Floored me…

But then I thought about it and realized once again that he is trying to take a more moderate, centrist approach. He was behind the plan and has to stillb e behind the plan. We need more facts on what he wants to do – it sounded to me that he wanted to take 300 of the 700 billion to do this stuff.

Remember that he was chosen in the primary, not for his principled conservative stands, but for his more moderate stands (and running a better campaign).

Give me a win in the war, a win in SCOTUS, an end to pork barrel (and limitation to entitlements, please) someone with character and I’ll be happy.

My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy.

taking a more nuanced, i.e socialist position

First, this is a very insightful observation, cleverly presented.

I would observe that McCain’s proposal itself exists in two separate planes – a pre-election political plane and a post election policy plane.

Just because the Congress passed that $850 billion bailout doesn’t mean the problem is solved. In fact, the problems, particularly if Lord Barack is elected, are really just beginning. One of these guys is going to appoint a VERY powerful Secretary of Treasury with an American Express Platinum Card minted by God himself. One question these candidates need to answer is how all that cash is going to be spent.

McCain’s proposal for buying foreclosed mortgages is an excellent answer within the political plane in that it provides Joe Sixpack with an assurance that all of the $850 billion won’t be used to bailout “greedy Wall Street bankers.” It answers Obama attacks that McCain has no empathy for the little guy.

But now let’s say that McCain wins. In this case he is going to have to follow through on his promise. (Afterall, it is the Straight Talk Express, right?) It is here that you would expect (perhaps hope and pray is a better phrase?) that McCain’s Treasury Secretary will have the good sense to consult with realtors in developing the details of this program.

Let me ask you this: Who do you trust more with this enormous arbitrary spending power – a moderate Republican who is open to hearing from representatives of the real estate industry? – or a closet Socialist whose support organization, ACORN, would just as soon use the money to buy homes in strategic Congressional Districts, give them to reliable “Party” members, and thereby create a permanent Democrat majority in Congress?

First, this is a very insightful observation, cleverly presented.

I would observe that McCain’s proposal itself exists in two separate planes – a pre-election political plane and a post election policy plane.

Just because the Congress passed that $850 billion bailout doesn’t mean the problem is solved. In fact, the problems, particularly if Lord Barack is elected, are really just beginning. One of these guys is going to appoint a VERY powerful Secretary of Treasury with an American Express Platinum Card minted by God himself. One question these candidates need to answer is how all that cash is going to be spent.

McCain’s proposal for buying foreclosed mortgages is an excellent answer within the political plane in that it provides Joe Sixpack with an assurance that all of the $850 billion won’t be used to bailout “greedy Wall Street bankers.” It answers Obama attacks that McCain has no empathy for the little guy.

But now let’s say that McCain wins. In this case he is going to have to follow through on his promise. (Afterall, it is the Straight Talk Express, right?) It is here that you would expect (perhaps hope and pray is a better phrase?) that McCain’s Treasury Secretary will have the good sense to consult with realtors in developing the details of this program.

Let me ask you this: Who do you trust more with this enormous arbitrary spending power – a moderate Republican who is open to hearing from representatives of the real estate industry? – or a closet Socialist whose support organization, ACORN, would just as soon use the money to buy homes in strategic Congressional Districts, give them to reliable “Party” members, and thereby create a permanent Democrat majority in Congress?