Democrats Go On Offense

Financial Times:

Barack Obama fought to regain the initiative in the presidential race on Tuesday as the Wall Street financial crisis threatened to stall the recent burst of momentum behind John McCain.

The banking meltdown has thrust the economy back to the centre of the campaign, giving Mr Obama a chance to hit back after two weeks of declining poll numbers and escalating Republican attacks.

Read the whole story: Financial Times

Comments

[HC4BO]

I really HATE Faux Noise ...

Did any of you guys hear that Hillary was going to be at a rally protesting the Iranian President at the UN Meeting next week ... ?

Ok so I heard the McSame's veep "Failin'" was also going to be at the protest and upon hearing that tidbit, Hillary canceled her appearance ...

Well my point is this, Faux Noise were hyping the fact that the two "powerful" women were going to be at the event together but when they reported the Hillary cancellation, they used a very unflattering image of her in the news article ...

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/17/clinton-blindsided-palin/

If you look in the link it actually says "clinton-b­lindsided-­palin" ...

I am guessing they are pissed our girl dissed the Lying Neocon, hence the choice of pics ...

Faux Noise Sucks ...

[marinade]

Palin just wanted to use Clinton to raise her credibility.

Clinton said, thanks, but no thanks.

[coyote4]

program your clicker to skip the channel. If you enjoy some show there, just give your head a shake and find something else.

[only1Demvoter]

HC4BO : Yep.

( Good link ! )


-ralph

[ab1 5]

Obama shoud use OLD versus NEW instead of change.
OLD are te financial institutes that do'nt work. OLD is McCain. OLD versus NEW is positive, change merely says you dislike the current situation. OLD versus NEW you cannot McCain cannot copy like Change. Because he is OLD and never can play the NEW guy. Amaricans shoud admid that their capitalism and democracy (the OLD) should change. That's a hard thing for OLD people and figter pilots that build america. But building it doesn't give the right to bring america down by repeating old dreams

[ab1 5]

Obama shoud use OLD versus NEW instead of change.
OLD are te financial institutes that do'nt work. OLD is McCain. OLD versus NEW is positive, change merely says you dislike the current situation. OLD versus NEW you cannot McCain cannot copy like Change. Because he is OLD and never can play the NEW guy. Amaricans shoud admid that their capitalism and democracy (the OLD) should change. That's a hard thing for OLD people and figter pilots that build america. But building it doesn't give the right to bring america down by repeating old dreams. If Obame uses OLD versus NEW, everyone looks at McCain. He cannot copy OLD, he is old.

[MNmommy]

Okay, I've been digging all over the internet reading about the repeal of the Glass-Steagall act, but I'm not really finding the answer to the biggest question I have about it, so if I can be forgiven for what might seem like a really stupid question to some.

Why did Clinton sign the dang thing? I don't need answers from tr0//z - an honest answer from a progressive without a Clinton axe to grind. Was it pressure because of what was going on because of Lewinsky? Was it pressure from Rubin? Did it really make a bit of sense at the time? I was really busy then as a mom to little ones and flying around as a consultant - so I wasn't paying very close attention to politics at the time.

I'm just trying to understand the context.

[dentuso]

The vote in Senate was 57-43, with only one Dem voting for it. There was a fear, with the post-Monica issue, that the Repubs could get it through on a veto-proof bill a second time around.

Those are the facts as I understand them.

Someone else is more than welcome to correct if I'm mistaken.

[MNmommy]

Thanks for some of the context. I was definitely in a mommy/money making fog at the time. I was also just sooo pissed at Clinton for waving his finger at me that I just didn't care anymore if that makes sense.

[riverhippie]

Well... you need a 2/3rds vote to override a veto, so I don't think Clinton was afraid of that.

He believed in it -- face it. All is not the fault of the republicans. All politicians who serve in Washington bear the blame -- and the crooked CEOs.

[julescator]

Remember this was in december of 1999, Bush had already been elected, there was a majority in the Senate and House. Phil Gramm waited until people were going on vaction and slipped this into a 250 page bill which frankly, most didn't read. McCain knew exactly what was in this bill and he signed it. By the time people realized what was happening, the new financial industry was in full swing. The bill you are referring to is Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. Most people agree that this is the bill that layed the groundwork for what we are experiencing now! McCain has Gramm as his economic adviser and plans to name him as Sect of the Treasury!

[RANCIDDEM]

you people HAD the election.n­ow all you have are two washed up political hacks obama/oJ 08

[PaxChristi]

Don't be disrespectful to the next President, Obama and Vice President, Biden, thank you for your cooperation.

[dentuso]

Funny how you try to invoke OJ's name to make people think of a crooked, dishonest man with no honor.

And all we have to do is say McCain to get the same effect.

[only1Demvoter]

Rancid : " ...you people... "

- Brought to you by the party of zero moral compass.


-ralph

[CocteausTwin]

Would a ha.cker please ha.ck into this site and get it to work correctly?

[marinade]

$85 billion bail out. Too bad Americans don't realize this is the worst form of welfare. Maybe not the worst. All the money wasted on the MIC is the worst.

Anybody keeping a tally of the bailouts over the past year?

How do they compare to earmarks?

[geneven]

Correct me if I'm wrong, Republicans, but wasn't one reason that Bush gave for the first massive taxcut for the rich to keep the US economy stable? How did that work out? And doesn't McCain support that taxcut? What did America get out of it?

[mrJJ]

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[Mogamboguru]

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Repeat it everywhere over and over again, until you get dizzy. And then more.

I'll do the same.

[marinade]

I heard a commercial for voter registration yesterday.

It's very important considering so many people have been moving around.

[DutchSockPuppet]

Michael,

Odd that its easier for expats overseas to register and get a ballot than for people living in the USA.

[DutchSockPuppet]

Michael

Brauchen Sie (Brauchts du) ein Deutsch Tastatur oder Qwerty?

[PaxChristi]

Yeah, Public Service anouncement, Cool, thanks mrJJ

[dct1999]

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[DutchSockPuppet]

Is Mary12 back?

[coyote4]

I can resurrect her if you like. It's simple Coyote magic.

[PaxChristi]

If ya had any real magic you would turn yourself into a "Human being" - Little Big man. Maybe ya wouldn't be so mean from chewing on bones.

[coyote4]

You made me laugh, sweetie. After a year, you actually showed a softer more intelligent side. Of course I tend to prefer four-legged humor.....­..

[RANCIDDEM]

Tucker Carlson just told Chris Mathews that obama could not really go after Palin since her credentials far exceeded anything obama had

[coyote4]

Let`s have a look at O b a m a`s work experience, and knowledge:

- In the US S e n a t e, Barack Obama has served on the
-FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE,
-HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
-VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
-HEALTH, EDUCATION,
-LABOR & PENSION COMMITTEE.
- Before getting to the US Senate Obama served 11 years in the Illinois State Senate.
- Barack Obama is a graduate TOP of his class at Harvard Law School.
- Barack Obama also has a degree in Political science specializing in International Relations.
- Barack Obama worked in Chicago, Illinois as a community organizer, Obama, as the director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago, helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens.
- Barack Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for a community organizing institute.
- Barack Obama worked as a Civil Rights lawyer for 9 years.
- Barack Obama was also a University of Chicago Constitutional Law Professor for 12 years.
- In the US Senate Obama has written 890 pieces of legislation, and co-sponsored 1096 pieces of legislation.

Aleka4 Posted 04:53 PM on 08/30/2008

[hgat]

Thank you.
Let`s have a look at O b a m a`s work experience, and knowledge:

- In the US S e n a t e, Barack Obama has served on the
-FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE,
-HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE,
-VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE,
-HEALTH, EDUCATION,
-LABOR & PENSION COMMITTEE.
- Before getting to the US Senate Obama served 11 years in the Illinois State Senate.
- Barack Obama is a graduate TOP of his class at Harvard Law School.
- Barack Obama also has a degree in Political science specializing in International Relations.
- Barack Obama worked in Chicago, Illinois as a community organizer, Obama, as the director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago, helped set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens.
- Barack Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for a community organizing institute.
- Barack Obama worked as a Civil Rights lawyer for 9 years.
- Barack Obama was also a University of Chicago Constitutional Law Professor for 12 years.
- In the US Senate Obama has written 890 pieces of legislation, and co-sponsored 1096 pieces of legislation.

Can we get Palin's

[Mogamboguru]

BWAAAAHA!

This one is killing me, mate!

This is the best joke I have ever heard!!!!

ROTFLMAO!!­!!!!!!!!!!

[CocteausTwin]

Yeah anyone quoting a Tucker Carlson or Bounds is a pretty big joke.

[kasinca]

And if Tucker said it, it must be true!

[DutchSockPuppet]

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[coyote4]

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[DutchSockPuppet]

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[DutchSockPuppet]

That touch typing class I took in the early 60's in highschool sure has come in handy.....­.and I only took it because there were lots of chicks in the class.

[RTFanatic]

Get a Mac!

[Gipper44]

Damn, according to Durdge, Pelosi has finally done womthing correct, & I'm certain she'll flip-flop.

If she holds an investigation into the housing non-crisis, Chris Dodd, Andrew Cuomo, Alan Greenspan, Franklin Raines, etc. will end up in jail.

Chris Dodd makes Ken Lay look like a Little-Leaguer.

[filo]

And Phil Gramm makes them look like choir boys.

[UnknownSoldier]

You Right Wing Nutz are hilarious, now come on, tell us the real story. You know the one about Republicans controlling the House from 94 - 06 and controlling 2/3 of gov't from 01 - Present.

And you come up with a funny story about Dodd, and Cuomo.....­...... This is too funny.

[Mogamboguru]

Right.wing­-media, corporate media and Republican politicians are going great lenghts to make people switch OFF your their human brains - because, by appealing to the repti.lian and mam.mal bra.ins, which are situated BELOW every human being's human Cortex, they can make people do WHATEVER THEY LIKE!

Rep.tilian and mam.mal brai.ns simply work after the "Pavlov's Dog"-principle: Promise-expectation reward. There's no inte.llige­nt decision-making involved in this proc.ess - even more so, it would DIST.URB the proc.ess from running smoothly and uninte.rru­ptedly!

That me.ans, that there's not only no ne.ed for appealling to the human bra.in for the Republicans and Republican­-affiliate­d corporations - it would, in fact, be COUNTER.EF­FECTIVE for them, to appeal to the human br.ain in voters.

THAT'S the reason for the - in our eyes - w.a.n.k.y. campaigning of McC.ain and Pal.in: They are not campaigning for the votes of HUMANS, but for the votes of REP.TILES AN MAM.MALS!!­!

Rept.iles and mam.mals simply CAN.NOT be reached by intelligent campaigning - because this will always only appeal to human beings!!!

QED!

[RANCIDDEM]

quite correct and they are all in the dem left wing like yourself

[Mogamboguru]

Why don't you just READ and REFLECT upon other people's comments, before you start commenting on them yourself..­.?

Ah, I see - your reptile brain doesn't let you...

[allwrite]

If the Government keeps printing money to bail out the 'drunk with greed' fools, it will take 1,000 wheel barrows to deliver the cash and a billion dollars to purchase the wheel barrows.

[DutchSockPuppet]

Just took a P a l i n and wiped my M a c a i n u s.