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09-16-2008, 12:33 PM | #4701 | |
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Even if not an anomaly, it won't carry over. On one of the worst economic days in memory, Obama's going to test better than McCain. But that will fade somewhat from memory as we get farther from the event. SI
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Another Hollywood actor sounds off against Palin. This time it's Chevy Chase saying Tina Fey didn't portray Palin as negatively as he would have liked..............
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I haven't seen this noted in the current discussion. It was brought up after Obama spoke today and claimed that the current economic crisis is based in the S&L problems in the 1980s. A much more likely cause for our current problems was the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in the later years of the Clinton administration. It allowed commercial and investment banks to consolidate. Below is the general info from Wikipedia for those wanting to know more..........
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Hotline/FD tracking poll shows a 46-42 Obama lead, but as mentioned earlier it does have a smaller sample size than other polls.
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And Blame Clinton comes out again on page 96, so desperate.
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Im not necessarily opposed to the bridge or the improvements but it'll be interesting to see how McCain handles the inevitable flip flop on the issue.
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The Gramm that's listed is Phil Gramm, McCain's chief economic advisor. Anyone want to ask why McCain's cribbing his econ plan from one of the guys that caused the current mess?
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Ok, let's go through and see. Quote:
You mean the Bush Doctrine that Obama didn't know about, which was among 7 different Bush Doctrines that are out there? I actually don't think Gibson's is even the "widely accepted one". Who was just saying that's not what she meant on this issue? Every post on it linked to included an article detailing the various Bush Doctrines or Obama's lack of understanding of it, etc. Quote:
Someone may have posted "that's not what she meant" about the statement, but I don't remember it. Quote:
I thought people said that the aide was wrong, but it may not be the same thing as the candidate actually said. Now if you want to go ahead and say the Obama aide was wrong in what she said, go ahead. Though the "that's not what she meant" thing doesn't seem to hold up, especially not with those statments.
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Read his initial statements compared to the White House. He was pushing a much tougher line.
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So I said that I don't recall anyone saying "that's not what she meant" for Palin (or McCain) without supporting documentation and you can't even come back with a link showing someone saying it? That's telling. And if we could just back up a second... since when did Obama say "that's not what she meant" referring to the comments of his PR person? Don't be trying to act like you really want both sides playing fairly.
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You won't find me arguing for Phil Gramm. I'm not much of a fan. However, since you agree that it did cause the current mess, we now have to deal with the reality that this could have been avoided to a large extent if the Clinton Administration would have heeded the warnings of the report issued in 1987 that predicted that the events of today would occur if the Glass-Steagall Act was repealed. |
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Link? I thought the last 10 pages of this thread and it's links would suffice cuz honestly, like Arles and Chief have said, it's useless. I am, IMO, asking for things that both sides should want, honesty, transparency, no 527 ads, etc. but the GOP and it's supporters (even on here) spin spin spin away instead of saying, "Yes we want that stuff too." (Some of the leftists do too but the scales are not even, in the campaign[s] or on here). I mean shit, they even abused Factcheck.org and had Rove say it cant be trusted, AUFKM!? AFAIK, I said I dont necessarily agree that Obama shouldve talked foreign policy to the Iraqi leader. If we assume the article is truthful and the guy cited was honest I said, I agree with you all and wish that there was an open line of communication to W and those in charge. I have doubts that that exists and wonder where else there is to go when that avenue is shut down. I dont think anyone doubts W's unwillingness to work with Dems and especially Dems with aspirations and some leverage. Throughout this thread I have conceded to both sides when something is right, wrong, done well, or not executed well but it seems Im the only one who is willing to do so. You obviously dont see it the same way.
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If you could provide where he stated in public that he didn't want to draw down the troops until after the current administration was gone, that would be great. I haven't seen anything like that from his public comments. Obama's stance has been to remove them ASAP. I haven't seen anything about ASAP as long as it's done by the next administration. |
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But the concerns about the oversight issue and the merger issues were both cited in that report. That report was created because the banking industry had been pursuing a repeal since 1980. That report was directly related to an extremely similar bill that had been circulated for years. I understand that they presented both pros and cons, but the cons in that report ended up being spot-on, albeit 20 years before they were proven right. |
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Sarah Palin's reputation survived her interview with ABC News' Charlie Gibson.
The same cannot be said for Charlie Gibson. On my radio show last week, I twice defended Barack Obama. Once, against those conservatives who took a comment made by Obama in an interview with George Stephanopoulos out of context and suggested that Obama had inadvertently admitted he was a Muslim. And again, when I contended that Obama did not imply that Palin was a pig in his now famous "lipstick on a pig" reference. I mention this only because I want to assume that people of good will on both sides can still be honest about what transpires politically. And in this instance what transpired was that Gibson intended to humiliate Palin. It wasn't even subtle. Virtually everything Gibson did and virtually every question he posed was designed to trap, or trick, or demean Gov. Palin. There are views of his face that so reek of contempt that anyone shown photos of his look would immediately identify it as contemptuous. But one series of questions, in particular, blew any cover of impartiality and revealed Gibson's aim to humiliate Palin. GIBSON: Do you agree with the Bush doctrine? PALIN: In what respect, Charlie? GIBSON: The Bush -- well, what do you -- what do you interpret it to be? PALIN: His worldview? GIBSON: No, the Bush doctrine, enunciated September 2002, before the Iraq war. When he asked Palin whether she agreed with the Bush Doctrine without defining it, he gave the game away. He lost any pretense of fairness. Asking the same unanswerable question three times had one purpose -- to humiliate the woman. That was not merely partisan. It was mean. I couldn't answer it -- and I have been steeped in international affairs since I was a Fellow at the Columbia University School of International Affairs in the 1970s. I have since been to 82 countries, and have lectured in Russian in Russia and in Hebrew in Israel. Most Americans would consider a candidate for national office who had such a resume qualified as regards international relations. Yet I had no clue how to answer Gibson's question. I had no clue because there is no right answer. There are at least four doctrines that are called "Bush Doctrine," which means that there is no "Bush Doctrine." It is a term bereft of meaning, as became abundantly clear when Gibson finally explained what he was referring to: GIBSON: The Bush doctrine, as I understand it, is that we have the right of anticipatory self-defense, that we have the right to a preemptive strike against any other country that we think is going to attack us. Do you agree with that -- the right to preemptive attack of a country that was planning an attack on America? That's the Bush Doctrine? "The right to preemptive attack of a country that was planning an attack on America?" Isn't that just common sense? What country in history has thought it did not have the right to attack those planning to attack it? I learned the "Bush Doctrine" when I was a student at yeshiva in the fourth grade, when I was taught a famous Talmudic dictum from about 1,800 years ago: "If someone is coming to kill you, rise early and kill him." And preemptive attack is exactly what happened in June 1967, when Israel attacked Egypt and Syria because those countries were planning to attack Israel. Would any American president before George W. Bush have acted differently than Israel did? Of course not. Did they all believe in the Bush Doctrine? That is how Gibson added foolishness to his meanness. All the interview did was reconfirm that Republicans running for office run against both their Democratic opponent and the mainstream news media. This year it is more obvious than ever. The press's beatification of Obama is so obvious, so constant (how many covers of Newsweek and Time has Obama been on?) that media credibility even among many non-conservatives has been hurt. Let me put this another way. Charlie Gibson showed far greater hostility toward the Republican vice-presidential candidate than Dan Rather did in his interview with Saddam Hussein or Mike Wallace did in his interview with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Which reminds me of another Talmudic dictum: "Those who are merciful to the cruel will be cruel to the merciful." We might call it the media's Gibson Doctrine: Confront Republicans, act obsequious toward tyrants. The Gibson Doctrine |
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Gramm still advocates for McCain, but to believe that only Gramm had McCain's ear on economic policies is utterly insane, even when he was considered the chief economic advisor. There have been a motley crew of free market idealists and pragmatic moderates throughout. I doubt Gramm has been informing McCain the last few days, when McCain has been talking about having a commission (9/11 commission like) to evaluate the entire industry.
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why would you doubt Gramm's informance on one day vs. the next outside of it's convenience for your stance?
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I was with him a decent amount on this article. The Bush Doctrine thing was stupid and was clearly meant as a trap and the article stated it well. At least until the buzzword "mainstream media" and the usual drivel oozed out in the last few paragraphs. SI
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The house vote on this was 362 YEA - 57 NAY, so it didn't really matter what the Clinton Administration thought, a veto more than likely would have been overridden. So the blame falls back to the feet of the bill authors.
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That's fine, but that to me shows what $200M can buy you more than anything else. That doesn't dismiss the fact that there were some major issues that were not addressed due to greasy palms. Just because the bill is veto-proof doesn't mean he couldn't veto it on principal. The whole thing just reeks of buy-offs. I hope the banking industry is enjoying the fruits of their lobby efforts. Last edited by Mizzou B-ball fan : 09-16-2008 at 02:21 PM. |
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Prager is fine when he's criticizing Gibson, not so much when runs into OMG Liberal Media in Black Helicopters Fixing Election hysteria.
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Like ive pointed out to the righties on here who cant fathom someone being able to be open to both sides and be honest. I dont care that she didnt know. I didnt necessarily like how she squirmed in her chair although I can understand her moment of concern considering the prep work Im sure her handlers had with her (not a sleight by any means). Whether or not she picked the Doctrine that Gibson was thinking of, I honestly dont give a shit ISid, so screw off. Im not a fan of Obama talking politics with foreign heads of state in an effort to steer decisions (if thats true).
My personal problem is that I AM able to see both sides and see what I believe is lies, scams, insinuations, spin, etc. and try to point it out. The best most enlightening thing Ive read is when Arles said that he, and others, dont want to be fair and balanced and are biased. I shouldve realized that long ago and unfortunately what couldve been an 'analytical' thread turned into a soapbox for both sides where you'll slam eachother, refuse evidence to the contrary, spin stuff that cant be spun without lying, and do or accept all kinds of unethical, borderline immoral behavior for the greater good of winning office and the spoils that come with it. I just wont and dont and that is probably a bad thing for my health. So please, go on, spin away.
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the bane of my existence and it does cause me problems in RL too since I dont have much grey area except in my hair.
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Problem is, you probably think so, but don't realize how biased you end up sounding. It's kind of like the MSNBC. I'm sure they thought they were able to see both sides and see the lies and spin on both, etc., but didn't realized they were incredibly slanted to the left and the reaction to their convention co-anchor pairing of Olbermann and Matthews caught them completely off-guard as a result.
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ok, hence my "I Believe" which your brain doesnt see in my sentence. I think for your eyes, its a big white blank space there but trust me, it says, "I believe". Can you see it if it's in quotes? hit refresh.
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Sorry if that came out sounding meaner that I was intending (I wasn't intending to be mean)... but we all have our biases and our posts will show that, even if we believe we are trying to be fair.
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After that edit... I'm taking back my last post and requoting you (emphasis added by me... do you also "believe" you are able to see both sides, or as put there, you are completely sure of it?):
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...and this is meaningful? Here is a classic example of the "s/he meant" but the right are going to immasculate the statement to mean that the left's idea of a tax cut will only get people to buy a small item, like a toaster, etc. This is just what I was talking about, sillyness, lying, and spin...like teaching sex-ed in Kindergarten:
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It's my brain. Im not completely sure of anything but I 'Believe' I am open minded and can see through some of the smoke you and the other spun people on both sides put out there. Am I sure of anything? Probably not, not as sure as some of the people in this thread are about what so and so meant when they said XY or Z. and to your edit: yes and yes, and the comment righties is because theyre seemingly the ones who think I am not. Maybe that's coincidental but it seems to be par. I dont believe in media bias, I dont believe that Palin traveled to Iraq in the way she meant, I dont believe in anti-choice when it comes to abortion rights, I dont believe that being a POW alone is a resume for President, I dont believe that blacks or whites should vote based on race, I dont believe in trickle down economics, etc. etc. so NO, I dont agree with the GOP's platform as it's executed although ex-religious right, much of their platform I think most American's could. However, as stated before the platform as written and campaigned upon has not been, historically, how the right have behaved in leadership positions. ugh.
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I'm not sure it's a good idea for the Republicans to keep mentioning that Obama has a tax cut plan. That just seems like a bad idea from an objectively strategic point of view.
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That is just so hard to judge of yourself. I think there plenty of people that feel they are able to fairly see both sides, but I don't think there are very many that do. I know I try. I've actually open my eyes so much that a few years ago I changed my whole political world-view. I still try my best to be fair of what I hear and read. I will also admit that, unlike some, I do not know everything. My opinon on what I think is best may be: a)wrong, b) may just be what is best for me, c) may even be what I think is best for me and is actually not. That is actually the truth for everyone here, even the most died-in-the-wool "I know I'm right and everyone else is wrong" pundit for both sides. Those are the people that in the end really scare me. I have seen that "take a hard stand and stick with it" attitude sink more ships than drive them safely home. There is a fine line between "sticking to your guns" and "sticking with a stupid idea." Anyway, I digress. What I was getting at is that most people believe they are fair, when in actuality they are at the very least some-what biased. Even most likely you. |
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The interesting thing about the article... the toaster thing isn't the most important issue... its Biden saying he doesn't know any economists who are saying tax increases (even just on the wealthy) would hurt the economy... but I guess that can be lessened if they focus on the Republicans talking about toasters.
That's what I mean by the bias on both sides, even if they think they are being "fair" and "honest".
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Bingo. That's exactly the point. Most people think they are being fair and honest to both sides. I actually respect those who come out and say, "I'm biased", because they are actually seeing clearly and realizing no one is truly fair and honest; everyone has their own biases and their own version of reality. The ones I'm scared of are the ones who are sure they are being fair and honest to both sides while unacknowledging their own biases, which color any analysis they may do.
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hence the diatribe about the word 'believe'. Others that wash their hands and say, "I am biased" I think have 'given up' in a way. I just think that some things should cross party lines, or race, religion, etc. one of which is honesty and I guess I continue, probably to my diminishment of sanity, to hope for that to be true.
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hmmm, good question and not sure why. I think it has to do with a feeling of 'wrongdoing' when a lie is permitted to be put forth, but it's a very good question and Im not sure of the answer outside of my own personal fabric.
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It's also hard to have it both ways. To act holier than thou and act above it all and parsing through the BS of both sides and then fall back on "I believe" when called on it.
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09-16-2008, 02:47 PM | #4750 |
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