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Latest Articles: (s)Elections
McCain remains undecided about debate with Obama
Post Date: 2008-09-26 10:02:14 by christine
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican John McCain has yet to commit to participating in Friday night's scheduled debate with Democratic rival Barack Obama, tying his appearance to progress on a Wall Street bailout plan being negotiated by the Bush administration and congressional lawmakers. McCain walked into his Senate office building Friday morning without a word to reporters traveling with him. However, a close friend and supporter, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-N.C., appeared to lower the bar on what sort of agreement would satisfy McCain that sufficient progress had been made. "What's more important than anything that when we go to Mississippi tonight, both candidates can say that the ...
Palin Calls Kissinger Naive
Post Date: 2008-09-26 09:41:18 by christine
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In her interview with Katie Couric Sarah Palin essentially called Henry Kissinger naive and also proved that she just hasn't done her homework. Couric: You met yesterday with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who is for direct diplomacy with both Iran and Syria. Do you believe the U.S. should negotiate with leaders like President Assad and Ahmadinejad? Palin: I think, with Ahmadinejad, personally, he is not one to negotiate with. You can't just sit down with him with no preconditions being met. Barack Obama is so off-base in his proclamation that he would meet with some of these leaders around our world who would seek to destroy America and that, and without preconditions ...
Palin vs. Miss Teen USA [we, the US Americans love Palin coz she's just like us]
Post Date: 2008-09-26 07:54:05 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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The challenge is to identify which paragraph was spoken by Palin on her interview with Couric vs. the speech by Miss Teen USA. Good luck! I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and, uh, I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and, uh, the Iraq everywhere like, such as and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., er, should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future for our children. " . . . where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the ...
Sarah Palin - pro-Israel by default?
Post Date: 2008-09-25 21:07:04 by Dakmar
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During the fierce rivalry between Sen. Hilary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama over the Democratic nomination, at times it seemed the latter was the only Democratic candidate who could turn the bulk of Jewish voters away from the Democratic Party. A near perfect score on Israeli-related issues from AIPAC, coupled with unquestionable evidence of a being circled by Jewish lifelong friends, close aides and party operatives, were hardly enough to ease the unfortunate suspicion that had regrettably been the burden of a middle name with a Muslim sound or the more serious allegations regarding Obama's former pastor Jeremiah Wright. But then Sen. John McCain invited the Alaska governor, Sarah ...
AIPAC’s Role in the 2008 Election Coming Under Increasingly Critical Scrutiny
Post Date: 2008-09-25 21:02:33 by Dakmar
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The role of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)—and of the larger organized American Jewish community—in the 2008 presidential election campaign is coming under increasingly critical scrutiny. USA TODAY reports that, “Jewish voters made up about 3 percent of the electorate in 2004, according to surveys of voters as they left polling places. But high turnout among Jewish voters in November could make a difference for McCain or Obama in battleground states.” “If it turns out to be a close election, the Jewish vote could make the difference,” said M.J. Rosenberg, director of policy with the Israel Policy Forum. Rosenberg notes that Jewish voters ...
LaRouche on WWIII
Post Date: 2008-09-25 18:24:51 by buckeye
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Secrets of World War 3 - Please Share !!! - The funniest movie is here. Find it
Poster Comment:"Neither [the Democratic nor Republican parties] has the moral fitness to survive." July 22, 2008 Webcast
Obama aide: McCain likely to be at debate
Post Date: 2008-09-25 16:46:07 by Ferret Mike
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Too bad Obama is a terrible debater, says communications chief Robert Gibbs Reporters were ready to break out their violins and shed a tear when Robert Gibbs launched into his assessment of Barack Obama’s debating skills. “I think you come away from watching Senator Obama understanding that this isn’t his strong suit,” Mr. Gibbs, Obama’s communications director, told a Monitor breakfast Thursday. “Sometimes it takes 60 seconds for him to clear his throat.” Now that agreement has been reached in principle on a financial bailout package on Capitol Hill, it is looking increasingly likely that the first presidential debate of the 2008 general election will ...
Rep. Frank says bailout funds would be phased in
Post Date: 2008-09-25 16:28:01 by nikki
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Thu Sep 25, 2008 3:52pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee said the $700 billion U.S. officials want for a financial services bailout would be doled out over time rather than granted all at once. Rep. Barney Frank, interviewed on CNBC television, indicated a deal on legislation to authorize the fund was near. It would include curbs on compensation for executives whose companies are able to sell bad assets to the government. "There will be some phasing in of the $700 billion, there will be some equity protection ... for the taxpayers, there will be restrictions on CEO compensation for those companies that participate, ...
Florida Congressman: Palin 'Don't Care Too Much What They Do With Jews and Blacks'
Post Date: 2008-09-25 13:27:22 by X-15
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ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Florida Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings pointed to Sarah Palin on Wednesday to rally Jews to Obama. "If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention," said Hastings. "Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through." Poster's comment: Only a retarded ape would attempt to make some nebulous connection between gun ownership/field-dressing game and the welfare of jews and negroes. Click for Full Text!
AHH-- MORE CLUES ABOUT HPH AND OCT 7? SUSPENDED ELECTIONS?? YOU BETCHA (interesting post by watchman RMN.com)
Post Date: 2008-09-25 11:49:30 by christine
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Posted By: Watchman Date: Thursday, 25 September 2008, 9:39 a.m. In Response To: THE *REAL* REASON FOR THE SUDDEN RUSH FOR BAILOUT? (BASEL-II) (billym) Timely post, Billy. I was in the process of preparing a post on the "campaign suspension" announcement by McCain, so I will just shorten it and say the following Bush-McCain-Obama know the obvious, there is no need to campaign anyway. Follow along-- The official word from the administration is that the "bailout for wall street" must occur by Oct 1, which just coincidentally happens to be the first day of the new US Corporate Government's fiscal year, when the financial system must conform to the new Basel ...
POST TURTLE
Post Date: 2008-09-25 11:23:06 by rowdee
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While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand had been caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the subject matter turned to politics and the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our President. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Obama is a 'post turtle'.' Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a 'post turtle' was. The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle'.' The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the ...
Bill Clinton: I'll campaign for Obama 'after the Jewish holidays'
Post Date: 2008-09-25 10:30:47 by christine
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(CNN) — Bill Clinton praised Sarah Palin Wednesday, saying he found the Alaska governor an “appealing person” and her and her family “gutsy, spirited and real.” “I think that she and her husband and their kids come across gutsy, spirited and real,” he said in an interview to be broadcast Wednesday night. “I have significant disagreements with her about any number of social and economic issues but I find her an appealing person and I think that it’s best to say that Senator McCain looks like he knew what he was doing. He picked somebody who gave him a lot of energy, a lot of support.” Clinton said Palin’s selection also helped Barack ...
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Democrats
Post Date: 2008-09-25 07:42:45 by Flintlock
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Invest in Democrats Published by Lindsay Renick Mayer on July 16, 2008 5:27 PM The federal government recently announced that it will come to the rescue of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, two embattled mortgage buyers that for years have pursued a lobbying strategy to get lawmakers on their side. Both companies have poured money into lobbying and campaign contributions to federal candidates, parties and committees as a general tactic, but they've also directed those contributions strategically. In the 2006 election cycle, Fannie Mae was giving 53 percent of its total $1.3 million in contributions to Republicans, who controlled Congress at that time. This cycle, ...
MCCAIN ADS PULLED TODAY AT 5PM
Post Date: 2008-09-25 07:26:58 by Ferret Mike
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Virginia-based firm Smart Media, which conducts media buying around the country for the McCain campaign, sent out this urgent memo this afternoon addressed to "All National Managers." RE: Suspend all McCain for President Advertising "As you are aware, the John McCain for President Campaign has suspended all campaigning to address the current national financial crisis. Effective 5pm today, September 24th, 2008, all advertising for the McCain for President Campaign must cease. Please notify your stations immediately." A West coast media buying executive not working with the McCain camp tells NBC News that pulling ads isn't quite as easy as sending out such a ...
Biden: McCain would deepen US 'hole' -- Assails judgment on Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan
Post Date: 2008-09-25 06:37:39 by Ferret Mike
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CINCINNATI - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden delivered a withering critique of John McCain's national security and foreign policy yesterday, saying the Republican presidential nominee would "dig us in a deeper hole" instead of making the country safer and restoring America's position in the world. In what the campaign billed as a major foreign policy address, the Delaware senator said McCain had shown poor judgment in the war on terror, saying he was "dangerously wrong" to focus on Iraq rather than the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border, where Osama bin Laden is believed to be hiding. Biden cast McCain's diplomatic judgment as ...
The " $400 Hair Cut" has nothing on McCain
Post Date: 2008-09-24 22:56:35 by angle
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John McCain gets made up, 'American Idol'-style Make-up artist Tifanie White (l.) gets John McCain ready for his close-up. John McCain wants to be your American idol. And he is prepared to look the part. The Republican presidential nominee got a touch-up from an "American Idol" makeup artist before a recent TV appearance, US Weekly magazine reports. Makeup artist Tifanie White was paid $5,583.43 to make McCain, 72, look spiffy for the small screen, according to the Federal Election Commission. The first of the presidential debates between McCain and Democratic rival Barack Obama takes place Friday.
Credit: WRH ~~As McCain suspends campaigning, aide accidentally e-mails bailout talking points to media
Post Date: 2008-09-24 22:52:55 by angle
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~~~s of Tuesday, McCain candidate hadn't read bailout proposal~~~ Sen. McCain's campaign accidentally e-mailed a list of talking points to several media outlets today amidst his announcement this afternoon that he was suspending his campaign to "focus" on the ongoing Wall Street bailout discussions. "I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Sen. Obama and myself," McCain said. "It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem." According to McCain senior adviser Mark Salter, the campaign will suspend all ads and campaign events in addition to postponing a ...
Conn. Democrats to debate censuring Lieberman
Post Date: 2008-09-24 22:16:51 by richard9151
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By SUSAN HAIGH, AP Political Writer 2 hours, 55 minutes ago HARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut Democrats are considering whether to ask Sen. Joe Lieberman to leave the party for speaking at the Republicans' convention and backing GOP presidential nominee John McCain. The party scheduled a debate Wednesday night on a resolution that would censure Lieberman and ask the veteran politician to resign from the Democratic Party. Lieberman was re-elected to the Senate as an independent after losing the Democratic primary in 2006 to businessman Ned Lamont, but while he calls himself an "independent Democrat" in the Senate he remains a registered Democrat and has said he has no plans to ...
Biden dropping out? Rumor thrives on Internet
Post Date: 2008-09-24 20:47:45 by Jethro Tull
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by Judson Berger Wednesday, September 24, 2008 It’s almost certainly just a case of the telephone game gone high-tech, but there’s an Internet rumor surging through inboxes and discussion boards that Joe Biden will drop out as Barack Obama’s running mate after his Oct. 2 debate with Sarah Palin — and that he’ll be replaced by Hillary Clinton on the Democratic presidential ticket. The story line goes as follows: John McCain’s selection of Palin has generated so much interest in the Republican ticket that Obama needs to make a radical move to regain momentum. So in the days after the vice presidential candidates debate in Missouri, Biden will bow out, citing ...
Hugh Hefner wants Sarah Palin to pose naked in Playboy
Post Date: 2008-09-24 20:21:17 by angle
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September 25, 2008 08:10am HUGH HEFNER wants Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to pose naked for Playboy - if she fails in her bid for the White House. The 44-year-old Alaska Governor, Republican vice presidential candidate and former beauty queen has a large male fan base, and Hefner wants to cash in on her appeal. Showbizspy reports that Hefner said: "Palin would make a great centrefold. I don't know what it is, but there's something about a really sexy-looking woman wearing glasses. Imagine what she's like when those glasses come off. It would be a new definition of the word vice in vice president."
COURIC INTERVIEWS PALIN ON TONIGHT’S “CBS EVENING NEWS” (Transcript)
Post Date: 2008-09-24 20:18:46 by angle
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CBS NEWS ANCHOR KATIE COURIC INTERVIEWS VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE SARAH PALIN ON TONIGHT’S “CBS EVENING NEWS” Following is the transcript of tonight’s interview, which focuses on the nation’s economic crisis. Tomorrow’s (25) portion of the interview will focus on international affairs. As previously announced, Couric's extended interview with Gov. Palin from the campaign trail will be broadcast on the CBS EVENING NEWS next Monday (29) and Tuesday (30). Mandatory credit: the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH KATIE COURIC COURIC: Sarah Palin kept up her busy schedule today, meeting with several world leaders who are here in New York for the UN session. But ...
The Official 4um Debate - Will he or won't he (show up for the prez chit-chat). And who gains in either case? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-09-24 19:59:35 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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There are 4 possible situation. 1 - McCain shows up, debate 2 - McCain shows up, no debate 3 - McCain stays in Wash, no debate 4 - McCain stays in Wash, debate I predict #4, giving the McCains' efforts to turn this entire process into a 3- ring circus, with McCain playing 'zee maverick' to Palin's bearded lady. As for who benefits, McCain's now a loser whether he shows up or not.
Mrs. Bush Says Palin Lacks Foreign Skills
Post Date: 2008-09-24 19:52:39 by freepatriot32
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WASHINGTON (Sept. 24) - First lady Laura Bush says Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin lacks sufficient foreign policy experience but is a very quick study. In an interview Wednesday with CNN, the first lady remarked that it's fortunate that Republican presidential nominee John McCain has foreign policy experience himself. Still, Mrs. Bush says she has a lot of confidence in Palin. She says the Alaska governor has a lot of good common sense, and the first lady adds that she is thrilled to have a chance to vote for Palin on the GOP ticket. Mrs. Bush also said that she thinks Palin is being treated unfairly because she is a woman. That, the first lady says, is to be ...
With Biden, Obama Doubles Down On Gun Control
Post Date: 2008-09-24 12:30:25 by X-15
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Should Barak Obama win in the November election, he could rival Bill Clinton as the most anti-gun president in U.S. history. Sen. Obama claims on the campaign trail that he believes the Second Amendment protects an individual right, but he thought the Washington, D.C. gun ban was constitutional. He supports banning semi-automatic firearms, and in the Illinois state senate, Obama voted to limit handgun purchases to one-a-month and opposed a bill to prevent frivolous lawsuits against the firearms industry. While his overall résumé may be thin, Barak Obama's stance on the Second Amendment is clear. Not surprisingly, Democrats are hopeful that Sen. Obama's running mate, ...
I ghost-wrote letters to the editor for the McCain campaign
Post Date: 2008-09-24 12:27:14 by Split
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I spent a morning in John McCain's Virginia campaign headquarters ghost-writing letters to the editor for McCain supporters to sign. I even pretended to have a son in Iraq. "You can be whoever you want to be," says an inviting Phil Tuchman. "You can be a beggar or a millionaire. A mom or a husband. Whatever. You decide!" I volunteer in political campaigns now and then. After a series of outings for Obama and a first mission as a phone banker for John McCain, I returned to McCain's headquarters in Arlington, Va. The offer was too alluring to delay -- they wanted to put me into action as a ghostwriter. Next to commercials and phone banking, writing letters to ...
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