Jack & Jill Politics

rikyrah: Some Poll Numbers from Alaska. Mudflats is trying HARD, BUT they have a REAL UPHILL BATTLE!! :>)

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/new-po...
New Poll Numbers For Alaska

We’ve all been waiting for some current poll numbers from Alaska. Here are the latest numbers from Rasmussen.

McCain 55% Obama 40%

Before his selection of Vice Presidential running mate, McCain led in Alaska by a mere 5 points.

McCain favorability rating in Alaska:

Favorable: 64%

Unfavorable: 36%

Obama favorability rating in Alaska:

Favorable: 48%

Unfavorable: 51%

Palin favorability rating in Alaska:

Favorable: 63%

Unfavorable: 37%

Biden favorability rating in Alaska:

Favorable: 51%

Unfavorable: 46%

It is interesting to note that Palin’s favorability rating has plummeted by 20 points since she became the Republican VP nominee. The people of Alaska have been learning a lot about our Governor since late August, and many don’t like what they see. Others are simply rooting for the home team. Others know the issues and where she stands, and like what they see. And while she still retains popular support overall, she has been actively burning bridges with political colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and no amount of federal earmarks are going to build them back. There’s an old adage that says “be nice to people on the way up, because you’re sure to meet them on the way down.” It could be a painful homecoming for the Governor.

Meanwhile in the rest of the nation….

Gallup National Daily Tracking poll:

Obama 52% McCain 41%

This is Obama’s largest lead yet. While McCain isn’t doing much to “change the game,”
and his less than stellar performance in last night’s debate plays a part in Obama’s growing lead, we can’t ignore the Palin effect. The initial “bump” was obvious, but while support from evangelicals and hard-core social conservatives remains galvanized, Palin’s fringe views, low-ball tactics, and obvious empty-headedness on issues of foreign policy have turned her in to a millstone around McCain’s neck in much of the nation.

Obama may not win Alaska, but the numbers are strongly trending back his way. And, for the first time in a long time, there are two very viable Democratic candidates for 2 of our 3 congressional seats, all currently held by Republicans. Progressives in the state are waking up, and Alaska is becoming purple one way or another.

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LAWD,I hope I don't get arrested for violating some copyright laws! I jes don't look good in an "orange jumpsuit!" :>) :>)

rikyrah: Mudflats is ALL OVER the "First Dude's" WRITTEN RESPONSE in Troopergate!!

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/todd-p...
Tood Palin Subpoena Sump & the Latest From the "Truth Squad!"



Well, here’s the official subpoena response from Todd Palin through his lawyer, Thomas Van Flein.

Click HERE.

And here is the latest video from…..The “Truth Squad”

Click HERE.

I suggest aspirin for the first, and Pepto Bismol for the second.

Cheers.

The videos are long.

Has anyone else noticed that the McCain-Palin ad on CNN's site only features Sarah Palin?! When you click on the official site, the first thing you see is a video of Palin - no pictures or greetings from McCain himself.

Why don't they just get it over with and call it the Palin-McCain ticket? She has already "slipped" and said "A Palin and McCain Administration" http://tinyurl.com/47dw3a

The governor of North Carolina just said that there's going to be a "reverse Bradley Effect" in North Carolina. His barber, who he said can legally put a razor to your throat and ask you a question, said that there are plenty of folks who have said they weren't going to vote for Barack ARE going to vote for Barack because while they might like John McCain they like their jobs better.

Snap.

Michelle Obama is bringing it on Larry King. She's got style, grace, and she is classy. King asked her about Pale-in, Billary, and Cindy CandyMccain. She gave them all nothing but RESPECT. Nothing more, nothing less. The more they come after Barack and her with their filth, the more the light will shine on their ugliness.

And, GOD don't like UGLY!

Today's Polls 10/08

Georgia Rasmussen McCain 54, Obama 45 McCain +9
Minnesota Rasmussen Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7
New Jersey Fairleigh Dickinson Obama 50, McCain 37 Obama +13
Pennsylvania Morning Call Tracking Obama 50, McCain 38 Obama +12
Wisconsin Rasmussen Obama 54, McCain 44 Obama +10

National Gallup Tracking Obama 52, McCain 41 Obama +11
National Rasmussen Tracking Obama 51, McCain 45 Obama +6
National Ipsos/McClatchy Obama 47, McCain 40 Obama +7

Michelle just came on Larry King central time!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/right-...

Right Wing: "Waaaah! Obama is all snooty and uppity for pronouncing Pakistan correctly! We don't need a President who pronounces words correctly! At least our side has a VP nominee who mispronounces words! Ignorance is Amurikan!"

LOL!!

God forbid "real amurikans" have a president with a vocabulary! Using all dem big words all fancy like...

Petraeus Talk Seems to Bolster Obama

Throughout Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign, the Republican nominee has wrapped himself in the mantle of U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, proclaiming himself the leading advocate of the former commanding general in Iraq who devised last year’s controversial troop surge. Yet during a talk Wednesday about Iraq at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington policy organization, Petraeus repeatedly made statements that bolstered the foreign-policy proposals of Sen. Barack Obama, McCain’s Democratic rival, or cut against McCain’s own lines.

Petraeus relinquished command in Iraq last month. He assumes responsibility for U.S. Central Command later this month, putting him in charge of U.S. forces in the Middle East and South Asia.


Illustration by: Matt Mahurin
As a serving military officer, Petraeus attempted to avoid any explicit political discussion. “I’m not walking into minefields now,” Petraeus said, to laughter, when asked a question that referred to Tuesday night’s presidential debate. In fact, the general averred that he didn’t watch the debate.

Yet Petraeus, whether intentionally or not, often waded into areas of dispute between Obama and McCain involving Afghanistan, negotiating with adversaries and other recent campaign controversies. Each time, the general either lent tacit support to Obama or denied tacit support to McCain.

http://washingtonindependent.com/11381/petraeus

Here it goes folks:

The criminals are smearing Barack in emails as a member of a terrorist sleeper cell. That's why they're questioning his fundraising and how he was able to afford traveling the world in college to visit his mother in Pakistan and his father's side of the family in Kenya. They're even pointed out that Valerie Jarrett was born in Iran and that there's no way that Barck could have afforded all the trips.

I won't post the email here. I've already reported it to the campaign.

But that's what the public pronouncements "linking" him to terrorists is all about.

Chris Matthews is talking about this stuff as though it's fact. He even used the term sleeper cell today.

I wish I could say I'm appalled, but I'm ont.

He's been a few days ahead of all the Republican smears. I wonder how he knows so much so many days before all the smears are unleashed?

27 days isn't a long time for this smear to take hold. But if you have the time, please go to barackobama.com and sign up for phonebanking because we're going to need ever caller talking to voters directly to answer whatever fears they may have with this last desperate push to demonize Barack.

Craig, my son and I were watching Hardball and he said the exact same thing. He said he was repeating and adding to the analysis as though it were true.

Valerie Jarrett is OLD Black Money. Her father was a tenured professor back when NOOOOOOO Black folk went to the University of Chicago.

Craig - I will make calls but - I am feeling zen.

All this chaos is happening for a reason and the bandaid is being ripped off to expose the sores and the light is being shined on the racial tensions in the US. Now on Nov 4, the American people will have to make a choice. They can hold on to from the shameful things and prejudices of the past (which no-one can deny because it is so in your face at this point) or grab hold of the future even if it means holding on to a black man (half white) and make the decision to change the direction of this country together. This election is HUGE!

The whole world is watching, they know what this is and they know what is happening. Now they are waiting for our decision.

Thanks for info and I will be calling MSNBC

Here is the number for those wh AND o want to call MSNBC complain about the coverage:

212-664-4444

Because you know you can't get enough...

Obama PDA (post-debate edition)

Another McCain Supporter Refers to Obama's Middle Name.

Shouts of ''socialist,'' ''terrorist'' and ''liar'' from supporters followed McCain's references to Obama at Lehigh University.

Keep praying for the Obamas and Bidens.

On Wednesday morning, John McCain's campaign released a list of 100 former ambassadors endorsing the GOP presidential nominee.

Second on the list, though her name is misspelled, is Leonore Annenberg, currently the president and chairman of the Annenberg Foundation and widow of ambassador and philanthropist Walter Annenberg. Ms. Annenberg was herself the "chief of protocol" at the State Department under President Reagan.

If the last name sounds familiar, it's because it also graces the name of the Chicago education board where Barack Obama and William Ayers sat in the room six times together.

In recent days, the McCain-Palin ticket (and particularly Palin) has faulted Obama for having served on that board with Ayers, who was a founding member of the radical 60's Weather Underground group when Obama was in grade school.

Since then, however, Ayers has been rehabilitated in Chicago society, carving out a niche in education circles. As a former Republican representative in Illinois told NPR on Monday, smearing Obama for his board association with Ayers is "nonsensical."

"It was never a concern by any of us in the Chicago school reform movement that he had led a fugitive life years earlier ... It's ridiculous," Republican Rep. Diana Nelson said. "There is no reason at all to smear Barack Obama with this association. It's nonsensical, and it just makes me crazy. It's so silly."

Separate calls to the Pennsylvania and California offices of the Annenberg Foundation were not immediately returned Wednesday morning.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/mccain...

McTwitchy calls us "my fellow prisoners."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/mccain...

We have said for a long time on JJP that this guy thinks he is still fighting the war he lost. Here is ANOTHER example.

Cindy McCain Lobs Harsh Attack At Obama

Cindy McCain, with her husband and Sarah Palin at a rally in Pennsylvania, took one of her most personal shots yet at Barack Obama today.

“The day that Sen. Obama cast a vote to not to fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body let me tell you,” Cindy McCain said in introducing the GOP ticket. “I would suggest Sen. Obama change shoes with me for just one day. I suggest he take a day and go watch our men and women deploying.”


http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/10...

Does anyone have any Hoe, Sit Down! spray?

Interesting take on how McCain showed his age last night (and not in a good way.)

McCain's Five Oldest Debate Moments

1. Listing priorities. The moment that truly jumped out at us was when Brokaw asked the candidates to list three issues — health care, energy, and entitlement reform — in order of their priority. McCain went first, but needed Brokaw to repeat the three items he had to put in order, and wrote them down as Brokaw said them again. McCain started with entitlement reform, but sauntered back to his desk to glance at the sheet before moving on to energy. And it seemed that he took another peek at his notes once more before briefly moving to the topic of health care. Take a look:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmO2a25yqcU

I hadn't thought about it last night, but the writer is correct. McCain had to write everything down and then step back and glance at his notes as he spoke. Very telling.

Palin to Drop Puck at Flyers Home Opener

As a die-hard Maple Leafs fan (in the heart of Flyers country) I don't need much incentive to hate them, but this will work.

A funny illustration of "Joe Six Pack" vs "Educated Elite"

http://tariqnelson.com/2008/10/08/joe-six-pack-...

Palin is a Post Turtle

I would love to take credit for this, but it isn't mine and I'm not sure where it originated from:

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working with cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually, the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to to be a heartbeat away from being President.

The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle." Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle." The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain.

"You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with."

Perfect analogy

Supkr: Hey! I received this in an e-mail last week. My friend from PA. sent it to me. So at least I know that it has spread far and wide! :>) :>) Its a crack-up!!

And, sooo true!! :>) :>)

Found this over at Daily Kos:

"Barack Obama's friend tried to kill my family"

John McCain's low and disgusting campaign sent out a press release today, in which they enlisted a man named John Murtagh to give a statement on Barack Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers---Murtagh's home was allegedly firebombed by Ayers.


The press release includes the following:

"Barack Obama may have been a child when William Ayers was plotting attacks against U.S. targets -- but I was one of those targets. Barack Obama's friend tried to kill my family."

http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/816203460....

John McCain's press office number and wesite address are at the top of this press release.

Purely gutter politics.

What Fox News and the McCain campaign won't say is that a prominent Republican, the late Walter Annenburg is the founder of the Annenburg Challenge.

Annenburg served as ambassador to Britain under the Nixon and Reagan administrations. And it was Mr. Annenburg who enlisted Ayers to serve on his Annenburg Challenge Board which Obama later became a part of.

The funny thing is that Walter Annenburg's widow, Leonore, is on a list of former ambassadors that support John McCain, which was released by his campaign today. Huffington Post has an article about.

Not only is the character assaination of Obama-Ayers connection dumb and unwarranted, but McCain touts the endorsement of of Annenburg's widow, whose husband was the one who enlisted Ayers in setting up his education foundation.

So by this guilt-by association standard, does McCain also "pal around with terrorist" since one of his supporters' family also has ties to Bill Ayers?

I mean, does the McCain campaign think at all?

McCain slips and call an audience of supporters "my fellow prisoners." LOL

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/My_...

A great McCain website that sets the Straight Talk Express right side up again. It's like a B.A.R. with videos.

http://www.mccainsource.com.

The Official Sarah Palin Halloween Costume

http://fashionindie.com/the-official-sarah-pali...

They forgot the rifle! And the tiara LOL...

Oh wait! It gets better!

You've got Trannie Palin, Gay Pride Palin, Stripper Palin

http://gawker.com/5059995/re+thinking-your-sara...

"Unborn Babies for McCain" says a sign behind the McCain Klan at a rally in Bethlehem, PA.

Cindy is speaking, her eyes glazed over as usual. The daughter who wrote the children's book and claimed that "no American family understands war like ours does" is also onstage. Her grey dress is tight, her blond hair well-coiffed, her robust female parts accentuated by her too-tight dress. Sarah Palin, dressed in black today as if in mourning over last night's mauling, her hair down for the first time I've seen at a rally, is standing behind Cindy.

The speakers who opened the show couldn't stop saying Barack Hussein Obama.

I saw that on CNN. After the intro they waited like 45 minutes for anyone to come out....Did they the McRacist Campaign issue a statement?

They are digging themselves into a deeper whole by the day with them not making statements about the racist comments their supporters and McRacist(stole that from you) are making.

Not to mention that Gramps had to opportunity to call out Barack face-to-face last night and didn't, but will do it behind his back. So he's being a punk-ass bitch on top of everything else.

MsKitty: You ain't spoke nothing but the truth!! How dare he talk about MY Barack Obama behind his back..That's stuff people did in high school. WTH!!

I haven't seen any statement - and I'm not holding my breath.

rikyrah: MORE SUPPORT!: :>) :>)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKU-rvoDlb4&feat...
Republican For Obama In Ohio

Obama-Biden '08!!

Here's yet another site dedicated to That One.

Okay, I'm gonna stop posting these links because it's getting out of control LOL.

MsKitty: This is GREAT!! Thank you!! :>)

FIRED UP! READY TO GO!!!

MsKitty,

Thanks for that link, I am ordering myself one right now

Barbara Comstock, dimwit, just said that Barack Obama has been living off of the government for his whole life.

She dropped in ACORN in her rant.

The Nevada ACORN office was raided today.

This is what the community organizer smear introduced at the big Klan rally in the Twin Cities is leading to.

No, it's not going to work, but it's not even gutter politics anymore.

These criminals are in the underground sewage system.

It'd like to throw them in my septic tank with the rest of the stinking sludge.

I saw that fool and switched the channel. Andrea Mitchell gets on my nerves because she didn't call her on any of the crap.

This is maybe sort of off-topic, but every time I see references to ACORN I remember Gary Delgado's book about it from the 1980s or around there, which includes a chapter on racism, classism and sexism in the internal structure of the organization (eg the demographics and actual power of the unpaid leaders versus the paid staff).

I don't know if things have changed or not but I do remember that book. If things haven't changed since in their internal structure, I think it's just a tiny a little bit-- is the word ironic? -- that they are being targeted as they are and have been.

Craig, all you would have is a backed up septic tank cause some turds can't be flushed. LOL

Hey Craig,

Where did she say that? Where did you hear/read this stuff?

This is completely disgusting.

Saw it on television. MSNBC. Andrea Mitchell's hour.

Gallup Daily: Obama’s Lead Over McCain Expands to 11
52% share of the vote is Obama’s highest to date

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111040/Gallup-Daily-...

These results, based on Oct. 5-7 polling, are the best for Obama during the campaign, both in terms of his share of the vote and the size of his lead over McCain.

Nearly all interviews in today's report were conducted before Tuesday night's town hall style debate in Nashville. Any movement in voter preferences as a result of this debate will be apparent in coming days.

Voter preferences seem to have stabilized for the moment, as Obama has held a double-digit lead over McCain in each of the last three individual nights of polling.

This was before last night debate, I am hoping the numbers swing even greater after last nights performance

Suprk: Whoooo! Hoooo! I'm lovin' it!! :>) :>)

Rumorhazzit the Republicans are putting pressure on Powell not to publicly endorse Barack Obama.

rikyrah: MORE SUPPORT!:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jan-mcgirk/israel...
Israelis Sending Word To US Jews: We Prefer Obama

JERUSALEM -- Ardent grassroots Obama-supporters from Israel are out to convince Jewish voters in the United States that the Democratic candidate would be a welcome change in the troubled Middle East.

Israelis across the political spectrum, from leftwing actors to retired spy chiefs and generals, are challenging the conventional wisdom that a Republican hawk in the White House would be in their best interests. Their weapon of choice? Online video.

Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep schtick gets the most hits and even prompted video-kvetching by comedian Jackie Mason, but several Israeli-made pro-Obama clips are making a big impact on YouTube and political websites.
They are raising eyebrows and attracting attention. One video, sponsored by The Jewish Council for Education & Research (JCER), a non-profit organization that supports Obama's presidential run, features seven senior defense officials from Israel who now are crying foul.

SKIP

"We're concerned about Jewish voters who are so wrapped in fear that they can't see beyond the lies and distortions," she told the Huffington Post. "We're also extremely concerned about Sarah Palin; it's in Israel's interest to have intelligent support from people who know the region and its many complexities, not just bellicose lip service paid by those who know nothing about it at all."

THEY are FIRED UP! READY TO GO!! :>)

I love this, no slowing down, no letting up. Obama is keeping the pressure on and hopefully bury McCain.

New Obama Ad: Mills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1KJwHvOhcs

Obama / Biden '08

DAMN!!

He's putting his foot on the criminal's neck.

rikyrah: A little LEVITY! I received this e-mail just now! It caught me off-guard, at first! :>) :>)

ENJOY!! :>)

Dear friends,
With all the turmoil in the market today and the collapse of Lehman Bros and Acquisition of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America this might be some good advice.
For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks. Take note:

1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W R. Grace Co.
Will merge and become:
Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.

2.) Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become:
Poly, Warner Cracker.

3.) 3M will merge with Goodyear and become:
MMMGood.

4. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will merge and
become:
ZipAudiDoDa .

5. FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become:
FedUP.

6. Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become:
Fairwell Honeychild.

7. Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become:
PouponPants.

8. Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become:
Knott NOW!

And finally...

9. Victoria 's Secret and Smith &Wesson will merge under the new name:
TittyTittyBangBang

LOL!

Roland Martin calls out McPalin for their guilt-by-association tactics.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/07/martin.t...

Barack is speaking in Indianapolis right now. In the frame behind him?

All white women.

Craig, gives new meaning to the Cleavon Little Comment from"Blazing Saddles"

"Where all de White Wimmen at?"

Sitting behind and in support of Obama. ROFL

lol

Some good pictures from last nights debate. Skip the first 5 and check out the ones at the bottom. Look at how the audience is gathering around Barack . Where is McCain???

Some pictures from the debate
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/du...

Suprk: He "HIT THE ROAD JACK!" -Um, YES, there might be a SONG! :>)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I
Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles

ENOUGH! :>)

What you say?? LOL., love that song

Obama / Biden '08

Me too!

Suprk: Thank you for going along on my musical journey! :>) :>)

I love that last picture, everybody just looks so happy.

I would be too, standing next to our next President. Who would not want to have a picture and say I remember when I stood next to President Barack Obama.

Obama/Biden 08

Myth yesterday posted an email she received about John McCain on vacation behaving like a impetuous, sexist fool from someone who was apparently witnessed this. I sent an email to the professor who signed the email that has gone viral. Here is her response- as she is a real person. Since she is receiving thousands of email, if you have received and then subsequently forwarded "her" email, please forward this response and ask people to STOP forwarding it. Let's be good, responsible people here. Her response is below:


Mary-Kay Gamel
to me

show details 10:35 PM (13 hours ago)


Reply


I have received thousands of emails and phone calls about the Turtle Island account. I spend many hours every day replying but still can't keep up.

I did NOT write that account, forward it under my name, or ask for it to be widely distributed.

I have never been to Turtle Island (which costs $2000/day), have never met Senator McCain, was a classics major (not an English Literature major), and don't like pancakes.

When I received it three weeks ago the author was identified as Ana (Anasuya) Dubey, a psychologist in San Francisco. But she was not the sender of the email. I forwarded the account,
with full email trail information and the name of the purported author, to three friends with whom I discuss politics. It was further forwarded, and at some point I was identified as the author or as making the story public on behalf of Ms. Dubey. I suspect whoever did this thought that my name and contact information would make the story more credible.

I regret any misinformation which is circulating. This is NOT an organized effort on the part of any political candidate.

The account is not necessarily false. I have spoken to several people who know Ms. Dubey and vouch for its truth. Snopes is investigating and lists its current status as "undetermined." I have just today heard that Ms. Dubey is working with a reporter to substantiate her account. Until the actual author comes forward, however, we will not know whether the account is valid.

I hope you will pass this information on to anyone interested in this story.
MKG

p.s. check out "Make-Believe Maverick" in the current ROLLING STONE (available online)

--

Mary-Kay Gamel

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/8/114730/...

"You're only voting for Obama because you're secretly racist."

This is a letter that's been targeted to people in Northern Virginia who have Obama signs in their yards.

The Institute for Healing Racism says they have no connection to the letter writers at all.

After last nights thread about the debate. I thought about the "That one" Comment that McStupid made. I tried to put myself in his shoes and thought, well, maybe he was just upset and spoke out of frustration and did not realize what he was saying...But then I thought, this is a debate Stupid (against a black man) You have to choose your words wisely. I haven't read all the comments yet but I'm sure there are some black republicans out there just beating themselves up over this one

It's funny how, last night I wrote a comment saying that I was praying that McStupid wouldn't call Obama a boy or the N(word)...He came pretty damn close!!

CPR: Co-sign. Glad I didn't place a wager on this!! I would have WON.

THAT ONE is close ENOUGH!! :>) :>)

Another McCain campaign strategy goes up in smoke:

Campaign shifts back to economic crisis

McCain’s decision to use Tuesday’s debate to roll out a dramatic new housing plan – and to downplay an extended weekend of personal attacks on Obama – appeared to mark a recognition that, after two consecutive days of the Dow plummeting and financial hemorrhaging abroad, the market meltdown is not likely to move from the center of the campaign.

After days of attempts to persuade voters that Obama’s ties to ‘60s radical Bill Ayers are a crucial character issue, McCain didn’t mention Ayers’ name during the 90 minutes of Tuesday’s forum. His top aides suggested afterward that, going forward, the candidate wouldn’t focus on the former domestic terrorist nor invoke the name of Obama’s controversial pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Cause it's getting him NOWHERE, MsKitty. And everytime he tries to invoke connections to Obama, the polls continue to drop.

He's trying to stop terminal bleeding because he knows he brought a knife to that gunfight, and Obama packed a .44 Magnum.

Yeah, I think it kinda went down like this:

"Do ya feel lucky, punk?

Lawd, I loves me some Clint Eastwood, especially as Dirty Harry. LOL

How was McCain's "new housing plan" NEW? What he talked about is included in the Bailout Plan.

That is what I thought! Can someone explain how this is different than that part of the bailout? One pundit said, "well if McCain didn't read the 3 page bailout proposal, it is unlikely he read the 100 page edition." I'm with her.

A report from a Stanley Greenberg focus group that should terrify the GOP:

Before the debate, McCain had a 48/46 favorability rating; that improved to 56/36 by the end. But that’s about where Obama started the evening—54/36. After an hour and a half, Obama’s favorability numbers were 80/14. As Joe Biden would say, let me repeat that: 80% of the undecided voters had favorable views of Obama and only 14% saw him negatively for a net rating of +66. Not even Bill Clinton got such a warm response in town hall formats.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...

McCain Called Bin Laden's Mujahideen 'Freedom Fighters' in the Debate
http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/mccain...

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/8/917...

Sarah Palin and Friends in NC:

Lord,

Please shut the Democrats' lying mouths.

Amen

Anyone around Sarah Palin should be careful not to stand too close to her because you don't want to get caught when God aims with His lightening bolt.

You want the Good Lord to hit what He's aiming at - which is the she-wolf, Palin.

God helps those who helps themselves... Sarah is doing a great job killing herself without any intervention.

Where's a good lightning bolt when you need one?

May she always walk in a metal box...

Oh, mercy.

A Republican just introduced Joe Biden in Florida. He said, "The next vice president of the United States of America, John McCain!!"

Earlier he said Barack O'Biden and Joe Obama.

His mouth and mind don't work in synch.

Craig,

What kind of sh%t is that? That is pitiful!

He was nervous.

He's truly a supporter of the democratic ticket, but he just kept tripping all over his words.

< a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zack-exley/the-new-organizers-part-1_b_132782.html"> a very long and meticulous description of Obama's ground game in Ohio

Jeremy Bird, general election director, was in charge of the field in South Carolina. Very excellent person and amazing organizer. The piece describes in detail the slow-cook approach of the Obama campaign and how the focus was on building leadership FIRST and then getting to persuasion and GOTV.

What that means for our democracy is that people all across our nation are becoming EMPOWERED. This is dangerous for the existing power structure. Heck, it's dangerous for Obama himself when he becomes President. But that's how we keep our leaders accountable, no matter how much we like them personally.

I wrote about what this will mean for South Carolina back in January. We watched ordinary local people buck their traditional leaders who were paid off by the Clinton campaign, rise up, and take control of their own lives. It was a beautiful thing. I can't know that every person who's become a leader will remain one -- but just imagine if even 1/10 of them do. What will that mean to power all across the nation? What wonderful new people will emerge as new leaders? I'm not just talking about age; the woman we worked with is a grandmother and when we left was really starting to see herself as a political force, not just a constituent.

http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/uploads/...
Can we get this picture on a button??

Even Obama Hater Christopher Hitchens had to give Obama his props for last night:

http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/hitchens/2008/10/obam...

You mean Hitchens was sober long enough to string together coherent sentences?

"The Dead Has Arisen." - Old Mister from "The Color Purple".

His introduction alone:

There was a vague and flickering moment of lucidity in the course of the humiliating and even alarming performance of Senator John McCain in the presidential “debate” in Tennessee, in which as usual no “debate” between the two nominees was permitted and during which the moderator made every effort to make the average American questioner appear to be both servile and retarded.

is all I needed to read.

it's a miracle!

d,
peel as much as you can. then patiently remove rest by saturating with mineral spirits or paint thinner intermittently rubbing with cloth.

I don't think John McCain was trying to be intentionally racist with the "That One" comment. John McCain is an asshole. He always has been, he always will be. And we know he's been assy to white congressmen and Senators. I think if Obama had been white and whooping his ass on national television, he would have been just as assy to him...


HOWEVER


This whole "that one" episode and telling Oliver he might not know about Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae proves how out of touch McCain is. It's a new world. John McCain is still living in Bedrock while everyone else is living like he Jetsons.

John McCain lost the election last night, and he knows it. That's why he didn't stay and work the crowd like the Obamas did. He got the hell out of there to cry in his oatmeal.

I almost feel bad for him because Bush got hung around his neck like a stone and now Bush is pulling him under. However, McCain hasn't ONCE come up with fresh and original ideas or talked about his vision for the country...unless it involves war. Being the president has much more to it than war; what if another Katrina happens? Or another L.A. Riots? What if another Brown V. Board of Education comes up? Or a health epidemic? What are his views on education? Immigration? Failing roads and bridges?

We don't know because all McCain is about is fighting somebody.

And McCain's physical appearance was terrible. Pacing around the stage like Fred G. Sanford, ill fitting suit, couldn't even halfway sit on the tall stool, wheezing and breathing hard into the mic?

McCain knows he lost that election last night. To "that one." I don't know what he will do now. He might just throw the entire house at Obama or he might just quietly trudge along to his destined defeat. I guess we'll find out what McCain's course of action will be today.

Town, I don't think Perot was being racist with "You People" comment back in 1992, but we all know what happened, anyway. He still managed to get 20% of the national vote, but it could have been double that if he doesn't utter those two words - because brothas and sistas outside of Arkansas weren't too sold on Clinton and were pissed off at Bush, Sr.

agreed Town.

I didn't assume racial epithet either. I thought more annoyance.

Well, it could be perceived that "that one" is the singular of "those people."

McCain is a bigot. There's no reason to believe that he wasn't exhibiting both bigotry and annoyance.

I'm beginning to believe that John McCain is physically ill, not just old.

This election is his last hoorah.

The wheezing, the growing lymph nodes on the side of his face, the closing of his left eye. He'll stay "healthy" long enough to be elected president, and then he will lay down and die.

If he's not elected president, he will lay down and die.

That's what I see.

he is physically sick and he is tired after the last few months. Face it -- race baiting can take a toll.

regarding "If he's not elected president, he will lay down and die."

RAOTFLMAO

"I almost feel bad for him because Bush got hung around his neck like a stone and now Bush is pulling him under... I don't know what he will do now. He might just throw the entire house at Obama or he might just quietly trudge along to his destined defeat. I guess we'll find out what McCain's course of action will be today."

I used to hold out hope that Bush might redeem himself, not as a President or politician, but as a person. Maybe show some self awareness or remorse.

Maybe McCain will show more honor and dignity than Bush. I respect him not one iota as a politician, but I still hope he will emerge with some remainder of his soul intact.

Anderkoo: I hear your compassion.

BUT, "McAncient" got up one morning - about 8 years ago and as he was dressing, HE put on his brand new, shiny SHRUB necklace!

He thought that he was "ready for the DEVIOUS/RACIST game that was his to play" for the next 8 years! Well, I'm saying, "play on! Play on!" But, "THAT ONE" has WON the game!!

So go sit down, with your "SHRUB necklace"! You could spend time polishing it, 'cause it's DULL right 'bout NOW!![20 -something in the approval polls, is it?]

I'm sorry that I can't join you in you compassion. They were aiming to "crush us" and got caught!! In the "big leagues", NO TWO OPPONENTS WIN THE GAME!"

The only W in Shrub's column is in his MIDDLE NAME! :>)

Obama-Biden '08!!

I figure people suffer more languishing in regret at the things they done. One day maybe Bush and McCain and all their ilk may look in the mirror and see who they really are.

Anderkoo, you're more hopeful than I am. If McCain loses, he will be looking for someone to blame, so I have no hope that he will show more honor and dignity than he has done to this point (which is non-existant).

The day he put Sarah Palin on his ticket, the Devil handed him a receipt for his soul - and there's no refund, either.

Bush is the anvil around his neck and now he's drowning. He could have retained his "maverick" label by poking his finger into Bush's eyes on every damned thing since Bush smeared him about his Bangladeshi daughter back in 2000. We also found out about Cindy being a Thieving Junkie-Ho at the same time, and yet, he was in full collusion with Bush on every damned thing that passed through Congress and caused this current cluster f*&&^ now.

Instead of being independent in their thinking, he drank the kool-aid and tried to reinvent himself as a Bush clone.

He has no soul and anything else that's left is worthless. GAME OVER.

I try to maintain some empathy for these guys mostly to keep myself from turning into a bitter little man. I don't and can't know who McCain really is.

I do feel bad for Cindy though. Seems like she is going to suffer a lot if/when he loses.

There's a process known as DIVORCE, Anderkoo.

I only recommend it if the marriage is all over but the shouting, and in Cindy's case, McCain would be the worse for wear, cause she gots all the money.

We have Joe Biden to thank for VAWA.

Seriously, though, it can be hard for even the wealthiest and most powerful women to leave abusive relationships. Again, I can only rely on what I've read, but it seems possible that Cindy is one of those situations.

Anderkoo: There is ENOUGH "ale" in Ms. "Whateva Cindy's coffers to keep her going for life. Please don't waste your empathy.

Use it for: the military families; for the victims of the various hurricanes; HEAD BOW; for the people HURT by the GREED of CEO's/others in the financial industry, etc!!

RESPECTFULLY!

I think Bush will be hiding out in his new Dallas home for a good long while. He knows that he's a worldwide joke and nobody outside of his family likes him. Even Laura looks disgusted with him half of the time.

I think it will severely hurt McCain's soul when he has to call "that one" "Mr. President" next January.

Even Laura looks disgusted with him half of the time.

It has been rumored that for a time Laura moved out of the White House and lived at the Mayflower Hotel. I wouldn't be surprised to hear a divorce announcement within the next few years.

I live in DC and that rumor about Laura being at the Mayflower has been in circulation since 2006 - when she was seen at the Mayflower Hotel.

I've speculated she's been holed up there with a George Clooney-type hunk named "Cliff" who has been "servicing" the First Lady, if you get my drift **wink, wink, nod, nod""

You can't really blame her - she's married to Bush.

Just don't let her drive.

Nothing wrong with a little service... especially if your man is an idiot.

And they do have a few pieces of "eye candy" on the
Secret Service detail, Evita; I've seen them around town.

Well may Lady Laura (btw that's the name of salsa song,) be blessed wit some caaaaandy. She worked for it.

" I think Bush will be hiding out in his new Dallas home for a good long while. He knows that he's a worldwide joke and nobody outside of his family likes him."

In the bottle.

"I think it will severely hurt McCain's soul when he has to call "that one" "Mr. President" next January."

I think he is going to try to avoid it as much as possible. I think he will also be one of the ones who will continue to try to damage or undermine everything O tries to do. On Nov. 5, the republicans will start planning their campaign for 2012 if they haven't already started. They really don't give a rat's tail about our country. They care way more about their egos, their power and their money.

Conversation at my place last night after the debate:

Me: "I know we shouldn't be cocky and it's not won yet. But that said, I really an't wait to hear McCain's concession speech."

My gf: "You won't enjoy it, you don't like listening to him."

Me: "Ooooooh, yes, I WILL enjoy it! Yes yes yes I will! I'm thinking I can try to record it as a mp3 file and listen to it more than once!"

Now I'm thinking I could cut it down to those two words: "Mr. President" and have a smaller mp3 file :)

For crissake, Joe Biden! Tell the truth and shame the devil! Call McCain's "that one" comment for what it is: Disrespectful!

Cut Joe some slack, Sepia - according to reports, he was close to his mother-in-law and he's in mourning, so he probably said what came to mind at that point.

I'd rather lukewarm than foot in mouth, LOL

I think Joe Biden is friends with both McCain and Hillary Clinton and has worked with them and it's probably hard for him to slam them left and right as is now required.

Someone has already made the T-Shirt

I'm Voting for THAT ONE - Obama 2008
http://www.cafepress.com/xerotopia.315025991#

Suprk: GOOD FIND!!! :>) Thanks! :>)

LOL! i'm getting one.

Look for Pennsylvania and Virginia to be the next states where McCain Concedes. Texas and Tennessee could also be in play.

And it looks like the Dark Sith is being rejected by the Obama camp, cause he brought out a jug of hateration last night and proceeded to drink it on the air. And in the wake of all these lay offs at places like Merrill Lynch, Snowflake might become his only source of income these days. Bet Snowflake didn't sign on for THAT when she married him.

CPL: I saw him! Arrrrggg! Just couldn't GIVE IT UP for O-MAN!!

CENTRIST is NOT spelled S-T-U-P-I-D!!

Oh! Wait. . . . . In HIS CASE, YES IT IS!!!! :>) :>)

Obama-Biden '08!!

Look for Pennsylvania and Virginia to be the next states where McCain Concedes. Texas and Tennessee could also be in play.

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As that labor leader from PA said last week, before it's all over, the only state McCain will be campaigning in the week before the election is Georgia.

And if it comes down to that, he'll lose Georgia too.

Craig, from what I'm hearing out of Georgia, there were a couple of Black Congressmen who got primary challengers because they weren't initially on Obama's bandwagon in support. Having said that, it appears that Georgia may be lining up behind Pennsylvania and Virginia as battleground states McCain concedes.

At this point, he'll only have Alaska, because even his home state of Arizona is pissed and turning blue by some accounts.

I want the guys who come out with the brooms at the end of the Yankee's games to come out and do the "sweep."

What did he say?

The usual hateration he says when referencing Obama. NO knock out punch, etc. etc. I had to tune out and it hurts to actually look at this brotha these days.

He's looking hurt and the $5000 make up girl isn't helping him.

CPL,

did he REALLY clown like that?

rikyrah: YES! I posted this yesterday!!

Here's an article:

http://politics.nashvillepost.com/tag/harold-ford/
Harold Ford: Post Politics: Political News and Views In Tennessee

It certainly was an experience consuming a debate this way amongst the hustle and bustle of the national media just yards away from the actors on the stage.

Watching the reality of the “Spin Alley” you hear and read so much about up close and personal was an eye opener. Listening to local and national political figures spouting out prepackaged, fluffier-than-fluff instant reactions to reporters desperately sopping every tidbit they could to make deadline or get a story instantly up on the web was something to behold.

Is this process really that conducive to the pursuit of truth? Yeah, that’s a rhetorical question.

Anyway, here are some of the quotations I was able to get amongst the crowds of the national and local press pursuing truth.

Harold Ford, Jr.: “Overall this debate will not change the dynamic of race in any meaningful way. Obama is ahead nationally and in the swing states. Obama did good tonight, very good and I think the polls will bear him out as the winner tomorrow.”

HOW BLAND IS THIS!?? His INPUT was NOT needed!

Sorry Rikyrah. :>( Just tryin' ta be helpful.

Yes, Rikyrah, he did.

Par for the course.

I beleive that influenced his decision to commit. I think she is an heiress and can finance some campaigns for him.

Does she have a beer distributorship?
Just asking.

ROFLMAOPIMP....

Teacher, it's her stepfather with the ducats. Not her directly, unless her mother's got access to the checkbook. She didn't come from money; her mother married into money.

Something the Dark Sith was too stupid to figure out.

Because that route seems to be working so well for Gramps. Dark Sith might wanna rethink his strategy LOL.

My Long National Nightmare is Over

It's done in this post, but I want to publically apologize to Jack-and the rest of JJP-for some of my comments yesterday. You all have my respect, and I wish you the best on 11/4.

I actually thought about you last night after the debate, D, and had the feeling you would do something like this.

It was this totally random moment, in the midst of several simultaneous streams of thought, that I promptly forgot about ... til right now.

I'm appreciative -- and not at all surprised to read this and your blog entry.

D: I posted at your site.

Stay in the "game"! Don't let "nobody or nothin' turn YOU 'round." [I'll forego the SONG :>)]

Blessings to the WIFE/you/future "little d"! :>)

Hopin' to continue to hear from YOU! :>)

You can only lose so much credibility by recognizing that maybe, just maybe, you had something or someone pegged the wrong way, and acknowledging it. It's an expectation of anyone we consider responsible or honest, and you are both.

But don't lose any sleep because of John McCain. Its been clear to many that he was willing to forego his own convictions (conservative or not) to win this election, the same ones that helped him 'cross the aisle' the many times he's talked about. That has comprimised his honesty amongst those in his party and toward the independents who probably favored him from 2000. "The Real McCain" has surfaced, and I'm not referring exclusively to the Robert Greenwald version.

I would recommend that you not sit out the election, if only for the civic pride of voting. It's probably silly of anyone to ask you to support an Obama-Biden candidacy you disagree with, but you don't have to give a vote to McCain-Palin either. Baldwin-Castle (Constitution), Barr-Root (Libertarian), McKinney-Clemente (Green)--hey, I had to at least try on that last one.

You don't have to vote enthusiastically or try to take off work doing so, but I feel like voting should at least validate the intellectual work you put into caring (blogging and board posts) about the country's issues.

You make a good point.

All I know for certain is that I owe the mrs. for the last year and a half I've spent running around promoting this fool.

D:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH59jVKyui8&feat...
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - Beyonce

ENJOY!! :>) [Just the music part!! :>)]

A bracelet from Tiffany's is a nice apology.

***ducks*** LOL

You should duck. LOL

You need to buy her a card and a foam brick to throw at you. :)

It's probably silly of anyone to ask you to support an Obama-Biden candidacy you disagree with, but you don't have to give a vote to McCain-Palin either. Baldwin-Castle (Constitution), Barr-Root (Libertarian), McKinney-Clemente (Green)--hey, I had to at least try on that last one.

Not to mention the downticket races. Those candidates always get lost in the shuffle when folks decide to pass on the presidential elections. Worse case scenario, there's always the write-in option. But in any case, get out there and vote because <shameless guilt tripping>it wasn't that long ago that there were people who sacrificed so much so we can have that right, so we should never allow ourselves to take it for granted</shameless guilt tripping>.

Absolutely. Surely there are some local/regional races that you care about too. Republican or Democrat, conservative or progressive, don't sit at home because the two major presidential candiates irk you.

I always get beat up for saying this but so what:

With the right to vote comes the right NOT to vote. If there's no candidate on the top of the ticket you can vote for in good conscience, it makes a mockery of the democratic process to vote just because our ancestors couldn't.

What Craig said.

One time I voted straight democratic ticket and helped to vote some nazi-esque judge into office. I was mortified when I discovered this and vowed never to do it again. Now, if I don't know about the candidate or don't like any of them, I don't vote. I am so ELATED to have someone I want to vote for, but if I didn't, I'm not one to darken the door step of the voting location.

Sometimes I think Black people wouldn't be the mules of the Democratic Party if we decided to selectively opt-out in a strategic move. Look how the Latino vote got courted as an example. Or the Independents. It's something to consider but I think it should be done with some thought and care, not out of apathy.

There have been more than a few times that I used the write-in ballot for someone I thought was a more worthy candidate than the listed names, or put in "none of the above." By doing that I'm going on record that none of those candidates are up to my standards and they have to come up with better ones next time. So I don't see it as trivializing the process at all, but constructive disagreements are the beauty of JJP.

Thanks for sharing that with us and I wish you the best also.

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."

"We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I read My Long National Nightmare is Over

Thanks for being so open and honest.

We love you D. Blessings to you and your family.

Regarding the Repubs, I am sure not all republicans are the same. McCain and Palin are promoting a dialogue is not helpful in closing the gap on discrimination in this country but I would not assume all Repubs are like that.

So . . . there is hope. Much love D. I like to think of JJP as a family and as such, you are included. So we can fight, but we always make up, get over it and move on.

I can't say all Republicans are like that. The majority of the ones I know personally aren't. The ones I met last night (and honestly, I expected some tension) didn't appear to be that way.

It's just that the ones who are, completely ruin things for everyone else.

D., how do the ones who aren't like McPalin feel about what's going on? Is there some type of movement to remove the McPalins of the GOP out of the party?

No. At least not yet. It's gonna take a while for that arm of the GOP to realize that Obama didn't "win" the election; that they lost it.

At this point, my hope for 2016 is somewhat dashed, because I don't even think the cleansing will be done by then.

Democrats lost in the woods: 1980-2008, give or take.

Republicans lost in the woods: 2000-?

D. look at it this way, timing was on your side here. I mean if McCain had showed out like this after you voted for him there would be no way that you couldn't take it personally. The great thing about the O-man is that he wants to lead all of us, not just Democrats, not just black people. So he will have your best interests at heart too.

BTW, I found these tips on bumper sticker removal. All you need is some WD-40, Turtle Wax, a blow dryer, and a spatula and you're good to go.

I just ripped the glued one off.

So you participated in a rip-off?
(I'm joking) :-)

Thanks D

It is not your defeat. It is his. His racism is clearly showing. The that one comment smacked of objectification. as though Obama was a thing, not a human being.

Hey I also didn't like how he assumed Oliver never heard of Fannie Mae. He should have never assumed that, but then again we all know why: Oliver is young and black.

I respect your clarity and remind you that as voters we ALL deserve better of our leadership.

It shouldn't be my defeat. I guess the only reason it hits as hard as it does is because I've spent a lot of the last year and a half trying to defend McCain-or attack Obama. I feel a lot let down; like it was a lot of time wasted.

Only good thing about this is that I did wake up and turn on ESPN instead of FNC or CNN this morning.

Whatever you decide to do D- stay home and not vote or vote for Barack, I hope you do make yourself heard to your party. There aren't THAT many Black Republicans and THIS is one of the reasons why. They need to hear how hard your road has been and why you have decided to sit the rest out and let what will be, be.

In the spirit of your ancestors, and mine- I hope you vote for Barack Obama. many people vote because of one issue: economy, choice, character etc. Support Barack Obama- and you don't have to tell us either! :)

no problems. I am still holding out that the John McCain I was looking forward to seeing run against Barack will take the opportunity to retrieve what is left of his honor stand up.

So . . . if I was still waiting for that . . . I certainly understand why you feel the way you do.

It's not coming. Hate to say that, but you're not gonna see that McCain.

Not wasted; this is a democracy and we all need to be an honest part of the process. You were helping vet Obama just as many are vetting (or trying) Palin now. He may not have won you over, but at least you (probably) feel like you know Obama know, even if you don't like him.

Maybe I felt like you did in November 2004. I thought Kerry was weak from the beginning (and he's my Senator!) and when he went down in defeat there was a sense of inevitability about it. And massive disappointment, too, in all the time we spent. The real problem for you guys is that between Dean and Kerry there was an honest effort to build a grassroots. I'm not seeing the same thing with McCain -- it will be a bit of a slog for the GOP in the coming decade.

Let me second what you said, Evita, and add that we get the government we deserve if we are not vigilant on both sides of the aisle and be equally willing to call out our own as well as the other side of the aisle when they do wrong.

McCain and Palin's racism is showing like hanging slips. Their silence speaks more loudly than they even realize and they don't care. D is realizing he can't defend what's not defensible and likewise, should Obama slip after he gets the White House, we have to be equally willing to hold him accountable.

The current problem is that McCain wants one set of rules for him and different ones to apply to Obama (i. e. Obama has to defend his association with Bill Ayers, but there's not a peep about McCain's associations that he still has, or Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" mess about to jump off).

It is McCain's defeat. He pledged to run a respectful campaign, but the minute he added Sarah Palin to his ticket, it turned into a straight-talking diss-fest with bigotry as the main dish.

GAME OVER.

D, you could always cast your vote for Obama, man.

There's a difference between being helpless and being powerless. You're not powerless, and you're not helpless, either. Get in where you fit in, dude.

I agree. It's the patriotic thing to do. There is no reason to have loyalty to folks that truly and sincerely, with every cell of their bodies, harbor beliefs of our inferiority because of our race. No one gets to pick their race.

We have a nation full of heros. We have so many young people who have layed down their very lives in the military, in an unjust war, and basically for the profit of corporations. We have people who work themselves into exhaustion to provide "the American Dream" to their children, like the mother of BSerious & like my grandparents. All of the countless Americans who try so hard to do the right thing and play by the rules deserve a different kind of leader.

I don't think Obama is a savior nor am I looking for him to be. What I believe he will do is provide the leadership to galvanize a grassroots movement to lift the country back up. I don't think we have the $ to fix all the things that need fixing in the country. We are going to have to make sacrifices and have a spirit of volunteerism to turn this shiip around. The hard work is really going to start after the election. So vote for him because he has already shown that he can motivate the masses to take beneficial action, and then volunteer 4 hours a week helping kids learn something. Black boys, especially, are starving for examples of manhood, dignity, respect & discipline, which are qualities that you personally value and represent.

It really is time for us to move into a 21st century paradigm, and it's exciting to be on the cutting edge of the much needed change. Vote for a better future for your child (who could become presient one day also).

You nailed it.

D,

don't concede defeat, and please for the love of God. remember that all men are fallable, and McCain is just a man.... period.

why not concede defeat? mccain's goin' DOWWWWNNNNNN!!!!

rikyrah: "Ms. Thang" SPEAKS! :>)

http://www.newser.com/story/39400/rambling-pali...
Rambling Palin Opens Up To Press Pack



(Newser) – Sarah Palin surprised reporters yesterday by coming to the back of her campaign plane to take questions from the press corps for the first time ever, Fox News reports. The candidate spoke in her trademark rambling style for nearly 15 minutes aboard what reporters had dubbed the "No-Talk Express." Palin addressed the Troopergate scandal and defended linking Barack Obama to political radical Bill Ayers.

Palin said her focus on the Ayers connection was relevant in light of the economic crisis because it raised questions about the candidate's "forthrightedness" on the issues. Palin told reporters she'd love to appear on Saturday Night Live to give Tina Fey a taste of her own medicine. "I love her. She’s a hoot," said Palin.

Sources Fox News, CBS

rikyrah: Making an attempt to "VET" the 1st Dude:

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/...
Todd Palin To Testify In Troopergate - Kind -of

So it looks like Todd Palin will answer questions in the Alaska legislature's Trooper-Gate investigation after all. But there's a catch.

According to representatives of the McCain-Palin campaign speaking at an Anchorage press conference last night, the First Dude will respond to questions from independent investigator Steve Branchflower, but only in writing, and with the answers funneled through his lawyer.

The campaign argued that his written responses would satisfy the subpoena issued by the legislature to Todd Palin. In response, Sen. Hollis French, the Democratic lawmaker overseeing the probe, told the Anchorage Daily News that the full Senate would decide whether Todd Palin is really off the hook. Resisting a subpoena can be punished with jail time.

I hope that the Repugs KNOW that their CAMPAIGN DONATIONS are being USED to DEFEND the 1st Dude!!

They probably should used some of that SAME money to buy them a HOUSE in, saaaaaay Arizona. 'cause they don't appear to be welcomed back in Alaska! :>)

I'll betch that Miss "Whateva" Cindy would just LOVE having The Gov. as a neighbor!! :>) :>) NOT!! :>)

Where can I buy a that one t-shirt? I love it. I am that one they are scared of.... Uppity, college going, newspaper, blog reading, political view having...... Black woman.... Uppity is the new That one.... That one is the new Nigga.... Gotta love it.

rikyrah: From TPM: Poll Results -

* 10/7: Gallup Pres-Tracker: Obama 51%, McCain 42%

* 10/7: Hotline/Diageo Pres-Tracker: Obama 46%, McCain 44%

* 10/7: Rasmussen Pres-Tracker: Obama 52%, McCain 44%

* 10/7: Res. 2000 Pres-Tracker: Obama 52%, McCain 41%

* 10/7: SurveyUSA NC: McCain 49%, Obama 46%

* 10/7: SurveyUSA WI: Obama 52%, McCain 42%

* 10/7: PPP (D) OH: Obama 49%, McCain 43%

* 10/7: Mason-Dixon FL: Obama 48%, McCain 46%

* 10/7: Res. 2000 NV: Obama 50%, McCain 43%

* 10/7: Univ. of MN MN: Obama 54%, McCain 40%


Yaaaaaa! Whoooooo! Hoooooo!! :>) :>)

GO Mr. President!! :>)

Obama-Biden '08!!!

rikyrah: Financial WOES!!

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081006/as_world_markets...
European, Asian Markets Plunge On Crisis Fears: Financial News

Monday October 6, 7:02 am ET
By Emily Flynn Vencat, AP Business Writer
European and Asian markets plunge as bailouts in US, Europe fail to ease financial fears

LONDON (AP) -- Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic growth.

Investors took scant comfort from Washington's passage of a US$700 billion plan to buy bad assets from banks and other institutions to shore up the financial industry on Friday because of the uncertainty still hanging over the details of the deal and the degree to which it will help.

Britain's benchmark stock index, the FTSE 100, lost 220.11 to 4,760.14 -- a 4.42 percent fall. The declines were led by the banking industry, with the mining and oil industries also suffering drops. HBOS PLC's share price dropped 15.7 percent, while the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC fell 13.6 percent.

Germany's DAX index fell 4.22 percent to 5,552.27. France's CAC-40 index dropped 4.85 percent to 3,882.81. In Russia, the RTS stock index tumbled more than 7 percent in first 20 minutes of trading.

Over the weekend, many European governments moved to save troubled banks, and made more promises to protect depositors from the credit crisis.

Germany on Sunday agreed a 50 billion euros (US$68 billion) package to bail out Hypo Real Estate, the country's second-biggest commercial property lender, after a rescue plan by private lenders fell apart.

France's BNP Paribas SA committed to taking a 75-percent stake in troubled European bank Fortis N, and Sweden and Denmark followed Ireland and Britain in raising the amount of savers' deposits guaranteed by the government.

Britain's treasury chief Alistair Darling said he was "ready to do whatever it takes" to get the country through the credit crunch, and was looking at a "range of proposals."

But analysts said that, like the U.S. plan, the lack of detail in many of Europe's moves failed to restore investors' confidence, resulting in the stock market tumbles. "What the markets need are some more details about exactly when and how these plans are going to come in," said Richard Hunter, head of British equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers, "And they need some proof that some of these measures are taking hold."

Across Asia, all markets were also in the red. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell to its lowest level in 4 1/2 years, sinking 4.25 percent to 10,473.09.

THERE IS MORE.

Just received a letter from my financial planner today. He said that "we" need ta make an appointment - just to review my accounts>

I said, y'all cain't fool me! What have I lost?? :>) We'll make an appointment -soon!

Obama-Biden '08!!

GreenLady, much strength to you with your meeting. We have been losing thousands of dollars daily over the past month. But we're young and had most of our money in the market; hopefully you've been more conservative than we.

Whatever you find out, don't panic! And be careful if your planner starts pressuring you to make sudden decisions.

Anderkoo: Thank you so much for your encouragement! :>)

So do you think that I should take my socks - that are stored under my mattress - with me? That's where I keep most of my savings! Speaking of FISCAL CONSERVATIVE! :>) :>)

O.K. Just Kidding! :>) :>)

Thanks for your advice. Annnnnnd, BTW, I have kept my money in conservatively "safe" instruments! Never was that bold! :>) :>)

Obama-Biden '08!!!

"Socks are better than stocks." That seems to be the truth for 2008.

Truthfully, if you have cash on hand... the next few weeks/months could offer some bargain-basement buying opportunities. But that might keep you awake at night more than some lumpy socks under the mattress.

rikyrah: An ENDORSEMENT!!!! :>)

http://www.newser.com/story/39282/new-yorker-en...
New Yorker Endorses Obama's 'Uplift and Realism' -Opinion News



(Newser) – At a critical moment in its history, the United States "needs both uplift and realism, both change and steadiness"—and Barack Obama is the man to deliver it, writes the New Yorker in a 4,000-word endorsement. After George W. Bush, whose presidency has been "the worst since Reconstruction," America requires a leader who understands the severity of the economic crisis and the complexities of foreign affairs, but also restores the country's "battered morale."

One of Obama's greatest virtues is his "pragmatic calm," an equanimity in the face of tough attacks that reminds one of Eisenhower. Unlike John McCain, who has demonstrated himself to be "impulsive, impatient, self-dramatizing, erratic, and a compulsive risk-taker," Obama offers America a leader of character, "a leader temperamentally, intellectually, and emotionally attuned to the complexities of our troubled globe."

Source New Yorker

YES WE CAN!!!

Obama-Biden '08!!

rikyrah: MORE LIES from "Ms Thang":

http://www.newser.com/story/39378/details-of-pa...
Details of Palin's Union Membership Prove Elusive

Newser) – John McCain described Sarah Palin as a former union member when introducing his running mate in August, but was she? The Las Vegas Sun has been trying to find conclusive proof, but so far Palin’s union experience remains unclear. McCain officials were initially unresponsive, while her Alaskan office said: “I don’t believe the governor has ever been a member of a union.”

Eventually, the national campaign told the Sun Palin had been a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers—though provided no details. Neither did the union, although dates it gave for her membership correspond with her time as a TV sports reporter, a group occasionally represented by the union. Factually correct, but evidence that she, as McCain said in August, “understands the problems, the hopes and the values of working people”?

Source Las Vegas Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j8-_vIplso&feat...
Tell Me LIES - Fleetwood Mac

That's all 2 it!! :>)


Obama-Biden '08!!!

rikyrah: Some movement from those "18M cracked-out women":

http://www.newser.com/story/39383/women-swing-b...
Women Swing Back To Barack

(Newser) – Sarah Palin’s novel influence on the presidential campaign appears to have waned, and the “gender gap” among voters has reverted to that in past elections, the Chicago Tribune reports. That means women favor Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain. Women will support Obama by a margin of between four and 11 percentage points on Election Day, predicts a scholar at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

The "women" come back to roost!! :>) :>)


Obama-Biden '08!!!

rikyrah: The Gov. gives"more of the same" to the press:

http://www.newser.com/story/39343/palins-right-...
Palin's Right, The Press Does Stink Opinion

Newser) – Sarah Palin doesn’t like the mainstream media, and after watching its reaction to her debate performance, neither does Richard Cohen of the Washington Post. Palin ignored questions, lied, and invented new powers for the vice president, but somehow the media wound up praising her anyway. “I could quote the hosannas of some of my colleagues,” writes Cohen, “but I spare them the infamy that will surely follow them to their graves.”

And they still praise her! Guess somebody is fallin' for thoses "WINKS!"

Obama-Biden '08!!!


Annnnnnd, after starting ALL this trouble during this election process, SHE WILL BE GOING BACK TO ALASKA. And when she returns, they got a little "somethin', somethin'" for her arse!! :>)

Palin is a MILF on a cracker for some of these conservatives. They could care less about her policies. She was doing the come-hither dance with her winking and breathiness. Yuck!

hearts: TRUE DAT! :>)

haha....this is funny!

Is John McCain Really Our Friend?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erica-jong/is-joh...

This is great - thanks for posting the link! "Obama is a prince among debaters."

rikyrah: this was on the Blogroll of MUDFLATS:

http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com/
Women Against Sara Palin Blogspot

Sign the petition -- Sarah Palin: Please Resign.

Prominent conservative columnist and former Palin supporter Kathleen Parker called for Sarah Palin to resign from the Republican ticket. Even a conservative columnist and former Palin supporter is saying it: Palin is far from Vice-Presidential material. Can you sign our petition asking her to resign? Full petition statement:

Governor Palin, for the good of the country, please step down as John McCain's running mate.

They are running a petition asking The Gov. to resign as VP running mate! OOOOO-EEEEEE!! It's gettin' COLD up there!! :>)

rikyrah: MUDFLATS and their "commentators" CALL IT:

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/open-t...
Open Thread Debate Dicussion

So, what did you think?

Nailing Jell-O to the wall?

“THAT one”?

“We need a cool hand on the tiller?”

Not shaking Obama’s hand?

Fleeing the interview the moment the debate was over?

What was John McCain’s worst moment?

Where did Obama score?

Who won?

Discuss.


MOST commentators: OBAMA WON HANDS DOWN!!!

Whoo! Hooo! :>)

Roland Martin IS still blogging over at Essence.

rikyrah: I believe that his "final statement" stated that he would be a "guest" as time permits. O.K. He made a revision.

Here's his REVISION:

http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/10/ok-im-b...
O.K. I'm Back



Wow, that was short-lived.

I've decided to pushback the launch of some other web endeavors to keep the conversation going through the election.

I didn't want to leave folks stuck out, so we'll keep it jumping right here on Essence.com through the end of the year.

And you know I've got lots to say! Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone with SprintSpeed

Well, That be That! :>) :>)

Robert Gibbs vs. Sean Hannity

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/8/04759/4...

New respect for Gibbs. He seemed so mild-mannered before...he didn't back down from Hannity for one second! I love it!

rikyrah: Almost a "smackdown!" People gettin' close!! :>)

Thanks Rikyrah as always.

I just tweet the hell out of all of these links...

McCain - another doe in the headlights moment.

rikyrah: The "ladies" on The View just need to take Elizabeth out - on stage!! :>)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/the-vi...
The View Gets Uglier. .

On Tuesday's "The View," the ladies followed up on a conversation/argument yesterday, in which Elisabeth Hasselbeck pushed Obama's radical views. Today, with Joy back, it was Elisabeth v. the other four as she continued to bring up and slam what she feels are Obama's shady acquaintances.

Preceding the clip below, Barbara called for a move away from gutter politics towards a discussion of what really matters. Elisabeth then kept talking about Obama's connection to Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko, called Wright a "hate-monger" and asked of Obama, "Are you a liar or do you have poor judgment?"

Soon after, Sherri jumped down Elisabeth's throat (as she sat expressionless) asking about McCain's first wife with, "can we talk about poor judgement?"

The argument escalated and Joy (celebrating her birthday today) pretended to get up and leave.

Elisabeth interjected, "When did this get personal? Wow. This is super personal," and she told Sherri to "relax."

Barbara again asked to no avail, "Can we stop slinging mud around?"

Elisabeth then brought up Obama and claimed Democrats pushed subprime loans, to which Joy called out, "You're listening to Sean Hannity too much!" With that, Whoopi quickly took the show to break.

Watch, as no blow-by-blow will do it justice:

ENJOY!! :>)

I can't believe Sherri had the testicular fortitude to bring of McCain's affair with Cindy! LMBAO!

There are so many things Whoopi, Joy and Sherri could counter Elisabeth with when she goes into her GOP histerics, but for whatever reason they don't.

Whoopi, Joy and Sherri are trying to stay gainfully employed, that's why they don't call out Hasselbeck on her shyt.

Which I find ridiculous, because all of them have more media experience than Hasselbeck - her only job prior to "The View" was being on "Survivor"; while Joy, Sherri and Whoopi all have TV and movie experience on their resumes.

If Hasselbeck pisses off Barbara Walters, the next thing we'll hear is that Hasselbeck is leaving the show for personal reasons.

The "personal reasons" being fired by Walters and told to hit the road with her conservative bullshyt.

I need to find some way to start watching the view daily during election season because they are having some fiery segments!

I actually saw that today. Someone needs to bring up Caribou Barbie being married to a man who belonged to a SECESSIONIST GROUP

Sarah Palin hanging around a SECESSIONIST GROUP?? Say it not so. You couldn't mean this.

Sarah Palin Hates America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrSYnq5eynA

or this

Sarah Palin: Palling Around With Secessionists
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eniG9l_7its

I wish someone would call her out on this. MSM where are you??

rikyrah: Got that right!! :>) :>)

This is the real McCain every potential voter should be exposed to.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/mak...

Keep donating directly to the Obama campaign.... but did you know that you can buy ads in targeted swing states for as little as $100? http://wowofnow.com

They've cut this down to a single ad (they used to give a choice -- I think this makes more sense), which compares polar bears to the middle class. As a result I think the best channel to run it on is Animal Planet.

Anyway, I don't know enough about ad buys to know how it's possible that you can buy an ad for so little, or whether they're bundling lots of people together to run these, but check it out...

Melissa Harris Lacewell on the debate:

My friends, it is not OK to say that you plan to freeze all government spending while claiming that you are going to buy out billions in mortgages.

My friends, it is not Ok to pretend you have a secret plan for capturing Osama bin Laden but that you are simply too strategic to share that plan in public.

My friends, it is not Ok to assume the black man who just asked you about the bailout has never heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and then to explain to that black man that your goal is to be sure the older white man across the room can keep his home.

My friends, it is not OK to point to your African American opponent and call him "that one" and invoke the image of a "gold plated Cadillac"

http://princetonprofs.blogspot.com/2008/10/few-...

International Market news:

Asian markets are down - no surprise. @ 12:50 am est
Aussie = -4.6%
Shanghai = -3%
Nikkei = -6.1%
India = -4.9%
Singapore/Seoul/Thailand = -4.5% ish
Indonesia = -10%

Again, when does the bailout/rescue kick in?

"That One" had me thinking of Stevie's "That Girl"

That One thinks that he's so bad, he'll change my tears to joy from sad..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPsvwA6vvVo

Anovelista: That will work!! I'm ENJOYING!! :>) :>)

Videos are CONTAGEOUS -huh?? :>)

Yes they are!

I really needed something to "come down" tonight anyway because it is really sinking in. We have our first Black president in American history...

ABSOLUTELY!!! :>)

Judging from the pundits it seems that some Republican operatives may actually be stupid enough to try and spin the " That one" phrase into a campaign slogan. I have to think this is a mistake but then again, these are the same people that selected Sarah Palin as the VP candidate.

As I see it, the more McCain and Palin focus away from the monumental economic crisis we are facing; it becomes an indictment agains their ability to lead, their lack of vision, and ultimately their indifference for the plight of the vast majority of Americans.

Cute diary....

"In my grams eyes, Barack Obama is already her president. She refers to him as President Obama. She has a framed picture of him and Michelle sitting in her china hutch. She doesn't even have a picture of ME or her other grandchildren in her precious china hutch! She wants to get in the kitchen with Michelle and make sure she's cooking the "right food to put some meat on President Obama's bones." She is knitting keepsake blankets for both Sasha and Malia, which she plans to have delivered to them even if she has to "fly to Washington myself. Those babies are gonna need some looking after sometimes. My grandmother loves her some President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama & family."

I love my people, lol.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/7/115...

JJai: Thanks for sharing! How passionate!! :>)

I loved this diary. I thought the part about the picture in the hutch was funny. Grandma could be any of our Elders.

JJai, thanks for pointing to this diary -- the section you quote is very cute, but the whole thing bears reading... the rest is not so cute, it's quite stark and realistic, and the contrast with this section is so sharp that it conveys beautifully what Obama is all about.

I know; if you have read my other accounts o this blog I am afraid of McCain's next steps due to his utter failing last night.

I try to keep Barack, his family, and our country in my prayers daily.

Same here. In fact, doubling up on the prayers might not be a bad idea since the evil is really starting to manifest itself.

Looks like McCain accidentally launched a new catchphrase:

Check this out and this

I think it'll probably help us if we spend as little time on the "that one" comment and as much time as possible about how clueless McCain is with his "taxes bad earmarks bad" solutions.

(Apparently the GOP is hoping to stoke racial / xenophobic notions with the "that one" line already, so we shouldn't buy into it.)

Barath: Hey! :>) I'm planning to MULTI-TASK!

I'm going to spend much time on THAT ONE Mr. President Obama and Mr. Biden

I'm going to spend much time on everything negative/stupid /racist by the GOP/McAncient/The Gov.

I'm planning to spend much time on CAMPAIGNING FOR THAT ONE - MR. PRESIDENT OBAMA!!

Obama-Biden '08!!

McCain views the White House as something to which he is unequivocally entitled. Beyond that, nothing else matters.

hmmm -- where have I seen this before?

Peter Suderman:

One thing that’s clear from this debate is how little there is to John McCain and his campaign. He’s running on a few, vague issues – tax cuts, an aggressive response to Russia in specific and terrorism in general, something about energy – and a whole lot of non-policy fluff: America’s inherent strength and goodness, Obama’s inexperience, scorn for Washington insiders. But mostly, he’s running on a platform anchored by a single assumption: that John McCain is inherently, singularly qualified to lead the country, and, subsequently, deserving of the office of president. McCain views the White House as something to which he is unequivocally entitled. Beyond that, nothing else matters. Indeed, if you hold this view, nothing else would.

big up on that. despite the big game behind all of them, you can actually see that deep and personal bitterness. "That's MY white house!" they cry with no substance to back it. thanks ch

McCain views the White House as something to which he is unequivocally entitled. Beyond that, nothing else matters. Indeed, if you hold this view, nothing else would.


what did I tell you about folks who think they're ENTITLED?

uh huh

The problem with the "experience" argument is that it's all about you -- you, you, you. whether you = McCain or = Hillary or whoever.

"Change" and "Hope" is about us. It asks us, what kind of change do WE want? What do WE hope for?

oops, I meant the above comment as a reply to this one .....