Now how are the Republicans going to steal the November election when even WaPo is challenging them?
ShirleyGoodnessanMercy
· 1 year ago
Next thing you know, election officials in Florida and Ohio won't even be stealing 100,000 votes from Obama.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
My husband just lost his job at the plant when his job got exported to Mexico. But Sarah Palin is just like me, so I am going to vote for her.
Our house just got foreclosed on, after we owned it for 15 years. But Sarah Palin loves the Lord, so I am going to vote for her.
I am working 3 part-time jobs, and I don't have any health insurance. But Sarah Palin is so goshdarn cute, I am going to vote for her.
My son got killed in Iraq, after the Surge was declared a success. But Sarah Palin says she is wired to have the readiness to claim victory, so I am going to vote for her.
I am spending $80 to fill up my worthless SUV. But Sarah Palin is the country's biggest expert on energy, so I am going to vote for her.
jmcon007
· 1 year ago
Maybe reporting the truth is coming back into fashion for MSM. If anyone has been listening to both candidates the past days, it's the only conclusion that can be drawn. Obama's right. McCain's getting panicky.
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
I love this. This is the kind of punch back we've all been waiting for from Obama. Truth is, he's wanted to talk about the issues for a long time. He's got fertile ground for it now.
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
I hope more people have Debate Watching Parties Next Friday. Should be interesting,
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
I would like to say I am hoping for a good debate BUT I would be lying. McCain appears to lose his marbles more and more frequently and I want to see him get confused and hostile. I want to see this lying piece of garbage lose it on national TV
Polly_Tics
· 1 year ago
LOL oh my Aquarius!
I don't think I have ever heard you get so angry. It's nice to see
8 - )
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Hi Polly Since I am at home recovering from pneumonia I have had a lot of time to play on the computer. All it has done is make me extremely mad at Republicans, especially John McCain. I am fed up with the lies and I am not just taking aim at Republicans, although, they are at the top of the list.
Polly_Tics
· 1 year ago
You Go Girl...the fire in your belly is quite flattering!
I am awfully sorry to hear that you've been ill, especially with something as nasty as pnuemonia. I've had it a couple of times and it's brutal. Are you able to sleep much? That was always the toughest part for me, couldn't breathe if I even put my head down slightly, thus I arranged the bed with stuff so that I could only sleep sitting up straight in bed.
I really hope you're better and will get well quickly! I'll buy you a drink once better!
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
It's possible, though, that he'll be heavily medicated to prevent any temper tantrums. Cindy: count your Vicodin this week!
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
No comment necessary, the headline says it all.
jmcon007
· 1 year ago
Since Palin won her latest beauty pageant and made the dim-witted ga-ga for a while, many wise folks have cautioned that the Obama campaign needs to focus more on McCain and not be distracted by Palin.. I don't disagree, but I believe it would also be good at this point to shine more light on the Machiavellian-ideology that powers the forces behind McCain's campaign. Americans still haven't connected the dots to the point of realizing that electing McCain as President would only replace the figurehead at the top of Cheney's shadow government.
ImpureScience
· 1 year ago
PBS Poll: Do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to serve as Vice President of the United States?
This is an eye opening piece. It is long and rather complicated but if I got it right, McCain established think tank on reform and the money for the think tank came from (drum roll) AIG.
Nicely done! I hadn't heard anything about this yet, so imagine my surprise. What I find particularly telling is the following:
"The "Reform Institute" has taken a lot of heat as a front organization designed to funnel money to McCain's political career. As Ari Berman wrote, McCain's campaign co-chair, Rick Davis, served as the president of the nonprofit Reform Institute for three years, earning $395,000 in salary. Davis also headquartered his lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, in the Reform Institute's offices at that time. He is just one of several McCain people who passed through the Reform Institute's revolving door while McCain prepared for the 2008 campaign. McCain formally stepped down from his own institute in 2005, but he remains deeply linked to the Reform Institute to this day."
MnDem
· 1 year ago
I understand the bailouts, but are we just giving out the money without getting these companies to give up anything in return?
Here in Minnesota, we gave a huge bailout to Northwest Airlines a few years bank to keep them from going bankrupt. They said, thanks, then proceeded to pay out huge sums of money to executives, and gave some vague promise to keep Northwest's headquarters here. Now they're merging with Delta and poof, no more headquarters here.
Several years back our congressman, Martin Sabo, introduced the original Income Equity Act, to try and control what companies could deduct as part of their executive packages.
It was reintroduced on October 17, 2007, as HR 3876, Income Equity Act of 2007, sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee of California. It amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny employers a tax deduction for payments of excessive compensation to any employee (i.e., more than 25 times the lowest compensation paid any other employee); and (2) require such employers to file a report on compensation paid to their employees with the Secretary of the Treasury.
It was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means, with no hearing. Maybe it's time for us to push our representatives and senators to get off their butts and get this passed and sent to the president. John McCain says he wants to clean up Wall Street - make him put his vote where his mouth is.
If Wall Street needs us to bail them out, then they have to give up something in return, and the Income Equity Act is a start. Excessive executive compensation will destroy us.
dagan68
· 1 year ago
I hate to rain on the parade. I am in Dallas, Texas. I have had a most excellent barometer over the past few weeks as to how this election may turn. I am a former conservative - now politically moderate. Have decided to vote for Obama here. I am a member of a Rotary Club of about 300 members - whose membership is taking a WEEKLY straw poll on the election. I would say about 25 % of the members are liberal - 25% are corporate fascists that support Bush - and the other half are independent moderates or pissed off conservatives like myself.
After the RNC convention - I thought all was lost - McCain was ahead like 65 35 in that week's straw poll. But last Friday - Obama pulled ahead in a squeaker - 52-48. You have to realize how truly amazing that is - in Republican Dallas. My instincts and my reading of my colleagues in the club indicate that the reason is a definite dislike of Sarah Palin. That dislike is absolutely palpable.
Yesterday's results - McCain 58 Obama 42 with a HUGE shift in moderate and independent guys from Obama to McCain. I have spoken with several friends today at another function. This comes down to one issue. It appears that the moderate independent voter is not at all excited about Obama's "SUPPORT" of this trillion dollar bailout. I have been reading all day online trying to find an unequivocal position of his about this - and there is none. He SUPPORTS it but also wants main street taken care of - whatever that means. I am deeply concerned that Obama may have just lost the election with this take - THERE SHOULD BE NO BAILOUT FOR THESE ASSHOLES ON WALL STREET WITH MY TAXPAYER MONEY.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Everyone needs to qwuit thinking about making a deal weith these thieves. No bailout. Let them fail.
dss
· 1 year ago
To see how the Republicans are systematically trying to steal the election....they are very busy in all the swing states. Check out www.blackboxvoting.com to see what the GOP is up to daily. Scary. Everyone should be aware of this so they can be prepared to talk to an advocate if they have problems at their polls. For help on anything related to voting or checking your registration, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
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But Sarah Palin is just like me, so I am going to vote for her.
Our house just got foreclosed on, after we owned it for 15 years.
But Sarah Palin loves the Lord, so I am going to vote for her.
I am working 3 part-time jobs, and I don't have any health insurance.
But Sarah Palin is so goshdarn cute, I am going to vote for her.
My son got killed in Iraq, after the Surge was declared a success.
But Sarah Palin says she is wired to have the readiness to claim victory, so I am going to vote for her.
I am spending $80 to fill up my worthless SUV.
But Sarah Palin is the country's biggest expert on energy, so I am going to vote for her.
Should be interesting,
I don't think I have ever heard you get so angry. It's nice to see
8 - )
Since I am at home recovering from pneumonia I have had a lot of time to play on the computer. All it has done is make me extremely mad at Republicans, especially John McCain. I am fed up with the lies and I am not just taking aim at Republicans, although, they are at the top of the list.
I am awfully sorry to hear that you've been ill, especially with something as nasty as pnuemonia. I've had it a couple of times and it's brutal. Are you able to sleep much? That was always the toughest part for me, couldn't breathe if I even put my head down slightly, thus I arranged the bed with stuff so that I could only sleep sitting up straight in bed.
I really hope you're better and will get well quickly! I'll buy you a drink once better!
that electing McCain as President would only replace the figurehead at the top of Cheney's shadow government.
http://www.pbs.org/cgi-registry/poll/poll.pl
http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/ames
"The "Reform Institute" has taken a lot of heat as a front organization designed to funnel money to McCain's political career. As Ari Berman wrote, McCain's campaign co-chair, Rick Davis, served as the president of the nonprofit Reform Institute for three years, earning $395,000 in salary. Davis also headquartered his lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, in the Reform Institute's offices at that time. He is just one of several McCain people who passed through the Reform Institute's revolving door while McCain prepared for the 2008 campaign. McCain formally stepped down from his own institute in 2005, but he remains deeply linked to the Reform Institute to this day."
Here in Minnesota, we gave a huge bailout to Northwest Airlines a few years bank to keep them from going bankrupt. They said, thanks, then proceeded to pay out huge sums of money to executives, and gave some vague promise to keep Northwest's headquarters here. Now they're merging with Delta and poof, no more headquarters here.
Several years back our congressman, Martin Sabo, introduced the original Income Equity Act, to try and control what companies could deduct as part of their executive packages.
It was reintroduced on October 17, 2007, as HR 3876, Income Equity Act of 2007, sponsored by Rep. Barbara Lee of California. It amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) deny employers a tax deduction for payments of excessive compensation to any employee (i.e., more than 25 times the lowest compensation paid any other employee); and (2) require such employers to file a report on compensation paid to their employees with the Secretary of the Treasury.
It was referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means, with no hearing. Maybe it's time for us to push our representatives and senators to get off their butts and get this passed and sent to the president. John McCain says he wants to clean up Wall Street - make him put his vote where his mouth is.
If Wall Street needs us to bail them out, then they have to give up something in return, and the Income Equity Act is a start. Excessive executive compensation will destroy us.
After the RNC convention - I thought all was lost - McCain was ahead like 65 35 in that week's straw poll. But last Friday - Obama pulled ahead in a squeaker - 52-48. You have to realize how truly amazing that is - in Republican Dallas. My instincts and my reading of my colleagues in the club indicate that the reason is a definite dislike of Sarah Palin. That dislike is absolutely palpable.
Yesterday's results - McCain 58 Obama 42 with a HUGE shift in moderate and independent guys from Obama to McCain. I have spoken with several friends today at another function. This comes down to one issue. It appears that the moderate independent voter is not at all excited about Obama's "SUPPORT" of this trillion dollar bailout. I have been reading all day online trying to find an unequivocal position of his about this - and there is none. He SUPPORTS it but also wants main street taken care of - whatever that means. I am deeply concerned that Obama may have just lost the election with this take - THERE SHOULD BE NO BAILOUT FOR THESE ASSHOLES ON WALL STREET WITH MY TAXPAYER MONEY.
Check out www.blackboxvoting.com to see what the GOP is up to daily. Scary. Everyone should be aware of this so they can be prepared to talk to an advocate if they have problems at their polls. For help on anything related to voting or checking your registration, call 1-866-OUR-VOTE.