[Davis Democrats] Don't Let McCain and Palin Duck the Debates!

Thu Sep 25 12:32:38 PDT 2008

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From: John Chendo <jac07 at dcn.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:29:49 -0700
To: <jac07 at dcn.org>

MSNBC took poll yesterday: 69% strongly disagreed with postponing the
presidential debate this Friday.

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From: Pam Nieberg <pnieberg at dcn.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:07:29 -0700
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Subject: Fw: Don't Let McPalin Duck the Debates!

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  If  there were ever a time we needed to hear the candidates' plans  for
how they'd run the country, it's now.

 DON'T  LET MCCAIN AND PALIN DUCK THE DEBATES!

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Dear  friends and fellow-citizens,

It's more important than ever that Americans get to hear the two
presidential candidates discuss, side by side, what they would do to  solve
our nation's problems. But the McCain-Palin campaign is trying  to
politicize the financial crisis and use it as an excuse to  postpone both
tomorrow's presidential debate AND the only vice  presidential debate.

Call their bluff! Sign  our emergency petition
<http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=jrODIdyWUVKWXO_TzCXbHA..>  to the Debate
Commission to make sure the  debate schedule stays intact and tomorrow's
takes place as  planned. If McCain doesn't want to show up, then Senator
Obama should be allowed to use the full time to answer the  moderator's
questions and to tell America about how his  administration would govern.

Please  take a moment and sign right now.
<http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=kTVF-chzneZzHFkLBnA-Ew..>  We need to deliver
this  petition to the Commission tomorrow!

Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Sen. McCain's main surrogates, said  that if
Congress doesn't pass a "bailout" bill to address the  current financial
crisis by tomorrow, then McCain would not show up  for tomorrow's debate in
Mississippi. This only goes to reinforce  the Bush administration's mad rush
to get Congress to hand over $700  billion -- of our money -- with no
strings attached, and no  accountability. Even now, it seems McCain is
carrying the Bush  administration's water.

Sign  the petition now to make sure the debate happens as scheduled.
<http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=i8VOwiRlU0nQdQ0tW1-NEA..>   Then ask five
friends to sign as well. We need you to join this  effort right now.

The McCain-Palin campaign's maneuvering is part of a broader  political
strategy. By politicizing the financial crisis, it seems  likely that they
hope to accuse Obama of not putting the "country  first" just because he is
willing to debate the important issues and  address the nation. And they
hope to keep Sarah Palin out of the  spotlight and away from scrutiny even
longer than they already have  (with the real possibility of the ONLY debate
between Biden and  Palin not happening at all!).

But here are the facts. As recently as September 15, McCain  didn't even
acknowledge there WAS a crisis, famously saying, "the  fundamentals of our
economy are strong." And he has repeatedly  admitted that he is an economic
lightweight.* He even admitted that  he had not bothered to read the
THREE-PAGE "bailout" proposal from  the administration before suspending his
campaign and making his  debate threats. Why he feels he needs to return to
Washington  instead of addressing the problems in front of the country is a
mystery.

Everything about this desperate political "Hail Mary" is  an outrage. Don't
let McPalin get away with it. Petition  the Debate Commission NOW to keep
the debate schedule intact!
<http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=TPp959WkQunwG9rzgrU3iA..>   And then ask five
friends to sign.

-- Your Allies at People For the American  Way

P.S. With Election Day just over a month away and early voting  starting in
many states very soon, America deserves to hear from the  candidates.

Don't  let them cancel the debates!
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* "The issue of economics is not something I've understood as  well as I
should," McCain said. "I've got Greenspan's book." (Sasha  Issenberg,
"McCain: It's About The Economy," The Boston  Globe, 12/18/07)

"I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I  do about
military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be  educated.'" (Stephen
Moore, "Reform, Reform, Reform,"  OpinionJournal.com, 11/26/05)

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