Last week on September 11th i was watching the television and while watching some of the commercials there was a commercial that was put on about Obama and his ties to terrorists. I first thought, here we go again, they are linking his name to Osama Bin Ladin, but i was wrong. This commercial told of his ties to a terrorist group that was led by americans during the 1970's. this terrorist group was called Weather Underground. this group bombed the capital the pentagon and police stations. One of the leaders (William Ayers), who was a higher up within the terrorist group, was put on trial but acquitted due to false survelience put on by the FBI. Ayers is a professor today and admits to his doings, claiming that he "did not do enough" and also that he "has no regrets." I did some research and found that Ayers has helped Obama sense the start of his campaign in Ayers own home. Obama has defended him by saying that is ayers is repectable and mainstream. They both served together on the left wing board in CHicago.
I was wondering why the media has not gotten far into this information. They made a big deal about petty things such as Obama's relgion and the lipstick on the pig saying. I personally would have thought that something like this would be far more mainstream than reverend wright.
The link to the video that i saw on Sept 11th is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=talF7A-7MyM and it was not made by the Mccain campiagn but by american issues project. Why have not that many people heard of this?
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
fact check
My friends dad is a reporter for AP and as we were talking about the election he mentioned something to me called Fact Check which compares what the candidates say to what really happens. He emailed me an example of a fact check that him and some of his co-workers composed. So I just wanted to post it here if any one is interested in looking at it.
DENVER (AP) _ Sen. Barack Obama's formal nomination Wednesday as the Democratic candidate for president brought with it praise for Obama and a barrage of renewed attacks on his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain. Some were on point, others missed the mark.
Some examples:
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEN. JOE BIDEN of DELAWARE: "Barack Obama will bring down health care costs by $2,500 for the typical family, and, at long last, deliver affordable, accessible health care for all Americans."
THE FACTS: Obama's health care plan does not provide for universal health care coverage. He promises to make it affordable and would require children to be covered, but not adults. Estimates of how many would remain without insurance vary. Hillary Rodham Clinton said during the primaries that Obama's plan would leave 15 million people uninsured.
FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON: The Bush administration "took us from record surpluses to an exploding national debt; from over 22 million new jobs an increase in working family incomes of $7,500 to a decline of more than $2,000; from almost 8 million Americans moving out of poverty to more than 5 and half million falling into poverty _ and million more losing their health insurance."
THE FACTS: Clinton, helped by a decade-long economic expansion, recorded four straight years of budget surpluses. They ended in 2001, whittled away by a recession that started that year, and the cost of fighting terrorism after 9/11 and President Bush's tax cuts. Bush has recorded some of the highest deficits in history in dollar terms including a record $413 billion imbalance in 2004.
The Census Bureau reported this week that median household income grew by 1.3 percent last year to $50,233, the third straight annual increase. It still fell short of the previous peak, reached in 2000, when inflation is included. The bureau said the number of families living below the official poverty threshold last year was 12.5 percent, not statistically different from 2006. But the latest report covered 2007 before the current economic slowdown had begun to take its toll.
BIDEN: "Because Barack made that choice, 150,000 more children and parents have health care in Illinois. He fought to make that happen.
THE FACTS: Obama did none of this single-handedly, but as a member of the Illinois Senate. He helped expand an existing children's health insurance program. He also helped pass legislation to raise the income threshold for eligibility and make the temporary program permanent.
_SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER of WEST VIRGINIA: "John McCain has served his country with honor. But his refusal to change course even in the face of the failed policies of Bush-Cheney is reckless and will not keep us safe."
THE FACTS: After the U.S. led the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, McCain initially said he had no doubt U.S. forces would be "welcomed as liberators" in Baghdad. But McCain changed his mind after visiting the Iraqi capital later that year. Back in Washington, he began calling on the Bush administration to send more troops to beat back an insurgency that was responsible for spiraling violence. That put him at odds with the White House, most Republicans and military leaders. McCain's position jeopardized his presidential campaign, but he put on a brave face, telling audiences he'd "rather lose an election than lose a war."
In January 2007, Bush announced he was sending 20,000 more troops to Iraq. They have been credited with helping improve security in Iraq.
_FORMER SECRETARY of STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: "Sen. McCain says that American troops should remain in Iraq perhaps as long as they have been stationed in Korea and Japan, as if there were no difference in history, religion or culture between our friends in Asia and those in the Middle East."
THE FACTS: Democrats have made much of McCain's "100 years" comment at a town-hall meeting earlier this year in New Hampshire. It was in response to a questioner who had challenged him about President Bush's view that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 50 years.
"Maybe a hundred," McCain said. "We've been in South Korea. We've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That'd be fine with me as long as Americans, as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. Then it's fine with me. I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting and equipping and motivating people every single day."
McCain also has said he envisions victory in Iraq and the return of most U.S. troops by January 2013 _ the end of his first term if elected. He also says withdrawal should be based on security conditions in Iraq, not hard deadlines.
_REP. CHET EDWARDS of TEXAS: "In the last two years, Sen. Obama helped pass the new GI education bill."
THE FACTS: The GI bill became an issue during the presidential campaign because it illustrated a stark difference between the two candidates. Obama, a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, supported the bill; McCain, a veteran himself, did not. Each side accused the other of playing politics with the issue.
The bill, part of a larger war funding bill President Bush signed into law, increased education benefits for troops and veterans. McCain, siding with the Pentagon, said he opposed it because the enhanced benefits could encourage people to leave the service early during a war. McCain and Republican colleagues proposed a bill to tie increased benefits to length of service. Obama showed up for the Senate vote; McCain, who has missed more than half the votes in the Senate during the current Congress because he was campaigning, did not.
_SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID of NEVADA: "Sen. McCain and the Republicans have centered their answer to our vital energy needs on one solution: offshore drilling. Sen. McCain calls for it in every speech ... White House analysts, congressional analysts, and the oil industry all agree that offshore drilling won't add one drop to our energy pool for at least 10 years... Will it do any harm? The answer is, we just don't know, and neither does he."
THE FACTS: Reid is correct when he says opening areas of the U.S. coast, now off limits, will produce no new oil for years; energy experts predict seven to 10 years. McCain has acknowledged the time frame, but argues it could have a psychological effect on oil markets if the U.S. commits to more production. Many experts believe such an effect would be temporary and likely do little to lower prices.
___
Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn in Detroit and Marty Crutsinger, H. Josef Hebert and Calvin Woodward in Washington contributed to this report.
DENVER (AP) _ Sen. Barack Obama's formal nomination Wednesday as the Democratic candidate for president brought with it praise for Obama and a barrage of renewed attacks on his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain. Some were on point, others missed the mark.
Some examples:
VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEN. JOE BIDEN of DELAWARE: "Barack Obama will bring down health care costs by $2,500 for the typical family, and, at long last, deliver affordable, accessible health care for all Americans."
THE FACTS: Obama's health care plan does not provide for universal health care coverage. He promises to make it affordable and would require children to be covered, but not adults. Estimates of how many would remain without insurance vary. Hillary Rodham Clinton said during the primaries that Obama's plan would leave 15 million people uninsured.
FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON: The Bush administration "took us from record surpluses to an exploding national debt; from over 22 million new jobs an increase in working family incomes of $7,500 to a decline of more than $2,000; from almost 8 million Americans moving out of poverty to more than 5 and half million falling into poverty _ and million more losing their health insurance."
THE FACTS: Clinton, helped by a decade-long economic expansion, recorded four straight years of budget surpluses. They ended in 2001, whittled away by a recession that started that year, and the cost of fighting terrorism after 9/11 and President Bush's tax cuts. Bush has recorded some of the highest deficits in history in dollar terms including a record $413 billion imbalance in 2004.
The Census Bureau reported this week that median household income grew by 1.3 percent last year to $50,233, the third straight annual increase. It still fell short of the previous peak, reached in 2000, when inflation is included. The bureau said the number of families living below the official poverty threshold last year was 12.5 percent, not statistically different from 2006. But the latest report covered 2007 before the current economic slowdown had begun to take its toll.
BIDEN: "Because Barack made that choice, 150,000 more children and parents have health care in Illinois. He fought to make that happen.
THE FACTS: Obama did none of this single-handedly, but as a member of the Illinois Senate. He helped expand an existing children's health insurance program. He also helped pass legislation to raise the income threshold for eligibility and make the temporary program permanent.
_SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER of WEST VIRGINIA: "John McCain has served his country with honor. But his refusal to change course even in the face of the failed policies of Bush-Cheney is reckless and will not keep us safe."
THE FACTS: After the U.S. led the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, McCain initially said he had no doubt U.S. forces would be "welcomed as liberators" in Baghdad. But McCain changed his mind after visiting the Iraqi capital later that year. Back in Washington, he began calling on the Bush administration to send more troops to beat back an insurgency that was responsible for spiraling violence. That put him at odds with the White House, most Republicans and military leaders. McCain's position jeopardized his presidential campaign, but he put on a brave face, telling audiences he'd "rather lose an election than lose a war."
In January 2007, Bush announced he was sending 20,000 more troops to Iraq. They have been credited with helping improve security in Iraq.
_FORMER SECRETARY of STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: "Sen. McCain says that American troops should remain in Iraq perhaps as long as they have been stationed in Korea and Japan, as if there were no difference in history, religion or culture between our friends in Asia and those in the Middle East."
THE FACTS: Democrats have made much of McCain's "100 years" comment at a town-hall meeting earlier this year in New Hampshire. It was in response to a questioner who had challenged him about President Bush's view that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 50 years.
"Maybe a hundred," McCain said. "We've been in South Korea. We've been in Japan for 60 years. We've been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That'd be fine with me as long as Americans, as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. Then it's fine with me. I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting and equipping and motivating people every single day."
McCain also has said he envisions victory in Iraq and the return of most U.S. troops by January 2013 _ the end of his first term if elected. He also says withdrawal should be based on security conditions in Iraq, not hard deadlines.
_REP. CHET EDWARDS of TEXAS: "In the last two years, Sen. Obama helped pass the new GI education bill."
THE FACTS: The GI bill became an issue during the presidential campaign because it illustrated a stark difference between the two candidates. Obama, a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, supported the bill; McCain, a veteran himself, did not. Each side accused the other of playing politics with the issue.
The bill, part of a larger war funding bill President Bush signed into law, increased education benefits for troops and veterans. McCain, siding with the Pentagon, said he opposed it because the enhanced benefits could encourage people to leave the service early during a war. McCain and Republican colleagues proposed a bill to tie increased benefits to length of service. Obama showed up for the Senate vote; McCain, who has missed more than half the votes in the Senate during the current Congress because he was campaigning, did not.
_SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID of NEVADA: "Sen. McCain and the Republicans have centered their answer to our vital energy needs on one solution: offshore drilling. Sen. McCain calls for it in every speech ... White House analysts, congressional analysts, and the oil industry all agree that offshore drilling won't add one drop to our energy pool for at least 10 years... Will it do any harm? The answer is, we just don't know, and neither does he."
THE FACTS: Reid is correct when he says opening areas of the U.S. coast, now off limits, will produce no new oil for years; energy experts predict seven to 10 years. McCain has acknowledged the time frame, but argues it could have a psychological effect on oil markets if the U.S. commits to more production. Many experts believe such an effect would be temporary and likely do little to lower prices.
___
Associated Press writers Jim Kuhnhenn in Detroit and Marty Crutsinger, H. Josef Hebert and Calvin Woodward in Washington contributed to this report.
McCain Palin Rally in Fairfax
Not sure if I am posting this correctly or blogging correctly so here goes anyways!
I was able to get to the McCain Palin rally which was on wednesday of last week. It was AMAZING to see how many people were there, literally tens of thousands of people. The whole place was insane.
Somethings I noticed was that both Palin and McCain used parts of their acceptance speeches in there speech. I got kind of frustrated with this at first and was talking to my mother about all of this. She mentioned that not everyone watches the acceptance speeches; which i thought was appalling! Just kidding! But that is very true. A lot of people do not watch all of these speeches and vote based merely upon the candidate's party. I don't think uniformed voters should vote, sounds a little harsh I know, but people should vote for what they think will be best for their country! Not just who ever is running for their party of choice.
One thing that I thought was really cool about the McCain Palin rally was the fact that they had 2 strongly dedicated democrats speak on McCain's behalf. One was a small business owner from Richmond. She had heard McCain's speech about what he would do for cutting business taxes, such as eliminating the second to largest business tax, I believe, to help benefit businesses around the country. This in turn could create more jobs and help our economy grow. She claimed this is why she was voting for McCain. The other speaker was an avid Clinton supporter. This was the woman that I guess started all of the controversy by making the lipstick on a pig quote. I completely agree that the Media took this and ran with it, creating such a big deal out of nothing. However, the Clinton supporter made the argument that she would vote for McCain because he chose an experienced woman that has accomplished a great amount of things in her time as governor. She said that when she sat down with the McCain campaign and suggested that he pick an experienced woman as his running mate, they were very receptive and welcomed this idea while the Obama campaign rejected this idea.
Of course not everyone is going to agree with me since I have such strong conservative beliefs, but I agreed with the Clinton supporter on Obama's poor choice in running mates. I felt that if his campaign, which is so strongly about change, should have picked a fresher face than Biden. Biden has been in congress doing the same things for over 20 years. I do not see change being brought by Biden, just the same things that have been happening in congress for years.
So thats my thoughts on the McCain Palin Rally. Loved it, was super excited to be there. I apologize it took me this long to finally get on here and blog about it. Would love to hear other people's opinions on it!!
I was able to get to the McCain Palin rally which was on wednesday of last week. It was AMAZING to see how many people were there, literally tens of thousands of people. The whole place was insane.
Somethings I noticed was that both Palin and McCain used parts of their acceptance speeches in there speech. I got kind of frustrated with this at first and was talking to my mother about all of this. She mentioned that not everyone watches the acceptance speeches; which i thought was appalling! Just kidding! But that is very true. A lot of people do not watch all of these speeches and vote based merely upon the candidate's party. I don't think uniformed voters should vote, sounds a little harsh I know, but people should vote for what they think will be best for their country! Not just who ever is running for their party of choice.
One thing that I thought was really cool about the McCain Palin rally was the fact that they had 2 strongly dedicated democrats speak on McCain's behalf. One was a small business owner from Richmond. She had heard McCain's speech about what he would do for cutting business taxes, such as eliminating the second to largest business tax, I believe, to help benefit businesses around the country. This in turn could create more jobs and help our economy grow. She claimed this is why she was voting for McCain. The other speaker was an avid Clinton supporter. This was the woman that I guess started all of the controversy by making the lipstick on a pig quote. I completely agree that the Media took this and ran with it, creating such a big deal out of nothing. However, the Clinton supporter made the argument that she would vote for McCain because he chose an experienced woman that has accomplished a great amount of things in her time as governor. She said that when she sat down with the McCain campaign and suggested that he pick an experienced woman as his running mate, they were very receptive and welcomed this idea while the Obama campaign rejected this idea.
Of course not everyone is going to agree with me since I have such strong conservative beliefs, but I agreed with the Clinton supporter on Obama's poor choice in running mates. I felt that if his campaign, which is so strongly about change, should have picked a fresher face than Biden. Biden has been in congress doing the same things for over 20 years. I do not see change being brought by Biden, just the same things that have been happening in congress for years.
So thats my thoughts on the McCain Palin Rally. Loved it, was super excited to be there. I apologize it took me this long to finally get on here and blog about it. Would love to hear other people's opinions on it!!
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