Palin: ‘I Begged Our Speechwriters, “Don’t Make Me Say Joe the Plumber”‘

Maverick.

Keep reminding them of who you are and what you achieved, Sarah Palin.
You worked your way up from a small town girl all the way to Governor of Alaska. You didn’t do that because you were born at the top of the social ladder, went to the best schools, got the highest grades, or were voted most likely. You did it the old fashioned way: you worked your butt off, you made your own luck, and when the time came to step up or step out, you put the elbow to your opponent and stepped forward.
They believe they are smarter like the kid programmer who believes because he can make a circle dance on a screen he should run the company. But it is the person who understands other people, who gets up earlier, who works later and who never quits, never surrenders and never gives quarter that runs the company. The values that made you who you are are the values that made this country the most admired and successful in history: hard work, decency, putting family first, and love of God as realized through helping a neighbor.
Remember that, Governor, and no matter how this election goes, you will still be a winner. Screw the speechwriters. They are not running. Screw the handlers. Their name isn’t on the ballot.
Be Sarah. That has always been the winning move.

OBAMA IS CORRECT AGAIN: It’s not about Iraq!
A top general in charge of U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan says the enemy has increased by up to 30 percent in the last year and he is seeking re-enforcements.
“I’m telling you that the enemy did increase from 20 to 30 percent this last year….I’ll tell you that they are doing more complex activities which concerns me greatly,” says Gen. Schlosser.

Maybe she should take some anti-depressants. I know I need some after watching her for the past couple of months.

Someone is “making” the potential VP say something?
It once again just confirms that Palin is simply a GOP Parrot with no real knowledge of what she is saying.

THIS IS YOUR CHOICE?
But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up the economy– Helping the — Oh, it’s got to be about job creation too.
Shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americas.
And trade we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive scary thing. But 1 in 5 jobs being created in the trade sector today. We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation.
This bailout is a part of that.

Yeah, I’m depressed too, thinking about the fall of America into the toilet under a McCain/Palin administration. An angry, old, shoot-from-the-hip man and a clever but uninformed radically conservative woman. Into the toilet we go, not so merrily, merrily though.

The speechwriters made me do it!

Funny how the headline is about “Joe the Plumber” and not the obvious bias of the media that she is talking about. If there is one thing a politician should expect from the media it is that they are going to accurately reflect the positions and messages of both campaigns. Too much to ask for I guess, I mean, a guy who asked Obama a question has a TAX LIEN!

The Dude – Joe the Plumber had a tax lean.
How would you like the media to go through your life?
It’s said how the media tried to destroy a mans life, that should be the story.

Isn’t it funny in the last debate that when asked neither candidate would steadfastly endorse her as qualified for president.
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I couldn’t believe that even McCain skirted the question.
You know Obama wanted to say, “You’re kidding right?”
But he used the “it’s up to the voters decide” line instead.
Recent polls show over 60% of the public does not feel Palin is qualified for the job. Pretty sad when many in your own party don’t believe you’re ready.
But, perhaps even scarier, is the 39% that said she IS credible

Have you checked todays Polls?
GALLUP’s ‘traditional’ likely voter model shows Obama with a two-point advantage over McCain on Thursday, 49% to 47%, this is within poll’s margin of error…

I get so tired of hearing Palin spout off about prayer. She is the biggest fake Christian I have ever seen. No true Christian would ever do or say the hateful things she spits out on a daily basis.

Len:
You wrote: …”You did it the old fashioned way: you worked your butt off, you made your own luck, and when the time came to step up or step out, you put the elbow to your opponent and stepped forward”.
Yeah, she also violated ethnic rules, became vindictive and tried to muscle her opponents and enemies with the help of her husband. She is an instigator of hate and not very intelligent. Plus how are can it be to be a governor of a state with the population of Brooklyn.
Yeah, she has shown such accomplishments, how admirable! She is just as corrupt as the rest of them. Please go back to Alaska and hibernate.

Speaking of tax leans…so does the treasuer of Obambi’s campaign. Read all abou it in the LA Times. No one in the lamestream media talking about that.
The way they have gone after “Joe” is indicative of the way the media has behaved anytime ANYONE is crtical of “The one”. What in the world are the media – including you Jake, for the next 4 years – just cheerlead?

Jane
Sara Palin goes into the Most Conservative parts of the country. You know probably thos folks still think Bush is doing a great Job and has been a good president, Some Members of the Gop do not like her shes too far to the Right! she does not attract Independents or Moderate Republicans!

How would you like the media to go through your life?
It’s said how the media tried to destroy a mans life, that should be the story
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Well when John McCain uses your name 40 times in a national Presidential debate and makes you the central theme of his economic policy, what exactly does one expect to happen?
Don’t blame the press, blame McCain.
I find it amusing that the guy would actually benefit more from Obama’s plan than McCain’s.
Again, the McCain campaign didn’t vet someone. Too funny!

And Obama is so far to the left

The RNC wants to foist upon us a VP that has not MET THE PRESS nor FACED THE NATION. They will not let her visit Jay Leno nor David Letterman. Joe the Plumber has given more impromptu interviews thatn she has.
Depressed??? Palin still has another investigation going on that she has endorsed but, um, it’s being conducted by a Democratic investigator which can’t bode well for her AND, she’s facing two lawsuits!! Yup, Yup, Wooten and Monegan have lawyered up against, Sarah, Todd, staffers and the State of Alaska. Kinda like gettin found not guilty of murder and still losing your house ala O.J. Shyt ain’t lookin so bright for Sarah at the moment but isn’t that what the story of Icarus tells us.
Sarah Small Town Politician, this is what it feels like flyiing too close to the sun.

Jacki, he doesn’t have to be a licensed plumber, the company he works for is.

Jane – Those massive crowds are really talent scouts for all the commedians, SNL and the late night comics, pencil in hand ready to write down her latest folksey saying. I am sure that they all are secretly praying McCain wins. Just think 4 years of the easiest comedy writing there has ever been.

One thing is for sure.
Since ‘Joe’ showed the world Obama’s spread the wealth plan, the news and the talk shows have been doing everything in their power to dig up any and all dirt on ‘Joe’ to discredit and demean him.
The obvious is that liberals now are seathing with hatred toward Joe.

McCain insulted the nation by choosing Palin and she twisted the knife by accepting. McCain knows better and Palin’s only saving grace is she’s too stupid to know better.
Thanks for Burning Palin so early in her career McCain! The GOP is readying Bobby Jindal for 2012. Although I think he’s an accomplish politician, you wingnuts need to google him. That’s gonna be a HOOT!

News Flash:
The McCain/Palin campaign is broke, disparate, dysfunctional and can not match the Obama campaign war chest of funds.
18.. days left and counting
The “Rocker is Waiting” on John McCain.

Look up
All that money that Obama is spending and the $9 million its going to cost on each network on Oct 29.
The way he blows $$$ and you wanat him in charge of your checkbook.

Up front, yes I support Obama/Biden. This is not an assumption on my part on who is going to win. The only poll that matters is on Nov. 4.
Anyway…
I’m curious, McCain and Palin are starting to sound like they are giving hints of concession speeches. If this is a campaign tactic, I don’t think it will help with the supporters. I hope it’s not a tactic, because that will undermine his need to get out his supporters on Nov. 4.
McCain has sounded that way a couple of times over the last few days. Believe me, that’s not what I want. I want a clean, honest, and decent fight to the end. I don’t want to see him concede prematurely by any means. Would seem to tarnish him in an unnecessary way.
I understand the underdog theme. Makes sense and is typical in any election. Someone has to be the underdog and it’s worked before.
But I would also like to point out, it’s sounding more and more like Palin is done supporting McCain and trying to position herself for the future. She sounds like she’s throwing him under the bus at times. The proclamations of where she wants to campaign (go back to MI, etc.) and what she wants to bring up but “he won’t let me” stuff, sounds very self-serving and not good for the ticket.
I think that’s a betrayal of McCain. He’s the head of the ticket and he chose her. I can understand the need for self-preservation, if she feels like she’s not going to get where she wants to be. But if she’s trying to distance herself from him, that offends me. He didn’t have to choose her (in theory, I won’t pretend to know the rationale). He could have completely ignored suggestions that she be named. So this is how you treat the man who brought you out of obscurity? You bite the hand that feeds you?
I think McCain has been ill-served by everyone around him. I still wouldn’t agree with him politically, but I feel badly that so many, including his running mate, have stifled his message.

Jane, WE gave him that money to blow to get elected!!1 HaHaHaHAAA! If he didn’t spend it, he’d be betraying our trust.

bob, as a dem, i agree with you,
bobby j. should have been mccain pick.
he is smart, articulate, and actually being all those things the mccains tried to tell us sarah palin was.
sarah palin pales to bobby j.
bobby j. should have been mccain pick,
maybe things would have been a bit closer. not sure.

Lets just give you liberals the benifit of the doubt on all your arguments about Joe the plumber! Does that change the words that came out of Obama’s mouth? Say he was a McCain plant, so he is not licensed, does that change a damn thing Obama said? NO!
Reguardless if Obama thought he was talking to somebody who was undecided or a McCain plant, the words do not change!
Obama’s quote “I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody,” Obama told Wurzelbacher.
Sorry Obama and you liberals this is called redistriution of wealth and it is SOCIALIST! This is America and we are a country built on hard work not government handouts!
So get off Joe’s back, his private affairs do not change what Obama said! No matter how much you want to smear this guy or anybody that disagrees with Obama’s view point, it is on tape!
“I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody,” Obama told Wurzelbacher.
I love it

“Keep reminding them of who you are and what you achieved, Sarah Palin.”
Yes, like keep reminding them that you were found to have abused your power as Gov. of Alaska and how you commited unethical acts.
Remind them how you tried to convice people that since you can see Russia from Alaska (a very small island belonging to Alaska actually) that you are qualified to deal with leaders from around the world.
Remind people that you can’t take questions from reporters unless they have already proved that they are in the tank for the Republican party.
Keep reminding us of this kind of stuff PLEASE!!!!!

All that money that Obama is spending and the $9 million its going to cost on each network on Oct 29.
The way he blows $$$ and you wanat him in charge of your checkbook.
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Uh Jane,
If you didn’t know this, WE sent him that money just for that purpose.
See, WE believe in OUR candidates and are willing to back with OUR checkbooks!
Unlike a percentage of Republicans who are asking your VP choice to step down.

this is old….said;
I think McCain has been ill-served by everyone around him. I still wouldn’t agree with him politically, but I feel badly that so many, including his running mate, have stifled his message.
And you are exactly right….

Where the only place where gas is still above $4.00?
You’d never know… ‘that one – Alaska’!

Jane: When the election is over Obama will have run a campaign with a surplus of funds left-over, even after paying off Senator Clinton’s bills.

Jane
I GAVE BARACK MONEY TO SPEND HOWEVER HE SEE’S BEST!
HE HAS TO WIN FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH’S IDEA’S LET ALONE JOHN MCCAIN AND HIS ERATIC LEADERSHIP IS SOMETHING I CANT EVEN BARE TO THINK OFF!
THANK FOR REMINDING ME IM GOING TO GIVE BARACK SOME MORE MONEY IN YOUR HONOUR!
:)

Jane, regardless of how I’m doing, McCain 2008 version disgusts me and everytime I listen to Palin, I’m even more energized. She’s toast after this election in more ways than one.
Just like OJ was found innocent of murder, she’s gonna be cash strapped for the rest of her life due to Wooten and Monegan defamation and Civil rights lawsuits.

@Jane
Actually, he has to be licensed because the company he works for is only licensed to work in the city of Toledo and the state requires that he has a license, as well.
The only way he can work under his boss’ license is to work in the townships in Lucas County. They are NOT licensed to work in the county at all. Hence, he needs a license and has been working illegally.
Considering that he’s been with the company for six years and has NEVER taken even one step towards obtaining his license, I think he’s just caused his employer a lot of problems.
McCain’s campaign did him a great disservice by dragging him into the spotlight in the first place, but he caused himself a great many more. He enjoyed that spotlight a little too much for his own good.
Btw, he is legally registered to vote. That rumor was going around very early Thursday. He is obviously goes by his middle name, but is registered under his full name. Supposedly, there is a spelling error in his registration and I hope that will not cause him voting problems in Ohio.

Jane
Under Obama’s tax plan he will be able to get a lot of tax breaks and tax cuts. Perhaps if he saves that money he will be able to realize the American dream. I dispise dishonst people and I feel that the guy is just that.

Mike
You will be giving him more $$$$ he has to pay for all the programs he want

“Yes, let’s remember she is the Governor of Alaska who made her own luck, made her own success and didn’t get a lick of help from the east coast ivy leaguers or west coast computer nerds who take money for nothing and looted our 401ks.”
Why the resentment towards success? I thought it was good to go to Ivy League schools and get high paying jobs? If this is the logic of McCain supporters, I think I see the issues. Criticizing the most educated among us is just a way to keep the masses down. “You’re fine uneducated don’t listen to them.”
If you are better off then you were 8 years ago, then vote Republican. Vote in your best interest don’t rely stereotypes such as ‘East Coast Elite’ and ‘Media Elite’ these are just terms created by political strategists to keep the middle class divided.

Len,
Sarah, Tod, Palin Staffers and thstate of Alaska are about to be sued for millions by Wooten and Monegan for defamation and civil rights violations. And, there’s yet another investigation still open regarding the same issue. Too bad that Palin intiated that one herself and the Personnel Board appointed an aggressive Democratic lawyer to pursue it…oooops!

Posted by: Jane
Maybe the plumber has a dream to own the company.
Isn’t this the American Dream and you want to destory this.
NO JANE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS UNDER OBAMA’S TAX PLAN IT WILL BE EASIER FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO REACH THE AMERICAN DREAM.
THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT ALREADY (TOP 5%) CAN AFFORD TO GO BACK TO PAYING WHAT THEY DID UNDER CLINTON!!

“I cannot, in good conscience, support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who most need tax relief.”
John McCain 2001
OBVIOUSLY, HIS CONSCIENCE JUST DOESN’T BOTHER HIM ANYMORE.

Palin won’t answer any follow up questions about abusing her power in Alaska, and as Jake reported, has continued to make flatly false statements about the report’s findings.
Palin’s cowardice in hiding from the mainstream press is unprecedented.
My parents were going to vote for McCain but consider the choice of Palin an absolute deal breaker.
They’re both voting for Obama.

Jenny, I’m not worried aobut Sarah, she’s gonna get what she deserves, I think.
On the other hand, the way the extreme right flocks to Hannity, Limbaugh and O’Reilly, she might find a soft landing spot. Now that would burn my butt!

Speechwriters are MAKING her say things? Who’s pulling the strings on this puppet anyway?

Joe the “planted” plumber appears to be paying dearly for his 15 minutes in the limelight. How anyone can continue to consider McCain to be an honorable man these days, is beyond me. He may have been deserving of respect once (and after reading the Rolling stone article about him, even that is debatable), but now, in his relentless pursuit of the presidency using every dirty and dishonost tactic available to him, he no longer is worthy to be called that.

The whole thing is that Obama said he wants to take the money when you make so much and then he will give it to someone who doesn’t want to work hard for it.
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That’s a crock.
What Obama is saying is that tax codes have been instituted so those who make less money pay MORE as a percentage of income than those who are relatively well off.
A nurse making $40k per year to feed her family works her butt off. Does SHE not deserve a tax break?
This attitude that she wants a handout shows a true lack of understanding and the need for over simplification on your part.

from Mudflats:
UPDATE – CHAPTER TWO. BIZARRE COINCIDENCES
Joe’s father Robert Wurzelbacher has the same name as the son-in-law of Charles Keating.
Joe apparently used to live in North Pole, Alaska, just outside of Fairbanks. His son, seen standing next to him as he talked taxes with Barack Obama was born in North Pole. Joe made it down the stairs just in time to see his son delivered on the wood floor of their home… as reported in The Anchorage Daily News. I think I’ve had enough of Alaska in the news….can we stop now??

Jane
I DONT KNOW WHAT WORLD YOUR LIVING IN!!
UNDER JOHN MCCAIN PEOPLE MAKING 2.87 MILLION GET A TAX CUT OF $269.364
UNDER OBAMA THEY PAY $70118
UNDER JOHN MCCAIN PEOPLE MAKING $37,596 TO $66354 TAX CUT OF $319
UNDER OBAMA THOSE SAME PEOPLE GET $1042
WHY UNDER MCCAIN SHOULD THE RICH GET A $269.364 TAX CUT AND AVERAGE AMERICANS GET ONLY A $319.
OBAMA 08

AP/YAHOO POLL: OBAMA 44, MCCAIN 42
Rasmussen: Obama 50 McCain 46
Zogby: Obama 48 McCain 44
I believe this is now the 4th Poll that shows this race it within the margin of error. But you know what you should be worried about Dave? The undecided vote ranges from 5-12% depending on the poll, and if we have on average 8% undecided right now, not looking good for Obama!
Put your tape measure away, not time to measure the draps just yet!
Posted by: chuck | Oct 17, 2008 10:48:0
** Chuck you acting like McCain has a lead… VA shouldn’t even be in play and it is! That shows no one believes McLame! Plus I live in conservative VA and there are a lot of people that are mad at John McCain; so chucky if you don’t live here then don’t comment!

@ Jane
Unfortunately, the Joe the Plumber issue is feeding right into the problems that McCain has had with his campaign. He wasn’t vetted beforehand and it turned into an embarrassment for him.
They should have contacted the man before the debate, checked him out and then used him if he matched the message. You can’t try to make someone your poster boy to attack your opponent’s economic plan if it’s going to blow up in your face. It made McCain look like an idiot when Joe had to concede that actually Obama’s plan WOULD help him. The fact that he owes back taxes really doesn’t serve McCain well, either.
Joe should have simply said thanks but not thanks to interviews. Honestly, I think he saw this as his 15 minutes and decided to go for it.
Bad tactic all the way around. They pounced when they didn’t know all the facts about him. Sure, facts are spun. That’s the nature of politics and it’s done by both sides. I think we all know that and are used to it. Sometimes, it drives me crazy, but it’s just the way things are.

McCain stated that American corporations pay 35% in taxes.
That statement is NOT TRUE! It’s just another misleading statement from the McCain campaign. (Notice they do that alot – especially in their ads.)
Whlie the tax code reflects a 35% rate, the ACTUAL amount paid by the Fortune 500 was LESS THAN 18% last year.
I pay MORE than that, and I’m only making $50k/year. I work 50-60 hours per week. Screw those who say I’m asking for a handout!
Why do McCain and the Pub supporters have a problem with corporations paying their share of the burden in America?
It’s not about “handouts”, it’s about equality. Republican economic policy has catered to the wealthy. That’s a fact. And McCain wants to do the same.
But when you have 7 houses and 13 cars, had a sliver spoon your whole life, and you’re married to an heiress, I can see where you would be out of touch with 90% of America.

Awww, the flame thrower herself gets depressed from her media coverage. Amazing!!! Talk about dishing it but not being able to take it. How pathetic.

Mike of NC
Here is another Poll from today
AP/YAHOO POLL: OBAMA 44, MCCAIN 42

I am a republican who being a female is disgusted with my party and Mrs. Palin. I feel she is not qualified to be any where but on SNL as her being able to run our county is hilarious. I will be voting DEMOCRATE for the first time in my voting life and I will do it with the utmost confidence that we will be much better off with someone who cares for the middle class and not the upper class who can’t even remember how many houses or cars he owns.
Have you ever took a look back to when Mr. Clinton was in office how much were we paying for health care, fuel even something as small as a loaf of bread. 8 years later BUSH has put us in the XXX,XXX,XXX,XXX in debt borrowing from CHINA. GET A CLUE AMERICA this is not going to change unless we VOTE a DEMOCRATE in office.
AND before you all start bashing OBAMA about Ayres he WAS 8 years old when this occured and then he was on Commities with him along with other REPUBLICANS so palling around in not correct. This was only used to bring hate and scare tactics to light. WEll I am more afraid of Palin possibly being president than this. I can only imagine what she would do she would talk about seeing RUSSIA from her home and that she can’t recall the last time she read something. This from someone who went to 5 colleges………….Maybe there was a reason she bought her deploma.
I know that for the last 8 years me and my husband have worked harder for less. I remember 10 years ago we could go on vacation not to many cares in world. We saved well 8 years with BUSH and guess what we have no savings, and our children will have to be the ones who will suffer for our voting mistakes NOT THIS YEAR. CHANGE WILL BE OBAMA someone who actually cares about the middle class not the upper class with HOW MANY HOMES AND CARS?

What Really Bothers Liberals:
Just keep holding those poll numbers as
your souvenir of ’08. Dream on…

What Really Bothers Liberals: It’s OK to be optimistic, but don’t fool yourself; this election is still tight and it could still go either way. There WILL be an October surprise of some sort- a false accusation of an Obama affair with just enough meat to get air time, an Osama Bin Laden tape release endorsing Obama (similar to how he helped Bush get re-elected), a terrorist attack in a Texas mall, an unsourced FBI leak about a fraud investigation of Obama, etc. The only question is if it will be big enough to change the balance.
The election is not won, Obama supporters need to continue working hard to get the word out and answer peoples questions and concerns with the facts.
Posted by: jhw539 | Oct 17, 2008 11:00:26 AM
* you’re sick but remember John McCain is the adulterer not Obama so watch your mouth!

“McCain is within the margin of error”
McCain’s views are marginal and in error.

I agree completely with Gov. Palin: everytime I watch the behavior of her and her running mate, I become depressed and fervently pray. However, I suspect my prayers are far differcnt from hers.

irmermaid: “they will only air negative stories about one candidate and positive and stories on another.”
This is a lie, and the sad thing is that everyone who has a TV remembers the weeks of Rev. Wright headlining, watched the debate where Ayers was presented in the very question, has heard about Rezko for so long they can’t remember the first mention, and remembers less than two months ago when Obama’s experience was presented as comparable to Palin’s (mayor of a town of thousands versus state senator representing over a million – please).
Obama’s dirty laundry has been aired for almost two years now. You can’t complain just because there isn’t more of it or because the majority of American’s aren’t willing to buy a tinfoil hat from you.

The AP is very liberal

HP,
your ACORN argument is exactly what is WRONG with this election cycle, particularly the McCain campaign.
McCain himself has worked with ACORN #1.
#2. ACORN registers voters but DOESN’T CAST VOTES, therefore, NO VOTING FRAUD!!
Unfortunately, ACORN employees do have voter registration quotas to get filled and working without supervision, some take advantage of the situation to fill out registration forms themselves raather than cavass for propspective voters.
NOW, what you either DON’T KNOW or CHOOSE TO IGNORE, is that by law, ACORN has to turn in EVERY registration it receives to PREVENT culling. Therefore, ACORN attempts to flag suspect registrations prior to submitting them which intitiates investigatory efforts to identify those responsible for fraudulent registrations.
the suspicious nature of theis whole issue is that these investigations tend to be in GOP strongholds and publicized just in time for the election to be construed as right wing propaganda!

The polls have tightened a bit because polling has shifted from RV to LV. LV is based on models of who will actually turn out.
But a quick check of realclearpolitics shows the average is still 6.8 for Obama. Today’s Battleground poll even increased Obama’s lead to 10 (lv).
There is not a single poll with McCain in the lead.

Hey What Really Bothers Liberals:
Not attacking just stating facts! The mainstream media has done everything but swear in Obama. Coming out with B.S. Polls showing him with a 10-14 point lead! When true polling shows a much different story
You are right I do not live in Virginia but According to ACORN I can still vote there! So can a lot of people who dont live in Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, oh there are just to many states for me to type, but you get the picture dont you?
Don’t you worry yourself, McCain will win this election and than you can go back to your conservative friends and ask they why they voted for McCain

Bubba
With all the $$$ Obama is spending he should be way ahead. Why is that not working for him?

The whole thing is that Obama said he wants to take the money when you make so much and then he will give it to someone who doesn’t want to work hard for it.
** Okay not sure if you work in the real world but most people know the less you make the more you work. So for these millionaires to be crying doesn’t affect me. People automatically think if people don’t make a lot of money then they don’t work… well the credit market is horrible and it was because of these incredibly rich people at the bank not caring about the economy giving out loans to folks who couldn’t afford it.. and then when the tables turned, it was the American people who had to BAIL them out.. so some dumb people in here thinks it okay to hand over the nation to the ‘deregulator?’ what sense does that make? People talking about Government this government that, we need some government to take responsibility. We pay them every year to do work for us, not just the 5% of the nation. So John McLame can take that tax code and shove it up his ‘you know what.’ If he wants to win, he needs a new tax code its as simple as that because if we keep it the same then people won’t vote for him because 80% of Americans think the country is going in the wrong direction. DUH!! McLame come up w/ something new!

Bubba
With all the $$$ Obama is spending he should be way ahead. Why is that not working for him?
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When you couple RNC spending with McCain’s, they are not that far from Obama. They just have constraints on how to help each other.
But being up in the polls is up in the polls. Its better than being down in the polls.
And really this is shifting to a state by state race. All of the fighting is in the red states and Obama is currently up 8 in VA (rcp average). If he holds it he wins.

When will the American people get to see Governor Palin on Meet the Press, Face the Nation, Jim Leher, or some other news source?
she only goes to FOX and they refuse to ask her a question involving thought.

irmermaid, Ms. Palin is so unqualified she has taken fewer questions from the press than Joe the Plumber. That should bother you. Did you even notice in the last debate that Obama didn’t even try to criticize her when asked by the moderator about VP picks? The reason is that McCain’s VP pick is more helpful to Obama. She is photogenic, personable, and tough, but she is not qualified to be the Vice President of the United States of America. Conservative after conservative continue to jump from the GOP because of this careless pick by McCain. Google Christopher Buckley, Christopher Hitchens, Matthew Dowd, Kathleen Parker, and Andrew Sullivan. Read what these conservatives have to say about Ms. Palin.
I have no problem with a female VP and I do think she is steely tough, but she isn’t qualified.

FROM US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
A while back I chatted with a University of Chicago professor who was a frequent lunch companion of Obama’s. This professor said that Obama was as close to a full-out Marxist as anyone who has ever run for president of the United States. Now, I tend to quickly dismiss that kind of talk as way over the top. My working assumption is that Obama is firmly within the mainstream of Democratic politics. But if he is as free with that sort of redistributive philosophy in private as he was on the campaign trail this week, I have no doubt that U of C professor really does figure him as a radical. And after last night’s debate, a few more Americans might think that way, too. McCain’s best line: “Now, of all times in America, we need to cut people’s taxes. We need to encourage business, create jobs, not spread the wealth around.”

People do not waste your time reading,
watching or believing any of the so called news from ABC,NBC,CBS,or CNN,we all know that are D.L.S.C. party members and they are for Obama. They will say and do anything to get Obama elected. They will attack anyone who dares ask a question of their Great Leader B.H.O. Leave these sites to
D.L.S.C. Party Members.

I’m glad the polls are closing because it energizes us even more to get out the vote for “Barack Steve Obama”

McCain’s best line: “Now, of all times in America, we need to cut people’s taxes. We need to encourage business, create jobs, not spread the wealth around.”
Posted by: pennsylvaniavoter | Oct 17, 2008 11:16:21 AM
** right but he NEVER TELLS US HOW! It’s okay to say you’re going to do something but when Barack talked about creating 5 million green jobs, investing in American and finding a responsible way to drill, these are the things that Americans are waiting to hear from McCain! He won’t say it because he doesn’t have a plan; All he does is point the finger to everyone who doesn’t agree with him instead of thinking about why in the world his campaign hasn’t started talking about real issues. He says he can do everything BUT HE NEVER SAYS HOW!

–Lookup
The media, I think, only focused on Rev. Wright because it wasn’t a republican against Obama then, but Hillary; the media was conflicted so they let the controversy brew. But with McCain on the other side, the media downplays Ayers, Wright, Acorn, Rezko, etc.

People do not waste your time reading,
watching or believing any of the so called news from ABC,NBC,CBS,or CNN,we all know that are D.L.S.C. party members and they are for Obama. They will say and do anything to get Obama elected. They will attack anyone who dares ask a question of their Great Leader B.H.O. Leave these sites to
D.L.S.C. Party Members.
Posted by: ROG | Oct 17, 2008 11:18:12 AM
** you forgot FOX NEWS.. they are the worst station out there!

Blame the speechwriters – doesn’t she have a mind of her own. After all she attended college for 6 years for journalism.
She has not done that much for Alaska, nor will she do anything for the whole nation.
She’s really a blond who dyed her hair!!

Mack
PEOPLE WHO WHINE ABOUT ACORN ARE NUTS!
DID YOU KNOW UP UNTILL LAST WEEK THE RNC WEBSITE HAD A LINK TO ACORN ??
DID YOU KNOW ACORN REGISTERED 40% REPUBLICAN ? THE RNC DID IT PUT THE INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE UNTILL LAST WEEK!

CAPTION: “I am not President Bush, if you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run 4 years ago”
That simple and direct line completely debunked the Democrats’ entire campaign strategy, and I can assure you it will stay in the minds of most Americans, specially when they hear Obama making said case against McCain. Of course, John McCain could have also continued on this line of attack and point out the fact that the reason Obama only attacks him by using the “Bush’s Third Time” bid is because he is a sniveling COWARD.
Obama knows that he can only run effectively against a man who is not there to defend himself. Think about this for a moment. His entire strategy is aimed at campaigning against a person who is not present! They know that John McCain, on his part, is not going to spend much time defending Bush because he has NEVER LIKED HIM!
Unlike Obama, McCain HAS ACTUALLY RAN against President Bush in a major election.
If you really want to see the relationship among Bush and McCain, all you have to do is watch the debates and policy conflicts among these two men to realize that they are quite different.
So when it all goes down, and you wish to really grasp Obama’s sleaziness, simply consider the fact that he continuously attacks a man who is not there to respond. Consider the fact that he has consistently failed to give any reason why McCain should not be Commander in Chief and hasn’t even given a reason why HE should be one either.

Unlike Obama, McCain HAS ACTUALLY RAN against President Bush in a major election
** Also remember the Republican party THOUGHT PRESIDENT BUSH WAS BETTER THAN JOHN MCLAME.. SHOULDN’T WE TRUST THEIR JUDGMENT?

“PEOPLE WHO WHINE ABOUT ACORN ARE NUTS!
DID YOU KNOW UP UNTILL LAST WEEK THE RNC WEBSITE HAD A LINK TO ACORN ??
DID YOU KNOW ACORN REGISTERED 40% REPUBLICAN ? THE RNC DID IT PUT THE INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE UNTILL LAST WEEK! ”
Lets see; who gave them over 800k, who represented them as an attorney, who was their star trainer that taught new recruits some of the sleazy tactics that they now employ?

Being a prisoner of war doesn’t qualify John McCain to be my President.
Being an executive from Alaska and abusing your power doesn’t qualify Sarah Palin to be my President.
The Republican party won’t call me out for not being patriotic.. McCain sold his soul to become the Republican nominee… but it doesn’t qualify him to become my President.

“Barack talked about creating 5 million green jobs”
Obama never created a job in his life. Governments don’t create jobs, Joe the plumber creates jobs.
Barack talked about -that’s all he ever does. talk

“I’m glad the polls are closing because it energizes us even more to get out the vote for “Barack Steve Obama”"
from Mack
‘Do you work for ACORN? How many bums did you bribe with cigarettes today?’
actually mack, i’m an engineer whose company will advantage from Obamas proposals so keep talking down to us.

Sarah Palin is EXACTLY who we need as our Vice President. She is tough and down to earth.
Way to go Sarah!!!!!
McCain-Palin ’08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Really Bothers Liberals
I’ll give you an example of what doesn’t work, the govt. interfering with energy. Here in Pa, Rendell is spending a ton of our money investing in ethanol, it is not working. No one in Pa. is using more ethanol. The price of corn has gone up leading to higher food prices because the farmers who used to grow other things are now diverting all of their crops to corn because the govt. is inflating the price. This creates other food shortages leading to higher prices in everything. So now we are spending money on an alternative energy that is not likely to work. We also have wind energy that is mostly driven by the private sector, it is booming. We have windmills going up everywhere, they are employing more people all of the time.
We also have a huge reserve of natural gas not being subsidized. This is also booming, it is estimated that it will pump billions of dollars into our economy. So we have wind and natural gas that is booming or ethanol which is failing and not likely to produce one drop of feasible alternative fuel for decades to come.

Truth Hurts the GOP – if you only make 50k, are single and do not itemize the most tax you pay, which is the highest at “single” is 6743 which is less than 18&%. Corporations pay 15% on profits of less than 50K and it goes up from there to as high as 38%. Profits of $100000 – $350000 where Joe the Plumber falls into are 35% this is where Obama wants to raise it from. The IRS lists this information on their website under 1040 and 1120 forms for all to see.

Mr. Jake Tapper,
Where is your blog post on the report the Secret Service indicated as unfounded allegations at McCain/Palin rally? Is the MSM going to retract on this? Will Congressman Lewis post an apology nationwide for his ridiculous attacks or the MSM is now more interested in destroying Joe the Plumber, an ordinary guy with tax concerns?

HERO
Isn’t it odd that when McCain ran against Bush he proposed tax policies that were very similar to Obama’s?
Now, with his newly found conservatism, he has become just like Bush.
He’s flopped on the majority of issues he claims to have “stood up to his party”. But let’s just let the self proclaimed maverick sum it up for us ok?
ORIGINAL STANCE ON BUSH TAX CUTS:
“I cannot, in good conscience, support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of middle-class Americans who most need tax relief.”
AND IN HIS OWN WORDS:
TIM RUSSERT: The fact is you are different than George Bush.
SEN. McCAIN: No. No. The fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
You ARE correct about one thiong though. That DOES resonate!

MORE ACORN FRAUD: New Mexico
Can anyone be surprised at this news anymore?
Public records released in New Mexico today confirm that fraudulent voter registrations are in fact turning into fraudulent votes.
ACORN, currently under investigation by the FBI, is now confirmed to be responsible for producing fraudulent voter registrations and illegal votes in New Mexico. An inspection of public records has revealed that illegal votes were cast in New Mexico’s 2008 primary election.
“This is a bombshell. We now have undeniable proof that a significant number of fraudulent voters were cast in Democrat primary races for the New Mexico state legislature as a result of ACORN’s voter registration fraud,” remarked State Representative Justine Fox Young (R-Albuquerque).
“No longer can ACORN argue that their phony voter registration forms don’t translate into fraudulent votes. They do and today we can prove it.”
“It is safe to say that the number of illegal votes being cast dwarfs the 366 votes that decided the 2000 Presidential election in New Mexico,” said Nina Martinez, Secretary for the Republican Party of New Mexico.

“LETS TALK ABOUT MCCAIN TAXING OUR HEALTH INSURANCE ”
Lets talk about how either program will be funded. I guess we can always print more money.

You forgot about the part of her speech where she said she enjoys being in the “Pro-America” states. Ask her which are the other states that aren’t ‘Pro-America’. And ask her whether the Alaska Independence Party is Pro-America.

MCCAINS HEALTHCARE POLICY MCCAINS HEALTHCARE POLICY MCCAINS HEALTHCARE POLICY I WANT TO KNOW WHY AM I GONNA BE TAXED WHEN MY EMPLOYER ALREADY TAKES MONEY OUT OF MY SALARY FOR MY BENIFITS?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Posted by: Angie | Oct 17, 2008 11:44:31 AM
** what they also don’t understand Angie is they would be in another tax bracket which would make them PAY MORE IN TAXES… it’s sad how many know so little isn’t it?

“Public records released in New Mexico today confirm that fraudulent voter registrations are in fact turning into fraudulent votes. ”
Lets highlight this paragraph for all of the bots, since their ACORN talking point is that there is nothing wrong with registration fraud, because it doesn’t result in real votes.

“”Barack talked about creating 5 million green jobs”
Obama never created a job in his life. Governments don’t create jobs, Joe the plumber creates jobs.
Barack talked about -that’s all he ever does. talk ”
Those imaginary green collar jobs again.
The Greatest Show on Earth. There’s a $ucker born every minute.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 17, 2008 11:38:33 AM
** How funny… neither has McLame!

my question is if MCCAIN SAID LETS NOT RAISE TAXES WHY DID HE ADMIT TO TAXING HEALTHCARE SO IF THIS IS THE CASE HES RASING TAXES AND LOOKS LIKE UNDER MCCAINS HEALTHCARE POLICY MORE AND MORE PEOPLE WILL BE UNINSURED?

Angie
me to why does Mccain want to tax my healthcare ??

now sarah palin can start talking about how she is a POW
Prisoner of Writers
so, did the speech writers tell her, wel will give you the substance of what to say, and when you start to forget,
just add a “gosh darnit’ and a golly and geewhiz here and there until you can remember what we told you to say.

”
Public records released in New Mexico today confirm that fraudulent voter registrations are in fact turning into fraudulent votes. ”
Lets highlight this paragraph for all of the bots, since their ACORN talking point is that there is nothing wrong with registration fraud, because it doesn’t result in real votes.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 17, 2008 11:50:14 AM
** THe person above is an example of those cry babies I was talking about… what about FLORIDA in 2004?? HUH?? Republicans steal elections all the time..”
I’m not okay with anyone cheating. I’ve never voted for a Republican in my life, although I will vote for one in this election.

The truth is that more and more companies are dropping health insurance not increasing it. You are not going to be able to rely on your employer to give you coverage in the future. It is cheaper for them at this point just to give you a raise so you can buy your own health insurance and that is the way it should be. Maybe you should look into the price of how much it actually costs to have an employee in this day and age and you wouldn’t have to wonder why they are going overseas and it also wouldn’t take a degree in rocket science to figure out that you don’t force them to give you more and raise their taxes at the same time.

What really bugs McCainiacs is not that the real Joe the Plumber is not a plumber and will get a tax cut under Obama. What really bugs them is that Joe the Plumber is being dragged down by attention to George the Prfesident.

“The truth is that more and more companies are dropping health insurance not increasing it. You are not going to be able to rely on your employer to give you coverage in the future. It is cheaper for them at this point just to give you a raise so you can buy your own health insurance and that is the way it should be. Maybe you should look into the price of how much it actually costs to have an employee in this day and age and you wouldn’t have to wonder why they are going overseas and it also wouldn’t take a degree in rocket science to figure out that you don’t force them to give you more and raise their taxes at the same time.”
But the evil job creating rich must pay!

“I’ve never voted for a Republican in my life”
Mack uncoils his whopper of the day.

Still waiting for a source on this ACORN bombshell Hero and Concerned in OH…

The truth is that more and more companies are dropping health insurance not increasing it. You are not going to be able to rely on your employer to give you coverage in the future. It is cheaper for them at this point just to give you a raise so you can buy your own health insurance and that is the way it should be. Maybe you should look into the price of how much it actually costs to have an employee in this day and age and you wouldn’t have to wonder why they are going overseas and it also wouldn’t take a degree in rocket science to figure out that you don’t force them to give you more and raise their taxes at the same time.
Posted by: pennsylvaniavoter | Oct 17, 2008 11:56:45 AM
** and whats $5000 going to do when the average plan cost $12000… will one of you McLame supporters answer that question?

Re: ACORN
I am old enough to remember only two electrions you could pretty well documnet were stolen. LBJ’s primary election to the US Senate in 1948 and George Bush’s election as President in 2000. ACORN wasn’t involved in either.

McCain’s all talk without discussing plans or ideas.. For me, it’s all about helping man kind, now, and not being selfish or greedy.. I rather help as many as I can while living then wait until i’m dead.. Not all people are lazy, uncaring or hateful and maybe nothing will solve all the perils of this Nation and World in any one’s lifetime.. However, I rather make contributions to help as many as I can.. Their will always be good and bad in each race, this may never change, yet I fell the good will always out number all others and they’ll help change the direction of this Nation and World..

“”I’ve never voted for a Republican in my life”
Mack uncoils his whopper of the day. ”
It may be hard for you to believe, but it’s the truth. And if Hillary was the nominee, then I wouldn’t have to.

Mack, Just googled the woman with the ‘bombshell’ quote, looks like she’s talking about the registration stuff, not actual voters. I’m happy to read the story myself if someone wants to provide a source.
Hero, Concerned in OH?
Right wing blog maybe?

Sarah Palin is despicable!!!! She lies all the time. This lady has been found to abused her power as Governor of Alaska just last week. This week two ;aw suits against her have been brought. Multiple ethics complaints now lodged against her. This lady and her husband have pursued a vendetta to have a trooper her brother in-law fired since 2005. Top litigation attorneys say law suits likely quite high. Laws broken and/or attempted to break laws. The Ethics Baord now investigating more is appointed by Sarah Palin herself. Now the wait to see what findings are.
This lady is quite dangerous and dishonest!!! McCain is same!!! I am registered Republican, but have had it. Assassination enticement has been last straw. Get this – FBI isn’t doing anything. They are blocking all the news medias from interviewing audiences. Talk about Republican controlled suppression of news and our freedom to know truth. Bush is supporting FBI not to let public know how dangerous Palin-McCain have become. More shouts of “kill him” occurred again this week!! FBI keeps saying found nothing. News media is upset!! I am scared something dangerous and horrible is going to occur!!

“”** and whats $5000 going to do when the average plan cost $12000… will one of you McLame supporters answer that question? ”
Say hello to:
“The annual premium for single coverage averaged over $4,400.”
source: National Coalition on Health Care’
OOOPPPS! Another liberal lie debunked.

Jake,
an Oh that Joe moment. lies to Ellen about supporting gay marriage. or did he lie to us during the debate?
Clinton got ACORNed during the primaries.ACORN endorsed Obama and got $800,000 from him to commit voter fraud.

Oh, Jane………
I thought the whole purpose of was to make money for promoting for your campaign. thats why there are all those fancy dinners for thousands of $. Might I add that I can not afford these dinners.
Just because Obama sought a new avenue to raise money and came out ahead of the amount Mc Cain has does not make him the lessor of the two. This just proves that Obama is living in the current.
On Palin asking them not to make her say “Joe the plumber” please…. is laughable and is more the scream of a pig than the bark of a pitbull. At this point they should be telling her exactly what to say as her own words are childish at best.

“I like how flexible Liberals principles are when it comes to vote fraud.”
I love how right wingers take 28 alleged fraudulent votes to justify voter suppression and delegitamize an election they are losing.
I also love how right wingers day in day out defend conservative policies and blast liberal ones. Only to turn around and claim they are big supporters of a liberal Democrat like Hillary Clinton.
You are a fraud.

I’m glad to hear so many on the right are worried about voter fraud. Where were they during the last two elections? If they are so worried, how about maiking sure every vote has a paper trail?! Oh yeah, that might mean the election was fair and the republicans could not manipulate the vote

“The annual premium for single coverage averaged over $4,400.”
source: National Coalition on Health Care’
OOOPPPS! Another liberal lie debunked.”
Single people only get $2500 under McCain’s plan, families get $5000.
Oppps another right wing exposed.

WADE RATHKE: ACORN’S FOUNDER, AYERS’ COMPATRIOT
The lines of evidence now converge: the founder of ACORN was Wade Rathke, who, like William Ayers, was a member of the Students for a Democratic Society. The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the student organization founded in 1960 as part of the New Left, was the gateway drug to the Weather Underground.
In the early sixties, many in the SDS reluctantly supported Lyndon Johnson for president in 1964, and grainy black-and-white pictures show clean-cut men and women registering southern blacks to vote. Tom Hayden was amongst this group. But that was then.
By 1969, their Great Society liberalism had been co-opted by Marxists, Maoists, Spartacists, and other assorted revolutionary groups. They were no longer interested in change, but overthrowing the government. It was during this time that Wade Rathke first came into contact with Bill Ayers.

CONCERNED IN OHIO
So you agree with Mccain taxing people on their health insurance THEN YOU WONDER WHY HE IS SINKING IN THE POLLS FASTER THEN THE TITANTIC

cONCERED OHIO
“Guess what happens when the employer doesn’t have the cost of healthcare? Your paycheck goes up.”
YEAH RIGHT WHAT A LOAD I HAVE STAFF WE PAY ONLY WHAT WE HAVE TO!
THE TRUTH IS EMPLOYERS WILL POCKET THE MONEY!!
LESS PEOPLE WILL HAVE HEALTHCARE!!
YOU KNOW IT I KNOW IT! QUIT THE BS!

Concerned in OH: “I know you liberals have never hired anyone or know what its like to run a business,”
Oh, you mean like that Warren Buffet guy who is on the stump for Obama?

The Rasmussen poll for today, one of the most scientific of them all, has it 50% for Obama, 46% for McCain. The poll noted that it is the 22ND STRAIGHT DAY THAT OBAMA HAS HAD A LEAD OF BETWEEN 4 AND 8 POINTS.

So I assume that the ex FBI agents would be equally concerned that the repulican vice presidential candidate has ties to a group that wants to secede from the union and that her husband is a member of that organization.

Mack: “…a tipster told.”
But the lobster were humanely euthanized before being devoured. Iranian caviar? Nice touch. Compliments of Ahmadinejad?”
Why do Republicans even bother to attribute their lies to “a tipster” anymore? It seems that they are perfectly OK with just lying outright. And why do we care about them having a nice meal – do you think Senators typically have hot dogs and beer for lunch?
At this point McCain’s ‘honorable’ campaign has gone from embarrassing to laughable.

Concerned in OH: “You clearly don’t know how competitive the market it is for good employees.”
Yes, the rapidly increasing unemployment numbers are a sure sign of a competitive employment market in Republican Reality.

CONCERNED IN OHIO
You right wing nut The Democrats dont tax social security, that is taken out of your salary for when you retire and get Social Security that money is suppose to come back to you BUT EXPLAIN TO ME HOW IN THE H== MCCAIN TAXING HEALTH INSURANCE IS GONNA COME BACK TO YOU?

It is now day 2 after the “Joe the Plumber” debate, and Obama has a 4 point lead nationally. Once more a McCain tactic has backfired. That campaign is like the Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. LOL.

CONCERNED IN OHIO
LIKES TO RAISE TAXES!

“Apparently letting people make their own healthcare choices”
How are you giving people more choices by punishing them for getting healthcare thru their employer?
McCain’s health care plan punishes 50% of the people who currently have insurance by taxing their employer provided benefits.

RYAN C
Thats right people who have Health Insurance through their Employers about half of the country does, MCCAIN WILL PUNISH! AND TAX YOU! For people who dont have Insurance Mccain could care less I have not heard how he will help the Uninsured become Insured

The bottom line is that employers get lower premiums because they are part of a pool. Without that pool, individuals will pay higher premiums.
Concerned in OH sounds like Sarah Palin trying to talk about this stuff. Since Concerned likes Sarah that will be a compliment in Concerned’s eyes.

Mack: “Does [Warren Buffet] actually create jobs or does he buy stakes in existing companies?” If he *were* a Republican, then at this very moment you would be touting the thousands of jobs that he’s created.

Ellen show Joe Six-term
Biden also told DeGeneres, who recently married actress Portia de Rossi, that he opposed Proposition 8, an amendment on California’s November ballot which would amend the state constitution to define marriage as solely between one man and one woman.
Debate Joe Six-Term
“Asked if he would support gay marriage, Biden said: “No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage
Now that Joe Biden is a real three letter word. L-I-E

“My insurance now costs over $4000 annually (and that’s thru the company). If that disappears, I will have McCain’s $2500 tax credit to find health insurance. ”
You must have a Rolls Royce plan that includes implants because mine costs $382 per year thru my employer.

During the Keating Five scandal, McCain was cited for “poor judgment.” Nothing he has done since then has improved his judgment:
Picked Palin
Tapped Phill Gramm as economic advisor
Wants to tax your health benefits
Launched a negative campaign
Hired Rick Davis to manage campaign
Hired 19 former Freddie/Fannie lobbyists
Pals with convicted felon Gordon Liddy
Spiritual advice from Revs. Hagee & Parsley
Against women’s health issues
Used an unvetted Joe the Plumber, backfiring

“Mack: “Does [Warren Buffet] actually create jobs or does he buy stakes in existing companies?” If he *were* a Republican, then at this very moment you would be touting the thousands of jobs that he’s created.”
Actually I was being serious. I don’t know if he has actually ever started a business or if he just buys stakes in them.

Obama = cool, calm, intelligent, deliberate, reasoned
McCain = hot-headded, impulsive, reactionary, angry, reckless
Who do you want to have access to the “football” with the nuclear missile launch codes?

pennsylvaniavoter, did you read that report? they prefer Obama’s plan.

WHY DOES JOHN MCCAIN WANT TO CUT $880 BILLION FROM MEDICARE ???
THATS WRONG!!!
WHEN FL HEARS ABOUT THIS IT SHOULD BE OVER!

“From Health Systems Analysis, health care consulting firm.”
Actually the report is from mcCain’s website & HSI Networks
NPR walks us thru the phony report.
1. The analysis is by Minnesota-based HSI Network LLC.
2. The lead author is Roger Feldman, University of Minnesota, health economics professor.
3. Feldman is longtime advocate of so-called “consumer-driven” health plans, the name given by its advocates to the free market fundamentalism described above.
4. Feldman’s frequent academic and writing partner is fellow U. MN professor Stephen Parente.
5. Stephen Parente is also a co-owner the HSI Network LLC. the company that that did the pro-McCain report.
6. McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin cited Stephen Parrente as a co-author of the McCain health plan.
7. QED: Left hand, meet right hand.

If she were actually interested in winning, Sarah would actually listen to her boss. She has a tin ear for what Americans want and need, listening only to the choir of her particular church. Which is fine by me. She has been a pox on McCain’s campaign, with greater negatives than any other person in the race. Sarah’s lament sounds a lot like Joe McCarthy’s — “I’m falling into the abyss and it’s only because the press is lying to America — real Americans believe me!” People have seen and heard more of these candidates directly than any in history. Clips, transcripts, full video of speeches, discussion groups are all available in vastly greater quantity than ever before. This campaign is probably the most directly followed we’ve ever had. TV and the major media outlets mean less than ever — look at their ad revenues and the number of failing papers and networks! Sarah’s lament is a direct reflection of her inability to grasp how America and Americans do not agree or even like her brand of politics.

Mccain wants to cut 800 billon dollars from MEDICARE well young folks if Mccain is elected I feel bad for Granda Ma and Grand Pa he wants to cut 800 billion dollars for MEDICARE THATS SAD!

“Among the images that greeted visitors to the John McCain campaign office in Pompano Beach this week was a sign headlined “Barrack Hussein Obama” that compared the Democratic presidential candidate to Karl Marx, Adolf Hitler and Fidel Castro.
Shown a picture of the sign Thursday night, Broward Republican Chairman Chip LaMarca said he was “disgusted” by it and would immediately go to the office and remove it.
“I’m speechless at the ignorance,” LaMarca said. “It’s not something we can condone.
“We’re trying to promote positive messages for our candidates. I understand people want their candidate to win. It’s ridiculous. I’ll find out who put it up there, and maybe they’ll volunteer somewhere else.”
Another made up story like the “kill him” lie that was debunked by the Secret Service?

“One of Warren Buffets first holdings Nebraska Furniture Mart now buys 70%-80% of its furniture from China whereas they used to buy it in North Carolina.”
Obama’s $3000 tax credit per employee will get those jobs back.

With regard to HSI from McCain’s website.
Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health care don’t hire analysts for political purposes. A consulting firm wouldn’t be in business long is they didn’t perform unbiased analysis.

“A consulting firm wouldn’t be in business long is they didn’t perform unbiased analysis.”
When the consulting firm does analysis on a plan one of the firm’s co owners wrote they will stay in business because they cater to Republicans
Republicans love to hire biased firms to conduct bogus studies to back up their talking points.

Mr. Voter:
Sarah did it the old-fashioned way, sure. Barack and Michelle did it the same way. Except they did it better. Lower income families, tough starts, worked hard. Then, Occidental, Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard Law. Sarah didn’t have the ability or drive to achieve at their level. She needs to face facts that she still comes up short compared to her competition. The only silver spoon candidate in the race is her boss. McCain/Palin may be the least distinguished ticket any major party has run in this country’s history. The opposite of elitism is not ignorance, though that seems to be the claim. We’ve had an experience with a ne’er do well, dim son of an accomplished father that hasn’t turned out so well. This time, let’s not vote for dumb simply because we like the little homespun story. Surely, Voter, we are all smarter than to fall for that.
As for what has worked for her, the response of real Americans in the polls says it all. More Americans dislike her than like her. She is the most disliked of the four folks on the major tickets. I have a hard time thinking anyone should tell the majority of Americans that they are wrong in judging whom they should like. Just wouldn’t be the American Way!

One of the best lines about Sarah I’ve seen goes like this:
“Ready for VP? Hell, she’s not even ready to be interviewed without her boss on camera with her!”
Imagine, if you will, Sarah on Meet the Press, Firing Line, This Week, 60 Minutes, Nightline, NewsHour, Face the Nation, even Chris Wallace’s bit on Fox. The campaign isn’t brilliant, but it’s not completely stupid either. Putting Sarah with that group, a routine circuit for even the most ordinary candidate, would be like tossing a pit bull puppy into a shark feeding frenzy. Nothing left but the lipstick, glasses and and a flag brooch.

Ryan C
So Obama hires his analysts to analyze his plan to his benefit. McCain hires analysts to his benefit.
Factcheck.org is liberally biased but all of the news agencies use them to make their points.
What is your point? That Harvard, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United and others are all Republicans. I doubt that.
The truth is that many independent analysts have assessed the major problems facing our health care system, and McCain’s plan addresses more of them than Obama’s.
Policymakers can address the problems of churning and uninsurance by making three major changes:
*
Congress should change federal tax law to provide direct tax relief to individuals and families for the purchase of health insurance coverage. This would enable them to own their coverage and take it with them from job to job. Portability of coverage is the chief remedy for the instability of the existing health insur­ance markets.
*
Until Congress makes these changes, state policymakers should redesign state health insurance markets to promote personal own­ership of health plans, enabling individuals and families to keep coverage regardless of employ­ment changes.
*
State and federal policymakers should reform public health programs, notably Medicaid and SCHIP, guaranteeing enrollees a reliable, predict­able funding stream for health care while design­ing assistance so that they can use it to buy private coverage, thus facilitating a seamless transition into private coverage. The right wel­fare policy would enable individuals to move off welfare and into the private economy.

“McCain hires analysts to his benefit.”
So you admit the study is bs.
“The truth is that many independent analysts have assessed the major problems facing our health care system, and McCain’s plan addresses more of them than Obama’s.”
That’s not the truth at all. Which is why you were reduced to posting a bogus study.

Ryan C
If McCain’s analysts are bogus then Obama’s are too. Do you really need an analyst to tell what is common sense, do you really need to be lead around by the nose?
What happens when the govt. enacts a program to insure everyone and then they can’t afford it? It ends up like SS, broke, Medicaid, broke, the govt. intervention in housing Fannie, Freddie, broke. The govt. can’t even run it’s own house let alone yours.

“If McCain’s analysts are bogus then Obama’s are too. Do you really need an analyst to tell what is common sense, do you really need to be lead around by the nose?”
I suspect Ryan C is an Obama paid blogger, so no matter what you post he’ll put a spin on it.

While the media investigates the trash can on Joe the Plumber, they let ObamACORN get a free pass?
Just who is running for president? Joe or ObamACORN?
Moreover, media repeat after me, this has nothing to do with what (or who) the “real Joe is. It has everything to do with what ObamACORN’s response was to Joe the Plumber.
ObamACORN is a Marxist who wants to take your success and spread it around to those behind you.

Sarah Palin scares me, and if McCain/Palin win, I’m joining Tina Fey and leaving Earth because as she says, “I can’t do that for four years.” But doggone it to heck, I’m rootin’ for this woman to utter even one coherent, logical sentence that hasn’t been scripted for her. I really want to be able to say, “Ah, now I see why McCain chose her for this important role.” I’m still waiting for this to happen. Don’t make me say “Joe the Plumber”? I don’t get it – she’s worn “Joe SixPack” out; isn’t that her and McCain’s contention, that Joe the Plumber IS Joe SixPack?

Kind of funny that the whole Joe the Plumber thing has backfired, like just about every ploy coming from the McCain/Palin camp. Joe the Plumber probably has more attention on his less than high standing actions than he wants now! Boy oh boy. Oops.
What is just becoming increasingly clear is that Palin is sorely under-qualified. Bless her heart. McCain’s choice in picking her as VP candidate was a disservice to this nation on so many levels and is flat-out dangerous to this country’s well being and security.
McCain has simply sunk himself. If people are really keeping up on the facts, reading and listening and not just picking up on what they want to hear or succumbing to the ridiculous scare tactics, you will see that Mr.Obama has been very up-front and solid, while Mr.McCain keeps harping on the same lines over and over again, even after Mr.Obama has explained himself thoroughly.
Both Pain and McCain are simply sticking to their negative rhetoric to try to undermine Mr.Obama’s character and ability, they have nothing left to try because their ideas are counter-productive to the overall needs of this nation and the collective majority of its people and folks are recognizing that.
The fact is that Palin was a very bad decision when it comes down to who America needs to represent our country and who is most qualified professionally to step into the roll of the highest job positions in the United States.
Mr.Obama has shown time and again that he will be an effective leader, and he has the intelligence and calm demeanor to make level-headed decisions to the betterment of us all.
This is a job interview, and while McCain surely has the years behind him, Palin is too risky a gamble and choosing her lays bare McCain’s lack of good judgment regarding the safety and well being of this nation.

I don’t care what’s best for Joe the Skin Head, or Joe Six-Pack. America can’t afford four more years of tax and spend Republicans in the White House.

The Bradley effect is going to suprise all of you, and make all of your comments meaningless.

RED states – turning BLUE. Those are the facts. Deal with it.

aaawwwww melissa – that’s so sweet. hahaha you guys are hilarious! RED turning BLUE. RED turning BLUE.

NO! Sarah please don’t tell me that someone with such a high functioning, intellectual brain like yours doesn’t write anything she says? Oh, gosh. Now I’m so confused because some of that mavericky stuff you were sayin’ there was really startin’ to get me fired up. I was even thinkin’ about givin’ Joe Six-Pack a little some’in some’in if ya know what I mean. Wink Wink

Ryan: I don’t need a lecture on how SCHIP works. I’ve been there, done that. You’re missing my point: While it may cost “little to none” for these families, it still costs the taxpayers. And those “premiums” can vary anywhere from $5 to $200+ a month. I know – I’ve paid them.
On another note, I need to ask some questions that have been burning a hole in my mind for ages. You appear to subscribe to the “spreading the wealth” philosophy and seem more than willing to give “answers,” since I see your name scattered hither and yon throughout these blogs, so maybe you have answers to these, too:
Based upon the ideologies behind this political philosophy, is it fair or right or good, in “spreading the wealth to those behind you,” for PERSON A to work, maybe even 2 or 3 jobs at a time, just to make ends meet while PERSON B refuses to work, knowing they will be supported by social programs (aka WELFARE), paid for through taxes levied against PERSON A? What if PERSON A were disabled yet chose to remain in the workforce and PERSON B were perfectly able-bodied but just not “motivated” enough to pry themselves from the cable TV that PERSON A cannot afford? If someone’s deliberately refusing to contribute SOMETHING to benefit society, why should society spread anything to them, including the means of continuing to drain resources handed up on a silver platter?

Hey folks:
This is my opinion and prediction:
1. Neither of these two candidates can resolve this economic crisis in 4 years.
2. Obama will for sure win this 2008 election. However, his popularity rating will go down for reasons that he cannot fulfill his promises to his current campaign.
3. Hillary will challenge Obama for democratic primaries in 2012, and Hillary will win.
4. A republican candidate will defeat Hillary in 2012 presidential election.
5. 2012 president will be a republican,and she is a woman by the name of Sarah Palin.

The speechwriters ‘forced’ Sarah Palin to say “Joe the Plumber” by… torture? They locked her inside her tanning bed until she cried, “Uncle John” or what???
Great orator, successful politician, beloved by the unwashed masses…
According to the U.S. census bureau, in 2007 Alaska had a population of 670,000. Only 180,900 of these people were of voting age. Despite the extreme poverty of many Native Alaskans, the state’s median household income was ten-thousand dollars greater than the median income for the U.S. as a whole. Alaska also had one of the highest rates of fetal alcohol syndrome in the world.
Meaning that Governor Sarah Palin is a photogenic, clever, disingenuous, stone-age conservative who achieved the little she’s achieved because she grew up in a rich state with few residents, many of whom drink too much.
Sarah Palin is the best con artist to tap across the political stage since Richard Nixon and Joe McCarthy. She would rather see a pregnant 13 year old give birth to an AIDS baby fathered by a rapist than to allow the girl to have an abortion. She shamelessly holds up her Down’s syndrome baby as if the child were a symbol of her own virtue. She likes to kill and gut moose, elk, deer and other defenseless hoofed animals. She rails at ‘liberal’ principals because she obviously forgot to read the part of the Bible where Jesus says, “He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.” Frankly, I think the poor woman suffers from a grave mental disorder.
I’m telling you: the next thing we’re going to see is Todd Palin reaching into a hollowed-out pumpkin and removing microfilmed footage of Barack Obama, Samuel Gompers, the late Earl Warren, Osama bin Laden, Warren Buffet and The Girls Next Door dancing naked on the rooftop at ACORN headquarters.

Gee, you think Biden would ever be quoted as saying ‘Please don’t make me say “tax cuts for 95% of American” again’?? Cuz that is one lie which has got to be tiring even for the obamanobs. I know I’ve heard it 1000 times at least (and never followed by any details or questioned by an interviewer). I mean how can you cut taxes for ‘everybody but the rich’ when you are planning on letting everybodies tax rate go up a year from now???? Are they just planning on lying behing the log and planning on nobody in the MSM bringing it up? (duh, I guess I didn’t need to ask that).

Reagan was told three times not to say “Mr. G. Tear down this wall”. Each time he added it back into the speech. I guess as President he has handlers he can overrule. Obviously Sarah does not have the option of overruling handlers. It is depressing that she has to beg them for permission to say things.

As an independant here, I was strongly leaning towards McCain as I am a veteran of the 1st Iraqi war. But with the Palin, pick there is no way that I can support him as although I find her interesting, I am not sure she is ready to become VP. My vote is going to Obama.

Palin is like a bad car accident. You have to look but the sight makes you cringe.

I am sorry here, but what is SO wrong with sarah palin?
mccain straight talk express was headed for a ditch until she can along.
do you know why they mostly campaign together now?
because she draws the crowds.
does this say they don’t want mccain for president?
i don’t know.
but i ask all of you palin knockers
what is so wrong with sarah palin?
she was asked to do a job, and she is trying to do it.
i agree, i am pretty certain if something were to happen to a pres. mccain, i would be worried if she became potus. quickly in a crisis.
but barring that happening, maybe she will learn to be vp.
bay buchannan said sarah palin is a quick study.

Jake Tapper is “da man”! Thank you for setting the bs straight.
Obama/Biden 08!

Angie,
“Based upon the ideologies behind this political philosophy, is it fair or right or good, in “spreading the wealth to those behind you,” for PERSON A to work, maybe even 2 or 3 jobs at a time, just to make ends meet while PERSON B refuses to work, knowing they will be supported by social programs (aka WELFARE), paid for through taxes levied against PERSON A? What if PERSON A were disabled yet chose to remain in the workforce and PERSON B were perfectly able-bodied but just not “motivated” enough to pry themselves from the cable TV that PERSON A cannot afford? If someone’s deliberately refusing to contribute SOMETHING to benefit society, why should society spread anything to them, including the means of continuing to drain resources handed up on a silver platter?”
Moot. There are no jobs for able-bodied Americans. Nearly all good-paying jobs have been eliminated in favor of insourcing and outsourcing.
We have to turn this around to ensure opportunity for Americans, not just for foreigners.
Obama/Biden 08!

I just watched your Nightline “look” at Joe the Plumber. Thank God ABC is on the ball and exposing this citizen for the FRAUD that he is. Playing football in his front yard when Obama just “happened” to walk through? Right. And, using his middle name? What is he trying to hide, anyway?
Anyway, as I said, I am encouraged by your newfound enthusiasm for exposing the truth about people involved in this election.
I look forward to equally hard-hitting pieces providing an in-depth look at Ayers, Rezko, Khalidi, ACORN, Wright, Pfleger and Obama’s relationship to each.
Oh, and I posted this yesterday, but it was scrubbed. More hard-hitting, unbiased news coverage, eh? Doing a great job, ABC News.