Showing Them Three Rings
Posted on September 30, 2008 at 8:03 pmFrom the Palin Truth Squad:
SEE ALSO: Not from the Palin Truth Squad
Senate To Vote On Bailout Package Tomorrow After Sundown
Posted on at 7:52 pmNews out of Washington is that forces in favor of the bailout will start with the more deliberative chamber this time starting tomorrow. The Senate will vote in the evening after a series of stacked votes starting at or around 7:30pm EST, after sundown in respect of Rosh Hashanah.
Post Politics hears that the talk in DC is that the Senate will call up H.R. 1424 which will then then have its text substituted with the economic rescue plan which will include a tax cut stripped from the House version. The bill will be subject to a 60-vote threshold for passage.
Both Barack Obama and John McCain will return to the Senate for the vote.
Part 4 Of The Couric-Palin Interview
Posted on at 6:41 pmSarah Palin on “praying homosexuality away”:
But what you’re talking about, I think, value here, what my position is on homosexuality and you can pray it away, because I think that was the title that was listed on that bulletin. And you know, I don’t know what prayers are worthy of being prayed. I don’t know what’s prayers are going to be asked and answered. But as for homosexuality, I am not going to judge Americans and the decisions that they make in their adult personal relationships. I have one of my absolute best friends for the last 30 years happens to be gay, and I love her dearly. And she is not my “gay friend,” she is one of my best friends, who happens to have made a choice that isn’t a choice that I have made. But I am not going to judge people.
SEE ALSO: Braisted
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Harold Ford And The Surrogate
Posted on at 6:33 pmDru Fuller reports from the Nashville Women’s Political Caucus’ Presidential Forum featuring Harold Ford, Jr. and Kathryn Mahoney:
John McCain surrogate Kathryn Mahoney expects optimism will lead to recovery from the current economic crisis while Barack Obama surrogate Harold Ford Jr. suggests unclogging the current financial system is necessary. Ford advises raising the limit on FDIC insurance and promoting green industries to cure financial woes while Mahoney says lowering business taxes will attract new entrepreneurs.
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Third Party Pleasure
Posted on at 6:10 pmClark Stooksbury gets called out:
Piatak suggests that “Perhaps the one who needs to explain his choice for president is Stooksbury.” Fair enough. I plan, yet again, to waste my vote on a third party crank. It won’t accomplish much beside giving me a few minutes of satisfaction.
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A Family Thing
Posted on at 5:32 pmTennessee Equality Project will be lobbying the legislature this coming session to insure that those in gay relationships are treated akin to married men and women in hospitals:
Some hospitals do a wonderful job of giving equal recognition to partners. Others put up road blocks that result in tragic consequences.
TEP believes that all persons in Tennessee ought to have the comfort of knowing that they can be with the ones they love during health emergencies. When the General Assembly reconvenes in January, we intend to advocate legislation that would offer more protections for those facing these situations.
It Involves Prayer
Posted on at 5:25 pmDave Ramsey proposes a “common sense” solution to the mortgage crisis.
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The Skipper And His Little Buddy
Posted on at 4:47 pmZach Wamp, once again, makes clear his intention to run for Governor if Bill Frist demurrs:
“I tell people, ‘I’m in the wake of his boat. If he turns off, I’m in.”
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It Ain’t Their Fault
Posted on at 4:11 pmOr, at least, it shouldn’t be. Jama Oliver is confounded that political events can have so much effect on our economy:
The thing that upsets me even more than the armchair economists that have come out of the woodwork is the fact that we have actually come to a place in the US in which it our government has the power to, with one vote, cause the stock market to tumble 777 points. Because Czar Paulson decided to float the idea of a $700 billion free-for-all, with the full support of the President, we all lost yesterday. Word is, $700 billion isn’t even a figure based on fact; rather, the treasury department just needed a “really big number” to give confidence to the market. Say what?
We should not be in a position where our government - and their reelection campaigns - can cause a stock market tumble and “credit crunch.” As our leaders point fingers, I’m left thinking, “Look, this shouldn’t be any of your fault!”
All The Pieces Matter
Posted on at 4:07 pmExcept policy. Andrew Halco reminisces about debating Sarah Palin as an Alaskan Gubernatorial candidate:
“Andrew, I watch you at these debates with no notes, no papers, and yet when asked questions, you spout off facts, figures, and policies, and I’m amazed. But then I look out into the audience and I ask myself, ‘Does any of this really matter?’ ” Palin said.
While policy wonks such as Biden might cringe, it seemed to me that Palin was simply vocalizing her strength without realizing it. During the campaign, Palin’s knowledge on public policy issues never matured – because it didn’t have to. Her ability to fill the debate halls with her presence and her gift of the glittering generality made it possible for her to rely on populism instead of policy.
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He Tased Them, Bro
Posted on at 4:03 pmFred Thompson defends Sarah Palin in a new column:
Here was a woman who chose to have children and a career. Aging Washington socialites weighed in with newly discovered sensitivity for mothers with careers outside the home. Here was a woman who became upset because her ex-brother-in-law had tasered her nephew and threatened her father. The Democrats and their friends had to save the country from a woman like this.
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Jim Kyle To Host Neo-Liberal DLC Founder
Posted on at 3:34 pmLight refreshments shall be provided to those that choose to attend a reception on Monday, October 6th where Democratic Leadership Council Founder Al From will give his “firsthand, insider’s view of this year’s election landscape.”
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Debra Maggart Asks Doctors To Open Their Wallets
Posted on at 2:53 pmBecause her opponent is coming after their livelihood. In a targeted fundraising letter, the Representative notes her adversary’s occupation as a trial attorney and warns members of the medical profession that they could be in danger:
How can you help me defeat this trial lawyer who seeks to do your industry harm by preying on patients and their families for his own personal gain? I am doing what I can in the legislature, but I need your help to defeat him. I am asking you ~ as a doctor ~ to send a $1,000 donation, if at all possible. We cannot accept donations from corporation but we can accept your personal or LLC check.
The Sumner County Democratic Party is not pleased.
UPDATE: Reaction from candidate Andy Allman:
“While saddened that my opponent sees fit to engage in this lowest form of campaigning, I do take some comfort in knowing that my campaign for positive change in Sumner County is working. Why else would my family and I be subject to attacks such as this unless my opponent was worried about losing?”
Tuke Calls For Treasury Secretary’s Sacking
Posted on at 2:40 pmFrom a campaign press release:
Although Democrats had diligently drafted important provisions to protect taxpayers, small town banks and borrowers, and had added provisions limiting “golden parachute” giveaways to financial executives, by the time Paulson was finished with his 10-day personal parade, he had managed to alienate a majority of Americans and many leaders in his own party. Henry Paulson should resign immediately, and he should be replaced with a moderate consensus-oriented person with experience in the commercial banking and mortgage industries, not another Wall Street investment banker.
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Let Palin Be Palin, It Won’t Matter Either Way
Posted on at 2:14 pmSean Braisted sees Sarah Palin’s performance in the debate this Thursday as ultimately irrelevant McCain’s electoral performance:
Regardless, I think Sarah Palin’s role as VP was to give McCain an instant boost which he’d then ride to election day. While there is some evidence to say that never happened, and McCain’s poll bump was due to his under-rated performance at the RNC, I just don’t see how even if she does acquit herself as mildly competent, that her performance would be able to give McCain any new momentum.
At this point, I think the race comes down to A) Obama screwing up. Or B) intervening circumstances outside either’s control which swings the race back to an issue McCain is deemed more qualified for.
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Tracing Intolerance Around Your Coffee Mug
Posted on at 2:08 pmTim Chavez unveils a new logo for his Human Rights protest against Nashville.
He Reined So He Could Reign
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Populism Has Its Uses
Posted on at 1:45 pmMike Byrd thinks the knee-jerk rejection of the bailout bil may turnout to be a net positive:
Look, I’m as concerned about declining home prices, delays on municipal capital budgets, and the restriction of credit as the next consumer, but if we’re going to do something, let’s make sure we get it right the first time so that we are not faced with even greater problems in the future. The majority is not always right, but in this case, their cautionary populism and suspicion of government is wise and significant. They really seem to want to stop digging this hole deeper and actually climb out.
The Tukish Eyes Are Smiling
Posted on at 1:06 pmElect Blue sees good news for Bob Tuke in two recent polls:
Recall that during the Republican Primary, most of the state’s top Republicans supported other candidates (Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee chief among them). When the race was narrowed to two, Tennessee Republicans picked Huckabee in what many pundits regarded as a poke in the eye to the then-unbeatable McCain.
And now native son Alexander has roughly the same amount of support as one of the party’s least liked presidential candidates?
If I were Tuke, I’d be smiling too.
The Soiled Hands Of Bill Frist
Posted on at 1:03 pmWhitesCreek is surprised they are still popular.
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Barack Obama Gains Ground In Battleground States
Posted on at 1:01 pmVia Fox News:
In Pennsylvania, Obama now leads by eight percentage points, 50% to 42%.
In Virginia, it’s Obama 50% and John McCain 47%.
The candidates are within a single point of each other in Colorado (Obama 49%, McCain 48%), Florida (Obama 47%, McCain 47%), and Ohio (McCain 48% Obama 47%).
Can Objectivity Get In The Way Of Truth?
Posted on at 12:27 pm[I]nstead of just presenting both candidates’ views (and history if applicable) the Times-News is examining specifically Shipley’s claims against his opponent. This means those claims, true or false, are included in the lead-in (and the headline.) This instantly places Vaughn on the defensive and implies his position before he ever states it.
Is that fair?
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Presiding Over The Downfall Of The West?
Posted on at 12:24 pmMephistophocles ruminates on what he sees as the coming collapse of the American economy:
It is not with some small regret that those of us who hold to and treasure the legacy of western civilization, particularly that most pure and honest Catholic legacy, witness its fall. She was once mighty, and her place in history is assured. But fall she will, and miserable are we, her sons who are doomed to watch her fall.
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Are You Better Off Than You Were 12 Years Ago?
Posted on at 12:12 pmBob Krumm shows that, despite the economic crisis, he could still get more or less the same payment on a similar house that he did in 1996:
So what kind of offer did I get today in the midst of this horrible financial crisis? I got four offers, the lowest of which was a 15-year fixed-rate VA mortgage of 6.0%, zero points and zero down, yielding a monthly payment of $948.20. Yes, that’s right, as bad as everyone says the economy is today, I can get the same mortgage as I had twelve years ago for about $250 a month less than I was paying 12 years ago in the midst of a “great” economy.
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No Fleece In Our Time
Posted on at 12:06 pmHouse Republican against the bailout:
Blackburn Backs A Bailout, Just Not The One Yesterday
Posted on at 11:56 amFrom the AP:
U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee says Congress should be able to agree on a financial bailout plan - perhaps by the end of the week.
The Republican representative from the Seventh District appeared on the CBS’s “The Early Show” and said Republicans and Democrats can still come together on a solution.
MORE:
Ned Williams
Nashville Scene
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Extracting His Pound Of Frist: Sasser To Debate Daddy’s Decapitator [UPDATED]
Posted on at 11:38 amUPDATE: Senator Bill Frist will not be appearing at this event. Gray Sasser will participate in a panel discussion with Carol Swain, Bill Ivey and Beth Harwell at noon on Sunday. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows will serve as co-moderator and the broadcast will be made available to BBC World Wide stations. Post Politics apologizes for the misinformation.
In yet another fun little warm-up to Tuesday’s Presidential Debate at Belmont University, two players in Tennessee politics will debate each other at the Frist Center this Sunday. However, unlike Jim Cooper and Bill Haslam, the two participants in this war of words have a history.
Gray Sasser was only 25 in 1994 when Senator Bill Frist riding a populist conservative rage of discontent unseat his Democratic Senate Leader-in-waiting father, Jim, in the race for U.S. Senate race that year.
This Sunday morning, Post Politics has learned, Gray Sasser, now the chair of the Tennessee Democratic Party, will finally get his change at revenge by coming into Bill Frist’s “house” to debate the prospective candidate for Governor on domestic policy.
The debate will be be broadcast locally on WPLN but will also beam out over the globe on BBC’s worldwide radio network. Be ready for fireworks.
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New Poll Indicates Suburbanites Still Remember Why They Left The Cities
Posted on at 11:11 amFrom R. Neal:
A recent National Suburban Poll conducted for The National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University by Princeton Survey Research Associates International found that McCain leads Obama 48 to 42 among suburban voters, who cite job losses, foreclosures, and energy prices among their top concerns.
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With Things So Bad In The Economy…
Posted on at 10:47 am…why is this happening:
You know what I got in the mail yesterday? An offer from my credit card company, for a $50,000 unsecured personal loan. Did you catch that? Unsecured. That amount of money would require me to make the equivalent of another mortgage payment to repay them. That offer came as a result of our credit rating, and we would never think of taking them up on it, but many Americans, faced with hardship, or even inconvenience would jump all over it.
I also watched quite a bit of TV yesterday, and i can’t tell you how many DiTech ads i saw. Refinance. Consolidate. Lower your payments. Is it any wonder the average person thinks everything is peachy keen?
Burns
Posted on at 10:44 amFamous documentarian Ken Burns visits Belmont today.
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