Thinking Right

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 28, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this

the State Department pressed a narrow interpretation of Department guidelines in restricting Foreign Service Officers in Berlin from any involvement in Sen. Obama’s visit to Germany (which I actually think was a good idea). But just last month Sen. McCain gave a political speech in Canada which was both attended by and arranged by the US Ambassador. … Late Update: And it seems McCain got the Foreign Service treatment in Mexico City too

I was working on a draft of a post digging into all the problems with Sen. McCain’s explanation of why he’s all for Maliki’s 16 month timetable for withdrawal and dead-set against Obama’s 16th month timetable for withdrawal. But I think that sentence alone illustrates how thin a strategic branch Sen. McCain is now standing on.

Scott McClellan admits to Chris Matthews that the White House made a deliberate effort to use FOX News commentators like Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly to disseminate White House talking points.

David Letterman: “Can a case be made that George Bush’s administration is clearly guilty of war crimes?”

I’ve noticed that McCain, and the right in general, are latching on to Obama’s statement that he was speaking as a “proud citizen of the United States and a fellow citizen of the world.” I see an attempt at cultural warfare in the making, and it should be squelched fast. The argument from the right appears to be that only some squishy leftist would call himself a “citizen of the world,” or that using the term suggests less than a full attachment to one’s own country (even if accompanied by a statement like Obama’s that he’s a “proud citizen of the United States”). A reader over at Politico has already noted that John F. Kennedy used the same phrase in his famous inaugural address in referring to his global audience.

I also did a one minute Google search – and I’m sure I could find more if I did a 15-minute Google search – and discovered that President George H.W. Bush used the exact phrase “citizen of the world” in presenting the national medal of the arts to Vladimir Horowitz, the legendary Russian-born pianist who became a US citizen in 1940. Was he insulting Horowitz as a lefty? I don’t think so. Also, Ronald Reagan introduced himself in a speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations as “both a citizen of the United States and of the world.” Do McCain and the right really want to start this meme?

Have you heard about the Fox News anti-aging work for John McCain? They make him look younger by using ten year old photos!

WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators took over two banks on Friday and sold them to Mutual of Omaha Bank, the sixth and seventh bank failures this year as financial institutions struggle with a housing bust and credit crunch.

By Bud Wiser

July 28, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this

How many of the “major” media reported that there was a rock concert held on the grounds in Berlin before Obama spoke, thereby inflating the number of attendees, primarily younger ones?

One.

Fox News.

By AJC/DNC Management

July 28, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this

“The failure of Senator Obama to understand the need to increase domestic production is just stunning, and that’s going to be a real hurdle for him to overcome, because everybody gets it,” said Nancy Pfotenhauer, a senior McCain adviser.

And then you get the answer from the dimwitocrats:

“Apparently, hundreds of thousands of gallons of spilled oil, dead fish and oil-covered birds aren’t ideal conditions for peddling a misguided plan for more offshore drilling,” said Cathy Duvall, the national political director of the Sierra Club.

Uh, so how does foreign oil get to the United States, Mrs. Dimwit?

On a ship like the one that spilled the oil?

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I never thought I’d hear the Doom and Gloom whine and moan about a prison not being built, but here we are:

$40 million hole in the sand- “It’s not going to be used as a prison,” said Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, whose office planned to release a report today detailing the litany of problems at the vacant detention center in Khan Bani Saad.-Urinal/ PMS

You libs won’t let us lock up the bad guys anyway, what’s the point of having a prison?

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Sounds like the British have their Cynthia McKinney’s too:

British lawmakers demanded an investigation Sunday into whether a senior army general and a top defense official lied to them in 2004 and 2006 about the British military’s use of banned interrogation techniques in Iraq. Use of hooding and stress positions was exposed by a legal case involving the abuse and torture of a hotel receptionist and nine other Iraqi civilians five years ago in the Iraqi city of Basra.-Urinal/PMS

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So, what would “common ground” on abortion look like in Obama’s administration? He answered that question later in the speech. “The first thing I’d do as president would be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act,” he said, referring to legislation that would wipe out all state and federal abortion restrictions, even the partial-birth abortion ban supported by the vast majority of Americans.

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But Obama is no Huckabee, Giuliani or Romney. He is the most spectacular campaigner of his generation, with appeal well beyond Democratic ranks. That he lingers below the 50 percent mark is a mystery among politicians of both parties. It is particularly troubling to Democrats who recall past Democratic candidates taking a huge lead over the summer before being overtaken or nearly overtaken by a surging Republican opponent. In 1976, Jimmy Carter took a 33-point summer lead over President Gerald Ford and won in a photo finish. In 1988, Michael Dukakis led George H.W. Bush by 17 points after being nominated in Atlanta before he lost the election. Al Gore and John Kerry were ahead of George W. Bush in the summer.

Can you say Dukakis?

Clearly, Obama has not yet closed the deal with the people to accept a young, inexperienced African-American as their president. Obama had virtually clinched the nomination when white working men in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia poured out to vote and carried their states comfortably for Hillary Clinton. It was not because of unalterable affection for her.

Like I said before, Lord High Dimwit is the anti Klintoon vote getter.

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Got hope? Are my own neighbors’ lives so bleak that they place their hopes in Barack Obama? Are they impressed by the cleverness of a political slogan that plays off a rather cheesy (sorry!) campaign to get people to drink milk?

By BFKaJ

July 28, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

Good morning all, and welcome back Jim. As to your final paragraph, the irreplaceable Paul Harvey always affirmed that his rare perspective was forged by his distance or remoteness from the Washington-New York political media axis.

So far as I can tell, Obama learned his political philosophy from Chauncey Gardner, and bears similar qualification for higher office. Taranto has been hilarious for his past three publishings, mostly mocking the MSM. I listened to Limbaugh one day last week, and he had a similar theme, the sexual attraction between MSM reporters and Obama. As Chris Matthews advised, Obama makes a chill run up his leg. Not that there is anything wrong with homoerotic “reporters.”

In any event, the big news is that Obama now believes the action in Iraq eliminated one of the great evils of the world, and he will not now meet with Iran without preconditions. He seemingly agrees that the European-led negotiations with Iran have been fruitless, and may require a more Bush-like action (my phrase, not his.) So I think he has abandoned Kumbaya as the basis for his foreign policy, and now recognizes the virtues of firm international leadership, such as was conducted by President Bush. Obama is now Bush III.

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 28, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

PRINCETON, NJ — Barack Obama has stretched his lead over John McCain among national registered voters to seven percentage points, 48% to 41%, in Gallup Poll Daily tracking conducted July 23-25.

UPDATE OBAMA UP 9% CONTINUAL GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT

Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling. Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month — three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban — compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May.

Cable talking heads accuse broadcast networks of liberal bias — but a think tank finds that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Barack Obama than on John McCain in recent weeks.

Top McCain Fundraiser Lobbying Bush Admin To Help ‘Quash’ Toxic-Dumping Case For Chevron

McClellan: Fox News Commentators Use The ‘Talking Points’ That The White House Sends Them

Mayer: Top DOJ Lawyers Spoke ‘In Codes’ For Fear Of Being Wiretapped By White House ‘Lunatics’

McCain Embraces 16-Month Withdrawal: ‘I Think It’s A Pretty Good Timetable’»

Holtz-Eakin: McCain may not speak for the McCain campaign on the economy.»

McCain Plan Could Leave Cancer Patients Without Coverage For Cancer Treatments

Yesterday, the Obama campaign acknowledged that it is already focused on transition planning. The retort from the McCain campaign was to call this an example of “poor judgment.” On the contrary, it demonstrates a campaign that really understands the complex world and pressures that the next president will face.

The NYT’s Bob Herbert makes a very compelling case today that Americans may not know Obama’s rival as well as they think they do. [W]hat we’ve learned over the years is that Mr. McCain is one of those guys who never has to pay much of a price for his missteps and foul-ups and bad behavior. Can you imagine the firestorm of outrage and criticism that would have descended on Senator Obama if he had made the kind of factual mistakes that John McCain has repeatedly made in this campaign? (Or if Senator Obama had had the temerity to even remotely suggest that John McCain would consider being disloyal to his country for political reasons?) We have a monumental double standard here. Mr. McCain has had trouble in his public comments distinguishing Sunnis from Shiites and had to be corrected in one stunningly embarrassing moment by his good friend Joe Lieberman. He has referred to a Iraq-Pakistan border when the two countries do not share a border. He declared on CBS that Iraq was the first major conflict after 9/11, apparently forgetting — at least for the moment — about the war in Afghanistan. In that same interview, he credited the so-called surge of U.S. forces in Iraq with bringing about the Anbar Awakening, a movement in which thousands of Sunnis turned on insurgents. He was wrong. The awakening preceded the surge. More important than these endless gaffes are matters that give us glimpses of the fundamental makeup of the man.

In June, McCain rejected the idea of a trial for Osama bin Laden, and thought Obama’s reference to Nuremberg was a misread of history. A month later, McCain argued the exact opposite position.

*the Washington Post, which cuts McCain every break possible, trashed McCain over his latest line of attack against Obama’s patriotism: This is not the “politics of civility” that Mr. McCain was promising as recently as last month. “What a welcome change it would be were presidential candidates in our time to treat each other and the people they seek to lead with respect and courtesy as they discussed the great issues of the day,” Mr. McCain wrote in a letter to Mr. Obama proposing weekly town hall meetings. With these latest comments, Mr. McCain falls short of the standards he set out. *

*It was laughable to watch journalists stamp their feet last week to try to push Mr. Obama into saying he was “wrong” about the surge. More than five years and 4,100 American fatalities later, they’re still not demanding that Mr. McCain admit he was wrong when he assured us that our adventure in Iraq would be fast, produce little American “bloodletting” and “be paid for by the Iraqis.” *

*A poll taken earlier this month on the on-line site for Military Industry Today (a news service for military industry professionals) had some startling results. Or maybe not. The question was this: Regardless of your general preferences, which U.S. presidential candidate’s Iraq policy do you support?John McCain: 38.72 percent Barack Obama: 54.32 percent Don’t know: 6.96 percent *

By Huff Much?

July 28, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

The bombshell you missed, Mr. Wooten, is that McCain spilled the genocide/civil war card about Iraq. Remember, the conservative position on Iraq is that no civil war exists, and no genocide is possible. The only enemy out there is Al Queda.

But now we’re supposed to believe, (or the terrorists win), that McCain’s surge prevented civil war, and genocide in Iraq. That’s his campaign’s only note, and it directly contradicts all official communique’s from the white house about the war.

McCain has unwittingly exposed the reason the GOP cannot win in November, no matter what happens in Iraq. Voters simply dont believe a word any conservative pundit says. You have cried, “Terrorists win” too many times.

And shame on you for killing truth, the first casualty of unjustified war.

You cant spin war seven ways to sunday and expect any truth to emerge. BTW: what is the mission of US troops in Iraq?

By Bud Wiser

July 28, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

Hey Mrs Godlesszilla, nobody pays any attention to your crap posts any more, and I am going to show you why:

By Mrs. Godzilla July 24, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this SHAME ON JOHN MCCAIN He said he’d run a civil campaign…. todays new ad puts Obama and Castro together. Sorry, fella’s but more and more I think than McCain is just a pig.

By Mrs. Godzilla July 24, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this NO PAUL, MY POINT IS McCAIN IS A PIG

By Mrs. Godzilla July 24, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this PAUL, RIGHT-O…..I HAVE NO FEAR IN ADMITTING THAT OBAMA IS A BETTER MAN THAN I. BUT I STILL THINK… McCAIN IS A PIG

By Mrs. Godzilla July 24, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this BONE HEAD Castro habría dicho, “cambie”. No “change”. Pero porqué no exactitud del tiro al viento. Con excepción de usar un mismo término - en un diverso lenguaje - fije por favor otras semejanzas. Si usted no puede, después usted puede verdad ser una pista del hueso

Literal (my)Translation: “Castro would have said, “change”. Not “change”. But porqué not accuracy of the shot to the wind. With exception of using the same term(end) - in a diverse language - fix please other similarities. If you cannot, later you can truth be a track of the bone. (WHO IS THE REAL BONEHEAD HERE???)

You have outed yourself as a vile little person, probably a government worker doing this on taxpayer time, with no class whatsoever. Might I throw in that your feeble attempt at correcting somebody with your “spanglish” also only veriifies your lack of intelligence. Try communicating in a language you can speak.

Now, I sit back and wait for your petty mindless insults to be tossed my way, because that is the true way of the left wingnut,,,when confronted by truth or fact, you cannot respond but in only three ways:

Have a nice day.

By Peter

July 28, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

Hey Jim,

This is what has been happening………

CNN) — Tens of billions in taxpayer dollars have been lost, wasted or remain unaccounted for in Afghanistan and Iraq, and some of those funds — and some missing weapons — have landed in insurgents’ hands, a U.S. senator alleged Wednesday.

Sen. Robert Byrd says lost taxpayer dollars have found their way into insurgents’ coffers.

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, leveled the accusations before the Appropriations Committee he chairs. He is calling for arrests and speedy trials for any contractors accused of bilking the U.S. and Iraqi governments.

In a statement released before Wednesday’s hearing, Byrd said the military’s inability to oversee its myriad contracts adequately has indirectly killed soldiers.

He did not elaborate except to say, “As a result of this lack of oversight, billions of dollars have been lost or wasted, bad contractors have been rewarded, and shoddy workmanship — some of which has resulted in the deaths of our soldiers — has gone uncorrected.”

Time to check into all those Cost Plus contracts……..

By John

July 28, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

If Obama does get elected you Obama supporters are going to be amoung the most disaapointed people around.

By BFKaJ

July 28, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

Jim, I forgot one critical item I read – VPs of course normally make no difference. However, with Mitt as his running mate, McCain takes Michigan, big, against any Obama combination. That switch is more than Obama can overcome under any scenario.

By Ga Values

July 28, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

Saxby Special Interest & Jonnie Bail Out The Banks have thrown in with Pelosi & Reid again to screw the taxpayer again.. Term Limits Here, Term Limits Now, Better Government.3

The only real limit on the Treasury’s authority is the new $10.6 trillion debt ceiling. There is roughly a $1.1 trillion cushion between the new limit and existing federal debt of $9.5 trillion.

Critics in Congress who voted against the housing bill warned that the government was taking on too much risk, and that government aid would only reward irresponsibility by corporations and individuals.

“This bill has moral hazard written all over it,” Representative Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, said during the debate in the House on Wednesday. “We are pretending to chain a monster here, and we are, instead, letting that monster loose.”

Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, voted against the bill even though he had worked on many of its tax provisions. “This bill has fallen prey to the special interests on Wall Street and K Street at an unjustifiable expense to taxpayers and homeowners on Main Street,” he said in a statement.

Senator Jim DeMint, Republican of South Carolina, who also opposed the bill, said it should have barred the mortgage companies from spending millions to lobby members of Congress.

One little-noticed provision in the bill underscores the continuing pessimism about the state of the economy. The provision gives the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation the authority to create so-called bridge institutions for failing savings associations, mirroring a capability that has existed since 1991 for failed banks

By Peter

July 28, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

More news about the McLost campaign………

From Stein’s perspective, McCain has been running an uninspiring campaign — one that lacks a coherent message.

“Mr. McCain is running the absolute most pathetic campaign I have ever seen in my whole life,” Stein said in his unmistakable monotone delivery. “His campaign is just heartbreakingly pathetic. He is a very impressive guy. He is a brave guy, but he is running the most lackluster campaign I have ever seen in my entire life. I would have thought Bob Dole’s campaign would have set a record for poor campaigns, but this one is even worse. I mean it is shocking.”

Yes he truly is McLost !

The old Guy……better wake him up and wipe the dribble off his lips ! Time for cookies and a nap soon !

By Maniac is accurate

July 28, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

Is the media the egg and Obama the chicken? Or is it the other way around?

A good portion of the public wants to hump Obama’s leg because of image. He’s JFK with the added appeal of being an ethnic minority. “Hey, world! We’re back! See, we’re voting for an attractive, black man. Aren’t we enlightened? Love us, please!” Whatever.

For Obama to say that, with the benefit of knowing it worked, he still wouldn’t have supported the surge is as wrong-headed and as dense as anything GW Bush has ever done.

I’m going to vote for whoever has the best plan for ensuring domestic prosperity and tranquility. And the key to that is making energy independence Job 1. That is also the key to prosperity and security. So far, McCain is in the lead on that one.

By R2D2

July 28, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this

YES WE CAN!!!

And guess what America: WE WILL!!!!!

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 28, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

WOW BUD WISER - TESTY THIS MORNING ARE WE?

Did I hurt your feelings? If so I am sorry.

We obliviously disagree on politics and policy, but your response is a bit over the top don’t you think?

Oh, and I did use an english to spanish web translator….sorry if it turned out muddled.

Here’s a little something you might enjoy though - posted in the spirit of fun:

A decade ago, UC Riverside physicist John Baez developed the crackpot index to help when sorting letters sent to universities that promised to revolutionize science. His index (which was referenced in the Netroots Nation science panel by Ed Brayton) includes such items as 5 points for each mention of “Einstein,” and 20 points for comparing yourself to Newton….. To bring the same sort of order to the missives that arrive at this site each day, here’s the Daily Kos equivalent: 5 points Each use of “Democrat Party.” Each use of “liberal elite.” Each declaration that kos readers should “leave America.”……10 points Each use of the phrase “hate site.” Each mention of Nazis, Commies, Reds, brownshirts or stormtroopers. Each blind repetition of phrases provided by your close pal Bill, Rush, or Sean. For contending that liberals are aiding terrorists. Each time the writer insists that the recipient is “going to burn in hell.” Each physical threat to the recipient.

NOW BUD WISER - take a deep breath and calm down dude! We have 100 days to go and we surley don’t want you to pop a gasket! You have spent a great amount of time and effort complaining about me- DON’T YOU THINK YOU’RE TIME WOULD BE BETTER SPENT DEFENDING YOUR CANDIDATE?

More Later….

By Ga Values

July 28, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

Donkey For Sale… >

Young Saxby, moved to Georgia and bought a donkey from a farmer for $100.00. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day he drove up and said, ‘Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the donkey died.’

Saxby replied, ‘Well, then just give me my money back.’

The farmer said, ‘Can’t do that. I went and spent it already.’

Saxby said, ‘Ok, then, just bring me the dead donkey.’

The farmer asked, ‘What ya gonna do with him?

Saxby said, ‘I’m going to raffle him off..’

The farmer said, ‘You can’t raffle off a dead donkey!’

Saxby said, ‘Sure I can Watch me. I just won’t tell anybody he’s dead.’

A month later, the farmer met up with Saxby and asked, ‘What happened with that dead donkey?’

Saxby said, ‘I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00.’

The farmer said, ‘Didn’t anyone complain?’

Saxby said, ‘Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two dollars back.’

Saxby grew up and now the senior Senator from Georgia.

By Bosch

July 28, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

John,

Not nearly as disappointed as we have been for the past 7 1/2 years.

By Tuffy, The Airborne Soldier

July 28, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

Hooo-RAAAhhh!!

Bud Wiser, when one is attending a FREE concert, after the bands that you obviously have come to see have played, don’t you think you have a right to leave?? Or are you sublimally suggesting that Sen. Obama was JUST interesting enough for them to stick around and be used as propaganda? Should have stuck with just a six pack.

Jim, while you were out, Commandant McCain staggered Waaaaay off message. He was reported seen in a cheese aisle trying to explain to these non-combatants (you know, the American Public), what a insurgency (wait, I mean a Counter-Insurgency) was/is. People are still in the cheese aisle scratching their heads. Then the GOP poster boy admitted to the timetable set by Sen. Obama, PM Maliki, AND the White House, then tried to convince the American Public AGAIN that either Sen. Obama was a treasonist, Maliki was lying for policial gain, and the White House was a bunch of idiots. O.K. one out three ain’t soooo bad. But Maliki wants to take the reigns of his country back. Obama had suggested 16 months and they and the “Time Horizon” just magically happened to be about the same time. AGAIN, your Presumptive Presidential Nominee has tried to inform the American Public that this was HIS idea. Hmmmmm… (Now, I’m scratching MY head.)

Jim, Lieberman has NOT been seen around your candidate. Please send an all points bulletin out immediately and have him placed at the hip of Sen. McCain. Call all your GOP movers and shakers and get the good Senator out of the media and create a mask and place it on Romney’s face. (I’d suggest using a gace pic and cut out his eyes and mouth, but the American Public is juuuusssssttt a little faster than that).

Oh, and Sen. Obama proved that HE is the next President of the United States and the Leader of the Free World….

Jim, your team is on life support. GO OBAMA ‘08!!

By Get Real

July 28, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

Bud Wiser, if Fox was the only news outlet to report it then I would take that with a grain of salt. There are many news organizations (AP, for one) that do report news from an objective point of view.

People like Wooten are so afraid that their way of life will change if Obama is elected, that they close a blind eye to what Bush and the Republicans have already done. See what happens when oilmen draft energy policy. Reports show that McCain is more Conservative than Bush. Face it Wooten no matter what you say or how bad you try to scare the Republic, we ain’t falling for it this time.

By Bud Wiser

July 28, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

No need to scream, Mrs Godlesszilla, I can read. Also, I did not complain about you. I merely pointed out what garbage you post online. And the spanglish thing; what exactly were you trying to prove there? Do you think that you are the only person with access to a translator? Do you think it makes you look smarter to talk in another language, maybe to impress the trailer park trash and ghetto rats that comprise your Democratic constituency? You know, trying to come off as some sort of smart guy , or elitist, doesn’t really impress anybody.

To top it all off, you complete your descent into lunacy by posting some sort of left wingnut ‘grading scale’ used by far left America haters Netroots Nation and the Daily Kos???? What was that? You know, a famous person once said (and I paraphrase) “Why not stay silent and let others guess how stupid you are, instead of opening your mouth and confirming it.?”

I believe that you have consistently shared with this readership what side of the Bell Curve you occupy.

Have a nice day

By Tray

July 28, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

Bud Wiser is right, though. Obama only had so many supporters because of the concert…

Oh, yeah, let’s not forget his cancelled visit to the wounded troops, because that showed so much care and concern.

Obama has no clue how to run this country, he’s too young, too ignorant (because of his lack of tenure, not because he’s black idiots), heck, he doesn’t even know the jobs of key players in the White House.

When push comes to shove, all that will show will be a big box marked “CHANGE”, and in that box will be nothing, it’s all empty promises.

By AmVet

July 28, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Go ahead Republicans - rag on the mulatto.

It will not save you from the second consecutive electoral disaster that looms for the scandal-ridden Party of Failures.

And should McCain choose that faux conservative Mormonologist, it will cost you flat-earth nuts the White House as well.

Off to keep America’s economic engine humming. And to pay for Bush’s occupation.

Enjoy your summer of suffering…

By Bosch

July 28, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Bud Wiser,

I hope you know that by reporting a band played before Obama’s speech and that some how increased the crowd numbers demonstrates the elevation of desperation of the wingnut crowd.

Are you really that scared of him?

By Ty Cobb

July 28, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

Actually, Mr. Wooten missed nothing. One poll shows Obama with a double digit lead, then the next day they’re even.

The media has to sell coca cola and soap. They can only do that if they invent polling data so voters think there’s drama.

The danger here is that the media will not be trusted by any voter. We’ll simply stop listening. Who remembers the big campaign crisis of two weeks ago? Three weeks ago?

Each week there’s like fifty crises where it’s either over for Obama or McCain’s secret strategy is gaining traction or some other such, “OMG! I better tune it to this report” nonsense.

The round tables are insufferable. They all say, “Well see”. Then they simply summarize campaign itinerary or speech bullet points. Nothing’s happening. Nothing. They even ran the video showing McCain’s applesauce-gate more times than the Zapruder film.

There just selling soap to voters. (and apple sauce?) I read where apple sauce sales are way up!

We’re morons, and we deserve 16 more years of George Bush. (Excluding me, no backs no vice versas no changies).

By Bosch

July 28, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

Tray,

And if Obama had visited the troops, wouldn’t you be screaming that he was using them for political gain?

also, can you provide proof of your intimate knowledge in that Obama doesn’t know the jobs of the key players in the White House?

In other words -

Got hyperbole?

By DT

July 28, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

Obama ‘08

By tiem for the truth about black hippety hop thugs

July 28, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Hundreds of thuggish yoof black scumbags rioted at a mall in Raleigh NC over the weekend. NOT WHITEY - but black yoofs and as usual the NATTIONAL pandering leftist media is (seemingly) sullenly silent about just WHO perpetrated this!!

As one poster wittily observes some of the black thugs arrested may have some difficulty pronouncing their own names correctly.

• Tyrell Eugene Brantley, 18, 1609 E. Lenoir St., charged with inciting a riot and disorderly conduct, $5,000 bond;

• Darryl Anthony Bobbitt, 18, 1411 E. Lenoir St., charged with inciting a riot, second-degree trespassing and resisting an officer, $5,000 bond;

• Christopher James Gamble, 17, 4031 Northstone Drive, Apt. 102, charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and inciting a riot, $35,000 bond;

• Laquavis O’Neal Jordan, 16, 1701 E. Lenoir St., charged with inciting a riot; released on $5,000 bond;

• Ricky Ladd Williams, 16, 3321-101 Quail Ridge Road, charged with inciting a riot; engaging in an affray; held on $10,000 bond;

• Javonnie Nicholson, 16, 512 Bradkin Court, charged with inciting a riot, misdemeanor assault on a law enforcement officer, second-degree trespassing, $7,000 bond.

It is beyond pathetic that only six of these thuggish black scumbags were arrested!!

What right do black gangbangers/ hippety hop thugs have to terrorise folks in a public shopping centre and force the early closure of public shopping facilties?

Why does the media ALWAYS slither away from ROBUSTLY identifying just exactly who the criminals are? Undeniably hundreds of black thugs rioting in a mall is a big deal!!!

Contrast this story and the low level coverage of hundreds of black yoof criminals caught in the act to the INNOCENT WHITE DUKE lads a while back who were nearly lynched for doing NOTHING WRONG!!!

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/crime_safety/story/1156386.html

By version

July 28, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

One must not cleave to one’s bosom all that Obama is in order to happily cast a vote for him in November, one simply must be grateful for all that he isn’t, which includes he radiant facts that he is neither John ‘insane’ McClain, nor George ‘two-term worst president ever’ Bush.

Regarding media coverage, at it’s most basic level, Mr. Obama is actually ‘news’, as in new, as opposed to ‘old’, which is the first adjective that comes to mind when mentioning Mr. McCain,, and the media (except for Fox, which of course is not journalism anyway) prefers new over old.

I myself am no Obama acolyte, only late and grudgingly coming to him after it became apparent that no better candidate would emerge, but like the rest of the citizens of the world, am anxious to put our 8 year national/international nightmare behind us, and take our place with the upstanding humans of planet earth.

The religious fundamentalists (Christian and Muslim both, there is no difference) can return to their medieval superstitions and let the modern world revel in science and education and art and tolerance.

Mr, Rove can begin his terrorist campaign while the poor and underprivileged can begin to regain some of the meager advances that have been cruelly denied them these last 8 years.

To reiterate; no one is perfect, and Mr. Obama is proving himself far from so each succeeding day, but the giddiness of some of his supporters, the eagerness of the media to cover him, the cautiously but definitely optimistic attention the world is giving him is in large part a reaction against the darkest horrors of Mr, Bush, every one of his supporters, and every word and action of theirs that has so far been unclassified.

That which is not a reaction against the above is receiving a favorable mulling over because in general it is a ‘good’ idea; for example finding a way to end our unconscionable invasion of Iraq, resuming in earnest the alternative energy hunt that Mr. Carter funded and that Mr.Reagan un-funded, and ESPECIALLY civil rights like universal medical coverage , same-sex equal rights (here Mr. Obama falters grieviously, but still is ahead of current Republican values), promoting racial and ethnic tolerance, and raising education to the status anywhere close to that enjoyed by the NFL, Hollywood, Classic Rock and the corporate/big business world in our culture.

In order to raise the level of the campaign to ideas and meaningful discourse, please Mr. Wooten remember that neither Mr. nor Mrs. Clinton are viable performers any longer, the number of people who actually believe that Mr. Obama is a Muslim are fewer than those who believe in UFO’s, a supernatural god or an earth-centered universe, and that every time you mention that Mr. Obama may not carry Georgia you drape animal skins on our backs, add long hair all over our bodies, change our apartments into caves, and generally give the lie to changing Georgia’s flag (embarrassingly late), at least in the eyes of our fellow humans throughout the world.

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share my opinions with your readers.

By MrLiberty

July 28, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

The Obama love fest is just another example of how truly messed up this country has become.

The founders never envisioned parties yet now most americans can’t think past the party affiliation to examine their candidate in any critical light or heaven forbid vote for someone that actually believes in what they do.

The actions of Nixon and Clinton pale in comparison to the willful mass murder of Afghanis and Iraqis that has been perpetrated by this administration. Add to that the illegal spying, torture, and kidnapping and we have more that sufficient grounds for impeachment. Yet when we turn to the opposition party we find bloodlust and complicity - a party too concerned with getting re-elected than caring about why they were elected in the first place. On the republican side we have so many war hawks with no grasp for history or its effects, it is any wonder these clowns ever made in through college, let along got elected.

Then we have the overwhelming collectivist mindset that has befallen this country. Blacks all vote the same, women all vote the same, you can’t speak ill about another member of your “team,” no matter how bad their decision, and no individuals are to blame for anything, it is all collective failure that we must all share the burden for. Add to that White Guilt, and you get Mr. Obama.

Clueless to figure out how the free market has elevated everyone over the years, democrats line up in droves, wringing their hands, doing everything they can to help out the black man. They have no idead how anything they do helps anyone, but they cannot alter their position - having been beaten down into it by such magnamimous types as Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson. Socialism (you are not capable alone), Minimum wage laws (you are not worth what they are paying you), and welfare (nobody would help you if it wasn’t for us) have become the key elements of their agenda.

Secretly they know that Central Planning can’t work, but they are too afraid of a process (free markets) they know nothing about. They would rather believe in a Messiah that can magically turn debt into riches like some no-money down program. The only problem with this one is that the only person spending none of this own money is Obama.

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” - HL Menken

How true and just look at how much we are going to get it after this abomination is through.

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 28, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

BUD WISER - your reading skills are not in question you big silly boy! it’s all about comprehension!

that said, you complain about me - no wait - what or how I post - then you complain about my sources - and still nothing supportive to your candidate or his stand.

We are here to help you Buddie….just lighten-up! No need to be so wound up!

By Just Nasty and Mean

July 28, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

G’mornin Jim. Welcome Back!

Ms. Godzilla

It is clear you are a hired political hack from the Obama campaign sent to infiltrate the blogs with your pre-set bilge and to supress opposition.

Like most of Obama’s high-paid Manchurian Madison Avenue campaign staff, you have overplayed your cards by cut/pasting from the DNC and Obama talking points list-of-the-day.

Mx/ Godzilla, Take your pre-packaged punditry somewhere else and let other free-thinking people have an intellectual exhange and not be blasted by your contrived crap.

By Tuffy, The Airborne Soldier

July 28, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

Tray,

Uhhh, he cancelled the trip to the troops because he did not want to cause any flack about the misuse of campaign funds/instruments. They were flying in his campaign plane. The Pentagon has verified that his visit would have caused a problem. No one said anything when McCain went, why?? Because nobody cared. But he went with cameras. When Mccain went to the other foreign governments and spoke, the US Ambassador there arranged for Foreign workers to be present. Funny how the State Department barred those same Foreign workers from attending Sen. Obama’s speech in Berlin, and how McCain used the military gym (where Obama addressed soldiers assembled there) in his latest attack ad. Feeble, old, pathetically tired, GOP practices. What’s worse is that you GOP’ers see it and stand for it. That’s scary…..

By Bud Wiser

July 28, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

“By Bosch

July 28, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Bud Wiser,

I hope you know that by reporting a band played before Obama’s speech and that some how increased the crowd numbers demonstrates the elevation of desperation of the wingnut crowd.

Are you really that scared of him? “

I am not scared of Obama. This country survived Truman (the only President to use nukes in a war), the Nixon Watergate scandal, Jimmy Carter (if you can survive the worst President in history, that says something for survivability), Clinton/Monica, and Bush/Iraq.

The really scary thing is knowing that there are numbers of people out there, good smart people, who cannot, or will not, see beyond this shiny tooth veneer and slick talking Illinois politician, who are actually going to vote for this man.

Hating George Bush, or Republicans in general, is no reason to vote foranybody. Frustration with an impotent Congress, political corruption, pandering, etc., now those are real reasons to be angry, they are more reasons than just hate. This guy (Obama) has less experience at leading anything than a 16 year old does at driving a car, and you want to put him in charge of leading this nation? I have just two words to put that reasoning in perspective - Jimmy Carter. THINK, man!

And McCain? What are the Republicans thinking? It is a sad day for America indeed when these two are the best the 2 parties can come up with.

Oh well, we shall see in November I guess.

Have a nice day.

By K-Chub

July 28, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

The reason the press is all over Obama is because he drives their ratings. Jim - you of all people should know and accept this and not just because you are a republican either but because you work in this business. It’s all about ratings and Obama brings it in…so according to the invisible hand doesn’t that mean the consumers (in this case voters) have spoken about what they want and the press is simply delivering?

McCain is a grumpy old man and is yesterdays news. He is running a reactionary type campaign where he lets Obama take the lead and all he does is respond. He is hoping for an Obama slip-up (it’s his only chance) and when he sees an opportunity (and sometimes he creates them) he jumps all over it in the hope that it will stick. More often than not he comes across looking foolish, but when has looking foolish ever hurt a repubican? In any event what he is and what he is doing isn’t very exciting and it doesn’t drive up ratings.

So Jim I think you should just accept the fact that the press (rightly or wrongly) is just acting like any business and is trying to make money.

By Hillbilly Deluxe

July 28, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

We’re in a hell of a mess and I don’t see the election doing anything to change that.

By Dusty

July 28, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

Jim Wooten,

So glad you are back. This place has been very dull without you. And now you bring us the total truth with some fire and brimstone. Keep it up. Obama’s face is getting more coverage than Clinton’s during HIS fiasco. Obama is the Britney Spears of politics. One wiggle and he’s on the front page.

Adore Obama?? Never, my friends. He is a political freshman trying to act like a President. It doesn’t work. Good act but wait ‘til the fat lady sings. All the goodies will be gone and he will remain a freshman senator which is possibly the only place suitable for him.

By DawgBoy

July 28, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Who cares about that idiotic SURGE!!! That seems to be all John McCain and his camp has been talking about….How about Obama was against this STUPID war in the first place. Over 4,000 deaths later…..This guy keeps talking about winning the WAR! What exactly did we WIN???? McCain just doesn`t get it….If you close your eyes and listen, sounds like GW Bush all over again…so sad.

By kitty

July 28, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

I will vote for Obama because McCain can’t find Czechoslovakia, thinks Iraq shares a border with Pakistan, says Putin is president of… Germany… and yet says he is the foreign policy candidate, his healthplan will leave me a cancer patient without coverage(…guess he figures it is cheaper if we all die off…wait, isn’t he one, too?…yeah, but he has the Senate coverage, ain’t that precious….) and he will nominate more Supreme Court justices that deny people held by the US Habeaus Corpus rights. No thank you. I have had enough of the GOP myself. Want to go down the slippery slope to dictatorship…vote GOP.

By Bud Wiser

July 28, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

Mrs Godlesszilla,

Please list any meaningful legislative accomplishments in your candidate’s history…

uh, still waiting…….

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…..

got anything yet?

what time is it?

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

To all of the idiotic Democrat party voters: I found this AP release this morning. IT SAYS THAT WE ARE WINNING IN IRAQ! APOLOGIZE! Kiss it! Kiss this right wing republicans arse democrat voters. Kiss it! Kiss it good!

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jzxqARN0Huv38n5pgDfdBRwuoiZgD925HT7G0

By lava

July 28, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

McCain is a grumpy old man and is yesterdays news. He is running a reactionary type campaign where he lets Obama take the lead and all he does is respond WELL SAID BUDDY! a decayed old dotant McCain is….and boring to the core..even Jim and BFKaJ have nothing good to say about their candidate..proof,the space that is given to Prezident Obama on this Thinking right blog…Shouldnt we now call it Thinking Left now! About time….

By SaveOurRepublic

July 28, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

AmVet @ 9:14 AM EDT - You’re all too correct about the faux “conservatives”/Neocons/Globalist puppets of “McAmnasty” & “Mutt Robthee”. These two RINOs are an extension of the “Skull&Bones” Bush reign. However, “Bacrock Obummer” is not the answer & is controlled by the exact same Globalist Elite ma$ters!

In my estimation, much of this supposed adulation of “Obummer” is largely contrived via his handlers & (controlled) “mainstream” media. It’s a not-so-subtle marketing ploy meant to dupe left-leaning sheeple. Look at the commonalities “Bacrock” has with “McAmnasty”…both against immediate withdrawal of our troops from the Middle East, both for amnesty/open borders/North American Union, both have put the Bill of Rights in their cross-hairs…”McAmnasty” vs. the 1st Amendment (see “Campaign Finance Reform), 6th & 7th Amendment (Patriot Act, Warner Defense Authorization Act) & Obummer vs. the 2nd Amendment…ie - constant attack on right to bear arms). Plus, just look at all the CFR members in each of these two Globalist’s camps. A comparison between “Bacrock Obummer” & “Juan McAmnasty” may seem like comparing apples to oranges, but there is more to these two (sides of the same coin) than meets the eye!

http://thenewamerican.com/node/8574

By Ty Cobb

July 28, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

Iraq is like jello. The USA is like a jello mold. We simply stay in place until the jello cools down, we remove the mold, and Iraq forms the shape of our umbrella. Victory in Iraq is a jiggling, quivering blob melting in the sun.

The Iraqis say: “Obama had us at Goodbye”.

I say: “We aint never gonna git outta Iraq.”

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this

Mrs. Godzilla and DawgBoy, You’re both MORONS! We are winning in Iraq and your “messiah” is going to eat it very soon. Your candidate is nothing but an empty suit disguised as a black man. Your democrat party SUCKS! I can not wait for November when your savior LOSES just like your loser democrat party.

By Bosch

July 28, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this

Bud Wiser,

Yes, we shall see.

Maybe the people who will vote for Obama look past the hyperbole and rhetoric propaganda machine of the right and actually look at what the man wants to do with this country.

Maybe they like what they read. Maybe they like what they see in the message.

Have we gotten used to incompetence? Yes, but every four years we have the chance to vote for who we think will be the best candidate.

As I see it, each candidate can say this and say that, they’ll do this and they’ll do that, but until some key things change in Washington - lobbying for one, partisan bickering for another, there will be little change.

But vice versa to what you said about hating George Bush and Republicans - it’s also not a good plan to vote against someone as well - i.e. Obama.

I think McCain is actually a great choice for the Republicans. People are very tired of the uber-right underhanded politics of the Bush administration. Even though I feel McCain has sold his soul to the Republican power machine of the far right with this election, prior to this election, I liked him as a politician - and would have voted for him for President back in 2000 if Bush hadn’t won the nomination (by what I consider very unscrupulous means).

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this

Mrs. Godzilla, Did you know that your precious savior used Blackwater as security? I thought Blackwater was evil? Guess that makes your democrat party a bunch of hypocrites.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/7/25/blackwater-got-the-gig-securing-obama-in-afghanistan.html

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this

SInce the AJC website isn’t up to 2008 technology I guess an entire web address can not post on this site. Here is the Obama Hussein Blackwater debacle from US News and World Report.

Sen. Barack Obama has not been a fan of private police like Blackwater in war zones, and some news outlets even reported that they were spurned for his trip last week to Afghanistan and Iraq. But Whispers confirms that Blackwater did handle the Democratic presidential candidate’s security in Afghanistan and helped out in Iraq. What’s more, Obama was overheard saying: “Blackwater is getting a bad rap.” Since everything appeared to go swimmingly, maybe he will take firms like Blackwater out of his sights, the company’s supporters hope.

Guess he is indeed a hypocrite.

By K-Chub

July 28, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

DawgBoy, The Surge is one of the few tricks McCain has up his sleeve and it’s the only thing that is getting him time with the press these days. McCain thinks Americans are dumb enough to believe him when he starts phrasing the argument about the Surge being successfull because violence is down. He is counting on people forgetting that decreasing violence in Iraq was only half the reason for doing it in the first place - there still isn’t political stability.

McCain isn’t going to win this argument and once the debates start tired old McCain won’t stand a chance against Obama.

By george hussein washington

July 28, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

dirty stinking lying repukes and neoScum will tell any lie, betray any friend, attack any country to remain in power…they will even put lipstick on a pig…like mcCancer Face, aka McInsane…to control the office of president….may they all rot in hell…with you know who…

By Copyleft

July 28, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

Back to raving and howling about President Obama, I see. A right-wing hack’s work is never done!

Oh, and what was your guy’s name again? John McSomething or other…?

You know, the guy you’re TERRIFIED to actually talk about, for fear people will take a close look at him and see what the GOP has to offer?

(snicker)

By Bosch

July 28, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

Communist AJC,

Are you really so blinded by your wingnut ways that you think ALL Democrats want to lose in Iraq?

It’s not about winning or losing, when you think in those terms it shows a really narrow ability in cognitive functions.

It’s about what was the cost vs. benefits of the war.

Find an article on that, there are plenty out there.

Apologize? For what? Can you tell me what it is exactly that we’ve won?

By Peter

July 28, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

Jim here is what is going on….

MORE WASTE BY REPUBLICANS OF AMERICAN TAX PAYERS MONEY !

Bowen estimated up to 20 percent “waste” — or more than $4 billion — from the $21 billion spent so far in the U.S.-bankrolled Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. It’s just one piece of a recovery effort that swelled beyond $112 billion in U.S., Iraqi and international contributions.

The Wrongs here should look in the mirror before exclaiming Democrats raise Taxes.

The unbelievable waste by Republicans with the COST PLUS CONTRACTS is Killing America !

By Tray

July 28, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

Yes, Bosch, inded I can provide proof that OBAMA doesn’t know the key players

About 3 weeks ago, he stated publicly that he would (and i quote) “Call upon the Joint Cheifs of Staff to end the war and bring the troops home”

Oh, but wait, The Joint Cheifs is an Advisory borad with absolutely NO POWER in decision making. ie: THEY CAN’T BRING THE TROOPS HOME!! basically, they give sound military advice, that’s it!

Which means that no matter how many times Obama asks them, they can’t do it.

Do you need any other examples of his ignorance, there are literally hundreds…

And if he did see the troops, i wouldn’t have called any kind of political B.S on it!!

In my opinion it would have been nice for him to stop by and share sorrow with the people who are in pain/wounded because they fought (and died) for his right to run as president!!!

Tell me where the politics are in that…

By catlady

July 28, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

I find it funny that the Republicans charge that Obama is getting kind treatment by the press, when their president and his cronies have had pretty gentle treatment over the last 7 years.

Obama looks so good because of the s&%$ we have had lately. McCain sure doesn’t look like an improvement. Sad, but true.

When your girlfriend is butt-ugly, anyone else looks pretty hot.

By Vidal Suisun

July 28, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Tuffy,

There isn’nt a single true statement in your 9:34.

You’re blowing smoke.

By JustDroppedBy

July 28, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

I just decided to make a random visit to Wooten’s blog and what do you know — still nothing to say about McCain. Well, like my dad would say, “If you can’t think of anything good to say about someone, then don’t say anything at all.” Did your dad tell you the same thing, Mr. Wooten?

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

Copyleft, Your precious savior only thinks he is president. He’s delusional. The guy is so delusional he went to the wrong country to give speeches. Too bad he can’t remember that it is the US that votes. Not Germany, France and the UK. His expensive education went to waste. The guy also thinks that there are 57 states. Copyleft, your guy is a genius. By the way, make fun of Mccains cancer all you want. It’s all you idiot dems have on him. Its going to be fun watching Obama Hussien stu-stu-stutter his way in to losing this fall.

By K-Chub

July 28, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

CommunistAJC,

Just because you are angry and self-righteous doesn’t make what you are saying correct. I am sure I can dig around the Internet and find all kinds of stories that contradict every weak point you are desperately trying to say. You are a classic republican - you think that somehow being angry and beliving a situation is different than what it is makes it that way. Once again the old saying about those who scream and shout the loudest are usually (if not always) the one’s who are the most wrong.

By Peter

July 28, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

More Huge LIES from The REPUBLICAN in office…….

“The report underscores how the price tag has been gradually rising for the war in Iraq, which began in March 2003. In late 2002, then-White House budget director Mitch Daniels estimated the Iraq war would cost $50 billion to $60 billion. A year later, L. Paul Bremer, then-chief of the U.S. occupation government in Iraq, said the war would cost $100 billion.”

Yes the WAR won’t cost too much HA HA HA……..

What will it cost ????? 1. something TRILLION……….

REPUBLICAN ACCOUNTING…….. don’t keep track of anything JUST SPEND !

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

Bosch, I’m BLIND? Are you kidding me? How many damn times have we heard EVERY SINGLE DEMOCRAT say they want out of Iraq because we can’t win? It is about winning or losing. Wow, I’m shocked that you can actually type on a keyboard. With your way of thinking we’d still be living in caves. If you can actually read then you’d have read where WE ARE WINNING THE WAR! Moron.

By Bosch

July 28, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Tray,

And you can provide a transcript of this - um, proof?

Seriously, don’t you people get tired of nit picking every word a candidate says and use such analysis as a means to say for absolute certainty someone is experienced/ competent or not?

Say, for instance, couldn’t I do the exact same thing with McCain or any of the other candidates? Let’s see, how many faux pas could we pick to death from George Bush.

Hundreds? Thousands? Millions?

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

catlady, You’ve just made my points about democrats being uneducated. Obama looks good? Are his looks going to solve problems? Is his blackness going to end terrorism? Are his looks going to fix the economy. Bush received special treatment from the press? Where have you been the past 8 years? Probably in your cave in Pakistan. Please do us all a favor and just stay home and continue to smoke your crack.

By TW

July 28, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

The official said Monday the deficit was being driven to record levels by the sagging economy and the stimulus payments being made to 130 million households in an effort to keep the country from falling into a deep recession. A deficit approaching $490 billion would easily surpass the current record deficit of $413 billion set in 2004.

Ah, those record setting conservatives…

Alas, as the rich ride into the sunset, it becomes painfully obvious to all that ‘w’ soiled the GOP far worse than he did the rest of the country.

It’s over, Mr. Wooten. It’s over and you and the rest of your ilk, rushanitty etc., are as responsible for the death of the right as anyone. And thus, you bare the blame for the impending liberal tsunami.

Perhaps you have been a closet liberal all along?

By Bosch

July 28, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Communist AJC @ 10:08,

Um, didn’t McCain visit the same leaders a while back - to the sound of crickets by the media?

Where was your outrage then?

Didn’t McCain say that Iraq and Pakistan shared a border?

Get my point?

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

K-Chub, What did I say that was incorrect? Self-righteous? Nope, I just have common sense and enough education to see right through morons. Go ahead and find an article that contradicts mine. But it better be recent and not from 4 years ago. At least my articles are current. By the way, who is shouting? We’re typing. You might need to see a doctor.

By getalife "whiners"

July 28, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Well, we just learned the wingnut that killied two at a church did it because he hated gays and liberals.

Time to lock up all wingnuts in Gitmo

They are terrorists

No lawyers, no trial and waterboard them

By TW

July 28, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

Suicide bombers struck Kurdish protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 48 people in one of the deadliest series of attacks in Iraq this year.

Somebody tell McSame he’s gonna have to move the pool party to tomorrow…

By Mrs. Godzilla

July 28, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

In March, in his first major address on foreign policy, John McCain stated his intention to kick Russia out of the G-8. In rather belligerent tones, reminiscent of the Cold War, McCain blasted Russia and suggested the country is no longer a democracy.The policy always seemed like a very bad idea, and the foreign policy establishment couldn’t imagine what on earth McCain was talking about. What’s more, it wasn’t just an unscripted response at a town-hall meeting; this was McCain reading from a prepared text in a high-profile speech.In June, the McCain campaign said the senator no longer believes what he said. A McCain adviser told McClatchy that the candidate’s policy on Russia and the G-8 as “a holdover from an earlier period,” adding, “It doesn’t reflect where he is right now.”

Media Fails To Fact-Check McCain Claim On Troop Visit

DID YOU KNOW MCCAIN FLIP FLOP LIST IS UP TO 70! GOOGLE IT DUDES!

More backlash on McCain’s “churlish” attacks — from the GOP … One GOP strategist with close ties to McCain’s campaign said the new line of attack reflected the operation’s “schizophrenic” nature. He said that tendency was also on display last week, as McCain spoke at length about media coverage of Obama rather than sticking with his plan to focus on the economy. “They couldn’t help themselves,” the strategist said, adding that the ad over the hospital visit is “churlish and unlike McCain, and hardly will resonate with the swing voters who are going to decide this election.” The strategist continued: “They’re doing it because the candidate, and the campaign, is not happy with where they are and they’re lashing out.” If McCain hopes to win the election, the strategist added, “he needs to be a happy warrior

Over $4 billion in failed rebuilding projects for Iraq … So where has McCain been when this was collapsing? Iraq is his pet project, so let’s hear what he’s been doing to protect American taxpayers and make sure that our money is spent wisely in Iraq. The Republicans can’t stop telling everyone how well they run the economy but the facts say something radically different

By CommunistAJC

July 28, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

Bosch, Not saying Mccain is perfect but at least he knows how to win a war and not appease our enemies. And, at least he is an American. You’ve just stepped in it my friend. The media is all over Obama. That was one of my points about how democrats and republicans differ. Th