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Anything new to tell is about your next POTUS then booner?

Boon Mee

Well, if McCain kicks the bucket while in the WH, heh...we got ourselves an outstanding Conservative Babe as POTUS with ALL the right priorities!

raycarey

well, not only was GWB scheduled to appear tubby, he's re-scheduled.
Political Radar: Bush to Speak to Republican Convention

Bugs

The first full day of the red team convention was nothing special. Bush did speak from the White House – not sure I agree with that. I don’t think the White House should be used as place to play politics.

Thompsons speech was OK, he is a decent story teller and that’s how much of the speech came across. I was a bit distracted by the fact he kept clearing his throat.

Lieberman also was only OK. He was a bit more on the attack than I expected. I thought he would focus more on just McCain and his (Lieberman’s) relationship and knowledge of they type or man/ politician that John McCain is. I did not expect the praise of Palin that he gave, nor the comments about Obama. But once he did mention Obama, I expected at least one comment on Biden – which did not come.


It will be interesting to see what happens politically with Lieberman from here on out. Before he causused with the blue team, and has been allowed some decent positions - wonder if that will continue?

Also the speakers (Thompson and Lieberman) kept trying to balance comments between giving the far right what they wanted to hear, with giving something for the independents to listen to. This did not help with how the speechs flowed - and kind of kept them from maintaining a single focus of the speech.

All in not a bad showing. A few too many old white guys (speaking and in the crowd), and they broke into the “U” “S” “A” chant a few too many times.

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Jet Gorgon

Coz he's nothing to worry about. Plagiarist and a jaw-flapper and everybody knows it.

Norton

Notable in his address is my somewhat paraphrased message. It should be the principal in which government should behave and IMO should be applied in this forum a lot more.

"Stubborn partisanship is why we have the problems we face. Congress should not be a Republican against Democrat contest to see who who can win but a contest to do what is best for America."

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Norton

Poll averages show Obama with a 6.4% lead over McCain as of September 2. Up from a 2% lead on 27 August.

This has got to be troubling for the GOP!

RealClearPolitics - Election 2008 - General Election: McCain vs. Obama

Jet Gorgon

^ Boons, I saw your bumper sticker that the Dems are upset that Gustav never made it to devastation level. Possibly. I think the divine winds helped the Reps -- hey, no Bush/Cheney show, op to show the Reps' support for the people (hey, we're calling off the show) and keep the conv focus on McC and Palin.
The crap dirt dredged up by the lefty papers will help Palin in the end -- people will see this crap news for what it is: demeaning crap.

Boon Mee

The evidence keeps mounting!

Political experience

Obama: Worked his way to the top by cultivating, pandering to and stroking the most powerful interest groups in the all-pervasive Chicago political machine, ensuring his views were aligned with the power brokers there.

Palin: Worked her way to the top by challenging, attacking and actively undermining the Republican party establishment in her native Alaska. She ran against incumbent Republicans as a candidate willing and able to clean the Augean Stables of her state's government.

Political Biography

Obama: A classic, if unusually talented, greasy-pole climber. Held a succession of jobs that constitute the standard route to the top in his party's internal politics: "community organizer", law professor, state senator.

Palin:A woman with a wide range of interests in a well-variegated life. Held a succession of jobs - sports journalist, commercial fisherwoman, state oil and gas commissioner, before entering local politics. A resume that suggests something other than burning political ambition from the cradle but rather the sort of experience that enables her to understand the concerns of most Americans..

Heh...love how BO is being portrayed as a 'greasy pole-climber' too!

Dr. Sanity

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Jet Gorgon

This just in from the BO campaign:

Dear Jet,

In the next 36 hours, the McCain campaign will be pouring millions of dollars -- if not tens of millions -- into negative attack ads against Barack Obama.

Before John McCain accepts the Republican nomination on Thursday, his campaign has to spend every last dollar of primary funds they've raked in from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs.

Just yesterday, they aired a new negative ad in 14 swing states. His campaign manager even admitted that all McCain has to rely on is attacks, saying that for them, "This election is not about issues."

He doesn't want Americans to notice that the Republican platform is the most extreme we've ever seen -- opposing stem cell research, denying a woman's right to choose no matter what the circumstance, and continuing to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq.

With so much at stake, we can't allow another election to be determined by petty and divisive political tactics.

Make a donation of $5 or more to fight back against an unprecedented week of negativity from John McCain.

The McCain campaign is trying to distract voters from the real issues -- so we're going to focus on what they're trying to hide.

They've come out against the life-saving possibilities of stem cell research.

They don't even mention protecting equal pay for equal work.

They support huge tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

They've almost completely ignored the $10 billion we're spending every month in Iraq.

And they make zero exceptions for a woman's right to choose -- even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.

If that all sounds like more of the same, that's because it is. John McCain is offering a third term of the disastrous Bush agenda, so it's no wonder his campaign would choose to focus on attacks instead of issues.

Please make your donation of $5 or more today:

https://donate.barackobama.com/fightback

I know we've asked a lot from supporters like you recently, and many of you contributed just last week.

But the stakes are high, and there are less than 9 weeks before Election Day. It's going to require unprecedented resources to defeat John McCain and bring about the change America so desperately needs.

Thank you for all you do,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

You're welcome! Thanks for the news update. I gave my $25 to McCain.
I didn't know that McC had talked about stem-cell research, pro-choice (obv, this is referring to Palin's pro-life) or more $ to Iraq in the past day. Musta been in the Huff'n'Puff Post.

Jet Gorgon

Gov Lingle (Hawaii) rook awhile to warm up, but she's a spear hunter!

Norton

Just in case any missed this in the Sarah Palin thread. A significant turn of events which could change the outcome of the election.

The Dems are in big trouble. God is on the side of the GOP.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."

In an address last June, the Republican vice presidential candidate also urged ministry students to pray for a plan to build a $30 billion natural gas pipeline in the state, calling it "God's will."

Palin asked the students to pray for the troops in Iraq, and noted that her eldest son, Track, was expected to be deployed there.
"Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God," she said. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan."


Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God' - Yahoo! News

Jet Gorgon

^ Old news, Norts. Don't forget that the Reps pray before their convention openings, too. Katie Couric apologised to listeners for a program break but explained that the station would get into trouble if it broadcast then. Libby press at work.

Norton

Take note so do the Dems! Old news? Open the link and you might see how old it is.

Palin's statements in her church have nawt to do with praying before a convention. They are an indication of her propensity to characterize US military action as a mission from god. Sound familiar?

panama hat

Jet, do you also see the US' military actions as being God's will? Whose God? Mine didn't tell me anything of the sort, aren't Christians supposed to be a peaceful people . . . amazing how similar the Koran and the Bible are . . . in theory and how bastardised they become in practise.

God's war? Fuck that for a laugh and I hope God smites those that use his name for their unholy deeds . . .






(Whew, religio-talk from me? My parents would be bewildered)

Bugs

I do to, then at least I would have something to prove to me a god actually exists.

raycarey

old news?
it was uncovered yesterday.

nice try.

Bugs

Is it still Sept 3rd where you're posting from?

The artical Norton posted might have been from Sept 3rd, but reports were out about this as early as Sept 2, which means the main stream press started posting this at least two days ago.
Palin Asks for Prayers That War Be "Task That Is From God" | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
From the Washington Post - Sept 2:

As I understand it she said this in Church in June, and it was posted on the Church website. So it has been out there for folks to see for months. No reason for anyone to report on it until after McCain picked her.

I don't agree with what was said because I don't believe in god. But it is not uncommon for those that are devout to believe what ever their task/goal that god also believe in the same task/goal. Heck most US sports team pray to god prior to the game thinking that god wants them to win more than the other team. Funny bit is both teams are doing it, and both teams seem to think god really wants them to win more than the other team.

pai nai ma

Not any more. The site's been pulled.

raycarey

double post