A new poll from CBS shows Obama leading only by 3 points in the national polls. That means that the Sarah Palin debate did help McCain after all, although the media was quick to say it would not. I wonder what they would have said had Biden won? I guess they were embarrassed that Biden told 14 bold face lies during the debate.
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The second presidential debate is later today and while the first round of debates didn’t go so well for McCain, it seems like he is planning to keep Obama on the defensive this time. But before we go there it was quite interesting that Biden did not tell a few lies as I had thought earlier. In fact it was 14. Here they are:
- TAX VOTE: Biden said McCain voted “the exact same way” as Obama to increase taxes on Americans earning just $42,000, but McCain DID NOT VOTE THAT WAY.
- AHMEDINIJAD MEETING: Joe Biden lied when he said that Barack Obama never said that he would sit down unconditionally with Mahmoud Ahmedinijad of Iran. Barack Obama did say specifically, and Joe Biden attacked him for it.
- OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: Biden said, “Drill we must.” But Biden has opposed offshore drilling and even compared offshore drilling to “raping” the Outer Continental Shelf.”
- TROOP FUNDING: Joe Biden lied when he indicated that John McCain and Barack Obama voted the same way against funding the troops in the field. John McCain opposed a bill that included a timeline, that the President of the United States had already said he would veto regardless of it’s passage.
- OPPOSING CLEAN COAL: Biden says he’s always been for clean coal, but he just told a voter that he is against clean coal and any new coal plants in America and has a record of voting against clean coal and coal in the U.S. Senate.
- ALERNATIVE ENERGY VOTES: According to FactCheck.org, Biden is exaggerating and overstating John McCain’s record voting for alternative energy when he says he voted against it 23 times.
- HEALTH INSURANCE: Biden falsely said McCain will raise taxes on people’s health insurance coverage — they get a tax credit to offset any tax hike. Independent fact checkers have confirmed this attack is false
- OIL TAXES: Biden falsely said Palin supported a windfall profits tax in Alaska — she reformed the state tax and revenue system, it’s not a windfall profits tax.
- AFGHANISTAN / GEN. MCKIERNAN COMMENTS: Biden said that top military commander in Iraq said the principles of the surge could not be applied to Afghanistan, but the commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force Gen. David D. McKiernan said that there were principles of the surge strategy, including working with tribes, that could be applied in Afghanistan.
- REGULATION: Biden falsely said McCain weakened regulation — he actually called for more regulation on Fannie and Freddie.
- IRAQ: When Joe Biden lied when he said that John McCain was “dead wrong on Iraq”, because Joe Biden shared the same vote to authorize the war and differed on the surge strategy where they John McCain has been proven right.
- TAX INCREASES: Biden said Americans earning less than $250,000 wouldn’t see higher taxes, but the Obama-Biden tax plan would raise taxes on individuals making $200,000 or more.
- BAILOUT: Biden said the economic rescue legislation matches the four principles that Obama laid out, but in reality it doesn’t meet two of the four principles that Obama outlined on Sept. 19, which were that it include an emergency economic stimulus package, and that it be part of “part of a globally coordinated effort with our partners in the G-20.”
- REAGAN TAX RATES: Biden is wrong in saying that under Obama, Americans won’t pay any more in taxes then they did under Reagan.
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Palin and Biden shake hands before the debate
You might ask how did I get to this conclusion. Well before I give you a lengthly dscussion into the subject, let me sum it up in as few a words as possible so you and I can be on our ways.
All eyes were on Palin as to how she would perform, which means a lot of the attention was taken off Biden. Of course it came across that Biden had a better grasp of the issues. But that is exactly how it came across in the first debates with Obama and McCain. Yet Obama won (although technically McCain carried the trophy home).
Not only that but from very early in the debate Palin put Biden on the defensive having him scramble around to defend his positions and she did a very clever job of putting a wedge between him and Obama especially on foreign policies.
When you also add the fact that Biden lied on more thana few occasions its a clear winner. Of course the media will not paint it this way cause they are for the Obama/Biden ticket.
One thing I cannot understand, why did Biden mention George Bush and John McCain’s name so much?
BTW if you have not watched the entire debate you can watch it below.
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The debate is over. Who won who lost? That is the question that is on everyones lips. There is no doubt that Palin did much better than expected. But you cannot deny that Biden knew his stuff. But there is one small problem, even though I agree Biden knew his stuff people were expecting Palin to gaffe. Since all the attention was focused on here and she failed to stumble people actually came away thinking she won it even though Biden may have outperformed her.
Don’t worry I am not giving my thoughts as to who won the debate just yet. I’m saving that decision for tomorrow. One thing is sure though. Limbaugh was right today when he predicted that Palin would perform great. Check out the gallery below for a couple shots of the debate. And no I am not going to do that upper hand thing I did last time…YET!
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You think I’m kidding right? Well I am damn serious. Although I don’t agree with most of Obama’s and Biden’s polocies I can say that they have carried out one of the most civilized campaigns on the democratic front in years. But this time the praise goes to Biden.
Unfortunately he has tried to twist it to seem like Obama is not also responsible for the dirt being spread around about Palin. But at least he was man enough to characterize the media’s handling of Palin as sexist.
But next time Biden, make a clean sweep OK?
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DirtyElection.com brought up an interesting article about how Biden has made comments about Obama and himself looking into the possibility of charging Bush for war crimes should they assume office in November. Little was nrought up about this thanks to the media’s high profile coverage of Sarach Palin’s VP spot.
Now Biden is playing his comments down. Asked directly if Obama was looking into prosecuting Bush Biden said that it was Congress and not the Obama Biden adinistration that would look into such charges.
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They couldn’t find much on old man Mac could they? So now that he has chosen Palin to be his running mate, you can see the media pulling out their shovels and brooms to see what they can find in Sarah Palin’s backyard. No I’m not saying they should not, cause although she is a likeable woman she could be hiding something.
On the other hand I never saw anyone (except Rush, Sean and a few others) bring out the shovels and brooms to see what interesting skeletons they could find in Biden’s territory. If you’re going to clean, do it right!
But than again who said politics were clean?
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Well, America’s “favorite” presidential nominee has made his pick, and as I suspected (though hoped would not be the case), his pick has nothing to do with former first lady Hillary Clinton. In fact he almost went on opposite terms with her picking Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. as his running mate.
Hillary fans had longed hoped that Barack would swallow his pride and reach out to her, but seeing that his wife has never been on good terms with her and she would definitely pose a problem to his campaign agendas he never even considered the possibility.
All that is left for us to do is wait and see who McCain picks to challenge Biden Jr. who carries little weight in certain arenas.
So thus comes an end to all hopes that Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton would have a shot at setting her foot in the White House in the near future.
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