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Biden Blasts 'Deafening' Republican Silence on Key Issues
September 05, 2008 7:19 PM
ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: In his most animated performance thus far on the campaign trail, Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., delighted supporters Friday at a campaign stop outside of Philadelphia, going on an extended rant against Republicans and their presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
"It's not so much what I heard in the Republican convention, when you heard John speak last night, not so much what I heard when I heard part of what the governor had to say, the vice presidential candidate -- it's what I didn't hear: the silence, the silence of the Republican Party was deafening," Biden said, the applause of the Langhorne crowd starting to build with each word.
"It was deafening on jobs, on health care, on environment, on all the things that matter to the people in the neighborhoods I grew up in!" roared the Scranton-born senator as the audience rose to their feet.
"Ladies and gentlemen," he continued, his voice lifting over the cheers. "Their America is not the America I live in, they see something different than I see.
"Do any of you recall either candidate on the Republican ticket utter the phrase middle class?" he asked the crowd.
"No!" they yelled back in unison, and so it continued, back and forth.
"Did any of you hear them utter the phrase health care and how we're gonna help?"
"No!"
"Did you hear them talk about aid to get kids to college?"
"No!"
"Did you hear them talk about AIDS education?"
"No!"
"Did you hear them talk about putting more cops on the streets to make them safer?"
"No!"
"I didn't hear a thing, a thing, about any of the things that matter to the lives of the people," Biden concluded.
Speaking in a middle school gym, the colorful Delaware senator compared Republican behavior at their St. Paul convention this week to the mean kids making snide remarks at school.
"They were like the kids, you know, when you went to school and you were very proud of the new belt you had and the shoes you had. And there was always one kid in the class who said, 'Oh, are they your brother's?' Remember that kid? That's what this reminded me of. 'Oh, I love that dress, is that your mother's?' You know what I'm talking about."
Not everyone in the crowd did, but Biden soon got his fans back on track, sending them into a standing ovation moments later.
"What do you talk about when you have nothing to say?" he asked, criticizing their attacks on the man at the top of his ticket, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. "What do you talk about when you can't explain the last eight years of failure? What do you talk about? You talk about the other guy!"
September 5, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (224)
Biden is the effing man! He and Obama have really taken the high road. Their opponents represent desperation.
Posted by: b | Sep 5, 2008 7:47:44 PM
Big Mouth Biden NEVER ceases to amaze me! Anyone could have listened to the Republican's speeches and brought up questions on issues. Biden, like his messiah, Obama, are running scared now and its evident. I loved watching Obama stammer and stutter last night with O'Reilly!
And, I can't wait until Palin rips Big Mouth Biden to shreds in a debate. This will be well worth it!
McCain/Palin 08!
"Country First!"
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 7:52:18 PM
Way to go Joe! Keep it up. The republicans definitely DON'T GET IT!!! They are not for the middle class, hard-working to make ends meet Americans! They are for the wealthy first, foremost and last!! The price of Cindy McCain's outfit for one night could have bought 3-4 houses for the less fortunate! I'm not against anyone being rich, but it just shows how out of touch republicans are with the working class and their struggles. Vote Democratic because eight years of republican rule are definitely ENOUGH!!
Posted by: realitycheck | Sep 5, 2008 7:53:39 PM
"Their America is not the America I live in, they see something different than I see.
You're right, Biden. The country the Republicans live in is not going to be run by a socialist like Obama...be for real!
Posted by: Avery | Sep 5, 2008 7:54:37 PM
You DemWits are really having to grasp for straws here if you are concerned more about Cindy McCain's dress than about the issues!
I'm LMAO at the NoBama supporters! Face it, Obama Bin Lyin is losing it and losing it FAST! I Love it!
McCai/Palin 08!
"Country First!"
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 7:56:53 PM
When did Obama talk about AIDS education?
Posted by: catleya | Sep 5, 2008 7:59:20 PM
McCain/Palin 08!
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 7:59:22 PM
Good effective speechmaking. The Republicans don't want to talk about the middle class because they don't want to explain how middle class wages have gone NOWHERE while expenses have gone up.
The Republicans don't want to talk about how the dollar has toppled under their policies.
The Republicans don't want to talk about how having a house, and giving your kids a chance to go to a university, and having savings for retirement is becoming increasingly difficult under their policies.
And the Republicans don't want to talk about people dying of cancer or going bankrupt or being left with $200,000 in debt, simply because they got sick and didn't have insurance. Jesus said 'heal the sick'. Republicans say 'socialist'.
And the Republicans don't want to talk about how virtually all the high wage blue collar, virtually all of the industrial, and increasingly even jobs requiring a college degree are going to other countries with lower wages.
Because to the Republicans, the falling fortune of middle class Americans is of no consequence. All that matters is the welfare of those making over $500,000 a year. If you average the wealthy and the middle class together, things don't look so bad!
Posted by: John's conscience | Sep 5, 2008 7:59:44 PM
MCBUSH is going to stop the corruption in Washington, since he is the oldest one running and the longest in the senate is he going to uncorrupt himself?
Posted by: Rose Szymanski | Sep 5, 2008 8:00:08 PM
"Do any of you recall either candidate on the Republican ticket utter the phrase middle class?" he asked the crowd.
Oh, Biden, Biden...because you are such a DemWit, you didn't EVEN listen to their speeches. They both referenced and talked about the middle class. Because you were so busy plagurizing your speech, you weren't paying attention. Joe, Joe...you're old and hard of hearing, we ALL know this. Now, be a good boy, take your Geritol and get some rest!
McCain/Palin 08!
Posted by: TJ | Sep 5, 2008 8:02:10 PM
Just Rant. No Economy related talk.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 5, 2008 8:03:10 PM
Obama doesn't have to talk about aids or health care or the economy he has lived it all one way or another.
Posted by: Rose Szymanski | Sep 5, 2008 8:03:26 PM
Good effective speechmaking. The Democrats don't want to talk about the middle class because they don't want to explain how middle class wages have gone NOWHERE while expenses have gone up.
The Democrats don't want to talk about how the dollar has toppled under their policies.
The Democrats don't want to talk about how having a house, and giving your kids a chance to go to a university, and having savings for retirement is becoming increasingly difficult under their policies.
And the Democrats don't want to talk about people dying of cancer or going bankrupt or being left with $200,000 in debt, simply because they got sick and didn't have insurance. Jesus said 'heal the sick'. Democrats say 'socialist'.
And the Democrats don't want to talk about how virtually all the high wage blue collar, virtually all of the industrial, and increasingly even jobs requiring a college degree are going to other countries with lower wages.
Because to the Democrats, the falling fortune of middle class Americans is of no consequence. All that matters is the welfare of those making over $500,000 a year. If you average the wealthy and the middle class together, things don't look so bad!
Posted by: . | Sep 5, 2008 8:05:55 PM
Republicans....IN THEIR OWN WORDS...
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=184086&title=sarah-palin-gender-card
Posted by: Raider | Sep 5, 2008 8:09:26 PM
A week ago, most Americans had never heard of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Now, following a Vice Presidential acceptance speech viewed live by more than 40 million people, Palin is viewed favorably by 58% of American voters.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | Sep 5, 2008 8:11:52 PM
This is BRILLIANT!!!
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 8:12:43 PM
Over half of U.S. voters (51%) think reporters are trying to hurt Sarah Palin with their news coverage, and 24% say those stories make them more likely to vote for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in November.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | Sep 5, 2008 8:14:06 PM
Of course, with all the political hoopla from the Denver Democrats, it's easy to forget the populist revolt against high gas prices at the pump. Sen. Obama never mentioned skyrocketing pump prices or their devastating economic impact on ordinary working-class folks. But this is the energy election. It will determine our future peace and prosperity. And Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has the energy answer: Our abundant country can produce more energy at lower cost if government gets out of the way.
Coming from the natural-resource rich state of Alaska, Palin is an experienced energy expert. She knows more about the economics of energy than Sens. McCain, Obama or Biden. And in this year of the oil-shock economy, Palin's role will be absolutely crucial.
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | Sep 5, 2008 8:15:36 PM
Americans who support McSame and the Mrs. who dare not speak to press apparently do not care about the big issues either.
No wonder the USA is going down.
So much for the Republican love of this country. They ruin it.
Posted by: dreck | Sep 5, 2008 8:19:05 PM
Palin is an energy expert. She has the plan to help America get out of this energy crunch. Obama, cannot light a candle in comparison to Palin....and especially, Biden.
I'm glad John McCain has Palin in his court. Its a sure win for the Republicans this year!
Posted by: ObamasNemesis | Sep 5, 2008 8:19:10 PM
Obama and Biden 08!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Ed | Sep 5, 2008 8:24:06 PM
Give it to them, Joe!!. They want to hood-wink people once more, but now we are wise. After messing up for the last 8 years, they thought the could still retain power by making a tiny chihuahua bark at responsible and honest people.
mccain/chihuahua ticket is the fraud of the century.
Now they have carried their evil machinations to oprah. How come the tiny chihuahua can't appear on political programs on msm? Because she is a dummy who can only read from teleprompters and can't answer real questions.
Posted by: themanwhosawtomorrow | Sep 5, 2008 8:25:23 PM
I have a feeling that Palin will be indicted before November 4th.
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 8:26:12 PM
Bravo, Senator Biden! Thanks for reminding Americans what's truly at stake. Who cares about Palin? She is a decoy...and a lying, little-minded one at that. I'm an Independent and a woman and I'm definitely not buying the B.S. the GOP is shoveling on us.
Posted by: American Citizen | Sep 5, 2008 8:27:20 PM
The Obama campaign people just don't get it that most Americans are self reliable and responsible. They are taught early to be honest, stay in school, stay away from drugs and crimes get a job and have a spouse before having children. Obama and the socialists think we are lazy and ignorant but normal citizens.
McCain/Palin have more experienced and ready to lead. Obama/Biden's cause is for a socialist country with citizens who are cowards or lazy in they think government owes them a life style.
A new poll just out say Palin is qualified to be VP by 92%. Obama's poll is 43% for president.
Posted by: Mary | Sep 5, 2008 8:32:04 PM
I only have one key issue: the destruction of the left.
And McCain/Palin will achieve it.
I can't wait.
Posted by: Jim in OH | Sep 5, 2008 8:33:15 PM
If you make less than $500,000 a year, and you vote Republican, you must not be too smart because the GOP is pulling the wool over your eyes while they make their rich friends and their corporate sponsors richer at your expense. This is why McCain and Palin were alarmingly silent about how they propose to improve the lives of the middle class in the midst of our country's current economic woes. They have no plan other than to extend the failures of the Bush administration and trumpet the false virtues of Reaganomics. Trickle down economics doesn't work for the middle class because it doesn't trickle.
Posted by: Jake | Sep 5, 2008 8:35:13 PM
maccain,
you can charm people with couple of days with a new face with written speech, but 2 month is quite a long time to hide the real.
I wonder that Joe lieberman can tutor her all the foreign policy and national security before 1st debate.
Good luck. By the way, i don't think brain is strong part of Palin just considering that she went to 6 colleges before graduation.
Posted by: zen | Sep 5, 2008 8:35:59 PM
".",
Do you know that Bush is still president and the Democratic Congress cannot pass any laws without his signature, unless (1) he does not use the veto, or (2) enough Republicans in the Congress join the Democrats to override his veto? In other words, the Democratic Congress cannot enact policies without the cooperation of Bush, or, in case of an override, a substantial number of Republicans in the Congress?
Posted by: tony | Sep 5, 2008 8:41:05 PM
It amazes me how righteous the Republicans are. They claim they are Christians. This Christian disagrees. A true Christian does not take joy in cutting down and mocking others. A true Christian does not knowingly lie. A true Christian does not judge others lest he be judged. A true Christian works for peace. I see the exact opposite coming from the Republicans at the convention and the people on this blog. It is so very sad.
Posted by: bonnie | Sep 5, 2008 8:48:40 PM
Jim in OH...so you want to destroy your fellow countrymen because they have a different viewpoint than you?
Posted by: bonnie | Sep 5, 2008 8:51:45 PM
1. A few months ago Sarah Palin said she didn't really know what the Vice President does.
2. After being Mayor of Wasilla she left the town with 20 million in long term debt - a town of 8000 people.
3. She was FOR the "bridge to nowhere" until it became politically inconvenient - and when it was killed kept the money.
4. She went to six colleges in six years.
5. She had a man removed from a job for personal reasons.
6. She favors "abstinence only" sex education - and has a pregnant 17 year old daughter.
7. She said she doesn't believe global warming is "manmade."
8. She ridiculed Obama's out-of-college job as a community organizer...what was her out-of-college job, sportscaster?
9. She wants creationism taught in public schools.
10. She is a Far Right wing Republican.
11. If this country falls for the "aw shucks, I'm just a regular gal hockey mom" bit - we are asking for another Bush all over again - AND WE ARE SCREWED.
Posted by: jon in maryland | Sep 5, 2008 8:51:59 PM
McCain/Palin 08!
"Country First!"
In case you didn't know, Adolf Hitler was famous for using the phrase "Land Erster" in his speeches that rallied the mindless rabble of Germany in 1939. The rabble howled "Land Erster" back... in love with their slogan... hitler rose to power... and Germany collapsed in collosal defeat.
McCain/Palin
"Land Erster!"
Posted by: clifton | Sep 5, 2008 9:00:36 PM
I love watching all these Obamabots squirm and complain and lie about McCain/Palin. I love hearing them say that Palin will be indicted, that John McCain is senile, and that the Republicans are just for the rich.
However, the reason why they are doing this is because they know that Obama, the "pied piper" of the DemWits has played his last tune come November 4th, when President McCain and Vice President Palin win the election.
I see the Republican posters all cool and collected because we ALL knew this day would come. The MSM have taken their eyes off the "golden" boy and he and his followers can't handle it. He even said the surge worked beyond his wildest dreams. And now, he is for drilling as well. It appears that the Obama piper likes to pander and flip flop, which, has inevitably cost him the election.
So keep it up, little DemWits...keep spewing your hatred and lies, your fabrications and denounciations, and all that makes you feel good about yourself. However, one thing is for certain.....we all will be welcoming President John McCain and Vice President Sarah Palin in office come January!
McCain/Palin 08!
"Country First!"
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 9:03:36 PM
" Anyone could have listened to the Republican's speeches and brought up questions on issues."
that's because they can't or won't address any issues. They want to keep this about personality, ooooooh she's a regular "hockey" mom, last I heard being a beauty queen, a TV personality and Governor is ANYTHING but regular. My McCain POW, POW, POW, he sounds like Guillani but POW instead of 911.......
Posted by: JR | Sep 5, 2008 9:06:16 PM
Jon in Maryland:
Thank you. I couldn't have said it better myself. Palin gives me the creeps.
Stick it to the Republicans Joe! I miss being able to hear you go after them like you did here in Iowa, but reading this brings it back! I hope to see you on Monday in Des Moines!
Posted by: Donna Hughes | Sep 5, 2008 9:07:07 PM
"keep spewing your hatred and lies, your fabrications and denounciations"
sums up my opinion about neo-cons to a tee. Smear and fear, the republican way.
Posted by: david | Sep 5, 2008 9:09:08 PM
Biden made the following comment:
I can't talk you right now for I am very busy preparing to play second fiddle to the Messiah of oratorical nuance. Did you see him in Berlin...they cheered him more than the Fuhrer!
Hail Obama!
Posted by: Ernest | Sep 5, 2008 9:10:05 PM
The democrats look at this as redemption from being racist, and Obama is their ticket out of white guilt, a messiah of sorts for them. They are selling out their country, their race, and even their childrens future so they can pat themselves on the back. The only thing worse than a black is a white acting black.
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 9:12:52 PM
Bruce Riddle, CPA:
I worked on his
1988 Presidential campaign financial disclosure engagement.
I busted it for him and got everything right. He stiffed me
for over $15,000 worth of work. He refused to pay once he
dropped out of the race. I did similar Capitol Hill
campaign financial disclosure work for Bob Dole, Pat
Buchanan, and a Democratic candidate for Ambassador to New
Zealand. All of those folks paid even though they lost the
election or did not get the appointment. That type of work
is very demanding and very tedious because your efforts are
scrutinized by Congress. Biden did not care.
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/rnr/828440960.html
And you want THIS GUY a heartbeat away from the Presidency!
Posted by: Ernest | Sep 5, 2008 9:16:09 PM
David from Texas... I find it a little ironic that you go on and on about the "Demwits" and then you sign..."Country First". Are not we all part of this country? Wasn't this country founded on the premise that we are a tolerant people and that all people are created equal? I get the feeling that the McCain/Palin people seem to think that if we don't have the same beliefs as you then we are somehow second class citizens.
Posted by: bonnie | Sep 5, 2008 9:16:09 PM
Give 'em hell Joe!! McCain has no health care solution, no clear fixes to any of the problems his Party created. The default position of the Republican Party has always been to assassinate the character of the opposition when it has a losing hand. McCain doesn't get that part of the Change people want is real issue-oriented discussion for a change.
Posted by: hopesprings52 | Sep 5, 2008 9:17:11 PM
Not at all, Bonnie....we are ALL Americans, but the trashing of McCain/Palin by the Democrats is merciless, along with the MSM. I know it's hard to realize that the "golden" boy, Obama, is falling in the polls, but you have to get over it and go with the winning team...McCain/Palin. There are NO second class citizens in America.....I think President McCain made that perfectly clear in his speech last night!
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 9:18:25 PM
David from Texas...you do understand that Obama is just as white as he is black? You are a very sad and disturbed person.
Posted by: bonnie | Sep 5, 2008 9:18:29 PM
One interesting thing missing from the Republican Convention was that no one mentioned that John McCain broke his arms and leg by failing to stay tucked in his ejection seat. The pilot that crashed three other planes let his arms and legs flail out; that's why he can't lift his arms. Not torture. His own mistake. None of the other pilots shot down - who knew McCain in the Hanoi Hilton - had the same injuries. Lame-brain McCain.
Posted by: drdan | Sep 5, 2008 9:19:21 PM
Some people have selective hearing (Biden).
Posted by: dadminnesota | Sep 5, 2008 9:19:42 PM
David from Texas...you do understand that Obama is just as white as he is black? You are a very sad and disturbed person.
Posted by: bonnie | Sep 5, 2008 9:18:29 PM
Bonnie, How the HELL do you think I'm racist...you're pathetic!
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 9:22:37 PM
Come on - Biden is a DC insider and has a voting history similar to McCain.
Meanwhile, BHO chooses to run against Bush. That gives his an excuse to duck the hard questions as he's so prone to do. But, people are getting tired of Rhetoric and want REAL answers.
And, O'Riley make BHO look tentative and unsure of himself. SOODD.
Posted by: Aston | Sep 5, 2008 9:23:18 PM
Why hasn't Biden spoke out with why he was meeting and sending 100,000 to Saeed Sheikh, through Mahmoud Ahmed, that was to go into the bank account of Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers on 911??? The American people and the victims familes would like to know what you know Joe... Care to speak up cause we can't hear you!
Posted by: argh! | Sep 5, 2008 9:23:26 PM
Why hasn't Biden spoke out with why he was meeting and sending 100,000 to Saeed Sheikh, through Mahmoud Ahmed, that was to go into the bank account of Mohammed Atta, one of the hijackers on 911??? The American people and the victims familes would like to know what you know Joe... Care to speak up cause we can't hear you!
Posted by: argh! | Sep 5, 2008 9:23:26 PM
WoW!!!! We need to get the MSM in on this! However, I wouldn't be surprised.....Big Mouth Biden has a nack for lying!
Posted by: david from texas | Sep 5, 2008 9:25:07 PM
The is no middle class in the Republic of America.
What I did hear McCain say is that he was going to fight the unions to help Americans.
What scant few Americans are those he would be helping by doing that? Oh, that's right, Corporate Americans - those that no longer employ but a few American workers and provide so few jobs today that it is absurd to even call them American corporations at this point.
You know the corporations McCain wants to help;
- The toy companies that sell our children toxic toys from China
- The pet food companies that kill our pets with poisonous foods from China
- The Pharmaceutical/Drug makers that kill our loved ones with tainted drugs from China
- The financial institutions and banks from China that own most of America's newly found debt, thanks to Bush over the last 8 years.
Those are the corporations McCain wants to help.
Let's face it, China practically owns America because a few politically and morally corrupt politicians sold us to them under the table. We were all looking at some stupid war in Iraq/Afghanistan and we were sold out to the Chinese in the mean time.
Follow the money, follow the money. Look at almost anything you own.
Do you really believe it cost you less? Do you honestly think the Chinese garbage you call your possessions, clothing, stereo, TV, medicines, etc are well made and worth the fortune you spend on them?
[N]IKE sneakers cost $0.21 each pair to MAKE AND SHIP into the US from CHINA! How much do you pay for them? Is it cheaper than they were way back when they were made in Seattle? NO! In fact, they cost MORE now! Not to mention that the quality SUCKS!
Ironically, these Republicans voters have been duped by the Republican political machine and the few that run it (Corporate America) and want to vote for more of this because they don't even know we've been sold out.
It didn't use to be this way. The GOP used to stand for all the greatest virtues of Americans. Sadly, the people aspiring and entering office were easily lured into creating the situation we are now in and yielding and enriching themselves thanks to Corporate America and lobbyists.
We hemorrhage jobs and manufacturing at such a rate there won't even be an Economy in 20 years.
Where are we all going to work? Banks and fast food restaurants? Who will be our customers? Chinese and middle eastern businessmen?
OH, that's right - we'll all start up our own small businesses. Sure, that'll work - NOT.
The Republican voters have been lured into thinking the Democrats want to impose socialism upon Americans.
The Republicans have already sold us, lock - stock & barrel to the Communists!!!
Posted by: LOL | Sep 5, 2008 9:25:43 PM
Ernest:
As long as you are back in the 80's why don't you tell about McCain too and his involvement in the Savings and Loan debacle and the "Keating Five", and how he was "on the take" and kept legislation from going through congress, which finally lead to a big collapse of savings and loans, that the taxpayers had to pay for?
Posted by: Donna Hughes | Sep 5, 2008 9:26:02 PM
If McCain truly believed in "one" America he would have not allowed all the speakers on Wednesday night to mercilously and falsely (go to factcheck.org) attack Obama and the Democrats. They all could have given speeches that helped bring trhe country together. Instead they mocked and divided people. I am an Independent and I vote issues. I don't see the Republicans coming up with any plans or ideas that are any better than what Bush has offered. And the war in Iraq needs to be over as soon as possible so we don't lose more innocent lives.
Posted by: bonnie | Sep 5, 2008 9:26:31 PM
Has anyone heard anything lately from Obama's big-mouthed wife? Why doesn't he let her have a real press conference with questions and answers. You know, the kind that Obama himself won't participate in.
Posted by: dl | Sep 5, 2008 9:29:10 PM
drdan...
im sorry, but you are an ass. for your own political "satisfaction", apparently you think you need to compare military injuries like its some sort of game. i dont care if he broke both his arms in a fight in the mess hall, bottom line is that he FOUGHT FOR OUR COUNTRY. im not going to even get into it because obviously your just another spoiled american who thinks sacrifice means nothing, and you have your mind made up that his sacrifice meant nothing. you are a loser. now go vote for someone who also has no clue on sacrifice.
Posted by: tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:30:33 PM
Bravo tim!
Posted by: dl | Sep 5, 2008 9:33:25 PM
bonnie...
just because a person believes in "one" america dosent mean its easy...lol there are ALOT of idiots out there to defeat along the way, and the nice guy, sadly, will finish last. plain and simple.
Posted by: tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:34:43 PM
Obama's defiance of his previous oath was announced in a creepy video to supporters in which he praised ordinary Americans for "fueling" his candidacy with donations of "five dollars, ten dollars, twenty dollars, whatever you can afford." He said, "Let's build the first general election campaign that's truly funded by the American people."
Too bad the system he's rejecting is funded by taxpayers who give $3 to the presidential election fund when they file their taxes.
Too bad Obama is disproportionately funded by people from the top 1 percent of Americans, who own nearly 40 percent of the nation's wealth ands who account for more than 80 percent of campaign contributions above $250. Through April of 2008, the Campaign Finance Institute reports, Obama received more than $89 million in contributions of $1000 or more, just $8 million less than McCain's total take ($97.3 million).
According to the Center for Responsive Politics Obama's top contributors include Goldman Sachs (#1 at $571,000), UBSAG (#3 at $365,000), JP Morgan Chase (#4 at $362,000), Citigroup (#5 at $358,000), Lehman Bros. (#7 at 4319,000), Google (#8 at $318,000), multinational corporate law firm Sidley Austin LLP (#10 at $294,000)and nuclear energy powerhouse Exelon (#15 at $236,000}.
Obama's campaign finance comments are pretty damn disingenuous: not exactly the "straight shooter" talk he claims to represent."
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 9:37:56 PM
people are still talking about the keating five like its part of this election?! if it were something of great importance, dont you think he should not have bee re elected how many times s ince then?! let it go. its not an issue.
Posted by: tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:41:39 PM
"Why do the dems. hate Bush so much? We republicans don't hate you guys. We are just smarter than you guys, so take a chill pill"
The asssholee has taken us into a war without any reason and is responsible for the deaths of over 500,000 people. He has enabled corrupt politicians in America and Iraq to steal millions of dollars off US citizens. He took a federal surplus and turned it into the largest deficit in history. His administration politicized every aspect of American life, from the Justice Department to PBS. He placed corrupt and incompetent individuals in positions that harmed American citizens. He has wasted over 600 billion dollars in Iraq while our countries infer-structure is failing. He has alienated every ally we have in the world. He created an energy policy for the US that took $30 a barrel oil and turned it into $140 a barrel oil. His administration has referred to the Constitution as "just a piece of paper". He routinely breaks our laws and stonewalls any attempt by Congress to do their job. Bush is a criminal, Bush should be on trial and McCain is nothing but BUSH III.
The question should be, why DO you neo-cons want to keep Bush in power by electing McCain? Bush is un-american, are you?
Posted by: david | Sep 5, 2008 9:42:11 PM
Samantha,
Corporate America contributes to BOTH sides in an election. They're not stupid.
You'll readily see that the corporations you mentioned made the same or more contributions to the Republican candidates.
Corporate America buys into politics by donating money. The amount they invest is returned a thousand fold.
They have to warm up to both sides because inevitably one will win and they need the favors their contributions buy.
Posted by: LOL | Sep 5, 2008 9:44:37 PM
david...
you make it sound so simple. its not.
Posted by: tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:46:26 PM
David....The only thing WORSE than a Black....No you are what's worse about America. Simple minded baffoon. Make that racist simple minded baffoon. Bonnie...somedays it's better to stay off the blog. They seem to pour out of the woodwork on the weekends.I agree. Sad.
Posted by: Miki | Sep 5, 2008 9:47:37 PM
Palin has never been to Russia. She's never demonstrated any expertise on U.S. policy toward Russia. She doesn't have any background in international relations at any level. But for Republicans, the fact that she's lived in a state near Russia is somehow a qualification for national office. She's like McBush, to hear the neo-cons talk, being in a prison is qualification for president, "my friends".
Posted by: tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:48:29 PM
In Obama's stump speech during the long campaign leading up to the Iowa Democratic presidential caucus, the Maytag workers of Galesburg, Illinois played a central role. Obama repeatedly told the story of how their jobs had been shipped to Mexico. "It is a ready applause line, for the Illinois presidential hopeful," Chicago Tribune reporter Bob Secter noted four days before the Super Tuesday Primaries, "one that he has been reciting almost verbatim since he was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2004, when appliance giant Maytag was in the process of shutting a refrigerator plant [in Galesburg], putting 1,600 people out of work." Obama was trying to steal John Edwards' laborite thunder in Iowa by inveighing against mean-spirited corporations who used trade pacts to replace highly paid union workers with cheaper labor abroad
Despite Obama's claims of deep concern for Galesburg's proletarian victims, however, Maytag union members told Secter that Obama had done remarkably little to save the Galesburg workers' jobs. Those workers belonged to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, whose president noted that "Obama's support for Maytag workers was more show than substance."
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 9:51:17 PM
i guess ill capitilize my name seeing that some other "tim" just happened to come in here.. just an accident im sure... lol
Posted by: Tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:51:27 PM
I may be a simple minded buffoon to a liberal pissant like you, but I know that McCain will keep America safe from liberal scumbags like you.
Posted by: david | Sep 5, 2008 9:51:50 PM
I'm sorry Tim, did you think you had a lock on that name, how very republican of you. You people think your the only ones in the world, don't you? assshole
Posted by: tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:53:58 PM
Dear Tim,
I only bring up the Keating Five and McCain when someone else digs up old news from the '80's on Joe Biden, which happens regularly. Joe has nothing in his record to compare with McCain's transgression there!
Posted by: Donna Hughes | Sep 5, 2008 9:54:16 PM
Tim, no it is just that your name is boring and commonplace.
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 9:55:12 PM
For the last 60 years we have been told that communist countries like the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, the USSR and Vietnam are based on totalitarianism.
Communist parties maintain themselves in power by using secret police, propaganda spread through the state-controlled media, repression of free speach, mass surveillance, and fear. They can be indetified by their limitied economic development, human rights, foreign policy, scientific progress, and environmental disregard.
Doesn't that all sound like the republicans?
Posted by: Peach | Sep 5, 2008 9:56:14 PM
donna...
ok, ill take you at your word. i realize there are alot of idiots on these blogs that will bring up either old or totally irrelevant issues and sometimes you just need to defend or speak your mind. bottom line is, that any politician that has been around as long as mccain or biden HAVE some sort of "scandal", whether its actual or made up. americans have to stop rooting for their "Team" so much and look at things a little more in a broad fashion. ALL politicians have to be kept a close eye on. when they arrive in washington they may be good people, but washington has a way of making even the good turn bad.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:58:35 PM
samantha, that makes no sense.
Posted by: Tim | Sep 5, 2008 9:59:10 PM
McCain has flipped on:
Torture
Bush tax cuts for the rich
Evangelical right wing
Drilling off the coasts and ANWR
Windfall profits tax
McCain says whatever his audience wants to here. I must admit, McCain troubles me. I think he has PTSD from his time as a prisoner. He often shows the signs, "trouble concentrating, irritability, anger, poor concentration, blackouts or difficulty remembering things, increased tendency and reaction to being startled, and hypervigilance to threat".
Do we trust this guy with the worlds most powerful military and nuclear arsenal? I don't.
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 10:00:13 PM
wow... lol. im sorry "tim". maybe you havent been in a blog before, but usually when someone puts in the same exact name as another person that is posting, its to act like te other person. im sorry i apparently offended you so badly.. lol and how mature of you to turn that into a partisan issue... and you assumed i was a republican too??!! too funny.. but at least you let me know your state of mind... lol
Posted by: Tim | Sep 5, 2008 10:02:08 PM
It will also be "deafening" when Palin someday when she is allowed to meet with the public, and has to answer policy questions, not just spout the same old republican themes.
Posted by: Sarahs no Kissinger | Sep 5, 2008 10:02:59 PM
McSame/Failin '08 - The Dimwit Ticket
I marvel at the Republican Morons on this site. After 8 years of the "duh, uh, um" pResident you still haven't learned your lesson. I don't know what planet you people live on but it is not planet earth. History will prove that you supported the biggest Moron ever to occupy the Oval Office and yet you are now ready to send an older version of that same idiot to office along with his side kick, Madam Bimbo. Do you really think supporters of Hillary are going to flock to the Moron ticket just because there is a woman on it? We voted for Hillary because she is intelligent and a proven leader. It didn't take her 6 colleges in 6 years to get her degree. Sarah Failin must have gone to the some college as Dumbya Bush. Did they read My Pet Goat for their Thesis? By the way, loved that way McNut looked last night against that Green screen. What did someone say? - he looked like cottage cheese on lime jello!
Obama/Biden '08
Posted by: Ter | Sep 5, 2008 10:05:05 PM
...and because Obama is black and I am too. I should vote for him. No one in my race has ever accomplished as much as Barack Hussein Obama. I grew up in Chicago to a single mother on welfare and his story resonates with mine. Everytime my brother had to dodge Chicago gang bullets, I think gee I bet that Braack Obama had to endure the same trials and tribulations as a young boy in a private school in Hawaii that we did in Chicago.
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 10:05:44 PM
TER...
bottom line is this: just because we had a "bad" president, dosent mean you give up on your conservative values. make sense?
Posted by: Tim | Sep 5, 2008 10:06:56 PM
Joe is a professional class warfare warrior
Posted by: Ronnie Wrangler | Sep 5, 2008 10:07:48 PM



