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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
You again. Finished your homework yet? How's that Clearasil supply doing?
In case you hadn't noticed, Bush isn't running for election this year.
Does anyone remember, about eight years ago, there was this skinny little guy running for President who kept insisting that he was going to shake up things in Washington? Does anyone remember how - despite his father having been President - this guy kept insisting that he was an outsider, not one of the Washington elite? Does anyone remember how he promised to be "a uniter, not a divider" and to bridge partisan political divides?
Does anyone remember how he got nominated?
Having run Senator John McCain's campaign for president, I can recount a textbook example of a smear made against McCain in South Carolina during the 2000 presidential primary. We had just swept into the state from New Hampshire, where we had racked up a shocking, 19-point win over the heavily favored George W. Bush. What followed was a primary campaign that would make history for its negativity.In South Carolina, Bush Republicans were facing an opponent who was popular for his straight talk and Vietnam war record. They knew that if McCain won in South Carolina, he would likely win the nomination. With few substantive differences between Bush and McCain, the campaign was bound to turn personal. The situation was ripe for a smear.
It didn't take much research to turn up a seemingly innocuous fact about the McCains: John and his wife, Cindy, have an adopted daughter named Bridget. Cindy found Bridget at Mother Theresa's orphanage in Bangladesh, brought her to the United States for medical treatment, and the family ultimately adopted her. Bridget has dark skin.
Anonymous opponents used "push polling" to suggest that McCain's Bangladeshi born daughter was his own, illegitimate black child.
The issue is the ample evidence of Obama changing positions strictly for political expediency
Palin, by contrast, has admitted to being clueless on national policy issues.
How much 'political expediency' is involved in nominating somebody who's admittedly clueless?
Classic liberal illogic
The Dow too a 345 point nosedive today on the Palin Speech
Class post hoc fallacy: B follows A, so A must have caused B.
And you claim to be the smart ones.
-- HornetDriver
That came from here:
James Wolcott
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2008/09/in-a-performance-worthy-of.html
Excerpt:
According the Kudlow Rules, the Dow should have responded to Palin's shot in the arm to the Republican party with an upward spike. Instead, it dove deeper into the valley.
When the Democratic convention opened and the Dow dropped, Larry Kudlow asked, "Are the Denver Dems downing the stock market today? The Dow is off 230 points, starting right from the get-go. So-called market analysts are blaming financials and the credit crunch as they always do."
Inspector Larry had other suspects in mind. The real culprits responsible for the drop were the tax policies and big-gov image of the Obama-Biden-Pelosi triad. "With the Denver Dems strutting their stuff, this could be a bumpy week for stocks."
Well, now the Republicans are strutting their stuff, with Palin their biggest strutter, and guess what?--the market got even bumpier.
@ Iokannan in the Well
Your response to T. Suarez was pathetic.
You gets what you deserve in this life, T. Suarez included.
The question isn't whether you agree with the position or not. (It's unclear even whether you're agreeing with the flip or the flop.) It's ample evidence that Obama is a liar.
He's human and he's a politician. I, personally, am not looking for a paragon.
The issue is the ample evidence of Obama changing positions strictly for political expediency, sort of like his advisor telling the Canadian government to ignore everything Obama says about free trade, since he doesn't really mean it. That would cause even Bill "I Kept the Promises I Intended to Keep" Clinton to blush.
And McCain's list of daily flip-flops is somewhere in the mid-80s. At this rate he'll crack 100 by October.
And the Jeremiah Wright quote was not a poor paraphrase. Here's the exact quote, courtesy of Nexis transcript of his speech: "I can no more disown him than I can my white grandmother."
Did T. Suarez make that quote? No. He paraphrased.
So, are you sure you still want to include yourself among the "smart ones"? - Clapham
I'm smart enough to know what we expect, what we can hope for, and what we can most likely see come from an Obama Administration is significantly better than from a McCain one. It won't be perfect, but it'll be less likely to result in a geriatric warmonger or an utterly unqualified neophyte with religious fervor launching nuclear weapons in every direction.
I'm also smart enough to take what Senator Obama says with a grain of salt, to not loose sight of the fact he's a human being, and that he's as flawed as the rest of us.
Luck to you and yours, lad.
[to our reznit eedjit, Sh**ter]: So get a fucking clue.
You ask for what will never be. Ridicule him. Deride him. Tease him mercilessly. Poke sharp sticks at him. But don't expect him to change his nature. Brain damage is forever.
Cheers,
Bush isn't running for election this year.
Ah, but McCain is running on Bush's failed policies. I guess you didn't know. Pretty scary, huh? Somebody should warn Palin before she gets in too deep.
There, there. Go puke and we'll talk about it.
Nice try, but here's the real reason, according to CNN:
Stocks plummeted Thursday, with the Dow plunging around 345 points as mixed retail sales, lower oil prices and dour labor market readings amplified worries about a global economic slowdown.The concerns overshadowed a better-than-expected sales report from Wal-Mart Stores and surprisingly strong readings on productivity and the services sector.
Nice try, but here's the real reason, according to CNN:
-- HornetDriver
I have a hunch that this is a rarity. I doubt that HornetDriver uses CNN for his "real reason" source very often.
So you think people can be swayed by foam faux pillars?...
You mean like this???:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/27/greek-columns-hypocrisy/
(or click sig for link)
And then, people far more worldly and observant than you have noted that Washington, D.C.'s architecture is replete with such buildings, including the Lincoln Memorial. Should we tear 'em all down for being such inducements to toga parties and the like, as the Rethuglican foamer brigade has been suggesting in their blast-faxed "talking points"?
Really. You need to keep up on your "talking points" releases, and not rehash ones that have been blown out of the water many days ago....
Cheers,
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
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