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There must be two Obama's, the one running for president is none of what you describe. he and his party are what put the economy where it is today...
A vote for Nobama is a vote for terrorism..
Once again independent readers searching for the candidate who will deal with your pocket book issues. The McCain camp wants to divert your attention from the economy to one of trying to ignite fear in you so you forget the real dinner table conversation you are having. Is it working?
Economists 'Endorsed' McCain's Economics Plan? Actually, No
What's more, the statement signed by the economists didn't even mention two critical planks McCain's economic argument: "the gas tax holiday and his promise to balance the budget by the end of his first term -- there's literally nothing in the release that mentions the deficit or national debt."
Indeed, the Huffington Post surveyed economists from across the political spectrum and couldn't find a single one who supports two of McCain's signature economic/energy positions: increased off-shore drilling and a gas tax holiday.
Look, you can quote all you want. (And HuffPo? Please.) It doesn't change the fact that there is far more confidence in McCain's economic plan among economists than there is in Obama's.
If the economy is an important issue to you and you are unhappy that many more economists have endorsed McCain's plan, perhaps you should rethink your vote.
I'm going with the economists surveyed in The Economist... I trust that magazine.
The Economist doesn't even give you the economists' names or their affiliations. Furthermore, The Economist freely admits that their survey wasn't scientific.
If this is a global meltdown and we are connected with the world financial system then we may want the candidate most respected world wide. Read for yourself and archive if you want for future use.
Examining America's presidential candidates | Examining the candidates | The Economist
The detailed responses are bad news for Mr McCain (the full data are available here). Eighty per cent of respondents and no fewer than 71% of those who do not cleave to either main party say Mr Obama has a better grasp of economics. Even among Republicans Mr Obama has the edge: 46% versus 23% say Mr Obama has the better grasp of the subject. “I take McCain’s word on this one,” comments James Harrigan at the University of Virginia, a reference to Mr McCain’s infamous confession that he does not know as much about economics as he should. In fairness, Mr McCain’s lower grade may in part reflect greater candour about his weaknesses. Mr Obama’s more tightly managed image leaves fewer opportunities for such unvarnished introspection.
Where the candidates’ positions are more clearly articulated, Mr Obama scores better on nearly every issue: promoting fiscal discipline, energy policy, reducing the number of people without health insurance, controlling health-care costs, reforming financial regulation and boosting long-run economic growth. Twice as many economists think Mr McCain’s plan would be bad or very bad for long-run growth as Mr Obama’s. Given how much focus Mr McCain has put on his plan’s benefits for growth, this last is quite a repudiation.
Why don't we just let other Countries decide who we should elect. What say-so should "we, the people" have anymore? It's not about us. We just happen to live here. I guess we don't matter, in the grand scheme of world politics. Maybe we should not pay taxes anymore. Let Obama, and the "countries he caters to, pay them, since we are so irrevelant.
Why don't we just let other Countries decide who we should elect. What say-so should "we, the people" have anymore? It's not about us. We just happen to live here. I guess we don't matter, in the grand scheme of world politics. Maybe we should not pay taxes anymore. Let Obama, and the "countries he caters to, pay them, since we are so irrevelant.
Hmmm and the global meltdown is global or just countries isolated from each other just having bad luck at the same time?
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