Call Bullshit or Admit You Want Bush III
This is the choice, voters. You either call bullshit and force John McCain to come to the table and deal with the issues in this election, or else you will end up voting for a third Bush term.
It is incredible to me that the press and electorate can accept the tactics of someone currently in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify about the abuses of power that took place, specifically with regard to the firing of the US Attorneys. But they do.
Obama has now called bullshit with one word: Enough.
That goes for you, media as well as you, McCain campaign.
Enough. Or else you will elect what you deserve.
Sphere: Related ContentEven Big Oil Doesn’t Want to Drill Offshore
In fact, the Energy Information Agency acknowledges that offshore drilling presents no solution to the high price of oil.
“Because oil prices are determined on the international market, however, any impact on average wellhead prices is expected to be insignificant.” But, “the average field size in the Pacific and Atlantic regions tends to be smaller than the average in the Gulf of Mexico, implying that a significant portion of the additional resource would not be economically attractive to develop at the reference case prices.” In other words, oil companies might not even drill there if they could. The EIA estimates that it takes about five years, after the regions became open for drilling, before any oil production would commence.
David Fiderer has clearly laid out the dupe the media and Republicans are selling with their #dontgo campaign and their clarion call for offshore drilling. Be sure to read the whole article and click through to the links. It’s well-documented, and I particularly liked his conclusion:
Sphere: Related ContentIt’s all straight from Dr. Goebbels’ playbook. If you think the historic analogy is overstated, check out this hysterical call to arms from Jeff Mazzella, head of a right wing advocacy group oxymoronically called The Center for Individual Freedom. The idea: subvert any attempt at constructive compromise among lawmakers.
If You’re John McCain, Cheating the System is Okay
For all the public posturing that’s gone on over the past few days over Barack Obama’s wise decision to forego public financing by the McCain campaign and enabled by the press, John McCain has been given a virtual pass on his own cheating of the public financing system.
For starters, he opted into public financing for the primary when his campaign faced an early demise. From MediaMatters.org:
McCain signed a loan agreement that could have forced him to remain in the race — even if he had no chance of winning — in order to be eligible for public matching funds to repay the loan. The New York Times has described the loan as being “secured in part by the promise of federal matching money for the primaries.” Nor did these reports point out that Federal Election Commission (FEC) chairman David Mason has taken the position that McCain cannot legally opt out of public financing for the primary without FEC approval and that in the same letter, Mason asked the McCain campaign to expand upon its assertion that it had not “pledged the certification of Matching Payment funds as security for private financing.” If McCain’s campaign is not allowed to withdraw from the public financing system and if it is found to have raised and spent money beyond public financing limits, its actions “could put McCain at risk of stiff fines and up to five years in prison,” according to The Washington Post.
When you see Lindsey Graham and John McCain crying crocodile tears on MTP for the purpose of exaggerating Obama’s choice to opt out of public financing, remember this quote:
“This is serious,” agreed Republican election lawyer Jan Baran. Ignoring the matter on the grounds that the FEC lacks a quorum, Baran said, “is like saying you’re going to break into houses because the sheriff is out of town.”
Yet, what you heard from the media last week was that Barack Obama had gone back on his word. Arianna Huffington has some choice quotes from major media outlets here. I agree with her conclusion, too:
Sphere: Related ContentSo while Obama’s decision is a subject open to debate, the mainstream media should not be allowed to get away with their continued refusal to accurately report on the fall of John McCain.
This is the very big deal.
Fair and Balanced Fox? NOT
I agree with Robert Greenwald on this one:
Fox News hosting any debate among Democrats will be a debacle. Spread the news, boycott FOX. The American electorate is owed better than a biased, unfair and rigged debate process through the primaries.
(And spread the word, too – Visit Fox Attacks for more info)
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