Then John McCain's grandstanding trip to DC was _pure_ grandstanding. I thought he might have convinced the House GOPsters to vote for the bail-out (after acting intransigent for a bit) in order to help his election changes (which they'd benefit from).
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NY Times, September 29, 2008, 3:30 pm > September Surprise > By Floyd Norris > > The House has voted down the bailout bill, to everyone's surprise. > > So much for party discipline. This bill was supported by John McCain and > Barack Obama, the presidential candidates who, between them, have the > support of nearly every member of the House. > > But a majority of the House voted along with Bob Barr, the Libertarian who > said, "We need to make Wall Street take the hit for its irresponsible > investment decisions, and Ralph Nader, the independent candidate who > described the bill as "a bailout for Wall Street crooks." -- Jim Devine / "The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too." -- Oscar Levant _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
