If my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would’ve had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week," Mr. Obama told an audience here. "How do you think that would have made folks feel? Millions would’ve watched as the market tumbled and their nest egg disappeared before their eyes.
Barack Obama
See compilation of John McCains own words on the economy, Social Security, Health, Foreign Policy
http://progressiveaccountability.org...
John McCain and his lackeys in the media have worked hard of construting a false image of him as a 'straight talker' and also as an 'honorable' man who puts his 'country first'.
But what I see from where I am sitting is a man who is so desparate to be President of this country that he is willing to sell his soul for his goal. He has done so and we will be forced to deal with it if he achieves his goal.
I posted my take on what is going on (including an article on the alternate reality he is creating) a couple days ago. I am copying and pasting it in this email so others can see again because it slipped off rather quickly.
This man is on a serious ego trip and his sidekick 'lipstick' Palin of the Palin/McCain team is revving up for their final stab at the ultimate takeover.
I have to copy and repost because it needs to be seen. If you feel as if you are in an 'alice in looking glass' type situation this article should help clear up where we are at in this election and help you to feel better about what is going on and why it is going on.
Alternate Reality Can't Stand Test Of Truth
IRENE PAPOULIS
As I follow the language of this presidential election, I am reminded of Patricia Evans' work on "verbally abusive relationships." For Evans, who has written several books about verbal abuse, communication can fail between verbally abusive partners and their mates because they exist in two clashing realities. Verbal abusers live in "Reality One," a "power over" reality. To them, one person must always dominate.
In contrast, Evans says, the partners of verbal abusers tend to live in "Reality Two," in which they believe people should talk and listen to each other as equals, striving to come to rational understanding. In spite of being berated verbally, those partners hold onto a fervent hope that their abuser mates will listen and respond empathetically to their logic.
They think: "If he doesn't understand, it must be because I am not explaining correctly. If I could just explain better, he would see the truth of my perspective."
Many Obama supporters were immersed in Reality Two's respect for truth when, awhile back, they were gleeful to discover that although Sarah Palin got a lot of mileage out of her "thanks but no thanks" on that Bridge to Nowhere quip, in fact she had originally supported funding the bridge.
For a moment they thought they had her, on the basis of truth. However, instead of being contrite, Palin brazenly continued to repeat her stock phrase.
If you're living in Reality Two, such a thing is extremely vexing. How could she continue to say something so confidently when it has been proved to be a distortion of the truth?
Enter Reality One, which is what Palin seems to be living in, even though on the surface she seems quite sweet and Reality Two-ish...
http://www.courant.com/...
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MY TAKE:
I constantly yell at my tv when I see Palin/McCain do their 'alternate reality' dance thingee.
As you read through this article you will see what I mean.
I am definitely in 'Reality Two' (folk who rely on fact and truth) and not 'Reality One" (folk who lie and reject fact and truth) because I feel that people should be able to discern fact from fiction especially when there is evidence.
However, in this election, it seems that people in the 'reality one' are loudest. I just shake my head to clear it when I see this crap and it even bothers me more when I see alot of journalists residing in the 'reality one' zone.
Seems like we have been living in a 'reality one' landscape for 8 years now and these folks who reside there want to keep us clear-thinking folk in 'reality two' right smack in their unreal world.
I for one am tired and am definitely ready to pack up my moving truck and blast through the walls they have erected to imprison others and myself. Ready to get-the-ef-out. This is just too much!!!
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Also read huffPo's Sam Stein's:
McCain Claimed "Privatization" Was Necessary For Social Security
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...