FINAL COUNTDOWN FOR USA ELECTION 2008

Neither McCain nor Palin have the "presidential" qualities that most people would desire in the leaders of the "free world." I also find Palin's extremist, right-wing ideology to be inimical to our core beliefs as a nation. Politically, I don't want McCain or Palin anywhere near the White House. Personally, I'm not so heartless that I want to see Palin sacrificed on McCain's altar of stupidity. At this point, however, I don't see how she can return to Alaska with any remaining dignity whatsoever. That's not the media's fault. That's McCain's fault. Foxfyre and her ilk need to face reality and refocus their wrath upon the real culprit.

Foxfyre is making fun of Biden for an alleged gaffe.

I think it's common knowledge that FDR took office during the great depression following the 1929 market crash and, upon taking office in 1933, FDR addressed the nation by radio. FDR outlined his plans for a "new deal." FDR's speech was uplifting to the people and inspired confidence. This is the point that Biden was trying to make, but his thoughts were apparently way ahead of his speech resulting in an inadvertent gaffe.

Those of us who have followed Biden's career know that he is intelligent, knowledgeable, and charismatic. Intellectual ability is highly correlated with speech functions. We all know what Biden wanted to say, but his thoughts raced ahead of the stored up words that were intended to be spoken. Notably, Biden stuttered as a child.

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Among the things researchers do know about stuttering is that it’s not caused by emotional or psychological problems. It’s not a sign of low intelligence. The average stutterer’s IQ is 14 points higher than the national average.

http://psychcentral.com/lib/2006/stuttering-myth-vs-fact/

It took a LOT of hard work for Biden to overcome stuttering. I will not fault him because the thoughts in his head are, at times, several sentences ahead of his spoken words. He does his best to focus during speeches and not get ahead of himself. Most of the time, he's very successful and he is truly an inspiring speaker. I like him very much as a person and as a politician.

Great guy, and I am very comforted that stuttering proves he really is a very very smart man. I am very grateful to you, Debra, for explaining this to me. He is indeed extremely inspiring and successful.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Sunday he hoped to support a $700 billion Wall Street bailout package that has been brokered by the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress.

"Hopefully yes," the Arizona senator said when asked whether he would support the deal.

"This is something that all of us will swallow hard and go forward with," he said on the ABC television network. "The option of doing nothing is simply not an acceptable option."

McCain said the principles that he had laid out for such a deal had been met, including taxpayer protection, an oversight body, and provisions that prevented excessive compensation for corporate chief executives.

McCain said he would consider another stimulus package to help the economy but indicated the last one had not been very successful.

"I'll be glad to look at anything to help our economy," he said. "We did a stimulus package a few months ago as you well know. It had very little beneficial effect."
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE48R1ZI20080928

Barack Obama says bailing out Wall Street bankers is necessary to keep the U.S. economy from crumbling even further and taking American workers down with it.

In a statement Sunday, the Democratic presidential nominee said, "regardless of how we got here, a failure to deal with the current crisis would have devastating consequences for our economy, costing millions of Americans their jobs and retirement security."

Obama says he pressed for several provisions that were in the agreement, including oversight by an independent board and measures to help homeowners stay in their homes.

He said that when taxpayers are asked to take such an "extraordinary step because of the irresponsibility of a relative few, it is not a cause for celebration. But this step is necessary."

Obama said that if he's elected president, he'll order a review to ensure the plan is working.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/28/obama-says-financial-bailout-necessary/

JM, You still can't see the forest for the trees. Palin is way over her head, but people like you will not admit it or confess she's unprepared as veep. There's already been enough exposure to confirm her inexperience, but it seems that's not enough for the likes of you.

The violence in Iraq was not stopped by the "surge." The real cause that stopped the violence was because Iraqi's got tired of protecting the insurgents, and started to take action against them.

But the surge was not the only thing that changed. Two other factors proved decisive. One was the decision by many Sunni tribal leaders to shift course and turn against the terrorist networks that had infiltrated the insurgency and their bastions. Instead of fighting Americans, the Sunni leaders in Anbar province and Baghdad neighborhoods decided to join them in defeating Al Qaeda in Iraq and other outside influences that were bent on stoking sectarian violence. Once the local population became inhospitable, the terrorists were quickly exposed.

The Sunni about face was therefore vital to recent successes. But it came before the surge had started and was decided independent of any change in U.S. strategy. The Sunnis were less interested in helping the U.S. succeed than they are in strengthening their own power and capabilities vis-à-vis other groups in Iraq. And they rightly concluded that this was far more likely to happen if they joined the Americans than if they continued to fight them. Indeed, U.S. forces have provided arms and support to many of the Sunni groups that until recently were in a bitter fight against the occupation.

"Your interpretation of foreign exposure is about as shallow as I've discussed about Palin. I've also shook the hand of several congressmen, and even had lunch with Norm Mineta. That didn't give me any more insight into being a congressman or even a politician. My brother is a politician in California (the fifth largest economy in the world); he's now an Assemblyman, and will run for state office during his next run. He's won three terms with an average of 66% percent of the votes. That doesn't make me a politician or political material in any sense of the word. He was also mayor of his city of 57,000, but I wouldn't vote for him if he ran for veep or president. Do you understand why?"