Monday, September 29, 2008

Obama camp fires back at McCain's 'angry' statement

By GottaLaff

If it were my campaign, I'd simply tell Gramm-pa McCain to stick it up his assets, which is why I'm not a politician:

Barack Obama's campaign said Monday that rival John McCain’s “angry and hyper-partisan” attempt to blame the Democrats and their presidential nominee for the failed financial bailout vote is “exactly why the American people are disgusted with Washington.”

McCain's campaign said, after the $700 billion plan was voted down in the House, that Obama had failed to lead on the issue and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) remarks before the vote were the reason the plan went down in flames.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton said that, at a time of "national crisis," bipartisanship is needed, and McCain is only encouraging the divide.

Now is the time for Democrats and Republicans to join together and act in a way that prevents an economic catastrophe," Burton said in a statement. "Every American should be outraged that an era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and Washington has led us to this point, but now that we are here, the stability of our entire economy depends on us taking immediate action to ease this crisis."

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