Political Dirt

Nice” move Obama….you have the opportunity to show that you are willing to roll up your sleeves and get dirty and you back out.  (Oh, and I caught the little dig towards McCain that he’s not “multi-tasking” like you are….)

McCain just announced that he’s suspending his campaign to work on this housing crisis.  Obama said that he’s going to go ahead and show up for the debate Friday night–saying that he can do both tasks at once.  (I forgot his nickname is Apollo or Messiah or whatever it is now…of course he can do everything!)

What one analyst called (sorry, can’t remember his name) a “potential Pearl Harbor housing crisis” Obama responds by backing out of doing his job AS A SENATOR.  This guy thinks he’s God’s gift to the American presidency and he’s not even in the White House.

What I find EVEN MORE INTERESTING is that Obama just got done saying “it doesn’t matter who caused the crisis, it’s not a Democrat or Republican issue, it’s an American issue….”

WRONG MISTER…it may be an American issue NOW, but it was caused by YOUR PARTY.

Just remember that folks….would you like to see the government handling YOUR life and death matters as well?

BY THE WAY…Dingy Harry (Harry Reid) apparently called McCain and told him there’s nothing he can do…BUT, just yesterday there was doubt about if the issue could even be resolved without him there, which is why he put everything on hold.  Never mind that the president is talking about this tonight as well….there’s a lot going on right now, and you know the Democrats never have a problem taking off for vacation and skipping putting in that extra bit to resolve something.  (Just remembering the situation where they left and a lot of military folks were stranded without pay/funding because they decided to hit the beach….)

Go figure…I betcha Dingy H made that call 30 seconds after Obama announced he’s still going to focus on the debate.

Some links on some things:

Obama and Fannie Mae:

Senator Obama talks a tough game on the financial markets but the facts tell a different story. He took more money from Fannie and Freddie than any Senator but the Democratic chairman of the committee that regulates them. He put Fannie Mae’s CEO who helped create this disaster in charge of finding his Vice President. Fannie’s former General Counsel is a senior advisor to his campaign. Whose side do you think he is on? When I pushed legislation to reform Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Senator Obama was silent. He didn’t lift a hand to avert this crisis. While the leaders of Fannie and Freddie were lining the pockets of his campaign, they were sowing the seeds of the financial crisis we see today and enriching themselves with millions of dollars in payments. That’s not change, that’s what’s broken in Washington.

rest of article here: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/mccains_economic_remarks_in_ce.html

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/busted-ceo-of-fannie-mae-in-2005.html

Obama on Iraq:

On Monday, in an opinion piece published in the New York Post, I suggested that Senator Barack Obama had urged Iraqi leaders to postpone making an agreement with the United States until there was a new administration in Washington.

I said this because Obama himself had said it.

In an interview broadcast by NBC on June 16, 2008, Obama said that he had told Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari that “the Congress should be involved in any negotiations regarding the Status of Forces Agreement with Iraq” and “suggested it may be better to wait until the next administration to negotiate such an agreement.”

I said it because Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said it.

more here

I know it’s a lot to cover, but it’s important (and yes my formatting is jacked, but some of it is on purpose).  I’ve highlighted certain things in yellow to skim through…

There’s another topic I want to talk about and that is the growing hatred (which is magnifying by leaps and bounds DAILY) for conservatives. You can see it in the disgusting attacks on Sarah Palin:(one of which is two posts down from this…)

(1) NBC’s SNL skit that joked about her husband “doing” their daughters, and being LAUGHED at by the media….

(2) Sarah Bernhard’s comment on Palin being “gang-raped” by black men in Manhattan….

(3) “Metro State College is investigating a professor who asked students to write an essay critical of Republican vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin. One student said the instructor singled out Republican students in the class and allowed others to ridicule them.”

(links to sources are numbered and at the very bottom of this post…)

You know, in everything there is a message–even if it’s meant to be a joke. It’s been more than obvious that the mainstream media worships Obama (as we all saw them just shy of bowing down and worshipping him at DNC ’08, with their chanting for “CHANGE!”…)

The message that these so-called “comedians” are trying to get at is to DIG at Palin and DIG at her family and DIG at the values that she represents…which represent quite a few of us in this country, I’ll dare say.

Now….back to Obama and his racial tirades and lies.

BTW,, Obama is out there telling people (saw this with my own eyes, a video clip of him saying this) that his support is coming from people like “you and me” out there with our contributions of $10 or $50 or $100….

YEAH RIGHT.  Uh….he forgot to tell you (all the while, criticizing McCain, who received far LESS…less than half what Obama received) of his campaign money totaling nearly $3 million from Wall Street.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/watchdogs-compare-mccain-obama.html

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NOW:  I’m sure you’ve all heard about how Obama is advertising how racist Rush Limbaugh is and how he hates Mexicans. This has gone too far folks….

The ads running are in Spanish and full of outright lies.  I heard the original audio from which one of the clips was taken where Rush was purported to have said to Mexicans to “shut your mouth or get out”….

The sad sick irony of this is that Rush (in that segment of the show, which was aired approx. 2 years ago) was giving a LISTING of what MEXICAN law is….basically that Mexico has this attitude if you don’t like them you can “shut up and get out.”

On his Wednesday radio program, Limbaugh successfully proved that his words were wildly taken out of context. As to the “shut up and get out” quote, when Limbaugh said this line he was saying it in context of the immigration laws that Mexico has in its own country for foreigners wishing to live in Mexico. Mexico’s immigration laws are very strict and, as Limbaugh said, if you don’t like Mexican laws you can “shut up and get out” as far as Mexican officials are concerned. Limbaugh did not say that Mexicans here in the U.S. should “shut up and get out” if they don’t like our laws and that is the context in which Obama campaign was using this Limbaugh quote.

There is more on this here, and I HIGHLY suggest you read it because for one thing, not only does it tell you the truth of the context (again, which you can listen to for yourself online on Rush’s site) but ALSO (and even more to the point I’m trying to make) it also tells you how the media didn’t even try to correct the lie.  Only a couple sources did….

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/09/18/old-media-helps-obama-push-false-rush-limbaugh-immigration-quote

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,425826,00.html

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_091708/content/01125112.guest.html

ANOTHER TIDBIT:

ALSO…I’ve heard quite a few clips of Obama saying “well he doesn’t look like the rest of the guys on the dollar bill”……obviously he’s trying to play the race card to guilt people into voting for him.  Give me a break.  The guy is more fraud than fraud itself…

WHICH LEADS ME TO MY FINAL TOPIC OF THE DAY:

All of you who own houses who have lost their equity?  You have the Democrats to thank for that. Sorry, but facts are facts guys.  This whole housing crisis thing is NOT the fault of the “lack of regulation” like Obama would like you to believe.  No….

(4)In 1977, Carter, along with a Democrat Congress, created a worthy project with noble intentions — the Community Reinvestment Act. Over strong industry objections, it mandated that all banks meet the credit needs of their entire communities.

In 1995, President Clinton imposed even stronger regulations and performance tests that coerced banks to substantially increase loans to low-income, poverty-area borrowers or face fines or possible restrictions on expansion. These revisions allowed for securitization of CRA loans containing subprime mortgages.

By 1997, good loans were bundled with poor ones and sold as prime packages to institutions here and abroad. That shifted risk from the loan originators, freeing banks to begin pyramiding and make more of these profitable subprime products.

Under two young, well-intended presidents, therefore, big-government plans and mandates played a significant role in the current subprime mortgage mess and its catastrophic consequences for the U.S. and international economies.

Hardest-hit by the mortgage foreclosures have been the citizens that Democrats always claim to help most — inner-city residents who fell victim to low or no down payment schemes, unexpected adjustable rates, deceptive loan applications and commission-hungry salespeople.

Now we’re having to bail out at huge cost Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the very agencies that were supposed to stabilize the system. In time, this should improve the situation. But the party of Carter and Clinton that midwifed our mortgage mess now wants to be trusted to take over and have the government run our entire system of health care!

Now, guess who is one of the top recipients here of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac moolah?

Well, look for yourself….(and read this while you’re at it…)

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/07/top-senate-recipients-of-fanni.html

Also…

RUSH:  Robert B. Reich on the MSNBC last night slips up here and tells the truth that Democrats and Greenspan were responsible for the experiment that gave houses to people who cannot afford them.  Question:  “Were conservative Democrats part of the problem here?”

REICH: “In the latter years of the Clinton administration — when I was not there any longer, I should add — there was an attempt by Alan Greenspan and Bob Rubin and a few others to deregulate financial markets, and they did.  They split commercial banking off from investment banking.  And many people say, “Well, that was the beginning of the problem,” and then, of course, in 2003-2004, Alan Greenspan reduced short-term interest rates to the point where every single bank wanted to lend money.  I mean, if you could stand up straight you could get a bank loan because there was so much pressure to get that money out the door. Money was so cheap.  So, yes, there is some responsibility on Democrats, some responsibility on Alan Greenspan and the Fed.”

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_091608/content/01125109.guest.html

You know, America is IN this rut because of the government folks. And that is where I will end this long long long post.  (It’s taken me 3 days to get this all out…)  But I’m sick and tired of Democrats b****ing and moaning and yet THEY are the ones who brought this on all of us because of their “fairness” ideology that says everyone should be able to have what his or her neighbor has…including houses.  And thank you very much but now my friends and I who work VERY HARD for our families, to provide for them and provide food and shelter for them are the ones who will end up paying. At a time when the economy is already suffering and families are struggling, we get to pay extra when those top recipients sit on top of their fat pocketbooks.  (Disclaimer…I am not knowledgeable about ALL the ins and outs of this, it’s a very complex issue, but the jist of it that I do get is that it goes back to this simple ideology that has failed in countries all around the world…)  that said….

JUST REMEMBER THESE THINGS COME VOTING TIME.  And remember that Biden thinks it’s patriotic to pay more taxes (see the very end of this post). Yep, pay more taxes for the mess that THEY caused.

All I gotta say is if those two bozos are elected, we get everything we deserve.  Don’t get me wrong…I don’t like some Republicans either.  They’ve strayed too far from conservatism, which is why the party is such a mess…but that’s another topic for another time.

LINKS:

1.  http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=75852

2. http://media.newsbusters.org/stories/sandra-bernhard-palin-would-be-gang-raped-blacks-manhattan.html

3. http://cbs4denver.com/local/palin.essay.denver.2.820285.html

4. http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=305938528597493

http://www.progressivehistorians.com/2007/11/bill-clintons-role-in-mortgage-crisis.html

http://mrssatan.blogspot.com/2008/09/wall-street-mess-fault-of-democrats.html (this is a blog but very good explanation of the above two….)

MORE B.O. VOTING STUFF:

Voted NO on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax.

Amendment would accommodate the full repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax, preventing 23 million families and individuals from being subject to the AMT in 2007, and millions of families and individuals in subsequent years.

Voted NO on raising estate tax exemption to $5 million.

An amendment to raise the death tax exemption to $5 million; reducing the maximum death tax rate to 35%; and to promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.

Voted NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`.

A cloture motion ends debate and forces a vote on the issue. In this case, voting YES implies support for permanently repealing the death tax. Voting against cloture would allow further amendments. A cloture motion requires a 3/5th majority to pass. This cloture motion failed, and there was therefore no vote on repealing the death tax.

Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends.

Vote to reduce federal spending by $56.1 billion over five years by retaining a reduced tax rate on capital gains and dividends, as well as.

Voted NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends.

This large piece of legislation (418 pages) includes numerous provisions, generally related to extending the tax cuts initiated by President Bush. This vote was on final passage of the bill. The specific provisions include:

1. Extension Of Expiring Provisions: for business expenses, retirement savings contributions, higher education expenses, new markets tax credit, and deducting state and local sales taxes.
2. Provisions Relating To Charitable Donations, and Reforming Charitable Organizations
3. Improved Accountability of Donor Advised Funds
4. Improvements in Efficiency and Safeguards in IRS Collection

Opponents of the bill recommend voting NAY because:

• Health care for children (among many other things) should come before tax cuts for the wealthy.
• The 2-year cost of the extensions on capital gains tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans is $20 billion. So if we defer the tax break the administration is pushing for the wealthiest people in America, we would have enough money to provide basic health insurance for every uninsured child in America, and we would eliminate 20% of the uninsured Americans with that single act alone.

Proponents of the bill recommend voting YEA because:

• The largest provision in the bill–about $30 billion of tax relief–amounts to half of the net tax package and is designed to keep 14 million people out of the Alternative Minimum Tax. The AMT is terrible and should be repealed.
• College tuition benefits for families who send their kids to college — by definition, this benefit goes to middle-income families.
• The small savers’ credit — for low-income folks that save through an IRA or pension plan.
• Many small businesses use the small business expensing benefit to buy equipment on an efficient after-tax basis. It is good for small business. It is good for economic growth.

Reference: Tax Relief Act of 2005; Bill S. 2020 ; vote number 2005-347 on Nov 18, 2005

So….what is the point here?  (BTW, these are from www.ontheissues.org which has all the voting records on all the issues….)  I’m saying rely on the voting records to show you the history of the candidate which can help you determine their likely actions in the future.  I don’t trust Obama for one split second…nor his buddy Biden who thinks raising taxes is “patriotic.” Give me a break…

“We want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people,” Biden said. Of those who would pay more, he said: “It’s time to be patriotic … time to jump in, time to be part of the deal, time to help get America out of the rut.”

Why don’t we just direct deposit our checks to Uncle Sam and stand in line for food rations?  I mean socialism has worked so well in Russia and Germany after all.  You know, anyone who doesn’t believe our country is on a huge push towards socialism is–well, I’ll just say ignorant.

I’ve come to a conclusion…if Iran doesn’t get rid of us, civil war will break out.  At some point this nation is headed for something…I don’t know what but the evil and the ugliness in this nation is going to be its undoing.  Mark my words.

ETA:  Obama is coming out with ads saying that it’s a lie about his stance on the Born Alive Infant Protection Act.  But don’t be swayed…he voted 4 times against it.    Again, links to his voting records are here:

http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/02/links_to_barack.html These are actual links to the Illinois government site…there’s also audio on here of him saying that that “while babies might be aborted alive, it would be a “burden” to a mother’s “original decision” to assess and treat them.”

The audacity that he thinks people are as stupid as he does and won’t find out the truth…but sadly, most people don’t look for truth these days….