John McCain has officially suspended his campaign in the midst of America’s financial crisis. The belief is that he and Obama should both put their campaigns aside and go to Washington to help settle the bail out proposal. Now remember, there are only about 40 days left in the campaign and we still have no good indication of what kind of President Vice President Sarah Palin will be… and you want to take away any opportunity we would have had?? I just don’t understand why this is sooooooooooooooo important all of a sudden. This is the same guy that endorsed the bailout on Sunday, said that he hadn’t actually read the 3 PAGE PROPOSAL on Tuesday and suspended his campaign Wednesday in favor of “coming up with a solution”. So this means that we have a potential president that endorsed a bill that would potentially bankrupt the United States and almost slaughter the principles of our Constitution without even reading the 3 PAGE PROPOSAL??? Side Note: Didn’t McCain once say that the economy was his weakness?
Even worse is that McCain suggested that Barack Obama do the same thing and in addition, cancel the presidential debate this week and the vice presidential debates next week. This is all BS and I truly hope that you guys aren’t falling for the “Maverick becomes economic leader” trick. McCain’s efforts are purely political. Obama responded this way:
“With respect to the debates it is my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in roughly 40 days will be responsible for this mess,” he said. “I think it is going to be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once. I don’t see why we can’t be constructive in helping with this problem.”
I totally agree with Obama. If he can’t successfully multi-task, then we definitely need a leader that could be more productive. Everything McCain is doing as of recent is confirming the type of President he would make.
McCain canceled an appearance on The David Letterman Show because he had suspended his campaign and had to “rush back to Washington” to help solve the economic crisis. It turns out that McCain ditched the Letterman show and did an interview with Katie Couric - but wait, isn’t his campaign supposed to be suspended? Anyways. Dave wasn’t having it. Watch:
I don’t know if you guys have heard or not, but this issue on the economic bailout has gone from “The economy is fundamentally sound….” to “Let’s cancel the debate (that everyone has been looking forward to) so that we can hash out this economic plan…”. Part of me wants to believe that this is just a political tactic to give the McCain - Palin ticket more time to prepare for the debate, or somewhat of a retaliation toward the media’s semi protest from earlier this week because they weren’t allowed in Palin’s first meetings with world leaders at the UN. Also, this could be apart of the McCain’s plan to continue avoiding the media.
Anyways, on this issue of the bailout, notice how Comedy Central deals with it, quite hilarious:
Sean Combs once said “Don’t Talk About It, Be About It….”. Barack Obama is doing just that. On the campaign trail, Obama has been outlying principles that he believes should be included in the Economic Bailout plan. An ABC news blog reports:
ABC’s Sunlen Miller reports: Since yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama has spoken on the phone with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd, Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Ralph Emmanuel, former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton about the economic situation and the plan for dealing with it.
Spokesperson Linda Douglass says that the conversations were about devising a “quick, bipartisan solution” to the economic crisis and they touched on the principles that Obama laid out in a speech in Charlotte, N.C., today.
“As of now, the Bush administration has only offered a concept with a staggering price tag, not a plan,” Obama said. “Even if the U.S. Treasury recovers some or most of its investment over time, this initial outlay of up to $700 billion is sobering. And in return for their support, the American people must be assured that the deal reflects the basic principles of transparency, and fairness, and reform. We can’t allow this to happen again. They have run this government, they have run this economy into the ground. We’ve got to make sure that we lift if back up, but we’ve got to have some rules in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
Obama set out seven principles (several of which he has regularly mentioned on the campaign trail) for what he would like to see included in the government’s bailout plan.
No blank check. If we grant the Treasury broad authority to address the immediate crisis, we must insist on independent accountability and oversight. Given the breach of trust we have seen and the magnitude of the taxpayer money involved, there can be no blank check.
Rescue requires mutual responsibility. As taxpayers are asked to take extraordinary steps to protect our financial system, it is only appropriate to expect those institutions that benefit to help protect American homeowners and the American economy. We cannot underwrite continued irresponsibility, where CEOs cash in and our regulators look the other way. We cannot abet and reward the unconscionable practices that triggered this crisis. We have to end them.
Taxpayers should be protected. This should not be a handout to Wall Street. It should be structured in a way that maximizes the ability of taxpayers to recoup their investment. Going forward, we need to make sure that the institutions that benefit from financial insurance also bear the cost of that insurance.
Help homeowners stay in their homes. This crisis started with homeowners and they bear the brunt of the nearly unprecedented collapse in housing prices. We cannot have a plan for Wall Street banks that does not help homeowners stay in their homes and help distressed communities.
A global response. As I said on Friday, this is a global financial crisis and it requires a global solution. The United States must lead, but we must also insist that other nations, who have a huge stake in the outcome, join us in helping to secure the financial markets.
Main Street, not just Wall Street. The American people need to know that we feel as great a sense of urgency about the emergency on Main Street as we do the emergency on Wall Street. That is why I call on Senator McCain, President Bush, Republicans and Democrats to join me in supporting an emergency economic plan for working families – a plan that would help folks cope with rising gas and food prices, save one million jobs through rebuilding our schools and roads, help states and cities avoid painful budget cuts and tax increases, help homeowners stay in their homes, and provide retooling assistance to help ensure that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built in America.
Build a regulatory structure for the 21st Century. While there is not time in a week to remake our regulatory structure to prevent abuses in the future, we should commit ourselves to the kind of reforms I have been advocating for several years. We need new rules of the road for the 21st Century economy, together with the means and willingness to enforce them.
Sounds like a great plan to me. It also sounds fair and beneficial. What do you think??
I just wanted to post this quick video done by NBC about the proposed new tax policies of the presidential candidates. Review this video and go to the candidates websites if necessary to find out more information. I want everyone to be as educated as possible before you vote!
This picture was on Yahoo this week of protesters at a Barack Obama Rally in Miami:
The protestors had signs saying things like “Blacks Against Obama”, “Obama endorsed by the KKK”, “Obama for Abortion”, “Obama for Gay Marriage”. The AFP reports:
Around 20 African-Americans heckled Barack Obama at a rally here Friday, screaming chants and holding up placards accusing the White House hopeful of selling out the black community.
As the Democrat, who would be the first African-American US president, spoke, the protestors jumped up from their seats in a corner high up in the University of Miami’s basketball arena. One of their signs said: “Barack Obama endorsed by KKK (Ku Klux Klan).”
Police and Secret Service agents intervened, as thousands of Obama supporters responded with boos and jeers. The protestors did not appear to resist as they were hustled out of the stadium.
“OK, let’s get back to work,” Obama said after the five-minute interruption, resuming a speech dominated by attacks on Republican rival John McCain’s record on women’s issues and the economy at a time of financial crisis.
Here we go again. Barack is “selling out the Black community”??? I don’t get it. This guy is running to become the president of a multi-racial, multi-cutural, multi-religious country. It is impossible and stupid for him to only support issues of the Black community. If we pay attention to the policies he proposes, and if he truly enacts these policies, we will see that he is in this to help everyone, not just Black America. We should stop scrutinizing him in a way that we would never scrutinize any other politician. I didn’t hear about these same protestors showing up to disrupt Jeb Bush rallies when Florida mysteriously became a big stallwart in both the 2000 and 2004 presidential races, and his brother G.W. was the questionable candidate. These same protestors aren’t showing up to McCain rallies accusing him of selling out the Black community. And we already know what if you don’t make over about $300k a year, we aren’t even on the radar for McCain. I’m just tired of the hypocrisy and unfair treatment.
If you don’t want to support Barack Obama, then don’t support him for legitimate reasons, not because of media generated lies or misunderstandings of his policies. I implore you, please go to the Barack Obama website and see where he stands on everything before you make a decision.
The closer we get to the election day, the crazier things get. I was watching Larry King last night and two Republicans were arguing with two Democrats and the four were pretty close to ripping each other’s heads off. This election really has people excited. Now whether that excitement is for good or bad is a totally different story.
In the midst of all of this craziness, I want to know what is the place or appropriateness of “Hacktivists”? If you havent’s heard, these are the organizations that hack websites and email accounts with some sort of politicial intention. This past week, images of Sarah Palin’s hacked Yahoo email account has been posted on the web:
and this one
This was reportedly her “personal” email address, but she was using it as a means of communicating the official business of Alaska. So was it really “personal”? This is why the government has secured servers behind very intensive firewalls.
Also, Bill O’Reilly’s website was hacked because he publically scolded the hacktivists:
So is there a place for this in politics? Or is it completely wrong. Many argue that in Sarah Palin’s case, America still doesn’t know enough about her to make a determination as to whether she should be elected or not, and the hacktivists are working on our behalf. I don’t care for Bill O’Reilly, but I wouldn’t want my site and all of my subscriber’s personal info to be hacked either.
So my question is this, How do the actions of hacktivists affect the campaigns? For good? For bad? For information? Are they sending the messages that match their intentions?? Tell me what you think.
Barack Obama has been pointing how McCain has been very misleading in his assertions that the economy is fundamentally sound. Just to support his stance look at these numbers since the Republicans have been in office (beginning Inauguration Day 2001):
The unemployment rate has increased from 4.2% to 6.1%
The budget as gone from a $281 Billion surplus to a $357 Billion deficit
The debt has grown from %5.7 Trillion to $9.7 Trillion
Everyone knows how the price of gas has increased!
Is McCain serious? Yes. He really is. Look at how his surrogate tries to support him:
It’s about time. I was about to get worried that my boy Barack was not going to expose McCain and his antics at all!! Well he’s finally starting to do so and in a timely manner. Check out this vid:
I get absolutely annoyed and angry when people are so ignorant. I usually try to look past this kind of stupidity if there is evidence that the person may not know any better, but in this case, I think these guys are more than smart enough to understand what they are doing. Even worse, I think the purpose is to try and continue spreading the rumors and lies that abound. They have offended not only me, but many other people and are unapologetic about it. They are actually trying to justify it. This is just plain disrespectful.
I agree with most media in the belief that running for an office such as president of the United States, or any country for that matter, opens your entire personal life up for public scrutiny. I feel that if you want us to choose you are the one person that will ultimately decide the fate of my standard of living and safety, I should know if you are healthy enough to do so. The McCain camp disagrees. Watch the video below. It details some potential health risks McCain may face during his term if he is elected, and it points out even more so why Palin is not a good choice for VP. The video is from a doctor’s point of view.
September 25th, 2008 by 
demonterious 
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