Here are the facts: For two weeks I was on the phone everyday with Secretary Paulson and the congressional leaders making sure that the principles that have been ultimately adopted were incorporated in the bill.

Here are the facts, Senator Obama. The bill that you claimed credit for didn’t pass. Here are the facts: 94 Democrats opposed “your” bill. You can’t blame John McCain, and you can’t blame George Bush for this. After all, you had Bush’s back on this bill.
I just have a word of advice for Senator McCain. Get your butt back to Washington and get this worked out! You can gain some much needed traction by fighting for the taxpayers and working with the likes of Mike Pence and the other brave House Republicans who didn’t cave to the political pressure. Stress that the American taxpayer doesn’t want to foot the bill to bail out Wall Street. While Obama just wants to be called, you can go to Washington and produce a sound bill to get us out of this mess.
Of course, I’m waiting for the moment when Obama announces he will head to Washington immediately to get a bill put in place, or to convince the House Democrats to go along with the bill. And we all know that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid are probably on the phone with him right now begging to get him back there.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have an opening. I pray that John McCain decides not to sqaunder this opportunity. Not only would he be doing this for the best of the country, but he would be doing this to keep the keys to the White House away from the most incompetent candidate of all time.

First thing Monday morning, I’m calling Congressman Lee Terry (R-Nebraska, 2nd district) and telling his office he shouldn’t support this bill. And, as much as I hate playing the hostage game, his support to this bill may cause me to leave that part of the ballot blank in 40 days.
Folks, this thing stinks to high heaven. One minute, we’re being told by the likes of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd that this is Ronald Reagan’s fault, and the next minute informed intellectually honest people like us remember the warnings that the House Republicans, the Bush administration, and even John McCain himself sent to the Democrats about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
One minute, we all remember how much this Democratic party did everything in their power to destroy President Bush since he took the oath of office, and the next minute we remember how they have his back all of a sudden.
Finally, we remember how Barack Obama said we need to rise above partisan politics in this deal, and informed intellectually honest people like us see that he’s claiming all the credit in the world for this (if it passes) even though he had cheat sheets e-mailed to him by insiders and he was STILL too incompetent to close the deal in the Thursday afternoon meeting.
I’ll say it again, this stinks. And if this goes through, then we’ll be paying for it for the rest of our lives, as well as our grandchildren’s lives.
To be a little fair here, only certain parts of the bill are out in the open, but there is A LOT of power being given to the Treasury Secretary on this to pretty much throw his/her power around and run this show as he sees fit. Also, this “oversight” committee would be composed of politicians, who would nonetheless be as corrupt, power hungry, and greedy as the same people Barney Frank and Chris Dodd said that caused this mess.
We all here know why this is playing out the way it is. The Democrats are unhinged for Republican support, but only because they want to play this off as being bipartisan to save the country in their campaign ads and to share the blame if this thing crashes and burns. I also think a lot of Republicans are buying into the fear mongering for the sake of saving their seats. Democrats like Dodd, Frank, Chuck Schumer, and even Barack Obama himself are walking away unscathed from this mess and they were the biggest financial benefactors from these groups that have crashed and burned.
You may be asking exactly how much we’ll be paying for this. Financially, it may just work. However there are many more costs involved rather than just dollars and cents. Look at how much power the federal government will have. Look at how the words profit, wealth, and success will be looked down upon. Look at how the federal government has now turned into a nanny state by letting the predatory lenders AND the fools who bought homes they knew they couldn’t afford off the hook.
I, for one, don’t want an America like this. And with the mood of the country being for “hope and change” led by a Socialist, this is starting to look REALLY bad. Should this bill pass, it’s going to se a dangerous precedent.
If you’re on board with me, then I urge you to do what I’ll be doing tomorrow morning. I also understand that some of you may support this bill, and I repsect your opinions. But I don’t think a true conservative would cede this much power to the federal government all the while subsribing to the fear mongering and hypocrisy by politicians.

Never mind the fact that the truth about what really happened at the failed Thursday meeting at the White House will never be relased by the mainstream media. Also, completely forget about the fact that Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and the entire Democratic party are mostly responsible for the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac debacle. Oh, and definitely forget about Barack Obama rising above partisan politics and deciding to not insert presidential politics into the bailout negotiation bill.
As a matter of fact, Barack Obama is already claiming credit for the bailout deal and saying that John McCain did absolutely nothing to help out in the process.

“I was on the phone every day with Secretary Paulson and the congressional leaders, making sure that the principles that have ultimately been adopted were incorporated into the bill,” Obama told CBS’s Bob Schieffer explaining, “I think, [that] is an indication of the degree to which, when it comes to protecting taxpayers, I was pushing very hard and involved in shaping those provisions.”
So much for rising above partisan politics, eh Senator Obama?

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We all know that Democrats said there was a deal on the bailout Wednesday, to which we now know there was never one in place at all. So, it is with great hesitation that I buy anything coming from Nancy Pelosi saying that a deal is nearly in place. With that being said, I’d like to ask everyone why McCain wasted his time suspending his campaign to go to Washington when he’s been working on this over the phone.
McCain only speaking over the phone shows a lot of hypocrisy from himself and his supporters, since we all jumped over the “if you need me, call me” line in Barack Obama’s press conference Wednesday. I know that I’m frustrated by this, and I think that McCain’s gamble may only pay back only in losing more ground to Obama in key battleground states.
I know I said earlier I disagreed with Dick Morris when he assailed McCain for not talking about the bailout deal during the debate last night. No one knows the language, so it wouldn’t make sense to bring it up, right? The more I think about it, the more I think this was the biggest mistake McCain made during the debate.
Jim Leherer (who I thought did a pretty good job moderating the debate last night) openly encouraged exchanges between the two candidates. When the subject of the bailout came up, they both pretty much said that they are confident a bipartisan solution can be reached. McCain could have, at one point, taken Obama by suprise and asked for more specifics in what he supports for the bailout bill. When Obama mentions taxpayer protections, exactly what are we looking for? When Obama mentions the spending cuts because of the financial crunch, McCain could have pressed harder. Why not?
Polls are showing by and large the American people oppose this bailout. Rasmussen alone shows only a 24% approval rating for the bailout plan. McCain should capitalize on this, and tell the American people what he wants to see in this bill and where his views are similar to the American people. This would put Obama in a corner to actually, for once, offer specifics on why he supports or opposes something. In other words, McCain can’t claim credit for anything because we have no idea where he stands.
Lord help us all, but it looks like Obama may be closer to the knockout blow he’s been looking for. And even though we’re still three debates (including Palin vs Biden) and roughly six weeks away, there may not be enough time for McCain to come back.

Dick Morris thinks John McCain lost last night for the simple fact that he didn’t throw it in Barack Obama’s face that he supports the bailout bill with taxpayer funded money, or that he initially didn’t want to go to Washington to work on it. I disagree. Without a deal in place, it would have made no sense for McCain to even bring it up. All Obama would have had to say was, “well John, what did you accomplish? We have no deal done” and that would have been the end of that.
News reports that I have read indicated that John McCain is either on his way back to Washington or is back already to work on the bailout bill. Obama will be campaigning in Virginia and North Carolina. This is key, especially since there’s optimism a deal can get done by the end of the weekend. McCain can slam Obama for not wanting to work on it and would rather campaign than help out the country. While Obama may think he’s getting a leg up on the trail, he’s going to get hurt because he’s not walking the walk.
Once again, all of this is contingent on a deal getting done that McCain can endorse. Althought Barney Frank, Harry Reid, and Chuck Schumer are content to lie through their teeth and try to tell everyone a deal was practically done and in place, House Republicans and even some Democrats refute that claim. House Republicans practically had no say on the bill, even as Democrats were screaming for Republican support. Do you expect the Republicans to sign something over without having any inclusion whatsoever?
Also, I think that it’s important to note that why the meeting on Thursday broke down. Reid, Schumer, and Frank will have you believe that it was McCain’s fault, however, Rush Limbaugh has reliable sources that indicate otherwise.
But I digress.
What it boils down to is this, and this something I do agree with Dick Morris about. House Republicans, like the vast majority of Americans, oppose writing a $700 billion check for the bailout. If McCain can attach his name to any provisions that pass that House Republicans approve of, it’s a win for McCain. He can assail Obama in the debates about how he didn’t go to Washington to work on it, how Obama just wanted to pass it off on the taxpayers, and how Obama wants to pass the responsibility away from the companies that got us into this mess.
What McCain has working against him, however, is the fact that the Democrats will work like hell to get something passed that he can’t attach his name to. Also, what McCain needs to worry about is that if talks continue to stall then the Democrats will just take whatever they want to a vote and get it passed because they have the majority. Not only would this be a bad thing for McCain, but the country would be screwed since this would just be a blank check handed to DC at the burden of the taxpayers. The Democrats can look like the heroes, and McCain will look foolish. Now that McCain is going back to Washington, look for Reid, Schumer, Dodd, Frank, and Pelosi to get something passed as soon as possible.
John McCain’s campaign hinges on something getting done with the bailout bill. Anything he can attach himself to with legitimacy will give him a huge boost that I don’t think even Obama can overcome. But he has to be careful. Democrats can smell all the power with Obama closer to the White House and with their majorities slated to grow even more. If McCain can’t attach himself to the deal with legitimacy, he’s toast.

DISCLAIMER: I’m a conservative Republican who is pretty much against the bailout bill and am supporting John McCain for president. I’ll be voting for John McCain in November, and I think Barack Obama is incapable to lead this country anywhere, let alone in a time of crisis.
I admire McCain for wanting to get back to Washington to work on the bailout bill that Harry Reid wanted him back for before he was against him coming back. I’ve also been very critical of people running for president that have abandoned the offices they currently hold, wasting taxpayer money for missing votes, committee meetings, etc, etc. I also strongly believe that John McCain is acting more presidential by suspending his campaign to make sure we not only get something done fast, but get it done right. While I also think that Obama should be ashamed of himself for spewing the lie of “we should rise above partisan politics” then indirectly attack John McCain and refusing to shoot down a reporter who used a question to accuse McCain of playing a political stunt was disgusting. This man is not fit to be president, and I, now more than ever, think he’s ignorant beyond all hope to be a leader for this nation.
With all that being said, I have to ask John McCain what the hell is going on in his brain?

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Earlier this spring, Barack Obama made a comment on how Venezuela was a “tiny country” that posed no serious threat to the United States. However, his world tour consisting of photo ops with world leaders and then negotiating a dealy in troop withdrawls behind President Bush’s back was supposed to reassure everyone that he’s not the foriegn policy idiot we all know he is.
Consider this interesting news from Reuters.

MOSCOW, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Russian warships set sail on Monday for manoeuvres in the Caribbean area calculated to demonstrate to the United States Moscow’s return as a global power on the military and political stage.

The exercises, drawing on a strong alliance with Venezuela’s anti-American President Hugo Chavez, will be closely watched by Western navies as the first such projection of Russian power close to U.S. shores since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

What do we think of Venezuela now, Senator Obama?

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Liberal privacy-Protecting communications from terrorists, child predators, drug dealers, and other criminals.

Sarah Palin’s e-mail account-What’s privacy?

Newsflash, folks. Joe Biden is an idiot.
Well, maybe that’s not news after all.
We’ve all heard by now the idiotic remark about how he believes that wealthy Americans need to pay more in taxes to be more patriotic. While we all know that this is typical Democratic “Robin Hood” rhetoric, I’m surprised that the McCain campaign hasn’t jumped on this.
Looking back through the history of politics, I’m surprised that the Republican party really hasn’t been more agressive attacking this rhetoric.

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Last week, Barack Obama’s campaign opened an office in Omaha. I know it sounds kind of strange, considering Nebraska hasn’t gone blue in a presidential election since LBJ. However, the desperate Obama campaign knows they can’t win the entire state, but rather would have the opportunity due to a quirk in Nebraska electoral rules that could give Obama one electoral vote if he can carry a district in the state. Nebraska will award two electoral votes for the statewide winner, and one vote for each congressional district. The second district, which includes Omaha, is his best possibility for stealing an electoral vote.
Moments after my wife left to go to Lincoln today, two young women rang my doorbell. I looked out the front window and saw one carrying a clipboard. I immediately thought they were selling me something. I walked to the door to tell them I wasn’t interested.
To my surprise, the woman carrying the clipboard was accompanied by a woman wearing a Barack Obama t-shirt. Against my better judgement, I answered the door.

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I go this from FOXNews.combecause, thankfully, I’m at work while this lousy excuse for a show is on.
John McCain went on The View today and got sabatoged by Obama’s girls. The full extent of how the “interview” went is on the website. After a few minutes of accusing McCain of lies in his campaign about Obama and shelling him about selecting Sarah Palin, Whoopi Goldberg got into the fray with one of the dumbest things I’ve heard in my entire life:

Later asking about McCain’s strict interpretation of the Constitution, she added: “Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change.”

Wow. I can see the new commercial now. “Vote Obama because John McCain’s views on strict interpretation of the Constituion will lead us all back to slavery!”
Thank goodness John McCain is a much calmer man than I am. Lord only knows what I would have said had I been in his shoes.
On the other hand, why get so upset? We all know here that no election is complete without class warfare, race baiting, and the Hollywood Left saying some pretty stupid things.

Sarah Palin supported the brdige before she opposed it. She spent millions of dollars as mayor of Wasilla, and as Governor of Alaska. She’s a big spender, and doesn’t bring about the reform the McCain campaign wants you to believe she will.
That’s at least what the Democrats want you to think. Obama and Biden keep hammering Palin on the bridge to nowhere issue, but after someone told me that both Obama and Biden voted to fund the bridge to nowhere, I decided to do some further checking into what their pork records are.
I went to the website for Citizens Against Government Waste and found some interesting tidbits on the Democratic ticket. I’d like to recommend the website to anyone who is legitimately interested in finding out how your Representatives and Senators voted on spending bills. This is truly a great resource.
Here’s how they rated.

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Last week, there were a bunch of rumors (that I believe were pumped out by the Obama campaign) that Sarah Palin was going to get dumped from the ticket. These rumors, along with who Trig’s mother really is, whether or not Sarah Palin belonged to the Alaska Independence Party, if she had an affair with her husband’s business partner, and she’s a Nazi sympathizer of course proved to be completely false. Now, it seems that there are some grumblings that Obama picked the wrong vice presidential running mate.
Barack Obama will be having lunch with Bill Clinton later on this week. The Independent reported this earlier today:

There will be no Clinton-Palin “cat-fight”, former Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson said. Mr Obama will complete the healing of rifts between himself and the Clintons at a lunch with former President Bill in New York on Thursday.

Complete the healing of rifts? Does this mean that Obama’s considering throwing Joe Biden of the ticket in favor of Hillary?

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Barack Obama and John McCain are now both vying to be the agents of change in the 2008 election. However, with McCain’s campaign, we’re starting to hear another word that may prove to have more powerful impact with voters.
Reform.
Simply look at the definitions of both words, and how subtle changes (no pun intended) can mean a world of difference.

CHANGE-
1. to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone
2. to transform or convert (usually fol. by into)
3. to substitute another or others for; exchange for something else, usually of the same kind

REFORM-
1. the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.
2. the amendment of conduct, belief, etc.
3. to change to a better state, form, etc.; improve by alteration, substitution, abolition, etc.

See what I mean?

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I was looking around rasmussenreports.com to see if there were any indications of a bounce for McCain after the convention (I know, less than 24 hours afterward is next to impossible to tell) and I stumbled across a table that showed who trusts the candidates more on what issues. I’ll tackle them in seperate entries (because I wouldn’t want to completely bore you to tears) but I found some astonishing information in certain areas.
First, let me point out that I’ve been working in the healthcare services industry for the past five years. I’ve held responsibilities ranging from claims processing to staffing. I’m not a healthcare professional like a doctor, nurse, or therapist for example, but I think my work in the trenches warrants these thoughts.
At this time, Barack Obama is trusted more on healthcare, 53% to 37%. Democrats have been trusted more with healthcare for as long as I can remember when I got involved in elections (1996). The Democrats’ advocacy for socialized healthcare has been one of their main rallying cries and I have to wonder if this is what America really wants. If it is, and should Obama win and get enough votes in the House and Senate to initiate it, there are going to be a ton if problems.
John McCain may not be able to overtake Obama on this issue, but he can be proactive and make people think about how disastrous socialized healthcare can be, and score some points. Maybe McCain already has these in mind, maybe he doesn’t. I have a feeling at least some of them will come out during the debates, but he should pay attention because something tells me the Obama campaign will make this the cornerstone of their White House efforts.

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I got a laugh out of this one from cnn.com.

Sean “Diddy” Combs complained about the “… too high” price of gas and pleaded for free oil from his “Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters” in a YouTube video posted Wednesday.

The hip-hop mogul said he is now flying on commercial airlines instead of in private jets, which Combs said had previously cost him $200,000 and up for a roundtrip between New York and Los Angeles.

Hey Sean, we have more oil here in the US that in Saudi Arabia. Why not ask for us to drill for oil here so you have to stop flying commercial like us “common folk?”
This is ridiculous. And to think people actually listen to celebrities when they make political endorsements.