I think that you're exactly right, Ken; McCain is playing to
perceptions.Obama may be trying to allay our fears, but neither has
theconomic/financial cred to solve the problem.  I'm afraid that if a
"bailout" is passed too quickly, it'll cause more problems than it fixes.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:30 PM, ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> devils advocate: suppose the american people see it as mccain working on a
> major problem while obama just continues to talk? perception might mean more
> than fact here.
>
>
> --- On Thu, 9/25/08, Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > From: Kendall D. Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] McCain suspends campaign becouse of finacial
> crisis?
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 12:47 PM
>  > IMHO, it gives him a way to figure out what to say as much
> > as anything
> > else...  Also gives him a chance to "put his house in
> > order," ie, distance
> > himself from some of the lobbying groups that worked for
> > the Wall Street
> > firms that committed the most egregious "errors."
> >
> > I like Obama's stance (surprised?) that the American
> > people need to know how
> > the crisis will be dealt with by the person who will have
> > the problem dumped
> > in his lap after the election.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:27 PM, ken barber
> > <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > gimick or real?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > --
> >
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> > redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> > unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> > Therefore, all progress
> > depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
>
>
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Kendall

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress
depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

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