When will these web-only videos be on TV? This could be edited to 30-60 seconds, easy.

I think the Ayers thing isn't helping. Acorn is where McCain should go in my opinion.

I look forward to their video in which they hit the subject of the economy.

Career First. Country Second.

LOVE IT!

re: #2 nigella

I think the Ayers thing isn't helping. Acorn is where McCain should go in my opinion.

See the lead article at MM"s site.

re: #2 nigella

I think the Ayers thing isn't helping. Acorn is where McCain should go in my opinion.

I disagree nigella, he should hammer both of them...BTW, Rush is playing the McCain rally tape in Manhattan now.

re: #6 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I disagree nigella, he should hammer both of them...BTW, Rush is playing the McCain rally tape in Manhattan now.

I heard that tape. It's disgusting what was being shouted at the McCain rally.

re: #3 Cognito

I look forward to their video in which they hit the subject of the economy.

Certainly a lot of material there, and we've seen the surface scratched but barely.

The cover showing Ayers standing on the flag should have been full screen size.

But Palin can't say he "pals around with terrorists" without some sandy little butthole calling it "reprehensible rhetoric".

Humpf!

What happened at the Manhattan rally?

The AD speaks for itself - at rather high volume.

-S-

Someone should start ask Obama if he will appoint Ayers as Sec'y of Education. And if not, why not. I'd like to see him answer that.

The MSM frames public opinion.

As long as the American MSM doesn't believe that Ayers is a terrorist, it will be a non-starter.

Just like the Palis and their BBC enablers.

I'm sure if McCain had even the slimest connection to, let's say David Duke, the MSM would've had his head months ago.

This is getting old.

The MSM thinks this country is racist, while ignoring the real racism of Europe, Arabia, Africa, Asia and everyother cullure/state that minorities do not exist - or are in so few numbers as not to count.

Very nice! Big success!

Problem is, nobody cares about Ayers. It's Obama's continually changing story that has to be emphasized.

Remember, Nixon wasn't brought down by the Watergate burglars. It was the cover-up.

Its great, but unfortunately people who are already voting for McCain are the only ones who can appreciate this. I think most everyone has made up their minds. The only thing we can count on is low voter turnout for BHO.

All of it needs to be hammered on, but ACORN/sub-prime/et cetera probably speaks louder to the average undecided right about now.

re: #13 Irene NYC

Someone should start ask Obama if he will appoint Ayers as Sec'y of Education. And if not, why not. I'd like to see him answer that.

Maybe John will ask him on Wednesday.

OT: This belongs in the now-dying thread, but I'll post it here too.

Here's the video of Obama telling a plumber - whose business makes over 250K a year, that, yes, he would pay higher taxes because he needs to "spread the wealth."

re: #16 bellamags

Its great, but unfortunately people who are already voting for McCain are the only ones who can appreciate this. I think most everyone has made up their minds. The only thing we can count on is low voter turnout for BHO.

That's not going to happen. Count on the opposite.

Since we're discussing Ayers, here's a letter to the Boston Globe from someone who is proud of his connection to Ayers.
Somehow, he neglects Ayers' present anti-Americanism, and downplays his past terrorist acts.
And he was headmaster of Brookline High, so we can see what is wrong with our educational system.

re: #13 Irene NYC

Someone should start ask Obama if he will appoint Ayers as Sec'y of Education. And if not, why not. I'd like to see him answer that.

"If not, why not?" I would love to hear that!

re: #14 Ben Hur

The MSM frames public opinion.

As long as the American MSM doesn't believe that Ayers is a terrorist, it will be a non-starter.

Just like the Palis and their BBC enablers.

I'm sure if McCain had even the slimest connection to, let's say David Duke, the MSM would've had his head months ago.

This is getting old.

The MSM thinks this country is racist, while ignoring the real racism of Europe, Arabia, Africa, Asia and everyother cullure/state that minorities do not exist - or are in so few numbers as not to count.

couldn't have said it better myself. awesome

re: #15 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Very nice! Big success!

Problem is, nobody cares about Ayers. It's Obama's continually changing story that has to be emphasized.

Remember, Nixon wasn't brought down by the Watergate burglars. It was the cover-up.

And THAT is a VERY good point!

"Part of a pattern" means they're going to keep bringing more to the table.

re: #13 Irene NYC

That would require the media to actually do their jobs instead of being in the tank for the Messiah.

re: #15 Who Watches the Watchmen?

Very nice! Big success!

Problem is, nobody cares about Ayers. It's Obama's continually changing story that has to be emphasized.

Remember, Nixon wasn't brought down by the Watergate burglars. It was the cover-up.

"www" -

Good point. As with former Pres. Clinton - not the adultery - the PERJURY.

-S-

re: #20 Irene NYC

how about PRAY for low voter turnout?

IreneNYC, someone should ask Obama a bunch of questions,but that's the problem The LSM is in the tank for him. No other candidate would get the fawning coverage Obama has. No other candidate with as thin a resume would even make it to the primaries let alone as the Presidential candidate. Strange and dangerous times we are living in.

Yawn!

/mike allen at the politico

re: #23 bellamags

Thanks, B.

re: #29 bellamags

how about PRAY for low voter turnout?

While we're at it, pray for lousy weather too.
;)

re: #19 arethusa

Scary. Unfortuantely, most in the crowd probabily didn't care about that posting of Marxist bs by Obama.

re: #17 pre-Boomer Marine brat

All of it needs to be hammered on, but ACORN/sub-prime/et cetera probably speaks louder to the average undecided right about now.

Not just the sub-prime mess, but the voter fraud as well. If Americans learned the the same group that had it's fingers in the pie of the economic trouble was the same group trying to defraud our votes, I think there would be some strong blowback.

When the Ayers Association surfaced, the Obama Campaign put out a ststement, that Ayers is just a neighborhood guy that Obama knew from their children going to school together.
The Obama children are grade schoolers & Ayers kids are adults.

re: #3 Cognito

I look forward to their video in which they hit the subject of the economy.

I look forward to the day when the American people realize what a corrupt "free Press" has done to them. Good luck Cognito, you are going to need a bucket of it.

re: #29 bellamags

how about PRAY for low voter turnout?

"bella" -

As a practical matter - Pray for Rain - tends to dampen spirits of folks who aren't die-hards.

-S-

Not bad. A bit long. Let's hope they take arethusa's advice and edit it down, then make a massive ad buy during the football games on the weekend before November 5. Let's hope that's what McCain is saving his money for.

Oh, please please please run this tonight during MNF, Sen. McCain!

ayers is tied to ACORN too. 0bama and ayers were on the Woods Fund together. The Woods Fund gave money to ACORN.

This is vastly better than the previous one--it was too jittery, too unfocused.

re: #32 Ben Hur

The leftist media is the real and dangerous problem. Conservatives really need to find a way to combat it. I try to tell everyone (without seeming like a freak) about media bias.

But the media has total control over everything and it is scary. Even commercials for products have been skewed to subtly sway people. Every commercial makes the white middle aged man seem like a moron. But women and minorities are the heros. It is sad and frightening.

re: #19 arethusa

OT: This belongs in the now-dying thread, but I'll post it here too.

Here's the video of Obama telling a plumber - whose business makes over 250K a year, that, yes, he would pay higher taxes because he needs to "spread the wealth."

Unionized Plumber Americans for Obama

re: #39 joncelli

November 4, I mean. November 5 is when the 18 to 25-year-old bloc votes. (Wink wink, nudge nudge.)

Unlike the Liberal media and press and the Democrats, I/we believe this connection between the two is important.

So what does it tell you about the McCain campaign, and the GOP, that they don't have the balls to run this effective ad on TV but leave it for the web only where mostly supporters will just be reinforced.

There's a shocking and disgusting* post on the Wake Up America blog about what Obama supporters call Palin with virtually no media coverage at all
*warning adult content

re: #41 Sharmuta

ayers is tied to ACORN too. 0bama and ayers were on the Woods Fund together. The Woods Fund gave money to ACORN.

Yup, & the Obama Campaign donated $800,000 to Acorn during the pimaries.
In turn, the non partisan Acorn contributed to Obama & endorsed him.

re: #45 joncelli

You're wrong, Election Day is Nov. 6th. ;)

re: #35 Sharmuta

Not just the sub-prime mess, but the voter fraud as well. If Americans learned the the same group that had it's fingers in the pie of the economic trouble was the same group trying to defraud our votes, I think there would be some strong blowback.

Yeah, I was typing fast. ACORN is both the CRA and voter fraud in my lingo. That "We Will Not Be Silenced" video is something else too!

re: #44 Colonel Panik

Now THERE'S a video the McCain campaign can get some mileage out of. Barack Obama: closet socialist.

re: #36 opnion

Actually, Ayers took in the child of two fellow radicals when they were jailed. I don't know how old that girl is, but she may be near Obama's children in age.

re: #48 opnion

Yup, & the Obama Campaign donated $800,000 to Acorn during the pimaries.
In turn, the non partisan Acorn contributed to Obama & endorsed him.

So ACORN isn't a two-fer so much as it's a three-fer-

Financial Crisis
Voter Fraud
Dirty Chicago Machine

re: #19 arethusa

OT: This belongs in the now-dying thread, but I'll post it here too.

Here's the video of Obama telling a plumber - whose business makes over 250K a year, that, yes, he would pay higher taxes because he needs to "spread the wealth."

Of course he must. He can start by paying me for the opportunity to replumb my whole house. He will then garner a loss on the transaction and both he and I will feel better.

re: #47 twincitiesgirl

horrible. fucking horrible.

Who cares? We're all gonna get free stuff!
/

re: #40 MandyManners

Oh, please please please run this tonight during MNF, Sen. McCain!

You've got to be kidding. Run this ad during football. No way in hell. That would be like, un-American. You must be out of your mind. I'm not interested in the campaign, just football.

/s

re: #57 buzzsawmonkey

We should have formed a Lizard PAC to run our own ads!

So with all this emphasis on his shady connections, does this mean Obama is now considered "qualified" as a candidate?

What happened to "not ready to lead." Has that point been conceded?

Are people forgetting that Obama has no serious executive, legislative, or professional experience?

All he has is advisors, which means that everyone really needs to look at who this nonentity is surrounding himself with.

So make the connection between his shady connections and his inexperience.

This is not a guy you can trust.

re: #43 bellamags

The project should be, get control of or start a new broadcast TV network. Not just cable, but broadcast TV. In every home. This should be a moon-landing like project to conservatives.

re: #2 nigella

I think the Ayers thing isn't helping. Acorn is where McCain should go in my opinion.

I agree. Obama is deep in the ACORN swamp, right back to his beginnings, easily traceable. And ACORN is directly complicit in the credit crash. It's the economy, stupid.

re: #36 opnion

When the Ayers Association surfaced, the Obama Campaign put out a ststement, that Ayers is just a neighborhood guy that Obama knew from their children going to school together.
The Obama children are grade schoolers & Ayers kids are adults.

Perhaps Ayers children are, well, handicapped. We dont know for sure. Although it would be a terrible social tragedy if so. How could they have considered giving birth to an handicapped child?

re: #47 twincitiesgirl

But the Republicans are anti-women!

/Why isn't the media reporting on this? Rhetorical question.

The link to the McCain supporters walk through Manhattan. Probably will be pulled soon.

Poor little Obama Socialist supporters. They can't handle someone who's views are different

re: #56 Killgore Trout

Who cares? We're all gonna get free stuff!
/

Just some of us will get the gold mine, the others will get the shaft.

I'm not much for country music, but I loved Jerry Reed.

re: #56 Killgore Trout

Who cares? We're all gonna get free stuff!
/

I'm quiting my job and going with Obama's plan.
Most small and medium sized businesses will be taxed out of existence anyway. Might as well get an early start.

/weeee!

re: #19 arethusa

Spread the love around? That needs to be in a McCain ad ASAP and he better come down hard on the huge difference between them on the economy in his last debate. Most hard working people I know are generous to a fault, but they want to decide where they "spread the love."

re: #61 legalpad

Have you seen their ratings lately? Even in this election cycle their numbers are going down. I say let them continue- give them more rope. Do not stop your enemy when they are busy defeating themselves.

this ad is obviously 'RACIST' since it isn't available 'en Espanol'
Mr. Sarcastic

re: #40 MandyManners

Oh, please please please run this tonight during MNF, Sen. McCain!

I know. This web only stuff only gets you so far.
Run it during "The View" as well..

If the RICO suit gets filed tomorrow, McCain should hammer him with it at the debate Wed.

re: #60 godfrey

"Ready to lead" is still part of McCain ads. This was an RNC ad.

re: #61 legalpad

that network would be demonized just like FOX. educating people on socialism and communism and making them aware of the LSM, is the only sure way to fix the problem.

Give a man a fish or teach him how to fish type thing.

re: #49 Slumbering Behemoth

You're wrong, Election Day is Nov. 6th. ;)

You're both dead wrong! Bush will declare Marshall Law November 3rd, cancel the November 4th election, and name himself "President for life".

/You obviously don't read "progressive" websites.

re: #67 FrogMarch

I'm quiting my job and going with Obama's plan.
Most small and medium sized businesses will be taxed out of existence anyway. Might as well get an early start.

/weeee!

My buddy said the same thing today. Get a trailer home, keep it under $25K a year, and await The One who bears goodies.

re: #72 FrogMarch

I know. This web only stuff only gets you so far.
Run it during "The View" as well..

Not everyone who needs to see these ads is wired.

re: #78 MandyManners

LOL!

re: #56 Killgore Trout

Who cares? We're all gonna get free stuff!
/

uh ... but who do I put the arm on in Congress to get my free plane ticket to my Hawaiian beach mansion?

/but I refuse to go behind Barney's back

re: #59 Sharmuta

We should have formed a Lizard PAC to run our own ads!

It's not too late to do it for 2010 and take back Congress. Which should be our next goal, no matter who wins.

re: #78 MandyManners

Oh- wait- I thought you wrote "weird".

re: #2 nigella

I think the Ayers thing isn't helping. Acorn is where McCain should go in my opinion.

Agreed. The "Ayers connection" is a non-starter. There is far more widespread anger and acknowledgment of the Acorn travesty than there is regarding Ayers.

re: #69 Sharmuta

Well, I'm not saying stop them, I'm just saying get something going ourselves. If we enjoy FOX news, how much would we enjoy and entire broadcast network that doesn't try to skew reality like the looneys in Hollywood see it.

re: #56 Killgore Trout

Who cares? We're all gonna get free stuff!
/

Woman! Yea!

As someone who lives in one of the most liberal infested parts of the country I recall what some of my liberal friends had to say about Bush's election, namely that the religious right would take over the country, abortion would be illegal, the government headed by Darth Cheney would be invading a new country every week, Bush would institute the draft, etc. etc.. Well, 8 years later, where is it?

In the same vein I would offer the following fantasy (?) scenario

(All press wires) September, 2011 Dear Leader Obama declares Martial Law.

Today President, Dear Leader, and Light of the Nation, Barrack Obama declared martial law and a national curfew, citing wide-spread rioting by " criminal elements" in cities throughout the United States. Opposition groups contend that the non-violent protests were due to food shortages and difficulties in finding any paying work, and claim Obama has mishandled the economic depression since being sworn-in as President in January, 2009. Obama announced that the "Acorn" paramilitary division of the Obama National Movement would be out on the streets of major cities to ensure the curfew was kept. The recent sale of Alaska to Russia for 20 billion dollars did not generate enough capital to move forward with Dear Leader Obama's job creation scheme, although a new tax break was quickly pushed through Congress raising taxes on all Americans making over $30,000 a year. " The few rich that remain in America must pay, it is their patriotic duty" President Obama said. Dear Leader Obama also supported Secretary of Collectivization Bill Ayers for insisting that citizens whose homes were purchased by the federal government merge into communes and work in commune established light industry and manufacturing plants. " The days of capitalism are over, " a smiling Secretary Ayers said.

When the "New Party" endorsement is mentioned, remember that Obama signed a contract with the New Party in order to be an endorsed candidate. He participated, he did not only sit in a pew.

re: #85 Walter L. Newton

But they'll all look like Helen Thomas.

/With none of the charm.

re: #76 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

You're both dead wrong! Bush will declare Marshall Law November 3rd, cancel the November 4th election, and name himself "President for life".

/You obviously don't read "progressive" websites.

don't forget, he is going to reinstate the draft too
and make all young males from 18-38 register at the White House

re: #47 twincitiesgirl

There's a shocking and disgusting* post on the Wake Up America blog about what Obama supporters call Palin with virtually no media coverage at all
*warning adult content

They're fucking disgusting.
Sharp looking group...the guys all look like they still live at home with Mom and Dad.

Liberals=POOP
Party
Of
Obtrusive
Progressives

re: #86 offendi

ridiculous

"Web only". Why is it all the good ads never make it to the telly? I didn't send McCain any money and it appears to have been a smart decision. They don't seserve the $ if their not going to put ads like this where people will see them. McCain deserves to lose. Lousy candidate. Lousy campaign. Palin/Romey 2012.

re: #37 gymnast

I look forward to the day when the American people realize what a corrupt "free Press" has done to them. Good luck Cognito, you are going to need a bucket of it.

Why's that?

The football weekend before the election is the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd (Monday Night Football). Don't run anything on Saturday -- the college fans won't care and everybody else will be out running errands. Start on the afternoon games on Sunday. I envision a long commercial in 30-second chunks. The idea is to define BHO. Start with a commercial on where he grew up and how he worshipped at a mosque in his youth (30 seconds). Go on to his early career as a lawyer and the ACORN suits (1 minute). Continue with the New Party and his career being launched by Ayers (90 seconds). Finish up with Reverend Wright and his non-participation in Congress, as well as his other radical associations (2 minutes total).

Then, on MNF, start critiquing his economic policies. You might get some mileage out of linking him directly to Reid and Pelosi (30 seconds). Replay the video of the plumber being told that he has to put up with more taxation (1 minute). Then, make the last two commercials about John McCain -- his sacrifice, his faith in America, his record of accomplisment (two commercials of 30 seconds each).

What the hell, it's as good a plan as any that the McCain campaign seems to have.

re: #77 JohnAdams

My buddy said the same thing today. Get a trailer home, keep it under $25K a year, and await The One who bears goodies.

Obama's tax schemes (coupled with a congress controlled by crazy stupid corrupt democrats like Harry and Nancy) make most people want to give up.
I work with successful people who say to me - "If Obama gets in - we are taking it all off the table" . Children and young adults are excited about Obama, but many of us who have been down this road are scared shitless.

Hope, my ass. I feel nothing but dread.

re: #82 Sharmuta

Oh- wait- I thought you wrote "weird".

Both work.

Obama: And as President, I assure you, I will do everything, in my power, in the power you give me, because this is a democracy, to ensure that all our elections are conducted with fairness and integrity.

McCain: I'm glad to hear the junior Senator from Illinois speaking so well now of the democratic process. I wonder whether this represents a change from his views just recently during the primaries, when he gave $800,000 to an organization called ACORN, which has been implicated in multiple counts of voter fraud. I wonder whether this represents a change from his "community organizing" with ACORN, training them, during a time when ACORN operatives were known to intimidate banks into making risky loans that landed us in this massive financial crisis [and so on]. You sure speak well, but given your record, I can't imagine why anyone would trust you.

Something like that.

re: #75 bellamags

that network would be demonized just like FOX. educating people on socialism and communism and making them aware of the LSM, is the only sure way to fix the problem.

Give a man a fish or teach him how to fish type thing.

Of course it would be demonized. That doesn't hurt FOX ratings. Many of those who need educating are innocently ignorant and have to be spoon fed via "entertainment". The MSM does that now. And MSM's demonizing wouold backfire.

re: #90 Adrenalyn

Not just men, I read today that he thinks women need to enroll in selective service, so he would draft them as well.

re: #52 arethusa

Actually, Ayers took in the child of two fellow radicals when they were jailed. I don't know how old that girl is, but she may be near Obama's children in age.

Here is info about the child of Boudin and no she is not even close to Obama's kids age .........another lie .....

[Link: www.slate.com...]

I know I hate the slate but the article is what it is ....

Weatherson
CHESA BOUDIN, RADICAL CHIC RHODES SCHOLAR.
By Emily Yoffe
Posted Monday, Dec. 9, 2002, at 7:22 PM ET

re: #92 bellamags

ridiculous

never say never.

I had an incredible web debate this weekend with a couple of moonbats who tried to argue to me that Ayers couldn't possibly be a terrorist because he was named Citizen of the Year in Chicago and works as a professor at UIC. Even after I pointed out the US Capitol, Pentagon and NYC HQ bombings they thought because he was never convicted (due to the FBI illegally obtaining evidence) that he doesn't qualify as a terrorist.

You cannot reason with unreasonable people. Libs could watch this video 100 times and still think they're watching Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.

Just left the McCain Palin website and unless there's some internals we don't know about why in the hell would he be sending Palin to Maine and New Hampshire for pretty much the remainder of the week?

re: #104 angrywhitedad

Because there are internals we don't know about.

Bill Ayers should be rotting in jail. He's guilty. He got off on a technicality.

OT

Last night I watched the DVD of "Don't Mess with the Zohan." 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back. That movie sucked like...like...there is no Black Hole in the Universe that sucks as much as that movie did.

Adam Sandler's acting...(and I use the term with extreme generosity)...it must have been in his contract that no other "actor" in the movie can have better skills...they all sucked...this movie should win the Suck Oscar.

The portrayal of Israelis as hummus-gobbling imbecile DIBs, I have met a few of that species.

Now for brain bleach, I will have to watch "Ushpizin" about six times.

McCain should use Ayers
he should also mention ACORN
and virtually all the democrat dirt there is

make America realize he is running against an entire party
and an entirely corrupt party
with a media-in-conspiracy partner

as someone else so eloquently said earlier:

are you better off today than 2 years ago
when Pelosi and Reid took over

follow up with
do you remember Jimmy Carter and being held hostage by Iran
well folks (stay away from "my friends") we could be back to square one again with them again if you elect Obama and the surrendering Democrats again

Obama is like an information dump. He is so dirty and such an unbelievably unqualified candidate, it is almost impossible to focus on the worst aspect of his candidacy. It leaves McCain scatter-shooting. It is a crime that the MSM won't focus on any.

Today's Gallup has Obama up by 8.5? I didn't even know they did .5 points.

Rasmussen and Zogby have better news, though. And Gallup has buried in their report that among their likely-voter pollees Obama has about a 4 point lead (on patterico.com, which just now is not loading, so I can't link it).

re: #104 angrywhitedad

NH is up for grabs but Maine is blue. That really is a curious choice.

re: #99 legalpad

Of course it would be demonized. That doesn't hurt FOX ratings. Many of those who need educating are innocently ignorant and have to be spoon fed via "entertainment". The MSM does that now. And MSM's demonizing wouold backfire.

The people watching fox are not the ones needing to be educated. The people watching the LSM are the ones needing the information. They don't watch Fox.

After I explain the difference between liberalism and conservatism to most of my young employees who think they are liberal, most of them realize they are in fact conservatives. I dissect their paycheck and explain the deductions. That gets them every time.

Looks like the ball may start rolling after all, we can only hope.

Notice the newsreader dude says this could impact voting for months to come.

re: #99 legalpad

Of course it would be demonized. That doesn't hurt FOX ratings. Many of those who need educating are innocently ignorant and have to be spoon fed via "entertainment". The MSM does that now. And MSM's demonizing wouold backfire.

I've gotta believe Soros is bankrolling that disgusting Oliver Stone hitpiece on GW. They are running ads on TV constantly and all of these propaganda films have tanked at the box office.

Oliver Stone couldn't tongue-wash George Bush's .

re: #24 pre-Boomer Marine brat

The cover up exposure took years to legally prepare. We don't have TIME to wait for the cover up in this upcoming election. McCain has to start Assertively presenting Obamas non-disclosures of his relationships, associations, affiliations, and voting record up NOW! It needs to be done with tact, truth, and validated with FACTS! It needs to be done on TV where it cannot be edited by the LSM. This will require McCain to muster some personal aggressive characteristics that he fears going out of control, like his temperament and to challenge his personal Views as not being polite or politically correct. It's Past Due Time to represent each and everyone of us in exposing Obama to the world, that which will not be spoken by the MSM!
This election is dependent upon these issues being revealed to the masses.

re: #38 Dr. Shalit

re: #29 bellamags

how about PRAY for low voter turnout?

"bella" -

As a practical matter - Pray for Rain - tends to dampen spirits of folks who aren't die-hards.

Is it sacrilegious to pray for a huge load of cheap weed to hit town that Monday?

re: #110 arethusa

Not a problem. If Lefty believes Obama should be up by 11 at this point, make the polls say so. If he's only up by 8, make it 8.5.

If it's a toss-up, don't report it.

Lefty is sweating and starting to shout. Go for the kill.

re: #107 Alouette

OT

Last night I watched the DVD of "Don't Mess with the Zohan." 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back. That movie sucked like...like...there is no Black Hole in the Universe that sucks as much as that movie did.

Adam Sandler's acting...(and I use the term with extreme generosity)...it must have been in his contract that no other "actor" in the movie can have better skills...they all sucked...this movie should win the Suck Oscar.

The portrayal of Israelis as hummus-gobbling imbecile DIBs, I have met a few of that species.

Now for brain bleach, I will have to watch "Ushpizin" about six times.

I could tell it sucked from the previews and reviews (even the ones who liked the movie.) Besides, I never liked Adam Sandler.

re: #104 angrywhitedad

Just left the McCain Palin website and unless there's some internals we don't know about why in the hell would he be sending Palin to Maine and New Hampshire for pretty much the remainder of the week?

No, this is the result of abandoning Michigan. McCain now has two good options for winning the electoral vote:

1) Flip Pennsylvania.
2) Get New Hamphire. This would result in an Electoral College tie, which goes to Obama (Democratic House would elect the President). Thus, McCain needs one more electoral vote. Maine splits its electoral votes, and McCain is going after the northern Congressional District in ME, the second district, which has its own electoral vote. If he gets that and NH, he has 270, if he also keeps most of the Bush states.

re: #93 sbvft contributor

Piss off.

re: #96 FrogMarch

Obama's tax schemes (coupled with a congress controlled by crazy stupid corrupt democrats like Harry and Nancy) make most people want to give up.
I work with successful people who say to me - "If Obama gets in - we are taking it all off the table" . Children and young adults are excited about Obama, but many of us who have been down this road are scared shitless.

Hope, my ass. I feel nothing but dread.

The tax plan is pablum and cat nip for the non-productive people in our society who can still vote ( many times over, it seems ). Problem is, small businesses will cut back on jobs. Barry is the Homer Simpson of the Tax Code. And his senile VP thinks losing jobs is "patriotic".

Crap, I technically posted his address, a boo-boo.

...

re: #101 JacksonTn

It's a pretty critical article. Good.

re: #112 bellamags

The people watching fox are not the ones needing to be educated. The people watching the LSM are the ones needing the information. They don't watch Fox.

After I explain the difference between liberalism and conservatism to most of my young employees who think they are liberal, most of them realize they are in fact conservatives. I dissect their paycheck and explain the deductions. That gets them every time.

"hey, hey, hey, it's, it's, it's, so, so, so, nice, nice, nice, in, in, in, this, this, this, echo, echo, echo, chamber, chamber, chamber......" I bet the majority of Obama supporters do not know many people that are voting for McCain. That is why they will be in stunned disbelief if McCain wins. They are all thinking this election is just now a formality and Obama has already won.

re: #85 Walter L. Newton

You're thinking with the wrong head!

re: #111 joncelli

NH is up for grabs but Maine is blue. That really is a curious choice.

I was curious as to why Obambi was running ads here in North Texas during the Cowboys' game yesterday. Texas is not in play for him. He either has money to burn or his campaign isn't very bright. Maybe someone here knows how those things work.

re: #107 Alouette

Now for brain bleach, I will have to watch "Ushpizin" about six times.

I loved Usphizin. Who knew Sukkot had its own holiday movie?

Mark Foley's Old Seat

So much for combating the "culture of corruption."
h/t: KJL

So glad our tax money goes to pay mistresses.

re: #113 rightside

Looks like the ball may start rolling after all, we can only hope.

Notice the newsreader dude says this could impact voting for months to come.

One good thing from this election is ACORN is dead. Way too many MSM guys are reporting on it. They are dead.

re: #114 JohnAdams

I've gotta believe Soros is bankrolling that disgusting Oliver Stone hitpiece on GW. They are running ads on TV constantly and all of these propaganda films have tanked at the box office.

Oliver Stone couldn't tongue-wash George Bush's .

...jockstrap!
PIMF (forgot to turn on child filter)

re: #111 joncelli

NH is up for grabs but Maine is blue. That really is a curious choice.

No, see my #118. It's a strategy.

OT

Segragation is alive and well in Chigaco!

re: #120 arethusa

Okay, that actually makes sense. Of course he has to get FL and OH too, and hold IN.

McCain/Palin have also spent time in the upper mid-west blue states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan. I simply cannot believe that if the race in the battleground states were as tight as the polls are telling us, that McCain would waste his time in blue states- I just don't think he's that stupid.

There is something going on- McCain's numbers must be showing him he can make a move on these blue states and leave the battleground, or we would not be seeing this.

re: #127 Desert Dog

you are probably right. lets hope.

re: #134 arethusa

No, see my #118. It's a strategy.

Meant #120.

re: #128 notutopia

You're thinking with the wrong head!

And the problem is? /

re: #129 BigJohn

Maybe is was a national ad? He apparently has a printing press over at O-Headquarters, either that or an endless supply of brainwashed donors.

re: #120 arethusa

re: #104 angrywhitedad

Just left the McCain Palin website and unless there's some internals we don't know about why in the hell would he be sending Palin to Maine and New Hampshire for pretty much the remainder of the week?

No, this is the result of abandoning Michigan. McCain now has two good options for winning the electoral vote:

1) Flip Pennsylvania.
2) Get New Hamphire. This would result in an Electoral College tie, which goes to Obama (Democratic House would elect the President). Thus, McCain needs one more electoral vote. Maine splits its electoral votes, and McCain is going after the northern Congressional District in ME, the second district, which has its own electoral vote. If he gets that and NH, he has 270, if he also keeps most of the Bush states.

According to his campaign, they are both coming back to MI later this month for 2+ days. I'm planning on going.

re: #132 JohnnyReb

One good thing from this election is ACORN is dead. Way too many MSM guys are reporting on it. They are dead.

Not if Obama get elected.

re: #56 Killgore Trout

Who cares? We're all gonna get free stuff!
/

Yeah...and all those rich people will pay. Finally!

/sarc

Sometimes you feel like a nut.

re: #107 Alouette

Most Israeli films today are about gay issues or unhappy arabs, they even have a porn film made in Israel. The extreme left are mostly the film makers there today, sadly.
The movie you mention is one of a few that are actually sympathetic to the haredi. Most are not.

re: #132 JohnnyReb

One good thing from this election is ACORN is dead. Way too many MSM guys are reporting on it. They are dead.

They will just go dormant for a bit and mutate into some other corrupt entity of the Left.

re: #143 Spenser (with an S)

According to his campaign, they are both coming back to MI later this month for 2+ days. I'm planning on going.

So he IS coming back to Michigan? Good news. Are there ads back on there?

re: #124 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Crap, I technically posted his address, a boo-boo.

He'll be plastered with moonbat guano for sure!

re: #43 bellamags

The leftist media is the real and dangerous problem. Conservatives really need to find a way to combat it. I try to tell everyone (without seeming like a freak) about media bias.

But the media has total control over everything and it is scary. Even commercials for products have been skewed to subtly sway people. Every commercial makes the white middle aged man seem like a moron. But women and minorities are the heros. It is sad and frightening.

They are unassailable.

They brush off any critisism with "They always blame the media." It's their shield.

And their sword is, "Questions still remain."

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

I agree, ACORN will be elevated and we shall not see an end to the "Truth Squads" either should he make it in the White House. Both will be out in force, to reassure term #2.

re: #144 Walter L. Newton

Not if Obama get elected.

Dead and gone no matter who gets elected. If the MSM all across the board is reporting it, it is dead.

re: #151 Ben Hur

its depressing.

re: #43 bellamags

The leftist media is the real and dangerous problem. Conservatives really need to find a way to combat it. I try to tell everyone (without seeming like a freak) about media bias.

But the media has total control over everything and it is scary. Even commercials for products have been skewed to subtly sway people. Every commercial makes the white middle aged man seem like a moron. But women and minorities are the heros. It is sad and frightening.

Apparently, women do not get diarrhea.

re: #137 Sharmuta

McCain/Palin have also spent time in the upper mid-west blue states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan. I simply cannot believe that if the race in the battleground states were as tight as the polls are telling us, that McCain would waste his time in blue states- I just don't think he's that stupid.

There is something going on- McCain's numbers must be showing him he can make a move on these blue states and leave the battleground, or we would not be seeing this.

Yes - what people tend to forget is that the polls are national. They measure the popular vote. But the Presidency is decided by the electoral vote. So I agree, there must be something that is motivating visits to states that would seem foregone conclusions. Otherwise he would just be in PA, VA, and OH always.

re: #135 Tricky Dick

OT

Segragation is alive and well in Chigaco!

From link:

Elected officials in Chicago made international news last week by proposing to create a public high school for gay, lesbian and transgender students.

How screwed up do you have to be to be a transgender high school student?

This just made me throw up in my mouth a little......

[Link: www.palmbeachpost.com...]

re: #155 Ben Hur

Apparently, women do not get diarrhea.

Nor bad breath. Women only get the "good" diseases, and then only once a month.

re: #112 bellamags

The people watching fox are not the ones needing to be educated. The people watching the LSM are the ones needing the information. They don't watch Fox.

Yes, which is why I am recommending another network, based around entertainment, unlike FOX news. They will watch "The Counter-View", with appropriate celebrities, comedy, and regular News anchors that raise their eyebrows at different things than Peter Jennings did, etc..

re: #60 godfrey

So with all this emphasis on his shady connections, does this mean Obama is now considered "qualified" as a candidate?

What happened to "not ready to lead." Has that point been conceded?

Are people forgetting that Obama has no serious executive, legislative, or professional experience?

All he has is advisors, which means that everyone really needs to look at who this nonentity is surrounding himself with.

So make the connection between his shady connections and his inexperience.

This is not a guy you can trust.

of course you can trust him. He doesnt need any kind of real world job experience. he's the one.

Thanks for the insight I had no idea that Maine split up it electoral votes.

re: #149 arethusa

re: #143 Spenser (with an S)

According to his campaign, they are both coming back to MI later this month for 2+ days. I'm planning on going.

So he IS coming back to Michigan? Good news. Are there ads back on there?

Yes, at least in W. MI where we are. They're even spending a precious day in the upper peninsula as I mentioned last week. They must have a lock on the U.P., it's just like Alaska (but with even fewer people). They're on crack or they know something. Crack is not to be ruled out :)

re: #107 Alouette

OT

Last night I watched the DVD of "Don't Mess with the Zohan." 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back. That movie sucked like...like...there is no Black Hole in the Universe that sucks as much as that movie did.
. . .
The portrayal of Israelis as hummus-gobbling imbecile DIBs, I have met a few of that species.

I though the portrayal of Israelis in the first ten minutes of the movie was pretty much spot on (and hilarious).

Unfortunately, you can really only fully appreciate it if you've spent a lot of time around Israelis, or some in Israel, and that leaves the remaining 90% of the movie as pure sh*t.

So if you fit into that category, it might be worth watching the first ten minutes, if you can catch it on cable TV. (Certainly not worth a movie rental, though).

It did not end with the standard "I am John McCain and I approve this message"

re: #153 JohnnyReb

Dead and gone no matter who gets elected. If the MSM all across the board is reporting it, it is dead.

The MSM "all across the board" was reporting about Bill Clinton and his problems. He still remained in office. People put Hillary in the Senate. Nothing stuck to either of them.

ACORN will survive.

re: #156 arethusa

Yes - what people tend to forget is that the polls are national. They measure the popular vote. But the Presidency is decided by the electoral vote. So I agree, there must be something that is motivating visits to states that would seem foregone conclusions. Otherwise he would just be in PA, VA, and OH always.

But, for some reason, Bush spent time in CA in 04 when there was no way in hell he would carry the state. Could also be they are trying to make BHO spend more in those Blue states

re: #111 joncelli

NH is up for grabs but Maine is blue. That really is a curious choice.

Main splits their elctoral votes. It's possible to get 1 if you win one of the congressional districts even if you lose the state. So McCain is trying to steal 1 of them.

re: #162 angrywhitedad

Thanks for the insight I had no idea that Maine split up it electoral votes.

Most people don't until the news-readers start scratching their heads on election night trying to figure it out.

We'll see how much Obama likes "that spirit of insurgency, the spirit of rebellion" after he takes office (heaven forfend) and We the People direct it at him.

re: #156 arethusa

Yes - what people tend to forget is that the polls are national. They measure the popular vote. But the Presidency is decided by the electoral vote. So I agree, there must be something that is motivating visits to states that would seem foregone conclusions. Otherwise he would just be in PA, VA, and OH always.

Yes- he would not give up on states he HAS to win to waste time in blue states. He's just not that stupid.

re: #157 Ford_Prefect

The left has never met a "victim" it did not want to pander too. Unless of course, you include newly fleeced tax payers. What is normal is abnormal, what is right is wrong, what is good is bad, what is bad is good...If your reality is a fantasy, everything is possible...

re: #162 angrywhitedad

Thanks for the insight I had no idea that Maine split up it electoral votes.

Nebraska does it, too. Obama is trying to get Omaha's electoral vote.

re: #172 rawmuse

With a Dhimm congress, Deval Patrick as his AG, and John F'ing Kerry as SecSt, what chance have we got?

re: #165 looking closely

I though the portrayal of Israelis in the first ten minutes of the movie was pretty much spot on (and hilarious).

Unfortunately, you can really only fully appreciate it if you've spent a lot of time around Israelis, or some in Israel, and that leaves the remaining 90% of the movie as pure sh*t.

So if you fit into that category, it might be worth watching the first ten minutes, if you can catch it on cable TV. (Certainly not worth a movie rental, though).

I see the Tribe snack foods, Inc. paid a lot of money for product placement.

re: #107 Alouette

The portrayal of Israelis as hummus-gobbling imbecile DIBs, I have met a few of that species.

90% of the population.

re: #163 buzzsawmonkey

Hey buzz, I watched Casablanca again a few nights ago. Great script. I heard they were making that one up as they went along, too, but how can that be if it was based on a play?

re: #158 tradewind

This just made me throw up in my mouth a little......

[Link: www.palmbeachpost.com...]

Ugh.....John Kerry SOS? (Secretary Of State) How sickening.

re: #177 tradewind

With a Dhimm congress, Deval Patrick as his AG, and John F'ing Kerry as SecSt, what chance have we got?

Without going sideways of the Terms of Use, that is about all I can say.

re: #36 opnion

When the Ayers Association surfaced, the Obama Campaign put out a ststement, that Ayers is just a neighborhood guy that Obama knew from their children going to school together.
The Obama children are grade schoolers & Ayers kids are adults.

Maybe the Ayers kids are slow adults.

/from all those drugs their parents took

re: #111 joncelli

NH is up for grabs but Maine is blue. That really is a curious choice.

Maine, Like Nebraska, apportions electoral college votes by district. There is one district in Maine that could potentially be red (just as Nebraska's first district (Omaha) could be blue.

McCain still can win this. Question is does he want to?

re: #179 Ben Hur

90% of the population.

Now you know why they elect idiots like Olmert and Livni.

re: #180 godfrey

Hey buzz, I watched Casablanca again a few nights ago. Great script. I heard they were making that one up as they went along, too, but how can that be if it was based on a play?

Did you know that was one of Obama's 3-4 favorite movies?

re: #181 BigJohn

Ugh.....John Kerry SOS? (Secretary Of State) How sickening.

I see lots of nuance in our future.

/and not a few mushroom clouds.

Let's win this for the good guys!

re: #185 offendi

McCain still can win this. Question is does he want to?

Doesn't matter what he wants anymore. We should go for the candidate WE want.

I see that after The One stopped yakkin', markets resumed upward.

When was his speech? Hint: look at the daily graph for the DOW.

re: #111 joncelli

NH is up for grabs but Maine is blue. That really is a curious choice.

Maine splits its electoral votes. That makes sense.

re: #100 Penguinchic

Not just men, I read today that he thinks women need to enroll in selective service, so he would draft them as well.

Singing and chanting - it's gonna be fun.

re: #121 buzzsawmonkey

I have heard people say that "maybe" Ayers, and Obama, have "grown past" Ayers' radicalism. There is, of course, no evidence whatever for this--it is a comforting rationalization indulged in by people who are trying to justify their Obama votes.

The fact that Ayers' kids are named after violent revolutionaries, as is Boudin's, and that Boudin opted to have Ayers, her Weather Underground compadre, raise her child over anyone chosen by her radical immediate family, shows where the ties are, and where their sympathies lie.

For that matter, even if Obama had remained willfully ignorant of Ayers' past--which I do not for one minute believe--the names of Ayers' children would have been a giveaway to anyone with a minimal college education of who Ayers was and where his sympathies were.

Chesa Boudin ..... has adopted all his parents beliefs about America ..... how could he not when he was raised by Ayers/Dohrn ....... Obama is just a friggin liar ........ no other way to say it ...... SOCIALIST ANTI-AMERICAN LIAR

*** from the Slate article I posted on Chesa Boudin:

To make clear he has embraced the ideology of all his parents, he observes: "We have a different name for the war we're fighting now—now we call it the war on terrorism, then they called it the war on communism. My parents were all dedicated to fighting U.S. imperialism around the world. I'm dedicated to the same thing." Has no one ever told this young man that communism oppressed millions? Was he too busy reading the profile of his adoptive father—himself a terrorist —on Sept. 11 to understand the significance of that day? Is his really the kind of "potential for leadership"—as described by Elliot Gerson of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust—that should be rewarded?

re: #187 arethusa

Did you know that was one of Obama's 3-4 favorite movies?

It had all his heros in it. Germans, French, you get it.

re: #114 JohnAdams

Did you see Stone's Alexander? I got so bored with his constant hints and reminders that "Alexander was bi-sexual", it was like that was all the movie was about. 300 made a better point about the clash of cultures of the time, and the difference it made to Western Civilization.

re: #168 calcajun

But, for some reason, Bush spent time in CA in 04 when there was no way in hell he would carry the state. Could also be they are trying to make BHO spend more in those Blue states

Palin was just in Cali too. I think it's important to continue to work California. Like many other blue states, it's the population centers that turn the state blue, whereas the rest of the state votes red. When you look at the election map from 2000 and 2004 broken down my county, you'll see many blue states are quite red. It's a boost for those of us stuck in these "blue" states to know we're not alone- the party and our candidates still think of us. And- it makes the dems have to spend more money too.

re: #162 angrywhitedad

Thanks for the insight I had no idea that Maine split up it electoral votes.

I wonder who would win if all states had that kind of electoral allotments? First past the post gives the Dems some juicy prizes: California and New York. Obama won the nomination because he did not lose the big states by much...he still hung close to Hildebeast by getting votes in all the proportional races. She would have won if she got all the votes from the states she won, and it would not have been close either.

It does not matter for 2008 as that system is not in play, but I am still curious to see how close the race would be if they did a proportional count.

here's a nice lil cartoon:

[Link: www.chicagotribune.com...]

re: #185 offendi

McCain still can win this. Question is does he want to?

It is as close as the 2000 and 2004.

Please remember- the polls showed Carter up by 3% before the election in 1980.

Reagan won by 10%.

Former global leaders in Iran to support Khatami

former Irish president, Mary Robinson.

former prime ministers of Italy and France, Romano Prodi and Lionel Jospin.

former Portuguese president Jorge Sampaio.

Sri Lankan ex-president Chandrika Kumaratunga.

Sudan's former prime minister Sadeq al-Mahdi and former UNESCO director general Federico Mayor.

Annan and several others among the visiting dignitaries will make a trip on Tuesday evening and Wednesday to Yazd, Khatami's birthplace in central Iran.

Dept of Defense: Cindy Sheehan
Dept of UFOs: Dennis Kucinich

OT:
Bloomberg's affordable housing program - to build 165k of new affordable housing units is being blown out of the water by the toxic paper mess - because it was to be funded by ... wait for it... Washington Mutual, Wachovia and Fannie Mae.

Ah, the paragons of virtue and liquidity.

Yeah, how affordable is that affordable housing? Trillions of dollars in lost costs because of the push for "affordable housing" that is anything but.

If you want or need headlines to tie Obama to the financial mess, that's it.

Oh, and the reason that there's a shortage of affordable housing in NYC? Zoning regulations, rent stabilization, etc., limit what can be built and the high construction costs of doing business in the City...

re: #151 Ben Hur

They are unassailable.

They brush off any critisism with "They always blame the media." It's their shield.

And their sword is, "Questions still remain."

The answer to a leftist media isn't to assail the media.

The answer is a dropping of the pretense of media impartiality (since it doesn't exist), and generation of a strong RIGHTIST media.

In other words, there simply aren't enough consumer goods in the marketplace of ideas. If there were more Foxes, CNN would be weaker.

I don't know exactly how to "get there" with the bulk of legacy media owned by leftists, and the bulk of individuals entering the field themselves leftist, but I don't think this is insurmountable.

Holy moly.

GM is up almost a third, today. A THIRD.

re: #201 Sharmuta

Thanks Sharmuta for your consistently encouraging (and informative) posts.

re: #203 faraway

Dept of Defense: Cindy Sheehan
Dept of UFOs: Dennis Kucinich

Dept of IRS Collections: Paulie Walnuts

re: #186 Alouette

Now you know why they elect idiots like Olmert and Livni.

Olmert was never elected (he took office after Sharon was incapacitated), and IIRC neither was Livni (yet).

re: #194 Walter L. Newton

It had all his heros in it. Germans, French, you get it.

And he obviously learned damage control from Renault.

re: #207 twincitiesgirl

You're welcome. I said before, and I'll say again: I may well have to resign myself to an 0bama presidency, but I'll be damned if I do it before November 5th!

re: #197 Desert Dog

I wonder who would win if all states had that kind of electoral allotments? First past the post gives the Dems some juicy prizes: California and New York. Obama won the nomination because he did not lose the big states by much...he still hung close to Hildebeast by getting votes in all the proportional races. She would have won if she got all the votes from the states she won, and it would not have been close either.

It does not matter for 2008 as that system is not in play, but I am still curious to see how close the race would be if they did a proportional count.

I think it would look a lot like Congress. The best way to do such a system (the way ME and NE do it, I assume) is to give two electoral at-large votes (equals the Senators) to whoever wins the popular vote in that state. Then each Congressional District would get its own electoral vote. So I'm assuming this year, Obama would win under such a system.

Winner-take-all usually benefits Republicans. Congress has been Democratic for much of our recent history (say, the last 100 years). And such a system would tie the legislative and executive branches too closely for my taste.

Dow at 9088.29, up 637.10. Unreconstructed Rebel has a good idea; make a commercial with Obambi speaking in one pane and a graph of the Dow tanking in the other. Dow goes down as he speaks, recovers when he stops. An image everybody can understand, I think.

re: #199 BigJohn

It is as close as the 2000 and 2004.

It wouldn't be if all those assholes who promised to leave when Bush was elected had actually followed thru.

Was the Barack Obama logo inspired by the WUO logo?

Posted at TexasDarlin.

WUO logo.

Obama logo.

I like the ad, but I'm still disappointed by the lack of emphasis on the connection between Ayers radical policy goals, and Obama's. People know Ayers was a terrorist, and know that Obama is NOT a terrorist, so they do not conclude the danger of the alliance - just the far-less-damaging 'poor judgement'. Not enough to sink the Obamanator.

That's why I agree with other lizards who believe the Ayers moment is past and lost. Obama's Acorn connection lies, and a coherent, crisply summarized economic plan, should be at the top of McCain's message now.

re: #201 Sharmuta

Please remember- the polls showed Carter up by 3% before the election in 1980.

Reagan won by 10%.

That really doesn't make me feel better, as Obama is in the same position as Reagan was: Of the party NOT in power during bad economic times.

re: #186 Alouette

Now you know why they elect idiots like Olmert and Livni.

Actually Olmert was elected based on his claims he would follow the policies of Arik Sharon. He really did not. Livni was elected by a few votes as head of Kadima over Shaul Mofaz, if she runs against Netanyahu she will lose according to all polls.
Israelis are only as stupid as Americans. Would we be posting this comments at all if the American people were intelligent enough to figure out a vote for Obama is a bad idea? Freiers in both countries it seems.

re: #211 Sharmuta

You're welcome. I said before, and I'll say again: I may well have to resign myself to an 0bama presidency, but I'll be damned if I do it before November 5th!

If the worst should come to pass, he had better do his damage in his first two years. America will wake up and send him a Republican Congress in 2010.

DOW up 671!

re: #135 Tricky Dick

OT

Segragation is alive and well in Chigaco!

Check out the photo of Obama in front of the Ohio flag. Is there some kind of contest going on among photographers for getting halo shots of The One?

OT:
New flaming skull time from Ace... he's reporting that ACORN will be slammed hard tomorrow with the feds filing RICO charges in OH. Considering the source, I say that's pretty good odds of that happening. Whether it will have the kind of impact that an October surprise should have... I'm not so sure. The feds will probably limit the damage to that which was wrought in OH, even though they repeat their tactics nationwide.

McCain has to make the connection and do so in a way that makes sense and clearly shows that Obama has not only deep ties with the group, but that they share a message of redistribution of wealth that goes against what most Americans stand for.

Yea but Obama was only 8 when it happened.

(which is exactly why I associate with the Neo-Nazis...I wasn't even alive during WW2, so I know its ok)

re: #220 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

DOW up 671!

My ears are popping!

re: #219 Who Watches the Watchmen?

If the worst should come to pass, he had better do his damage in his first two years. America will wake up and send him a Republican Congress in 2010.

I'm still not willing to fully believe such things will be allowed by 2010... one party rule, comrade.

re: #213 joncelli

Dow at 9088.29, up 637.10. Unreconstructed Rebel has a good idea; make a commercial with Obambi speaking in one pane and a graph of the Dow tanking in the other. Dow goes down as he speaks, recovers when he stops. An image everybody can understand, I think.

Include an image of a 401K statement with a charting arrow pointing down-down-down.

re: #216 runrabbitrun

Connect it to his security clearance. Given these connections, would you give Obama the highest security clearance in the country?

re: #185 offendi

McCain still can win this. Question is does he want to?

JohnGaltLives posted a transscript McCain's speech from today on the Obama/Economy thread:

I know what fear feels like. It's a thief in the night who robs your strength.

I know what hopelessness feels like. It's an enemy who defeats your will.

I felt those things once before. I will never let them in again. I'm an American. And I choose to fight.

Don't give up hope. Be strong. Have courage. And fight.

Fight for a new direction for our country.

Fight for what's right for America.

Fight to clean up the mess of corruption, infighting and selfishness in Washington.

Fight to get our economy out of the ditch and back in the lead.

Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.

Fight for our children's future.

Fight for justice and opportunity for all.

Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.

re: #212 arethusa

You are probably right, so let's just leave it like this then! ha ha

re: #217 semper gumbi

That really doesn't make me feel better, as Obama is in the same position as Reagan was: Of the party NOT in power during bad economic times.

What are you talking about? Times aren't so bad. There is gas, there is food, unemployment is low. It's not good, but it's not bad. We can and will recover.

re: #224 unreconstructed rebel

My ears are popping!

I should have said Hannity started his show saying that.

Hey, Why Not Just Ban Foreclosures Forever?!

The crawl underneath a speaking Obama on Fox News right now:"Obama: Propose a 3-month moratorium on foreclosures."

Why stop there?

Apparently it would only apply to banks that are part of the $850 billion rescue/bailout package. Of course, foreclosures, unpleasant as they can be, are part of the process of taking a house away from someone who won't or can't pay for it and putting in someone who can and will. They're one of the ways that banks that loan money for mortgages can fix the problem of someone not meeting their contract, their promise, to pay what they owe. And if somebody can't pay a reset adjustable-rate-mortgage or what have you, I don't know what a three month extension is really going to do, particularly if the economy is heading into a recession. You either foreclose now, or you foreclose three months from now.

Of course, once you enact that moratorium, you'll hear people insisting it needs to be extended...

re: #227 unrealizedviewpoint

Include an image of a 401K statement with a charting arrow pointing down-down-down.

I would stay away from 401Ks just now. Waaaaay too much emotion around those.

re: #223 WrathofG-d

Yea but Obama was only 8 when it happened.

(which is exactly why I associate with the Neo-Nazis...I wasn't even alive during WW2, so I know its ok)

Perfect! lol! I know where to find some in my neighborhood. I'll have a fund raiser there!

re: #219 Who Watches the Watchmen?

If the worst should come to pass, he had better do his damage in his first two years. America will wake up and send him a Republican Congress in 2010.

That's exactly what the PUMAs have been saying. And it's likely he would lose re-election as well.

re: #234 unreconstructed rebel

I would stay away from 401Ks just now. Waaaaay too much emotion around those.

Yes, they are now 101Ks or lower

re: #199 BigJohn

It is as close as the 2000 and 2004.

Bush wanted to win. McCain wants to be "nice".

Wonder how a Romney/Palin ticket would have done.

re: #229 Perry

MCCAIN said that? Maybe he has woken up!

re: #226 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

I'm still not willing to fully believe such things will be allowed by 2010... one party rule, comrade.

A 2 party system is not in the people's best interests. So confusing. Better if there was only one party who will take care of them and they can worry about the latest celebu-slut and fashion trends.

/

re: #209 looking closely

Olmert was never elected (he took office after Sharon was incapacitated), and IIRC neither was Livni (yet).

Olmert won elections held shortly after Sharon's stroke. Everybody was expecting Sharon to wake up any minute.

McCain can and will win this. he is just on the cusp of building some momentum. I'm predicting a strong debate performance, followed by an enthusiastic 2 week race to the finish, the time when many of the undecided types finally really started thinking about who they might pull the lever for. this is when I think all of Obama's chickens will come home to roost, as the good reverend would say.

re: #228 godfrey

Connect it to his security clearance. Given these connections, would you give Obama the highest security clearance in the country?

I have friends who reported how tough it was trying to brief Cinton.

re: #234 unreconstructed rebel

I would stay away from 401Ks just now. Waaaaay too much emotion around those.

Is that not the problem with the McCain campaign? NO EFFIN' EMOTION!

re: #222 lawhawk

OT:
New flaming skull time from Ace... he's reporting that ACORN will be slammed hard tomorrow with the feds filing RICO charges in OH. Considering the source, I say that's pretty good odds of that happening. Whether it will have the kind of impact that an October surprise should have... I'm not so sure. The feds will probably limit the damage to that which was wrought in OH, even though they repeat their tactics nationwide.

McCain has to make the connection and do so in a way that makes sense and clearly shows that Obama has not only deep ties with the group, but that they share a message of redistribution of wealth that goes against what most Americans stand for.

With, what? 13 state investigations and offices being raided... a connect-the-dots RICO case tying the whole sordid organization together with clear ties to Zero would be the ultimate October Surprise.

I love the smell of perp walks in the morning...

/having Fitzgerald, the Left's favorite prosecutor, doing it is just icing on the cake... or was it pie... yeah, pie...

re: #243 unreconstructed rebel

I have friends who reported how tough it was trying to brief Cinton.

De-briefing him was relatively easy. Just ask Monica.

re: #236 Sharmuta

I keep hearing about the PUMAs. Do you think there are that many that will cross over to the "right" (and correct, too) side? Hillary and Obama are closer in world outlook and policy goals than McCain and Obama. I guess the way Obama ran against Hillary really pissed some people off?

re: #239 joncelli
I'm holding my breath. That's the McCain I like and agree wih occassionally. Right now I'd love to argue with him for the next 4 years.

re: #246 buzzsawmonkey

Ms. Lewinsky, however, reports that de-briefing him was not particularly difficult.

GMTA

re: #238 offendi

Bush wanted to win. McCain wants to be "nice".

Wonder how a Romney/Palin ticket would have done.

Futile speculation - Romney would not have taken Palin as his running mate.

A Romney/ xxx ticket would have already been blown out of the water by the msm-B0 campaign, imho.

re: #205 looking closely

The answer to a leftist media isn't to assail the media.

The answer is a dropping of the pretense of media impartiality (since it doesn't exist), and generation of a strong RIGHTIST media.

In other words, there simply aren't enough consumer goods in the marketplace of ideas. If there were more Foxes, CNN would be weaker.

I don't know exactly how to "get there" with the bulk of legacy media owned by leftists, and the bulk of individuals entering the field themselves leftist, but I don't think this is insurmountable.

What's strange is that I have a tough time considering Fox and right wing news source.

Whereas it is clear that WABC Talk Radio is on the right, the only thing FoxNews has done is actually give conservatives equal time.

The days are over when the MSM would cite some "think tank" and not tell you that it was a LLL partisan organization.

Or having a Dem make his point for most of the report, only to have, if at all, a Rep get a quick sound bite at the end.

The demonization of Fox is/was a page out of a leftist playbook.

I've referred to this before but if you read Woodward's book, The Agenda about the first Clinton campaign, Hillary makes a very revealing point during an internal economic plan debate.

Her stance was that everything has a good guy and a bad guy.

As postmodernists, they form the "narrative" - just like HIS campaign - truth doesn't matter, just who controls the narrative.

It's utter BS.

Fox is successful, therefore the Bad Guy and must be demonized.

re: #49 Slumbering Behemoth

You're wrong, Election Day is Nov. 6th. ;)

I thought you could vote anytime you want by texting the name of your Candidate to Vote08.

re: #250 buzzsawmonkey

GMTA!

GET OUT OF MY MIND!

re: #238 offendi

Wonder how a Romney/Palin ticket would have done.

Very badly.

re: #216 runrabbitrun

I like the ad, but I'm still disappointed by the lack of emphasis on the connection between Ayers radical policy goals, and Obama's. People know Ayers was a terrorist, and know that Obama is NOT a terrorist, so they do not conclude the danger of the alliance - just the far-less-damaging 'poor judgement'. Not enough to sink the Obamanator.

That's why I agree with other lizards who believe the Ayers moment is past and lost. Obama's Acorn connection lies, and a coherent, crisply summarized economic plan, should be at the top of McCain's message now.

Didn't Obama actually represent ACORN in a lawsuit forcing a bank to issue risky mortgages?

Obama is PERSONALLY knee-deep in the sub-prime mess, and that bears pointing out. . .

McCain's problem isn't that he doesn't hit these points, its that his delivery is so goddamn awful when he does.

"Senator Obama talks about affordable housing. I must say its a lot easier to afford housing when a convicted felon helps you fund your home purchase".

re: #246 buzzsawmonkey

re: #247 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

You guys in the same office? LOL

re: #187 arethusa

Did you know that was one of Obama's 3-4 favorite movies?

What a delightful interview. Barry has replaced his stutter/stammer with "you know?"

re: #241 Alouette

Olmert won elections held shortly after Sharon's stroke. Everybody was expecting Sharon to wake up any minute.

I would rather have had Arik running the country in a coma than Olmert.
He has as much millitary experience as Obama.

re: #248 Desert Dog

I keep hearing about the PUMAs. Do you think there are that many that will cross over to the "right" (and correct, too) side? Hillary and Obama are closer in world outlook and policy goals than McCain and Obama. I guess the way Obama ran against Hillary really pissed some people off?

Yes.

re: #228 godfrey

Connect it to his security clearance. Given these connections, would you give Obama the highest security clearance in the country?

I emailed those sentiments to the McCain campaign the other day, for all the good it will do, but at least I made my opinion known. Obama couldn't pass a background check for a military security clearance, but he wants to be Commander-in-Chief.

re: #245 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

With, what? 13 state investigations and offices being raided... a connect-the-dots RICO case tying the whole sordid organization together with clear ties to Zero would be the ultimate October Surprise.

I love the smell of perp walks in the morning...

/having Fitzgerald, the Left's favorite prosecutor, doing it is just icing on the cake... or was it pie... yeah, pie...

This must be used in the debate. The time is right for McCain to demand that Obama throw ACORN under the bus. If pushed, Obama might do that, and alienate his base in so doing.