Posts Made By: Jim E. Gleason

Watching Barack Obama over the last two years has left many absolutely stymied over who he is or what he believes. Often times, if you try to be everything, you don't stand for anything.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aBNduAyQ4

In 2005, McCain co-sponsored reform legislation which warned of "enormous risk" to the housing market.

an excerpt,

"...FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2005
The United States Senate

May 25, 2006

Section 16

Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae's regulator reported that the company's quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were "illusions deliberately and systematically created" by the company's senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal.

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight's report goes on to say that Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets in order to trigger bonuses for senior executives. In the case of Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae's former chief executive officer, OFHEO's report shows that over half of Mr. Raines' compensation for the 6 years through 2003 was directly tied to meeting earnings targets. The report of financial misconduct at Fannie Mae echoes the deeply troubling $5 billion profit restatement at Freddie Mac.

The OFHEO report also states that Fannie Mae used its political power to lobby Congress in an effort to interfere with the regulator's examination of the company's accounting problems. This report comes some weeks after Freddie Mac paid a record $3.8 million fine in a settlement with the Federal Election Commission and restated lobbying disclosure reports from 2004 to 2005. These are entities that have demonstrated over and over again that they are deeply in need of reform.

For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac--known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs--and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO's report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO's report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay.

I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.

I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/record.xpd?id=109-s20060525-16&bill=s109-190

An excerpt,

"...Move America Forward recently formed a political-action committee to hit Barack Obama on military issues, and had an explosive charge handed to it by Amir Taheri’s New York Post column on Monday. Taheri quoted Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in accusing Obama of attempting to block the negotiations between the US and Iraq on a status-of-forces agreement (SOFA), which Obama’s campaign verified in its response yesterday. MAFPAC has its first issue, and its first ad will hit the airwaves this week..."

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/17/mafpac-ad-hits-obama-on-iraq-interference/

Their 1st ad,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKqHFk-3yQM

BO had his little Nazis doing this for him during the primaries too...little did anyone know that his suggestions turned into death threats on the part of many of his Cult followers!

Here is a clip of what he said at a Nevada rally:

"..."I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face," he said.

"And if they tell you that, 'Well, we're not sure where he stands on guns.' I want you to say, 'He believes in the Second Amendment.', LIE! If they tell you, 'Well, he's going to raise your taxes,' you say, 'No, he's not, he's going lower them.'Another Lie! You are my ambassadors. You guys are the ones who can make the case..."

Is it just me or does this actually sound a little scary?? If an Obot gets in my face, he won`t live to see tomorrow...I guarantee you! :S :S :S

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/17/politics/p185733D40.DTL&type=politics

Great article...he is a con man pure and simple!

An excerpt,

"...Saint Obama comes down to earth
Victor Davis Hanson, Tribune Media Services, INC.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Many of the things that Barack Obama did to soar past Hillary Clinton during the primaries are now causing him problems as the general-election race tightens...........

For the hope-and-change candidate, those natural readjustments now appear insincere and opportunistic - especially given that he had to move so far from the left to get to the middle. On campaign-finance reform, FISA, NAFTA, abortion, capital punishment, guns, Iran, Iraq, the surge and drilling offshore, Obama has fudged on his earlier positions in the normal way of savvy pragmatists - but not in a manner befitting angelic idealists.

The new Obama probably will recover his temporary setback in the polls. But right now his problem is that disappointed independent voters are catching on that this saintly savior is all too human..."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/17/EDQB12VTGM.DTL

We need to write to the media and push for these folks to be prosecuted. Computer crimes are a federal offense.

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=30562

CEO of Fannie Mae addresses his "Family of Democrats" including Barack Obama setting the stage for this crisis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvG-s_Ssb0

On the suggestion of Chris Myers, I decided to post this now instead of later as originally planned.

Check out the, "Balance the Budget by 2013!" I like it! I think Hillary would do it.

Now, if I could only do that in my own household! 8O 8)

But, five bucks Obama copies it by Saturday. Who wants to take the bet?

http://www.johnmccain.com/Issues/jobsforamerica/

The author is harsh on Obama and Palin for different reasons - the main being the experience factor. I just wonder how many here will agree with the author`s conclusion at the end.

"In a rational world, this presidential election would be between Hillary Clinton and John McCain, with their respective running mates Barack Obama and (maybe) Sarah Palin.

But we do not live in a rational world. We live in a world of emotional excess and so are left to ponder the qualifications of two relatively young, relatively inexperienced candidates - even if one of them isn't running for president.

Confession: I love Barack Obama and I love Sarah Palin - both for different reasons. They both also scare me to death.

I love Obama for his style, grace, intellect and his way with words. I want the healing power that an Obama presidency could deliver to this country.

I love Palin for her chutzpah, courage, maverickness and her authenticity. As a woman, I want her to be fantastic. I want her to expose the fraudulence of identity politics and show the world that Woman is not just one thing.

But my inner eye is watching. And my inner voice is saying: These are not good enough reasons.

I worry.

I worry that Obama isn't serious enough about terrorism and free markets. I worry about his out-of-touchness with the people who, he says, cling to guns and religion because of frustration and anger. I worry about a worldview that may have been shaped in part by a spiritual mentor who damns America in church and thinks the government invented the AIDS virus to kill blacks.

I worry about Obama's over-intellectualizing - that he will get lost in a maze of deep thoughts and fail to be decisive when necessary.

I worry that Sarah Palin won't set foot in that maze.

I worry that she won't intellectualize enough. I worry about her certitude and her slight offness. Whatever her charms, anyone in public office who thinks out loud about banning books might be missing some aces in her deck.

I worry about a worldview that might have been shaped in part by a minister who believes that Alaska someday will be home to Christian renegades arriving for the Rapture.

I do not worry about her small-town values, which are mostly Main Street's values. Or even her social conservatism, which is driving Democrats insane. Most Americans are more worried about a crumbling economy and the next terrorist attack than they are about what motivates Palin to have a baby others would abort.

Even were Palin to become president and be in a position to fill Supreme Court openings with pro-life justices, the likelihood that Roe vs. Wade would be overturned is slim. Such a dramatic shift in U.S. law would require an unlikely alignment of stars, including Senate confirmation of the nominees. Moreover, it is not clear that Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito would line up with such a campaign.

With so much to worry about, we are left with two not-great choices that, frankly, do not lend themselves to sound sleep. There is still much to know about Palin and not much time to know it. Was she the most qualified person in McCain's field of running mates?

Clearly not. There was once a man named Mitt Romney who might have been handy to have around as the economy collapses.

Is Obama the most qualified Democrat to deal with global terrorism and an array of domestic issues that have confounded many more experienced politicians? Not really. Clinton surpassed him and every other candidate in nearly every debate, but she couldn't pierce the impenetrable aura that surrounded Obama.

How did we get in this mess? All together now: It's Bush's fault.

George W. Bush created The Phenomenon Known as Barack Obama. If you fed data describing Bush into a computer and commanded the machine to create his opposite, Obama would emerge.

As for Palin, thanks be to Obama. He passed on Clinton and then McCain stole the ball. In a political season of feminist angst, Palin was a rimless swish.

In a final bit of irony, those who have attacked Palin may ensure her victory.

Challenging Palin on her policies and her public record is legitimate. But when self-identified feminists call Palin a "cutthroat Texas cheerleader stage mom(s)" and ideologically a "hardcore pornographic centerfold spread" - just to pull a few recent comments - they hurt their cause and their own candidate.

Whatever happens, we may deserve what we get. On the other hand, maybe there's still time to wise up: Obama boots Biden and taps Clinton; McCain dumps Palin and picks Romney. It's a concept."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/18/ED4L130KS5.DTL

Tonight in an interview with Maria Bartiromo, we got our first glimpse of Bill Clinton’s opinion of Sarah Palin. And it is glowing.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/26781882/

She’s an instinctively effective candidate. And with a compelling story. And she grew up, came up in a political culture, a religious culture that is probably well to the right of the American center. But she didn’t basically define herself in those terms.

She basically said: “Look, this is where I come from. I’m not going to impose this on you. This is what I want to do and I think we can all be a part of.” So she handled herself very well.

So according to Bill, Sarah has a record of placing the needs of the electorate above her personal beliefs. Someone I can trust to put the needs of our country above the needs of her party. A refreshingly accurate portrayal for a change. Gotta love that Bill.

And her abilities as a leader? Need I say more? Bill is impressed.

http://paganpower.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/bill-clinton-hearts-sarah/

Btw, this obviously links to a left blog...Conservative Left...