Here is a video from YouTube user DeclareYourself staring a bunch of Hollywood stars. They encourage you to get registered so you can vote this fall, and then tell 5 of your friends to register using this video as a vehicle. It could spread like hotcakes.
Here is “Hollywood Declares Themselves;”
There is a video circulating on YouTube that shows young children singing the praise of Obama in what appears to be a carefully choreographed setting. This video was originally featured on Obama’s website, but I can not find it there now. It’s things like this that supports the charge that Obama has a cult like following. It is a little scary seeing children singing the praise of a politician like they do in totalitarian countries like Cuba, North Korea, and the former USSR. These are usually the songs for religious leaders, not politicians. These parents are exploiting their children for political gain. You can watch and make your own decisions, but I am disgusted.
Alan Cosgrove
Here is a group of children singing praise to politician Barack Obama;
On the same day that Bill Clinton campaigns on behalf of Barack Obama in Florida John McCain released an ad that features President Clinton. In the ad McCain claims he “fought to rein in Fannie and Freddie,…while Mr. Obama was notably silent.†The ad’s announcer says Bill Clinton knows who is responsible for our economic mess. They then show Clinton saying, “I think the responsibility that the Democrats have may rest more in resisting any efforts by Republicans in the Congress or by me when I was President to put some standards and tighten up a little on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.” The ad’s announcer agrees, “you’re right, Mr. President. It didn’t have to happen.”
Here is John McCain’s ad “Rein” featuring President Clinton;
Here is a 10 minute video that helps explain the sources of the economic crisis that Congress is trying to bail us out of. There is a lot of information here, and they back all of it up. Following the video is an incomplete list of links used as sources by the video. Enjoy the music and put on your reading glasses. Here is the video, “Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?”;
Here is a list of links used by the video:
Subprime Lender Implosion: Bad Omen For Housing Market
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA)
City Journal The Trillion-Dollar Bank Shakedown That Bodes Ill for Cities
Harvard Education Publications Loans with affordability features have lost market value
WSJ Marketwatch Options expert calls Fannie, Freddie shares ‘worthless’
Bloomberg.com Regulators Spin Public to Boost Fannie, Freddie: Jonathan Weil
The Guardian.com IMF says US crisis is ‘largest financial shock since Great Depression’
The New York Times New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
The Minority Report John McCain Warned Of Mortgage Collapse In 2005
Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform act of 2005
The Slate Chris Dodd’s Loan Problem
Minipost.com Obama turns to trusted political insider Jim Johnson for key campaign role
The LA Times Barack Obama advisor Jim Johnson quits under fire
Politico.com Advice from Raines
The New York Times Schools in Chicago Are Called the Worst By Education Chief
The Plank Obama, Education, and Accountability
The Christian Science Monitor Kids’ protest highlights rich-poor schools gap in Illinois
Wharton Education The Immigration Debate: Its Impact on Workers, Wages and Employers
Kansas City Star Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac blind to bubble
CNN Money 4 Fannie Mae senior execs resign
The Hill.com Pelosi: Dems bear no responsibility for economic crisis
The Washington Post Obama Ridicules McCain’s Economic Response
John McCain can be heard responding under his breath “that’s horseshit, horseshit” during the debate while Barack Obama claims McCain didn’t even know Spain was allied with us. This is probably why they didn’t want him looking at Obama, because they knew McCain would say things like this.
Here is the video that clearly shows McCain saying “horseshit”;
John McCain had an ad featuring exerts from the debate even before McCain stepped off the stage. In it if features Barack Obama saying over and over again he agrees with and McCain.
Here is John McCain’s ad “McCain is right;”
Barack Obama and John McCain issued a joint statement on the economy and will meet today with President Bush to discuss the economy. Here is their joint statement;
The American people are facing a moment of economic crisis. No matter how this began, we all have a responsibility to work through it and restore confidence in our economy. The jobs, savings, and prosperity of the American people are at stake.
Now is a time to come together — Democrats and Republicans — in a spirit of cooperation for the sake of the American people. The plan that has been submitted to Congress by the Bush Administration is flawed, but the effort to protect the American economy must not fail.
This is a time to rise above politics for the good of the country. We cannot risk an economic catastrophe. Now is our chance to come together to prove that Washington is once again capable of leading this country.
Here is John McCain’s ad called “Mum.” McCain’s ad says “Obama and his liberal friends have been mum on the economic crisis because no one knows what to do.”
Here is Barack Obama’s ad “Destinations.” In the ad they say that John McCain went to Bermuda and “pledged to protect tax breaks for American corporations that hide their profits offshore.” All this in exchange for $50,000.
It’s good to see they are keeping it clean and sticking to the issues. This stuff really helps the voter decide.
Alan Cosgrove
Today Sarah Palin told a crowd how she had put Alaska’s “government checkbook online,†and now she wants to do the same with the federal government. “We’re going to do a few new things also,†Palin told a crowd in Iowa. “For instance, as Alaska’s governor, I put the government’s checkbook online so that people can see where their money’s going. We’ll bring that kind of transparency, that responsibility, and accountability back. We’re going to bring that back to D.C.” That is great idea, but it was already done by Barack Obama and Republican Senator Tom Coburn back in 2006. They worked together to pass the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, also known as “Google for Government.” They created USASpending.gov which gives all of us access to what our government is spending money on. John McCain was also an original sponsor on the 2006 bill that eventually became law.
Alan Cosgrove
John McCain has a new ad out today that says Barack Obama will raise taxes to a painful level. “When our economy’s in crisis, a big government casts a big shadow on us all,” the narrator says in the ad. “Obama and his liberal Congressional allies want a massive government, billions in spending increases, wasteful pork. And, we would pay — painful income taxes, skyrocketing taxes on life savings, electricity and home heating oil.” The narrator concludes, “Can your family afford that?” According to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan research group, Obama’s tax plan would increase taxes on the wealthiest 20 percent of households, while offering tax cuts for the other 80 percent. In contrast McCain will cut taxes across the board. Joe Biden responded to the ad this morning on “Good Morning America,” by saying, “we want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people.” He then went on to explain why we should tax the rich and give it to the middle class by saying, “it’s time to be patriotic, Kate. It’s time to jump in, it’s time to be part of the deal, it’s time to help get America out of the rut.” This coming from a man who gave $941 to charity?
Here is Joe Biden telling us it is patriotic to pay higher taxes;
And here is John McCain’s ad that started this;
