Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Summit Meeting
The current economic crisis has extended beyond the bordered of the United States. Indeed the entire global economy is being brought down. President Bush has called for a meeting of the leaders of twenty major countries whose economies have been effected by the current economic hardship. The leaders will meet on November 15th in Washington D.C.. The date of this meeting is extreemly interesting. President Bush will, bearing polling fraud and controversy, know who his successor is to be. President Bush said that he will involve the president elect heavily in the meeting however neither Obama nor McCain has said that they will attend and participate if elected.
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It is good that Bush is at least trying to put forth the picture that he is doing something to help the economic situation beyond the US borders. I do not know if I can agree with the presidential candidates in their descision to say that they will not attend such a meeting. Although it may be in their favor to distance themselves from the president, I think it is despicable to show the world that you dont care about them, weven when you don't know if your oppinion even matters(as they aren't even president yet).
But Eric, if I'm the president-elect and I go to Bush's summit, I can only lose politically in the long run. If the summit is a success, then Bush claims credit for it and the magic is taken out of my election victory a week after it happens. If the summit fails, I'm immediately tainted. How do I win in that situation?
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