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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (23507)	10/8/2008 9:15:14 AM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25737

Why Did McCain Even Bother To Show Up? By Dirty Harry on General McCain lost the debate the moment he brought up the idea of government buying up mortgages to shore up home values. For the love of all that's holy … what in the hell was that? McCain spends two days getting his campaign somewhat back on track by nailing Obama as the wild-eyed liberal he is and then offers up an outrageous wild-eyed liberal plan to nationalize the housing market. McCain's only chance of disqualifying our next president was to out him as the liberal he is. That was it. That was his only chance. That was his only shot. And what does McCain do? He outflanks our next president on his left. Tonight I watched the most radical, unqualified, leftist who has ever run for the presidency allowed to look presidential — allowed to close the deal. I am equal parts speechless and disgusted. And not with Obama.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (23507)	10/8/2008 9:28:15 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

The problem was that he repeated the idea in the next couple of questions. It was a low point for me on his campaign....for once in my life I wish they had "Dick Morris" poll tested an idea before belching it out in public.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (23507)	10/8/2008 10:14:01 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Re: "but I think he probably didn't mean to say it... it makes no sense..." I donno.... Turns out McCain has been thinking about / talking about having the government directly buy up and re-negotiate mortgages ever since the Spring, when he made a speech to the Orange County Hispanic Small Business Roundtable on March 25, 2008 suggesting it: weblogs.baltimoresun.com "The mortgage renewal idea actually originated with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, said Charlie Black, a senior adviser to Mr. McCain. And Mrs. Clinton, who proposed the idea in a recent newspaper column, borrowed it from a Depression-era New Deal agency, the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation": Long History for Proposal on Mortgages by McCain By JACKIE CALMES Published: October 8, 2008 nytimes.com