New sheets! I'm so happy to get new threads when there are more than 500 comments.

Your text to Obama Demands DOJ Stop ACORN Probe

Okay, so has ANYONE seen a 527 ad in their state supporting McCain?

re: #1 hermeneutics

New sheets! I'm so happy to get new threads when there are more than 500 comments.

Hey I wanted to number 1

TBS bites! (Sorry, Red Sox fan).

re: #3 hermeneutics

Okay, so has ANYONE seen a 527 ad in their state supporting McCain?

A lot of anti-Obama ads in Los Angeles, putatively to tell Obama to support veteran's benefits, either party or 527.

re: #2 Odinga

I really hate people who can't win without stomping out rebuttals and criticism. In this case, its worse -- he's advocating vote stealing but not allowing investigations.

By asking for an independent investigator he's stalling until the election is over. Bastard. (Yes, hermeneutics just said a bad word.)

Reposting from the last thread because I think it's funny/sad:

I thought CBS had gotten as stupid as they could. But no! Fellow Lizards, CBS is fact-checking...whether people who carry signs proclaiming "I am Joe the Plumber" are, in fact, named Joe and work as plumbers.

Once again, ordinary Americans get fact-checked, and Democratic Presidential candidates do not!

re: #3 hermeneutics

No, but then again I live in NJ so it would be pissing into the wind

re: #5 RightLogic

TBS bites! (Sorry, Red Sox fan).

Anything Ted Turner has had a hand in bites.

BBBI

(be back between innings)

LOL

re: #6 itellu3times

A lot of anti-Obama ads in Los Angeles, putatively to tell Obama to support veteran's benefits, either party or 527.

Good. Are there any propositions that particularly interest you on the ballot?

re: #3 hermeneutics

Okay, so has ANYONE seen a 527 ad in their state supporting McCain?

I have in MN...I don't remember the groups, but at least two separate ones.

On Halloween, if you're a conservative woman, dress up like Sarah Palin. If you're a conservative man, dress up as John McCain or Joe The Plumber. This idea brough to you by Hillbuzz!

We need as many Sarah Palins and Joe Plumbers out this Halloween as possible

Technote: the quoted text being slightly smaller than the current comment is a nice touch.

re: #1 hermeneutics

New sheets! I'm so happy to get new threads when there are more than 500 comments.

Wait, I thought the higher the thread count, the better the sheets...;-)

re: #3 hermeneutics

No, not here in Kansas City. But then again I don't watch a lot of TV.

re: #9 ACJohn

Come on out here where the sun is hot and the people are ... conservative.

re: #2 Odinga

Your text to Obama Demands DOJ Stop ACORN Probe

I think you have the wrong link there. This one points to She-hag getting a restraining order against one of her volunteers.

re: #3 hermeneutics

Okay, so has ANYONE seen a 527 ad in their state supporting McCain?

I live in MA but we have a big NH market as well so we're flooded with everything.

The one I saw earlier was a republican senatorial committee ad.

The number of comments is appearing inside the green comment box up top. That is new for me. I think.

re: #15 arethusa

Wait, I thought the higher the thread count, the better the sheets...;-)

GOod one!

re: #15 arethusa

Wait, I thought the higher the thread count, the better the sheets...;-)

I thought about mentioning it, but I didn't want to get anyone ruffled.

/ba-dum-bum

re: #2 Odinga

Your text to Obama Demands DOJ Stop ACORN Probe

(CNN) – The Obama campaign announced Friday that it is asking Attorney General Michael Mukasey to turn over any investigations of voter fraud or voter suppression to Special Prosecutor Nora Dannehy, the same special prosecutor recently appointed to investigate the U.S. attorney firing scandal.

now I'm really out.

re: #13 gmsc

On Halloween, if you're a conservative woman, dress up like Sarah Palin. If you're a conservative man, dress up as John McCain or Joe The Plumber. This idea brough to you by Hillbuzz!

We need as many Sarah Palins and Joe Plumbers out this Halloween as possible

Over on Facebook, there's an application called superPoke. It's a cute little way to greet friends, and they constantly update the options.

Today there is "Throw Joe the Plumber at." HE IS NOW OFFICIALLY PART OF POP CULTURE!

re: #18 CyanSnowHawk

I think you have the wrong link there. This one points to She-hag getting a restraining order against one of her volunteers.

Oops, my mistake. Cached page. It worked correctly on the reload.

Great -- so there ARE ads for McCain out there. I'm pleased. I keep waiting for that Swift Boat ad to come along and sweep McCain to victory, an ad that tells the TRUTH!

Stop the presses - I agreed with Rev. Al Sharpton on something (he's on Gov. Huckabee's show on Fox). Admittedly, it's a no-brainer - voter registration fraud is bad, no matter WHO is doing it. Still.

re: #23 MandyManners

OK I lied.

WTF?

Obama is a fraud.

check out the image of McCain used here by comcast w/ reuters story,,scary McCain shadow

re: #30 pat

Obama is a fraud.

Amen.

re: #29 loppyd

OK I lied.

WTF?

There is a link to the BHO letter.

Sharpton on Huckabee talking about preserving the integrity of elections.

Happy Birthday Dawn Wells.

re: #11 hermeneutics

Good. Are there any propositions that particularly interest you on the ballot?

Moi?

Well, as I posted yesterday, I'm in love with Prop 7. We can fix the energy crisis, just by voting for it! Yes, oh my goodness yes!
/sarc

Let's see, what else, farm animals, high speed rail, children's hospitals, don't worry about them bonds, they don't raise taxes a penny! Right.

The couple of propositions that might have meaning, are too complex and vague for me, like 5 and 9. Why can't our legislators just do their damn jobs?

Any opinions? advice? Your own favorite idiocies?

[Link: i.cdn.turner.com...]

re: #25 goddessoftheclassroom

I'm outta here for the evening
MWAH!

This just in: The New York Times just made Michelle Obama fair game

The NY Times attacked Cindy McCain today – which in our opinion makes Michelle Obama fair game in the last two weeks of the campaign.

If the Times thinks it’s fair, or even fun, to attack Cindy for her miscarriages, her addiction to painkillers from chronic nerve pain, and her personal imperfections, then isn’t it fair to investigate Michelle Obama, her Princeton thesis, her opinions on the Clinton Global Initiative in Africa and President Clinton himself, her views on Black Liberation Theology, and whether or not she allowed unrepentant terrorists William Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn to babysit her children?

You don’t have to dig very deep into Michelle’s life to find nasty, mean-spirited, America-hating things. Remember, this is the woman who claims she’s here to fix all of our souls — and the media has ensured we know nothing about her, really. Just like we know nothing about Obama.

If it’s fair to talk about Cindy McCain’s addiction to painkillers, why is it racist to talk about Obama’s admitted drug use — which included cocaine, among other things, while living a mysterious life in New York while at Columbia the media refuses to report on.

We bet, starting Monday, all bets will be off when it comes to Michelle. This NY Time hit on Cindy, plus Michelle’s snack attack at the Waldorf while her husband mocks and attacks average Americans like Joe the Plumber, is the kind of thing that really take the gloves off in terms of response.

Um...I just turned the sound on on my computer. When I refresh for new comments, I get a rimshot sound. Is this just me?

McCain Shadow

Boston ties it up 1-1.

re: #39 gmsc

This just in: The New York Times just made Michelle Obama fair game

*BURP*

[Link: www.comcast.net...]

I Put A Spell On You

re: #30 pat

Obama is the distilled essence of fraud.

Obama is the patron saint of narcissistic bullshitting con artists everywhere.

Polling update:

Rasmussen -- McCain -5
Gallup -- McCain -2
Reuters -- McCain -4

re: #45 Killgore Trout

Obama potion number 2008.

Happy Birthday Pam Dawber.

re: #47 hermeneutics

Things are tightening up.

re: #48 itellu3times

Heh.

Drill here, Drill now on Huck's show.

re: #36 itellu3times

Moi?

Well, as I posted yesterday, I'm in love with Prop 7. We can fix the energy crisis, just by voting for it! Yes, oh my goodness yes!
/sarc

Let's see, what else, farm animals, high speed rail, children's hospitals, don't worry about them bonds, they don't raise taxes a penny! Right.

The couple of propositions that might have meaning, are too complex and vague for me, like 5 and 9. Why can't our legislators just do their damn jobs?

Any opinions? advice? Your own favorite idiocies?

Here in AZ we've got a marriage amendment again. It failed last time. Doesn't CA have a marriage amendment too?

My worry, here, is a very slippery amendment that essentially makes ANY amendment void if it doesn't get the vote of 50% of the population -- not 50% of the voters. In this way the left tries to restrict the people from proposing laws.

re: #18 CyanSnowHawk

I think you have the wrong link there. This one points to She-hag getting a restraining order against one of her volunteers.

Ooh, what's the story? Does she have a volunteer who is nuttier than her or are they sane and thus in her world, a threat?

re: #3 hermeneutics

Okay, so has ANYONE seen a 527 ad in their state supporting McCain?

No, but I've seen a shipload of ads from every kook leftoid group you can think of; all of them demanding we vote to turn over our $$$ for this or that cause. (Ow, I've got Fox on and Huck's got some kind of music(?) on.

re: #47 hermeneutics

Polling update:

Rasmussen -- McCain -5
Gallup -- McCain -2
Reuters -- McCain -4

This polling information just in via the Zombie polling agency, along with the Bill Whittle required reading update.

re: #40 arethusa

Um...I just turned the sound on on my computer. When I refresh for new comments, I get a rimshot sound. Is this just me?

Are you serious? I want one! I turned up my volume and still--nothing. Maybe if I reload....

Drill Here ..... Drill Now ........ Aaron ..... on Hucky ....... He needs to go on the road with the John and Sarah show ........ tomorrow .....

re: #55 FloridaAnole

Gosh, where are OUR ads? Where are OUR 527s? I keep thinking they're waiting until the end, but the end is 'nigh!

Watching the original The Day The Earth Stood Still on AMC up here. What a great flick.

Klaatu barada nikto

From David Freddoso's "The Case against Barack Obama"

Intro: Page x

"
Obama has crafted hiself an image as one of those rare reformers who succeeds. ...

Obama has not pursued true reform in any of the offices he has held. He has silently and at times vocally cooperated with Chicago's Democratic Machine to preserve on of the most overtly corrupt political systems in the nation. He maintains his silence now, even though he has the political capital to do something about the problem, because his political allies are the problem. These are the allies who drafted and gave him popular, must pass bills to herd through the state legislature; the allies who openly take credit for making him a senator; the allies who control Chicago's political money. In Washington, his commitment to reform has been no greater -- not even this year, as he runs for office promising "Change" and and "hope."

"

re: #58 JacksonTn

Drill Here ..... Drill Now ........ Aaron ..... on Hucky ....... He needs to go on the road with the John and Sarah show ........ tomorrow .....

Now that the price of oil has dropped so precipitously, prospective drilling is tapering off.

re: #33 MandyManners

There is a link to the BHO letter.

I'll get too pissed. Don't want to mess with my Red Sox mojo.

:~)

Another halloween costume idea: Get on of those "Riddler" suits from Batman, with the question marks all over it, and an Obama mask, and go as the mainstream media's reporting on Obama. For an accessory, you could carry a newspaper with huge sections of articles missing, to symbolize all the unapproved Obama news being removed from it.

re: #57 wrenchwench

Are you serious? I want one! I turned up my volume and still--nothing. Maybe if I reload....

I think it must just be me. No idea why, don't having anything else running except this site. But, hey, Charles, next time you do a tech upgrade...

re: #53 hermeneutics

Here in AZ we've got a marriage amendment again. It failed last time. Doesn't CA have a marriage amendment too?

My worry, here, is a very slippery amendment that essentially makes ANY amendment void if it doesn't get the vote of 50% of the population -- not 50% of the voters. In this way the left tries to restrict the people from proposing laws.

Yes, we have a #8, the anti ads are obnoxious, and it should pass, cancelling gay marriage.

Interesting issue about the 50%. The initiative process in California is becoming a joke, but then, the legislature is already a joke. Yes, that would effectively shut down the entire initiative process, and of course the paradox is that if it passed, it would be with less than 50% of the population! Don't seem right, ma'm.

re: #62 hermeneutics

Now that the price of oil has dropped so precipitously, prospective drilling is tapering off.

Advance play by the Saudis .........we need to do it now ....... because they will raise it again .........Dinnerjacket will see to that .....

re: #60 sparrowlake

Watching the original The Day The Earth Stood Still on AMC up here. What a great flick.

Klaatu barada nikto

Aunt Bea (From The Andy Griffith Show) was hot when she was younger, huh?

///

At the Palin event in Lancaster, PA she brought out Trig, who was bundle up in a ski-suit baby outfit, then handed him off to a staff member in front of the stage. No one else was up there with her.

New outfit with black boots. She is TINY.

Same old speech she's given the last few days. Nothing controversial happened. Only about 25 protestors outside of the stadium (too early and too chilly for Dems on a Sat AM to get out of bed, I guess). Quite a few Hispanics in the crowd (Lancaster has a large Puerto Rican community).

She stayed about 30 mins to sign autographs. I don't think she ever shakes hands, she's too busy autographing everything they put in front of her.

Tina Fey only wishes she could lick Sarah's boots.

re: #59 hermeneutics

I don't know; I saw a few ads from McCain's campaign about 3 weeks ago on local TV, plus a Bill Ayers ad last week. Unfortunately, I fear the McCain campaign has fallen victim to McCain-Feingold, and they don't have the money to saturate the market.

re: #66 itellu3times

Yes, we have a #8, the anti ads are obnoxious, and it should pass, cancelling gay marriage.

Interesting issue about the 50%. The initiative process in California is becoming a joke, but then, the legislature is already a joke. Yes, that would effectively shut down the entire initiative process, and of course the paradox is that if it passed, it would be with less than 50% of the population! Don't seem right, ma'm.

BTW, thanks for offering to help with my daughter. I really appreciate it.

re: #70 FloridaAnole

I don't know; I saw a few ads from McCain's campaign about 3 weeks ago on local TV, plus a Bill Ayers ad last week. Unfortunately, I fear the McCain campaign has fallen victim to McCain-Feingold, and they don't have the money to saturate the market.

That is why we need the 527s to run independent ads! We've got the money ... where are those ads?

Ah, so that's what paranoia feels like.

Michael Smerconish: Tool

Luckily for him, the Kool-Aid goes down easy.

re: #68 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Aunt Bea (From The Andy Griffith Show) was hot when she was younger, huh?

///

Patricia Neal was not Aunt Bea.

re: #72 hermeneutics

That is why we need the 527s to run independent ads! We've got the money ... where are those ads?

I've heard McCain is planning a 72 hour blitz starting Nov. 1st.

re: #67 JacksonTn

Advance play by the Saudis .........we need to do it now ....... because they will raise it again .........Dinnerjacket will see to that .....

I love your avatar.

re: #3 hermeneutics

Okay, so has ANYONE seen a 527 ad in their state supporting McCain?

No! Now, I have St. Louis city cable, and maybe 527s think it's a waste of funds to target the People's republic, but it does piss me off something fierce. I've seen some good print ads in sporting magazines about Obama's extreme anti-gun stands, but nothing on TV.

BTW, I did NOT attend the supposedly 100,000 strong Messiah Fest under the Arch today.

re: #76 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

I've heard McCain is planning a 72 hour blitz starting Nov. 1st.

Phew. McCain is a crafty ol' fox. Maybe I should relax and stop worrying about his timing, huh?

re: #75 newsjunkie_ky

Patricia Neal was not Aunt Bea.

Um. No. Aunt Bea.

HotAir has a headline up that the left are not happy Sarah will be on SNL according to the huffsters.

Tina Fey only wishes she could lick Sarah's boots.

Me too!

re: #74 Wyatt Earp

Michael Smerconish: Tool

Luckily for him, the Kool-Aid goes down easy.

Maybe there is something to that hypnosis stuff, after all.

Rangers score, 4-3 NY!

re: #74 Wyatt Earp

Michael Smerconish: Tool

Luckily for him, the Kool-Aid goes down easy.

I don't even need to click on that link ......... he has been in the tank for a long time ..........he hosted Orielly show once and keep saying he was not in the tank .......yeah, Mike, we figured you for a bend over type a long time ago ......

re: #82 Truck Monkey

Tina Fey only wishes she could lick Sarah's boots.

Me too!

Ok. I've got to admit that would be worth a peek.

re: #27 hermeneutics

Great -- so there ARE ads for McCain out there. I'm pleased. I keep waiting for that Swift Boat ad to come along and sweep McCain to victory, an ad that tells the TRUTH!

Here's a really good one starting next week from National Republican Trust Pac. Hits B Hussein O hard on his vote to give illegals driver's licenses.

re: #83 FloridaAnole

Maybe there is something to that hypnosis stuff, after all.

He says he thinks the GOP is becoming "less directed at conservative elements."

Basically, idiots like Smerconish are the problem.

re: #75 newsjunkie_ky

Patricia Neal was not Aunt Bea.

Notice the sarc tag? Have you ever actually seen the movie?

Habs-Coyotes here.

Buddy Rich Memorial Concert live stream

KILLER

[Link: drumchannel.com...]

OK Lizards ... one week to go.

Established posters or lurkers ... this is a rare opportunity ... meet and greet your LGF peers.

So far mostly SF Bay Area responders ... and the presumed winner of the furthest traveled and not from California attending is a lady lizard from Reno NV.

We may have a volunteer Docent on hand to present to those who wish it a tour of the museum and history lesson.

Time well spent.

Lizard meet/party - Lizards and mates.

Sunday 26th of Oct. 11 am - 3 pm

Walnut Creek, CA 94595

25 miles East of San Francisco.

Locals and Nomads welcome.

BYOB and a pot luck if you wish.

Bring what ever food you wish to cook.

World class commercial kitchen available. BBQ grills. Picnic area.

BBQ briquettes provided.

Heated swimming pool. Bring your suits. Changing rooms etc. available.

We have the ground floor of a 1930s Mansion/museum and outdoor patio reserved.

If it rains we have indoors - if not we have both.

My Halloween treat and thanks to LGF - so no cost to you.

Email for directions and location - secure, private, gated/guarded community.

Plenty of parking ... 100+.

For those that are paranoid & suspicious this is a leftist setup - 6 of us have already met once in SF.

RawMuse hosted that one.

We all like each other.

I volunteered to host the next meet.

This is it. Let's git it on. Da clock is a tickin'. email me now for confirmation and directions.

B

re: #81 newsjunkie_ky
hmm i wonder if they will demand snl not have her on

Wow - I tried to view the site 10 min. ago and I got a blank page. That was kinda scary!

Evening all, just doing a fly by. Doing great and relaxing. Tell sharmuta to keep pinning the tails on the eeyores. :)

re: #75 newsjunkie_ky

Patricia Neal was not Aunt Bea.

Where exactly did I say Patricia Neal was Aunt Bea? I can't seem to find that.

"Crime cannot be tolerated. Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding."

-Ra's Al Ghul (League of Shadows)

re: #94 tedzilla99

Wow - I tried to view the site 10 min. ago and I got a blank page. That was kinda scary!

me too ........

re: #69 SagamoreGal
Tina Fey can be a very vicious woman. She has unresolve issues from her teen years. Apparently som people were cruel to her. The movie "Mean Girls " is about that. Obama has unresolved racial identity issues from his youth.
Tina Fey is not running for anything, but Obama is on a voyage of self discovery & would be better off with three time a week analysis, not in the Oval Office.

re: #94 tedzilla99

The hamsters were practicing their Zen.

re: #85 JacksonTn

I don't even need to click on that link ......... he has been in the tank for a long time ..........he hosted Orielly show once and keep saying he was not in the tank .......yeah, Mike, we figured you for a bend over type a long time ago ......

I stopped listening to him a long time ago, but my friend (who wrote that link post) held on. I told him it wouldn't be a problem if he just came clean, but Smerconish's hypocrisy apparently knows no bounds.

re: #89 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Notice the sarc tag? Have you ever actually seen the movie?

I own it. Don't get your sarcasm on this one.

re: #92 Bobibutu

Sure wish I could join you. You are putting in a lot of work to host what should be an amazing event. Salute!

Watch Fox they doing a show on Senator Government now ..... Greta ....... she has been digging on him ........ Ayers especially .....

Y'all might want to turn on FNC, Greta is doing a special about The One's lefty ties.

Just at a bar here in Kansas and they broke from the football game to kiss Obama's ass as he is in Kansas City. Actually turned up the sound so we could hear him. I was so pissed. It all Obama all the time, every minute every commercial. How can he lose, and who is paying for this?

A little snack for Michelle Obama.

(/I'm sure Joe the plumber eats that every night.

oh wait - the left don't want poor Joe to make any money. He must work hard so that Geroge Soros Obama can take it and buy some more left-wing lieutenants, global initiatives and state run media.

re: #98 JacksonTn

me too ........

Me three, but good things are worth the wait. I'm sure the hamsters are busy with not just Lizards, but lurkers too.

re: #103 ciaospirit

Sure wish I could join you. You are putting in a lot of work to host what should be an amazing event. Salute!

Thank you - your spirit will be noted by all present.

re: #107 FrogMarch

Lobster, eh?

I'd rather she had crabs.

re: #58 JacksonTn

Drill Here ..... Drill Now ........ Aaron ..... on Hucky ....... He needs to go on the road with the John and Sarah show ........ tomorrow .....

He was out with Sara Last week!

re: #43 MandyManners

*BURP*

I know I commented on her little snack this afternoon but I'm still appalled. I wouldn't spend that much on any dinner for my family. That just shows how little they care for the Joes and Josephines of America. Couldn't she have had a hot pretzel or something?

re: #14 jaunte

Technote: the quoted text being slightly smaller than the current comment is a nice touch.

Maybe, for you but I can't read anything smaller than 24 point type unless I press my nose to my screen. Very bad eyes here. Charles is there anyway you could make the smaller quoted material optional, please?

re: #96 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Where exactly did I say Patricia Neal was Aunt Bea? I can't seem to find that.

But now I'm looking for pictures of Frances Bavier as a young woman. Driving me nuts now (never saw TDTESS).

Saturday Night Haiku:

Barack Obama.
The best illusionist since
David Copperfield.

-WFH

re: #98 JacksonTn

me too ........

Me too, when I came over from the last thread. Had to get out and get back in.

?

re: #46 esch

Obama is the distilled essence of fraud.

Obama is the patron saint of narcissistic bullshitting con artists everywhere.

Heh. Meanwhile, Al Gore is the patron saint of Snake-Oil Salesmen!

/cut from the same red cloth?

re: #60 sparrowlake

Watching the original The Day The Earth Stood Still on AMC up here. What a great flick.

Klaatu barada nikto

New remake of TDTESS, hope it doesn't blow.

re: #112 livefreeor die

I know I commented on her little snack this afternoon but I'm still appalled. I wouldn't spend that much on any dinner for my family. That just shows how little they care for the Joes and Josephines of America. Couldn't she have had a hot pretzel or something?

I don't begrudge anyone the right to spend money as they want, no matter how foolish it may seem to me. What I DO begrudge is their attitude that they can spend MY money better than I can.

(I must admit that I have have a few VERY expensive meals in my life at VERY nice restaurants, and that, to me, the experience was worth it.)

I hope she talks about Rathke/Acorn/SDS ....... most people don't realize that connection .......

re: #102 newsjunkie_ky

I own it. Don't get your sarcasm on this one.

So do I pal...Gaze down the cast about 6 spots and see who played Mrs. Barley.

re: #115 wong fei hung

LOL! That's a keeper.

re: #54 livefreeor die

Ooh, what's the story? Does she have a volunteer who is nuttier than her or are they sane and thus in her world, a threat?

Sounds like she had a volunteer asking where all the campaign money was going. Claiming she was running a sham campaign. It's several stories below the one on the original link that I thought was bad.

re: #71 hermeneutics

I don't think I did offer - but I do.

BTW, did anyone mention the name of Ken Starr? Not that I have any connection, just the thought.

Iranian caviar, lobster, champagne -- I take it she was celebrating -- what? McCain's 1 point gain in one of the polls?

re: #119 goddessoftheclassroom

I don't begrudge anyone the right to spend money as they want, no matter how foolish it may seem to me. What I DO begrudge is their attitude that they can spend MY money better than I can.

(I must admit that I have have a few VERY expensive meals in my life at VERY nice restaurants, and that, to me, the experience was worth it.)

You, my dear, deserve many, many more.

re: #113 Neo Con since 9-11

If you use firefox as your browser you can magnify your view of LGF or anything you are viewing in the browser. Hold down CTRL and hit +. Learned that from another Lizard paying it forward:)

So this seems like a good place to put a story. My brother-in-law's girl friend does on-line entertainment gigs for a local county paper. (I'm being vague here). He calls my wife now and then when she has a new episode out, and my wife makes positive comments on the site. I say good for you and that's real exciting and stuff like that.

Then this week he texts and calls her and tells her to check out this great video she put together on Youtube for the paper. They're both real proud of it. My wife watches it, says, "Wow, she looks real nice." She shows me when I get home. It's a "Sarah Palin Barbie girl" parody. I was ready for offensive, but it wasn't, not really. The offensive part was them thinking we would be thrilled with her joining in the press lynch mob.

So I left a comment on the youtube site. Sarcastic, but not overly cruel. "Not funny enough to be humor, not original enough to be commentary. At least you got to use your rhyming dictionary." Showed my wife, and she said, "What are you doing, I still have to interact with these people!" She was right, and I looked for a way to delete it but found none, so I posted an immediate follow-up saying "No, I'm sorry for being harsh, this is well done and you have a good screen presence like on your entertainment focused episodes. Guess this just wasn't meant for me. I wish I could delete my previous comment."

So my brother-in-law follows up with angry phone calls and texts to his sister, my wife, along the lines of "What the F* was your husband doing? I don't consider him family anymore, blah blah blah." She, sister-in-law to someday be, sent me an e-mail saying she was hurt and I replied I was sorry for letting politics mix with family, I shouldn't have posted when I was annoyed, and in the future I would do what I usually do and just keep quiet.

Long and probably boring story short, do you think I was that offensive? And is it just me, or do conservatives tend to shut up to keep the peace a whole lot more than their more enlightened (and touchy) family members?

re: #114 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

But now I'm looking for pictures of Frances Bavier as a young woman. Driving me nuts now (never saw TDTESS).

FBV- I was JOKING about her being hot in "The Day The Earth Stood Still", hence the sarc tag.

re: #125 FloridaAnole

Probably covered by the campaign as a travel expense.

re: #117 SlartyBartfast

Probably.

All I know is when I look at those two it reminds me of the vacuum cleaner salesmen I worked alongside (yes I sold a couple of Kirby's) a million years ago.

Lying whoring scumbags.

re: #112 livefreeor die

I know I commented on her little snack this afternoon but I'm still appalled. I wouldn't spend that much on any dinner for my family. That just shows how little they care for the Joes and Josephines of America. Couldn't she have had a hot pretzel or something?

Notice she had two appetizers and two entrees. Who else was there?

re: #127 Metal Man

Thanks, that works I can read quoted material again.

Went and checked on this poll on Congress.org........

Results (30,396 votes)
4.0% Chuck Baldwin (Constitution Party)
3.4% Bob Barr (Libertarian)
48.8% John McCain(Republican)
.3% Cynthia McKinney (Green Party)
1.3% Ralph Nader (Independent)
39.1% Barack Obama(Democrat)1.1% Someone Else
1.4% I am Undecided
.6% None of the Above - I'm Leaving it Blank

By state, electoral college votes Obama 244 McCain 294

BATTLE GROUND STATES CURRENT RESULTS (EV=Electoral College Votes)
Italics Indicate a Change in State Since Last Report
Colorado Obama 45.3% McCain 43.6% 9 EV
Florida McCain 53.1% Obama 35.4% 27 EV
Iowa McCain 44.2% Obama 37.9% 7 EV
Michigan Obama 42.4% McCain 41.7% 17 EV
Missouri McCain 52.5% Obama 33.5% 11 EV
Nevada McCain 45.7% Obama 35.3% 5 EV
New Hampshire McCain 48.9% Obama 37.9% 4 EV
New Mexico Obama 47.2% McCain 44.7% 5 EV
Ohio McCain 49.7% Obama 37.7% 20 EV
Pennsylvania McCain 45.1% Obama 42.6% 21 EV
Virginia McCain 50.8% Obama 37.4% 13 EV
[Link: www.congress.org...]

re: #127 Metal Man

Works with IE7 too.

re: #132 MandyManners

The nanny.

re: #132 MandyManners

Notice she had two appetizers and two entrees. Who else was there?

Probably let the kids split one.

re: #132 MandyManners

Notice she had two appetizers and two entrees. Who else was there?

A bust of Karl Marx.

re: #125 FloridaAnole

Iranian caviar, lobster, champagne -- I take it she was celebrating -- what? McCain's 1 point gain in one of the polls?

Caviar, lobster and champagne are not necessarily food for a celebration.

re: #112 livefreeor die

Hey she needs to have some perks in her 'padded cell'.

(Shanklin's latest had me about pissing myself laughing.)

oh give me a break, ACORN'S defense is that they are the victim, victims of moron canvassers.

re: #113 Neo Con since 9-11

You can also go to your account and make the font size larger or smaller.

re: #128 nikis-knight

I think that libs think that conservatives are babies when they're offended and meanies when they're offensive. It's a win/win for them.

You were very gracious in your apology, Families are more important than politics. I hope that by the holidays all will be forgotten.

re: #128 nikis-knight

If it makes you feel any better, I don't like your relatives very much.

Sorry.

re: #7 hermeneutics

I really hate people who can't win without stomping out rebuttals and criticism. In this case, its worse -- he's advocating vote stealing but not allowing investigations.

By asking for an independent investigator he's stalling until the election is over. Bastard. (Yes, hermeneutics just said a bad word.)

I thought Obama had NOTHING to do with ACORN! Why is he meddling in FRAUD investigations into an entity he has nothing to do with? This report has to be false. I know Obama would not lie. Obama and his brazen Chicago thugs would never try to obstruct justice. I am going to pretend that this report is just fake. It is an attempt to bring down a fine and respectable Marxists. Those evil conservative will stop at nothing.

re: #139 MandyManners

Caviar, lobster and champagne are not necessarily food for a celebration.

Breakfast? Bulimia? Anyhow, pass the Bromo-Seltzer.

If you need a little pick-me-up, Mac gives it to you!

re: #136 ArmyWife

The nanny.

I reckon a nanny is necessary 'cause you need someone stable to watch over the kids on the campaign trail.

re: #137 Fredlike

Probably let the kids split one.

Sounds reasonable.

re: #87 ciaospirit

Here's a really good one starting next week from National Republican Trust Pac. Hits B Hussein O hard on his vote to give illegals driver's licenses.

I don't really see how mentioning illegals or immigration in general helps McCain. His position on amnesty is one reason why he has had so much trouble with the base in the first place.

re: #138 opnion

A bust of Karl Marx.

LOL!

Blast from the past, or "the day the media discarded the last of their credibility" (about two and a half years ago).

Will Press Put Out Fire on Iran?

Confederate Yankee weighs in on the article's author, Greg Mitchell.

Greg Mitchell, Editor of Editor & Publisher shows himself to be a prime example of exactly what bloggers fear most in the media; a newscrafter, not a newsman, with a quite specific and heavily partisan agenda. He seems terrified that if the public actually looked too closely at how the sometimes tainted product of the news business is manufactured, they might discover it has fewer quality checks than a disposable diaper, and sadly, sometimes ends up smelling much the same.

Moral: we shouldn't be surprised at their attack on the Right in '08. They telegraphed their punch and still hit us.

re: #148 MandyManners

I reckon a nanny is necessary 'cause you need someone stable to watch over the kids on the campaign trail.

I heard Bill Ayers is available to babysit since his Nebraska speaking gig was squashed .....

re: #135 sngnsgt

Thanks I have to use IE at work but have never tried it since I thought it was a Firefox tool.

Acorn attorney is blaming its employees for the problems. How is this an excuse? If one of my employees breaks a law as part of doing the job I paid them to do, I'm held partly responsible.

re: #128 nikis-knight

The goal should be to talk politics (religion, race, etc) without getting too emotionally involved. IF you can manage to discuss issues without getting upset you're much less likely to upset other people. Some people will be upset just by you expressing an opposing position but that's their problem not yours.

Acorn has had the same defense for 12 years and the Justice Department has let them get away with it in spite of overwhlming evidence it is politico/criminal enterprise to destroy the Republican party.

re: #139 MandyManners

Caviar, lobster and champagne are not necessarily food for a celebration.

I adore lobster and champagne. Never had caviar (wouldn't buy Iranian in any case), and my redneck upbringing leads me to believe it'd taste like bait.

Still, I almost never get to enjoy those things, because I'm not a hospital administrator making $300k a year. Me, I'm more like crawfish and beer.

/but the Obamas AREN'T elitists

re: #141 alien_mind

oh give me a break, ACORN'S defense is that they are the victim, victims of moron canvassers.

Someone please tell me how a "handful of morons" were able to submit 200 thousand fraudulent registration forms in Ohio...

re: #155 jaunte

They're looking for a scape-herd to sacrifice for the One.

"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"....

re: #128 nikis-knight

And is it just me, or do conservatives tend to shut up to keep the peace a whole lot more than their more enlightened (and touchy) family members?

Not just you.

:x

re: #138 opnion

A bust of Karl Marx.

I wondered the same thing and decided Oprah was there.

Well, she IS spreading her wealth.

re: #144 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

If it makes you feel any better, I don't like your relatives very much.

Sorry.

Yeah, but he has to have some peace with them.
I have a bunch of screaming libs in my extended family. My good fortune is that they are on my side, not my wife's. I am at liberty to really have a good time goading them.

bbiab

What's the time and channel for this SNL thing anyway?

I haven't watched them since the 70's...

re: #160 esch

No one is responsible, so we all pay.

re: #164 MandyManners

Well, she IS spreading her wealth.

How very Freudian of you.

re: #150 sandspur

I don't really see how mentioning illegals or immigration in general helps McCain. His position on amnesty is one reason why he has had so much trouble with the base in the first place.

True.

Where's Sharmuta when I need her? 100,000 in St Louis Mo. heard Obama today? 100,000?Trying to be upbeat but.......

re: #158 Palandine

I adore lobster and champagne. Never had caviar (wouldn't buy Iranian in any case), and my redneck upbringing leads me to believe it'd taste like bait.

Yeah but bait can be quite tasty - like salmon eggs, used for sushi, call it American caviar, though it's also very likely to carry parasites.

re: #163 SlartyBartfast

I wondered the same thing and decided Oprah was there.

Nah, if it was Oprah there would be crates of food.

re: #154 Metal Man

IE amuses amases me every day.

re: #141 alien_mind

oh give me a break, ACORN'S defense is that they are the victim, victims of moron canvassers.

Keep in mind who hired those moron canvassers.
Or do they mean the people they hired to canvas the morons?

re: #167 Vet_Missing_Parts (1LT, Ret)

What's the time and channel for this SNL thing anyway?

I haven't watched them since the 70's...

10:30 Central

Speaking of Michelle Obama's snack--what is a patriotic American doing eating Iranian anything?

re: #162 wrenchwench

Not just you.

:x

Try a friend/acquaintance who flies into a screaming rage at the least criticism of Obama and/or the Dems. Probably won't speak to him again till next June at the earliest. (I tend to do the snub thing)

re: #128 nikis-knight

My experience has been that conservatives grin and bear it while libs are compulsive about exhibiting their stupidity and nothing can shut them up.

Dare you to post the offending youtube here. Heh heh heh.

re: #171 nigella

Where's Sharmuta when I need her? 100,000 in St Louis Mo. heard Obama today? 100,000?Trying to be upbeat but.......

Here - watch this. Only one minute, but a great reminder to FIGHT!

We're Americans - we MAKE history!

re: #101 Wyatt Earp

I caught him sitting for O'Reilly Friday afternoon. It made me want to puke. He didn't even make an attempt to sound sincere. He's another phony with his finger in the wind. Some good info on the business dynamics that drove his decision... [Link: radioequalizer.blogspot.com...]

re: #171 nigella

Where's Sharmuta when I need her? 100,000 in St Louis Mo. heard Obama today? 100,000?Trying to be upbeat but.......

Where in St. Louis did this happen?

re: #176 opnion

10:30 Central

Thanks... looks like I'll be hitting to coffee again...

4-4, Det ties it up w/ NY. 3:19 left in reg.

re: #177 SlartyBartfast

Speaking of Michelle Obama's snack--what is a patriotic American doing eating Iranian anything?

That may be the first time anyone ever put the words "patriotic American" and "Michelle Obama" in the same sentence.

re: #159 lobo91

Someone please tell me how a "handful of morons" were able to submit 200 thousand fraudulent registration forms in Ohio...

Moron-savants?

re: #171 nigella

Where's Sharmuta when I need her? 100,000 in St Louis Mo. heard Obama today? 100,000?Trying to be upbeat but.......

Maybe this'll help. Roanoke, VA yesterday. Area population about 350,000. Obama drew a little under 8K to the civic center. Seats 10k.

Intrepid, I am going to stand up and fight ....but 100,000?

Hmmmm.... St Louis...... Budweiser..... Obama....

yes, it all makes sense.

re: #128 nikis-knight
I have a very small family. I will not argue politics with them. After Obama and Palin are long gone, I still want to have a brother I can talk to.

re: #177 SlartyBartfast

Speaking of Michelle Obama's snack--what is a patriotic American doing eating Iranian anything?

She is just warming up for when she and Barry go to Iran on November 5th. I'll also bet she was wearing a burqa when she put in the order.

re: #159 lobo91

Someone please tell me how a "handful of morons" were able to submit 200 thousand fraudulent registration forms in Ohio...

Concerted effort to destroy the election system of the United States?

Opening the door for The One to "fix" it for us.

Is it just me, or does anybody else think that Romney would be eating Obama's lunch & popping the paper bag on his head?

G'night all, gotta run.

re: #193 opnion

yep

re: #189 windhorse

Hmmmm.... St Louis...... Budweiser..... Obama....

yes, it all makes sense.

There wasn't, by any chance, a concert before his appearance, was there?

I thought that Iranian caviar was forbidden in America.

KEX Radio has raised enough money for Joe the Plumber to pay off his taxes PLUS an extra amount to pay for his $500 plumber's license.

Total amount raised - $1,826! GO JOE!

Bob Beckel "when people are getting nowhere, they're going to get in your face. Too Bad"

my response, "when people commit fraud, they go to jail. TOO BAD!"

re: #171 nigella

Where's Sharmuta when I need her? 100,000 in St Louis Mo. heard Obama today? 100,000?Trying to be upbeat but.......

Remember Calypso Louie Farrakhan's "the Million Man March" (Obama was there, fyi), that was actually 100K at most?

If McCain wins I am going to send Chrissy Matthews a box of bladder control garments. Oberfurher get a plunger.

re: #191 Metal Man

PIMF now they have me putting him in office early. Not November 5th 08 but January of 09.

re: #198 Intrepid

KEX Radio has raised enough money for Joe the Plumber to pay off his taxes PLUS an extra amount to pay for his $500 plumber's license.

Total amount raised - $1,826! GO JOE!

But if he takes it the MSM will call him a hypocrite - taking others peoples money

re: #198 Intrepid

KEX Radio has raised enough money for Joe the Plumber to pay off his taxes PLUS an extra amount to pay for his $500 plumber's license.

Total amount raised - $1,826! GO JOE!

I heard him on Huckabee. He is a bright guy with economics cred.

re: #197 MandyManners

I thought that Iranian caviar was forbidden in America.

Nothing is forbidden to The One, or his lovely bride.

Silly peasant.
///

re: #159 lobo91

Someone please tell me how a "handful of morons" were able to submit 200 thousand fraudulent registration forms in Ohio...

It wasn't a handful. I went down to the polling place in Columbus and was told the Obama campaign brought in people from all over the country to help out. While I was there, I saw plates from Oklahoma on a van plastered with Obama signs. Van after van went in and out of that place, dropping off predominantly Somalis and other blacks. At least two of the vans were assigned to Ohio State. This went on from morning til night the week of register/vote same day. I saw one designated ACORN van, but I don't know how many of the other vans may have been associated with ACORN.

re: #188 nigella

Look at 187. Did that help?

On top of that; first major presidential candidate since JFK (and I don't mean Kerry). On top of that, Rick Boucher (local (d) congressman) didn't even show up.

re: #204 opnion

I heard him on Huckabee. He is a bright guy with economics cred.

i think his plumbing days may be over.

re: #99 opnion

Obama is on a voyage of self discovery & would be better off with three time a week analysis, not in the Oval Office.

He is. That's why he's not releasing his medical records./

re: #198 Intrepid

KEX Radio has raised enough money for Joe the Plumber to pay off his taxes PLUS an extra amount to pay for his $500 plumber's license.

Total amount raised - $1,826! GO JOE!

That is great news - put a smile on my face. Is this a great country or what?
You know, if Obutthole takes our money to spend it his way, we'll all have a lot less to help out with stuff like this.

BTW Charles, love the noticeably smaller font when we quote someone's previous post. It makes it much easier to differentiate between the quoted post and the current one. Thanks!

re: #132 MandyManners

Notice she had two appetizers and two entrees. Who else was there?

I noticed that it's not very good champagne.

re: #188 nigella

Intrepid, I am going to stand up and fight ....but 100,000?

They bussed them in from all over, Nigella. St Louis is just a stones' throw from the Illinois state line. And you know they've been planning this one for quite a while.

Don't sweat - it'll be ok. Mac's gonna take MO.

re: #208 alien_mind

i think his plumbing days may be over.

You could be right, he is very engaging.

re: #209 arethusa

He is. That's why he's not releasing his medical records./

Damn, that's good.

re: #212 Dianna

I noticed that it's not very good champagne.

Not Dom.

re: #206 ciaospirit

It wasn't a handful. I went down to the polling place in Columbus and was told the Obama campaign brought in people from all over the country to help out. While I was there, I saw plates from Oklahoma on a van plastered with Obama signs. Van after van went in and out of that place, dropping off predominantly Somalis and other blacks. At least two of the vans were assigned to Ohio State. This went on from morning til night the week of register/vote same day. I saw one designated ACORN van, but I don't know how many of the other vans may have been associated with ACORN.

I realize that they have armies of people out there registering dead people and cartoon characters.

The "handful of morons" quote is from an ACORN official interviewed for the Obama expose running on FNC at the moment.

re: #171 nigella

Where's Sharmuta when I need her? 100,000 in St Louis Mo. heard Obama today? 100,000?Trying to be upbeat but.......

I don't care enough to watch the local news and see the National Park rangers estimate for the worship session, but yeah, probably. You could easily fit that many from the Arch grounds to the Old Courthouse.

Consider:
*St. Louis, a city of about 400,000, has an African-American majority; East St. Louis is now tiny--about 40,000--and almost entirely African-American
*We have not had a Republican mayor since the 1940s
*We have a TON of unions, all in thrall to the Dems
*Dems ALWAYS win St. Louis, but haven't won the state in a long time
*It was a SPECTACULAR day--sunny, about 65 degrees, at the end of October

So yeah, he had a great backdrop and had a good day. Don't let your heart be troubled. St. Louis is a wonderful city, in its own way, and I'm never leaving, but it is very much unlike the rest of the state.

aunt bea was one of the house guests, she is the one that won the gin rummy hand.

jd171, out

re: #197 MandyManners

Trade in Iranian caviar was banned after the hostage taking, but the prohibition was lifted in 2000:
[Link: query.nytimes.com...]

re: #13 gmsc

On Halloween, if you're a conservative woman, dress up like Sarah Palin. If you're a conservative man, dress up as John McCain or Joe The Plumber. This idea brough to you by Hillbuzz!

We need as many Sarah Palins and Joe Plumbers out this Halloween as possible

Here's a contribution to a Sarah Palin costume.

re: #198 Intrepid

WOOOT!

I am against Burkhas, but in Michelle Obamas case I will make an exception. Yikes, cover that up.

My Bad!

re: #203 yah

But if he takes it the MSM will call him a hypocrite - taking others peoples money

Nah - it's neighbors helping other neighbors. That's the American way. The government had nothing to do with it.

re: #171 nigella

Where's Sharmuta when I need her? 100,000 in St Louis Mo. heard Obama today? 100,000?Trying to be upbeat but.......

When I went to bed on election night 2006, Jim Tallent was leading every county in Missouri with St. Louis uncounted. Once counted, the city of St. Louis delivered leftist wacko Clair McCaskill to the US Senate for Missouri. St. Louis is like a wart on an otherwise reasonable state (IMHO).

re: #150 sandspur

I don't really see how mentioning illegals or immigration in general helps McCain. His position on amnesty is one reason why he has had so much trouble with the base in the first place.

While that is true, it still makes Obama look bad on that issue and for any Repubs who are mad at McCain about the issue, they will see that Obama is no better and will take steps fast. Remember how the driver's license issue in NY caused big problems for Hillary?

re: #182 Ozark Mountain Daredevil

Where in St. Louis did this happen?

I guess the obamatons wanted some more free kool-aid, Joe the Plumber had them running in circles for a few days.

I think "that one" was downtown STL by the Arch, I would have love to see a shot of East Saint Louis([Link: www.lib.niu.edu...] one of the worse places in Illinois, just across from the Arch where 'that one" appeared.

Downtown STL is full of "progressives" living the "urban"life, looks like downtown Chicago.

He just told her the words Klaatu Barada Nikto and she repeated them...with that worried look on her gorgeous face.....Oh Joy!

re: #193 opnion

Is it just me, or does anybody else think that Romney would be eating Obama's lunch & popping the paper bag on his head?

Here are the polls taken back in the spring of a possible Obama-Romney match-up. Obama ahead by an average of 15. By contrast, McCain and Obama were always quite close in polls during the primary season.

So, my answer is, no.

re: #197 MandyManners

I thought that Iranian caviar was forbidden in America.

No, no, no, it's negotiating unconditionally with Iranian madmen that is forbidden. Oh, wait.../

re: #201 odinga

If McCain wins I am going to send Chrissy Matthews a box of bladder control garments. Oberfurher get a plunger.

Oberfurher. LOL!

re: #190 snowcrash and others

I have a very small family. I will not argue politics with them. After Obama and Palin are long gone, I still want to have a brother I can talk to.

That's my belief too. And worse, it's my wife's family. So I wanted to delete my remarks.
I don't think I'll post the link; more comments indirectly from me would compound the grief. But my youtube nic is the same, so you'll know if you happen upon it.

re: #197 MandyManners

I thought that Iranian caviar was forbidden in America.

Forbidden - yes - but just like Cuban Cigars - available if you know where to go and have connections ... ahhhh Cohibos ... mmmm

re: #132 MandyManners

Notice she had two appetizers and two entrees. Who else was there?

Rev Wright Ridin' dirty.

OT: FIU gives John McCain a hearty welcome

John McCain was cheered by an enthusiastic, predominantly Hispanic audience at Florida International University.

The Republican nominee used the word ''fight'' at least 20 times in his speech. Relishing his position as the underdog, McCain was more animated than he has appeared in recent weeks on the campaign trail in Florida, and the pompom-shaking crowd was one of the loudest.

I don't know. Whatever. Video is pretty cool though, enthusiastic crowd.

Even better.

The one should have had his speech right across the arch and show all those 100K obamatons what he is planning to do with this country. [Link: www.pbase.com...]

CHANGE!

re: #193 opnion

Is it just me, or does anybody else think that Romney would be eating Obama's lunch & popping the paper bag on his head?

You are not alone in that. A Romney/Palin ticket wouldn't be putting up with ANY of this bullshit.

BTW

East Saint Louis is part of Illinois, NOT Missouri.

Jackie Mason Takes on Sarah Silverman: [Link: www.rjchq.org...]

re: #75 newsjunkie_ky

Patricia Neal was not Aunt Bea.

I believe OMD was thinking of Frances Bavier who played Beatrice Taylor (the character Aunt Bea)

re: #238 El Lizardo mejicano

BTW

East Saint Louis is part of Illinois, NOT Missouri.

And, to be fair, its downfall was caused by a variety of causes. It's still a sad place, though.

The St. Louis metro area is very blue and has a population of about 2.5 million people, and the Messiah drew 100k on a lovely Saturday. Given the politics of this town, the weather, and the economy, he should havepulled twice as many.

McCain will be at New Town St. Charles on Monday, at 9 am (when most people will be at work). He'll do very well, regardless--not 100,000, but well.

Can someone please tell Lou Holtz to shut the Hell up?

Hawaii ending universal child health care

[Link: www.breitbart.com...]

People are surprised?

"People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free," said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services. "I don't believe that was the intent of the program."

re: #242 Wyatt Earp

Can someone please tell Lou Holtz to shut the Hell up?

As a Notre Dame alumna, Lou pissed me off with his constant bitching about how he couldn't get the best players because Notre Dame's academic standards were too high.

Bullshit. Most players, even the Irish, won't make the pros and need a good education. I took several classes with Jerome Bettis, and he is amazingly intelligent...and was a phenomenal player.

There is no rational reason to let your emotions discourage you from voting. The spin machine will stop at nothing to freak you out.

Are we to presume that Palin could not draw 100,000 given the chance? Are you serious? With a weeks notice, 120,000 people would PAY to attend one of her events were it held on a weekend anywhere near a major city. She could fill a NASCAR stadium.

Wait till the SNL ratings come out. Ginormous

People are scared shi*less over Obama.

FEAR is the biggest motivator of all.

St. Louis and East St. Louis. You have to consider the demographics and the crowds that Obama attracted today. East St. Louis has a poverty rate of about 30%. Unemployment is at 7.2% for St. Louis.

BTW, note for Michelle Obama: Iran is a downright mean country.

re: #177 SlartyBartfast

Speaking of Michelle Obama's snack--what is a patriotic American doing eating Iranian anything?

I'm going to play devil's advocate here - If I was a richass elitist staying in a nice hotel in NYC on somebody else's tab, and the whole town thought I was awesome, you bet I'd order the lobster and the champagne. Just this once!

And have you ever seen how that caviar is gathered? Guys work out on boats, and on these factories-on-stilts out in the sea, pulling the stuff up fresh and then processing it right there on the water. I don't know how much of a cut the Iranian .gov could really take from them. They are working people, not all that different from Alaska fishermen.

On the other hand, from a PR standpoint it's pretty stupid to order Iranian anything, as you said. Michelle and Barack probably thought it was tee-hee funny to order something labelled as "Iranian".

I'd have eaten it, but I'd have made damned sure my name wasn't on the tab. :P

re: #191 Metal Man

She is just warming up for when she and Barry go to Iran on November 5th. I'll also bet she was wearing a burqa when she put in the order.

That's gonna be some funny shit, to see them try and squeeze her into a head covering for state visits.

Hey Charles, it looks like the I-AM-JOE backlash is gaining momentum. I posted a link to a site I read where the blogger is pissed and vents his spleen. It is a technology blog, which makes it more remarkable.

I suggested it before, why not put a banner or link on the site with a page of I-AM-JOE sites. Start with iowahawk at [Link: iowahawk.typepad.com...]

The profound hippocracy and disrespect the candidate and his media followers have shown Joe and any other dissenter is alarming. That this man is a candidate for the highest office in the nation says very bad things about the party that made him their nominee. That the media acts as his shills, and does his dirty work for him, shows their abdication of responsibility, their moral and ethical corruption at its worst. They can have an opinion, that is fine. Why weren't they weren't parked on Ayers front yard, interviewing him? Is there a reason why no scandal of Obamessiah gets aired?

Maybe its time to show the media just how pissed off we are. The I-AM-JOE groundswell is just the thing. Please help with this.

re: #241 Palandine

And, to be fair, its downfall was caused by a variety of causes. It's still a sad place, though.

The St. Louis metro area is very blue and has a population of about 2.5 million people, and the Messiah drew 100k on a lovely Saturday. Given the politics of this town, the weather, and the economy, he should havepulled twice as many.

McCain will be at New Town St. Charles on Monday, at 9 am (when most people will be at work). He'll do very well, regardless--not 100,000, but well.

Yes indeed amigo(a)

East Saint Louis is one of many of those small towns that Chicago politicians forgot many years ago, very sad..

re: #251 El Lizardo mejicano

Yes indeed amigo(a)

East Saint Louis is one of many of those small towns that Chicago politicians forgot many years ago, very sad..

The race riots of 1917 (which in this case were started by whites) didn't help. Neither did the closing of the meatpacking plants and other industries. East St. Louis is a tragedy that we will be discussing for generations.

The part of St. Louis where Obama didn't go.

Change!

Shout out to MandyManners! thanks for the link on the Obama Hypnosis pdf. Absolutely fascinating stuff. Am only on page 24, but plan to read the rest (and forward to a couple friends who are Obamabots). I want to learn these techniques, if only to be able to more effectively convince people what they have subconsciously absorbed without knowing it! Would probably piss a LOT of people off if they realized how they have been manipulated. Wonder what it is about Lizards that we instinctively block it? Must be scales...