Finally: New McCain ad on ACORN
Obama’s ties to ACORN run long and deep.
At last, the McCain camp informs the public:
Too bad they didn’t use reader Blind Mule’s appropriately redesigned ACORN logo. ACORN stands for Association of Corrupted Organizations for Registration of Non-Eligible Voters.
Photoshop: Blind Mule
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The campaign press release…
ARLINGTON, VA — Today, McCain-Palin 2008 released its latest web ad, entitled “ACORN.” The ad highlights Barack Obama’s involvement with ACORN, a group now accused of widespread voter fraud across the country and accused of advocating for the very type of home loans that have led to today’s financial crisis. For ACORN, Barack Obama was a critical organizer, and this year, client to the tune of $800,000. As the spotlight turns to ACORN’s efforts to defraud our electoral process, Barack Obama owes the American people the truth about his involvement in this group.
Script For “ACORN” (WEB :90)
JOHN MCCAIN: I’m John McCain and I approve this message.
ANNCR: Who is Barack Obama?
A man with “a political baptism performed at warp speed.”
Vast ambition.
After college, he moved to Chicago.
Became a community organizer.
There, Obama met Madeleine Talbot, part of the Chicago branch of ACORN.
He was so impressive that he was asked to train the ACORN staff.
What did ACORN in Chicago engage in?
Bullying banks.
Intimidation tactics.
Disruption of business.
ACORN forced banks to issue risky home loans.
The same types of loans that caused the financial crisis we’re in today.
No wonder Obama’s campaign is trying to distance him from the group, saying, “Barack Obama Never Organized with ACORN.”
But Obama’s ties to ACORN run long and deep.
He taught classes for ACORN.
They even endorsed him for President.
But now ACORN is in trouble.
REPORTER: There are at least 11 investigations across the country involving thousands of potentially fraudulent ACORN forms.
ANNCR: Massive voter fraud.
And the Obama campaign paid more than $800,000 to an ACORN front for get out the vote efforts.
Pressuring banks to issue risky loans.
Nationwide voter fraud.
Barack Obama.
Bad judgment. Blind ambition.
Too risky for America.
AD FACTS: Script For “ACORN” (WEB :90)
JOHN MCCAIN: I’m John McCain and I approve this message. ANNCR: Who is Barack Obama? A man with “a political baptism performed at warp speed.” Vast ambition.
· Barack Obama Has Had “A Political Baptism Performed At Warp Speed.” “Obama declined to be interviewed for this article, but conversations with more than a dozen friends and colleagues portray his time in Springfield as a political baptism performed at warp speed, engineered by Obama’s vast self-confidence and ambition.” (Eli Saslow, “From Outsider To Politician,” The Washington Post, 10/9/08)
ANNCR: After college, he moved to Chicago. Became a community organizer. There, Obama met Madeleine Talbot, part of the Chicago branch of ACORN. He was so impressive that he was asked to train the ACORN staff.
· Barack Obama Was Invited By Madeleine Talbot To Help Train Her Staff At ACORN. “Several community organizers and Altgeld Gardens tenants confirmed Johnson was working on asbestos but said Obama organized residents to act. ‘He got people to vote with their feet’ on the issue, organizer Madeleine Talbot said. At the time, Talbot worked at the social action group ACORN and initially considered Obama a competitor. But she became so impressed with his work that she invited him to help train her staff.” (Letta Tayler And Keith Herbert, “Chicago’s Streets Obama’s Teacher,” Newsday, 3/2/08)
· In 1992, Barack Obama Was Hired By ACORN To Run A Voter Registration Effort. “Indeed, Mr. Obama has extensive connections with the granddaddy of activist groups, Acorn (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), which has gotten millions in government grants for its low-income housing programs. In 1992, Acorn hired Mr. Obama to run a voter registration effort. He later became a trainer for the group, as well as its lawyer in election law cases. Acorn’s political arm has endorsed Mr. Obama while its ‘voter education’ arm has pledged to spend $35 million to register people this fall — despite a history of vote fraud scandals that have led to guilty pleas by many Acorn employees.” (John Fund, “Obama’s Liberal Shock Troops,” The Wall Street Journal, 7/12/08)
ANNCR: What did ACORN in Chicago engage in? Bullying banks. Intimidation tactics. Disruption of business. ACORN forced banks to issue risky home loans. The same types of loans that caused the financial crisis we’re in today.
· ACORN Led Protests At Banks To Force Them To Issue Risky Home Loans. “Various ACORN chapters across the country, led by folks like Chicago’s Madeline Talbott, staged in-your-face protests in bank lobbies and filed complaints meant to hold up mergers sought by targeted banking firms. Talbott & Co. generally wanted them to ease down-payment requirements and ignore weak credit histories. And their intimidating tactics often necessitated police action, as at a ’97 protest at Pulaski Bank & Trust in Arkansas, where activists blocked drive-through lanes.” (Editorial, “The Meltdown’s Acorn,” New York Post, 9/29/08)
· ACORN Forced Banks To Issue Shaky Loans By Pressuring The Banks. “ACORN recognized very early the opportunity presented by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) of 1977. As Stanley Kurtz has reported, ACORN proudly touted ‘affirmative action’ lending and pressured banks to make subprime loans. Madeline Talbott, a Chicago ACORN leader, boasted of ‘dragging banks kicking and screaming’ into dubious loans. And, as Sol Stern reported in City Journal, ACORN also found a remunerative niche as an ‘advisor’ to banks seeking regulatory approval.” (Mona Charen, “Guilty Party: ACORN, Obama, and the mortgage mess,” National Review Online, 9/30/08)
ANNCR: No wonder Obama’s campaign is trying to distance him from the group, saying, “Barack Obama Never Organized with ACORN.”
· The Obama Campaign: “Barack Obama Never Organized With ACORN” (Barack Obama For President Website, http://fightthesmears.com/articles/20/acornrumor, Accessed 10/4/08)
ANNCR: But Obama’s ties to ACORN run long and deep. He taught classes for ACORN.
· Obama Directed Project Vote And Later Taught Classes For “Future Leaders Identified By ACORN And The Centers For New Horizons.” “He [Obama] says he is drawn to politics, despite its superficialities, as a means to advance his real passion and calling: community organization. … In 1992 Obama took time off to direct Project Vote, the most successful grass-roots voter-registration campaign in recent city history. Credited with helping elect Carol Moseley-Braun to the U.S. Senate, the registration drive, aimed primarily at African-Americans, added an estimated 125,000 voters to the voter rolls–even more than were registered during Harold Washington’s mayoral campaigns. ‘It’s a power thing,’ said the brochures and radio commercials. … Obama continues his organizing work largely through classes for future leaders identified by ACORN and the Centers for New Horizons on the south side.” (Hank De Zutter, Op-Ed, “What Makes Obama Run?” Chicago Reader, 12/8/95)
ANNCR: They even endorsed him for President.
· ACORN’s Political Action Committee Endorsed Obama. “[A]CORN’s political action committee endorsed Barack Obama for President. … The endorsement reflects a belief that Obama — who worked as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago — understands that change must come from the ground-up, as part of a working coalition, rather than from position papers.” (Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Op-Ed, “ACORN: Obama Gets It,” The Nation, 2/23/08)
ANNCR: But now ACORN is in trouble. REPORTER: There are at least 11 investigations across the country involving thousands of potentially fraudulent ACORN forms. ANNCR: Massive voter fraud.
· FOX News’ Eric Shawn: “But There Are At Least 11 Investigations Across The Country Involving Thousands Of Potentially Fraudulent ACORN Forms.” (FOX News’ “Special Report,” 10/8/08)
ANNCR: And the Obama campaign paid more than $800,000 to an ACORN front for get out the vote efforts. Pressuring banks to issue risky loans. Nationwide voter fraud. Barack Obama. Bad judgment. Blind ambition. Too risky for America.
· Obama’s Campaign “Paid More Than $800,000″ To ACORN For Get-Out-The Vote Efforts; The Campaign Originally “Misrepresented” The Group’s Work To The FEC. “U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat’s campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports. An Obama spokesman said Federal Election Commission reports would be amended to show Citizens Services Inc. — a subsidiary of ACORN — worked in ‘get-out-the-vote’ projects, instead of activities such as polling, advance work and staging major events as stated in FEC finance reports filed during the primary.” (David M. Brown, “Obama To Amend Report On $800,000 In Spending,” Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 8/22/08)
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FINALLY!
But how does this help my kids?
Very strong and very good. Can be followed up with more details.
Nice to see McCain hitting Obama where it hurts. NOW PLEASE HIT THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS AS WELL !
That’s a bit more like it..
Although rather than just saying “Barack Obama – Too risky for America”, I’d recommend something like..
“Barack Obama – Thinking Americans like you and me are too stupid to notice what he’s up to”
your kids don’t matter, only michelle (my belle) kid’s matter….
Barack Obama : George Soros :: Dmitry Medvedev : Vladimir Putin
This is a strong ad.
It’s too bad John McCain is the other candidate.
Well, it’s about [fill-in-the-blank] time!
I’m Andy Hefty, and I approve this tactic.
Rove? If so, look for shock & awe 2 weeks out.
Great, now bho put that in your pipe and smoke it. Finally McCain is going after bho. MORE please.
L
well, now he needs to point to the markets as the prepartion for the obama presidency, not wanting to wait and be taxed on obama’s capital gains tax. willing to get out now, cash in all their chips at the lower tax rate. this is the market preparing just in case a obama presidency happens. that is the next add they need to put out and put it out now.
It’s about time!
pyhtboss, at least your kids aren’t being made to March for Obama.
ABOUT DANG TIME JOHN! SARAH MUST HAVE BEEN TIRED OF BEING THE ONLY ONE WITH A PAIR IN YOUR WHOLE MISERABLE CAMPAIGN!
Tie Obama to pelosi and Barney Frank as well. Ask America if its willing to give all the power to the democratic party to do whatever it wants
This is obviously racist. The flashing lights, the dark music, the images of African-Americans . . . it’s racial code. Republicans hate blacks.
I fear that at this time this is just preaching to the choir. Obama supportors will never see or admit the truth about this man. I hope the next debate turns all this around.
People, if there was ever a time to pay attention to the Congressional races, I’d say this is it. No matter who gets elected President, we need a “conservative” Congress to prevent the socialistic ideas of either Obama or McCain from becoming law and policy. We need a “conservative” Congress to prevent the nominations of life-time appointed Supreme Court judges who view the Constitution as a “living document” that can change at their behest. Bottom line: Can one imagine either Obama or McCain with a liberal Congress?
he also needs to point to the veto power to stop a reid and pelosi led congress will not be there with obama. tax and spend, no drill and do nothing congress will be able to create tax subsidies for all the green alternative fuels without having to implement any of the measures to fill in the gap between now and the alternative fuels ability to provide the energy needed to support america’s energy demands.
I was going to say, nice of the Governor to lend McCain some cojones, but tre beat me to it.
ACORN and the Communist Party USA
I just cant shake this “too little, too late” miasma :/
nyc123me
How about the final statement says …
Barack Obama … Good for Socialists … Bad for Americans
If Obama supporters will never see or admit the truth, what makes you think the next debate will change anything?
Chicago politics – “Vote early, vote often.”
McCain supporters – “Hit them three ways. Hard,fast and continuously.”
Sadly, that’s a belief for which he has considerable justification.
Conservatives get upset when Liberals lie about them.
Liberals get upset when Conservatives tell the truth about them.
Go, Johnny, go!
Too little, too late. McCain lost this election in the last debate.
He’s never acted like he wants to win.
What have the Clinton’s been saying? Anyone know if they have released a statement lately on the status of their support of Obama/Biden ticket?
OK, I just picked myself up off the floor. Now the NYT is actually reporting on Obama’s fake donors.
The most laughable line?
Oh, I think we know exactly why someone would want to enter a false name.
You can read the rest of the story at the NYT’s website. It’s under the Politics category. I’m logged in, so I can’t really give you a proper link.
I thought for sure that this topic would be a magnet for our resident liberals!
C’mon folks! There must be a way to blame Bush for this.
Hmmm…I guess the ACORN didn’t fall far from the tree
McCain’s a “conservative”? That’s news to most of us.
Hard to win that last debate when Tom Brokaw is selecting all the questions from those submitted and then throws in a bunch of his own …
Didn’t you notice all the questions were designed to benefit Obama’s answers …
You can’t just take off on non-related topics from the questions in these things or you get crucified as avoiding answering the question … so no win either way …
Credit where credit is due. Investors buisness daily and Michelle Malkin deserve alot of credit for exposing ACORN to the Nation.
McCain owes Michelle Malkin a favor. I find that funny. Heh
Next, we need lot’s of detail regarding what was being offered as “educational enhancement” to the Chicago schools.
OUTSTANDING.
As mentioned in an earlier post. Take this Obama-ACORN connection and relentlessly club him like a baby seal with it!
Plays this thing in the battlegound states until you run out of money, then get a loan and play it somemore!!
YEA!!!!
So much of this year’s conservative energy went into “should we vote for McCain or let him rot on election day” (paraphrase of sentiments on this blog) that this aspect went under the radar….more to the point the Republican party itself failed when it endorsed this bailout.
What you advise is wise..Send_Me..but it will be more of an issue after Novemeber more so than now as we have to figure out WHO we can trust within the Republican Party.
On October 10th, 2008 at 2:39 pm, DesertLover said:
No, Hillary (and maybe McCain) are the Socialists (Trotskyism),
Barack is the Communist (Stalinism).
Socialists and Communists vs. Conservatives
Hmmm – if I were a wealthy or foreign supporter of Obama who wanted to remain anonymous what would I do…(think think think)
All right! FIGHT, MCCAIN/PALIN, FIGHT!
yes, and could this be those foreign donators? hmmmmmm? i am thinking this is really a part of the ‘massive’ internet donation database we hear about the first of its kind, the wunderkind Obama the different politician. leader of the world.. all bow and worship his obaminess.
and now what can be done? what can the feds do about this? maybe this is why he hasn’t published his donor list? cause, even my 7 year old nephew would know this is bogus. i am disugsted.
Dictionary:
paper tiger
n.
One that is seemingly dangerous and powerful but is in fact timid and weak: “They are paper tigers, weak and indecisive” (Frederick Forsyth).
Is this running on TV? If not, it should…the flashing lights were a little annoying though, but the content of the ad is awesome. More, please.
Promptly six f’ing months too late!!!
But I’m sure tonight Keith UberFlock will diligently explore this crucially flawed aspect of OBummer’s history.
/Sarcasm Off
TJ Green …
Here is some background on the Ayers educational agenda from an article by Stanley Kurtz …
If you want you can see the entire article here:
Linked Article Here
Good to see Sen. McCain biting into Obama.
Now, if we can just get him to put his teeth in………….
Yeah but — What the public wants to hear is how we got into the financial mess. Name names, maverick, name names and keep on naming them.
I was out and about at lunch today, the furor is building with the public. They know it was home loans to people who couldn’t afford to pay was the problem, but what caused the problem remains a mystery to the public at large. You say CAR and eyes glaze over …
BWAAA HAAA. If McCain manages to win, just wait to see the look on McCain’s face when Saracuda presents “the bill” from the Conservative Wing for pulling his chestnuts out of the fire.
It’s not going to be cheap! But he needs to remember, “it’s not personal; it’s business.”
RedPill …
On October 10th, 2008 at 2:54 pm, Laree said:
Did you know that Paper Tiger TV and the Socialist Party USA can be found in the same building in New York City?
Liberals and democrats have a new excuse for calling everything they don’t like “racist”. Actually not new, but at least it has a new name….”racial code”. The theory of racial code is the ultimate spin for racism. Everything can be put on the list of “racial code” depending on how it suits the liberal. See #15 in this blog. An African-American professor explained the concept of racial code to O’Reilly on The Factor last night. Apparently understanding racial code allows one to detect racists who are trying to hide the fact that they are racist. This kind of thinking, that everything can be anything, leads to the inability to carry on a rationale exchange of ideas.
1. What a better time to wake up the Republican party to its “conservative” side than to say “no” to McCain? If a Presidential candidate isn’t safe (that is, he can’t just take the “conservative” vote for granted), then perhaps a few Congressmen will get the wake-up call as well.
2. What a better time than in November to figure this out. After November is too late. We’ll have to wait another two years, after, if McCain is elected, Republicans are dragged through the mud for McCain’s failings (e.g. amnesty amongst other things). There are some good ones in Congress, but, as you point out, not that many. Duncan Hunter, Ted Poe, Mike Pence, and Jim DeMint are a few of the good ones left. We need to reward them and put the others on notice.
SOCIALIST: CommunistLite
tarpon …
McCain called out Pelosi, Reid, Frank and Dodd yesterday by name … I saw it live on Fox but so far have only heard the clip on Rush … it was after the guy talking about being mad … a woman realtor challenged McCain to name names and promise to convict those repsonsible for the mortgage crisis and that was his repsonse …
It’s not enough. It’s a start. They need to do a 30 second TV spot, and further establish the ties to ACORN.
Can someone get a message to McCain? Most people still aren’t really sure what ACORN is, what their scope of activities are, and the corruption that they’ve engaged in.
ACORN is the smoking gun, but McCain/Palin need to pound it harder, and fully explain how Obama was entangled in it, and how it led to the downfall of the economy.
Law of substition: ACORN = Fraud & Corruption; Obama = ACORN
It’s up to McCain to fully, and directly make that case, over and over again. 26 days and 26 opportunities to fully make that connection. Actually, twice a day, is 52….a whopping 52 times for McCain to remind voters of the proven fraud. But, will he ?
ACORN is the effect. THe cause is the democratic party and its williness to use the US taxpayers to finance it schemes and pay its bills.
ACORN is not the root cause the democratic party is.
OBTW, Rush’s monolouge today was brilliant in tieing Obama, the Dem Leadership, ACORN, etc. to the mortgage crisis and the collapse of the economy.
If McCain has a brain he will take it word for word and run with it. Rush will not mind.
Check Rush’s website tonight, when it is posted.
Hillary Clinton is the Senator from the state that is home to the Socialist Party USA.
Barack Obama is the Senator from the state that is home to the Communist Party USA.
John McCain is the Senator from the state that was home to Barry Goldwater. So why isn’t McCain a Goldwater Conservative???
McCain was probably on the phone last night or first thing this morning apologizing to everyone he named and promising to work with them in the next COngress should he be elected POTUS.
1. What form will this “bill” take?
2. In what possible way can Palin hold anything over McCain?
3. People need to realize that Palin will have only as much power as McCain gives her.
Truth.
At LAST! Now if he’ll just confront Obama at the next debate.
The ad itself is visibly tiring, too “flashy”, but maybe that’s good for the younger voters. For me, it was hard on the eyeballs!
Send_Me
Power is not always given. Sometimes it is taken.
Look for one of those prime time pseudo cop shows to do a show featuring a poor rigthous down trodden community activist killed by a rouge (white, over-weight, balding, racist, alcoholic, desert storm veteran, plagued with religious guilt & ED)cop, for registering poor white people to vote, shielded by a vast right wing conspiracy
to be the media’s response. (sorry for the run-on sentence)
ACORN is a cancer that needs to be surgically removed
Brilliant, Dex. That’s my new favorite “quote”!
Without anesthesia, DesertLover?
BR …
not to worry … at least you know what a run-on sentence is …
not many coming out of our wonderful school systems today can boast that level of grammatical comprehension …
Hangfire …
works for me …
Oh thanks. I am supposed to answer the questions of substance?
Okay, I’ll try.
1. In general terms, influence, input, a place at the table. Political capital.
2. This one is easy. Sarah can honestly say, “Until I came on board, you were toast.” He knows it.
3. Agreed, but McCain needs to realize what Palin gives him within the Party. Recipricolly, Conservatives need to realize the Bully Pulpit she provides them with the POTUS.
Just my thoughts. Very interested in yours and others. A political animal I am not.
Hey, DesertLover,
Just got my “Gay Gulf-War Deserters for Obama” bumper sticker in the mail. Can’t wait to put it on my boss’s car.
You two definately work well together.
Anybody else think there might be the admittedly slightest possibility that McCain and the Republican campaign have up to now been playing “Rope-a-Dope” with the socialists; and that this ad might represent the beginning of a serious campaign to, you know, win?
Hangfire
ROFLMAO …
granite … several of us have been saying that in the fervent hope that we would be proven correct … I suspect that by the next debate we will know whether this is just a blip on the radar or a full scale assault …
Great commercials – too bad I never see them adverised anywhere other than on this website.
McCain definately needs to get more agressive, and get these messages to the people so the public can ACTUALLY SEE THEM!
With Obummer wrapping up the homeless, felon, illegal, dead and imaginary vote, it looks like he’s poised to sweep all 57 states for a record-breaking 570 electoral votes!!!
Amen. Most ethical congress ever! William “Cold Cash” Jefferson, Bawney Fwank, Chris Dodd, Charles “It’s my duty to warn you about your bank” Schumer — all still in office.
If anyone even whispers anything untoward about a Rep., they’re gone like a puff of smoke. These people have no shame!
How come none of you are worried about the economy?
Retirement funds have lost 50% in the last 3 weeks and all you people can do is scream stupid things about Ayers.
No wonder the rest of the world is repulsed by you people.
It should be possible to trace this money back to the person who donated it. If anyone was interested in doing such a thing.
Given that the ultimate source would be the collection of leftist billionaires who own the Democratic Party, I’m guessing it will never be traced.
I’m worried about the economy, you leftist filth. I’m worried that people like you are destroying it.
Why aren’t we worried about the economy?
Because it’s all light, smoke, & mirrors.
It’s a lemming crisis.
Obama and company are now complaining that republicans are trying to supress or discourage voting by requiring people to identify themselves before voting or registering. Well, anyway, requiring documents is racist. I’m sure it is already on the official “racial code” list.
Just a hunch here, but I suspect there may be other threads that deal with the economy. US people are capable of thinking about more than one subject at a time… and chew gum, to boot!
I remember that for years, many Republicans held out that hope about Bush.
Man! That commercial could bring on an epileptic seizure or a migraine!
Those flashing lights are really pretty.
I was just about to post something about how the left would howl that none of this important and why aren’t we focusing on the economy and sure enough, one of them beat me to it.
Lefty, in case you haven’t noticed everbody is talking about the economy, including MM who has had about 100 posts about it in the past week. That does not preclude us from talking about other things, especially things like Bill Ayers and ACORN, which should be of great interest to the general public. Your whine is nothing more than the old adage that when you have to defend the indefensible, talk about something else.
Some months ago I wondered about the possibiltiy that George-I-caused-the-British-pound-to-tank-all-by-myself-Soros and his socialist co-billionaires might have had something to do with the futures market speculation that drove up the price of oil/gas/fuel.
Is it not such a convenient, remarkable coincidence that, 4-6 weeks before the election, we get an all-of-a-sudden financial/economic emergency that needs, we are told, immediate massive government bailing out?
Of course, the screwing up of the economy helps the socialists, who are perceived as “better” on the economy.
(The clowns who believe this “better” nonsense, of course, whether they know or admit it or not, are simply socialists themselves; because “better” simply means punishing, and taxing further, taxpayers and folks who play by the rules; and then in turn buying votes from socialists with the money that has been taken effectively at the point of a gun [the government's authority and power to tax]).
But, I digress.
Phew! Almost as bad as “Atlas Shrugged”.
Apologies.
Anyway, I’m not particularly fond of such “coincidences”.
I also am not particularly fond of being urinated upon, and then being told that it is raining.
“The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.”
“If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.”
“In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.”
These roles cannot be taken away by the President. Anything beyond this though, is gravy, and given by the President as he wishes.
True, he could gain some political capital by appeasing her. I wonder if that would be enough to sway him though. Hasn’t been so far.
While true, it would be a moot point. Once he’s President, he’s President. He wouldn’t owe anything to anyone. Also, he could just say, “and you wouldn’t be the VP if it weren’t for me.”
I agree to an extent. The reason Reagan was a “teflon” President is because he had the support of the people, which meant that Congress didn’t want to upset those same people who were responsible for keeping them in office. (This is an area where Bush failed immensely.) On the flip side though, McCain can very well limit her sphere of influence by restricting her to only fulfilling the roles laid out for the VP in the Constitution. He could just tell her, “here are your areas of work. If you go beyond that, you’re gone. Go along, and we’ll get along.” I don’t think he’ll do this, nor do I think she’ll do all that much to challenge him.
We are, but you have to understand the priority of work.
. Ensure the inegrity of the election process, by ruthlessly rooting out voter fraud by November 5.
. Keep a socialist out of the White House, who would destroy our capitalist system.
. Make sure the Democrats who CAUSED the problem by meddling in the banking regulations, using ACORN and Fannie/Freddie as tools are kept away from the solution.
. Get the government OUT of the banking industry. They can social engineer somewhere else.
. Just like “build the fence” stop the practice of providing loans to people, who in a real world would not get loans like 5 MILLION Illegal aliens.
THAT is my proposed plan to FIX the economy.
I want you to ponder the last bullet point. There are poor Americans, who could realize the dream of home ownership. I am open to finding a way to help them in a way that will build their lives. BUT some illegal with the help of Democrats stole the money we could have used to help that an AMERICAN and help utterly screw up the market while doing it.
On October 10th, 2008 at 3:47 pm, Send_Me said:
Interesting feedback. I enjoyed reading it and your opinions. Let’s hope we can see how things really come out.
Send_Me,
P.S. I do think that Palin will not be “pushy.” She will be a team palyer and her influence will come from good counsel to him from within that frame of reference. Counsel that hopefully, he will listen to, based on his professional respect for her integrity and judgement.
Conservatives may, get frustrated with that, but that’s her style, I think and frankly I would do the same for the man who selected me. That’s being a professional.
jsr:
Correct.
The 180-degree-incorrectly-named poster you refer to (man, there must be some cognitive dissonance in that person’s mind!) illustrates for us (probably unintentionally and inadvertently) what socialists and adherents to the wrong worldview actually believe in: materialism, pure and simple…nothing more nor less.
To them:
1) It’s dollars and cents, power, and sex.
2) After that, you die, and there’s nothing more.
3) Character? Trustworthiness? Respect for life? Hell, that’s for chumps and suckers!
This ad is not for Obama’s supporters, it for the people on the fence.
We’ll see.
Palin scares the far left because she has defined moral values. She only needs to be herself. McCain is the one that needs to be pulled across the finish line. Remember folks one third of the government is the judiciary, and McCain will appoint strict constructionist judges.
Christopher Buckley: Another wealthy country club conservative decides he is rich enough to survive a Marxist president, and that Obama is cooler than McCain, and he wrote a book, and McCain didn’t attend an Ivy league school like Obama and Buckley did, so he is voting
CommunistDemocrat in November.Asswipe
Put it on TV!!! This is a web ad, which means no one will see it.
The Obammunist, thanks to his friends in Hollywood and secret suppliers with non-verifiable names, has a lot more money for TV ad buys than McCain has…
Ilovemycountry, what country is that, that you love exactly, obviously it’s not America?