Bo's economic plan just like Bush's. Borrow billions of dollars from China so Uncle Sam can send a lousy $600 to each taxpayer, so they can in turn take it to Walmart to buy cheap defective crap made in China.
Does he really think American voters are that stupid?
Now read what John McCain has to offer from Reuters.
McCain seen as best choice for economy
By Jennifer Ablan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain's tax policies have given him an edge as the better man for the economy, various Wall Street experts said at this week's Reuters Investment Outlook Summit.
But, against a backdrop of job losses and deteriorating home values, Wall Street is backing McCain's Democratic rival, Barack Obama with cold, hard cash.
McCain plans to extend the Bush administration's tax cuts, eliminate the Alternative Minimum Tax, and slash corporate taxes. Obama, who has derided the Arizona senator's plans, has pledged to raise taxes on the wealthy and introduce a broad range of refundable tax credits.
"My personal opinion is I would argue that McCain is probably the better candidate for the economy and that is more or less because of his tax policies," James Caron, head of global rates research at investment bank Morgan Stanley in New York, said at the Reuters Summit this week.
"In this environment that we're in right now, the last thing you want to have is higher taxes and taking money out of the consumers' pockets," he added.
David Bianco, chief U.S. strategist at UBS Investment Research, told the summit that Wall Street would welcome McCain with open arms. "My view is that McCain is better for the market," Bianco said.
"The market will respond to McCain corporate tax cuts," said participant Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
So What is BO Afraid of?
John McCain has invited BO to 10 town hall meetings. So the voters can get a real opportunity to see the candidates up close and personal. No moderators, just "real people".
So why is BO not interested? What is he afraid of? If he is not scripted would he uh, uh, uh, uh stumble. He does do really well reading the teleprompter but off the cuff.... that my friend is John McCain territory. John McCain does extremely well in town hall meetings because he is real.
Obama rejects McCain's proposal on "town hall" meetings
WASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain failed in reaching an agreement on Friday to hold ten "town hall"-style meetings where they are supposed to answer questions directly from a small audiences.
According to McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis, Obama's team only agreed to participate one town hall meeting before the Democratic national convention in late August.
The Arizona Senator suggested shortly after Obama clinched nomination last week to hold 10 joint town hall meetings with Obama at locations that both teams agree to, starting with the one in New York City on June 12.
Every meeting would involve an audience of about 200 to 400 people who are selected by an independent poll body, and last around 60 to 90 minutes, according to McCain's proposal.
Obama's team said at first that they accepted the suggestion on principle, but they preferred the meeting to be shorter and informal.
The Illinois senator told reporters on Tuesday that it's not realistic for him to attend 10 town hall meetings while doing other campaign activities.
His senior strategist David Plouffe said on Friday his candidate had offered to meet McCain five times between now and the election day in November instead, including three debates, a joint town hall on economy in July and an in-depth debate on foreign policy in August, which, however, was refused by McCain's team.
"That package of five engagements would have been the most of any presidential campaign in the modern era -- offering a broad range of formats -- and representing a historic commitment to openness and transparency," Plouffe said.
"It's disappointing that Senator McCain and his campaign decided to decline this proposal. Apparently they would rather contrive a political issue than foster a genuine discussion about the future of our country," he added.
In response, McCain said during a news conference in Pemberton, New Jersey, he would leave it to American people to decide "which is the preferable proposal."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/14/content_8364113.htm
So why is BO not interested? What is he afraid of? If he is not scripted would he uh, uh, uh, uh stumble. He does do really well reading the teleprompter but off the cuff.... that my friend is John McCain territory. John McCain does extremely well in town hall meetings because he is real.
Obama rejects McCain's proposal on "town hall" meetings
WASHINGTON, June 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain failed in reaching an agreement on Friday to hold ten "town hall"-style meetings where they are supposed to answer questions directly from a small audiences.
According to McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis, Obama's team only agreed to participate one town hall meeting before the Democratic national convention in late August.
The Arizona Senator suggested shortly after Obama clinched nomination last week to hold 10 joint town hall meetings with Obama at locations that both teams agree to, starting with the one in New York City on June 12.
Every meeting would involve an audience of about 200 to 400 people who are selected by an independent poll body, and last around 60 to 90 minutes, according to McCain's proposal.
Obama's team said at first that they accepted the suggestion on principle, but they preferred the meeting to be shorter and informal.
The Illinois senator told reporters on Tuesday that it's not realistic for him to attend 10 town hall meetings while doing other campaign activities.
His senior strategist David Plouffe said on Friday his candidate had offered to meet McCain five times between now and the election day in November instead, including three debates, a joint town hall on economy in July and an in-depth debate on foreign policy in August, which, however, was refused by McCain's team.
"That package of five engagements would have been the most of any presidential campaign in the modern era -- offering a broad range of formats -- and representing a historic commitment to openness and transparency," Plouffe said.
"It's disappointing that Senator McCain and his campaign decided to decline this proposal. Apparently they would rather contrive a political issue than foster a genuine discussion about the future of our country," he added.
In response, McCain said during a news conference in Pemberton, New Jersey, he would leave it to American people to decide "which is the preferable proposal."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/14/content_8364113.htm
McCain expects to woo Clinton supporters in New York
"Oh yeah," said a well-known McCain man in New York whose tactics demanded he discuss them privately. "I think we are going to be very competitive in the state - where we would not have been if she [Clinton] were the nominee. And that is because we will get voters in various degrees of commitment to her. There's a hard-core group that says, 'We can't take what happened to her, and we don't like where he [Obama] stands on issues.'"
Critics and News Executives Split Over Sexism in Clinton Coverage
Angered by what they consider sexist news coverage of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, many women and erstwhile Clinton supporters are proposing boycotts of the cable networks, putting up videos on a “Media Hall of Shame,” starting a national conversation about sexism.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
McCain is likely a good fit for pro-choice Democrats
Hillary Clinton's blessing notwithstanding, many of the New York senator's supporters will resist the handover to Barack Obama. The sexism that permeated the recent campaign still rankles, and John McCain is far from the standard-issue Republican they instinctively vote against.
A big sticking point for wavering Democrats will be McCain's position on reproductive rights. Clinton's backers are overwhelmingly pro-choice, and they'll want to know this: Would McCain stock the Supreme Court with foes of Roe v. Wade? The 1973 decision guarantees a right to abortion.
The answer is unclear but probably "no." While McCain has positioned himself as "pro-life" during this campaign, his statements over the years show considerable latitude on the issue.
In a 1999 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board, McCain said, "I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America" to undergo "illegal and dangerous operations."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5832027.html
A big sticking point for wavering Democrats will be McCain's position on reproductive rights. Clinton's backers are overwhelmingly pro-choice, and they'll want to know this: Would McCain stock the Supreme Court with foes of Roe v. Wade? The 1973 decision guarantees a right to abortion.
The answer is unclear but probably "no." While McCain has positioned himself as "pro-life" during this campaign, his statements over the years show considerable latitude on the issue.
In a 1999 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board, McCain said, "I would not support repeal of Roe v. Wade, which would then force X number of women in America" to undergo "illegal and dangerous operations."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5832027.html
The Outrage Game Bites Obama
Wednesday, Jun. 11, 2008 By MICHAEL SCHERER/WASHINGTON
Politicians deploy righteous indignation like college students use credit cards—to excess and with abandon. For such seasoned performers, the emotion is easy to muster, and there are few upfront costs. Rail against powerful interests or the mendacity of your opponent on the stump, and the crowd goes nuts.
But there are sometimes hidden costs in the fine print, interest payments not due for months, especially when the outrage is calculated for maximum political effect. And that outrage came back to haunt Barack Obama Wednesday when Jim Johnson, the man running his vice presidential search team, stepped down after the Wall Street Journal reported that he had received preferential deals on mortgages because he was friendly with an executive at Countrywide Financial, which has been tied to the subprime foreclosure crisis. "Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept," Obama said in a statement.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1813602,00.html?imw=Y
Politicians deploy righteous indignation like college students use credit cards—to excess and with abandon. For such seasoned performers, the emotion is easy to muster, and there are few upfront costs. Rail against powerful interests or the mendacity of your opponent on the stump, and the crowd goes nuts.
But there are sometimes hidden costs in the fine print, interest payments not due for months, especially when the outrage is calculated for maximum political effect. And that outrage came back to haunt Barack Obama Wednesday when Jim Johnson, the man running his vice presidential search team, stepped down after the Wall Street Journal reported that he had received preferential deals on mortgages because he was friendly with an executive at Countrywide Financial, which has been tied to the subprime foreclosure crisis. "Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept," Obama said in a statement.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1813602,00.html?imw=Y
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
>Thank you Senator McCain for such fine words.
Senator Clinton has really grown on us over here in Crystal City over the past few months. She ran an impressive campaign, and proved herself to be an impressive candidate and as John McCain has said, inspired a generation of women. Ultimately, and ironically, it seems she fell victim to a vast left-wing conspiracy that resented her generally centrist foreign policy views (early support for the Iraq war, support for Kyl-Lieberman, unwavering support for Israel, etc.).
And so it was interesting that she barely touched on foreign policy in her concession speech today. She mentioned Iraq only twice, she mentioned terrorism only once, and she didn't mention Iran at all. After all, her serious approach to each of these issues proved liability in the Democratic primary. She spent years building a strong record on national security, and in the end her party opted for a candidate with no national security experience at all.
Senator Clinton also didn't mention John McCain once during her speech. This came as something of a surprise over here, and a pleasant one at that. But it's clear that John McCain and Hillary Clinton respect each other -- and there is a genuine affection for her here at McCain HQ. During her speech there was no small amount of pleading with the TV: 'Don't do it, you can still win!'
And so it was interesting that she barely touched on foreign policy in her concession speech today. She mentioned Iraq only twice, she mentioned terrorism only once, and she didn't mention Iran at all. After all, her serious approach to each of these issues proved liability in the Democratic primary. She spent years building a strong record on national security, and in the end her party opted for a candidate with no national security experience at all.
Senator Clinton also didn't mention John McCain once during her speech. This came as something of a surprise over here, and a pleasant one at that. But it's clear that John McCain and Hillary Clinton respect each other -- and there is a genuine affection for her here at McCain HQ. During her speech there was no small amount of pleading with the TV: 'Don't do it, you can still win!'
Independence Day
I have changed my party after almost 40 years of being a loyal Dem, I have now become an Independent.
We must put our great country before party. And in order to do that we need to put the most qualified candidate into OUR HOUSE, The White House. That candidate is John McCain.
John McCain has demonstrated year after year that he puts this country above petty politics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsTo-Mknce0
Please join me in helping John McCain become the President of The United States of America.
We must put our great country before party. And in order to do that we need to put the most qualified candidate into OUR HOUSE, The White House. That candidate is John McCain.
John McCain has demonstrated year after year that he puts this country above petty politics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsTo-Mknce0
Please join me in helping John McCain become the President of The United States of America.
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