Another CIA official, referring to the same speech, told journalist Ron Suskind, "Our reaction was, 'Where is he getting this stuff from?' "
http://projects.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/?gclid=CKaa6bPHmpYCFRfAQAodCBuB6wThere's a list of times his administration lied about weapons of mass destruction. There's also quite a few times we've been mislead or lied to about the nature of Iraq's "civil war" status, the nature of the cost of the war, the nature of our success in the war, the nature of Iraw's links to Al Queda, American sanctioned torture, the firing of judicial officials and other officials under his administration, and more. Lots of politicians lie or misrepresent the truth on purpose on issues just as important just as often, and each and every one of them should also be removed from office.
That link doesn't bring me anywhere. Yes, I was surprised I was sent to a link of random other links, each of which is a sponsored advertisement.
Yeah, Bush didn't have it easy. Nobody says he did. He didn't completely screw everything up. He screwed up enough throughout his presidency (starting with being elected without the popular vote--before he was even president coming into office dishonestly) that I don't want to bring in anybody like him, although admittedly McCain would probably be better.
Like I said, not all media is on our side. As I showed you earlier, the largest media corporation in the world has a conservative bias (the extent of that bias depends on what angle you look at it, it appears. Ironically, I have FOX on right now). Bush was elected in 2000, for example, partially because he had a cousin in high places within conservative media who said Bush won before the results are in, leading to all media doing so, and thus putting pressure on the system to see Bush as the victor. The democratic politicians, just like the Republican politicians, in Washington are childish. They always are.
Yeah, the democratic congregation isn't really doing anything. That also angers me. I only have two parties to choose from, and like I've said, I don't really like either one. I see Obama as the lesser of two poor choices.
I'm going to be honest, I am not really knowledgable of the Barney Frank situation. I think if he lied, or ESPECIALLY if he performed poorly in overseeing the agencies because of conflict of interest (sleeping with corporations is one of the lowest things I think a politician can do), he should be removed from office. I don't know enough about the situation to truly give you a good answer, but I hope that gives you a decent idea where I stand.
Oh, and I meant to say something in my last post that I didn't: I said Obama was fresh blood, and you said he doesn't have new ideas. But he does have a fresh point of view, and a fresh means of coming to his conclusions--more so than McCain. If you get a great new basketball player on your local team, he's using the same fundamentals. It's an imperfect analogy, but I'd rather see some new perspective. Another reason I dislike McCain's campaign right now is it seem more blatantly focused on the negative, rather than the issues (which McCain admitted in a way, saying, "this campaign would be different if Obama had agreed to going around in town halls as I requested"), not that Obama's campaign has been all tulips and roses.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I wish there were more major parties so I wasn't stuck choosing one of these guys. I think Obama will do a better job, I'd hardly describe myself as an Obama supporter (although I am supporting him...I hope that makes sense).