PALIN: I do take issue with some of the principle there with that redistribution of wealth principle that seems to be espoused by you. So it was Barack Obama who voted for that energy plan that gave those tax breaks to the oil companies that I then had to turn around, as a governor of an energy-producing state, and kind of undo in my own area of expertise, and that's energy.
I would be the point person for the legislative initiatives in the United States Congress for our administration. I live in a beautiful house that's my total investment that I have. Also, John McCain's maverick position that he's in, that's really prompt up to and indicated by the supporters that he has. PALIN: No, I do not believe that it has been. [20] Time's Mark Halperin graded Obama's performance an A- and McCain's performance a B-. When I and others in the legislature found out we had some millions of dollars in Sudan, we called for divestment through legislation of those dollars to make sure we weren't doing anything that would be seen as condoning the activities there in Darfur. And it didn't take me long -- it was hard to change, but it didn't take me long, but it took about five years for me to realize that the ideology of that judge makes a big difference. You know, in the neighborhood I grew up in, it was all about dignity and respect. So affordability and accessibility will be the keys there with that $5,000 tax credit also being offered. I haven't heard how his policy in Afghanistan is going to be different than George Bush's. We want to thank the folks here at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Commission on Presidential Debates. I'm not one to attribute every man -- activity of man to the changes in the climate. Pakistan already has deployed nuclear weapons. But the policies and the proposals have got to speak for themselves, also.
Was it the greedy lenders? I saw it as half-full. Again, John McCain and I, that commitment that we have made, and we're going to follow through on that, getting rid of that corruption. But I did change on that, and -- and I'm glad I did. The middle class needs relief, tax relief. And so that -- that -- that was one of the intellectual changes that took place in my career as I got a close look at it. John McCain has voted 20 times against funding alternative energy sources and thinks, I guess, the only answer is drill, drill, drill. BIDEN: You're very kind suggesting my only Achilles Heel is my lack of discipline. The debates were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates.
We have got to clean up this planet. Your running mate voted for that. IFILL: Senator, you may talk about nuclear use, if you'd like, and also about Afghanistan. And that's why Tillerson at Exxon and Mulva at ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) , bless their hearts, they're doing what they need to do, as corporate CEOs, but they're not my biggest fans, because what I had to do up there in Alaska was to break up a monopoly up there and say, you know, the people are going to come first and we're going to make sure that we have value given to the people of Alaska with those resources. We did all of those things knowing that that is how our economy would be heated up. The cause is manmade.
He explained by saying, "The notion that somehow, because I'm a man, I don't know what it's like to raise two kids alone, I don't know what it's like to have a child you're not sure is going to – is going to make it – I understand [...]." My grandma was, my dad who is in the audience today, he's a schoolteacher, had been for many years. Just everyday working class Americans saying, you know, government, just get out of my way. And such a reckless, reckless comment and untrue comment, again, hurts our cause. The first of two televised third-party debates was held October 15 at Columbia University. BIDEN: Again, let me -- let's talk about those tax breaks.