Pulling Away

If everyone would read this article...
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain
Then you'd know who John McCain is... then you'd also know why Barack Obama is leading the polls... and you might wonder why ANYONE would vote for MaCain/Palin. McCain is a phony.

Forty4 and his ilk write hate-filled posts. True Americans recoil in disgust from these modern day disciples of Rove and McCarthy.

Another factor in the double digit lead.

The bottom line is you can vote for Obama and run the risk that The United States will have massive problems or you can vote for McCain and ensure The United States will have massive problems.

It's very troubling to read comments where people are claiming Obama is their last best hope. Obama did nothing while in the Illinois State legislature nor has he done anything in the US Senate. When decent people question his experience to be President they are called racists. Obama called Hillary Clinton as well as Bill Clinton racists because they questioned his experience for the job.

You are not allowed to disagree with or criticize Obama without being tarred with the accusation that you are a racist. I don't care what political party you belong to - this kind of behaviour is wrong for America. The diehard supporters of Obama are the biggest racists and haters in America. Vote for the man if you want but stop putting him on a pedestal. He is not God! He is a clever, crafty politician,
not the saviour.

When he restores the economy, gets us out of Iraq, and does many other things, then you can praise him. But, folks, stop making this man a deity. He has not earned the kind of wild adulation he has been receiving. What has the man accomplished in his life to be treated like he's our last best hope?????

Who played the financial markets to crash down for Obama's favor? THE TIMING WAS VERY CRITICAL. Right when Mccain was in the lead. How many "international " investors were involved? who is bent to make Barack Husein Obama the POTUS? fIRST THEY PLAYED THE energy crisis. WE beat them. Then they withdrew their holdings and support for our fianancial system. "AMERICA had it coming". WE entertained all these back stabbers who were more than ready to pull the money away from wall street market. All so legally. Govt had to step in to stop the short sale of uSA. YOu liberals who play with antiamerican terrorist coutries, we will let you know you also hold the other end of this stick.

Barack Obama is the better choice for leader of America. We don't want anymore of Bush's lying policies. We want our America back. McCain's another Bush and all he will do is lie to get what he wants.

Rush and Sean and Fox are card-carrying members of the Nobama party.

Another factor in the double digt lead.

Obama is getting a bump out of this because people are not being reminded of the whole history where the economy is concerned, and who did what when. Call it bias by omission. The media simply says that the economy is Obamas strong issue, but never discusses the facts in detail. Further, who had a majority when is rarely relevant. If the simplistic Party In Power model were true, then the Democrats would not have needed the House Republicans when they tried to pass the bailout bill, as Democrats have the majority in both houses and there is no threat of a veto. In theory, they do not need the Republicans to vote at all. In fact, something like twelve (12) Democrats from Barney Franks own banking committee voted against the bill. Obviously, it is not so simple and the media does the voter a disservice by doing little more than reinforcing the error. A similar argument would be to say that the economy appeared to be doing fine until the Democrats took over control of Congress and the power of the purse in 2006, then it tanked. As an aside, the media also misleads regarding the Clinton economy when they fail to mention that it also ended in a recession, requiring the first round of Bush stimulus checks immediately after he took office..


Do Obama and the Democrats deserve a lift in the polls as a result of the financial and mortgage problems? The answer from history is a clear NO. Here's the lead of a New York Times story on September 30, 1999:

"Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending" [link below]. That's 1999 folks. Clinton Administration, I believe.

Here's the lead of a New York Times story on Sept. 11, 2003:

"The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago. "[see link below] The Democrats killed the reforms.

McCain said in co-sponsoring the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190:

"If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system and the economy as a whole. The Democrats killed the Bill.

What was Barney Frank and fellow Democrats saying at the time of these attempted reforms? According to reports, Representative Barney Frank(D-MA) claimed of the thrifts :

"These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis, the more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."

Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) added of the reforms "I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing." [ See Community Reinvestment Act,