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Now we’re on to foreign policy
9:40 Palin hails the surge and says Obama didn’t support the troops with funding. She says even Biden criticized Obama’s vote.
9:42 Palin says we are getting “closer and closer” to victory in Iraq. Biden claims McCain also voted against funding the troops. This is getting into the murky senate voting process where there may be several votes on many bills depending on what has been added or subtracted.
9:43 Palin says Dems position is to “waive the white flag” in Iraq. Will these lines work with a public that is very opposed to the war?
9:45 Palin is using Biden’s words against him, especially things he said about Obama in the primary race.
9:46 Biden is hitting back hard on McCain on the the war, calling him wrong, wrong, wrong. Perhaps his most effective line so far, echoing Obama in the presidential debate.
9:48Biden at least sounds a lot more confident talking about foreign affairs than on domestic issues. He is trying to turn the conversation to Bin Laden, Afganistan and Pakistan.
9:52 Biden hits McCain on his gaffe for saying he wouldn’t meet with the president of Spain. I thought Palin would have an answer for that but she takes a pass. No zingers from Palin yet after almost an hour.
9:54 Does Biden not know whether this is the “seventh or eighth year” of the Bush administration?
9:56 Everybody loves Israel! Both candidates try to one up each other on their love for Israel.
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By Delores Kirkwood
October 7, 2008 12:56 AM | Link to this
Again We were duped. This past week we have been bombarded with “economy collapse”, “credit has been frozen”, “jobs will be lost” and other scare tactics from “analysts” who admit this area is new and they “can’t predict what will happen if the bail out is not passed”. On October 1st I got a call from MBNA America Bank and was offered a credit line of $8,000.00 for my small 2 person sole proprietor business…which has been dormant for the past 4 years. I declined. Interesting coincidence that MNBA America Bank offered me this much credit when “credit is frozen” and that this bank is Bush’s top all-time donor bypassing Enron? Once again the American people have been duped by politicians who protect Corporate America’s big time bonuses. outsourcing of jobs and minimum wage hiring practices.By Donald Boone
October 7, 2008 12:58 AM | Link to this
This is probably the most important election in history for the welfare of the United States. In the past decade the voters have pretty much heard nothing more than mud slinging lies to vote on. No wonder America’s a mess.This year do things before voting, and one thing after. Go to the website of both Obama and McCain and READ all they have to say. One actually has a detailed plan, the other (at last site) merely vague promises. Go to one of the many Fact Checker sites on the Internet that will tell you the facts of what each candidate states. This will show the voter who is blantantly lying about what issue. Whoever gets in voted in write a well thought up letter, get petitions, whatever it takes to put into law that in future elections (for whatever office!) the candidate will ONLY speak about what they believe are the issue and what steps they will take to correct them. NO finger pointing at the past or dirty politicking about the opponent. Let’s have a not only a greener, but a cleaner America !By Jim
October 7, 2008 1:29 AM | Link to this
Something that Joe Biden said resonated dramatically with me, and I think it offers yet another example of his and Barack Obama’s ability to see the big picture. He referred to winning over the hearts and minds of people in countries that have governments, weapons and leaders whose interests might pose a danger to the U.S. and our allies. That’s a marked difference from the approach and policies of the McCain campaign, the Bush administration and the policies of nearly every administration dating back to the Vietnam era that I can remember. We all know how that war turned out. The war in Iraq, so expensive in terms of young lives and our nation’s resources, must come to an end if we’re to move forward. How we do that — and how we manage future conflict — will say a lot about our ability to learn from mistakes and avoid ill-advised attempts at force.