http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/propagandawingofdnc/ en-us Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:55:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141238/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents. "Expect fallout, expect foreclosures, expect horror stories," California mortgage lender Paris Welch wrote to U.S. regulators in January 2006, about one year before the housing implosion cost her a job. Bowing to aggressive lobbying -- along with assurances from banks that the troubled mortgages were OK -- regulators delayed... CNNMoney.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141238/posts#comment Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133694/posts When Dan Rather filed suit against CBS 14 months ago — claiming, among other things, that his former employer had commissioned a politically biased investigation into his work on a “60 Minutes” segment about President Bush’s National Guard service — the network predicted the quick and favorable dismissal of the case, which it derided as “old news.” So far, Mr. Rather has spent more than $2 million of his own money on the suit. And according to documents filed recently in court, he may be getting something for his money. Using tools unavailable to him as a reporter — including... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133694/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:43:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127325/posts ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – After two months sharpening her conservative rhetoric on the U.S. presidential campaign trail, Gov. Sarah Palin returned to Alaska a star in the Republican party, but weakened at home where people had known her as more centrist. Palin's "pit bull" campaign persona and her strident pitches to the conservative base of the Republican Party were a stark contrast to her nonpartisan, populist style as governor, leaving raw feelings among some Alaskans, experts said. As speculation of a presidential run in 2012 builds, an editorial in Thursday's Anchorage Daily News asked which Palin will return to Alaska:... Reuters via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127325/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 21:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121009/posts Subject: NEW MARKET: The LA Times Obama Video Intrade We have now opened a market on the LA Times making public a video that reportedly shows Barack Obama praising a Chicago professor who was a PLO spokesman while that organisation was a designated terrorist organisation. This market can be found under Poltiics -- 2008 US Election -- LA Times to make public Obama video tape. Contract Rules: This contract will settle (expire) at 100 ($10.00) if the LA Times makes public the video showing Barack Obama praising former PLO spokesman before 11:59:59pm ET on Nov 4th 2008. The contract will... Intrade http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121009/posts#comment Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:05:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114313/posts WASHINGTON (AP) -- An acclaimed celebrity makeup artist for Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin collected more money from John McCain's campaign than his foreign policy adviser. Amy Strozzi, who works on the reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" and has been Palin's traveling stylist, was paid $22,800, according to campaign finance reports for the first two weeks in October. In contrast, McCain's foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, was paid $12,500, the report showed. In recent days, McCain and his running mate have tried to douse a furor over how their side spent their money. The Republican National... ap on San Diego Union - Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114313/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:11:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113864/posts The New York Times released their 3rd quarter results today, adding to the doom and gloom in the newspaper market with declining advertising and debt issues. The company reported 3rd quarter net income of $6.5 million, compared to $13.4 million for the same period last year. Advertising declined 16% in the quarter after reporting an 11% fall for the first half of the year. Print advertising took the biggest hit with an 18.3% fall for the quarter, with classified advertising down 28%. Online advertising was up 10.2% off an increase of 16% at about.com, but the online gains were not... The Inquisitr http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113864/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:56:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113575/posts Embarrassing revelations about her costly campaign wardrobe and bloopers about the vice president's job description are raising fresh fears that Sarah Palin is dragging down the Republican ticket. New polls showed Wednesday that seven weeks after John McCain plucked the Alaska governor from political obscurity to be his running mate in the November 4 elections, Palin is seen as an increasing liability for Republicans. The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that Americans are less and less convinced she is worthy to serve as the country's number-two leader. "Her numbers have plummeted in our poll ... what's more 55 percent... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113575/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:21:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113549/posts “Voters overwhelmingly believe that the media wants Barack Obama to win the presidential election,” a Pew Research Center for the People and the Press survey released Wednesday discovered. Specifically: “By a margin of 70%-9%, Americans say most journalists want to see Obama, not John McCain, win on Nov. 4. Another 8% say journalists don't favor either candidate, and 13% say they don't know which candidate most reporters support.” The question (PDF of questionnaire): “Who do you think most newspaper reporters and TV journalists want to see win the presidential election -- Barack Obama or John McCain?” Unsurprisingly, 90 percent of... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113549/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:32:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108247/posts On Thursday's ABC World News, anchor Charles Gibson's lead-off story was on the presidential campaign: "Two weeks, five days to go, home stretch. Barack Obama and John McCain began today laying out their closing strategies. And while Obama continues to hold a double-digit lead in most national polls, it is the results in individual states that are all important." The emphasis on Obama's supposedly huge, possibly insurmountable lead is used by some in the mainstream media to suggest the inevitability of a Democratic win. But you have to wonder, at least in this instance, what polls ABC News is... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108247/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:29:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2108294/posts There is an article in today's Washington Post that exemplifies the despicable bias of the mass hysterical media. In a column written by Juliet Eilperin the distortions could not be more apparent. To Avoid Being 'Depressed,' Palin Skimps on Campaign News No wonder GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin harbors such hostility toward the mainstream media: her staff imposes limits on her access to it. Isn't that the stupidest premise you have ever heard? It represents exactly why the majority of us don't listen to or read the crap these people call reporting any longer. I wonder if the tiny... Paggan Power http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2108294/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:33:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108229/posts Some central Iowa voters said a voicemail message on behalf of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign has gone too far. The automated messages, also known as robocalls, have been ringing phones in Iowa homes since the last presidential debate. The message talks about a relationship between Sen. Barack Obama and '60s radical Bill Ayers.... "It was vicious," said independent voter Marilyn Greene. "It was a hateful, vicious message." She said there's too much on the line in this election for candidates to stoop to this level. "Stick to the issues," she said. "What can you do? What are you looking... KCCI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108229/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:57:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108165/posts The McCain campaign, today unhappy about the attention Joe the plumber is getting, has been running against the press off and on for a while, and the hostility from some supporters to the press does seem to be getting more intense. As usual, anecdotes are just that. But this one, from a reporter working on a piece for the Greensboro News-Record, stands out. He writes that he wandered to the back of a Palin event to talk to some protesters: I sidled up to one of the Obama supporters and asked why they were there, what they were trying to... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108165/posts#comment Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:39:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107110/posts The “Kill Them” claim spread like wildfire across the MSM as evidence of “insane rage” on the Right. Barack Obama mentioned it during the debate. Now that the Secret Service has investigated and failed to find a single person to corroborate the reporter’s claim, I’m sure you’ll be seeing this on the front pages and nightly news lead stories in all the media outlets that spread it. Right? Riiiiiight. The Times-Leader reports: The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during... Michelle Malkin Website http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107110/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:48:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106430/posts A Kansas City lawyer and supporter of Barack Obama for president has filed suit in federal court, alleging that the Republican ticket has incited violence against the Democratic nominee. In her suit against Sen. John McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin and campaign manager Rick Davis, Mary Kay Green said she has been injured by their campaign tactics and suffers “terror of the heart, anxiety and grave fear” for Obama’s life. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106430/posts#comment Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106289/posts A special investigation of part-time Metropolitan State College instructor Andrew Hallam has determined that he had not violated any college policies in assigning an essay on Republican vice president nominee Sarah Palin to one of his English classes. "The investigation concluded that Hallam must learn to curb the use of vulgar language in class, and that the introduction of controversal topics must have a substantial relationship with the subject of the class," according to a news bulletin released by the college Tuesday. "While discipline is not warranted, appropriate mentoring is recommended." Hallam, who started teaching at Metro State College this... Rocky Mountain News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106289/posts#comment Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:49:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106199/posts For supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama it is a nightmare scenario -- his apparent lead in the battle for the White House suddenly evaporates on Election Day. The cause? Race. As Republican rival John McCain celebrates victory, it emerges that a small but decisive percentage of white voters who had declared to opinion pollsters they supported Obama actually chose differently in the privacy of the ballot booth. With opinion surveys making Obama the favorite over McCain less than three weeks before the November 4 election, attention has turned to the question of how many white Americans might be... reuters.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2106199/posts#comment Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:29:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102861/posts On Obama, Acorn and Voter RegistrationBy STEPHANIE STROM Published: October 10, 2008 Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign on Friday stepped up its efforts to tie Senator Barack Obama to a community organizing group that has been accused of involvement in problematic voter registrations in several hotly contested states, including Colorado, Indiana, Nevada and North Carolina. The group, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or Acorn, has long been a favorite target of conservatives. It made news this year when it was revealed that a brother of Acorn’s founder had embezzled almost $1 million from the organization but that... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102861/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102846/posts McCain offers no proof to back voter-fraud chargesBy Greg Gordon McClatchy Newspapers Posted: Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 WASHINGTON — John McCain's campaign charged Friday that a liberal-leaning voter registration coalition is seeking to “steal votes” in next month's presidential election and alleged that Democrat Barack Obama has had a long and “intimate” relationship with the group. Republicans have leveled similar allegations against the coalition known as Acorn in every election since at least 2000, but they have yet to produce proof that the group poses a threat to election integrity. In its latest attack on Acorn, the McCain campaign provided... Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102846/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:33:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102803/posts You’ve seen them in interactive focus groups, and most recently in the Town hall debate: The Undecideds. It makes a normal voter wonder, “Where in the heck to they find these people?” The answer was inadvertently revealed at by Domenico Montanaro in his interview with “undecided” voter Oliver Clark, one of the Town hall debate questioners … …the Sunday before last, I received a call from the Gallop Poll. They asked a few questions regarding my choice in the Presidential election. They asked who I would vote for. I said most likely I would be voting for Barack Obama. They... NN&V http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102803/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102775/posts History is important to study... if you can trust the national media to not withhold key information they don't want you to see or twist daily news to fit their agenda.In the last 40 years, there have been nine major surveys of editors and reporters who work for national media. The most they ever voted Republican in a national election was 14%; the more common range has been 4% to 7%. This is one reason why no matter who wins a political debate, the media almost en masse repeatedly tell you their man won. And most voters who don't pay... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102775/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:11:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102769/posts ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor in the firing of her former public safety commissioner, but violated no laws, a report for the state Legislature concluded Friday. Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law from the state police force was "likely a contributing factor" to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to sack him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102769/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102760/posts Who wants to start a nation-wide protest of all tv and newspapers next week or the week after? We would demand that the media tells the truth about Obama, the economy, the war and everything else they lie about. We could make signs and hand out flyers. Telling everyone how the media is literally destroying this country with there lies and deception. We could set up a website to promote our cause and sign up for protests at different media outlets. If this went national, the media couldn't ignore it. What do you say? Do you think it could be... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102760/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:54:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102751/posts State whistleblowers tried to curtail greedy lending—and were thwarted by the Bush Administration and the financial industry.... Business Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102751/posts#comment Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:39:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102643/posts Last December, someone using the name “Test Person,” from “Some Place, UT,” made a series of contributions, the largest being $764, to Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign totaling $2,410.07. Someone identifying himself as “Jockim Alberton,” from 1581 Leroy Avenue in Wilmington, Del., began giving to Mr. Obama last November, contributing $10 and $25 at a time for a total of $445 through the end of February. The only problem? There is no Leroy Avenue in Wilmington. And Jockim Alberton, who listed his employer and occupation as “Fdsa Fdsa,” does not show up in a search of public records. New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102643/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:12:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102641/posts John McCain called for suspension of the requirement that retirees must begin liquidating their retirement accounts when they reach age 70 and a half, the latest economic policy rolled out by the Republican presidential candidate. The Arizona senator announced the plan at a rally Friday morning in La Crosse, Wis. Buried a third of the way through his typical stump speech, McCain said his priority was to “protect investors – especially those relying on their investments for retirement.” “Current rules mandate that investors must beginning to sell off their IRAs and 401Ks when they reach age 70 and a half,”... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2102641/posts#comment Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:03:48 GMT