Family Security Matters Briefings - Week of 10/6/08

Say It Ain't So, Joe - Sen. Biden's Subtly Delusional Debate Performance
By Nicholas Guariglia

Sen. Joe Biden's a funny guy. He likes to tell stories. Sometimes he says he was shot at in Iraq, and has to later clarify. Sometimes he talks about the time his helicopter was fired on and forced to land during a trip to Afghanistan, having to clarify yet again. Sometimes, on rare occasions, if the moon is just right, he might take entire excerpts from someone else's speech, and use it as his own. But his debate with Gov. Palin produced a whole slew of interesting tidbits and gaffes, which one could imagine would be bigger news should they have been said by Palin instead. [more...]

Ten Reasons to Be Concerned about Obama's Stance on National Security: Part Two of Four
By Ryan Mauro

While the Iranian regime openly talks about the destruction of Israel, denies the Holocaust, supports terrorism and arms, trains, funds, and even dispatches the terrorists who murder U.S. troops and innocent Afghans and Iraqis, Obama is favoring a continuance of the Bush Administration policy of doing nothing. Obama's only policy prescription has been to launch top-level, face-to-face meetings between the U.S. president and the top leader of Iran (and other rogue states). Obama does not explain why current negotiations by lower-level staff members are not working (and why his will), and why simply flattering the regime with a presidential meeting will change their intentions. He doesn't explain the goal of the strategy, or put forth a deal that can be made with the regime, or explain why he has any faith that the Iranians can even be trusted to hold up their part of a deal. In short, Obama has no policy toward Iran besides, "let's talk it out." It is no wonder that many Iranians, just like their Iraqi neighbors, probably live in fear of an Obama presidency. [more...] Go here for Part One.

RNC to File FEC Complaint on Obama Fundraising Practices
By Dr. Harvey Kushner

A lawyer for the Republican National Committee said the party will ask the Federal Election Commission to look into the source of thousands of small-dollar contributions to the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama. The RNC is alleging that the Obama campaign was so hungry for donations it "looked the other way" as contributions piled up from suspicious, and possibly even illegal, foreign donors. Full Article.