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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:05 PM
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Is this an unbiased site? Need help in a debate.
Edited on Mon Sep-15-08 09:07 PM by Kittycat
http://www.obama-mccain.info/compare-obama-mccain-economy.php

I'm participating in an open debate on another board, and the moderator posted that as the independent site/source for economy comparisons. If so, anyone care to help me with some talking points? I'm tired but just cannot let the crazies run the board.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:07 PM
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:09 PM
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2. We don't?
Speak for yourself, pal.
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Nite Owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:12 PM
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5. Gone already
that was fast
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:13 PM
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7. ha....didn't bother to check.
I know a moron when they post here, though.
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:09 PM
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3. Registered to someone named Mark Shelly with an address in the Czech Republic.
:wtf:
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Old and In the Way Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:12 PM
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4. Where does it say that Phil Gramm is McCain's chief economic advisor?
The guy that set the table for the meltdown we are seeing today?
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:20 PM
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10. I started off my discussion with this.
I wanted to make sure Gramm was front and center as part of my debate portion. I pretty much started by saying that it's hard to believe anything coming from McCain, due to Gramm's involvement and history... etc, etc.
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ColbertWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:13 PM
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6. Hard to tell ...
... I checked on WHOIS to see who's behind the site, http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/results.jsp?domain=obama-mccain.info

And the name "Mark Shelly", but registered in The Czech Republic (CZ?).

Checking opensecrets.org for a "Shelly, Mark" http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=Shelly%2C+Mark&state=&zip=&employ=&cand=&all=Y&sort=N&capcode=n9xvb&submit=Submit

The only "Shelly, Mark" that comes up is in Ohio (Granville and Thornville) who donated to GOP candidates, the National Republican Congressional Cmte, American Road & Transport Builders Assn and Oldcastle Materials.

Don't know if that helps or is even relevant.


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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:18 PM
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8. It's accurate... but if you check the rest of the site...
... there's a Clintons for McCain link, it links to a site that is a parody...

I'd say that the site author is trying their best to be even handed but secrety they probably want Obama to win.

Mark.
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:19 PM
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9. Good to know. Thank you.
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EC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:22 PM
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11. Well it looks like a Republican site
mccain gives everything to business, while Obama gives to people...But I gotta say Obama is building from the base up, by putting money in the hands of consumers who will spend and then businesses can invest in growth...so I would say Bravo, Obama...mccains is more of the same...and will lead to the same result we are seeing...there can be no continued growth period without the consumer...
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wildbilln864 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:23 PM
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12. No! nt
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-15-08 09:24 PM
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13. Unbiased, looks to be fairly even. Inacurate? Well I poked at it for a few minutes...
States Obama voted against the original Patriot Act? Was he in the Senate then?

Doesn't state McCane will tax employee contributions to health insurance as income.

The 2 blatant ones I found.

It's also lite on a who we are page of any sort.

:shrug:
-Hoot
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