Politicians Lie?

Politicians Lie?


This entry from September 24, 2008 of the Center for Media and Democracy is accurate. But the focus is only on the McCain-Palin campaign deceptions. Obama's campaign has at least as many. John McLaughglin expressed shock when Eleanor Clift said that a candidate lied. "Politicians lie?" he asked.

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

The Politics of Lying
Source: Electoral-Vote.com, September 17, 2008

"Politicians have never been known for telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but generally when caught exaggerating the truth they usually stop. This year things seem to be different," observes Andrew Tanenbaum of Electoral-Vote.com. "For example, Sarah Palin has said over and over that she never requested any earmarks as governor. That is patently false. She requested $450 million in earmarks and got most of it. Although Congress wouldn't finance the bridge to nowhere, Palin got to keep the money anyway and spend it on other projects. When called on this, a McCain spokesman, Brian Rogers said 'We're running a campaign to win.' In other words, we don't care what the media think. Michael Cohen has a column in the NY Times about lying anno 2008. Ruth Marcus has one on what an economist called 'the symmetry of sin.' The idea is that if a reporter criticizes McCain or Palin for lying, they have an obligation to criticize Obama or Biden for lying, too. But she argues that it is not symmetric this year. Obama has been stretching the truth a little bit like quoting McCain on staying in Iraq for 100 years (which he did say) but leaving out the part where he compared it to the U.S. military presence in Germany for 60 years. In contrast, McCain and Palin have told out-and-out lies (e.g., about how Obama would raise everyone's taxes, something he never said) and repeated them even after they were pointed out numerous times." As David Corn points out, the "strategic goal" of these attacks is "to keep Obama pinned down. Should the Obama campaign waste time knocking down these purposeful errors and excessive spin? That would be letting McCain shape the debate to his advantage. But if the campaign allows this stuff to hit the wall -- and maybe stick -- the McCain mob wins."

Standard Elitist Argument

Standard Elitist Argument

Sam Harris says, "half the electorate revels in Palin's lack of
intellectual qualifications. When it comes to politics, there is a mad
love of mediocrity in this country." (Sam Harris, "Yes, I Can:
Refusing to hesitate isn't a primordial truth of wise governance,"
NEWSWEEK, Sep 29, 2008) One word missing from this hate-filled
anti-religious essay is integrity. Ordinary people want leaders they
can trust as long as they can speak the English language and make
sense. Elitists may be smarter and better educated but many people
have been misled, fooled or robbed by better educated leaders too many
times. Fooling ordinary people is a primary sport of politicians. This
is what Harris misses as do most of his elitist folllowers.
He cites "Palin's most conspicuous gaffe [. . .] not know[ing]
the meaning of the phrase 'Bush doctrine.'" Like Gibson, Harris
"knows" what the Bush doctrine is though it changed numerous times
over the 7 years Bush is President.
Harris says, Palin has no "intellectual training relevant to the
challenges and responsibilities that await her." Again intellectual
training trumps integrity and common sense.
Though America guarantees freedom to believe in religion, Harris
denies that right to Palin because he disagrees and knows better.
Ahem! Does his dogma that "You can learn something about a person by
the company she keeps." apply to Obama keeping company with Rev.
Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers?
Harris again says, when "it comes to politics, there is a mad
love of mediocrity in this country." No, people want to be able to
trust their leaders.


Yes, I Can: Refusing to hesitate isn't a primordial truth of wise governance
By Sam Harris | NEWSWEEK
Published Sep 20, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Sep 29, 2008

When Atheists Attack

A noted provocateur rips Sarah Palin—and defends elitism.

Harris is a founder of The Reason Project and author of The New York
Times best sellers "The End of Faith" and "Letter to a Christian
Nation." His Web site is samharris.org.
URL: http://www.newsweek.com/id/160080

Lawyers for President?

Lawyers for President?

Lawyers and politicians have low rankings among American citizens. The 2008 Presidential election includes Two lawyers running as Democrats. The Republicans nominated a War Hero and a woman Governor of Alaska with a BA degree. Though people suspect lawyers of being expert deceivers half of the citizens support the two lawyers over the war hero and woman. In addition the Democratic nominee is a Harvard lawyer. There are lawyers and then there are Harvard lawyers. Harvard lawyers are exponentially more than ordinary lawyers. One exception is Ralph Nader a Harvard Lawyer, who single-handedly has done more for Americans than all of the politicians together. But he is seldom mentioned by the Main Stream Media.
On September 16, 2008 Lunch Bucket Joe Biden who dines with the A-listers on Madison Avenue in New York City said people are afraid of Barack Obama because he is so smart and so well educated. None of the politicians discuss integrity. There is no correlation between intelligence, education and integrity. Some of the best criminals are the most intelligent. Yet ordinary citizens are expected to trust those of higher intelligence because they are smarter? Hello? Do they not lie because they are smart?

See paragraph 2 for item about Lunch Bucket Joe Biden dining regularly
with his wife at celebrity canteen Nello's on Madison Avenue, New York
City.

Food Fight
Page Six Magazine
September 14, 2008
Page 20

http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080914/Food+Fight

Unspecified Crowd Dispersal Equipment

Unspecified Crowd Dispersal Equipment

This report from Fox News, also published in the New York Post on September 14, 2008 from the Associated Press reports use of "Unspecified Crowd Dispersal Equipment."
Are these electrical weapons? Mind Control weapons?

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2008Sep13/0,4675,IsraelPalestinians,00.html

Publish Post

Lunch-Bucket Joe

Lunch-Bucket Joe

US Senator Joe Biden Democrat from Delaware portrays himself as "Lunch-Bucket Joe" from Scranton, PA. in his campaign for Vice-President. This requires a willing suspension of disbelief regarding his lobbyist son. But also with respect to his family background. His father lost a fortune forcing Biden's family back into the working class.
The New York Post Page Six Magazine dated September 14, 2008, on page 20 has a different take too. Nello Balan owner of the upscale Nello's "Celebrity Canteen" on Madison Avenue in New York City says, "Joe Biden is always here--he comes in with his wife and enjoys the lobster and blue crab ravioli and Dover sole." Nello says, "I am more expensive than the Four Seasons and the prices here are 50 percent higher than at Da Silvano."
So much for "Lunch Bucket Joe" from Scranton, a US Senator for 26 years.

See paragraph 2 for item about Lunch Bucket Joe Biden dining regularly
with his wife at celebrity canteen Nello's on Madison Avenue, New York
City.

Food Fight
Page Six Magazine
September 14, 2008
Page 20

http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20080914/Food+Fight

What if Obama Loses?

What if Obama Loses?

Harvard Law Professor Randall Kenndy says of Obama, "He has
reached the edge of the pinnacle." ( Randall Kennedy, "The Big 'What
If,'" Washington Post, September 14, 2008) This reminds me of the
arrogance and self-centered declaration of another Harvard lawyer
politician, Mass Governor "Cadillac" Deval Patrick. Patrick said he
wanted to share the American dream with everyone. The American dream
by his own actions is to have two mansions and to be driven about in a
Cadillac by a state police chauffeur. Patrick was a member of three
major corporations' boards of directors. He campaigned as a civil
rights attorney but he is a Harvard corporate lawyer. This is the
American dream?
Are black politicians any different from white politicians? Are
black lawyers any different from white lawyers? Race makes no
difference when it comes to politicians and lawyers. They are mostly
depraved, greedy, self serving, egoists.
Another Harvard lawyer, Kennedy tells us that the presidency is
"the pinnacle." Of what? The dream of politicians? What happened to
literature, painting, science, music, medicine and other human
endeavors that have real effects on improving human life? This is no
matter for Kennedy or for Patrick. I suspect that Obama shares their
values. That is what most Americans reject.
This is one more upper class distortion of reality by a man with
many privileges that few others have. He tells the ordinary "folks"
what is best for them. That is elitism. That is Harvard. Kennedy's
worship of prestige is a big disappointment.

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202414_pf.html

The Big 'What If'
The hopes of black America ride on his shoulders. But the outcome's
way up in the air.
Washington Post
By Randall Kennedy
Sunday, September 14, 2008; B01

Obama is Correcto!

Obama is Correcto!

Sen. Obama is right. Americans must learn Spanish so that they
will pay taxes. We can learn from Charlie Rangel's plight being
unable to read tax laws in Spanish. (Editorial, "No Habla the Tax
Code, Sr. Rangel?" NYPost, September 21, 2008, page 36) It is not only
the tax code, but also criminal statutes which are optional for those
who cannot read Spanish in other countries, or English in this
country. Or is knowing how to read Spanish only for the little folk,
the bitter gun-huggers and religion believers?

UK Police spy on children using anti terrorism laws

UK Police spy on children using anti terrorism laws

UK is no different than the USA. American police watch harmless characters who criticize public officials and ignore violent criminals. Priorities are skewed in western societies. When Cuban flotilla escapees were arrested after several murders, they laughed at NYPD officers. They said they would have been arrested before they committed one crime in Cuba. But in the USA criticism is more threatening than violent crime. Boston FBI still pretend they look for a fugitive FBI informant who was indicted for 19 homicides. Watching children and writers and political activists is safer than chasing violent criminals and members of organized crime. They take care of their own is the police excuse. Arresting harmless pot smokers makes it appear they are doing their job, while major importers, drug wholesalers and money launderers, pay off high ranking police supervisors. Chase the pot heads not the major dealers!

Anti-terrorism laws used to spy on noisy children
Councils are using anti-terrorism laws to spy on residents and tackle barking dogs and noisy children.
Telegraph.co.uk
By Chris Hastings, Public Affairs Editor
Last Updated: 10:40PM BST 06 Sep 2008

Obama's (Freudian?) Slip

Obama's (Freudian?) Slip

During an interview with George Stephanopolous Obama referred to his "Muslim religion."

Sunday, September 7, 2008
Obama's verbal slip fuels his critics
Christina Bellantoni (Contact)
Washington Times

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/07/obama-verbal-slip-fuels-his-critics/

Oprah's Forked Tongue

Oprah's Forked Tongue

In Alice in Wonderland Humpty Dumpty said, "When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean."

The Guardian in the UK reports at

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/07/uselections2008.sarahpalin1


US election: Storm as Oprah says no to Palin interview
* Paul Harris in New York and Ed Pilkington in Alaska
* The Observer,
* Sunday September 7 2008

[. . .]
Oprah Winfrey, America's favourite daytime TV star, has refused to have Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a guest on her talk show.
[. . .]
But Winfrey, responding to rumours on conservative websites like the Drudge Report that her staff was divided on the issue, squashed the idea of an interview. 'When I decided that I was going to take my first public stance in support of a candidate, I made the decision not to use my show as a platform for any of the candidates,' she said in a statement.
[. . .]
'I agree that Sarah Palin would be a fantastic interview, and I would love to have her on after the campaign is over,' Winfrey said.

The issue shows the potential danger in Winfrey's open support for Obama, especially as he was a guest on her show several times before she came out in favour of his candidacy.
[. . .]
* guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008

Spin in the No Spin Zone

Spin in the No Spin Zone

Bill O'Reilly says "you have to give Barack Obama credit for
waging a smart,
focused campaign. ("Chatting with Obama," New York Post, September 6, 2008)
Destroying the Clinton machine was a major
achievement, and so was putting together a successful convention in
Denver." I disagree on two counts.
Barack Obama senior was adopted by the Kennedy family and brought
to Harvard with a scholarship. When he returned to Kenya, Obama Sr.
was a finance minister of the country. Obama Jr. was a member of the
Kennedy family since before he was born. It was the Kennedy machine
with all of its brutality that defeated the Clinton machine.
Secondly I do not believe that Obama Jr. is a great event
planner. He had a lot of help and took orders from his handlers as he
said when he announced the 57 US states he visited.
Shocked to find so much spin in "The No Spin Zone."

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

FBI Negligent Spin Doctors

FBI Negligent Spin Doctors

The FBI is losing its media battle to appear to be searching for Bulger. (Laurel J. Sweet, "Whitey Bulger bounty hits $2M," Boston Herald, September 4, 2008) If they really wanted him they would have him. When a Pakistani murdered a CIA psychiatrist in Langley, VA, the Clinton administration paid $7 million to bribe the suspect's personal family guards. The US government kidnapped the man flying him out of Pakistan without permission of the Pakistani government, tried him and executed him within three years. The FBI is the biggest boondoggle in history created by Congress. As a creature of statute the FBI, unmentioned in the Constitution, devours rights guaranteed by the Constitution. By protecting the Bulger monster the FBI shows its priorities.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1116857

Whitey Bulger bounty hits $2M
FBI: Killer preyed on young girls
By Laurel J. Sweet
Boston Herald
Thursday, September 4, 2008 -

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

Paranoia?

Paranoia?

Is this race baiting? (Dave Wedge, "Harvard cop fights racial
profiling charge," Boston Herald,
September 5, 2008) Cambridge City Councilor Ken Reeves official City
spokesman said Black and Hispanic people are paranoid due to the many
instances of racism they experienced. That may be true. But white
guilt among upper class elitists at Harvard plays into this as well.
Making this more irrational is using historical racism against whites
today for what others did. Black Americans alienate many whites who
used to defend them due to these meaningless accusations of racism. Is
this the guy who cried wolf all too often? Regarding Harvard police
being safer than City Police HUPD are not as well-trained and cannot
enforce city ordinances. Their power extends to arrests only on
Harvard's campus. Ask persons with disabilities how the HUPD treats
them. You'll hear of real abuses that the media do not report.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1117108

Harvard cop fights racial profiling charge
By Dave Wedge
Boston Herald
Friday, September 5, 2008

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See also:

Harvard Police Face Internal Probe After Alleged Racial Incident
Six-person committee to review practices; follows May 2007 incident on the Quad
Published On Wednesday, August 27, 2008 12:29 PM
By JAMISON A HILL
Crimson Staff Writer

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523961

Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM

Obama's Myopia

Obama's Myopia

As reported on Slate.com Saturday Sept. 6, 2008 from the Washington Post, "What's more fundamental than having a job?" Obama scoffed. "What's more fundamental than that?"
For el3eitsisst that may be the most fundamental. The right to be left alone in one's home is more fundamental. The right to be able to use sidewalks and have police protection from crime is more fundamental. This is one more comment which shows that Obama is out of touch and clueless about a large part of American society.