Heard Any Good Stories Lately?

John McCain knew that Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac would collapse, and thereby unjustly burden the American public!

In 2005, Senator John McCain cosponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Reform Act to regulate the powers and procedures of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.

These 2 massive federal finance agencies had been operating without controls in a blatant irresponsible manner, and had been found guilty in court of falsifying financial records and statements in order to provide supposed justification for bonuses to be given to their higher echelon administrators.

These 2 organizations had been coerced by Democrats, who because of political opportunism, wanted them to grant mortgages to individuals who would be unable to make their required monthly payments. That would be in accordance with the irresponsible Democrat belief that everyone should be entitled to have their own home, irrespective of their actual ability to afford that luxury.

Both of these mortgage lending institutions have contributed massive financial sums to support the political aspirations of Chris Dodd and Barack Obama.

Senator John McCain realized 3 years ago that fraudulent transactions were rampant within these 2 enterprises, and that they would soon collapse if remedial action was not undertaken. Their bankruptcy would result in the American taxpayers having to go into debt to resurrect or ???bail-out??? these fraudulent Congress protected entities.

As was to be expected, this proposal to institute meaningful financial reform measures was obstructed by the Democrats in the Senate, and the proposal failed to be adopted.

This year, due to the Democrat furor over the collapse of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, the American taxpayers are burdened by having to pay a minimum of 450 billion dollars to ???bail out??? these 2 recklessly managed lending companies.

John McCain exposed and opposed the corrupt lending practices of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac. Barack Obama ???milked the system??? and profited by obstructing reform of their corrupt lending practices.

Democrats have demonstrated that they can wreck the mortgage industry.

Are you willing to vote them into office, and give them a blank check to mismanage the American economy, security, and health care?

If you grow up in Indonesia, then you are exotic.

If you practice the Islamic faith with your step father from age six to age ten, then you have been a Muslim.

If you use cocaine for years, then you are unstable.

If you spend three years as a community organizer, but change nothing in the community, then you are a failure as a community organizer.

If you don't have the grades in college, but get into Harvard anyway, you must have relied on special favors from someone, and you ought to let people know who that was.

If you take credit for the work other legislators did, then you are guilty of resume fraud.

If you deny that Christ is the only way to heaven, and claim that heaven can be obtained through good works alone, then you are not a Christian.

If you propose teaching four and five year olds who have not been exposed to sex or to abuse what sex abuse is through the public schools, then you are intruding in the private lives of your citizens.

If you expect your Harvard educated executive wife, whose career has been more successful than your own, to give up her career and stay home with your kids, then you are a sexist.

Yeah everybody...that's a great idea!!! Let's elect a liar (God doesn't likes lies, does he?) who makes strange choices on the fly and loves the mere thought of drafting all of our kids off to war - as opposed to a Harvard grad who taught constitutional law, worked with REAL people on REAL issues, and actually uses his brain and his ability to compromise.

Screw the economy, so what Mccain is stupid if it ain't about war. 894 out of 899 isn't THAT bad.
Oh, and Palin will be so perfect, George W. in a skirt.....

Wow, what an America we will continue to have, where on branch of our govt will continue to do what they want to do and not have to answer to you or me or anybody else.

Isn't a non-honest White house what got us into this big mess in the first place?

I'd love to see some responses. Todd Palin (first dude) will be imposing himself on our govt the same way he did in Alaska, but you people are worried about old ass folks Obama met. He doesn't just run around doing what others tell him to do like Mccain...so why is this an issue and Phil Grahmm isn't? Phil, the guy who was the key player in deregulating everything so that the rich could get over on us without checks and balances......

This is what you all are rooting for?

WWJD?

You are dead on. Most of us know we are not going to be among "the rich and the famous" so we'd like to see how we CAN relate to these candidates and how (if) they can relate to us. Maslow's 3rd level.
As a "homeless" (party-wise) independent minority Christian woman identity politics are virtually impossible for me, but I'm going with my instincts, who comes across as sincere. It doesn't look like the conservatives can "give me something real". They never seem genuine. They change there minds, their stories, and their platforms as often as I change my lingerie.
Plus, I get nervous about people who think being intelligent, well-versed, contemplative and sopisticated is a negative.
What's that all about?

Based on what appears to be Ms. Palin's qualifications to serve as VP, abilities such as gun ownership, physical appearance and memorization skill, there has only ever been one person more qualified. Unfortunately, Annie Oakley is not available and John McCain is too old to be Frank Butler.

Based on Palin's qualifications, which seem to be based on gun ownership, looks and memorization skills, there has only ever been one women more qualified to be Vice President. Unfortunately Annie Oakley is no longer available and John McCain is older than Frank Butler

Interesting comment in the Tallahassee Democrat regarding Gov Palins credentials as mayor vs Obama's credentials as a civic organizer.
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> What do top ten cities with the highest poverty rate all have in common?
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> Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961;
> Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;
> Cincinnati, OH (3rd)...since 1984;
> Cleveland, OH (4th)...since 1989;
> Miami, FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;
> St. Louis, MO (6th)....since 1949;
> El Paso, TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;
> Milwaukee, WI (8th)...since 1908;
> Philadelphia, PA (9th)...since 1952;
> Newark, NJ (10th)...since 1907.
> Einstein once said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."
> It is the so-called disadvantaged who habitually elect Democrats, yet they are still "disadvantaged."

This is something I have thought of lately, only in slightly different terms. I think that one thing that makes people choose whom to vote for is simply who do they like the best? They may have thought that Al Gore or John Kerry was more qualified to be President, but they just thought George Bush was more likable. I think likability worked to Barack Obama's advantage in the primaries. Hillary may have been better qualified, but people just liked him better. I think that Sarah Palin, of the four candidates, is the most likable. I read an article by a iberal columnist who said that even though she disagrees with Sarah on almost every subject, "I have to admit, I LIKE her." If you like the candidate, you tend to excuse or disbelieve any negative comments and give more credence to positive things. I read another writer who said that the accusations and criticisms that have been made against Sarah seem to bounce off or boomerang against the person who said it. That proves my point. If you like Sarah, you just don't want to hear bad stuff. For instance, all this business about how she uses her position to help her friends and get rid of her detractors. People who don't like her would say, "That's awful." 'The rest of us say, "So what? That's what politicians do." The value of the person's narrative is that we want to see the real person and to do that, you really need to know their background, not just what they've done since they graduated from college and entered politics.

This is where your money is going.... Hahaaa ! 800 military bases around the world !!!! Don't you think this is an abomination ??? Well I guess this is the most paranoid country in the world!!

Rank Country Military budget

1. United States (FY 2008 budget) $623bn

2. China (2004) $65bn

3. Russia $50bn

4. France (2005) $45bn

5. United Kingdom $42.8bn

6. Japan (2007) $41.75bn

7. Germany (2003) $35.1bn

8. Italy (2003) $28.2bn

9. South Korea (2003) $21.1bn

10. India (2005 est.) $19bn

World total military expenditures (2004 est) $1,100bn

World total (minus the US) $500bn

What about this ??

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Fish and game in Alaska is doing the killing... Please contact them and voice your outrage.

Pallin should be thrown out of office ! Aerial shooting of wildlife is illegal !!

Strange. I head the same reasoning in 2000 and 2004. People voted on their gut feelings and look what we got!! McCain promises change, but elect McCain and we will have for more years of disaster.

I'd urge everyone to look up James Hanen's testimoney before the Senate Committee last June. In case you've forgotten, Hansen is the top environmental sicentist of NASA, his work was frequently censored by political operatives because were disturbed by the findings. McCain did NOTHING to stop this censorship.
According to Hanse, the latest ratio of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere is 385 per million. We are increasing by 2 parts per million per year. This week, we have witnessed what 385 and do. Do we want to see what will happen with 387. In the meantime the polar ice pack is melting. Have McCain or Palin figured out what that means. Hansen is warning us that time is running out..
And stil the electorate is fixating on unimportant issues. McCain does not understand the urgency of carbon emissions. Palin cannot connect global warming with carbon emissins. Oklahoma Senatorial candidate Jim Inhofe does not believe in global warming.
On the contrast, Obama has received an endorsement from Al Gore. His energy proposals actually address the urgency of global warming.
I'll warn every one - we'd better make the right choce - or this country and this planet is doomed.

This is a no-brainer. The reason we, the citizens of a representational democracy, vote for the person rather than policy is that policy means nothing if the person was not trustworthy. This is why we place such a high value for the candidate???s personal narrative in order to place our trust. Power of emotions? No, call it intuitive wisdom, which we, as flesh and blood human beings, value far more than cold reason. If we want to vote based on reason alone, we might as well have robots as our representatives and leaders.

JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.........................
From Letters to the Editors @ Fort Worth Star-Telegram - today

How racism works

What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?

What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating

class? What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said "I do"

to? What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no

longer measured up to his standards?

What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain

killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard? What if Obama were a member

of the "Keating 5"? What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?

If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election

numbers would be as close as they are?

This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes

positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in

another when there is a color difference.

- Kelvin LaFond, Fort Worth

Do this same article on Obama - see what you come up w/. hhahahaha - OBAMA = HOUSE OF CARDS! (Sarah is the blowing wind!)