Amerikaanse Presidentsverkiezingen #45: McCain is black

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Also, not only does McCain share Vietnam veteran status with the last two Democratic nominees for president (Gore and Kerry); he also shares the need for a similar Electoral College strategy. At this point in the campaign in both 2000 and 2004, Gore and Kerry seemed to have limited room to maneuver in the states. Gore pulled out of Ohio (about this time) to focus on Florida, and Kerry pulled out of Missouri to focus on Ohio. McCain's pullout of Michigan has the same feel to it -- meaning it's not a bad strategy given the circumstances. The fact is, like Gore and Kerry, McCain's got a narrow path to 270, which explains why Sarah Palin was in Omaha yesterday and why there is more money being thrown into Maine. McCain's campaign is not playing for a big win, just any win. And while both Kerry and Gore did end up losing, it was VERY close. When the environment is against you, it's not a bad strategy.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 15:58 schreef Elfletterig het volgende:
Bij Real Clear Politics is Obama alweer verder uitgelopen. Het RCP-average (een gemiddelde van diverse polls) geeft Obama nu een voorsprong van 6,4 procentpunten. Gisteren was dat nog 5,9.

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 17:20 schreef laforest het volgende:
flauwe humor weer
Het gaat hier om serieuze verkiezingen hoor, om het lot van onze wereld mag je haast wel zeggen en alles wat men kan is domme comic plaatsjes posten

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 17:27 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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Mag ik vragen naar jouw leeftijd?

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 17:41 schreef laforest het volgende:

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28, in december 29
had je ook wel in mijn fotoboek/profiel kunnen zien geloof ik

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Geboortedatum: 00-00-0000

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 18:30 schreef Caesu het volgende:
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is dat haar kind. willow of piper.

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 17:20 schreef laforest het volgende:
flauwe humor weer
Het gaat hier om serieuze verkiezingen hoor, om het lot van onze wereld mag je haast wel zeggen en alles wat men kan is domme comic plaatsjes posten

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 22:48 schreef pberends het volgende:

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Zijn dit eigenlijk normale namen in de VS Of is het zo iets als Dannyboy in Nederland is?

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 22:48 schreef pberends het volgende:

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Zijn dit eigenlijk normale namen in de VS Of is het zo iets als Dannyboy in Nederland is?

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 22:48 schreef pberends het volgende:

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Zijn dit eigenlijk normale namen in de VS Of is het zo iets als Dannyboy in Nederland is?

Johnny Cash & Jimmie Rodgers - Danny Boy

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 09:27 schreef contactpersoon het volgende:
Om op de TT te reageren; he sure is!

http://www.rollingstone.c(...)the_real_john_mccain

http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/player/23356460

Als de rest van de media dit oppikken is het over-en-uit voor McCain.

OLBERMANN DESTROYS JOHN McCAIN!!!

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In less than a month, the American people will make a choice on where they want this country to go, and who they trust to lead us in a time of war and economic crisis. The time for debating and electioneering is drawing to a close. Soon it will be the time for choosing.
Today we have seen a reminder of the importance of that choice. The action Congress took last week to address our financial crisis was a tourniquet, but not a permanent solution. Today we are seeing the stock market fall, and the credit crisis spread to other parts of the world. Our economy is still hurting -- working families are worried about the price of groceries, the price of gas, keeping their jobs and paying their mortgage -- further action is needed. We need to restore confidence in our economy and in our government.

Washington is still on the wrong track and we still need change. The status quo is not on the ballot. We are going to see change in Washington. The question is: in what direction will we go? Will our country be a better place under the leadership of the next president -- a more secure, prosperous, and just society? Will you be better off, in the jobs you hold now and in the opportunities you hope for? Will your sons and daughters grow up in the kind of country you wish for them, rising in the world and finding in their own lives the best of America? And which candidate's experience -- in government and in life -- makes him a more reliable leader for our country and commander in chief for our troops? Who is ready to lead? In a time of trouble and danger for our country, who will put our country first?

I set out on my own campaign for president many months ago. I promised at the beginning to be straight with the American people, knowing that even those who don't agree with me on everything would expect at least that much. I didn't just show up out of nowhere [This line just got a HUGE response from the audience. -- amc ]] after all -- America knows me. You know my strengths and my faults. You know my story and my convictions. And though familiarity in politics can be both helpful to a candidate, or not so helpful, it does at least fill out the picture and answer the essential questions. You need to know who you're putting in the White House -- where the candidate came from and what he or she believes. And you need to know now, before it is time to choose.

In 21 months, during hundreds of speeches, town halls and debates, I have kept my promise to level with you about my plans to reform Washington and get this country moving again. As a senator, I've seen the corrupt ways of Washington in wasteful spending and other abuses of power, and as president I'm going to end them -- whatever it takes. I will propose and sign into law reforms to bring tax relief to the middle class and help to businesses so they can create jobs. I will get the rising cost of food and gas under control. I will help families keep their home, and help students struggling to pay for college. I will make health care more accessible and affordable. I will impose a spending freeze on all but the most vital functions of government. I will review every agency of the federal government, improve those that need to be improved and eliminate those that aren't working for the American people. I will confront th e ten trillion-dollar debt that the federal government has run up, and balance the federal budget by the end of my term in office.

This is the agenda I have set before my fellow citizens. And the same standards of clarity and candor must now be applied to my opponent. Even at this late hour in the campaign, there are essential things we don't know about Senator Obama or the record that he brings to this campaign.

We have all heard what he has said, but it is less clear what he has done or what he will do. What Senator Obama says today and what he has done in the past are often two different things. He has often changed his positions in this campaign, and the best way to determine where he would really take this country is to examine where he has tried to take it in the past.

My opponent has invited serious questioning by announcing a few weeks ago that he would quote -- "take off the gloves." Since then, whenever I have questioned his policies or his record, he has called me a liar.

Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he has been asked. But let me reply in the plainest terms I know. I don't need lessons about telling the truth to American people. And were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn't seek advice from a Chicago politician.

My opponent's touchiness every time he is questioned about his record should make us only more concerned. For a guy who's already authored two memoirs, he's not exactly an open book. It's as if somehow the usual rules don't apply, and where other candidates have to explain themselves and their records, Senator Obama seems to think he is above all that. Whatever the question, whatever the issue, there's always a back story with Senator Obama. All people want to know is: What has this man ever actually accomplished in government? What does he plan for America? In short: Who is the real Barack Obama? But ask such questions and all you get in response is another barrage of angry insults.

Our current economic crisis is a good case in point. What was his actual record in the years before the great economic crisis of our lifetimes?

This crisis started in our housing market in the form of subprime loans that were pushed on people who could not afford them. Bad mortgages were being backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and it was only a matter of time before a contagion of unsustainable debt began to spread. This corruption was encouraged by Democrats in Congress, and abetted by Senator Obama.

Senator Obama has accused me of opposing regulation to avert this crisis. I guess he believes if a lie is big enough and repeated often enough it will be believed. But the truth is I was the one who called at the time for tighter restrictions on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could have helped prevent this crisis from happening in the first place.

Senator Obama was silent on the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and his Democratic allies in Congress opposed every effort to rein them in. As recently as September of last year he said that subprime loans had been, quote, "a good idea." Well, Senator Obama, that "good idea" has now plunged this country into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

To hear him talk now, you'd think he'd always opposed the dangerous practices at these institutions. But there is absolutely nothing in his record to suggest he did. He was surely familiar with the people who were creating this problem. The executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have advised him, and he has taken their money for his campaign.

He has received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other senator in history, with the exception of the chairman of the committee overseeing them. Did he ever talk to the executives at Fannie and Freddie about these reckless loans? Did he ever discuss with them the stronger oversight I proposed? If Senator Obama is such a champion of financial regulation, why didn't he support these regulations that could have prevented this crisis in the first place? He won't tell you, but you deserve an answer.

Even after he refused to lift a finger to prevent this crisis, when the crisis hit, he was missing in action. He didn't start making calls to round up votes until after the rescue bill failed in the House and the markets crashed. We continue to see the price of delay today as the markets continue to fall. Today the DOW has fallen below 10,000. And yet, members of his own party said they felt no pressure to vote for the bill. Why didn't Senator Obama work to pass this bill from the start? Why did he let it fail and drag out this crisis for a full week before doing a thing to help pass it?

Again on taxes, we see a difference between what Senator Obama says today, what he said yesterday and what he has actually done. Over the course of this campaign, he has had many different plans to raise your taxes. During the Democratic primary, he promised to double taxes on every American with a dividend or an investment. He promised to raise payroll taxes. He promised higher taxes on electricity. Now, Senator Obama claims he will give 95 percent of Americans tax relief. He actually promised the same thing when he was running for Senate in Illinois, but once elected he never introduced legislation to do so. Instead, he voted for the Democratic budget resolution that promised to raise taxes on people making just 42,000 dollars a year. At the time, he even said his vote was intended to get "our nation's priorities back on track." If he's such a defender of the middle class, why did he vote to raise their taxes? Whatever ha ppened to the tax relief he promised them when he was a candidate for the Senate? And why should middle class Americans trust him to keep promises he has already broken?

Senator Obama and I both have differences with how President Bush has handled the economy. But he thinks taxes are too low, and I think spending is too high. The government's out of control spending has resulted in a weaker dollar, raising the cost of groceries and gasoline, and killing jobs.

I will veto pork barrel legislation and cut wasteful government spending. Senator Obama has a different plan. According to third party estimates, he will increase government spending by over 860 billion dollars. He has denied it, but he has refused to tell you how much he does plan to spend. What is the total of his increased spending? Americans deserve to know just how much more of their money Senator Obama intends to spend, and how much more debt he plans to burden them with.

Senator Obama has also criticized earmark spending, those wasteful pork barrel projects stuck in spending bills behind closed doors. And yet, despite his talk on the campaign trail, his actual record is full of requests for earmark projects. In his three short years in the Senate, he has requested nearly a billion dollars in pork projects for his state -- a million dollars for every day he's been in office. Far from fighting earmarks in Congress, Senator Obama has been an eager participant in this corrupt system. In one instance, he sought more than 3 million dollars for a new projector at a planetarium in his hometown. Coincidentally, the chairman of that planetarium pledged to raise more than $200,000 for Senator Obama's campaign. We don't know if they ever discussed the money for the planetarium, and no one has asked Senator Obama. But even the appearance of this kind of insider-dealing disgusts Americans. I'm going to put a stop to that, my friends, if I'm President.

I have made every single donor to my campaign publicly available, while Senator Obama has taken in over 200 million dollars from undisclosed sources. We have already seen the potential for fraud because of his refusal to disclose his donors. His campaign had to return $33,000 in illegal foreign funds from Palestinian donors, and this weekend, we found out about another $28,000 in illegal donations. Why has Senator Obama refused to disclose the people who are funding his campaign? Again, the American people deserve answers.

On health care, Senator Obama has been misleading you about my plan to give you more money for health care, and he has been equally misleading about his own plans. He has said his goal is a single payer system where government is in charge of health care and bureaucrats stand between you and your doctor. Under the plan he has proposed, he will fine families that don't have the kind of health insurance that Senator Obama tells them to purchase. He will fine employers who do not offer the health insurance that he thinks they should offer.

What he doesn't say, and what nobody has asked, is how big his fines will be. What he doesn't want you to know is that with a small fine, his plan will encourage companies to just pay the fine, drop existing health care coverage for their employees and leave them with only one real option: government run health care.

Who is the real Senator Obama? Is he the candidate who promises to cut middle class taxes, or the politician who voted to raise middle class taxes? Is he the candidate who talks about regulation or the politician who took money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and turned a blind eye as they ran our economy into a ditch?

Is he the candidate who promises change, or is he the politician who has bought into everything that is wrong with Washington? We can't change the system with someone who's never fought the system.

Washington is on the wrong track and I'm going to set it right. The American people know my record. They know I am going to change Washington, because I've done it before. They know I'm going to reform our broken institutions in Washington and on Wall Street because I've done it before. They know I'm going to deliver relief to the middle class, because that's what I've done.

You don't have to hope that things will change when you vote for me. You know things will change, because I have been fighting for change in Washington my whole career. I've been fighting for you my whole life. That's what I'm going to do as President of the United States. Fight for you and put the government back on the side of the people.

Thank you.

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 22:54 schreef Monidique het volgende:

Obama called a terrorist in front of erratic McCain

Een behoorlijk schizofreen filmpje van John McCain. Hij zegt: "What does he plan for America? In short: Who is the real Barack Obama? But ask such questions and all you get in response is another barrage of angry insults."

Dus wat gebeurt er? John McCain vraagt wie Barack Obama is en het publiek schreeuwt als sovjetsoldaten aan speed: Zero! Terrorist^*!

Uhm, óke? , !

_{*: Met een goedkeurende glimlach van The Maverick.}

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 23:36 schreef Majar het volgende:

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Op maandag 6 oktober 2008 16:10 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Embarracuda

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But what a desperate empty embarrassment the McCain campaign has become.

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/10/embarracuda.html

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:33 schreef Montov het volgende:
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It is appropriate that the prime vessel for this assault is Sarah Palin, whose very presence on a national ticket is an insult to your intelligence. She now has "credibility," we are told, because she managed to read talking points off notecards in the debate last week with unwitting enthusiasm.

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:33 schreef Montov het volgende:
Joe Klein:
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While Gov. Sarah Palin has waived her privacy rights so details about her firing of a state commissioner can be made public, she has not called on others in her administration to do the same.

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"The governor waived her confidentiality and wanted this matter decided openly," attorney Thomas Van Flein said. "Mr. Petumenos is in charge of his investigation and until and unless he says otherwise, we will respect his decision."

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WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain's campaign is criticizing Barack Obama for his ties to a former radical who engaged in violent acts four decades ago, but McCain himself was closely connected to a private group that supplied aid to rebels trying to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua during the Iran-Contra affair.

The U.S. Council for World Freedom was part of an international organization linked to former Nazi collaborators and ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America. The group was dedicated to stamping out communism around the globe.

The council's founder, retired Army Maj. Gen. John Singlaub, said McCain became associated with the organization in the early 1980s as McCain was launching his political career in Arizona. Singlaub said McCain was a supporter but not an active member in the group.

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:41 schreef laforest het volgende:

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Dat is gewoon een column van iemand die dus duidelijk Democraat is (ook gezien zijn geschiedenis) en dat in zijn schrijven heel duidelijk laat merken dat ie partijdig is.

Ik kan dit broddelwerkje dus ook niet serieus nemen omdat het té partijdig is..

Sarah Palin heeft niks te verbergen
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Bron: Anchorage Daily news

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:44 schreef Verbal het volgende:
Maar goed... na The Keating Five en Gordon Liddy nog een zeer dubieuze connectie uit McCains verleden:
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Hele verhaal

V.

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:51 schreef Rock_de_Braziliaan het volgende:

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Wink and smile, wink and smile... Team of Mavericks...

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:52 schreef laforest het volgende:

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Erg inhoudelijk

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:52 schreef laforest het volgende:

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Wat is er zo erg aan die connectie
Dat was tegen de communisten in Nicaragua, lijkt me alleen maar te waarderen

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:52 schreef laforest het volgende:

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Wat is er zo erg aan die connectie
Dat was tegen de communisten in Nicaragua, lijkt me alleen maar te waarderen

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:55 schreef Verbal het volgende:

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Je doet je avatar eer aan... ik denk dat Palin ook nog nooit heeft gehoord van het Iran-Contra-schandaal.

V.

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 10:06 schreef laforest het volgende:

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Ik heb daar wel van gehoord en ik heb ook wel het handboek van de contra's gelezen die tijden op het internet heeft gestaan (ik weet niet of het er nog steeds op te vinden is though).
Zoals ik zeg, ik vind het geen schandelijke connectie omdat dit door de CIA geleid werd en dat is een staatsinstelling, geen terroristische organisatie.
Waar mensen werken worden fouten gemaakt, ik denk niet dat John McCain daar persoonlijk voor verantwoordelijk is

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 09:41 schreef laforest het volgende:

Bron: Anchorage Daily news

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Op dinsdag 7 oktober 2008 10:15 schreef Googolplexian het volgende:

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Het komt godver wel weer van diep, he. Anchorage Daily News. Oplage 70.000? Zelfs de Donald Duck wordt door meer mensen gelezen