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  • Posted By: Nowforsomemoretruth @ 11/02/2008 1:32:05 PM

    Hear Obama and Clinton for yourself, in their own words with out the filter of someone else's opinion..

    Bill Clinton says Democrats failure to allow Republicans to regulate Freddie and Fannie caused economic melt down.

    so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsynspIqAoE

    Obama in this video, addressing his community activist work and his work representing ACORN in litigation against the banks and relating to the Community Reinvestment Act, and addressing the failure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae as those actions relate to the destruction of our economy by causing the current real estate and subsequent financial crisis, states that, and I quote:

    "Subprime lending started out as a good idea, helping Americans buy homes who previously could not afford to. Financial institutions created new financial instruments that could securitize these loans, slice them into finer and finer risk categories, and spread them out among investors and around the country, as well as around the world. In theory, this should have allowed mortgage lending to be less risky, and more diversified."

    Acknowledging the catastrophe, but as apologist for the Democrats, Obama then offers this justification.

    "The original idea was a good one, which was, lets see if we can distribute risk more broadly, and make it easier to provide loans to people who otherwise might not be able to get one."

    Yah, great idea. Economically unsound, but embraced by Obama. Listen for yourself. You cannot dispute the mans on words recorded live:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314&feature=related
    ???
    And here is Obama again, stating

    "And I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was that the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think there was a tendency to lose track of the political and organizing activities on the ground that are able to bring about the coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change, and in some ways we still suffer from that,"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck

    2001 Chicago Public Radio Interview.

    And here is Obama again in December 2007, promising a role in formulating policy during his transition if elected, despite saying he has no ties to this organization, Acorn

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU


    And here is a link to C-SPAN video clips of the Congressional hearings at roughly the time McCains attempt at S.190. to fix Fannie and Freddie. See for yourself who said what.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

  • Posted By: Nowforsomemoretruth @ 11/02/2008 12:05:01 PM

    Yes, it could. In the exchange with "Joe the plumber" Obama unintentionally revealed that he really is as radical as his early political mentors and acquaintances, Davis, Ayers, Wright, Khalidi etc., (gee, there sure seem to be a lot of them) and that he is into the failed economic policy of wealth redistribution. Now there is absolute proof. In 2001, Obama, the "community organizer" turned legislator, said in an interview:

    "And I think one of the tragedies of the civil rights movement was that the civil rights movement became so court-focused, I think there was a tendency to lose track of the political and organizing activities on the ground that are able to bring about the coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change, and in some ways we still suffer from that,"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck

    2001 Chicago Public Radio Interview.

    Obama's tax and spending plans alone would be bad enough, but add Reid and Pelosi to the mix, with the three of them controlling both houses of Congress and the executive branch without any effective restraint, and you have something that should causes concern even among moderate Democrats.
    See Wall Street Journal: A Liberal Supermajority:

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122420205889842989.html

    Indeed, some democrats are publically saying as much. See Barney Franks comments on the news, including face the nation last week, stating essentially that Democrats in Congress intend to greatly raise taxes and go on a spending spree.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Mazjm_A5k

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJGnSAlqjoU

    See http://www.taxfoundation.org/blog/show/23617.html

    Obama's ill-conceived programs will require him to tax, and his health care plan alone is a substantial hidden tax on all business, large an small. In reality, it does not really matter who he taxes, those taxes are going to be passed through the economy. He has to tax, because it is they only way he can pay for his massive social engineering experiments. Any first year economics student knows that taxation is a tool used to contract an economy experiencing inflation, because it reduces demand by reducing the amount of money individuals and businesses have to spend. It is contractionary, which is exactly what you do not want to do when the problem is that the economy is contracting already into recession. Like Hoover and FDR, Obama's plans will only make it worse for longer.

    See e.g. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/03/opinion/main4499465.shtml
    And
    http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/FDR-s-Policies-Prolonged-Depression-5409.aspx


    The democrats failed social engineering policies in the housing market are what brought us to ruin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314&feature=related
    Even Bill Clinton says so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsynspIqAoE
    Obama and a supermajority of Democrats simply is not the change we need, nor is it change we ca

  • Posted By: Oplis @ 11/02/2008 10:48:04 AM

    The news reports of long lines doesn't seem to have affected the young voters, or the African American voters. They know that if they never vote again, this time they are needed , and they can't take the chance of their absentee ballots , not being counted, they will also be there Nov. 4th.

  • Posted By: Oplis @ 11/02/2008 10:45:16 AM

    The youth vote does matter, and eventhough in the past few elections, as many of the young people didn't get out to vote as was predicted, I believe this will be different. I don't see all of the involvement of the young voters that have worked for Obama, such as volunteers, getting people reg. nationwide, and the early voting which a great deal of them have been young voters, not happening on election night. I really believe the participation will manifest in huge young voter turnout!

  • Posted By: wendydk @ 11/02/2008 10:23:46 AM

    DICK CHENEY ENDORSES MCCAIN/PALIN

    Thanks Goodness! He waited so long I was beginning to worry that he would be one of the many high-profile Republicans endorsing Obama!

    www.RepublicansForObama.com

  • Posted By: wendydk @ 11/02/2008 10:23:38 AM

    ABC Reports that in a conservative radio interview that aired in Washington, D.C. Friday morning, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said her First Amendment rights are threatened by reporters suggesting she is engaging in a negative campaigning against Barack Obama.

    Palin told WMAL-AM that for reporters or columnists to suggest that she is going negative constitutes an attack on her free speech rights under the Constitution, saying -If the media convince enough voters that this is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations, then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media.-


    If I hadnt heard her butcher the Constitution numerous times already, I might not have believed it!

  • Posted By: Lee Holmes @ 11/02/2008 2:41:43 AM

    Starry-eyed partisan misfits like Quinn could also take it another way,such as deduced by author Erica Jong,[Fear Of Flying] who like Jane Fonda [not that you would ever see this on NEWSWEAK as it does not comport with their worldview in their role as Obama Propaganda Ministers],promised a ''second civil war'' where ''blood will run in the streets'' as an Obama loss ,to these,ensures a violent Republican backlash.
    Crummy timing, for, at nearly the same moment Jong,Fonda, [and probably Quinn],delivered their erudite prognostications on an Obama victory or loss,William Ayers tome PRARIE FIRE was placed on the Internet which he dedicated to,of all people,Sirhan Sirhan,the assassin of Robert F.Kennedy.[to NEWSWEAK this once would have been at least passing news,especially as it would have applied to Republicans. No longer,although their position in the Axis Of Bias is already explaining why they are tanking in circulation and engaging in massive layoffs].

    Corriele Della Sera[Italy] Oct 30,2008:''Erica Jong Predicts ''Second Civil War''If Obama Is Not Elected''

    www.instapundit.com Nov.01,2008 [PDF File of Ayers PRARIE FIRE].

  • Posted By: Nowforsomemoretruth @ 11/01/2008 10:39:47 PM

    The problem with Obama is a simple one. One association does not a radical make. But in Obama's case, the list of left-wing radical mentors and associates is seemingly endless, (Davis, Ayers, Wright, Khalidi , etc., etc.) with a new revelation practically every day. With that, a picture begins to emerge, and that picture is that Obama is as steeped, not in just left-wing political thought, but in radical left-wing and race ideology, to the same extent that Pat Robertson was steeped in the ideology of the radical Religious Right. I would not have voted for Pat Robertson for dog catcher, and for similar reasons, I will not vote for Obama.

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 11/01/2008 10:35:45 PM

    The young people are coming out in droves to vote this election and you can be sure they are voting Obama!

  • Posted By: chuckc @ 11/01/2008 6:50:23 PM

    The youth vote will be massive this time. This 22 year old waited in line for three hours on a Saturday morning with dozens of her peers to change this country, hopefully for the better.

    • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 11/01/2008 10:33:53 PM

      Good for you, thank you! We're going to win!

    • Posted By: neos @ 11/01/2008 9:13:06 PM

      Thank you for being a good citizen.

  • Posted By: wendydk @ 11/01/2008 7:02:05 PM

    What is most troubling in todays political climate is the promotion of hatred as a philosophy. The emergence of an ultraconservative dogma relies increasingly on the encouragement of mass hostility aimed at one group in particular - Americans with progressive political views. Liberals are spoken of with the kind of dripping contempt and virulent hostility that used to be associated with racism and sectarian religious strife. Liberals are viewed not as fellow Americans citizens concerned with the future of their country, but as ideological enemies that need to be destroyed - and eaten if possible. This view is fundamentally anti-American.

    This right-wing sect manifests a complete lack of empathy toward other Americans whom it defines as its ideological enemies. Its core beliefs are absolutely impervious to reason and are unleashing ugly and violent impulses. What makes their zeal so dangerous for our country is their willingness to do serious damage to our precious American Democracy in their quest for absolute power.

    -The Assault on Reason (2007)

    SOUND FAMILIAR? IT DOES TO ME AND I AM SICK OF IT. IF YOU ARE TOO, VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN ???08

  • Posted By: chuckc @ 11/01/2008 6:48:40 PM

    I am 22 years old and a first time voter and recent college grad. Individuals my age are voting and enthusiastic, I and many of my peers waited in line for three hours this morning to vote. We will inherit the future of this country and I believe we embody a progressive, "change or die" philosophy, both in life and politics.

  • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 11/01/2008 6:38:22 PM


    There is a factor that has driven more voters to the polls in the last few cycles: George W. Bush. Love him or hate him, people flocked to the polls convinced of his end of days scenario or to get rid or to weaken his power in congress. Nothing moves a democracy more than the threat of its liberties, which people soon realized, were more threatened by Bush than any terrorist.

    The country hungers for change, and that is more than just a platitude, since young people have (just like in the 1960s) once again and with good reason come to distrust the government and it's made up intelligence for war, extraordinary rendition, suspension of habeas corpus, cronyism that results in thousands of deaths, closed-door meetings and recess passing of laws.

    Obama is a transformational figure but this movement started way before him, he is just a catalyst for the reprehension and distrust of government in the last eight years.

  • Posted By: ObamaYesWeCan @ 11/01/2008 5:25:17 PM

    This moronic scumbag Samuel J. Wurzelbacher "Joe the Plumber" had his AZ driver license suspended

    http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/128323

    Wurzelbacher, who lived in Mesa in 2000 and had an Arizona driver's license, had his driver's license suspended by the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division on May 4, 2000, following a nonpayment of a court-imposed fine for civil traffic violations, according to court records.

    ...owes nearly $1,200 in back taxes, according to public records, still owes more than $700 to the Mesa court system.

    Records show he was cited for failure to stop at a red light and for failure to provide proof of insurance on Feb. 9, 2000, in a black Dodge truck at the intersection of Dobson and Baseline roads in Mesa.

    After failing to pay his original fine of $627.50 issued in March 2000, his license was suspended and the fine was handed over to a collection agency along with a 16 percent surcharge. The now-resident of Holland, Ohio, still owes $727.90 to the Mesa Municipal Court, according to court records.


    Hopefully the collection agency will break both of his legs so he'll never be able to walk nor work ever again. This typical Republican scumbag deserves it.

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