FactChecking Debate No. 1

I am definently up to late! I'm in a state that is a lock for Barack, but I can honestly say that if i lived in a swing state I would suspend my employment campaign to hold a sign on a street corner in favor of the B/J, ticket(no pun intended) ok, I'll say the O/B, ticket. I see it like this. Holding a sign on a street corner is what many of us will be doing if the M/P, ticket gets in so I'm willing to practice now.
Their are a lot of you folks on here that must be so much better off financially than I, For my self I make this simple, I work hard for my money. So when Donald Trump whom is way to smart to not see through McCains B/S endorses him anyway! I go HMMMMM, Folks, its guys like him that help me to look at things in a very simple way. I personally do not have a problem with Big Don and others like him paying a few more bucks so I dont have to, I love to buy my kids new shoes. And all those loopholes they wiggle out of I dont qualify for. I say weld em shut. Its a common statement: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Funny thing is its the very often the same people whom make that statement but must thrive on abuse, and its becouse of that desire to be beat up on they fall for political propiganda that blinds them good enough that they vote against their own wallet and the potential for prosparity for their own families. I'm not rich, But I'm not stupid either and neither are you. If you found your way to this web site, as I did, spelled most of the words in your comments correctly as I did than than I feel it safe to assume that you ARE NOT STUPID, and we all know through our friend Ron White said:YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID. So folks,,,, Lets forget the over the top claims of Alaskin type Polar Bear reforms and ideas that came from someone who finished 5th from last in a class of 850, lets not let the talking heads of no regulation convince us that this mess is just a glitch, They have up to but not limited to seven houses, 13 cars, and no clue what a $20.00 dallar bill doe'snt buy. Hell, I'm white, I'm a redneck, I'm over 50,sure,,,But like David letterman, I know when something smells, John McCain wants the lable,,, Barack wants the job, Sarah(bless her heart) means well, Biden,,,,He just seems normal and sharp. Thats simple aint it?
One more point. Barack and Biden would be ahead in the polls by 25% if Barack were white! Its true! wWe all know that whether we care to admit it. Thats what the McCain camp is counting on,,,well lets get out of the racial box for a moment and shock the piss out of em. In November force your finger to push the Obama/Biden button, no one will know directly but indirectly your wallet will feel better, my kids bare feet will have new shoes and Sarah will be home with her family where she belongs in Alaska and Johnny Boy will be where he belongs in Arizona, with his BBQ apron on and finally taking the break a good ole war hero deserves! See There, Simple is good! What a happy ending.

THAT BUSINESS ABOUT PRES. ESENHOWER DRAFTING TWO LETTERS THE DAY BEFORE THE INVASION OF NORMANDY IS A BUNCE OF LONELY BALONEY BY McCAIN. NOW WE DON'T KNOW WHEN HE IS LYING OR TELLING THE TRUTH. BETTER YET, THAT SHOULD NOT BE HARD: HE LIES MOST OF THE TIME.

IN MY OPINION, McCAIN WAS NOT COUNTING ON FACT CHECK TO CHECK IT OUT! THANK GOD FOR FACT CHECK! NOW McCAIN AND PALIN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THEIR BEST TACTIC THAT THEY DO SO WELL: LIE.

THE VOTERS WILL NOT DECIDE, UNLESS YOU ARE McCAIN'S MOM OR PALIN'S DUDE, UNTIL THE FACTS ARE CHECKED AND THEY HAVE ANALYZED THE CONTENT AND DEMEAMOR OF THE CANDIDATES.

POLITICIANS WHO USE LIES TO ARE POWERLESS AGAINST THE TRUTH. THEY WILL CAN NOT FUNCTION WITH TRUE FACTS BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS THAT THEY BELONG TO THE POLITICAL PARTY THAT GOT US IN THIS MESS!
GO OBAMA GO! GO JOE GO! YOU HAVE THEM ON THE RUN! THE TRUTH IS ON OUR SIDE!

Obama seemed more articulate, but McCain didn't embarrass himself. He seemed at times to be irritated to have to share the stage with this young upstart, but maybe that's because Obama is up in the polls. At least it wasn't a no show; that would have been a big tactical mistake. Hopefully, Palin will be able to handle herself with Biden better than she was able to with Katie Couric. She has major fears to ease being so close to the Presidency with a 72 year old man. I wouldn't let someone I've known less than a month drive my car, watch my children, much less run the country.

Obama seemed more articulate, but McCain didn't embarrass himself. He seemed at times to be irritated to have to share the stage with this young upstart, but maybe that's because Obama is up in the polls. At least it wasn't a no show; that would have been a big tactical mistake. Hopefully, Palin will be able to handle herself with Biden better than she was able to with Katie Couric. She has major fears to ease being so close to the Presidency with a 72 year old man. I wouldn't let someone I've known less than a month drive my car, watch my children, much less run the country.

This is for schlang/shwang and pearsoncrzy. Thank God, Thank God Thank God! We are in no danger of your ticket preference ever stepping one foot in the oval office. they cant even run a campaign. Guess what? These two arnt even done yet, they have plenty more desparate blunders up their sleeve. Thank God also for SNL cuz they see it for what it is and boy, what a gold mine of material to work with. Years of laughter owed to the McCain Palin ticket, oops! gotta go, I just woke up and I think I see Putin in our airspace again. Quick first dude get me that damned moose gun, wait wait, is that osama bin laden drivin that cab?

I simply cannot vote for a candidate who chooses as his vice presidential candidate a person who insults the intelligence of voters such as myself with comments and beliefs that she has foreign policy experience because she can see Russia from Alaska. Who is being naieve, John?

McCain???s campaign is in real trouble and they know it. It problems are only partially due to the very bad economic news dominating the media circle. The electorate is finally waking up to the fact that Republican economic policies with its conservative philosophy of ultra laze fair capitalism has finally begun to collapse around our heads. The conservatives have successfully sold this mythology to the American public over the last twenty years and have been busy dismantling the economic infrastructure of rules and regulations that had been carefully put into place after the great Depression to prevent a repeat of the economic excesses that led to that market failure. Even the most moderate economics policies were rejected as unwarranted interference in the economy. As much as the Republican spin machine wants to paint this economic debacle as bipartisan, it has been conservative economic policies that have dominated and governed over the last twenty years. Conservatives seem to be blinded to the fact that even capitalism needs rules to curb its inherent excesses. As much a McCain has attempted to present himself as a maverick, and he has been one on some important issue, he is a lock step conservative when it comes to economic policy. McCain???s campaign is now suffering from the candidate???s tendency to act impetuously in the face of crises. His handlers have been quite successful in hiding McCain???s infamously mercurial temper but not his temperament. McCain may have in the past shown an admirable willingness to stick his head out for a cause that he believes strongly in, even when it bucks the powers in his own party, he now seems remarkably willing to sell his soul to the devil to win this election. Although there are still a number of voters that may still believe that McCain is the best qualified candidate to be President and a sizable number of social conservative show up to vote for Sara Palin, a key constituency is abandoning McCain. Independent voters are increasingly disenchanted with the Republican smoke and minor approach to getting elected and are beginning to question McCain emotional suitability for the Presidency. His handling of his VP choice and the blustering performance of calling for SEC Chairman Cox???s to be fired, and now the shenanigans of suspending his campaign and a weak performance in the debate increasingly paint a picture of a man not fully in control and an inability to make reasoned decisions when placed under pressure. Clearly not a man ill suited to be the next President of the United States

In 2005, for the first time in history, a serious Fannie and Freddie reform bill, S. 190, was passed by the Senate Banking Committee. The bill gave a regulator power to crack down, and would have required the companies to eliminate their investments in risky assets. If that bill had become law, then the world today would be different. But the bill didn't become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn't even get the Senate to vote on the matter.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0



In support of S 190, also known as the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, John McCain said: "For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs--and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO's report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO's report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay."

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20060525-16

Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005 would have Amended the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 to establish: (1) in lieu of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), an independent Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Agency which shall have authority over the Federal Home Loan Bank Finance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Banks, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac); and (2) the Federal Housing Enterprise Board.
Most importantly with regard to the CDS situation, S. 190 set forth operating, administrative, and regulatory provisions respecting: (1) assessment authority; (2) authority to limit nonmission-related assets; (3) minimum and critical capital levels; (4) risk-based capital test; (5) capital classifications and undercapitalized enterprises; (6) enforcement actions and penalties; (7) golden parachutes; and (8) reporting. Adoption of these regulatory provisions would have undoubtably affected the way CDSs were dealt with in "private" enterprises.
The bill would have also amended the Federal Home Loan Bank Act to establish the Federal Home Loan Bank Finance Corporation., and transfered the functions of the Office of Finance of the Federal Home Loan Banks to such Corporation. If this had been in place three years ago, this whole situation might have been averted.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-190&tab=summary