A vision of a Obama Presidency

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Why stop at banking? Hell, we all know the government can do everything better than private industry. Don't forget that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are GSE's...Government Sponsored Enterprises. They did a wonderful job of getting people houses they couldn't afford. And now Franklin Raines, the same guy that ran Fannie Mae during the height of the sub-prime boondoggle, is Obama's financial/economic adviser. Obama is a great judge of character and talent for the people he has surrounding him. Oh, by the way, Raines walked away from Fannie Mae with a $17 million parachute. I hope that gets redistributed by Obama. I need some new equipment on my boat and I don't want to use my money.

[chucklesR]

OPM is always the best money.
I want to be a ATM operator when I grow up.

I goes to the ATM, I withdraws OPM (other peoples money).

Maybe I should vote for Nobama so I can achieve my dream.

[sailaway21]

Originally Posted by Joel73

From Ashley The Fabricator... i love how she ID'd him as a large black man:

Report: McCain Campaign Volunteer Confesses to Lying About Political Attack - FOXNews.com Elections


McCain Worker Confesses She Made Up Attack Story
FOXNews.com
Thursday, October 23, 2008

PITTSBURGH -- Police are questioning several "inconsistencies" that have emerged in statements made by a woman claiming to be a John McCain volunteer who alleges she was robbed at knife point by an attacker who cut a "B" into her face after noticing a McCain bumper sticker on her car.

Pittsburgh police spokeswoman Diane Richard would not say whether police doubt the story alleged by Ashley Todd, 20, but told FOX News that no evidence yet indicates Todd was at the Citizens Bank ATM in Bloomfield, where she claims the assault took place. Richard said Todd is staying with a male friend who lives down the street from the ATM.

A woman named Liz who answered the door at the residence where Todd arrived after her alleged attack told FOXNews.com that her roommate is friend's with Todd, and he told Liz not to discuss any details about the incident. A Ford Taurus with a Texas license plate and a McCain-Palin sticker was parked outside.

Todd, who reportedly hails from College Station, Texas, told police that on Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET, a 6'4" black male in dark jeans and a black tank top held her up at the ATM. According to a police report, Todd said the robber put a knife to her neck and demanded money. She said she gave him $60.

Todd also told police that the robber then noticed the McCain bumper sticker on her car, punched her in the back of the head, knocked her down, and continued to punch and kick her while threatening to teach her a lesson.

"You are going to be a Barack supporter," she recalled the robber saying before he sat on her chest, pinning both her hands down with his knees and scratched the letter "B" on the right side of her face using what she believed to be a very dull knife. Then the robber fled, she said in the police report.

Richard said Todd later added to her tale, saying she was groped by the robber and lost consciousness during the assault. Neither of those details was in the original report.

Richard said after a second interview, Todd also was not as definitive about the assault or the motives behind it, nor could she say for certain whether the robber took $60 from her as she initially reported but maintains is missing.

Todd took a polygraph test late Thursday or early Friday after police heard the inconsistencies, Richard said.

'There were major changes in her story" before and after the polygraph test, Richard said. As for the wound on her cheek, "it's very shallow, it's more of a scratch."

Richard said the police department continues to investigate the report and takes it "very seriously." Police are reviewing surveillance footage and searching for witnesses. She said Todd is still considered a "victim" of an assault, and she noted that victims often tend to forget details of situations that happen to them under duress.

The area at Liberty Avenue and Pearl Street where the attack allegedly took place is heavily traveled in the daytime, full of traffic, pedestrians, restaurants and stores. On Friday, Pittsburgh detectives were canvassing the area looking for witnesses. One detective told FOXNews.com that they had talked to a few people but have "nothing solid."

Doug Graham, a neighbor of the residence where Todd's friend lives, told FOXNews.com it's unlikely an assault at the bank would go unnoticed.

"There ain't no way nobody saw that," Graham, whose home -- where he has lived for a decade -- sports a Barack Obama sign. "It's always hopping up there. Something fishy, I knew the first second I saw (her story. Something fishy."

Ethan Eilon, executive director of the College Republicans National Committee, told FOX News Todd was volunteering as a field representative through his organization and that she had taken a year off from her studies at Blinn College to work on the campaign.

Eilon, who spoke with Todd following the attack, said that after she worked at the phone bank at the University of Pittsburgh, she went in search of a hotel and stopped by the ATM in the Bloomfield neighborhood. He said she was walking up to the ATM when she was attacked from behind and the mugger asked for her money. She gave him about $60 and he let her go.

According to Eilon, Todd tried to run for her car and he chased her down, once they got towards the car, he saw the McCain bumper sticker and became enraged yelling epithets and said, "You are one of those McCain people." He then began to beat her and stood over her and carved the "B" into her cheek.

Todd received a call from the Republican presidential nominee and has spoken with her family. Barack Obama's local campaign team also issued well-wishes to the Texas resident.

Police say Todd initially refused medical attention, though FOX News was later told she went to the hospital Thursday.

Several blogs and message boards, including on one of Todd's own Web pages, are skeptical at best about Todd's story, arguing the details are fishy.

"There's just a lot of unanswered questions," one source familiar with the investigation told FOXNews.com. "The story just sounds very bizarre."

FOX News' Judson Berger and Carl Cameron and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

I must be missing something. What does this have to do with a potential Obama presidency? Or, are you just a FoxNews junkie! (g)

[PBzeer]

I think it's suppose to indicate just how dastardly McCain is, or racist, or something or the other. Seemed kinda iffy when I first read it yesterday, that's why I didn't comment on it until someone else did.

I've been too busy trying to figure out a plausible reason for disabling credit card fraud software to accept campaign donations. I'm sure there's a good reason why you'd make it easier to get fraudulent donations, I just haven't figured it out yet.

I imagine it will be something along the lines of the disallowed military ballots that didn't include an address for the witness, though there was no space for it. We have to make sure every vote counts, unless it's likely Republican.

[PBzeer]

No doubt, this is something we really need:

The Obama Department of Peace & Non-Violence [Andy McCarthy]

Kathryn & Jay, At least we know what will become of that 25 percent of the Defense budget Barney Frank want to slash from the protection of Americans.

The DC Examiner reminds us that already proposed in the House (HR 808) is the creation of a new, multi-billion dollar, cabinet-level monstrosity: The Department of Peace & Non-Violence. (Thanks to Dr. Andy Bostom for calling this to my attention.)

The DPN-V would house such vital new agencies as The Office of Peace Education & Training, the Office of Domestic Peace Activities, the Office of International Peace Activities, the Office of Technology for Peace, the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament (ACM — notwithstanding that Barnie seems to have that covered already), the Office of Peaceful Co-Existence and Non-Violent Conflict Resolution, and, of course, the Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights. (Emphasis added.)

This, natch, is separate and apart from Wage Insurance (aka "Spreading the Wealth"), Obama's proposed Global Poverty Act (aka Spreading the Wealth to the Globe through the UN), tax relief for oppressed classes such as trial lawyers (aka Spreading More Wealth to Top Democrat Donors); and gasoline subsidies (aka Spreading the Wealth to America's enemies who are hurting now that oil is down to about $60/barrel).

Too bad Sarah Palin is too dumb to come up with an agenda like this — you can see why so many top conservative thinkers are flocking to the Obama ticket.
10/24 05:40 PM

[sailaway21]

Peggy Noonan recently wrote that if Obama governs much like Bill Clinton over a center-right populace (that'd be us) that he stands a chance of having a moderately successful presidency. Which is about as kind a light as one can cast the Clinton presidency in. If he governs as his leftist impulses and his supporters of the Barney Frank ilk dictate he is going to find it an uphill slog against the American public and his approval ratings will make the current office occupant's look stellar.

I hardly think that the majority of Americans think that there is 25% of the Pentagon's budget that is ascribable to fraud, waste, or abuse. And to make the Frank case one must assume one of two things; either we live in a safe world or we live in a world where the US military and our use of it is responsible for our lack of security. I look forward to Frank, or anyone else, making either argument just for the entertainment value alone.

[PBzeer]

It would seem, to judge by the current polls, that a large number of Americans are willing to believe most anything. Whether it has a foundation or not.

[sailaway21]

There are some good lights that an Obama presidency might be cast in, though they require a leap of faith not required by a McCain vote. Michael Gerson offers them below.
RealClearPolitics - Articles - The Irony of Obama

Note that he views the real danger as coming from the Congress which all informed voters know is where the real power, and potential for trouble, lays. I suppose it bears repeating; regardless of the outcome the Republic will survive. The Founders had the wisdom to ensure that any insanity only has a two year shelf life! And with a potential Obama presidency on the horizon, there will be nothing to inhibit the public from focusing it's complete attention on what portends to be an even less popular post-election Congress.

You want a prediction? If Obama wins the election, Rush Limbaugh's ratings will climb even higher, perhaps stratospherically.

[chucklesR]

Atlas will shrug, the question is when and how, not if.

For those that miss the reference, read Ann Rand, and don't come looking for me.

[SailorMitch]

Originally Posted by sailhog

I just heard that Obama plans to nationalize the banking industry and run up the national debt to something like $10 trillion. AND THEN he plans to give seniors this prescription medication deal that will cost hundreds of billions. That filthy, socialist bastard...

Hog, my thoughts exactly!!! I just love the repubs/ conservatives calling Obama a socialist after what Bush/Paulson pulled off socializing the entire banking and financial sectors. and now McCain wants to buy everyone a house. I"ll sign up for that one--just too bad my wife and I have paid our mortgage balance down to under $50K.