Palin:

"Look at Lieberman, and Giuliani, and Romney, and Lingle, and all of us who come from such a diverse background of -- of policy and of partisanship, all coming together at this time, recognizing he is the man that we need to leave --"

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/deb... /

Non Sequitur anyone?

OK this part is about the Mortgage Mess, yes that's the discussion ok?

BIDEN: Well, mortgage-holders didn't pay the price. Only 10 percent of the people who are -- have been affected by this whole switch from Chapter 7 to Chapter 13 -- it gets complicated.

But the point of this -- Barack Obama saw the glass as half- empty. I saw it as half-full. We disagreed on that, and 85 senators voted one way, and 15 voted the other way.

But here's the deal. Barack Obama pointed out two years ago that there was a subprime mortgage crisis and wrote to the secretary of Treasury. And he said, "You'd better get on the stick here. You'd better look at it."

John McCain said as early as last December, quote -- I'm paraphrasing -- "I'm surprised about this subprime mortgage crisis," number one.

Number two, with regard to bankruptcy now, Gwen, what we should be doing now -- and Barack Obama and I support it -- we should be allowing bankruptcy courts to be able to re-adjust not just the interest rate you're paying on your mortgage to be able to stay in your home, but be able to adjust the principal that you owe, the principal that you owe.

That would keep people in their homes, actually help banks by keeping it from going under. But John McCain, as I understand it -- I'm not sure of this, but I believe John McCain and the governor don't support that.

There are ways to help people now. And there -- ways that we're offering are not being supported by -- by the Bush administration nor do I believe by John McCain and Gov. Palin.

IFILL: Gov. Palin, is that so?

PALIN: That is not so, but because that's just a quick answer, I want to talk about, again, my record on energy versus your ticket's energy ticket, also.

I think that this is important to come back to, with that energy policy plan again that was voted for in '05.

When we talk about energy, we have to consider the need to do all that we can to allow this nation to become energy independent.

It's a nonsensical position that we are in when we have domestic supplies of energy all over this great land. And East Coast politicians who don't allow energy-producing states like Alaska to produce these, to tap into them, and instead we're relying on foreign countries to produce for us.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/02/deb... /

i swear to zod this place is turning in to Chuck Hagel underground.

Under no circumstances do i want Hagel as vp or appointed to any cabinet position, we have plenty of well qualified democrats to fill all the slots.

i swear i give up, you win flat earthers but i'll be back next week.

i know some of you are tired of this story but the reason why it needs to be talked about especially now is that Vitter is trying to run out the clock until the August recess, i'm sure his his people figure that if the msm stops covering this story and then the congress goes on vacation that by the time they come back the story will be forgotten about and Vitter skates, we can't let that happen.

as Colbert would say, he's got "Balls"

Spitzer stands by "steamroller" boast
Wed Jan 31, 2007 5:55 PM ET

By Daniel Trotta

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was unabashed on Wednesday about declaring himself a "steamroller" and the most accomplished governor in the history of the state after three weeks on the job.

"I am a fucking steamroller and I'll roll over you or anybody else," the Democratic governor told Republican Assemblyman James Tedisco in a private conversation last week, the New York Post reported on Wednesday.

"I've done more in three weeks than any governor has done in the history of the state," Spitzer also said, the Post reported.

Asked at a news conference if the comments were inappropriately boastful, Spitzer replied tersely, "No. Next question."

http://today.reuters.com/misc/PrinterFrien...

regarding this item
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...

they asked if they could use my Title!!! How cool is that? So if you see "the leaker and the Tweaker thats where they got it from.

Hey, they did use it!!