McCain Says Now Is Not Time To Assign Blame -- Only Two Hours After His Campaign Blamed Obama

[maddezmom]

John McCain just now delivered a statement to the press about the bailout collapse, and called for the finger-pointing to stop -- barely two hours after his campaign directly blamed Obama in unequivocal terms.

"Now is not the time to fix the blame." McCain said. "It's time to fix the problem."

But at around 3:30 P.M., the McCain campaign blasted out a statement that fixed the blame directly on Obama.

"Barack Obama failed to lead, phoned it in, attacked John McCain, and refused to even say if he supported the final bill," the statement said. "This bill failed because Barack Obama and the Democrats put politics ahead of country."

Of course, it's already been established repeatedly that McCain isn't responsible for what his own campaign does, so nothing to see here.

more:http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/mccain_says_now_is_not_time_to.php

[EFerrari]

1. "Just fix something. They told me the fix was in."

lol

[johnaries]

2. This isn't a case of flip-flopping,

this is a case of flipping AFTER the flop.

[Night_Nurse]

5. More like a case of paranoid personality disorder... nt

[Night_Nurse]

3. OMG... I just posted the article about him blaming Obama in LBN...

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE48R2KB20080929

[liberal N proud]

4. That is because blaming Obama came only a few hours after

McCain claimed he was responsible for the success of the plan.

He was against it before he was for it before he was against it before he claimed victory before he was against it.

How do they keep it all straight?

[Night_Nurse]

9. They don't...

and that's why they keep f*cking up their stories.. LOL

[ColbertWatcher]

6. Hey! Alzheimer's is a terrible disease.

He's obviously suffering.

Plus he was a POW. (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4124391&mesg_id=4124391)

[OneGrassRoot]

7. UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE. It IS time to point fingers.........

wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy past time.

Blame MUST be discussed and determined in order for this same criminal shit not to happen over and over again.

REPUBLICANS: PARTY OF ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY.

[Kitty Herder]

8. What he really means is:

"This isn't the time to blame me and my fellow Republicans."

Republican-speak.

[snappyturtle]

10. He's a mean old man acting in mean old man ways. nt

[Night_Nurse]

12. Yep, needs some Vitamin H (aka Haldol) nt

[snappyturtle]

14. Ha! I do think he has a psychosis of some sort! His contradictory

statements, confusion and temperament problems must point to something.

[lotus007vr]

11. BACK FIRED!!!

He tried to get ahead of the situation and not only claim credit, but also blame Obama for the problem. Back fired!!! Now that the (R) from the house made him look like SHIT... now he's asking for the non-finger pointing.

Vote for Obama/Biden 08

[bowens43]

13. This is definately the time to assign blame and point fingers.

The American people need to know that it is a fundamental flaw in the conservative/republican belief system that caused this catastrophe. Deregulation and the insane belief that markets and corporations will police and correct themselves are at the heart of this mess. Point every available finger at the nearest republican and shout loudly that 'He (or she) did this'!!