John McCain on the meltdown
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Just when I was getting bored with this election the McCain camp decides that talking about the economy is boring. Hey thanks for the entertainment guys.
Ok seriously this is pathetic. How can I take a candidate seriously when they refuse to talk about the economy, all they are doing is focusing on the past. Oh wait I thought Sarah said that was a bad thing to do.
Ok seriously this is pathetic. How can I take a candidate seriously when they refuse to talk about the economy, all they are doing is focusing on the past. Oh wait I thought Sarah said that was a bad thing to do.
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"this corruption was encouraged by Democrats......etc."
*yawn*
John McCain, the crusader for deregulation
Phil Gramm fought hard for deregulation with the Gramm-Leach Act, under the Presidency of Bill Clinton. So while the Republican ticket blames Democrats for the situation we're in right now, they're keeping pretty quiet about the fact that the bill which arguably caused the downfall of our housing market and banks has their Economic Adviser's last name in it's title. The veto-proof bill, which was signed by Bill Clinton, was passed by the then republican congress.
Gramm also fought hard to invest Social Security into the stock market, privatizing it. This is something John McCain also wants to do. He can be the first one in line to put his Social Security funds in the stock market for all I care.
He can become one of the many "whiners" which Gramm believes contribute to this mental recession that this country is in.
I'm willing to bet that Phil Gramm, who is John McCain's economic adviser, will be calling a lot of the shots on the Economy if (god forbid) John McCain is elected. If he turned the other cheek to Enron (because his wife served on Enron's board) while that scandal played out, imagine what he would allow Wall St. to do even after they took advantage of the trust that was handed to them.
No wonder John McCain has shut his yap and his campaign is pointing the attention to Obama's former pastor this week and away from the discussion on the current economic crisis. I would hate to have Phil Gramm as my economic adviser at a time when everything Gramm fought for contributed to the downfall of our economy and arguably the global economy.
If your #1 issue for voting is the Economy, I think the choice for president is pretty clear. But if I were voting for John McCain, I'd be concerned that in four years, US currency would not be worth any more than recycled paper in the rest of the world. Right now a dollar is worth 73 Euro Cents. That's up from 63 cents back in late July. When we moved to the United States in 1998, a US dollar was worth twice as much as the Deutsche Mark. If you had a dollar, you had two Marks. Now if you have a dollar, you couldn't even buy a pretzel, bagel or apple overseas.
*yawn*
John McCain, the crusader for deregulation
Phil Gramm fought hard for deregulation with the Gramm-Leach Act, under the Presidency of Bill Clinton. So while the Republican ticket blames Democrats for the situation we're in right now, they're keeping pretty quiet about the fact that the bill which arguably caused the downfall of our housing market and banks has their Economic Adviser's last name in it's title. The veto-proof bill, which was signed by Bill Clinton, was passed by the then republican congress.
Gramm also fought hard to invest Social Security into the stock market, privatizing it. This is something John McCain also wants to do. He can be the first one in line to put his Social Security funds in the stock market for all I care.

I'm willing to bet that Phil Gramm, who is John McCain's economic adviser, will be calling a lot of the shots on the Economy if (god forbid) John McCain is elected. If he turned the other cheek to Enron (because his wife served on Enron's board) while that scandal played out, imagine what he would allow Wall St. to do even after they took advantage of the trust that was handed to them.
No wonder John McCain has shut his yap and his campaign is pointing the attention to Obama's former pastor this week and away from the discussion on the current economic crisis. I would hate to have Phil Gramm as my economic adviser at a time when everything Gramm fought for contributed to the downfall of our economy and arguably the global economy.
If your #1 issue for voting is the Economy, I think the choice for president is pretty clear. But if I were voting for John McCain, I'd be concerned that in four years, US currency would not be worth any more than recycled paper in the rest of the world. Right now a dollar is worth 73 Euro Cents. That's up from 63 cents back in late July. When we moved to the United States in 1998, a US dollar was worth twice as much as the Deutsche Mark. If you had a dollar, you had two Marks. Now if you have a dollar, you couldn't even buy a pretzel, bagel or apple overseas.
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Frank Raines not a supporter of Obama Campaign
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/1 ... d=15887720
McCain's campaign manager a paid lobbyist for Freddie Mac:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/2 ... tml?page=2
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/1 ... d=15887720
McCain's campaign manager a paid lobbyist for Freddie Mac:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/2 ... tml?page=2
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I am sitting here attempting to watch a speech that Sarah Palin is currently giving, but I am having difficulty. I do have a question about the McCain/Palin campaign and some of the words they have been spewing in the last couple days. In the debate last week Sarah Palin repeatedly accused the Obama/Biden campaign of looking backwards. Then why the hell does she keep mentioning Ayers. The woman opens her month and can say no more government in one breathe and more government in the next. She wasn't called on during the debate and she isn't being called on it now. She really is an insult to intelligent people. She is full of double speak and because she is a pretty women she is getting away with it and it's really making my blood boil.
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Ivor Karabatkovic wrote:"this corruption was encouraged by Democrats......etc."
*yawn*
John McCain, the crusader for deregulation
Phil Gramm fought hard for deregulation with the Gramm-Leach Act, under the Presidency of Bill Clinton. So while the Republican ticket blames Democrats for the situation we're in right now, they're keeping pretty quiet about the fact that the bill which arguably caused the downfall of our housing market and banks has their Economic Adviser's last name in it's title. The veto-proof bill, which was signed by Bill Clinton, was passed by the then republican congress.
Gramm also fought hard to invest Social Security into the stock market, privatizing it. This is something John McCain also wants to do. He can be the first one in line to put his Social Security funds in the stock market for all I care.He can become one of the many "whiners" which Gramm believes contribute to this mental recession that this country is in.
I'm willing to bet that Phil Gramm, who is John McCain's economic adviser, will be calling a lot of the shots on the Economy if (god forbid) John McCain is elected. If he turned the other cheek to Enron (because his wife served on Enron's board) while that scandal played out, imagine what he would allow Wall St. to do even after they took advantage of the trust that was handed to them.
No wonder John McCain has shut his yap and his campaign is pointing the attention to Obama's former pastor this week and away from the discussion on the current economic crisis. I would hate to have Phil Gramm as my economic adviser at a time when everything Gramm fought for contributed to the downfall of our economy and arguably the global economy.
If your #1 issue for voting is the Economy, I think the choice for president is pretty clear. But if I were voting for John McCain, I'd be concerned that in four years, US currency would not be worth any more than recycled paper in the rest of the world. Right now a dollar is worth 73 Euro Cents. That's up from 63 cents back in late July. When we moved to the United States in 1998, a US dollar was worth twice as much as the Deutsche Mark. If you had a dollar, you had two Marks. Now if you have a dollar, you couldn't even buy a pretzel, bagel or apple overseas.
Who stopped the hearing on Fannie and Freddie and called repubs racist?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63siCHvu ... re=related
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Unrelated to the content of the debate because I need some time to mull through it. But I was/am really impressed that Barack and Michelle Obama are still there chit chatting with the audience, taking pictures, shaking hands, answering questions, etc. It looks like he is not going to leave until everyone that wants to speak with him there has their chance. The man and his wife have class.