Open Thread * Bob Schieffer of CBS News Gets Out the Vote (for McCain?)
By Ani on November 3, 2008 at 2:55 PM in Arrogance, Barack Obama, Current Affairs, John McCain, Open Thread, Voter Enfranchisement
Bob Schieffer of CBS’ Face the Nation took a moment to talk to voters today, encouraging us all to get out to the polls.
Moreover, he made it clear that unlike some of his colleagues in the news business who claim they don’t vote anymore in order that they might stay neutral, he strongly disagreed and made clear that he full well intended to cast his ballot this Tuesday. Furthermore, in this season of the most biased election coverage ever, for any of these guys and gals to profess neutrality is like a horse tryng to profess it doesn’t like hay.
I’d like to thank our NoQ reader, Max, for bringing this video to our attention:
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Bob Schieffer discussed the book, “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,” and that the Nazi’s came to power at the ballot box in an election. He said he certainly wouldn’t have wanted to stay neutral through that vote. He made it clear he felt we, as Americans, have to take a stand.
Mr. Schieffer also points out that you can keep your vote to yourself. Certainly a good idea this election season. He says, ‘tell everyone or no one.’
Over the years it is apparent that Mr. Schieffer certainly respects, and is a fan of John McCain. While Mr. Schieffer did stay neutral in all of his comments in this video as you can see yourself, it was very telling that he basically said the following:
You can vote against someone because you don’t like their attitude and you can vote for someone because you think they are more qualified.
Hmmm. “Attitude.” “Qualified.”
Now I can’t guarantee Mr. Schieffer was urging voters one way or the other, but considering the attributes of each candidate, it was telling that he used these particular words.
I certainly agree with Mr. Schieffer on not staying neutral even though my favorite candidate, Hillary Clinton is no longer in the race. I must step up to the plate and make the most responsible decision I can, electing the most qualified person. Someone with a record that backs up the rhetoric. Someone who offers policies that make sense for our country at this point in time and someone who respects all citizens, regardless of party. Bob Schieffer is right. Voting makes you feel big and strong.
Thanks, Mr. Schieffer. Now everybody — get to that ballot box!
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Great points Ani! Yes, this is not over by a long shot. Get out the vote. We will take back our country…stand up and fight!
Yes.
Please SEE STORY IN HUFFINGTON POST BY CHRISTAL PHILLIPS: (nov 3/08)
“CLINTON DEMOCRATS: THE MEDIA HAS GOT IT ALL WRONG’
YOU MUST READ HUFFINGTON POST – CHRISTAL PHILLIPS’ POST IS THE BEST EVER WRITTEN AND BRINGS YOU UP TO DATE ON WHY PUMAS ARE VOTING MCCAIN!!!!
read this post NOW please!!!!EXCELLENT COMMENTARY ON FORMER CLINTON SUPPORTERS!!!!great stuff…
Another respected authority on media and communications, Michael Siegel, PhD, J.D., has spoken out about how:
“This election cycle demonstrates that we are at the nadir of journalistic integrity in this country.”
Read more at:
http://www.mikesiegel.com/blog/70.html
Looks like we will never know the truth.
Obama’s grandmother dies of cancer in Hawaii
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1 of 1Full SizeWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s grandmother died of cancer, he said in a statement on Monday, a little more than a week after Obama interrupted the White House race to say goodbye to her in Hawaii.
Can anyone tell me wtf this means?
This blog has a pretty extensive readership, from what I gather. Take heart, there’s GOT to be someone out there who can translate Joe the Biden-speak.
Don’t look at me, I can’t help you out…
wtf squared.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I feel like the AFLAC duck after listening to Yogi Berra!
I had a brother and was always a tomboy and out of step with other girls, because I was competing against boys. But my sister-in-law was one of 5 girls and apparently they could get pretty competitive in a different sort of way. Perhaps this is how some women grow up to be the “Nancy” type that Uppity describes, going to the top of the ladder and then kicking the upcoming women off, so she would remain the alpha female. Somebody ought to research that, if they haven’t.
BREAKING NEWS:Florida voting Ballots just found dumped on the highway. The highway patrol says it is a CIVIL matter. OK, its time for a NEW VOTING RIGHTS ACT NOW!
what?! OMG, is this America or a third world country voting for the first time?
The article below, doesn’t say what they are…and Fox reported but doesn’t have anything up yet.
SHAME ON BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA!
ACTING LIKE A JUVENILE VINDICTIVE LITTLE SEXIST CREEP. FLIP-OFFING HILLARY. NOW MCCAIN…
BARACK AND MICHELE ARE NOT FIT PARENTS. ALLOWED THEIR 2 GIRLS TO ABSORB TOXIC RACIST RHETORIC AT TRINITY ‘CHURCH’(?) AND
WITNESS THE WILD OBSCENE-ON-THE-PULPIT GYRATIONS OF REV. WRIGHT SCREAMING:
‘BILL CLINTON DOES TO US WHAT HE DID TO MONICA”–WHILE GYRATING LEWDLY IN FRONT OF CHILDREN !!!
great parental guidance Hussein Obama has provided his 2 little girls. Perhaps SOCIAL SERVICES SHOULD have taken them away from Michele!!!
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/nov/03/031139/hillsborough-voter-records-found-scattered-along-i/news-breaking/
It are voter records it seems.
http://libertyrepublican.multiply.com/video/item/188
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The Vote Reaper – This shows what some AA folks think of OHitler. I sat next to this man at the last Hollywood GOP lunch.
I love Hillary and would fight a bloody tiger for her. But, even I’ve had it with her support with the O’one.
In Response to Hillary’s last minute email from HillPAC “This Moment”:
Hillary
I respect you and supported you as best I could financially during the Primaries.
But don’t ask me to support Obama or get out the vote for him.
He’s an unethical, cheaking, nomination-stealing, Chicago-thug politician. And, he’s not qualified nor fit to be President of this great country.
I’m not only discussed with him, I’m flatly repulsed by the Democratic Party’s tactics.
I know you have to tow the Party line … but I don’t. And, until the Democratic Party does right by you and supports you as a woman candidate for President … they can go to hell. And that includes their false candidate too!
At least John McCain is a man of honor who has served this country with his life, time and blood. Barack Obama has served no one or nothing except his own ego-driven career.
He is NOT fit to be President!
–peniel cronin
I second your letter !!
Thanks for sharing Peniel Cronin; and thank you again for your excellent work about caucuses.
btw Andy thanks for your kind and supportive words. I’m always glad to know people have read the research.
best.
Love your letter.
But I’m going to my email box and when I see it, I’m not going to open it. Instead, I’m going to mark it ’spam.’
The remaining support for Hillary at this time, after all that has been done by the Obama campaign to steal this election illegally, and then for her to stump for him, can be called nothing but strong>IDOLATRY. If you’re looking for a female to worship, look elsewhere, that is, if you place your country first. She is no better than Obama himself, a fellow member of the neo-Nazi party.
Worship any woman, even Madonna if you must, but look beyond Hillary for a patriotic figure to lead our country.
You know what?
I’ve had it with your homophobic comments, and now calling the entire dem party nazis.
I’M a DEMOCRAT fighting against a DEMOCRAT because I HAVE MORAL FIBER!!!!!!!
Where the fuck were you while bush was tearing the country apart?
WHen was the last time you stood up to your own party?
Lay off Hillary; you and I could never begin to understand the extreme pressure the woman is under. It is NOT black and white for her at her level.
I second that Destardi. “tillthen” Hillary has earned our respect … and again I believe she has to tow the Dem party line. What other choice does she really have … her husband was President and she’s a respected sitting-Senator.
To say respecting her is Idolatry is pure horse-shit. Yes, I said horse-shit. And calling her neo-Nazi is beyond my Southern-woman manners to even respond to!
– peniel
I’ll third those comments, Destardi. Republicans should make no mistake, those of us who supported Hillary have not joined the Republican Party. Rather, we’re joining Republicans shoulder to shoulder to fight back against an inexperienced candidate and a highly fraudulant campaign. We’re standing with Republicans because we’re patriots and we trust John McCain has the best interest at heart for this country.
I’ve never idolized Hillary Clinton [unlike the Obamatrons and their Grand Leader]. But I’ve always respected her and knew she would have been a fabulous nominee and an even better POTUS.
And if these comments were made by a tiresome Obamatron, please know we’re as resolved in our decision as we were after the primary; there’s no going back now. PUMAs will not retreat. We’re on the prowl and we’re still very angry!
To Peggy Sue and all those here like her. Kudos on your position to stand shoulder to shoulder with us Republicans. I would have voted for Hillary this year but I had that opportunity “stolen” from me.
As for your knowledge of the political structure “tillthen”, it’s pretty thin. She has to keep up the appearance in ord to maintain the support she will need later. Idolatry is not the issue here but determined support is.
tillthen
you’ve lost your senses it seems. Can’t blame Hillary for being a godarn DEMOCRAT–even if the rest of us are exDemocrats!
It’s her party family. But she ain’t twistin’ your arm to vote for ThugObama!
HIllary was, is and will be for me THE BEST PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. THE ANOREXIC RESUME BHO WON DUE TO MEDIA MISOGYNIST FRAT-BOYS AND AXELROD (HE LOOKS LIKE HITLER!) CAMPAIGN FRAUD AT CAUCUSES!
HILLARY PUMAS prefer McCain – Palin as it throws a good punch on the “flip-offing” juvenile shoepolisher of caucuses….and the worst Woman-Hater in political history: BARRY HUSSEIN OBUMMER
TILLTHEN
HILLARY WAS THE MOST PATRIOTIC, CARING, COMPASSIONATE AND COMPETENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THEM ALL! Why don’t you pawn back your senses on this one!?
Hussein’s anorexic resume was no match. But the media sexists and Obama’s FLIP-OFFS and DISRESPECT and FRAUDULENT CAUCUSING stole the nomination. Same way he STOLE the Election from his AA mentor Alice Palmer ‘96 in Chicago’s political sewers.
EMIL JONES WHO MADE OBAMA IN CHICAGO WAS A SEWERS INSPECTOR!! figures, eh?
Mary:
I fully understand that Hillary was put in an untenable position, and must show support for Sen. Obama, but can anyone show me a reasonable scenario where she can run again in 2012 if Obama wins tomorrow ? If he does win, then Dean, Pelosi, Reid, Brazile, Axelrod & all the cast of Obama Central come off looking like geniuses, and they will retain control of the Democratic Party. I can’t see any way that Hillary would have a shot at the Presidency (as a Democratic candidate)so long as the folks currently controlling the party remain in control. I’m hoping that someone in our little on-line community could advance a theory that would produce a Hillary victory (as a Democrat) in 2012 (other than the entire current DNC leadership being indicted and carted off to prison) if Obama is elected in 2008. To preserve what’s left of my sanity, I have to keep imagining Hillary doing a Gov. Palin type wink every time she shills for Obama, but I think that I’m going to have to be satisfied with imagining that wink, because I sure haven’t seen it in her actual appearances on his behalf.
Sure, I can see a scenario where Clinton could make a run in 2012. Pelosi, Reid, et al have clearly demonstrated their willingness to ‘eat their own’ and if Obama were to become President and accomplish little to nothing in office (which I expect will be the case)or is singularly unimpressive and unable to turn the country around (which I also expect to be the case), the DNC and the rest of the gang won’t have Any problem turning on him in 2012. Hillary Gained more and more supporters as the primary season went on and is now viewed by the majority of the Country as someone ‘ready to lead.’
It wouldn’t be the first time a Democrat ran against a sitting Democratic President – think Bobby Kennedy 1968 and Ted Kennedy 1980. IF Obama wins he is Not going to turn our economy around in 4 years; Bill Clinton didn’t do it in that short of period of time and he was a whole lot smarter than Obama is and had umpteen years of Executive experience. Unless the Obama idolatry continues, I expect that if he wins he’ll be a one-term President.
GOP troll alert
I would bet that is an obot troll, repubs are hardly going to be critical of Hillary PUMAs, especially the day before the election. It’s an attempt to divide if you ask me.
What I don’t understand…I KNOW for a FACT that the Hillary voters know what was done to Hillary and about the fraud. They also know what was done in Denver. So can anyone please tell me why these irresponsible people are willing to throw MY COUNTRY under the bus knowing what they know? Are these people not very bright? This is something that has me totally freaked. We should be getting way more of those 18 Million just on principle.
We won’t know how many of the 18 million we are geting until the election is over.
That just goes to the point about Bush “blinders”.
Republicans were blind to Bush’s inadequacies because he’s a Republican. Simple as that.
Democrats are blind to Obama’s inadequacies because he’s “anybody but Bush”.
I wish people in both parties would take their blinders off.
Mine came off after uhbama’s racebaiting of a fellow Dem such as Hillary.
Go comments DeaninMi. God help our country if the anybody but Bush attitude doesn’t go away by tomorrow.
Sorry, but I beg to differ about Bush. Nowhere in his background were there ANY of these lunatic radicals, terrorists and scary freaks that Obama hangs around with. Glenn Beck even said today that there is so much audio and video on Obama that would IMMEDIATELY disqualify ANY other candidate that it’s mindboggling. If McCain sat in the white, racist equivalent of Trinity Church he would have been long gone from this race by now. if he would have flipped Hillary the finger, made the crazy comments, the gaffes, flip flops, I can go on all day. Obama belongs in Joliette Federal Prison, not the White House. Bush had NONE OF THAT in his background. That’s why the Obama voters to me are just plain ignorant and I’m trying to find a way to rationalize it but I never will.
But he was a war dodging yellow belly coke snorting cheap shoting drunk driving inept asshole with a fictious resume. Other than that, he was just a regular guy.
Go McCain/Palin– ain’t no Bush ain’t no ‘Bama.
Well, compared to O he is pretty ordinary…
I’m a moderate Republican and I wasn’t blind to Bush.
I wish moderate Repubs had fought GWB tooth and nail like we PUMAs.
Me too. This is part of the reason I was going to vote for Hillary this time.
For many of the 18 million, health care was a major issue. They don’t like McCain’s plan. Other people are anti-war, any war. They believe Senator Obama will be quicker to wrap up Iraq and Afghanistan and keep us out of other wars. They like Senator Obama’s stance on education and social programs better. For many, pro-choice rights are very important. They think Senator Obama’s policy of giving tax credits to businesses who hire employees in the U.S. will keep their jobs.
None of us have a crystal ball and have no idea whether a McCain or Obama administration would be better. Either one could be a dismal failure. Either one could be just what we need to recover from the Bush administration.
I’m putting my vote on McCain, I think he’ll do less harm and more good. With Senator Obama, if we’re going to handing out tax dollars, I’m just not sure I want to be funding ACORN or any of the other projects that Senator Obama has been involved in over the past twenty years. None of those projects appear to have had much of a success rate, so I’m putting aside my political ideology and voting for a candidate who is across the spectrum from me on social and some economic issues because he has a track record of successes (and failures for that matter).
However, I don’t think people who have chosen Senator Obama are irresponsible or stupid. Most of them have legitimate reasons for choosing Senator Obama. They haven’t chosen the candidate I have, but who knows – maybe they’ve made the better choice and I haven’t. I was vehemently against President Bush eight years ago and thought he would kill our economy. I was right. Maybe my track record will hold, then again – maybe I’ve made the less desirable choice this time around. Only time will tell.
Whatever happens, the sun will rise on Wednesday morning. If America makes the wrong choice, we’ll survive it. President Bush hasn’t been able to destroy us and if he couldn’t, neither can Senators McCain or Obama.
me too! Barry will never be fit to be president. I hope his ass goes back to Chi-land and stays there.
Amen! You said it best!
Heads UP OBAMA IS A FRAUD
Moderator doesn’t want you to call BO the OH____ler name. Better to comply than to get banned..
I did not interpret that last thing as her saying I can’t call him OHitler. I am a little confused. I am more tame than most people but I feel a little picked on a lot. And I contribute all the time, send money to everyone who asks for it, including Larry. Sorry, but it seems kind of unfair IMO. Maybe I’m just not part of the group or allowed because I am not a PUMA or Democrat???? I worked my azz off to try to help our cause and I just think singling me out when my comments are NEVER abusive to people is wrong. Oh well. Good luck to everyone tomorrow and thank to all of you for fighting to keep our country safe and sound.
Don’t go away. I missed whatever controversy this is about but I appreciate your comments as I’m sure many people do.
Thank you guys for saying that. I think I am having a pity party today and have been crying a lot. I am WAY freaked out. I believe in my heart McCain will win, and boy have I gotten religious but fast. I didn’t sleep last night (haven’t for months) and I am sad for my country, regardless of if McCain pulls it off. I’m still really WTF about how this guy got where he is and I have lost a lot of friends already because I can’t respect their choice. Anyway, I am here. I love being here. Sorry if I offended with the OHitler but it’s really who I think he is. I will think of something else if it’s a big deal. Ughhh…I need a DRINK already.
To each there own but don’t let that asshole Der Precious drive you to drink.
Many of us are suffering and have been suffering since Der Precious and his fellow criminals in the DNC stole the nomination. Keep a stiff upper lip and carry on!
I’m still really WTF about how this guy got where he is and I have lost a lot of friends already because I can’t respect their choice.
You’re not alone. I am waking up to what the Democratic party is all about. I am so heart broken that I thought I shared the same fight as those of my friends–that is, to fight for what’s right in this country. Now I see that they only want to win, no matter the cost. I’m tired from the constant bs and fraud that occurs in which most Americans don’t seem to care about.
Stay strong! There is still hope. I feel such agonizing pain every time I see Hillary or Bill on the stump for Mr. OAbnoxious!!! How can the Clinton’s survive the anguish of all that pain?! I’m praying for them and for the country. We can win with every P.U.M.A.’s help…yes we will win and feel some vindication for our precious Hillary & against the horrific abuse she took from the sexist Obama-loving media! McCain/Palin 2008
Please don’t go away.
I’m as confused as you are.
OBAMA IS A FRAUD’S FRAUD!!
HILLARY KNEW IT FROM THE START. HE USED HER AND STOLE HTE NOMINATION THANKS TO THE MEDIA GUYS WHO HID THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH’S WAR, TOO!
ODINGA-OBAMA ‘08 –KENYA’S DREAM TICKET
Sharia Law campaigned by Obama tohelp his couz murderous thug Odinga! 100,000 women in Kenya homeless thanks to money contributed by Obama to Odinga’s campaign ‘06!
SHAME ON HUSSEIN OBAMMA
I believe part of the reason Dems are voting Obama … even knowing his cheating & lies … is that it seems payback time for the Rovian tactics practiced by the Republicans in 2000 and 2004.
But, my Gosh, does that mean we have to stoop to Rove tactics? IMHO, two wrongs never have made a right.
I think that’s what really bothers me about today’s Dems: I thought we were the party of the people and had a higher standard of ethics. Bill Clinton even said a while back that in his opinion, politics like those practiced in old-Chicago had been cleaned up. He expressed pride over the cleaner politics.
But now to think that “we”, the Dems, have embraced these shady, unethical political tactics to win???
What is winning if it has no honor at all? If we’ve won through fraudulent & unethical means?
In writing this just now, I’ve really put my own finger on my feelings: I’m so disillusioned and saddened.
I just can’t believe my Party would behave in this amoral way. In this misogynistic way towards women – not just Hillary but now Sarah as well.
I can’t believe feminists I’ve so respected for so many years would toss aside the literally putrid behavior towards Hillary and embrace the candidate who spawned & encouraged it. Remember when Obama gave Hillary the finger after her win in PA … and how he flicked-off his shoulder like she was an inconsequential insect or pest of some kind? How can women or anyone who respects them overlook that?
I can’t believe my Party would so disavow the Clintons – both of them – and support a man who has done nothing for his country or Party – except buy the nomination by paying-off the superdelegates! And, worse yet O’One who has done all in his power to forever erode support for Bill & Hillary among young voters and among AAs. A whole new generation of voters will ever believe that two of our finest public servants are “so yesterday”, “a bridge to the past”, “would win at any cost”, are “racists”???
I can’t believe so many AA voters would be so WILLING to believe that the Clintons are “racists”. The same group that gave Bill Clinton 99% of their vote in 1996 … just a decade later, to completely turn on the Clintons based on lies and race-baiting by O’One? By God, if the Clintons can’t pass the race test, then who among us can?
I can’t believe my Party would stoop to cheating and voter fraud as a means of “winning” an election. This is not Bush we’re trying to oust. It’s McCain who has sought to keep the election clean. Not saying that McCain has not gone negative. But that bad-mouthing is normal stuff … its not amoral, illegal, vote-stealing, fraudulent, thug-politics.
You know folks, no matter who wins tomorrow … I’ve lost my Party. And, that truly grieves me.
— peniel cronin
Peniel…I am your biggest fan and I thank you again for your help with our project. You of all people must be SO frustrated, knowing what you know, and knowing a party you have been loyal to your whole life sat by and let this happen. Or, were party to it. This race has been the dirtiest I have ever seen – sorry, but from the Dem side. I thought it was the GOP that got blamed for stunts like this stuff but I don’t think they would sink to this level. I have never seen it from the GOP and I think McCain and Palin have had class and dignity throughout this race. It’s NOT negative to TELL THE TRUTH about Obama. It’s RESPONSIBLE to let people know what they are getting. I think the DNC is the filthiest political organization in America’s history. I am sorry for you, and for Gigi, and for all of my friends who have left the party and the ones I know will never go back. I am counting the minutes and seconds until this nightmare is over. Then, if the worst happens, I wave goodbye to the country I am in love with. I’m not just losing a party – I’m leaving my country. I have cried about it all day, but I know it’s what I have to do. After Biden’s comment about some big international disaster in six months, I haven’t slept one night and I will NEVER sleep with Obama in the White House. I won’t subject my family to it, not even my DOGS. I need to protect my mother, myself, my family and take it all to another country unless and until Obama is jailed as he deserves.
I used to live in Europe. And, I’ve seriously thought about living and investing abroad should Obama get elected. One thing for sure: I’ll diversify my investments.
And, you’re right about being SO frustrated. I know how O’One “won” the nomination (Not!) and I really wonder that no matter how many people show up and vote for McCain … if Obama will be appointed the winner.
Hopefully, McCain will NOT step aside gracefully – like Gore did or Hillary did – for the sake of “unity” in America.
Peniel,
Thank you for giving expression to my heartache and dismay with the Democratic Party. This campaign season has been such a terrible rude awakening. Like you, I thought the Democratic Party was ‘above’ Rovian tactics and cherished the same ideas/ideals as I have had since I first became interested in politics with the candidacy of Robert Kennedy. I Really believed in the Democratic Party and taught my children to believe in Democratic ideals from the time they were young children. My greatest pain has been to be at odds with these same children (now grown) who have drunk the Obama ‘koolaid.’ I can’t reach them for how do I explain that I was So Wrong??? This campaign season the Democratic Party has proven that it’s no better than the Republican Party. It has demonstrated that it too has taken on the mantra of ‘win at all costs’ and the rampid sexism and racism it has nourished have absolutely mortified me.
The Country has been So divided since the 2000 election and Obama has exploited the deep anger a lot of lifetime Democrats have felt for the past 8 years. I don’t know that he would have been successful were it not for the terrible abuses of the Bush administration. My fear is that because of those abuses, Obama will succeed. I’ve heard Many Democrats, including those who are Completely aware of how much of a fraud Obama is that even Obama is better than 4 more years of Any Republican running the White House. They’re hoping Biden will be able to ‘make up for’ Obama’s gross inexperience, maturity and depth. I’ve argued with many of them and have been completely unable to change the minds of a single one of them including my beloved sons.
Keeping the hope that McCain can deliver the vote tomorrow but fearful that he won’t. Never thought the time would come that I would be praying for a Republican to win the Presidency; my heart is heavy.
Obama Is A Fraud,
Please don’t leave. Your opinions have value.
Thank you.
This guy again! Too freakin funny, adding to my collection.
I was just reading “Taxing wealth” at CNN Money & had my worst fears realized: Obama wants to tax carried interest as regular income as opposed to the current 15% rate, in my case that’d be 35%. That pisses me off to no end. First you pay tax on your money & then you have to park it somewhere so you put it in a bank & then he wants to tax it again & Again & again, how in the hell are you ever suppose to retire.
You’re not. When dear leader believes you have served your full worthfulness, he will put you out of your misery!
Its a patriotic thing, these taxes, dontcha know?
I tried to explain this to an Obama supporter yesterday — the response was “lalalalalalalalalalalala but he’s a Democrat.”
He was not applying rational thought, I’m afraid.
And this came from an otherwise extremely intelligent man, by the way.
Ani
I’ve had the same experience with my business partner. He prides himself with being ethical in business … yet is completely blind to Obama’s lack of ethical behaviour.
He prides himself with being smart and “aware” in life … yet has seemingly been blind and asleep to Obama’s misrepresentations and fraudulant activities.
He prides himself with being a smart businessman … but can’t “get” the impact of Obama’s raise-the-taxes-and-spread-the-wealth economic policy!
I’m telling you even now, I’m selling any LT assets that would be subject to O’One new capital gains tax rates!
What a bunch of junk that I’ve had a disability for 43 years, worked my butt off to do OK, never asked the Gov’t for anything except a student loan … which I repaid in full … and yet, I’ll pay thru the nose for my hard work … to what??? give money perhaps to those who haven’t worked so hard and long!
I believe in keeping the middle class strong … but not this way!
ugh!
-peniel
This is like the Harrison Ford movies where those who drink the “Black Death” liquid loose all ability to think or reason and instead walk around like the living dead or zombies! Yikes!
I mean Obama’s kool-aid spell is beyond kool-aid power … it’s the “Black Death”
Ani,
I know so many people who are very intelligent; they are just not informed. They believe voting against O is just being bitter and disloyal because “your girl didn’t get the nomination”.
It is frustrating. People just don’t want to take the time to sort it out because it is so complex.
I am fortunate that at least my critics don’t call me racist because of all the time I spent working for social justice in a depressed area called Germantown in Philly.
That would really truly break my heart…nevertheless, I am running on empty.
I am voting for McCain/Palin not as a PUMA as I originally committed to…I am voting for this team because they are Patriots and I have learned a lot. My respect for John McCain transcends my party affiliation.
I will never ever take my Country for granted ever again. That is for sure.
I appreciate your work and always look forward to your articles. Thanks so much.
Sincerely,
Patti
PS: Ed Rendell: PUMA!!
Open thread so here goes. Troops, our CIC has an important message for us!
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November 3, 2008
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ICYMI: “What We’re Fighting For”
“The presidential election occurs at a pivotal moment. Our nation is fighting two wars abroad, suffers from the greatest global financial crisis since the Great Depression, and is facing a painful recession. I believe in the greatness of America. I believe in our capacity to prosper, and to be safer and remain a beacon of light on the global stage. But we cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change. We have to act immediately. We have to fight for it.” — John McCain
“What We’re Fighting For”
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The Wall Street Journal
November 3, 2008
The presidential election occurs at a pivotal moment. Our nation is fighting two wars abroad, suffers from the greatest global financial crisis since the Great Depression, and is facing a painful recession. I believe in the greatness of America. I believe in our capacity to prosper, and to be safer and remain a beacon of light on the global stage. But we cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change. We have to act immediately. We have to fight for it.
The institutions that we counted on — Wall Street banks, our elected leaders in Washington — failed us. We must reverse the corruption and arrogance that have overtaken these institutions, and we must place our trust in the hands of those who have never let us down, especially the American family and small businesses.
We need to grow our small businesses, not tax them. I will fight the Democrats’ plans to redistribute the fruit of America’s labor and turn our economy into a full-fledged disaster. I will cut taxes on families, seniors, savers and businesses. We need to double the child deduction, cut the capital gains tax, and keep jobs in America with a lower business tax.
I will make government finally live on a budget and enforce that discipline by the power of veto. I won’t spend nearly a trillion dollars more of your money. I will impose a short-term spending freeze and rid the government of waste, duplication and fraud. And I will chart a different course than the administration and Barack Obama and not spend your money just to bail out Wall Street bankers and brokers. I have a plan to protect the value of homes and get them rising again by refinancing mortgages so your neighbor won’t default and further drag down the value of your house.
I will end three decades of failed energy policies; stop sending $700 billion to countries that oppose American values and finance our enemies; and drill for oil and natural gas. We must strengthen incentives for all energy alternatives — nuclear, clean coal, wind, solar and tide. We will encourage the manufacture of hybrid, flex fuel and electric automobiles. We will lower the cost of energy, and create millions of new jobs.
I will not impose “one size fits all” health care on families and small businesses through expensive mandates and fines. I will bring down the skyrocketing cost of health care with competition and choice, reform the insurance market to be fair, and allow you to keep the same health plan if you change jobs or choose to stay home.
One in five jobs in the U.S. depends on trade and I will fight the threat to those jobs from Democrat plans for isolationism. I won’t make it harder to sell our goods overseas and kill more jobs. I will open new markets to goods made in America and make sure our trade is free and fair. And I’ll make sure we help workers who’ve lost a job that won’t come back find a new one that won’t go away.
Senator Obama wants to raise taxes and restrict trade. The last time America did that in a bad economy it led to the Great Depression.
While most Americans are rightly concerned with the economic crisis, a world of pressing national security challenges also awaits the next president.
The gains our troops have made in the past 18 months in Iraq could be lost if we pull our troops out prematurely and regardless of the conditions on the ground. We have also dealt devastating blows to al Qaeda, especially in Iraq, but terrorists have found sanctuary on the Pakistan frontier among those trying to topple governments in both Kabul and Islamabad.
Afghanistan is reaching a crisis point, just as Iraq did in 2006. As an early supporter of the surge strategy in Iraq, I know that turning around this situation will require more than just increased troop levels. We also need a new, comprehensive strategy, one that integrates civil and military efforts and engages with various Afghan tribes.
Other major threats loom on the horizon: the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs; aggressive Russian behavior toward its neighbors; Venezuelan adventurism; genocide in Darfur; and global warming. And those are only the dangers that we know of. Just as few expected the Russians to invade Georgia, we remain unaware of precisely where our next crisis will erupt, or when. The only certainty is that, as Joe Biden guaranteed, the tests facing the next president will be more severe if he is seen as weak in national security leadership.
I have devoted my life to safeguarding America. Former Secretary of State George Shultz compares diplomacy to tending a garden — if you want to see relationships flourish, you have to tend them. I have done that, by traveling the world and establishing ties with everyone from dissidents to heads of state. There is great need for American leadership in the world, and I understand that only by exercising that leadership with grace and wisdom can we be successful in safeguarding our interests.
When I am president, I will not offer up unconditional summit meetings with dangerous dictators, nor will I foreclose diplomatic tools that serve our interests. I will respect our trade agreements with our allies, not unilaterally renounce them. I will close the Guantanamo Bay prison and ban torture. I will expand our armed forces and transform our civil and military agencies to win the struggle against violent Islamic extremism.
I believe that America is an exceptional country, one that demands exceptional leadership. After the difficulties of the last eight years, Americans are hungry for change and they deserve it. My career has been dedicated to the security and prosperity of America and that of every nation that seeks to live in freedom. It’s time to get our country, and our world, back on track.
Read The Op-Ed
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http://www.intrade.com/
This site has the election as won:
364 Obama 174 McCain
How do they know?
They don’t know – they’re betting money – they’re believing the 0bamamedia polls and opinion – and they’re gonna lose a lot of dough…
That site is generated by its members who make the market. Therefore, Firefly’s comment is right on point. The traders on Intrade go by what they PERCEIVE to be the outcome. And the info the general public gets is mostly MSM drivel.
Not only that, but it is an Int’l betting site therefore not a reflection of domestic interest.
Besides McCain is going to win Florida. Just keep on voting. The obots are trying to scare you.
Or they set the odds as the bets come in. Theirs isn’t to figure out who is going to win – theirs is to make a profit.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/hundreds-of-tho.html
Hundreds of Thousands of Voter Records Found Scattered on Highway in Florida
By Kim Zetter EmailNovember 03, 2008 | 11:38:18 AMCategories: Election ‘08
Hundreds of thousands of pages of voter documents were found scattered along a highway in Hillsborough County, Florida, Monday morning. Two empty cardboard boxes were found near the documents, suggesting they may have fallen from a truck or been purposely dumped along the highway.
Gee, I wonder if they are McCain votes….I knew this crap would start.
Hillsborough County, Florida is a Republican county and they threw away their registrations just like they threw away Hillary votes by the thousands.
Now they skew the truth in this article. Don’t believe it means nothing…the story is skewed.
~Hundreds of thousands of pages of voter documents were found scattered along a highway in Hillsborough County, Florida, Monday morning. Two empty cardboard boxes were found near the documents, suggesting they may have fallen from a truck or been purposely dumped along the highway.
The documents, which filled nine plastic bags when collected, contain names, addresses, phone numbers and party affiliation of Hillsborough County voters.
It appears, however, that the documents aren’t the county’s voter registration applications since they also contain the voters’ registration numbers, precincts where they are registered to vote and a check box next to each voter’s name indicating their choice of Barack Obama or John McCain in the presidential election and whether they need a ride on Election Day, according to the Tampa Tribune. The latter would not be on a county voter record.
A spokeswoman for the county elections office suggested the documents might belong to a candidate or party that obtained voter information from the county, presumably for get-out-the-vote efforts.
Corretion: wat am I thinking? “carried interest” is NOT regular interest like you earn on a CD, it’s a hedge fund type things..whoops, my bad. Although who knows how he plans on taxing regular interest. Anyone know? This guy changes by the hour.
Excellent commentary by Mr. Schieffer.
I draw the same inference as you Ani…I STRONGLY suspect Mr. Schieffer will vote McCain/Palin.
Any informed, educated voter who hears Mr. Schieffer’s commentary will assume the same thing.
BTW, OT but important-I cant post it enough times…
Dear Fellow NQ bloggers:
PLEASE GET OUT THE VOTE:
1-call family, friends this weekend and -make sure they know where they have to go to vote & ask if they need a ride.If they do, arrange for one.
2- Call your local Republican office and volunteer to work as OBSERVER at your local poll.
BY LAW, polling clerks MUST provide duplicate list of local registered voters at each polling location.
Polling clerks are supposed to update this list EVERY HOUR and keep it available for public review.
Check with your local Republican headquarters if anyone has been assigned to particular polling locations in your neighborhood to review this list.
If no one has been assigned, offer to go look through the book at around 5 or 6pm and see which registered voters names HAVE NOT BEEN CROSSED OFF YET.
IF their names have not been crossed off, it means they have not voted yet. If they have not voted yet, copy their phone numbers & CALL THEM IMMEDIATELY.
The book contains names, phone numbers, and addresses of the registered voters.
Call these registered voters who have not voted yet and remind them what time polls close, ask if they know which poll site they have to go to vote, ask t hem if they need help getting to the polls.Do this right up until the polls close.
PLEASE…THIS WILL BE A VERY VERY Tight race.
We need to make sure the registered voters vote.
Please copy this message and pass it on to friends and family and neighbors and colleagues.
I live in northern New York State. A State that has voted Democrat since I can remember.
I suppose I could throw in the towel and say, I won’t vote for McCain because it’s a wasted vote.
I will NEVER say it. NEVER !
My vote counts , and if it counts for anything it counts for me to say , I voted for the right man.
So tomorrow morning, I will be there at my neighborhood voting locale, bright and early, rain or shine, (or snow , it happened last week) and I will smile and pull that lever for my candidate, John McCain and feel good about it.
God Bless the USA
Same here lisa-ny… presume my vote for McCain-Palin will be one of the two votes they will get in this rabidly pro-Obama town in MA… (I know who the other will be
)
Never say never. I live in NY State and I think the race will be closer than people think.
NY may turn red this year!
Vote!
Same here, Lisa and Andy. I feel your pain. I live in the People’s Republic of Maryland and know that it will probably go for the Obammunist tomorrow, but I’ll vote for McCain/Palin nonetheless.
same here – I’m in NYC Obama land and I will be at the polls at 6 am when they open. I’ll stand in line and when I pull the lever I am flipping Obama the bird with my other hand. Then for the first time in my life I am going down ticket Republican. I want this guy stopped one way or another. The Obamabots of this city are not taking away my vote- not my spirit and not my vote.
Sure it counts. Even if your side loses, your vote will be used in polls and estimates of all future elections. And in the shorter run, everyone will take a good look at how close things are, which makes it even more important, if you believe you are on the losing side, to vote! At least your opinion will be heard.
Just in on Fox news:
McCain up by “1″ in FL
McCain up by “1 NC
Oblahblah holding onto lead in CO & VA
OH & MO a flat out tie
GO MAC/PALIN!!!
Worth reposting….
THE MCCAIN-PALIN LANDSLIDE
http://www.marstonchronicles.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=118
This doesn’t mesh at all with USA Today/Gallup.
Just in on Fox news:
McCain up by “1″ in FL
McCain up by “1 NC
Oblahblah holding onto lead in CO & VA
OH & MO a flat out tie
GO MAC/PALIN!!!
Just in on Fox news:
McCain up by “1″ in FL
McCain up by “1″ NC
Oblahblah holding onto lead in CO & VA
OH & MO a flat out tie
GO MAC/PALIN!!!
FOX News/Rasmussen Reports Poll: McCain Narrows Gap in Battleground States
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/03/fox-newsrasmussen-reports-poll-mccain-narrows-gap-in-battleground-states/
FOX News/Rasmussen Reports — Summary:
Colorado
Obama 51%
McCain 47%
Florida
Obama 49%
McCain 50%
Missouri
Obama 49%
McCain 49%
North Carolina
Obama 49%
McCain 50%
Ohio
Obama 49%
McCain 49%
Virginia
Obama 51%
McCain 47%
No wonder Der Precious looks like a walking zombie and depressed in that video where he flips Mac the bird. Couldn’t of happened to a nicer guy.
Yeah, Obama looks like shit. I thought he was gonna break away from his speech today to bum a cigarette from one of the reporters.
I sure hope McCain takes Virginia. I spent last week fishing with 4 Obots from VA (and 3 others for our side). They can sure work on a girl’s last nerve.
My one 0bot friend shut up pretty quick when I reminded her that America was built on a foundation of one person one vote and we all respect each other’s right to choose.
But when she was in KoolAId mode she was really aggressive and obnoxious.
Kool-Aid Mode – I like it!
Yes they get very aggressive and obnoxious. Shame.
I’ll revise this poll the way it should reflect with Mac votes adding a minimal of 5% and deducting 5% for BO..
Now watch..
FOX News/Rasmussen Reports — Summary:
Colorado
Obama 51%-minus 5%= 46%McCain 47%-plus 5%= 52%
Florida
Obama 49%-minus 5%= 44%McCain 50%-plus 5%= 55%
Missouri
Obama 49%-minus 5%= 44%McCain 49%-plus 5%= 54%
North Carolina
Obama 49%-minus 5%= 44%
McCain 50%-plus 5%= 55%
Ohio
Obama 49%-minus 5%= 44%
McCain 49%-plus 5%= 54%
Virginia
Obama 51%-minus 5%= 46%McCain 47%-plus 5%= 52%
These are the more likely actual minimum numbers minus the poll skewing.
Why do you skew across the board by 10%?
Maybe across the board of 10% is too much, but the polling firms have a tendency to overweight the democrat in any race by about 5%. Obama tended to overpoll versus his results by anywhere from 5% to 8%. It looks like what the above poster is doing is just re-weighting the data for a more “realistic” party weight.
I can go into this in more detail if you would like.
How the heck did my last comment post three times?
SORRY
shouldn’t you have said ’sorry’ three times?
no. Just 2
Sorry…Sorry
Okay, the way I see it; I have a credit of 3 Sorry(s). HAHAHA
Peace out!
******GO MCCAIN/PALIN******
Sorry…Sorry…Sorry
Good for Bob! My family has been Yellow Dog Democrats for 3 generations. Strong union men in our family. During the Stevenson/Eisenhower election after WWII, my Grandfather (a true patriarch and gentle tyrant) drove my Grandmother (for the first time) and 2 maiden Aunts to the polls to vote. My Aunts were educated, working women but still…many southern unmarried women lived at home. When they returned to the house, Papa suddenly felt something was off. He said to my Grandmother: “Now Mamie, you did vote for Adali didn’t you?” She replied: “No Papa, we all voted for Ike.” They had 2 sons who came home from WWII, one with Patton’s army the other in the 101st Airborne and wounded in the Battle of the Bulge. She was so grateful to Eisenhower for “bringing our boys home.” Papa was so upset, he turned off his hearing aid and for the next 3 months wouldn’t speak to anyone in the house.
Somehow, I think my both of my Grandparents would be proud of me for voting for Country First. He would have left the party too. After all, his first ancestor had helped Washington during the Revolution and FDR was almost as great a hero to them.
My prayer for the USA is that we return to pride of country, patriotism and doing what is right for our people. We have a huge mess to undo but we are up to the challenge. We’ve overcome greater ones.
I agree. We have to stop all this nonsense and get back to the business of being the United States of America and what made this country great. Hard work, love and appreciation of the opportunities, freedoms and democracy here. Young people now have been “dumbed down” and are a bunch of selfish, spoiled punks and brats. I for one am ready to give them all a time out.
You just said it all.
I have spent the entire weekend crunching the numbers. I am not going to describe what numbers because it would take to much time and the obots would try and dispute them anyway. Bottom Line here are the results and you heard them here first.
McCain 52% Obama 47% Other 1%.
You have to remmeber that there entire campaign has been one of deciet and illusion. Like a shell game on a street corner in Chicago. The only way they can win is to deflate turnout. THis will not happen and they realize that.
That actually sounds about right.
This sounds like the RCP average factoring in whatever effect Hillary got in the primaries. That effect is undeniable.
Hillary was up at least 5% more in the primaries as opposed to what the polls said.
And I think it safe to assume the polls will be wrong again. Polls schmolls!
POLLS SCHMOLLS -
rhymes with trolls.
Galt – you’re a poet and don’t know but your feet might show it.
OK, speaking poetically:
Polls, schmolls, fuck off you useless trolls!
But they’re already cheating and they’re going to continue cheating and we know it.
I agree. Contrary to all polls and with no backup to how the numbers were calculated, I agree with this random Internet commenter. McCain landslide!!!
P.S. – What happened to that “Whitey” video that Larry put his reputation on and all the commenters here were quick to defend? Any apologies from Larry about being completely wrong and spreading a false rumor? Any from the commenters who stood by him before it was confirmed and crowed to people like me that we should sit down and shut up? I haven’t heard any…
Here is 3 more numbers for the obot to remember.
89, 9 & 52. Let’s see if he/she can put these in the right slot….
The whitey tape exists. McCain asked that it not be released. After the election, one way or the other, it will be released. I disagree with McCain’s decision on this.
If any rational person denies the tape exists, they have a hard time explaining why the Obama campaign first denied it, then backtracked and gave the lame excuse that she was saying “why’d he.” Silly to think they would have contorted themselves into an explanation so ridiculous unless they were thinking, “oh shit, they have it on tape.”
No matter what happens tomorrow it will not be the end of the war on Obama. We want him out of the senate, out of the spotlight, out of the country.
Isn’t it funny how none of the Obots came by and apologized to Larry for saying the tape doesn’t exist, even though the Obama campaign confirmed it’s existence with the “why’d he” spin?!?
Weren’t they supposed to be the “high info, degreed” voters? I only ask because the ones that come on here just sound so stupid.
And I want the Democratic Party disinfected and hosed down, Shiloh. If McCain pulls this off, I want to see the perpetrators of this fraud drummed out of Washington: Dean, Brazille, Pelosi, Frank, Reid [and the list goes on].
I will not support the Dems until they rid themselves of these rabid partisans, politicians who would sell loyal members a crass fraud and call it good. They’ve sold their souls. Let them seek redemption in the private sector.
OMG. What an abusive and obnoxious thing to post. Larry never claimed anything. Do your research. Grab some Cheetos and try again.
Larry stated sometime last month that the owner of the “Whitey” tape is an Obama supporter who has refused to release it. Chances are he/she were bribed.
But I don’t need a “Whitey” tape to believe that Michelle Obama talks like that. Judging from the Obamas’ radical circle of friends and associates, anyone with even half of brain can conclude that she talks like that in private.
I’m in Ohio and I say McCain wins Ohio by more than 5. I also don’t think there is any way to crunch numbers at this point because the data that is being fed into the polls is all skewed and the product of wildly speculative assumptions. The only numbers to crunch are those from early voting which have fallen way short of Obama’s design. If there is anything that can be called a predictor it is that.
By the way, everyone needs to tune out anything you hear about exit polling. That was the plan in 2004 to suppress republican vote. They has skewed exit polling that showed Kerry winning here in Ohio easily but he lost by over 100k votes.
This year they have decided to take that a step further and use the polls leading up to the election in the same way. They will be proven equally wrong. It will all be about turnout tomorrow. Are the bots more determined than we are? more dedicated? more willing to work? do they care more? do they take this as seriously? I don’t think so either.
I agree with you that the polls are being used as a vote suppressor… but I also worry that this will be the driving force that the crazies use to riot when they start screaming that the election has been stolen after being told for months that it was in the bag.
As per the Odinga fiasco. And the DNC has already demonstrated at RBC, is quite willing to use exit polls as an arguement against actual ballots.
See, 4 MI delegates.
I think voter turnout will be heightened this year, at least in Michigan. Pure speculation on my part, but it’s supposed to be like 60 degrees tomorrow here.
I don’t ever remember it being so warm on election day.
Dean, what part of Mi are you from? I live in SW Mi and it is so republican that it is hard to get a feel for the state. However, McCain signs are finally showing up, so I take that as a good sign for Mac.
That’s very encouraging but do you have a reference?
Shiloh, is the news of the coal tape making its way on the news or in the newspaper in OH?
thanks ken! we heart you for your work!
I am also in Ohio and I too think that it will go to McCain but I have nothing to base it on other than conversation and signage. The closest big city to me is Cincinnati. I think Cinti might go Obama but the suburbs surrounding it won’t.
nice post and commentary by Bob…
my, my. my….aren’t those poll numbers interesting…yes, indeedy….
I am taking a vacation day to tomorrow to help w the election. First I am making some lunch and dropping it off at headquarters for volunteers. then I am going to drop off absentee voting lists at 3 different precincts. Never done this before so not sure why I am not dropping them off until 9. I will find out tomorrow. After I am done w that I will ask them if they need help calling voters who have not shown up to vote yet or need a ride. Then my mom is coming over and we’re going to drink margaritas to celebrate John McCain and Sarah Palin’s win.
My husband and I are also taking the day off to help with the McCain/Palin camp – we are dedicated PUMA supporters.
After that, we plan on heading home to a dinner of Iranian caviar, lobster and Bollinger champagne to celebrate the McCain victory!
You Betcha!
What a clever comment! (And the food could be the ‘official menu of the general election victory for McCain/Palin.’
Business is slow today and will be tomorrow. Phones are dead as we all sit on pins and needles and plan for a tranfer of funds to the Roayal Bank of Canada if BO steals this.
I guess Oprah supports stealing elections since she supports BO $…
She acts so Mother Theresa like, but she is another big phoney. She is racist too.
I am going as an official poll wather tommorow from open till close. We must be alert for shanenigans, please volunteer we need all the help we can get.
Archimedes-
Do you have phone numbers handy that you can contact to report ‘questionable” incidents in your polling location?
Also, bring camera, camcorder, taperecorders-whatever you can
One last thing-
Any citizen has access to the Registered voters log at your polling location.
There are two copies that are constantly updated by the poll workers.
The logs contain names, address, phonenumbers (& party affiliation) of people registered to vote at particular polling location.
When voter comes in to vote, poll worker must cross off name of the voter (in BOTH logs).
If you can help out-please contact your local Republican Party headquarters and see if they want you to copy names & phone numbers of people who have not come in to vote yet by mid afternoon.
THIS IS A STRONG CAMPAIGN STRATEGY BEING USED BY THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SURE ALL REGISTERED DEMOCRATS ARE CALLED AND COME IN TO VOTE TOMORROW. OBAMA VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO OFFER RIDES TO VOTERS.
I Used to be a registered Democrat (will officially change my party designation AFTER election).
I am still on the Democratic party phone list, & email list .
I have been BOMBARDED by our state and local Democratic clubs asking me to volunteer on election day to go to polls as observer, look at this registration log and copy names & phone #s of Democrats who have not come in to vote yet-and call these people up, remind them what time polls close, ask if they need a ride to the polls and call volunteers who have offered to drive voters to the polls.
I am a poll worker. I have witnessed this tactic in the past and it is very effective way to get out the votes at the last minute.
Please , fellow NQ bloggers-please call your local Republican party leaders (google Republican Party, your city, your state) to get phone numbers.
The headquarter offices will be open until VERY LATE this evening. Call NOW!!!VOLUNTEER.
If there was ever a time our nation needs us to step up and do our share (in addition to voting)…this is it.
This may be THE MOST IMPORTANT act we as average citizens can do -in our lifetime- to help our country .
Especially with the trend being toward McCain, I just don’t think Obama can win these states where he is only up by a few. The polls assume that party affiliation will hold the same patterns it has in the past. In other words the same percentage of democrats will vote for the republican as in the past. In other words, the PUMA effect is zero! I don’t think so.
The purpose is to suppress the McCain vote. I don’t think it will work. Turnout will rule, and Obama did MUCH more poorly with early vote turnout than he counted on.
For those who sit this out: you may not know his but another one of BO’s fraud tactics is to gain the help of paid-off states election leaders in claiming your non-casted Dem vote as a vote cast for BO. If they are late in calling the state it’s because they go down the list of Dems who didn’t cast and claim it for BO. FYI
Wa? They actually vote for people?
Very nice commentary by Bob Schieffer. Thanks for posting Ani.
Here in North Carolina we are amazed at the early voter turnout figures. Published estimates vary between 40% to over 50% of all registered voters in the state have already voted.
I guess I’ll be twiddling my thumbs as a poll watcher tomorrow. Unless, of course, voters come in to vote again and again.
“I SEE DEAD PEOPLE.”
It makes me feel better knowing you’re a poll watcher, Judy!!!
Good luck!
Thanks! I’ll do my best.
Pathetic
Obama has a talk with “black leaders” from around the country and when I read the article I am just lost. Black Leaders? F’ing P-Diddy? Oprah? These are now our “Black Leaders? I think I might just change party affiliation and run for office as a Republican. Black elected officials in the Dem party have just lost the last shred of common sense and this shows me they have bad judgement if they believe Oprah and P Diddy are now our AA leaders from around the country. If this is who will advise him during his 3 am moments…good lord.
Black Democrats have lost all credibility if they believe these individuals are leaders and should have a say in our government. I dont know who they are anymore. I am unable to support that party. It sealed the deal for me listening to that writer from Huffington Post call for a private citizen to be assasinated on air just for asking a question. I cant believe it. While everyone is looking the other way. Silence is acceptance and agreement and it sealed the deal for me.
I have been thinking about this for a while. But listening to a person call for someone to be killed
on air is just to much. Hell at this point I dont know which party is for me. But to have a impact, the Dems and the Repubs are the two major parties. My contract ends in 2009. I dont know but I cant believe these are the people Obama discuss politics and decisions with and label them African American Leaders.
This man and his surrogates epitomize THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY! If our enemies see that these are the people he will confer with and call “leaders” from around the country, yes we will get tested. What the hell does Oprah and P Diddy have to offer, what can they contribute to the conversation? Our government? What in gods name is wrong with people voting for this man? His so called leaders are in the goddamn entertainment industry! When he needs advice from “black leaders” on what to do he calls fucking Oprah and P Diddy? I am astounded that people would do this to us, would put us in a position where there is no hope for success.
I think you would be elected as a Republican politician Patsy. Being a moderate and able to step outside the box to look at the big picture I think you’d also be good for the Republican party. They’re trying to get back to the smaller government, less spending. McCain and Palin will be good for the party. It’ going to take years to get back the Democrat Party because they have no desire to change what has been happening. After what I heard last night coming from that Democrats mouth that we should just let Russia attack Georgia, like those human lives count for nothing…it physically sickened me.
Poof The Magic Diddy a black leader?!? Who’s next, Kamau Kamdon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_61OoR-qEqs).
Regarding the HufPo, filing charges should be able to make ’stick’ IMO, as another HufPo writer DID kill someone recently http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/29/1029bbdeaths.html
Also nice to know:
Michael Moore finally endorsed The One as ‘the most liberal Senator ever’ http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/moore_obama_liberal/2008/11/03/147023.html
Must be nice, to be back with his old New Party buddy http://web.archive.org/web/20010306032143/www.newparty.org/up9609.html
Did the one include Colin Powell? You would think he would have top billing.
I agree thoroughly!
Our community has been lost for a LOOONG time now…
soldier4hillary this is the end of the Dem party being the party of blacks. It was heading there but this signifies the end. You have a future in the R party if you want it.
P. Diddy a black leader!?
“…Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again
And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who
That it’s namin’…”
B. Dylan
WHY I BELIEVE IN A MCCAIN WIN:
1. Nov 2nd IBD Poll – McCain only trails 44.6% to 46.6% (8.7% unsure; margin of error +/- 3.4%): The IBD Poll was the most accurate poll in 2004. IBD Poll as of today has McCain down by only 2 points (within the margin of error), ESSENTIALLY TIED.
2. Undecided voters to go to McCain: AP Poll has 14% of voters are undecided, the majority of these undecided voters are Democrats and 4 in 10 supported Hillary! These undecided voters are likely to break for McCain (the undecided voters in primaries went for Hillary, NOT for BHO). Generally, opinion polls are showing significant tightening (though you don’t see it reported in the mainstream media) and even the opinion polls showing Obama leading ignore the fact that 7% to 14% of their samples are undecided voters.
3. Hillary Clinton Supporters: I believe that 30-50% of Hillary supporters or (at least 20% of Democrats) will vote for McCain.
4. Certain polls under-represent Republicans by more than 10 percentage points: For example the Gallop daily election poll: Party ID breakdown: In the final poll, 38% of U.S. adults identified as Democrats, 34% as independents and 26% as Republicans.
5. Polls during the Primaries over-estimated BHO and underestimated HRC, remember Hillary was suppose to lose NH, TX, Indiana, Ohio, Penn. So I suspect that the polls again are overestimating BHO and this time underestimating McCain.
6. Florida: I believe Latinos and Jewish voters in Florida will break for McCain.
7. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania could go for McCain. Hillary won that state by 10 points and by 90%+ of votes in rural Penn. Those voters BHO referred to as bitter Americans clinging to guns and religion will NOT vote for BHO. John Kerry won Penn in 2004 by only 2 percentage points. Also, the Obama video discovered in which he declares his plans to bankrupt the coal industry.
8. Despite outspending McCain 4-to-1, McCain is gaining momentum and the race is still so close. It is truly remarkable that – despite BHO outspending the McCain 4-to-1, the race is still so close. Remember BHO outspent Hillary 3-to-1 in Pennsylvania during the primaries and BHO still lost by 10 points.
9. Cards stacked against McCain, yet this race is still so close: Despite Bush’s unpopularity, despite a slowing economy, despite extreme media bias in favour of Obama (first against Hillary and now against McCain) this race is still so close. This is a true testament to the trust and respect voters have for McCain as a person and as a candidate.
10. I believe Americans will vote for McCain-Palin in response to “the absolute arrogance, elitism, condescending, patronizing and in-your-face voter suppression campaign – don’t vote for McCain, he can not win — being conducted by the national media on Senator Obama’s behalf.”
11. Americans appreciate that McCain has EARNED our vote: (1) His service since the age of 17 to our country in the military and in Congress, (2) His strong character and truthfulness, (3) His experience is unmatched and exceptional, he is prepared to lead our country through these difficult times, (4) He is right on the Economy: lower taxes, smaller Government (reduce spending), and the need to preserve the American dream (unlike BHO who would implement a socialist Agenda), (5) His determination to find solutions to achieve Energy independence, (6) He is a true Maverick/Reformer, has eliminated Pork and has a proven track record of working in a Bi-Partisan fashion to find solutions, (7) He will have the best interest of America at heart and is a true believer that America is a nation of good and not evil.
Today’s IBD/TIPP is back to 4.5 for Obama. Doesn’t matter. The state polls in swing states showing it within 5 points or so mean Obama does not have the padding he needs. The are so many UNMEASURED factors, and all of them tend to lean to McCain as you have illustrated. I say McCain wins any state where he is within 7.
By the way, everyone needs to tune out anything you hear about exit polling. That was the plan in 2004 to suppress republican vote. They has skewed exit polling that showed Kerry winning here in Ohio easily but he lost by over 100k votes.
This year they have decided to take that a step further and use the polls leading up to the election in the same way. They will be proven equally wrong. It will all be about turnout tomorrow. Are the bots more determined than we are? more dedicated? more willing to work? do they care more? do they take this as seriously? I don’t think so either.
Maybe he came to my realization
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/all-latest-obama-revelations-in-one-single-idea/
Schieffer ROCKS!
CBS should have never EVER gotten rid of Schieffer for Katie Couric.
Couric has proven to be a bad choice and a real failure. To think that she, as a woman, used her position to bring down Hillary and Palin because she wants to prove she’s one of the “boys”, is disgusting.
I wasn’t planning on voting on the top of the ticket tomorrow, but I think I will cast my vote for McCain. I live in very liberal NYC, so it won’t count for much. But why not throw a point or two McCain’s way.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I smell an upset in the wind…
Your vote does count for a lot — and you have no idea how many other people are quietly walking around, all over the country, thinking exactly the way you are.
Don’t say that!
New York has definitely gone red before in past Presidential elections.
In addition, many Hillary supporters in NY are angry about the DNC’s theft of the Dem nomination for Obama from their U.S. Senator.
So vote for McCain. You just might be pleasantly shocked this year.
Totally off-topic, but in case anyone around here is interested (I know that this topic provoked fevered interest earlier in the year), it appears that Hawaii has confirmed that Obama’s birth certificate is authentic.
http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=33665419
That is false. They have said he has a bc on file, which they did not say before. And they have said it shows he was born in Hawaii which many never even disputed. It is wrong to think that because he was born in Hawaii he is a natural born citizen. If he was ever a citizen of another country, and there is much evidence he was, he loses natural born citizen status regardless of where he was born.
It also again raises the question why can’t we just see the damned certificate. The answer is, that in addition to the citizenship problems, it also shows some very embarrassing things about his paternity.
Like BO’s dad is Frank Davis huh?
Here are Stanley Ann pics posing butt naked in the late 50’s for Frank Davis prior to doing the wild thing with him..which she did often since she was 14 years old! That’s young for those days.
http://libertas.bigblog.com.au/data/0/3861/image/luckyagain3706620081022130550.jpg
http://libertas.bigblog.com.au/data/0/3861/image/nudeholidayobama23706720081022130549.jpg
http://libertas.bigblog.com.au/data/0/3861/image/nudeholidayobama23706720081022130549.jpg
OMG I really shouldn’t have clicked cause they’re NSFW – but those shoes, help me Lord, the shoes…
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The COLB is authentic or the vault copy? Big difference, and with government officials this campaign season being so in the tank, confirming something exists is not sufficient. They have to show the original for anyone to take any claims as credible.
They are referring to the vault copy and what they say is meaningless.
Why isn’t it a “tangible interest” for the people of the USA to see documentation for themselves?
I’ll bite.
It’s because we the people no longer control any aspect of our government.
Show me. Don’t tell me.
I just got a call from New York that I let my answering machine pick-up. It was a obot asking for my vote and telling me where to vote. Also tellig me who to call for a ride to the polls. I would bet many Americans like me use their caller ID and don’t answer calls they don’t recognize. I don’t think the “know all” pollsters take this into account. Just like the exit polls. Obots will run to the exit pollsters while McCain voters will keep to themselves. This race is neck & neck! Don’t let libs convince you the race is over! They want you to think that! Republicans, conservatives, Reagan dems, and Pumas this is our moment to show the world we will vote in droves for what’s best for our country!
McCain/Palin “08″
This race is neck & neck! Don’t let libs convince you the race is over!Some of those you identify as “libs” are PUMAs and voting for McCain.
Hey, take a ride and just for fun vote McCain while flipping Obie the bird.
That would be a double flip.
Exactly…and the very reason I haven’t changed my registration.
Democrat for McCain – down ticket straight…
PS: Type~~~~~~~~~~~~ing, I LOVE NYC. The capital of the World.
I wonder how much Obama paid them while he was in Hawaii to visit Dear Granny.
Seems there wasn’t a blow by blow media report of Mr. OThug and to his whereabouts during his “compassionate” trip.
Still: Is the Kenyan Granny nuts? She swears she saw him born in Kenya.
This is actually not meant to discourage:
http://hillaryorbust.com/2008/11/what-if-obama-wins/
Think of it, this way. If the MSM had handled this fairly, and The Fraud lost, who would the losing side blame? The MSM. SInce the MSM, has so outrageously been in the Frauds back pocket, they cannot be blamed, cited for misconduct or partisanship. Quite the opposite.
It was the American people who voted!
The Fraud has spent close to $700M, maybe more. What if McCain spent $700M and the Fraud spent his pfc max of $84M? People would say McCain bought the election with the help of the MSM.
I am betting McCain/Palin wins.
I discount the polls because there is a huge “Hillary” factor, out there, not unlike the petite “Nader” factor. We saw what impact the “Nader” factor had. You have to believe in your cause! You must believe that within 100 days after the Rape on the Hill. The survivors had the strength, courage to assemble, organize and defeat the, The Over-reaching, Over spending, Under-examined, Under-qualified Grand Master Fraud. Is It too Hollywood? maybe, however it is truly American!
I saw this from Bob Scheifer and was suprised as he described the Hitler- Nazi regime. I was also very surprised to see an entire line up of anti Nazi movies run on the Ovation station all yesterday. Can’t help but think maybe I am not the only one completely unnerved by certain similarities and one of the two current campaigns.
This for all the ‘But he’s a Democrat’ people out there who’ve put on their blindfolds in preparation for voting tomorrow.
We’ve all said this: If Barack Obama were the right kind of person, he should have stood up and walked out of Trinity Church. That you do the right thing, regardless of “affiliations” and prior allegiances.
Then, why is it such a scandal for us to stand up and walk out on the (formerly) Democratic Party, in order to do the right thing?
Country First.
Stand up!!!!!
p.s. / Hint, hint: Obama’s not a Democrat. He’s merely running under the party banner. He has his own party, his own religion [himself] and his own agenda.
Obama is not a Democrat. He only says he is and been claiming that since his run for IL state senate. He’s a member of the New Democratic Socialist/Communist party that allows dual party membership in order to fool the voters.
This is the BIGGEST and easiest Decision of our Generation…McCain will be our president.
America is currently at war with numerous Islamic terror regimes operating in more than 60 countries, including our own
American soldiers are in harm’s way, and though we seldom notice in our daily lives, so are millions of American civilians at present
America and the world are in real financial crisis that some say will be the worst since the Great Depression
America is completely divided down left vs. right ideological lines and as a result, Washington is not working well at all
American principles and values are under constant attack
And many Americans no longer hear a negative connotation in the terms “socialism” and “communism” – some seem completely unfamiliar with these terms
Both the federal government and the dollar itself are on the verge of complete collapse
And enemies around the globe are waiting for a weak moment to pounce
There has never been more at stake than all that is at stake in this particular election. Yet somehow, almost 50% of legal American voters won’t even bother to vote on November 4th, millions of illegal voters will try to vote, and the balance appear evenly divided down the line that separates “Traditional Americanism” from “Socialized Globalism.”
I like the clip and the sentiment. Schieffer says, however, it’s a repeat of an essay he wrote several persidential elections back. He is not speaking specifically about this election but it does still fit.
Yes, and he credited it as such before he made the comments. But I am of the belief that nothing is by accident and it is most interesting that he decided to share it again.
I’d still like to see/hear the original piece. Why? I don’t believe the rise of Hitler & fascist party has ever come up in American politics before. Certainly not recently. I’m guessing he took a few liberties from his original piece. I don’t think he reference nazism, in his first piece.
I had a long argument this morning with a friend / Obama supporter (yes, it’s possible – just not easy!) about McCain and his decision to not go after 0Bama on Rev Wright.
Actually it stated with her going after McCain for his “Country First” campaign… She said it was Bu11shit! I attempted to argue how McCains decision to NOT go after 0bama on Wright was proof. On why alone this decision shows why people should support McCain / Palin.
She didn’t want to hear any of Cone’s teachings…
It got quite heated and after I hung up the phone I wrote this email to make my point. I know it’s long but I had to get it off my chest!
I’m sharing it with all of you.
What kind of man is Presidential Candidate “Country First” John McCain?
Are we honestly to believe that John McCain is a man who practices his rhetoric?
Does “Country First” define the man? Or are these “just words?”
Country First.
This phrase has all the makings of another slick, clever and effective campaign slogan, not unlike words such as “hope” and “change.”
Where can we find evidence of the slogans validity?
So, I ask again, is “Country First” an accurate description of Presidential candidate, John McCain?
IN the words of the Governor of the great State of Alaska,
“YOU BETCHA!”
Rev. Wright and his Trinity United Church of Christ is the prime example of John McCain’s commitment to “Country First” in this election.
While Barack Obama and his minions have (not-so) cleverly used race wherever possible with statement like “make history.” they’ll tell you I’m not like the guy on the dollar bills,” “and by the way, did we mention, he’s black!…”
Senator John McCain has refused to exploit this extremely valid issue concerning Obama, his church and it’s teachings.
John McCain’s outright refusal to exploit this real issue, which could have delivered the White House on a silver platter, defines the man much more than his words.
This in itself is an example of John McCain’s commitment to Country First in its truest form.
McCains decision for many of us begs the simple question; if this issue would have been so effective why not use it, exploit it?
The answer is as ‘simple,’ as it is extremely complex.
If he had, he would have run the risk of making race relations in America far worse then they currently are.
It’s probable that if McCain had won the election using this (legitimate) tactic, there would be a dagger in the heart of the African American community and how non-blacks relate to African Americans.
If he had used Barack’s church and it’s teachings, it’s probable the tremendous gains we’ve made as a nation. Strides made by the selfless contributions of American’s heroes such as Rosa Parks, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Abraham Joshua Heschel…, and so many more committed Black and White Americans who worked so hard, and gave so much to achieve …These advances very well may have been eliminated.
Simply put,
John McCain put country first.
Do I agree with his decision? I’m not sure.
I wonder if the risk would have out gained the ultimate goal…but this was and is John McCain’s “Country First” decision.
There is no denying, had McCain chosen to use TUCC against Barack Obama, he would win in a landslide.
Here would have been his talking points:
From Rev Wright’s own declaration, the belief system at Trinity United Church of Christ,
“The vision statement of Trinity United Church of Christ is based upon the systematized liberation theology that started in 1969 with the publication of Dr. James Cone’s book, Black Power and Black Theology.”
James Con’s Book:
Now, who among us believes that Barack Obama would not have familiarized himself with the writings of James Cone at the suggestion of the Reverend whose words inspired Barack’s best-selling book, “The Audacity of Hope.”?
I’ll gladly give Barack some credit here; He IS a smart guy. He no doubt was a good student. He craves information.
I can say with great certainty that when he joined TUCC, he positively read all of the homework assignments handed down from his pastor. And let’s not forget, Rev Wright was not just Obama’s pastor, he was in Barack’s words “his mentor” and “like an Uncle.”
Should have McCain chosen to use Barack’s twenty-year involvement with Rev Wright and TUCC, the issue of the man, Rev Wright would have been damaging.
The TEACHINGS of Wright and Cone’s Black Liberation Theology would have been DEVASTATING.
While Reverend Wrights now infamous sound bites are familiar to all Americans, the actual theology at TUCC is still only known by a few.
The teachings of Barack’s church are far more damaging then the tyrannical rants of Barack’s BLT embracing pastor. It’s the teachings themselves that would have (I’ll repeat) delivered the White House to John McCain on a Silver Platter.
Why do I believe this? Well, besides how crazy and racist the whole thing is… It’s because it’s much easier for the MSM and the Obama supporters to write-off Wright as a nutty individual then it is to write off the entire philosophy of Barack’s church.
Below are quotes from Dr. James Cone’s book “Black Power and Black Theology.” Again, the book Rev Wright credits as the source of the radical and racist theology embraced at TUCC.
(Basically, Barack’s TUCC homework):
“If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.”
“Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community.”
“The task of black theology is to kill Gods who do not belong to the black community.”
“Black theology will accept only the love of God which participates in the destruction of the white enemy.”
“What we need is the divine love as expressed in Black Power, which is the power of black people to destroy their oppressors here and now by any means at their disposal.”
Call me a nut, but I don’t think these are words that would go ever to well with “small-town” Americans who “cling to their guns…and religion…”
As a matter of fact, I’m pretty sure the Cone theology wouldn’t go over too well in most major cities either.
Barack Obama dealt with his Wright problem only when he was forced to do so.
When he finally realized that his “mentor” who not to long ago worked in Barack’s campaign as his “spiritual advisor” (whatever that is) was too much of a political liability, something had to be done –
The answer?
The Philadelphia “Race Speech” or as what’s known in political circles, damage control.
What did Barack say in Philadelphia?
He threw his “mentor,” his “uncle,” the man who performed the marriage ceremony of Barack and Michelle, the man who baptized his children, the man who was a frequent guest in the Obama household, the man Barack claims is “like family,…” under the bus…
Bu that’s not all.
Barack said the issue of race in America needs to be addressed. He said that sadly we are a nation that is still divided. He said it’s time to open up the discussions on race in America… but as I sit here typing today, one day before the presidential election, I’m still waiting for him begin that dialogue…
Perhaps in Baracks mind it’s best for our nation to stay on the same path. Keep potraying the illusion that the issue of race really doesn’t exist in any large manner.
To me, this is the saddest part of this election.
Here we have an African American with the potential of being elected as our President. A man who, because of the color of is skin is uniquely qualified to begin this needed dialogue, speaking to the real problems which still do exist in White and Black America.
Barack Obama has broken this promise.
This broken promise deeply troubles me. So I wonder, why did Barack Obama break this promise?
I ‘m now convinced that if he had begun the dialogue he would have exposed himself as a supporter of the “victim complex” which in my opinion is the biggest hurdle facing the Black community. It’s the school of thought that the descendants of slavery are still “owed” and America has yet to make up for her sins. Why else?
Please, don’t twist what I’ve just said to expose me as racist.
In my heart, while no way proud of America’s past treatment of African Americans, I pray for the day we when all Americans no matter what color we are, we see our brothers and sisters regardless of race or creed, “Americans.” Not African American. Not Anglo American. Not Chinese, Japanese, Mexican… Just plain ole’ AMERICAN.
I so wish I could point to some evidence in this election cycle that Barack Obama shares my dream, my prayer.
The saddest part of all of this is that was Barack Obama, who repeatedly pleaded with Americans to not use race as in issue in this Presidential election, but is the only candidate who has chosen to do so.
But I digress; John “County First” McCain has refused to exploit the racist theology Barack Obama has amerced himself in for twenty years.
He refused to exploit this simply because he loves this county.
Because winning this election pales in comparison to his love for our country, and the legitimate fear for all of us should he have chosen to use this ‘slam dunk’ issue.
This alone (though there are many) is a prime example of why John McCain lives his “Country First” slogan, and deserves everyone’s vote.
I disagree. If McCain loved this country enough he would have used everything at his disposal to defeat Obama and he could have done it in a heartbeat. How does it help any of us for Obama to be president? It doesn’t.
McCain is a man of principle. He will not fight dirty.
As for Cone – he’s a nutball. The first of a long line of nutballs.
I disagree. McCain as well as the Clinton’s do not want blood on their hands. Winning isn’t “everything” to them.
They have been protecting innocent people by refusing to go there.
They know much more than we do and are biding their time as well they should in this climate.
Save your breath. Obots admit they vote on first impression opinion and NOT facts. Nice try though.
Does anyone know if the Republicans are on top of Chicago style politics at EVERY turn?
I hope they’ve had many consultants because the possiblities for cheating are infinite. For eg. on the assumption the voting ballots in Florida were dumped intentionally (that’s the most likely scenario) why was the driver not accompanied?
In this election delivering ballots are like delivering gold bars. It should be under very tight security.
I’d be curious to any response to this, because this very crucial. It’s clear McCain is winning, the only way he won’t is because of criminal behavior.
Unfortunately I don’t think the US has the infrastructure to make any such guarantees.
Misleading. Hitler got a cabinet slot through an election but he didn’t get power that way. That took the parliament fire.
Hitler got power because people believed his horse crap.
Same as Castro. He tricked the citizens with his ‘hope & change’ mantra so they voted him in and overnight they were fleeing the country. This was only the early sixties. 1961.
Yep, history is repeating itself.
The Americans who fought in WWII and their families who supported our Counrty at home are almost gone now. They would be outraged and we wouldn’t be dealing with this now.
The time was ripe and the Ayres Community knew it…no need to be VP for 8 years and President for another 8…the time to usurp is now.
I pity this generation. They’ll thirst for a swig of water when we too, are gone.
What Bob Schieffer couldn’t say Charles Krauthammer did… and I couldn’t have said it better myself.
See:
McCain Gets My Vote
I’m for the guy who can tell the lion from the lamb.
at http://www.nationalreview.com (10/24/08)
Psychic Elizabeth Joyce predicts McCain will win in a surprise upset and there will be rioting in the streets. Her original post is long and a bit convoluted – check out her note at the bottom of the comments for her clear prediction:
http://www.new-visions.com/the-2008-election-results-or-are-they.html
greetings from CT!
during the course of walking my son to first grade two more PUMAs came out of their closet today…another young mom, and her mother-in-law! there’s hope!
in blue CT!
and: this weekend i was in an EMS store and the 20-somethings -obama type employees were talking politics. of course I eavesdropped. guess what? they said “obama just doesn’t cut it…” they are both voting nader! hey, it’s better than the O!
Police: Obama Supporter Attacks 75-Year-Old Man Campaigning For McCain
I am sure you have all seen this video. I haven’t been on NQ as much over the weekend. Some bot was stealing my name and that is a bit depressing. It was also my parents 50th anniversary so lots to do over the weekend. Anyways checkout the video
Former SoS Eagleburger on Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt0FrgAA0cw
Senator Obama is no more responsible for this fools actions than McCain is for the rednecks that show up at his/Palin’s rallys shouting “kill him”, nor the fools who were plotting to kill 88 black people and then Senator Obama. Racism is as bad in the year 2008 as it was in 1958 and that is a sad fact.
You are right Obama is not responsible, however a lot of Obamas supporters act this way, is that who we want in power? Anyone who can bring out this kind of ugliness in people is clearly doing something wrong.
Oh and by the way, no one has ever shouted “kill him” at McCain rally. That was a lie put out by the Obama campaign. They interviewed hundreds of people at that rally and no one heard it.Including secret service agents.
except the Secret Service said there was no one shouting “kill him.” So let’s not start an urban myth about this one.
What’s really sad is the day before the election Obots like yourself come to opposition sites to spout bullshit like “rednecks that show up at his/Palin’s rallys shouting “kill him”, instead of getting out the vote for your candidate.
FYI, the “kill him” thing has been debunked, repeatedly.
If Camp Obama is going to send ‘bots over on the day before the election, why are they not sending the smart ones? Why do they keep sending the mental midgets?
Almost forgot.
Do you call any black people “redneck”?
If you only call white people “redneck”, doesn’t that make you a racist?
Sexism is equally as bad as racism. Yet I noticed that NO ONE in the Obama compound has complained about the HORRIBLE sexist attacks Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and women in general have endured at the hands of Obama supporters this year.
Whom among your “messiah’s” following spoke out against sexism???
“kill him” is a lie and a self-serving stunt, as usual.
Obviously, it worked.
OMG, we have to call do anything we can, Crain Chicago has an article on how BHO has won the race!!!!
This is SOP, the inevitability card. Go out and vote.
Drudge reports Obama saying his Grandmother died today. I am sorry if that is true, but I really wonder about this timing.
Wonder if anything pops up at the Kenyan tv at Tube about this, they are following the elections pretty closely.
Suspiciously convenient timing indeed, let’s wait for the sympathy votes now. The press will pimp his grandmothers death to the point where everyone knows “her last wish was to see Barack elected”. And knowing how stupid many Americans are (no offense), it’ll probably work.
Very suspicious timing.
This is the way he can get the Coal Industry story off the MSM.
I’m sorry — I’m thinking she died last week and they hid it as an ace up their cleeve for the 11th hour.
YEs – that’s how coldhearted they are.
Exactly.
Plus, I am reminded that many people reported that he had tears in his eyes and appeared to have been reported crying the day he announced he was leaving for Hawaii – but left three days later. Everyone was confused.
I told my Aunt, I bet Granny passed, but we’ll not hear about it til dawn on 11/4/08.
NObama lies again. His granny is his pawn. He’s trying to gain sympathy votes. I bet granny is just fine. Have Larry S. call there to verify. He’ll do it.
Maybe she already passed and so there was no need for her daughter-in-law and great granddaughters to accompany him to say goodbye.
That was really weird…he was leaving and then didn’t.
ditto.
Can’t believe anything concerning him – to any degree.
Not my fault.
What many that follow US politics (yes 80% would vote BO but the same poll showed 80% don’t know BO’s stances on e.g. Afghanistan) over here find rather baffling is that once the nominations got settled, McCain didn’t immediately surge as ‘the’ logical candidate. The USA is a mostly center-right country (from our point of view at least), meaning a moderate that reaches ‘across the aisle’ would make the most logical candidate. McCain is the quintessential politician that fits that profile, and has the record to prove it. The rookie Senator from Illinois hardly has a record, and the times he HAS voted, he’s always been a ‘wing-nut’ (as the recent coal-controversy again points out – ‘bankrupting’ & ‘plan to skyrocket’ are not exactly moderate terms). In a sense this whole election is silly.
BTW, on BO’s far-from-moderate worldview: his post to his buddies at Daily Kos on judicial appointments and such http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/30/102745/165
Netherlands,
And because O has been marketed like a product; every trick that makes people want to buy something has been used. And because O. has been cheating. 
Because logic has nothing to do with it.
Please read and post this. It’s confirmed by an Axelrod employee that Obama has known about Aunt Z (as well as all his far-flung family)the whole time of the campaign. He knew that she was illegal and living in subsidized housing. He had Deval P. monitor her as to keep his hands clean (his MO), yet he did nothing to help her or stop her illegal status from being corrected. How arrogant that he knew if he was caught, her status would be meaningless to the public. He just lied about it to Katie Couric’s face afew days ago.
http://spectator.org/archives/2008/11/03/aunt-zeitunis-protectors
Yeah, “uhh, ummmm, I haven’t been able to get in with touch with her…”
yeah, right.
Wonder if she sent her absentee ballot in?
I personally would not have disclosed this the night before the election. Ok, we are supposed to now vote for him because his grandmother died??? I think not. He is looking for sympathy & to take attention off of his plans to bankrupt the coal industry. IMHO this will backfire. Tells me his internal polls are not looking good.
One thing that concerns me is his medical history. His mom and now his grandmother have both died of cancer. Barry is a cigarette smoker. Where is his medical records? Those that say McCain is not healthy with his skin cancer – what about Obama’s medical history? Don’t we have a right to know?
My sister in law and I were viewing a video of him the other night Saturday – no mole on the side of his now…we were like where is it????
Bethie said, it seems to move around from time to time.
We laughed…it’s an Abe Lincoln kinda thing…ya wouldn’t understand.
I’ll have to find it and post it.
He’s changes wedding bands too. He used wear just a simple gold band.
What’s up with the mole anyway?
hahah rofl – yet it is not funny that he hasn’t released his medical records.
He’s gonna trip up…or maybe Joe the Jerk will in due time.
I hate to sound cynical, but since I think everything about Obama is contrived I think this is a play for a sympathy vote. This ordinarily warm hearted, empathetic woman is NOT falling for it, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama doesn’t go on TV to talk about his wonderful grandmother as an appeal to the bitter clingy folks in PA, FL and OH.
They must have spent many sleepless nights dreaming up this con story about his granny being dead. Yeah, now watch him say that he never said that. Granny then comes back to life.
Betcha Granny passed peacefully in her sleep from old age when he announced his trip early last week.
Betcha a Euro!
Video of McCain’s Midnight Miami rally last nite…great energy…wonderful to watch:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008/11/mccain_midnights_rally_in_miam.html
Dang! That crowd was on fire! Even the commentator couldn’t believe the energy.
Whoop Whoop! McCain Midnight Rally put a smile on my face. Thanks for posting it!
wow!!!!
sweet baby jesus!!!!
that crowd is going nuts!
amazing!
very cool!
don’t give up guys! keep fighting!
a. hillary
b. mccain
america first!
Speaking of Sweet Baby Jesus and tight families…
How is John Edwards little darling? she is so cute and looks just like her Dada with baby face..dimpled and big eyes.
Huhn?
John Edwards, where are you? Just so busy so staying away from the campaign trail, Mr. Acorn?
oooops…ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I am such a SAP…Every time Mac speaks I start crying. It just makes me happy and sad at the same time. In love with my country and getting to watch someone who shared that love. And thinking that the Devil might cheat, steal and lie and take away our shot at the best chance we have to stay safe, secure and to prosper.
He gave me tingles up both my legs yesterday…and I admit, he made me weep speaking to the People in Wallingford PA.
Wow what a geezer! Criss crossed America all day, showed up in NYC for an SNL date; back on Sunday morning rally after rally, last night again at midnight and 6 or 7 states again today..wow, what an old guy.
McCain/Palin November 4th..a Vote for America!
I was there too, papoose!
And I admit, when he and Cindy came onstage, a few tears escaped my eyes. IT just hit me all at once what he endured for his country and now he is on the threshold of the Presidency.
He’s definitely got more energy than I do, even on a good day!
After the election we will have to get together with some of the Philly peeps for a brew or two.
This just in:
News Reports say Obama’s typical white grandmother died today.
Today.
Hmmmm.
Sad news,sorry for the loss to those closest to her.
As far as Obama goes..is it not the night where he is scheduled on SNL ?
Seems not the day to make a comdedy appearance or play there.
I feel genuine pity for Obama’s family right now.
But I want John McCain to be our President-elect in two days!
Today? Sure she did.
Hmmmmmhmmmm.
Mickey Mouse is voting Republican
Comment by SJ | 2008-11-03 17:33:22
I keep saying if Obama wins a lot of Media houses like FOX and maybe some of these blogs better watch out.
Menendez threatens Cavuto on Fox
Fox News Live | 11/3/08
Sen. Menendez was just on Fox on Cavuto’s show. Cavuto took Menendez to the woodshed regarding Obama’s insane plan to raise taxes by over a trillion dollars to pay for the already announced Reid-Pelosi-Obama butchering of the US economy once they’re in power.
Cavuto noted that Reid-Pelosi have already announced the insane multi-trillion dollar tax increase to pay for their litany of insane leftist programs, including bankrupting politically incorrect businesses, hugely increasing foreign aid to socialist hell holes, destroying the coal and nuclear power industries, and raising taxes on “the rich” (anyone making more than $42K/year).
Cavuto then went through each of Obama’s tax proposals regarding businesses and personal income. Mmemendez, robot-like, with that glazed donut expression we have come to associate with all Obama droids, tried to tell Cavuto that Cavuto was wrong in criticizing The One’s plan for utopia.
Cavto was having none of it, and, item by item, showed how Menendez/Obama were just lying or just plain stupid. Mmenendez did not like this. After several minutes of Menendez trying to give an Obama stump speech about Evil Business and how The One would destroy business “for the good of the middle class,”
Menendez finally lost that glassy smile and, as Cavuto gave him one more spanking on still another Obama idiocy, turned to Cavuto and said, “I hope you are not one of the ones forced off the air”
I suppose — “I hope you are not one of the ones forced off the air” is anyone who dares to not worship Obama.
My vote for McCain-Palin was in part to punish the dem party — the DNC and the dumb ass Obots like the fool Menendez.
When the party isn’t doing anything for its core voters (working class Americans) it is time to walk away from the table — has the dem party ever really bargained in good faith for the faithful core dem voters? Women certainly haven’t made any significant gains.
what about Micheles mantra” if you can’t take care of your OWN house, how can you take care of the White House”? She let Granny die alone without even taking her children to see her beforehand..THATS one cold Bitch!!! Just sayin’
MCCain/Palin
I agree!
Many on this blog (myself included) brought this up a week or two ago – when that case concerning Obama’s BC in Hawaii came up.
We were wondering the same thing: if Obama’s grandmother was dying, why didn’t Michelle take her babies with her to be by Obama’s side in Hawaii?? So that Obama’s children could see their great-grandmother for the last time??? That would have been the decent thing to do!!
I know from personal experience that when a loved one is dying, that time is NOT the time to hold grudges (if, in fact, that is the case in Michelle’s case.)
Just being way on the outside looking in, it was EXTREMELY cold for Michelle to not be there to say goodbye to her great-grandmother.
And the reason for death is given as CANCER.
Yet cancer was never mentioned BEFORE her death. There were reports of a broken hip and heart problems — so again apparently Barry chose to lie by omission.
He campaign has made a big deal of McCain’s skin cancer — and yet Obama smokes and his family has a history of cancer.
And as was observed when Obama made that trip to Hawaii last week — why didn’t he bring the children to see their grandmother for the last time???
One can’t help but consider this obvious estrangement and wonder if the rift was caused by the grandmother’s position regarding her grandson. Obama’s life could truly be a serious case of insanity induced by child abuse.
So much of what he does and says seems so artificial in its construction. As though he was behaving the way he thought everyone else behaved.
I’m not making any parallels here other than the similarity of perception, but do any of you watch Dexter?
Speaking of “ya can’t take care of your own house”…
read the Chicago news lately?…
Yeah, your house is sparkling clean…spiffy, warm and welcoming. (Deval is doing a great job in Massachusetts, as well)!!!
Nice job!! Let’s hear it for the Obamas’ and all they’ve done for South Chicago over the years.
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go!
Yous are so wonderful!
I find his use of reading about the rise and fall of the third reich when speaking about the election very interesting. So many comparisons have been made between “that one” and Hitler.
Darn good point, Fleur
Regardless of his intent, his message certainly does help us.
Mr. Schieffer’s Mom is right, voting does make you feel big and strong, mighty instead of meek even when your candidates lose.
I’ve mentioned in other comments that I’ve posted that my s/o was a Senator Obama supporter until July. In August and September he wavered a bit and was leaning back towards Senator Obama. For the past month he’s been undecided. Today he said he’s voting for Senator McCain tomorrow, in the fierce battleground of Ohio.
What I think makes my s/o’s vote relevant is he’s a moderately liberal college professor that teaches communications. Yes, he teaches all those young adults who aspire to be part of the media. He owns one booming small business and one sixty plus year old family debt free small business that until a few years ago was thriving – he had to close the doors on it this past summer, a victim of the mortgage crisis. He listens all day to NPR and supports them with his checkbook. If my liberal fifty year old college professor boyfriend is breaking for Senator McCain – a vote he says doesn’t sit well with him at all, but one he feels he has to make, tomorrow evening is going to be fascinating.
I think we’re going to see a lot of liberals over the age of forty who will break for Senator McCain tomorrow. Socialist programs, Ayers and Wright don’t scare them. Free speech, free press, the economy, protecting their 401k’s and unemployment concerns them and when it comes time to vote – Senator Obama hasn’t locked in their votes on those issues and his policies on those issues worry them.
Glad that you took time to say this.
I am seeing this as McCain’s win because of the PUMAs and their undying work. When John wins, I hope and pray that he notes the extent of the efforts of the PUMAs and the wonder that is love of country.
No matter what God has in store for this nation, PUMAs have done their duty to their country and I am humbled and proud of each and every one of them.
May God Bless America
In the past, I thought Bob Schieffer was a good reporter.
However, like the rest of the media, he has crossed the line a few times during this election.
Perhaps he is enough of a professional to now regret what he and his collegues have done!
It will be a very long time, if ever, before they regain my respect and trust…for they deserve neither, and neither does the candidate they have promoted so shamelessly!
Rick Davis all but conceded the election tonight in an interview. Said it was just a tough year to be the GOP candidate.
Too funny, L-person.
Those of us on McCain’s mailing list get exactly the opposite message from Davis.
(And no you can NOT have the last cheeto!)
C’mon Red… at least let him lick the inside of the bag!
Key words: “all but”
thanks for the heads up.
I just want to thank everyone on here. If it hadn’t been for this blog I would have lost my mind the past few months.
I will be up late tonight praying for a McCain/Palin victory. This 30 year Dem is petrified if it doesn’t go that way.
So once again Thank You and G-d Bless this great Country, may he have mercy on us.
And (not that I would have to remind anyone here)don’t forget to VOTE!
Alice!
Luv Ya Back!
I’m not down or negative here but I just wanted to tell you a thing I used to teach my ballplayers… and its something I deeply believe…
Never quit a fight
and if you lose the fight, go down with your teeth in his leg…
There is no time limit on this game… Losing only happens when you stop fighting.
Even after we put Obama back in the box, we must fight on.
If you need to focus on a thought tonight, sisters and brothers, perhaps this could substitute for worry.
Tonight as you go to sleep, focus on what WE do next to rid our beloved nation of this sickness. Who, AFTER OBAMA IS GONE, do we get rid of next?
Make your choices detailed. Have a plan. If we are truly to clean house, we better be ready.
Guys, this is what acting in Faith is all about!
We can’t change anything else. We are doing what we can and IT IS AWESOME! We can now sit back and watch, or be ready for what we are saying is going to happen and get a plan for who we ‘do in’ next.
It beats wringing your hands… and dammit, you guys are smart. There are plans to be made. Get to it!
I wouldn’t pray for a McCain Palin victory, I’d be more of a mind to want to keep this democracy and our U.S. Constitution intact, if I were you, than to put someone in office who’d do the most to destroy it. Both McCain and Palin are very much big government, more government intrusion, when you actually listen to what they say than can even be claimed against Obama.
Sorry, but if this GOP is going to vote big government, I’ll vote for the candidate who is admitting to it honestly. That would be Senator Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3ijYVyhnn0
Incredible…
Look at what was emailed to Obama campaign workers/supporters today.
P.S I AM NOT an Obama supporter but I am still on the DNC mailing list. I am a FORMER life-long DEMOCRAT who is waiting until after the election to officially change my party designation.
I do not believe the Polls. I’m not saying McCain will win, but I believe it’s close. I live in upstate NY and the majority of Democrats I know, are not voting for Obama. What I’m worried about are the exit polls tomorrow. They will not be right either. Remember NH in the primaries. The polls and the Exit Polls were both wrong. The Media could make it seem like Obama won and keep the McCain voters home in the West. We all need to vote.
New Troopergate report clears Palin
By LISA DEMER
(Just part of he article)
For full article:
http://www.adn.com/palin/story/577323.html
Just saw Newt explain on FOX that the largest percentage of early voters in Georgia was, Hang onto Something… Women who voted in both 2000 and 2004… sound like anybody so many of you see in the mirror?
WOOT!
What is significant is that the early voters are NOT young Obama voters. They are PUMAs!
This would be a fine place to talk to the voters about a little something that came out this evening. It was not on CNN, it was on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” McCain/Palin running amok declaring how Obama so hated the coal industry that he was willing to bankrupt it. However, that was not how Obama had exactly put it. Not when you listened to the soundbite of some time ago. That was not exactly how he put it. While CNN produced this particular video clip, they did not run a video file that “The Daily Show” had unearthed, a McCain bill as it related to the coal industry, that according to his critic in the Senate, would bankrupt the coal industry. Leave it to Bay Buchannan to misrepresent Obama and leave it to Anderson Cooper to get scooped by Comedy Central.
Who has heard of “Let Freedom Ring” beyond their ads? Bet you that actually no one has until a few weeks ago. How about the National Republican Trust PAC? They didn’t start appearing until days ago. Well, Let Freedom Ring has just put out a cold war ad, we need nuclear weapons in an age when effectively the Cold War is over. And proceeds to whine at Obama because he isn’t for keeping up a nuclear presence in a post Cold War situation. What I am hearing in the election eve ad, is a group of people who went from merely radical to purely delusional. Apparently, they haven’t heard that our economy has gone bust. Our military has been seriously damaged trying to fight two wars without end. Before we can hope to restore this nation to a great power, we must first revitalize our economy and then our military. Now, against what do we employ existing nuclear weapons? Unless Let Freedom Rings wants to start some nuclear Armageddon with their ad. Think about it, as you read all of the above.