Rezko on SNL, remembering or exploiting, what’s wrong with MO?, myths mano a mano, election lessons learned, seniors still cool
By LisaB on September 28, 2008 at 3:45 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs
1) It looks as if the Tony Rezko saga has finally arrived on the national radar? How do I know? Well, SNL did a skit that mentioned it. It runs a little long and takes shots at both candidates, but it’s nice to see Rezko get some attention!
Read the rest ->
The Chicago Sun-Times has a blurb mentioning this.
In a takeoff on Friday’s presidential debate, the John McCain character criticized Obama’s support for federal earmarks, including an $8.1 million earmark called the “Tony Rezko hush fund.”
Obama’s character shot back, “Sen. McCain, you know I withdrew that initiative after he began cooperating with federal authorities.”
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In the skit, Obama’s character promised tax breaks for Chicago City Council members and boasted that his tax plan exempts “bribes, kickbacks, shakedowns, embezzlement of government funds or extortion.”
Newsbusters had a more complete description.
The Obama character later promised that he would “play the race card” against dictators like North Korean President Kim Jong Il if necessary to guilt-trip them into dismantling their nuclear programs, as he would accuse Kim of refusing to cooperate with him because “I’m not like the other guys on the $5 and $10 bills.”
———-JOHN MCCAIN, PLAYED BY DARRELL HAMMOND: Jim, what the American people need to understand, and what Senator Obama does not understand, is that the real problem here is excessive government spending, especially congressional earmarks and pork barrel projects. … And how about this? $8.2 million for something called “Tony Rezko Hush Money.”
BARACK OBAMA, PLAYED BY FRED ARMISEN: John, I withdrew that earmark right after [UNCLEAR WHETHER ARMISEN SAYS "I" OR "he"] began cooperating with prosecutors, and I think you know that.
MCCAIN: Senator, the fact is, to fund all the other programs, your planning will require a massive tax increase.
OBAMA: John, once again, you’re not being truthful about my proposals. Under my tax plan, not only would every American making less than $250,000 per year get a tax cut, so would most members of the Chicago City Council, as well as city building inspectors. That’s because my plan would not tax income from bribes, kickbacks, shakedowns, embezzlement of government funds, or extortion.
…
JIM LEHRER CHARACTER: Now, let’s turn to the topic of nuclear proliferation. Senator Obama, you have frequently been critical of this administration’s efforts to stop Iran and North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs.
OBAMA: I have.
LEHRER: What would you do differently.
OBAMA: First of all, Jim, I would use traditional diplomacy, something this administration has consistently refused to do. Should that fail, then and only then, would I try what I call “playing the race card.”
[LAUGHTER]
LEHRER: And how would that work?
OBAMA: Take North Korea. I would ask Kim Jong Il to shut down his country’s nuclear weapons program. If he declined, I would say to him, “All right, I get it. I know why you’re really refusing to stop the program.” And he would say, “No, what are you talking about?” And I would say, “It’s because I don’t look like all the other Presidents you’ve dealt with.” And then he would say, “Wait, that’s not fair. That has nothing to do with it.” And I would add, “That’s cool. I understand. I’m different. I’m not like the other guys on the $5 and $10 bills.” It’s a long, delicate process. But eventually, he’ll have to give in.
Oooooh. I can’t WAIT for the howls of outrage!!
2) Newsbusters has a short piece about that bracelet Obama wears to uh remember some soldier dude. Apparently the family isn’t too happy he is wearing it.
Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son’s name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.
During a radio interview, the father of Brian Jopek told the host his wife wanted the bracelet to be a silent reminder to Obama of her son and for it not to be a political thing.
Jopek: She has turned down any subsequent interviews with the media because she just didn’t want it to get turned into something that it wasn’t. She had told me in an email that she had asked, actually asked Mr. Obama to not wear the bracelet any more at any of his public appearances. Which I don’t think he’s…
Moberg: It has been a while since he’s brought it up.
Jopek: Right. But, the other night I was watching the news and he was on, uh, speaking somewhere and he was still wearing it on his right wrist. I could see it on his right wrist. So, that’s his own choice. I mean that’s something Barack Obama, that’s a choice that he continues to wear it despite Tracy asking him not to… Because she is a Barack Obama supporter and she didn’t want to do anything to sabotage his campaign, so, if he’s still wearing the bracelet then, uh, that of course is entirely up to him.
————————-Even the snow job that the radio host tried to pull off to cover for Barack’s refusing the wishes of the family of the KIA soldier who’s bracelet he wears doesn’t pass the smell test. After all, now that Obama has made it a big point in the debates, I guess the silent observance of Sgt. Jopek is no longer so silent and Obama is back to exploiting the death of a soldier even when he was asked NOT to do so by that soldier’s parents.
To pile insult onto injury here, the Mother doesn’t even want to force the issue of telling Obama to stop exploiting her son because she wants to see him win the election. Obama is not only taking advantage of this brave soldier’s death, he is taking advantage of the good wishes of the man’s Mother who doesn’t want to hurt the campaign
3) Powerline has also picked up the troubling story of Obama’s Missouri minions trying to stifle free speech.
If Barack Obama becomes President and takes over command of the Justice Department, it is reasonable to expect an assault on the First Amendment the like of which we haven’t seen since the Jefferson administration. Here’s the latest: in Missouri, Obama has enlisted his allies in public office, including St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, to threaten criminal prosecution of any Missouri television station that runs ads about Obama that are untrue. Since every politician sincerely believes that all ads run by his opponents are untrue, the field of potential criminal exposure is broad indeed.
HotAir had this to add:
. . .Needless to say, no one actually has to be prosecuted for this to work. Prosecution will be impossible anyway in most cases thanks to the First Amendment. The point isn’t to jail critics but merely to price the cost of prospective litigation into their decision on whether to publicly criticize The One. Add this to the threatening letters his lawyers sent to station managers over the NRA ads, the flash-mob smearing of David Freddoso, and the appeal to the Justice Department to prosecute the American Issues Project for its perfectly factual yet devastating Ayers ad. Oh, the fun we’ll have with a deep blue Congress and an Obama-run DOJ and FCC. He promised you a “new type of politics,” didn’t he? Click the image to watch.
I think he’s got a point here. The THREAT of LITIGATION could do what any threat of prosecution cannot. I had not thought of that angle.
4) The LA Times has a piece today saying this election is a clash of American mythology as symbolized by its protagonists. Yeah, someone is going literary.
So that’s the clash. McCain, the known quantity, the maverick turned lawman, fiery when called on to fight, an icon of the old known American story of standing tall, holding firm, protecting God’s country against the stealthy foe. Obama is the new kid on the block, the immigrant’s child, the recruit, fervent but still preternaturally calm, embodying some complicated future that we haven’t yet mapped, let alone experienced. He is impure — the walking, talking melting pot in person. In his person, the next America is still taking shape.
The warrior turned lawman confronts the community organizer turned law professor. The sheriff (who married the heiress) wrestles with the outsider who rode into town and made a place for himself. No wonder this race is thrilling and tense. America is struggling to fasten a name on its soul.
If you want to read about American archetypes and think this would be interesting, go ahead. I’m lukewarm on it, myself.
5) More interesting is a piece at realclearpolitics. The author suggests we’ve already learned a few things from the election so far.
1. Attempts to change the nature of campaigning are futile.
The two things that everyone complains about – the costs of campaigns and their negativity – will be with us for the foreseeable future. I recommend embracing one and shrugging about the other.
—————–2. In an irony for the ages, liberal bias in the media culture’s ivory towers grew to its shameful worst, and it didn’t even matter.
This is the year a Republican convention crowd mocked NBC with derisive chants because that proud network allowed its MSNBC brand to pass off the hateful spewage of Keith Olbermann and others as fair commentary.
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The “new media” – blogs, talk radio, podcasts – are a cauldron of loosely reined info-bits shot from a cannon that never stops firing. But even with their wildly divergent standards and often spotty reliability, these sources offer balance and insights their dinosaur brethren refuse to provide.
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3. To end on an uplifting note, all the haranguing over gender and race has without a doubt moved us toward the goal of toppling both barriers.
No matter which ticket wins, the next candidate of color will have an easier time because of the trail Barack Obama has blazed. The next woman to reach for the White House will benefit from a nation somewhat more used to the prospect because of Ms. Palin’s candidacy.
I’d have to agree on all counts.
6) The Weekly Standard has an interesting piece contrasting the styles of McCain and Obama, calling them the “warrior and the priest.”
John McCain, restless and emotional, couldn’t resist the temptation to join the battle to rescue our financial markets and save the economy. It was the biggest and most important fight around, bigger and more important than his campaign scrap with Barack Obama. Being engaged in the action–in the arena–is where McCain always wants to be. So he cast his presidential campaign aside, temporarily, and headed back to Washington. The campaign could wait. It might even benefit.
Obama, placid and professorial, had a different reaction to the fight over the bailout. Even before McCain’s maneuver he’d rejected the idea of putting his campaign on hold and joining the legislative battle. He’d be available if needed. An abrupt change in plans, a sudden shift, is not his style. His campaign would go on. He returned to Washington reluctantly. If he hadn’t, his campaign might have suffered.
The contrast here is not only dramatic. It’s unusually revealing about the two candidates and how they might act as president. There’s an analogy that captures the difference: the warrior and the priest. McCain the warrior, Obama the priest. (If “priest” seems confusing, substitute “professor.”)
Interesting, but we’ve seen such comparisons before. Read if you have time.
7) The Philadelphia Inquirer has a piece about Obama and seniors. He doesn’t do as well with this age group and his recent pander ad to the group included what many media outlets have termed a lie.
Barack Obama should be thankful that the Wall Street crisis is dominating the news these days, because otherwise more people might notice that he has been uttering manifest falsehoods about John McCain’s Social Security plan – in a bid to woo the potentially pivotal senior voters who remain cool to Obama’s historic candidacy.
While on the stump in Florida last weekend, Obama contended that McCain’s talk of Social Security privatization could leave seniors destitute: “If my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would’ve had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week. Millions would have watched as the market tumbled and their nest egg disappeared before their eyes.”
Obama lied. No such nest eggs would have disappeared, because the McCain plan exempts every American born before 1950. I could also detail the Obama TV ad on Social Security that has been aired in Florida, Pennsylvania and five other states – it falsely claims that McCain favors “cutting benefits in half” – but here’s the point:
The Obama camp has apparently decided that the candidate needs to scare senior Americans into voting for him, because he doesn’t appear to be connecting with enough of them any other way. Voters 65 and older are less charmed by Obama than any other age bracket; their resistance – particularly in battleground states such as Florida (the grayest state), Pennsylvania (second grayest), and Ohio (eighth) – is a potentially serious drag on his November prospects.
The author talks about polls showing McCain edging Obama with seniors and how the Obama campaign evidently expects a large youth vote to make up for a loss with seniors.
Obama has come this far by marketing hope, yet his current pitch to seniors is based on fear. It’s stark evidence that he has yet to close the sale with a crucial slice of the electorate – and that he is willing to dissemble rather than inspire, if that’s what it takes. The author just doesn’t see that happening.
Interesting the idea that Obama is trying to use the youth vote to make up for the senior vote. I’ve heard this before, and I understand it from a strategic point of view. But, when you decide to go after such a different demographic to make up for shortcomings in another rather than actually dealing with those shortcomings, it bothers me. Why? Well, it tends to mean you are going to sacrifice the interests of one for those of another. In this case, youth is all. And that does seem to be the vibe of the Obama campaign. The older you are, the less you’re wanted or listened to. And, of course, there’s that whole “old, bitter women” thing as well.
8 ) The Swamp has a short bit about politics in Ohio. The author thinks local politics there, in the form of scandal, will have a negative effect on Obama’s chances.
Democrats in Ohio, already rolling a stone uphill in trying to deliver the Buckeye state for Barack Obama, aren’t helping the cause with a series of self-inflicted wounds.
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Increasingly, it looks like Michigan, Pennsylvania and Ohio could tell the tale in November and the Democrats’ legal, ethical and public relations woes don’t make an Obama sales job any easier in Ohio.
I’m not keeping up with electoral politics like I should, but at the HuffyPot, there’s an author who thinks this election will turn into an Obama rout. Kind of hard to reconcile such different points of view. (Google it, I don’t link to the Pot).
I guess all we can do is keep working and hope for the best.
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5) More interesting is a piece at realclearpolitics. The author suggests we’ve already learned a few things from the election so far.
That might be my favorite..
Dead End. Remember when some people thought there were WMD’s in Iraq? Well I never bought that either.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/154782
Via Factcheck.org and newsweek –
But hey, if you want to grasp at low info straws – have at it.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Yer funnnnnnny! BWAHAHAHA! No connection BWAHAHA!
lol
well, I was happily reading along when I came across a statement I simply can not buy.
The preposterous idea that because of what’s happened to Clinton and Palin that women will have an easier time of it is assanine.
More likey women will say, “would I really like
to have my children’s lives gone over with predatory junk-yard nightmare creatures trying to destroy me?”
Never have I seen the outright hatred that the
talking heads have towards Palin and Clinton.
Of all the things I’ve seen in politics over the years, the gleefully embraced mysogeny has been the worst. F**k the media. And I, for one, am not gonna ever forget what they did to the women who came forward to serve this country. Disgusting, shameful, and should land all these bastards one way tickets to the bottom-most rungs of the Inferno.
Have a nice trip, assholes.
My sentiments exactly!
If women really wanted to show their power, all they’d have to do is stop working. If only men worked, they could not sustain the tax structure necessary to run this country.
This is always overlooked and taken for granted by the patriarchy.
Now is the time for women to make themselves heard and no longer be taken for granted. The most immediate way we can achieve that recognition is to make certain that BO is not cheated into the White House.
If we think misogyny is bad now, just wait and see how more entrenched it becomes with a BO admiinistration.
NoTroll- I completely agree. If you want me to double over in a hysterical fit of laughter, all ya gotta do is tell me how Hillary and Palin being battered, bruised and bloodied made it “easier” for a woman to make it to the Presidency.
Good Grief, after watching the wife-beating politicians and press sending Hillary and Sarah to intensive care on a daily basis, a woman would have to be card carrying masochist to try.
NoTrollZone,
spot on.
Exactly. Any woman thinking of running for President in the next few cycles is going to say “Well, if Hillary Clinton with all her advantages and her 18 million votes couldn’t even get on the ticket, what chance do I have?” The 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling is nice rhetoric, but as well all know, the glass ceiling is still there.
I guess I’ll tell my daughter that she can be anything she wants to be – but if she wants to be President she had better get dual citizenship and go somewhere else.
For the best collection of detailed accounts of the whole Rezko issue — including re Biden and Rezko’s crooked associate — go to realbarackobama.
It is a huge story!
PUMA!!
Just passing this latest Obama related outrage if people haven’t seen it yet:
Obama Goons Call Police Over Man’s Questions
http://www.rense.com/general83/over.htm
A college student was arrested, held in jail for 35 hours and now faces trial for simply daring to question some Obama supporters. I guess we no longer have to wonder when the brownshirts will be here.
In other news, for the first time in 72 years, the Stockton, CA newspaper is endorsing the Democratic candidate for president. http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/A_OPINION01/809280301/-1/A_OPINION
72 years!
Still think McCain’s going to win?
Yes, Stockton, Ca. paper *is* read by all far and wide!!! idjit
Has anyone actually been to Stockton. Umm – it’s not a place I’d flaunt as definitive for the country.
I was in Stockton for a week one day…California is always blue anyway.
Besides, haven’t all media outlets been paid off to support Obama?
Stockton CA daily newspaper, The Record.
Circulation
58,888 Daily
64,146 Sunday
28% of Hillary’s supporters are NOT going to vote for Obama:
That’s 5,057,481
Now from an old accountant’s viewpoint, there’s a few cents difference there!
btw: Isn’t CA blue anyway? Aren’t their electoral votes pretty well determined anyway?
Perhaps you’d best be looking at the electoral votes in states like Ohio. Of course those low-educated, small-minded, bible-totin, god-fearin, gun-clingin, racist, white trash voters … along with the bitter, dead-ender Hillary voters don’t really matter do they?
– peniel
lol I live in CA and have never heard of it. All I know is it’s in Nothern, CA and no one could convince me in a million years any newspaper up North has ever supported anything Republican. In fact Northern, CA is so far left they write the book on radical left. Not everyone, but I’d say Moderate Democrats or Republicans are the minority.
Thanks for the SNL update. Gives a pause for comic relief.
As for endorsements an SF paper just surprised all by endorsing McCain.
Now back to the ground effort
WAM obama WAM congress WAM the dnc!
Join in at
http://www.WAM08.org
Stockton,CA? Woo Hoo!! Big whoop.
you obviously have never been to Stockton and have no idea what the demographics are…….I won’t burst your silly little bubble, enjoy your fun little cultie! hahahahaha!
maybe it is ACORN central in N.CA
I thought the same thing…..must be desperate.
I have been to Stockton.
It used to be a cow town at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Merced River.
In the past 10 years it became a real estate boom for minorities abandoning the violence in Oakland, Richmond, and San Francisco.
It was a MAGNET for “ZERO MONEY DOWN”, “NO CREDIT CHECK”, and “NO PROOF OF INCOME” mortgage loans.
It is the poster child for the failed Community Reinvestment Act, and subsequent Fannie and Freddie policy and fraud.
In the past two years, home values in Stockton have declined as much as 70%.
Idiots that bought homes for $500k are walking away and saddling taxpayers with property worth $150 – $200k.
CA and FL was a mecca for loan scams, and now we are all gonna pay.
Obama promises a free ride, and in Stockton, they believe him.
Stocton has the one of the top foreclosure rates in CA. Exhibt B.
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/806159.html.
No matter what the outcome of the bill is the bottom is falling out the asphalt is visible though the holes in the floorboards.
Drip Drip Drip.
thanks for the info…sounds like a bunch of uneducated, irresponsible, illegal people living around there. Hardly something to brag about.
Spot on. You got it exactly right. And it still smells like cows!
Or like what comes out of their backsides.
The opinion of a newspaper is not necessarily a tru reflection of the community.
Polls are to facts as Stockton opinion it to US opinion as coherence is to your posts. Shut up, half-wit.
You are so stupid, I’m surprised you have the ability to take breaths..
Fred:
Do you know where the Newen gland is? Admittedly I am not a great student of the human body, so I just tried to find it in WIKI and it doesn’t show up …
LMAO. I think it near the sphincter.
I hope he remembers to do it on the Stockton Record!
I think Rev. Wright should go on a milk carton. I’m worried about him. I hope he is seen soon.
He was supposed to be promoting his book sometime in October. Haven’t heard anything recent though.
I have it from a good source that Wright will soon be making a comeback, along with Fleger, and meeks.
No link, but my source has not been wrong before.
Since you dropped by, newengland, let me play “Troll the Troll” with you.
Why on earth do you think Obama is a progressive–or do you think that?
Honestly, everything about the guy points toward his being a neocon. Do you have any information that indicates otherwise? Feel free to insult us along the way.
ROFL. When you invite them to insult you, they go silent (probably fried their CPU). I’ll have to remember that when confronted by the obamalobotobots.
I’ve got an idea for ya, newengland – why don’t you, for a change, tell us all the good things about barky: like why he would make a good president. Tell us about his down-home American values, his true beliefs, his history of accomplishment, his respect for women and non-elite people, his honesty, his honest friends and associates, and all the rest of his “good” qualities. Give us details.
Start. now.
* crickets *
stockton has the largest number of forclosures in CA
i’m wondering who is reading the newspaper
or purchasing the newspaper?
correct. thanks
to correct myself
stockton has the most foreclosures in the country. ACORN central?!
Unless of course they are sleeping UNDER the Stockton Record.
Not that I am making light of anyone’s financial difficulties. But it doesn’t take a rocket scientist or even a community organizer to understand that people who couldn’t afford their homes were getting loans. DUH.
NOt to mention that they’ve all moved back in with their parents in the innercities, left the keys in the mailbox, and stuck the rest of us with the bill.
Thanks a lot, Dodd, Frank, and the Democratic Party.
Oh—and Barak Obama, whose first job out of law school was as a civil-rights attorney, with ACORN as a client, threatening banks who wouldn’t give loans to minorities who didn’t meet credit requirements, with huge lawsuits and public shame as “racists.”
THAT is the real Obama “community organizer.”
No slush fund for the Dems or the CBC in the bailout plan.
You can thank McCain and the House Republicans for that.
Not me !
I am not interested who they endorse, especially, if the editorial is giving poor & weak reasons for the endorsement. Obama? comparing to McCain?? a medal decorated war hero vs. an ex-drug user? Elephant against a donkey??
I feel safer under the watch of Senator McCain than Obama, a supporter of shady characters.
Besides, I OWN MY VOTE !
For my beloved country, I will vote for
McCain/ Palin ‘08
Hillary ‘12
God Bless America !!!
Yes, New, McCain will win. Stockton? lol
Thanks for coming by newengland.
$50 to McCain. Trollfund at $2150.
Is the Trollfund in Kronor’s or Euros?
Stockton CA daily newspaper, The Record.
Circulation
58,888 Daily
64,146 Sunday
28% of Hillary’s supporters are NOT going to vote for Obama:
That’s 5,057,481
Now from an old accountant’s viewpoint, there’s a few cents difference there!
btw: Isn’t CA blue anyway? Aren’t their electoral votes pretty well determined anyway?
Perhaps you’d best be looking at the electoral votes in states like Ohio. Of course those low-educated, small-minded, bible-totin, god-fearin, gun-clingin, racist, white trash voters … along with the bitter, dead-ender Hillary voters don’t really matter do they?
– peniel
IDIOT.
Stockton endorsement. Well, there goes California for McCain.
ROTFLMAO!!!
BTW where did you get 72 years? The only mention of 72 years in that article was McCain’s age.
no surprise ……… all of Bush’s big Wall Street backers are going to Obama because they know he is a puppet of international finance……. as the kids say, DUH!
Since the VP debate will be in Missouri, I am hoping Palin will mention the Obama SS tactics – she has an opportunity to expose it there – an I am sure most people in Missouri know about it and I would hope be able to back up her comments to any reporters that are from out of state.
Why do you want her to get arrested?
Why do you want to intimidate her? Huh?
OhioMary = ToykoRose
I have heard that ther is a side angle shot of obama looking at his bracelet….reading it. the NYT article merely said tha t he hesitated for a moment before saying the name of the soldier Jopek. they are whitewashing the fact that “bambi” is using the bracelet as a campaign prop. anyone have a link to the side shot?
there is a video on youtube.
Obambi could not remember the name, he had to lower his head to read the wrist braclet.
No. He read the name. It was very clear.
The soilders mother did not want Obama to politicalize her son’s death but she’s afraid to say anything to him. This was from the soilder’s father. This is a human oxymoron.
The soilder gives his life for us to maintain freedom and Obama wants to take away our freedom.
Soldier’s family told Barry to not wear bracelet
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/09/28/family-told-obama-not-wear-soldier-sons-bracelet-where-media
unbelievable.
Beyond the fact that he used this as propaganda in spite of the family asking him not to,his use of the story about her giving him the bracelet to make sure no other families go through that kind of loss to imply that he is against all war and would support their wishes is completely disingenuous.
Obama is not against war, he is only promoting a fake stand against an ‘unpolpular’ war for political points.
While decrying the Iraq war, he claims he wants a larger war in Afghanistan. The same soldiers will be in harms way, regardless of geography.
Good point…but his followers are so fu..ing stupid they can’t put two and two together.
Obama will give his young voters a choice, you can join my civilian security force an fight in the US or join the military and fight in Afganistan or Pakistan.
This is true. Obama’s such a good bullshitter you temporarily forget that. Oops! That’s scary how he sings the Okey Doke all the time. Something for the bots to remember: as stated, Obambi wants to deploy the troops in Afghanistan.
Which, as McCain pointed out, is going to work great. Pull out of Iraq ==> al Qaeda there and Iran gain strength. Scramble after al Qaeda in Afghanistan – what do you do if they move to Iraq? LOL
Obambi: stupid, just stupid. Words, just words.
We all need to contact our reps and tell them to vote against the bailout bill or they can kiss their seats goodbye. The discussion bill is on CNN’s website. We’re going to get screwed. Also, when you talk to your reps tell them to use Hillary’s economic proposal.
hey all, i am thinking that with the expecttaions SOOOO low for Palin right now and McCain desperately needing a game changer, if Palin somehow can shine, not seem nervous, and speak in a way that she can warmly connect it the middle class, i think that would be a HUGE game changer.
Hmmm…, i’m not sure it would be a big game changer, but i think your correct that expectations seem to be so low among among msm that it wouldn’t be too hard for her to help the Republican ticket with a decently executed performance.
Matt/Sybil … have the meds kicked in yet?
As long as she doesn’t foam at the mouth with a foam spit glob at the center of the lips, like Obama did, she’ll be just fine.
ROFL.
I have seen an interview with her on C-Span before she became a nominee and she was very articulate and charming. Frankly, I don’t think she has done badly in her recent interviews either but I guess my standards aren’t as high as the MSM’s.
Apparently there is also a C-Span video of her Alaska Governor’s debate but for some reason I can’t get it to work on my computer but others may want to check it out.
I posted the bracelet link without entirely reading the blog lol sorry
Ace has thrown down the gauntlet with the ‘Truth Squads’ and has reposted Obama’s Indonesian school registration:
http://ace.mu.nu/
Pretty good SNL skit. They pick up on the fact that Obama is passive and not leading the debate. Glad they went there with Obama playing the race card too.
i tend to disagree with you that the “THREAT of LITIGATION could do what any threat of prosecution cannot.” it seems to me that if someone is seeking to publicize an issue, being prosecuted on such lame charges, which would surely be thrown out on 1st amendment grounds would be welcome. the MSM would have to pick up the story if someone were so prosecuted. and you could always set up a defense fund, if prosecuted.
Fair point. I was thinking, though of people who might simply be dissuaded from talking due to the threat of litigation. Just the threat of lawsuits has caused many institutions and people to stop mentioning “certain things.”
Actually, I think this threat is very common, even pervasive, in America. We have become far too litigious. Patients blackmail caregivers with threats of malpractice suits, people blackmail teachers with threats of abuse, all sorts of things. Even if it totally baseless, the thought of going to a lawyer, having to spend time and money for defense, it does stop many people. Sure, in this instance it would eventually get tossed, but the election will be over long since.
The most sinister aspect of the “Truth Squad” statement to the press is the boldness of naming a specific Sheriff and making a point that the squad was covering “rural” parts of Missouri too. Yet exactly what the Sheriff’s role would be was not addressed.
IMHO, this smacks of the politics of fear. It is one thing to have lawyers bloviating about litigation. It is entirely another to imply that the Sheriff and local law enforcement is “watching you.”
If 2 folks at the local Dunkin’ Donuts are discussing the e-mail they received about Obama being a Muslim and Glenn Boyer walks in, do you think they will continue the conversation? I think not.
re: Brian Jopek,father of Ryan Jopek
This is so sad, that is what happens when you entrust something ’sacred’ to an unknown. The responsibility falls on the mother, why did she entrust the memory of her son to some one who was, is, and will probably remain an enigma? Whose character is untested at the national level, whose political background and personal history has yet to be scrutinized….
If the mother believes in democracy and have faith in her presidential candidate,Barack Obama, why can’t she DEMAND TO STOP DISHONORING her son’s memory, or take back the bracelet? After not honoring her repeated requests to Obama, NOT to use the bracelet for political purposes,she should take back the bracelet & keep it as her son’s memory. Or give it to her son’s wife/children, if any, if she does not want it.
Furthermore, was it the wish of her son to dishonor him by making his death in vain? He joined & offered his life to serve the country. He & many thousand braves in uniform lost their lives with victory in mind. Their country will not let them down.
We salute & pray for the safety of the rest in uniform. They continue the mission for freedom & safety of America.The most qualified Commander-in-Chief, is Senator John McCain.
God Bless America !!!
The success of the bill can be gauge by the access to the bill from the website.
Hollywood and entertainers win. Actors and sportspeople will be the new super rich.
Obama wins. Not only there is no way that McCain wins this election now. No one single way. Even the whitey tape will not beat Obama.
Obama wins twice by instituting an Advisory board. That kills capitalism in the U.S. Nothing will prosper under an Advisory board.
Obama wins thrice. The country is now officially a socialist country. Live with it. We will need to rewrite all of the financial academic books. The way to do business in the U.S. will be completely different.
The U.S. is toast.
I agree about the THREAT of litigation. It’s costly no matter who wins or is right.
Anyone who has been hit by another driver knows it’s gonna cost you something even though you are the innocent party.
Apparently Congress has posted the draft bill:
http://financialservices.house.gov
If they think people aren’t paying attention they could be in for a rude surprise. The servers are clogged and you can’t get on this site or house.gov right now.
The bill will work as good as the clogged you are seeing it now. This clogged is an illustration of the effectiveness with which the bill will save the financial institutions and markets. Government will clogged Wall Street and moreover the financial institutions. The loses will be staggering, never imagined.
According to Michelle Malkin the bill is still garbage and there is no acknowledgement of the root cause;
Section 101 of the draft bill titled “PREVENTING UNJUST ENRICHMENT:”
PREVENTING UNJUST ENRICHMENT.—In making purchases under the authority of this Act, the Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to prevent unjust enrichment of financial institutions participating in a program established under this section, including by preventing the resale of a troubled asset to the Secretary at a higher price than what the seller paid to purchase the asset. This subsection does not apply to troubled assets acquired in a merger or acquisition, or a purchase of assets from a financial institution in conservatorship or receivership, or that has initiated bankruptcy proceedings under title 11, United States Code.
Does not apply, in other words, to Fannie/Freddie, JP Morgan Chase/Bear Stearns, WaMu, and Lehman.
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/28/kill-the-bailout-the-fast-track-devil-in-the-details/
I think if Michelle says it’s shit I believe her.
I disagree. Certainly it’s a preemptive defensive move. But better than that it’s a cost-free piece of invaluable propaganda. It means McCain’s people are lying bastards and can’t be trusted. No TV ads, no YouTube clips – let the media themselves play into it and you never break into a sweat. Such be the genius of ASK and Axelrod.
Malkin: Direct Link to Bailout Boondoggle (PDF 1.6 MB)
I just sent the following letter to my US senator, Chris Dodd:
I just heard you announce that you will be holding hearings on how this economic crisis came out. So, who is going to investigate you?
I have written you on several occasions, asking why it is that you did not investigate hedge funds, and why you refused to reign in credit card and mortgage companies. I not only never got a response from your office but you never did anything to prevent this from happening.
I am a life-long Democrat who has never voted for a Republican in my life. This year will be the first time I will vote for a Republican presidential nominee. I support the McCain/Palin ticket, in part, because of the corruption I see in your conduct and that of others so close to Obama. I suspect Obama, also, of being in public service for the access to power and money. I don’t trust Obama, you or the Democratic Party.
I am not alone in my feelings or my decision. I would warn you that the American public is not as gullible as you and Obama think.
Good one! Can’t believe the bastard never replied. What hubris.
I have written to him on other occasions about other stuff but never heard back. To think that I actually sent him money for his campaign early on. Can’t stand the guy anymore.
I heard Speaker Pelosi answer a reporter’s question by saying something like, ‘If there is a conflict of interest, that person has to recuse himself.’ Do you know what she was talking about? Tapes? This could be a good talking point to pass on to the press.
Michelle’s got pics of them online.
Fat Cats Pose
What a bunch of mealy mouth maggots. I wish Woody Guthrie could be here. That
‘this land is your land, this land is my land’ would spook him.
Thank you for posting this – I actually thought they would try to get something through that would actually help.
palin will do great in the debate and i suspect she becomes the attack dog she was at the RNC.
She will also be let loose after the VP debate to talk to everyone in the media.
That is one way they will take the momentum back.
October will be the month of Sarah and Obama’s crooked associations. Wait and see.
I think Palin is going to do great Monday with Couric.
Both of them had a bad outing and I’m sure it’s going to be a love fest.
The MSM understands now that they have lost 20-30% of their viewers because of the bias and now I believe they will want to change that to bring back the bitter folk.
The Republicans don’t win 95% of the time for no reason. They are clever, and cunning. I don’t agree w doing anything illegal and totally disassociate anything worthy of what they did to get Bush into office. That being said, I am quite sure they have some suprises coming up and are going to time everything so it works to their advantage. They know when the best time it is to do what they are going to do also. Take heart fellow Country and Democracy lovers…
Bush will sign and Obama will expand the end of capitalism in the U.S. The difference with this crash from the previous one is that we will come to mimic and merge with all the socialist regimes known today, mainly Russian, China, Venezuelan and Cuban. Not immediately, but gradually. How come? The Advisory board will make it happen.
Where are theses idiot trolls today?
Looks like the poll from MSNBC was skewed by foreigners
http://countusout.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/msnbc-busted-foreigners-cast-80-of-votes-in-msnbcs-online-debate-poll/
BAILOUT BILL LINK AS HOUSE SITE IS DOWN
http://michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/ayo08c04_xml.pdf
Another great post from Jennifer Rubin can only admit her points 150%
and biden and obama voted for the bridge to nowhere — twice. the second time when sen coburn brought up an amendment to have the money for the bridge to nowhere taken from alaska and given to new orleans (post-katrina). and both biden and obama voted NO, send it to alaska.
i wish someone would do an in depth analysis of why. there must have been some quid pro quo. there must have been something in that bill for them that they could’nt pass up.
Grand Jury Probes Countrywide VIP Loans
UNDER INVESTIGATION Obama’s Advsior Franklin Raines
http://therightperspective.com/wordpress/?p=126
Palin needs to bring her moose gun to the debate…she IS better at competing with men than she is with women…it’s a fact.
She should bring up every side step, two step and flat out lie about BO, and just shake hands with Biden.She should address the financial mess and be the voice of the middle class.
She should resist all efforts to answer any questions…they will be sucker questions courtesy of the MSM…
she needs to STAR in the Sarah Chronicles…at the same time , she needs to be a librarian. or a MILF
I think she can do it.
Gwen Ifill of PBS may be more fair than most MSM media types. Let’s hope so.
OP Order for Today: IF YOU DONT WANT OBAMA TO WIN STOP ARGUING WITH CONCERN TROLLS! If after almost TWO YEARS, Obama being carried by the MSM, the Democratic party, everything in his favor, no negativity, everyone called racist who dont fall in, threats of prosecution if you run ads against him. People accounts hacked, threatened, harrassed, death threats and literally treated as if you are a terriorist in your own country if you dont go with the majority that Obama is The One. Free publicity day in and day out in the MSM. And rasmussen has him at 50 and Mccain at 44 there is a very very serious problem.
Its called the people didnt pick Obama the big money corporations did. The only “concern” should be is why he cant close the deal. Something I could give a rats ass about because I am busy doing my part to ensure I wont be wearing a brown shirt under my uniform and knocking on posters at No Quarters door in the middle of the night to drag there ass to that camp Don fowler was talking about at the end of the primary because they made a negative remark and posted it on No quarter. Obama and his minions have abused EVERYTHING and I am sure they will abuse Fisa to.
What I have personally experienced and witnessed during this election will keep me away from the Democratic party. I know longer vote soley based on party affiliation. It’s one thing to threaten me, I can take that shit and keep on moving. But when you dare to make your mouth to form the words against my family that is a whole different playing field.
The Obama Democrats, the stars and starletts of Hollywood, Big Money Corporations, Wall Street, and College Campuses do not have any idea that its Country before Obama. Note, I did not place those of the African Community on that list because yes, they will vote based on color. But its not guaranteed or set in stone. Because one mishap can affect an lower voter turnout. Sometimes the ones you expect to carry you over the line will be the first to screw you over.
When his hold looks like it could go down. Look for things like fake assasination attempts made against him to try to play the subtle race card to remind us black folk of the race card. Or some slight thats “racist” that gets taken out of context. But dont look for it in the MSM. Go to the black blogs and websites and the ads on channels you may not watch like BET or MTV to name a few. Believe me. They are there. The worst one to date is the one showing civil rights leaders and switching to black people being hosed down in the streets with the announcer saying they died so you can vote.
Get smart people.
The reason that Obama is running ahead in the polls right now is simple. The recent mortgage meltdowh has served to remind the voting public what a colossal fuck-up that George Bush has been as president. His final legacy to this country will probably be a Barack Obama presidency.
McCain was looking strong ten days ago, and then the financial crisis hit. Most voters, as uninformed as they are, will reflexively blame the party currently in the White House, even though anyone who takes the time to study the actual history of the development of the real estate bubble will readily see that the Democrats are far more responsible. But Bush could have used his position to call attention to the gathering danger years ago, and yet, as usual, he chose to do nothing.
As a lifelong Republican, I will be SO glad when that idiot is on longer on the scene. He’s set back the Republican Party 30 years.
http://www.justsaynodeal.com/acorn.html
this is great and easy to follow. you need to raise the funds to run this in every newspaper.
REALCLEARPOLITICS LINK “NOT FOUND”
Was the link removed?
Fixed it. Thanks for mentioning it. It should take you here:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/three_campaign_lessons_so_far.html
As I see it, since the media is already covering for him, as well as his PODs and brain dead party, and they are not questioning anything he says, but holding it up as scripture, Obama is taking advantage of lying his way to the White House. Say it, repeat it often, no questions asked.
Democracy, honesty, journalism and the Democratic Party…all huge losses in 2008!
soldier4hillary do you ever visit camille’s site? I would like to see you post over there sometime. There are no bots there. It is a very refreshing site where you just go and exchange your thoughts. Maybe you visit under a different name. I just know I really think you have a wonderful leadership gift. Too bad you aren’t our dem nominee instead of the one the party has put on that post.
notice how no one here is talking the Palin skit. coincidence? i think not. sorry guys, but this woman has pretty much proven herself to be a female Dan Quayle. just because you refuse to see it, doesn’t mean the rest America does. (look at the polls). the image has already stuck, and even a stellar debate can’t save her at this point.
I just looked at the polls, she still has a large lead over Biden, that is the VP on the other side. Not Obama. So your point would be what?
It would be awesome to see 0bama take one fifth of the scrutiny this woman’s words take. I for one and so sick of asking outloud why no vetting that I can’t do it any more. Stick you head back up your ass at least it muffles your silly questions.
Thank you Lisa for the article. I laughed till I cried several times. Especially when the guy playing Obama did the race card act. That part really captured the real Obama. The Rezko thing, except someone really needs to let this guy know he needs to stutter a bit more. Let him know to change his expression when he says, “I have always said or I have consistently said.” We all know the next sentence is going to be a lie.
yeah, cause ahead of Biden is a major achievement. now tell me, why has dropped abou 20 points in the last two weeks? i thought she was supposed to energize the base. meanwhile, Mccain is down nearly double digits in almost every poll POST debate.
is the message becoming clearer now?
The next woman to reach for the White House will benefit from a nation somewhat more used to the prospect because of Ms. Palin’s candidacy.
EXCUSE ME: BECAUSE OF WHO’S CANDIDACY?!
Palin wouldn’t even be in this race if it wasn’t for Hillary Clinton.
You have got to check out this link. If this proves to be true, I will never watch television again! Putting higher ratings ahead of our country would just be the last straw for me! We all know the MSM has this information on Obama, and now we might know why they are waiting to divulge it! Here is the link: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092781/posts
I encourage you to send it to everyone you know.
The Obama bracelet story reminds me of the Obama note left at the Wailing Wall, when he left a copy of the note in his hotel room and it was “found” by the media. Has Obama made a Faustian deal to win the White House? He’s a soulless man with no moral sense.
BTW, the SNL sketch was very funny. Too bad these very serious Obama issues, with just a matter of weeks ’til the election, have barely made it past comedy writers.
he’s been talking about that same bracelet since the primaries. i understand you’re bitter, but are you really THAT deluded that you deny outright facts?
Why is it that he always says he wants an “honorable end” to the war and never a victory?
Number 5 from realclearpolitics, point #3:
“…The next woman to reach for the White House will benefit from a nation somewhat more used to the prospect because of Ms. Palin’s candidacy.
I’d have to agree on all counts….”
What about Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s candidacy, Gosh Darnit!?
You are on point, of course. As a Hillary supporter, I certainly would not mean to denigrate her run. Unfortunately, she did not make the national ticket, and I think that’s what the author meant.
I guess the gist of the SNL skit..is that we have to choose between two bad candidates. Hillary Clinton was there, but too bad that McCain showed up.
Here are our choices for president
McCain/Palin
Obama/Biden
We’re Screwed.