McCain & Obama Trade Blows Over Faltering Economy

I think that the mccain/palin bounce has just started to head downward. No matter how hard mccain tries to distance himself from bush/cheney people will realize that mccain/palin will be bush-3. Obama/Biden 2008!!!

Yesterday McCain said the “fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Then, in an attempt to cover for the egregiousness of this statement he tried to say he meant the strength of the American worker – that’s what is strong. WHAT A TRANSPARENT LIE! No one should trust McCain on the economy -he said himself that he doesn’t understand it.

The McCain campaign has turned into lying about lies!
What can I say? He will lie some more to defend his position on lying. It is going to be interesting to watch.
Who does he pick for VP? No other than another liar, who can’t help herself. Even lying about using a teleprompter, as if that is some great accomplishment anyway, all politicians and speech makers use the things. Why does she make a big deal out of it? It is pathological.

jon in Maryland:
Obama has no experience on the economy. It is ridiculous to assert that he has acquired the necessary knowledge on the campaign trail! You don’t really believe that, do you?!!!
Obama’s experience as community organizer was to register people to vote for him! He studied law, not economics, at Harvard!

I don’t trust either one of them Jon. I’m an Ivy educated attorney as well, but that does not qualify me to manage the world’s largest economy. I can also speak about financial markets with ease — and if I had the number of advisors preparing “talking points” for me as does Obama, then I could really wow audiences.
Unfortunately, the problems with the economy extend far beyond any presidential leadership. Certainly, the president can sponsor legislation to regulate industry, but Congress and industry are probably even more powerful in this regard. Where have the Democrats been on the issue of financial markets?
During the last few years, financial companies, the real estate industry, and American consumers became greedier than ever, and we are now paying the price of that recklessness. When low-income people seek public assistance, people call them irresponsible. Now, with the wealthy creating such an enormous crisis, we are trying to blame a president for not helping/policing them. What a contradiction.

Thinking (and others): Although I am a Democrat who loathes conservatism, I am stunned by the contradictions in the way Dems online and the media have treated McCain’s “lies” versus Obama’s. Obama clearly distorted McCain’s statement about the Iraq War. McCain never said he wanted a 100 years war. Instead, he said he believed that a longterm presence in Iraq, similar to our presence in South Korea, is probably appropriate.
Obama also pledged to accept public campaign financing – until he said he would not. Obama also said that Clinton’s vote for the war showed that she lacked judgment in foreign affairs. But he picks Biden – who voted for the war (and Nafta!).
Obama is riddled with contradictions, but seemingly, only McCain and Palin’s distortions and untruths are worthy of commentary. True progressives despise double-standards. Unfortunately, I am beginning to realize that most Democrats are not true progressives.

John McCain definetly doesn’t have a clue. Question from the Reagan library:
Do you think we are better off now that 8 years ago?
Rudi – Yes
McCain – Yes
Romney – Yes
Huckabee – Possibly
Ron Paul – Hell no!

Who believes anything McCain says anymore? And Palin is acting like Bush/Cheney before she’s even elected. She’s got the ‘executive privilege’ bug and is too high and mighty to answer tough questions.

Only republican to tell the truth in the debates was Paul. How can anyone vote republican this time after all the terrible foreign policy and bankrupting initiatives. I will admit the dems suck too, but it is there turn to screw things up.

“the fundamentals of the economy are strong.” John McCain 9/15 – “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should. I’ve got Greenspan’s book.” 02/08 – It’s easy for me to go to Washington and, frankly, be somewhat divorced from the day-to-day challenges people have.” 9/11
do we need to know anymore…?

wants to vote democratic – Actually I believe Obama and McCain both really don’t understand economics, but they probably have plenty of advisors telling them what to say. Ron Paul was really the only candidate to have a stated interest in monetary policy. He has gone toe to toe with Bernanke on numerous occasions, and it is fun to watch. Making Bernanke squirm isn’t easy. I would recommend voting Obama over McCain because of foreign policy although Obama has gotten worse and more militant especially with regards to Russia and Pakistan. Our current foreign policy is making more enemies than we can possibly imagine and bankrupting us in the process. My real recommendation is for everyone to vote 3rd party. A 3rd party win would make every politician that is in bed with big business crap their pants.

Obama keeps crying about how bad the economy is,
but if Americans are hurting so bad, how come they
were able to send Obama 66 million dollars last month?
… And, tonight Obama is asking Americans to give him
$28,500.00 each for the Obama/Streisand fund
raiser dinner. Two faced Obama has no credibility.
No Wright, no Farrakhan, no Pfleger, no Rezko,
no Ayers, no mean Michelle, and, NOBAMA !!!