A Banker's Best Boy
John McCain never ceases to disappoint. (If he's "conservative" I'm the next goalie for the Detroit Red Wings.)
"Poor judgement" was the assessment of John McCain in the Keating 5 scandal, and once again, I think the same assessment (at the very least) applies regarding his idea of snapping up all these loser mortgages at full face value rather than actual value.
I'd give anything right now for a viable write-in candidate. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of manufacturing red, white, and blue noseplugs for people to wear to the polls.
The european markets open in seconds as I type this if the electricity goes off on Friday, thanks for visiing the blog, OK?
Crid [cridcridatgmail] at October 10, 2008 12:00 AM
Aaarrrrggghhhh....."
Crid [cridcridatgmail] at October 10, 2008 12:06 AM
Why don't they just list that "personal finance" section with a little skull and crossbones?
Amy Alkon at October 10, 2008 12:14 AM
Don't mean to monopolize, but before we all shit our pants, let's take a quick look at this.
There's really no need to stock up on canned goods and dumdums in your forest hideout, OK?
(PS - In reviewing earlier comments, a fellow blog visitor named Robert W. says I cuss too much. Does anyone have any suggestions for what the best response to this should be?
Yes, the internet is vulgar. That's why we like it.)
Crid [cridcridatgmail] at October 10, 2008 12:22 AM
Heh ... apparently 60% of Americans think the U.S. is going into a depression ... time to load up?
Charles at October 10, 2008 4:21 AM
I find that "fuck you" always works well in those situations.
brian at October 10, 2008 5:07 AM
My bro, who is a financial consultant, keeps telling my parents to calm down, hang in, and it'll be better in about 6 months to a year. Last night I said to him "6 months to a year, huh? What do we do in the meantime?" Silence on the other end of the phone. Then, "Do you pray?" he said. "Do that." Nice. Pass me a length of that rope, wouldja? Or a piece of a lead pipe? (Nah, just kidding. I've got a .44.) But look! Gas prices are dropping like crazy - $3.28 for regular this morning at Sunoco! Coincidence? I think not! o_O
Flynne at October 10, 2008 5:35 AM
I agree with brian
lujlp at October 10, 2008 6:02 AM
Where would the Internet be without cursing? It would be like cheesecake with nonfat cream cheese.
MonicaP at October 10, 2008 6:44 AM
All politicians are morons. The trick is to pick the least moronic of the group.
There's nothing wrong with cussing ...
Gas will continue to drop, so will oil. Oil is a late cyclical and still has far to go in my humble opinion. I personally believe that the era of huge mammoth-sized vehicles is over (at least until oil gets cheaper and enough time has passed for people to forget).
Charles at October 10, 2008 6:46 AM
Crid schreibe: (PS - In reviewing earlier comments, a fellow blog visitor named Robert W. says I cuss too much. Does anyone have any suggestions for what the best response to this should be?
Crid, for the same reasons Saxons engulf swine flesh while their Norman masters feast on pork, "va t'enculer!" would be considered to have a certain je ne sais quoi lifting it out of the realms of quotidian malediction, perhaps even as far as empyrean invective.
Not that I don't appreciate Robert W. too.
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phunctor
phunctor at October 10, 2008 7:55 AM
Write-in candidate? You got me. I was thinking former Redskins coach Joe Gibbs. He'd probably be okay, in a National Dad kind of way.
What if we dug up Calvin Coolidge? He might have told Wall Street to sort out its own messes (though in fewer words). Besides, when he died, Dorothy Parker was supposed to have said, "How could they tell?" If that's the case, maybe nobody will notice that he's, well, still dead.
Oh, I've got it: Why don't I run? I meet the consititutional requirement, and while I have neither leadership skills nor a platform nor brains, I think I have a pretty good slogan --
"Vote for the Daddy...how could it hurt?"
old rpm daddy at October 10, 2008 9:00 AM
a fellow blog visitor named Robert W. says I cuss too much. Does anyone have any suggestions for what the best response to this should be?
I suggest borrowing from the Supreme Court decision, written by Justice Harlan, in Cohen v. California, 1971: "One man's profanity is another man's lyric."
Amy Alkon at October 10, 2008 9:51 AM
Phunctor,
You can just call him "encule" ... much more powerful. (there should be an accent on the last "e" ... keyboard is not bilingual).
Charles at October 10, 2008 11:22 AM
Heard today on Bloomberg:
"I tell ya, this is worse than a divorce. I've lost half my money but I still have my wife."
Eric at October 10, 2008 12:33 PM
I used to cheer for McCain, now I feel like a complete idiot.
For now on, I will stop commenting on the US elections and focus on the lack of choice we Canadians have on our side of the fence...
Toubrouk at October 10, 2008 2:20 PM
Not sure what you mean by a "viable" write-in candidate, Amy. If you mean one who has a realistic chance to win, isn't that a contradiction in terms?
If you're ready to discard the "realistic chance" requirement, just pick whoever you think would make the best president and write him in. Myself, I'm trying to decide between voting for Barr and writing in Ron Paul.
Rex Little at October 11, 2008 12:09 AM
Bravo, Brian, Monica, Amy and Eric! Funny stuff.
There is never anything wrong with stocking up on canned goods. Our "cave" is loaded since last week. Since I can't afford to buy gold, I figure it is the best thing I can do.
liz at October 11, 2008 1:43 AM
Ah, voting idealistically instead of pragmatically.
At least the gator gets to you quicker that way.
brian at October 11, 2008 5:28 AM
Let's review the Keating Five scandal again. The bipartisan investigating committee recommended that McCain and John Glenn be cut loose as they had not committed grevious ethical lapses and were only tangentially involved. Cranston, DeConcini, and Reigle were up to their necks in corruption. John Glenn and John McCain were not. But McCain was the only Republican caught up in that scandal and the Democrats couldn't afford to have only Democrats involved so they refused to cut McCain loose.
According to Wikipedia: "Senators John Glenn and John McCain were cleared of having acted improperly but were criticized for having exercised 'poor judgment'."
Accordint to Robert Bennet [Special Counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee in the Keating Five investigation] on the Hannity and Colmes show, "First, I should tell your listeners I'm a registered Democrat, so I'm not on [McCain's] side of a lot of issues. But I investigated John McCain for a year and a half, at least, when I was special counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee in the Keating Five. ... And if there is one thing I am absolutely confident of, it is John McCain is an honest man. I recommended to the Senate Ethics Committee that he be cut out of the case, that there was no evidence against him."
Conan the Grammarian at October 13, 2008 9:12 AM
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