#1 Chris Dodd(D)
#2 John Kerry(D)
#3 Barack Obama(D)
#4 Hillary Clinton(D)

Who employs all those ex-FannieMaeFreddieMac executives? Barack Hussein Obama(D)… so that requires a little smokescreen and Ed Morrissey notes the NYTimes throws Dodd(D) under the bus.

Americans need to focus on the financial crisis perpetrators whoever they are voting for. What part of Fannie/Freddie fraud and mortgage bonuses don’t people get. We the taxpayers are paying for their greed and I’m furious about that.

Only and idiot would put Chris Dodd on the backburner…..I guess liberals can’t muli-task.

NYT: Dodd should release mortgage papers now

The New York Times sets its sights on an unfamiliar target — a liberal Democrat.
Chris Dodd has still not released his mortgage records to the public to
show how much money his “Friends of……

Collectively, we should be totally focused on Obama and what he brings to the table (or doesn’t) and how Americans should be scared to death. But no, we’ll stay distracted on whether Dodd got a point off his closing costs. The NYT does know how to play Republicans like a fiddle.

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day…so check back often….

I have SEEN MORE HONOR among thieves

When you go to buy a pack of cigarettes or a six pack you need to produce photo ID. Why does this not happen with voting???

red131 on October 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM

Because Democratic legislators and special interest groups (like ACORN) do everything they can to prevent it. Here in Arizona, we passed a law a few years ago requiring photo ID when voting. As always, there was intense Democratic opposition. They made the specious claim that it was discriminatory against the poor, because the poor don’t always have photo ID. This is the same lame argument used (often successfully) in other states. “The poor” have to use a photo ID to cash a welfare check, get on a plane, buy liquor, etc., and nobody raises a stink about that being “discriminatory.” Also, many states offer photo ID for free to any resident who can’t afford to pay the fee. But Democrats keep using the same old excuse, and they usually manage to either kill the voter ID laws, or get exceptions added in. That’s what happened in AZ. A person who claims they don’t have/can’t afford photo ID can still vote using easily-faked “alternate” sources of ID such as utility bills. Even with the loopholes in AZ’s law, it was still challenged multiple times in court by special interest groups (funded by Democrats) who don’t want any sort of impediment to fraudulent voting.

Business Courier of Cincinnati

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Interesting to see how this shakes out.

how do such men keep getting elected?

Richard Romano on October 21, 2008 at 10:32 AM

Numbnut, numbskull, uneducated voters who choose not to listen and learn. Instead, they just pull a lever. It requires no laborious thinking.

AubieJon on October 21, 2008 at 10:36 AM

Add to that those lazy bums that cannot even be bothered to get out and vote. I spent 20 minutes this passed weekend trying to explain to my brother-in-law,in PA no less, why it was damned important that he get out there and vote. Neither he, his wife, or his inlaws, are voting. Why? They don’t know much about what’s going on and “that’s what all those people in Washington DC and big cities are for”. (For a smart guy he sure sounded pathetic and stupid)
But don’t you know these ill informed idiots will be the first to complain when they don’t like the outcome. I was so PO’d. I think all of AZ could hear me screaming at this guy about why it was his duty as a father, husband, small business guy, small town guy, gun totting, PA “red-neck”, conservative, and above all else, AMERICAN to get out there get informed and vote.
My husband said by the time I was done with him he was pretty sure his brother was crying. I was pretty satisfied.

New message: “Trial Here, Trial Now, Save Democracy”.

BuckeyeSam on October 21, 2008 at 10:04 AM

I agree with you. As James Carville famously said during Clinton’s campaign, “it’s the economy, stupid.” These corrupt and idiotic Democrats like Chris Dodd and Barney Frank (sleeping with a Fannie Mae executive while sitting on the committee that ostensibly regulated FM/FM) have to be exposed to the public. Their culpability in bringing our economy to the brink of ruin should be known to every American, as should the role of Obama, who not only accepted large contributions from FM/FM (second only to Dodd), but who also trained ACORN activists and failed to vote for bills to rein in abuses at FM/FM, like the McCain-sponsored Senate bill 190.

McCain needs to point the finger of blame at Obama and the Democrats and never retreat from this position. And he needs to remind the public every day that Obama’s plan to raise taxes and increase government spending will not only prolong the current recession, but may tip us into depression.

They identify his party in the first paragraph!

Maybe the media thinks it can look more fair if they go after the truth, now. Obama’s lead in polls is giving them the sense of security they need to report Democrat misdeeds.

I’m sure they know if an Obama victory is percieved as a media win they’ll be looking at serious viewership/readership backlash. I am not buying ther “objectivity” just yet…

Contrast Dodd’s corruption given his family history with McCain’s scrupulousness given his non-role in the Keating Five scandal.

how do such men keep getting elected?

Richard Romano on October 21, 2008 at 10:32 AM

Numbnut, numbskull, uneducated voters who choose not to listen and learn. Instead, they just pull a lever. It requires no laborious thinking.