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Posted: Thu Oct 2nd, 2008 10:21 am |
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DavidB wrote: When the government mandates that banks give loans to people that have already demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to repay them, the check is going to come due sometime. We're seeing that now. Had the government not instituted this policy, the banks would not have written all of this bad paper in the first place.
[sarcastic mode on]
But it's for the poor and minorities. They deserve to be homeowners. Where's your compassion?
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QCVillager wrote: that video is PERFECT ! it makes my point oh so well. the reality is that McCain isn't an economic genius (that's right, i said it. he is NOT an economic genius.)... but what he does stand for is Less regulation. he is 100% RIGHT in that LESS regulation is exactly what is called for. MORE regulation and GOVT Interference is EXACTLY what got us to Here from There. Obama and Democrats in general (admittedly without Bush lifting his VETO pen often enough) stand for MORE Gov't Interference.
it wasn't deregulation that was the corner stone of the current collasped market. indeed, the FREE MARKET with respect to Wall Street and Home Loan Industry hasn't been allowed to exist. instead, we have GOVERNMENT SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION an ENGINEERING at work here. the Congress (mainly Democrats, again with Bush never so much as lifting his veto pen) working their grand schemes and injecting themselves and their regulations into every aspect of the "Free Market"... thus rendering it ENTIRELY UN-Free.
you want change ??? then vote for LESS Gov't Intrusion and LESS Gov't Social Engineering. THAT will be a change. McCain will NOT simply sign off on whatever the Democrat controlled House/Senate can muster up in the way bills laden with the latest socialist type programs.
Obama as President will simply be a Super-Sized helping of more of the SAME Gov't Intrusions and Folly !
in the words of Ronald Reagan...
"Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem."
Absolutely right and well put!
When the government mandates that banks give loans to people that have already demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to repay them, the check is going to come due sometime. We're seeing that now. Had the government not instituted this policy, the banks would not have written all of this bad paper in the first place.
So now we print $600B+ in new cash and quietly pump it into the economy to provide 'liquidity'. You didn't see that splashed all over the news. Can anyone say inflation? The whole thing is sickening and totally preventable.
Let enterprise do what it does best and stop meddling with it. The only thing I think should be introduced as regulation is that executive management for publicly traded companies should not be afforded any kind of severance package if the company they led ran into the ground.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 09:44 pm |
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surprisemotherof2 wrote:
You gotta admit, Tina Fey is brilliant! AND using Palin's own words to make comedy, comic genius!
i absolutely think Tina Fey is hillarious. she has a good sense of how much exaggeration in body movements and mannerisms is needed. heck, as conservative as i am i followed her over to 30 Rock and think the writing on that show (yes, even with it's obvious liberal slant and Alec Baldwin) is riotous. count me in as a fan of Tina Fey.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 08:58 pm |
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QCVillager wrote: surprisemotherof2 wrote: I can't wait for more of Palin! The debate with Biden will be awesome! I also am pretty sure that SNL can't wait for Palin to be let out of her little box the Reps have been trying to keep her in too. Did you know that McCain is trying to say that Palin agrees with his policy regarding Pakistan even though it is on tape that she agrees with Obama?
Reporter: "So do we cross the border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?"
PALIN: "If that's what we have to do to stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely."
Too funny but not as funny as the SNL using Palin's exact jokes, umm, I mean quotes in thier parody.
http://www.videosift.com/video/CNN-Laughs-It-Up-Over-Sarah-Palin-Interview
i am all for political lampooning. used to be that SNL had more balance in the skits though. i am a long time watcher of SNL and been conservative and Republican during that time. in prior elections there was a more even handed and less nasty approach.
You gotta admit, Tina Fey is brilliant! AND using Palin's own words to make comedy, comic genius!
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 08:34 pm |
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surprisemotherof2 wrote: I can't wait for more of Palin! The debate with Biden will be awesome! I also am pretty sure that SNL can't wait for Palin to be let out of her little box the Reps have been trying to keep her in too. Did you know that McCain is trying to say that Palin agrees with his policy regarding Pakistan even though it is on tape that she agrees with Obama?
Reporter: "So do we cross the border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?"
PALIN: "If that's what we have to do to stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely."
Too funny but not as funny as the SNL using Palin's exact jokes, umm, I mean quotes in thier parody.
http://www.videosift.com/video/CNN-Laughs-It-Up-Over-Sarah-Palin-Interview
i am all for political lampooning. used to be that SNL had more balance in the skits though. i am a long time watcher of SNL and been conservative and Republican during that time. in prior elections there was a more even handed and less nasty approach.
something is different this season. i wonder if it has anything to do with Democrat Candidate for Minnesota Senate Al Franken being mad and looking for retribution...
Franken's campaign was damaged earlier this summer when Republicans unearthed a racy Playboy article and even more when it was revealed that in 1995, his last year on the program, Franken had joked about rape while crafting one of the show’s skits.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13684.html
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 08:16 pm |
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I can't wait for more of Palin! The debate with Biden will be awesome! I also am pretty sure that SNL can't wait for Palin to be let out of her little box the Reps have been trying to keep her in too. Did you know that McCain is trying to say that Palin agrees with his policy regarding Pakistan even though it is on tape that she agrees with Obama?
Reporter: "So do we cross the border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?"
PALIN: "If that's what we have to do to stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely."
Too funny but not as funny as the SNL using Palin's exact jokes, umm, I mean quotes in thier parody.
http://www.videosift.com/video/CNN-Laughs-It-Up-Over-Sarah-Palin-Interview
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 08:04 pm |
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Villager. You are posting all the flipflops of Obama in your post on various issues. Spongebob is just showing the frequency on ONE issue with McCain. To show them all, would take up all my memory on here.
 Now lets say cheers to that.
You know the guy we spoke about last night who is arriving today? He is having a helicopter fly him into the place. This is a special day just for him and the maze. Watch channel 3. It's also going national. Can't bust the party, so pics are being taken. 
 Palin's in Sedona. She says to give QCV my very best.
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FLIP-FLOP #11: Barack Obama on "Tapping in the Strategic Oil Reserves"
Obama Before: "I have said and in fact supported a congressional resolution that said we should suspend putting more oil into the strategic oil reserve but the strategic oil reserve I think has to be reserved for a genuine emergency," he said on July 7, 2008
Obama After: “Sen. Obama has looked at this issue, he recognizes that Americans are suffering, that we have a unique situation with rising gas prices and this is one occasion where we need to look at this strategically and he made the decision that we need to tap the strategic petroleum reserves.”
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FLIP-FLOP #12: Barack Obama on Jeremiah Wright
Obama Before: Obama's denial during the Sun-Times March 18, 2008 interview -- was fairly specific. He said: "I put out a statement today very clear about my clear rejection of the statements [by Wright] that have caused controversy. I'll be honest with you. I wasn't in church when any of those sermons were issued."
Obama After: During his speech in Philadelphia on March 18, 2008, Barack Obama said the following about his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright: "Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in the church? Yes."
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FLIP-FLOP #13: Barack Obama on NAFTA
Obama Before: During The Primaries, Barack Obama Pledged To Unilaterally Renegotiate NAFTA. He called NAFTA “devastating and a big mistake”.
Obama After: In The General Election, Barack Obama now Says His Words Were "Overheated And Amplified." The presumptive Democratic nominee backed off his harshest attacks on the free trade agreement and indicated he didn't want to unilaterally reopen negotiations on NAFTA.
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FLIP-FLOP #14: Barack Obama on FISA
Obama Before: In October 2007, The Obama Campaign Pledged He Would Filibuster "Any Bill That Includes Retroactive Immunity For Telecommunications Companies.
Obama After: Barack Obama Now Supports A Bill Reauthorizing Electronic Surveillance That Grants Immunity To Telecommunications Companies.
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FLIP-FLOP #15: Barack Obama on DC Gun Ban
Obama Before: During An Interview, Barack Obama Acknowledged His Support For The D.C. Gun Ban. (Leon Harris and Sen. Barack Obama, Forum Sponsored By ABC And Politico.Com, Washington, DC, 2/12/08)
Obama After: In June 2008, Barack Obama Said He Thought The D.C. Handgun Ban Was Unconstitutional. Obama: "It looks to me that the D.C. handgun ban overshot the runway. That it went beyond constitutional limits." (Bloomberg's "Taking Stock," 6/26/08)
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FLIP-FLOP #16: Barack Obama on Cuban Embargo
Obama Before: In January 2004, Obama Said It Was Time 'To End The Embargo With Cuba Because "It Had Utterly Failed In The Effort To Overthrow Castro."
Obama After: Speaking to a Cuban American audience in Miami in August 2007 Barack Obama said: "As a president, I'll maintain the embargo it's an important inducement for change because we know that Castro's death will not guarantee freedom."
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FLIP-FLOP #17: Barack Obama on Public Financing
Obama Before: In "Presidential Candidate Questionnaire," Obama said: "I have been a long-time advocate for public financing of campaigns combined with free television and radio time as a way to reduce the influence of moneyed special interests."
Obama After: In The General Election Barack Obama Has Declined Public Financing, Calling It A "Broken System." "In a web video emailed to supporters, Obama asks his supporters to help him 'declare our independence from a broken system.
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FLIP-FLOP #18: Barack Obama on Nuclear Power
Obama Before: In September 2007, Barack Obama Said "I Don't Think That We Can Take Nuclear Power Off The Table". "I don't think that we can take nuclear power off the table. What we have to make sure of is that we have the capacity to store it properly and safely, and that we reduce whatever threats might come from terrorism." (Sen. Barack Obama, MSNBC Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Hanover, NH, 9/26/07)
Obama After: In December 2007, Barack Obama Said "I Am Not A Nuclear Energy Proponent". "I start off with the premise that nuclear energy is not optimal. I am not a nuclear energy proponent." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At Town Hall Event, Newton, IA, 12/30/07)
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FLIP-FLOP #19: Barack Obama on Welfare Reform
Obama Before: Barack Obama was Against The 1996 Federal Legislation That Enacted Welfare Reform. In 1997, Barack Obama Said He Would Have Probably Not Supported Federal Welfare Reform Legislation. "'I am not a defender of the status quo with respect to welfare,' Obama said on the floor of the Illinois state Senate on May 31, 1997. 'Having said that, I probably would not have supported the federal legislation, because I think it had some problems."
Obama After: In His Television Ad, Barack Obama Touts His Role In Slashing Welfare Rolls. Barack Obama aligned himself with welfare reform, launching a television ad which touts the way the overhaul 'slashed the rolls by 80 percent.
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Bambi wrote: surprisemotherof2 wrote: Economy, is it important to you? You gotta love You Tube!
Straight from the horses mouth!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4egXbhSOhk
thank you Spongebob for that very enlightening clip of Mr. FlipFlopper, during several of his contradictions on air.
LIST OF OBAMA FLIP-FLOPS
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FLIP-FLOP #1: Obama on talking to the rogue State leaders
Obama before: In the primaries, during the Youtube/Cnn debates Obama has said that he would meet with the leaders of rogue countries without preconditions.
Obama after: During the presidential debates on September 26th he denied the previous statement by saying: “Senator McCain keeps on using this exhample that suddenly the president would meet with somebody without preparations and preconditions”…
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FLIP-FLOP #2: Obama on tax cuts
Obama Before: Obama and McCain have sparred over tax policy for months. Obama accused McCain of wanting to continue Bush policies by extending the tax cuts for the rich.
Obama after: Obama now says he would delay rescinding President Bush's tax cuts on wealthy Americans if he becomes the next president and the economy is in a recession, suggesting such an increase would further hurt the economy.
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FLIP-FLOP #3: Obama on conception of life
Obama Before: In his speech on Father’s day in Chicago, Obama discussed the problem of absent black fathers. “We need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn't just end at conception.” In other words he said that fatherhood begins at conception.
Obama After: At the Saddleback Church, Obama was asked by Rick Warren: “when does life begin?” In response, Obama said “answering the question would be above my pay grade”.
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FLIP-FLOP #4: Obama calls McCain out of touch?
Obama Before: During the primaries in San Francisco Obama called people in Pennsylvania "bitter" and suggested that "in small towns of they cling to guns and religion". For these remarks Obama was strongly criticized by the democrats, including Hillary Clinton.
Obama After: During his acceptance speech on August 28, 2008 in Colorado, Obama accused Mccain of being out of touch for allegedly calling people "whiners".
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FLIP-FLOP #5: Barack Obama on the Georgia situation
Obama before: “I strongly condemn the outbreak of violence in Georgia, and urge an immediate end to armed conflict. Now is the time for Georgia and Russia to show restraint, and to avoid an escalation to full scale war. Georgia’s territorial integrity must be respected. All sides should enter into direct talks on behalf of stability in Georgia, and the United States, the United Nations Security Council, and the international community should fully support a peaceful resolution to this crisis.”
Obama after: “I condemn Russia’s aggressive actions and reiterate my call for an immediate ceasefire… Russia must stop its bombing campaign, cease flights of Russian aircraft in Georgian airspace, and withdraw its ground forces from Georgia.”
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FLIP-FLOP #6: Barack Obama on Running for Higher Office
Obama Before: "You know, I am a believer in … in knowing what you’re doing when you apply for a job. Uh, and I think that … if I were seriously to consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now, before having served a day in the Senate. Now there may be some people who are comfortable doing that, but I am not one of those people.” — Barack Obama, November 8, 2004
Obama After: Sen. Barack Obama stood before a cheering crowd in his home state Saturday and announced he will seek the 2008 Democratic nomination for president. "…I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for president of the United States of America." (May 2, 2007 Springfield, Illinois)
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FLIP-FLOP #7: Barack Obama on Offshore Drilling
Obama Before: Barack Obama has spoken out against offshore drilling since Sen. John McCain in June proposed striking down the federal moratorium banning offshore oil and gas drilling to help alleviate high gas prices. "When I'm president, I intend to keep in place the moratorium here in Florida and around the country that prevents oil companies from drilling off Florida's coasts," Obama told reporters in Jacksonville in late June. "That's how we can protect our coastline and still make the investments that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and bring down gas prices for good."
Obama After: Obama now says he's "open" to oil drilling. Obama said Friday that he would be willing to compromise on his position against offshore oil drilling if it were part of a more overarching strategy to lower energy costs. "My interest is in making sure we've got the kind of comprehensive energy policy that can bring down gas prices," Obama told The Palm Beach Post early into a two-day swing through Florida.
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FLIP-FLOP #8: Barack Obama on Jerusalem
Obama Before: At The Annual AIPAC Policy Conference, Barack Obama Says Clearly That Jerusalem Should Be The "Undivided" Capital Of Israel.
Obama After: One Day After The AIPAC Conference, Barack Obama Said The Future Of Jerusalem Would Have To Be Negotiated By Israel And The Palestinians.
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FLIP-FLOP #9: Barack Obama on Troops Withdrawal from Iraq Timetable
Obama Before: In The Primaries, Barack Obama Committed To Withdrawing Troops From Iraq Regardless Of The Advice He Received From Commanders On The Ground. Obama: "Because the commander-in-chief sets the mission, Charlie. That's not the role of the generals. ... Now, I will always listen to our commanders on the ground with respect to tactics, once I've given them a new mission, that we are going to proceed deliberately, in an orderly fashion, out of Iraq, and we are going to have our combat troops out. We will not have permanent bases there. Once I have provided that mission, if they come to me and want to adjust tactics, then I will certainly take their recommendations into consideration. But, ultimately, the buck stops with me as the commander-in-chief." (Sen. Barack Obama, Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Philadelphia, PA, 4/16/08)
Obama After: In July 2008, Barack Obama Said He Will Continue To "Refine" His Iraq Policy. Obama: "I've always said that the pace of withdrawal would be dictated by the safety and security of our troops and the need to maintain stability. That assessment has not changed...And when I go to Iraq and have a chance to talk to some of the commanders on the ground, I'm sure I'll have more information and will continue to refine my policies."
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FLIP-FLOP #10: Barack Obama on a Threat from Iran
Obama Before: Barack Obama speech on May 18, 2008: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us.
Obama After: Barack Obama speech on May 20, 2008: Iran is a grave threat. It has an illicit nuclear program. It supports terrorism across the regions and militias in Iraq. It threatens Israel's existence. It denies the Holocaust.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 07:39 pm |
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surprisemotherof2 wrote: Economy, is it important to you? You gotta love You Tube!
Straight from the horses mouth!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4egXbhSOhk
thank you Spongebob for that very enlightening clip of Mr. FlipFlopper, during several of his contradictions on air.
He is unable to recognize symptoms of a failing economy....... "The fundamentals of our Economy are strong." Over and over and over. And to say he meant the working class is a blatant lie and flipflop. Which way is the wind blowing today Sen. McCain?. Will you curse Nature if it's blowing the wrong way? Will you show contempt to those who differ with you, as you have done so long in Congress? Will you show that same contempt to Foreign Leaders who disagree with you? Will you blow up and push that red button, taking us all down with you during your rage? You can't even control your temper, so how do you expect to lead this Nation into prosperity while you sport the veil of contempt for those who disagree with you? You are too volitile to be in a leadership position. Stay in Sedona or one of those many other homes you own and enjoy the remainder of your years while those who live in the 21st Century can progress and witness prosperity again.
One day it's Regulation. The next day it's deregulation. Flip Flopper
Which strategy will you take Sir? Which choice will you make? Yours or ours?
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surprisemotherof2 wrote: Economy, is it important to you? You gotta love You Tube!
Straight from the horses mouth!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4egXbhSOhk
that video is PERFECT ! it makes my point oh so well. the reality is that McCain isn't an economic genius (that's right, i said it. he is NOT an economic genius.)... but what he does stand for is Less regulation. he is 100% RIGHT in that LESS regulation is exactly what is called for. MORE regulation and GOVT Interference is EXACTLY what got us to Here from There. Obama and Democrats in general (admittedly without Bush lifting his VETO pen often enough) stand for MORE Gov't Interference.
it wasn't deregulation that was the corner stone of the current collasped market. indeed, the FREE MARKET with respect to Wall Street and Home Loan Industry hasn't been allowed to exist. instead, we have GOVERNMENT SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION an ENGINEERING at work here. the Congress (mainly Democrats, again with Bush never so much as lifting his veto pen) working their grand schemes and injecting themselves and their regulations into every aspect of the "Free Market"... thus rendering it ENTIRELY UN-Free.
you want change ??? then vote for LESS Gov't Intrusion and LESS Gov't Social Engineering. THAT will be a change. McCain will NOT simply sign off on whatever the Democrat controlled House/Senate can muster up in the way bills laden with the latest socialist type programs.
Obama as President will simply be a Super-Sized helping of more of the SAME Gov't Intrusions and Folly !
in the words of Ronald Reagan...
"Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem."
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Economy, is it important to you? You gotta love You Tube!
Straight from the horses mouth!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4egXbhSOhk
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 04:59 pm |
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No, this is change.
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Posted: Tue Sep 30th, 2008 03:51 pm |
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Vote McCain for a lack of Change. Vote Palin if you want to see our economy keep failin.............
Is this Change?
Turning Bush-McCain Hug into an Icon
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SMM, you will vote instead for Obama ? who is squeeky clean and has no ties (especially recent ones) to any suspect characters ? (Franklin Raines, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers)
you will vote for the guy that is part of the well known corrupt Chicago political machine. so be it, you won't be alone. you will be in the company of the Communist Party of the USA and the Democratic Socialists of America.
here is my thinking on this. ironically, it is because i seek CHANGE that i am voting for McCain. some points...
Presidency is made up of ONE person. Congress is made up of 535 people. Congress or Legislative Branch MAKES laws and the President Enforces laws. to that end, it just seems logical that the Congress has a much greater impact on our daily lives. (especially when you factor in the 6 year terms of Senators)
Congress is 236 D and 199 R
Current President Bush didn't use his veto power for first five years of his Presidency and to date has only ever used it a few times total. this to me says he is bascially governing as an extention of the Congress. this is not a healthy situation since we have seen time and time again the non-sense that comes out of the Congress.
if Obama is elected, he will be in lock step with the Congress again and we can anticipate more of the "social engineering" that is how we got here in the first place. i agree with the overwhelming number Citizens in the United States that are for CHANGE. electing Obama will NOT change anything... instead it will litterally be more of the SAME. it will be a "super-sized" helping of the SAME. (especially once you factor in the increase in head count that is expected for Democrats in Senate and House)
this is indeed a sad time for us... i am one of those that doesn't embrace all that McCain stands for. heck, many people call him the RINO (Republican in Name Only) so one shouldn't be super afraid that he embraces the most neo-conservative values. at the same time, it would seem that an overwhelming number of Americans this November will not be voting for that person which they think will do the most good... but instead, sadly, they will be holding their nose with one hand and pulling the lever for the person they think will do the least harm with the other.
McCain if anything will not simply sign everything that crosses his desk and THAT will be CHANGE. that will indeed be a Welcome CHANGE.
here is something i posted in the Pinal Forum
here is a nice little YouTube video from a hearing in the House of Representatives back in 2004 with the Republicans sounding yet more alarm bells and the Democrats covering for and indeed PRAISING their good buddies Franklin Raines (even going so far as to call the questions into Frank Raines a "political lynching")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs&eurl=http://www.dequalss.com/wp/2008/09/democrats-in-their-own-words/
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Hey, Arizonans---Let's all get behind our boy Johnny. Yes, that would be the one and only Johnny McCain. Better known to those of us who have lived here for any extended period of time as Arizona's very own carpetbagger Senator who, upon returning from North Vietnam, was fast to divorce his wife back in Florida and move to Arizona just in time to play upon his POW experiences and earn votes of pity from people who had not yet figured out how shallow this man really is.
By the way, after setting up shop in our state, McClone, I mean McCain set his sights on the much younger, attractive and filthy rich Cindy Hensley and her millions gained from her daddy's ownership of the Budweiser distributorship covering the entire state of Arizona. Smart move for the wallet and a smart move for the bedroom by this man of strong moral values.
Next on Johnny's agenda, in addition to his newfound wealth and improved sex life, was to find a 'heavy hitter' in the media who was very powerful and well-connected to help clear a path for him to achieve his goal. Someone like former Arizona Republic CEO "Duke" Tully. Tully became godfather to Johnny and Cindy's baby boy back in the 80s.
So far, John McCain was batting .1000
Does anyone remember Duke Tully? He was the famous WWII fighter pilot who would gladly speak (in uniform) to any and all statewide veteran's groups who requested him. Tully would vividly tell his audience, many times McCain was among them, about his days as a fighter pilot and how he climbed the ladder of success in the private sector to achieve his high profile position as the top man at The Arizona Republic, which by far is the state's largest newspaper with well over 1 1/2 million in circulation.
Just one problem, Mr. 'Duke' Tully never was a WWII fighter pilot, unless it was at an amusement park with his grandchildren. He was living the mother of all lies and getting away with it for years until he was exposed after numerous 'real' WWII veterans started to question the accuracy of his stories.
Tully soon was forced to resign in disgrace as CEO of The Arizona Republic. His last known whereabouts was (sometime in the 80s) in the state of North Dakota were he was the publisher of a small weekly newspaper.
At the time, rumor had it he was just about to earn his pilot's license for a small Cessna he purchased there.
One more thing, lets not forget about John McCain's membership in the 'Keating Five' (not a R&B band). Good 'Ol Charlie Keating, a man known for his skill at screwing the elderly out of their life savings as a result his outright fraud involved during the major savings and loan scandal in the 80s.
Yes, it was apparent if you had the money, John McCain had the time for you.
Odd that this 'Maverick' who preaches reform and cleaning up political corruption would get caught with hand in the Keating's cookie jar.
What a 'Maverick' that boy Johnny is.
It's a good thing he's not entrenched in any of the corruption that exists throughout Capital Hill. We all know our boy McCain is above that.
They say you can judge a man by the company he keeps----Duke Tully and Charles Keating----Get the picture?
It easy to see why real conservatives and solid Republicans like Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado have an extreme dislike for this sellout senator from the Grand Canyon State.
This is the same guy who tried like hell to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens just so he could further his chances of gaining a large share of Hispanic voters for the 2008 election, and all at the expense of law abiding, hard working middle class Americans who, if the McCain-Kennedy amnesty bill would have passed, would see their wages suppressed to a point where they would be at the 'poverty level' as the result of 'cheap labor' from the millions of illegals who would have flooded this nation's workforce.
Yes, sir thank God a border state like Arizona has a real man of the people, a 'Maverick' like John McCain.
I have the utmost respect and admiration for McCain's endurance as a POW and his toughness while a POW, and also his refusal to submit to the Viet Cong, but that was years ago. That was a very different John McCain than what we see now. Along with Bush, he's a disgrace to the Republican party that I belong to, and it's all because of his willingness to sellout in the name of political gain.
Currently, McCain is either receiving some very bad advise from those running his campaign or being a man in his seventies, senility has started to set in. Case-in-Point: Sarah Pallin. I mean let's get real for a moment. If McCain would have chosen either Senator Elizabeth Dole or Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas he would have stood a good chance at winning this election, especially against another weak Democrat, as was Kerry in '04, but McCain's stupidity prevailed.
Again, I can hear the sound of Barry Goldwater turning over in his grave.
It probably doesn't really matter how bad McCain screws up because this election was lost a few years ago due to the damage that Bush has done. Just look at what happened in '06 as a result of the Bush-Rumsfield partnership. Republicans lost control of the Senate.
A basic Republican battle cry was always the goal of eliminating America's national deficit, that over the years, rapidly increased due to mis-management by tax-and-spend liberal Democrats.
When Bush came into office, this idiot who calls himself a Republican, was left with a national budget surplus by the previous administration, but Bush being Bush, was quickly gone and within a short time period became a huge deficit again.
Wait a minute....yes, I can definitely hear Barry Goldwater turning over in his grave. Sorry, Barry. I'm not sure what Bush is because he's not the type of Republican that you and I are familar with. I don't know what the hell he is other than someone of limited intelligence who stole the 2000 election with the help of his brother and daddy's friends.
Take another good look again at the maverick....John McCain, and try not to vomit too much when you see all the empty jars of vaseline that Johnny Boy needed for his lips from kissing the ass of Bush.
I know that many of you die-hard Bush/McCain simpletons (you know who you are) are at this very moment watching that outstanding example of broadcast journalism that is...... Mr. Bill O'Reilly. The O'Reilly show is above all others when it comes to raising the bar for journalistic standards. O'Reilly must be the best because a credible journalist like Geraldo Rivera is featured as a regular contributor to the show, and we all know how widely respected Geraldo is....Right?
That's legitimate enough for me.
Let's see.....McCain and Pallin .....O'Reilly and Geraldo. Now I understand what you simpletons see.
Stay tuned for next weeks column because you will learn about the horrible auto accident that McCain's first wife had back in Florida, and the fact that Johnny Boy refused to help her (and her/his kids) financially with paying the medical bills. God bless you Ross Perot for paying those bills. You sir, are a quality individual. I guess Johnny Boy---the 'Maverick'--- just could not spare any of the millions he and his wife Cindy had.
Last edited on Tue Sep 30th, 2008 02:26 pm by Superstition Mountain Man
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