Post-Debate comments from the "media"

[fossten]

This is not a parody:

Chris Matthews:

"Barack Obama is gifted in birth by a wonderful smile...

John McCain, when he smiles, has a somewhat menacing quality. It may not be purposeful, but when he smiles, you wonder what he's really thinking.

Barack Obama, for whatever reason, comes off as debonaire, even under attack."

I guess Chris forgets that the North Vietnamese knocked out McCain's teeth and broke his jaw.

Olbermann keeps it classy:

"McCain, and I'm trying to say this as nicely as possible, didn't look like a well man wandering around on that stage tonight."

 

[Calabrio]

No bias in the media.

Don't mind the fact that:

NBC: the late Tim Russert was the chief of staff for Patrick Moynihan
Chris Mathews was a speach writer for the Carter administration and was an aid to Tip O'Neil.

ABC: Their Sunday talk show is hosted by George Stephanopoulos , BILL CLINTON'S Press Secretary! Will Ari Fleischer be getting a show soon? Can you imagine the reaction?

CBS: ...Walter Kronkite. Dan Rather... no political work history, but their bias is epic. And now we can include Katie Couric.

 

[foxpaws]

Does anyone understand McCain's mortgage bail-out plan - wow, talk about something that sounds huge and complicated.

So, in a pretend scenario...

It sounds like the government would buy my neighbor's mortgage paper from the bank for the $250,000 that he got it for (he happened to finance 100% of the house's purchase price), and since he bought it on an interest only plan, he still owes $250,000. And then the government will re-issue the mortgage at $200,000 because that is what the house is now worth, and give him a lower interest rate. Is that right?

But what about me - I also have the same house, which is now worth $200,000, but, since I was sensible, and didn't mortgage 100% of the purchase price ($250,000) and I put 30% down - my mortgage is only $175,000 - so the government is punishing me for being sensible? Is the government rewarding my neighbor for overbuying and being irresponsible?

Blick

 

[Calabrio]

...I don't know the details. But you're against overly complicated economy nanny policies when McCain mentions it, but you otherwise endorse Democrat policy?

For the record, unless this $300B is part of the rescue last week, I'm opposed to it. We're on the verge of having a national banking system right now.... and we're not too far away from a world bank... And that's a big statement coming from a guy like me who doesn't buy into the conspiracy theories.

 

[foxpaws]

I just wanted to know about this one - in a way I can understand it.

No politics - just understand this weird thing I hadn't heard of before last night's debate.

Me and money issues - whew - bad mix.

 

[fossten]

I just wanted to know about this one - in a way I can understand it.

No politics - just understand this weird thing I hadn't heard of before last night's debate.

Me and money issues - whew - bad mix.

Heh. Starving artist and all that...

 

[Calabrio]

It's not a clearly defined plan, but the idea behind the “McCain Resurgence Plan” is that the $300,000,000,000 cost will come from the proposed $850,000,000,000 rescue deal that was struck last week- and not a separate expenditure.

Under this proposal, the federal government would purchase mortgages directly from homeowners and mortgage servicers and replace them with fixed-rate mortgages. The homeowners would have to demonstrate that they had sufficient credit at the time of the home purchase. This would only apply to primary residences, not rental or speculative property. I'm not sure if they would renegotiate the actual value of the home, adjusting it for the price corrections or not. I'd hope not. If they simply buy the note, fix the rate, then the government should turn a profit on the deal.