Why are lies left unchallenged?

It is amazing the favorable treatment Barack Obama receives or shall I say, the “stick your head in the sand” treatment? This is what I mean. When the economic crisis happened, John McCain suspended his campaign (his part of it anyway) and went to Washington. Now Obama and his pun dents say that he went to get the Republicans to vote for the existing bill and that he failed. Well, factually, is that what he said he went to do? No. He said that there was no support on the GOP side for the existing 3 page bill that Hank Paulson sent to the congress. He went to Washington to get a compromise and to get the GOP voice to be heard. Everyone who reports on the meeting he had in the White House with congressional leaders and the President, say the same thing. All of the dems including Barack Obama supported the Paulson bill as it was and the house GOP introduced a different plan completely which made Harry Reed, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Barney Frank mad and they all stormed out angry. Senator McCain supported the house bill. The house bill is closer to what was passed although not in totality.

Now, Barack Obama gets on television after the whole thing was hammered out, just after (notice after action is taken) the Senate vote on the new bill. What does he say? He goes point by point through the GOP bill which made he and all of his buddies mad and says that he demanded that these things be implemented. When people in the media know the truth, why don’t they call him on these blatant lies? I’ll leave you to surmise that. Suffice to say, Barack Obama did nothing and now wants to claim credit for what others accomplished.

My opinion? It’s still a bad bill as is evident by the decline in the stock market. The market thrives on free enterprise. All of the people in the market gain confidence in our markets through free enterprise. Any government intervention is always seen as weakness in the markets. Fannie and Freddy failed and the government bailed them out. The markets declined sharply. AIG failed and the government intervenes. The markets declined sharply. Sub prim mortgage failures and the government bails them out and the markets declined sharply. We are in for a long road ahead and do we really want someone who sits and takes credit for other people’s work; who will raise taxes on businesses and hurt small businesses in particular? Or do we want a President who will be a friend to small business. Oh, both candidates supported this bad bill, but which one was honest? Which one demonizes those who create jobs and which one helps them create more jobs? I think the press needs to do a better job of simply telling the truth. Please feel free to share this blog and any others I’ve written which apply to as many Obama supporters you can. If the press won’t do their job, let’s not sit silently by and allow lies to go unchallenged.

Until Later,

Don