NPR: McCain Talks Tough On Economy, Dems Keep Up Attacks

McCain Talks Tough On Economy, Dems Keep Up Attacks

John McCain, on offense to prove he's taking the economic meltdown seriously after yesterday's misfire, released a new ad this afternoon that uses the word "crisis" three times in 30 seconds. In it, McCain promises to tackle the situation "head on" and to protect Americans' jobs and savings. A female voiceover adds that McCain will bring "experience and leadership in a time of crisis". (And here we thought "experience" was SO August 28th...)

But the Democrats are not going to let McCain retake control of his economic narrative that easily. Four minutes after that ad hit my inbox, I received a video from the DNC montaging 10 instances from this year of McCain saying some version of "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" (the most recent example, of course, was from yesterday), along with quotes from McCain advisers downplaying the country's economic problems.

-- Evie Stone

5:24 PM ET | 09-16-2008 | permalink

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Ooooooh SNAP!

Sent by jonathon, pdx | 7:00 PM ET | 09-16-2008

McCain will continue to change his message depending on what he thinks voters want to hear.

Notice he started using the word 'change'??

Nothing original coming from this elderly gentleman.

Palin, on the other hand is frightening.
She is a photogenic and poised; a former beauty contestant with a bachelors degree in Journalism.

She is good at distorting the truth- and will stop at nothing for more power.

These qualities should not, however, put her "a 72 year old heartbeat" away from POTUS.

Sent by Donna | 7:04 PM ET | 09-16-2008

Gosh...I waw all choked up with party loyalty, certainty, and patriotism when I saw this Ad that I could hardly make it to the end! I wonder why McCain never looks you directly in the eye?

And to think - Phil Gramm, the author of Bush's bank / mortgage / insurance industry deregulations which lead to this collapse - was McCains Economic Advisor for the 2008 election only months ago (a plan that in fact remains in place).

What a Coincidence!

If you get up on your roof and smash the ceramic tiles then boast to the world you'll fix them better than anyone else - you MUST be a roofing genius!

Sent by Kevin Caldwell | 7:41 PM ET | 09-16-2008

Wow - we're in the Second Recession and what - the 26th or 27th major corporate collapse since Bush took office?

Every single bit of this is BY, FOR, and BECAUSE of a Republican Presidency, a stacked 7-2 Supreme Court, and 6 years of Republican controlled Senate & House (with carryover effect since).

If you haven't yet figured it out - both recessions and the ongoing collapse and export of America's business and wealth was done under Republicans watch. ENTIRELY.

What more evidence do you require?

Sent by Regina Caldwell | 8:12 PM ET | 09-16-2008

It's funny that they both talk so much about the economy without saying anything relevant.

Do they talk about our monetary system, and the difference between the GDP and the gold standard?

Do they talk about the role the banks play in the economy? The question of corporate economic empire?

They say, "I'll tackle the problem head on!"

How? Why? None of these questions will be answered during their presidency.

It's all reduced to the simplest most useless terms, so that they DON'T have to address it.

And, if some candidate comes along and really seriously talks about economics of foreign policy, the media will just marginalize them.

It's just lame.

Sent by Jody Sol | 8:54 PM ET | 09-16-2008

I would like the candidates to discuss the need for protective measures to keep American institutions away from Soverign Investment Funds from China and other countries.

The Federal Reserve has become our Soverign Investment Fund, and I think it is better for our government to own these big institutions than letting the Saud Family, China, Yemmen or Russia own them.

We should consider nationalizing the petroleum industry and getting a seat at the OPEC price fixing (supply control) sessions.

If we are going to be socialists, then we should do it right.

Sent by Christopher M. Brown | 12:17 PM ET | 09-18-2008

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