So, let’s get this straight. One candidate talks about “reform” and “change” for Wall Street and the power of lobbyists on Wall Street, and meanwhile has seven lobbyists on his campaign team and continues to be discreetly advised by one former Texas senator and deregulation advocate Phil Gramm, who helped push through legislation to deregulate Wall Street in 1999, and who dismissed the economic recession this summer as “mental” and said that America was a “nation of whiners.”

The other candidate recognized that the summer recession was real, called for sensible regulation of Wall Street over a year ago, long before the current meltdown, and does not even accept money from lobbyists, let alone hire them to shape his policy.

Which one of these candidates sounds like the one who has the right perspective on the economy and will put ordinary Americans’ interests first?

In case you hadn’t guessed, the first candidate is John McCain, and the second is Barack Obama.

MACKENZIE GIBSON
Grand Junction

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