[Rhodes22-list] [Political] Jay Said [Big Al delete, Art pretend not to read]

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

Some mornings I wake-up and think I'm living in an alternate universe.
 Here we have the candidate of "Hope and Change" out on the campaign
trail talking about the evils of Wall Street when in fact, in less
than four years he's managed to get more money from Fannie and Freddie
than all but one of his peers.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/update-fannie-mae-and-freddie.html

His original choice to vet the VP slot was Thomas Johnson, director of
Freddie Mac. And who eventually gets the VP slot - the Senator from
MBNA.  Yeah, that's real change all right.

But, let's not get all bogged down in the current pain on Wall Street.
 Inquiring minds want to know all about the success of community
organizing.  Please do tell us, Mr. O, about all your successes as a
community organizer. Let's see, you were a community organizer for two
decades, yes?  Just tell us about half-a-dozen.  No, just make it
three.  Ok, two.

Brad

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
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> Jay said, "Obama blew his change platform with a Joe Biden pick. If he was
> going to do that he should have picked Hillary...that was stupid."
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> Whilst all of us make mistakes, including Presidential candidates, making a
> blunder of that caliber is demonstrative of other possible appointments and
> decisions.  Whereas the old codger from Arizona demonstrated a style of
> judgment that many Americans are looking for.
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> Reagan said that the problem is government.  Actually one problem is
> inbreeding or inside the beltway groupies.  While some inside experience is
> helpful and appropriate, too much yields the economic results we see going
> on, on Wall Street.  Insider control of destiny leads to not seeing the
> obvious and not seeing the truth.
>
> Obama's approach is just a twist of disproven Marxist and Keynesian economic
> policies.  While they criticize supply side economics they miss an important
> aspect.  The fundamental issue that they miss is that they, be they
> Presidential candidates, Senators, Congressmen, or liberal news
> commentators, they are not by their position smarter or more knowledgeable
> of things than others.  Others, means ordinary Americans like those on this
> forum.  Sometimes those others are smarter, or can see the situation better.
>
> Bill Buckley said, "I'd rather entrust the government of the United States
> to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the
> faculty of Harvard University. William F. Buckley (1925 -2008).  What he was
> saying is that Americans collectively are not stupid.  However, individually
> politicians can do stupid things.
>
> Liberalism or any form of Marxism puts too much power in stupid mistake
> making politicians.  Those who accept creeping socialism are those putting
> the power in those who lack vision or just the ability to see truth.
>
> Yes there is a need for a Sheriff, but the Sheriff must be accountable and
> not self serving.  The Washington politicians, whether Bush, Reid, Pelosi
> and all the rest have neither the desire for truth and honesty, nor the
> capacity to put those who do in the right jobs.
>
> McCain's choice of running mate is the first light that Americans have seen
> in solving this problem.
>
> McCain's decision is the first good grasp toward good judgement.
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
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