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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Just watch, just before election the polls are going to shift toward almost a tie—“inexplicably!”, "could be the race factor, Katie". You still don't get it. The polls are propaganda of abortion afficianado desperados- salonistas, if you will. Imagine a salonista-- say Glenn Greenwald -- taking a poll. Would he be honest? Would he be capable of being honest -- what, with the freedom of humanity and the earth at stake, and the right to convince your gf to have an abortion so you don't have to support them. No, to the liberal salonistas these things are worth lying about. It's their duty to lie.
Subtract 15 points from Obama, and that will give you the true numbers. I'm confident of it.
They're going to keep turning it up.
Remember the proven voter suppression and the very likely out-and-out fraud in the last two elections? And that was when they were being careful. They might well be feeling that there is "nothing to lose" this time and go all out.
Expect clashes between people wanting to vote and the police; expect riots one way or the other when the results are released.
I believe that a real possibility is a slim McCain/Impaliner victory on paper but with such obvious and pervasive voter fraud that the country simply refuses to accept it. Anything might happen after that, anything at all.
The propped up phony terror war was a trojan horse to gut our constitution and wedge us into the middle east.
My question to you Obamamamas. When and if Obama takes Washington, will he demand Bush's head on a pike and jail the criminals of this regime for treason?
My bet is NO. Of course not. The whole affair is phony. What Obama will be doing is he will be high-fiving the Bush cabal for having done such a THOROUGH JOB these past eight years prepping this country for the [now] inevitable transition to totalitarian fascism/communism.
I guess this is what Americans want. They sure do understand the meaning of freedom, huh? Freedom to TIVO tonight's favorite show. Freedom to megasize their fries. Freedom to vote for their favorite dancing star.
peh.. no wonder this planet is so messed up
I'm amused that certain stories regarding the McCaine campaign gain traction and quickly become received wisdom; generally, these stories spiral from casual commentary made by news personalities, eager to structure a political narrative along some sensational or unexpected trajectory. What they all have in common is that although they're made completely of smoke, they're breathed over and over again by people who know fully well that they're putting falsehoods into currency.
One such wisp, for example, has been that the remarkable charisma and salt-of-the-earthiness of Sarah Palin will energize undecided voters who might otherwise be alienated by the Obama celebrity, or by what might have been perceived as "elitism" or "intellectual effetism". This story was first puffed into circulation following Palin's speech at the RNC, when commentators desperate to find a new dramatic storyline seized their opportunity and proclaimed her empty-headed oratory a rousing success. I heard very few voices, either on tv or in print, who dared to call it what it was: an insubstantial and unmitigated sneer-fest that, in actuality, presaged the end of the McCain campaign. (Sure enough, since that time, Palin has been revealed for the fraud that she is, and McCain has been criticized for having sabotaged his party's hopes by putting such a know-nothing next-in-line).
The news this past weekend was that the McCain campaign is "taking their gloves off", which to me is the baldest euphemism for "they're going to start scratching, eye-gauging and pulling hair". Basically, their going to start fighting dirty. This tactic seems almost to have become a step worthy of admiration, as pundits have propogated the turn by noting, without equivocation, that "going dirty works".
What a bunch of nonsense. Going dirty may have worked in the past, when the voices of the Republican party (Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly and other rogues) were able to weave the myth of a conservatism beseiged by the liberal, intellecually-biased mainstream media and were therefore able to justify dirty politicking as a sort of levelling of the balance. Unfortunately for McCain, that approach is way, way out of style. For one thing, the past eight years can be seen as the Right's pyrrhic victory by "dirty means". Many Republicans, those who can see beyond their party's own elaborate narrative edifices, recognize that now is perhaps time to properly articulate a new conservative agenda, that the time is ripe for a new intellectual voice. And McCain/ Palin ain't the messengers.
The ease with which McCain has transformed himself from a "man of honor"-- also a trope that had been largely inflated by the media) into a cowardly and increasingly hysterical mud-slinger- is telling. Instead of knocking Obama down a few pegs, the new tactic only imperils the illusion of McCaine the Maverick.
Mark W
Please, somebody address McCain like this:
"So, I hear you think this man (gesture towards Obama) is a terrorist, or at the very least, has shady, destructive plans for the U.S.. Can you look him in the face and tell him that?"
Make him say it himself, not sit back and let these repulsive 527 groups spew bullshit on his behalf while he claims to be running a clean campaign.
Thank God I'm Canadian, because this GOP ticket is not doing good things for my blood pressure...
It is a worry, for certain, and I agree that some of the very powerful people who back the Republican Party would be willing to do this; but it's a question of timing, I think. Which is to say, is the truly the last time a Republican could have a legitimate shot at high office?
I don't think the GOP is dead yet, not by a long shot. I think it will take another 10 years or so of continuing fallout from the Bush Admin to make that even possible (which would square with a political prediction I made in the early 90's; that in 25-30 years, either party or both would be off the national stage.)
Also, are those deep-politics playing military/intelligence/industrial players playing a longer game, in which they're able to make strategic retreats, regroup and come in from another direction? For that matter, their willingness to stage an[other] attack is also based on their ultimate goals...who are we to say that at this point, the last 8 years haven't been a giant "Worse is Better" scenario to show the public how truly vile, evil and unhinged the Neocon agenda is? That they recognize that a strong America is one where reason, education and prosperity are the norm? Collective security; and they need money to keep funding their tanks and their black ops.
Here's what I think, ProGrocker: I don't think there will be an attack. Even if there is, I don't think it will suddenly make McCain more palatable, and here's why: you recall 9/11 pretty clearly, right? The national mood, as it actually was, was very different than how it was portrayed in the media. People came together, helped each other, wanted to act with caution and not jump to conclusions about who to blame or going to war. People wanted comfort and justice, not vengeance. And Bush, of course, squandered that feeling. Crushed it into the ground, began poisoning the world's opinion. (In the days after 9/11, I saw polls that indicated the Arab world had never been so sympathetic towards us...imagine what we could have done had someone interested in the welfare of the country been in office!) It took weeks of effort for that vengeful attitude to be foisted off on us, weeks and months of lies.
And second, how many people, seeing how nasty and unhinged McCain has been acting, will suddenly think, "Yeah, he's the guy I want with his finger on the button." I am certain more people would want someone of cool, collected, intelligent and statesmanlike demeanor, who will think and judge before acting. McCain has just been way too precipitous and erratic in his actions.
That's my thinking. Hope it helps...I know the pit you're in, the ugliness, anxiety, helplessness, despair, rage, hate. Don't let it throw you, man, because--guaranteed--that's just the state of emotions and attitudes they use to rule or marginalize you. Good emotions alone won't save us, of course, but the best revenge is living well...while we kick these bastards into irrelevance.
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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