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Old 10-27-2007, 01:14 PM
UlidEyes UlidEyes is offline
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Default Re: Happy Birthday Hillary: Pass that bag of Cash

Just wait, Fox News will go after her because... oh wait, Fox News is supporting her. Shhhh, don't tell their audience.
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Old 10-28-2007, 04:00 AM
Zeno Zeno is offline
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Default Re: Obama Vs Clinton - and it\'s not just the Money.

Obama Accuses Clinton of Sidestepping

The issue was Social Security, one of the most sacred cows browsing on the American political landscape.

Tit-bits from the article:


'Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Saturday lashed out at rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, accusing her of dodging tough questions about Social Security.

Obama, campaigning at a senior center in Des Moines, said all the presidential candidates need to talk honestly about Social Security instead of sidestepping the issue, but he singled out Clinton _ the front-runner for the nomination _ for special criticism.
Obama's criticism of Clinton comes as she has been increasing her lead in national polls, leaving him and other Democratic candidates lagging far behind.

Obama's campaign arranged for him to be introduced at the event by Tod Bowman, a teacher from Maquoketa, Iowa, who tried to pin down Clinton during a debate in Iowa earlier this month on whether the government should tax workers' earnings above the present cap of $97,500 to help pay for Social Security benefits.
Clinton sidestepped the question in public, telling Bowman privately afterward that she didn't want to put an additional tax burden on the middle class, but would consider a "gap," with no Social Security taxes on income from $97,500 to around $200,000. Anything above that could be taxed. Her answer was overheard by an Associated Press reporter.

"A candidate for president owes it to the American people to tell us where they stand," Obama said. "... because you're not ready to lead if you can't tell us where you're going."

"She's not alone in avoiding answering this question directly _ she's not alone in ducking the issue," Obama said. "Because conventional thinking in Washington says that Social Security is the third rail of American politics. It says you should hedge, and dodge, and spin, but at all costs, don't answer."

Bowman, who endorsed Obama on Saturday, said he "got the feeling (Clinton) really didn't want to answer my question." '

And this at the end of the article:

'In Des Moines, Obama spoke about his solutions for Social Security, and said President Bush's argument that the system is broken and needs and [sic] overhaul is an exaggeration.

"The underlying system is sound. The actual problem is a projected cash shortfall that can be readily solved. But the longer we wait to solve the problem, the bigger it grows," Obama said. '

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And the show rolls on...... [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

-Zeno
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