Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin

I was 15 minutes late starting to watch the debate because I wanted to stop by Blair Kaufman’s home to show support for Maggie Oliver –Toulouse who is running for Bernalillo County Clerk. Maggie is a very gifted county clerk and has done great work in making our election system user friendly and dependable. Clearly Maggie should be reelected so that we can maintain the development toward a county clerk’s office that everyone will have faith in when they cast their vote. This is one of our most important local issues. Mrs. Oliver-Toulouse clearly has the support of the grassroots democrats.

Now to the Debate

Senator Joe Biden was one of the most impressive debaters that I have every seen. He was a real and interesting person who showed respect for his opponent. Although Sarah pushed Joe and bated him with everything she could come up with Joe just would not bit. He knew what his target was and stayed on message that Senator McCain would be a huge mistake for this nation while not showing any disrespect for the man himself. Way to go Joe!

I must admit that Sarah did not make any huge mistakes but she also did not say anything that would change anyone’s views. She did have one moment where she tried to point out that she was a mother who knew about raising a family but Joe Biden’s response was so moving and honest that she had to back down on that point. I was surprised that she supported rights for gay couples since she leans so far to the right that could not help her with the conserve right of the Republican Party but maybe she was just trying to distance herself from a group that is not happy with her failures as of late. One does have to wonder just how carefully Senator McCain vetted her for the position of vice president. Clearly there were more skilled republican women who could have stepped up to the plate but that appears to be a serious problem with Senator McCain not wanting to take time to checkout options.

"What we've got here is a failure to communicate."

The America voting public is very angry at Wall Street with good reason. We don’t see why they should get a bailout when the Bush Administration has steadfastly refused to help troubled homeowners and those Americans who made the right decisions. We don’t like that CEOs of large corporations earn outlandish salaries while Main Street America has to make due. The Congress is getting an earful from the voting public this week and because of it being an election year they have to listen. So what does the America public want congress to do?

We want accountable and responsible for Wall Street CEOs in this bill.

We want protection for taxpayer’s dollars.

We want help for the people on Main Street that made the right decisions.

Homeowners need to pay for the risky mortgages they took out. Give them a fixed rate to pay and let them keep those homes.

What Congress and the Senate have to communicate is how this new bill will help stabilize the economy and protect the taxpayers. We want to know that CEOs of the failed corporations will not benefit personally from our tax dollars. Congress and the Senate need to avoid telling the voting public not to be angry at these Wall Street business men who made bad decisions because that is just not going to happen. We watched as the telecommunication corporations walked free after spying on Americans and people are still not happy about that issue. We will not watch while CEOs of Major Corporations take taxpayers dollar and walk away leaving our economy in recession. If the Democrats have to stand their ground on these issues then so be it but to give in to the Republicans is one sure way to loss an election.

Once all of these objectives have been achieved the America people are going to have to bit the bullet and bailout these corporations for the sack of the economy and their own well being. But no elected offical should expect Americans to be happy about it.