Thursday, October 2, 2008
Debates
I am watching the debates right now and they are interesting. All my friends know that I am a republican and voting for McCain/Palin so you can roll your eyes at this comment if you want but I am totally offended with how many times Biden has laughed smiled (demeaningly) at Governor Palin. I don't like how disrespectful Biden is being toward Palin. He has huffed into the microphone several times and I just want to jump out of my seat and yell at the screen. I don't know whether it is the political aspect of things or because she is a woman but there is just something I don't like/appreciate about the way Biden is presenting himself tonight. I like how straight Palin is about everything. I wonder if she will still be like this if she gets to the White House? Anyway, quick thoughts while watching the debates. :-)
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So I know you and I have been at fundamental odds for many years on many issues but I have to say after reading your blog posts about the debates our differences have become even more clear to me. I should open my thoughts by saying that, to mock the emotion that is invoked by Joe Biden (or anyone for that matter) when talking about loosing your Wife and Child in a tragic accident is absolutely appalling and in my view very unchristian of you. Second off in my view the laughter from Joe Biden began when the lies started rapidly spewing out of Sarah Palin's mouth. With all do respect Sarah, I must say that politics and fact checking is far more my suit than it is yours. I do my research and I do it thoroughly. Further more for a candidate to start a debate by declaring that they will not be answering the questions the way the moderator or the opposing candidate would like them to, not only shows that she had a predetermined agenda but it is unheard of in debates and certainly something to question. There are many layers to politics and to take someone at such face value because they are a woman, christian, republican, or pro life is simply dangerous in my view. If you care to read them all I will list the 18 lies counted at the debate from Gov. Palin. I love you dearly and I know that often times we just agree to disagree but these are troubled times and true leadership is what we as a nation needs, so when I see someone I love so much, someone of my own blood posting such shallow comments about such serious issues on their blog I simply can't stand by and not speak my mind! I love you!
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1. FANNIE MAE/FREDDIE MAC: Palin said “it was John McCain who pushed so hard with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform measures,” but fact checkers say that’s “Quite A Stretch” And “Barely True,” and that McCain was a “latecomer” to the discussion.
2. FUNDAMENTALS ARE STRONG: Palin tried to say “John McCain saying our economy was strong” but McCain has used the phrase “The Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Strong” At Least 16 Times This Year.
3. PARTISAN POLITICS: Palin said McCain is “known for putting partisan politics aside to just get the job done,” but he has voted with Bush 90% of the time in the Senate and bragged about his support for Bush on important issues.
4. TAXES ATTACK: Palin repeated the attack that Obama voted for higher taxes 94 times, which the New York Times says is “false,” CNN says is “Misleading,” and FactCheck.org says is “inflated.”
5. TOBACCO REGULATION: Palin said to “look at the tobacco industry” as an example of McCain pushing for even harder and tougher regulations. But McCain opposed expanding the SCHIP children’s health insurance program for 5.8 million children because it would increase tobacco taxes.
6. SPENDING INCREASES: Palin said Obama is is proposing “nearly a trillion dollars in new spending,” but didn’t mention that he has also proposed cuts to balance it out, an attack CNN has already debunked as “misleading” and that ignores the far larger cost of McCain’s tax cuts and spending hikes.
7. HEALTH CARE: Palin claimed Obama’s health plan is “government run” which has been widely debunked as a “canard.”
8. HEALTH CARE. Palin says taxes wouldn’t go up under the McCain health care plan, a fact even his own campaign has acknowledged isn’t true.
9. TROOPS: Palin repeated what the AP called the “highly misleading” attack that Obama opposed funding for the troops, and Factcheck.org notes that the same methodology would lead to the same conclusion for McCain.
10. GLOBAL WARMING: Palin said “I don’t want to argue about the causes” for global warming, when she has clearly taken the position that she doesn’t not believe it is man-made.
11. MCCAIN IS CONSISTENT: Palin said McCain” doesn't tell one thing to one group and then turns around and tells something else to another group,” when that is exactly what he has done on immigration, telling Hispanic leaders he was for comprehensive reform instead of the enforcement focused approach he has taken with conservatives.
12. MCCLELLAN NOT MCKIERNAN: Palin referred to the US commander in Afghanistan, David McKiernan as “McClellan.”
13. MCKIERNAN ON “SURGE:” Palin said that [McKiernan] did not say a surge wouldn’t work in Afghanistan, when just yesterday he said “The word I don’t use for Afghanistan is ’surge,’ ” McKiernan stressed, saying that what is required is a “sustained commitment” to a counterinsurgency effort that could last many years and would ultimately require a political, not military, solution
14. KILLING CIVILIANS. Palin said “Obama had said that all we're doing in Afghanistan is air raiding villages and killing civilians and such a reckless, reckless comment and untrue comment again hurts our cause. That's not what we are doing there.” Unfortunately, the Associated Press says that Obama was right in discussing a critically important point about avoiding civilian casualties.
15. TEACHING: Palin said we need to make sure “that education in either one of our agendas, I think, absolute top of the line,” when McCain has repeatedly favored tax cuts for the wealthy over funds for more teachers and class size reduction.
16. PARTISAN APPOINTMENTS: Palin said “You do what I did as governor. And you appoint people regardless of party affiliation. Democrats, independents, Republicans, you walk the walk, don't just talk the talk” when she repeatedly appointed friends and supporters to positions for which they weren’t qualified.
17. FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE: Palin falsely claimed that she was the first governor to form a climate change subcabinet, when at least 28 states had already taken action.
18. DARFUR DIVESTMENT: Palin claimed that “when I and others” found out that the state had money invested in Sudan that “we called for divestment,” when the reality is that Palin’s appointees worked to kill a Darfur divestment plan.
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