Now, I know you all know about media bias – but here is a new take on this topic. Did anyone see the Alfred E. Smith Charity dinner? Well, I watched it four times on “Hannity and (the other one)” and “One the Record” on FOX. Of course I have to watch FOX because it – while almost a cliché, but rather true is most Fair and Balanced.
To my point. While Mac was by far, BY FAR the candidate with more personality, humility, and respectability of the two candidates making their “comedic debut” it was Obama who was frequently looking back at Katie freaking Couric and Brian what’s his crooked faces name to see if they were laughing during McCain’s speech. It was his to me like Obama was seeking their approval to laugh or not. She swallowed her wine and fumbled with a napkin while John McCain was talking about Joe the Plumber. When Katie and Brian didn’t laugh – Obama wasn’t. Seriously. I cannot make this up…watch it again online. I’m guessing they weren’t laughing at McCain’s hysterical (where has that comfortable comedy been at the debates?) because J.M. is finally getting traction on redistribution of wealth to those that don’t even pay taxes thanks to Joe.

(Quotes come from watching the event and typing now)

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If you watch television (ie. network news, Fox and CNN alike), there is nothing but poison and vile anger towards President Bush, John McCain, and our country.
First President Bush – I still believe he is doing what he thinks is right. As a fiscal conservative I agree that the federal government should have very little intervention into the free markets as Bush has said many times prior to this economic breakdown. However at this point, I think what the Bush administration is putting out there is too far reaching.
Anything greater than bailing out those mortgage writers that were pressured by Barny Frank and the bill approved by the Congress and signed into law by Clinton or loaning the money as we did to Chrysler in the late 1980 will, again, be too far reaching. They have taken the Bill of Rights and made it into a piece of pornography. People that cannot afford to buy a house should not have been able to buy a house. Even I, to be honest, should not have initially been given a loan for my first home, but my wife eventually earned her doctorate – I finished my degree and would now not be considered a risk, but in 1998…I was definitely a risk.

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With the first debate on Friday this suggestion may not work because McCain needs the time to really win it on Friday, but I really believe that John McCain should scrap one day of campaigning and head back to Congress to get more than a heads up about these bailouts. I would love for him to go back to Washington so he can take charge of the economic issue gap he reportedly has with women by taking a serious role in its passage or failure with what needs to go in the bill…oversight, transparency and limitations on foreign bailouts. He can come out and say what he said about the surge, “this may be politically damaging for me to leave the campaign trail even for a day, but the country’s economy comes first”
While he is not the most popular senator (in a good way) in our party, he would show consistent leadership by gambling the presidency to get this bill correct. His decision to get off the trail would have to be covered by every outlet as bold, smart and the right thing to do for our economic future.

Obama is so selfish he would never dream of doing this – even if he did want to do this, his advisors would never let him. Obama is such a blue pawn it drives me crazy that only half the population of America seem to see this. McCain getting off the trail for a day keeps the theme of Country First.

If anyone out there knows of a company that is need of a Sr Finance Analyst in the Houston area, please let me know. After moving to California for my wife to get her doctorate and then moving back to her home state of New York – I have to get to a red state. I’m taking the family to Houston, Texas. Thank you my friends.

J.S. Ketner

Even though I got what John was saying when he said the fundamentals of the economy are strong – the people that don’t have his vote didn’t get it and won’t. The message was a positive one, but while I personally rarely fear anything – I fear that John’s intention of keeping the focus on staying positive for the good of the country is just not the right way to go right now. We have seen that Obama and his media will pounce on any of our guy’s deferential treatment to the president or this economy. People for the most part have written 43 off. I’m not saying that John needs to rail against Bush, but any positive nod to this economy (as the number one issue of the campaign) or Bush will not pull in any new voters to McCain’s camp.

What is really bothering me right now though is the petty back and forth. John comes out on something and Barack Hussein Obama comes right back. That is where we shined during the Democrats convention in Denver. Every day a new ad was getting prime news time. Staying on message and not getting into lipstick on a pig garbage. That was a stretch. I see the camp’s ancillaries out there when asked about negative ads and lobbyists, saying “well Obama has them too.” That is NO WAY to come back. We first should not have gone for the lipstick thing. Whoever came up with that should be fired (if you want to fire Cox, fire that person first). Stay focused on Obama’s lack of experience. Hammer the airwaves of his voting to give no medical care to the botched abortion children. Hammer him on the 130 times voting present. A president has to take a stand, has to lead, has to have a vision for a better tomorrow with a clear voice – not vote present. Stick to his bad judgement. Don’t try to blame him for this bad economy. Take responsibility for the 2005/2006 attempt to put a noose around the mortgage crisis then ask where the senior senator from Delaware was on this issue. After all, he’s been in Washington longer than John McCain. Lastly on the advice thing…repeat over and over – “I am not a warmonger. I lived through war and to quote Sherman ‘War is Hell.’ I will not send anymore of our men and women into conflict than is absolutely necessary to bring an end to this nation’s war on terrorism”

Finally, I am so very burnt out on CNN and MSNBC. I seeth in my house when I watch them. Larry King unbiased (ie. During the Democratic convention he scolds the Republicans during the after convention rebuttal hour – then says “if you think I’m hard on you tune into the Democrats rebuttle next week” then in never came. He listened to them and actually added more negative things when the talking points of the jackass party wasn’t fully covered by the surrogates). CNN last night in their “Truth Squad” or should I say “truth squat” gave McCain’s economic plan (gave it fair play I’d say) then said stay tuned after the commercial break for Obama’s economic plan dissected – which never came…or at least after looking for it for another two hours after they said they would be dissecting it. This leads me to believe as a viewer that Barack Hussein Obama either doesn’t have a plan or they didn’t want to get the Truth Squad on Hussein Obama. Everytime I watch I want to see Fair and Balanced reporting. I’m disgusted with those women – if you can call them that – on “The View.” Their behavior was absolutely embarrasing and disgusting. I don’t mind liberals, but try to be graceful or at least polite. Whenever I debate the people in New York where I live, no matter how mean and nasty they get about Republicans, I always am polite. Maybe the women on that show weren’t raised with the same manners I was, but it is just plan good manners not to call a Senator, a Veteran, and a presidential candidate a liar or ask him if he wants to turn Woopi into a slave. That is just obscene.