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Title: McCain: Palin more qualified than Obama
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Politico
URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13111.html
Published: Sep 3, 2008
Author: MIKE ALLEN
Post Date: 2008-09-03 08:07:17 by A K A Stone
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Mounting a ferocious defense of his embattled running mate, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he is buying a TV ad arguing that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has more experience than the Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). A campaign statement, in an effort to rev up conservatives, issued a list of critical media mentions that it called “smears” of Palin, who speaks in prime time at the convention on Wednesday night. The campaign announced: “The McCain campaign will launch a television ad directly comparing Governor Palin’s executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a 10 billion dollar budget to Barack Obama’s experience as a one-term junior Senator from Illinois.” The ad is what the campaign calls “a forward-leaning effort to counter the shameless smears that have prevailed during Governor Palin’s introduction to the American voter.” Senior Adviser Steve Schmidt gave Politico a statement saying the campaign will have no more comment about the vetting process, which was the subject of more critical coverage in Wednesday morning’s papers: “Governor Sarah Palin is an exceptional governor with a record of accomplishment that exceeds, by far, the governing accomplishments of Senator Obama. Her selection came after a six-month long rigorous vetting process where her extraordinary credentials and exceptionalism became clear. This vetting controversy is a faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States who has never been a part of the old boys network that has come to dominate the news establishment in this country. Senator McCain picked his governing partner after a long and thorough search. Governor Palin looks forward to addressing the nation and laying out the fundamental choice this election represents for the American people. "The McCain campaign will have no further comment about our long and thorough process. This nonsense is over. It is time to begin the debate about how to win the two wars this country is engaged in; how to make this country energy independent; and how to create jobs for American families that are hurting. The American people get to do the vetting now on Election Day – November 4." Here is a document the McCain campaign sent to reporters this morning: MCCAIN ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR TODAY: • Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be on all three network and cable television stations defending Governor Palin’s family and her historic candidacy. • The McCain campaign will launch a television ad directly comparing Governor Palin’s executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a 10 billion dollar budget to Barack Obama’s experience as a one-term junior Senator from Illinois. • Former Democratic Vice Presidential nominee current U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman and Congressman Eric Cantor will hold a press conference calling on Barack Obama to condemn and/or dismiss his official campaign spokesman who implied Governor Sarah Palin supported Nazi sympathy because she wore a Pat Buchanan pin on one single occasion. • McCain-Palin surrogates Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, Former Ebay CEO Meg Whitman, McCain Senior Advisor Nicolle Wallace, McCain Communications Director Jill Hazelbaker and McCain Senior Advisor Nancy Pfotenhauer will do television and radio interviews to demand better treatment for Governor Palin’s family. EPORTED FALSEHOODS AND SMEARS AGAINST GOVERNOR PALIN’S FAMILY AND HISTORIC CANDIDACY: Liberal Bloggers Questioned Whether Governor Palin's Fifth Child Was Actually Bristol Palin's Child. "'Where has Bristol Palin (far right, holding Trig, with a ring on her wedding finger) been for the past year? Has she been attending high school? Or was she absent because of infectious mononucleosis for between five and eight months, as is now being reported on the Internet? Why would a 43 year old woman, on her fifth pregnancy, with a Down Syndrome child, after her amniotic fluid has started to leak, not go to the nearest hospital immediately, even if she was in Texas for a speech? Why would she not only not go to the hospital in Texas, but take an eight-hour plane flight to Seattle and then Anchorage? Why would she choose to deliver the baby not in the nearest major facility in Anchorage but at a much smaller hospital near her home-town? Why did the flight attendants on the trip home say she bore no signs of being pregnant?' It strikes me as likely that there are reasonable answers to these questions - more reasonable than the only one given so far -" (Andrew Sullivan, "Things That Make You Go Hmmm," The Atlantic's "The Daily Dish" Blog, Posted 8/31/08) CNN's John Roberts Questioned Whether Governor Palin Would Be Able To Care For A Child With Down Syndrome As Vice President. CNN's JOHN ROBERTS: "There's also this issue that on April 18th, she gave birth to a baby with Down Syndrome. The baby is just slightly more than 4 months old now. Children with Down Syndrome require an awful lot of attention. The role of vice president, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of, how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child?" BASH: "That's a very good question, and I guess my guess is that perhaps the line inside the McCain campaign would be, if it were a man being picked who also had a baby 4 months ago with Down Syndrome, would you ask the same question? And that might be another way to kind of, you know, close the gender gap in trying to make the point that, yes, she not only has unfortunately a baby with Down Syndrome, but she has five children, the oldest of whom is apparently in the Army and is apparently going to head off to Iraq in the fall." (CNN's "Newsroom," 8/29/08) • The Washington Post's Sally Quinn Questioned Whether A Woman With Five Children And One Having Down Syndrome Would Be Able To Make Her Family A Priority If She Were Vice President. SALLY QUINN: "And I do think, too, that you have to weigh the situation. It's one thing to have one or two or three children, especially if they are healthy children. And everyone knows that women and men are different and that moms and dads are different and that women -- the burden of child care almost always falls on the woman. But I think, when you have five children, one a 4-month-old Down syndrome baby, and a daughter who is 17, who is also a child and who is going to need her mother very much in the next few months and years with her own baby coming, that I don't see how you cannot make your family your first priority. And I think if you are going to be president of the United States, which she may well be, I think that's going to be a real stretch for her." (CNN's "Newsroom," 9/2/08) • On MSNBC, Headlines Beneath The Live Coverage Included "SOME WORKING MOTHERS WORRY THAT PALIN IS TAKING ON TOO MUCH" And "SOME VOTERS CONCERNED IF PALIN, A MOTHER OF FIVE HAS TIME TO BE VP." "Two recent headlines underneath the talking heads at MSNBC:'SOME WORKING MOTHERS WORRY THAT PALIN IS TAKING ON TOO MUCH.' Moments later, it changed to, 'SOME VOTERS CONCERNED IF PALIN, A MOTHER OF FIVE HAS TIME TO BE VP.' So good of them to express the concern in headline form." ("MSNBC Worries About Sarah Palin's Time Management," National Review's "Campaign Spot" Blog, Posted 9/2/08) Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) Said That Governor Palin Was A Supporter Of Pat Buchanan Who He Called A "Nazi Sympathizer." "Here's Rep. Robert Wexler of Florida: John McCain's decision to select a vice presidential running mate that endorsed Pat Buchanan for President in 2000 is a direct affront to all Jewish Americans. Pat Buchanan is a Nazi sympathizer with a uniquely atrocious record on Israel, even going as far as to denounce bringing former Nazi soldiers to justice and praising Adolf Hilter for his 'great courage.'" (Ben Smith, "Palin On Israel," Politico, Posted 8/29/08) • The Obama Campaign Linked Governor Palin As A Supporter Of Pat Buchanan Who They Called A "Nazi Sympathizer." "'Palin was a supporter of [MSNBC analyst] Pat Buchanan, a right-winger or as many Jews call him: a Nazi sympathizer,' Obama spokesman Mark Bubriski wrote in an email." (Marc Caputo, "Obama Camp Connects The Dots For Jews: McCain...Palin...Buchanan...Nazis," The Miami Herald's "Naked Politics" Blog, http://miamiherald.typepad.com <> , Posted 8/30/08) • James Carville Claimed That Because Governor Palin Was A Supporter Of Pat Buchanan She Would Not Be Attractive To Democrats. CARVILLE: "Again, when they find out, when they find out -- I man, when people find out that Sarah Palin supported Pat Buchanan, that she supports teaching creationism, they're not -- she's not a person that's going to be very attractive to Democrats." (CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees," 8/29/08) • James Carville Said That Governor Palin Would Appeal To "Pat Buchanan Kind Of Republicans." CARVILLE: "I think, among social conservatives, she's going to be fine. She endorsed Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. And he's a hero to social conservatives. She's for teaching creationism in the public schools in Alaska, something that is sort of number one on the social conservative agenda. So, yes, I think, to the kind of Pat Buchanan kind of Republicans, she's going to have some appeal." (CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees," 8/29/08) In Toledo, OH, Sen. Joe Biden Said One Of The Differences Between Him And Governor Palin Was "She's Good Looking." "In his introduction of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., just now on the rooftop of the Toldeo Public Library, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., commented on the pulchritude of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. John McCain's newly-named running mate. … 'From our perspective the whole deal is how does the government help you get back up without getting in the way?' Biden asked. 'There's a gigantic - gigantic -- difference between John McCain and Barack Obama, and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent. And that is that – ' The crowd laughed. 'Well there's obvious differences,' Biden said, beginning to ham it up. 'She's good looking,' he said, laughing. 'You know there's obvious differences. But there's a whole lot – '" (Jake Tapper and Matt Jaffe, "Oh, That Joe! (Number 4 in a Series) -- Biden on Difference Between Him And Palin: 'She's Good Looking'," ABC News' "Political Punch" Blog, Posted 8/31/08) CNN's James Carville Said That Governor Palin Is "Almost Absent Qualifications For The Job." JAMES CARVILLE: "I just would make the point, is my family -- I had five sisters. They're all pro-life to the core. And they all would act in exactly the same way. That's not the question. The question is, why would she be running for vice president? I mean this woman is almost absent qualifications for the job. I mean this is -- she is -- I'm willing to concede to the whole world that she's a very committed pro-life person, that she's an honorable person, that she's a good mother. But that's not the issue before the American people right now." (CNN's "Larry King Live," 9/1/08) Liberal Radio Host Ed Schultz Said That Governor Palin Was An "Empty Pantsuit" Who Had Started A "Bimbo Alert." "Liberal radio host Ed Schultz was telling listeners Monday that Palin was an 'empty pantsuit' who had set off a 'bimbo alert.'" (Howard Kurtz, "A Blogger, A Baby, A Cry Of Concern," The Washington Post, 9/2/08) Sherrod Brown Criticized Governor Palin For Being Mayor Of A Small Town. "U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown urged the pro-Democratic crowd at the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Council’s annual Labor Day Picnic today not to be shy about promoting the Barack Obama-Joe Biden presidential ticket in their personal sphere of contacts. … 'She’s been mayor of a city half the size of Blue Ash and governor of a state with half the population of Hamilton County,' Brown said. 'John McCain failed in his first big decision as a potential president. He chose somebody with no experience to be a heartbeat away from being the U.S. president.'" (Steve Kemme, "At Picnic, Brown Slams Palin," Cincinnati Enquirer, 9/2/08) ABC's Jake Tapper Reported That Governor Palin Was Once A Member Of The Alaskan Independence Party, Which Wanted To Secede From The United States. "The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., likes to herald the independence of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States." (Jake Tapper, "Members Of 'Fringe' Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was A Member In 90s," ABC's "Political Punch" Blog, Posted 9/1/08) The Washington Post's Richard Cohen Said That Governor Palin Was A "Sitcom" Candidate And Would Be A "Disaster Movie" If She Became President. "One of the great sights of American political life -- a YouTube moment if ever there was one -- was to see the doughboy face of Newt Gingrich as he extolled the virtues of Sarah Palin, a sitcom of a vice presidential choice and a disaster movie if she moves up to the presidency." (Richard Cohen, op-ed, "Republicans Rush In," The Washington Post, 9/2/08) Tom Daschle Attacked Palin As Having “Absolutely No Experience” And Being “Extreme Right Wing.” Daschle: “Three questions: With absolutely no experience, are we ready, if necessary, to place our future in her hands as commander in chief and our premier negotiator with other world leaders? Are we comfortable in having a VP who represents the extreme right wing, including the advocacy of creationism and a denial of any human responsibility in climate change? What happens if Gov. Palin is found to have abused her office in the firing of a police officer?” (“Politico Arena — Palin Edition,” The Politico, 8/31/08)
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Yep...the RATS' braindead attack on the Number Two Person on the GOP ticket will ultimately backfire on the Number One Person on the RAT ticket...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, The survey done for EMILY's List, a political action committee that supports female candidates who support abortion rights, found that the Democratic ticket leads among female voters 52 percent to 41 percent, and 53 percent of female voters say the Democrats are better at understanding the issues and concerns important to women, while only 35 percent say the Republicans are. Also, 59 percent of female voters say McCain picked the first-term Alaska governor "out of political considerations," while only 20 percent say he chose her based on experience on qualifications. That's the reverse of how female voters regard Obama's choice of Joe Biden, the poll found. Given a description of the biographies of Palin and Biden, 41 percent of those surveyed said they found Palin's story appealing, lower than the 64 percent for Biden's. And told about her position on abortion -- she opposes it even in cases of rape and incest -- 56 percent said that gave them a less favorable view of Palin. Palin has directly appealed to female voters, particularly those who supported Hillary Clinton over Obama in the Democratic primaries, by saying they had the chance with her to break the highest, hardest glass ceiling once and for all. The poll of 800 female voters was conducted by Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group on Sunday and Monday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/female_voters_n.html Above is an interesting piece that reflects how things have settled in since she was announced as the perfect solution to stop the rebellion in the religious conservatives if Joe or Tom - McCain's main preferences for that slot - got the nod for the job. As far as your general comments on Palin go, you are just being ridiculous here. It is the 527 groups on both sides doing the kneecap whacking approach. McCain who spoke against Swift Boating has now waffled into accepting such efforts. And much of the approach to swift boating is one like yours' here; taunting and overstating the case to try to generate heat that you feel would justify your love of swift boating done so far this year. Swift boating that Obama has deflected and handled well in comparison to Kerry who did not realize the importance of not letting your opponents use the Internet and other volatile media to define you before you define yourself. And the McCain campaign belatedly seems to be doing the same thing with Palin as she gets her crash courses and reality checks about what she faces the next couple of months. She is also not so much as an attack dog in her role as Biden will be. Expect her to do an awful lot of fund raising for the RNC as much as anything else.
Hi Mike. Welcome.
If they continue this BUNKUM McCain or Palin should bring up Obama's doubtful citizenship. I would accept a THREE DOLLAR BILL before accepting that "birth certificate" of his.
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"Sarah Palin Makes History as First Female Vice Presidential Nominee of Republican Party!!" Full remarks as prepared for delivery and provided by the McCain campaign of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as she accepts the 2008 Republican vice presidential nomination on Sept. 3, 2008, at the Xcel Energy Center in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota "Video of Sarah Palin's Historic Speech!!" "Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored to be considered for the nomination for Vice President of the United States...I accept the call to help our nominee for president to serve and defend America. I accept the challenge of a tough fight in this election... against confident opponents ... at a crucial hour for our country. And I accept the privilege of serving with a man who has come through much harder missions ... and met far graver challenges ... and knows how tough fights are won - the next president of the United States, John S. McCain. It was just a year ago when all the experts in Washington counted out our nominee because he refused to hedge his commitment to the security of the country he loves. With their usual certitude, they told us that all was lost - there was no hope for this candidate who said that he would rather lose an election than see his country lose a war. But the pollsters and pundits overlooked just one thing when they wrote him off. They overlooked the caliber of the man himself - the determination, resolve, and sheer guts of Senator John McCain. The voters knew better. And maybe that's because they realize there is a time for politics and a time for leadership ... a time to campaign and a time to put our country first. Our nominee for president is a true profile in courage, and people like that are hard to come by. He's a man who wore the uniform of this country for 22 years, and refused to break faith with those troops in Iraq who have now brought victory within sight. And as the mother of one of those troops, that is exactly the kind of man I want as commander in chief. I'm just one of many moms who'll say an extra prayer each night for our sons and daughters going into harm's way. Our son Track is 19. And one week from tomorrow - September 11th - he'll deploy to Iraq with the Army infantry in the service of his country. My nephew Kasey also enlisted, and serves on a carrier in the Persian Gulf. My family is proud of both of them and of all the fine men and women serving the country in uniform. Track is the eldest of our five children. In our family, it's two boys and three girls in between - my strong and kind-hearted daughters Bristol, Willow, and Piper. And in April, my husband Todd and I welcomed our littlest one into the world, a perfectly beautiful baby boy named Trig. From the inside, no family ever seems typical. That's how it is with us. Our family has the same ups and downs as any other ... the same challenges and the same joys. Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge. And children with special needs inspire a special love. To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House. Todd is a story all by himself. He's a lifelong commercial fisherman ... a production operator in the oil fields of Alaska's North Slope ... a proud member of the United Steel Workers' Union ... and world champion snow machine racer. Throw in his Yup'ik Eskimo ancestry, and it all makes for quite a package. We met in high school, and two decades and five children later he's still my guy. My Mom and Dad both worked at the elementary school in our small town. And among the many things I owe them is one simple lesson: that this is America, and every woman can walk through every door of opportunity. My parents are here tonight, and I am so proud to be the daughter of Chuck and Sally Heath. Long ago, a young farmer and habber-dasher from Missouri followed an unlikely path to the vice presidency. A writer observed: "We grow good people in our small towns, with honesty, sincerity, and dignity." I know just the kind of people that writer had in mind when he praised Harry Truman. I grew up with those people. They are the ones who do some of the hardest work in America ... who grow our food, run our factories, and fight our wars. They love their country, in good times and bad, and they're always proud of America. I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town. I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids' public education better. When I ran for city council, I didn't need focus groups and voter profiles because I knew those voters, and knew their families, too. Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities. I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening. We tend to prefer candidates who don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco. As for my running mate, you can be certain that wherever he goes, and whoever is listening, John McCain is the same man. I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I've learned quickly, these past few days, that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country. Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not just to mingle with the right people. Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it. No one expects us to agree on everything. But we are expected to govern with integrity, good will, clear convictions, and ... a servant's heart. I pledge to all Americans that I will carry myself in this spirit as vice president of the United States. This was the spirit that brought me to the governor's office, when I took on the old politics as usual in Juneau ... when I stood up to the special interests, the lobbyists, big oil companies, and the good-ol' boys network. Sudden and relentless reform never sits well with entrenched interests and power brokers. That's why true reform is so hard to achieve. But with the support of the citizens of Alaska, we shook things up. And in short order we put the government of our state back on the side of the people. I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law. While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay. I also drive myself to work. And I thought we could muddle through without the governor's personal chef - although I've got to admit that sometimes my kids sure miss her. I came to office promising to control spending - by request if possible and by veto if necessary. Senator McCain also promises to use the power of veto in defense of the public interest - and as a chief executive, I can assure you it works. Our state budget is under control. We have a surplus. And I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending: nearly half a billion dollars in vetoes. I suspended the state fuel tax, and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress "thanks, but no thanks," for that Bridge to Nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, we'd build it ourselves. When oil and gas prices went up dramatically, and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska. And despite fierce opposition from oil company lobbyists, who kind of liked things the way they were, we broke their monopoly on power and resources. As governor, I insisted on competition and basic fairness to end their control of our state and return it to the people. I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history. And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly forty billion dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence. That pipeline, when the last section is laid and its valves are opened, will lead America one step farther away from dependence on dangerous foreign powers that do not have our interests at heart. The stakes for our nation could not be higher. When a hurricane strikes in the Gulf of Mexico, this country should not be so dependent on imported oil that we are forced to draw from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve. And families cannot throw away more and more of their paychecks on gas and heating oil. With Russia wanting to control a vital pipeline in the Caucasus, and to divide and intimidate our European allies by using energy as a weapon, we cannot leave ourselves at the mercy of foreign suppliers. To confront the threat that Iran might seek to cut off nearly a fifth of world energy supplies ... or that terrorists might strike again at the Abqaiq facility in Saudi Arabia ... or that Venezuela might shut off its oil deliveries ... we Americans need to produce more of our own oil and gas. And take it from a gal who knows the North Slope of Alaska: we've got lots of both. Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems - as if we all didn't know that already. But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines ... build more new-clear plants ... create jobs with clean coal ... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources. We need American energy resources, brought to you by American ingenuity, and produced by American workers. I've noticed a pattern with our opponent. Maybe you have, too. We've all heard his dramatic speeches before devoted followers. And there is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate. This is a man who can give an entire speech about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word "victory" except when he's talking about his own campaign. But when the cloud of rhetoric has passed ... when the roar of the crowd fades away ... when the stadium lights go out, and those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio lot - what exactly is our opponent's plan? What does he actually seek to accomplish, after he's done turning back the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government bigger ... take more of your money ... give you more orders from Washington ... and to reduce the strength of America in a dangerous world. America needs more energy ... our opponent is against producing it. Victory in Iraq is finally in sight ... he wants to forfeit. Terrorist states are seeking new-clear weapons without delay ... he wants to meet them without preconditions. Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America ... he's worried that someone won't read them their rights? Government is too big ... he wants to grow it. Congress spends too much ... he promises more. Taxes are too high ... he wants to raise them. His tax increases are the fine print in his economic plan, and let me be specific. The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes ... raise payroll taxes ... raise investment income taxes ... raise the death tax ... raise business taxes ... and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars. My sister Heather and her husband have just built a service station that's now opened for business - like millions of others who run small businesses. How are they going to be any better off if taxes go up? Or maybe you're trying to keep your job at a plant in Michigan or Ohio ... or create jobs with clean coal from Pennsylvania or West Virginia ... or keep a small farm in the family right here in Minnesota. How are you going to be better off if our opponent adds a massive tax burden to the American economy? Here's how I look at the choice Americans face in this election. In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change. They're the ones whose names appear on laws and landmark reforms, not just on buttons and banners, or on self-designed presidential seals. Among politicians, there is the idealism of high-flown speechmaking, in which crowds are stirringly summoned to support great things. And then there is the idealism of those leaders, like John McCain, who actually do great things. They're the ones who are good for more than talk ... the ones we have always been able to count on to serve and defend America. Senator McCain's record of actual achievement and reform helps explain why so many special interests, lobbyists, and comfortable committee chairmen in Congress have fought the prospect of a McCain presidency - from the primary election of 2000 to this very day. Our nominee doesn't run with the Washington herd. He's a man who's there to serve his country, and not just his party. A leader who's not looking for a fight, but is not afraid of one either. Harry Reid, the Majority Leader of the current do-nothing Senate, not long ago summed up his feelings about our nominee. He said, quote, "I can't stand John McCain." Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps no accolade we hear this week is better proof that we've chosen the right man. Clearly what the Majority Leader was driving at is that he can't stand up to John McCain. That is only one more reason to take the maverick of the Senate and put him in the White House. My fellow citizens, the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of "personal discovery." This world of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn't just need an organizer. And though both Senator Obama and Senator Biden have been going on lately about how they are always, quote, "fighting for you," let us face the matter squarely. There is only one man in this election who has ever really fought for you ... in places where winning means survival and defeat means death ... and that man is John McCain. In our day, politicians have readily shared much lesser tales of adversity than the nightmare world in which this man, and others equally brave, served and suffered for their country. It's a long way from the fear and pain and squalor of a six-by-four cell in Hanoi to the Oval Office. But if Senator McCain is elected president, that is the journey he will have made. It's the journey of an upright and honorable man - the kind of fellow whose name you will find on war memorials in small towns across this country, only he was among those who came home. To the most powerful office on earth, he would bring the compassion that comes from having once been powerless ... the wisdom that comes even to the captives, by the grace of God ... the special confidence of those who have seen evil, and seen how evil is overcome. A fellow prisoner of war, a man named Tom Moe of Lancaster, Ohio, recalls looking through a pin- hole in his cell door as Lieutenant Commander John McCain was led down the hallway, by the guards, day after day. As the story is told, "When McCain shuffled back from torturous interrogations, he would turn toward Moe's door and flash a grin and thumbs up" - as if to say, "We're going to pull through this." My fellow Americans, that is the kind of man America needs to see us through these next four years. For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words. For a lifetime, John McCain has inspired with his deeds. If character is the measure in this election ... and hope the theme ... and change the goal we share, then I ask you to join our cause. Join our cause and help America elect a great man as the next president of the United States. Thank you all, and may God bless America." WooHOOO...Sarah Palin ROCKS...MUD
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, WooHOOO!!
"Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Thanks, I have been too busy to even post much on the usual places, so apologies for not getting back sooner.
You should be buisy getting your cash OUT of the bank and into sime nice safe investments like STORABLE FOOD, GOLD nad GUNS AND AMMO. If you think that the current "Banker bail out" legislation is going to help your account GET OVER IT. The trillion dollars in INFLATIONARY MONEY is for the Pope, Jesuits, Soveriegn Military Order of Malta, the central bankers, the Illuminati and the other white persian cat petters of this old wicked world system to get their hands on first!!! By the time the share that backs our accounts arrives it WON'T EVEN BUY A LOAF OF BREAD!!!! The TOTAL CRASH is coming no matter what Shrubya and his gang try to do to stop it.
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You should be buisy getting your cash OUT of the bank and into sime nice safe investments like STORABLE FOOD, GOLD nad GUNS AND AMMO. If you think that the current "Banker bail out" legislation is going to help your account GET OVER IT. The trillion dollars in INFLATIONARY MONEY is for the Pope, Jesuits, Soveriegn Military Order of Malta, the central bankers, the Illuminati and the other white persian cat petters of this old wicked world system to get their hands on first!!! By the time the share that backs our accounts arrives it WON'T EVEN BUY A LOAF OF BREAD!!!! The TOTAL CRASH is coming no matter what Shrubya and his gang try to do to stop it.
Patriot City, home of Coral Snake's Bites of the Week
And what if I said "I don't believe you; I think you are stark raving mad to say so, and you can't possibly understand the way our banking and market system works given your raving"?
I know that it works on "Fractional Reserve Banking" or what I call "Faro Banking" after the most popular of the 19th century casino games and the one most often CHEATED at by its operators because of its low "house percentage". "Fractional Reserve Banking or FARO BANKING is fundamentally dishonest and the basic cause of every crash and collapse we have ever had including this one. Further more when you try to cover up the FUNDAMENTAL DISHONESTY of our banking system with the PRINTING PRESS which this bail out legislation does you always wind up in HYPERINFLATION and the TOTAL COLLAPSE.
Patriot City, home of Coral Snake's Bites of the Week
No apology necessary. The Hurricane knocked out my internet for 8 days. So I have been away. I never knew we had hurricanes in Ohio before.
Let's Play "WALLSTREET BAILOUT" The Rules Are... Rep Kaptur
I don't think anything should be bailed out. With the possible exception being the government can pay off my house so I can be on easy street. It wont cost billions or trillions. Less then 100k would do it. I think they should. I think our financial system will someday collapse. It is based on a fraud. I am talking about making money out of nothing. We need some massive overhaul. Gold standard. Or at least putting some debt free money into circulation. Like maybe when they build bridges and roads. Perhaps the government should print money to pay those people. Instead of borrowing from the federal reserve.
That is a golden idea in principle ,but our evergrowing populace demands more and more funds. The sole purpose of our green paper is to entice the public to do the neccesary jobs to keep our so called advanced civilization running. We could go back to the pioneer days I guess,but that would lead to alot of blood,that most are unwilling to shed. It's going to take alot of work to get our economy churning again(maybe even a great depression).
Jesus Christ,the original ,cherish him,love him,but most importantly don't forget him
The purpose of green money is so that the bankers can create money out of thin air. Then it has to be borrowed by someone to get it circulating. Then they charge tribute on it. It is a scam. The Bible demands just weights and measures. Our constitution requires money to be made of gold and silver. Then a certain weight is worth a certain amount. The problem is that the debt cannot be repaid. They only created the principal not the interest. Therefore making it impossible to repay back. We are at least 10 trillion in debt. It is impossible for that to ever be repaid. Paper fiat currency always ends up destroying itself. We need to find a way to have money enter the system without the debt attached to it. I think that paying people who do government work on things like public infrastructure should be paid in debt free notes. Then that money can circulate through the country without having to be paid back to bankers. Kind of like in the old days a man would work to mine gold and would be rewarded with the gold which was worth something. That is part of what I consider the solution. That and a year of jubilee that would cancel all debts every 50 years. That way the people making the loans would know that they wouldn't be repaid after that certain year. That would require them to make more sound loans. Loans would dry up as the year of Jubilee approached. Borrowing money is bad for the citizens anyway. They end up paying usury which the Bible forbids.
"The campaign announced: “The McCain campaign will launch a television ad directly comparing Governor Palin’s executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a 10 billion dollar budget to Barack Obama’s experience as a one-term junior Senator from Illinois.”
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#2. To: Mudboy Slim (#1)
John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate isn't paying dividends with many women -- at least not according to a national poll released this morning and conducted for a group backing Barack Obama.
#3. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
#4. To: A K A Stone (#3)
#5. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
Good to see you, Mike...welcome to Liberty's Flame!!
GOP Candidate's Acceptance Speech Defends Experience, Targets Barack Obama
Sept. 3, 2008
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#6. To: Ferret Mike (#2)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the US Constitution."
#7. To: A K A Stone (#3)
#8. To: Ferret Mike (#7)
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#9. To: A K A Stone, Mudboy Slim, Fred Mertz, _jim (#8)
#10. To: Coral Snake (#9)
The TOTAL CRASH is coming no matter what Shrubya and his gang try to do to stop it.
#11. To: _Jim (#10)
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#12. To: Ferret Mike (#7)
Thanks, I have been too busy to even post much on the usual places, so apologies for not getting back sooner.
#13. To: Coral Snake (#8)
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#14. To: _Jim (#10)
And what if I said "I don't believe you; I think you are stark raving mad to say so, and you can't possibly understand the way our banking and market system works given your raving"?
#15. To: A K A Stone (#14)
I think our financial system will someday collapse. It is based on a fraud. I am talking about making money out of nothing.
#16. To: master_of_disaster (#15)
That is a golden idea in principle ,but our evergrowing populace demands more and more funds. The sole purpose of our green paper is to entice the public to do the neccesary jobs to keep our so called advanced civilization running.
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