McCain's VP:

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COURIC: You've said, quote, "John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business." Other than supporting stricter regulations of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac two years ago, can you give us any more example of his leading the charge for more oversight?

Cycloptichorn

That's more than Obama proposed regarding stricter regs

The second area whereby God wants us, wants to penetrate in our society is in the economic area. The Bible says that the wealth of the wicked is stored up for the righteous. It's high time that we have top Christian businessmen, businesswomen, bankers, you know, who are men and women of integrity running the economics of our nations. That's what we are waiting for. That's part and parcel of transformation. If you look at the -- you know -- if you look at the Israelites, that's how they work. And that's how they are, even today.

Palin unable to name any examples of McCain ‘pushing for more regulation’ in the past 26 years.

In her interview with Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) tonight, CBS’s Katie Couric noted that the governor has said, “John McCain will reform the way Wall Street does business.” “Can you give us any more examples of his leading the charge for more oversight?” Couric asked. Palin, however, refused to answer the question directly, instead going on about how McCain is seen as a “maverick.” When pressed further by Couric, Palin was unable to name any examples of McCain pushing for more regulation:

PALIN: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today.

COURIC: I’m just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.

PALIN: I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/24/palin-regulation/

Under Alaska Law, Palin Could Halt Personnel Board Troopergate Investigation At Any Moment

Declaring yesterday that they are “done answering questions” about Troopergate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) and her aides have refused to cooperate with the legislative assembly’s investigation into allegations she wrongfully fired the police commissioner. Instead, they are answering only to the Personnel Board investigation " a board of three people appointed by the governor. (All three were appointed by former Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski, and one was reappointed by Palin.)

Today, the Anchorage Daily News reports that Palin could end the Personnel Board hearing “simply by refusing to cooperate.” State law allows the person who filed the complaint " in this case, Palin herself " to end the investigation by refusing to participate:

Alaska Statute 39.52.310: (i) The unwillingness of a complainant to assist in an investigation, the withdrawal of a complaint, or restitution by the subject of the complaint may, but need not in and of itself, justify termination of an investigation or proceeding.

The investigation, in other words, could end any moment Palin " or the McCain campaign " decides it’s going too far. Alternatively, even if the Personnel Board inquiry is allowed to be completed, its findings could remain secret. “The proceedings of the board are conducted in secret,” the New York Times reported, and according to former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles, it may never release its findings publicly:

“The personnel board would usually take two or three months to take a look at this,” [Knowles] said. “Nothing about the complaints are made public until there is a final report, and even that may not be made public.”

Palin has apparently learned a lot from the current Vice President. That she could suspend the inquiry at any moment or keep its findings " which will likely come out long after the election " secret forever only emphasizes how crucial it is that Palin and McCain stop stonewalling the Alaska legislature’s independent, bipartisan investigation and allow the truth to come out.

UpdateThe investigating lawyer appointed by the Personnel Board, Tim Petumenos, has helped Palin in the past, as the Anchorage Daily News points out: "In 2002, his firm handled the $15 million bond issue for Wasilla's hockey complex, a pet project of then-mayor Palin."

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/24/troopergate-personnel/

But Obama does not see the the USA in a dim light. He see us as a great nation that deserves a leader that won't take advantage of our insecurities.

He's a very optimistic and patriotic person.

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No, there are not, Okie. There's only one reason not to believe it: fear. That's what is behind every Republican attack on Obama's patriotism and love of country. A pervasive and deep fear that Obama is going to win.

Cycloptichorn

Cycloptichorn wrote:

No, there are not, Okie. There's only one reason not to believe it: fear. That's what is behind every Republican attack on Obama's patriotism and love of country. A pervasive and deep fear that Obama is going to win.

Cycloptichorn

I thought the current liberal meme was racism. Do try to keep up to date on your talking points Cyc.

Baloney, cyclops. Fear, nonsense, it is something called reality.

My opposition to Obama is not based upon unfounded fears, that is nonsense. But I do fear he will be elected, and everything I believe this country stands for will be trashed.

My opposition to Obama is not based upon unfounded fears, that is nonsense.

I do not wish to see the country's leadership placed into the hands of an ultra liberal that doesn't appreciate the most valuable aspects of this country, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

...I do not wish to see the country's leadership placed into the hands of an ultra liberal that doesn't appreciate the most valuable aspects of this country, such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Too many people have died for it, to turn it over to somebody that can't even see that.

... Irrational fear ...