McCain Says Obama Will Put Country "At Risk" Economically

By: John Bentley
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(GREEN BAY, WISC.) – After an earlier rally today that was heavy on policy prescriptions for the country's economic ills, tonight's event was a full-throated attack on the policies of Barack Obama.

"A vote for Sen. Obama will leave this country at risk during one of the most severe challenges to America's economy since the Great Depression, and that's straight talk my friends," McCain told a crowd of over 10,000 here tonight. "A vote for me will guarantee that the forces that have brought down our economy will be out of business."

Earlier tonight, it was Obama who sought to cast McCain as the risky choice to lead America's economy. "On Monday, he said the economy was fundamentally sound, and he was fundamentally wrong," Obama said. "We can't change direction with a new driver who wants to follow the same old map. And that's what this election is all about."

McCain, though, accused Obama of being beholden to his party's wishes. "When it comes time to reach across the aisle, work with members of both parties, to get things done for the American people, my opponent can't name a single occasion in which he went against his party's leadership to get something done for this country," he said. "That's how we see this election, country first or Obama first."

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by hillarynow September 19, 2008 8:51 PM EDT: How many here would not only like to see the economic slide brought on by the Republicans in our Government STOPPED for good, but see those responsible investigated and prosecuted for their corruption?; Reply to this comment


by hillarynow September 19, 2008 8:46 PM EDT: No McCain you BS artist, it''s YOUR party that''s already put America %u201Cat risk%u201D economically. Take a look around, America is in a deep dark financial hole at the hands of the Republican President, Congressmen and Senators that YOU support and vote along with "over 90% of the time" YOU people did this to us! The Republicans have destroyed America economically, who are you pretending to be now again?; Reply to this comment


by mavsreader September 19, 2008 7:58 PM EDT: Senator McCain-
Would now be a good time to discuss the privatization of social security?; Reply to this comment


by underbear1 September 19, 2008 4:47 PM EDT: I am so grateful this total market meltdown happened before Cheney/Bush could slink out of office. I want EVERY dirty secret of their no bid contracts in Katrina and Iraq where BILLIONS are simply unaccounted for, gone over in painful details.
The next president will have such a HORRENDOUS mess to clean up, it''s a miracle Obama and Biden would even want to step up to tackle this DISASTER. EVERY Senior needs to remember Obama and Biden saw through the danger of privatizing Social Security,and voted against it, or it''d be your personal account GUTTED this week.; Reply to this comment


by underbear1 September 19, 2008 4:39 PM EDT: Bush had to admit what a TOTAL Disaster he''s been on the Economy, and sounded like Whimpy saying, " I''ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
Bush also doesn''t hold the country''s purse strings, so he has to go along with the remedies CONGRESS insists upon.
McCain seems to be beligerant-squared and playing the Rovian game of trying to win the NEWS cycle with railing against Obama.
Obama is steady today answering questions and reasuring the Market...THAT''S LEADERSHIP.
IT MATTERS that you are in the top of your class in Harvard, not Daddy''s alumni beneficiary to get your C+ average into YALE or your Daddy the admiral getting you into West Point when you rank 884th in a class of 890.; Reply to this comment


by spiritwalk September 19, 2008 3:11 PM EDT: While everyone is arguing Dems v. Republicans about who to blame for the economic crisis the real culprit Alan Greenspan is getting away.
He was the one who set economic policy for over two decades under both dems and republicans. He was the one setting the interest rates and adjusting policy for the lenders. Now he is going on the networks and trying to smuggly pass his dealings on either the dems or the republicans, depending on which network he is on. And the networks are letting him get away with it. (Which is not surprising with his wife a big muckee-muck at NBC News. Figuartively in bed with the lenders and literally in bed with the news media.); Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 September 19, 2008 1:54 PM EDT: Risk?
What would you then call the last 8 years of Republiconomics?

Arrrrrr, we need to string up the scallywags and/or make%u2019m walk the plank.; Reply to this comment


by royalia September 19, 2008 1:34 PM EDT: Really. How exactly can it get any riskier? Whoever wins, Americans need to DEMAND fiscal responsibility. How about a march on Washington? McCain is sounding more lost every day.; Reply to this comment


by DCropp September 19, 2008 1:07 PM EDT: Dear Senator McCain.

Your VP who is refusing to talk with investigators.

This investigation was recently voted on by a committee with a Republican majority. They feel there is reason to continue this investigation.

Senator McCain, you can''t run from the fact that your campaign is the one refusing to cooperate with investigators.

Remember, an investigator is just like a regulator. They make sure there is no corruption.; Reply to this comment


by spiritwalk September 19, 2008 12:56 PM EDT: Interesting...CBS can use the word org*** in the title of a story, but we can''t use the word in the comments about it. CBS doesn''t care if we get f****d as long as we don''t have an org***. Sounds like politics as usual.; Reply to this comment