Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac downfall

Top Recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Campaign Contributions, 1989-2008

NAME AMOUNT


1. Dodd, Christopher J $133,900
2. Kerry, John $111,000
3. Obama, Barack $105,849
4. Clinton, Hillary $75,550
5. Kanjorski, Paul E $65,500
6. Bennett, Robert F $61,499
7. Johnson, Tim $61,000
8. Conrad, Kent $58,991
9. Davis, Tom $55,499
10. Bond, Christopher S 'Kit' $55,400



Includes contributions from PACs and individuals.
2008 cycle totals based on data downloaded from the
Federal Election Commission on June 30, 2008.
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* Congress,
* Heavy Hitters,
* Influence & Lobbying,
* Politicians & Elections,
* Presidential Election

Change you can believe in

When you google the bills in the Senate Obama has had his name on, there are around 145 of them. Only 2 have been bills he proposed that actually became law. One to promote democracy in the Republic of the Congo and the other to name a post office in Illinois the "Katherine Dunham post office". There were actually over 25 that were ruled by the chair as being out of order. Most of the rest were either "sense of the Senate votes or sent to committee for hearings.

So the very few examples of bills that became law which were referred to by Palen and McCain were these two. They had too much class to say what they were so that they wouldn't be labled as sounding racist. It is what it is.

See the following link and see items # 21 and #61. I kid you not:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d109&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Obama++Barack))+01763))

Obama stupidity

One on one such as with O'Reilly the night of John McCain's speech at the RNC convention he shows his lack of knowledge on National Defense issues. He said that Iran is not part of the war on terror??

I have learned to question everything this idiot says, he lies all the time or is just stupid. Iran is 89% Shia and 9% Sunni, Iraq is 60% Shia and 37% Sunni, Syria is 24% Sunni and 16% shia. The bad guys are off shoots of the Sunni that drift around country to country with a finance base and a mother land in Saudi Arabia where the Sunni are 88% and the Shia are only 11%. There are no border fences, nobody asking for a passport, in fact it's just all desert! This is no mystery and anyone that can read a little will soon understand that people are free to roam and all of them speak Arabic.

Obama says Iraq is the wrong place to fight because they didn't do anything, but Afghanistan is the right place to fight. He bases this on the Democratic talking point that the 9/11 bad guys came from Afghanistan and thats the only place that we should be fighting. This stupid way of looking at it is like they looked at Viet Nam where we weren't allowed in Cambodia or Laos because our fight was in Viet Nam. What happened? the Ho Chi Minh trail was constructed through those neighboring countries to supply South Viet Nam from North Viet Nam with bombs and bullets.

Bush was right originally that we had to find them and take them out wherever they may drift. McCain also understands that. Obama would put our troops in Afghanistan and the rockets and mortars would hail in from all the neighboring countries all the while they would be laughing at us while they picked off our men. This man is dangerous, all he cares about are neighborhood issues.

Palen impact

Sarah Palin's performance last night was nothing short of unbelievable. News media from as far as Great Briton (The Sun) are declaring her speech an absolute home run. How can a relative unknown just a few weeks ago become the most talked about and toasted woman today worldwide? Here's my take on it. She is a PTA mom who has had a normal amount of family problems and challenges along the way. Also very much like in Mr. Smith goes to Washington where a good old boy butts heads with the Ipana smile Ivy League lawyer politicians and wins, Palen is of that mold and her trek toward the Vice Presidency is a lot like that. She has taken on the establishment without any help, and turned around her State the way the people like her (the majority of the citizens there) wanted to see it. She got rid of corruption, sent people to jail and at last look, is riding at 85% approval rating. The highest in the nation for a Governor. This is a crisis for the lefties. How can the first successful feminist be a Republican? That's not supposed to be. Is this the future look of American politics? The Republican party?

Palen took apart the left leaning media by saying she doesn't care about their support, only interested in serving the American public. She took a shot at Sen. Harry Reid, Obama, and the general establishment, and she did all this with a smile and a completely disarming approach. It is now understandable how she was so successful in Alaska. They never saw her coming.

There is no doubt that the media will continue to attack her, and the Daily KOS will sling mud at her, and several other slime blogs will do Obama's dirty work while Obama conveniently denies he's behind any of it. I just get the feeling that she is saying to herself, Bring it on! I hope McCain and the other backers, many of which just woke up, jump in and give her a hand.

Palen mania

The Palen pick has caused a spectacular surge of energy in most of us. She has redefined the look of an "American feminist" and the lefties are bull about that. They thought they had a lock on that. She has taken over from Hillary after she was pushed around by the good old boy network, she stepped down, humiliated and defeated. Now the Republicans and a growing number of Democrats and Independents are taking up the feminist cause in a new way. They are falling behind the McCain/Palen ticket. How exciting is that. Like it or don't, you could be looking at the President of the United States after McCain.

The difference between conservatives and liberals

There couldn’t be a clearer difference between conservatives and liberals than this one…

Obama…

“If my daughter makes a mistake, I don’t want her punished with a baby”

Palin…

“As [our daughter] faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.”

(also… "Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family.”)

When I, myself, became pregnant in college, my soon-to-be mother in law (a hard-core liberal Democrat who had openly encouraged me to have un-married sex with her son) expressed her “disappointment” in both of us – and immediately pushed for an abortion. My own mother (a sex-before-marriage-is-sin Catholic) immediately comforted me, affirmed her love for me and said, “There’s always room in our family for another baby.” My husband and I have been JOYFULLY married 21 years and have 4 amazing kids…. What an beautiful gift of love my mother gave me that day!

Palen's experience

Thanks to Wizbang we learn today:

"Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It's on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.

As governor of Alaska, Palin is briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism. Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden's.

She's also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security's counterterrorism plans.

Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country's defense. Given Alaska's proximity to Russia, she may have security clearances we don't even know about.

According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets.

She can be entrusted with our national security, because she already is."

I guess a lot of you lefties forgot Alaska borders Russia. By the way, what borders Delaware?