Palin Rambles on Entitlements

I agree! The most unaccepable to me is that some people believe it would be great if she was the pres. with McCain age I can’t believe that so many don’t see that she truly has no understanding of what going on. Can’t believe American care this little.

QUESTION:
IS PALIN QUALIFIED COMPARED TO OBAMA ?

ANSWER:
http://townhall.com/blog/g/cba8713c-ef73-4ebc-aa5e-bc53e6596e2a&comments=true

Once again … if you compare McCain/Palin’s track record with Obama/Biden’s, it’s no contest. McCain/Palin are a hundred times more qualified to lead this country. McCain/Palin show scores of actual achievements and solid service to America, while once again, Obama’s track record is one of excessive absences from his responsibilities, and all talk with no actual experience, or contributions to America.
Like Governor Palin has pointed out … Obama had the time to write two memoirs, but never wrote one piece of significant legislation … not even when he was in the state legislature. Regarding earmarks, and the economy … If Obama gets elected, his irresponsible and clueless ideas for shifting shifting America’s wealth would turn the U.S.A. into a third world country, with businesses laying off employees to keep their doors open. Obama’s ideas for national security would de-fang America and make us weak, putting us at the mercy of the world’s tyrants.

Gina,

Please lookup the facts. If not, they you deserve what you will get with McCain/Palin if they win.

The sad part is, you will bring the rest of us down with your ignorance.

Peter, the ignorant will remain ignorant because they are comfortable that way and do not intend to look for facts. Gina is typical of the people populating this country, who are allowing their bias to rule their feeble brains. I only pray that Obama and Biden will continue to reach out and set the record straight in light of the lies being spewed by both McCain and Palin. Let us pray that the right thing will happen and that this evil agenda will not steal the election for a 3rd time.

As to Social Security - are you all aware that wages over $102,000 are not subject to Social Security Withholding? So the guy making $45,000 a year is having 7.65% withheld from his paycheck for social security and medicare, but the guy making a salary of say, $250,000 is only having the medicare portion withheld, or 1.45%.

Alan Greenspan says that if we removed the cap for Social Security wages, it would secure the base indefinitely.

Once, again, the rich get richer. Instead of exempting wages over $102,000 wouldn’t it make more sense to exempt the first $10,000?

Blah blah blah

Politics are politics

The current set of politicos and fringers on both sides are stumped on how to respond effectively to either Palin OR Obama. Neither fits the mold and neither says much that is substantive OR of controversy in the real work. Vapid columns designed to cheer up the fringe choirs are pretty much a waste of ink (or electrons) Indignant posts from either side’s fringe are hardly of any matter including the blog above and most of the responses.

Give something other than silly syncophantic rants such as above and you might just sway someone other than your spouses and coffee klatch buddies.

The more important thing now is to investigate the corruption of Obama.

Obama was sponsored $250,000 by corrupt and convicte slumlord, Rezko. Obama ignored housing

violations in 11 of the 30 housing projects in Obama’s constituency.

Obama also got a $300,000 discount by Rezko who bought the lot next door to enable Obama to

buy the house for $1.65 million dollar. Rezko can only gain access to the lot though Obama’s

house and never develop the lot.

Michelle Obama’s salary jumped from $121,000 prior to Obama’s election to Senate to $360,000

after his election. One of Obama’s earmarks is to provide $1 million to Michelle’ employer

for the construction of a pavilion.

Obama spend $1 billions in earmarks in 4 years. The same kind of politics.

All along, Obama has been the greatest marketeer. He could be the greatest salesman who

reinvented himself. People wants to believe him because he is good at using buzzwords such

as hope and change. I wish that people would be less naive.

It is a race thing. The African American community are flocking to him because he is African

American. I can see the author is an Asian American. As an Asian American, I am appalled

that people cannot see through the facade or the hypocrisy of this corrupt man who practise

the worst kind of politics, based on racism…based on popularity…People should look at

Obama who has never been moderate. He do whatever is needed to win, even walk away from his

integrity to cooperate with a corrupt slumlord, Rezko.

Governor Palin if elected would only be a heartbeat away from the presidency which is not acceptable due to her record which is mixed. Americans, the Real Issue right now is the top of the ticket, Senator McCain who has voted 90-95% with the failed Bush policies that have caused: Record deficits/The Iraq War and the dollars that pay for it, while the government stockpiles oil money for whatever it wants while Americans are losing homes/IndyMac/Lehman/Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae/
other banks/individual and corporate bankruptcies/predatory lending practices not monitored/etc. etc. etc. John McCain the maverick never challenged these issues until he decided to run for office and that was the surge—-while more of our troops are dying in Afghanistan and no capture of Bin Laudin………THESE ARE THE REAL ISSUES AND OTHERS THAT ARE NUMEROUS….”No Child Left Behind”…thousands of students that have dropped out of school especially in major cities…
Greenspan’s assessment of the McCain economic plan which he said will cause more economic problems as written…..If you are 3/5 of a trillion in debt, how can you reduce the debt by cutting taxes…you add to the debt which will boomerang 2-3 years later. Greenspan says you can cut taxes but you have to cut government and that means jobs, services etc…..so if you are willing to give up something, then vote for McCain. Perhaps you won’t have a job so cutting taxes won’t mean anything…..think about it….one of the best Federal Board Chairman in history—worked with the economic reform of President Clinton spoke about this today 2 days ago……

“$747 million uninsured Americans”
Correction - that should read 47 million uninsured Americans, my typo.
Also, the sources:
1. Congressional Budget Office
2. U.S. Census Bureau
3. U.S. Dept. of Treasury
4. U.S. Census Bureau
5. U.S. Census Bureau
6. Kaiser Study of Employer Health Care Benefits
7. Energy Information Administration
8. OANDA.com
9. Pew Research Center
These are listed in order of mention in my first comment.

Organizations Obama has been part of:

Barack Obama Organizations:

Center for Neighborhood and Technology
Chicago Annenberg Challenge
Cook County Bar
Cook County Bar Association Community Law Project
President, Harvard Law Review
Board Member, Joyce Foundation
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Leadership for Quality Education
Board Member, Woods Fund of Chicago

Barack Obama is on the following Committees in congress:

Foreign Relations, Member
Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Member
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Member
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Member
Subcommittee on African Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Member
Subcommittee on European Affairs, Chair
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security , Member
Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection, Member
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration, Member
Veterans’ Affairs, Member

YEA…….Obama is just a lame duck alright!

A few things that a vice-presidential candidate should be able to do:
1. Be able to pronounce the word “nuclear”.
2. Understand the simple basics of social security.
3. Speak the truth, and should the need to lie arise, lie so well that there would be no way that factcheck.org would find out.

To Obama the word change is just a campaign slogan, whereas McCain and Palin have actually brought about substantive changes in government. Changes which have helped Americans, while Obama has spent his career just talking about it. Obama has spent most of his time in public office absent from his responsibilities, while ambitiously running for the next rung in the ladder, not to serve the people, but rather to further his own position. And, I’m sure most people could relate to McCain and Palin as fellow Americans, more than they can to the Obamas, who chose to spend TWENTY YEARS in the radical anti-American racist church of Jeremiah Wright … and chose unsavory associates, such as Farrakhan, Pfleger, Rezko, Ayers, etc.. As for Obama’s phony indignation about being a community organizer … Palin never criticized those efforts, she merely, and rightfully questioned it as being the sole experience and credentials for someone to use as qualifications to become President of the United States … and, even then, it was in response to Obama’s attacks at Palin for being the mayor of a small town, when he also neglected to mention that she was Governor as well.

Putin, and other world leaders who are not crazy about us, and there are many, are watching what is going on over here. They are gearing up for the day McCain/Palin are in office and what could happen to a sick, elderly president. They would have to deal with Palin who is a liar, cheater, corrupt politician and is good at all of them. They would not believe anything that comes out of her mouth and would act accordingly. This is what our country has to look forward to if McCain and Palin get into office.

First off. Those who constantly state “Palin is right for the job!” are ignoring sheer volumes of facts, and are continuing to assume what they are told is the facts:

Gina,
First off, just stating one website, which pretty much resembles the outline of Republican smear tatics (go figure) does not count as facts. Have you ever done any REAL research? I’m only 19 and I’m pretty sure that I’ve done more research into all of this before you. You said that if you compare the McCain/Palin ticket to the Biden/Obama ticket that it is no “contest” because mccain/palin are a hundred more times qualified to lead this country. Yet, surprisingly, you show no evidence to back your claims. I’ll show you some facts.

For when it comes to voting on such issues, Senator McCain offered NO VOTE for the following Bills in Congress.

-Low Income Home Energy Assistance Funds
-House Forclosure Assistance Programs
-State Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP)reauthorization (Senator McCain originally voted no for this, and a NV, No Vote, was recorded the second time the bill was proposed

Now you can vew those FACTS here: http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=53270&type=category&category=67&go.x=19&go.y=8

Basically what does that say about Senator McCain in general when it comes to the American People? Last time I knew, the lower class were Americans too, not just the rich. Not since 1996, that’s right twelve years ago, has McCain supported Welfare and Poverty Issues or either he simply has not voted or was absent. You sit here and tell us hes right for America? Of course I would hope pure ignorance and Bliss would not ignore those statistics, those facts, rather than just make assumptions.

What has Palin done so far that would constitute you to believe that she is right for America? My god, did you watch her interview with Charles Gibson? I’m sorry but someone who doesn’t even know what the issues are, and has to define them every time she is asked has only amounted to one thing. She does not have the suffecient experience to handle the Vice Presidential seat. Period. Here’s some of Palins “Great deeds that would sure make her a leader!” :Note the sense of sarcasm in my voice.

– Palin left her small town of Wasilla, 20 Million Dollars in debt:
As mayor of Wasilla, Palin cut taxes while simultaneously expanding the town’s operating budget by almost $2 million. She ended her term in 2002 with Wasilla $20 million in debt.

SOURCE: [Anchorage Daily News 10/23/06; the Politico, 8/29]

– Palin Instituted A Windfall Profits Tax On Oil Companies
In 2007, Palin raised taxes on oil company profits by $1.5 billion a year, enabling Alaska to double its oil revenue. However, in 2008 she said, “Windfall profits taxes alone prevent additional investment in domestic production.”

SOURCE:[Bloomberg, 3/8; Seattle Times, 8/10; Governor’s Office Press Release]

– Palin Failed To Support A Bill To Cover All Alaskans.
While governor, Palin “did not get behind the most significant piece of health legislation offered — a proposal to ensure that all residents have health insurance, without disrupting the coverage that many Alaskans already have.”

SOURCE: [Anchorage Daily News, 5/17/2008]

– Palin Cheered On the Alaskan Independence Party.
Palin and her husband attended the party’s convention in 2000, and “for all but two months from 1995 to 2002, the governor’s husband was registered as an Alaskan Independence Party member.” George Clark, the vice chair of the party, claims that Palin was a member of the party “before she got the job as a mayor of a small town.” The McCain campaign denies the charge.

SOURCE:[LA Times, 9/3/2008; ABC News, 9/1/2008]

http://www.barackoblogger.com/2008/09/palin-member-of-fringe-secessionist.html

– Palin ousted Former State Official Accused Palin Of Pressuring Him To Fire Trooper.
Palin allegedly “tried to get a state trooper fired and she then fired the trooper’s boss because he wouldn’t act on her request.” Palin’s sister was involved in a “bitter child custody battle” with the trooper.

SOURCE: [Anchorage Daily News, 7/18/08]

–Palin’s Intial Denials Of Interference In Firing Were Proven False.
Palin “previously said her administration didn’t exert pressure to get rid of trooper Mike Wooten,” but “an audio recording that shows an aide pressuring the Public Safety Department to fire a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with her sister.” The McCain campaign now says Palin’s husband and members of her staff had made inquiries “about the appropriate Department of Public Safety procedures for dealing with someone they considered a dangerous person and rogue trooper.”

SOURCE:[Anchorage Daily News, 8/14/08, 9/02/08]

– Palin’s Lawyer in Investigation Is Also Her Personal Attorney.
Thomas V. Van Flein, the lawyer Palin hired to defend her in the trooper investigation, is “representing Palin both personally and in her official capacity as governor.” The AP noted, “Depending on where the investigation leads, that could put him in a difficult situation if Palin’s interests and the interests of the public office diverge.”

SOURCE: [AP, 9/02/08]

– Palin Has Refused To Release E-mails, Citing “Executive Privilege.”
Palin has refused to release e-mails requested by the state’s trooper union, citing executive privilege. Questions have been raised, however, as to whether these documents are actually related to official business, since her husband was copied on some of them.

SOURCE: [KTUU, 8/6/08; TPMmuckraker, 9/1/08]

–Palin’s Lobbyist Had ‘Close Ties’ To Don Young, Ted Stevens.
As mayor of Wasilla, however, Palin oversaw the hiring of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, an Anchorage-based law firm with close ties to Alaska’s most senior Republicans: Rep. Don Young and Sen. Ted Stevens, who was indicted in July on charges of accepting illegal gifts.”

SOURCE:[AP,9/2/08]

–Palin’s Lobbyist Was Part Of ‘Team Abramoff.’
Steven Silver, the lobbyist Palin hired as Wasilla Mayor, also listed Jack Abramoff’s lobbying firm, Greenberg Traurig, as a client. Silver lobbied on issues similar to those headed up by Abramoff, including “Indian/Native American policy” and “legislation relating to gaming issues.”

SOURCE:[TPMmuckracker, 9/2/08; Washington Post, 9/2/08]

–State Employee Charged Palin With Ethics Violation.
A state employee filed an ethics complaint alleging Palin tried to secure a job for one of her supporters. The complaint accused Palin and her top staffers of “breaking executive ethics branch and hiring rules. It centers on the hiring of surveyor Tom Lamal, who once co-hosted a Palin fundraiser, for a state right-of-way agent job in Fairbanks.”

SOURCE:[Anchorage Daily News, 9/7/08]

NOTE: Have you noticed how many issues here are sourced by the Anchorange Daily News? Anchorange is in Alaska, which I’m sure you know. Plus we’ve got sources like the Washinton Post, the Seattle Times, The Associated Press, Bloomberg Report, Politico.

So tell me Gina, HOW is Palin ready to lead? She was a mayor that left a Alaskan city, smaller than my hometown of Erie Pa, in 20 Million in Debt. Palin is known to have ties with Lobbyists, just as McCain…. Oh and have you ever heard of the Keating Five Incident?

It’s not a big deal…well yes it is. In 1989 5 senators were accused of corruption as part of the savings and loan crisis of the early 1980s and 90s. and guess who was a part of that? John McCain.

you would be wise to search it on google. What you find may surprise you. Of course then again I’m sure if Senator McCain was in front of you and told you that whatever happened in that situation was false, you’d fly past pretenses and assume his tempermental judgment.

And being a governer of an Alaskan town does not make you a maverick. So Palin a maverick? er no. Someone who states that Iraq is “gods will” is clearly out of the loop (See Source here: http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/09/02/sarah-palin-iraq-war-gods-plan/)
Someone who states that gods will is basically to march into another country, basically take over their soveriegnty(sp?) and their government,etc and while over 3,000 of our troops dies, is not a Maverick. they are a disgrace to the American people.

By the way Gina, do you know how many houses you own? if not its ok, John McCain sure doesn’t.

Viani, how racist can you be to say something so stupid like, and I quote: it has never gone over well to see a black man attack a white woman!!!???? This is the 21st century!

You know, it always amazes me how we always talk about how great this country is and how great the people of this country is. Honestly, whenever I hear or read about things like this, or I hear someone saying, or even considering to say: Is America ready for a black president?
It just makes me sick to my stomach to realize that in this great country there are people so stupid that can’t look at the things that matter, but instead are still looking at vain and shallow things like the color of someone’s skin.

The even sadder part of all this? And I say this being a Christian myself, this people most of the time claim to be Christians. Pardon me, but how can you claim to be a christian and look at yourself and know that God is looking at you as well, and have peace in your heart?

Read the Bible, since I don’t think you’ll be able to find the right verse (because you probably don’t read the Bible), here are some for you:

Matthew: 7:1-5
Acts: 10:34
Galatians: 3:26
James: 2:1
James: 2:8