Beyond Rhetoric

Skipping past the skewed political commercial ads, the AFL-CIO has put together a fact filled, well researched
website titled: McCain Revealed: The Briefing Book. It’s a well done quick fact, flip page format.
I realize most Ramblings readers are firmly NOT in the McCain camp, but it’s important to know the differences.

The AFL-CIO did a mass mailing:

“On Social Security’s 73rd birthday, the AFL-CIO has announced it’s sending a mailing — at first to 50,000 targeted swing-vote seniors living in Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania — that hits McCain on his wealth and his past support for partially privatizing Social Security. The flier also mentions that McCain, who is 71, has already been receiving Social Security benefits, since age 65.”

Click here to see the AFL-CIO two page flyer

The flier begins: “McCain’s worth over $100 million… He owns 10 houses… He flies around on a $12.6 million corporate jet… He walks around in $520 loafers. If John McCain lost his Social Security, he’d get by just fine. Would you?”

While John uses his Social Security money for pocket change, (remember his super wealthy wife declined to make her income public). To be fair, maybe she just misplaced the paperwork in one of their 10 houses.

Then there is the temper factor…..

But wait! There’s more….

There is a new group, called Republicans for Obama
From the site:

“While we continue to debate and address many issues on which we all have strong opinions-abortion, gay rights, the relationship between church and state, to name a few-we need a leader who can command the support needed to break our government’s paralysis and meet the growing challenges we face as a nation.”

It seemed obvious to me the GOP had failed even it’s own ranks, on topics ranging from this country taking the high road, honoring our soldiers by adhering to Geneva Conventions. International Law, being fiscally responsible, and a long list of other items conservatives have found to be nothing more than a long list of failures. I have to commend those who have a moral compass, allow common sense to prevail, and honestly must assess this administration & the direction it’s taken, are not the way to go.

Let the Debates Begin!

Crossposted at Ramblings.

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From our Department of WTF?

From TO via McClatchy we get this news:

Washington - Beverly Fanning is among the campaign donors who’ll be joining President Bush at a gala at Washington’s Ford’s Theater Sunday night, but she says that won’t dissuade her from her current passion: volunteering for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

Now, I knew I wasn’t dreaming because I have had two cups of Espresso and my insect bites are driving me nuts…so I had to click on that linky in my TO newsletter. Yep, sure as shit it lists some of the folks that gave to the Bush campaign as now contributing to Obama’s campaign..this info is available online of course if you know where to look and want to pour over pages and pages of FEC(Federal Election Commission) files. They list some of them:

Among them are Julie Nixon Eisenhower, the granddaughter of the late GOP president Dwight Eisenhower; Connie Ballmer, the wife of Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer; Ritchie Scaife, the estranged wife of conservative tycoon Richard Mellon Scaife and boxing promoter Don King.

Well, that isn’t a list of who’s who in the Rethuglican party but it is interesting none the less. Also noted in the piece is that the folks they talked to, who are moderate Republicans, are giving to OBAMA. Its a good read, and not real long..check it out…interesting as hell my dear readers .

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