Obama has not shown me that he is capable of running the country, but you cannot blame everything on Cons, Clinton could have down something on our dependancy on Oil just like bush and any other president.

Obama has done nothing worthy to give me confidence that he is capable of the Oval office.... Just because he wants change is not enough, You libs cannot even tell me what those changes are...

Just tell me one thing he has done, Just one thing..... But you can't

Listen you can run around with the same question and I can sit here and give you info but I wont...........I cant change the mind and really I dont think I care to but i will say that I and a whole lot of intellectually sounded population are going to get our voices heard this time.........the young are going to speak and vote and this country is going to change regardless if you like it or not.............no one is going to end up with a Robot for office..........

I'm not votingfor either canidate.I amlooking at 3rd party.

You will not tell me what obama has done? The Messaiah has done nothing and you all know it, but you think he is soooo worthy of the oval office because he preaches change and not a republican.....

Hmmm...I just got back from church. I don't know who your Messiah is but my Messiah has done alot.

Obama Calls on the Bush Administration to Guarantee Taxpayers Do Not Pay Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CEO Severance Packages
Monday, September 8, 2008
Printable FormatFor Immediate Release:
Contact: Michael Ortiz

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama today sent the following letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart, calling on them to address news reports that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CEOs will receive millions of dollars in severance packages even as they are removed from their posts. When Congress originally approved the authority for the Treasury Department to step in and rescue these companies this summer, it explicitly included a provision that gave the new regulator the authority to block golden parachute payments to CEOs. As the Bush Administration now takes unprecedented steps to rescue these companies with taxpayer dollars, it would be highly inappropriate and a violation of the public trust to allow windfall CEO severance pay packages.

In the letter, Senator Obama calls on the Administration to provide him with the steps being taken to ensure that these companies fulfill their important missions without wasting taxpayer dollars or rewarding poor leadership.

The text of the letter is below:

Dear Secretary Paulson and Director Lockhart,

News reports indicate that the chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will stand to reap millions of dollars in severance payments when they are removed from their posts. Under no circumstances should the executives of these institutions earn a windfall at a time when the U.S. Treasury has taken unprecedented steps to rescue these companies with taxpayer resources. I urge you immediately to clarify that the agreement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac voids any such inappropriate windfall payments to outgoing CEOs and senior management.

When Congress granted the Department of the Treasury the authority to step in and rescue Fannie and Freddie, we explicitly included a provision that gave the new regulator the authority to block "any" payments made to CEOs that were "contingent on the termination" of their affiliation with the organization. It would be a gross violation of the public trust to fail to use this authority now, while American taxpayers and American homeowners, already struggling in a weak economy, are being asked to accept an historic intervention to rescue these institutions.

I recognize that intervention is necessary to maintain liquidity for the housing market so that homeowners can continue to get affordable mortgages and homes can be bought and sold in neighborhoods across the country. Yet one of the central requirements that I have consistently set in evaluating any intervention under this new legislation is that such action protect taxpayers and not bail out senior management from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Multi-million dollar severance payments for the executives who helped steer these institutions into the current crisis situation would violate the spirit of the authority granted by Congress to the Treasury Department and would violate the public's trust.

I understand that details of the agreement are still being worked out. Please let me know right away what steps are being taken to ensure that the agreement is responsible and that Fannie and Freddie can continue to fulfill their important missions without wasting taxpayer dollars or rewarding poor leadership. The American people are watching and have put their trust in us to look out for their interests.

Sincerely,

Barack Obama
United States Senator
If nothing I have something to talk about what kind of man he is..............you think whatever but the man has the people in mind........what the hell is wrong with that..............

That is just a letter, that is not something he has accomplished

it's strange to me how so many people believe that any thing they find on the internet must be true and assume it for their own thought

we seem to be a nation of parrots and ventriloquists

On Top of it, when McCain Suspended his campaign to go back to washington to help with the crisis, Obama was not going to go, and criticized McCain for Going, IS that how he is looking out for the people, looks like Obama was looking out for Obama

And your point is that it doesnt at least give you the idea that he is about our community...........come on how delusional is that statement............why dont you just say what is really on your mind than playing symatics with me................you want a policy you look it up...........we have the freedom for it...........and while you look up the policies that he has inacted look at the policies that our Archaic candidate has as well...............oh maybe we dont have to because he is a favorable candidate because of his superiority complex or the superiority complex of the WHITE AMERICA

So Obama has done nothing for America.... He is the perfect Canidate for the Presidency, we need him there to have "on The Job Training" for the presidency..... I would vote for Paris Hilton before I would vote for Obamadrama......

McCain/Palin 08

What a silly tag line.

the anti-christ is supposed to be a charismatic leader.


McCain might be a leader...

But he sure as heck is NOT, nor could he ever be discribed as CHARISMATIC.

My point exactly superiority complex of white America...............say what you mean you think that we are unaware at least I have the guts to see it for what it is..............but the world is full of closet racist isnt there............

You are the one bring race into it, I don't like Obama because I think he is Inexperienced and has done nothing for America... Personally There are a lot of black people that would love to see as president, Collin Powell and Condelezza Rice... I know where they stand and I would feel better with them in control of the country than OBama....

Your kidding right.............you think that is a great representation of who is qualified..........they are jokes...........and Colin Powell had his chance...............I bring race because it real is what it is...........you want to claim that Obama has no credentials...........wtf is Palin.........the same person as Obama and even worse........so keep hiding behind words its safer that way isnt it but your implications can be read between the lines...........

I have a problem with Obama... Not his race.

In my opinion he should not have been even put in the same sentence as the young man that, against overwhelming opposition had the courage to step into ole' Miss.

The first black president needs to have a lot more on the ball than Senator Obama.

Put Secretary of State Rice on the ticket as a presidential candidate and she would have my vote in a flash second.

True Patriot... List of accomplishments. Yes some mistakes (she is, after all human). Most important she knows both washington and the world. Has a firm grasp of what this country needs and is rooted in reality.

Most important she has the guts to handle the hard future we face.

Palin has had more experiance in leadership than Obama. She is not the Janitor of Alaska, She RUNS Alaska... what leadership skills has obama shown..... He cannot even be a leader in his own party, they will not let him go anywhere with out a teleprompter..

Rice has education but isnt motivated and lacks charisma..............by the way no one whats a puppet of OLe Masta Bush..............we are good with Obama..........its sad that everyone says he isnt qualified but he is what America is founded on which is open mindedness or I didnt get the memo that America is built on the English ideal of the old legacy, old men, old tactics and hurrah to the aristocracy..........

Obama... Completely owned by the democratic party.

McCain ... Completely owned by the republican party.

When I see more come from their mouths than party lines and party values... I will think differently.

Neither has a race. Both have green hands. My money is used by all politicians.

Race has nothing to do with it.

Just as an addendum.

I would vote for the Rev. Jackson before I will vote for Obama.

At least Mr. Jackson sticks to his principles...
even if I do not agree with all of them I must respect that.