Airplanes

So our country is going through a tough time, nothing that we haven't been through before.  In all actuality my stock is up from where it was 3,6,12 months ago.  I believe we will come out of this, do I know if the bailout is a good idea or not, and I will not even begin to guess because the people making that decision have a much better look at the big picture than I ever could.  However, I am not here today to write about the bail out I am here to bring to light something that I thought was very interesting.  

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/24/mccain-suspends-campaign-to-help-with-bailout/

This is a link to a FoxNews article about the McCain camp suspending their campaign to be in Washington, and his plea to Obama to put off the debate.  I do respect McCain for this in so many ways, it shows he is able to prioritize what is most important for our country at the appropriate time.  What caught my attention was this section of the article... 

"The Republican presidential candidate furthermore asked the Presidential Debate Commission to postpone his first debate with Obama, which is scheduled to take place Friday night at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

Obama responded by saying that such disruptive measures were unnecessary.

“Presidents are going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time,” Sen. Obama said. “It’s not necessary for us to think that we can only do one thing and suspend everything else.” He said that he and McCain have large campaign planes that can get them from Washington to Mississippi and back quickly."

The part that I put in bold is what caught my attention and I found somewhat humorous!  Our country in is the middle of a financial crisis, things need to be worked out and we will be fine, but in a case where a good bit of the people do not have to pennies to rub together Obama wants to assure the American people that he and McCain have airplanes to get them back to Washington.  I'm sorry but thats not really relating to the American people, I dont have an airplane do you?  Yes I know the same argument could be related to McCain and his houses and cars but still I think you get my point and I really thought it was more funny than anything else.  

I also want to touch on the comment that Obama made about the President having to juggle different things at one time.  Yes, a President must be able to do that BUT more importantly a President must be able to recognize what is a priority for our country.  That fact that McCain is willing to suspend his campaign to do his job as a Senator in Washington should gain him respect not flack.