Any Doubt Now Who Republicans Want To “Give” Money To

June 14, 2008
The Facts
The TPC (Tax Policy Center) has made a study of the tax plans recently released by Barack Obama and John McCain. They have also released a brief look at the core of the two plans. TPC says in the study that McCain has been mischaracterizing [added] Obama’s plan in that it would [...]

McCain Slams Oil Companies; Or Did He?

June 12, 2008
The Facts
John McCain is in New York City today answering questions & making speeches in a town hall meeting. Unfortunately for any candidate, they are faced with uncensored questions from regular voters when they agree to this type of setting, rather than just reciting from a prepared speech that is designed to get [...]

Should Michelle Obama Be Exempt From Criticism?

June 12, 2008
The Facts
Now that Barack Obama has basically become the nominee for the Democratic Party, a new set of campaign “rules” are being tried out between the two parties. And on that note, Obama’s wife, Michelle, is back in the news this morning, but not for something she has said or done in recent [...]

Potential Vice-President Nominee Already Being Attacked

June 11, 2008
The Facts
Senator Jim Webb of Virginia is considered to be on the list for Vice-President to run with Barack Obama. And as expected, the attacks have already begun. The first attack seems to be on Webb’s views relative to why the Confederacy fought the Civil War. He has expressed those views in the [...]

Gas Tax “Holiday” Only A Campaign Scam

May 3, 2008
The Facts
All three primary candidates running for President are advocating a summer tax recess on gasoline for the summer driving months. All of them are mentioning this in just about every single speech they make. Now each of them is saying that their way of doing it is better than the other person. [...]

Jeremiah Wright Is A Good Thing For Obama, Maybe

April 29, 2008
The Facts
Barack Obama has finally acknowledged what Jeremiah Wright is. Today Obama said he was “outraged” by Wright’s recent comments and “saddened by the spectacle”. This was in reference to Wrights recent comments at the National Press Club this week.
My View
Why am I saying that Wright is maybe a good thing for Obama? [...]

Why I’m Not Writing A Post On Last Nights Democratic Debate

April 17, 2008
The Facts
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton met last night in Pennsylvania for a debate prior to the primary there next Tuesday. The debate was aired on ABC and lasted two hours.
My View
Ho-hum! That is just about all you can say about it. I do not believe a single new thing came out of [...]

McCain’s Greatest Speech – It’s On The Economy

April 15, 2008
The Facts
Today John McCain laid out the details of his plan for the economy that included how he planned to fix things if he is elected President. Some of the things he talked about was the excesses of traders & speculators, poor planning by politicians, tax problems, corporate greed among CEO’s who bring [...]

McCain’s Lobbyist Advisers

April 14, 2008
The Facts
Charlie Black and Thomas Loeffler are senior advisors for John McCain. They are also very successful lobbyist and still very involved in lobbying. Each of them has made millions of dollars lobbying for foreign governments.
My View
I won’t say that I am watching the presidential campaign closer than anyone; in fact, there are [...]

Obama And Philadelphia “Street Money”

April 14, 2008
The Facts
Last Friday the LA Times published an article about Philadelphia “Street Money” and Barack Obama. The article says that Obama may loose support among blacks there if he doesn’t pay the money. The Street Money they were referring to is money paid to workers who get out on the streets, knock on [...]