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Old 09-24-2008, 04:50 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Lies, but I bet you know this already. Franklin Raines has not and never will be an Obama advisor.
Please, for the sake of your credibility, don't tell me you blindly accept something Obama says in a speech publicly as truth and say something McCain says is a lie. Please, don't even try that. You'll have to look it up or perhaps you remember, but Obama also claimed to barely know Tony Rezko and never worked with or for him. Just so happens he got a sweetheart deal on his house to the tune of nearly a $400,000 discount and worked closely with him to funnel $14,000,000 in tax payer dollars to him.

Raines is one of Obama's chief economic advisers working on the Obama campaign. Johnson is another former FM/FM CEO who happened to head the team responsible for the VP pick.

You'll also remember, or perhaps you'll need to look this up for yourself as well, McCain co-sponsored legislation to reform FM/FM in 2005 predicting all this would happen.

Perhaps it's lies that Obama is the number 2 recipient of funds from FM/FM as well? Sure...

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The McCain campaign is obtuse, McCain has a much larger connection to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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There is a TON of info out there detailing the links between McCain, Fanny Mae and other financial houses that are in trouble.
Wrong. Between the people now working on his campaign and his receiving of funds from the organization, Obama is again playing the blame game blaming GOP policy, even though Ron Paul called this event in 2001 and George Bush spoke at least 17 times for the reform of FM/FM and Wall Street.

Obama is again pulling sh*t out of his a$$ trying to hide from this.
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USA Today reported on May 4, 2006, that Franklin D. Raines cooked the books that netted him $58 million in bonuses at Fannie Mae. Democrats in Congress blocked legislation in 2005 to hold Raines accountable and provide more oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_589747.html

Did one of McCain's advisers do consulting work/advising to FM/FM? Sure, but that doesn't mean he/she was involved in the scandal. That's like blaming the janitor simply for working there.

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Do we need to come back to the original down fall of these companies, outside of fraud and an Enron-like scandal, that it was the Clinton administration drastically lowered the requirements to get a loan to buy a house because "everyone should have the opportunity to own a home" ???

Sure, that's a swell and grand idea, but the fact is, not everyone can afford to own a home.

So, it was the Clinton administration that started this mess, it was democrat leadership who cooked the books, and it was a democrat in Obama who took far more money per year, enough to be number two on the overall list, that drove this company into the ground.

People will blame the Republicans for the lack of regulation, but that's what conservatism is about...reducing government influence, size, and abuse of failure. There are times that businesses fail and it's not the government's job, nor do they have the constitutional power, to force us as taxpayers foot the bill for a bail out, especially when one of the biggest contributing components of this failure is fraud and cooking the books by high level, corrupt leadership.
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Please see this:
OBAMA LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES as of April 06, 2008 (70 lies and counting)


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http://therealbarackobama.wordpress....ly-know-rezko/
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Obama on Rezko deal: "It was a mistake"

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I suppose you believe in the Bilderberg conspiracy as well?
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I suppose you believe in the Bilderberg conspiracy as well?
Is this you changing the subject and avoiding everything I posted?

If not, let me know as I'll look for your response. If it is, that's ok, it's typical of people who support Obama to change the subject, accuse you of harassment, or just leave the conversation when you challenge the Anointed One.

I had a girl I went to high school with start a conversation with me about abortion and when I pointed out blatant double standards and hypocrisies in her views, she sent me an email asking me to stop harassing her. I laughed.
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Is this you changing the subject and avoiding everything I posted?

If not, let me know as I'll look for your response. If it is, that's ok, it's typical of people who support Obama to change the subject, accuse you of harassment, or just leave the conversation when you challenge the Anointed One.

I had a girl I went to high school with start a conversation with me about abortion and when I pointed out blatant double standards and hypocrisies in her views, she sent me an email asking me to stop harassing her. I laughed.
And you are so typical of a republican supporter, abusive, and insulting.
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McCain once again tries to tar Obama with the controversies of others.

Summary

A McCain-Palin ad says that Obama was "born of the corrupt Chicago political machine" and implies that the candidate himself is corrupt by association with four local political figures. But the ad's implication and many of its supporting details are false. In fact, this is a particularly egregious example of ricochet sliming:
  • William Daley, the first figure mentioned in the ad, is indeed related to the other famous Chicago Daleys, but he's never been accused of any wrongdoing. And the former commerce secretary isn't Obama's only economic adviser, as the ad implies.

  • Emil Jones, Illinois state Senate leader, may indeed have been Obama's "political godfather." But he, too, hasn't been charged with or even seriously accused of misdeeds despite the ad's claim of an "ethical cloud."

  • Obama did have a past relationship with real estate developer Tony Rezko, but he is no longer Obama's "money man." Obama hasn't been associated with him since his indictment for wire fraud, bribery, money laundering and attempted extortion, and Obama donated all of the disgraced businessman's previous campaign contributions to charity.
  • Rod Blagojevich has been touched by plenty of scandal but his relationship with Obama doesn't extend much beyond being "his governor." In fact, Obama has worked on ethics legislation triggered by some of the Blagojevich's questionable moves.
Most important, the ad offers no evidence of wrongdoing by Obama himself in connection with any of these relationships, however close or distant.

Analysis

The McCain-Palin campaign's new ad, "Chicago Machine," tries to tie Barack Obama to four Illinois powerbrokers. The campaign says it will air nationally. We'll take a look at the merits of each individual's "corrupt" status as well as their connection to Obama in turn.

Daley and Nightly

The ad begins with a statement that Obama was "born of the corrupt Chicago political machine," then shows Obama saying that Chicago toughened him up. The announcer returns, saying, "His economic adviser: William Daley. Lobbyist. Mayor's brother."
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McCain misfires as he attacks Obama's home purchase.

Summary

On the defensive over the extent of multiple McCain homes, the GOP candidate strikes back. But his TV spot gives an oversimplified and misleading account of how Obama bought his own $1.6 million house in Chicago.
  • The ad says Chicago power broker Tony Rezko got "political favors" including "$14 million from taxpayers." But there's no evidence of any connection to the Obama home purchase. The $14 million was to build apartments for low-income seniors. Obama wrote a letter supporting the "worthy" project, but both men say Rezko didn't ask for the letter.
  • It says Rezko "purchased part of the property [Obama] couldn't afford." Rezko's wife did buy an adjoining tract but later sold the land at a profit. Obama paid market price for his home.
McCain launched the attack after Obama ran one capitalizing on McCain's inability to recall for an interviewer how many homes the McCains own. Obama's ad says it's seven. The best tally we've seen puts the figure at eight, counting all the apartments and homes owned by McCain's wife, Cindy, and various family trusts, for themselves and their children.

Analysis

On Aug. 21, Barack Obama released an ad chiding Sen. John McCain for his inability to remember how many houses he owns, and McCain responded the same day with a counterattack charging that Obama got help buying his house from a "convicted felon" who got $14 million in "political favors" from Obama. We find McCain's ad is careless with the facts and could easily leave a false impression.

A $14 Million "Favor"?

McCain's ad opens by turning Obama's housing problem attack back on Obama. The narrator says Chicago real estate developer Tony Rezko, one of Obama's "biggest fundraisers" helped Obama buy his "million-dollar mansion" by purchasing property that Obama couldn't afford. The ad goes on to charge that Obama helped Rezko receive "political favors" including "$14 million from taxpayers," and it points out that Rezko is now a convicted felon.

It's untrue that Rezko got "$14 million from taxpayers" for himself, as the ad seems to be saying. The "help" to which it refers is a one-page letter Obama signed in October 1998 urging the city housing commissioner to support an apartment project for low-income senior citizens. A copy went to the state housing development authority. The 97-unit Cottage View Terrace, which opened in 2002, was funded with taxpayer money, and Tony Rezko was involved in developing the project.

But the deal did not put $14 million into Rezko's pocket. That figure represents the total development cost for the project. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Rezko and his partner, Allison Davis, netted about $855,000. That's not pocket change, but it's a far cry from $14 million. And the tenants of the building benefited too.
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Like what? What has he flipped flopped on? He used to support amnesty, but after the people wanted it nixed, he abandoned that position and now supports the securing of the borders.
Flip: During an appearance on NBC's "Today Show" on September 16th, Senator McCain opposed the idea of a bailout of "AIG" when asked by host Matt Lauer "what should the government do [about AIG]?"
"No, I do not believe that the American taxpayer should be on the hook for AIG and I’m glad that the Secretary Paulson has apparently taken the same line."
Flop: The next day, on ABC's "Good Morning America", after-the-fact, Senator McCain supported the $85B bailout of AIG, responding this way when asked about it:
"I didn’t want to do that. And I don’t think anybody I know wanted to do that. But there are literally millions of people whose retirement, whose investment, whose insurance were at risk here. They were going to have their lives destroyed because of the greed and excess and corruption."
Recognizing the need for the bailout "after the fact" is one thing. But under a "President McCain", the bailout he recognized as necessary 24 hours later might never of taken place.


Flip: During a rally in Jacksonville, FL on September 15th, Senator McCain adamantly reasserted that, despite the failure of yet another major financial institution, Lehman Brothers, precipitating a 500+ point plunge in the DOW, that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong."

Flop: In a second speech in nearby Orlando, FL just hours later, Senator McCain had this to say about the state of our economy:
"I know Americans are hurting, and the fundamentals of our economy are at risk. They're at risk. [...] Our economy is at risk today."
This HAS to be the fastest flip-flop in history.

(Update: ThinkProgress has documented 18 times so far this year that Senator McCain has insisted that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong.")

Flip: In a March 25th speech in Santa Ana, CA, Senator McCain criticized talk of a proposed plan for the Federal Government to bail out the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac home mortgage lending institutions, stating:
"It's not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether it be big banks or small borrowers."
Flop: On September 7th, following the announcement that the Federal Government would indeed be bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the tune of $14 Billion dollars, the McCain Campaign released the following statement:
"John McCain supports the steps needed to keep the financial troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from further squeezing American families..."
Back-Flip: Before he was against bailing out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Senator McCain was for the $30 Billion dollar Federal bailout of investment-bank Bear-Stearns:
Asked whether the Fed went too far in helping Bear Stearns, McCain said: "It's a close call, but I don't think so."He said he doesn't support federal bailouts unless there otherwise would be catastrophic effects on the financial marketplace. He said there were indications a Bear Stearns failure would have rippled across the economy.
Combined, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac are responsible for nearly HALF the home mortgages in the United States, a $12 Trillion dollar market.



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Doesn't Obama scare you more than McCain? I'm not a huge McCain fan, but Obama will be a disaster for this country. He's a Marxist. The stuff he is affiliated with and associated with is just unbelievable.
Have you read Marx? Because if you had you would realize that Obama is a Centrist at best. Other then standing for union density, which in it of itself is not solely a Marxist position how does Obama qualify as a Marxist?

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Again, you're more scared of a woman like Palin than a guy like Joe Biden who is a complete moron?
Yea this complete moron supports battered women, yet you would be hard pressed to find any of Palin's policies to be pro women. Biden may speak out of turn, but at least this moron has no worries facing the press. I can't wait for the VP debate. I'm sorry but I lean towards a person who stands up for battered women rather then a person who charges women for their own rape kits.


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That's more than a stretch.
Is it? This is a Christian who uses their religion to legislate by. She attempted to ban a book about gay parenting without even reading it. What about teaching creationism in school? If she wants to teach all views IE Muslim, Buddhism, fine. But she only wants to teach old testament, fire and brimstone creationism, in a science class!


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I disagree with her on that, but I'd rather have her position than Obama's position of denying healthcare to babies who are born alive after botched/failed abortions. I support the anti-abortion policy for all cases more than I would even consider allowing partial birth abortions like Obama.
He opposed that bill because language protecting Roe V Wade was missing, furthermore he is against third trimester abortions unless the health of the mother is in question.


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She knows it's not great experience, but it's more than Obama has. She's actually met with foreign dignitaries and actually made decisions in her job and taken tough positions on various issues - something Obama has not.
A record of Palin's pratfalls as an elected official.

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A large percentage of Americans believe Palin is more qualified to be President now than Obama is.
Then please explain the recent 9 point lead Obama/Biden have in the poll of polls?
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August 29, 2008
He stuck to the facts, except when he stretched them.
Summary
We checked the accuracy of Obama's speech accepting the Democratic nomination, and noted the following:

* Obama said he could “pay for every dime” of his spending and tax cut proposals “by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens.” That’s wrong – his proposed tax increases on upper-income individuals are key components of paying for his program, as well. And his plan, like McCain’s, would leave the U.S. facing big budget deficits, according to independent experts.

* He twisted McCain’s words about Afghanistan, saying, “When John McCain said we could just 'muddle through' in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources.” Actually, McCain said in 2003 we “may” muddle through, and he recently also called for more troops there.

* He said McCain would fail to lower taxes for 100 million Americans while his own plan would cut taxes for 95 percent of “working” families. But an independent analysis puts the number who would see no benefit from McCain’s plan at 66 million and finds that Obama’s plan would benefit 81 percent of all households when retirees and those without children are figured in.

* Obama asked why McCain would "define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year"? Actually, McCain meant that comment as a joke, getting a laugh and following up by saying, "But seriously ..."

* Obama noted that McCain’s health care plan would "tax people’s benefits" but didn’t say that it also would provide up to a $5,000 tax credit for families.

* He said McCain, far from being a maverick who’s "broken with his party," has voted to support Bush policies 90 percent of the time. True enough, but by the same measure Obama has voted with fellow Democrats in the Senate 97 percent of the time.

* Obama said "average family income" went down $2,000 under Bush, which isn't correct. An aide said he was really talking only about "working" families and not retired couples. And – math teachers, please note – he meant median (or midpoint) and not really the mean or average. Median family income actually has inched up slightly under Bush.

Analysis
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination Aug. 28, speaking before more than 84,000 people in Denver's Mile High football stadium. Some of his comments were worthy of a ref's yellow flag.

Not Quite Every Dime

Obama reassured voters that he can pay for all his spending proposals:

Obama: Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I’ve laid out how I’ll pay for every dime – by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don’t help America grow.

obama_convention_speechThis is misleading. Even by his own campaign’s estimates, closing corporate loopholes and tax havens won’t pay for all of Obama’s new plans. In July, the campaign told the Los Angeles Times that they estimate the yearly cost of their proposed tax cuts at $130 billion. They put revenue from closing tax loopholes at just $80 billion. Obama also proposes to raise taxes to pre-Bush levels for families earning more than $250,000 a year and singles making more than $200,000, yielding additional revenue. But he didn't mention that in his speech.

But Obama’s claim is misleading on another level. According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, "without substantial cuts in government spending" Obama’s plan – and McCain's, too – "would substantially increase the national debt over the next ten years." Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor told FactCheck.org that the Tax Policy Center's analysis "fails to take in account Senator Obama's spending cuts, including ending the Iraq war." That's true, but Obama's proposed cuts are dwarfed by the Tax Policy Center's projected deficits. Obama’s new spending programs might be completely offset by new revenue and spending cuts. But overall spending will still exceed overall revenue, and the nation would face at least 10 more years of annual deficits.

Afghan Muddle

Obama twisted McCain's words about Afghanistan, incorrectly implying that McCain saw no need for more troops there.

Obama: When John McCain said we could just “muddle through” in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11

Actually, McCain said in 2003 that the U.S. "may" muddle through, not that weobama_convention could or would. He also said he was very concerned about a rise in al Qaeda activity there. He said then that he was "guardedly optimistic" that the government could handle it.

McCain, 2003: I think Afghanistan is dicey. I think that there are certain areas of the country, particularly along the Pakistani border, that are clearly not under the control of either Pakistan or the Afghan government. ... There has been a rise in al Qaeda activity along the border. There has been some increase in U.S. casualties. I am concerned about it, but I'm not as concerned as I am about Iraq today, obviously, or I'd be talking about Afghanistan. But I believe that if Karzai can make the progress that he is making, that – in the long term, we may muddle through in Afghanistan.

So I'm guardedly optimistic, but I am also realistic that the central government in Kabul has very little effect on the policies and practices of the warlords who control the surrounding areas.

Recently, however, both candidates have called for an increased troop presence in Afghanistan. In July, Obama proposed sending two more combat brigades, drawn down from Iraq. McCain immediately followed this with a call for three more brigades, but later clarified that some of those troops would be NATO forces. A McCain spokeswoman said that the U.S. would "contribute" troops to the increase under McCain's plan.

Tax Spin

Obama said: “I will cut taxes ... for 95 percent of all working families.” And he said McCain proposes “not one penny of tax relief to more than 100 million Americans,” a claim his running mate, Joe Biden, made the night before.

obama_convention Obama is right about his plan's effect on working families. More broadly, though, the plan cuts taxes for 81.3 percent of all households in 2009, according to the Tax Policy Center. The TPC also says McCain’s tax plan would leave 65.8 million households without a cut, not 100 million.

The TPC’s calculations factor in what's in effect a hidden tax on individuals that results from taxing corporations. McCain proposes to lower the corporate income tax rate, and Obama proposes billions of dollars in increased corporate taxes in the form of “loophole closings.” Individuals wouldn’t experience those changes as an increased tax bill from the government, but both the Congressional Budget Office and TPC allocate all corporate tax to owners of capital rather than to consumers. That means rather than flowing through to consumers in the form of higher prices or lower wages, corporate tax changes would show up as higher or lower returns on investments, which typically come in the form of corporate dividends, and profits or losses from stock sales.

Only by ignoring the hidden benefit to individuals can McCain’s plan be said to produce no cut for 100 million households. According to a calculation the TPC did at FactCheck's request, 101.9 million see no benefit if the effects of a corporate reduction are set aside.

For the record, Obama aides say the indirect effect on holders of capital won't be as large as TPC says. "We dispute TPC's methodology here," says Brian Deese of the Obama campaign. He says several of the "loophole closers" that Obama is proposing won't affect corporations or are on offshore activity that will not directly filter through.

We'd also note that retirees would fare quite a bit less well than working families under Obama's tax plan: The TPC estimates that 32 percent of households with a person over age 65 would see a tax increase.

Rich Humor

Obama used a clumsy attempt at humor by McCain as evidence of his supposed insensitivity to middle-class economic realities:

Obama: Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans; I just think he doesn’t know. Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year?

obama_conventionWhat McCain actually said at the Saddleback Church forum on Aug. 16 was that he favors low taxes for all income levels. He drew a laugh, then said, "but seriously" as he struggled to make his point:

Pastor Rick Warren, Aug. 16: [G]ive me a number, give me a specific number - where do you move from middle class to rich?

McCain: I don't want to take any money from the rich – I want everybody to get rich. ... So, I think if you are just talking about income, how about $5 million?

(LAUGHTER)

But seriously, I don't think you can - I don't think seriously that - the point is that I'm trying to make here, seriously – and I'm sure that comment will be distorted – but the point is that we want to keep people's taxes low and increase revenues.

Health Care Half Truths

Obama gave only half the story when he described a feature of McCain's health care plan:

Obama: How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people’s benefits...

McCain proposes to grant families up to a $5,000 tax credit to use for health benefits. The flip side of that proposal, which McCain seldom if ever mentions, is that the value of employer-sponsored benefits would also become taxable. Both candidates are trading in half-truths here; McCain talks only about the pleasurable side of his plan, while Obama's speech mentioned only the painful aspect. Neither gives a complete picture.

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Party Hearties

Obama painted McCain as a Republican partisan who's supported the unpopular President Bush consistently:

Obama: And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need. But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush 90 percent of the time.

It's true that McCain's voting support for Bush policies has averaged slightly above 89 percent since Bush took office, according to Congressional Quarterly’s vote studies. But it has ebbed and flowed. It reached a low of 77 percent in 2005. Last year it was 95 percent. By comparison, Obama's own record of supporting Bush policies has averaged slightly under 41 percent since the senator took office. However, Obama's voting record is no less partisan than McCain's. He has voted in line with his party an average of nearly 97 percent of the time. The truth is that neither candidate can claim a strong record of "breaking with his party" if Senate votes are the measure.

He Didn't Mean It

Obama also pulled some sleight of hand when he stated that "the average American family" saw its income "go down $2,000" under George Bush. That's not correct. Census figures show average family income went down $348.

As it turns out, when Obama said "average family income," he didn't mean "average," and he didn't mean "family," either. An Obama aide says he was really referring to median income – which is the midpoint – and not to the average. And Obama was talking only about "working families," not retired couples.

For all families, median family income actually inched up under Bush by $272.

– by Brooks Jackson, with Viveca Novak, Justin Bank, Jess Henig, Emi Kolawole, Joe Miller, Lori Robertson and D'Angelo Gore

Sources
Burman, Len, et. al. “An Updated Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates’ Tax Plans: Revised August 15, 2008.” Tax Policy Center, 15 Aug. 2008.

Table T08-0182, Senator McCain’s Tax Proposals as Described by his Economic Advisors, Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Percentile, 2009. Tax Policy Center, 19 July 2008.

Gleckman, Roberton Williams and Howard. "An Updated Analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans." 28 August 2008. The Tax Policy Center. 29 August 2008

Nicholas, Peter. "Adding Up the Cost of Obama's agenda." 8 July 2008. The Los Angeles Times. 29 August 2008

CQ member Profiles: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz). 1 Apr. 2007. Congressional Quarterly, 9 June 2008.

CQ member Profiles: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill). February 2008. Congressional Quarterly, 12 June 2008.

Transcript, "Saddleback Presidential Candidates Forum" CNN.com 16 Aug. 2008.

Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, "Table T08-0203 - Senator Obama's Tax Proposals of August 14, 2008: Economic Advisers' Version (No Payroll Surtax), Distribution of Federal Tax Change by Cash Income Percentile, 2009" 14 Aug 2008.



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Shouldn't we be talking about the gaffe machine?

I'll bring us back on topic, so why don't we talk about this:

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"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened,'" Barack Obama's running mate recently told the "CBS Evening News."

Except, Republican Herbert Hoover was in office when the stock market crashed in October 1929. There also was no television at the time; TV wasn't introduced to the public until a decade later, at the 1939 World's Fair.
Funny, this guy doesn't know what he's talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB5VPvT7sFo

Or how about when he asked a man confined to a wheelchair to stand up...I guess he's tired of playing second fiddle to the Messiah he's running with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRV5Y1JCGRI

Barack America?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKTjlAd-GXM

Indian accents?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM19YOqs7hU

How about Biden saying Obama's not ready to be POTUS?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDVUPqoowf8

How about this gem:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."
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