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McCain failed to do that, argues Bush, who says the Republican nominee’s grandstanding allowed Democrats to suggest that McCain was “erratic in crisis.” McCain demanded a White House meeting on the meltdown. Bush convened it, asked McCain for his plan and was shocked when the Republican nominee said he had nothing to add to the discussion.
“I was puzzled,” writes Bush. “He had called for this meeting. I assumed he would come prepared to outline a way to get the bill passed.” Recalling the meeting, Bush concludes that: “What had started as a drama quickly descended into a farce.” It would, the former president argues, “have been comical except that the stakes were so high.”
So who shined in a time of crisis? Bush was impressed with Barack Obama. Hailing the Democrat’s “calm demeanor” at the turbulent economic predicament, Bush writes that: “I thought it was smart when [Obama] informed the gathering that he was in constant contact with [Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson]. His purpose was to show that he was aware, in touch, and prepared to help get a bill passed.”
In “Decision Points,” Bush praises Obama’s “smart, disciplined, high-tech campaign to get his young supporters to the polls.” He writes that: “On election night, I was moved by images of black men and women crying on TV. Barack Obama had campaigned on hope, and that was what he had given many Americans.”
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McCain failed to do that, argues Bush, who says the Republican nominee’s grandstanding allowed Democrats to suggest that McCain was “erratic in crisis.” McCain demanded a White House meeting on the meltdown. Bush convened it, asked McCain for his plan and was shocked when the Republican nominee said he had nothing to add to the discussion.
“I was puzzled,” writes Bush. “He had called for this meeting. I assumed he would come prepared to outline a way to get the bill passed.” Recalling the meeting, Bush concludes that: “What had started as a drama quickly descended into a farce.” It would, the former president argues, “have been comical except that the stakes were so high.”
So who shined in a time of crisis? Bush was impressed with Barack Obama. Hailing the Democrat’s “calm demeanor” at the turbulent economic predicament, Bush writes that: “I thought it was smart when [Obama] informed the gathering that he was in constant contact with [Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson]. His purpose was to show that he was aware, in touch, and prepared to help get a bill passed.”
In “Decision Points,” Bush praises Obama’s “smart, disciplined, high-tech campaign to get his young supporters to the polls.” He writes that: “On election night, I was moved by images of black men and women crying on TV. Barack Obama had campaigned on hope, and that was what he had given many Americans.”
More at ... http://www.northjersey.com/news/opin...sh_111210.html
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