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Texpat

I think the term is objective. And no, I don't.

Boon Mee

I guess this would be called stimulating his base:

Fifty-two bags of heroin in bags stamped both with letters spelling out OBAMA and an image in the likeness of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama were confiscated following a routine car stop on Interstate 95 in Upper Chichester, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

Because heroin addicts are so very likely to vote...

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Jet Gorgon

^ That's funny. But true. hehe

attaboy

"John McCain calls himself a maverick, but he votes with George Bush more than 90% of the time...that's not a maverick, that's a sidekick." Sen. Bob Casey

Obama's campaign runs and ad where McCain is saying he's voted with Bush 90% of the time. True. What was McCain responding to when he said that? He was responding to the accusation he wasn’t a conservative. What does that 90% say about McCains voting record, not that he voted with Bush since Bush can't vote in the Senate and notably had at the time never used the veto. So all it says is that McCain voted for bills that successfully became Law. That is a negative spin by Obama - again accurate but it completely misstates the situation. You see Bush signs a bill into law after it has been passed by Congress.

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Bugs

I posted about this in different thread.

Also if you check out Obama's record he has voted with his party 97% of the time. Kind of funny a bloke who has voted party lines 97% of the time talking about change now ain't it?

Bugs

Well team Obama seems to have been able to gain back a point or two in most national polls - the five point lead McCain had has not been reduced to two points by Gallup. Most polls still seem to have McCain in the lead:

Gallup Daily: Election 2008

But on the electoral map side of things the news continues to improve for McCain - he has moved into a 200-193 vote lead (and now trails by only 11 if leaners are included):
Rasmussen Reports™: The most comprehensive public opinion coverage ever provided for a presidential election.

The most recent changes:

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attaboy

Obama is a freshman Senator. As a newbie, he doesn't have any choice but to vote how he is told by leadership. McCain is a liberal Republican. He's being demonized because he's not the Democrat candidate. Before it was clear McCain was the Repub candidate Democrats said they liked McCain and could even vote for him. I wouldn't be surprised if ray was one of them.

Anyways, If McCain wins he can't help being who he is, a liberal Repub. Without a Republican Congress he has no hopes of fulfilling any promise he's made to the conservative wing of the party. He will be a president who will mildly curb a Democrat Congress' ambitions. The question is will the Democrats have any courage to push their agenda? The election will be over, the finger pointing won't work, they're in charge of Congress.

The only conservative effect measure McCain could take as president is change the mission statement of foreign aid and possibly some funding of foreign aid. I can't remember what this executive action is called but he can effect foreign aid programs to a minor extent via his executive powers. Bush did it with the funding and mission statement of birth control measures in African aid.

The scenario I see is the Democrat Congress will submit their purposely overinflated bills. McCain will say there's too much spending. The Democrats will cut some spending for appearances and McCain will sign the bill. Democrats will then go on television declaring victory despite the mean old republican man cutting millions of dollars out of the bill. Some Americans somewhere will be left out because of the mean old man. We're headed back to the pre-Reagan era. We're going backwards. How can Democrats call themselves progressives?

britmaveric

^perhaps line item veto should be put back into plan for McCain's presidency?

Bugs

Obama playing politics in Iraq - so much for the candidate for change.

Paper: Obama Tried to Stall U.S. Troop Withdrawal

Tells the public that he wants the US troops out ASAP - but asks Iraq to wait until after the elections - so he can get the credit no doubt.

keda

In regard to Iraq if he gets in he can do no wrong, pull the troops out and take the credit, but if it ends up in a maelstrom Bush gets the sharp end...win win...

It's absurd to give him that luxury, and we can only hope the US voter figures that out.

Norton

You sure bugs. The so called New York Post article came from their opinion section open to anyone. The "article" was written by a "columnists".

The author quotes Zebari

"He asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington," Zebari said in an interview."

What interview? With who?

"While in Iraq, Obama also tried to persuade the US commanders, including Gen. David Petraeus, to suggest a "realistic withdrawal date." They declined."

Guess the guy posting this "opinion" must have been told this by Gen. Patreaus.

All a manufactured crock with nothing from the author to substantiate any of his claims.

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Bugs

I would agree at this stage the sources are questionable. But when I posted the articals were only about a couple of hours old. I would image we'll here more about this one way or the other over the next couple of days.

The bit about Petraeus does not really concern me. How that conversation went could probably be read a number of ways. I would imagine that Obama asked Patreaus about a time line - because that is what Obama wants. But I doubt he said it in such a way as to come across as asking Patreaus to push for a timeline.

The exchange between Obama and Zebari is the bit I have concern over. And no doubt that exchange can probably be read a number of different ways. Hopefully more will be disclosed one way or the other over the next few days.

Fox News has since picked up the issue - but they only quote the Post.
Report: Obama Tried to Delay Withdrawal Agreement of U.S. Troops - America’s Election HQ

And this guy also questions the crediability of the claims - but says the ball is now in Obama's court to set the record straight:
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Did Obama try to scotch an Iraqi-US agreement on military forces?

raycarey

exactly.

it's all part of the GOP echo chamber....first give it to murdoch, and then it gets picked up by the blogs, and 'round and 'round we go...to finally posts like this...


take a look at the sourcing we have here...

rupert murdoch's foxnews
rupert murdoch's ny post
something called, 'hot air blog'----incidentally, one of boon mee's favorites
and 'newroom america'---this is the first time i've come across this one. my guess is it got rolled out just for this election.

all highly partisan.
none with any real credibility

try to be a bit more discerning bugs.

Norton

Ain't it always the way in our wired world. Someone somewhere makes unsubstantiated claims and then it's McCain's or in this case Obama's responsibility to "set the record straight".



No intent on my part to criticize you. I guess I must be an odd one but I am very suspicious when I see "stories" such as the one you posted.

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Obama staffer gave warning of NAFTA rhetoric

Updated Wed. Feb. 27 2008 11:45 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
Barack Obama has ratcheted up his attacks on NAFTA, but a senior member of his campaign team told a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously, CTV News has learned.

CTV.ca | Obama staffer gave warning of NAFTA rhetoric

Well, it's not like Obama hasn't spoken out of both sides of his mouth before or won't ever again. We'll have to see how this Iraq story plays out.

mad_dog

I think he might just clinch the presidency but he will die a death of a 1000 pin pricks or a couple of bullets. Americans aren't ready for a BLACK man in the WHITE HOUSE

Jet Gorgon

^ Certainly not one with no leadership experience, an inability to come to a decision, and a wife who thinks their kids' first week back in school is more important than paying respects at the 9/11 memorial in NYC.