Obama: McCain’s Economic Message Out of Touch

Could you please try to be unbiased on these blogs? Did you people take journalism class in school? Just asking because I took it in high school and could do a better job.

Out of touch is an understatement. Even Alan Greenspan has criticized McCain’s irresponsible tax cuts for the wealthy few.
What McCain fails to see is that the economy is the backbone of any nation’s might. A weak economy leads to a weak military. That is what caused the collapse of the USSR, not Reagan’s lofty speeches.

As usual, a biased blog/reporting. Neither candidate has a plan on the economy. What is even worse, no reporters are asking for specifics. Who, What, When, Where and How? McCain would reform the government and cut taxes. Obama would cut taxes on 91-95 percent of the population, (figure changed this week and no one reported on it), and grow the government. Neither will create jobs and improve the economy. Obama has had 94 chances to cut taxes and 94 times, he voted to increase taxes on all Americans. Please ask for specifics and do your jobs. A middle school journalist could do a better job then you “professionals”.

Neal Grant, if you can be a better journalist than the journalist whose work you take time to read in ABC News, why don’t you try applying for the job? You might just make a great name for yourself! I just hope that when you finally become a correspondent, you will right with prejudice!

“You would be hard-pressed to explain to me what John McCain’s economic vision is”
Actually McCain’s economic vision is very clear. It is to redistribute income and wealth upward from working people and the poor to the haves and have mores like him and Cindy.

Eight years of Bush/Cheney’s devastating foreign policy followed by four year of McCain/Palin’s devastating economic policy is a bit scary.
Obama/Biden ’08

how can some people believe that Obama’s a muslim?? I would hope after decades of decades of rasism this country would change and change is what we need. I think McCain is just tryin to steal Obama’s mantra by claiming to be of change “yeah sure you want change, when you finally woke up and realized that’s what majarity of the country is for.” McCain doesn’t realize and can’t relate to real Americans, because real everyday americans can’t afford 9 homes must less are lucky if they get to own 1!!! McCain and Palin are rich snobs and in secret probably racist.I hope majority of this country realizes this because if they do then,McCain will see how out of touch this 74yr old is!! and the Democrats will win!most of the people in this country are not rich they are poor and middle class so if they come out and vote for someone who supports the workin class then will win. people who actually have to work, to survive and need thier jobs, and helathcare that they can’t afford to loss, and live from pay check to pay check these are everyday americans.That’s what those rich republicans can’t relate to. most republicans come from money and don’t understand what it’s like to work for your money and have to work for a living.I am a true blue democrat and hope that all the democrats come out and vote for our guy
Obama!!!!

The links below shows Picture of Lou Dobbs patronizing Racist vendor selling Waffles boxes with racial stereotype of Obama’
Please see the Waffle box in Lou’s hands at the Values Voter Summit in the pictures below.
Sources: Ben Smith of Politico.com and the New York times allso wrote about the event.
See Links below:
http://images.politico.com/global/waffe2.jpg http://images.politico.com/global/obamawaffle2.jpg http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Obama-Waffles.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Sol

PALIN ACTION FIGURE:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/telnaes/telnaescomments09122008.html

I guess the Democrats and the media all agree that racism is wrong, I commend them for that. However, it appears that the Democrats and media are fine with sexism and age discrimination. Notice that the term Democrats and media are synonomous. Like pb & jelly.

what part of not raising taxes (keep economy going and jobs of people working for small business), drilling on US SOIL (creating millions of jobs) do you not think is about helping the economy. what about fixing the hugely wasteful spending of government as well.
Mccain has very clear ideas for helping the economy. remember there is no magic fix, but mccain and palin will do the best job

First of all, I’m glad to see that Barack is still running for president and not Vice president. Cause if he, in fact, is running against John McCain then he will have to improve his record on just about everything before November. I am pretty sure he needs more time than that, possibly years, to counteract his “present” vote for the last ahh something like 100 + days in the Senate. He should be glad he’s not running against Gov. Palin, she would kick his inexperienced behind too. Oh, I forgot he’s not sure who he’s running against.

I find it amusing that Americans don’t know what they are in store for.
Has there ever been a peroid in American histroy when jobs are shipped out at this rapid pace?
Think about it………
What are the incentives that make foregin lands more attractive than keeping jobs in America?
-Cheap labour,
-health care cost,
-cheaper resources and not to mention increased profit for these companies!
How do you at least level the playing field? How do you make America more competitve in a global economy?
A major step is health care costs. This at least has attracted more auto manifacturing jobs to canada.
And yes they have universal health care. They have it and cherish it so dearly. Call it whatever you want, it worths it.
Obama understands that the bleeding of American jobs can not continue at this pace. Call it free trade or global economy it is killing and destroying people’s lives. Obama may not stop it, but he will not encourage it. All these products that are coming from China are jobs people in the America could have been doing. McCain supports the bleeding of American jobs because he and his wife are gaining millions from exporting American jobs. If you guys don’t fight for it, if you all don’t stand up to say ENOUGH sorry to say this, America will not be a world power.
McCain and Bush are giving the illussion they are but think critcally are you still?. Russia knows this and countries all over the world are realizing this. With all the saber rattling for the Bush adminsitration, Russia did what they wanted. The left Georgia when they wanted, because there is nothing you can do. You can’t fight Russia. McCain is still stuck in centry past and want to fight Russia because he is a Georgian.
It is important that you all restore your moral standing in the world.
On every foreign policy debate, Obama has been right.If you remove bias and think critically even Bush has been doing what Obama has dictated. The last example bing the financial aid to Georgia. Obama said this way before anybody did. So forget the “faux experience” of John McCain. He is indeed an empty suit if you remove prejudice and listen closely. His energy plan is a gimmick with no long term plan except nuclear energy he wounldn’t want dumped in his backyard.
On energy independence,Obama’s plan is for both long term and short term goals to energy independence.
Gas tax holiday and drill now are all gimmick. America has only 3% of oil reserves and we consume 25%, and this is not renewable energy. Think hard, McCain has voted against renewable energy initiatives. Now is the time to commit to serious energy debate and stop being held hostage by terrorist.
Black liberation or not, for the first time in American history, an intelligent man has come out and you all are falling for Sarah and McCain are like me( both intectuall under achievers) Under all these sable rattling there is no substance.
For people who have critical thinking ability you will know that these are facts.
John McCain did not pt his country first, he put himself first. He has shown questionable judgement,confusion and has been telling lots of lies of late. If you ever go to his town hall meeting, please tell him to have the real John McCain stand up because people are getting confused.

PALIN IS PHONY, REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO SELL HER TO PUBLIC

Why are people comparing Palins ability not to answer a straight question with the idea that Obama hasn’t answered any hard questions. Someone even had the nerve to say that Charlie Gibson hasn’t interviewed Obama. Get your facts straight.
If you like Sarah Palin, fine, but stop with all the lies and misinformation.

Obama’s economic message makes no sense. You can’t reduce taxes for over 90% of the American workforce when you have 44 million who don’t pay any taxes to begin with.

Obama’s economic plan is to criticize, then agree that Bush did good in saving Bear&Stearns,Freddie/Fannie. That’s leadership? As a Senator he should have been paying more attention to the economy rather than running for president the whole time. Obama doesn’t want to talk long term:::goal is to take your money and give it to those “he” thinks needs it more.

So, when Hillary confronted sexism, did that stop her from doing hard interviews? So, when Obama confronted racism, did that stop him from doing hard interviews? So, when McCain confronted issues about his age, did that stop him from doing hard interviews. So, whenever someone attempts question Palin, McCain camp yells sexism.

Drill here drill now!
Lot’s of union job’s with drilling, refining and transportation. Union jobs that will let a family have a house and some cars and kids and a life.
What does Obama have? Retraining? I don’t want to sit behind a desk I want to work. I like to work. Drilling jobs can not be done by some kid in Bangladesh can they. I want a real job and McCain is my only hope to get real jobs back in America.

Drill here drill now!
Lot’s of union job’s with drilling, refining and transportation. Union jobs that will let a family have a house and some cars and kids and a life.
What does Obama have? Retraining? I don’t want to sit behind a desk I want to work. I like to work. Drilling jobs can not be done by some kid in Bangladesh can they. I want a real job and McCain is my only hope to get real jobs back in America.

I’m an independent and I used to be for Obama, but now I am leaning Mc-Cain because:
In my opinion, economy weakness is caused by high energy cost. Energy is the core of grow business and production in US.
Facts:
Iraq plan at 2008 was to export 15% US oil consumption and repaying the war dept that Iraq owes US. Currently, only 5% of US oil consumption is by Iraq.
Iraq new government announce to continue Saddam Hussein oil export contract with China.
My arguments:
- If US withdraw from Iraq US will loose that %5 import as well and also Iraq will try not to repay the dept by oil to US anymore. If we continue to stay in Iraq with large force the cost of maintain the war is larger than the dept that Iraq repay US each year. In my opinion we need to do the following:
- If we switch energy source and not rely on oil, it would take at least 20 years to do so.
- If we drill now we will have oil in 10years. This will lower the cost of foreign oil as well due to lower demand.
- If we maintain force in Iraq to have the oil until we are independent of foreign oil in the next 10 years.
From all of the above, it is best to vote for Mc-Cain and in the next 4 years if McCain will not initiate switching energy source to solar or others I will vote for Democratic President candidate in year 2012 that has plan to switch energy source.
My 2 cents. Feel free to give me inputs and your opinions.

Strange that only a few weeks ago Greenspan had endorsed McCain…but now, probably because his wife Andrea Mitchell (MSNBC) is for Obama, he has changed his mind..also curious it also was only a few weeks ago, that everyone was criticizing Greenspan because he should have foreseen all of this economic woe when he was in charge! How things change in this election cycle….everyday a new story…I guess that this “CHANGE” thing is reality for both parties!!!

As you might expect from an Alaskan politician, you don’t have to look far for a connection to Big Oil. Her husband, Todd Palin, works as a production operator for BP Alaska in Prudhoe Bay, according to Palin’s 2007 financial disclosure form (which we’ve obtained from the Alaska Public Offices Commission and scanned so everyone can see). Mr. Palin is not totally reliant on BP for his income, however. He’s also a champion “Iron Dog” snowmobile racer with sponsorships, and he owns a fishery that sells to PeterPan Seafoods.
Palin herself does not depend on the oil and gas industry for campaign cash. The biggest chunk of her war chest in the 2006 governor’s race came from party committees, retirees, and civil servants, according to the National Institute for Money in State Politics. (The oil and gas industry chipped in to her campaign, but is not one of the top 10 industries donating to her campaign.)
On house ownership, the Palins can’t match the McCains’ eight homes, but her real estate portfolio is respectable, thank you very much. Palin owns three houses, according to her 2007 financial disclosure form. The forms don’t list the value of the properties, but indicate that one is residential and the other two are used for recreation.
Bonus trivia: At the Democratic convention, factory worker Barney Smith gave a deadpan speech featuring the memorable line, “We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney.” Well, guess what group manages Palin’s portfolio? That’s right: Smith Barney.
Shows that they are “BOTH” in touch with the nation, right???? and who are her backers…………????? hummmmmmmm
Now who in their right mind are going to trust these two ?????

Sarah Palin! Do you know anything about her? Neither does John McCain! But now we must learn, because we will be hearing a lot of crazy things about her over the next month (unless she drops out). Which of these things are true? Which are false? WHO’S THE FATHER? We will tell you the TRUE things, below, and then we will speculate wildly as to the crazy conspiracy nonsense. It will be fun.
It’s All True!
“Book burner.” Not literally. Though as mayor of the tiny, presumably quirky little Alaska town of Wasilla, Palin did inject a bit of old-fashioned culture war politics into the local library. From Time, via Kos: “‘She asked the library how she could go about banning books,’ he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. ‘The librarian was aghast.’” Hah. So much for the “sexy librarian” thing, right?
She has a crazy preacher! Once again, sort of. Though this one is less likely to be relevant to anything, because it’s a crazy right-wing white preacher, and we are quite used to seeing them on TV and not even bothering to be shocked by them anymore. Anyway. Sarah spoke before her old church in Wasilla a couple months ago. She grew up and was baptized there. The senior pastor there since 1999 is, obv, a crazy right-wing evangelical nutcase named Ed Kalnins. He once said Kerry voters will go to hell, and people who criticize the president will go to hell, and Iraq and 9/11 were wars of faith and other fairly doctrinaire beliefs for the modern-day Christian right, their recently scrubbed moderate-ish image notwithstanding. Anyway, crazy pastor!
She is a secessionist! So yeah, there’s a wacky political party in Alaska that wants to secede from the union. It’s called the “Alaskan Independence Party” and Sarah Palin was a member back in the ’90s, until she ran for mayor. They hate America! Sarah Palin hates America! Also, awesome logo.
Conspiracies!
Trig Still Not Hers Sarah Palin’s most recent baby, four-month-old Trig, was rumored to actually be Palin’s oldest daughter Bristol’s baby, back until the campaign announced that Bristol is five months pregnant now. Some people are unconvinced! Read the entirely circumstantial evidence right here.
The “real” story still has weird holes. Why was Bristol pulled out of school, is Levi the real father and does he actually intend to go through with this ridiculous wedding? But honestly we’re inclined to believe the 44-year-old woman actually did give birth to the baby with Down Syndrome. But still, the timeline is weird.
Now, finally, the Enquirer weighs in: they say the Bristol pregnancy was supposed to be announced after the RNC, at which point the shotgun wedding would’ve been finished. But Bristol rebelled! Or something!

The press needs to give a more fair and balanced coverage of Sarah Palin and her family. Here are pics and videos of Sarah’s unmatchable sacrifices for the betterment of Alaska:
http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm

The press needs to give a more fair and balanced coverage of Sarah Palin and her family. Here are pics and videos of Sarah’s unmatchable sacrifices for the betterment of Alaska:
http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm

I was an undecided voter until Obama’s comment about the selection of Gov. Palin being same old Washington politics.
Let’s take a look at Obama’s “new Washington politics”. He runs with Ted Kennedy, Harry Reid and Joe Biden (life long Washington politicians). He degraded Hillary and called Bill Clinton a racist in the campaign. But now with the polls showing him behind he wants to buy his way into the White House by bringing Bill Clinton into his campaign.
Senator Obama might have started his campaign 19 mths ago as a common decent mid-class American but he has turned to the other side just like most greedy and selfish politicians. In the past 19 mths Obama has become a multi-millionaire personally. He has spent millions of the American citizens dollars in this campaign. He signed up for a fixed campaign fund but decided not to adhere to his word. To me that means he may not be able to balance a budget. He is spending away all of the campaign funds. He reported record donations in May/June, strange because that’s when the Tax Rebate checks were mailed. He accepted the poor peoples rebate donations instead of encouraging them to buy the necessary personal items they needed for their families. The rebate was to stimulate the economy not fill Obama’s pockets.
Fellow citizens/voters take a hard look at who is actually demonstrating “change” and true to his word. McCain said he wants to shake up Washington and break the politics as usual. He did that with his VP choice, he brought in a fresh middle class perspective.
Gov Palin’s reference “difference between hockey moms and a pit bull is lipstick” was a wonderful reference to those tough women who manage a family. Obama’s reference “lipstick and a pig” is a despicable comment towards those hard working women.
I have made my decision and will continue to pray the American people will make theirs by truly evaluating what political team will do the best for all of us.

I didn’t bother to read through all the posts here, so excuse me if someone has already pointed this out, but can someone (without using cynicism as a buffer) please explain to me why Americans can’t just look at what both candidates say they are going to do and vote based on which is more in line with our choices? Why can’t we RESPECT both candidates and base our disagreements on real issues? Maybe the founding fathers were right and the average person is too stupid to do this (thus the electoral college) but every four years I hope that WE THE PEOPLE – not the politicians- will prove them wrong. Both McCain and Obama have briefings on their plans for the economy on their websites, stop just reading celebrity style smear blogs and read something valuable for a change. Obama actually has a briefing that includes almost every issue that you might be curious about. And while McCain doesn’t have a compiled briefing per se he does have talking points about various issues. Who gives a crap what the press is saying, turn off your d*&^ TV and read something…Every one wants to claim it’s the media’s fault, here’s a REAL NEWSFLASH they feed you crap because you keep your mouth open!

McCain is a racist. It’s become clear over the past two weeks. Here in Minnesota, he’s push polled and been caught at it, asking potential voters if they would elect a black President. He’s a gross, shameful hack whose lies are quickly and appropriately catching up with him. Once, he was an honorable man. Now, he’s soiled himself repeatedly in public and it’s impossible even for the likes of Karl Rove to pretend otherwise. Let’s put in office the only candidate who will do the most good for the greatest number of candidates: Barack Obama.

Who are the idiots who keep parroting the Republican talking points about McCain “reforming government” and cutting taxes. First of all..he is in favor of market deregulation which is what led to this mess in the first place. Secondly, why is it the same people who just love the war in Iraq at $12M a pop per month want to vote for McCain because he will cut taxes? Seriously, how stupid are you? Where do you think the money is supposed to come from to pay for our little 8 year war and other trillions in debt the Bush years have given us? From taxpayers. That’s right..you and me…we’re paying for it..in the form of..you guessed it..taxes. So John McCain is a liar..that’s nothing new..but for people to be so stupid and keep peddling his crap of lies on this site is absurd. Go take an economics class and then get back to us.

Even Karl rove says McCain has gone to far with the Lies. Now when Karl Rove calls you a “Liar” you are in serious trouble. McCain is senile – that is the only plausible answer for choosing Palin and lying. They must not talk to each other because they contradict each other all over the place. This “team” is a joke, but no one is laughing. Times are way to serious to even think about putting this dog and pony show in the White House!

Do you really think you have more knowledge than Alan Greenspan on the economy? I actually think he is repenting after what he did in the Bush administration. This is not a liberal. Obama has a better grasp of economy issues, there is no contest!! Give Greenspan a break, he is trying to repent!! Let him tell us the truth!

Wow, so many regurgitated Republican talking points coming forward. The echo machine certainly is having its desired effect, yet again. Keep up the babble guys, and keep taking the marching orders from O’Reily, Limbaugh, and and Hannity. Maybe it will work again. Or maybe this election won’t be stolen again.

To all your racists who still believe that Obama is a Muslim go to http://www.factcheck.com and read the “sliming” of Obama in the archives section. If you can’t stand to know the truth – then stop acting like idiots.

Some of your apologists are missing the point.
Obama was the one being interviewed.
Palin and McCain are AWOL.
The journalist isnt being one sided. The OTHER side isnt there to talk.
Which has been exactly what this election is all about. Make up lies and tell stories about Obamas plan and offer up nothing in return. You guys remember McCains economic advisors? Phil Gramm (fired) and Carly “Offshore them all” Fiorina.
1. Obama has a plan
2. McCain lies about it to strike fear into the hearts of the voters.
If you agree with #2 you are either a cynic or stupid. Its that simple.
Call it what it is, folks. When did the GOP get such a thin skin?

The ecomony can keep tanking and America can continue it’s decline, but at least you’ll have an administration that “looks like you.” In any event, we’ll get what we deserve.

Some people can be so petty and naive.Mcain and the Republicans live in the state called denial.More of the same leftovers of 8 years’ worth of failure.Fresh sounds better to me anytime.Obama/Biden 08

I absolutely LOVE Obama/Biden bloggers!!!! Please tell your friends and family who are voting Democrat to register a friend to vote . voteforchange.com
tell 10 friends and check out iousamovie.com to see exactly the trouble America is in, we are on the brink of financial ruin. Get the word out Dems!!!!

A story is given of a poor family that was in danger of starvation.They had a few cents remaining and wondered what to buy with the pennies.They decided to look for ideas and ways to earn a livelihood and sustain themselves.They went to a used bookstore.They found a book entitled “How to create wealth” and bought it.Inside the book was a handwritten note that gave instructions on how to get gold from a nearby shoreline.The instructions were that the gold or minerals that made gold would be warm to the touch and regular stones woyuld be cold to the touch.This was how they would tell the difference.So the fatherhead went to the shoreline and worked daily.He would get a stone,it would be cold to the touch ,and he would promptly throw it into the ocean.He did this for three days, two weeks, three months, one year all the rocks he found were cold to the touch.He coutinued for another year.No warm stone.He continued for the third year and one day he found the warm stone!Guess what he did with it.HE THREW IT IN THE OCEAN! WHY,HE ALLOWED HIS DIFFICULTIES TO BECOME HABIT!HE THREW AWAY HIS DESTINY!
Moral of the story:The man and family represents USA.The cold stones are the failed leadership of a Republican Administration.The warm stone(Gold) is the Obama administration.
Do not let the habit of electing bad leadership become a bad habit.Do not throw away your gold!It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity,to turn things around in this country.The choice is yours and it is clear!

Merril Lynch, AIG, Lehman Bros., Fanney May, Freddie Mac, Enron, Worldcom… you Republican idiots and your insane policies are destroying thousands, literally THOUSANDS of years of collective economic experience.
Enough. No more Reaganism. No more listening to Phil Gramm. Unregulated capitalism is running rampant, causing ALL of us to print money into the pockets of a certain type of investor and all you want to talk about is putting MORE lipstick on your pigs.

John and Cindy McCain looked very patriotic visiting ground zero, hand in hand. Barack Hussein Obama looked like a guy who couldn’t get a date to the prom. Where was Michelle Obama? Does she really hate America so much that she celebrates the terrorist attacks of 9/11 at home in a turban?
Barack Hussein Obama and his anti-American wife spent 20 years listening to spews of hatred and “God Damn America” in a so-called church of God. Apparently Michelle believes America caused 9/11. All these radical teachings have been instilled in their brains by Jeremiah Wright.
For over two decades Obama turned to, was counseled by, and formed a strong personal bond with a minister who is a divider and a hatemonger. This simply cannot effectively act as a unifying force for the USA.
The best result out of Obama’s campaign may turn out to be progress in the form of all American cultures accepting that each individual, regardless of race, is to be rightfully held accountable for their actions, affiliations, as well as the doctrines that they adhere to and cultivate in others.
The embarrassing litany of anarchy, filth and hate that Rev. Wright spews should not be excused away as simply “the way our people speak”. Wrong is wrong and is not to be determined on a sliding scale according to skin color.
Obama has told too many lies. He has too many ties to anti-Americans and terrorists.
Have you thought about what might happen if Obama really is a closet Muslim and becomes president?
Vote for John McCain in November. Country first!

http://images.politico.com/global/waffe2.jpg
Sol, the only thing missing in
the Lou Dobb’s is an inverted
conical white hat with face mask!!!!!

By the way — NINE-ELEVEN’s post is a perfect example of ignorance and bigotry in the name of patriotism that it should frighten us all. This is the same exact logic the Nazis used to persecute the Jews, and others who disagreed with Hitler. Condemnation based on baseless innuendo, articulated with a tone of hate. This hate speak by the ignorant wing of the Republican party — fueled by the 1000 Clear Channel “shock jocks” on the radio — is dangerous to our democracy. Fascism is just around the corner with logic like this. It should be pointed out and condemned wherever we see it. Que verguenza, y que repugnante que es — atorrante!

Contrary to many posts here, the Obama plan has actually been praised for its level of specificity by many experts, while McCain’s is regularly described as vague. I don’t have the sources; look it up- do you really doubt it, given the way this campaign has gone?
Btw- Obama’s contributions from troops deployed overseas = SIX TIMES that of McCain’s.

McCain and his spokesmen are out this weekend saying the reason why they are so negative is because Obama wouldn’t agree to town hall meetings, huh??? Is that code language?? That doesn’t have a darn thing to do with the price of gas. There are only a few weeks of campaigning left, why would the Democrats tie themselves up to those debates when 3 major debates are planned??? And Obama has to do extra fund raising??? He saved tax payers on public financing but has to work twice as hard to fundraise. Get a friend registered to vote democrat, and help get the word out!!! Obama/Biden, share the issues, block by block, door to door, blog by blog…spread the word!!! Watch for Michael Moore’s movie coming soon!!!

I can’t stand Democrats or black people (take your pick) so I think I’ll let our country fall to ruin.
These last eight years have been so great and the future looks so bright why must you persist with change.

TODD:
The only reason anyone is bringing up McCain’s age is because of his choice of VP. If he had picked someone actually qualified and known to the American people (Lieberman, C. Rice, Libby Dole, etc.) it would not be an issue. Noted presidential historian Doris Kearns says that a VP has a 1 in 3 chance of becoming president—pretty staggering odds when the VP is a neophyte and the Pres. candidate is the oldest person to run for office and has a history of cancer.
And if any party can be accused of sexism it is the cynical Repubs who chose a VP candidate based solely on her charisma and sex appeal. I guess none of the qualified Republican women were as telegenic.
The Republican Platform is a repeat of the last 8 years. Their policies are the same. Their economics are the same old trickle-down voodoo that has been putting pins in the middle class for decades. If they win, it will only be because the majority of the American voters are too susceptible to negative and dishonest advertising.

Before you get too excited about Obama’s ability to improve the economy you better think about the effects of his proposals.
His plans to increase corporate taxes and capital gains taxes are a recipe for disaster. This will discourage private investment and increase unemployment by squeezing profits on small businesses as well as large businesses.
His plan to increase the minimum wage will also squeeze profits on businesses, thereby increasing unemployment & increasing inflation.
His unwillingness to drill for oil off-shore robs us of an opportunity to increase the supply of oil, which would ease prices at the gas pumps. I’m sorry, but Obama’s ridiculous suggestion to check our tire pressure will make no impact at all on our demand for oil since the vast majority of Americans who would do that already are doing that.
On top of all that, he wants to expand government. More & more government programs leading us down the road to SOCIALISM! Taxes have to be increased to support more programs so we can have the government take care of us, because the Democrats think we’re too lazy to be responsible for ourselves. THE FACT IS DEMOCRATS ARE TOO LAZY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEMSELVES!
I’m not aware of Obama holding any degrees in business or economics. To think he has the answers to complex economic problems is a total fantasy. Now I know why his followers really think he is their Messiah.

What bothers me about McCain is the way he shamelessly and with staight-face parades his war-hero status and get his cohorts (Guiliani and Thompson) to dramatise and embellish it. I don’t remember Bush Snr (also a very young war hero) doing anything like this when he was running for president. The veracity of cross-in-the-sand vignette from his POW days which he related in the Rick Warren interview, which bore an uncanny resemblance something Solzhenitsyn wrote, is now highly suspect in light of the avalanche of distortions and even lies that his campaign puts out daily. This man a leader of the free world. Thanks but no thanks!

It’s obvious from reading this thread that many of you left wing-nuts are ignorant about economics. Bush is an easy target to blame the economy on because he has been our leader for the past 8 years. However, as President he may control fiscal policy, but he doesn’t control monetary policy.
The US economy was rolling along when the Fed lowered interest rates to an all-time low, encouraging borrowing, and causing real estate values to sky-rocket. Foreign investors enabled the price escalation by purchasing risky sub-prime notes. Of course, when prices climbed to the point that people could no longer afford to buy, and sub-prime loans were adjusting, the bubble popped and foreclosures started flooding the market. As the air left the bubble, prices started deflating…to the point that people could no longer sell their homes for a profit. The banks which allowed the risky financing have taken a severe beating. THIS IS NOT BUSH’S FAULT.
America has lost many jobs to overseas countries because your own Bubba Clinton signed NAFTA. IT WASN’T BUSH’S FAULT.
Oil has gone sky high, in part because Democrats won’t allow for off-shore drilling which would increase the supply, and ease the price burden at gas pumps. The increase in oil has translated to higher transportation costs, and has been passed along to consumers in virtually every product purchased. IT ISN’T BUSH’S FAULT…and really, Obamas ridiculous suggestion that we all maintain proper tire pressure won’t help gas prices one bit because those of us who would check our tire pressure are already doing it.
Now granted, the war in Iraq has cost a ton of money, and this is Bush’s fault, but for me and many Americans, national security is a necessary sacrifice. Our commitments there are coming to an end soon, which will ease our defense budget…unless those forces are transfered to the conflict in Afghanistan.
The bottom line is…be fair about what you’re complaining about. Sure, we have economic problems…but suggesting that they’re the fault of Bush and the Republicans is a big fat distortion of facts.

The bottom line is these financial institutions failed because Republicans heralded in a new era of deregulation in the financial sector… their economic prospects cannot be blamed on gas prices.
If that was so… well that would be a very stupid economic model. An entire house of cards built on cheap oil from the Middle East? No wonder the Republicans have spent so much time holding the hands of Saudi Princes.
Remember the 10 billion we’re burning through a month in Iraq? You remember Iraq. Cake walk that pays for itself? Eat your cake now, Big Spenders.

For more analysis of Obamanomics, enjoy these nice articles before you hit the hay:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/09/14/seeing_through_obamanomics/
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080914_Obama_s_change_could_cost_big_bucks.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202415.html
G’night mates!

42n82bfearless, you are severely misinformed.
Add up how much the war and Homeland Security has cost us. Not military spending, just the war itself.
Now look at our deficit and how much it has increased the last 8 years coupled with inflation.
The two numbers aren’t even close. It’s SO much more than just the war it’s not even funny.
As for Johnny POW, this guy has nothing but talking points. You ask him a tough question, and he spews out talking points. He cheated at that thing with Rick Warren’s church, he “non-answered” just about every question on The View, he’s refusing to let the media even TALK to Palin for fear that people will figure out what an airhead she is. This guy is nothing but lies, obfuscation, and emptiness.
What’s worse is he’s obviously bought, paid for, and owned by lobbyists.

Well Said, “AMERICAN”.
Obama/Biden for 2008.
As Jamaican living in JAMAICA, and reading all the blogs I can, watching all the news I can, I am appalled that Americans are still saying after 2 years of campaigning – that they don’t KNOW Obama!
What’s to know? He is a man who went to school and then to University and then decided on a life path.
Do you want to see a picture of him NAKED?
And what do you call HARD questions? Because he has answered them all with grace and dignity, means they were easy?
Grow up America! YOU ARE BECOMING POOR! China is the new world power because CHINA manufactures EVERYTHING you purchase in a WALMART, TARGET etc today!
BARACK OBAMA is the only candidate telling major corporations and the extremely wealthy:
- YOu will pay the same level of taxes you did before the Bush tax cuts
- you will begin to pay billions of as yet UNPAID taxes as we will seal the loopholes that allow you to take your money out of the country
-SENIOR citizens earning less than 50K will not pay INCOME TAX
- College students will receive a $4000/year tax credit for giving community service
-Families under a certain income will get up to $1000 annual tax credit ( enough to pay heating or cooling bills for an entire season)
-Teachers will be asked to submit to pay for performance programmes among other incentives
-Scholarships will be offered to persons wanting to teach
-Retired scientists, language masters, etc will be asked to volunteer at schools to assist overworked teaching staff
-Oh there are so many details covering such a wide range of issues that affect the daily lives of Americans that I am surprised that just by watching FOX< CNN and MSNBC, I know about OBAMA and YOU DONT! No skin off my back, that you want to watch the flawed NAFTA agreements ship jobs out of your country without guaranteeing certain reciprocal benefits to your people, and without guaranteeing good pay and working conditions to the poor suckers abroad…
There is too much to say. Now I am well aware that the same bigotry that is preventing some Americans from KNOWING Obama, will prevent you from listening to me…again, I have a country to live in, and not begging you for a green card..over to you to decide whether you want to be the leader of the FREE WORLD- or whether you want to be prisoners in your own state..while CHINA/RUSSIA/INDIA combine ( Biblical prophecy) to create the most gargantuan fighting force on earth!

The irony is almost too perfect.
The lower-income people in this country who are voting for McCain will be the ones living in tents within the next few years should McCain win and give us another 4 years of Herbert Hoover (tents shared with a few ex-stock brokers who chose poverty over suicide).
I wonder if McCain will be living in a tent, too -
or perhaps seven tents.
But let’s get back to the real issue, America… lipstick.

With all “due” respect. Since Palin I have pretty much the same educational background how any reasonably intelligent person could compare Palin’s education and knowledge to Obama’s is beyond by ability to understand.
In Cubes across America you will find people like Palin and myself making a respectable salary. If you want to find those who graduated in the top tier of their class from Harvard, and were president of the Harvard law review, taught constitutional law at a top University, etc…… Then you will need to go up to the Executive floor and make an appointment with the company’s President or CEO’s administrative assistant. (who will have pretty close to the same education that Palin has). This is not a slam against her it’s just the truth. And for the record I’m also from a small town. The population of Alaska is less then a major city. Vote for whom ever you want but at least be honest about their education and knowledge.

Perhaps some of you might want to look at the statistics on corporations that pay NO taxes.
Instead of spending your day blogging, whining and complaining about the mainstream media, get your small minds and keyboards moving and do your homework.
We are inundated with tabloid press passing for legitimate news(ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, CNBC) ….political attacks and lies, Palin, lipstick, culture wars, Palin, biased surrogates, “journalists” and pundits and more Palin. Unfortunately, small minds can absorb and understand little else and love the adrenilin rush.
If you take the time to look at modern history, it shows that overall,deficits and growth of government were lowest under Clinton and,yes,Carter…. Democrats.
So spare us with the dead Republican mantra “Tax and Spend Liberals, No Big Government”. We now face a 10 trillion dollar deficit (and growing) and largest government ever (corparate welfare and easing of loans for banks and Wall Street).
If anyone thinks the either McCain or Obama are going to cut taxes or provide a lot of social programs, I say “Think Again!” We are ALL going to pay, every last one of us, if we have any chance of moving forward out of this mess we’re in.
Find some inner fortitude and face it, be prepared. Put your country first,the whole country, your children and grandchildren, someone besides your pathetic little selves and change the path we’re on. Be prepared to reach into your pockets and cough up what little you have left after the Republicans, IN POWER, have stripped you blind.

I am tired of hearing people fighting amongst themselves. The point is America is in a very weak state right now. The Republican party has held power for 8 years in the White House and 6 in Congress. Instead of McLiar talking about the issues, he has made this entire election about bashing his opponent. He has said nothing about what matters to Americans the most. Instead he instills fear in the mind of America and plans to keep most of the current policies in place that have been in place for the last 8 years, which have not benefited the American people. Is that change? I do not care if people vote for McLiar, but vote for him because you like the country the way it is now and you want it to continue on this road. I will take my chances with someone else, because I am tired of looking around at people losing their homes, people dying for no healthcare, our soliders dying for a war that seems to have no end, tired of the rich people getting tax breaks that could better benefit the working and middle class, tired of tax cuts to corporations that ship jobs overseas, tired of oil companies getting tax breaks who in turn charge me $4+ at the pump, and tired of being lied to and having someone trying to make me afraid of threats that seem to only be a ploy to make me vote for them. I also do not like the fact that McLiar has not be so forthcoming with his health records, which only makes me more concerned that if he cannot finish his term, I am left with a woman that has the IQ of a banana. At least if Obama could not finish the term, I feel much better with Biden running the country. If McLiar wins, and the country gets even worse, then Americans should not complain about anything. The should look in the mirror and balme themselves because their ignorance got them to that place.

Are we as Americans blind to the Fact that The sarah palin pick was a novelty of sorts.the blind american public is being shown what the real Sleezy republicans are about.I would be willing to bet that the nations overseas are licking there chops knowing that if mccain and palin are elected it means prosperity for there Countrys.Get ready america for 4 more years of lies,deception and lets not forget if mccail takes ill who will be running this country Into the Dirt.The Blind Leading the blind.

Oh I know—let’s deal with the mess the economy is by continuing with tax breaks to the wealthy, the investment bankers whose greed got us into this mess. That’ll fix it.
McCain does not have the grasp of the economic issues. It takes a Republican administration to ruin an economy through unbridled greed and a trickle down approach to economics. And its usually the Democrats who have to come in and clean up the excesses and introduce regulation to protect us from the corporate greedy guts who are sailing away from the mess with their golden parachutes.

Obama’s economic policies are pragmatic, based on research about how actual human beings make economic decisions. In this approach, “Government does not tell people what to do. Instead, it tries to improve markets by making it easier for busy people to make good decisions,” using simplification and transparency of complex financial transactions as a means to achieving this goal. (http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/04/17/economic_policy_for_humans/)
Two of Barack Obama’s economic advisors explained this approach last April in the Boston Globe column I referenced above. If the column had been written more recently, with the most recent failures of major financial institutions at the forefront of the news, I’m sure it would have included other examples that would address those situations more directly. However, I recommend it to those who’d like to get a better sense of where Obama is coming from in terms of his economic policies.
And for an interesting comparison of McCain and Obama’s tax proposals, I recommend this Washington Post article by Sebastian Mallaby: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/07/AR2008090701950.html

I’ll tell you why Nobama can’t tell you what his economic plan it. He doesn’t want you to know that congress is already poised to have him sign the new tax bill(number 1 priority, steal from ALL of the taxpayers) to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddy Mack that the democracts made millions on and will not give back because they want ALL OF US to rescue those two institutions, SO THEY CAN DO IT AGAIN>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Angela: And how would you improve the economy? People make their own disasters by wrong decisions. It has nothing to do with the president. The foreclosures are because buyer’s did to them selves along with the banks and morgage houses. You don’t buy a condo with no money down or 5% down. Your down payment should be 30 to 40% down and you buy within your means. If you don’t have the money don’t buy. If your don’t have a large income then you budget your money. People making 50 to 100 thousand per year don’t really have to budget unless they buy out of control. McCain is right. And don’t forget we have thousand’s of people living in this country from different countries taking up the American people’s jobs. And millions of them are immigrant’s that don’t belong here. That’s part of why the economy is bad. American’s out of work, immigrant’s in work. Thank goodness for Arizona. They are taking care of the situation in that state. Every state should do the same.

Noodle: I am voting for the McCain/Palin ticket also. I find that Palin is a very down to earth person, loves sports, hunting and fishing, is Commander In Chief of the National Guard and knows how to use that rifle. She hasn’t got her nose in the air thinking she’s better than anyone else. I am hoping McCain gets elected because she can be a big help to McCain in reforming Washington and put this country in shape again.

Pain: And Palin is certainly drawing the crowds. Even if Obama chose Hillary Palin would draw bigger crowds. You should join the Cafferty file because he is pro-Obama and only reads who is against McCain and Bush. He doesn’t read the comments on Obama. He is as phony as a three dollar bill. Obama is now failing in the polls and Minnesota just became a toss up state that was leaning for Obama. McCain just surged in New York and I hope he surges in New Jersey. And he is now leading Nationally.

Rodney: Obama is out of touch. He doesn’t know which way the wind is blowing and he thinks 4 & 4 is 9. For a Harvard graduate he is the dumbest candidate that ever ran for office of this country. He lacks experience in politics and only knows what he is told from his advisor’s. He missed the senate about 130 days or more and did not vote against the war because he wasn’t in the senate for the voting. Lies, Lies and more Lies. He learned how to lie, wheel and deal from his good friends Ayers and Rezko. What a mess this country would be in if he was president. God would have to get us out of it.

suv2001: That’s how smart Palin is. Not talking to the media so they can distort what she really says. By doing that she is outsmarting the media. Plus when the media attacks Palin her percentage increases. Good for her. Hillary should have done the same and Hillary made too many mistakes later in her campaign. Plus there should not be a caucus and a primary in the same state. It doesn’t make sense.

Soon we’ll be sneaking into Mexico for decent jobs. Thanks McCain!

The Republican who are crying about The Media running after Palin, they should be asking themselves, that the Media should be running aftwer them, instead of Running after Palin, ofcourse, they will be doing Palin’s works for her moment she is elected as Vice President. God forbids bad thing.
As such, if McCain could not do his job properly and the Republican faithful failed equally, it is therefore the responsibility of the Media to do it for the Great people of America, in order to ascertain that a Lunatic does not just becomes the President of Civilised world. As such, the Media is very, very right to seek to know Palin very deeply and examined half Lies and Truth in her life.
McCain/Palin look despertely a like in their love to Distort and Lies about their opponents so as to cause Confusion and Divides, but this time around they will both fail and eventually lost the fall Election.
Obama/Biden 08