| Sarah Palin |
[Aug. 29th, 2008|12:31 pm] |
Lulz!
Sarah Palin: Too young. Inexperienced. Lack of credentials. She's unqualified as Republican VP, but fully qualified as the Democratic presidential candidate.
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| The speech |
[Aug. 27th, 2008|01:24 pm] |
I cruised over to the local 'conservative' blog (soundpolitics.com) for reaction on Hillary's speech last night and found this quote (and there were a lot more like it)...
More than a few McCain supporters (particularly the lukewarm ones like myself) watched Hillary last night and thought "thank g*d she is not the candidate".
At this point, Obama's campaign reads like something published in the Onion (to steal a comment from a McCain aide). I have to believe he will pull it together as the presidential campaign proceeds, but he has a lot of bad press to paper over. If he has to spend his time fighting his gaffes of the last 60 days instead of selling his (generally) unpopular and historically unsuccessful policy positions, he will be in deep trouble come election day.
I still think the MSM did the Democrats a real disservice by giving this lightweight baby a pass for the Democrat nomination.
The speech cemented how much I knew that she was the more formidable candidate, the Republican comments just cement it more. |
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| Some additional thoughts on Joe Biden |
[Aug. 24th, 2008|12:39 am] |
Picking Biden was a relatively poor choice I think. And this coming from someone who likes Biden overall and would have been a pro-Biden guy instead of an anti-Obama guy had Biden come out on top.
- It doesn't help him in the VP nominee's home state (Delaware). Delaware is so blue that it's not a state the Democrats need any help in. If Obama really wanted to try and win this thing, I would have thought he would have tried to flip a state he's tied or only 1 or 2 points behind in the polls, like choosing Chet Edwards from TX or Kaine from VA. While choosing a VP from a state is not any guarantee that you will then carry that state as a presidential candidate, the hometown pride vote plus the "I'm not excited about Obama but I LOVE (insert Kaine, Chet Edwards, etc) so I'm voting for that ticket" could have raised him the 3%-5% he needed to flip a state he's competitive in but losing.
- With Biden turing 66 this year, it detracts from the "McCain is too old" argument. You can't really try and push the senility argument against McCain when your VP pick could have went to the same elementary school with your rival.
- It also doesn't help when your VP choice gives your opponent this sort of gold for his ad campaigns:
Way to reinforce the message.
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| Wow... |
[Aug. 23rd, 2008|11:01 am] |
It took the McCain camp less than an hour or two to have this put together and out:
I remember the Biden not thinking that Obama was ready in the debates, and I knew that was going to be brought up if he was picked (Lesson A Mr. Obama, don't give the media a soundbite like that against you). But I never heard the thing about Biden saying he'd be willing to run WITH McCain.
Picking Joe Biden - another head slap moment for the Democrats. God I am so glad I'm not registered with them at the moment. |
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| Obama now says off-shore oil drilling a-ok. |
[Aug. 2nd, 2008|11:30 am] |
As part of being a former long-time Democrat (I resigned my party on June 15th, 2008), I've always thought that off-shore drilling for oil was a STUPID idea. Always, always, always. The amount of oil that is out there is not worth the risk of the enviromental impact should something go wrong, and there's not any chance of it helping us in the short term today anyway. A super-fast turnaround would be about 5 years from beginning to end, and that's assuming NOTHING goes wrong, everything falls in lockstep.
I've seen Democratic attack after attack on John McCain for pushing offshore oil drilling. Now, Senator Obama now acknowledges that he would be willing to legalize it as well.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/01/obama-shifts-on-oil-drilling/
Once again, I'm glad I'm not feeling that I have to vote for this douchebag and his shitty policies. I'm glad I broke free and am willing to cast my vote AGAINST the Democratic party (but not with John McCain - ew). Senator Obama... you're
WRONG |
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| Obama slams McCain over oil company tax breaks |
[Jul. 31st, 2008|06:47 pm] |
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama seized on a record oil company profit to argue that rival John McCain offers only tax breaks for Big Oil and "short-term gimmicks" to consumers struggling with soaring gasoline prices.
The Illinois senator quickly incorporated news of Exxon Mobil's nearly $12 billion quarterly profit into his remarks at a town hall meeting here.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1131ap_obama_energy.html?source=mypi
What the hell? How does Obama get the cojones to attack ANYONE on oil tax breaks after being the only candidate of the last three majors standing, democrat or republican, who voted FOR the Cheney Energy bill of 2005 that gave hundreds of millions of tax dollars in tax breaks to Big Oil?
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. |
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[Jul. 6th, 2008|03:08 am] |
This shit makes his 'typical white person' radio episode timid. Can you imagine any white politician saying this shit and still having a political career? Of course not. |
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| Anti-Obama |
[Jun. 11th, 2008|02:11 pm] |
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| Sums it up quite well |
[Jun. 8th, 2008|11:29 am] |
The later half of the video is where it really gets good, just fyi. |
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| Lies, Lies, Lies |
[Jun. 8th, 2008|04:09 am] |
I came across an article that reminded me of my initial turn-off to Obama right from the beginning.
I remember watching this episode when it aired, and I thought "Wow, that's a courageous stand, he delivered a good speech at the 2004 convention but he's making sure he gets the experience of the federal government. I bet when he gets some federal experience under his belt he'd be a good candidate in 2012."
On "Meet the Press" on Jan. 26, 2006, Tim Russert and Mr. Obama had the following exchange:
Mr. Russert: "When we talked back in November of '04 after your election I said, 'There's been enormous speculation about your political future. Will you serve your six-year term as United States senator from Illinois?' "
Mr. Obama: "Absolutely. I will serve out my full six-year term. You know, Tim, if you get asked enough, sooner or later you get weary and you start looking for new ways of saying things. But my thinking has not changed."
Mr. Russert: "So you will not run for president or vice president in 2008?"
Mr. Obama: "I will not."
When your whole candidacy is already tainted on the first lie that you will finish your first term in the Senate, what else are you wink and nodding me with?
Obama - first flip flop of his presidential campaign (and there have been many) was announcing his candidacy in February 2007, exactly as he said he wouldn't do.
And people wonder why I'm not hot over this guy? |
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| "The Democratic gamble" |
[Jun. 6th, 2008|12:31 pm] |
The National Journal wrote an awesome article about how the Democrats are gambling their party on an untested candidate who can't win using traditional Democratic strategy.
It’s difficult to overstate Barack Obama’s achievement in wresting the Democratic presidential nomination from Hillary Rodham Clinton—or the magnitude of the gamble he represents for his party.
My thoughts exactly.
More @ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25005363/ |
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| The Democrats Picked The Wrong Candidate |
[Jun. 5th, 2008|04:49 pm] |
This forum welcomes all that want to discuss making sure that Barack Obama is NOT elected President of the United States in 2008. Note that this forum is not pro-McCain, it is anti-Obama, but many will view it as such, although I would beg to differ.
I'm here as a strong Hillary Clinton supporter and Mr. Obama's policies, associations, and flip-flops have made him completely unelectable to me, and as a Democrat, I'm willing to forgo 4 years under a non-Democratic party member as President instead of electing Senator Obama.
No, Obama. Nobama. |
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pissed off