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- - - Here's an example of how Mr. Obama reveals his pathetic inability to do anything but give speeches and the like. During the debate, Sen. John McCain indicated how he had fought for legislation to subject Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to tough regulation. If enacted, what Mr. McCain backed could have prevented the current financial crisis. The needed reforms were opposed by the Democrats, and in his usual stance, Mr. Obama was on the sidelines. He didn't even have a pretty speech. Then Mr. Obama was asked what he had done and would do. He said, "We've got a subprime lending crisis that had to be dealt with." Then he said that years ago he sounded a warning: "I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke, and told them this is something we have to deal with, and nobody did anything about it." Why didn't Mr. Obama do something about it by introducing legislation and getting regulatory reforms on the books? Instead, he passed the buck and wrote two letters. Anyone could write letters. He was elected to the Senate to identify problems and enact legislation to solve those problems. But Mr. Obama must have been too busy giving his pretty speeches so he did nothing. He wrote two letters, and waited for Secretary Henry Paulson and Chairman Ben Bernanke to act. He assumed no responsibility and took no initiative. I haven't heard anyone comment on it, but Mr. Obama revealed in this brief answer why in his career he has never accomplished anything of note. He gives speeches and writes letter. Then he leaves the problem for someone else to solve. This is reminiscent of his behavior during the Congressional battle over bailout legislation. He said, "If you need me call; I've got a telephone." This is also reminiscent of his voting record in the Illinois legislature, where he voted present 130 times. That's a vote that is neither yes or no, but is "I'm sitting on the fence, and don't want to take a stand. Yes, I'm a political wimp." As Rudy Giuliani so well pointed out, in the White House there is no such thing as a present vote. One more example. Mr. Obama ran for the U.S. Senate on the platform of a tax cut for the middle class. But when he got to the Senate he never bothered to introduce a bill to get a middle class tax cut into law. He thinks giving a speech is enough to bring about the "change" and "hope" and "new politics" he advocates. That's why it is clear he is all hat and not cattle. He is an empty suit. He is an eloquent windbag. He gives speeches, but he avoids specifics. In two debates, he was asked in view of the spending problems created by the bailout, what programs would he cut. In the first debate, he named none, and actually went into a list of programs he marks for higher spending. In the second debate, he again named no program, but made some sort of comment about going over the budget line by line. He is a politician of glittering generalities but when it comes to specifics the lights go out. At a time of unprecedented crises on both the foreign and domestic front, we can't take a chance on Mr. Obama. He has demonstrated bad judgment but no accomplishments. He is mired in associations with terrorists, bigots, racists and anti-Americans. He seems to have no principles and he soon abandons any he might have when expedient to do so. An examination of his record indicates he could only bring disaster to the nation and the free world. - - - - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
