I am just a woman who works every day, who was ill and unable to work for over a year and a half, and am now trying to pay off medical bills, and still keep current with all the utilities, car payment etc. I had to use my credit cards to the max to pay some doctors or get sued. I have very good insurance but it did not cover all expenses added to the normal living expenses. I had a good case against the doctor for mal-practice but it seems in a small place everyone is good friends with each other and would not take the case. Then another attorney stated I had a case against the first attorney as he kept my files for 5 months and did nothing, then sent them back stating no way, but during the time he had my files the time had lasped so I am out in the cold on that one. I am listing to what both sides say and to me who cares what they said years ago, this is 2008 and one should make their decision on the person and not bring up things that at this time means nothing and there is nothing anyone can do about the old stuff. Get real. Live on my salary for a year and then see how they do paying ALL their bills on one pay check. Past presidents need to live off social security, we do not need to pay for secret service men/women to still guard them. If they invested wisely they would be well off. Just thoughts of what the real, REAL, world is like for a majority of the citizens.
FactChecking Debate No. 1
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McCain: By the way, my friend, Dr. Kissinger, who's been my friend for 35 years, would be interested to hear this conversation and Senator Obama's depiction of his -- of his positions on the issue. I've known him for 35 years.
Obama: We will take a look.
McCain: And I guarantee you he would not -- he would not say that presidential top level.
Obama: Nobody's talking about that.
So who's right? Kissinger did in fact say a few days earlier at a forum of former secretaries of state that he favors very high-level talks with Iran – without conditions:
Kissinger Sept. 20: Well, I am in favor of negotiating with Iran. And one utility of negotiation is to put before Iran our vision of a Middle East, of a stable Middle East, and our notion on nuclear proliferation at a high enough level so that they have to study it. And, therefore, I actually have preferred doing it at the secretary of state level so that we -- we know we're dealing with authentic...
CNN's Frank Sesno: Put at a very high level right out of the box?
Kissinger: Initially, yes.But I do not believe that we can make conditions for the opening of negotiations.
Later, McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, was asked about this by CBS News anchor Katie Couric, and Palin said, "I've never heard Henry Kissinger say, 'Yeah, I'll meet with these leaders without preconditions being met.'" Afterward Couric said, "We confirmed Henry Kissinger's position following our interview."
After the McCain-Obama debate, however, Kissinger issued a statement saying he doesn't favor a presidential meeting:
Kissinger: Senator McCain is right. I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level. My views on this issue are entirely compatible with the views of my friend Senator John McCain.
$42,000 per year?
McCain said – and Obama denied – that Obama had voted to increase taxes on "people who make as low as $42,000 a year." McCain was correct – with qualification.
McCain: But, again, Senator Obama has shifted on a number of occasions. He has voted in the United States Senate to increase taxes on people who make as low as $42,000 a year.
Obama: That's not true, John. That's not true.
McCain: And that's just a fact. Again, you can look it up.
Obama: Look, it's just not true.
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