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Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barack Obama. Show all posts
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The Presidential Debate in Nashville
Here is a good preview of what we should expect to see tonight.
If Senator John McCain is in fact trying to shift the focus of attention away from his ability to deal with the economy, it should show up tonight on the debate stage.
Mr. McCain meets Senator Barack Obama at Belmont University in Nashville in the second of three presidential debates.
The event starts at 9 p.m. Eastern and runs for 90 minutes. You can see it on the networks, most of the cable shows, all over the Internet and, of course, right here, live. We will also be live blogging the debate as it unfolds and fact-checking along the way. And tonight we have asked members of the U.S. military to watch the debate along with us and share their thoughts.
The debate comes just a month before Election Day, a time when undecided voters — are there really any left? — traditionally start making up their minds. It affords Mr. Obama a chance to “seal the deal,” since most opinion polls show him leading Mr. McCain.
This should make for a riveting encounter. Mr. McCain needs to do something dramatic to halt his slide. He and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin, have taken a sharply negative turn on the campaign trail, and he may well continue that tone tonight.
Monday, October 6, 2008
John McCain and The Making of a Financial Crisis
This video from the Obama campaign highlights the 'maverick' John McCain and his role in the Keating Five.
The Keating Five Returns
John McCain has been around Washington too long and has the skeletons in his closet to prove it.
John McCain is once again trying to dress the political wound that never heals: his role in a 1980s banking scandal that is featured in a new Barack Obama attack video.
McCain's campaign quickly moved to limit any damage from Obama dredging up the Keating Five scandal of nearly two decades ago.
The Republican senator's lawyer in the case, John Dowd, told reporters in a conference call Monday that McCain had been the victim of "a political smear job" by Senate Democrats.
When a reporter noted that McCain himself has spoken contritely about his role, Dowd responded, "I'm his lawyer and I have a different view of it."
McCain said his reputation was so tarnished by the Keating case that he compared his ordeal — in some ways — to the torture he suffered as a prisoner of war.
"I faced in Vietnam, at times, very real threats to life and limb," McCain told The Associated Press in a written statement last March. "But while my sense of honor was tested in prison, it was not questioned. During the Keating inquiry, it was, and I regretted that very much."
Palin Remains Mute as Supporter Advocates Violence
The Palin/McCain campaign have resorted to lies and hatred to win this election at any cost. This, however, crosses the line and has thrust the election into utter madness.
Okay, so Florida, you know that you're going to have to hang onto your hats," Sarah Palin told a rally of a few thousand here this morning, "because from now until Election Day it may get kind of rough."
You betcha. And the person dishing out the roughest stuff at the moment is Sarah Palin.
"I was reading my copy of the New York Times the other day," she said.
"Booooo!" replied the crowd.
"I knew you guys would react that way, okay," she continued. "So I was reading the New York Times and I was really interested to read about Barack's friends from Chicago."
It was time to revive the allegation, made over the weekend, that Obama "pals around" with terrorists, in this case Bill Ayers, late of the Weather Underground. Many independent observers say Palin's allegations are a stretch; Obama served on a Chicago charitable board with Ayers, now an education professor, and has condemned his past activities.
"Now it turns out, one of his earliest supporters is a man named Bill Ayers," Palin said.
"Boooo!" said the crowd.
"And, according to the New York Times, he was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, 'launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and our U.S. Capitol,'" she continued.
"Boooo!" the crowd repeated.
"Kill him!" proposed one man in the audience.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Friday, December 14, 2007
The Latest Poll Numbers from South Carolina
Here are the latest numbers from South Carolina.
THE NUMBERS - DEMOCRATS
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 42 percent
Barack Obama, 34 percent
John Edwards, 16 percent
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THE NUMBERS - REPUBLICANS
Mike Huckabee, 24 percent
Fred Thompson, 17 percent
Rudy Giuliani, 16 percent
Mitt Romney, 16 percent
John McCain, 13 percent
Ron Paul, 11 percent
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Friday, June 1, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Health Care For All?
Sen. Barack Obama stated "The time has come for universal, affordable health care in America" and has proposed a plan extending benefits to almost 45 million Americans who currently do not have coverage. He calls for the costs to be shared by government, business and the consumer. Under the proposal, everyone would be able to obtain health insurance and it would create a National Health Insurance Exchange to monitor insurance companies in offering the coverage. It would also prohibit insurance companies from refusing coverage bacause of preexisting conditions. With his plan, he states that the average consumer would save about $2500.00 per year.
I worked in the health care field for many years and can tell you that there is indeed a crisis. Refusing treatment to the uninsured, insurance companies dictating treatment, hospitals only concerned with the famous 'bottom line'. The state of health care in this country is deplorable and not getting any better. For years there has been talk and more talk but no action. This isn't surprising when you think of the money spent by lobbyists and the insurance companies to quelch any serious debate. Many on the Republican side will use the tired 'He's increasing the size of the government' line but I think after the past few years, Republicans should look at the increase in the size of government (not to mention the inefficiency- FEMA, FDA) under their watch. Hopefully this will be the first in what I hope will become a nationwide dialogue regarding this crisis and will lead to some meaningful solutions. There is no excuse for our country to have the broken down health care system that currently exists.
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