Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

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I'm really looking forward to the debate. For me McCain keeps coming off as rather out of it and completely disconnected from reality. Yet his supporters and much of the coverage is positive. The intensity and length of the debate should clarify the image he projects.

all Obama has to do to lose the debate is open his mouth. He looked like the proverbial deer in the headlights sitting at the presidents table yesterday.
A do nothing - no experience man for our troubled times.

News is announcing that Obama is prepared with zingers to go after McCain. I guess he wants to make it more of a blood bath than a debate like American Gladiator. It will probably thrill his young base. Dems turning mean. That is what has turned me off the most about Obama

I saw Ann Coulter last night on Fox and she even seems mild up agains't the Obama supporters.

Go Julie!!!

Time for our talkin on the trailmix is on hold. The proof will be in the pudding.

This is like the Super Bowl !! Or World Cup Finals

Can not wait

mqw,

It is not a "god-like" knowledge.

It comes from spending a lot of time on treatment floors in hospitals with a great variety of patients.

I particularly work with children and teenagers as a volunteer.

One of the things about being a patient with an incurable cancer is that you have to live both with faith (though not in any particular outcome) and a certain grounded quality of hope... really on a daily basis and about a few good things.

You also have to have something of an understanding of what is occuring within your body... also your soul.

Serious illness is a mess and a few daily acts of grace.

A person has to be aware of the limitations on them and proceed without being thwarted by those.

Yes, my hematologist knows a few good things about me aside from my many reports. (My files are the size of two big city phone books.)

She also is most interested in what I am doing with kefir and kombucha.

But she also makes me aware of many limitations... including that I am no longer responsive to the chemos which have worked best for me; in fact, they have turned by leukemia into a number of other serious auto-immune conditions.

Do I have a day and a date for when I shall die?

No.

I do know what I can do. I know what my illness has done and is doing and most likely will do.

I do my best, mqw. I have taken care of me and taken care of my daughter when she was so seriously ill she had to withdraw from classes and be homeschooled by me for several years.

One thing I do not suffer from is fatuousity.

Unlike melanoma, the only possible cure for that is within someone's character.

I can tell you with some hope that it's never to late for a person to slip away from theirs.

But for some it is harder than others.

Best of luck to you.

Maybe you have a "godgiven" gift for that.

Brain and all,
Please count him out!!

What is the name of the big city in Arizona and then ask what does that bird represent?
Who has come back from certain demise?
Who actually won the popular vote for his party by solid margin?

Ummmmmm

In the private vote I bet the Big Dog votes McCain.... Along with millions of others

Craig are you in Mississippi?
Cat fish and grits for dinner ! Yum Yum and Fried Bologna with sweet tea and okra

This campaign is getting to look like a Roadrunner cartoon. What crazy scheme will wiley e. mccain come up with next ? Will he end up bruised, charred, squashed, or diced ?

Beep, beep ! Throw the bums out ! Beep, beep !

Hearing reports out that Obama and Paulson have been speaking via 3rd parties, that Obama endorsed the failed plan?
If true this would be very damaging to Sen Obama

Ping Pong,

You must mean Tombstone.

xrep,
Timing, Timing is everything,,,, and lots of time for several more cycles.

You got to admit... The old time Dems must go, Harry, Nancy, Chris D.... What losers
and even Barney Frank....

Come on Dems get with the new times

Bullhead City , AZ or

Why, AZ

xrep ... LOL
Good one.... So rising from the Tombstone McCain ........ helps to protect from an Obamination

Off to watch Craig’s High School football team play the school my daughters attend here in Downtown Orlando!
Oak Ridge HS vs. Boone HS -- The Pioneers vs. the Braves! The pioneers will be scalped!

Craig can you believe that Boone went to State final in two sports last year.

Oh my and in college football last night was it the beavers thumping the Trojans

"not to say anything about that fried bologna sandwich"

I guess you mean Omaha(tribe) round steak.

Stop, you're making me hungry. lol

Kaka, AZ, Rough Rock, AZ, Bitter Springs, AZ, TuWeep, AZ, Goldwater, AZ, Superstition Mts, AZ, Bagdad, AZ, Dead Horse Ranch, AZ ???

how about Surprise, AZ or Phoenix, AZ, Goodyear, AZ, Kingman, AZ

Obama ? One Very Clear choice
Mad's mascot, Alfred E. Neuman

http://www.dccomics.com/mad/media/downloads/46_virgin_poster.jpg

Paul Bunyan emailed to say:

"senator norman b. coleman Jr. (r-mn) thinks the plan for the communization of america's financial system is just ducky. you will remember that he rooted for the vietnamese commies to win the war, and was a major stoner and fornicator until he changed parties and became a different sort of red.

senator amy klobuchar (d-mn) has serious concerns about the plan. "

Goodyear ? You republicans will rejoice as America goes down the tubes in the Depression you've created !

Why do you republicans hate America so much ?

From everything I've heard today, McBush's doing a Thelma & Louise, big time.

tt

In the private vote I bet the Big Dog votes McCain.... Along with millions of others

Posted by: Ping Pong | September 26, 2008 5:42 PM

Yes, apparently we Obama supporters are only hanging out in bars, not productive and not working. Who knew?

Republicans hate America! blast that statement just as I know Dems do not hate America - even if they are very wrong at the current time,

Why would you hate something thats good is built on your values, blood, sweat and tears. What is sad is how it is being taken away....

You should change your labels

ET, it is past your bed time

Did you ask me a question the other day? Can not remember - if I answered.....

And please note, the good was not only republican but many Dem's. Look at the past and compare to today.
How can the Dems allow such liberal BS

speaking of Goodyear

Reserve Primary Fund Sends Goodyear Scrambling for Cash

"Although the company {Goodyear} has been trying to pull its $360 million out of the Reserve Primary, the fund has delayed acting on Goodyear's request "because federal regulators have called for an orderly disposition of the fund's securities," says the WSJ."

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/new-money/2008/09/25/reserve-primary-fund-sends-goodyear-scrambling-for-cash.html

Obama : Roadrunner, Bugs Bunny, Gladstone Gander, Porkypine, Joe Palooka, Big Bird.

mccain : Wiley E. Coyote, Yosemite Sam, Elmer Fudd, Howland Owl, Nobby Walsh, Major Hoople.

pink panther - Obama

Don't ya'll talk bad about okra. It makes a good gumbo and I cook it enough so that no one knows it is in there even the people who think they hate it.

Also you can smother it down with onions and tomatoes and that is lip smacking good. I don't care for it just steamed. It is too slimy.

Carol, a grit(girl raised in the south)

Julie...Your prism is showing.

euro tommy
you need to send 25 to 30 percent of your income
to the US treasury dept''. we need the money
and your man joe biden says its patriotic to
give a sizable portion of your income to the govt.
the more the better

i give nearly 50 percent of my income to my Belgian country... I think I contribute enough

that ain't helping us any

oh yeah, Joe Biden was not and is not "my man". I was a FERVENT supporter of Hillary Clinton and still wish she was the winner and/or on the ticket, but we can't always get what we want.

The Republicans have virtually destroyed the USA and with that, the stability of the rest of the world. If this is the kind of "leadership" people want, go for it. It's your vote.

Intelligent voters for progressive leaders 2008.

"exquisite diplomacy" Scowcroft's answer to what is needed in the middle east.

Answer to Q of Palin...." I don't know her"

sorry mqw, if I win the Euromillions, I'll write a check.

Gerald McBoing Boing - Chris Matthews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNsyQDmEopw

Perino = Lying Sack of Cute

Speaking of knowing when someone is lying because their mouth is open.

HW:

Quite the contrary, I am not a right winger.. was like several others on this blog, a yellow dog democrat until this year. I am an independent now. It is so hard for me to see how the new Pelosi,Dean,Brazile, Reid bunch could put up an absolute nothing man to fill a presididential slot, it is beyond me.Obama is NOT presidenial material. He has done absolutely nothing but bluff his way with glib talk. Yes we should have had a democratic president this year. But there is sadly no comparison between no experience Obama and Senator McCain. My opinion only..

I am truly stunned when I talk to people, and they really have no idea about these two candidates.

On the other hand, most women I talk to can not stand Palin....and without asking for it they can give you a laundry list of reasons.

Some think, that VP was when McCain lost his chance....

( reporting from the outside of political blog world )

chloe,
Isn't it interesting that problem solving wasn't on many people's minds at the beginning of this campaign, a few million years ago ?

The parties picked candidates for whom problem solving was not the strongest suit. Fortunately, there are many competent people who can fill the Cabinet posts - if they have the guts to jump into the job after the country has been gutted by the bushcheney gang. Posted by: xrepublican | September 26, 2008 12:06 PM

xrepublican, I couldn't agree with you more.

Debate: A tale of the tape
Politico's guide to what the debaters bring to the debate tonight: their comedic successes, moments to avoid and proof of their good judgment."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13997.html

Is it also difficult to see what the Republicans have done to this country and to the world?

enough of the republicans, they had their turn and they screwed everyone, here and abroad.

http://i36.tinypic.com/fpars4.jpg

oops almost forgot......except big oil

How McCain & Obama Can Win or Lose Tonight
"Each arrives at the University of Mississippi with different goals. To be declared the winner, Barack Obama and John McCain need to answer critical questions in voters' minds, while avoiding pitfalls for which the two thousand gathered reporters are on the lookout."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/how_mccain_obama_can_win_or_lo.html

Heavy contingent of young Obama supporters at Ole Miss?!!!!

The times really are a changing ... finally!

Values ?

You call cheating on your wife values ? Does calling your latest wofe a "dumb cu*t" in public uphold values ?

news corp (fox/murdoch) is the biggest distributor or XXXporn on the planet. republican abc is the #2 porn distributor. bob ryan tried to prostitute his wife in Chicago bars. Add larry craig; mark foley; jimmy bakker, jimmy swaggert, dick morris, tony alamo, and that Congressman who strangled his wife. Add Palin pregnant before marriage, and her daughter, too. Add bush's drunken daughters using forged documents to get booze - and then getting off "for national security reasons". Add abramov, ralph reed, randy cunningham, ted stevens, don young, and ten veco convictions -all republicans. Add Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and the republican Wall Street scandals. Add neil bush and charles keating embezzlements and frauds, and the republican S & L crisis that cost us $4 TR!LL!ON. Does any of this speak of values ?

You talk pro-life but do nothing. You rant against gay marriage, but do nothing.

the republicans faked a casus bellum & unanimously pushed the Iraq war, which you promptly lost. Along the way, you invented horrid, bigotted, racist accusations against Muslims.

Many of your candidate's religious buddy's call the Pope, 'the anti-Christ.' Your partisans, pat buchanan, ann coulter, and john mclaughlin rave about Jews.

You have screwed things up in Afghanistan so badly, that your former Senate Majority leader has talked about putting the taliban back into the government. You caved in to north Korea and Sudan. You haven't won a war since 1898 - 110 year of humiliation.

You deregulated and nearly destroyed our banking system. You've set records in the number of people losing their homes. The country faces the worst financial crisis since 1893.

You spy on Americans through the banks, mail, phones, and internet. You set up a secret Gulag, kidnapped people off the streets, held them without legal defense, tortured and murdered them after they surrendered. Yet, the Secret Service prevented County Deputies from giving cheney a breathalyzer after he shot a man. You destroyed the utility of America's most vital spy, and probably got a dozen people she's talked to at conferences killed - all for a cheap personal vendetta. And then you pardoned the criminal who outed her!

And, you want to wreck more ! Yes, of course I believe you guys hate America. It is the only resonable explanation for the damage republicans did to this great country.

You should all beconsidered a dangerous gang and subject to the RICOH law.

Throw the bums out !

Boy Lou Dobbs has been enlightening tonight. He outlined how the Dems are collaborating with Bush in the bailout. He also detailed the amount of money some of the Dems have gotten from the financial institutions. He also mentioned Republicans too but that was no surprise.

Everyone needs to hear Lou tonight.

well xrepublican, I think you said it all.

Once again I'll ask, xrep, what are YOU doing about it, besides commenting on a blog?

oh my - the anonymous hamsters are back on their wheels.....

It's the hamsters vs. the socks........why it's like a regular kind of virtual blog gang war sort of ................

Can one be critical of someone without "bashing" him or her?

I wasn't planning on it; I was just wondering. Is any criticism of Obama or his campaign considered "bashing", from your perspective?

Uh, no; it doesn't answer my question. Here, I'll repeat it for you: "Is any criticism of Obama or his campaign considered "bashing", from your perspective?"

It's a pretty simple question.

"It's the hamsters vs. the socks........why it's like a regular kind of virtual blog gang war sort of ......"

Sturge, I think most socks are on the same team as those 'they' accuse of being hamsters. Now I have my own idea of who the hamsters are. But, I won't go there. It gets old. Really old.

That's good to know. For the record then, I've never "bashed" Obama.

Big difference. His supporters are the ones who scare me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGEnKh0ocb0

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/mccain-drives-the-news.html#comment-151105

Chloe
Agreed it does get old! I would quit coming here if I couldn't sift through the BS..I learn so much at TM..I wish people could except different opinion's,some do but unless you profess a total Obama love,well your really not wanted or labeled an anonymous poster here to cause trouble,same difference.... SAD

Anyone up for a drinking game during the debate?

How about every time Onama says "Umm?"

I vote for Mccain saying my friends

double your pleasure, double your fun........

I don't need any more excuses..lol

a lot of people have made this a very ugly place for non-obama supporters to hang out.

maybe an ugly off?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/mccain-drives-the-news.html#comment-151111

Tony, Don't you even talk about quitting.
By the way, I wonder why we haven't seen Jack around for a couple of days.

I vote for Mccain saying my friends"

ok, just to even things out,
I vote for Obama to say uh.

After the effect the "my friends" game had on me, I will pass on tonight's drinking game festivities.

Is anyone familiar with personality typing? I think "uhmm's" and "ahh's" indicate an introvert's style. I haven't seen that mentioned here previously unless I've missed it.

It's verbal thinking time. One of the hardest habits to unlearn for a public speaker.

McCain's necktie is strobing. Worse possible choice for TV.

It is strobing vote for me, vote for me.

They are both nervous.

But it's red, white and blue.
Always the patriot.

CNN has a graph from their test group running with lines for Dems, Reps, and Inds.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/mccain-drives-the-news.html#comment-151122

Introverts are the ones who require verbal thinking time. Extraverts can shoot from the lip without thinking. Both styles have their pro's and con's.

Lehrer is tough.

(he's also the author of WHITE WIDOW.....a great book)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/mccain-drives-the-news.html#comment-151129

Ivy, Are you saying that Obama tends toward introvert?
Or am I misreading what your saying.
Hillary sounds like your 'shoot from the lip' example, but would you place McCain there?

"orgy of spending" uppercut

mccain's painting rainbows......

So far---it's the same, 1st round

I tuned in to hear what their plans are about the 700B, but I Should have known better,they just pivot, and go back to the back and forth, that has been said for the past thirty years, it's almost enough to push me back into the Ron Paul, happy loser's column, I wish Obama had the b---ls to be different, Jim L. keeps trying to get answers that the country want to hear,but.. Why not Tie McCain to the two Bush bail outs, the Savings and loans of Bush 41.

Jesus Christ, Obama... Just say the way you end the war is to cut funding.

On that line on CNN I just see purple

because the history in Afghanistan, I don't see ever really winning that war. Those people have a lot a patience, their bored, horny and have lots of pain meds. Hard to fight that mix.

Can we just gtfo of both Afghanistan AND Iraq? How is any military action in Afghanistan justifiable beyond initial retribution after 9/11, assuming Afghani leadership was complicit in those attacks?

ct, it must be the color on your tv.
mine's off too.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/09/mccain-drives-the-news.html#comment-151129

Yes, I feel Obama is introvert which is not at all to be taken as "shy" or reticent. McCain is harder to figure, but appears more extraverted. Hillary is extraverted. The measurement is on a continuum from extremely extraverted to extremely introverted. None of them are at the extremes in my observation. But I am not a professional. Someone else may know more. I think it would beneficial to the public if all the candidates took the "Myers Briggs" test.

Obama tell us that we will get a share of Iraq oil, or stop funding Iraq const. and save $$$$$ that will be used to help with the fiscal mess that Bush ,McCain got us into. If I hear something like this I will be happy for the night.

Let's end genocide by committing genocide! Great plan.

Damn! Obama's teleprompters are invisible. what's up with that

mccain's hogging time with baloney.....

mccain might not explode, but he's getting P.O'd

or a piece of his face may fly off, sturg.

CNN has the audience reaction by party and Obama is doing much better than McCain. You can always count on McCain to smirk.

Did McCain just roll his eyes???

mccain's making all kinds of goofy old man faces......

At least McCain is not reading from a paper for once.

McCain got schooled on the economy, Obama is getting schooled on foreign policy.

the audience liked to hear about the KGB, russina comments...dems, repugs and indies, alike...odd.

I recognize that quiet whisper voice McCain is using...effective tool in anger management.

The reason that the Ossetians had PUtins picture on the wall is that they are ethnic Russians. That's why they want to separate from Georgia.... Sheesh how can you handle the problem if you don't know the issues.

Think of McCain as Frankie Laine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXkIlcha3Q

You can vote for who you think is winning the debate on Drudge.

audience likes the 9/11references from both candidates...still a rally...respect speech and standing in the world by Obama is playing well

I find this debate kind of boring. I call it a draw. Sure wish Hillary were there. I miss the good old days.

big drop-off of favorabiltiy when McCain started talking...

Chloe

You do know that voting on any web site, left right or center means absolutely nothing.

It's fun but it's totally worthless.

I know. But it's interesting to see how it's going.

Yup. A draw. Where's Ron Paul when you need him? Oh, that's right, the "Commission on Presidential Debates" won't let him in.

Dems and Inds way down. Even reps barely above midline.

He had the minimum threshold of standing on his own with JM on issues of national security. He passed flying colors. For that he wins big time.Can't wait to see see the beauty queen try and do the same with Biden.

"The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 by the Democratic and Republican parties to establish the way that debates between candidates for President of the United States are run. The Commission is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) entity as defined by Federal US tax laws, whose debates are sponsored by private contributions from foundations and corporations."

-How convenient.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates

NEW THREAD

Have you heard? McCain was a POW

How the heck did Obama pass with "flying colors" re: foreign policy? His response to the Russo-Georgian conflict concerned alternative energy?!

Make for such a better debate when the audience stays out of it.

Big difference. His supporters are the ones who scare me.
Posted by: champ | September 26, 2008 8:15 PM
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lmao!!!! exactly Champ ..... me too ...

Vivian