From FactCheck.org which should be your staple for finding out the truth in this campaign. How long will we have to endure this negative, mud slinging campaign? Who promotes the most lies? Do you want a lier for President?

Who started this mess in the economy? Neitehr McCain nor Obama did. In fact it was neither party. there is enough blame to go around and it rests primarily with the financial leaders of wall street and investment houses. …continue reading The Truth, the whole truth: McCain, Palin, Obama,

Polls are starting to come in, quickly with every media outlet wanting to be the first to scoop what had to be a no brainer. CBS News/Knowledge Networks Poll found that 46 per cent of uncommitted voters …continue reading Polls In; “Betcha” you’re not surprised at outcome.

Who’s On First? Tonight’s the Night! This blog (and my other blog at www.ericksonblog.com/blog) have discussed many times the disconnect between the media and the public, especially as it comes to the election of the next president. Polls conducted by various media outlets have McCain in the press more than Obama (et tu brute?); and even the first presidential campaign, except for Bob …continue reading BIDEN and PALIN: TONIGHT’S the NIGHT

Obama called McCain to talk about how they can work with their colleagues to end the stalemate on the buyout. McCain called Obama back and said let’s postpone the debate till the next Thursday (the day of the VP debate). Obama did no press on this. McCain did making everyone believe it was his idea and he really ran with it, taking it to a whole new level.

McCain cancels appearance on letterman cause he is rushing back to DC to fix the bailout. Letterman has his show and finds out, McCain is 5 blocks away doing an interview with Katie Couric.

President Bush invtes both candidate to come to white house with congressional leaders of both parties to finalize the bailout proposal. He, Bush, never checks with Congres who has its own bi-partisan group that have made great strides in creating a bailout that is reflective of both sides, and the ultimate payor of the bailout, the people.

McCain finds time to appear at Clinton’s Global Initiative (in person) this morning. Obama appears via satellite.

Sarah Palin has not turned in her finanicals (all other candidates have). She gets an extension till after the VP debate next Thursday unless its delayed for some unexplained reason.

Question: What is truth and reality?

Do you think these candidates for the US president should be able to handle crisis? Should they be able to handle more than 1 thing a time? Should they be knowledgeable about the information that leads to what is going on in the US, in its governement?

In order to vote, shouldn’t you do research to know which candidate is real and which is a pure politician?

I challenge you to answer these questions carefully. Find the facts. Then decide who is the real candidate for US President.

The Kaiser Foundation release the video on Obama and McCain perspectives on healthcare. Here is link: http://www.kaisernetwork.org/podcast/h08/091808_h08_sea_audio.mp3

To find out more, you can click here

I don’t like to be repetitive here and just report on other blogs but there is too much to say about the affect of the election this year on th eUS economy and healthcare to try to say it all myself.  This is about each of us individually, and as a whole, the country. For me, I am in my 60’s, active, working but wanted to retire by 70. My retirement investment is sliding down, down, down. I worry about survival, economic and health wise. Who will care? I, like each one of you, owns this. Each of us, collectively, has the power of making a difference in the outcome of this election, this economy, the health of ourselves and our co-citizens.

This election stands to be the one that makes or breaks our county. No matter what your age, you need to be informed and not just by viewing advertisements but more importantly by reading facts. The facts speak for themselves.

…continue reading Show Me the Money; Do or Die in ‘08

This is post from the Huffington Post Blogs I had to lift and add here. So what do you think?

Robert Kennedy Jr  from the Huffington Post
Posted September 15, 2008 | 11:27 AM (EST)
Governor Palin’s Reading List
Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler, an avowed racist who Sarah Palin approvingly quoted in her acceptance speech for the moral superiority of small town values, expressed his fervent hope about my father, Robert F. Kennedy, as he contemplated his own run for the presidency in 1965, that “some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in public premises before the snow flies.”
It might be worth asking Governor Palin for a tally of the other favorites from her reading list”

I think this demonstrates either foot in mouth disease or a sensitivity chip missing. But that’s only my opinion.

From time to time, this blog will update and combine new statistics on this very important election 2008. Not since the depression has this country seen the demise of banks and investment companies. Now we steady ourselves for the stock market with the demise of Lehman Bros. It is very important that each of us research and determine who is the candidate to take us out of economic hell. …continue reading Election08 Updates: New Stats and Sites

I don’t pretend to be a political activist or more knowledgeable then those that are. I am a mere mortal who happens to be a woman (so don’t accuse me of gender bias when discussing Palin), a Hillary fan (and Palin is not Hillary!), a former nurse, a marketer for health services within the leading group of senior housing and health, a mother, a grandmother, a daughter. And not since Al Gore lost his winning presidential election have I been so interested in the presidential campaign and election. I look to experts to provide me facts and figures and report them and refer to them in this blog. …continue reading The Political Blogosphere: On Palin

CNN this weekend released a fact sheet on Sarah Palin based on her speech at the Republican Convention. It, along with other publications fact checking, are published on the Jed Report.  There are always fact sheets on all of what the political candidates say. To be an informed voter, you should check these sites, CNN.com, Jed Report, FactCheck.org and others. Here are some of the highlights of Palin’s mistruths: …continue reading Fact Sheet on Sarah Palin; CNN, Jed Report