Tag: presidential
Fact checking the speeches
So, you’ve heard the candidates speeches, maybe they inspired you. Maybe they didn’t.
But what about the facts? How accurate were those zingers the candidates threw out at their opponents?
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama accepted his party’s nomination Aug. 28, speaking before more than 84,000 people in Denver’s Mile High football stadium. Some of his comments were worthy of a ref’s yellow flag.
Sen. John McCain’s acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul on Sept. 4 was couched more in generalities than in specifics, offering fewer factual claims to check than we found in other speeches to the gathering. But we found some instances where the nominee strained the truth.
related ::
factcheck.org
SSL :: election quandry
SSL :: questions that won’t be asked about iraq
SSL :: mccain”s acceptance speech
SSL :: be consistent or else
Election quandry
Votehelp.org “analyzed” my political viewpoints and presented an interesting stat.
Barack Obama agrees with me 87% of the time.
John McCain agrees with me 81% of the time.
I’m sure those statements could be twisted in all sorts of ways – but makes me realize even more so how both of these candidates have gotten to where they are by “pandering” or appealing to the broadest number of people.
I don’t know that we could have someone who’s on the extreme left or right win their party’s nomination these days – unless its an outside party like the Green Party, Constitutional Party or some mix in between.
Typically in recent months/years the political survey’s I’ve taken have put me pretty close to dead center or more towards a Libertarian view of politics. So – does that mean these candidates would score the same 😉 or are we different/similar on enough different/similar issues that I got these comparison stats?
Guess I’ll have to wait and see what Ron Paul’s announcement is later today.
Question for today
Posted this question on Twitter today and my other social networks.
Figured I’d post it here (without the 140 character limit) and see what response I get.
question :: Two men are running for president of the United States. Both men claim to be strong Christians and/or followers of Chirst. Can you trust that claim, if they also claim to put country before God?
See the image above and this quote from Obama’s speech last night:
“So I’ve got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.”
Then he told them what they could expect for themselves: “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat—I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? If any of you is embarrassed with me and the way I’m leading you, know that the Son of Man will be far more embarrassed with you when he arrives in all his splendor in company with the Father and the holy angels. This isn’t, you realize, pie in the sky by and by. Some who have taken their stand right here are going to see it happen, see with their own eyes the kingdom of God.” – Luke 9:23-27
Oh the primary season
Well it would appear from all accounts that if the primary season didn’t end Tuesday night, it will officially end tomorrow as Hillary Clinton gives her support to Barack Obama.
In case you missed it, NPR has a great “highlight reel” with some of the top sound clips from the campaign season.
Thompson withdraws
In a three-sentence statement on his website, former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson announced that he has resigned from the Republican presidential campaign.
“Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people.”
Wonder who he’ll endorse now?