Drama McQueen

Oh my god suspend your freaking campaign. Mr. War hero has become a drama queen.

If nothing else has been revealed over the last week we have seen McCain's impulsive and erratic over the top behavior. One must seriously ask is this the type of President we need in a crisis filled world? A president who panics and goes from one extreme to the other or plays a hunch everytime he gets in trouble.

Haven't we had enough of that with Bush?

Furthermore, when John McCain made his first major decision on his running mate he selected the fringe wingnut Sarah Palin. It is becoming abundantly clear she is a totally unqualified for the position.

Although McCain thinks that there some political capitol in being in a crisis mode and trying to play the peacemaker between waring political parties or the fear card. It was Obama who reached out first this morning to McCain in an attempt to set aside party politics and agree on statement of broad principles to deal with the problems with the economy.

McCain probably saw this as a bad development because it showed that Obama would rise above politics with this move to reach out first bound to be interpreted as such, once the word got out to the press. McCain simply went postal with his response and call for suspension of the campaigning.

It clear no one needs no show champ John McCain in Washington DC to get the bailout bill pasted. Barney Frank Chairman of the House Banking committee was quoted as saying about the McCain grandstanding "It's the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys." Over in the Senate Harry Reid said the following about the McCain stunt, "We need leadership; not a campaign photo op."

Obama has clearly acted Presidential throughout this crisis while McCain has continued to play the political angles or just act dumb and uninformed and unable to pivot and think rationally. John McCain simply not qualified to lead!

Can You Say Palin McCain Must Release All His Medical Records

This man has had several serious bouts with cancer. Here is the newest video calling for more information on John McCain's health issues.

Get Ready for the Race Card Wedge Issues And Reverend Wright

The most disgusting and vile thing about John McCain is that in truth he is a closet racist and demagogue. There, I said it and I believe that you have no farther to look then the friends he keeps and the groups he tolerates to do his dirty work for him.

It's not that I'm surprised by this. The Republicans and the right know that they have a lot to lose. An Obama presidency may mean that many of there leaders could eventually end up behind bars. Where, as many of us know, they really belong if there is such a thing as true justice in this country.

I don’t know about you but the last few days we seen the subtle beginning of what I think is the playing of the final cards in the McCain deck. Namely the race, wedge issue and return of Reverend Wright cards. The one thing about all this activity is that it always has a subtle tinge of race batting or overt racism in the story line. It’s the old Rovian road to victory. Smear them and confuse them. If you can’t beat them on the issues then anything is considered acceptable to obtain victory.

It's never done up front of course. Rove started out his career smearing Governor Ann Richards of Texas. Claiming back then she was a lesbian by passing out anonymous fliers at mega churches in Texas in the election that first gave us Governor George W. Bush.

More and more McCain third party and 527 groups are starting to appear on the web. Rush Limbaugh now claims that Obama is an Arab. The NRA starts a massive “Obama is going to take your guns away" campaign. These folks are scared and getting desperate and they are increasingly these days aiming their lies at their fellow racists, bigots and right wing nut jobs and the Christian right.

I expect the very worst directly from McCain or his shadowy backers in the run up to Election day and, I can only take action to fight back and hope and belief that this type of demagoguery and lies will be rejected by the American people.

Austan Goolsbee Obama Super Dooper Talking Head Strikes Again

Where has this guy been. He slays the McCain surrogates to shreds when he talks about the economy every time he steps to the plate.

13 Billion In Aid May Have Been Funneled To al-Qaeda in Iraq

More incompetence and failure in Iraq. A former Iraqi corruption investigator told the Senate Democratic Policy Committee in Washington yesterday that al-Qaeda in Iraq may have gotten its hands on billions of dollars in American aid.

Will GI's Die Because Bush Is Playing Politics With Iraq Withdrawl Date To Benefit McCain?

I think this could be political dynamite. Think Progress posted a story claiming that the Bush administration pressured Iraq Prime Minister Maliki to move the date of withdrawal out so that it would benefit the presidential asperations of John McCain.

If this is true it means that some unnamed soldier will probably die so that John McCain had a better chance of being elected President in the eyes of these manipulative war criminals.

Bin Laden's Thoughts On The US Economy

Has Bin Laden won? Somewhere, perhaps in a cave in the tribal area of Pakistan laughter can be heard. Although Bin Laden revealed his plan to bankrupt the American economy early on, no one in the Bush administration got it.

In a video tape released in late 2004, that many say was the straw that broke John Kerry’s back in the presidential election, Bin Laden talks at length about his goal to bankrupt the US by making war in Iraq and around the world.

Unfortunately, George Bush and his henchmen forged forward with their version of holy war in Iraq. Now it is becoming abundantly clear that Bin Laden’s plan is coming to fruition. Ask yourself, is Bin Laden winning so far and what does this say about John Mc Hoover’s plans to continue this foolish war. It's not just the housing bubble that is at the center of our economic problem it is also the 10 billion a month bill we pay for the foolish war in Iraq.

Here are the excerpts from that 2004 tape:

"We are continuing this policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy. Allah willing, and nothing is too great for Allah,"

"We, alongside the mujahedeen, bled Russia for 10 years until it went bankrupt and was forced to withdraw in defeat,"

al Qaeda has found it "easy for us to provoke and bait this administration."

"All that we have to do is to send two mujahedeen to the furthest point east to raise a piece of cloth on which is written al Qaeda, in order to make generals race there to cause America to suffer human, economic and political losses without their achieving anything of note other than some benefits for their private corporations,"

"Every dollar of al Qaeda defeated a million dollars, by the permission of Allah, besides the loss of a huge number of jobs," he said. "As for the economic deficit, it has reached record astronomical numbers estimated to total more than a trillion dollars.

"It is true that this shows that al Qaeda has gained, but on the other hand it shows that the Bush administration has also gained, something that anyone who looks at the size of the contracts acquired by the shady Bush administration-linked mega-corporations, like Halliburton and its kind, will be convinced.”

"And it all shows that the real loser is you, It is the American people and their economy."

"the darkness of black gold blurred his vision and insight, and he gave priority to private interests over the public interests of America.

"So the war went ahead, the death toll rose, the American economy bled, and Bush became embroiled in the swamps of Iraq that threaten his future"

Scary Email About McCain's Health

This email was received over at America Blog. This is really scary given that dead end-timer Sarah Palin is only a heartbeat away. I don't think it be out of the question to demand McHoover get a brain MRI to verify his current state of health.

A reader writes:

As an emergency physician, if I were taking care of a 72-year-old man with a history of melanoma who was having episodes of confusion I would be extremely concerned. High on my priority list would be to get a brain MRI to look for metastatic melanoma. When melanoma metastasizes it commonly goes to the brain. I do not think the American people should decide whether or not to vote for Senator McCain until he has had a brain MRI and we know the results.

Here's a quote from emedicine.com on melanoma:

"Melanoma has an increased incidence among other systemic cancers in terms of metastasizing to the brain. About 40-60% of patients with melanoma will have brain metastasis. Melanoma commonly metastasizes to the brain. Melanoma cells are closely related to CNS cells due to their embryonic origin and neural crest cells, and they share common antigens such as MAG-1 and MAG-2. After melanoma is detected in the brain, median survival is 3 months. These metastases are poorly responsive to all treatments."

Obama Economic Adviser Eats Republican Talking Points For Lunch

Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee on CNN's Late Edition

Chris Dodd To The Rescue With Proposed Legislation On Bailout

Christopher Dodd proposed legislation on bailout revealed...

McHoover Makes Another Gaffe On Deregulation

McHoover doesn't get it. One week the "the fundamentals of the economy are strong" now he says deregulation of the financial markets was "helpful" for the economy. I think we're going to see this in the next Obama commercial.

All Obama's Positions On The Economy In 4 Minutes

Here a video released by the Democratic Party with Barack Obama outlining all his proposals for the economic recovery. The great thing about it is that it's in the nature of being straight from the horse's mouth and gives a comprehensive laundry list of his positions.

via: Burnt Orange Report

Obama Says Bailout No Blank Check Must Address Crisis Around Kitchen Tables

Today in North Carolina Barack Obama offered some details about what he thinks would be necessary for bailout of Wall Street to be fair to main street and the common folk.

Robert Reich Outlines Five Conditions He'd Require Before Bailout

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich thinks that Wall Street should be required to meet conditions in return for the massive government bailout. As we enter these uncharted waters the people who gave us this mess shouldn't be allowed to just walk away without consequences for their failures. The American people deserve stringent control over any bailout plan at the very least and a way to restore the money to the taxpayers. Here's Reich's proposal.

1. The government (i.e. taxpayers) gets an equity stake in every Wall Street financial company proportional to the amount of bad debt that company shoves onto the public. So when and if Wall Street shares rise, taxpayers are rewarded for accepting so much risk.

2. Wall Street executives and directors of Wall Street firms relinquish their current stock options and this year’s other forms of compensation, and agree to future compensation linked to a rolling five-year average of firm profitability. Why should taxpayers feather their already amply-feathered nests?

3. All Wall Street executives immediately cease making campaign contributions to any candidate for public office in this election cycle or next, all Wall Street PACs be closed, and Wall Street lobbyists curtail their activities unless specifically asked for information by policymakers. Why should taxpayers finance Wall Street’s outsized political power – especially when that power is being exercised to get favorable terms from taxpayers?

4. Wall Street firms agree to comply with new regulations over disclosure, capital requirements, conflicts of interest, and market manipulation. The regulations will emerge in ninety days from a bi-partisan working group, to be convened immediately. After all, inadequate regulation and lack of oversight got us into this mess.

5. Wall Street agrees to give bankruptcy judges the authority to modify the terms of primary mortgages, so homeowners have a fighting chance to keep their homes. Why should distressed homeowners lose their homes when Wall Streeters receive taxpayer money that helps them keep their fancy ones?

Wall Streeters may not like these conditions. Well, you should tell them that the public doesn’t like the idea of bailing out Wall Street. So if Wall Street doesn’t accept these conditions, it doesn’t get the blank check.

Healthcare Reform Threatened By Massive Federal Bailout

Is this been the real Republican strategy all along? Plans for a massive 1 trillion dollar federal bailout of Wall Street Banks and financial institutions will severely threaten any plans any future President may have for creating universal health insurance, reform of social security and other government program reforms for years to come.

I think that a better way to address the problem would be to directly help homeowners who are facing financial crisis and foreclosure. It would probably cost much less and be a more direct way to address the problem instead of just bailing out the greedy super rich Republicans. Several experts familiar with the economy think in fact it would make Wall Street accept responsibility the old fashion way by going bankrupt with some help from the government to ease the effect on the rest of us.

One thing it says is that Bush legacy is now complete including 2 wars, 4161 dead soldiers in Iraq, hundred of thousands of dead civilians, American respect in the world at a all time low, financial chaos, economic breakdown, massive deficit, Afghanistan, torture, constitutional rights threatened and a broken and incompetent government bureaucracy.

Do You Think Sarah Palin Is Qualified Vote In Bill Moyer Survey

PBS asks is Sarah Palin qualified? The right wing has been stuffing the ballot box. Sounds familiar. Vote here. Check out the NOW story while your there.

Bailout Home Owners Not Failing Corporations

There’s talk of the taxpayers being put on the hook in the form of a federal bailout for the massive debt brought about home mortgage crisis. Why are Republicans always willing to throw billions of taxpayer dollars at a failing bank or corporation but not a penny for main street America when we are in trouble?

Republicans bitch and whine about being regulated and no bailouts but then easily become corporate whores the moment Wall Street calls for help. But what about the homeowner and the working families facing more dire and personal financial collapse?

Some estimates say the bailout could cost as much as half a trillion. But no one really knows the total cost. Most of this money would apparently be used to buy up bad mortgages and bailout banks and other corporate entities that hold the debt. One problem with such a plan is no one really knows how much debt there is out there. So you could be on the hook as taxpayers for a undetermined amount of money into the foreseeable future. There goes the money for health care I guess. Maybe that's the real plan these sleaze bags have up their sleeves?

It’s important to remember that the last time such a scheme was used was in the 1980's in the form of the RTC used during the Savings and Loan crisis . The total cost was about $394 billion. The half a trillion estimated bailout amount of this crisis makes the S&L crisis pail in comparison. Two prominent economists contend that the Treasury Secretary Paulson plan is aimed at the wrong end of the problem. The massive debt relief should be given to homeowners not failing companies.

Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor, thinks that Wall Street companies should be allowed to go bankrupt under a form of special bankruptcy specially aimed at the current crisis. This would help keep taxpayer directly off the hook for those company's debts. He then proposes more financial help for actual people who are in trouble and facing foreclosure. Help in the form of unemployment insurance, health insurance and assurances that they will not lose their pension or savings due to a stock market meltdown. Finally Reich proposes a more comprehensive way for them to reorganize their mortgage debt with the help of the government.

Dr. Nouriel Roubini, the New York University economics professor who has been predicting the current financial crisis for some time has a more comprehensive proposal on how to handle the crisis. It is aimed more directly at helping homeowners in trouble rather then bailing out failing banks and insurance companies. It is more along the lines of the depression era Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC). During the Great Depression the Home Owners' Loan Corporation was create to buy mortgages from banks at a discount price, reduce further the face value of such mortgages and refinance distressed homeowners into new mortgages with lower face value and lower fixed rate mortgage rates.

This massive program allowed millions of households to avoid losing their homes and ending up in foreclosure. Basically Roubini believes that this type of program would not cost as much as the massive bail out idea aimed at Wall Street. Also it attacks the problem at the source before banks go bankrupt because they are holding debt. It does this by addressing the mortgage debt at the homeowner level rather then buying up a bank that has failed because it holds numerous bad mortgages.

Ultimately a comprehensive plan aimed at homeowners will relieve not only their personal mortgage crisis but reduce the bad debts being held by banks that has caused the crisis on Wall Street and made capital difficult to access.

The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On McCain

In a interview with a Florida Spanish Union Radio Network reporter John McCain apparently had a senior moment and became confused on just where Spain is located and who is the country's President. No wonder a Catalan friend of mine told me recently that 80% of the people in Spain are for Obama. Too bad they can't actually vote.

Chuck Hagel The Only Real Republican Maverick

News reports today quote Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel when asked about Sarah Palin experience to be President commenting "it would be a stretch".

Hagel consistently opposes his party on major issues and has worked with Democrats on things like opposition to the war in Iraq. Hagel also accompanied Barack Obama on his recent world tour. Today it was reported that Hagel warned Secretary of State Rice in a February 2008 letter of potential problems with the Russians because of our approach to tensions in the Kosovo, Serbia and elsewhere in Europe. Thus showing some insight that's lacking from the likes of John "we are all Georgians" McCain the pretend maverick.

Isn't Hagel the real maverick?

Dos Caras Or Two Faces New Obama Spanish Language Ad

This a new Spanish Language Obama ad titled Two Faces. It interesting in that it takes a punch at loudmouth Russ Limbaugh. It running in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada.
Here is the translation.

"They want us to forget the insults we've put up with, the intolerance," the television ad's announcer says in Spanish as a picture of Rush Limbaugh appears onscreen with quotes of him saying, "Mexicans are stupid and unqualified" and "Shut your mouth or get out."

"They made us feel marginalized in a country we love so much," the ad continues. "John McCain and his Republican friends have two faces. One that says lies just to get our vote and another, even worse, that continues the failed policies of George Bush that put special interests ahead of working families."