhaps McCain is not ready to walk and chew gum at the same time. A President needs to multitask. McCain needs to take a nap.

Let's lay out how much Barack Obama actually is concerned, and has continuously been ringing the church bell in alarm, about our economy:

1. Obama's Year Old Letter to Bernanke and Paulson Regarding Housing Crisis March 22, 2007

2. Obama Calls for Modernizing Our Regulation of Financial Markets (video) March 27, 2008

3. Obama's Speech to Nasdaq (video) September 17, 2007

4. Message To The Nation (9/18 - video)

5. Obama Economic Press Conference July 28, 2008 (video)

6. Barack Obama's actual plan for the economy posted online
Use link or see the following for some key elements of Barack's plan:

-A $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families with high fuel costs right now while putting $50 billion into job creation to get our economy back on track.

-Families making less than $250,000 a year will get a tax cut three times larger than under John McCain's plan and will face absolutely no tax increases.

-While John McCain has voted against raising the minimum wage 19 times, Barack would raise the minimum wage and set it to rise automatically with inflation.

-Invest $15 billion a year in green energy research to reduce our economy's dependence on foreign oil and create 5 million American jobs a year.

7. Barack's Blueprint For Change (video)
Emergency Economic Plan in detail as released on 9/21

So much for the incredibly stupid, ruthless, and inaccurate claim that Mr. O has no plan and is MIA on the issue.
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Two days before Senator McCain outlined his "specific plan," Barack Obama laid out a 6 point detailed plan on how we needed to reestablish oversight in the financial market. It followed on 6 months of him putting forward further detailed ideas and talking with experts like Warren Buffet, et al.

Check out McCain's website for his "detailed plan." http://www.johnmccain.com/Images/Issues/JobsforAmerica/briefing.pdf

McCain's only record, unbelievably horrible as it is, can be seen as follows:

1. ABC News 'This Week" Panel discusses McCain's comments over the last few days.

2. Video answer to foreclosure problems leading to bank closings

3. Talking Points Memo (TPM) video with Russert interview

4. Hardball (video)Shows 22 Times!!: McCain Has Said Fundamentals of Economy Are Strong

5. CNBC (video)McCain claims Commerce Committee oversees entire economy, and he was the Chairman.

6. Oversight experience gives him unique opinion (video)

7. MSNBC: McCain-onomics

Now. you really have some homework. Check out these links, learn for yourself. Its all there. Do what you need to do, write to the media, write to your friends, carry McCain in on a stretcher. Just get 'er done and get him to that debate!

BTW, my favorite part of McCain's economy video (which is really just clips of his speeches), is that he plans to balance the budget by 2013. Promises. Hmmmm....maybe I'm just not good at math, but, um, 2013 would fall after this next Presidential term in office. He is promising something that wouldn't happen until AFTER the next four years. So he couldn't really be held to it, God Forbid, if he made it to the Oval Office.

OK, I promise to initiate peace all over the entire world by 2100. So there!