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SHIFT FOCUS BACK ON MCGRUMPY..........NO MORE PALIN...SHE WILL FADE, she is clueless.
Thanks Mark!
PHIL BABY I LOVE YA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikJ5D1EaBgg
And the last time I checked, I thought it was us who were financing his campaign....
Then there's McCain saying he knows nothing about economics - great, so we're going to have an inexperienced president taking over during an economic crisis (imagine what McCain would do if we called him inexperienced - kaboom!) And then there's the fact that Mccain knows a thing or two about banking crisis - Keating Five. Lots of fodder here. But please don't go there. It would be mean.
These voters, and all I can speak to are sw OH cloth-coaters, are very rattled about their stocks and positions in the Republican status food chain...A couple this morning even tried to blame FDR and could only mutter "Well, I guess so" when reminded of the deregulation started in the Reagan era."
McCain's statement (don't know if it was last night or this morning) that he and Palin would rewrite financial law certainly sounds Phil Gramm scary enough to cause significant cross-over.
Could you do a brief synopsis of what Phil Gramm did back in 2000 to fester what is happening today?
I admire Obama for his desire for a high minded campaign, but it has been demonstrated that the Republicans are NOT about to follow suit.
Damn it all, why doesn't Obama "get it"?
"I certainly don’t fault Senator McCain for these problems, but I do fault the economic philosophy he subscribes to. It’s a philosophy we’ve had for the last eight years – one that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. It’s a philosophy that says even common-sense regulations are unnecessary and unwise, and one that says we should just stick our heads in the sand and ignore economic problems until they spiral into crises."
I think he should have left the first part of that sentence off and simply said "These are the philosophies of the people who run John McCain's economic policy." Stop making excuses for the guy who's calling you a child molester.
But, no one will even remember that little slip up when they see the clip of McCain STILL insisting "The fundamentals of our economy are still strong." As I said in the diary comments I'm starting to think McCain meant "fundamentalists."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/15/10201/3...
I get ya, but the problem with Obama and the Democratic response is there is always some caveat they feel they have to add at the beginning of any negative statement about Republicans that somehow absolves them of responsibility. There should be ZERO reference to McCain not having any "fault." It is as much McCain's fault as ANY Republican that adhered and toed the Bu$hco Economic line. I'm sick to death of any criticism being couched in, "John McCain is an honorable man, but..." or "John McCain is my friend, but..." The low information voter doesn't get beyond the soft pedalling. If they are going to attack McCain, by GOD, attack him! No more sweet nothings... NOTHING! HIT HIM SQUARE IN THE FACE AND BLOODY HIS GODDAMNED NOSE! Sorry but we have to fight. No more being nice because we can't afford four more years of this shit. Angry? HELL YES! Lets, by God, SHOW how angry we are!
You said it best when you said, "Stop making excuses for the guy who's calling you a child molester."
AMEN, BROTHERMAN!
Everything else Obama said was right on. I love how he links this disaster not just to Bush, not just to Washington Republicans, but to their entire conservative philosophy. We've been waiting a long time for a Democratic politician to promote liberal policies over failed conservative ones, and that's what he is doing.
But yes, I think Obama needs to overcome his "truthful nuance" impulse and drop any sentences that could be construed as letting McCain off the hook.
BTW - Just saw Claire McCaskill on MSNBC. She was already ripping into McCain for saying the fundamentals of our economy are strong. That's some fast response time!
Chris, since the world markets are all being hit very hard this morning... and it looks like the Dow is having a "mildly down" (comparatively) day so far, how likely do you think that instead of a bailout of the banks, the Fed is pumping money INTO the Dow to prop it up?
For a starter, I would run ads aimed at seniors. Tie these investment bank failures to John McCain's support for privatizing social security. Remind people that their retirement funds would be going down the drain if John McCain and George Bush had been successful.
And I don't care if it's all very technical and nuanced. We have to win an election, not a college debate tournament.
People vote more with their hearts than their heads. He has to understand that and make the switch. It's noble to try and elevate the discussion, but it won't win him the election.
Does anyone in this campaign convey that same passion? Joe Biden could, I think. Maybe someone could remind him of his old friend Paul from the Senate and tell him to get after it.
I am hardly a conspiracy theorist so that idea was not something that I am usually comfortable with, however it was just so suspicious.
In any event, yes he was passionate and honest and I only wish that I had such a representative in the Senate. Biden is good at stirring up the pot, but what McCain's campaign has done with all of the sleazy lies and slander has pushed the media to cover the ANTICS and not the ISSUES. They know that is the only way they could win this election and they will DO ANYTHING TO WIN.
It all makes me sick...
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
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Facts are not "mean" they are "facts".
Will we have a 2nd grade time-out in the corner chair?
Are we having an election or a messy divorce?
Ouchie wow...and just when Timmah Jr. comes officially onboard to pursue his mindlessly boring, assistant-generated stories...
As much as they slam President Carter, that was always his biggest criticism. He was a governor from outside Washington and Washington would NOT work with him and that is why he couldn't get a damned thing done, even though Carter had good ideas. Sarah Palin and Jimmy Carter have a lot in common, so they better be careful criticizing him too much.
Palin just said Washington was "asleep at the switch." Uh, that would be John McCain, dear.
Biden, "The sequal is always WORSE than the original!"
Go Joe! Its your birthday! Its your birthday!
Okay, Biden, stop with the "John McCain is a personal friend and honorable soldier" shit. We've heard that all before... we know... we know... good follow up but just STOP with it. Joe doesn't need to say that shit at every whistle stop.
For an outstanding and explanation of "what is going on," I highly recommend the work of form HUD official Catherine Austin Fitts. She gives a lucid insider's view of the collusion between government and Wall Street. Her posts on the housing bailout, for example, are super:
solari.com/archive/housing_bill/