Thread: US Presidential Campaign 2008

This is just a contingency plan. But because this election is unique in some ways, I am interested and positive about it, but also feel some unease.

Police prepare for unrest

By Alexander Bolton Posted: 10/21/08

Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest.

Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election, which will end with either the nation’s first black president or its first female vice president, demanded a stronger police presence.

Some worry that if Barack Obama loses and there is suspicion of foul play in the election, violence could ensue in cities with large black populations. Others based the need for enhanced patrols on past riots in urban areas (following professional sports events) and also on Internet rumors.
Democratic strategists and advocates for black voters say they understand officers wanting to keep the peace, but caution that excessive police presence could intimidate voters.

Sen. Obama (Ill.), the Democratic nominee for president, has seen his lead over rival Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) grow in recent weeks, prompting speculation that there could be a violent backlash if he loses unexpectedly.

Link: TheHill.com - Police prepare for unrest

Heh...The Libtard's idea of Free Speech, eh?

I think things like this go on all over the country.

Just like yelling, "traitor," and "terrorist" and "socialist."

Freedom of speech, and wrong.

About Joe the Plumber owing back taxes, this is not unheard of. It depends on which government he owes it too. Some local governments charge below lending interest rates so it is a way of taking out a loan at cheap interest rates. I'm not condoning it. I'm providing info as to why some people and businesses do it.

I think we all know how one another (each American visiting this thread) will be voting.
How will your family be voting?

My two sisters, both educated (one with a Finance degree and the other with a Business Information Systems degree) will be voting Republican.
My mother never has voted.

We all vote in Florida and I hope the state will go to Obama (Obama holds a good lead now in the state). But based on my family members,……….McCain.

Disappointing!

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excellent sample size.

no margin for error at all.

^^

anyway, latest florida numbers look very good for Obama... not that he really needs them.

October 23, 2008
Times poll: Obama 49, McCain 42

Independent Florida voters are on the verge of killing John McCain’s hopes for the presidency.

A new St. Petersburg Times/Bay News 9/Miami Herald poll shows Barack Obama leading McCain 49 percent to 42 percent in this state McCain cannot afford to lose. The biggest factor? Less partisan independent voters moving to Obama by a margin of more than 2 to 1.

"Right now this election is about independents — independents and the economy,’’ said pollster Tom Eldon. "Obama is clearly establishing himself as the candidate of the independents.’’

At a time when economic anxiety trumps all issues in Florida, about half of the voters surveyed — and almost 6 in 10 independents — said Obama has a better plan to improve the economy, while one in three voters say McCain does. Forty-five percent said Obama has shown the most leadership on the economy, and 34 percent said McCain.

“The predominant color in Florida right now is neither blue nor red, it’s green,” said pollster Kellyanne Conway. “The financial concerns, money concerns, dominate voters’ calculus.’’

Conway, who’s company works mostly with Republicans, questioned the effectiveness of McCain’s recent campaign strategy.

"Trying to connect Barack Obama to Bill Ayers, rather than connect McCain to the average voter in the economy has ... been dubious,’’ she said, referring to the 1960s radical Obama knows.

The telephone survey of 800 registered voters was conducted Oct. 20-22, for the Times, Bay News 9 and Miami Herald. The poll was done by Schroth Eldon & Associates, whose clients primarily are Democrats, and the Polling Co., which mainly works with Republicans. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.5 percentage points

It is virtually impossible for McCain to win the presidency without Florida’s 27 electoral votes, and the poll suggests Florida remains within reach for the Arizona senator.

Eldon noted that McCain needs to boost his lagging numbers in traditional Republican strongholds including southwest Florida, one of the most economically devastated areas of the state. Florida’s top battleground of Tampa Bay is predictably close with the poll showing Obama with 48 percent support and McCain with 44 percent, within the margin of error.

McCain leads Florida Hispanic voters 47 percent to 40 percent, while 86 percent of African-Americans back Obama. McCain leads 49 percent to 43 percent among white voters overall, but Obama has an 11-point lead among women and is nearly tied with McCain among men.

Among voters 65 and older, McCain and Obama are in a dead heat, with 11 percent still undecided.

"If there’s any more fluidness left in this race — and God knows there probably is because this is 2008 and nothing predictable — it may rest with these seniors,’’ said Conway.

Hundreds of thousands of voters already have voted in Florida, either by absentee ballot or at early voting sites, and McCain and Obama were tied among people who already had voted. Forty-four percent of those polled said they intended to vote on election day, 15 percent by mail, 37 percent at early voting sites.

It will be an early morning celebration (here in Thailand) if Obama takes Florida. I think,….if Obama wins Floridah it will be all but over for McCain.

However, Florida might be a close call and the final numbers might not be in until late in the evening (EST). It will be interesting.

I’ll find Florida Election results web site (where all the news agency’s get their numbers from) and post it before the election so if you/anyone want/s,…. you’ll be able to follow it.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

if Obama wins Floridah it will be all but over for McCain.

looking at today's state polls, it's in the bag whether he wins Florida or not.....and Florida's figures are a site for sore eyes this morning.

I love these daily stats....always been a bit of a stat junkie with sport too.

If i was allowed to bet I'd take a spread over 330 electoral votes to Obama for a very decent return.

Originally Posted by S Landreth

I think we all know how one another (each American visiting this thread) will be voting.
How will your family be voting?

I just voted for Bob Barr, Libertarian.

In my home-state where I vote, Obama has a 10% lead, so it doesn't matter. If the race in my state was close, I'd vote for Obama.

Family. They vote both ways.

Although there's theoretically still time for the Republicans to rig another election , it's looking less likely every day

McCain Worker: Attacker Angered By GOP Sticker





"Get in their FACES!" Hussein Obama

Nice folks, eh?

kdka.com - McCain Volunteer Says Mugger Became Enraged After Seeing GOP Sticker

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poor old booner clutching at straws.

i can smell his desperation.


if you notice, the B is backwards, proving conclusively that it was a self inflicted wound done in the mirror by the mugging victim who was too dumb to realise it would come out backwards.

God these repugs will try anything at the moment.

Heh...y'all might wanna read the following, eh?

Note To Employees

.
As of November 5, 2008, when President Obama officially becomes president-elect, our company will instill a few new policies which are in keeping with his new, inspiring issues of change and fairness:


1. All salespeople will be pooling their sales and bonuses into a common pool that will be divided equally between all of you. This will serve to give those of you who are under-achieving a 'fair shake'.


2. All low level workers will be pooling their wages, including overtime, into a common pool, dividing it equally amongst you. This will help those who are 'too busy for overtime' to reap the rewards from those who have more spare time and can work extra hours.


3. All top management will now be referred to as 'the government.' We will not participate in this 'pooling' experience because the law doesn't apply to us.


4. The 'government' will give eloquent speeches to all employees every week, encouraging its workers to continue to work hard 'for the good of all'.


5. The employees will be thrilled with these new policies because it's 'good to spread the wealth around'. Those of you who have underachieved will finally get an opportunity; those of you who have worked hard and had success will feel more 'patriotic'.


6. The last few people who were hired should clean out their desks. Don't feel bad, though, because President Obama will give you free healthcare, free handouts, free oil for heating your home, free food stamps, and he'll let you stay in your home for as long as you want even if you can't pay your mortgage. If you appeal directly to our Democrat Congress, you might even get a free flat screen TV and a coupon for free haircuts (shouldn't all Americans be entitled to nice looking hair?)!!!


If for any reason you are not happy with the new policies, you may want to rethink your vote on November 4th."

ripped from here

No shit...don't think it'll happen?

you quoting drudge and some right wing blog as news boon??



do you ever read real news sites??

^Heh...them's is real news sources...

...besides, facts stated in 'note to employee' stand - wait and see what a socialist utopia BO will wrought...

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indeed...

an example of ahemmm news from the same site...

Animals that were formerly self-sufficient are now showing signs of belonging to the Democratic Party... as they have apparently learned to just sit and wait for the government to step in and provide for their care and sustenance. This photo is of a Democrat black bear in Montana nicknamed 'Bearack Obama'!

Drudge was even masquerading as a pollster last week.

Well, check this out all you proud supporters of the ONE!

Former FBI informant Larry Grathwohl infiltrated the Weather Underground and helped prevent several bombing attacks by the group. In this clip from the 1982 documentary No Place to Hide, Grathwohl describes a Weather Underground meeting at which the terrorists discussed the need to murder at least 25 million people—those diehard American capitalists who would resist “reeducation.”



asked, “well what is going to happen to those people we can’t reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?” and the reply was that they’d have to be eliminated.

And when I pursued this further, they estimated they would have to eliminate 25 million people in these reeducation centers.


And when I say “eliminate,” I mean “kill.”
Twenty-five million people.


I want you to imagine sitting in a room with 25 people, most of which have graduate degrees, from Columbia and other well-known educational centers, and hear them figuring out the logistics for the elimination of 25 million people.
And they were dead serious."


These, dear readers, are BO's friends and supporters...

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Well, check this out all you proud supporters of the ONE

i think i'm the only person who reads your dribblings.

i find them amusing enough but i'm quite sure everyone else just skips by them.

"There are none so blind than those that cannot see" BM

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i think i'm the only person who reads your dribblings.

i find them amusing enough but i'm quite sure everyone else just skips by them.

100% right

Originally Posted by flash

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i think i'm the only person who reads your dribblings.

i find them amusing enough but i'm quite sure everyone else just skips by them.

100% right

At the beginning no . . . now yes . . . just like when I see that BM has the last post on the funny pics . . . I know it will be humourless Obama-bashing and just don't look anymore.

Can't wait for the elections to be over

Originally Posted by flash

Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

i think i'm the only person who reads your dribblings.

i find them amusing enough but i'm quite sure everyone else just skips by them.

100% right

Yep, same here. Occasionally I've thought about taking him off ignore - but then someone will quote one of his posts and I quickly realise there's no point, it's the same old second-hand, cut 'n pasted dribble as always.

I do try to read them but they are really boring and never really say anything new