McCain’s ‘Hail Sarah’ Pass

The very fact that Americans are debating whether a woman with a new baby should be in a demanding job galls Carol Evans, president and chief executive of Working Mother Media, which publishes Working Mother magazine.

"The fact that the United States is the only developed country without paid maternity leave should be front and center, not whether (Palin) can go back to work with a four-month old," said Evans, noting that the average American working mother returns to work 11 weeks after giving birth.

A question that emerges for Americans of all political stripes is: Would any of this be asked if Palin was a man?

"If we say a woman can't have a career when her children are babies, we are discriminating based on gender," said Democrat Barbara Matousek, a 41-year-old Wisconsin engineer and working mother of an 8-month-old.
The birth of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to a teenaged mother has received little attention, although Obama himself has raised it. Debate about his ability to balance work and parenthood of his two young daughters, aged 7 and 10, has barely been raised.

Ms. Palin's Church somehow shut down the video's of the "Mr. Kerry voters may not see Heaven", the "God fight video" and other videos that may see scrutiny, including creationism and war.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/website-with-sp.html

Obama took an active role in the Senate's drive for improved border security and immigration reform. In 2005, he cosponsored the "Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act" introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In August 2005, he traveled to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. The trip focused on strategies to control the world's supply of conventional weapons, biological weapons, and weapons of mass destruction as a first defense against potential terrorist attacks.

Following meetings with U.S. military in Kuwait and Iraq in January 2006, Obama visited Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. At a meeting with Palestinian students two weeks before Hamas won the legislative election, Obama warned that "the U.S. will never recognize winning Hamas candidates unless the group renounces its fundamental mission to eliminate Israel."

He left for his third official trip in August 2006, traveling to South Africa, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Chad. In a nationally televised speech at the University of Nairobi, he spoke forcefully on the influence of ethnic rivalries and corruption in Kenya.The speech touched off a public debate among rival leaders, some formally challenging Obama's remarks as unfair and improper, others defending his positions.
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110th Congress

Barack Obama has done a Lot in his So Called "Rookie Years as a Jr. Senator

In the first month of the newly Democratic-controlled 110th Congress, Obama worked with Russ Feingold (D???WI) to eliminate gifts of travel on corporate jets by lobbyists to members of Congress and require disclosure of bundled campaign contributions under the "Honest Leadership and Open Government Act," which was signed into law in September 2007.

He joined Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in sponsoring S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections, including fraudulent flyers and automated phone calls, as witnessed in the 2006 midterm elections. Obama's energy initiatives scored pluses and minuses with environmentalists, who welcomed his sponsorship with John McCain (R-AZ) of a climate change bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two-thirds by 2050, but were skeptical of his support for a bill promoting liquefied coal production.[40] Obama also introduced the "Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007," a bill to cap troop levels in Iraq, begin phased redeployment, and remove all combat brigades from Iraq before April 2008.[41]

Later in 2007, Obama sponsored with Kit Bond (R-MO) an amendment to the 2008 Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality disorder military discharges, and calling for a review by the Government Accountability Office following reports that the procedure had been used inappropriately to reduce government costs. He sponsored the "Iran Sanctions Enabling Act" supporting divestment of state pension funds from Iran's oil and gas industry, and joined Chuck Hagel (R-NE) in introducing legislation to reduce risks of nuclear terrorism. A provision from the Obama-Hagel bill was passed by Congress in December 2007 as an amendment to the State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill.[44] Obama also sponsored a Senate amendment to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to provide one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries.

After passing both houses of Congress with bipartisan majorities, SCHIP was vetoed by President Bush in early October 2007, a move Obama said "shows a callousness of priorities that is offensive to the ideals we hold as Americans."

The Community activist with Columbia, Harvard Degrees, State Senator & Federal Senator..Not Bad at All !!

The Jr. senator has gotten a lot accomplished in his Rookie Years as an Illinois Jr. Senator

Obama took an active role in the Senate's drive for improved border security and immigration reform. In 2005, he cosponsored the "Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act" introduced by Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).

He later added three amendments to the "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act", which passed the Senate in May 2006, but failed to gain majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives. In September 2006, Obama supported a related bill, the Secure Fence Act, authorizing construction of fencing and other security improvements along the United States???Mexico border.President Bush signed the Secure Fence Act into law in October 2006, calling it "an important step toward immigration reform."


Senate bill sponsors Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Obama discuss the Coburn-Obama Transparency Act.

Partnering first with Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN), and then with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), Obama successfully introduced two initiatives bearing his name. "Lugar-Obama" expands the Nunn-Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and anti-personnel mines.

The Lugar-Obama initiative subsequently received $48 million in funding.

The "Coburn-Obama Transparency Act" provides for the web site USAspending.gov, managed by the Office of Management and Budget. The site lists all organizations receiving Federal funds from 2007 onward and provides breakdowns by the agency allocating the funds, the dollar amount given, and the purpose of the grant or contract.

In December 2006, President Bush signed into law the "Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act," marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.

Community Activist my Ass !!

Not Bad for a So called "Community Activist" Huh !!!

18 Million Votes, 80,000 in Denver, 38 Million TV Viewers , Watched him in Denver and that does not Count his International Viewership Numbers and Over 200,000 In Germany...

Had Obama really been a Ego Maniac, he would gone to France's Eifel Tower and London's Wimbley Stadium, to Rub it in, But Obama Did Not do such a thing, he played it COOL
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The "Coburn-Obama Transparency Act" provides for the web site USAspending.gov, managed by the Office of Management and Budget. The site lists all organizations receiving Federal funds from 2007 onward and provides breakdowns by the agency allocating the funds, the dollar amount given, and the purpose of the grant or contract.

In December 2006, President Bush signed into law the "Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act," marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.

As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In August 2005, he traveled to Russia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. The trip focused on strategies to control the world's supply of conventional weapons, biological weapons, and weapons of mass destruction as a first defense against potential terrorist attacks.

Following meetings with U.S. military in Kuwait and Iraq in January 2006, Obama visited Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian territories. At a meeting with Palestinian students two weeks before Hamas won the legislative election, Obama warned that "the U.S. will never recognize winning Hamas candidates unless the group renounces its fundamental mission to eliminate Israel."

He left for his third official trip in August 2006, traveling to South Africa, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Chad. In a nationally televised speech at the University of Nairobi, he spoke forcefully on the influence of ethnic rivalries and corruption in Kenya.The speech touched off a public debate among rival leaders, some formally challenging Obama's remarks as unfair and improper, others defending his

Americans. Read Obama's autobiography : Dreams from My Father. See where his ideological/political roots rest. Not in the writings of Franklin. Not Jefferson. Not Hamilton. Not Smith. Not Lincoln. Not Mills. But in the works of Malcolm X, Carmichael, Fanon, Marcuse, Marx, Sartre, Ellison, Wright, DuBois, Garvey. Is it any wonder that the felt comfortable listening to a demagogue spewing anti-American hatred for a 1000 Sundays!!! ? Is it any wonder that we would associate with unrepentant terrorists.? Is it any wonder that he would marry a woman who had never been proud of her country? Is it any wonder that we would refer to America as the "white man's Empire." No. Not a wonder. But consistent. Consistent. Consitent. All of it consistent. Will we allow ourselves to be led by such a man? Will we make him Commander in Chief? Will we allow hallowed sites like the beaches of Normandy, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, West Point, the Pearl Harbor Memorial be corrupted by his presence? No. God forbid it. Will we allow this media creation, this zero, this "citizen of the World, this unAmerican, radical to occupy the White House? No.

No question, this is a wild card. John McCain has known he was going to be the Republican nominee for months, since the spring. Let's face it, the thought process should have begun back then and continued in ernest as the convention neared. He met with his selection one time, hardly knows her and his staff does little to nothing on checking her background. Making it worse, she is not a heavyweight, by any stretch of the imagination. Is this the best he could do? Is this the best qualified selection? What does this say about the all other republican leaders that were not considered or selected? Is this how a president makes decisions? This is not maverick, it is careless...for all the talk around President Bush's decisions and judgements McCain is showing his would be worse.