what do you think about the debate?

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-15-2008
what do you think about the debate?
163
Fri, 09-26-2008 - 11:11pm
what do you think about tonight's debate?

Pages

Visitor (not verified)
anonymous user
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:20pm
Obama was seen in a different. I think he proved himself capable of being commander in chief.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:28pm
Why/how is Paline a hero? What the heck did she do to deserve idol worship?? Have you heard her give interviews or sound bites?

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-09-2008
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:28pm

<<-an opinion piece written by one of mccain's advisors, who conveniently failed to mention how much mccain received from F&F lobbyist and executives? seriously?>>

It would be irrelevant if McCain received any money at all from Fannie and Freddie because McCain was trying to reform them. It's only relevant that the people, the democrats, who stopped the bill received from fannie and freddie. If McCains bill had not been stopped by the democrats we wouldn't be in this mess we're in now. That is very simple.

McCain speaking on May 25, 2006, on behalf of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005

" Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were “illusions deliberately and systematically created” by the company’s senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal.

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s report goes on to say that Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets in order to trigger bonuses for senior executives. In the case of Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae’s former chief executive officer, OFHEO’s report shows that over half of Mr. Raines’ compensation for the 6 years through 2003 was directly tied to meeting earnings targets. The report of financial misconduct at Fannie Mae echoes the deeply troubling $5 billion profit restatement at Freddie Mac.

The OFHEO report also states that Fannie Mae used its political power to lobby Congress in an effort to interfere with the regulator’s examination of the company’s accounting problems. This report comes some weeks after Freddie Mac paid a record $3.8 million fine in a settlement with the Federal Election Commission and restated lobbying disclosure reports from 2004 to 2005. These are entities that have demonstrated over and over again that they are deeply in need of reform.

For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs–and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO’s report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay.

I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190, to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.

I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation."

While McCain was standing up to these people, Obama was taking money from them. Unfortunately this bill never made it out of committee.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-08-2008
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:31pm
There was NO CHEERING during the debate, so I am NOT sure what the heck your talking about.

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-09-2008
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:33pm

<>

Okay.

Visitor (not verified)
anonymous user
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:34pm
Obama is not a JFK his inexperience scares the heck out of me, It's not a color issue. Foreign policy is an important part of our future, and Anyone who would meet with the President of Iran, really has no right leading our country
Visitor (not verified)
anonymous user
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:38pm
I thought McCain was petty and sarcastic. And what was up with neither of these guys wanting to address each other directly. Obama finally did some but with lots of prompts from the moderator
Visitor (not verified)
anonymous user
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:46pm
Barak O'bama is gracious and very intelligent. He has been kind to McCain when McCain has been rude and arrogant to him, on top of all the lying he has done. McCain's record is public information. He represents another four years of the Bush administration even though he denies it.
Visitor (not verified)
anonymous user
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:48pm
i relly dont kep up with all debates,in my opinion if youre not honest you should not be president,when you say"i will make this world a better place for the rich or poor then you should.i think they should do more for poor people who actually work to put food on the table instead of judge them becasue they dont have the money to beable to see doctors,or get ahead.no mattr what happes onve you start getiing ahead something always happens to where you fal right back down,like gas prices,food and everything else to that matter it seems like the people running for president will dsay and d anythng to become president,then never fall through on theyre promises,so what does that tell us about our economy?
we need a president who has compassion for the world,one who will say what they will doonce they become president.
Visitor (not verified)
anonymous user
Tue, 09-30-2008 - 5:50pm
I think Sarah is a real woman. She does not follow the style of the media who all look alike. She dresses like women I see everywhere on American streets. Finally!!

Pages