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McCain NBC Interview with Kelly O’Donnell

By Charles Lemos on October 1, 2008 at 3:30 PM in Barack Obama, John McCain

Senator McCain sat down with NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell for an interview last night.

Once again the national polls appear to be tightening up. While the economic turmoil has clearly benefited Senator Obama over the past two weeks, it was also a blunder for the McCain campaign to suspend its advertising allowing the Obama campaign complete dominance of the airwaves. Now with his ad buys back up, McCain seems to be gaining some traction in the national polls. It is important to remember that state polls lag the national polls but nonetheless most of the 14 battleground states have remained competitive through the Obama surge with the possible exception of Pennsylvania where the latest poll from late last week gave Obama an eight point margin.

Below the fold a Reuters report on the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 50 percent to 46 percent among likely voters in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, down from a 9-point edge a week earlier.

The new poll released on Tuesday was conducted Saturday through Monday, after the candidates met in their first debate on Friday.

Obama had led McCain by 52 percent to 43 percent in the poll’s previous survey released last week.

In the new poll, Obama, an Illinois senator, gained support among independents, closing a substantial gap with McCain who had been favored by crucial swing voters.

McCain, an Arizona senator, now leads Obama 48 percent to 45 percent among independents, the poll found. McCain was 10 points ahead of Obama among independent voters immediately after the Republican convention in early September.

ABC said McCain was laboring under the unpopular legacy of President George W. Bush, a fellow Republican.

Amid the U.S. financial crisis, a record 70 percent of Americans disapprove of Bush’s job performance, while only 26 percent approve, a new low for the Bush administration, the poll found.

The telephone poll of 1,070 registered voters and 916 likely voters had a 3-point margin of error.

From my blog, By The Fault.

tillthen

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galsforhill

stop already

Pennsylvania goes RED!

From another thread:

Comment by Jessie Britton | 2008-10-01 14:48:17

I get a pollimg report almost on a daily basis. This polls with McCain 8 to 15% behind are a buuch of bulls…This same company was included in a group of 13 polling organization I got yesterday. The national average was 46% to 43.15 with Obama in the lead and with a weighted average ( I guess accounting for the number of Democrats) it was 46.5 to 46%, with Onama in the lead. Today’s Gallup, as reported on Fox a few minutes ago, has Obama 48% and McCain 44%. Obama trolls who tout these number do no more then “cherry pick” one and them run out here and all over the other sites, include the news. These trolls are not even Obama volunteers. They are paid employees.

Dead heat.

n0bama can’t close the sale.

vinnie

The fact that we have had 7 years of Dubya and the race is still this close should make the Dems nervous. Not all of America is buying their bull.
DAB

Gallup reports that every time Obama opens up an 8 point lead, it tends to narrow a short time after. Sounds like his trouble closing may still be operative.

There’s still quite a ways to go and circumstances can intervene in ways we can’t anticipate.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

Maybe people will like 0bama better when they learn about his running mate’s
war record

At a Sept. 9, fundraiser, Biden addressed his national security credentials by talking about “the superhighway of terror between Pakistan and Afghanistan where my helicopter was forced down. John McCain wants to know where bin Ladin and the gates of Hell are? I can tell him where. That’s where al-Qaida is. That’s where bin Ladin is.”

THE FACTS: In February, Biden and fellow senators John Kerry and Chuck Hagel were flying in a helicopter over Afghanistan in a fact-finding trip when a snowstorm closed in.

“It went pretty blind, pretty fast and we were around some pretty dangerous ridges,” Kerry told The Associated Press afterward. “So the pilot exercised his judgment that we were better off putting down there, and we all agreed.”
Susan

Keep on spinning…obama is gaining and there is no two ways about it!!! LOL!

http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com UBM

Dead heat.

Not exactly. The latest nationals…

Associated Press/Gfk: OBAMA +7

Time: OBAMA +7

Pew Research: OBAMA +6

Rasmussen Tracking: OBAMA +6

Hotline/FD Tracking: OBAMA +5

Gallup Tracking: OBAMA +4

GW/Battleground Tracking: OBAMA +2

The trending is obvious.

Newly Independent

ALL Obama MSM generated.

November 4th will be the ONLY poll that will count. And it won’t favor Obama.

dg

“November 4th will be the ONLY poll that will count.”

Matthew Dowd, Bush’s chief strategist for the ’04 election, writes (and note in particular his “Rule Three”):

Rule One: When a campaign starts attacking the media, things aren’t going well.

Rule Two: When a campaign says the polls are wrong, things aren’t very good.

Rule Three: When a campaign says “the only poll that counts is the one on election day” usually means a campaign is about to lose.

Now we could probably add a new one: when partisans start saying let the candidate be the candidate, it means things are off course.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/matthewdowd/

Meanwhile, Obama has taken a _commanding_ lead in the electoral college vote. From the site cited here previously as the most reliable, RealClearPolitics:

No Toss Up States category:

Obama/Biden: 353
McCain/Palin: 185

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=10

So keep on denying the numbers and deluding yourselves that it’s “all Obama MSM generated.” And keep on praying for that “Whitey” tape to turn up. (When was that to show up? Just before the DNC? Just after? Before RNC? After RNC? Before Debate #1? After? Can we hope by December?)

Meanwhile, the rest of us will celebrate the world of reality.

imustprotest

Well if you’re an Obamabullie cultist….you do live in your own reality. It’s a narcissistic cloud actually. Your apparent belief that there has been no bias on the part of the media is the first clue. Your exuberance over marginal polls when a generic democrat would be have been in a double digit lead for months would be clue #2 And your convenient lack of memory that Obama consistently UNDERperformed against the polls throughout the primary season is clue #3.

dg

Keep on deluding yourself, my friend; the numbers don’t lie: Obama has taken solid leads in Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Quinniapec and CNN/Time confirm the data.

And, again, it’s not “Obamabullie cultists” that compile the RealClearPolitics electoral count. Folks here were wildly supportive of the RealClearPolitics site when McCain once had a 273 count last month. Dismissing the same site now, when the dynamics have so completely changed, demonstrates utter and complete denial of the facts.

And one more thing: we’re not in the primaries anymore; that ended four months ago. Deal with the here and now, and within the here and now, Obama is currently wiping McCain off the electoral map.

imustprotest

hahahaha! He FINALLY gets a small lead for a day….and you’re doing the happy dance!! Enjoy it now, you’ll need it as a nice memory when you’re crying in your kool aide later….hahaha!

imustprotest

Oh and one more thing! I KNOW we’re not in the primaries anymore!! Yea!! You and your thugs can’t go to caucuses and badger and intimidate and take away senior citizen’s walkers! No fake #s called in by the cultist thugs.

dg

re “cultist thugs”: please explain what “cultist thugs” have anything to do with pre-election poll numbers that are currently leaving McCain in the dust?

And do try to respond without the silly “look over there!” deflections, if you’re able.

Candycorn

I am just printing and saving the comments here like crazy so I can identify exactly who should be eating a big old bag of crow come election day.

And it won’t be Obama supporters.
dg

So, instead of refuting the numbers, go for the empty rhetoric.

And you wonder why this site is ridiculed.

We Will Remember in November!

The american people were wrong in 2000 (okay they were cheated BUT Gore couldn’t win his home state) and in 2004 wouldn’t you agree? I can’t believe we will be thrice stupid?

PUMA
PGHGal

And don’t forget the forged birth certificate! This site is populated by people who cannot reason, and who eat up the unsubstantiated crap served up by SusanUNPC, Larry, and other front pagers.

wonderwoman

It seems that Obama is dropping again. McCain can’t pull another stunt like this, the stakes are too great.

dg

Yes, Obama is definitely dropping again. See above post re state polls. If only McCain were “dropping” like this.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

McCain:

“I love our underdog status”.

That’s why the n0bama camp should be afraid.

Chaos

Obama loves it too. Mac better hurry up.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

0bama loves it…

why? He was supposed to be enjoying a slam dunk at this point.

Even “Any Democrat” polls better than the zer0bama.

imustprotest

Obama is the worst candidate ever.

dg

Which is why he’s blowing McCain out of the water. What a “worst candidate ever” he is.

Postmaster

Pennsylvania Goes Red: I grew up in PA, but now live in the Southwest, I hope PA will go for McCain! Keep on, keep on…..
red_sleeves

Any republican candidate, given the previous administration, should be considered the underdog, however, Obama has consistently campaigned as though he were the dark horse in this race.

blog force one

the polls are wieghted democratic if you look at previous polls in past contests repub candidates almost always finish 5 to ten pts higher. plus there is a concrted effort by college sponsored polla like quinnipaiac to favor their choice Obama do not trust !
caringnurse1

Sarah Palin is going to call into Hannity’s radio show this afternoon on talk radio..He is going to discuss the moderator of the vp debate with her, among other things..
Capt Howdy

I think that once the truth of the economic mess sinks in it will be much less a positive for Obama. I expect McCain to hit the airwaves with lots of ads on the subject once the legislation is passed.

BettsAZ

That is if the TRUTH of the economic mess is actually reported!

Capt Howdy

I think it is starting to be reported. it will take a while for it to trickle down.
and there are more debates.

DAB

I believe that with some distance, McCain’s decision to rush back to Washington during the financial crisis will begin to look like he was engaged and Obama was on the sidelines.

The cries of “political gimmick” thrown around by Obama and reinforced by his MSM minions may have created a false outrage about McCain that will fade with time.

http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

Obama said he was going to “Work the Phones”.

Yet, Obama could not deliver a single vote from the Congressional Black Caucus. If Obama cannot lead the AA’s that support him by 98%, who is he ever going to be able to lead?

There were only 4 Republican’s in favor of the Bill until McCain went to Congress. He persuaded a hell of a lot more lawmakers than O’barky did.

McCain walks the talk.
wonderwoman

But did you see Obama’s speech at the house. All the networks carried it at 5pm as if the deliver had come to deliver the house to a vote.

PGHGal

And I expect the whitey tapes to be released after the DNC, and the birth certificate to be revealed then as well. Oh wait…

http://www.patriotroom.com Bill Dupray

Bombshell: Obama Neck Deep in Breaking Campaign Finance Scandal

Ficticious donors like “Mr. Good Will” and “Doodad Pro” exceeded legal contributions and Obama has received more than $30 million from citizens in Iran, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, and Fallujah. Looks like Citizen of the World will be elected by his fellow citizens of the world. Too bad there weren’t more Americans.

http://patriotroom.com/?p=2686

tillthen

MY GOD, BILL DUPRAY, THAT WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE BOYCOTT OF GENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS. THANK YOU FOR THE INFO.

tzada

I am getting rid of my Progressive insurance….Progressive Insurance founder is another friend of Soros in the tank for Obama.

lark

I would like to see the day when any one of a myriad of scandals surrounding Obama gets any traction with the public.

In the news, ‘Obama has a conference with Lucifer.”

News analyst, ‘God forgave him, so forget about it.”

kevin

lol

kevin

This schmuck has raised nearly $500 million!
The fact is that booboo is trying to buy the white house. Funny how much coin is coming in from overseas, if that is legal it shouldn’t be.

PGHGal

All contributions to the Obama campaign are listed on the FEC website. Please READ before posting complete and total bullshit about foreign competitors.

nate

you are wasting your time. these people do not belong to the “reality based community.” just let them be. i like to come down here every once in while whenver i’m bored and need to laugh or be amused. it’s almost like going to the zoo and watching the chimps play.

LookingForwardTo2012

When will the Justice Department get involved in this?

Hap Hazard

Not going to happen. They, just like the media, are openly pulling for Obama. the bureaucrats there view him as THEIR Messiah.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

If DOJ is openly pulling for 0bama, why didn’t they help him out with his demand that they stop the 527s?

He wanted DOJ to go after that Texas billionaire that was funding the one 527 that put out a truthful expose on B0.

http://deleted YES HRC

Thanks for the article. Hmm, so Barry didn’t rake in an average of $50 million a month from the many under-$100 donations on the internet.

But that’s what he said!

WHEN WILL THIS FRAUD BE EXPOSED? On November 4.
Kal

I thought that only citizens and those with permanent residence visas can contribute to candidates’ personal campaigns. No?
Leisa

Well, the more we complain, the more the media bias will be exposed…

This is a great editorial.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=304815221276808

Shiloh

With the possible exception of Zogby, anyone who believes these polls just doesn’t get what politics 2008 is all about.

http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com UBM

Funny… when McCain moved ahead in the national polls, everybody here believed those numbers.

Consistency, please. You don’t think McCain is intelligent enough to know that he’s running behind right now?

Maverick

the Obama tax plan adds up to a 39.6% personal income tax, a 52.2% combined income and payroll tax, a 28% capital-gains tax, a 39.6% dividends tax, and a 55% estate tax.

JS Ruby

How can anyone possibly believe any of the polls. It depends on the questions asked, how large the sample is, who makes up most of the sample and the bias of the polster. These are the same polsters who gave Kerry the nod in 2004. Aren’t we enjoying President Kerry?

kevin

I am not enjoying Senator Kerry.
Did you catch his slap fight with Bill O’Reilly?
BettsAZ

In the polls they ask o you want our soldiers to come home from Iraq?
Well…DUH!

If they posed the question like this:”Do you want our soldiers to come home from Iraq IN DEFEAT OR VICTORY?”,the answer would be quite different.

Leisa

Polls can be skewed just by the questions, you are right. Some polls are more reliable than others, but demographics and other variables can make things appear to be different than they really are.

The media is spinning stories and keeping the truth from coming out. It is as if they are milking it for everything it is worth.

Hopefully, this roller coaster will end Nov 4, with McCain and Palin out on top of the final and ultimate poll.

The media pushed Bush on us, tried to destroy Hillary’s character, gave us the Iraq war, and now wants Obama to win…

The media does not put America first, vote against the media, vote for McCain/Palin 2008.

blog force one

the Obama campaign and their surrogates have gone all out with vicious personal attacks on Gov.Palin These MUST be countered with asymmetrical political character assassination attacks against obama .now
kevin

The only poll that really counts is Nov. 4th.

But speaking of polls…

I read with interest today in the WSJ a little known tidbit that newly registered voters, while more likely to support booboo, are intending to vote at a 54% clip. Not exactly overwhelming.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122282400242492827.html

joseyj

All those newly registered young voters really believe Obama will deliver the candy and propose “no school” on Fridays.
They’ve drunk so much Koolaid that they don’t even care that his flip flopping on major issues is a reflection of his low character – he’ll say anything to win.
Obama is “just words” and has never even stood up to the Dem Party!

trails

That was a great interview.

Go, McCain/Palin
Hill Dem 4 McPalin

In serious times, an under-stated yet strong leader is the solution, not a grandstanding show boy backed by a childrens choir.

McCain Palin 08, Country First

DAB

“Speak softly but carry a big stick” – Theodore Roosevelt

drbala

When Obama says, “he is for the bailout bill,” it’s all talk and nothing but talk. What did he actually DO to after he is FOR the bill. He did’t or couldn’t even get his close friend and superdelegate Jesse Jackson Jr. to vote for the bill. Jesse Jackson Jr. is from a safe house seat from South side of Chicago.

MSM will not even mention this as an yet another “All talk and no walk” example from Obama.
Sara

What experience or accomplishments Obama has that have made some voters believe that he is more competent in fixing the economy? Isn’t he part of the problem with his association with ACORN , Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? And what is he doing to resolve the crisis? He continues campaigning while John McCain is in Washington trying to do something to ease the economic crisis.

oppo

I know!

My husband keeps yelling: “He did nothing”! whenever a new “poll” or pundit says that people think fauxbama was more helpful, more in touch, whatever with the econ crisis. It seems that inaction (“wise, contemplative, inaction”) wins…it is certainly less politically risky!

DAB

I’m so tired of screaming at the TV after 8 years of GWB. I couldn’t stand another 4 or more years of doing that — my vocal chords just couldn’t take it. I would have to avoid all news programs if “you know who” gets in.

http://www.anvp.typepad.com soldier4hillary

Democratic surrogates really are attempting to make a issue about Mccains health. He released 1,000 pages of his medical record I think in May while the Democratic party was campaigning against Senator Clinton in the primaries.

Obama submitted a one page doctors note to summarize 21 years.

Senator McCain showed his birth certificate to reporters.

Senator Obama posted a false one on Daily Kos.

Senator McCain had cancer.

Senator Biden had 2 aneurysms and stated he had thoughts of suicide during a interview.

The point is, if you are going to run through the blogosphere talking about these things. It only makes undecided voters turn the other way because only an idiot would not research the facts.As well as not realize this will blow up in your face. This isnt Senator Clinton your battling who is from your own party. Who is loyal to the party in question despite the fact that they screwed her over in the primaries. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to see you are shooting yourselves in the foot.

The same bogus and inflated polls were used against Clinton supporters who were hip to the game of them being correct. As if the opposition does not have internal polling. Do you people realize that when you go to the voting booth its by yourself? You think the world is going to care after he loses and the MSM begins there theme that they didnt vote for Obama because there “racist” is going to matter?

Voting lasts one day.

kevin

voting lasts 2,4 or 6 years depending upon the office, otherwise you are correct.
http://www.anvp.typepad.com soldier4hillary

Ficticious donors like “Mr. Good Will” and “Doodad Pro” exceeded legal contributions and Obama has received more than $30 million from citizens in Iran, Abu Dhabi, Beijing, and Fallujah. Looks like Citizen of the World will be elected by his fellow citizens of the world. Too bad there weren’t more Americans.

Fallujah & Abu Dhabi? WTF? Those two places were one of the many places we convoyed through downrange!! What the Fu** is going on? No. Seriously. There is no GD way. NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOO! Who the fuck is Senator Obama? What are they making contributions to him for? Why are they paying him? Why isnt the media covering this shit. The Democratic party will allow someone to take contributions from people who would do us harm and look the other way? Does this country not deserve to have someone without ties like this?

They need to answer to this TODAY! They are no better than fucking traitors to this country if they dont come out now and account for this shit and they need to be thrown in the closest jail. Those people there are not walking around in Obama/Biden T shirts in a place that could be classified as a slum, so what are they paying him for? What interest do they have?. No. fucking. Way. They think to jeopardize the safety of our country by taking contributions for, and allowing this to continue?

They want to win so bad they are willing to take money from these people to finance there campaign? Traitor, Treason, the enemy..whatever. They need to explain it and explain it right now.

NoTrollZone

soldier, I wish you’d send this bit of yours to Fox– to Hannity or O’Reilly or to Dobbs at CNN
(hell, hit all of them).

educatedwhitewoman

I can’t stand it. Obama is giving a campaign speech in front of the Senate when he’s supposed to be encouraging others to vote on the bailout bill. It’s all about him. Blah, blah, blah.
Indy

Is anyone listening to Oblahblah speaking on the senate floor? Is it just me or is the substance incoherent? Now he got more time so he can finish his campaign speech.

http://deleted YES HRC

It’s not you. More blah. Makes me wish he’d stuck with “call me if you need me.”

NoTrollZone

I can’t watch the doofus. I tried. My god, he is so boring. What’s with that crazy senator from Vermont? I couldn’t tell if his eyes were drooping cause Obama was putting him to sleep, or he was checking out Obama’s ass (not Kerry, I mean actual real end), or he was wishing he had a pretty gray suit as well.

Ferd McBerfle

He can’t put two sentences together with out creating some sort of functional disconnect. He strings words together for the sound–content be damned.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

hooked on phonics?

Ferd McBerfle

That sounds about right. LMAO.

educatedwhitewoman

He’s speaking in all of the usual campaign generalites, his usual stump speech, promising the moon and offering no specifics, practically yelling at his fellow senators. Now, he’s asked for two more minutes. I bet some of his own fellow Democratic senators don’t even vote for him.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

I’m waiting for the part where they start throwing tomatoes.
DAB

Where’s he going to get the money for all his grand plans now? His programs will be DOA next year.

Clara Barton

Of course his plans are DOA. No way in hell could he ever deliver any kind of healthcare reform. It’s an uphill struggle in a good year, and he’ll be lucky to be able to afford toilet paper for the WH loo. Guess MO will call him really stinky then!

csuzeq

I don’t think he has a clue what’s even in the bill! He gives no particulars, just says get it done and starts campaigning!

sayitisntso

Oh man! The McCain campaign is GREAT! They just checkmated Barky with the comment about not knowing about Gwen Ifill’s book! I would never have thought of such a classy thing to say! ROFLMAO
http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com InsightAnalytical-GRL

I’ve been wondering if McCain wants to win…he picked Palin as his “reform” partner, and is going to vote for this crap without a fight.

They didn’t respond quickly to the trashing of her–she was effectively swiftboated.

She is forced to stay on the nebulous McCain message and may tarnish her reputation in Alaska as a real reformer as she succumbs to national newspeak.

Her future in national politics could be ended tomorrow night…an incredible burden has been placed on her due to the flat-footed McCain campaign (see swiftboating, above). The McCain people couldn’t even make a stink about Ifill…does she at least do a full disclosure at the start of the debate. She won’t unless it’s demanded.

McCain is running as if he’s going against Clinton…civil, nice…but the reality is he’s running against THUGS.

When do the gloves come off? When does McCain LEAD???

Shiloh

^^^^^^^ troll ^^^^^

http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com InsightAnalytical-GRL

No, not a troll…genuinely concerned…
But look down at my later post….

destardi

I’m waiting for McCain to pick it up.

I just don’t know if he will; he’s coming across as ‘feeble’.

I just voted for him today in Ohio, and I pray he stomps uhbama.

30yrdem-not any more

Thanks for the vote. Thank you for caring about our country.

HE FOLKS A TRUE AMERICAN JUST VOTED FOR MCCAIN!!!
BettsAZ

He needs to STOP being NICE GUY!…now is NOT the time to “reach across the aisle” because the horror that sits across the aisle from him will DESTROY our Country!
I have a bracelet 2

he will

he put aside politics because of the economy.

starting friday is FULL FORCE

who’s your uncle?!

who’s your daddy?!

DAB

Remember all those funny “Obama is an egotist” ads? I think the hard stuff will begin soon.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

I posted in another thread about how the local McCain campaign was surprised that so many Democrats wanted tickets for McCain/Palin’s appearance in Media, PA.

Since Palin was added to the ticket, crowds have grown (beyond all expectation) to see the two candidates. Palin brought 30 million dollars to McCain’s coffers.

There’s another perspective to this campaign that is being missed by pundits, MSM, and quite a few pollsters.

I remember a quote from a book about Bette Davis. The author was asking her about one of her films that was roundly panned by the film critics. Her response: “Nothing but the people came.”

Perry Logan

It reminds me of Liberace’s famous line. When told about some cutting comment that had been made about him, Liberace said “It was so funny I laughed all the way to the bank.”

Pennsylvania goes RED!

yes, the celebs of old did come up with the bons mots…

NoTrollZone

Well, having watched the Obamabrats for so long, I also wouldn’t discount the possibility that the little shits are getting tickets to be distruptive and obnoxious.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

There were protesters but they were kept a block or so away from the event.
Anyone with a ticket had to show ID to go to the rally.

Objective Analysis

McCain’s move is not necessarily bad. If it did not happen, we would not know that MSM is in the tank for Obama. Tortoise and the hare.

Dewey v. Truman is what is happening.

Don’t loose faith. Even Obama is starting to think polls are not as accurate as they should be.

PUMA 2008!

DAB

In a horse race, the ultimate winner usually stays behind until the end and then sprints to the finish line.

30yrdem-not any more

Excuse me, but isn’t this person running for president?

Cynthia McKinney REVEALS 5,000 EXECUTED

I am sorry but fruitcake comes to mind. Is this more of the Reverend Wright type crap against America or what? What is wrong with people…the white man is going to get you…sorry but this is sick.

kevin

She lost me with the ID freakout with the capitol hill police
And the Investigate Tupac Shakur’s murder issue.
Why?

BettsAZ

She lost me with her(and her father’s)anti-Semitic rant(on tape)a few years ago.

I have a bracelet 2

she is a fruit cake

IronMan

Obama using his speaking time this afternoon in the US Senate for a campaign speech.

He’s off on a tangent now, Now he’s talking about providing broad band lines now. WTF?

His comments today are very similar to his Reno speech from yesterday.

Now he’s qouting FDR for over 1 minute of his 10 minute speech.

Geez.

He also called Harry Reid, Majority Leader “Lee”

LOL!

AF catfish

Hope someone puts up a YouTube. I can’t see it from here.

secularhumanizinevoluter

I must confess I would sure like someone to get the word to McCain to cry havoc and let slip the dogs of hardhitting negative but TRUE adds about this scum bucket and his criminal friends and mentors.
sayitisntso

destardi and insight,

Just because we live in a culture of anger and violence, doesn’t mean it’s always been that way.

Eleanor Roosevelt, when asked long ago why she didn’t speak up to journalists about what they said about her son, briefly said that she didn’t intend to dirty her hands.

Class.

McCain has class and you don’t get into food fights (or any other kind) with somebody like Barky because when you do you lower yourself to their level.

destardi

“Class” is what caused Kerry to lose.

Fight fire with fire, or perish.

The Republicans sure didn’t have any class when it came to Swift boating Kerry; now uhbama doesn’t have any class when it comes to race baiting and “99 problems and a bitch ain’t one.”

“Class” doesn’t win elections…and certainly not this one.

And FYI, “class” doesn’t mean you hide the truth. Wright, Ayers, Rezko, Giannoulias, ACORN…these are not trashy subjects. They’re REAL.

sayitisntso

My definition of class does NOT include traitor Kerry.

NoTrollZone

I was about to write the same thing. Kerry is devoid of class– that’s for damn sure.
athena

Oh – Mine either…….regrettably I voted for him. Shame on me….I know better now.

I have a bracelet 2

kerry does not have class on his hands

only catch up. and it got messy
NoBamaNoWay

i don’t think kerry’s loss was due to too much class. he was a bad choice for the nominee, and so is obama.

DAB

Right, should confuse class with snootiness (including his bizarre wife here).

http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com InsightAnalytical-GRL

Combining “registered” and “likely” voters in one sample seems very weird to me….

Ferd McBerfle

And you would be right. They’re combining apples and arugula or maybe better, pineapples and hand grenades. This is why polls are so screwed up.

http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com InsightAnalytical-GRL

PS…in the “old days”, by now you’d be sampling only “likely” voters because that group is considered to be a more accurate indicator….

Former Gallup study director before it was sold to a big business group…

sayitisntso

good point

lark

Finished listening to Sarah Palin on Sean Hannity radio show.

These two people McCain and Palin are the real thing.

At least we have a choice this time. We can vote for truthfulness and honesty or for fake and pathological power grabbers.

Vote for Gov. Sarah Palin for VP 2008.

joseyj

Obama is so inauthentic.
But he’s a Black Man! – and John Kerry says we MUST MUST MUST elect Obama BECAUSE he’s a Black Man!

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/kerry-obama-cou.html

IronMan

Obama is getting most of his campaign money via illegal means.

For some time now, the Obama campaign has been using prepaid credit cards and splitting up large bulks of MILLIONS of dollars to donations under $200.

They never have reported the names of these people under the $200 limit.

Now they are getting caught. The Mr. Good Will is obviously a fraud.

Does the USDOJ have any jurisdiction of these ILLEGAL campaign contributions to Barack Obama?
sayitisntso

Kevin and 30year,

Re: McKinney

Green like a watermelon but *RED* on the inside. She’s a moonbat.

Perry Logan

I get it. Cynthia McKinney is a commie. Very clever.
joseyj

I recently saw McKinney on a C-Span program – and she was all over the place.
I concluded she really is a loose cannon.
kevin

Getting riled because capitol hill police don’t recongize you is one thing but the Tupac Shakur Records Act?
WTF

Postmaster

I just wish Obama would sit down and shut up!
Above My Pay Grade

The campaign is over. McCain just sold out America and voiced his support for the 451 page, pork-laden Senate bailout bill that includes provisions for waiving Excise Tax on Certain Wooden Arrows Designed for Children, Tax Breaks for Hollywood, and Mental Health Insurance Parity.

Conservatives are furious. Zerobama will win by 8 to 10 points in November.

By supporting this version of the bill, rather than excoriating his fellow Senators for taking advantage of an economic crisis to hold a pork-a-thon, he has lost the trust of conservatives, and done nothing to help himself with any other group.

I now consider all his talk about vetoing pork barrel spending and earmakrs to be LIES.

I was a big supporter of McCain, especially after he chose Sarah Palin, but now he will not get my vote.

I only hope Sarah has the sense to remove herself from this ticket.

sayitisntso

His “fellow Senators” aren’t running for President. Chill out about that.
lark

I said it before and I’ll said it again (yuk) that the Senate loaded this bill with pork to trap McCain in a no-win situation. This is entrapment of the worse kind and it will hurt him quite a bit.

It will not hurt him with me. I can understand. Why? Well this is the same understanding that I use with Hillary. And if I can understand Hillary when she messes up and she messes up regularly, then I can understand McCain when he is made to mess up in a situation like this one.

I will vote McCain Palin because COUNTRY COMES FIRST.
lark

Besides chill out is right. The bill as written by the Senate will not go through the House of Congress. I suspect all the pork will be stripped away in the House bill. I suspect that’s the only reason that McCain is voting yes anyways.

The only thing that the bill in the House will contain of the Senate bill will be the FDIC increase. All the rest will be stripped out.

Ferd McBerfle

That is it exactly. The House Bill will have to be reconciled with the Senate bill–a lot of the unnecessary excrement can be removed in conference.

http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

You were never for McCain. PUH-LEASE!

Above My Pay Grade

Um, yes I was. Check out all my other replies on this forum.

I guess I’m still for McCain (I can’t stand the idea of Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama Jr. being POTUS), but I am extremely angry and disappointed right now.

Loading that “emergency rescue” bill with pork was perhaps the most disgraceful thing the US Senate has ever done. McCain should have at least called them out on it.

I think I might start a chapter of “McCain Haters for McCain”.

athena

Lots of tax breaks for Americans in there too. They were tax breaks not pork spending. There is a difference. It is not some handout….. Relax….

angie

Don’t forget to count Ohio in the Obama column — the fix is already in there.

sayitisntso

He likes the underdog status. Barky has alot to be worried about in Ohio and everywhere.

Ca. is going red because of Prop.8, a coincidental timing, nevertheless, advantageous to McCain.

Lindsy

The fix is already in with this election period. The media, the rigged Dem primary, the liberal celebrities, and even foreign countries will select our next President.

It’s too bad Gov. Palin will forever be tarnished after being on this ticket because she had real potential.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

we get it, the troll meme this afternoon is…

DRUM ROLL PLEASE….

“The Fix Is In!”

OK that means every last one of the Conservative Republicans, Moderate Republicans, Don’t really know what they are Republicans, Independents, Libertarians, Disaffected Democrats, PUMA Democrats, and any other affiliation…are not going to vote because the 0b0ts have decided

The Fix Is In!

These tight polls must really have you nutz0s worried.

http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

I know Obama supporters will never understand this but I love and appreciate McCains candor and straight forward honesty.

McCain speaks to me, Obama shouts at me.

McCain is genuine and has no need for the pretentions that Obama cannot live without.

joseyj

Well said!
sayitisntso

Barky’s campaign is flat, two dimensional…can’t tell me that an all electronic get out the vote takes the place of sacrafice in the name of country.

I think the Obots have been text messaging too much, among other things like drugs. They have a short term attention span, missing the important message. This is about the survival of this country.
DAB

I thought that McCain was very personable and engaging in the debate while Obama threw stuff out there in a staccato manner without inflection. McCain was the more interesting debater — Obama was loud but flat.

IronMan

has McCain spoke on the floor os the US Senate this afternoon?

Right now, I am wondering why McCain and the Republicans were not able to come up with their own Bill? There would have beena lot of public pressure on Harry Reid to allow debate and a vote on it.

If McZCain votes agsint the Bill, he will be crucified by thye Democrats and the Media.

The Republicans should have introduced a specific Bill to deal with this. At least then, the American peopel would know that there was an alternative.

Americans need a distinct choice to vote on. The $700 Billion boondoggle is a joke! I feel an opportunity was missed by the McCain campaign by not coming out early with an alternative plan for the media and the American people to see.

McCain should be standing up and demanding NO CORPORATE WELFARE! NO FREEBIES! ONLY LOANS!! NO PORK!!

The proposed Bill in the US Senate is turning into a Christmas tree bill of gynormous proportions.

http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

This is your Brain – McCain
This is your brain on drugs – Obama and his trolls
athena

Where is the pork? Tax cuts are now pork barrell spending???? Since when?

WildChild

since the money that is being used to make up the lose in tax dollars is happily being provided by the communist Chinese.

IronMan

IF the bailout plan revives the economy and gets the media off the issue (I doubt it), then perhaps McCain can regain the traction he needs to win.

Most Americans are NOT in favor of this boondoggle plan, but public opinion on the issue is slipping, and as more time goes on, with more dmedia shoving the issue down the minds and throats of Americans, public opinion is starting to turn and it is now about 50-50 for the bailout.

Still, I think this bill is a large leap toward socialism and a stab in the back to free markets and capitalism.

Has McCain or Lieberman spoke on the floor yet?

http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

I don’t know where you went to school, but the US as all other major capitalist countries is not a “Free Market”.

If anything, this rescue package is allowing the Gov’t to take a slice of the capitalist pie.

The Gov’t is the only player with the funds to invest in the tanking mortgage securities.

They will be able to purchse the securities at less than 50 cents to the dollar. CitiBank recently sold off much of their bad debt at 22 cents to the dollar.

Housing values have dropped from 5% – 40% over the values of 4 years ago.

If the gov’t purchases these at less than 50%, odds are, they can sell them for 60% – 80% in 5 to 10 years.

BTW one of the most successful Capitalist countries, JAPAN, makes govt investment in industry ALL THE TIME.

In the early 80′s, it was the number one complaint of US automakers. The US could not compete, because JAPAN subsidized it’s auto industry.

Investing in business does not make the US less of a Capitalist country. If anything, it confirms our commitment to capitalism.

There is no “Free Market”. Go back to school young one.

Duras

Dick Morris has a very good column up on his website. He’s saying that despite all that’s happened the past two weeks, there’s still over a month to go before the election and McCain can still win this thing.

But to do it, he needs to drop all his other lines of attack and focus in on one thing like a laser beam:

TAXES!

Specifically, Obama’s plans to raise them significantly to pay for a whole raft of new social programs. Morris thinks that McCain needs to hammer away relentlessly at Obama’s plans to drastically raises taxes on businesses and investment income as poison for an already shaky economy.

I think he’s absolutely right. Let the 527 groups focus on Obama’s inexperience and ties to Rezko, Wright, Ayeres et all. The McCain campaign itself needs to zero in on the tax issue and paint Obama as a traditional “tax & spend” liberal.

BettsAZ

Taxes and Name the Pro-Obama Dems who CAUSED this fiasco, and cite the legislation that he introduced in 2005 that was turned down by the majority if not all Democrats!
PGHGal

The toe-sucking, sleazebag Dick Morris? His mother must have known something when she named him…

http://anvp.typepad.com/soldier4hillary/ soldier4hillary

I could cry for our country right now. Never. Ever, would I think to see the day anyone would turn the other way and take money from these people with blatant bogus names and locations….not even attempting to look legit while they donate this money.It’s like a mockery to the how badly the Dems want him to win that they will look the other way. It’s like he is showing them how much power he has here in the US since they refuse to even vet or question him, that he can take donations like this with crazy made up names and locations and no one say a word. This is a show of power and right now I positively hate the Democratic party for allowing this.

Pennsylvania goes RED!

and the MSM for not reporting the violations.

beebop

Shumer is another asshole.
IronMan

451 pages of PORK!!!

BARF!!

http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

The Senate bill is reducing taxes.

Come back when you have a clue.

It is investing in mortgage securities that will increase in value, and recuce the deficit over time.

It is an

Investment in America, and American Capitalism

.

No ACORNS, praise Jesus!!
obamaphobe

I thought pork was was forbidden, especially during the Jewish Holiday.

educatedwhitewoman

Please pass this on to all of your contacts:

Obama/ACORN ties in graphic detail:

http://justsaynodeal.com/acorn.html
Tim O

I don’t know what polls you guys are looking at but this looks like a blowout to me! Thank you Sarah!

Florida, 9/28-30, MoE 3.5%

McCain (R) 47 (48)
Obama (D) 51 (48)

Minnesota, 8/31-9/2, MoE 3.5%

McCain (R) 43 (41)
Obama (D) 54 (53)

Missouri, 9/7-9, MoE 3.5%

McCain (R) 48 (50)
Obama (D) 49 (45)

Nevada, 8/24-26, MoE 4%

McCain (R) 47 (44)
Obama (D) 51 (49)

Virginia, 9/7-9, MoE 4%

McCain (R) 44 (50)
Obama (D) 53 (46)

kevin

$
DAB

State polls lag behind nationals and reflect the high point of Obama’s tracking polls. Those have since narrowed.
beebop

If you are watching CSPAN you will have a clue as to why there will never be more Democrats than there are at this moment.

No one like listening to those “Democrats” to make you an Independent …. voting this time for a Republican.
Pragmatist

“Blowout”? The only blowout is Obama’s ego-filled skull! The October surprises have yet to hit and they will be HUGE!!!!!!!!!

beebop

If you just listened to the floor speech from Senator Shelby, he was pretty clear what the problem is, how we got here, and who was fiddling while Rome burned.

educatedwhitewoman

Today’s Gallup Poll has Obama ahead by only 4 points, down from 8 points a couple of days ago. The state polls always lag the national polls. Obama going down again and race tightening, as they see McCain talking specifics about the economy, explaining the role of the Democrats in this mess (Fannie/Freddie), and as voters learn about ACORN, and Obama’s relationship to this corrupt outfit, and to the mortgage meltdown.

doc99

OT – Pelosi pays hubby from PAC funds. Rut Roh.

kevin

such an inspiring ~~leader~~
~~shrew~~
~~harpie~~

TERM LIMITS FOR HOUSE AND SENATE!!!

http://www.deathofthedemocraticparty.com xax

YES!!!!

Pragmatist

ACORN is NUTS!

DAB

Hope they get buried soon.

beebop

Even the squirrels aren’t interest ….

beebop

I should have said that only the 0bama squirrels are interested … and they are surely not intersted in uncovering the ACORNS.

john

RCP has Obama slowly but surely expanding his lead. It’s now almosy 5%. Two weeks ago McCain was up by 3.5%.

McCain totally blew the election by not strongly opposing the financial bailout monstrosity. His view is the same as Obama and Obama can explain his view much more clearly than John McCain.

How can the government do a bailout now when the government is 10 trillion dollars in debt and the debt is growing rapidly?

Election 2008 Obama McCain Spread
RCP National Average 48.8 43.9 Obama +4.9
Favorable Ratings +18.1 +12.0 Obama +6.1
Intrade Market Odds 64.9 35.1 -

Pragmatist

You are wrong (again)!
Obama will not become President . . .however, he will soon become a felon.
http://www.deathofthedemocraticparty.com xax

5% lead isn’t anything. It will be just like 2004. Someone’s gonna win by a couple hundred thousand votes.

Pragmatist

Obama will hopefully be in jail without bond (if there is a God).

Pragmatist

John,

One more thing, the truth (believe it or not) is starting to emerge about the FRAUD OBAMA and Americans will not stand by a let a coup take place before their very eyes! Even though Obama and his obots thinks so, Americans are NOT THAT STUPID!

csuzeq

A friend told me that they covered the ACORN voter fraud story on our local news channel KSTP (ABC) last night! I am shocked and happy because my boyfriendbot who watches CNN and MSNBC only would have seen it because he does watch KSTP local at 10 pm!

Praise the lord!

The truth shall set you free!

http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com InsightAnalytical-GRL

McCain seemed to stress the things that could be done other than this “bailout” and emphasized “currency” twice.

I had this wild and crazy thought that maybe he’ll vote AGAINST this piece of crap????

beebop

I don’t think he will. I have a feeling that it is going to pass. Senator Graham is voting for it. It would surprise me if he said no.

csuzeq

McCain needs to vote for this and then explain that a major reform bill is in the works and this stuff will get weeded out in the house. This is for emergency now and real reforms are on the way! I think McCain just gets this done, moves on and gets more specifics passed. Fox was talking earlier about how this is just the bailout and reforms will be different.

http://www.deathofthedemocraticparty.com xax

I still like McCain but he needs to stop enjoying the underdog status and be a winner for once. We will see. This is going to be a tight race. My gut still tells me McCain will pull this one out, but I could be wrong. After the Palin debate things will start to crystallize. I just hope she stops doing what her handlers want her to do and she just is herself. That’s how she will win.
Pearl

I don’t like this bailout package. I hope Hillary votes against it, Mac votes against it and Obama votes for it.
rickrickrick

Somewhat OT. What a sad day for America and Democrats. Watching Bill Clinton speak in Florida at a rally talk up Obama as a great man ready to be president all I could think of was Jeremiah Wright railing against Bill Clinton accusing him of RIDING DIRTY.

Talk2ThePaw

I was shocked to see Bill do this today, it has taken the wind out of my sails. He has undone all the PUMAish words he has been speaking. What did the Obambi thugs threaten him with? Everything he said today is a repudiation of all he has been saying these last few months. It has turned him from a country first representative of our country into an Obamabot. Something is rotten in Denmark.

beebop

Dick Durbin rewrites history …..
DanL

omg..I was flipping thru the channels on TV..I live in Fla and have DISH NETWORK…I see Obama has his own freakin’ Station on channel 73 entitled “Obamas plan for America” UNREAL!

beebop

A sign of things to come? He makes me cry for this country.

Andrew Yu-Jen Wang

Nobody likes George W. Bush. I think I am going to get a “Bush ‘nobody likes me’ T-shirt” from http://www.zazzle.com/ (Retrieved October 1, 2008, from http://www.zazzle.com/bush_nobody_likes_me_shirt-235822140499074999). I encourage others to get the same T-shirt.

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Patricia-VA

I live in Va and McCain is ahead by
our news!
imustprotest

“Blow Out” hahahaha! Well, if it makes your little cultist ego feel better to say that…..Obama can’t and won’t close the deal. I don’t care about your polls today,they can change over night and we have a lot of nights to go little cultist… you obviously have a lot of time on your hands pouring over the polls! He was ahead many times in the polls before and lost….so you keep counting your chickens…I mean polls….and we’ll see if anything hatches on November 4th.
We Will Remember in November!

OKAy, OKAY, Okay I get it the new push is the polls are trending CLEARLY for Obama. Okay, push it trending for Obama. The media has a new bone to play with trending….trending…I am getting sleepy…sleepy…trending…trending..sleepy…sleepy…

OH wait remember when the media was all the rage about Obama’s great campaign contributions numbers? Don’t he break yet another record for all time greatest in the history of mankind and slice bread another record for August or was it september or did they jump the gun and ALREADY predict December wait the election will be over by then…I am getting sleepy…sleepy…trending…trending..

So let me go out on limb and predict that the koolaid boyz have already written their debate posts, stories and are going to have a EASY time meeting their deadlines tomorrow…How SWEET!

Guys it does not matter. November will come and people will vote PERIOD.

I am voting for McCain only because I can tolerate his bullshit slightly more than Obama’s.

PUMA
imustprotest

Stating the same thing over and over doesn’t make it true, it just makes it propaganda.
WildChild

LMAO…. I can see the BOBO is valiantly holding on to his margin of error lead.
WildChild

I agree,(bwah Ha Ha) electing a nobody is a sure sign the American people have regained their senses. LOL I can’t think a a better measure of sense regaining then electing a man of meager accomplishment to carry us through the next four trying years…
OhioMary

As far as I am concerned she is more qualified than Obama.
WildChild

You should have heard BOBO in the early debates. What a retard.
PGHGal

It was your candidate who POSTED ads saying he had won the debate BEFORE the debate had even started. Pathetic…
just me

Well Kerry was in the lead and we all know what happened there.

HA HA AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
dg

“Well Kerry was in the lead and we all know what happened there.” (just me)

Not this late in the campaign and not at this level.

News alert: McCain is pulling out of Michigan.

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

That’ll certainly bolster McCain’s electoral chances.
Seattle Moss

Your moniker reminds me of the language used in the Soviet Union. Combination of numbers and letters.
You probably don’t care if you live under Marxism.
Of course you have never lived under the system
Come back Thursday night after Palin pulls a Hannity on Biden and the democrats.
Pennsylvania goes RED!

only 12 percent of Hillary voters have to cross over and vote Republican to swing the state to McCain.
And then there’s the Independents and moderate Republicans who voted for Kerry last time that will go for McCain.

Joe Biden left Scranton 55 years ago. And he thoroughly alienated that part of the state with his anti-coal statements. They love Joe in Delaware, though with its 3 electoral votes.