Memo to Jim Lehrer: Questions for Obama & McCain from Foreign Policy Experts

I’d like to hear the answers from both McCain and Obama to these questions.

Wow, too bad nobody bothered to ask any questions to Bush other than how much brush he could clear in a day, we might have discovered we were getting an intellectially lazy person.

will McCain have access to a telepromoter and help from mcRove?

Tonight both campaigns had representatives debated about foreign policy issues in Asia in a debate hosted by Tha National Bureau of Asian Research. Jim Lehrer should take a look at some of the controversial comments made by both campaigns.
http://www.nbr.org

This is an excellent post , thanks a lot , I’m grateful to you .

Can we ask what person was influential in your life say around the time you were married to your current wife? Can we ask do you know of any terrorists that possibly one may have shared a board with?

I would ask-with the trillion dollar bailout and Obama’s plans for free college tuition along with socialized heath care and his possibly baby bonds among other growing government projects, how will Obama pay for this along with these other programs?

How many houses do you own?
How many cars do you own?
How many Bush/Rove political strategists own you?
How many oil companies own you?
How many right-wing holy-roller speaking-in-tounge bible-thumping religious lunatics own you?
WHY ARE YOU RUNNING A DISHONEST, DISHONORABLE CAMPAIGN?
WHY ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE PRESS?
WHY IS YOUR VP PICK AFRAID OF THE PRESS?
WHAT ABOUT TROOPERGATE?
WHAT HAPPENED TO “STRAIGHT TALK”?
McCAIN/PALIN:
SAME BUSH, DIFFERENT DAY.

How many cars do you own? 4.
McCain- He owns one car (a cadillac). The others belong to his wife who races and collects cars.

>>I’M NOT KIDDING.
No, you’re just not telling the truth.

Good heavens, I ran a sucessful company for over 20 yrs. I have a lot more executive experience then Sarah does. Does that qualify me for vp of the USA. No it does not!!

“Sarah Palin with her executive experience would likely make a better President than any of the men who are running with or against her”
Well, Ron, that’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard this week. Sarah Palin threatened war against Russia in her first TV interview. Her appeal to republicans is that she is a Pentacostal End of Times believer. She couldn’t even wait until her first TV interview to let it out — War with Russia.
“Executive Experience” means nothing. Judgement means everything. Barack Obama is the only one in the race with the judgement to keep our country safe from phoney wars.
Did anyone notice that American deaths in Iraq are on the rise again? 13 in July, 23 in August, 18 in the first 22 days of September (a rate of 25 fatalities per month)? We are losing the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Pakistan, the war on terror.
Maybe if we elect Palin as Ron has suggested we could have War with Russia too.
Obama. A better road lies ahead.

Christie, touche’. Marilyn, that’s Governor, Palin to you.

Man that Sandra Bernhard is one ugly looking dude

Ed – Right on bro!

What’s wrong with hollywood’s point of view? They are right 100% of the time, never wrong. I follow them and their opinion at every turn. I no longer have to think for my self. That falls right in line with the democrats taking the white house. I will no longer have to fend for myself, the government will take care of me. Obama promised.

Both Amy and Sandra were voted the ugliest looking guy in the senior class.

Hey “Concerned American” – you will be a concerned Muslim extremist before too long..Obama in ’08!

Whats wrong with Ayers? So he did a few bad things and says he did not do enough. So Obama is “familiar” with him.
No one believes the adadge “you are known by the company you keep”.

– Hey “Concerned American” – you will be a concerned Muslim extremist before too long. –
Yup, same old scare tactics and misguided foregone conclusions that got us into Iraq. I’d like to think that at least a few republicans could carry out a rational dialog, but my hopes sink deeper every day.

I suppose the WTC was a scare tactic? I also suppose this past weekend killing of 60+ in Pakistan was also a scare tactic.
When does it become real? Please let us all know…

I have a question: How many states are there?
Posted by: Christie | Sep 22, 2008 11:05:48 PM
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HELLO, YOU HAVE REACHED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR APPLICATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT RUNNING MATE, UNFORTUNATELY THE POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.

That would be correct. Filled by someone with more nutz than Obama and Biden combined…

Biden has been in Washington longer than McCain. So some of these old boy arguments don’t hold up.

LOL! CHRISTY,
SARAH PALIN’S WORDS ARE RECORDED ON AN INTERVIEW THAT HAPPENED WAAAAAY BEFORE SHE BECAME A NOMINEE. NEWSWEEK DID NOT PUBLISH THE INTERVIEW, BUT THE REPORTER DOES WORK FOR THEM. IT WAS NOT AN OPINION, IT IS A FACT THAT SHE SAID THAT. NICE TRY.
AND AS FAR AS ROLLING STONE, I CLEARLY STATED “NOT ACORDING TO ME” BECAUSE TO SAY THAT BUSH DESTROYED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AN OPINION AND COULD NEVER BE A FACT (ACADEMICALLY, YOU KNOW)
BUT IF YOU LISTENED TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT SEEMS THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY. SPECIALLY SINCE THE MAN WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND…
OR YOU CAN ASK ANYBODY, IF GEORGE W BUSH HAS ANY BLAME ON THE DEMISE OF THE GOP, OR OUR COUNTRY.
CHRISTY, TO THIS DAY, ONLY ONE PERSON HAS DARED DOUBT THE FACTS & SOURCES i BRING HERE. FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, TO THE FBI’S RECORDS…
PUT YOUR COUNTRY FIRST GIRL, GO FIND OUT.

GIGI – Or about Biden….
Posted by: Itj | Sep 23, 2008 12:39:00 AM
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tell me about it THE DAY THAT WOMAN DARES LAY A FINGER ON JOE BIDEN I WILL REALL LOSE IT… HE HAS DONE FAR MORE FOR WOMEN THAN SHE’S EVER DREAMED OF, SARAH PALIN’S ‘CONTRIBUTION’ TO THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT (AS FAR AS MY OPINION GOES) IS BASED ON X OR Y CHROMOSOMES AND HER FATHER’S GENE POOL.
JOE BIDEN MIGHT NOT HAVE A BABY WITH DOWNS, BUT WE CAN ALL GO BACK AND WITNESS THE HORRIBLE TRAGEDY THAT MARKED THE BEGINNING OF HIS TENURE IN CONGRESS.

– That’s because your a member of the hippy party…Errrr democatic party. –
Actually, I’m not.. care to continue with your rational.. you are quite amusing.

GiGi, It is helpful if you can site a source that a person can actually read/see. Otherwise, it’s still just your saying so.

National Security and Foreign Policy are McCain’s to win. Why would they give the sock puppet (and McCain for that matter) a cheat sheet. We all know Bozo will run his lines, like an actor in a movie and we’ll miss his stammering that is typical when he is trying to think of an answer. I would prefer callers like in previous debates as McCain is great at town halls and off the cuff, unrehearsed answers. The suit will just go off on one of his speeches with so much “nuance” we don’t understand his answers.

GiGi, Senator Biden is my senator, but he’s also a liar in the most hoorfic way. go to his webiste>site map>speeches>9.19.01>5thparagraphfrombottom> he lies about his wife being killed by a drunk driver. the poor man he slanders is dead and has no way to defend himself. what is biden trying to do here?

– McCain is great at town halls and off the cuff –
Yeah, he sure proved how his ‘off the cuff’ qualities wound up putting a foot in his mouth this past week. Regardless, it will be an interesting debate and I look forward to seeing how each one does.

>>my source? THE NEW YORK TIMES…
Another left wing source, okay, GIGI!
Posted by: Ron | Sep 23, 2008 12:46:56 AM
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RON, THIS WAS AN ARTICLE, NOT AN OPINION. BOTH CAMPAIGN ADVISORS ARE QUOTED, AND THEY CAN’T MAKE THAT UP.
THIS IS A FACT. THE REQUEST CAME FROM MCCAINS’ CAMPAIGN. WHO DID YOU THINK IT CAME FROM? BIDEN?
I’LL TELL YOU HOW TERRORISM WILL WIN, IF WE CONTINUE SO DIVIDED. LETS PUT OUR COUNTRY FIRST AND OUR PARTIES SECOND. WHY ARE YOU SO AFRAID?

The newsweek one. Where’s the source sited for the newsweek reporter who said what you said he/she said? and do you think it’s OK for Biden to slander the man who was unfortunate enough to have had Biden’s wife pull out in front of him? stop avoiding the question.

That would be correct. Filled by someone with more nutz than Obama and Biden combined…
Posted by: Stv | Sep 23, 2008 12:47:45 AM
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WELL IT IS A FACT THAT GOVERNO PALIN DOES NOT HAVE TESTICLES. HOWEVER IF YOU MEAN IT AS A SLANG, WE MIGHT NEVER KNOW. BECAUSE I SURELY HOPE NEITHER MCCAIN, OBAMA OR BIDEN EVER HAS TO CHOOSE TO MISS A SUBPOENA.
SHE DOES HAVE THE NUTS TO FILE A COMPLAIN AGAINST HERSELF!
SOURCE:ABC NEWS – THOMAS VAN FLEIN LAW FIRM
Thomas V. Van Flein Attorney Updated on 10/9/2008. Address: 711 H Street Suite 620 Anchorage Alaska [ AK ] 99501 Phone Number: (907)272-9272

>>>BUT IF YOU LISTENED TO THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT SEEMS THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY. SPECIALLY SINCE THE MAN WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND…
HA! do tell..now you are a mind reader…look into my crystal ball. Must you always shout.
Posted by: Ron | Sep 23, 2008 1:08:17 AM
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OH RON YOU ARE SO CUTE!! YOU TRIED SO HARD!!!
“IT SEEMS” LEAVES ME NO LIABILITY… YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN OPINION. I JUST WANTED YOU TO THINK ABOU IT… WHICH I MIGHT HAVE, MAYBE NOT.

Kitty wrote: “OK, so far these are the facts…”
Which are all fine and good and all, but are really irrelevant and are simply distractions from the real issues at hand.. oh, and by the way, you do realize that not everyone in the world uses month/day/year notation for the date, right?

Oh Mrclean. this is too easy. gigi was baosting about siting sources. I called him or her on it, and gigi has no response. no matter how you slice it, there is no way you can update something using a 10, an 09, and an 08 without it being in the future. go ahead. move them all around any way you want, there’s still no way to make that one work. now go take a hike, lightweight

KITTY,
WHILE SOMEONE IS RIGHT SINCE AS HALF EUROPEAN I MIGHT CALCULATE MONT/DAY/YEAR OR DAY/MONTH/YEAR DIFFERENTLY… I DON’T KNOW HOW EXACTLY I AM SUPPOSED TO SPEAK FOR THE FBI AND TELL YOU WHY THEY ARE NOT UPDATING THEIR 2007 FILES UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2008.
THE FACTS I PRESENTED REGARDING CRIME IN ALASKA COMPARED TO CHICAGO (WHILE I AM NOT PROUD OF WHAT I DID) ARE ALL BASED ON THEIR 2006 REPORT. I DID NOT WANT FOR SOMEONE TO FREAK OUT BECAUSE I USED OLD RECORDS, SO I AM LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE NEW REPORTS WON’T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2008.
NOW…
THAT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE (anywone wanting to bring down newsweek, please by all means post information on law-suits and other)
http://74.125.45.104/search?q=cache:FYqHNK8TH_wJ:www.newsweek.com/id/157696/output/print+newsweek+reporter+driving+alongside+palin&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
NEWSWEEK
Updated: 5:12 PM ET Sep 6, 2008
John McCain was not her dream pick. Only a year ago, when the Republican primaries were just beginning, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told NEWSWEEK that she wasn’t enthusiastic about anyone in the GOP field. McCain was languishing at 7 percent in the polls. Mike Huckabee was reduced to playing his electric bass to get attention. Palin, driving with a NEWSWEEK reporter along the highway from Anchorage to Wasilla, said she could understand why the country was enthralled by the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. “When you talk about the Republican Party needing appealing candidates, darn right they do!” she said. “The Democrats, whether you like them or not … there is some dynamic there, and it’s something that the Republicans I think have lacked for some time.”
Palin had a lot on her mind in summer, with the kids out of school and a state to run, and didn’t think she’d have time to focus on the race for a while. “I’m not overly excited yet,” she said. “I will probably do what every American does and that’s really get plugged in, tuned in to what’s going on, when the field is set and that means there will be someone who stands out.”
When the GOP held its Alaska caucus on Feb. 5, Palin didn’t bother to endorse a candidate, despite personal appeals from Huckabee and Mitt Romney, her fellow social conservatives. She had never met or spoken to John McCain. But she indignantly dismissed his opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as the politically correct—yet wrong—position of “Eastern politicians.” Palin finally got the chance to meet McCain at a gathering of Republican governors in Washington, D.C., in mid-February. Weeks later, even after the other Republican contenders had dropped out of the race, Palin still had not endorsed McCain. Preparing to go onstage March 3 in Los Angeles, at NEWSWEEK’s Women’s Leadership Forum, Palin was eager to quiz another governor, Janet Napolitano of Arizona, on her impressions of her state’s senior senator. Palin said she still had “a lot of questions” to get answered about her party’s presumptive nominee before she could back him.
Palin presumably got any lingering questions answered during her secret meeting with McCain at his Sedona ranch, the day he offered her the job as running mate. And McCain, in turn, got at least some of his questions answered, too. He learned days or weeks earlier that Palin’s 17-year old daughter was five months pregnant, and that the governor’s husband was arrested when he was 22 for drunken driving.
In the wake of her nomination, so many dirt-diggers were clamoring to get into the city hall of Wasilla, Palin’s hometown, that the mayor, Dianne Keller, started a number system for out-of-towners to take turns. She also decreed that long-distance calls would not be returned (understandable, given that reporters from Japan, the BBC and Al-Jazeera were on her doorstep). “We are a small city with a small staff, and our residents and business community expect us to fill their needs as well as the needs of the media,” said Keller.

hmm that’s odd. alrighty then. to repeat, yes you can make it 9/10/08, but why would someone do that in alaska? and what about biden slandering the innocent driver? this speaks to his character.

and what was your point about governor palin and the newsweek article anyway? so, she hadn’t made up her mind about mccain. she obviously did. and now she’s the vp nominee. thank you fro retrieving that so quickly by the way, and my you must type fast.

yes, mcclean i acknowledge that you can make that 9/10/08, and gigi posted as to how she’s not resposible for the fbi. why do you keep harping on it?

>>>Posted by: GIGI – COUNTRY FIRST! PARTY SECOND
Then why didn’t your party pick Hillary because Obama is further left than Hillary and he will do more damage than the Clintons could repeat. No country first on that. You need a new title.
Posted by: Ron | Sep 23, 2008 1:02:18 AM
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I AM SORRY, THE READER HAS OBVIOUSLY DISREGARDED THAT I PUT PARTY SECOND. WHY ON HEAVEN’S EARTH WOULD I ANSWER A QUESTION LIKE THAT?

search for sentaor bide’s site. go to the site map, then go to speeches, the go to 9.19.01. the fifth “paragraph” from teh bottom of teh speech, biden refers to the person who was in teh collision with his wife. he mentioned that the guy chose to drink and drive. the delaware state attorney general disputes this and biden has made the claim another time, but i don’t have that info. why would he choose to slander an innocent man and harm his family?

GIGI you need to slow down.
Posted by: Kitty | Sep 23, 2008 1:32:49 AM
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AND ON THE SAME POST:
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OK, so far these are the facts: whan asked to site a source about the newsweek reporter, gigi has no response. …., gigi again has no response
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WHICH
IS
IT???!!
SLOW
DOWN
OR
HURRY
UP?
!
YOU CAN LOOK TOO, IF YOU CARE ABOUT MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION THAT IS.

Oh Mrclean. this is too easy. gigi was baosting about siting sources. I called him or her on it, and gigi has no response. no matter how you slice it, there is no way you can update something using a 10, an 09, and an 08 without it being in the future. go ahead. move them all around any way you want, there’s still no way to make that one work. now go take a hike, lightweight
posted by: Kitty | Sep 23, 2008 1:43:57 AM
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YOU KNOW, IT IS AMAZING THE THINGS YOU LEARN WHEN YOU TRAVEL…
KITTY, CITING IS SPELLED WITH A C. BUT I SHOULD NOT DO THAT… I DON’T HAVE THE WORLD’S BEST GRAMMAR (IN ANY OF THE LANGUAGES I SPEAK) —–> SEE? T H A T IS BOASTING.
I LIKE FACTS, TOO MANY INSULTS AND NAME CALLING ON THESE BOARDS. SO I DECIDED NOT TO DO INSULTS, I CHOSE FACTS INSTEAD. I KNOW… IS JUST NOT YOUR THING IT SEEMS.

– the delaware state attorney general disputes this –
Many people dispute many things Kitty.. however, without you citing any factual references, something that you have accused others of doing, it does make it difficult to come to a conclusion one way or another.

GiGi at 1:13 is great and said everything I think and believe too. NOBAMA, NOWAY. Terriorist attacks in Yemen and Pakistan recently and rumored attack on U.S. for “October surprise”. McCain is the only leader I want at the helm. He is the only one I trust. Don’t know what “team” Obama plays on really.

yes, mcclean i acknowledge that you can make that 9/10/08, and gigi posted as to how she’s not resposible for the fbi. why do you keep harping on it?
Posted by: Kitty | Sep 23, 2008 2:01:49 AM
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I PERSONALLY THINK IT WAS HILARIOUS! AND A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF WHY THINGS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE WITH THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
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why would someone use date/month/year in alaska? in the usa, in public schools anyway, month/date/year is the norm. the world needs to get together on this or there’s going to be more confusion. do you have a site where i can post that suggestion?
Posted by: Kitty | Sep 23, 2008 2:03:53 AM
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WAO! AND THOSE POSTS ARE ONE AFTER THE OTHER… AND YET YOU DON’T SEE WHAT YOU ARE DOING WRONG?
WELL!
SHOULD I ANSWER THIS LAST POST? OR AM I GOING TO BE HARPING ON IT BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF AWKWARD… (its october of 08, the new records are not available yet)
BUT PLEASE PEOPLE DONT’ DWELL ON THOSE RECORDS OF ANCHORAGE HAVING MORE RAPE THAN CHICAGO.. THAT’S NOT THE ISSUE HERE! THAT’S WHAT US POLITICIANS DO TO GET YOUR MIND OFF THE REAL ISSUES!
MY POINT IS THE FOLLOWING, I DONT’ EVEN HAVE TO LIE TO MAKE SOMEBODY LOOK BAD! JUST LIKE YOU CAN CALL BARAK A MUSLIM, I CAN USE REAL FACTS TO MAKE PALIN LOOK BAD BECAUSE YOU THINK SHE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH ALASKA HAVING ALMOST 98% MORE RAPE! WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BE DOUBTFUL! DO SOME RESEARCH, R-E-A-L RESEARCH! NOT BY LISTENING TO BILL O’REALLY OR JON STEWART (THAT’S MY DAWG YO!, I LOVE U JON!)
BUT BY OBJECTIVE RESEARCH!!! SOME SUGGESTIONS?
- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- FBI, CIA, USBS, ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE PUBLIC RECORDS
-SNOPES, I LIKE THEM… anyone don’t?
-smokinggun
-politifact
-factcheck.org
PLEASE! UNITED WE WILL TRIUMPH! DIVIDED WE WILL FALL further.

I’ve never called Barack Obama a Muslim. and i still don’t see a response to the character issue for Biden. You. gigi are the one who mentioned it in your post – about the accident. have ai actually stumped you? I mean you are good. but i still ahven’t seen whether you thin k it is wrong to slander someone like that.

gigi, just because you are paranoid, it doesn’t mean they aren’t after you. your comments about being united fall on deaf ears when your approach turns off the very people you are trying to convince to think like you. and yes, that is what you are doing.

DEAR KITTY,
ONCE AGAIN I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING SO SLOW IN MY RESEARCH OF WHAT JOE BIDEN SAID BACK SEPTEMBER 19, 2001… BUT SEE I HAVE THE TENDENCY OF NOT READING JUST A PARAGRAPH OR WACHIGN INTERVIEWS THAT ARE EDITED OR CUT OFF BEFORE THE PERSON IS SPEAKING. IT IS BORING, AND IT DOES TAKE TIME.
OR MAYBE I SHOULD NOT APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I NOW SEE THAT YOU WANT ME TO SLOW DOWN… NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE, I WONDER IF THIS IS WHAT MCCAIN STAFF FEELS LIKE?
I AM ALMOST DONE WITH THE SPEECH. THANKS. BE BACK SOON.

and it doesn’t matter that it was way back in 2001. it was a refernce to something that happened long before, but the slander is still a slander. it doesn’t matter that it’s an old slander. he’s never apologized for it.

it’s morally wrong to claim someone involved in an accident that resulted int eh death of your wife was drinking when the attorney general for the state of delaware says tehre is no evidence of that whatsoever. do you agree or disagree that it is morally wrong?

that man who biden slandered had a daughter. whether or not biden’s law have helped anyone is up for debate, but there is no doubt HE HURT A WOMAN. and he offers no apology.

ok i’ll play your game. you don’t have to read the entire speech to see the slander becasue it stands alone.

it’s morally wrong to claim someone involved in an accident that resulted int eh death of your wife was drinking when the attorney general for the state of delaware says tehre is no evidence of that whatsoever. do you agree or disagree that it is morally wrong?
Posted by: Kitty | Sep 23, 2008 2:44:49 AM
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I DISLIKE SLANDER, I ALSO DISLIKE OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS THAT HAVE THE ANSWER FOR ME… HARPING IN THE OTHER HAND DOES NOT BOTHER ME THAT MUCH…
GOOD THING IT DOESN’T.
I HAVE MADE UP MY MIND ABOUT BIDEN’S SPEECH.

that man who biden slandered had a daughter. whether or not biden’s law have helped anyone is up for debate, but there is no doubt HE HURT A WOMAN. and he offers no apology.
Posted by: Kitty | Sep 23, 2008 2:47:56 AM
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WOULD I BE RIGHT TO SUPPOSED THAT NOW I HAVE TO BRING YOU EVERY LAWSUIT, OR COURT RECORD WHERE THE LEGISLATURES HAVE BEEN USED TO SEND PEOPLE WHO COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN TO JAIL, IN ORDER TO WIN THAT DEBATE?
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YES, READING ABOUT THE SPEECH TOOK TIME. AND THE FURTHER RESEARCH, ON PAMELA HAMILL (SEEN HERE http://cmsimg.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde? HOLDING A PHOTO OF HER FATHER AND A LETTER FROM SENATOR BIDEN)
AND I HAVE TO SAY… IT’S A HEARTBREAKING STORY FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED!

ACTUAL QUOTE FROM SENATOR BIDEN’S POST 9/11 SPEECH, WHERE HE REFERS TO THE PAIN THE VICTIM’S FAMILIES ARE FEELING: “It was an errant driver who stopped to drink instead of drive and hit a tractor-trailer”
KITT’S COMMENT:
“he lies about his wife being killed by a drunk driver”
I COULD SAY THAT THOSE WERE NOT HIS WORDS… I’M ACTUALLY INTRIGUED AT HIS CHOICE OF STRUCTURE FOR THAT MESSAGE BUT IT IS IRRELEVANT.
SHOULD SENATOR BIDEN’S WORK ON US CONGRESS BE WASHED AWAY FOR THIS COMMENT? SHOULD WE VOTE FOR HIM OR AGAINST HIM FOR MAKING THIS COMMENT?
EACH INDIVIDUAL HAS TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. LOOK AT THE ISSUES AT HAND (LIKE I HAVE SAID BEFORE) AND COMPROMISE ONE THING OR THE OTHER.
LOSING A LOVE ONE IS HARD, IT MIGHT IMPAIR OUR JUDGEMENT… WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE CLOSURE, WE COULD FIND OUT IF PAMELA (THE DRIVER’S DAUGHTER) FOUND CLOSURE WITH THE NOTE SHE RECEIVED FROM SENATOR BIDEN.
SO MANY ACCIDENTS, I DON’T KNOW IF THESE SHOULD PLAY A ROLE IN OUR POLITICS… LAURA BUSH’S FATAL ACCIDENT, CAROL MCCAINS… I’VE HEARD THEM ALL ON THIS CAMPAIGN! AND I HAVE DISMISSED THEM… I WONDER IF I SHOULD DISMISS THIS ONE TOO?

“biden was wrong to slander the man who was not at fault. THERE’S A FACT”
BY DEFINITION, THIS IS NOT A FACT. THE WORDS “WRONG” AND EVEN “SLANDER” CONVERT IT INTO AN OPINION.
HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING IS A FACT, AND I WILL INCLUDE IT IN MY LIST. THANKS!:
IN A 2001 POST 9/11 SPEECH, JOE BIDEN SAID THE FOLLOWING ABOUT HIS WIFE’S DEATH:
“It was an errant driver who stopped to drink instead of drive and hit a tractor-trailer”
JOE BIDEN RAN FOR OFFICE IN 1998 AND IN 2008. JOE BIDEN WAS NOT RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN 2000 (PRE 9/11) OR 2004 (POST 9/11)
I DON’T WANT TO INCLUDE BIDEN’S NOTE TO PAM, I FIND IT IRRELEVANT.
THANKS… ITS LATE!

YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS NOT EVEN A REAL ISSUE…
SHE CLOUDS THE EVENING AND AVOIDS ANSWERING THE REAL ISSUES, THEN RUNS!
BUT YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE I HAD TO TAKE THE TIME TO RESEARCH AND COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT ONCE AGAIN WORDS WERE DISTORTED AND OPINIONS WERE GIVEN AS FACTS… SHE AND ALL OTHER REPUBLICANS SHOULD ASK THEMSEVES
“HEY! WHY ARE ALL THESE WORLD LEADERS AND FAMOUS PHILANTROPERS COMING TO AMERICA ALL OF A SUDDEN?”
THEY DON’T KNOW WHY! THEY DON’T BOTHER TO WONDER WHY!
THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE MILLENIUM GLOBAL PLAN IS, OR WHERE IT CAME FROM! OR WHAT ARE OUR RESPONSIBILITIES!! ALL THEY KNOW IS MCCAIN TOLD THEM OBAMA WANTS TO END WORLD HUNGER BY GIVING AWAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS… BUT HE THEN HAS THE NERVE TO USE THE VERY PROGRAM TO ‘FREE LOAD’ AND BRING IN HIS BARELY KNOWN ALASKAN PARTNER AND GET HER SOME OVERDUE EXPOSURE… ON WHO’SE DIME? THE VERY PROGRAM!
THIS IS NOT JUST UN-ETHICAL, OR UN-DIPLOMATIC… THIS IS DOWNRIGHT INSULTING!
AND THAT IS MY OPINION!
OR MAYBE KITTY WILL READ THE REPORT ON THE MILLENIUM PROGRAM?
http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/Resources/Static/Products/Progress2007/UNSD_MDG_Report_2007e.pdf
STRAAAIGHT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS! FRESH FROM THE PRINTERS!!!
SHOWING HOW THE UNITED STATES IS AMONG THE BOTTOM TWO NATIONS, WITH THE LEAST GOALS REACHED.

Regarding Russia, what has changed since the following event happened and why?
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Russian President Vladimir Putin was on the phone to George W. Bush — the first international leader to call the U.S. president on September 11.
Putin said:
“Russia knows directly what terrorism means. And because of this we, more than anyone, understand the feelings of the American people. In the name of Russia, I want to say to the American people — we are with you.”

GET TO IT ALREADY
AND
MR. COFFEE
IT PAINS ME TO SAY, THAT UNLESS YOU HAVE SOME RADICAL INSULTS AND UTTER AND TOTAL LACK OF LOGIC, NOBODY WILL READ WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
EVERYONE IS TREATING THIS ELECTION AS IF IT WAS A FOOTBALL GAME… WE’RE ALL ROOTING FOR OUR TEAM, WE’RE ALL FORGETING THAT WE ARE ONLY ONE TEAM.
AND IF YOU EVEN DARE BRING UP SUCH INNOVATIVE IDEAS (NICE COMMENTS!) THEN YOU ARE A COMMUNIST, OR A MUSLIM OR THIS OR THAT…
ALL BECAUSE WE ARE AFRAID OF A LITTLE COLOR.

I wonder if GIGI gets paid for this. She’s posting on about every ABC thread. If she thinks she’s swinging undecided to her way, let her/he keep it going. She condemns others as she presents herself as above it all. Her posts are mostly of shouting and spin.

AND THIS IS WHAT YOU POST:
“Let’s be honest, very few of our Presidents have had any foreign policy experience before becoming President. The President is essentialy a C.E.O. with plenty of “experts” at his disposal. Which, by the way, is why Sarah Palin with her executive experience would likely make a better President than any of the men who are running with or against her.
Posted by: Ron | Sep 22, 2008 11:46:44 PM”
LOWERING OUR STANDARDS?
I DON’T THINK SO. WHAT COUNTRY WOULD SAY ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
DID YOU KNOW THAT A RUSSIAN SQUADRON OF NAVY SHIPS ARE HEADED FOR VENEZUELA AND THAT CHAVEZ JUST ARRIVED IN CHINA FOR A VISIT? PALIN??? DON’T THINK SO.
SOURCES: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/23/russia.venezuela
BEIJING: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his country is no longer the backyard of the U.S. and that he finds it more important to visit Beijing than New York, as he arrived Tuesday in China’s capital on first leg of an international tour.
THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE OF ASIA-PACIFIC http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/23/asia/AS-China-Venezuela.php

WELL I DON’T KNOW HOW SARAH PALIN WOULD FEEL ABOUT US ASKING HER ABOUT ANOTHER DOCTRINE.
HONESTLY RIGHT NOW I THINK IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT WE STOPPED BICKERING AND REALIZED WHAT JUST HAPPENED. CHAVEZ THINKS BUSHS IS THE DEVIL, AND HE’S SIDING WITH CHINA AND RUSSIA… WE ALL KNOW OF HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH AHMADINEJAD…
IF OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE TRILLIONS WEAKER, OUR GOVERNMENT HEADED BY THE OLDEST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY WITH SOMETHTING GROWING OUT OF THE SIDE OF HIS FACE AND OUR VICE-PRESIDENT IS AN UNDER-EDUCATED WOMAN FROM A STATE THAT HAS ONLY BEEN A PART OF THE UNION FOR FIFTY YEARS…
I WOULD NOT MAKE ANY SUCH THREATS, I WOULD LEAN ON OUR ALLIES…DO WE HAVE ANY ALLIES LEFT?

Chavez is a wanna-be and his only real power is that he is sitting on some oil. He is a distraction. Russia, since the fall of the Soviet Union and their near demise has finally raised themselves out of the rubble of the past. They have no intention of going back to where they were now that they have tasted a promising future, and simply want to try and regain a more prominent role in the world. The key now is diplomacy and dialog. Did anyone watch the CNN show the other night that had the last 5 secretary of states on and the advice they gave whoever becomes the next president? To me, it seemed as a thinly veiled nod to the policies that Obama have been advocating, and a condemnation of the current administrations and McCains similar stance. Has anyone bothered reading the RAND report on terrorism, and their historical analysis on how and why terrorist organizations were eventually removed? Again, it bears a striking similarity to the position that Obama has, and a very stark contrast to the Current administration and McCains stance.

– What they don’t tell you is that McCain voted 97% of the time with the Democrats and that he has the worst conservative voting record of any Republican. He voted liberal 20% of the time. –
Interesting numbers from a source whose leading story title is “Left-wingnuts Continue To Poop On Palin”.. unfortunately, they seem to leave out where they pulled them numbers from.
However, According the the congressional vote database, “John McCain has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 88.3% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which McCain did not vote”. And, interestingly, he has missed more votes than any other Senator, more than 64% of them.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000303/
– What he doesn’t say is that Obama himself voted 88% of the time with Bush and even voted for the Cheney energy plan. –
Interesting how you switch the context from voting with a ‘party’ to voting with ‘Bush’, however, since Bush doesn’t have a vote on congressional bills, I can only compare apples to apples. In that regard, if the implied message is that Obama voted for Republican supported bills 88% of the time (and therefore against his own partys position), again I must point to the congressional vote database, where Obama is an even more staunch party line voter, having voted some 96% of the time with the majority of his Democratic colleagues. As for the “Cheney” energy plan? I can only assume that you mean the 2005 Presidential Energy Plan which was written by Cheney and later had the presidential seal slapped on it. I guess the author of the article saying that anybody, let alone Obama or McCain voted on it, fails to realize that there was no vote.. it’s simply a report, prepared by the executive branch outlining current and future directions the office wants to go.

This economic crisis puts the leadership qualities of both Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama on full display for all the world to see.
John McCain made a decision to do his job. After all, like Obama, he is a sitting U.S. Senator. McCain announced that he’s suspending his campaign, heading to Washington and doing everything he can to help get this economic calamity fixed.
Sen. Obama wants to put on the make-up and and smile pretty for the TV cameras in Oxford, Mississippi, site of tomorrow night’s scheduled debate.
What a dramatic difference between these two men. John McCain is a natural leader, Barack Obama is a wanna-be.
Obama isn’t even exactly sure when the next president’s duties begin. Last night, he referenced the fact that the next commander-in-chief will be “making decisions” in “about 40 days.”
Someone needs to get him a copy of the Constitution. News flash, Sen. Obama: the next president doesn’t go to work until January.
But in any event, it is gratifying to see John McCain shine like this. God forbid he backs down and winds up at the debate Friday night. That would be a disaster.
Let Obama continue to play politics, fiddling while Wall Street burns. The American people are getting a rare look at the stark contrast between these two men.
Bravo, Sen. McCain. You have trumped your opponent simply by insisting on putting America first and doing the job you were elected to do.
That’s what a leader does.
From his radical stance on abortion to his prominence in the corruption scandals that has been virtually ignored by the mainstream media, Barack Obama is not fit to be Senator — not to mention the next President of the United States.

I would very much like to ask each candidate a domestic economy question.
Senator McCain, “what is price of a gallon of milk in your constituents’ market?”
Senator Obama, “what is the price of a loaf of bread in your constituents’ market?”
It would be interesting to see if either of them is connected to mainstream Americans, well enough to answer questions so simple.

And another thing: I see that private school in Hawaii that both Obama and his half sister attended lists current tuition as $16,650+ various incidentals. Call it maybe $18,000, total?
Must’ve been an awful burden for those white grandparents.
You’d think there would have been some gratitude expressed by the candidate.
No way.
Back in the closet, Granny, you too white! You spoil my pan-Afro image!
(Of course, as I read it, Obama’s Muslim forebears were Arab slavers…)
Can’t talk about that, either!