Obama Puts Heat on Fox News to Prevent Sean Hannity from airing this piece
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This is a video that Sean Hannity of FOX News has been trying to show that has consistently been blocked by the Obama Administration for several weeks. It was a matter of time until the internet picked it up. Watch it now before it gets pulled from the internet!
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=280
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but surprised?
im not.
Hannity has had better things to focus on in the past. honestly, all people have flaws. the bigger issue here isnt what stupid little thing either candidate has done in the past (if its strapping a dog to a car or eating it, or saying to borrow money from parents or that they went to all 57 states ) but rather that Religion alone shouldnt be what sways you one way or another. there are good people and bad people in all religions. i would rather vote for a Muslim who believed in Freedom than an agnostic that wanted to kill all of the first born female children. I would rather vote for an Buddhist that wants to leave everyones food alone than a Jew that wants to force everyone to keep kosher. For a Christian that isnt hypocritical, against an Atheist that wants to eliminate all mention of religion.
But that is dodging my question. Why does it matter? Also, a little googling makes it look like this is not even from Hannity... just poorly edited chain email crap. It is meaningless, slanted and heavily edited to remove facts as bad as or worse than any Michael Moore documentary. Frankly, I agree with OldBlueEyes, not only is this video a non-issue, whether true or not, but if you find this credible at all... you probably shouldn't vote.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Just look at the speech itself ... it's a peacemaking speech. What's wrong with that? Now and then a statesman ought to try and make peace. Long as he doesn't get so stuck on it he can't take out Osama.
Hey, I can't stand the guy because I think his economic policy wavers somewhere between sheer idiocy and rampant plutocracy. And I hate a fascist. But you got to give the devil his due.
It's a good speech.
Spoiler alert. Neither Obama nor Romney are "good". They are not "evil" either. They are men. They both legitimately think their plans will make things better. They just have different ideas on how to go about it and different end goals. Just because a politician is on your "team" is no excuse to overlook their flaws. Just because a politician is not on your "team" is no excuse to overlook their virtues.
jthanatos you make a good point so can you give me the virtues of both men running for President and if you don't mind how about the virtues of both men running for Vice President. I truly am interested in what you have to say about these 4 men.
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Virtue, Obama is truly passionate about ensuring consumers are protected and workers are treated fairly. Vice, He has in many ways made the private sector overly linked to the public and vice versa and many parts of his stimulus created an enviroment where old tech was propped up reducing the incentives for these companies to re-organize and ruducing the ability of new tech to step up.
Virtue, Romney has shown himself to be a shrewd manager capable of analyzing business and logistic situations quickly and able to make the calls for the greatest profit. Also, he at least speaks of a lighter touch by the government when attempting to correct the economy. Vice, his focus on the bottom line makes him appear cold and his interviews further reinforce that he is not fully cognisant of what resources are and are not available to those in the middle class. Also, while he favors a lighter touch, he also advocates rapid cuts to government spending, which as other austere countries have shown, can be disasterous during a recession.
Virtue, Ryan has shown willingness to work for what is best for his constituents whether or not it agrees with his personal policies on the matter. Also, he is more in touch with/more willing to examine how technology obsoletes old laws and regulations and makes necessary new. Vice, his budget plan was/is a mess that cuts deep, but without discretion, while still cutting revenue. He has also changed his voting on issues while still maintaining his position, a have your cake and eat it sort of wobbling that just annoys me. The example that leaps to mind is his position on Cuba. He used to vote against the embargo, but now votes for it... yet in interviews he still maintains that we should treat them like China.
Ok, final one, Biden. I will preface this with I cannot stand the guy. I don't know what it is, but he just rubs me wrong, even if he isn't saying anything I disagree with. Makes it hard to be objective on him. Virtue, Experience. The guy has been there forever, which means he has inroads in both parties making him very good when playing deal maker. He has also been outspoken for freedom of religion but not FROM religion (I will let you decide if this is a virtue for you or not). Basically, he indicates he believes the government shouldn't spend money or policy to make people worship, but at the same time, no effort should be made to stop those that choose to, regardless of where practiced. Vice, Experience. The guy has been there forever, which means he more in touch with politicians than the average American. He has also been shown unwilling to adjust his views based on changes in technology. Also, and this is just a personal annoyance, the guy can't keep his foot out of his mouth.
There you go. Obviously, there are more for each and every candidate...ever. And, of course, some virtues and vices are more important to me, and some virtues and vices to me may be vices and virtues to another.
Finally, I just have to ask, again, why did you feel this video was important to share?
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