Open Thread
(A hibiscus, the State Flower of Hawaii.)
Some of you know that Barack Obama's Grandmother is not well. C&Lers are invited to send a get well message in the form of a postcard from your hometown (postcards are easiest to deal with) to the Hawaii for Obama office and they promise to forward to Grandma. (h/t commenter Seattle Tammy commenting at Morning Martini.)
Again, postcards are easiest since they don't have to be opened, and the photos from across the country will certainly cheer her up!
Mrs. Madelyn Dunham
c/o Obama for America
Honolulu Headquarters
1050 Ala Moana Blvd Ste D2690
Honolulu, HI 96814
Open Thread below...and yes, it's our first open thread with registered comments only. Thanks for registering using the link on the top right of this page.
And C&L just launched the new " Video Cafe" where there will be much more video fun available...
Sarah Palin Answers a Third Grader’s Question: What Does a Wardrobe Monitor Do?
I can't believe I wasted a whole three seconds on that.
I want my mouse-click back.
CoIntelPro.PronktasticlyAgainst.SCLM.E-Voting.Incumbents
Some stuff you can't make up!
I agree. I've used the moniker "Neo-classical secular humanist" since I joind C & L but have revamped it to "Sec_Humanist" because of the truncation of the longer moniker after I registered. I e-mailed John Amato about it but no reply. So it goes. Ironically, if you are not a registered poster -- at least, before today -- your "longer than 13 or so characters" -- appeared on the post header. Makes no sense to me.
"Secular humanism -- a fearless, realistic world view replete with doubt and scepticism that attempts to attain an unachievable state of equilibrium between and among the human qualities of reason, intuition, imagination, memory, ethics and common sense.
Not a big deal to me, but it would be nice to see my entire name, General Jack D. Ripper!
I'd hate like hell to run into you in a back alley.
"Secular humanism -- a fearless, realistic world view replete with doubt and scepticism that attempts to attain an unachievable state of equilibrium between and among the human qualities of reason, intuition, imagination, memory, ethics and common sense.
Do you know where I got that moniker from? General Jack D. Ripper was the crazed general played by Sterling Hayden in the classic 1964 movie, "Dr. Strangelove," directed by Stanley Kubrick. Also stars Peter Sellers in 3 roles.
One of my favorite movies ever, and one of funniest I've ever seen.
General Ripper is paranoid about commies. He seals off his military base and starts the process to drop atomic bombs on the Ruskies.
Funny thing is, in real life, Sterling Hayden actually joined the Communist party in this country for a short while.
If you haven't seen the movie, you really should. The scene near the end with Slim Pickens and the bomb is one of the most hilarious I've ever seen.
We'll Meet Again (Vera Lynn/Dr. Strangelove)
Pink Floyd - The Wall - Vera - Bring The Boys Back Home
That's one of the best endings to a movie with one of my favorite songs. Although that movie is funny as heck, the song at the end brings tears to my eyes. Guess I'm just too emotional some times.
And in other news, according to an AP poll the race is now a dead heat.
Yeah right, when every other poll else says it isn't. And then the author blabbers on with some garbage about how their pack of lies is somehow valid. AP--the new propaganda arm of the Republicans. What utter bullshit.
"We will find fulfillment not in the goods that we have, but in the good we can do for each other."
Robert F. Kennedy
Republicans love surprises I guess.
Hell, I can't be too sure, maybe I should donate more money to the Obama campaign...just in case.
Polls can be rigged just like elections.
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200810170676
It's fascinating to watch the AP melt down. Papers across the country are dropping content from them due to their new pricing structure and I, as well as many others, no longer pay much attention to them because they are so blatantly "in the bag"* for McCain.
Read the whole thing. It's good.
http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/new-flawed...
* Can we PLEASE forever ban In the bag and Mendacity forever from our lexicon? If I hear either of these again, I swear I will go postal.
it's a good idea not just to support Obama and not just to make yourself feel good but do it because she is a true american hero. I'm serious, she raised this great man to become what he is today and we all should be proud of this fact.
Nice comment, goodfor...
She did a wonderful job in raising Barack. Thanks, bluegal, for the mailing info.
Today, with Brian Williams of NBC, Palin once again brought up her "executive experience" being more than Obama's.
This upsets me to no end. "Executive experience" is overrated. To me, the experience needed to be President includes education, traveling, world knowledge, life experiences, judgment, temperament, and, yes, "executive" experience.
Obama's life experiences include his single mother and his grandmother; he worked hard, was raised well by his mother and grandmother; and HE MADE DECISIONS to get to where he is now.
Palin's "executive" experience means nothing. Look at where Bush and Cheney's executive experience got us.
Obama is a true American hero; he is a very intelligent man; he is a very good man.
Howard Zinn: Beyond Obama - Direct Action Needed
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Now Is the Time
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
There is a reason why the fact based humans in this country do not get a voice in the major media people are afraid of the truth. Zinn's People's History is a classic with no equal.
If you don't mind, I'd like to plug a great guy running for the House in Colorado -- Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack, running for CO-05. He's way behind, but he's a really wonderful person. Here's the link to a diary I wrote about my experiences with Lt. Col. Bidlack:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/21/...
Please check it out, and help out Hal if you can! Thanks!
Rice throws Bush under the bus and says that our wretched education system is our gravest national security threat. Remember, people. Even if Obama wins, the fight
continues. Fortunately, Biden might be the asset he needs to push him in the right direction. Palin claims God will decide
the final vote.
it's clinton's fault
Some stuff you can't make up!
I saw this earlier today. I wonder, if this is in "God's hands," what if Obama wins? Does that mean God prefers Obama over McCain?
There was a lot of truth in what Rice says, and one of many problems with Republicans, is that they are dumbing down America. Look at Bush; look at Palin.
I like Biden a lot. Sure, he makes gaffes and is known to talk too long, but his life story is impressive, and his speeches are very impassioned....and he makes very good points.
I don't like Biden's record.
Not one bit.
So?
Specifics? Or are you talking about the whole thing including his second grade report card in that?
I'm not saying I'd prefer McPa'in. Not in the least.
But to name a few:
- he was pining for a "preemptive" attack on Iraq well before Bush took office, and his eventual reversals on the issue seemed far too opportunistic for my tastes.
- his chumminess with the credit card industry has always given me the willies.
- his role the bankruptcy "reform" legislation didn't strike me as so benevolent as was portrayed.
Reviewing Biden's positions on key issues over the years, I see many other points on which I take a very dim view.
In short, from my point of view, he's much too close to the core of DemCorp power, and as a matter of historical inevitability, that kind of power corrupts both the integrity and the judgment of those who wield it. Getting that power out of the hands of the GOP is a necessary first step. But without a massive rollback of corporate power, the step will be wasted. And I just can't see Biden suddenly taking positions that will, in effect, roll back his own power as well.
palin doesn't understand what the vp does; and she doesn't understand the electoral process. If god tried to register to vote, he/she'd be purged by republicans looking for voter fraud. People decide. some of the people may or may not be inspired by god.
Asian markets down 5% right now. Dow futures of near 500 points.
Total meltdown tomorrow morning.
just thought I'd say that.
say it sounds like powell has wormed his way into baracks heart, baracks going to give him a cabinet post , and use him like a new buick, the more things change the more they stay the same!
As much as I lost much respect for Powell for his role in going to war in Iraq, I think he very unfortunately was being a "good soldier," following his president's orders.
powell can have that etched on the tombstones of the soldiers he helped to kill, i was just licking the bosses ass!
Ha ha ha. Pretty good there tyree.
(But sad reality, too.)
(You using spell check?)
far left loon >.<
David Frum was just on the Colbert Report, and he seemed none too happy at Colbert's questioning and jokes. He smiled a bit, but not too much.....could just be Frum, but heck, he's on the Colbert Report!
He did make a comment, however, that I thought interesting: he basically asked, "if we're going to be the party of Palin; if we're going to be the party that ignores the young; if we're going to be the party that ignores the cities; then we can't come back."
He also said that McCain can't win this race but Obama could lose it.
So vote, vote, vote!
They will try to steal it so their puppets look like they are our government.
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200810170676
I wonder if there are any mechanisms to immediately check the results of these voters or any mechanisms to report and immediately investigate? I wonder if Obama could quickly set up some network, an 800 number, or something to immediately check these issues?
I think I recently that Obama has hired many attorneys to observe voting, notably I think in Florida, but maybe he needs to do more if possible?
It begins.
We're having a demonstration on Nov 1st at McCain's office here in PHX.
I'm the guy with the bagpipe.
Come join us.
I feel like member of an exclusive club. Can't we allow trolls to post without registering?
Kind of takes the fun out of posting.
That's an interesting idea. I wonder if Sir Troll Dennis has registered?
I have no doubt that he will. He is not a "hit and run" troll nor is he afraid to say what he thinks. He may be wrong, but at least he has the courage to say it.
I am more interested in the casual troll who stops by to rant for an evening until we flog him with facts.
That last sentence has a whiff of the inquisitional auto-de-fe about it. Cool.
"Secular humanism -- a fearless, realistic world view replete with doubt and scepticism that attempts to attain an unachievable state of equilibrium between and among the human qualities of reason, intuition, imagination, memory, ethics and common sense.
tongue-lash him soundly.
Good evening. :)
:)
Yeah, I agree with you. I've only been a troll myself a couple of times on right wing sites. Recently, I had a lot of fun with a couple of right wingers on the Powerline blog. One of them called me a "liar," but I noticed in another post that that same blogger took great offense to another troll calling her a "liar." I called her out on this, but like a true repug, she claimed she was right and was not lying but I was indeed lying.
Then, again, some of these trolls are quite infuriating, and they do pollute this post.
I'm more into poking them with fluffy cushions but you never know what the Spanish Inquisition might do. Well at least no one ever seems to expect us.
I'd love to help, but my inner troll only comes out at night.
Oh, wait...
seen him posting at any time on C&L for the past month or so - definitely not since the new format went live. I think it was when the economy tanked and they Repugs were working hard on the bailout that he got de-"moralized" and quit posting. Really, how can you defend scum??!!
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Come to think of it, I haven't seen him in awhile. I think it was shortly after the RNC that I last saw him.
One of his last posts, and I wish I could remember what the driver was, but either Obama or mcCain did something...but Dennis came out and said he was voting for Obama (It might have been the "suspension of my campaign" by McCain but I don't recall). That was the last time I saw Dennis.
Perhaps he was just yanking everyone's chain all along (he often said he was doing that) but I distinctly recall him saying he was going for Obama after some dust up. I recall because my mouth fell open and I had to read his comment several times to make sure I wasn't dreaming.
I know that we have to get away from our dependence on oil but, does anyone still believe that there was ever a shortage? Prices are now below $70 a barrel.
Consumption is down, especially in China. It has to do with lowered production due to layoffs and recession.
Still never a shortage. Manipulation of the market and price fixing to rip us off.
I agreee, that is the official market reason. Opec is meeting on Friday to cut back on production so i expect the price to go back up.
link?
Commodity prices are all over the map because of the faux global economy. Speculators have extended their slimy hands across continents to the detriment of the citizens in their various nation-states. Currencies have joined the fray since that constitution-trampling miscrant and pathological liar, Tricky Dick Nixon, quashed the 1947 (?) Bretton Woods agreement, a collaborative effort to link Western currencies to the gold standard, in 1974 to try to make the US dollar the standard. Historians may view that cynical move as more malicious and destructive that his butchering the constitution -- Watergate - and his bombing of neutral Laos and Cambodia during the Vietnam INVASION.
"Secular humanism -- a fearless, realistic world view replete with doubt and scepticism that attempts to attain an unachievable state of equilibrium between and among the human qualities of reason, intuition, imagination, memory, ethics and common sense.
I think the reason it doesn't bother me as much as it did in 2000 and 2004 is that I realize that the Republicans got too fat and lazy to believe that even people in their own base would turn against them. Those previous "victories" were predicated on the idea of the general public being content with the economy and the so-called "tough on defense" reputation the party manufactured. If the current line of Repugs was smart, they'd try to throw us some crumbs, like Reagan and Bush. But they had to get greedy and keep all the wealth to themselves. And as the drug-dealer's moll in Scarface says, "Don't get high on your own supply." So I think we can basically expect a repeat of '06, where Americans throw the bums out in numbers larger than there are machines to keep up with them.
I know we still have to be vigilant, but I must say that this year is still a lot easier than those of the last two Presidential elections. The party's imploding before it can even put up any return-fire. Bush is the Republicans' Carter at this point.[Or should I say Humphrey...?]
By the time McCain and Palin are through with their campaign Walter Mondale will look like a winner.
I am surprised their advisers don't send them on an extended vacation.
I would like to take this opportunity to state clearly and unequivocally that I live in the fake America. While I am a citizen of the United States of America, in fact I was born not thirty miles from where I am sitting right now, I am not now, nor ever have been, a "real American" as defined by the Republican Party.
I just wanted to get that out of the way now that we are all registered and ready for the new and improved "House Committee on Unamerican Activities".
I definitely live in a fake America, but it is not one of my choosing.
The country has to keep reminding the U.S. that it's a democracy
now.
That Karen Hughes is on Larry King again.....she's been on a lot lately.
Not that I want to make a personal attack, but she's died her hair red, and she's been wearing these god-awful outfits. Can't figure out exactly what she's wearing tonight, but it's got what looks like a leopard skin collar on it. I wonder if Sarah Palin's outfitter has dressed Hughes?
I really cannot stand that person.
Was she a man once? I have nothing against transsexuals but she is one masculine-looking dame and seriously needs help fashion-wise.
I was going to flag your comment as inappropriate because it could be offensive to transsexuals!
Yeah, the thing about Karen Hughes is that she is a hard core Bushie, through and through, from Texas. I never could understand how Bush could have hired her back as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. Her mission was to change foreigner's views of the United States. Well, maybe I can understand....Bush did the appointment.
But to use her to change/improve foreigner's views of the U.S. when she is so much and thinks so much like Bush, and Bush is the problem in foreigner's eyes? That just killed me when he appointed her.
I like that story when she went to Saudi Arabia and spoke with young Saudi female students. She made a comment to the effect that she wished Saudi women could fully participate in society, like they do in the United States. One female student then said, "the perception of the world of us is that Arab women are not happy;" but, she said, "we (Arab women) are all pretty happy."!!!
I just wrote a quick post card to Obama's Grandmother thanking her for the wonderful influence she's been on our next President of the United States of America!
Are we the elite by being registered? I think I have to be wealthier.
Get well Grammy Dunham.
It's a new day.
13 days.
Koo-koo-ka-choo.
Are you going to make another prediction? It seems like you were always wrong on the debates.
I seem to recall, the lyrics on the liner of my Blue Album say:
"goo goo g' joob"
How can i send a video here?
I would otherwise send John Amato an email.
The link is the second symbol after the B I
S.Thanks a bunch
to link. That is what I need to know pretend I am an asshole
Sorry, i know better and i am not an actor. :)
I'll get answers on my own. jesus the ome time i ask i get shit,
Maybe we just don't know the answer. I have never posted a video here. I think you have to be a member of the blog.
can anyone instruct Me how to post a video here?
First, getting back to the pathetic "because-he's-black" spinning of Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama, here's an interesting take that seems to have been largely overlooked: How James Dobson Drove Colin Powell From The GOP.
And while you're there, Talk To Action has an enormous amount of material on Palin's home churches and pastors, and their ties to some seriously creepy pseudo-Christian militant and/or theocratic movements.
Her expenses reflect the "will" of Alaska voters.
I think you meant taxes. :)
Her people would have us believe that Palin's expenses are personally earmarked by The Almighty, Himself, and neither the Alaskan voters, nor any mortal soul on Earth shall dare to audit the Divine Account.
I have to give a little credit to GWB. He didn't shove Laura down our throats as much as McCain and the GOP have with Cindy and Sarah. That's the only credit I can give him.
People are losing faith in stocks, for some reason. McCain's base (i.e. geezers) is shedding its racism in reaction to Shrub's non-economy. Enough Californians oppose Prop. 8 at the moment. Prop 4 and 11 might be tougher to defeat, though.
House GOP leader asks Bush to cut off ACORN funds
Yup.
ACORN obviously responsible for crashing the Global Economy ..
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
The blogosphere really let me down w/r to Boehner. After hearing him blather about the crash, for weeks, I kept dying to see someone post the headline:
"Boehner's Boner for Bailout"
It just seemed so right. I don't know how it got missed.
Why?
Why are people like Boehner the Boner allowed to be in congress????
Again, I ask, why???????
When I find myself asking that question, I step out my door, and go for a stroll, periodically stopping to take a good look at the people in my community here in the heart of Real Amerika™.
And I think: Oh. Yeah.
And I promptly take the shortest route back home, and close the door.
And lock it.
Got a bunch of Hawaiian shirts I love. Think I'll wear one when I go to vote AND on Inauguration Day. Feels right.
We're not going to get very far if you keep injecting logic into the conversation!
I'd wear my kilt, but they probably wouldn't let me vote.
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Keating law firm donates $50,000 to McCain campaign
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/20...
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Save the World.
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The 545 People Responsible For All Of U.S. Woes
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/arti...
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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Save the World.
Most people at this site are quite content to relinquish constitutional rights for security it seems. as long as repubs don't win everyone here will be content.
Obama voted for the patriot act, the homegrown terror act, wiretap immunity for AT&T, and he even voted for the bailout bill...but his voting record goes right over everyones head.
Everyone seems ready to trust Obama. ...he speaks very well you know...doesnt vote too good but he can sure Orate with the best of em'. Handsome fella too!
audit-prosecute-incarcerate
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ARE YOU LIVING IN THE CONSTITUTION FREE ZONE?
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyoulivi...
Using data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders.
The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is not just about the border: This " Constitution-Free Zone" includes most of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.
We urge you to call on Congress to hold hearings on and pass legislation to end these egregious violations of Americans' civil rights.
Starve the WAR Beast...
... Save the World.
About 2.5 million N. Koreans face starvation.
Obama's actually got a 12-point lead now.
OK, it was pretty good he endorsed Obama, he needed that.
Then again, Collins is guilty of the Iraq disaster.
That ass kissing cost the nation four thousand young soldiers
plus the ecomic disaster we are in. Oh, you're right! It the was
housing fiasco which caused this mess. Really?
Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust.
"There was a tenseness," Todd told MSNBC's Chris Matthews. "I couldn't see chemistry between John McCain and Sarah Palin. I felt as if we grabbed two people and said 'here, sit next to each other, we are going to conduct an interview.' They are not comfortable with each other yet."
As someone who's been registered for 2 weeks and 3 days I can't help but feel I'm a more "real" C&L-er than some of you Johny-come-latelies.
(Sarah Palin approves this message.)
far left loon >.<
Vermont and Maine allow inmates to vote.
Texas continues to embrace family values by executing people during Thanksgiving. GOP donors don't take kindly to Palin being high-maintenance.
Bush was arguing in '04 that a government-funded health care would force services to be rationed? Well, Americans are already doing that to themselves in a "free-market" system!
When Sarah Palin was offered $150,000 in clothing to nowhere
She said “THANKS”
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
nothing is going to get better. It's not.
- Dr. Suess
He's actually threatening Iraq with going home if it doesn't accept the security pact. Yeah, like they'll reconsider now...
New AP poll showing only 1 point lead over mccain is methodelogically flawed. Of course, it's making the news in the repub markets.
http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/new-flawed...
The LA Times has a article on the Elwyn Tinklenberg story :
There weren't enough chairs for the volunteers crammed inside the four-room campaign office Wednesday morning. Every time aides hit "refresh" on their computers, hundreds more online donations appeared. Downstairs, the postal carrier spent 10 minutes trying to cram a two-foot stack of envelopes stuffed with checks into the mail slot.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-ba...
has biden released his? are they sure there isn't something going on in his brain wiring that short-circuits the "stop - don't say that" neurons?
of course, obama stepped into it as well when he used the phrase "redistribute the wealth" when he just happened to be talking to the repub plant Joe the fake plumber.
when he was speaking to Obama at length. He was sweating bullets and the rest of the crowd seemed cool. Your right, he did seem like a plant. (poor joe's life is now an open book with lots of dog-eared pages)
I'm just really really really tired of hearing about him, and all the other "Joes".
Nothing makes Amerikkka look brain-dead more than the tone of this election (especially and mostly Palin supporters). (Well, except for "selecting" Bush TWICE!!)
far left loon >.<
that makes my Italian accent get even stronger. Thant November in 2004 the Whole World Groaned.
I sometimes come ever with my friend Yu Jin who works for the Human Rights Foundation.
From a dark and stormy Thailand. I look forward to each early evening to come to view the great clips posted here and all your comments.
The one about Chris Matthews and Nancy Puffinfugger (sic) about Palin and the Role of VP. Hilarious. She (Puffinfugger) with all her stick-up-the-but attitude had no clue. He little squeek of "Oh my!" killed me.
When Palin herself speak she does it in that meter that she learned for speaking as a beauty pageant contestant. (Miss S.C. comes to mind, poor dear)
Anyway, just wanted to let you all know how much I appreciate being able to come here for my news and views and get a chance to express myself along with you.
12 more days, should net about 14/16 more scandals. No issues, but who wants to hear about those anyway???????? Really??? I mean???
It's a rainy night in Korea too, but we'll get our brilliant fall colour any time now. It's just WOW!!! Like we get in Ontario and you get in New England. GNA. See you tomorrow.
far left loon >.<
Deal or New Deal, U.N. initiative urges green global economy - http://www.grist.org/news/2008/10/22/green_ec...
BUSTED: John McCain paid $175,000 of campaign money to a Republican operative accused of massive voter registration fraud in several states, it has emerged. - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/u...
The documents show that a joint committee of the McCain-Palin campaign, the Republican National Committee and the California Republican Party, made the payment to Lincoln Strategy, of which Mr Sproul is the managing partner, for the purposes of “voter registration”.
"It should certainly take away from McCain's argument," Bob Grossfeld, an Arizona political consultant who has watched Mr Sproul's career closely, told the Huffington Post. "Without knowing anything of what is going on with ACORN, there is a clear history with Mr Sproul either going over the line or sure as hell kicking dirt on it, and doing it for profit and usually fairly substantive profit."
REPUBLICANS = MANUFACTURING 'VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD'
TODAY, Thursday, October 23rd, 9 PM ET/6 PM PT: Check Out Mike and Plumbers for Obama on Larry King Live! |
WP: "Barack Obama is up 11 points on John McCain among likely voters in the new Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll, 54 to 43 percent. Though little changed from yesterday, Obama's national lead is now his biggest of the campaign in Post-ABC polling."
- http://voices.washingtonpost.com/behind-the-n...
Powell Endorsement Helps with Independents
It's Not Over Yet. Polls Were Wrong in New Hampshire. And Dewey 'Beat' Truman. - http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/479
Republicans Set to Wage Intergenerational Warfare on "Entitlement Reform" - http://futuremajority.com/node/3515
On November 5th, when Republicans realize how badly they lost the youth vote, and what that means for their party's future, they will begin to wage intergenerational war over "entitlement reform" of Social Security and Medicare in an attempt to drive a wedge between young voters and the Democrats.
About 44 million young people between the age of 19 and 29 will be able to vote in November, according to a recent Gallup opinion poll. Sixty-five percent of them say they plan to vote for Obama, compared to only 31 percent who plan to do so for McCain.
"I see it as a potential narrative device for the Right to delegitimize an Obama win, oppose a legislative agenda that conflicts with its own, and it lays the groundwork for driving a wedge between Democrats and young voters."
The future is bright, as long as we tie the recession/Depression with con-servatives/Republicans and expose the Bush Crime Family's assault on Democracy after Jan 20th
Sarah Palin: The Corporate Welfare Queen from Wasilla - http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/503
We all know by now that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hates socialism. Unless it's socialism for her family. Palin, who loves painting herself as a self-reliant woman who likes to say, "Thanks, but no thanks" to unnecessary government spending, is always on the lookout for a freebie, even if it means playing it fast and loose with the law. While she ridicules Sen. Barack Obama's plan to "spread the wealth" to people who actually need it, Palin is seeking more of the socialism for the wealthy pioneered by President George W. Bush.
MUST READ! Mark Morford: Undecided? Really? Who the hell are you? Are you evil? Are you Jesus? - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/...
Exactly...if you're still 'undecided' you are one of those idiots that flip a coin before buying a car/getting a mortgage....
New flawed AP poll claims McCain and Obama are tied. - http://www.americablog.com/2008/10/new-flawed...
Al-Qaida-linked Web site backs McCain as president: Al-Qaida-linked Web site encourages pre-election attack as way to usher in McCain presidency - http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/10...
Because a McBush presidency would keep them in business for a long, long, long time....sorry 'Pro-america' areas of the country (ie, small towns)...that's what you're voting for...continuing the Republican 'endless war'...
Growing inequality in US cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a new United Nations report on the urban environment.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/23/p...
McCain Camp: When Terrorist Endorses Obama, It's For Real; When One Endorses McCain, It's A Head Fake - http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/22/mccain-te...
Republican 'Great Economy' Update: Job Losses Accelerate, Signaling Deeper Distress - http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/news.jsp?key...
Hillary Clinton, Al Franken and the Return of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy - http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/20...
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
Fracturing: Commenting on a new joint interview with John McCain and Sarah Palin, NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd described the Republican ticket as lacking cohesion, chemistry, and (he hinted) trust. Todd, who was remarking on the interview conducted by NBC's Brian Williams (he was in the room), speculated that the candidates had come to the realization that "they are losing" the campaign, and guessed that McCain may have begun to hold his vice presidential choice responsible for his dwindling White House chances
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/22/chuc...
Who's Elitist? Compare Barack Obama's $20 Haircut to Sarah Palin's $150,000 Clothes Spending Spree. A BuzzFlash Custom-Made Video. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO3g7olblIk
Beat the Bachmann Lunatic: On Tuesday, Tinklenberg’s campaign announced he had raised more than $1 million from donors across the country since Bachmann’s MSNBC appearance, and on Monday the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Monday announced it was pouring $1 million into the district for independent expenditure ads against Bachmann.
- http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=n...
The Difference Between 2004 and 2008: Obama Campaign, DNC and Citizens Fighting Back Against GOP Voter Suppression Efforts. Big Victory for Voting Rights in Indiana! "A Lake County Superior Court Judge on Wednesday ordered early voting sites in heavily Democratic Hammond, Gary and East Chicago to remain open in a decision that could affect the presidential election in the battleground state of Indiana. In her decision, Judge Diane Kavadias Schneider dismissed complaints from local GOP officials trying to block the sites on the grounds they violated local election rules and created a risk for voter fraud." Rock on!
- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-...
Political Irony: http://politicalirony.com/2008/10/22/extremel...
http://politicalirony.com/2008/10/22/promotin...
http://politicalirony.com/2008/10/22/palins-h... Check out the picture of the extremely frugal Obama....any con-servatives want to talk about fiscal responsibility?
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
In some staes I cant wear an Obama t-shirt when I vote but I can be shit faced drunk, does that make any sense? I'll admit that there were times in the past where being drunk while voting could have been a help( think Dukakis), but wearing a shirt with the name of the person I want to vote for is a nono, a very wierd country I live in.
the Matthews/Pfotenhauer thread?
as in the last election i voted , last time for kerry, this time for obama, it was another hold your nose and vote moment, i dont hold out much hope for my country when im forced to vote for the lesser of two evils, mccain is to old to be president and is just a clone of the bushes, after watching obama make a radicle turn to the center instead of being truthful on his promisses of change he votes along with the repigs on most of thier agenda , the patriot act fisa , homeland security , and promises us more of the bush wars on iraq ,afganistan and intrusions into packistan, he thinks just giveing tax breaks to companys to keep them in america will keep them here , but it aint going to happen, thiers more profit in sending them to china and india, no benifits for the workers that they use in other countrys no social securty , no health care no regulations its all profit , thiers going to be no bush criminals going to prison for thier criminal acts on atacking iraq and afganistan , hes even going to use general powell in his administration the butcher of bagdad, vote for obama but dont expect to see your constitution restored to you , with warmongers in charge they need every bit of the advantages the bush gang gave them,
C & L --you guys rock....
i had a nightmare last nite and it disturbed. all along and in the harsh light of day i still believe that obama will win in a landslide and both houses will win the necessary numbers to avoid filibuster. however, my nighmare last night had mc cain raising his hand in victory. all i could think of was another four years of the same disastrous policies that have brought us to the precipice of economic disaster. as long as he continues to promote "winning" in Iraq and bringing our heroes home in a victorious manner then bin laden wins. he will have brought us to our knees, maybe he's done that already.
we need to wipe ourselves clean of any and all who still embrace the bush doctrine. that includes impeachment and a campaign against any of the sponsors of those who would fill the media waves with their lies. Pray that my nightmare never emerges as reality. we need Obama to lead us out or we as country are lost. that's something one-toothed wonder who lives in the heartland really does not understand. it mom, apple pie. the american flag and bring them home in victory so that all those who have already died will not have died in vain.
It's a rainy humid spring night here in Perth Australia. This last week and a half has me glued to my computor and C and L. I'm going to popular sites like Imdb.com and myspace and leaving vote for Obama messages.
Here's the one on my profile on IMDB.
Obama/Biden 08. Breathe new life into America.(jumping emoticon.)
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