If so I really want some of what he is taking. In the news conference today he stated that we are not headed toward a recession. Sure looks like it with inflation increasing and each day there are more and more layoffs. He also said he hadn't heard that gas might get to $4 a gallon. I'm sorry but I'm really tired of having smoke blown up my BLEEP.
Go to the link for the story
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23389508
The GOP is still a mess candidate wise, no real clear cut leader, although at the moment it appears to be McCain. They are arguing amongst themselves as to who is more liberal. Well John is probably too liberal for alot of the GOP faithful but as long as he is more conservative than what the Democrats have to offer, pretty easy to do, he will still get the GOP vote in November. Kind of like if you're in a group being chased by a bear you don't have to be the fastest, just faster than the slowest. Plus having some liberal stances will get him some middle of the road votes. That might be enough to win. Part of it will depend on how effective Clinton or Obama can soften their stances after the conventions. So for now its a gamble as to if he can be conservative enough to get the GOP nomination, but not too conservative to loose the independents come general election time.
Just so people don't think that Republicans have a corner on the market for breaking the law, here is a list of Democrats. Just shows you that both parties are made up of a bunch of crooks and lairs.
William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives
over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted
by the Senate. Scandals include Whitewater - Travelgate Gennifer Flowersgate
- Filegate - Vince Fostergate - Whitewater Billing Recordsgate - Paula
Jonesgate- Lincoln Bedroomgate - Donations from Convicted Drug and Weapons
Dealersgate - Lippogate - Chinagate - The Lewinsky Affair - Perjury and
Jobs for Lewinskygate - Kathleen Willeygate - Web Hubbell Prison Phone
Callgate - Selling Military Technology to the Chinesegate - Jaunita Broaddrick
Gate - Lootergate - Pardongate
Edward Moore Kennedy - Democrat - U. S. Senator from Massachusetts.
Pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident, after his car plunged
off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island killing passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
Barney Frank - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
from 1981 to present. Admitted to having paid Stephen L. Gobie, a male
prostitute, for sex and subsequently hiring Gobie as his personal assistant.
Gobie used the congressman's Washington apartment for prostitution. A
move to expel Frank from the House of Representatives failed and a motion
to censure him failed.
DNC - The Federal
Election Commission imposed $719,000 in fines against participants in
the 1996 Democratic Party fundraising scandals involving contributions
from China, Korea and other foreign sources. The Federal Election Commission
said it decided to drop cases against contributors of more than $3 million
in illegal DNC contributions because the respondents left the country
or the corporations are defunct.
Sandy Berger - Democrat - National Security Advisor during the
Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation
after removing highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes
from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission
hearings.
Robert Torricelli - Democrat - Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race
with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over
personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about
campaign donations from 1996.
James McGreevey - Democrat - New Jersey Governor . Admitted to
having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment,
rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments.
Jesse Jackson - Democrat - Democratic candidate for President.
Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate
child.
Gary Condit - Democrat - US Democratic Congressman from California.
Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and
lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against
Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde - Democrat - the son of newly elected
U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property
for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican
Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.
Daniel David Rostenkowski - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Illinois from 1959 to 1995. Indicted on 17 felony charges- pleaded guilty
to two counts of misuse of public funds and sentenced to seventeen months
in federal prison.
Melvin Jay Reynolds - U.S. Representative from Illinois from
1993 to 1995. Convicted on sexual misconduct and obstruction of justice
charges and sentenced to five years in prison.
Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Michigan from 1955 to 1980. Convicted on eleven counts of mail fraud and
filing false payroll forms- sentenced to three years in prison.
George Rogers - Democrat - Massachusetts State House of Representatives
from 1965 to 1970. M000ember of Massachusetts State Senate from 1975 to
1978. Convicted of bribery in 1978 and sentenced to two years in prison.
Don Siegelman - Democrat Governor Alabama - indicted in a bid-rigging
scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman
and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip
Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state
education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could
use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity
care.
John Murtha, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
Implicated in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes to political figures; Murtha was cited as an
unindicted co-conspirator
Gerry Eastman Studds - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
from 1973 to 1997. The first openly gay member of Congress. Censured by
the House of Representatives for having sexual relations with a teenage
House page.
James C. Green - Democrat - North Carolina State House of Representatives
from 1961 to 1977. Charged with accepting a bribe from an undercover FBI
agent, but was acquitted. Convicted of tax evasion in 1997.
Frederick Richmond - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York
from 1975 to 1982. Arrested in Washington, D.C., in 1978 for soliciting
sex from a minor and from an undercover police officer - pleaded guilty
to a misdemeanor. Also - charged with tax evasion, marijuana possession,
and improper payments to a federal employee - pleaded guilty.
Raymond Lederer - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
from 1977 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery
and sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000.
Harrison Arlington Williams, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Senator from
New Jersey from 1959 to 1970. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Allegedly
accepted an 18% interest in a titanium mine. Convicted of nine counts
of bribery, conspiracy, receiving an unlawful gratuity, conflict of interest,
and interstate travel in aid of racketeering. Sentenced to three years
in prison and fined $50,000.
Frank Thompson, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New
Jersey from 1955 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting, convicted on
bribery and conspiracy charges. Sentenced to three years in prison
Michael Joseph Myers - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
from 1976 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting - convicted of bribery
and conspiracy; sentenced to three years in prison and fined $20,000;
expelled from the House of Representatives on October 2, 1980.
John Michael Murphy - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New
York from 1963 to 1981. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted of conspiracy,
conflict of interest, and accepting an illegal gratuity. Sentenced to
three years in prison and fined $20,000.
John Wilson Jenrette, Jr - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
South Carolina from 1975 to 1980. Implicated in the Abscam sting. Convicted
on bribery and conspiracy charges and sentenced to prison
Neil Goldschmidt - Democrat - Oregon governor. Admitted to having
an illegal sexual relationship with a 14-year-old teenager while he was
serving as Mayor of Portland.
Alcee Lamar Hastings - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Florida.
Impeached and removed from office as federal judge in 1989 over bribery
charges.
Marion Barry - Democrat - mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1979
to 1991 and again from 1995 to 1999. Convicted of cocaine possession after
being caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine. Sentenced to six months
in prison.
Mario Biaggi - Democrat - U.S. Representative from New York from
1969 to 1988. Indicted on federal charges that he had accepted bribes
in return for influence on federal contracts.Convicted of obstructing
justice and accepting illegal gratuities. Tried in 1988 on federal racketeering
charges and convicted on 15 felony counts.
Lee Alexander - Democrat - Mayor of Syracuse, N.Y. from 1970 to
1985. Was indicted over a $1.5 million kickback scandal. Pleaded guilty
to racketeering and tax evasion charges. Served six years in prison.
Bill Campbell - Democrat - Mayor of Atlanta. Indicted and charged
with fraud over claims he accepted improper payments from contractors
seeking city contracts.
Frank Ballance
- Democrat - Congressman North Carolina. Pleaded guilty to one charge
of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and money laundering related to mishandling
of money by his charitable foundation.
Hazel O'Leary - Democrat - Secretary of Energy during the Clinton
Administration - O'leary took trips all over the world as Secretary with
as many 50 staff members and at times rented a plane, which was used by
Madonna during her concert tours.
Lafayette Thomas - Democrat - Candidate for Tennessee State House
of Representatives in 1954. Sheriff of Davidson County, from 1972 to 1990.
Indicted in federal court on 54 counts of abusing his power as sheriff.
Pleaded guilty to theft and mail fraud; sentenced to five years in prison.
Mary Rose Oakar - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Ohio from
1977 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges of funneling $16,000
through fake donors.
David Giles - Democrat - candidate for U.S. Representative from
Washington in 1986 and 1990. Convicted in June 2000 of child rape.
Gary Siplin - Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of
third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services
of employees for his candidacy.
Edward Mezvinsky - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
Iowa from 1973 to 1977. Indicted on 56 federal fraud charges.
Lena Swanson - Democrat - Member of Washington State Senate
in 1997. Pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting
unlawful payments from veterans and former prisoners of war.
Abraham J. Hirschfeld - Democrat - candidate in Democratic primary
for U.S. Senator from New York in 1974 and 1976. Offered Paula Jones $1
million to drop her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton.
Convicted in 2000 of trying to hire a hit man to kill his business partner.
Henry Cisneros - Democrat - U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development from 1993 to 1997. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge
of lying to the FBI.
James A. Traficant Jr. - Member of House of Representatives from
Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges.
Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.
John Doug Hays - Democrat - member of Kentucky State Senate from
1980 to 1982 Found guilty of mail fraud for submitting false campaign
reports stemming from an unsuccessful run for judge. He was sentenced
to six months in prison to be followed by six months of home confinement
and three years of probation.
Henry J. Cianfrani - Democrat - Pennsylvania State Senate
from 1967 to 1976. Convicted on federal charges of racketeering and mail
fraud for padding his Senate payroll. Sentenced to five years in federal
prison.
David Hall - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1971 to 1975.
Indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. Convicted and sentenced
to three years in prison.
John A. Celona - Democrat - A former state senator was charged
with the three counts of mail fraud. Federal prosecutors accused him of
defrauding the state and collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from
CVS Corp. and others while serving in the legislature. Celona has agreed
to plead guilty to taking money from the CVS pharmacy chain and other
companies that had interest in legislation. Under the deal, Celona agreed
to cooperate with investigators. He faces up to five years in federal
prison on each of the three counts and a $250,000 fine
Allan Turner Howe - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Utah
from 1975 to 1977. Arrested for soliciting a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Jerry Cosentino - Democrat - Illinois State Treasurer. Pleaded
guilty to bank fraud - fined $5,000 and sentenced to nine months home
confinement.
Joseph Waggonner Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Louisiana
from 1961 to 19 79. Arrested in Washington, D.C. for soliciting a policewoman
posing as a prostitute
Albert G. Bustamante - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Texas
from 1985 to 1993. Convicted in 1993 on racketeering and bribery charges
and sentenced to prison.
Lawrence Jack Smith - Democrat - U.S. Representative
from Florida from 1983 to 1993. Sentenced to three months in federal prison
for tax evasion.
David Lee Walters - Democrat - Governor of Oklahoma from 1991
to 1995. Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor election law violation.
James Guy Tucker, Jr. - Democrat - Governor of Arkansas from
1992 to 1996. Resigned in July 1996 after conviction on federal fraud
charges as part of the Whitewater investigation.
Walter Rayford Tucker - Democrat - Mayor of Compton, California
from 1991 to 1992; U.S. Representative from California from 1993 to 1995.
Sentenced to 27 months in prison for extortion and tax evasion.
William McCuen - Democrat - Secretary of State of Arkansas from
1985 to 1995. Admitted accepting kickbacks from two supporters he gave
jobs, and not paying taxes on the money. Admitted to conspiring with a
political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled from the state in a sham
transaction. He was indicted on corruption charges. Pleaded guilty to
felony counts tax evasion and accepting a kickback. Sentenced to 17 years
in prison.
Walter Fauntroy - Democrat - Delegate to U.S. Congress from the
District of Columbia from 1971 to 1991. Charged in federal court with
making false statements on financial disclosure forms. Pleaded guilty
to one felony count and sentenced to probation.
Carroll Hubbard, Jr. - Democrat - Kentucky State Senate from 1968
to 1975 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1975 to 1993. Pleaded
guilty to conspiring to defraud the Federal Elections Commission and to
theft of government property; sentenced to three years in prison.
Joseph Kolter - Democrat - member of Pennsylvania State House
of Representatives from 1969 to 1982 and U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
from 1983 to 1993. Indicted by a Federal grand jury on five felony charges
of embezzlement at the U.S. House post office. Pleaded guilty.
Webster Hubbell - Democrat - Chief Justice of Arkansas State Supreme
Court in 1983. Pleaded guilty to federal mail fraud and tax evasion charges
- sentenced to 21 months in prison.
Nicholas Mavroules - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
from 1979 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to charges of tax fraud and accepting
gratuities while in office.
Carl Christopher Perkins - Democrat - Kentucky State House of
Representatives from 1981 to 1984 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky
from 1985 to 1993. Pleaded guilty to bank fraud in connection with the
House banking scandal. Perkins wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000.
Pleaded guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal
Election Commission and false financial disclosure reports. Sentenced
to 21 months in prison.
Richard Hanna - Democrat - U.S. Representative from California
from 1963 to 1974. Received payments of about $200,000 from a Korean businessman
in what became known as the "Koreagate" influence buying scandal. Pleaded
guilty and sentenced to federal prison.
Angelo Errichetti - Democrat - New Jersey State Senator was sentenced
to six years in prison and fined $40,000 for his involvement in Abscam.
Daniel Baugh Brewster - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Maryland.
Indicted on charges of accepting illegal gratuity while in Senate.
Thomas Joseph Dodd - Democrat - U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Censured by the Senate for financial improprieties, having diverted $116,000
in campaign and testimonial funds to his own use
Edward Fretwell Prichard, Jr. - Democrat - Delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky. Convicted of vote fraud in federal
court in connection with ballot-box stuffing. Served five months in prison.
Jerry Springer - Democrat - Resigned from Cincinnati City Council
in 1974 after admitting to paying a prostitute with a personal check,
which was found in a police raid on a massage parlor.
Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. - Democrat -Arkansas State Senate. Convicted
on federal tax charges and expelled from the Arkansas Senate.
Daniel Flood - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
from 1945 to 1947, 1949 to 1953 and 1955 to 1980. Pleaded guilty to a
conspiracy charge involving payoffs and sentenced to probation.
Otto Kerner, Jr - Democrat - Governor of Illinois from
1961 to 1968. While serving as Governor, he and another official made
a gain of over $300,000 in a stock deal. Convicted on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury, and related charges. Sentenced to three years in
federal prison and fined $50,000.
George Crockett, Jr. - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Michigan.
Served four months in federal prison for contempt of court following his
defense of a Communist leader on trial for advocating the overthrow of
the government.
Cornelius Edward Gallagher - Democrat - U.S. Representative from
New Jersey from 1959 to 1973. Indicted on federal charges of income tax
evasion, conspiracy, and perjury
Mark B. Jimenez - Democrat fundraiser - sentenced to 27 months
in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United
States and commit election financing offenses.
Bobby Lee Rush - Democrat - U.S. Representative from Illinois.
As a Black Panther, spent six months in prison on a weapons charge.
Bolley ''Bo'' Johnson - Democrat - Former Florida House Speaker
- received a two-year term for tax evasion.
Roger L. Green - Democrat - Brooklyn Democrat Assemblyman. Pleaded
guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he
did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.
Gloria Davis - Democrat - Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty
to second-degree bribe-taking.
I did not write this but I thought I would post it for everyone to read for themselves:it was forwarded to me and it is all true .I'm Not Old enough to collect S.S. but when I'm is there going to be any?
Your Social Security
Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (& some older ones) didn't know this. It's easy to check out, if you don't believe it. Be sure and show it to your kids. They need a little history lesson on what's what .and it doesn't matter whether you are
Democrat or Republican.
Facts are Facts!!!
Our Social Security
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social
Security (FICA) Program. He promised:
1.) That participation in the Program would be
Completely voluntary,
2.) That the participants would only have to pay
1% of the first $1,400 of their annual
Incomes into the Program, < BR>
3.) That the money the participants elected to put
into the Program would be deductible from
their income for tax purposes each year,
4.) That the money the participants put into the
independent "Trust Fund" rather than into the
general operating fund, and therefore, would
only be used to fund the Social Security
Retirement Program, and no other
Government program, and,
5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees
would never be taxed as income.
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are
now receiving a Social Security check every month --
and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of
the money we paid to the Federal government to "put
away" -- you may be interested in the following:
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Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the
independent "Trust Fund" and put it into the
general fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson an d the democratically
controlled House and Senate.
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Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax
deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.
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Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social
Security annuities?
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the
"tie-breaking" deciding vote as President of the
Senate, while he was Vice President of the US
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Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving
annuity payments to immigrants?
AND MY FAVORITE:
A: That's right!
Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.
immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,
began to receive Social Security payments! The
Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!
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Then, after violating the original contract (FICA),
the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans
want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of
awareness will be planted and maybe changes will
evolve. Maybe not, some Democrats are awfully
sure of what isn't so.
But it's worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to?
Actions speak louder than bumper stickers.
AND CONGRESS GIVES THEMSELVES 100% RETIREMENT
FOR ONLY SERVING ONE TERM!!!
A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Thomas Jefferson
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I see nothing has changed in the last 2 weeks, not that I expected it to. Hope you all had a nice holiday season, I did. Knock yourselves out kids.
