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Hillary Clinton- Joe Biden Webcast on Women’s issues

Watch Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton talk specifics on women’s issues:

Doing political research? Important info on McCain and Palin for you to know about.

This election year is crucially important.   I just compiled a list of links that you are welcome to pass along to other people who are still undecided voters.  

Here’s the results of a BBC poll on how most countries want Obama in office:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360240.htm?section=world

Here’s an excellent post about how other countries are feeling:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/uselections2008.barackobama

Here’s a video worth watching about McCain and his perspective on war:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w

Here’s a video showing  McCain getting the borders of the middle east mixed up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0Y7zMcn_4

Here’s how McCain gets the Shiites and Sunni mixed up  http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/18/2008-03-18_john_mccain_in_shiitesunni_snafu_during_.html

Here’s how even military officials are very concerned about McCain’s temper
McCain’s temper

Here’s an excellent video about the Real McCain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c

Here’s how McCain will get our country in more debt than Obama:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candidates_taxproposals_tpc/?postversion=2008061113

Apparently the Democrats vetted Palin in 2006.  Here is a copy of their vet docs:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/palin-vetting-documents-from-2006-for-hard-core-palin-addicts-only/

Here’s some real concerns about Palin and her lies:
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12066224

Here’s is a front page article of the New York Times, that details how Palin fires qualified people, and replaces them with unqualified people from her high school and church who are very loyal to her.  Additionally, it talks about the policy she initiated to use private email, so that communications between her loyalists would be confidential and not subject to subpoenas.
Palin’s hiring /firing / email history

Here’s the supposed ‘Truth Squad” of women that McCain is sending to Alaska to keep things hush hush about Palin:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/behold-the-mccain-palin-truth-squad/

Here’s how people are getting promoted in Alaska when they change their stories for the press:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/how-to-get-promoted-in-palinworld/

Here’s a letter from someone who has known Palin since 1992 and who has sat through most city council meetings:
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/354444/the_word_from_wasilla

Here’s a list of the different issues, and the voting records of McCain vs. Obama
Voting Records

Here’s a graph, that shows how you will be taxed in your income bracket - McCain vs Obama
http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/426/GR2008061200193.gif

Here’s the real deal on taxes - read what the former Director of the Congressional Budget Office says http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/09/the_mccain_tax_increasescontin.html#trackbacks

In light of our current ecomomic situation, read about the The Keating Five McCain was involved in related to the S&L crisis in the late 80s:
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1

Voters in Michigan ( swing state ) may not be able to vote if they forclosed on their homes:
http://www.michiganmessenger.com/4076/lose-your-house-lose-your-vote

600,000 votes in Ohio ( swing state ) may be purged:
http://www.truthout.org/article/nearly-600000-voters-subject-possible-caging-ohio