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Monday, October 27, 2008
Obama/Biden Ban Tough Questions
Finally, a news cast that actually asks the Obama/Biden campaign some hardnosed questions. Their reaction? Ban anymore interviews with that station. Seems like "Joe-the six term-senator" and "Hussein-the not even one term-senator" are afraid to let America really know what they stand for--Socialism. Check out the following story from the Orlando Sentinel and Newsmax.com.
Obama Bans TV Station over Biden Questions
Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:52 AMBy: Phil Brennan
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Angry over a hard-nosed interview during which Barbara West of Orlando’s WFTV peppered Sen. Joe Biden with the kind of probing questions the pro-Obama mainstream media refuses to ask, the Obama campaign has completely banned the television station from future access and interviews.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Biden was so disturbed by West's searching questions that the Obama campaign canceled a WFTV interview with Jill Biden, the candidate's wife.
"This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best, for the duration of the remaining days until the election," wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.
McGinnis said the Jill Biden cancellation was "a result of her husband's experience yesterday during the satellite interview with Barbara West."
During the interview, West asked Biden: "Aren't you embarrassed by the blatant attempts to register phony voters by ACORN, an organization that Barack Obama has been tied to in the past?"
Biden appeared flustered by the question, but quickly gained his composure and denied that Obama had been close to ACORN.
Biden claimed that the campaign had not paid ACORN any money to register voters.
West did not challenge Obama on this point, though during the Democratic primary in Ohio, the Obama campaign had, in fact, paid more than $800,000 to an ACORN-backed group. West did note that Obama has worked with this group in the past. [See: Obama and ACORN: You Can Run But You Can't Hide].
West again stung Biden, asking him about Obama's statement to Joe the plumber that he planned to "spread the wealth around."
West queried: "A Gallup poll showed 84 percent of Americans prefer the government focus on improving economic conditions and creating more jobs in the U.S., as opposed to taking steps that distribute wealth. Isn't Senator Obama's comment a potentially crushing political blunder?"
Dodging the question, Biden attacked the Bush economic and tax policies and Sen. John McCain's tax program.
West bored in, quoting Karl Marx's "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," and asked Biden, "How is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?"
Biden appeared stunned and asked, "Are you joking? Is this a joke?"
He then insisted that despite Obama's declaration that he would spread the wealth around, Obama "is not spreading the wealth around."
West then asked Biden about his now-famous statement that Obama would be tested and would not be able to stand up to the challenge without help.
"Are you forewarning Americans that nothing will be done and that America's days as the world's leading power are over?" West asked.
An obviously annoyed Biden responded by asking West who was writing her questions. West is a veteran TV news journalist who had worked as Peter Jennings' producer at ABC News.
Biden responded that whoever is elected will be tested, and then attacked McCain's record.
West returned to the “spreading the wealth” question, asking Biden what he'd "say to the people who are concerned that Barack Obama will want to turn America into a socialist country much like Sweden?"
Biden again ducked the question, saying only that he didn't know anybody who thinks that, "except the far-right wing of the Republican Party."
WFTV news director Bob Jordan told the Sentinel: "When you get a shot to ask these candidates, you want to make the most of it. They usually give you five minutes."
He added that political campaigns in general pick and choose the stations they like. And stations often pose softball questions during the satellite interviews.
"Mr. Biden didn't like the questions," Jordan said. "We choose not to ask softball questions. "
Thanks to Ms. West for not playing softball. Joe was struck out by her fastballs. He and Hussein decided to not play anymore. How do they think they will actually be able to compete in the big leagues of world politics?
Obama Bans TV Station over Biden Questions
Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:52 AMBy: Phil Brennan
Article Font Size
Angry over a hard-nosed interview during which Barbara West of Orlando’s WFTV peppered Sen. Joe Biden with the kind of probing questions the pro-Obama mainstream media refuses to ask, the Obama campaign has completely banned the television station from future access and interviews.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, Biden was so disturbed by West's searching questions that the Obama campaign canceled a WFTV interview with Jill Biden, the candidate's wife.
"This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best, for the duration of the remaining days until the election," wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.
McGinnis said the Jill Biden cancellation was "a result of her husband's experience yesterday during the satellite interview with Barbara West."
During the interview, West asked Biden: "Aren't you embarrassed by the blatant attempts to register phony voters by ACORN, an organization that Barack Obama has been tied to in the past?"
Biden appeared flustered by the question, but quickly gained his composure and denied that Obama had been close to ACORN.
Biden claimed that the campaign had not paid ACORN any money to register voters.
West did not challenge Obama on this point, though during the Democratic primary in Ohio, the Obama campaign had, in fact, paid more than $800,000 to an ACORN-backed group. West did note that Obama has worked with this group in the past. [See: Obama and ACORN: You Can Run But You Can't Hide].
West again stung Biden, asking him about Obama's statement to Joe the plumber that he planned to "spread the wealth around."
West queried: "A Gallup poll showed 84 percent of Americans prefer the government focus on improving economic conditions and creating more jobs in the U.S., as opposed to taking steps that distribute wealth. Isn't Senator Obama's comment a potentially crushing political blunder?"
Dodging the question, Biden attacked the Bush economic and tax policies and Sen. John McCain's tax program.
West bored in, quoting Karl Marx's "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs," and asked Biden, "How is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?"
Biden appeared stunned and asked, "Are you joking? Is this a joke?"
He then insisted that despite Obama's declaration that he would spread the wealth around, Obama "is not spreading the wealth around."
West then asked Biden about his now-famous statement that Obama would be tested and would not be able to stand up to the challenge without help.
"Are you forewarning Americans that nothing will be done and that America's days as the world's leading power are over?" West asked.
An obviously annoyed Biden responded by asking West who was writing her questions. West is a veteran TV news journalist who had worked as Peter Jennings' producer at ABC News.
Biden responded that whoever is elected will be tested, and then attacked McCain's record.
West returned to the “spreading the wealth” question, asking Biden what he'd "say to the people who are concerned that Barack Obama will want to turn America into a socialist country much like Sweden?"
Biden again ducked the question, saying only that he didn't know anybody who thinks that, "except the far-right wing of the Republican Party."
WFTV news director Bob Jordan told the Sentinel: "When you get a shot to ask these candidates, you want to make the most of it. They usually give you five minutes."
He added that political campaigns in general pick and choose the stations they like. And stations often pose softball questions during the satellite interviews.
"Mr. Biden didn't like the questions," Jordan said. "We choose not to ask softball questions. "
Thanks to Ms. West for not playing softball. Joe was struck out by her fastballs. He and Hussein decided to not play anymore. How do they think they will actually be able to compete in the big leagues of world politics?
Monday, October 13, 2008
Barney to Blame for Mortgage Crisis
The following story from Newsmax.com sheds some light on Rep. Barney Frank's involvement with the financial crisis now taking place. If you remember he was blaming everything on the Republicans. I especially was interested in how he went against Pres. Clinton and in turn helped to forge parts of the crisis taking place now.
Barney Frank Hit Over Boyfriend’s Fannie Mae Role
Critics are crying “conflict of interest” over Democratic Rep. Barney Frank’s live-in relationship with Fannie Mae executive Herb Moses while Frank was on the House Banking Committee.
Moses was Fannie Mae’s assistant director for product initiatives from 1991 to 1998.
He was also openly gay Frank’s live-in boyfriend during that time, while the Massachusetts lawmaker was on the committee that had jurisdiction over government-sponsored Fannie Mae, Fox News’ Bill Sammon reported.
Now that Fannie Mae is at the center of the recent financial meltdown, the relationship is coming under increased scrutiny.
“It’s absolutely a conflict,” said Dan Gainor, vice president of the Business & Media Institute.
“He was voting on Fannie Mae at a time when he was involved with a Fannie Mae executive. How is that not germane?
“But everyone wants to avoid it because he’s gay. It’s the quintessential double standard.”
A top Republican House aide told Fox News: “He writes housing and banking laws and his boyfriend is a top exec at a firm that stands to gain from those laws? No media ever take note?”
Frank and Moses met in 1987 and lived together in Washington, D.C., until they split up in 1998.
National Mortgage News disclosed that Moses “helped develop many of Fannie Mae’s affordable housing and home improvement lending programs.”
Critics charge that such programs led to the mortgage meltdown and the recent government takeover of Fannie Mae, according to Fox News, which noted that Fannie Mae and its financial cousin Freddie Mac “are blamed for spreading bad mortgages throughout the private financial sector.”
In 1994, Frank thwarted efforts by President Clinton’s Department of Housing and Urban Development to impose new regulations on Fannie Mae.
14 years later we're paying for Barney and his boyfriend's relationship.
Barney Frank Hit Over Boyfriend’s Fannie Mae Role
Critics are crying “conflict of interest” over Democratic Rep. Barney Frank’s live-in relationship with Fannie Mae executive Herb Moses while Frank was on the House Banking Committee.
Moses was Fannie Mae’s assistant director for product initiatives from 1991 to 1998.
He was also openly gay Frank’s live-in boyfriend during that time, while the Massachusetts lawmaker was on the committee that had jurisdiction over government-sponsored Fannie Mae, Fox News’ Bill Sammon reported.
Now that Fannie Mae is at the center of the recent financial meltdown, the relationship is coming under increased scrutiny.
“It’s absolutely a conflict,” said Dan Gainor, vice president of the Business & Media Institute.
“He was voting on Fannie Mae at a time when he was involved with a Fannie Mae executive. How is that not germane?
“But everyone wants to avoid it because he’s gay. It’s the quintessential double standard.”
A top Republican House aide told Fox News: “He writes housing and banking laws and his boyfriend is a top exec at a firm that stands to gain from those laws? No media ever take note?”
Frank and Moses met in 1987 and lived together in Washington, D.C., until they split up in 1998.
National Mortgage News disclosed that Moses “helped develop many of Fannie Mae’s affordable housing and home improvement lending programs.”
Critics charge that such programs led to the mortgage meltdown and the recent government takeover of Fannie Mae, according to Fox News, which noted that Fannie Mae and its financial cousin Freddie Mac “are blamed for spreading bad mortgages throughout the private financial sector.”
In 1994, Frank thwarted efforts by President Clinton’s Department of Housing and Urban Development to impose new regulations on Fannie Mae.
14 years later we're paying for Barney and his boyfriend's relationship.
Monday, October 6, 2008
So Much For Maybe
I am not that disappointed by the House's reversal on the Bailout Bill. Since I have been disappointed by them so much in the past, this is just business as usual. Not only did some of my backboned republicans and blue dog dems switch their vote, they switched it for an even bigger sum than the original $700 billion they rejected earlier. I guess it wasn't the large number that bothered them, it was the fact that the number wasn't large enough! The "new and improved" bailout bill increased to $810 billion due to the addition of "sweeteners" that have the flavor of PORK!!!!
This bailout has taken away John McCain's only economic talking point of the first presidential debate. Time and again he pointed out Obama's love of pork (spending earmarks). Time and again he expressed his abhorence of earmarks. He was proud to say he had never asked for an earmark. However, when he voted for the bailout he betrayed his previous record. He voted not only for an unwise bailout, he also voted in favor of $110 billion in earmarks. Earlier in the campaign while supporting the military surge in Iraq he said, "I would rather lose an election than lose a war." With his latest vote in the Senate in favor of the Bailout he has proven that he would rather lose $810 billion taxpayer dollars then lose an election.
The only difference between Obama and McCain on the bailout issue is this: I expected more from McCain, I expected no less from Obama. True to his liberal roots, Barak's Change is really just an old play from the Tax and Spend playbook with a new twist. This time he voted to bailout the richest segment of society at the expense of the middle class he claims to defend. Obama has already broken a campaign promise (change, yeah right). During the first debate with McCain, Obama critcized McCain for a $300 billion tax break for the wealthy earning more than $250 thousand per year. In contrast to McCain's catering to the rich, Obama would provide tax relief to 95% of the country. With his vote in favor of the Bailout, he quickly erased McCain's break for the wealthy and simultaneously saddled the middle class with $510 billion tax increase to fund the remaining part of the Bailout. The twist is that a liberal posing as a change agent helped the richest people in our country at the expense of the middle class.
And what did we get as a result? Another day older and deeper in debt. The stock market continue to topple another 370pts. Why? I thought that the reason it tanked more than 700pts. last week was due to the irresponsible vote of my backboned reps. and blue dog dems. If these people changed their vote in support of the bailout then shouldn't the market recover and continue improve?
This bailout has taken away John McCain's only economic talking point of the first presidential debate. Time and again he pointed out Obama's love of pork (spending earmarks). Time and again he expressed his abhorence of earmarks. He was proud to say he had never asked for an earmark. However, when he voted for the bailout he betrayed his previous record. He voted not only for an unwise bailout, he also voted in favor of $110 billion in earmarks. Earlier in the campaign while supporting the military surge in Iraq he said, "I would rather lose an election than lose a war." With his latest vote in the Senate in favor of the Bailout he has proven that he would rather lose $810 billion taxpayer dollars then lose an election.
The only difference between Obama and McCain on the bailout issue is this: I expected more from McCain, I expected no less from Obama. True to his liberal roots, Barak's Change is really just an old play from the Tax and Spend playbook with a new twist. This time he voted to bailout the richest segment of society at the expense of the middle class he claims to defend. Obama has already broken a campaign promise (change, yeah right). During the first debate with McCain, Obama critcized McCain for a $300 billion tax break for the wealthy earning more than $250 thousand per year. In contrast to McCain's catering to the rich, Obama would provide tax relief to 95% of the country. With his vote in favor of the Bailout, he quickly erased McCain's break for the wealthy and simultaneously saddled the middle class with $510 billion tax increase to fund the remaining part of the Bailout. The twist is that a liberal posing as a change agent helped the richest people in our country at the expense of the middle class.
And what did we get as a result? Another day older and deeper in debt. The stock market continue to topple another 370pts. Why? I thought that the reason it tanked more than 700pts. last week was due to the irresponsible vote of my backboned reps. and blue dog dems. If these people changed their vote in support of the bailout then shouldn't the market recover and continue improve?
Here's the scoop! Nothing has changed! The rich on Wall Street are still rich. The poor on Main Street are still poor. Politicians in Washington still do not stand on principles. And Change We Can Believe In is only make-believe.
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