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Biden: McCain Attacking Obama, Obama Attacking Issues
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ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe Reports: As Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama prepares to unveil his economic rescue plan for the middle class later Monday, his running mate Joe Biden said that Obama wants to attack the nation’s faltering economy, but their Republican opponent John McCain only wants to attack Obama personally.
“Barack is going to make a major speech on economic policy, gonna further outline what he’s going to do and how he’s going to deal with it,” Biden said at American Legion Post No. 7 in Rochester, NH. “And, but as you look at the, at least the excerpts released so far, it looks like John McCain’s entire speech is gonna be attack, attack, attack, attack. Now look, by contrast, it seems it couldn’t be clearer to me. It couldn’t be clearer to me what’s going on here. John McCain wants to attack Barack Obama and Barack Obama wants to attack the problems that face America today.”
Biden added he’s not worried that McCain’s attacks will influence the Granite State, but cautioned that the GOP ticket’s use of “false charges” and “baseless accusations” is an attempt to distract voters nationwide.
“If there’s any political audience in America that’s not likely to be distracted by this tactic, it’s the people here in the state of New Hampshire,” the Delaware lawmaker said. “Probably the most sophisticated group – I mean this sincerely – on both sides of the aisle. The most sophisticated group of political observers in the country. And so I doubt whether the attacks they’re going to distract you very much, but around the country they’re hoping to be able to do it.”
“But here’s the bottom line: these attacks don’t hurt Barack Obama, these attacks don’t hurt me," he continued. "Every single false charge, every single baseless accusation that comes forward is an attempt to get you to focus on something other than what’s going on in your family, other than something’s going what’s in your neighborhood, in your state. Beyond the attacks, and I mean this literally, beyond the attacks, what is John McCain really offering?”
Noting that he was in a state that McCain called his "second home", the site of the Republican's resurgent run to the presidential nomination, Biden told voters that only Obama is capable of instilling the necessary confidence among international leaders to steer the country past this economic crisis.
“There’s a need for the international community in this global economy to come up with a common approach how to deal with this economic crisis. It’s not just talk, it’s a reality. You see the markets are moving again today, they’re doing better, they’re bouncing back a little bit. Why? Because of international cooperation with the banks in England are doing and what we’re doing. So folks, look, you need international leadership and it can only come from one place. The president of the United States of America. And it can only come quite frankly, in my view, obviously from Barack Obama.”
Re-hashing a line he first debuted back on his introduction as Obama's running mate August 23 in Springfield, Ill., Biden warned that McCain might be "a great soldier", but that does not equip him to deal with the economic downturn.
“People assume because he had been a great soldier that he had certain hands, that John, in a moment of crisis, would know what to do,” Biden said. “Well, ladies and gentlemen, John's hands have been anything but certain in the last year. They've been uncertain. And the McCain administration would be uncertain, clinging to the past, lurching from one bad idea to another.”
However, what the alternative would be to a McCain administration is another matter...
“In an Obiden - in an Obama-Biden administration,” said Biden, stumbling over his words.
“We know, we know...,” he tried to continue, before acknowledging his mis-step as the crowd laughed.
“It's hard to get used to,” he then said with a chuckle. “I got it. We're used to it, I got it. We got this thing the right way.”
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West Virginia is moving towards Obama. Now we've seen it all.
Posted by: Economic Think Tank | Oct 13, 2008 12:59:05 PM
tj
it's not that the media is "neocon liberals"
it's that the media is Americans who do not want to see lies be propagated as news.
or another 8 years of being worked so you and others can propagate such lies
the same lies that got us here.
Americans...including those Americans who might work for the media...
are taking their country back from the far right nut jobs and the lies they propagate, their war on facts and the mischief and bologne they have played at the cost of our kids futures.
Posted by: dl | Oct 13, 2008 12:59:15 PM
Politico has the photo of McCain at the ACORN event that goes with this statement:
Bertha Lewis, Acorn's chief organizer, said in a statement that came with the photo, “It has deeply saddened us to see Senator McCain abandon his historic support for ACORN and our efforts to support the goals of low-income Americans."
”We are sure that the extremists he is trying to get into a froth will be even more excited to learn that John McCain stood shoulder to shoulder with ACORN, at an ACORN co-sponsored event, to promote immigration reform," she said.
Posted by: Paige | Oct 13, 2008 1:00:44 PM
Ich Bin Ein Beginner...tell the rest of that story. How JFK told Russia after the blockade was put in place that no ships would be allow to go to Cuba. JFK, the young president, call Russia bluff and made them turn their ships around and remove missiles from Cuba.
Posted by: Nam vet | Oct 13, 2008 1:02:29 PM
and don't be fooled the numbers don't add up
so read his lips
when Mccain says he won't raise taxes...
he can't.
so he will raise them evenly ...keeping consistent with the 40 year republican tradition that is now recorded of increasing the middle class tax burden at twice the rate as the top 5% of wealthy like himself and his wife.
Posted by: dl | Oct 13, 2008 1:02:57 PM
Top 2 reasons the tide as turned against the Republicans and John McCain:
1) Tax cuts in a time of war and great spending hasn't help stimulate the economy.
2) Deregulation of the financial services market to the point of absurdity.
All the rest is hot air.
Posted by: Econ 101 | Oct 13, 2008 1:06:32 PM
Key People-Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE
Deputy Political Director Muthoni Wambu
Former AFL-CIO PAC Coordinator. In 2000 Wambu joined with Vera Baker to form Baker Wambu & Associates, a political fund-raising firm. Worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee during the 2000 and 1998 cycles. Bachelor's degree in journalism from Howard University, 1997. From New York City.
Questions for Joe Biden -does this have anything to do with Obama choosing your 9,000 votes over Clinton's 18 million? Has your Deputy Political Director heard from her former business partner recently?
Posted by: geevill | Oct 13, 2008 1:07:58 PM
Extremists drew us into a war and have brought our economy to the brink of financial disaster. We fell for the bait.
We need to take back our country from this disastrous Bush/Neocon foreign policy, which is now bleeding into our economy.
McCain's foreign policy is very closely aligned with Bush and company.
Posted by: off course | Oct 13, 2008 1:11:56 PM
Who Care's About Obama'a Associates??
William Ayers - An admitted Terroist and bomber, Who hates this country and capatilisim.
Tony Rezko- A Slum Lord- He was convicted on 16 of 24 counts involving mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and aiding and abetting bribery
Rev. Wright- Someone who hates Whites, this country and is Obama's Mentor for 20 years.
Rashid Khalidi: Mr. Khalidi is a Palestinian scholar and author on Middle Eastern affairs who has called Israel a racist state bent on creating "an apartheid system
ACORN - The Community Assoc. that is cheating the Voting Process. Currently under FBI Investigation.
I CARE !!! My Mom use to tell me, " Tell me who you hang around with and I will tell you who you are".
McCain is not the Best Candidate but he is the better choice.
Posted by: JC | Oct 13, 2008 1:13:16 PM
The right wingers are busy digging deep down into their underpants and trying to smear Obama with their brains. I LOVE it!
Posted by: Bill in NC | Oct 13, 2008 1:17:37 PM
THIS IS THE ANSWER TO Angie" TO THE QUESTION "What worldwide crisis will Obama's weakness encourage Putin to start?". PUTIN WILL BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO START A FIGHT WITH A BLACK MAN. HE WILL GET A BLACK EYE DOING THAT.
GO FIGURE Angie.
Posted by: Morris S. | Oct 13, 2008 1:19:13 PM
If Obama is elected to president after all that is known about his backgound, then the country needs to be punished, and it will be. One thing that you can count on is that when it gets bad enough, the people will return to their roots. We have enough strenght to overcome even the worst president for a matter of four years. Carter proved that.
Posted by: Willard S. Norton | Oct 13, 2008 1:24:43 PM
McCain is attacking the issues of our day. Barack Obama is attacking George W. Bush.
Posted by: Obamacrat for McCain | Oct 13, 2008 1:27:08 PM
Willard, it ain't gonna be worse than 8 years of Bush.
Posted by: wow? | Oct 13, 2008 1:27:37 PM
Yet we Blame Bush & The Republicans about the Economy. Investigate Barnie Frank and Chris Dodd.
This came from our Congresional Records..
John McCain Warned About Fannie MaeSeptember 16, 2008 · Filed under Uncategorized
Senator John McCain, R, Arizona: Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were “illusions deliberately and systematically created” by the company’s senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal.
The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s report goes on to say that Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets in order to trigger bonuses for senior executives. In the case of Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae’s former chief executive officer, OFHEO’s report shows that over half of Mr. Raines’ compensation for the 6 years through 2003 was directly tied to meeting earnings targets. The report of financial misconduct at Fannie Mae echoes the deeply troubling $5 billion profit restatement at Freddie Mac.
The OFHEO report also states that Fannie Mae used its political power to lobby Congress in an effort to interfere with the regulator’s examination of the company’s accounting problems. This report comes some weeks after Freddie Mac paid a record $3.8 million fine in a settlement with the Federal Election Commission and restated lobbying disclosure reports from 2004 to 2005. These are entities that have demonstrated over and over again that they are deeply in need of reform.
For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs–and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO’s report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay.
I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.
I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation.
Quick Info
S. 190 [109th]: Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005
Last Action: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Status: Dead
Killed by the Democrats who had HUGE financial reasons to kill it (and it will cost taxpayers BILLIONS).
Source: Congressional Record, May 25, 2006
Posted by: JC | Oct 13, 2008 1:28:53 PM
Obamacrat, He isn't attacking Bush. He's attacking Bush's policies, which McCain has supported 90% of the time.
Posted by: hmm | Oct 13, 2008 1:29:07 PM
Lets look at the records reddog0216 !
http://obama.senate.gov/press/070425-obama_durbin_in/
You are an idiot. You really shouldn't even be posting because you don't even know what the hell you are saying.
Posted by: Mark | Oct 13, 2008 1:29:13 PM
Lets look at the records reddog0216 !
http://obama.senate.gov/press/070425-obama_durbin_in/
You are an idiot. You really shouldn't even be posting because you don't even know what the hell you are saying.
Posted by: Mark | Oct 13, 2008 1:29:13 PM
And where did it go with his democratic buddies running congress???
Posted by: reddog0216 | Oct 13, 2008 1:32:11 PM
West Virginia is moving towards Obama. Now we've seen it all.
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Being from West Virginia, if the state goes to Obama, the devl better a winter coat.
I'd love to see it, but it's hard for me to believe it will happen. The predjudices here are pretty storng and the educational systems pretty weak.
To me, that means we have a lot of folks that can be easily manipulated by the "secret Obama" crap.
On the other hand, our state economy is tanked. And McCain has offered nothing but a continuation of tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
Not that many rich folks in WV.
Posted by: Cold day in .....? | Oct 13, 2008 1:35:17 PM
Sen. Barack Obama [D-IL]hide cosponsors
Cosponsors [as of 2007-01-08]
Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Robert Menéndez [D-NJ]
Cosponsorship information sometimes is out of date. Why?
Bill Text: Summary | Full Text
Status: Introduced Feb 14, 2006
Reported by Committee -
Voted on in Senate -
Voted on in House -
Signed by President -
This bill never became law. This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books.
Last Action: Feb 14, 2006: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Other Titles: -- Stopping Transactions which Operate to Promote Fraud, Risk, and Underdevelopment Act
Posted by: reddog0216 | Oct 13, 2008 1:37:28 PM
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