FROM MY CHAIR

This morning on MSNBC I heard Republican strategist, Tripp Baird, say that Obama was going to raise taxes for middle-Americans, and that’s just not true. Direct from the official Obama/Biden website, please read below.

• Middle class families will see their taxes cut – and no family making less than $250,000 will see their taxes increase. The typical middle class family will receive well over $1,000 in tax relief under the Obama plan, and will pay tax rates that are 20% lower than they faced under President Reagan. According to the Tax Policy Center, the Obama plan provides three times as much tax relief for middle class families as the McCain plan.
• Families making more than $250,000 will pay either the same or lower tax rates than they paid in the 1990s. Obama will ask the wealthiest 2% of families to give back a portion of the tax cuts they have received over the past eight years to ensure we are restoring fairness and returning to fiscal responsibility. But no family will pay higher tax rates than they would have paid in the 1990s. In fact, dividend rates would be 39 percent lower than what President Bush proposed in his 2001 tax cut.
• Obama’s plan will cut taxes overall, reducing revenues to below the levels that prevailed under Ronald Reagan (less than 18.2 percent of GDP). The Obama tax plan is a net tax cut – his tax relief for middle class families is larger than the revenue raised by his tax changes for families over $250,000. Coupled with his commitment to cut unnecessary spending, Obama will pay for this tax relief while bringing down the budget deficit.

Now, if you don’t believe this because it came from Obama’s site, then you can check out the facts by the bi-partisan Annenberg think tank group at www.factcheck.org Their sole purpose is to check the facts about all claims made at speeches, through interviews, and on ads. Also, most facts are either claimed the truth or debunked at www.snopes.com

People, let’s be really clear on the issues before we pull that lever. This election is critical for our country.

Yes, I admit it.  I lied on my last blog, saying that it I would never comment about politics again…that I was FOR Obama.  While that has most certainly not changed, I am finding out that there is a fine line between being informed and staying focused on what you want! I am having issues in this election between learning about the McCain/Palin platform and visualizing Obama and Biden in the Oval Office.

I WANT Obama to sit in that chair for at least the next four years…that’s what I’m FOR. Yet somehow not learning about what the other guys are all about seems to make me an irresponsible citizen.  But the more I learn the more I sit here with my mouth open.  Can this all really be?  YES!

One blog I have been reading almost daily since Sarah became part of the GOP ticket is “mudflats” – check out the latest, and be sure to read the blog titled:

‘Alaska Women Reject Palin’ Rally is HUGE!

This guy not only writes well, he LIVES in Alaska…has for over 17years…and is actually breathing this political circus every single day.

And this morning a very good friend of mine sent me a link that frankly scared the crap out of me.  Check this out:

This is Your Nation on White Privilege

Since I was born white I have never experienced racism, but since I am female I HAVE experienced sexism having worked in corporate America for thirty years.  The only sexism I see regarding Sarah Palin is that she is being handed a get-out-of-jail free card BECAUSE she’s a female.  What I realize from Tim Wise’s blog is that the GOP are craftsmen at lying, denying, and shiny objects.  Now THAT scares me, and I don’t scare easily.

What are YOU doing with all of this information?

In the meantime, every time I slide into that space that takes my focus off of Obama, I remind myself that what I focus on today is a snapshot of my future.  I can’t afford to give McCain or Palin my power.  Neither can the United States of America!

I am FOR Obama!!!