Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

rolling, rolling, rolling. though the streams are swollen. keep them doggies rolling......

landslide!

thru rain and wind and weather riding hell bent for leather?

but then, there'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.......

I don´t know if a landslide is what we need in this country.....

Jason -- I equate what's going on right now is much like the Dust Bowl, when depressed, desperate people would turn to a Rainmaker.

wasn't his name "starbuck"?.... burt lancaster and katherine hepburn.... loved that movie, patsi

'fraid you're right onboth counts: depression and rainmaker

"time enough for countin' when the dealin's done"

yeah, sturge, we've already been courted (or screwed , depending on your bias).... what's left is for the chickens to come home to roost.

By the way, I just checked out Jamie's blog -- and the holiday recipes are great!

I agree Patsi,
The problem is, that this is exactly what (in my humble opinion) we DON´T need. Too much power for the dems... And after that we will be disillusioned and after four yeras turn to another republican...

But anyway, it is what it is... Everyone has a free will, and if a landslide is what we want, it will probably happen.
With the Pelosi´s, Dean´s and kennedy´s to have as our captains... God help us........

I plan to be in the US for thanksgiving. YEAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

I'm all for a landslide, Jason. With an overwhelmingly Democratic congress and a Democratic president, we may finally see something get done in Washington DC. Gridlock has not worked for us. We need a new approach.

"I plan to be in the US for thanksgiving."

Great news, Jason! I keep thinking about your having finished up the PhD....I know there were times my son felt like he was going to be in school forever! Then, a day before he received his doctorate, he shut a window in the living room too quickly and the glass exploded on his arm. He spent hours at the emergency ward, and graduated with his arm in a sling. Then went into surgery the next day.

Sometimes life hands you an ice cream cone with one hand, and smacks a pie in your face with the other.

Stevens Conviction Means Senate Race Is "Over," Pollster Says

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/stevens-conviction-means_n_138335.html

Just another step closer to that super majority.

Thank God Ted Stevens is history. What an a-hole.

Now if Georgia will dump Saxby Chamblis...

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." [lord acton]

jason, is this what you mean by not wanting a landslide? if so, i agree.

Reid will also need to deal with Connecticut’s other senator, Democrat-turned-independent-turned-McCain-supporter Joseph I. Lieberman.

Reid has so far resisted calls to punish Lieberman by taking away his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. But if the Democrats’ Senate majority grows large enough that Lieberman’s vote isn’t needed, his colleagues are unlikely to welcome him back into the Democratic Caucus after the election.

Reid and his advisers — still hoping to avoid a confrontation with the Democrats’ 2000 vice presidential nominee — prefer that Lieberman “do the right thing and take care of this on his own” by voluntarily leaving the Democratic Caucus, a source close to Reid said.

Lieberman has not made any public comment on what he will do in the next Congress.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/15013.html

bye bye Joe

@Patsi: Shattered glass is a sign of good things to come, is what my granny alwasy says..... Everytime a glass broke or something...we are thinking about her. LOL.

@Patd: Agree with the first part. Adding that I have no trust (0,0%) in Dean, Pelosi, Richardson and those dems what so ever....

And hopefully Al Franken can kick Norm Coleman to the curb. Franken has run a good campaign. I signed up for his email list, and he consistently puts out solid information and progress reports.

Today's thread on The BackChannel Blog

Wither the Republican Party? by dnd

http://clistersbackchannel.wordpress.com/

This might be Obama's first challenge....or maybe GWB's last.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081028/ts_nm/us_korea_north_threat;_ylt=An_CWJHcdluYYjy11e6RU2qs0NUE

ABC to air "Pushing Daisies" NOT Obama on Wednesday night at 8:00.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081028/tv_nm/us_daisies;_ylt=Apny6J4QepypZPDjIYNl2gZxFb8C

It will be so good to see the Republicans become

Ghost Riders In The Sky

The nice thing about a tidal wave election is that if they don't behave we can take it all back in two years. The Republicans earned this spanking and the American public is bringing out the paddle.

Did I just hear the clip on MoJo correctly? Did McShame just use the words "civil rights" and "redistribute wealth" in the same sentence? So, now he wants to send the message that it's not just socialism, but it's race-based socialism?
My goodness, he has fallen so far since the GOP convention.

Look for big Dem wins because of straight-party voting. Based on the time people spent in the booth, I'd say a lot of that was going on. Oh, those young voters and their ADHD; they can't be expected to vote race-by-race.

Morning Jamie, and I thought I got up early today!

corey - You doing anything interesting for your b'day on 'lection day?

Going to Great Wolf Lodge in Traverse City this weekend. Never been to Traverse City or Great Wolf Lodge.

Oh, Norm Coleman. That makes more sense. I was wondering why Al Franken had a problem with Nicole Kidman. I gotta go back to bed.

That sounds like fun. My neighbors went to the one in TX and had a great time.

Craig - Sometimes their is no word verifier? It seems to self-correct if I go in and out the site a time or two. Just and FYI in case anyone else is having an issue. Well, don't we all have issues?

My son had to go to Detroit so the kittens got me up at 4:00 and they were too cute to kill.

mornin' all,

... wishin' my gal was by my side.
Head 'em, move 'em out...

There's no Senate ethics rule that precludes a convicted felon from serving as a senator? I said convicted.

See, I think that unlike the dems in Congress for the first 6 years of Bushco, repugs will not be sheeple and give a rubber stamp to whatever Obama (isn't there some old saying about counting chickens?) proposes, so I think a supermajority in the the senate is just what the doctor ordered if you want to see anything that could be considered Democratic reform to reverse much of the Bushco damage done to the country. And I do.

ROFL, Blue!

"@Patsi: Shattered glass is a sign of good things to come, is what my granny alwasy says..... Everytime a glass broke or something...we are thinking about her. LOL. "

In that particular case, it was true, Jason. Good things happened for him.

Very interesting on C-Span right now -- only undecideds are to call in...I cannot imagine anyone still being undecided.

Blue

That conversation was about the new horrific McCain commercial where they use clips of Obama giving a lecture about Supreme court decisions taken totally out of context just to have isolated "buzz words" to scare the conservative voters. It is really, really dishonest.

It is the political equivalent of saying that someone giving a lecture about the Donner Party is a canibal.

Pogo

I don't want convicted felons representing me. Neither of my senators has been convicted.

Similarly, perhaps the people of Alaska don't want their felon in office. Shouldn't it be their decision?

"Senator Ted Stevens, Alaska’s dominant political figure for more than four decades, was found guilty on Monday by a jury of violating federal ethics laws for failing to report tens of thousands of dollars in gifts and services he had received from friends."

Is this the head of the corrupt republican old boy network that McCain boasts so loudly about Palin destroying as governor in Alaska? Seems maybe she didn't root out all of the critters.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/washington/28stevens.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Oh, and in that article, the answer to my question.

"If Mr. Stevens wins and insists on keeping his seat, his fate will be in the hands of his Senate colleagues. A senator can be expelled only by a two-thirds vote of the entire Senate, so a conviction does not automatically cost a lawmaker his seat. Since 1789, only 15 senators have been expelled, most for supporting the Confederacy during the Civil War, the Senate Web site states."

flatus, one would hope.

This is great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1c1kXuBpf8

The economic silver lining.... for today at least? Advance info says housing sales were above expectations because of the falling prices of homes. We'll have to wait until 10 for those consumer confidence figures - as a consumer, I'm less than confident.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-us-markets-stocks.html

Just what I thought. None of those C-Span callers were really undecided, although they tried to appear so. All had the talking points down pat.

I love C-SPAN but can only take the call in segments for a short period of time. You would think that if you are going to wait on line for an hour, you might have some idea about the first sentence. Sentences have a subject verb and object. Wandering all over the universe looking for them amid the er, but, hems and haws does not make great television.

A possible return of Zepp - without Robert Plant? Difficult to grasp a Page/Jones group calling itself Led Zeppelin. It may be good, but will it be Led Zeppelin? I don't see it.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/arts/entertainment-us-zeppelin.html

My lips haven´t been cold and the leading dutch newspaper, De telegraaf (The telegraph) is having a headline that reads:
The anxiety of too many democrats.

For those who can handle a lilttle bit edutch.... :-)

http://www.telegraaf.nl/buitenland/amerikaanse_verkiezingen/2307227/__Angst_voor_te_veel_macht_Democraten__.html?p=4,2

Criag -
FYI , there's a double post up for this entry.

Steven's -
Too bad the feds don't have road gangs, that bridge-to-nowhere needs some work ........ Big pot hole problem.

I'm voting straight Democratic this election and want to see as many more Dems elected.....

I'm just worried that this bad economy will preclude the Dems from accomplishing much.....

after 4 successive Republican governors, Massachusetts elected a Democrat in 2006.....Deval Patrick..... he rode in on a wave of very high hopes to right the ship..... to finally get some things done that needed doing..... as he campaigned on.....
but due to economic circumstances...... things aren't going as promised and the people of Massachusetts are very disappointed in Patrick..... he may have a tough time getting re-elected in 2 years.......

hope this isn't a microcosm for the nation....

Good morning all!
Patsi, we do exist- I'm one.

"Wandering all over the universe looking for them amid the er, but, hems and haws does not make great television."

Ha! You're right. One woman this morning was a classic. She started out by saying "don't cut me off" -- and wasting three or four minutes explaining that she once phoned in and got cut off. She then proceeded to meander around making no sense whatsoever, trying to make some point about her late husband and a boatyard. After spending several minutes trying to spit out an actual question, she said "Sometimes I have trouble talking." And they did cut her off.

Sweet Jeezus.

Led Zeppelin? I don't see it.

How about Aluminum Zeppelin ?

solar, hope you're still around. being a bad-speller and grammar garbler myself, i need company here in the bunker against all these english profs, professional writers and otherwise word savants that make tm the erudite, esoteric blog that it is.

oldsea, in the last thread, solar said he'll only leave if you tell him to so please keep him with us. his heart and depth come thru all his typos and verbal mish-mash and warms us, at least me, like a virtual fireside chat.

Anon - Page & Jones might take that - Led Ballon - now that's a different story.

OSH -- RE "we do exist- I'm one."

Yes -- I actually do know one person who I think is genuinely conflicted. She's a Republican who really loved John McCain in 2000....and now she can't believe he's turned into whatever he's become.

Now C-Span does have something interesting -- journalists from Nevada talking about the race. It looks like Obama will take the state.

Led Balloon??

"Don't try to under stand em'
Rawhide - Frankie Laine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkXN_IKqgDY

Dead Blimp

The latest: Montana, a usually, reliably red state that is rarely ever considered in need of defending for Republicans during presidential campaigns. Democrats who monitor advertising spending report that the “independent expenditure” unit placed a new buy today, totaling between $300,000 and $400,000. Republicans confirm.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/gop-puts-mccain-ads-up-in-montana/

Patsi....
your Titans were a joy to watch on Monday night football.....

Solar..... I waded through most of the crapfest of last night..... but I read every one of your posts..... I always do... I understand about neglecting things to post here..... I've cut back myself lately...... real life is too awesome to be chained to this machine..... but I do hope you entertain us from time to time..... take care....

The John McCain Tele-a-thon this morning on MSNBC .... Republican's aren't conservative enough, yep that's their problem.

This might be interesting for those who are interested in alternative approaches to energy self-sufficiency:

"T. Boone Pickens Brings Energy Pitch to RFD-TV
Will Take Questions During Live 'Town Hall' Oct. 29
...
T. Boone Pickens will bring his message addressing the energy crisis to farmers, ranchers and rural landowners during a live broadcast on RFD-TV Wednesday night."
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6608957.html

blistersyeahbutchannel looks into the future

GOP = withered old people
Democrats = embarrassed Republicans and duped liberals
Wither the true liberal? Out of Luck

Hey Solar, Are you here?

Fred Zeppelin

solar......I appreciate your comments.....especially last night........

I see why i couldnt find the baked and half-baked alaska........I was leaving off the "n"..........baked alaskan, and half-baked alaskan......pops right up.

Solar,

I'm sorry to see what you went through here last night. (I wish I could tell you how many times that's happened to me). I think it will help if you do one thing. Assume Burrito and Brian are the same person, an extension of each other, different sides of the same coin. Knowing that, never forget "logic and compassion never work with them". Don't read their posts!

You said people don't always understand what you are saying. I do. I ALWAYS get what you're saying. And I agree with just about everything you say. A lot of the interesting people have left. You must know that. Don't you become one of them. Just be yourself. You know who to ignore. I know you do. (And don't ever believe those negative things about yourself.)

"Titans"

Yes -- Renee -- looked a little iffy for awhile. But they rallied.

In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. Their role as Elder Gods being overthrown by a present race of younger gods, the Olympians, effected a mythological paradigm shift that the Greeks borrowed from the Ancient Near East.

There are twelve Titans from their first literary appearance, in Hesiod, Theogony; Pseudo-Apollodorus, in Bibliotheke, adds a thirteenth Titan Dione, a double of Theia. The six male Titans are known as the Titanes, and the females as the Titanides. The Titans were associated with various primal concepts, some of which are simply extrapolated from their names: ocean and fruitful earth, sun and moon, memory and natural law. The twelve first-generation Titans were ruled by the youngest, Kronos, who overthrew their father, Oranos ('Sky'), at the urgings of their mother, Gaia ('Earth').

The Titans later gave birth to other Titans, notably the children of Hyperion (Helios, Eos, and Selene), the daughters of Coeus (Leto and Asteria), and the sons of Iapetus — Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, and Menoetius; all of these descendants in the second generation are also known as "Titans".

The Titans preceded the Twelve Olympians, who, led by Zeus, eventually overthrew them in the Titanomachy ('War of the Titans'). The Titans were then imprisoned in Tartarus, the deepest part of the underworld, with the few exceptions being those who didn't fight with Kronos.

above is wikipedia

I always knew it was dangerous to oppose Kronos!

In typical Far Left Leaning Liberal wacko think.
Ayers: Blames Fox News and the rest of the media for his predicament.

Blame someone else for revealing just who and what you are. If you had gotten with your acts of domestic terrorism, there is no telling how many cops, military and other innocent people would have been murdered. Fortunately for all of us, your hapless crew only managed to kill themselves. Remember, what an anarchist fears most is another and stronger anarchist.

Opps. Forgot to include the all important link.

http://tinyurl.com/5cp73p

I realize that as a black gay conservative you have to defend your party any and every way you can, but your last post?

LOL oughta cover it.

Tucker Bounds really needs to get suits that fit, he looks like a little kid playing dress up

sturgeone,

Well it is good to know you support an anarchist. who targeted our police and military. Speaks volumes about you.

The Great GOP Purge

by John Batchelor

"All Republican members of the Senate will be sent arrest warrants, and only those shrewd enough to send them back with the names of the conspirators will be spared."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-28/the-great-gop-purge/

anselm......i havent supported anyone......i just laughed out loud at YOU........LOL

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/dems-see-flash-flood-on-capito.html#comment-164965

LOL

Anselm, it is comments like this that make it hard to take you seriously.
But it does answer one question that has been going around in my mind. "How can a man who is gay and black be a Republican?"
Now we know.

Jack

Anselm,
You gotta admit, a super majority will make it clear where any blame lies. There won't be any excuses like
so an so blocked this or that. Just sit back and watch. Remember this enthusiasm..... I personally have spent the last six months preparing financially for a long period of slow or no growth. Do whatever you can to make sure you don't get caught in the tax cut-offs. This basically means limit growth until the conditions are more favorable to business.

Anselm -
You're bringing a knife to a gun fight.

Cartoonists worry about Obama victory. Links to cartoons of the campaigns.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96196412&ft=1&f=1001

supported a terrorist, oh please, spare us your repug driven hyperbole. Just because John McCain can't let go of the Vietnam War doesn't mean the rest of have to play along. Gee I wonder how many innocent Vietnamese McCain during bombing runs.

Jax

While the Dems may have a super majority the left wing of the party won't even though they are the "leadership" I suspect it maybe a time of learning for them. Look for the blue dogs to exercise their growing strength.

Jack

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/dems-see-flash-flood-on-capito.html#comment-164972

So Brian

How many Vietnam vets did you spit on in your youth?

Jack

No Republicans left to fight with?
Democrats will be fighting with themselves
Obama and the Blue Dogs.

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081016/NEWS0206/810160392

Jack,
I grew up in the 70's in North Florida. We didn't even have a county republican party. My high school years were 1976-1980. I remember what happened to the blue dogs then. They were run out of town. That was back when blue dogs were more conservative than than every republican today.

I would love to see them come to power but most of them are from states that support Mccain and I think that for those states payback will be a bitch.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/mccain-shuns-the-wright-factor.html#comment-164793

ct, if you're around, well put.

Well, this puts Stevens' attorneys (as the Judge in "My Cousin Vinny" so aptly put it "in the unique position of representing a client who says he didn't do it."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/washington/AP-Stevens-Senate-Race.html

prosecutorial misconduct (which is par for the course); trumped up charges, blah, blah, blah. LOL. Sleep well, Ted.

None, my parents didn't let us spit, except after brushing our teeth.

Ohio's Early Voters Give Obama A Running Head Start in Buckeye State: John McCain and Barack Obama are tied at 47% each in Ohio, among voters who have not yet cast a ballot, but who tell SurveyUSA they are certain to do so on or before election day. But, among those in Ohio who tell SurveyUSA they have already voted, Barack Obama leads by 13 points. When the two populations are combined, the data is as here reported: Obama 49%, McCain 45%. Research sponsored by WCMH-TV Columbus, WKYC-TV Cleveland and WHIO-TV Dayton. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll released two weeks ago, Obama is down 1 point; McCain is flat.

Sock
Good link thanks

Jack

Jack,
We have a blue dog dem in my district here in Houston but he's on his way out. Down 17 points today. Not a bad guy either. He just stood next to Pelosi too often and its biting him. He was pro-gun, pro drilling, against the bailout. Don't know what more you can ask for. True case of guilt by association It's a shame because he probably could have gotten more done than the new repub one will.

Pogo
What does your radar tell you?

Tracking West Virginia? It’s Going To Be A Squeaker.
By: Christy Hardin Smith Tuesday October 28, 2008 6:27

The Biden rally in Charleston, WV via Obama campaign.

Last week, AFT-COPE announced the launch of battleground ads, including in WV, but I had not heard one on my local radio until this morning. I like it -- listen and see what you think.

Obama seems to be having a last-minute surge in the Mountain State. At least if my most recent conversations with undecided or "formerly leaning McCain but not any longer" folks are an indication.

But will Obama close the gap?
http://firedoglake.com/2008/10/28/tracking-west-virginias-its-going-to-be-a-squeaker/#comments

sturgeone

"i havent supported anyone."

Oh yes you have.

Every American, you are an American aren't you, should condemn th Ayres', and question Mr. Obama's judgment for associating with known domestic terrorists. How could such an intelligent, community active, event generated person like Mr. Obama, who lived through the 60's and 70's, went to school and lived in NY be so ignorant of who Bill Ayres, and his lovely wife Bernardine Dohrn were? Their FBI wanted pictures were in every Post Office of this country for years.
http://www.antiauthoritarian.net/sds_wuo/images/weather_wanted.jpg

An on the morning of 9-11 here is a NYT article about your heroes, The Ayres.

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=63512670-BF7C-42A0-B41D-5D0FB9E09C09

Jack -- I do think my congressman, Jim Cooper, will be a help to Obama. He's very conservative on fiscal issues. Was an Obama backer from the start -- mainly because he hates Hillary. (He'd tried to influence her on her health care plan years back and was rebuffed.)

At any rate, he's quietly influential. And from an old TN political family, the son of a former governor.

I do worry that he'll balk on any real health care reform. But hopefully he's so deep in the tank he'll do as told.

Jax

Is that the one who took over Delays old seat?
That would be a tough one to hold. That election isn't about politics, it is personal for the repubs.

Jack

Every American should condemn the 10s of thousands Iraqi's killed on order from the terrorist George Bush.

Patd- Thanks for alerting me to what Solar said last night after I left. Am sorry he went to bat for me and caught all that flack doing it.

Solar- don't you dare go anywheres! I understand your needing to attend to other interests, but please remember to check in regularly. Thank you for coming to my defense, you didn't need to put yourself through that. You are sweet,and kind friend. thank you

Patsi- I visited Jamie's site too and there are lots of neat recipes and photos that really make one want to jump up and start cooking.
Jamie- Great blog!

Jack,
Yeah, Delay was an idiot. I still don't know how he won his primaries. The dem Lampson gave it a good shot. The only complaint that I've heard here is that he allied himself on a couple of things with Pelosi. I know that he was supported by both labor and business on his policies......I know that some are pissed that they wouldn't allow a repub to run last time....I saw that as a Delay screwup not Dem one but it still left a bad taste.

John McCain's domestic terrorist ties =G Gordon Liddy.

"Liddy has acknowledged preparing to kill someone during the Ellsberg break-in "if necessary"; plotting to murder journalist Jack Anderson."

http://www.urlfan.com/local/questions_about_ayers_mccain_has_the_same_obligation_regarding_g_gorden_liddy/107618674.html

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/dems-see-flash-flood-on-capito.html#comment-164977

pogo,
When you posted that link to ct's post, I went back to read it again. I agree with you, it's a good post. I don't know which particular idea in it you were talking about, but this paragraph stood out to me as particulary meaningfu:

"Many liberals have come to sound too much like the left's version of the radical right. I guess they decided that If you can't fight them with decent speech just join them with nastiness. This election season lasted way too long and I hope the next one doesn't start the day after Obama is elected."

It amazes me how some talk about kindness and giving, as a political philosophy, but aren't able to do just that on an individual, daily basis. It seems contradictory if not hypocritical.

The amazing thing about the Ayers story is despite it not working they just keep tossing it around, talk about stupid tactics.

Chloe,
I couldn't agree more....sentiment like that may keep me aboard. The extremes scare the crap out of me....
But it seems that they are winning...I don't know how....
but it sure seems like it

Patsi

Obama has a number of bluedogs who he owes. Several of them are in the freshman class and have demonstrated in the past to be very independent. (McCaskill and what's his name in VA.
come to mind, well everything except the damn name lol)
It should be an interesting year for those of us who are political junkies. I do expect to see the Koolaid drinker screaming and jumping up and down.

Jack

Work to do

Later
Jack

Jack,
You may be on to something. Maybe a center coalition of blue dogs and remiaing repubs....we'll see

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/dems-see-flash-flood-on-capito.html#comment-164956

Chloe, I didn't see what was said or done last night, but I can assure you that Brian and Burrito are two different people. You know what they say about "assuming". I think Solar is great and I admire him a lot , so there is something we agree on. I will go back and read what happened, but I hope any hurt feelings will be healed and the mix remains together.

The good news is that 7 days from now we'll have the election and maybe the tensions will ease a bit. Speaking only for myself, I get more tense as election day gets closer and since I really dislike the Republicans, I have a hard time connecting with any of them. My Dad and my brother are Republicans. I love them but I dare not speak politics with either. Fortunately I have the brains of my Grandmother and Mother and my Grandfather. The DFL was our heritage and I still vote mostly DEM though I am supporting 2 statewide Republicans in Washington State. They are the exceptions that make the rule about Republicans being bad. :)

Jack, who is the koolaid drinker? BTW is Koolaid still made?

Guys, not too much mention of others trying to get rid of certain posters.

I mean, come on...the bullies here are just a sorry aspect of the human race. The good thing is, everyone knows who they are. the bad thing is, they stick around..
But no worrie, one day they will disappear...and that day is very near... LOL

Keep on posting. Solar, ya cool with me

http://www.youtube.com/dontbefooledagain

Ronnie crawls out of the crypt to endorse Obama

Drill Baby Drill

Mine Baby Mine

Cliche' Baby Cliche'

Woman chained to home. This is really sad and I say GOOD LUCK TO HER! She's right, the banks are blood suckers.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/10/28/ca.woman.chain.cnn

ET,

The good news is that after next week I will be freed form this CIRCUS!
Since this election I have become very skeptical of the whole election process in the US. I watched, analyzed and seen that we (americans) all lose in the end....
This year, I am more convinced then ever that if we want to make a turn and want to be considered the greatest country on earth (if there is one) we will need to stop being a divisive country and ungreatful people.
We will need to start respecting eachother (more, even this blog is a resemblance of that) and lose the hypocrisy... My God, this is amazing to see....

Divided we stand, In pieces we fall!

kc, you know as much as I do about Obama's chances here. The polls say McCain by 5 or 6 at this point. The Big Dog is going to be in Beckley either today or tomorrow - that should help, but I'll be surprised if Obama pulls out a win here. I think the one thing he has going for him is that the NRA has not begun blanketing the state with their stupid lying ads yet, but it's still early.

pogo------------------

From yesterday:

"If he has a passport, he produced a birth certificate and didn't produce it on a website."

Then let the American people see the SAME hardcopy BC. He doesn't because it would be examined closely. It is either a fake or has some very damaging info.

"We will need to start respecting eachother (more, even this blog is a resemblance of that) and lose the hypocrisy..."

Well Jason, you said it yourself, that's the nature of the beast. We have free speech, and therefore there will continue to be the diagreements and fights. And so be it.

I did agree with what you said about bullies being a sorry aspect of the human race though. But I only wish I could agree with the part about them disappearing one day. :)

Just like the word "terrorist" being thrown around in world discussions, there would have to be a common understanding of what exactly constitutes being a "bully".

A bully demands everyone agree with them.

chloe, I was agreeing with "I took the weekend off from the news and just watched horror movies. It felt about the same."

Just kidding - I was agreeing with ct's lamentations about the tone of the rhetoric from Obama acolytes and self-proclaimed "liberals" and about women. I expect that sort of stuff from conservatives and republicans (although in fairness, many do not share those views); I don't expect it from liberals and democrats.

Ear here!

Will ABC get booted from the Obama plane for this treasonous act?
http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/abc-will-air-da.html

As we all know, bullies exist in the animal kingdom too.
It's nothing more than the setting of a hierarchy. Someone has to be on top. It's just that some will do 'anything' to get there, even if it means playing dirty (name calling, personal attacks). We all slip now and then, but for some that is their main mo.

A bully demands everyone agree with them.

Posted by: chloe | October 28, 2008 10:53 AM

And if you don´t he will punish you by wishing you death

Someone has to be on top. It's just that some will do 'anything' to get there, even if it means playing dirty (name calling, personal attacks). We all slip now and then, but for some that is their main mo.

Posted by: chloe | October 28, 2008 10:56 AM

Hmmmmmmmmm Chloe, you are coming into my territory.... Give you high marks for this one.

Fascinating column !

OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Endorsement From Hell

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
Published: October 25, 2008

John McCain isn’t boasting about a new endorsement, one of the very, very few he has received from overseas. It came a few days ago:

“Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,” read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group’s propaganda.....

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26kristof.html?em

I have always felt that the Al Qaeda relied on the Bush interventions in the Middle East to keep their militancy growing. Now I read a conservative columnist admits to the same. Kristof's column is worth the read.

Al Qaeda for John McCain... WOW!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/dems-see-flash-flood-on-capito.html#comment-165015

Wishing your death? You mean like the right wing anti-choice people who held prayer chains hoping that Supreme Court justices would die? I have never understood this. I would just wish the right wingers would retire.

Thanks Jason.

Flatus asked on the blog the other day if you teach in English. I don't know if you ever said, but I'm curious. Do you? And how's it going?

Gordo, I don't have time to play tug-o-war with you today. I'll just say that the American people have not demanded to see Obama's birth certificate. A few nutcases have demanded it, but while loud, I'd wager they are a very small minority. I'd say that the 52% who appear to be in Obama's camp right now aren't questioning his constitutional qualifications, and I can't say how many of the 44% who are currently in McCain's camp or those who are are undecided (and I'm skeptical about that) care. Your speculation that any BC he presented to get a passport was altered or a forgery is ridiculous, and like most of the stuff you post here, without any foundation in facts.

What I will also say is that none of the real lawyers in the Repug universe - and there are legions of them - have tried to challenge Obama's qualifications, even after Berg's efforts have become public. That speaks volumes to me.

Jason, question. What do you think this point in the election would look like if Hillary had won the nomination in regard to the right wing's attacks and so forth. Do you think she would be stronger right now than Obama, or equal or in a more precarious position? I think most of us can agree that Palin was chosen because Obama never seriously considered Hillary as his VP running mate. It was, in a strange way, a outreach to Hillary supporters. Why I say "in a strange way" is that McCain chose someone with so opposite ideology than Hillary to try and attract us angry Hillary supporters to his candidacy.

Thoughts?

Hey I directed my question to Jason, but anyone else who has an opinion on my question, I'd like to know what you think.

Three cheers for POGO !

FINALLY A LITTLE TRUTH IN JOURNALISM

"In an interview with South Carolina ETV set to air on 'The Big Picture' Oct. 30, John King, CNN’s chief political correspondent says media's 'obsession' with Clinton prevented thorough investigation of Obama."

http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20081027164140.aspx

* bows *

Sen McCain throws Stevens under the bus, too funny.

Brian,
"Every American should condemn the 10s of thousands Iraqi's killed on order from the terrorist George Bush."

And you being a true caring Far left Leaning Liberal were fine with the systematic murders, rapes, dismemberment, tortures committed under the Saddam Hussein regime? Were you hoping the UN would step in and put a stop to it?

Jack was wrong about you. You are not the type to spit on any returning military member returning back from Vietnam, at least not while looking eyeball to eyeball with them.

The concern of racism certainly seems warranted given these two young men planning mass murder of black people and also an attempt to murder Presidential candidate Barack Obama.

You can see their pictures here:

http://news.lalate.com/2008/10/27/daniel-cowart-paul-schlesselman-myspace/

I guess we could all agree that they would be the ultimate definition of being "bullies" !!

Hmmmmmm
Dont know about this article....
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/28/palin.rally.virginia/index.html

ET,
I have no bloody clue. You know why?
I have no believe in the polls at all...... They have proved wrong everytime, and they will again.
No doubt that BO will win, but I refuse to think that it will be as massive as is being projected by the polls.

Of course we would have NO Sarah Palin if HRC was the nominee, it would be Tim Pawlenty. With the idea that he is fresh and young. HRC would have probably (under pressure of DNC) have BO as her runningmate, and they would draw crowds..... One can only think how big the following would be

GORDO -

"I'd really like to see more cowbell"

Animal Control,
Saw your link, then this one. I guess it's all finally out there.
No matter how you feel about the election or your candidate, media bias is just plain wrong.
Media's Presidential Bias and Decline
Columnist Michael Malone Looks at Slanted Election Coverage and the Reasons Why
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=6099188&page=1

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/dems-see-flash-flood-on-capito.html#comment-165027

Anselm, if the USA was consistent with taking a stand against "systematic murders, rapes, dismemberment, tortures committed under the [fill in the blank] regime" I would agree you have a point. But if the systemic torture, murders, rapes are done by countries that do the bidding of the USA, they are ok in our foreign policy outlook. Have you considered how many people in Central America were tortured and murdered by right-wing death squads? Chile, the CIA overthrew Salvador Allende.... thousands of political activists murdered. Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and IRAQ! We didn't care what Saddam was doing to his own people when he was an "ally" of the USA, did we? Look at the infamous video of Donald Rumsfeld toasting him in Bagdad. you think the USA didn't KNOW about his extremism? baaaahhh! I know that our "intelligence" agencies haven't always gotten the information right, but the fact remains, if they are our friends or serve as our satellite servants, our government has no problem with what goes on.

ET,

I thought the tactics taken by the DNC, the news media, and the Obama team on Hillary, pretty much surpassed anything the Republicans could get away with doing. The silence of the females who make-up the Democratic Party over the mistreatment of Hillary is nothing less than deafening.

Anselm I rather agree with your 11:22 comment. However, I have come to appreciate Barack Obama as a "second choice". We can't change what has happened, but we can see the good Obama can do if he becomes President.

Chloe, about the column by Michael Malone, while he may have some points, his right wing, conservative bias certainly doesn't make him the best spokesperson for what constitutes "slanted election coverage". I leave it to Saturday Night Live to define that... ;-)

Chloe, thanks for the reference. Will read it after a bike ride. Have a great day.

Countdown Sees Highest Ratings Ever; MSNBC's Best Primetime Performance Ever

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/ratings/october_ratings_msnbc_we_tamed_the_giant_of_larry_king_98723.asp

"The silence of the females who make-up the Democratic Party over the mistreatment of Hillary is nothing less than deafening."

Anselm, Women haven't been silent as much as they've been muted. It takes organization to get things done and the party is a huge monster to confront.

You too Animal Control.

The bias in the media ... an interesting comment from Politico...

Why McCain is getting hosed in the press
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Jim VandeHei, John F. Harris – 24 mins ago

AFP – Republican presidential candidate John McCain speaks at a campaign rally at Trent Arena in Dayton, Ohio. …

Politico political editor Charles Mahtesian was e-mailing the other day with a Republican lobbyist who signed off with a plea that sounded more like a taunt: “Keep it balanced.”

A reader e-mailed us with the same sentiment in different language. “Are you f***ing joking! Your bias has stooped to an all-time low. Wait, it will probably get worse as election day nears.” Those asterisks, by the way, are hers, not ours.

And get a load of this one, from someone in Rochester, N.Y., who did not like our analysis of the final presidential debate. “You guys are awfully tough on McCain. There may be some legitimacy to the claim of press bias. Mom.” (Harris' mother).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081028/pl_politico/14982;_ylt=Ar9_A8Bdjv9ffCh.euo2cMoSq594

On a side note, Chloe I happen to agree with your "muted" comment...

hey all, if you've got any questions about CQ projections for White House or congressional races, they're fielding them now for CQ Editor Bob Benenson's NOON chat.

go to:

http://innovation.cq.com/liveonline/45/landing/

'his right wing, conservative bias certainly doesn't make him the best spokesperson for what constitutes "slanted election coverage".

Thanks Jason. But I didn't need an article to know what I already think anyway.

Going to an early movie. Have a great day.

McCain Support Continues Downward Spiral
Obama Leads by 19 Among Those Who Have Already Voted

http://people-press.org/report/465/mccain-support-declines

"I heard the wreck on the highway, but I'd hear nobody pray."

Zeppelin makes a comeback.....

That was the view on Monday from Moffett Field, where a new company called Airship Ventures cranked up its marketing machine to introduce zeppelin rides in the United States after a 71-year hiatus brought on by the Hindenburg disaster in 1937, the onset of World War II and the eclipse of ocean liner-in-the-sky airships by airplane
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/28/MN8K13P1J4.DTL

Tom -- I think if Hillary had been the candidate, we'd have seen even worse being thrown from the right. They have walked a thin line with Obama, terrified of racism charges. The racism is there, but not as overt as would be the sexism in Hillary's case. I also believe that the media would have been split. Her potential win was never seen as "historic" by the MSM.

For every GORDO with birth certificate rumors, there would have been ten more frothing while they looked into Bill Clinton's sex life.

I still think she'd have won. Especially given the economic turndown. But it would have been an ugly campaign. Just think what Olberman, Matthews, Dowd and company would have done. They'd be slobbering over John McCain.

pogo ---------------

"If he has a passport, he produced a birth certificate and didn't produce it on a website."

"... I don't have time to play tug-o-war with you today. I'll just say that the American people have not demanded to see Obama's birth certificate.

Your speculation that any BC he presented to get a passport was altered or a forgery is ridiculous ..."
________________

Run out of excuses for SoetorObama?

Can't defend his determination to hide his REAL BC from the American people?

Not many people know about this issue. How can they demand if they don't know?

Are you saying that BCs are never altered or forged? Do you really believe that? Amazing ! You trust everyone. So, all BCs must be authentic? There are no criminals!!!

News Orgs Investigate Possibly Fatal McCain '64 Car Crash

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/28/news-orgs-investigate-pos_n_138449.html

Just how much blood does John McCain have on his hands?

"The silence of the females who make-up the Democratic Party over the mistreatment of Hillary is nothing less than deafening."

Chloe is right, Anselm. Women were not silent. But in the end, they were shouted down or threatened. Just look at the threats against black women like Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee and Stephanie Tubbs Jones. All were threatened with their house seats. I believe it hastened Stephanie Tubbs Jones's death.

Patsi you have just verbalized what I have been thinking. Thank you... Off to watch Battlestar Galactica ... cheerio!

Obama's authenicated Birth Certificate is on the Obama "Fight the Smears" website if anyone cares to see it.

http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate

"News Orgs Investigate Possibly Fatal McCain '64 Car Crash"

With any luck you can have him executed.

"Just how much blood does John McCain have on his hands?"

No doubt he was tooting a lil coke and/or drunk!

ROFL, Rez. The only thing weird about that birth certificate is the fact that his mother's name was "Stanley."

Unusual woman's first name no doubt.

Chloe is right, Anselm. Women were not silent. But