Scoop’s Views

McCain scored a point with me when he said that no emergency bailout should be made to the people who obtained these mortgages. His opponents, though, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, have made comments in the recent past that some kind of “help” ought be made available to the people with these mortgages. My question to Clinton and Obama would be: “Why? Are you looking at rewarding bad and irresponsible behavior?”

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Knowing how to act presidential is one of those things all presidential candidates ought be required to master before being allowed to toss their proverbial hat into the ring, let alone get their names on ballots. Acting presidential means you know how to twist words, especially when you’re asked by one of your supporters, “So, mister or madam candidate, how do we beat the {enter your choice of derogatory words here}?”, obviously in reference to one of your opponents.

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