Obama Calls Stimulus Bill "Terrible Tragedy"

FoxNews.com has the following videos relating to the "stimulus" bill"

Not surprisingly, Sen. McCain is strongly against the bill. And right-wing talker Laura Ingraham tries her own method to keep Sen. Arlen Specter from voting "Yes" on the bill

But, for once I have to agree with Obama that this "stimulus" package is indeed a terrible tragedy...

You Need a Reason to Vote Against Obama?

If you need (yet another) reason to vote against Obama, listen to what this young woman thinks will happen during an Obama presidency:

"I don't have to worry about putting gas in my car; I won't have to worry about paying my mortgage. If I help him, he is going to help me..."

If Obama wins, then more free stuff for me!

Can't think of a better reason to vote for a candidate.

To paraphrase: Don't even dream about doing something for your country; ask how much free stuff I can grab instead.

I fear, though, this young lass is not too far from the truth...

You Need a Reason to Vote for McCain?

For all those who don't like Barack Obama, but are not sure about John McCain, take a minute to listed to what this young man has to say. Truly inspirational.



Vote for McCain for this man, and for all the troops throughout the world. No one in uniform should have to utter the phrase Commander-in-Chief Obama.

McCain Wins Third Debate in a TKO

I know my opinion is not in-line with all the pundits in the partisan press, it is clear to me that Sen John McCain clearly won the third and final U.S. presidential debate.

(A quick review of the Internet sites of some major media outlets will tacitly confirm McCain's victory. Look at the MSNBC, CNN, NY Times, Boston Globe web sites; stories of the debate are buried, if present at all. )

Throughout the night, McCain had Obama on the defensive, criticizing Obama for his desire towards "spreading the wealth" among the people, taking more tax dollars from the successful and giving it to the less-so.

Joe was trying to realize the American dream, McCain challenged, referencing a gentleman who spoke with Obama a few days ago. We're going to take Joe's money, give it to Senator Obama and let him spread the wealth around.

McCain followed with a quip reminding us that the Obama and Democrats have a low threshold for defining someone as rich. Congratulations, Joe, you are rich. He probably didn't even know that.

Obama criticized McCain for suggesting an across-the-board spending freeze, a move put in place in New York City (and in households across the nation), preferring to take a scalpel to the budget.

However, when pressed on what programs he will cut, after 20 months on the campaign trail, Obama STILL cannot name a single item that he will cut. He continues to throw the suggestion that he will go line-by-line through the budget to cut programs that don't work, with no hint of what those might be.

McCain followed with a reminder about Obama's proposed $830 billion in new spending plans.

When told that the U.S. has the highest per-student cost for public education, Obama responded by stating that we need more money in education, standing steadfastly against any voucher program, despite McCain's claims that the voucher program in the Washington D.C. school system is popular and successful.

Obama's strongest point came when defending his healthcare plan, emphasizing that people will save more money on his plan than on McCain's. He is offering folks with no health insurance to sign up for the plan Congress has; he thinks that people should have the same healthcare as the legislators. Except, regular folks won't get it for free.

When asked directly by McCain how much Obama would fine people who don't subscribe to his health insurance plan, Obama will still not tell us. Likely, because he doesn't want us to know!

While McCain did not sufficiently highlight Obama's associations with the domestic terrorist Bill Ayers and the vote-fraud campaign of the group ACORN, McCain did remind us all that Obama gave $832,000 from his campaign coffers to ACRON that has gone to fund the group's "get-out-the-vote" campaign -- an effort that has resulted in massive voter registration fraud. Obama never apologized or expressed regret for that donation (not to mention that he lied on his campaign finance reports about the donation), nor did he condemn their tactics.

However, Obama faltered on the topic of Supreme Court judges. When asked, McCain emphatically announced that he would have no "litmus test" for judicial nominees regarding the Roe v Wade abortion "rights" case, despite his feeling that the ruling should be overturned.

Obama, who supports pretty much every form of abortion -- including abortions paid for by the tax-payers, dodged the question, never answering the question. A clear indication that he would have a precondition for his judicial nominees.

And finally, finally (!!), McCain told Obama and all the Democrats that he is not, in fact, George Bush:
Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you want to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago.

Throughout the night, as he has throughout his campaign, Obama continues to avoid discussing the details of his plans for the country, preferring instead to throw out the now-tired canard that we can't have the same failed policies and the same failed politics of the past eight years.

About the only thing certain that Obama will do is raise taxes. He told us last night that he doesn't "mind paying a little more (taxes)." I don't know about you, but I would rather spend my earnings on my family, not on Washington D.C.

McCain answered my concerns by demanding: "Nobody likes taxes. Let's not raise anybody's taxes."

Amen, Senator.

McCain and Obama Battle to a Draw; Obama Draws Himself as Clueless

I am sorry, but I cannot see myself climbing aboard the Obama Change Train to Nowhere.

I watched the entire U.S. Presidential debate in Memphis last night, and despite what the talking heads on television and in newsprint said, Obama did not win. I am not sure if McCain won either, though.

What I saw is that Obama is still clueless. Sen. Obama (D-IL) still has no plan to fix the economy, improve healthcare, or defend the country. His every policy seems hinged on raising taxes and alternative fuels. The economy can be fixed through alternative fuels, our national defense can be improved through alternative fuels. There, put up a few solar panels and all our problems are solved.

I also saw throughout the evening, that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) was trying to be positive and constructive, uplifting and encouraging, with statement like: My friends, we are going through tough times, but together we can make it.

Alternatively, Obama maintained a negative and insulting tone throughout the event. We have problems in this country and they are due to President Bush's policies to which McCain subscribed.

Obama is still running against George Bush, mentioning Bush's policies or stating the "last eight years" at least 10 times in his 40-odd minutes. Sorry, Barack, W ain't running this time out.

Then, after insinuating McCain into every problem faced by the country, Obama literally turns around and said people are not interested in politicians pointing fingers at each other. Barack, take your own advice.

When asked about fixing the economy, Obama could still not offer a solid plan; mentioning only that he would raise taxes on the "wealthy." It is only fair, he said; he wouldn't promise this income-shifting would fix the economy or help the country in anyway. But it is "fair." Barack, the U.S. government is not there to determine what salary and lifestyle is "fair."

And, despite what most -- if not all -- financial experts have been telling us over the past several days, Obama assures us that the economy will not get worse in the short term.

He laments that "ordinary families" are in trouble of losing their homes. Sorry, Barack, most "ordinary families" are not in trouble with their homes; 96% or mortgages are being paid with no problems.

He promises to offset his billions in new spending by using a "scalpel" to make cuts. But, unlike McCain, Obama has yet to name a single area where he would cut the budget. (McCain was not much better here, mentioning only a spending freeze, cutting wasteful defense spending, and vetoing earmarks.)

Obama seems to know how to run an oil company better than the industry professionals can, mandating that the oil companies drill on more of their oil fields or they will lose them. Drill where I want, when I want, and how I want or we will break your leases and take your land.

His health care plan in still a mystery. He deems that access to health care is a human "right," Sorry, Barack, health care is the result of people's hard work and talent. No one has the right to the hard work and talent of anyone else.

If we have insurance and are happy with it, he promises, we will get to keep it. Gee thanks, Barack. Now that's leadership. But, if you cannot afford insurance, you may just get fined. He will require health insurance for kids and fine you if you don't. What if you can't afford it?

In the foreign policy section of the debate, Obama made the single most outrageous statement I have ever heard in a debate before.

Never has there been a nation in the history of the world that saw it's economy decline and maintained its military superiority.

I have never heard a serious presidential candidate diminish the American military before, especially in a time of war!

We should send support troop to Darfur, even though we have no national interest. "Moral issues," he said, "When genocide is happening and we stand idly by, it diminishes us." We must consider genocide in other countries as part of U.S. national interest. Is it only "fair," Barack?

Unless the moral issue is in Iraq.

A retired member of the military asked a question. McCain walked over to the man and laid his hand on the man's shoulder in thanks for his service; Obama muttered "We honor your service and are grateful for it," in a flat, emotionless tone as he walked to the center of the stage to speak. And this is the man you want as Commander-in-Chief?

On a number of occasions, Barack lambasted McCain for non-policies. "It was you singing Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran," he accused McCain, as though it were officially part of the Republican platform.

There is a difference between a policy and a joke, Obama Barack; although when you speak, it is hard to tell....

Obama Tells the World: We Have Lost Our Military Superiority

Folks, I have been watching presidential debates for 20 years; tonight I heard the single most offensive and destructive comments I have ever heard from a presidential candidate.

During a time of war, Barack Obama told the world "Never has there been a nation in the history of the world that saw it's economy decline and maintained its military superiority."

Why the HELL would he say something like that? What the HELL is he trying to say?

We have troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan and he has the audacity to suggest that we cannot maintain military superiority.

Or, does this mean, as president he would not try to maintain our military?

And you people want to call this man Commander in Chief?

John McCain the Hypocrite or Did He Blow It Big Time??

For a candidate who has built his presidential campaign on fighting earmarks and other bits of political pork-barrel spending, John McCain is either a hypocrite or missed a huge opportunity by voting for this nightmare of a "economic recovery" package.

As I have railed at before, and again, and yet again, this recovery package is one part economic fixes and three parts "crap sandwich."

AND MCCAIN VOTED FOR IT!!!

This document was a giant 450 pages earmark!

It might have been a cynical maneuver, but it would have won McCain big points had he stood up and said NO!. He could easily have done some quiet internal polls of his senate brethren, determined that it would pass easily, then came out and screamed about the pork.

I cannot, in good conscience, vote for the bill in its current condition. This goes well beyond economic recovery to include some of the most opportunistic hand-outs to special interests and pounds of irrelevant pork! Fellow Senators, give me a clean economic recovery bill and I will support it! In its current form I cannot!

How hard would that have been?

Has "The Maverick" been tamed? Is this race over?

A huge opportunity missed to help prevent the utterance of the following: President Barack Obama.

McCain Getting Hand Signals at the Debate???

Was Sen. John McCain getting signals from someone in the crowd at the first US presidential debate last night?

Remember the 2004 Bush/Kerry debates, when a suspicious bulge in the back of Pres. Bush's suit led to charges that he was receiving radio messages from aliens.

I have it on good authority from someone associated -- albeit loosley -- with the McCain campaign that someone in the crowd was flashing some kind of signals to the Republican Senator. It is the only possible explanation for all the squinting McCain did last night.

He was clearly gawking past the cameras and moderator Jim Lehrer into the crowd.

I am told by that same source that this is a photo of someone relaying semaphore to McCain on stage last night. The man claims he was just waving flags out of patriotism.

You be the judge!

As drudge would say, developing....

Did McCain Save the Day?!?

The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it." -- John Steinbeck from the Grapes of Wrath

The monster is out of control and trying to take us down; like Godzilla, the fiscal "crisis" is a man-made disaster stomping on all of society, indiscriminate, and unrepentant.

OK, so that is a little dramatic; but so is the rhetoric coming out of Washington and the mainstream media.

Now, I am no economist. Heck, I am not even allowed to balance the checkbook at home. But, I feel rather comfortable, after listening and reading countless experts during the last week or two, that the country is not doomed if little or nothing is done to "fix" this mess.

No, we are not plunging into a depression. Just ask ol' Tom Joad, he knows a depression when he sees one.

I been thinking about us, too, about our people living like pigs and good rich land layin' fallow. Or maybe one guy with a million acres and a hundred thousand farmers starvin'.

There ain't a hundred thousand farmers starving; there aren't over-burdened cars queuing up for a space at the govenment camps; there aren't thousands of people flocking to California to look for work picking peaches.

It is time for our leaders in Washington to slow down and think this think through.

Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said "leading Democrats on Capitol Hill were shocked by the level of divisiveness that surfaced at Thursday's extraordinary White House meeting."

Imagine someone not wanting to sign-on to the plan without comment or question. Imagine not wanting to hand $700 billion dollars and more to the people who got us into this mess to begin with.

Imagine everyone not jumping on board with the first idea floated out there; especially with a large majority of the American populace opposed to the plan.

If the Democrats are to be believed, John McCain may have saved the American people from this plan. And despite what they claim, "key congressional players of both parties" are not on board with the Dems.

There is no consensus that the plan put forth by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is the right thing to do -- or that it will even work!

"Obama vice presidential running mate, Joe Biden, suggested that the deal was close to finished until McCain arrived in D.C. on Thursday, one day after he suspended his political campaign to work on negotiations and called for such a high-level meeting of candidates and officials in Washington, D.C."

“He’s slowed it down,” Frank said of McCain’s impact on the negotiations.

Well, thank you John McCain.