John McCain: In a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent.

The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type.

That's going to leave a mark

" The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type."

I'm John McCain, and I lived this message.

The ad sucks. Someone baited the obama camp, and being the bottomfeeders that they are...

Being a Self-Appointed Superior being means never having to think more than one step ahead.

Rove McCain you magnificent bastard!

Maybe if Obama was in the Senate more, he'd know that McCain is the Chairman of the Senate Telecommunications Subcommittee.

/Instead of forming Presidental Exploratory Committees when he should have been representing the people of Ill.

Being a Self-Appointed Superior being means never having to complete an OODA loop.

There is such blatant disdain from the left - clueless disdain.

Shouldn't it be "were" not "was," as in a condition to the contrary?

Actually, and for the record, I am not John McCain.

I missed the quotes.

But that closing line should be used by the McCain Campaign on several of the TV spots.

Why doesn't Obama just come out with an ad where he looks at the camera and says, "I'm Barack Obama, and I'm a pretentious asshole"?

re: #7 mitthrawnurdo

You are assuming of course that a drone of the Chicago Machine actually represents anyone other than the Machine in Illinois.

:-)

Barack should get Michelle to do some Googling for him. He could see the traps in advance.

My initial reaction was that McCain was too modest to complain about his injuries. As much as he talks about them, he's never personally said what his physical limitations are. Everybody else explains what they are. Even better how Obama reacted and how it's getting played now.

Here’s a Forbes article from 200o,

Ah, Charles? Little proofing error, here.

re: #8 The Other Les

Being a Self-Appointed Superior being means never having to complete an OODA loop.

Whassat?

Being a Self-Appointed Superior being means never having to have a clue.

That's probably why The One's press secretay trotted out his "sleaziest, least honorable, campaign in history" [Link: www.politico.com...] remarks. If only McCain had told them, they wouldn't have made such fools of themselves. It was his responsibility to tell them and he shirked it, shirked it.

re: #7 mitthrawnurdo

Maybe if Obama was in the Senate more, he'd know that McCain is the Chairman of the Senate Telecommunications Subcommittee.

/Instead of forming Presidental Exploratory Committees when he should have been representing the people of Ill.

that needs many more up-dings!

re: #14 wrenchwench

Barack should get Michelle to do some Googling for him. He could see the traps in advance.

That's just plain mean. Maybe his cocaine usage has rendered him too shaky to use a computer.

So the boys want to play war with the old veteran, huh? I think he might think in terms of tactics, strategies, surprise and diversion—not just sound bites, polls and reactions.

If the Dems don't evolve they'll die out.

re: #12 cliffster

Why doesn't Obama just come out with an ad where he looks at the camera and says, "I'm Barack Obama, and I'm a pretentious asshole"?

Nah, that would require honesty in an advertisement. It would throw their mojo off.

Charles, I thought the same. Also the comment about not getting the economy. Puh-leeze, the guy has been in the senate for over twenty years. Methinks that Mac is a kidder, and of course the left doesn't get it because they have no sense of humor.

re: #17 Intrepid

Whassat?

Here you go.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Doh! Even I fell for the trap, it was that cleverly baited. McCain is playing several moves ahead of an opposition that has not even set its pieces on the board. At this rate, all excitement will go out of the race by the end of September. Oh well, as long as I still get to celebrate the victory...

Obama looks bad picking on disabled vets.

re: #10 figgles

Where? Please block-quote the problematic sentence.

Better yet this quote from the same article:

McCain himself was convinced early on that the Internet had to play a critical role in the campaign. Time and again it allowed him to leverage his money and his organization. “In the Virginia primary,” McCain told me, “we needed a lot of petitions signed to get on the ballot. We had the form available to download off the Internet and got 17,000 signatures with very little trouble.”

Before Howard Dean, before MyObama.com, before any Dkos fund raising effort John McCain was tapping the net. Leading a group of experts to do what he didn’t know how to do, and doing so very well.

Leadership is not being able to do everything yourself rather leadership is guiding your specialists to the desired conclusion.

The Presidential election was too close to call. Neither the Republican candidate nor the Democratic candidate had enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the sportsmanlike way to settle things. The candidate that caught the most fish at the end of the week would win the election.

After much of back and forth discussion, it was decided that the contest take place on a remote frozen lake in northern Minnesota .

There were to be no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this isolated lake and return at 5 P.M. with their catch for counting and verification by a team of neutral parties. At the end of the first day, John McCain returned to the starting line and he had ten fish.

Soon, Obama returned and had no fish. Well, everyone assumed he was just having another 'bad hair' day or something and hopefully, he would catch up the next day.

At the end of the 2nd day McCain came in with 20 fish and Obama came in again with none.

That evening, Harry Reid got together secretly with Obama and said, 'Obama, I think John McCain is a low-life, cheatin' son-of-a-*****. I want you to go out tomorrow and don't even bother with fishing. Just spy on him and see just how he is cheating.'

The next night (after John McCain returns with 50 fish), Harry Reid said to Obama, 'Well, tell me, how is John McCain cheating?'

Obama replied, 'Harry, you're not going to believe this, but he's cutting holes in the ice.'

Experience Counts.

Monica Crowley is hammering the Obama BIG time on WABC. Go Monica!

This story is from 2000?

McCain is so far inside BHO OODA loop his running the campaign....

BWAHAHAHAHA!

re: #14 wrenchwench

I think he has her locked up somewhere.

Although I understand the limitations of Sen. McCain, this whole fiasco is not about him. The ad (which I've seen on the web BTW) appears condescending and coarse. A modicum of research would have come up with the very same information that Charles has revealed, even if he's giving the HatTip to someone else. The obamessiah's campaign is being run by a bunch of 'cool' hipsters with pocket protectors - or so it seems. How many times does this make that the obamessiah has walked into a spinning propeller this week?

re: #33 Peter Verkooijen

This story is from 2000?

Yes.

I was shocked and offended when I heard about this yesterday.

I think Obama has realized that he isn't up to the job and is sabotaging himself. What else could it possibly be, no one could be that stupid, could they? Between this and the pig....

S

re: #34 jcm

JM learned from some veddy devious types, didn't he?

re: #13 The Other Les

Yeah, that was a bad assumption on my part. My mistake.

/If Obama is "Jesus", than "God" must be the Illinois Democratic Machine.

i don't know if it was a set-up or not, but it wouldn't surprise me.
in any case, whoever is running the operation for McCain has done a masterful job. they've got BO totally flummoxed, off message, stuttering, sputtering, stammering, and generally flailing wildly in all directions.

re: #1 Intrepid

John McCain: In a battle of wits against an unarmed opponent.

You know, at this point, that's the main thing I worry about ... people voting for Barry because they feel sorry for him.

I certainly hope this has legs.

Has anyone seen anything in the MSM critical of The Obama on this issue (or any issue, for that matter)?

re: #26 The Other Les

Here you go.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Thanks! I think Obama's crew follows a "DODO" loop.

Obama has been completely outplayed by McCain in every front.

Brilliant maneuver picking Sarah Palin. Attack her on her experience - "what about Obama"? Dig up dirt on her - and she gets all the headlines for a few weeks while Obama gets none. No substantial dirt found - all lies and bias from the MSM and the public caught on real quick to it. She is a down-to-earth likable woman with executive experience. Game, set, match.

Brilliant, just brilliant.

re: #38 susanl

I was shocked and offended when I heard about this yesterday.

I think Obama has realized that he isn't up to the job and is sabotaging himself. What else could it possibly be, no one could be that stupid, could they? Between this and the pig....

S

Maybe just one of his 300 advisors is creating a little chaos.

re: #44 Intrepid

Thanks! I think Obama's crew follows a "DODO" loop.

LOL

re: #36 Cap'n DOC

Although I understand the limitations of Sen. McCain, this whole fiasco is not about him. The ad (which I've seen on the web BTW) appears condescending and coarse. A modicum of research would have come up with the very same information that Charles has revealed, even if he's giving the HatTip to someone else. The obamessiah's campaign is being run by a bunch of 'cool' hipsters with pocket protectors - or so it seems. How many times does this make that the obamessiah has walked into a spinning propeller this week?

I noted the research bit earlier.
BHO's campaign has got serious problems. You supposed the snot out of your opponent. The missed an article in a major paper? Speaks to a poorly run campaign on BHO's part.

Sometimes you get the impression that Obama thinks he should just be given the Presidency because he wants it and the rest of us should just give it to him and stop complaining that he has neither the experience or abilities for this job. And. just how great is "the Obama" at computer skills because he never mentions those either.

Fuggles? I think that in American English, Charles' construction is fine. Goddess of the Classroom would know for certain, but I don't see her.

Better yet. From CNN

McCain cashes in with Internet fund-raising chat

February 11, 2000
Web posted at: 12:07 p.m. EST (1707 GMT)

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) -- In a new approach toÊthe often tedious campaign task of raising money, Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain chatted on the Internet Thursday with 500 people who paid $100 each to watch him via satellite and send in e-mail queries.

The Arizona senator was online for about an hour during a multimedia webcast from the College of Charleston moderated by his wife, Cindy. He answered e-mail questions on a wide range of topics, including the environment, patriotism, and Internet taxation.

Although Bush has taken in more than four times as much money as McCain so far in the 2000 presidential campaign, McCain has out-raised his Texas rival -- as well as Democratic hopefuls Al Gore and Bill Bradley -- over the Internet. More than $1 million in credit card donations alone flooded into the McCain Web site 48 hours after his victory in the New Hampshire primary.

"It will change America permanently because the next presidential campaign will be run over the Internet," McCain predicted

Only please, Brer Fox, please don't throw me into the briar patch.

/could the Obama campaign be any more inept, we're supposed to elect this amateur President?

McCain was a FIGHTER PILOT, for crying out loud. He LIVED (and nearly died) with technology--and that 60s instrumentation and avionics required a far greater level of understanding and interpretation than what we have now. Anyone who has spent half an hour with an old pilot knows they never forget that stuff. What technology, exactly, has Obama mastered, other than the Teleprompter?

re: #39 vagabond trader

JM learned from some veddy devious types, didn't he?

He learned to fly combat, undoubted learned Boyd's lessons. He survived 5 and a half years in the Hanoi Hilton.

I'd say he's got a bunch of tricks.

Ads such as this are revealing. The Obama camp is clearly frustrated. McCain was supposed to run a respectable campaign and lose with dignity, 'ala Bob Dole in 96. They are just flinging turds on the wall and hoping one sticks, the Kos strategy.

How is all this helpful to the Obama girls.

re: #36 Cap'n DOC

Although I understand the limitations of Sen. McCain, this whole fiasco is not about him. The ad (which I've seen on the web BTW) appears condescending and coarse. A modicum of research would have come up with the very same information that Charles has revealed, even if he's giving the HatTip to someone else. The obamessiah's campaign is being run by a bunch of 'cool' hipsters with pocket protectors - or so it seems. How many times does this make that the obamessiah has walked into a spinning propeller this week?

I like that image!

I'ma baaad person ...

0bama: Judgement to umm..ahh..I.. ahh..uhh..uhh..I..ahh..

re: #53 dentate

What technology, exactly, has Obama mastered, other than the Teleprompter?

The mirror

re: #44 Intrepid

Thanks! I think Obama's crew follows a "DODO" loop.

LOL!

Let us assume nothing is wrong with McCain. Even if it were true that he did not use a computer, so what?

What does using a computer have to do with values, executive leadership ability, and leadership? It's a non sequitur to imply (indirectly or implicitly) use a computer has some effect on Presidential ability.

It goes to show how little the Obama campaign thinks or researches before releasing ads. The President's access to computers and wireless communication devices is heavily curtailed for security reasons. And that the Obama campaign thought voters would recall in horror--"That old man can't use a computer!"--shows the insularity of their organization.

Not one person said, "Hold on. Even if he doesn't use e-mail, what does it matter in regards to his fitness to be President?" True believers don't question, they follow.

I just posted the following on a couple of youtube vids playing this Obama ad up.

Senator McCain's nightly ritual is to read his email together with his wife, Cindy. The injuries he incurred as a Vietnam POW make it painful for McCain to type. Instead, he dictates responses that his wife types on a laptop. So go ahead and make fun of how it's hard, because of his POW injuries, for McCain to do this himself.

I think that the Obama folks are trying to emulate the quick, on point ads that the McCain camp have been doing so well. However, they suck at this and therefore stumble over their own feet.

Also, the Obama camp has been in a defensive position for months, and their attempts at offense almost always backfire, because they are playing on the other guy's home ground.

Luckily for us, the McCain campaign includes people like the brilliant Steve Schmidt, who actually know what they are doing.

re: #53 dentate

The new, handy, dandy Foot-In-Mouth O'-Matic?

re: #57 yma o hyd

But in a good way!

Does Charles do a fix when we point out the error, or is he faster than we? I always check, after I've posted something I noticed, and within a couple minutes it gets fixed. I've always wondered about that.

Those guys over at Obama Univ. aren't quick.

This internet ad they threw out there is just one big screw up and they ran it nationwide.

re: #49 Miss Molly

Sometimes you get the impression that Obama thinks he should just be given the Presidency because he wants it and the rest of us should just give it to him and stop complaining that he has neither the experience or abilities for this job. And. just how great is "the Obama" at computer skills because he never mentions those either.

Imagine if the Dems had been smart and nominated Hillary with Barry as her Veep understudy. Or at the very least if he'd picked Hillary as his running mate. McCain's pick of Sarah Palin wouldn't have had nearly as much impact.

Things weren't going swimmingly prior to the convention, but the second Barry passed over on Hillary everything began to go horribly, horribly wrong ...

re: #46 debutaunt

Maybe just one of his 300 advisors is creating a little chaos.

I think Barry's campaign staff is filled with a bunch of arrogant, "we're-always-in-the-right", "research-we-don't-need-no-stinking-research", immature morons who just do what seems cool at the moment. They threw the latest McCain/Internet ad together and fed Barry the "lipstick-pig" speech without bothering to think three seconds ahead.

At least with McCain you'll never get a text message at 3:00 AM with information everybody already knows (ie. DingleBarry's VP pick).

DingleBarry looks more incompetent everyday.

re: #51 Quilly Mammoth

Better yet. From CNN

Although Bush has taken in more than four times as much money as McCain so far in the 2000 presidential campaign, McCain has out-raised his Texas rival -- as well as Democratic hopefuls Al Gore and Bill Bradley -- over the Internet. More than $1 million in credit card donations alone flooded into the McCain Web site 48 hours after his victory in the New Hampshire primary.

"It will change America permanently because the next presidential campaign will be run over the Internet," McCain predicted

Can I borrow some updings from anyone? This post needs more.

On Fox they reported a few minutes ago that the most likely cause of yesterday's train crash is that the Metrolink engineer ran a red light. Also, he was a contractor filling in, not a Metrolink employee, and he was killed in the crash.

/which kind of makes one wonder . . . what if . . . what was his name?

re: #15 rob S.

My initial reaction was that McCain was too modest to complain about his injuries. As much as he talks about them, he's never personally said what his physical limitations are. Everybody else explains what they are. Even better how Obama reacted and how it's getting played now.

I have a friend who knew a man that always seemed in good health, never complained. That man died. My friend was at the mortician's and the mortician asked him to come into the back room. The man who died was laying there. With no clothes on you could clearly see unset broken bones, terrible scars from burns, places where muscles had been mangled. The man had had the privilege of being the Nazi SS's special guest at one time. The man who died was St. Nikolai Velimirovich.

re: #53 dentate

McCain was a FIGHTER PILOT, for crying out loud. He LIVED (and nearly died) with technology--and that 60s instrumentation and avionics required a far greater level of understanding and interpretation than what we have now. Anyone who has spent half an hour with an old pilot knows they never forget that stuff. What technology, exactly, has Obama mastered, other than the Teleprompter?

Front office of a Skyhawk. Whittle made a similar point about Bush. McCain had to fiddle all those knobs, fly the plane, navigate the plane, put ordinance on target.
While people where shooting all kinds of shit at him.

Dumb shits don't fly combat jets.

Someone needs to tell McCain about Dragonspeak so Cindy can take a break :)

re: #8 The Other Les

Actually I think Obama is stuck in a Doom Loop.

re: #67 Tigger2005

Imagine if the Dems had been smart and nominated Hillary with Barry as her Veep understudy. Or at the very least if he'd picked Hillary as his running mate. McCain's pick of Sarah Palin wouldn't have had nearly as much impact.

Things weren't going swimmingly prior to the convention, but the second Barry passed over on Hillary everything began to go horribly, horribly wrong ...

They probably would have won easily with the potential of a 16-year stretch of Presidency to Democrats.

Now didn't Michelle Obama say, referring to Barack, "He certainly isn't afraid to surround himself with intelligent people", as a dig against Sarah Palin?

Since she made that statement, the "intelligent" Joe Biden has done the following:

* Said "Sarah Palin as VP would be a step backwards for women"

* Stated that Hillary Clinton would be a better, more qualified VP candidate than he is

* Called out to wheelchair bound Chuck Graham, "Come on Chuck, STAND UP! Let 'em see ya!", which was followed with, "Oh God love ya, Chuck - we'll stand up for you!"

Yes, Michelle, your husband has great judgement in picking "intelligent" people to surround himself with.

re: #75 Reno911

Actually I think Obama is stuck in a Doom Loop.

Dumb Loop.
;-)

Problem is, the truth of the situation doesn't matter. Obama puts out suggestions that McCain doesn't even know how to use a computer, and people hear it and just believe it. Most people aren't spending their free time reading Charles's topics and the links posted on this site, so those misleading assertions go into peoples' brains unquestioned.

PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking results for Sept. 10-12 show the race now statistically tied, with John McCain at 47% and Barack Obama at 45% among registered voters[Link: www.gallup.com...]

re: #61 addison

Let us assume nothing is wrong with McCain. Even if it were true that he did not use a computer, so what?

What does using a computer have to do with values, executive leadership ability, and leadership? It's a non sequitur to imply (indirectly or implicitly) use a computer has some effect on Presidential ability.

It goes to show how little the Obama campaign thinks or researches before releasing ads. The President's access to computers and wireless communication devices is heavily curtailed for security reasons. And that the Obama campaign thought voters would recall in horror--"That old man can't use a computer!"--shows the insularity of their organization.

Not one person said, "Hold on. Even if he doesn't use e-mail, what does it matter in regards to his fitness to be President?" True believers don't question, they follow.

My first impression was "He doesn't use a computer? So what? People have functioned well for millenia without computers."

Now that The Obama has hit himself in the face with a pie it is great to laugh.

re: #77 Intrepid

Whenever I hear pundits and pols bragging how intelligent the flavor of the month is my eyes glaze over.

re: #74 Thanos

Someone needs to tell McCain about Dragonspeak so Cindy can take a break :)

It may be a companionable kind of thing.

re: #71 Killian Bundy

On Fox they reported a few minutes ago that the most likely cause of yesterday's train crash is that the Metrolink engineer ran a red light. Also, he was a contractor filling in, not a Metrolink employee, and he was killed in the crash.

Is this some kind of metaphorical code-speak about the Obama campaign? Seriously.

re: #17 Intrepid

Whassat?

From Bill Whittle:

Observe.
Orient.
Decide.
Act.

Then Observe.
Orient.
Decide.
Act.

Then Observe…

It’s a cycle. It’s a loop. It’s called by its inelegant acronym: The OODA loop.

FORTY SECOND BOYD AND THE BIG PICTURE (Part 1)

re: #42 Tigger2005

You know, at this point, that's the main thing I worry about ... people voting for Barry because they feel sorry for him.

Nobody deliberately votes for an idiot they feel sorry for.

re: #61 addison

Let us assume nothi....
blah, blah, lots of typos

[I must be having a weird day. Let's try that again.]

Let us assume nothing is wrong with McCain. Even if it were true that he did not use a computer, so what?

What does using a computer have to do with values, executive ability, and leadership? It's a non sequitur to imply (indirectly or implicitly) use of a computer has some effect on Presidential ability.

It goes to show how little the Obama campaign thinks or researches before releasing ads. The President's access to computers and wireless communication devices is heavily curtailed for security reasons. And that the Obama campaign thought voters would recoil in horror--"That old man can't use a computer!"--shows the insularity of their organization.

Not one person in the Obama organization said, "Hold on. Even if he doesn't use e-mail, what does it matter in regards to his fitness to be President?" True believers don't question, they follow.

Reminder of the Day:

The election is 51 days away and the race is tightening again: what are YOU doing to make sure the McCain-Palin ticket will win? Have you been volunteering for the campaign? And did you know that you may sign up online? Have you sent contributions to the RNC or to the McCain-Palin Victory Fund 2008 (you may contribute here)?

What about your neighbors, friends, relatives, acquaintances: have you been trying to persuade them to vote for McCain, reminding them that Obama is the most radical major-party candidate in American history, a true Socialist with a shady history and dangerous connections?

Barack Obama says will NOT run for President 2008 election

Because he lacks experience.

/what a rube, bet this gets trotted out as a McCain ad before this is all over

re: #28 lone_wolf_in_illinois

No... Really?

Look - I've got some limitations myself - and not for the same reasons Sen. McCain has them, but I spent my time in the boots and acquired some scars in the process. Like Sen. McCain there are many, many things I can and will do for my country, and I don't want any sympathy for the things I cannot. He doesn't dwell on those things, and probably feels a bit embarrassed at the mere mention of those limitations. I know I do. I think he does as well. His spouse handles the keyboard. SO WHAT?

This ad was a cheap shot, and I don't think any intelligent American is incapable of understanding how cheap it really was.

My kind of man.

re: #73 jcm

Front office of a Skyhawk. Whittle made a similar point about Bush. McCain had to fiddle all those knobs, fly the plane, navigate the plane, put ordinance on target.
While people where shooting all kinds of shit at him.

Dumb shits don't fly combat jets.

Jet fighter pilots have the most intense multi-tasking job in the world. Losing it or screwing up often means dying—they don't get do-overs.

I cannot wait for McCain's response ad - the one that:

a) points out his physical limitations caused by an enemy
b) makes note of his internet accomplishments going back before Obama was a Senator
c) trots out emails sent 10 years ago.

Its getting good.

re: #73 jcm

I don't think The Big ZERO could handle the front office of a Piper Cub.

But that's just my opinion.

re: #79 cliffster

Not in this case; McCain's physical difficulties are a little too obvious to the naked eye.

re: #71 Killian Bundy

On Fox they reported a few minutes ago that the most likely cause of yesterday's train crash is that the Metrolink engineer ran a red light. Also, he was a contractor filling in, not a Metrolink employee, and he was killed in the crash.

/which kind of makes one wonder . . . what if . . . what was his name?

Now they're saying the engineer fell asleep.

/nevermind

It's 3 O'Clock in the morning.
The phone rings.
You're groggy and surprised.
You get one chance to get it right.

Obama.
McCain.

Pick ONE of the above, and you don't have ten seconds to decide.

re: #94 The Other Les

He sure looks silly on a bicycle.

re: #89 ploome hineni
heck, they'll cover for Obama.

He'll come out and say, you guyz misunderstood the ad, why can't you understand me. whatz wrong with youz

I think McCain let them "assume" what they wanted to. As I recall the question was something to do with emails --which he doesn't type.

Proves two things: Obama took a statement about his not typing emails and made a false conclusion without knowing further detail and they failed to do any research.

re: #79 cliffster

yes, it's the Misinformation Game.

Fun, isn't it?

re: #85 abolitionist

FORTY SECOND BOYD AND THE BIG PICTURE (Part 1)

Here is another good piece on the OODA loop, which is how I know about it, ,actually.

McCain and the OODA Loop

Man, is this guy a fighter pilot, or what?

There are two military concepts here that explain the (absolutely spectacular) choice of Governor Sarah Palin. Both of them are important to the training of a fighter pilot, and while one of them wasn't formulated until after McCain's flying career was over, it was an observation based on what fighter pilots had to know.

One of them is the "envelope" -- which is to say the parameters within which a fighter airplane must operate. The envelope can be seen as a sort of egg-shape, based on how quickly a plane can turn and maneuver. If your plane as a "tighter envelope" than another plane, the pilot has the advantage in a dogfight: you can turn inside the other plane, which means you can get into the perfect firing position, behind the opponent.

More important is the "OODA loop" -- which is the envelope for the pilot's thought process. How quickly can the pilot observe the situation, orient within the situation, decide, and act. If the pilot's OODA loop time is shorter, the pilot can overcome the slower.

At this point, we're seeing that McCain is completely within the Obama campaign's OODA loop -- they are out-thinking them and out-acting them -- and very problably the McCain campaign has a tighter envelope than the Obama campaign, as well.

re: #83 Perry

It may be a companionable kind of thing.

I agree, when you see them together, it is obvious that they love each other very much. It's really kind of cute.

I pray that we get the extremely classy Cindy McCain and not the WAB as First Lady. Bambi wins, they have to change the title. Can you imagine calling the angry hateful Michelle Obama a lady of any kind, let alone First Lady?

S

Obama's whole research team is up in Alaska digging for dirt on Sarah.

The electoral race is still very close. A few busloads of voter fraud in Denver or Cleveland or Las Vegas could turn the election for Obama. Obama could take 3 Bush 2004 states - Iowa, Colorado, and New Mexico. Where is McCain going to make up those votes? New Hampshire? Pennsylvania? Michigan?

re: #92 David IV of Georgia

Jet fighter pilots have the most intense multi-tasking job in the world. Losing it or screwing up often means dying—they don't get do-overs.

It easier now (but far from easy), lot more automation. McCain's day it was a lot more hands on.

re: #90 Killian Bundy

Barack Obama says will NOT run for President 2008 election

Because he lacks experience.

/what a rube, bet this gets trotted out as a McCain ad before this is all over

To be done properly, it would be an ad with the header "All candidates agree on one thing", then footage of:

a. Obama saying he's not ready to be President.
b. Biden saying Obama isn't ready to be President.
c. Hilary saying Obama isn't ready to be President.
d. Then McCain and Palin (together) saying "We agree, and approve this message".

THAT would be a sight to behold!

re: #67 Tigger2005

Imagine if the Dems had been smart and nominated Hillary with Barry as her Veep understudy. Or at the very least if he'd picked Hillary as his running mate. McCain's pick of Sarah Palin wouldn't have had nearly as much impact.

Things weren't going swimmingly prior to the convention, but the second Barry passed over on Hillary everything began to go horribly, horribly wrong ...

re: #67 Tigger2005

What could Obama have done? He knew that an Obama-Hilary ticket would scare the bejesus out of any sane voter. So he went for a "safe suit" and patted himself on the back - until McCain unleashed Sarah. Oh dear. Almost makes me sorry for the guy. Almost.

Not a setup, IMO.

But McCain isn't clueless.

re: #102 Catttt

Any time I get a chance to watch "Dogfights" on the History Channel I do ... even the repeats.

View the series, and you know the strategy of the McCain campaign and the mindset that brings you this.

And as an added bonus, you still don't know what's coming next.

re: #103 susanl

If Obama wins, I'll be calling him "Mr. President" and his wife "First Lady," no matter how little I approve of them.

I'm not some leftist who will whine that he's not my president.

Moohoohoo Hahaha!

Now on a more serious note, if the fool obama can fall for THAT what crap will our enemies be able to get away with?
Scary really.

Heard Nobamas commercial on Friday morning and immediately thought why are they talking to me as if I am 5 years old? And what is with the background music? Nobama says something stupid and McCains people are right on top of it with a commercial. The mans team is amazing!

Obama has a speech he gave in 2004.

re: #74 Thanos

Someone needs to tell McCain about Dragonspeak so Cindy can take a break :)

I like to imagine them together, enjoying each others company as they respond to emails.

re: #31 markie

That's an ooold joke!

re: #104 yah

Obama's whole research team is up in Alaska digging for dirt on Sarah.

Someone had an ad from McCain about that. Compared them to a pack of wolves.

re: #111 Dianna

If Obama wins, I'll be calling him "Mr. President" and his wife "First Lady," no matter how little I approve of them.

I'm not some leftist who will whine that he's not my president.

As the old saying goes, you salute the uniform, not the man.

re: #96 Killian Bundy

Now they're saying the engineer fell asleep.

/nevermind

How do they know that? They brought him back from the dead to ask him?

re: #111 Dianna

Oh, I know. I will too, but it is going to stick in the craw a bit. :)

S

re: #99 willowone

Yeah - he's done this before.
works really well, because now ll those who didn't know about this before will look it up to see why he's speaking about it ...

Backfire!

re: #111 Dianna

If Obama wins, I'll be calling him "Mr. President" and his wife "First Lady," no matter how little I approve of them.

I'm not some leftist who will whine that he's not my president.

I admire your respect for the office. You might have to hold my hand to make me call him something so respectful. Or I could just have a piece of chocolate every time it must be said.

re: #118 looking closely

Right.

Not that I'll be happy about it.

re: #109 Edgar

Not a setup, IMO.

But McCain isn't clueless.

I don't think so either. That said BHO staff should have come across a Boston Globe article during research. That's a huge blunder.

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re: #120 susanl

Oh, I know. I will too, but it is going to stick in the craw a bit. :)

S

Yeah. I would really prefer that it not happen, too.

re: #125 Dar ul Harbarian

Shouldn't #4 be Anti-Bitter Clinger? Just sayin' :)

S

re: #104 yah

Obama's whole research team is up in Alaska digging for dirt on Sarah.

Poor bastards have blunted their shovels on the permafrost.

re: #122 Perry

Go with the chocolate, if that's your thing.

I'll be having a bit of brie (domestic, thank you) on a nice whole-wheat cracker to take the taste out of my mouth.

re: #104 yah

Obama's whole research team is up in Alaska digging for dirt on Sarah.

Why do I get the feeling they're going to spend campaign money to buy dirt on Palin?
Just a feelng.

re: #111 Dianna

Yeah, just think if you travel to Europe they'll respect Americans again.

sarc/

Hi, y'all. Sorry to go OT but the first serious band of Ike has hit Arkansas, and we're having lots of little spin-off tornadoes in my area. They seem to be small, but they're moving fast and I'm afraid that people out and about on a Saturday afternoon might get caught off their guard.

If you are so inclined, could you please remember us (and of course all the other areas!) today who are being affected by (now tropical storm) Ike.

Thanks...

re: #107 looking closely

To be done properly, it would be an ad with the header "All candidates agree on one thing", then footage of:

a. Obama saying he's not ready to be President.
b. Biden saying Obama isn't ready to be President.
c. Hilary saying Obama isn't ready to be President.
d. Then McCain and Palin (together) saying "We agree, and approve this message".

THAT would be a sight to behold!

McCain's already run a devastating Biden ad. Couldn't hurt to run it again.

/Joe Biden On Barack Obama

re: #124 jcm

I don't think so either. That said BHO staff should have come across a Boston Globe article during research. That's a huge blunder.

Reminds me of Kos' utterly tone-deaf crack on his blog about McCain's teeth not being white (oblivious to the fact that McCain had them knocked out when a POW).

Only this particular one was even more tone deaf AND somehow made its way into an official Obama ad.

Another

re: #132 vagabond trader

The sad thing? The leftists actually believe that!

re: #117 MandyManners

Someone had an ad from McCain about that. Compared them to a pack of wolves.

And what makes me laugh is that a huge HUGE number of people now think of Gov. Palin as "Our Sarah," because of strong identification with her and also a reflexive empathy at the initial avalanche of scurrilous rumors and dirty tricks.

From here on in, anything the wolves dig up will boomerang.

re: #138 Catttt

And what makes me laugh is that a huge HUGE number of people now think of Gov. Palin as "Our Sarah," because of strong identification with her and also a reflexive empathy at the initial avalanche of scurrilous rumors and dirty tricks.

From here on in, anything the wolves dig up will boomerang.

To clarify - it makes me laugh that the Dems don't realize this. I'm in the "Our Sarah" camp.

re: #79 cliffster

Sadly, I fear you are right.

re: #95 Dianna

Not in this case; McCain's physical difficulties are a little too obvious to the naked eye.

There are a lot of people voting that just don't spend the mental energy (or don't have the mental energy) to think for themselves on these things.

Sure Obama could be using the old trial lawyers courtroom trick when there there is a jury.

Blurting out a comment they KNOW will be objected to by opposing counsil and over-ruled and the jury will be told to disregard it.

They nonetheless the jury has heard it.

Heh, I loved that. At least (the bare minimum), he didn't state that he invented the internet.

re: #138 Catttt

And what makes me laugh is that a huge HUGE number of people now think of Gov. Palin as "Our Sarah," because of strong identification with her and also a reflexive empathy at the initial avalanche of scurrilous rumors and dirty tricks.

From here on in, anything the wolves dig up will boomerang.

I don't know if McCain planned it this way but, because it is so easy to identify with Palin, criticism of her is taken personally by a huge swath of the electorate. Great strategy for getting people to resent the media and your opponent.

re: #134 Killian Bundy

I know about that one, and I don't really expect a repeat.

But it would be pretty funny to have one listing all the "serious" candidates each sincerely saying Obama isn't qualified to be POTUS, including himself! (I don't think it would really convince anyone, but it would make a good bit of "red meat" for the McCain website).

The problem with the Obama thing is that it doesn't lend itself to a three second soundbite. He acknowledges he isn't ready to be POTUS, and says he needs more experience first, but he doesn't just say it explicitly that way in one sentence.

re: #142 Nancy

Sure Obama could be using the old trial lawyers courtroom trick when there there is a jury.

Blurting out a comment they KNOW will be objected to by opposing counsil and over-ruled and the jury will be told to disregard it.

They nonetheless the jury has heard it.

In fact, the jury has had great attention drawn to it.

re: #142 Nancy

Sure Obama could be using the old trial lawyers courtroom trick when there there is a jury.

Blurting out a comment they KNOW will be objected to by opposing counsil and over-ruled and the jury will be told to disregard it.

They nonetheless the jury has heard it.

And when the CiC must cut orders to deploy our troops into combat, we'll want a CiC who fully appreciates the danger into which our troops are going.

"The jury", in this case, despite having been told to disregard it, knows full well the importance of what they just heard.

re: #4 Cap'n DOC

The ad sucks. Someone baited the obama camp, and being the bottomfeeders that they are...

I believe that those fish are commonly referred to as "suckers".

Now we know the real reason Obama will no longer be appearing on SNL this weekend. The brilliantly hilarious skit of senile old McCain trying to figure out how to send an email had to be scrapped.

re: #141 cliffster

They don't generally have the mental energy to vote, either. I refuse to worry about people like that.

re: #142 Nancy

Obama's nearest approach to a trial lawyer was watching soap operas.

As someone so correctly pointed out Obama's skills are training in teleprompter and mirror technologies. Other than being a "community organizer" and voting present in his State Legislature there doesn't seem to be much else that is of interest to him except being "given" the Presidency because he is so smart and the rest of us are a bunch of dolts.

re: #151 Dianna

Obama's nearest approach to a trial lawyer was watching soap operas.

Nice one!
I like it!

re: #105 KingKenrod

The electoral race is still very close. A few busloads of voter fraud in Denver or Cleveland or Las Vegas could turn the election for Obama. Obama could take 3 Bush 2004 states - Iowa, Colorado, and New Mexico. Where is McCain going to make up those votes? New Hampshire? Pennsylvania? Michigan?

In Vegas, we don't even need a busload. All the dimmocrats have to do is go to the Sahara underpass at the I-15 and tell the homless potential voters they can vote for a bottle of Mad Dog.

Governor Palin just left Alaska about an hour or less ago to embark on solo campaigning for a few days.

re: #73 jcm

Front office of a Skyhawk. Whittle made a similar point about Bush. McCain had to fiddle all those knobs, fly the plane, navigate the plane, put ordinance on target.
While people where shooting all kinds of shit at him.

Dumb shits don't fly combat jets.

Jet fighter pilots have the most intense multi-tasking job in the world. Losing it or screwing up often means dying—they don't get do-overs.re: #106 jcm

It easier now (but far from easy), lot more automation. McCain's day it was a lot more hands on.

Heads Up displays and such helps. Imagine trying to track a target trying to kill you and having to take your eyes off him to scan your instruments to make sure you were not pushing the plane past its abilities, then reacquire the target, then scan instruments, then... Lots of planes have been lost because the pilot flew the plane harder than the plane was able. Lots of other planes hit things (ground) because the pilot forgot he had to focus on multiple things at once. Not easy by a long shot.

re: #151 Dianna

Obama's nearest approach to a trial lawyer was watching soap operas.

ROTFL!

Actually, the plot of most soap operas go over his head. He generally stays with the Tom and Jerry reruns.

I have just now made up my mind to support and vote for Sen. McCain. I have been on the fence since he won the nomination because I still had doubts about him. I felt a little bit better when he choose Gov. Palin as his VP running mate. But the straw that broke the camels back was this latest ad about him not being able to send an e-mail. Regardless of how you view the Vietnam War Sen. McCain spent five years as a POW in Vietnam. Those years were not pleasant, in fact they were very painful and physically damaging. Yet Team Obama feels it is acceptable for taunt and deride him because HE CAN'T TYPE ON A KEYBOARD. His physical injuries preclude that simple ability. Yet the Team O people feel that that is something they can make a political issue of. So much for taking the high road, and sticking to the issues.
The Dems are the (so called) party of diversity. Yet they have no problem making fun of a man who has physical disabilities in the service of his country. With all the hysteria that has been generated over Gov. Palin's youngest child, I begin to wonder exactly what they think about people with any kind of disability. If they think that a Downs baby should be aborted rather than be brought into the world, what are their feelings about the rest of the physically (or mentally) disabled people here in the United States, given their stated derision of Sen. McCain's physical situation in this ad?
I somehow do not think that the Dems look upon the disabled with a high degree of affection. But I guess I can understand that. If you are not like them then you are not something they feel free to associate with. And a person who has a physical handicap definitley is not like them so, "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" yelled the Queen. We do not need that kind of people littering the landscape!
At any rate, I will now be voting for the Republican ticket. And a pox on the Democrats and their fellow travelers!

re: #133 gop_patriot

Hi, y'all. Sorry to go OT but the first serious band of Ike has hit Arkansas, and we're having lots of little spin-off tornadoes in my area. They seem to be small, but they're moving fast and I'm afraid that people out and about on a Saturday afternoon might get caught off their guard.

If you are so inclined, could you please remember us (and of course all the other areas!) today who are being affected by (now tropical storm) Ike.

Thanks...

Looks like the storm is entirely ashore, winds at 60 mph. Tracking across NW Arkansas and Southwest Missouri, and into Illinois. I hope it doesn't bring too much rain, the farmers have been swamped already this year.

re: #158 SilverSeaOtter

Welcome to the light.

Oops! Obama forgot to check this article out on Wired just a few months ago:

As the former long-time chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, the Republican presidential candidate has probed the depths of every arcane aspect of science and technology policy that's come before Congress in the past decade.

It reminds me a bit of the trick in the beginning of the movie "The 300" when the young Spartan lured the wolf into the narrow pass and when the wolf got stuck between the rocks the kid ran him through.

re: #142 Nancy

Sure Obama could be using the old trial lawyers courtroom trick when there there is a jury.

Blurting out a comment they KNOW will be objected to by opposing counsil and over-ruled and the jury will be told to disregard it.

They nonetheless the jury has heard it.

I think the issue here is a basic misunderstanding by the Obamans of how people react to a given negative comment.

Many, if not most voters know McCain is a war hero. Even those who are not voting for him react negatively when he is attacked personally or mocked based on those injuries.

For example, someone on Daily Kos mocked his teeth. The comments section was full of aghast posters who knew of the torture he endured, some related to breaking teeth, when he was a POW.

Given this fact, only the subset of voters who do not know he is a war hero and former POW will be in play for these negative ads. Of that subset, some will resent the attack just because of personal empathy and dislike of such ads.

Conclusion - a very small number of people will react positively to such ads, and most of them will already be for Obama.

re: #159 Tigger2005

Looks like the storm is entirely ashore, winds at 60 mph. Tracking across NW Arkansas and Southwest Missouri, and into Illinois. I hope it doesn't bring too much rain, the farmers have been swamped already this year.

Whoops, that's SE Missouri, I mean.

re: #131 right_on_target

Obama's whole research team is up in Alaska digging for dirt on Sarah.

Why do I get the feeling they're going to spend campaign money to buy dirt on Palin?
Just a feelng

I think that is a "for sure."

But Obama should have left just a few on his research team here to do some fact checking on McCain before running ads.

re: #156 David IV of Georgia

Heads Up displays and such helps. Imagine trying to track a target trying to kill you and having to take your eyes off him to scan your instruments to make sure you were not pushing the plane past its abilities, then reacquire the target, then scan instruments, then... Lots of planes have been lost because the pilot flew the plane harder than the plane was able. Lots of other planes hit things (ground) because the pilot forgot he had to focus on multiple things at once. Not easy by a long shot.

I know the F/A the plane can be programmed for most of the flight even the attack run. The pilot can focus on being a weapons system manager. Of course the pilot still has to have complete situational awareness to take action for evasive maneuvers, or the unexpected.

a haughty buffoon, how can we trust him to make decisions as potus?
he has poor judgment and no common sense.
he is 'out of it' because of his arrogance.
loser.

re: #158 SilverSeaOtter

I have just now made up my mind to support and vote for Sen. McCain. I have been on the fence since he won the nomination because I still had doubts about him. I felt a little bit better when he choose Gov. Palin as his VP running mate. But the straw that broke the camels back was this latest ad about him not being able to send an e-mail. Regardless of how you view the Vietnam War Sen. McCain spent five years as a POW in Vietnam. Those years were not pleasant, in fact they were very painful and physically damaging. Yet Team Obama feels it is acceptable for taunt and deride him because HE CAN'T TYPE ON A KEYBOARD. His physical injuries preclude that simple ability. Yet the Team O people feel that that is something they can make a political issue of. So much for taking the high road, and sticking to the issues.
The Dems are the (so called) party of diversity. Yet they have no problem making fun of a man who has physical disabilities in the service of his country. With all the hysteria that has been generated over Gov. Palin's youngest child, I begin to wonder exactly what they think about people with any kind of disability. If they think that a Downs baby should be aborted rather than be brought into the world, what are their feelings about the rest of the physically (or mentally) disabled people here in the United States, given their stated derision of Sen. McCain's physical situation in this ad?
I somehow do not think that the Dems look upon the disabled with a high degree of affection. But I guess I can understand that. If you are not like them then you are not something they feel free to associate with. And a person who has a physical handicap definitley is not like them so, "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" yelled the Queen. We do not need that kind of people littering the landscape!
At any rate, I will now be voting for the Republican ticket. And a pox on the Democrats and their fellow travelers!

Welcome to the party! The N∅b☭m➑ party that is.

In Garland (just east of Dallas) we have steady rain and fairly strong gusty wind—but nothing spectacular or dangerous at this point. Hopefully it will stay that way.

re: #166 jcm

I know the F/A the plane can be programmed for most of the flight even the attack run. The pilot can focus on being a weapons system manager. Of course the pilot still has to have complete situational awareness to take action for evasive maneuvers, or the unexpected.

F/A-18

McCain, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!

Just saw a new Obama commercial. Ha. It ends with this crumb of wisdom.

This year, change has to be more than a slogan.

re: #36 Cap'n DOC

Although I understand the limitations of Sen. McCain, this whole fiasco is not about him. The ad (which I've seen on the web BTW) appears condescending and coarse. A modicum of research would have come up with the very same information that Charles has revealed, even if he's giving the HatTip to someone else. The obamessiah's campaign is being run by a bunch of 'cool' hipsters with pocket protectors - or so it seems. How many times does this make that the obamessiah has walked into a spinning propeller this week?

Please don't dis those of us who wore pocket protectors.

My best recollection is that those of us in the pocket protector crowd were usually voting for the R candidate.

re: #158 SilverSeaOtter

McCain was definitely not my choice in the primaries. I would have voted for him in the general elections anyways, but I've grown to like him a lot more. Either way, the democrats have failed to capitalize on a GOP that was a little unsure of their nominee, by nominating someone that people are so anxious to vote against.

OT
Pray for those in Ikes path. It isn't over yet.

Powerless: More than 99 percent of region in the dark

Rossi polling 6 points ahead in the Washington state governor's election.

Plus, McCain is polling 5-8 points ahead in Florida, despite Obama having spent an estimated $8 million there on campaign ads.

On Power Line

re: #70 Racer X

Can I borrow some updings from anyone? This post needs more.

I've just lent you one of mine. But now I need someone to upding it for me.

If anyone had told me a year ago (long before we knew who the nominees were) that this election would be so close I would have thought they were nuts. It has been an incredibly bad campaign for Obama. By all rights this election should have been a slam dunk for the Democrats.

Ike almost kept me from flying back into the country from Columbia last night. Had a layover in Houston, and the Houston airport closed. Had to buy a last-minute AA ticket through Miami (essentially flying around Ike), otherwise I would have spent the weekend and then some in Bogota.

_{the one} isn't omniscient?

How did that happen? Someone ought to tell him.

re: #62 Catttt

I think that the Obama folks are trying to emulate the quick, on point ads that the McCain camp have been doing so well. However, they suck at this and therefore stumble over their own feet fate.

Fixed that for ya...

re: #174 cliffster

Is it really a case of nominating a person that people are anxious to vote against or is this more of a case of the tactics, approaches, and policies employed / advocated by the hard left turning off middle America?

It seems to me that the more that Obama and the hard left get into smear politics and the more they demonstrate their hypocrisy on almost every issue including feminism, the more people are looking away from Obama / Biden and towards McCain / Palin.

re: #176 Intrepid

Rossi polling 6 points ahead in the Washington state governor's election.

Plus, McCain is polling 5-8 points ahead in Florida, despite Obama having spent an estimated $8 million there on campaign ads.

On Power Line

WA is play for McCain also, it will be Rossi's coattails sweeping McCain in and not the other way around as usual in WA.

A lot of real folks are real unhappy in the Northwet.

In my "jimjams" persona, I've stumbled into a blog-fight in the comments section of an article about the moronic "Obama Waffles" box design. Here's a sampling of my futile parries against the moonbat army:

jimjams
What a blunder on the part of that conservative group not to carefully examine the box designs. They should know that every little thing in this campaign will be examined and exploited and blown out of proportion (as many already have been). Strap yourself in: here we go with another round of racial mudslinging. In the end, it's just two unfunny "writers" trying to capitalize on a terribly failed joke, and some inattentive conference organizers letting it slip through the cracks -- but you can guarantee this will be used to tar McCain and all Obama opponents for the next two months.
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jimjams
See? While I was typing my comment, three other commenters proved my point, by citing this incident as "proof" that all Obama opponents must be racists. Typical. By the same token, the thousands of insanely sexist Photoshops/blog postings/jokes/cartoons about Sarah Palin must indicate that all Obama supporters are sexist jerks -- right?
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kecho said: "Except for racists, race and gender are not political issues. Race and gender are determined through genetics. Oops, that's science, but the EGOP(Evangelical GOP) doesn't believe in the scientific method or science. My bad." Boy, are you off in la-la land. It is the conservatives who try to insist that race and gender are determined through genetics. It is the academics and postmodern liberals who try to claim that both race and gender are "social constructs" -- that there is no such thing as race, and that gender is merely a "choice" we make. You have things completely reversed. It is the Left that doesn't accept the scientific method or science. And as for your first statement: It is the Left that endlessly makes race a political issue -- so I guess by your definition they are the racists, then?
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mr_urc: Attacking Palin "on the issues"?!?!? You have got to be kidding. Have you not been paying attention for the last two weeks? There have been more unapologetic sexist attacks on Sarah Palin in 12 days than there were against Hillary Clinton in 12 years. ...
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wakeupalive says: "Got to love the racist right wingers. Totally offensive and disgusting. Can't wait to hear the scumbag posters defend this." Nobody's defending the waffle-box design. I agree that it's a cretinous racist pseudo-joke. What I'm saying is that these too fools are now going to be identified as the prototypical McCain voters -- which is exactly what is already happening, right in front of my eyes.
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Treyman: Palin is "earmark loving"? Hmmm, Nancy Pelosi just absconded with $1.4 billion of taxpayer money to built an 8-block long subway line in her district, and it's Palin who gets accused of seeking earmarks? For what -- a bridge that was never built? Can you guess the names of two Senators who both TWICE voted to fund the "Bridge to Nowhere"? Hmmm? Care to guess? That's right, the two Senators were named Obama and Biden. Give me a freakin' break. Biden has funneled more money into pet porkbarrel projects in his 36 years in the Senate than almost any other Senator in US history. As for you ignoring the cavalcade of sexist insults against Palin -- please, go right ahead and continue justifying them and ignoring them. And then you'll wonder why the McCain ticket suddenly jumped 20 points in popularity. I love it when people fail to evven acknowledge problems. Then when they get blindsided on election day, it's even more fun to watch.

Is this the same Barrack Obama campaign that was going to E-MAIL their VP pick to the world? So how did their "tech-savy savior" do on that little example of Internet superiority hmmmm?

re: #178 Mich-again

If anyone had told me a year ago (long before we knew who the nominees were) that this election would be so close I would have thought they were nuts. It has been an incredibly bad campaign for Obama. By all rights this election should have been a slam dunk for the Democrats.

Maybe, but McCain learned some hard lessons in 2000. I believe it's just as likely that the McCain camp has the ability to get in someone's head and make him seem like a bumbling idiot.

As another lizard pointed out, I am concerned about voter fraud. The Obama's ACORN friends are noted for it.

re: #173 Son of the Black Dog

Okay. Sorry about that. You didn't walk into any propellers when you wore one, did you?

re: #158 SilverSeaOtter

I have just now made up my mind to support and vote for Sen. McCain. I have been on the fence since he won the nomination because I still had doubts about him. I felt a little bit better when he choose Gov. Palin as his VP running mate. But the straw that broke the camels back was this latest ad about him not being able to send an e-mail. Regardless of how you view the Vietnam War Sen. McCain spent five years as a POW in Vietnam. Those years were not pleasant, in fact they were very painful and physically damaging. Yet Team Obama feels it is acceptable for taunt and deride him because HE CAN'T TYPE ON A KEYBOARD. His physical injuries preclude that simple ability. Yet the Team O people feel that that is something they can make a political issue of. So much for taking the high road, and sticking to the issues.
The Dems are the (so called) party of diversity. Yet they have no problem making fun of a man who has physical disabilities in the service of his country. With all the hysteria that has been generated over Gov. Palin's youngest child, I begin to wonder exactly what they think about people with any kind of disability. If they think that a Downs baby should be aborted rather than be brought into the world, what are their feelings about the rest of the physically (or mentally) disabled people here in the United States, given their stated derision of Sen. McCain's physical situation in this ad?
I somehow do not think that the Dems look upon the disabled with a high degree of affection. But I guess I can understand that. If you are not like them then you are not something they feel free to associate with. And a person who has a physical handicap definitley is not like them so, "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!" yelled the Queen. We do not need that kind of people littering the landscape!
At any rate, I will now be voting for the Republican ticket. And a pox on the Democrats and their fellow travelers!

Well put, and excellent.

Your comment re those with disabilities and people with Down Syndrome reminded me of this: during Gov. Palin's convention speech, Mr. Palin gave youngest daughter Piper baby Trig to hold (she loves Trig a lot and often asks to hold him). Piper slicked Trig's hair back, licking her hand to do so. It was just plain ole precious to me.

Do the lefties understand this act of sibling love? No. There were a number of boneheaded blogs that made fun of this, and one news article mentioned that while the crowd, watching the vid screens, was enthralled by Piper, many of the reporters on scene winced at the event.

re: #173 Son of the Black Dog

I agee with you there. There is not one single pocket protector type in the Obama office. You'd be more likely to find a Che' T-shirt.

re: #172 Mich-again

Just saw a new Obama commercial. Ha. It ends with this crumb of wisdom.

"This year, change has to be more than a slogan."

There is something fundamentally weak in a candidacy if they have to trash their own slogan.

Do they not know how stupid that sounds?

re: #158 SilverSeaOtter

Welcome aboard.
As the aunt of a special needs niece, I can't tell you how hurtful and quite frankly eye opening all the comments made by the Dem's regarding Trig and Senator McCain.

Life will be hard enough for my niece without her having to someday see that most women would abort her if given the chance.

I also think that although some Americans knew of McCains POW time, I don't think until the Convention that they really understood what he went through.
His honesty in saying that he "thought about" the early release before refusing is haunting.

I consider myself a pretty tough woman, but my whole being doesn't have the courage that man has in his little pinkie.

It is an honor to support him.

re: #182 Athos

Is it really a case of nominating a person that people are anxious to vote against or is this more of a case of the tactics, approaches, and policies employed / advocated by the hard left turning off middle America?

It seems to me that the more that Obama and the hard left get into smear politics and the more they demonstrate their hypocrisy on almost every issue including feminism, the more people are looking away from Obama / Biden and towards McCain / Palin.

I was watching coverage of an Obama townhall-type-thing. Someone stood up and asked (paraphrasing).. "you've had millions of people make millions of dollars in contributions to you, when are you going to stand up against the Republicans lies and smear tactics?" You kidding me? Can people actually be that blind? (and stupid) They honestly think that Obama has tried sooooo hard to take the high road, and that darned 'ol McCain just wants to sling mud.

Obama, be clueless.

What this idiotic ad shows is the quality of his staff - worse than clueless.

re: #185 WayDownSouthInBama

Is this the same Barrack Obama campaign that was going to E-MAIL their VP pick to the world? So how did their "tech-savy savior" do on that little example of Internet superiority hmmmm?

Text message. Similar.

re: #193 cliffster

I was watching coverage of an Obama townhall-type-thing. Someone stood up and asked (paraphrasing).. "you've had millions of people make millions of dollars in contributions to you, when are you going to stand up against the Republicans lies and smear tactics?" You kidding me? Can people actually be that blind? (and stupid) They honestly think that Obama has tried sooooo hard to take the high road, and that darned 'ol McCain just wants to sling mud.

We need a Koolaid antidote to reach some of these people.

McCain doesn't have to "set 'em up" - these idiots are more than capable of stepping on their d*cks on their own. I suspect that even without Palin this would be happening somewhat, but the brilliant choice of Sarah for VP has them totally befuddled. Pass the popcorn.

re: #187 vagabond trader

As another lizard pointed out, I am concerned about voter fraud. The Obama's ACORN friends are noted for it.

If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat

That's the bottom line. Vote so that even when they do cheat, it's not enough to make a difference.

Has anyone tried to post a comment to either
barackobama's
or
johnmccain's
blogs?

It seems there are NO negative posts on O'Bama's blog site [censorship]. I couldn't find any. Try to
post a negative opinion or rebuttal and it will never show up. It's just a propaganda mouthpiece. Stalin + Ulbricht would be proud of the site.

On the McCain blog site there are some negative posts [except perhaps the blatant KOS type name calling]. The rebuttals are posted by the pro-McCain posters and they are doing a pretty good job.

re: #185 WayDownSouthInBama

Is this the same Barrack Obama campaign that was going to E-MAIL their VP pick to the world? So how did their "tech-savy savior" do on that little example of Internet superiority hmmmm?

It was an utter failure. The texts didn't go en masse, rather they trickled out over the course of many hours. It was old news by the time most of them got their message. What a stupid gimmick and what a dumb plan to actually carry out the gimmick. What? Did Obama enlist his 300 advisors to each use their own phone to send out thousands of texts one by one?

From that noted bastion of sanity and clarity, Crooks and Liars: "These are the types of ads Obama needs to keep running. Better late than never." This is what we call whistling past the graveyard.

re: #175 Dar ul Harbarian

OT
Pray for those in Ikes path. It isn't over yet.

Powerless: More than 99 percent of region in the dark

"Powerless"?

It isn't like the Russian Army decided to exit Georgia via Texas.

re: #193 cliffster

I was watching coverage of an Obama townhall-type-thing. Someone stood up and asked (paraphrasing).. "you've had millions of people make millions of dollars in contributions to you, when are you going to stand up against the Republicans lies and smear tactics?" You kidding me? Can people actually be that blind? (and stupid) They honestly think that Obama has tried sooooo hard to take the high road, and that darned 'ol McCain just wants to sling mud.

That's what Obama thinks, too. That's why he keeps protesting that he won't be "swift-boated". So, Obama must have been offended by this nutter, who hasn't noticed that that's exactly what Obama has already been doing.

Swift-boated, ... how about keel-hauled?

comment posted at LawDog's blog that I learned about from The Smallest Minority.
Possibly the best articulated comment I've read yet:

C. S. P. Schofield said...
Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.

It isn't that the MSM gets together and CONSPIRES to avoid images of 9/11/2001, or the bestial behavior of radical muslims around the world. It's that they cannot grasp it. It doesn't fit anywhere in their world; a world where Socialism works and they - the anointed - are divinely chosen by Providence to guide those who are less enlightened (that's us).

They reacted the same way to the news from the killing fields. To the revelation that Stalin was a monster whose body count dwarfed Hitler's. They cannot deal with the information that so contradicts their world-view, so they blank it out of their minds and unconsciously try to blank it out of the world.

They lack the intelligence to handle world as complicated as the real one - hence the way they fall for Marxism, a belief totally unsuited to the complex modern world - and they lack the moral strength to face the consequences of their past behavior. The mass graves. The misery. Acknowledging these would break them, which is why the become so hysterical when confronted.

They are pathetic intellectual dwarfs and moral lightweights. The proper response to them is not anger but impatient contempt. Certainly they must not be allowed to run the country."

re: #187 vagabond trader

As another lizard pointed out, I am concerned about voter fraud. The Obama's ACORN friends are noted for it.

In WA, Sec. State Sam Reed purge 480,000 invalid / fraudulent voters from the rolls. That's out of 3.6 million registrations over 10% bad registrations.

Even with all that the margin was 133 votes in '04, Rossi's margin of victory was, in a fair election was possibly in the thousands.

They have to do a lot of cheating to win. Battleground shows 60% of the population consistently conservative to very conservative. A big chunk of that 60% will show up this year.

re: #73 jcm

Dumb shits don't fly combat jets.

And GWB flew an F-102.

There are a few things in life you can't fake, and that your family money and connections can't get you through. One of those things is flying a high performance single seat jet aircraft.

Anyone want to make a bet about how far BHO would get in pilot training, much less military basic training.

re: #162 Mich-again

It reminds me a bit of the trick in the beginning of the movie "The 300" when the young Spartan lured the wolf into the narrow pass and when the wolf got stuck between the rocks the kid ran him through.

Wasn't the young Spartan the young Leonidas?

re: #206 Son of the Black Dog

And GWB flew an F-102.

There are a few things in life you can't fake, and that your family money and connections can't get you through. One of those things is flying a high performance single seat jet aircraft.

Anyone want to make a bet about how far BHO would get in pilot training, much less military basic training.

Well, he considered it. Does that count?
/

re: #200 Mich-again

It was an utter failure. The texts didn't go en masse, rather they trickled out over the course of many hours. It was old news by the time most of them got their message. What a stupid gimmick and what a dumb plan to actually carry out the gimmick. What? Did Obama enlist his 300 advisors to each use their own phone to send out thousands of texts one by one?

Mich

I think that is was a gimmick to get a lot of cell phone numbers.
He was mining for information imo.

re: #195 Lynn B.

Text message. Similar.

Yeah. BHO was supposed his BFF's the pick before it was announced to the world. The press revealed the pick around midnight and BHO's text went out at 3:00.

re: #193 cliffster

That's the part that they don't get. All of these fascists have this one failing - if they do not get what they want, they do not believe it is the result of their policies or tactics being wrong, it's because they aren't doing them with enough conviction or devotion. And if they undertake the same tactics, support the same policies but do it with far more force, aggression, and mindless devotion, it will pay off.

These tactics are alienating middle America. Doing them more aggressively, more loudly, or more overtly will not win over middle America but further alienate them. This creates the death spiral of angst that the left has fallen into.

re: #205 jcm

Make it so!

re: #189 Catttt

Well put, and excellent.

Your comment re those with disabilities and people with Down Syndrome reminded me of this: during Gov. Palin's convention speech, Mr. Palin gave youngest daughter Piper baby Trig to hold (she loves Trig a lot and often asks to hold him). Piper slicked Trig's hair back, licking her hand to do so. It was just plain ole precious to me.

Do the lefties understand this act of sibling love? No. There were a number of boneheaded blogs that made fun of this, and one news article mentioned that while the crowd, watching the vid screens, was enthralled by Piper, many of the reporters on scene winced at the event.

We I grew up with close friends with disabled children, and in our church now have several families with disabled kids. A consistency I've noted is many siblings of disabled kids have tighter bonding and affection for the disable sibling than normal.

re: #189 Catttt

Well put, and excellent.

Your comment re those with disabilities and people with Down Syndrome reminded me of this: during Gov. Palin's convention speech, Mr. Palin gave youngest daughter Piper baby Trig to hold (she loves Trig a lot and often asks to hold him). Piper slicked Trig's hair back, licking her hand to do so. It was just plain ole precious to me.

Do the lefties understand this act of sibling love? No. There were a number of boneheaded blogs that made fun of this, and one news article mentioned that while the crowd, watching the vid screens, was enthralled by Piper, many of the reporters on scene winced at the event.

most lefties probably don't understand it.
too cynical to see the deep affection little piper had for that adorable baby.
it made me remember a few times my mom had to spit on a hankie and wipe our dirty little faces to make us more presentable.
it never occurred to me that it was inappropriate.
in fact, oddly, it's a pleasant memory.

re: #83 Perry

It may be a companionable kind of thing.

Could be. There seem to a lot of love beams passing between those two, an impression I don't get with respect to the Obama couple.

re: #178 Mich-again

It all started unraveling with the Saddleback forum. The rambling and in some cases non-sensical answers Obama gave were completely trumped by McCain's quick and steady replies. Obama's first really large gaffe - "that's above my pay-grade" - was widely ridiculed and started the first rumblings that signaled structural damage this his house of cards.

Then he made a safe choice in VP, not even taking into consideration (or maybe so?) that just months previously Joe had unequivocally stated that Obama wasn't ready to be president. And that Joe had said he'd be proud to run with McCain.

Their convention antics with the no floor vote was the nail in the coffin for the PUMA folks, though, and served to turn what could be millions of Hillary voters against Obama.

And then, seemingly from nowhere, up comes Governor Palin, and they haven't recovered from SarahCuda yet.

re: #207 right_on_target

Wasn't the young Spartan the young Leonidas?

I believe so. The strategy foreshadowed the way he waged the battle against the Persian army at the narrow pass.

re: #210 TN_Vol

Yeah. BHO was supposed his BFF's the pick before it was announced to the world. The press revealed the pick around midnight and BHO's text went out at 3:00.

The SMS went out at 3:00 AM Eastern.

Which is midnight Pacific.

They went out at the same time!

You're just a bunch of racists who can't see facts!11oneleven!

/

I guess this was supposed to make Obama's ad sound clever.

As I recall this isn't the first time Nedra Pickler has made an ass out of herself pimping for BO.

So, I've been surfing the net and playing in the spin-offs, sup?

re: #195 Lynn B.
I stand corrected. It was a text message. I don't do text messages. Phones are for talking. The telegraph was for texting.

re: #38 susanl

I was shocked and offended when I heard about this yesterday.

I think Obama has realized that he isn't up to the job and is sabotaging himself. What else could it possibly be, no one could be that stupid, could they? Between this and the pig....

S

Susan -

"YES HE CAN!"

-S-

re: #221 WayDownSouthInBama

I stand corrected. It was a text message. I don't do text messages. Phones are for talking. The telegraph was for texting.

I can't hear worth crap on the phone, so I text. Love it.

re: #221 WayDownSouthInBama

I stand corrected. It was a text message. I don't do text messages. Phones are for talking. The telegraph was for texting.

Look to the North sending a smoke signal!
;-P

re: #218 victor_yugo

The SMS went out at 3:00 AM Eastern.

Which is midnight Pacific.

They went out at the same time!

You're just a bunch of racists who can't see facts!11oneleven!

/

Just the same, I'm not happy getting a text at 3:00 AM unless you are texting me to tell me my house is on fire or a bunch of cheerleaders is having a Twister party on my front lawn.

re: #214 nyc redneck

Most leftist women would have aborted this precious little guy.That pos Joy Behar is soooo appalled that Gov Palin shoots innocent animals while she sits across from Whoopie Goldberg, the proud recipient of NINE abortions.

*spit*

re: #221 WayDownSouthInBama

I stand corrected. It was a text message. I don't do text messages. Phones are for talking. The telegraph was for texting.

You are so out of touch. I'll bet you don't even know how to use a computer. You probably haven't changed since 1982.
/

re: #213 jcm

We I grew up with close friends with disabled children, and in our church now have several families with disabled kids. A consistency I've noted is many siblings of disabled kids have tighter bonding and affection for the disable sibling than normal.

You are very correct. My 14 year old son's 2 closest freinds both have disabled siblings (one with an older sister one younger brother) In both cases my sons freinds care for their sister/ brother like another parent does as well as a "best freind" to them knowing that it's tough for disabled kids to make freinds. In both cases the siblings are over our house almost each time my sons friends come over (my sons choice, btw)

re: #211 Athos

That's the part that they don't get. All of these fascists have this one failing - if they do not get what they want, they do not believe it is the result of their policies or tactics being wrong, it's because they aren't doing them with enough conviction or devotion. And if they undertake the same tactics, support the same policies but do it with far more force, aggression, and mindless devotion, it will pay off.

These tactics are alienating middle America. Doing them more aggressively, more loudly, or more overtly will not win over middle America but further alienate them. This creates the death spiral of angst that the left has fallen into.

They don't realize their policies are unworkable. They think they are brilliant. So they try to convince everyone else that these miserable policies are brilliant. Most people, when these policies are shoved in front of them aren't impressed—um, that's cut glass, not a diamond. So then they begin to think everyone is stupid and it is up to them to "save" us. The more they try, the more they alienate.

re: #216 Intrepid

I think your analysis is pretty well on the mark, but I also believe that Obama's problems started even before Saddleback. His campaign was in trouble pretty much throughout his world tour - particularly with the Berlin speech. The wheels pretty much started coming off the bus at that point.

The points you make about Saddleback are great ones - this was something that the suave and polished speaker Obama was supposed to thrive at even with the 'enemy audience'. But rather than accept that McCain did far better, the campaign resorted to the 'cheating' accusation which further alienated the middle ground voters.

re: #225 TN_Vol

Just the same, I'm not happy getting a text at 3:00 AM unless you are texting me to tell me my house is on fire or a bunch of cheerleaders is having a Twister party on my front lawn.

Yeah, I wouldn't be happy about that, either.

The fire, I mean.

re: #214 nyc redneck

A mother's spit is never inappropriate.

re: #221 WayDownSouthInBama

I stand corrected. It was a text message. I don't do text messages. Phones are for talking. The telegraph was for texting.

LOL! Same here!

My thumbs just don't work that way.

re: #216 Intrepid

Very good summary of "Hey wha happened?" to Obama, (or what he did to himself actually). But for this..

And then, seemingly from nowhere, up comes Governor Palin, and they haven't recovered from SarahCuda yet.

Did Ann and Nancy Wilson give you approval to use that reference?

re: #223 Tigger2005

I can't hear worth crap on the phone, so I text. Love it.

Both children of a former co-worker of mine are deaf; the cell phone text-messaging capabilities have been a godsend to him and his kids.

There's all this press about what a great campaign Obama ran. He beat Hillary. Yeah, but he ostracized a huge portion of her constituency in the process. How smart was that?

The real campaign starts after the convention. So far the Obama campaign has been a disaster. Total disaster. And Obama is counting the campaign as administrative experience.

re: #17 Intrepid

Whassat?

Don't sweat it....

It's a 'flying thing'!

:)

re: #214 nyc redneck

most lefties probably don't understand it.
too cynical to see the deep affection little piper had for that adorable baby.
it made me remember a few times my mom had to spit on a hankie and wipe our dirty little faces to make us more presentable.
it never occurred to me that it was inappropriate.
in fact, oddly, it's a pleasant memory.

At my house it's called Universal Solvent.

re: #226 vagabond trader

Most leftist women would have aborted this precious little guy.That pos Joy Behar is soooo appalled that Gov Palin shoots innocent animals while she sits across from Whoopie Goldberg, the proud recipient of NINE abortions.

*spit*

I can't fathom the mentality that would lead to nine abortions. What an absolute disregard for life. She just viewed it as birth control.

re: #226 vagabond trader

Most leftist women would have aborted this precious little guy.That pos Joy Behar is soooo appalled that Gov Palin shoots innocent animals while she sits across from Whoopie Goldberg, the proud recipient of NINE abortions.

*spit*

Huh? Please say you're kidding.

/probably not

re: #236 HelloDare

He beat Hillary by tying her into knots with the race card. The rest were simply memerized. How's that no returns policy going librals?

re: #236 HelloDare

So far the Obama campaign has been a disaster. Total disaster. And Obama is counting the campaign as administrative experience.

Nice.

I am entertaining the Idea that Obama is a Rove plant. His job was to take out Hillary and now to lose spectacularly. There is no way anybody runs this bad of a campaign without it being purposeful.
A Rove scheme for sure.

My son. who is also kinda beat up after service in the military, called this. He thought what McCain had said was he has someone do his e-mailing for him. He said "If I couldn't lift my arms as high as the keyboard I would have to have someone do mine too." I'll see what Obama sourced for his stupid commercial.

You know who else has been notably absent lately is Howard Dean. Is he babysitting Michelle or do they have him tied up in a storage locker somewhere so he doesn't shoot his mouth off?

re: #193 cliffster

Here's the question we can ask since Obama touted his managing a campaign as comparable to business and executive experience. Hmmmm, one had twice the money raised and spent twice as much!

Both are running the same campaign.. Look who has more staff and employees to accomplish the same goal!

As of the last report --June 30: Obama spent more than twice as much McCain and had a cash on hand balance also twice as much. New figures will be released on Sept. 20th.

This is only itemized under administrative costs so it won't add up to the

Source Open Secrets:
Obama Administrative Expenses
Salaries & Benefits $40,910,770
Travel $34,464,897
Miscellaneous Administrative $11,331,973
Postage/Shipping $10,796,887
Rent/Utilities $9,888,463
Supplies, Equipment & Furniture $3,949,370
Administrative Consultants $674,380
Food/Meetings $437,144
Political Consultants $1,359,927
Miscellaneous Campaign $362,556
Total: 112.5 million for administrative costs
[Link: www.opensecrets.org...]

McCain Administrative Expenses
Travel $15,117,619
Salaries & Benefits $14,696,656
Postage/Shipping $11,441,420
Rent/Utilities $4,798,027
Supplies, Equipment & Furniture $4,263,358
Miscellaneous Administrative $3,626,911
Food/Meetings $154,355
Administrative Consultants $44,876
Total: 54.14 million administrative costs
[Link: www.opensecrets.org...]

re: #232 David IV of Georgia

A mother's spit is never inappropriate.

Mine did my hair at my wedding. Completely sub conscience on her part, just being my mom.

re: #243 spidly

I am entertaining the Idea that Obama is a Rove plant. His job was to take out Hillary and now to lose spectacularly. There is no way anybody runs this bad of a campaign without it being purposeful.
A Rove scheme for sure.

I guess that since it worked with Kerry.........Rove, you genius.

re: #235 reine.de.tout

Both children of a former co-worker of mine are deaf; the cell phone text-messaging capabilities have been a godsend to him and his kids.

Great point. It just makes me a little nuts to see all these kids hunched over on the bus, train, in the mall, thumbs furiously punching away. Sometimes it seems like they're just not at all where they are.

Of course, when I was a teenager I wasn't where I was either. Just getting old, I guess.

re: #246 Nancy

A window into how BHO would run the federal budget......

re: #236 HelloDare

So far the Obama campaign has been a disaster. Total disaster. And Obama is counting the campaign as administrative experience.

uppity goes the dingitty

re: #245 livefreeor die

You know who else has been notably absent lately is Howard Dean. Is he babysitting Michelle or do they have him tied up in a storage locker somewhere so he doesn't shoot his mouth off?

heard a press release by him on the news but I can't remember what it was about. My thought at the time was they must be keeping him under wraps.

Another example of the tech savvy is that poorly moderated cesspool of a website and their lack of discipline in tracking the source of internet contributions (although that may be intentional).

I am sure BHO could have found 200+ vetted democratic volunteers to act as moderators on the site with a simple reference system for review. Even if he doesn't mind the anti-Semitic, treasonous, and vile sites and comments - he has to recognize the damage they could do to a campaign. I am also certain he could have instituted geographic labeling of ip addresses and credit card source data for all of the donations coming from Gaza City and Syria.

And his ad turnaround time is pathetic, McCain has stuff published overnight - I thought all the artists were liberals?

re: #247 jcm

Mine did my hair at my wedding. Completely sub conscience on her part, just being my mom.

I hope you've washed it since

re: #77 Intrepid

Now didn't Michelle Obama say, referring to Barack, "He certainly isn't afraid to surround himself with intelligent people", as a dig against Sarah Palin?

Since she made that statement, the "intelligent" Joe Biden has done the following:

* Said "Sarah Palin as VP would be a step backwards for women"

* Stated that Hillary Clinton would be a better, more qualified VP candidate than he is

* Called out to wheelchair bound Chuck Graham, "Come on Chuck, STAND UP! Let 'em see ya!", which was followed with, "Oh God love ya, Chuck - we'll stand up for you!"

Yes, Michelle, your husband has great judgement in picking "intelligent" people to surround himself with.

Biden was especially charming when he called him, pal and buddy.

Heavy rain now falling at our house - the rains from Ike have reached us. Been pouring for the last 20 minutes.

re: #248 Athos

I guess that since it worked with Kerry.........Rove, you genius.

Rove, the best thing we've done since chemtrails.

/some super secret nonexistent organization I can't tell you about or I'd have to kill you.

re: #245 livefreeor die

You know who else has been notably absent lately is Howard Dean. Is he babysitting Michelle or do they have him tied up in a storage locker somewhere so he doesn't shoot his mouth off?

I think he's directing from behind the scenes. I think he's the reason Hillary is out of the campaign; she was a public holdover from Terry McAuliffe's days.

I don't know how much others think about this aspect. We Watched Obama and his cohorts steal an election from the people, in this case Dem's. He Must Lose. Can we have a campaign ad that actually goes from Chicago thuggery , cheating to win, to Dem thuggery , cheating to win.
Can we allow the Other Half of the Countries Party to Steal elections and treat their constituents like garbage?
if they can Do that to their Own. imagine what they will do if they WIN to us.