The Note: Race Could Be Slipping From McCain’s Grasp

Articles like this one are part of the MSM’s attempts to help Obama win this election. This particular strategy is called “Let’s create an air of inevitability for Barack’s election.” Pro-Obama journalists try to convince McCain supporters that the election is lost, hoping they won’t bother to get out and vote. Polls are skewed to make Obama’s election seem inevitable. Like the following network Poll: 87% of Democrats support Obama. Really? I don’t think so. I know too many Democrats who are voting for McCain to believe that little bit of poll data.

John McCain needs to get Super-Mavericky. If that doesn’t work, he needs to get Super Duper Mavericky!

If the mainstream media had vetted Obama properly, the McCain camp wouldn’t have to talk about his radical ties. Imagine if Hillary or McCain had announced their Senate campaigns in the home of an American communist who bombed government buildings? Imagine if Hillary or McCain had spent 20 years in a church that condemned Jews, whites and the United States government? They would have been out of the race months ago. I applaud the McCain campaign for finally bringing out these things about Obama. They are doing what the MSM should have done months ago. The MSM is the big loser in this election. More and more people are tuning into Fox and conservative talk radio – to get the real news. I’m one of those people, and I’ve NEVER voted for a Republican candidate in my entire life – until now.

Michelle Did It
I believe BO will not release his undergraduate transcripts for good reason. So how did he get through Harvard Lawschool? Michelle. She graduated from Lawschool in 1988 and BO graduated in 1991. He was a summer associate at the lawfirm where she was employed. She was assigned as his mentor. They married in 1992.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Obama
Michelle has the smarts and BO is dumb as a Bush box of rocks.

I have to agree with Karl.Give or take the MSM has been the biggest loser of this election.Whatever the political persuasion of an individual we like the news to be unbiased even if it does not please us.Extremes on either side are not good.Obama has been the beneficiary this season ,someone else will be next time.This loathing of the media is not what will hold them in the long run.

Sarah Palin should be the last to throw stones at Obama about character when she is involved in a criminal investigation that might get her thrown in jail! If she wasn’t guilty of what they have accused her of, then why has her own husband refused to testify and why has she and the Republicans been trying to delay the investigation until after the election?
She is a fraud and has ABSOLUTELY NO CREDIBILITY with the American people. It is obvious that now that McCain and her don’t have an answer on the economy, they resort to the same nasty tactics Republicans have always used. Switch, distort, confuse and attack instead of presenting a positive plan of what they can do for the people. IT WON’T WORK THIS TIME because people’s fortunes are at stake and they blame the Republicans for the rotten state of EVERYTHING and McCain and Palin are showing themselves to be just like BUSH and CHENEY. No plan, no clue, NO WAY.

McCain decision to personally attack Obama will be his last erratic move in his campaign; it will totally sink his ship. McCain has decided that the mavericky thing to do is to swift boat Obama by playing the guilt by association game. Great idea, Senator Straight Talk…but it’s no fun to play alone, so let’s add a couple of more players:
There’s McCain’s association with G. Gordon Liddy:
Liddy served four and a half years in prison in connection with his conviction for his role in the Watergate break-in and the break-in at the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers. Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in “if necessary”; plotting to murder journalist Jack Anderson; plotting with a “gangland figure” to murder Howard Hunt to stop him from cooperating with investigators; plotting to firebomb the Brookings Institution; and plotting to kidnap “leftist guerillas” at the 1972 Republican National Convention — a plan he outlined to the Nixon administration using terminology borrowed from the Nazis. (The murder, firebombing, and kidnapping plots were never carried out; the break-ins were.) During the 1990s, Liddy reportedly instructed his radio audience on multiple occasions on how to shoot Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agents and also reportedly said he had named his shooting targets after Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Liddy has donated $5,000 to McCain’s campaigns since 1998, including $1,000 in February 2008. In addition, McCain has appeared on Liddy’s radio show during the presidential campaign, including as recently as May. An online video labeled “John McCain On The G. Gordon Liddy Show 11/8/07″ includes a discussion between Liddy and McCain, whom Liddy described as an “old friend.” During the segment, McCain praised Liddy’s “adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great,” said he was “proud” of Liddy, and said that “it’s always a pleasure for me to come on your program.”
Point: McCain
And from Paul Begala:
But John McCain sat on the board of a very right-wing organization, it was the U.S. Council for World Freedom, it was chaired by a guy named John Singlaub, who wound up involved in the Iran contra scandal. It was an ultra conservative, right-wing group. The Anti-Defamation League, in 1981 when McCain was on the board, said this about this organization. It was affiliated with the World Anti-Communist League – the parent organization – which ADL said “has increasingly become a gathering place, a forum, a point of contact for extremists, racists and anti-Semites.”
Point: McCain
And we can’t forget the mini-Maverick and her close and personal relationship with an America-hating secessionist group:
So, we have Sarah Palin, actively involved with a secessionist group that professes its hatred for America, and whose husband was a card-carrying member of the group for seven years. And don’t forget, Todd Palin isn’t just the spouse of an elected official. He has been called a Shadow Governor, attending private meetings, being sent on fact finding trips, and being copied on emails that were later “prohibited from being released to the public due to executive privilege.” This man would be a 72-year old heartbeat and a pillow away from the presidency.
Point: Palin
And let’s add Palin’s pesky, but largely ignored, preacher problem. Thomas Muthee, the preacher that Palin said helped her become governor:
…founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells.
And while praying with Palin standing by his side, Muthee:
…implored Jesus to protect Palin from “the spirit of witchcraft.” The video archive of that startling sermon was scrubbed from Wasilla Assembly of God’s website, but now it has reappeared.
And during that same prayer, Muthee also said:
The second area whereby God wants us, wants to penetrate in our society is in the economic area. The Bible says that the wealth of the wicked is stored up for the righteous. It’s high time that we have top Christian businessmen, businesswomen, bankers, you know, who are men and women of integrity running the economics of our nations. That’s what we are waiting for. That’s part and parcel of transformation. If you look at the — you know — if you look at the Israelites, that’s how they work. And that’s how they are, even today.
Yes, Palin listened to him calling for God to take banking and business out of the hands of Jews and later praised him and his sermon.
Point: Palin
Oh, and one more that we can’t forget. John McCain’s association with four men…in fact, if it wasn’t for John McCain’s intimate association with them, the Savings & Loan crisis that cost the American taxpayers $2.6 billion, would have been known as the Keating 4 instead of the Keating 5 scandal:
The Keating Five became synonymous for the kind of political influence that money can buy. As the S&L failure deepened, the sheer magnitude of the losses hit the press. Billions of dollars had been squandered. The five senators were linked as the gang who shilled for an S&L bandit.
S&L “trading cards” came out. The Keating Five card showed Charles Keating holding up his hand, with a senator’s head adorning each finger. McCain was on Keating’s pinkie.
Point: McCain
And on the other side we have Barack Obama who served on charitable boards, along with many others, with William Ayers, who was involved with a radical group when Obama was 8 years old. Oh, and they share a zip code.
Point: Zero
And the winner is, McCain and Palin. But when you think about it, this game really isn’t fair. While Obama had no association with Ayers’ radical past and has repeatedly denounced it, both McCain and Palin were personally involved with all of their players. But let’s let them enjoy their victory here. It’s the only one they’ll get.

If the mainstream media had vetted Obama properly, the McCain camp wouldn’t have to talk about his radical ties. Imagine if Hillary or McCain had announced their Senate campaigns in the home of an American communist who bombed government buildings? Imagine if Hillary or McCain had spent 20 years in a church that condemned Jews, whites and the United States government? They would have been out of the race months ago. I applaud the McCain campaign for finally bringing out these things about Obama. They are doing what the MSM should have done months ago. The MSM is the big loser in this election. More and more people are tuning into Fox and conservative talk radio – to get the real news. I’m one of those people, and I’ve NEVER voted for a Republican candidate in my entire life – until now.
Posted by: Karl, Strongsville, OH | Oct 6, 2008 9:00:19 AM
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BOTS do not have ANY way to filter the mantra of the terrorist gang Obuma hanga with, they have been thoroughly brain washed and indoctrinated.
I join you Karl with my first REPUBLICAN vote. Hell no I won’t go to OBUMA CAMP!

This as is most of the nonsense coming out of the McCain campaign is just that nonsense. They would much rather engage in character assisination and lies than to address the real issues confronting our country. This is just the usual Swift boat and Karl Rove tatics that the Republicans think are going to win them another election. I am betting that the American people are smarter than that. This is BS and should be recognized as such. They must be getting desperate if they are resorting to this nonsense again.

Can someone please fax the memo to McCain and Palin that the subject is THE ECONOMY!
If they can’t stay on the subject then they might as well GET OUT OF THE RACE!
Fear mongering, name-calling and distractions that have nothing to do with REAL ISSUES are yesterday’s news. Tactics of the Bush administration that are flatly being rejected by today’s voters and Palin is making herself look more like an idiot for using them, especially when her team is supposed to be trying to differentiate themselves from the Bush administration.

Information about Obama’s close ties to Ayers are now being disclosed. Eventually the Michelle Whitey tape bomb will be dropped.

John McCain is starting to panic. Now might be a good time for him to loudly remind everybody that he was a POW.

Isn’t it ironic that McCain, who is supposed to be the older, wiser, steadier candidate is the one now seen as the one resorting to unstable, unwise and clearly childish antics in a desperate attempt to win the presidency at any cost.
Obama, by contrast, has been calm, steady, logical and throughout this campaign has made wise suggestions that many, even in the Bush administration, seem to be adopting and with good effect. He’s shown the kind of grace, restraint and maturity characteristic of the type of leader we need for our uncertain times, while McCain’s actions have shown him to be wreckless, irresponsible and thoughtless when it comes to what is in the long term best interest of the country.
As an undecided Independent, this contrast has helped me to make a decision. I have decided to choose the only candidate acting like an adult in this election. The one who might be younger, but who is clearly smarter and truly cares more about the long-term health of this country. I am voting enthusiastically for Barack Obama!

Yes, the issue IS the economy.
Problem is, blame is not getting placed where blame is deserved.
If the media would just do their job and report both sides fairly, the American voters would see the blame to this crisis lies with both parties, not just the Republicans, and that John McCain actually tried to initiate a remedy for this problem two or three years ago.
They would also see the SOLUTION to the problem is not raising taxes and spending MORE tax dollars as Obama plans to do.

Mark Twain almost 200 years ago created the perfect motto for Sarah Palin:
“Tis better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.”
Hopefully, for our own good as well as hers, she will heed this good advice. It was painful to watch her bumble through the Vice Presidential debate with the apparent education and vocabulary of a grade school child with no wonder since in her first interview she couldn’t name one newspaper or periodical related to current events that she has read recently. She really is an embarrasment to educated women everywhere.

William Ayers, author of A Kind and Just Parent: The Children of Juvenile Court (Beacon Press, 1997), says “We should call a child a child. A 13-year-old who picks up a gun isn’t suddenly an adult. We have to ask other questions: How did he get the gun? Where did it come from?”
Ayers, who spent a year observing the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago, is one of four panelists who will speak on juvenile justice at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the C-Shop. The panel, which marks the 100th anniversary of the juvenile justice system in the United States, is part of the Community Service Center’s monthly discussion series on issues affecting the city of Chicago. The event is free and open to the public.
Ayers will be joined by Sen. Barack Obama, Senior Lecturer in the Law School, who is working to combat legislation that would put more juvenile offenders into the adult system; Randolph Stone, Director of the Mandel Legal Aid Clinic; Alex Correa, a reformed juvenile offender who spent seven years in Cook County Temporary Detention Center; Frank Tobin, a former priest and teacher at the Detention Center who helped Correa; and Willy Baldwin, who grew up in public housing and is currently a teacher at the Detention Center.
The juvenile justice system was founded by Chicago reformer Jane Addams, who advocated the establishment of a separate court system for children which would act like a “kind and just parent” for children in crisis.
One hundred years later, the system is “overcrowded, under-funded, over-centralized and racist,” Ayers said.
Michelle Obama, Associate Dean of Student Services and Director of the University Community Service Center, hopes bringing issues like this to campus will open a dialogue between members of the University community and the broader community.

I wonder how many people who have used to have friends that made decisions that was opiset of there own I know I used to have friends that have made decsions that I dont agree with, and I wouldnt want people to think I was tied to there hip ,just because I knew them or worked with them, I have friends that got adicted to drugs Im not,why should I be linked to them because I still call them friends, I pray for them not hang out with them, what palin said after the debait about obamas ties was just another way to try to win, its sick!!

HP Boston, you will make nice pallbearer at Mr. McCain’s funeral, ha ha. His career is over, he is finished. Nice thing is that corpse animation technology is now so advanced that a cold cadaver can look alive, so Mr. McCain’s corpse can run again in 2012, ha ha.

Articles like this one are part of the MSM’s attempts to help Obama win this election.
Posted by: JB in St. Louis | Oct 6, 2008 8:50:15 AM
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Yes! How dare they report on the reality of the situation! What bias!

On CBS recently, Katic Couric asked both McCain and Obama what the favorite movie was. McCain named some movie (can’t remember the name) about a man who gave up his life for his country. Obama said all the Godfather movies. He said he was “fascinated” by these gangsters, who were so smooth and elegant on the outside, but outright thugs underneath. He was grinning as he said those words, and I realized – this man is laughing at the stupidity of his own followers!!!!! He was telling McCain supporters, “Yeah, you and I know I’m a thug, but my supporters are too stupid to get it, don’t ya see? Heh. Heh. Heh.” Yeah, Barack, I get it. Your supporters ARE stupid.

Karl, Strongsville, OH –
You add your comments and criticize Obama’s past associations, you mention the church he attended. While speaking of preachers – I see you fail to mention Palin’s preacher who (if you do your research) preaches hatred of jews and how Alaska should cede from the US. Let’s not forget her ABUSE OF POWER investigation that on-going. Looks like the witnesses have smartened up and WILL TESTIFY. I also didn’t see you mention anything about McCain’s associations – and he has many. Not just Keating 5, but why did you fail to mention his association with MAFIA Boss Joseph Bonano and how McCain has taken MAFIA money in campaign contributions. Looks like the Repubs aren’t as saintly as you want us to believe!

Here we are in an economy disaster,Unemployment is historic high,Foreclosers historic high and Mccain wants to talk about Ayers. why Mccain why not stick to the issuses that are important? could it be you have no plans to offer no changes just a continuation of the last 8 years so now you want to distract everybody better be careful Mccain you just might open a new can of worms on you yhat you CHOOSE not to TALK about MCCAIN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THESE KINDS OF POLITICTS. PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR JOB OF PRESIDENT WILL BE, AND SO FAR THE ONLY ONE TELLING US IS SENATOR OBAMA THAT IS WHY HE WILL BE PRESIDENT!

All you need to know about the bogus ‘Ayers’ connection:
Where did this smear start?
April 18, 2008
PHILADELPHIA –GOP mastermind Karl Rove, commenting on Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News show on Thursday, chastised Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for “hanging around” William Ayers.
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Hillary took it and ran.. it backfired on her.
The GOP has now picked it up the dead horse, and it too will backfire on them.

Can’t wait for the Wisconsin polling numbers to be updated.
Prior to the economic crisis, yard signs were evenly split between the two candidates.
This weekend, we drove around and they are now 20-1 in favor of Obama.

The race HAS already slipped from McCain’s grasp. Check this:
Monday, October 06, 2008
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Barack Obama attracting 52% of the vote while John McCain earns 44%.
This is the highest level of support ever recorded for Obama and is his largest lead of the year.
It also continues a remarkable twenty-five days in a row where the Democrat’s support has never declined by even a single point.

At this point in the elections McCain/Palin should not be personally attacking, then should be fighting “tooth and claw” to show the Amreican people how they will change things in Washington.

John McCain & Vag Cheney in ’08. Another Republican Depression in ’09.

As an older, white American and a Republican, I, for the first time in my life am ashamed of my own party and have decided to vote for Barack Obama and I’ll tell you why.
It was not only a complete embarrassment to our country, but also should scare THE HELL out of any American that we have someone running for the office of Vice President (Sarah Palin) who could not answer EVEN ONE question intelligently during a vice presidential debate, and this was after being prepped intensely for days before by my own party’s camp!
Nevermind the partisan nonsense, we have to think first of our national security and what is in the best long term interest of our country. I have grandchildren that I have to think about. We have too many serious, serious problems facing us that could affect the very survival of our planet to have someone who is treating this race so flippantly as Sarah Palin potentially in charge of our national security, economy and environment.
If her performance at the debate was the only thing we had to judge her intelligence, then perhaps I could have passed it off as just nervousness. But after the Katie Couric interview where serious questions about her ability to lead or even being able to seriously comprehend the problems we face today were raised, I expected to see someone with much sharper answers at the debate and was dismally disappointed. She did not relay the fears she instilled in the public that she and McCain are the riskier proposition when it comes to national security because they seem to be out of touch or just don’t understand what needs to be done to move this nation forward.
I am an American first. Not a white American or Republican. And if others are just not using patriotism as a catch phrase that makes them sound important, they will not look at this election in terms of black or white and fall into comfortable prejudices and stereotypes, Republican or Democrat and fall into their own party corners, old or young and vote a certain way because someone tells them to or have always done it a certain way, and make choices that are in the BEST INTEREST OF AMERICA; the land of the free and home of the brave enough to vote their conscience instead of from their pre-programmed views that might not reflect the reality of the situation we face today.
In my 83 years on this earth, I have never seen this country in such dire peril. If we make the wrong choices now, for the wrong reasons, we might never have another chance to correct the course where it might take us.

McCain and Palin already stopped fighting for the American people.
The only thing they still fight for is their own political survival.
Their fall will be painful.

When McCain had been in the Senate for years (58 yo?)he intervened in the Keating Bank scandal and got busted for it. “The biggest mistake” of my life, he said. When Obama was 8 yo at the height of the Vietnam War, a guy Obama would meet decades later made a big mistake too. Obama should have known better.
Reckless, impulsive and cynical. McCain is too erratic to have his “Finger on the Button”.
Bush/McCain. No More Years!!!!!

Seah, you are so out of touch with reality I’m surprised you know how to use the internet.
A majority of the public has not switched to supporting Obama because they think he’s some kind of God, it’s because what he’s saying makes sense. He’s talking about the economy, McCain and Palin are talking irrelevant nonsense from the past. What in this don’t YOU get?

The decision to stoop to character assassination will backfire on the McCain campaign.
The idiots who fall for this kind of nastiness wouldn’t vote for Obama anyway. But such attacks turn off independents and undecideds — whose support McCain desperately needs. And it could turn off some of his less-than-solid supporters. Given Obama’s lead in the polls, McCain can’t afford this.
And this election, Democrats are determined not to let Swift Boat-type attacks go unanswered. If McCain persists in calling a tenuous connection between Obama and Ayers “palling around with terrorists,” a lot of his own and Palin’s associations and actions are now fair game:
Keating, Bonnano, gambling, Gordon Liddy, troopergate, Alaska secession, witchdoctor, library censorship, not to mention McCain’s recent erratic behavior and long history of problems controlling his anger.

– On CBS recently, Katic Couric asked both McCain and Obama what the favorite movie was. McCain named some movie (can’t remember the name) about a man who gave up his life for his country. Obama said all the Godfather movies –
McCain said his favorite movie was Viva Zapata! a 1952 Marlon Brando movie.
Obama said The Godfathers 1 and 2, not so much 3, Lawrence of Arabia and Casablanca.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=30666
Guess they both happen to like Brando. And don’t try to read too much into favorite movies.. the Godfather won 3 oscars and numerous other awards, and according to some polls, has been rated one of the greatest movies of all time:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/news#ni0573079

Has anyone considered the threat to our national security posed by the fact that McCain was in a POW camp, brainwashed and tortured for years by people who are still enemies of this government? With his recent erratic behavior, he seems more the like time bomb we should be worried about going off. He’s so erratic he seems like he’s even willing to sabotage his own campaign with decisions like picking a VP candidate so unqualified that he’s only met once without fully vetting her and now pulling out of a key state like Michigan. Do we really want someone like this answering that famous 3am phone call????

Look McCain is just completely out of touch with the American people that is people on mainstreet. He has catered to the Big companines for so long he has know idea what mainstreet even is. I am so sick of hearing he is a Maverick he is a Maverick without a plan when it comes to people like myself and others that make under$ 250,000, you know talk is cheap and his words mean nothing. Not once in the VP debate could Palin defend him so what dose that tell Americans. And for Palin to talk about Jounalistic ethics look at her, she is a puppet for McCain telling people things about Obama that happened 40
years ago when he was 8 years old, she needs to get her facts straight before she opens her mouth. I am an independent but I am going with Obama he has a plan for this country & I truly beleive he will make this a better country in the next 4 years.

MCCAIN: “Uh, I, I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don’t have much of a vision for the future or you’re not ready to articulate it.” [The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, 2/21/2000]
It seems his own statements are coming back to haunt him!!

Did you read McCain’s book?
Few facts he forgot to mention.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

This is so easy for Obama. He can fight back hard against McCain in debates, when the vile mud from McCain’s McNasty mouth starts spewing. This quite unlike in debates between Obama and Hillary Clinton. He could not point out any of Hillary’s baggage because she was a woman. Just like Biden could not point out or engage Palin in any of her many negatives. Our society will ideologically just not allow it. a man can not attack a woman in any way at all, even if what he says is true. Look for Obama to talk strongly about McCain’s horrid past, including Keating Five, McCain’s lobbiest love, McCain’s erratic behavior, McCain’s absent voting record, McCain’s 90% support for Bush, and like Biden, challenge McCain’s fakey mavericky image. McCain is not a woman, and he has a long history of an unstable temperament. He is unfit for duty. Obama can take the gloves off, and fight old man McCain toe to toe. By the way, if you haven’t seen the SNL video of Palin/Biden, you’re missing out some hilarious stuff!

Just don’t think McCain’s attempts to change the subject will work.
He can “turn the page” from the economy, but most Americans can’t, because the economy isn’t just something talked about for the half hour or so they get to watch the evening news.
The DOW is crashing backwards below 10,000 as we speak.

ScaredofMcCain – no, in the past our foreign policy and national security decisionmaking was actually conservative (as opposed to being conservative in name only).
We made decisions based on tangible U.S. interest.
Actually the roots of much of the current stereotypes of Republicans versus Democrats on national security stem from this. Democrats truly were liberal then, and Republicans truly were conservative. Democrats occassionally saw limited military engagement as a means of making things better, while Republicans would argue the laws of unintended consequences.
From that perspective, sending Green Berets to Vietnam to advise the South Vietnamese about how to stem the spread of communision there was truly liberal.
What McCain is advocating is a traditional liberal view of foreign policy and national security.
But he’s advocating it in an erratic manner. He says our values were threatened by human rights violations in the Balkans, but not in several worse areas of Africa?
He’s really not very steady, either with his conservative or his liberal views.

Kim,
are you aware that McCain received more in campaign contributions from Freddie/Fannie than any other politician? Are you aware that McCain has 19 paid staffers on his campaign that were registered lobbyists for Freddie/Fannie? Are you aware that McCain voted for de-regulation bills 17 times in the last five years? Instead of just drinking the GOP kool-aid like a zombie, perhaps you could look up the facts.

Anyone who tries to compare Palin’s investigation with the tropper incident to Obama’s associations with Ayers, Renzki, Wright, Acorn and several others, is brainwashed. There is no comparison because this shows a patter of Obama associating with left wing radicals and clearly with Acorn, Obama’s attempt to take the free-market from American Economy. People need to shake off the Obama brain washing and actual research Obama’s past.

Oh, and Kim, if John McCain’s bill regarding Fannie/Freddie had been enacted, it would have done nothing to stem this problem.
McCain heard reports of bad accounting and he signed on as a co-sponsor of an existing bill that would create an accounting oversight entity to check the Fannie/Freddie books.
While that may have been good (I really don’t have an opinion on that) we also should acknowledge it was yet another expansion of government by creating yet another oversight layer. In other words, it was trying to fix bad layers of government by putting a new layer on top, rather than directly addressing the bad layer.
This is how the government has gotten so big.
That aside, the government expansion McCain advocated in this case would not have had any impact whatsoever on the problems that led to our current situation.
It really is nothing more than a campaign talking point designed for people who don’t understand the crisis, to win support for a candidate who acknowledged not understanding the economy. Nothing more.

William – I’d say that people need to avoid the distractions and just realize that we’re in an economic crisis, and one of the candidates:
a) acknowledged this year he doesn’t understand the economy
b) said in recent weeks the fundamentals of our economy were strong
and c) then lied (and we all know it was a lie) by saying he meant workers when he said “fundamentals.”

Well said, Paul

CHARACTER AND JUDGEMENT MATTER IN TIMES OF CRISIS, AND OBAMA IS NOT UP TO THE TASK.
Does anyone think either candidate will do anything WITH NO MONEY TO DO IT WITH?Please….it’s just a figurehead at this point, and Obama is the worst inexperienced liberal candidate EVER, and the DEMS are manipulating our youth and THEY REALLY KNOW ALOT ABOUT LIFE TO HAVE THE JUDGEMENT, right.
Cuba Gooding Jr. just walked 100 kids across the street to vote after registering in Ohio moments ago. This is like communism with the Obama campaign, and I say bring out Wright, Obama’s terriost half brother, every BO terriorist tie, and criminal Rezko is being sentenced Oct. 28. OBAMA IS WRONG ON HIS JUDGEMENT AND CHARACTER AND DANGEROUS FOR U.S. OF KKK, as the good Rev. refers to it.!!!!!

Desperation is dangerous. McCain has called upon the forces of the Dark Art, a move that never has a positive outcome. This is a scary time in American politics. ……..
http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/10/06/mccain-the-dark-arts-of-rovian-politics/

Vote for McCain Palin. They have a plan and it is not just talk. Issues….Reform our Trade market which will eventually keep more jobs here….Reform Taxes, Pro-Growth Tax Policy, Innovation Tax Policy, it is Simpler, Fair, Pro-Growth and Competitive…….Health Care Reforms: To Reduce The Rate Of Health Care Inflation, To Make Health Insurance Innovative, Portable And Affordable……Reform Energy for America, Transform Electricity, Expand Domestic Production Of Oil And Gas, Addressing Speculative Pricing Of Oil and Lord knows we need to close the doors to those speculators opinions where they do not effect prices at the pump. Also, Transform Transportation and Building Efficiency………Supporting Small Businesses, Lower Energy Costs to small businesses will help, also Controlling Health Care Cost for employees……. Taxes: John McCain’s plan is Simpler, Fair, Pro-Growth, And Competitive…….Opening New Markets…I can not give you the details on each of these, you must visit the web page. The plan is right there for you. You do not need to ask someone on the board visit this page. http://www.johnmccain.com/Undecided/WhyMcCain.htm

McCain’s “spiritual advisors” (his words) are the Reverends John Hagee and Rod Parsley. Rev. Hagee has said that Katrina was sent by God to punish N.O. He has characterized the Catholic Church as a “Great Wh*re.” He said that God sent Hitler to force the Jews to Israel. The Rev. Parsley has merely called for an all-out war against Islam all over the planet. MCCAIN HAS NEVER REPUDIATED EITHER ONE OR THEIR STATEMENTS!

Everyone including me are wasting our time here. The election is over. Democratic populists who are members of a party not currently in the White House ALWAYS win in huge fashion when the economy is tanking. I would like to point out the Economy is not just tanking, it is imploding big time. Voters blame and punish those in power. Basic Politics 101. Repubs just need to give it up and go home. Forget about retiring. Your big retirement plans have been devastated. You will now have to pay for your greed and sins against the country by working through your retirement years, like the rest of us. McCain on the other hand can announce his retirement, and live the high life. He’s so rich that even a tanking economy and savaged financial market won’t affect his caviar and champagne resort-filled, 13 cars, 8 homes, elitist lifestyle. It’s the rest of us who will suffer from McCain’s direct involvement in the Keating Scandal, and the Fannie and Freddie Mac disasters. McCain and Bush heavily supported lobbyists and CEOs, and fought hard for continued deregulation all these years, and look at what the lack of oversight has done for us. McCain has always been bought and paid for by the lobbyists he surrounds himself with. Heaven help us.

DLM: “CHARACTER AND JUDGEMENT MATTER IN TIMES OF CRISIS, AND OBAMA IS NOT UP TO THE TASK.”
First, DLM, please check your caps lock.
Second, let’s look at character. McCain married a model, then dumped her after she was crippled in a car crash. He acknowledged multiple affairs.
Third, let’s look at judgment. McCain was censored by Congress during the Keating 5 hearings for lacking judgment. That’s the half of the findings you Republicans like to leave out. And his kneejerk emotionalism doesn’t speak well of his judgment, either. Nor does his erratic demeanor during the Georgian crisis and now during this economic crisis.
If that’s what you’re selling for character and judment, no thanks. I’ll take Obama every day of the week and twice on Sunday.

Could it be that the media is throwing “their friend” John overboard for “Obamination”? And people think who they elect is their “choice.” Do yourself a favor and research Edward Bernays. He’s the reason you think the way you do. Aren’t you the least bit curious how he did it?

Economist Thomas Sowell: Do Facts Matter?
Fact Number One: It was liberal Democrats, led by Senator Christopher Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, who for years– including the present year– denied that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taking big risks that could lead to a financial crisis.
It was Senator Dodd, Congressman Frank and other liberal Democrats who for years refused requests from the Bush administration to set up an agency to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
It was liberal Democrats, again led by Dodd and Frank, who for years pushed for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to go even further in promoting subprime mortgage loans, which are at the heart of today’s financial crisis.
Alan Greenspan warned them four years ago. So did the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to the President. So did Bush’s Secretary of the Treasury, five years ago.
Yet, today, what are we hearing? That it was the Bush administration “right-wing ideology” of “de-regulation” that set the stage for the financial crisis. Do facts matter?
We also hear that it is the free market that is to blame. But the facts show that it was the government that pressured financial institutions in general to lend to subprime borrowers, with such things as the Community Reinvestment Act and, later, threats of legal action by then Attorney General Janet Reno if the feds did not like the statistics on who was getting loans and who wasn’t.
Is that the free market? Or do facts not matter?
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/10/do_facts_matter.html
http://tinyurl.com/4jdh7d

People do notice.
Those who mislead are not leaders.
OBUMA has shown he is not a leader.

Don’t you mean a few weeks ago, when the election was not yet UNFAIRLY drifting Obama’s way because of the current economic crisis that Obama and his Democratic counterparts appear to be the root cause of??
Obama, through his radical ties at ACORN, and his tactics training of their foot soldiers, who launched pressure attacks on banks and lending agencies in order to have them make home loans to unqualified borrowers, as well as his Democratic counterparts in Congress, particularly the Black Caucus, who refused to see the Fannie/Freddie problem even when it was staring them in the face, were one of the primary factors behind the economic meltdown, but yet Obama appears to be the beneficiary of the crisis, rather than appropriately receiving part of the blame.
In additioin, there appears to be rampant election fraud already developing in this race, once again through foot soldiers of ACORN, whom the Obama campaign was caught undeclaredly funneling $800,000 of campaign donations to in August. Every day there appears to be a new state reporting underhanded doings of ACORN regarding early voting and voter registration.
The MSM has fallen terribly short in their duty to the American public during this election by their obvious bias towards Obama, and their non-reporting of these off-color, if not illegal, activities.
If liberal America, the liberal media, and these far left liberal “community organizing” groups are not careful, the outcome of this election might end up in the lap of the U.S. Supreme Court, just like the 2000 election did.
And we all know how that one came out.

HP – are you seriously trying to parrot those Republican talking points that somehow Obama made the lenders act recklessly?
Its just amazing to me to watch this. We all lived through it, and it wasn’t that long ago.
I guess campaigns have a way of making us forget what we saw, though.

Hey Linda,
Did Jesus the community organizer originate ACORN?

Have no Fear! McCain will win!
Obama the Fraud will be exposed
in spite of the Liberal News Media
Coverup!

euro.guy: “HP Boston, you will make nice pallbearer at Mr. McCain’s funeral, ha ha. His career is over, he is finished. Nice thing is that corpse animation technology is now so advanced that a cold cadaver can look alive, so Mr. McCain’s corpse can run again in 2012, ha ha.”
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I’ve seen some pretty hateful posts on here, but you’re among the worst. Since you are obviously an Obama supporter (from your other posts), please answer me: IS THIS REALLY THE KIND OF CHANGE WE CAN EXPECT UNDER BARACK OBAMA?
No thanks.

a convicted influence peddler who was once one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s most trusted confidants, has met with federal prosecutors and is considering cooperating in the corruption probe of the governor’s administration, sources told the Tribune.
Rezko’s possible change of heart—after years of steadfast refusal—has sent ripples through a tight circle of prominent defense attorneys who represent dozens of potential witnesses and targets in the wide-ranging probe.
His cooperation would give prosecutors investigating the governor and his wife access to someone they have described as an ultimate political insider at the center of a pervasive pay-to-play scheme.
Rezko’s trial this year laid bare a culture of scams, bribes and backroom deals stretching from City Hall to the Statehouse. It even became fodder in the presidential campaign of Democratic nominee Barack Obama, whose fundraising and personal ties to Rezko go back more than a decade.
Names linked to Rezko Multimedia Rezko has made no deal in the wake of his June corruption conviction, sources familiar with the situation said, but has had preliminary talks with prosecutors before an October sentencing that could put him in prison for years. Still, there are indications Rezko has already provided investigators with information.
Four attorneys have told the Tribune in recent days that federal prosecutors have telephoned them and other attorneys either with news Rezko is talking, or armed with details only Rezko could know. The lawyers speculated prosecutors are using the preliminary talks with Rezko to shake loose more cooperation from other witnesses.
“I had very recent a conversation with an assistant U.S. attorney that led me to believe they were getting specific information from either Mr. Rezko or Mr. Rezko’s lawyer,” said a defense attorney who said he represents a figure in the case. None of the attorneys interviewed would agree to be quoted by name, saying they didn’t want to hurt their clients.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago declined to comment, as did Rezko’s attorney William Ziegelmueller.
Rezko’s potential worth to federal authorities extends to every aspect of their investigation, including probes of state hiring and real estate deals involving the governor’s wife. Prosecutors have portrayed Rezko, a former restaurant magnate and real estate developer, as intricately involved in some of the most guarded decisions since the earliest days of the administration.
During his trial, prosecutors described Rezko as having a direct line to the governor and his top aides on issues including policy and the appointments of key department heads and members of state regulatory boards. And, they charged, Rezko traded those positions and favors for some of the millions in campaign contributions he raised for the governor, and for the allegiance of those he lifted to influential posts.
One key aspect of the federal investigation centers on the real estate dealings of the governor’s wife, Patricia, who was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years as a broker for Rezko, his associates and others with business before the state. Federal investigators have subpoenaed records and conducted interviews regarding her real estate dealings. The governor and his wife have denied wrongdoing.
During the trial, three convicted political insiders testified about private meetings with the governor that prosecutors cited as evidence of a scheme to buy state jobs and business with campaign donations. Each testified that Blagojevich implied campaign donors would profit from his influence.
One of those witnesses, former Illinois Finance Authority Executive Director Ali Ata, testified that he attended a meeting at Rezko’s offices with Rezko and the governor before he was hired. At the meeting, Ata said, he brought a $25,000 check that was placed on the table in front of Blagojevich, who then mentioned a state job.
Rezko has adamantly denied guilt and vowed never to cooperate with federal investigators.
Two months before his conviction on fraud charges, Rezko typed a letter to his trial judge accusing “overzealous” prosecutors of pressuring him to talk about wrongdoing involving Obama or Blagojevich. Rezko said there was none to talk about.
“They are pressuring me to tell them the ‘wrong’ things that I supposedly know about Governor Blagojevich and Senator Obama,” Rezko wrote U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve in an April bid to be released on bail during his trial.
“I have never been party to any wrongdoing that involved the governor or the senator,” Rezko continued. “I will never fabricate lies about anyone else for selfish purposes. I will take what comes my way, but I will never hurt innocent people.”
Rezko was a political supporter of Obama going back to when he was running for state Senate. Obama’s ties to Rezko have become a political albatross for the presidential nominee, who has been forced to defend the convicted felon’s fundraising activities for him and revelations Obama bought his South Side mansion on the same day in 2005 that Rezko purchased a vacant lot next door.

Paul | Oct 6, 2008 12:49:50 PM
Fannie/Freddie weren’t the cause of the crisis.
Ask yourself this. How many refinance mailers did you get in your mailbox from Fannie/Freddie, and how many from other lenders?
Paul I believe the way it works is that fannie and freddie back these loans that the banks and mortgage brokers sell Everything I read suggests that.
They put out there what they are willing to buy thats where these offers come from.After all they hold 70% of the mortgages in the country according to their own website.

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that forced the release of Hillary Clinton’s daily White House schedule on March 20, announced today that Barack Obama’s November 11, 2007 claim to cable TV news reporter Tim Russert—that “every single piece of information, every document related to state government” relating to Obama’s tenure in the state legislature “was kept by the state of Illinois and has been disclosed and is… available right now”, appears to be false.
According to a February 25th letter from the Illinois Office of the Secretary of State in response to Judicial Watch’s open records request, “The ISA does not maintain Senator Obama’s personal records or papers. [Nor] does the ISA maintain records generated by his office. In addition, the ISA has received no requests from Senator Obama to archive any records formerly in his possession.”
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Said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:
“Our investigation suggests Senator Obama could have had his records archived so that they are available to the public, but, to this day, has chosen not to do so. Apparently, he does not want a complete paper trail of his time in the Illinois State Senate. Where are his office records?”
Judicial Watch recently forced the release of Hillary Clinton’s White House daily schedule through a lawsuit, and is pursuing her phone logs.
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that forced the release of Hillary Clinton’s daily White House schedule on March 20, announced today that Barack Obama’s November 11, 2007 claim to cable TV news reporter Tim Russert—that “every single piece of information, every document related to state government” relating to Obama’s tenure in the state legislature “was kept by the state of Illinois and has been disclosed and is… available right now”, appears to be false.
According to a February 25th letter from the Illinois Office of the Secretary of State in response to Judicial Watch’s open records request, “The ISA does not maintain Senator Obama’s personal records or papers. [Nor] does the ISA maintain records generated by his office. In addition, the ISA has received no requests from Senator Obama to archive any records formerly in his possession.”
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Said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:
“Our investigation suggests Senator Obama could have had his records archived so that they are available to the public, but, to this day, has chosen not to do so. Apparently, he does not want a complete paper trail of his time in the Illinois State Senate. Where are his office records?”
Judicial Watch recently forced the release of Hillary Clinton’s White House daily schedule through a lawsuit, and is pursuing her phone logs.
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that forced the release of Hillary Clinton’s daily White House schedule on March 20, announced today that Barack Obama’s November 11, 2007 claim to cable TV news reporter Tim Russert—that “every single piece of information, every document related to state government” relating to Obama’s tenure in the state legislature “was kept by the state of Illinois and has been disclosed and is… available right now”, appears to be false.
According to a February 25th letter from the Illinois Office of the Secretary of State in response to Judicial Watch’s open records request, “The ISA does not maintain Senator Obama’s personal records or papers. [Nor] does the ISA maintain records generated by his office. In addition, the ISA has received no requests from Senator Obama to archive any records formerly in his possession.”
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Said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton:
“Our investigation suggests Senator Obama could have had his records archived so that they are available to the public, but, to this day, has chosen not to do so. Apparently, he does not want a complete paper trail of his time in the Illinois State Senate. Where are his office records?”
Judicial Watch recently forced the release of Hillary Clinton’s White House daily schedule through a lawsuit, and is pursuing her phone logs.

McCain on running for president in 2008 – August 1, 2000
JIM LEHRER: Finally, for the record, you have not lost your desire to be President of the United States, have you?
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: Certainly it’s been put in deep cold storage.
JIM LEHRER: But you haven’t lost it?
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: Well, in 2004, I expect to be campaigning for the reelection of President George W. Bush, and by 2008, I think I might be ready to go down to the old soldiers home and await the cavalry charge there.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec00/mccain_8-1.html

Friends of Obama: Advisor Pledged $1 Trillion in Sub-Prime Loans As Fannie Mae CEO
James A. Johnson–the man chosen by Sen. Barack Obama to lead his vice presidential search committee—served as head of the Federal National Mortgage Association, or “Fannie Mae,” from 1991 to 1998, receiving a reported $21 million in compensation upon his departure.
As CEO of Fannie Mae, Johnson set a goal of buying up $1 trillion in low-income mortgage loans, a move that eventually helped trigger what would become the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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Almost immediately upon taking the helm at Fannie Mae in 1991, Johnson began expanding low-income mortgage lending, unveiling a $10 billion plan to expand low- and moderate-income mortgage lending by using the “3/2 option.”
This option allowed low-income borrowers to secure mortgages by providing just 3 percent of the required 5-percent down payment from their own funds. The other 2 percent could come either as a gift from a family member or a grant from a non-profit agency or state or local government.
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The $1 trillion expansion of sub-prime loans was “a contributing factor” to the current financial crisis, according to economist David John of The Heritage Foundation, “but it was not the only factor.” Fannie Mae policies on credit-scoring played an equally important role–and Johnson’s policies set the stage there, too.
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“We abhor the use of credit scoring as a way to deny housing finance to those people who need help the most,” Johnson said. “We won’t put mechanical systems and arbitrary numbers above our faith in your [local lenders’] judgment and we won’t go back and second guess loans you’ve already made…if they don’t match up to a new way of assessing risks or doing business.”
Johnson called the higher interest rates paid by sub-prime borrowers a “tremendous burden” for families and said “it seems we can make A’s out of B’s and C’s in many circumstances” by giving less weight to factors such as divorce or job loss, which would normally lower credit scores.
Johnson further advanced his $1-trillion low-income loan initiative by expanding to more than 50 the number of partnership offices in cities across the country, and boasted in 1997 that Fannie Mae was “on course” to reach the $1 trillion goal by the end of the decade.
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=36563

Claim: Obama’s top adviser is former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines
Fact: False
Reality:
Many e-mails, blogs and even McCain political television ads have been attempting to connect Obama to the former CEO of failed mortgage giant Fannie Mae, and claiming that Raines is a close adviser to Obama on “housing and mortgage policy”. However, Raines has issued a statement claiming “I am not an adviser to Barack Obama, nor have I provided his campaign with advice on housing or economic matters.” The claim apparently originates with several articles appearing in the Washington Post that rely on a single conversation between Raines and a Washington Post business reporter, Anita Huslin.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/19/AR2008091903604.html

Keating Five Member is Obama Surrogate
“If Barack Obama is so outraged at John McCain’s involvement in the Keating Five scandal, why is John Glenn, another Keating Five member, doing surrogate work for Obama?”
http://townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2008/10/06/keating_five_member_is_obama_surrogate

Claim: Former Fannie Mae CEO James A. Johnson was an Obama Financial Advisor
Fact: False/Misleading
Reality:
In May 2008, Senator Obama asked James Johnson to be one of a three member panel tasked with vetting potential vice-presidential running mates. Mr. Johnson had also served in similar positions, chairing the vice presidential selection committee for John Kerry in 2004, and had been campaign manager for Walter Mondale’s failed 1984 presidential bid.
A month later, after an article in the Wall Street Journal raised questions about more than $2 million in home loans that might have been below average market rates, Mr. Johnson resigned from his position in the Obama campaign. In a statement, Senator Obama said, “Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept”.
The Wall Street Journal also adds “The controversy has diverted attention from expected Republican nominee John McCain’s repeated problems with lobbyists who have worked for his campaign, but stepped aside because of perceived conflicts of interest between their clients and the senator’s political positions”.
http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121321030258665089.html
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/fanniemae.asp

John McCains stand on Taxes – Feb. 2, 2000
JIM LEHRER: There was a suggestion today from some of Governor Bush’s supporters that maybe you’re not really a true blue Republican, that some of the things you support like campaign finance reform and your opposition to tax cuts are more like Gore and Bradley and Clinton and Democrats than Republican.
SEN. JOHN McCAIN: Well, I’m much more like Ronald Reagan, actually, than the present hierarchy of our party. I’m for tax cuts, but I’m for working Americans. Governor Bush wants to give 38 percent of his tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 percent. I want to give it to working families.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/jan-june00/mccain_2-2.html

When will the MSM bring the World Anti-Communist League up. McCain being a board member of its American counterpart (the U.S. Council for World Freedom) has been totally neglected so far, maybe because it concerns such an explosive scandal that involves some dirty aspects of American foreign policies under Reagan and, earlier, Nixon.
If it would be addressed by the MSM, the Keating Five scandal would be peanuts in comparison. And that for many reasons, but certainly for this one: the League carried out political assassinations and formed contra-guerrilla movements in all areas of conflict, including in Afghanistan where it was headed by….
yes, by Osama Bin Laden.
The World Anti-Communist League was founded in Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek, reverend Moon and Axis who were (Nazi and Japanese) war criminals.
The WACL was first used by Nixon to extend counter-insurgency methods into South-East Asia and Latin America. Seven heads of State participated in its meetings at that time. Later, it was revived in the Reagan era, becoming an instrument of the U.S. military industrial complex and the CIA during the Cold War.
As said, it carried out political assassinations and formed contra-guerrilla movements in all areas of conflict, including in Afghanistan where it was headed by Osama Bin Laden.
Hugo Banzer of Bolivia, Jorge Rafael Videla of Argentina and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay were all well-known members.
One of the most notorious criminals in Argentina and in the region was former General Guillermo Suarez Mason, an important figure in the World Anti-Communist League and a top Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent; he was influential during the Argentine military dictatorship (1976-1983) and one of the “experts” in the Dirty War, counter-insurgency and repression, proceeding mercilessly in these activities while he held the post of Chief of the Army First Corps between 1976 and 1980, a period which abounded in kidnappings, torture, deaths and disappearances in the clandestine detention centres of which he was in charge.
He also played a key role as an Argentine military death-squad advisor within the Central American saga and was a partner of John Negroponte’s, the then U.S. Ambassador in Honduras, in the signing of the criminal pacts and alliances that were made in Central America in the 1980’s.
It might be time to learn some more about McCain’s work for this scandalous organisation.
“People know me,” is McCain’s mantra these days.
No, they do not.

Obama has been lying to the American public and ABC is just one of the news outlets that have been letting him get away with it.
This article from NRO is a good one. At least some of the media report it the way is should be. They have integrity which enables them to educate the American people about Obama. We have a right to know.
The Obama Fan-Dance Must End [Mark R. Levin]
As someone who has written critically of John McCain on a host of issues, including the Keating Five, none of it compares to the life that Barack Obama has led and his belief system. Obama is not merely associated with domestic terrorists, Palestinian radicals, Marxists, and black liberation ideologues — he was their favorite candidate. They groomed him. They befriended him. He befriended them. He socialized with them. In other words, these people saw Obama as representing their views and aspirations and he saw them the same way. I am not among those who raise Obama’s associations but add “of course, it doesn’t mean Obama shares their views.” Oh really? These miscreants include Obama’s former pastor, political mentors and allies, and friends. Obama attempts to downplay and distance himself from his own circle of allies now that he is running for president. But he is one of them. Obama is getting a pass that no other candidate in my memory has ever received.
Thank you Mr. Levin

People are seeing that McCain is simply too old for the rigorous job in the WH. Being a maverick at his age will get him (us) in a lot a trouble because age affects the thought processes. We see what a terrible choice for VP he made. With his adopting the slime tactics of the Right to try to win will only make good people lose respect for him so that even his Vietnam experience will not redeem him.
Looking at his expected policies you can see his connection to Big Business because he wants to:
Deregulate the health industry, older people won’t get covered because there is no money in it,
Tax all medical benefits people get, see if you can ever get that repealed someday.
Dump 4 MILLION A DAY in Iraq for an indefinite period; you think Iraqis want to stop the money?
Continue the GWB/GOP policies that have made this country bankrupt; 9/11 repeated in the national economy.
Give the country the horrendous possiblility that due to his age, a person so totally ignorant and unprepared for the WH could very well take his place.
God forbid that this pair should EVER take control and intelligent citizens are seeing the truth.

So…”the liberal media” is at it again, eh?
Was the “liberal media” responsible for John “Songbird” McCain screwing the American People with the Keating Five scandal?
Was the “liberal media” responsible for 26 years of his voting for deregulation of the financial markets, which has resulted in the current market meltdown?
No.
John “Songbird” McCain did all of this…WILLINGLY. So let’s not hear about the scary ol’ tax hikes that the darned Obama is going to initiate…let’s deal with REALITY.
“No to Obama’s policies that doom America.” – oh…and Songbird and “Flintstones” Palin are gonna save America?
You’re like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.

WISE UP AMERICANS!!
To McCain, Palin and the Republicans you are all just TERRORISTS AND COMMUNISTS if you do not hold the same beliefs that they do…
Look out if they get elected, as the only thing they will shake-up in Washington if they get elected is your rights!!!
Welcome to a Republican administration that will be even more secretive and evil that Bush/Cheney could have ever hoped to be…
Welcome to the Palin/McCain NEOCON POLICE STATE!!! Where you will be branded a communist and a terrorist if you do not agree with their right wing-nut evangelical views!!!
Vote for smart, educated and inclusive leaders this time! Vote for OBAMA/BIDEN ’08!!!!
Please you “Joe Six-Pack” people, let’s not elect the DUMMIES again!!!!

Obama the magic negro is going to prison.

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