Holding Steady

The Republicans' deregulation orgy gave our economy a social disease that we have to treat, but we're gonna get even on Nov. 4.
Obama '08

The Republicans' deregulation orgy gave the economy a social disease that we have to treat, but we're gonna get even on Nov. 4.
Obama '08

Ashley Todd Story Pushed By McCain Campaign Aide, Say Reporters

TPM's Greg Sargent reports:

John McCain's Pennsylvania communications director told reporters in the state an incendiary version of the hoax story about the attack on a McCain volunteer well before the facts of the case were known or established -- and even told reporters outright that the "B" carved into the victim's cheek stood for "Barack," according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.

John Verrilli, the news director for KDKA in Pittsburgh, told TPM Election Central that McCain's Pennsylvania campaign communications director gave one of his reporters a detailed version of the attack that included a claim that the alleged attacker said, "You're with the McCain campaign? I'm going to teach you a lesson."


Read the full story here.

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams reported much the same:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/13/acorn-mccain-and-gop-used_n_134284.html

John McCain is a Acorn Man, He Attended a 2006 Rally in Support of Acorn as well as John McCain's Surrogates and GOP


On Monday, the Democratic-leaning group ACORN, which has been painted as a criminal enterprise by the GOP for its voter registration and housing policy efforts, pushed back against its critics by producing a photo of John McCain attending its March 2006 rally.



It was a reminder that, for all their electoral histrionics, Republicans have aligned themselves with ACORN in the past.

Indeed, in addition to the McCain photo, there is a host of examples of prominent McCain surrogates attending ACORN events, signing ACORN legislation, or complimenting the group's efforts.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, for example, partnered with ACORN in March 2008 for a "Homeownership Promotes The Economy" taskforce. More recently, Crist declared that -- contrary to GOP outrage -- he was not upset with the group's voter registration efforts in his state. The New York Times reported that ACORN supported a law signed by Governor Crist, which "changed the rules last year to restore the voting rights of about 112,000 former convicts."

In July 2005, meanwhile, another Republican governor, Rick Perry of Texas, signed ACORN's Lending Law Reform Bill that changed the state's homelending practices.



In July 2008, California Governor and McCain supporter Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that ACORN helped draft aimed at California homeowners facing foreclosure.

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In June 2007, Minnesota Governor and McCain VP short-lister Tim Pawlenty signed a similar bill -- drafted by ACORN -- that helped homeowners get fairer deals on their mortgages.

"The legislation was drafted according to recommendations made by a predatory lending study group established by Swanson prior to the legislative session," wrote the Northwestern Financial Review. "The study group contained representatives from the banking industry and the mortgage brokers association, as well as consumer advocates from organizations such as Illegal Aid and ACORN."

As Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney signed an anti-predatory lending bill that ACORN supported. In February 2006, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman met with the ACORN Katrina Survivors Association. And back in July 2005, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg actually got a kiss from ACORN's state leader, according to the publication City Limits, during an announcement that the city would protect or create 65,000 affordable units in a new housing proposal. Bloomberg, it should be noted, has not endorsed a candidate.

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/the_mccain_tax_increasescontin.html

McCain Top Economic Adviser: [McCain Will Raise Taxes] ...Fact !!!

"Whether you're a Republican, Democrat President or a Martian, Taxes will be Raised"

Though Mccain has said Throughout his campaign

"I will Not, Raise Your Taxes"

His Top Economic Adviser says that a LIE....

Obama will Raise Taxes on those that make More than 250,000...

The 250,000 per year and Under, will have a Tax Break and Tax Cut.

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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and current chief McCain economic advisor, is an honest man--which means he's something of a liability on the Straight Talk Express. A few months ago, he admitted to my colleague, Michael Scherer, that Barack Obama's economic plan would reduce taxes for most people.

And now, in a forthcoming book by Fortune columnist Matt Miller, he makes it clear that the next President is going to have to raise taxes.

"If you do nothing on the spending side, you're going to have to RAISE TAXES whether you're a Republican, a Democrat or a Martian," he tells Miller...and then he immediately makes it clear that the "spending side" part of the argument is nothing more than a ...............

"POLITICAL FIG LEAF".

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YOU REPUBLICANS ARE SUCH GULLIBLE FOOLS...MCCAIN WILL RAISE YOUR TAXES...PERIOD

TAXES WILL BE RAISED...PERIOD...

INFLATION, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, OVER POPULATION, LEADS TO MORE [TAXATION] !!!

DAMN !!!

John McCain's & Palin's Quick, Snap Judgement..Just Plain Ole Bad

John McCain's instant acceptance of the highly suspicious story that one of his female campaign workers had been attacked at an ATM in Pittsburgh by a black Obama supporter who carved a backwards "B" on her face is the latest example of his judgment and style of decision-making, which would be potentially disastrous in a president.

Without waiting to find out whether this cockamamie story, which police immediately discounted. was true, Sen. McCain telephoned and spoke with the putative victim. His campaign pushed the sketchy story to the national media.

The "incident" was shown within hours to have been a hoax by a mentally disturbed woman who is now in custody.

Occurring at a time when the McCain campaign is running an ad warning of how Barack Obama would react to a crisis, Mr. McCain's shoot-from-the-hip reaction to this false story serves to remind us once again how totally inappropriate his reaction to a crisis would be.

It suggests that if a President McCain received a report of Soviet missiles in Cuba, North Vietnamese patrol boats attacking an American destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin, or an Iraqi dictator having weapons of mass destruction, he would believe the report without waiting to find out weather it was true and would go to war first and ask question later--if ever.

Here is John McCain's own description of his mode of decision-making: "I make them as quickly as I can, quicker than the other fellow, if I can. Often my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint."

"The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine," Republican Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi said of Sen. McCain in January of this year. "He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."

I don't often agree with the senior senator from my state, but he's right about this, and the American people had better heed his warning.

LOOK:

You just cannot continue to lie and and distort the truth and expect people to support you.

One day I commit to finding out WHY the popular media became Obama's fiery supporter from day ONE, apologist, campaign manager, odd and against the grain defender when he is clearly wrong and out of bounds, and like a watchful parent when he is going in the wrong direction that may mean losing a few thousand votes. Something is clearly wrong with this picture and no doubt will come into the light eventually. Liberalism? Liberal journalists? There aren't that many irresponsible liberals in the universe to explain the disparity. The media does not even 'try' to be fair and balanced.

1) Polls don???t win elections - voters do.

2) If every Obama supporter VOTED for Obama we win this election.

3) Take ADVANTAGE of early voting. Don???t delay, Vote right away. Turnout will be highest this year. Vote early before the crowds increase.

4) Don't stand in line alone, bring friends and/or family members. Make it a CELEBRATION and do something fun together afterward!

Middle-classers! Go to the Obama website at www.barackobama.com and use the tax calculation simulator. It allows you to see what effect his policies will have on your bottomline. Pretty cool. We, my husband and I, save $1300 under Obama, only $300 under McCain. Check it out if you are inclined to believe McCain will save you money, McCain only cares about people like himself...the super-duper rich. Just because you vote for him, won't make you richer. In fact the super-duper rich get richer by keeping the middle class, like me, down.

Loriw clearly thinks reality has a liberal bias. Why shouldn't the media report the results of polls? I'm sorry if it hurts your feelings that McCain's disgusting campaign is backfiring!

Our very own online concert for Obama/Biden '08

Leesha Harvey- Coal Train (Original)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VItmtAuWz0w


John Mellencamp - Small Town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDkAG3R0h8

Bruce Springsteen - Radio Nowhere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmLt6kcZ72Q

I just hope these polls that show Obama leading by so many percentage points are accurate and that this is the reality that's reflected on Election Day a week from Tuesday.

I live in Texas and I suspect there is some jiggering going on at the polls during early voting, nothing definite, just a suspicion.... there is too much at stake for the raving Religious Right loonies to take defeat lying down. And then there is the prejudice, and the "I'm so rich, I earn at LEAST $250K and I don't want to pay more taxes, that would be a fate worse than death" crowd -- all these are so terribly bought into McCain winning. The Bourgeois and the Bigots.

Even the most conservative intellectuals and fiscally conscientious are crossing lines to vote for Obama - he's just more steady, calmer and more energetic than a 72-year old semi-retired Senator could hope to be. Plus, one of them said on a talk show tonight that he actually believes McCain is going senile - judging from his debates, the goofy looks he casts, the nasty rhetoric and the lack of a coherent steady message, plus the way he's aged over the last months... AND his pick of Palin fo rhis VP.

Oh well, Obama obviously has the edge - but will this country actually get to have him as our President? I am afraid that we might all be sorely disappointed -- it's just too soon to cry "victory" for Obama, though I remain cautiously hopeful! ;-)

Watch the crowds at McCain/Palin rallies on this video:

http://www.youtube.com/user/bravenewfilms

Then ask yourself seriously: "Do I want this to be my America?"


Afterwards, watch this fun video with Andy Griffith, Opie and the Fonz. It's a blast from the past.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/cc65ed650d