BREAKING NEWS: Obama Accepts Bush Invitation To Meet In Washington

[yurbud]

Source: WNBC

POSTED: 8:26 pm EDT September 24, 2008

WASHINGTON -- With extraordinary stakes on the line, President Bush has invited both presidential candidates and the leaders of the House and Senate to the White House on Thursday in hopes of securing a bill to rescue the economy.

Bush took the unusual step Wednesday night of calling Democratic Sen. Barack Obama directly to invite him to the meeting, White House press secretary Dana Perino said. An Obama spokesman said the senator would attend. The White House has also invited Republican Sen. John McCain.

Perino said the goal of the session is to make progress -- fast -- on a bipartisan solution to the biggest economic crisis in decades.

She said the call between Bush and Obama lasted several minutes and was "a good conversation."

Read more: www.wnbc.com/news/17551484/detail.html

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This doesn't sound like a good idea.

[Name removed]

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[MichiganVote]

2. Read history. Hoover tried in vain to get FDR to resolve the banking crisis his way too.

[David Zephyr]

4. That's the same thing I thought of. Hoover tried to suck FDR in.

MichiganVote, you rock!

[MichiganVote]

11. Reading about FDR at that juncture was fascinating. :)

[GinaMaria]

17. those who do not learn from the past are condemned

to repeat it. Obama is too smart for this.

[tekisui]

3. Obama goes to spare the call of him not caring.

Maybe he'll take the opportunity to say "fuck you very much. Do you realize how hard I am going to have to work to clean up your shit."

[yurbud]

8. bush isn't Hoover--I fear for obama's safety

[ixion]

5. that's not a good idea

because nothing, and I mean nothing, promised by * at the meeting would be carried out. It's just another layer of scam.

[offog]

16. I agree that it's a scam.

Canadian Conservatives do this too. They talk about reaching out to opponents to solve problems, but put on a just show of co-operation. Then just do whatever the fuck they wanted to do in the first place.

[GinaMaria]

20. they will probably try to get him to sign off on it

So when it fails it will be the Obama plan. I trust Obama is smarter than that. He knows the set up and the way they operate.

[ContraBass Black]

6. On the contrary,

John McCain pulls his stunt, and Obama balks. George Bush calls a meeting, and Obama attends. What's the message? There are three.

1. John McCain is not the President, regardless of what his showboating suggests.
2. I'm willing to cooperate and work toward a solution.
3. My insight and my presence make a difference, unlike McCain's throwing his weight around.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. It lets ALL of the air out of McCain's tires

He's not running the show. He wasn't anyway...he was just pretending. I think you have three valid points, and this is a win for Obama.

[Caution]

29. Bingo. This is a disaster for McCain and a huge win for Obama.

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. Barack will be walking into a viper's nest

That will be where Barack hears all the recordings of his private convos for the last couple years. McCain and Bush will try to bully him. It's going to be like meeting the Boss on the Sopranos.

[yurbud]

9. obama should have extra security on him &wife & kids

[Blaze Diem]

13. He should NOT go there alone !!

He should demad his VP go with him

[Cronus Protagonist]

18. He should demand BOTH VP's be there

After all, nothing at all will get done there anyway. And they could all look down Churchy Spice's blouse in between bloviations.

[Pirate Smile]

19. Pelosi, Reid, Frank and Dodd will be there too, I'm sure.

[readmoreoften]

33. Safest place he could ever be. They're not that obvious. That's not how they roll.

But he should watch his back for the next 6 months.

[GinaMaria]

25. Obama has surrounded himself with

very good people. People with experience and knowledge with great insight. Have faith. He's smart and knows their game. He is strong and above their antics. They are ganging up on him, getting him on their turf with all their friends there to help, but Obama is savvy and experienced. He has worked his way up and seen it all. A bully is a bully on the school playground or in the White House. He has gotten this far because he knows how to handle these situations. He is a man of vision, is incredibly strategic and will not be rushed into a decision. That's why so many support him.

[AlphaCentauri]

12. Who wants to look good? n/t

[glinda]

14. SERIOUSLY DO NOT EAT OR DRINK ANYTHING THERE!

I MEAN IT. I AM NOT KIDDING.

[lurky]

15. Why not? It gives Obama legitimacy.

He can go, sit and listen to * spout off for a while, then say "Thanks, but no thanks." In fact, if he (gently) smacks down the pres afterwards, it would make him look pretty bad ass!

[AlphaCentauri]

23. Or it can portrait Obama as an inexperience who is led by wall street

it all depend on how the republicans want to exploit the crisis.

[offog]

21. Just a question.

Will this meeting be a one-day affair? I haven't seen any indication as to whether or not Friday's debate is still on. I agree with Obama's statement earlier that Americans need this debate more than ever, to hear the candidates' positions on the financial crisis. I hope that a presidential candidate debate takes place soon.

[Skink]

22. This should be live on CSPAN when it happens.

[Blaze Diem]

24. Yes it should. Considering the level of trust we have in the DC Mofia,

We should be allowed in the room also, via Tv Cameras.
It IS our tax dollars they're asking for.

[olddad56]

26. It is a trap. He is dammed if he does and dammed if he doesn't.

[WheelWalker]

27. RRRuuuuuunnnnnnnn..!!!

[Caution]

28. This is PERFECT for Obama.

Bush has completely undercut McCain with this. Obama goes to Washington, hammers out a deal on Thursday and can debate on Friday. By responding to Bush he hasn't caved to McCain's demand, he is responding to the President, and even better he has responded to a Republican President. This undercuts McCain saying that Obama has "never reached across the aisle."

This says two things to me, the economic situation is even more dire than we have been led to believe (the treasury department are saying we can't afford to play politics here, get this done) and there is very little love lost between Bush and McCain.

The end result is that McCain's ploy to postpone the debate is foiled, an economic deal is hammered out and Obama can say that he reached across the aisle to a Republican President in a time of crisis to get the job done.

[VAliberal]

30. From your keyboard

to God's ears.

I hope She's listening.

[PFunk]

31. I agree that meeting w/Bush is a good ideal for all of those reasons BUT...

UNLESS he can convince Bush to work out a deal in which the repugs and sign on too then it's better not to sign on to anything at all. A hard thing to achieve since it looks like the repugs are not distancing themselves from Bush's agreement. But are using this to distance themselves against Bush himself and blame it on the dems.

[MilesColtrane]

32. Barack, please take a taster with you.

[2Design]

34. better now allow this admin strong arm them like they did everyone

with iraq and everything else

[daleo]

35. Obama, don't eat the canapes

Or drink the coffee.

[VWolf]

37. The line "bad dates" comes to mind nt

[Poll_Blind]

36. CNN headline: "Bush SUMMONS Obama, McCains for bailout talks"

SUMMONS! WTF?! What the fuck is he supposed to be, the grand wizard of politics?




PB

[glinda]

38. Shades of Putin

Putin and poisoning. Sorry. That is all that keeps running through my mind.