Posted on 10/07/2008 2:01:24 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
While the two presidential candidates, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, prepare for their second debate on Oct. 7 at Belmont University in Nashville, Tom Brokaw gets to sift through questions submitted by you. In addition to queries from a group randomly selected by the Gallup organization, Brokaw will be fielding questions submitted online at mydebates.org, the site created by the Commission on Presidential Debates and Myspace. The focus of the town hall-style debate will be domestic and foreign policy, Brokaw's specialties.
I hope Obama just jixed himself by saying he wanted to do certain things not in the first two years but in his first term as President. As if he is already counting on 2 terms.
McCain is doing terrible.
It’s over.
Hang it up.
I think he said during a fiscal crisis........bubbafucco was riding President Reagans money wave in his 8 years.
Woah! Brokaw actually denied Obama to respond—good for him.
Obama is a punk—I really dislike him more and more, LOL
howq long is this one going to go on?
I just wish McCain would point out that the US has the 2nd highest corporate taxes in the world. Obama wants to stop jobs from being shipped out of the country, cut the corporate tax rates so our corporations can compete in the world economy.
O is cutting taxes for 95% of us.
Oh Yeah!
We’re in the money!
We’re in the money!
Do we get a stimulus rebate too? please PLEASE.
You know something I noticed... Several of those complaining have one-letter taglines. What’s up with that? Did they all get together and name themselves, and decide the order in which they would complain? Just something I noticed on several of the posters...
95% of American do not pay federal taxes. What is Obama talking about?
Smackdown! by Brokaw. Obama looked like an ass asking to depart from the rules.
People need to listen closely to Obama and the clues are there. He is talking redistribution of wealth and let no one forget the Poverty Act that he wants.
Okay, so McCain says there’s no reason why all 3 issues can’t be tackled at the same time.
Didn’t Obama who just said that he needs to prioritize say 12 days ago in jumping on McCain for suspending his campaign to go back to DC to work on the bailout bill, say that a President should be able to multitask?
BUSTED!!!
I was shouting at the TV... damn Obama trying to break the rules he agreed upon.
IMO so far McCain winning on substance, but Obama is winning the "cool and collected" part of the debate, unfortunately... damn, I wish McCain was about 10 years younger...
They wrote it yesterday.
HOW MANY TIMES DOES OBAMBI HAVE TO SAY ?
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Plus- Everytime I hear Obama start with his Sibilant SSSSS’s
-I start looking around for Eastern Diamondbacks.
DEBATE FACT #3: THE 1999 DEREGULATION THAT JOE BIDEN SUPPORTED
Summary:.
Barack Obama just blamed the very same bill that Joe Biden supported for the current economic crisis.
The Facts:
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Was Supported By And Authored By Members Of Obama’s Campaign
· The Washington Post: Barack Obama Attacks The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Despite The Fact That It Was Supported By Members Of His Economic Team. “One element of the Obama campaign’s brief against Mr. McCain is that he supported repeal of the law separating commercial banks from investment banks. … Would it be churlish to point out that another author of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley law is former congressman Jim Leach, a founder of Republicans for Obama? Or that Obama advisers Lawrence H. Summers and Robert E. Rubin supported the repeal — which was signed by President Bill Clinton?” (Editorial, “’Always For Less Regulation’?” The Washington Post, 9/19/08)
· The Bill “Was A Widely Accepted Bipartisan Compromise” Even Supported By “Obama’s Running Mate, Joe Biden.” “It’s true that Gramm authored the act, but what became law was a widely accepted bipartisan compromise. The measure passed the House 362 - 57, with 155 Democrats voting for the bill. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 90 - 8. Among the Democrats voting for the bill: Obama’s running mate, Joe Biden. The bill was signed into law by President Clinton, a Democrat.” (Joe Miller And Brooks Jackson, “Who Caused The Economic Crisis?” FactCheck.org, 10/1/08)
· Joe Biden Voted For The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Act Of 1999. (S. 900, CQ Vote #354: Adopted 90-8: R 52-1; D 38-7; I 1-0, 11/4/99, Biden Voted Yea)
· Jim Leach – Leader Of “Republicans For Obama” And Speaker At The Democratic National Convention – Was The Co-Author Of The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. (S. 900, Signed 11/12/99)
· ; Obama Economic Adviser Secretary Bob Rubin “Worked Very Hard On This” Bill. CLINTON: “But I do want to thank all the members here and all those who aren’t here and I’d like to thank two New Yorkers who aren’t here who have been mentioned — former Secretary of the Treasury Bob Rubin, who worked very hard on this, and former chairman, Senator Al D’Amato, who talked to me about this often.” (President Clinton, Remarks, Washington, D.C., 11/12/99)
· Obama Adviser Larry Summers Was Involved In Negotiating The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, And Called It A “Major Step Forward Toward The 21st Century.” “Mr. Summers, the Obama adviser, was among those who negotiated the [1999 Gramm-Leach-Bliley] measure on behalf of the Clinton administration, and he praised it as a ‘major step forward toward the 21st Century.’” (Michael M. Phillips, Elizabeth Holmes and Amy Chozick, “Candidates C all Upon Big Names For Advice,” The Wall Street Journal, 9/18/08)
· President Clinton Signed The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Into Law On November 12, 1999 As Public Law No. 106-102. (P.L. No. 106-102)
According To Non-Partisan FactCheck.org, The Act “Had Nothing To Do With Causing The Crisis”
· FactCheck.org: The Act “Had Nothing To Do With Causing The Crisis.” “Gramm’s legislation had broad bipartisan support and was signed into law by President Clinton. Moreove r, the bill had nothing to do with causing the crisis, and economists – not to mention President Clinton – praise it for having softened the crisis.” (Joe Miller And Brooks Jackson, “Who Caused The Economic Crisis?” FactCheck.org, 10/1/08)
· Former President Clinton Said The Enactment Of The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Didn’t Have “Anything To Do With The Current Crisis.” Former President Clinton: “But I have really thought about this a lot. I don’t see that signing that bill [the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act] had anything to do with the current crisis. Indeed, one of the things that has helped stabilize the current situation as much as it has is the purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, which was much smoother than it would have been if I hadn’t signed that bill.” (Editorial, “Bill V. Barack On Banks,” The Wall Street Journal, 10/1/08)
You did not hear: he said that the last pres to raise taxes during a down economy . . .
Use a rolled up sock.
Saves the TV.
I was yelling and screaming at a leftie, hippie O campaigner yesterday. They all talk in circles. I can never determine O’s answers because of the circular talking. Drives me nuts.
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