Comments on: Tuesday Open Thread

By: nickwah22

nickwah22 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:40:36 +0000

I wonder if he even knows what a socialist really is. And they say Obama exploited Joe.the.Plummer. gmafb

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:32:34 +0000

TruthSeeker: BIG TIME APOLOGIES! I DUPLICATED THIS. VERY SORRY!

But giddy. :>)

By: TruthSeeker

TruthSeeker — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:23:26 +0000

Crist had some persuasion to extend voting hours in Florida...

Obama Camp Giddy Over Early Voting Extension In Florida
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/obama-...

UPDATE: Obama deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand, who was recently dispatched to Florida for the last weeks of the race, told the Huffington Post's Seth Colter Walls that the campaign sent a couple of go-betweens to speak to Crist about expanding the hours for early voting locations.

"We had a couple of key supporters make a suggestion to him, to advance the premise that Florida elections need to be run very smoothly," Hildebrand said. "And that three or four or five hour waits for people to vote is not a smooth process."

Hildebrand declined to identify the individuals who took the Obama campaign's message to the Governor, saying: "this was not a pressure deal by any stretch. The Governor was incredibly cooperative, and recognized that this was best for the election process."

By: rikyrah

rikyrah — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:16:00 +0000

this is so beautiful. thank you

By: spirit_55z

spirit_55z — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:11:45 +0000

Yes she did. Rachel has earned the right to this interview with Barack. Maybe he'll offer her a slot in his cabinet!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:58:14 +0000

BAB: HANG IN THERE!! You got some friends HERE! :>)

WE ARE FAMILY!

Obama-Biden '08!!! TRUST

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:53:13 +0000

Rob M: LOL!! :>) :>) I love British humor! :>) Many times it it BRUTAL!! Love it!
Thanks for the laff!! :>)

Obama-Biden '08!!! TRUST

By: Justice58

Justice58 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:38:59 +0000

Yes, it might help him to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yet CNN gives a time slot to a black man who bashes black women and portray black men as ghetto pimps and call it comedy!

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:37:33 +0000

She seemed very pleased to annouce it.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:28:31 +0000

Justice58: There's something unsettling about that decision. Hmmmmm.?

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:24:02 +0000

rikyrah: An NOW a word from the "AUTHORITIES":

Well, we've heard from one of the "presently jailed, would-be assassins." She said - "He's SORRY!"

And NOW a word from the "authorities":

http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/28/aut...
Authorities say skinhead plot wasn’t fully formed

Two white supremacists charged with plotting to behead blacks across the country and assassinate Barack Obama while wearing white top hats and tuxes were likely too disorganized to carry out the plot, authorities said, and their planning was riddled with blunders.

Paul Schlesselman, 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark., and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells are accused of dreaming up the plan. While authorities say they had guns capable of creating carnage, documents show they never got close to getting off the ground.

Among the blunders: They drew attention to themselves by etching swastikas on a car with sidewalk chalk, only knew each other for a month, couldn’t even pull off a house robbery, and a friend ratted them out to authorities.

“Certainly these men have some frightening weapons and some very frightening plans,” said Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who studies the white supremacy movement. “But with the part about wearing top hats … it gets a bit hard to take them seriously.”

Despite making sure the plot was stopped, authorities did not believe Cowart and Schlesselman had the means to carry out their threat to assassinate Obama, said a federal law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the case publicly.

Asked whether the two suspects had Obama’s schedule or plans to kill him at a specific time or place, a second law enforcement official who also was not authorized to speak publicly said, “I don’t think they had that level of detail.”

SKIP

The plot referenced two numbers important to skinhead culture by aiming to take the lives of 88 people, and 14 of them would be beheaded. The number 14 refers to a 14-word phrase attributed to an imprisoned white supremacist: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children” and to the eighth letter of the alphabet, H. Two “8″s or “H”s stand for “Heil Hitler.”

SKIP

Attorneys for Cowart and Schesselman haven’t commented, but Schlesselman’s sister said Tuesday she spoke with him after the charges were made public. “He said he’s sorry about everything he’s done,” she said.

The plot was the third high-profile incident involving death threats against Obama in the last three months.

Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, has pleaded not guilty to charges he threatened to assassinate Obama and President Bush. Authorities said Geisel kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear and made the threats while attending a training class to become a bail bondsman.

Soooooo, am I getting the feeling or message that this "ain't no big deal!?", according to the "authorities?" Hmmf!! There is sooo much about this that "harkens me back to the 'KANGAROO COURT' concept!"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1B3RNFA_...

A court with no legal basis, also slang for a court of law in which violations of legal processes are so bad that justice is denied.
www.militarylawoffice.com/legal_dictionary

A judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding, or a group which conducts such proceedings, which is without proper authority, abusive, or otherwise unjust
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kangaroo court

**shaking my head** **tsk! tsk!**

Well, guess what, "authorities", it's a BRAND NEW DAY!!

How do you know that "THEY" don't have "skinhead friends" WITH the ability to plot a "FULLY-FORMED PLAN??" Geeeez!!

Moving right along. Waiting for Chapters 2, 3, 4, etc.

Whew! Shaking my head Deep Breaths!!

Obama-Biden '08!!! TRUST

By: spirit_55z

spirit_55z — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:17:02 +0000

Barack's gonna be on Rachel's show Thursday! You go Dr. Rachel!

By: spirit_55z

spirit_55z — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:15:43 +0000

Ed called the tax redistribution talk from mccain/palin "deceitful."

Recap:

Don't believe the polls, don't you dare move, stay in those lines, and vote. The undecideds are more confused than undecided. Folks are still telling Ed that Barack is going to raise their taxes. Folks need to understand that their best hope is Barack Obama.

Pennsylvanians aren't buying the erractic messages of McCain. barack not getting enough credit from the media about his economic message.

Ashely Todd: terrible that his camp jumped on that story. dishonorable and disappointing. They throw the shit up long enough and they hope it sticks.

By: Justice58

Justice58 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:09:43 +0000

Rory

Here's two more: lol

Please try not to yell—-BOOOO YAH!

Just in case you’re wondering, Doing the Running Man, cabbage
patch, or a backhand spring on the highway is 100% okay

By: Justice58

Justice58 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:00:59 +0000

CNN Rejected Obama Half Hour Ad

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/cnn-re...

While ABC offered the Obama campaign airtime and was rejected, The Hollywood Reporter's James Hibberd reports that CNN rejected the campaign's attempt to purchase airtime for its half hour primetime ad set to air Wednesday night:

A spokesperson told Hibberd:

We were approached by the Obama campaign and declined their request. We did not want to pre-empt our programming lineup with a 30-minute spot. We rather use our air to continue to cover the campaign, candidates and issues like we always do from all points of view with the best political team on television.

Scumbags!

By: TruthSeeker

TruthSeeker — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:00:32 +0000

Last night I watched a video at MSNBC where Rachel interviewed Howard Dean. She mentioned that the vote suppression issues kept her up at night, and wondered if Dems were deliberately not promoting these stories so as not to scare voters off. Howard said they have fixed most of the suppression problems….I thought WHAT??? I don't follow legislation there, do you guys know of anything Democrats have done to prevent vote suppression tactics?

To my eye, they've done absolutely nothing concrete in the years since the elections were stolen. Surely, if the ballots of troops are being disqualified for clerical errors and poor ballot design….then how can it be said that they've done anything?

By: RobM

RobM — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:00:28 +0000

London calling. check out the editorial cartoons about the Republican campaign. for those trying to understand the poodle; when Blair was PM he backed the Iraq fiasco lock stock and barrel and overruled everyone in English politics(remember they created Iraq and it did in Churchill after WWI):
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/cartoon/

By: spirit_55z

spirit_55z — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:57:02 +0000

“Joe” the plumber is being used as a desperate, last ditch effort of Mcshame to appeal to the white male. (The racist, dumb, ignorant, sorry ass poor white trash)

By: claudia_m

claudia_m — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:54:21 +0000

LOL @ ERAD! I'm going to have to use that. This is one of the reasons why I am enjoying this site – it's good to be able to share our frustrations with each other, but also to be motivated to do more for the campaign. We'll get through it! (And without valium!!)

By: TruthSeeker

TruthSeeker — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:54:02 +0000

Yeap..that's my absolute favourite picture of her…love the moody lighting.