Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Can it be?
a Yipeee

five lines from the bottom........anit bush

Not much road or runway remains. But he is a lighting rod!

Well Bush would not pull the Red in and certainly can not push the Obama already's away - so in this case no harm no foul.

What would his impact be on those that could swing the vote - the undecided.

Interesting question that drives discussion....
Craig ... A+

thanks sturg, fixed

Very funny post Craig, you don't let your sense of humor show often enough. This one almost had me double over on a belly laugh, bring Bush out on the trail, LOL

As almost everyone expected, the Berg lawsuit against SoetorObama/DNC was dismissed on grounds that the Philadelphia attorney and former Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania lacked standing.

SoetorObama is using the legal system to keep his "hidden" past a secret. He refuses to release a certified copy of his birth certificate and other documents to the public. Those documents (or lack of) would prove that he is Constitutionally ineligible for the office of POTUS.

Naturalized citizen? "Illegal" alien? Use of non-legal name for about 30 years? More?

There is a preview of Shrubian impact during the recent financial unpleasantness when Shrub was on tv nearly everyday. Not only would they have to carefully select the crowd - I think they would have to pay them.

Idon't see how Bush can bring anybody but the 30% in and they have nowhere else to go.
It may just be my prejudice but I think whole country is ready to throw a big party the minite his butt is on a plane back to Texas. It will be one big 'THANK GOD AT LAST"

Jack

Good news...
Had to dig to find it in MSM.... Should I wonder why?

Why it is behind OLDER headlines of Negative News?

No wonder the NYT value is not much better then Junk Bonds today ... Wonder how long they can last under the current trend?

And try to find the positive on Iraq that is clearly happened ... oh my

Good News is Bad News for Barack and those that are driving to bring him in.

And this same group has many supporters of the Fairness Doctrine? This very scary!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/economy/25econ.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/world/index.html

Seems like even the Bush True Believers have deserted him. I used to see those "W -- The President" signs on half the cars in Nashville....they turned my stomach. Now I rarely see them.

Actually, I see very few political signs or stickers here anyway. I guess since Obama decided TN was a wash, and neither he nor McCain paid much attention, Tennesseans didn't get too excited.

By the way, I had to Google MILF -- I had no idea what it meant. Just glad to see that Mother Teresa wasn't named.

Today's thread on The BackChannel Blog

We’ve Got ‘em Right Where We Want ‘em by dnd

http://clistersbackchannel.wordpress.com/

Thoughtythread

Today on blistersyeahbutchannel

"What's this we stuff . white man" guest blogger Tonto

Sturge, just read your name-calling post. That's what people like to do. There is a guy at work whose last name is LaChance. He has a weight problem, so I've heard that some people call him "FatChance". Another favorite one was a former supervisor of mine whose last name was Kraklau. People called him "Krakhouse".

Following up on Ping's pronouncement that the housing market is turning... this great article in the New York Times regarding garage sales...

As Yard Sales Boom, Sentiment First Thing to Go

By PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
Published: October 24, 2008

MANTECA, Calif. — As the classified ads put it, everything must go. Socks. Christmas ornaments. Microwave ovens. Three-year-old Marita Duarte’s tricycle was sold by her mother, Beatriz, to a stranger for $3 even as her daughter was riding it.

On Mission Ridge Drive and other avenues, lanes and ways in this formerly booming community, even birthday celebrations must go. “It was no money, no birthday,” said Ms. Duarte, who lost her job as a floral designer two months ago. The family commemorated Marita’s third birthday without presents last week, the occasion marked by a small cake with Cinderella on the vanilla frosting. They will move into a rental apartment next month.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/us/25garage.html?em

Glad to hear that the housing situation is improving....

Hey anyone who wants to take away my rights and make me a second class citizen deserves to be called names, and ones a lot worse than what I have posted here. They are always using gays and lesbians as "whipping boys and girls" to cow tow to the right wing.

So Powerpuff Girl can just fly away to Moose Country and Mc... well he can retire.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163495

That strikes me a bit racist Tonto...

Damn I posted before finishing my comment... That strikes me a bit racist Tonto... even though I admit I thought it was also funny... my bad.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163498

And I would never call Mc.... "Grandpa Munster" ... it would be an insult to Al Lewis and the rest of the Munster gang.

It's Gramps and Gidget, ET! But, seriously, the funniest name I ever heard of was a guy at work whose real last name was "Dickensheets" LOL!

The editorial board of blistersyeahbutchannel looked to the example of other nationally published writers and decided it was not racist.

" June 9, 2008, 1:00 pm Krugman
What do you mean “we”, white man?

My colleague Nick Kristof weighs in on Scott McClellan’s book, and says:

I think we in the press were indeed too docile in the aftermath of 9/11, although I think that is partly explained by the lack of Democratic Party opposition to White House policies at the time. We in the press tend to cover disputes, and so if Democratic senators had stood up to criticize these policies, we would have done our job better. But when the opposition party has rolled over and there’s no dispute to cover, then the news media’s role becomes more complicated.

My first reaction is, whaddya mean “we”?
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/what-do-you-mean-we-white-man/

Jack

Come Jan 20, the whole nation may rise up with millions from coast to coast singing

Thank God and Greyhound

ET - Those same solid Fundamentals that are bringing balance and recovery back to housing will in time be the primary reasons jobs will recover.

If we can keep our government from screwing with it!

Theory - Warren Buffet needs to be close to Barack to help get him into these funamentals.

As - I think Jamie posted earlier - he is evolving (excuse me if I over stated).

And people with bright minds are making sure they get Barack into the correct circles.

Barack must change - and he is... which is why I have posted that his original left liberal supporters may not like the end result.

And are Barack supporters really glad Housing numbers already turned in a big way?

Good News is Bad News for Barack

Off to finish chores

So Ping, it doesn't matter to you that so many people are losing their homes and have to sell all their belongings just to put food on the table and this is an example of "FUNDAMENTALS"?f Geez, even your party's ex-Fed Chairman has not made such a startling claim !

Very amusing post, Craig.

"Leaving their charges unanswered only made it worse for McCain without a strong and consistent effort on his part to stiff arm the president."

Clever use of "stiff arm!"

So some Americans are profiting from the misery of those who have lost their homes? This is the "fundamentals" you speak about? And what about the people who have lost everything? Just the market correcting excesses?

Jerry Lewis said the word "fag" while being interviewed in Australia and the gay community here in the US is livid. So touchy over a word that can have numerous meanings. In Australia, "to shag" has a totally different meaning there than it does here. The gay community get so ridiculous at times, what they should be upset about is over one of their own standard-bearers, Barney Frank. http://tinyurl.com/5sj8sl

How this man gets re-elected remains a mystery to me.

ET - it does matter - and I do feel for these folks and will do what I can to help. And to all Stop the only Dems care for people BS!!!

VERY IMPORTANT to remember how they got there... Do not discount the lack of fundamentals that allowed these fine folks to buy over their heads - and their own accountability - (over generalization as some that did not over buy are being impacted)

This in time will correct if we do not screw it up with more of the same failed policy.

Ms Ping is demanding my attention..
Check back later

"And to all Stop the only Dems care for people BS!!!"
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163512

But they've got a "righteous wind" behind them!

Here's my name-calling contribution for the day:

McCain + Joe = Plumb and Plumber

(Jamie, thanks for the jib-jab link on the last thread. I miss those days too!)

Isn't Bush the President that makes most people want to drink beer?

Thanks for the link Anselm. Barney Frank is spot on !!!

Perhaps, like Bob Dole, John McCain exhibits the inability to use both arms/hands effectively....a handicap, for sure. And maybe the visual, tribal message he unable to send is hurting his chances....we want someone who can effectively give a victory wave similar to late, tricky Dick.

okay, I would like a fact check please. Mc is on tv talking about how O's tax reform will effect small business. Can anyone tell me aproximatly what percent of small businesses make over $250G? Palin's family didn't bring in that much last year.

Posted by: BrianInNYC Author Profile Page | October 25, 2008 11:09 AM

As almost everyone expected, the Berg lawsuit against SoetorObama/DNC was dismissed on grounds that the Philadelphia attorney and former Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania lacked standing.

SoetorObama is using the legal system to keep his "hidden" past a secret. He refuses to release a certified copy of his birth certificate and other documents to the public. Those documents (or lack of) would prove that he is Constitutionally ineligible for the office of POTUS.

Naturalized citizen? "Illegal" alien? Use of non-legal name for about 30 years? More?
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THIS ABOVE POST IS RIDICULOUS.

Obama has his birth certificate on the Obama site since this fake conspiracy came out.

While Obama was schooled in Indonesia under his stepfathers last name that doesn't mean that he legally changed his name in U.S. courts...They just wanted both kids in the family to have the same last name.

Just because his grade school kids called him barry and high school friends and teachers also doesn't mean he changed his name.

As far as using his wrong name for 30 years...he is really Barack Hussein Obama Jr. as his afather had the same last name, butmany people in this scenario don't have Jr. next to their name, neither Obama, nor his VP, nor McCain nor his VP have their middle name on the ballot....

Don't you really think if this was true it would be exposed?

http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Owner,_Small_Business/Salary

A complicated question.

That was GORDO, Jack.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_average_income_for_small_business_owners_in_2006

Average income $236,000.00

Thanks :0)

Frank would reduce our military to prior to 9-11 levels, all in the name of more social programs, and do so while our military men and women are fighting 2 wars. And he made this statement right after Joe Biden said the following,

"Mark my words: It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy," Biden said, according to a transcript from ABC News. "The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Watch, we're going to have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

Leave me out of the delusional psychotic ramblings of GORDO. That's champ's job.

I question your figure because it comes from http://wiki.answers.com , as their information at times has proven unreliable. But lets assume your figure of $236,000.00 is correct, but where on the IRS form 1040 was this figure obtained, as there are 5 different places on the 1040 one could choose from, all have different values, but all values stem from line 7. By the way, Obama has yet to identify which of the 5 lines he'll use. This is just more class warfare garbage created by the Liberal Left. Not only are their policies dumbing-down our country, who keep making excuse after excuse why little Johnny and Suzie can't read, but they are also trying to removing the incentives to prosper, and become independent of the ever growing government barnyard of so-called freebies. Except they are not free, nothing is free the government gives you.

Go Badgers!
Go Canton McKinley beat Massillon!
Go Phillies!

And Go Democrats --yeah RR!

Don't worry so Anselm President Obama and the Democratic Congress and Senate will be able to handle whatever crisis might arise. And clean up the mess you repugs left in your wake at the same time.

According to Salary.com, the average income of a small business owner as of 2006 was $233,600.

http://www.salary.com/

It is good to question authority but not reductio ad absurdum.

Anselm

That reduction isn't crazy. Terrorist plots are best handled by good police work not soldiers stomping around getting shot at and bombed and in turn shooting at anything suspicious. They are making terrorists not defending us from them.

Those heroic men and women in Iraq were sent to the wrong place for the wrong reasons and thousands of them have died unnecessarily for the sake of a political mad man.

Don't worry so Anselm President Obama and the Democratic Congress and Senate will be able to handle whatever crisis might arise. And clean up the mess you repugs left in your wake at the same time.

This statement could use a fisking.
Wait until the infighting starts. Wonder what Barney Frank's opinion is of Susan Eisenhower's clients?

Personally, I like "McGrumpy" as a nickname for McCain. It's not that horrifying and it truly conveys his personality.

Matt Dowd (ex-Bush strategist guy) on "Realtime with Bill Maher" pointed out last night ... McCain is like the old neighbor who takes your baseball and turns his lights off on Halloween.

I was talking to a friend's little girl, and she said she wanted to be President some day. Both of her parents, liberal Democrats, were standing there, so I asked her, 'If you were to be the President, what is the first thing you would do?'

She replied, 'I'd give food and houses to all the homeless people.' 'Wow - what a worthy goal.' I told her, 'You don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my sidewalks and driveway, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where the homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward food or a new house.' She thought that over for a few seconds 'cause she's only 6. And while her Mom glared at me, the little girl looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"

And I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party, sweetheart."

"in fighting", funny.

Rove was almost right, what he should have said was "A permanent Republican minority". The GOP is about to experience what might the greatest political rejection in American history. I'm so glad I'm around to see it.

Sock what you fail to recognize is. We Dems don't expect our members to walk in lock step. We like the give and take, the back and fourth.

One of our short trips totally away from politics. The players in the World Series are upset that only the starting players are being announced.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2008/news/story?id=3662873

Today is the sixth anniversary of the death of Paul Wellstone and one of the most disgraceful goober enabled media inventions.

Big Tent Democrat at Talkleft talks about the Franken race
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/10/25/133152/37

Franken Website
http://www.alfranken.com/content/splash_wellstone

Norm Coleman needs to be defeated.

"The gay community get so ridiculous at times, what they should be upset about is over one of their own standard-bearers...,"

Right on, Anselm!

Bigots unite!

Sock what you fail to recognize is. We Dems don't expect our members to walk in lock step. We like the give and take, the back and fourth.

Posted by: BrianInNYC Author Profile Page | October 25, 2008 1:35 PM

You must not be a "Dem" since lockstep loyalty is what you demand from people here otherwise you want to eject them from the party and call them names.

"we want someone who can effectively give a victory wave similar to late, tricky Dick."

You got me thinking about Tricky, BlondeW -- and it occurs to me that taking into account criminal activities, lying to the public and usurping of powers, "W" has made Tricky look like a piker.

You sound upset sock. Aren't you having a good time with this election? I think it's pretty fucking grand myself.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163544

You have to be kidding. We darn near ripped each other to shreds during the primary season. Now in the general we have coalesced under the idea that anything is better than another four years with the Republicans.

Next year, after a decent honeymoon, the Democrats will go back to clawing and biting again. The Bickersons have nothing on us.

Nixon's the One
Why? Because there are 11 webrings about JFK but only this ring about the 37th president, Richard M. Nixon. Your site doesn't necessarily have to be ABOUT Nixon, but not anti either, and it must have a significant amount of content about Nixon. You submit, we decide. And let's thank Bill Clinton for making us remember that Nixon wasn't so bad after all!
example: Nostalgic Nixon Photos From the National Archives - Nostalgic Nixon photos from the national archives include a campaign motorcade picture and a 1970 picture of President Richard Nixon meeting Elvis Presley. More to come soon!
http://s.webring.com/t/Nixon-s-The-One

Too funny. Republican think Bill Clinton rehabed Nixon.

Thanks for the Franken link, KGC -- The tribute to Wellstone was wonderful. I am keeping my fingers crossed for that one.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163543

that really should be "self loathing bigots unite"

Bet it made you feel real proud when you heard McCain's people were pushing the whacko crazy girl mugging story!

The election is the least important part of what is happening.
It is what happens after that counts. All signs point to chaos.

What will be the priorities of the new administration and congress? Do you think Colin Powell and Russ Feingold agree?

Robt F Kennedy Jr and Greg Palast article from current Rolling Stone on voter suppression techniques.

Block the Vote: Will the GOP’s campaign to deter new voters and discard Democratic ballots determine the next president?

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/23638322/block_the_vote/print

Jamie,

You are laughable, your type fear good police work as it might somehow tread upon your convenient for the moment Constitutional rights. In your dribble about war, you somehow forgot about Afghanistan, and the fact that your boy Obama is going to send our brave military men and women into that hell hole. You supply just more of the same LLIL answers and solutions that are the caused of most of this country's problems. You and the likes of the Barny Franks of the world all come out of the same pea pod. Your answers to problems are always the same, lets throw more money at it, and when that doesn't work let raise taxes so we can throw even more money at the same problem. Lets not fix the root cause of the problem, let make excuses so we can throw tax payer money at the problem, so we can show everyone just how much we care. Symbolism, excuses and fluff over substance, such is the way of LLIL's.

Jack ---------------

"Obama has his birth certificate on the Obama site since this fake conspiracy came out."

That is NOT a Birth Certificate (BC), what is posted is an altered Certification of Live Birth (COLB). COLBs show only a minimum amount of info. They are issued by Hawaii to people when they need to prove date and place of birth. A BC shows detailed info, such as the birth hospital, etc. (Where are the hospital records? Which hospital - two have been named - which one is it?) What you are seeing on his site and others is a FAKE COLB. A real COLB would have the name Barry Soetoro.

======================

Because of Indonesian law, Lolo Soetoro needed to adopt Barry/Barack (what was the name on the original BC?). Indonesia was very strict about that sort of thing. It's almost 100% certain that he was legally adopted.

When he was adopted in Hawaii, his original BC was sealed and a new BC was prepared with the name Barry Soetoro. Did he ever legally change his name to BHO? That's why Berg requested:

Certified copies of any Court Orders or legal documents changing Obama’s name from Barry Soetoro to Barack Hussein Obama.

======================

There is no mechanism for checking credentials. Hard to believe, but it's a fact. SoetorObama is using the legal system to hide the TRUTH of his "hidden" past from the American people. If he does not have anything to hide -- let everyone see the BCs and other documents. He doesn't because the documents (or lack of) would PROVE that he does not have the Constitutional requirements for POTUS.

Patsi

Me too. I loathe Coleman. Someone should have smacked him during the debates with Mondale --Mondale too much of a nice guy didn't do it.

Sock what you fail to realize is we all agree on the basics, end the war, health care, economic recovery, infrastructure rehab. We are your worst nighmare, a united Democratic Party. You can try and lick your wounds all you want with some far off fantasy of Democratic Party melt down, aint going to happen. Pelosi and Reid are masters at holding their troops in line, as we proved during the bailout bill. It's your party that's going to be clawing at each other like cats in burlap bag, not mine. Enjoy!

11 up in PA for Obama, McCain's efforts in the state are really paying off.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/docs/Release_10_24_08.htm

Gordo- why are you so dad-gum worried about those oh so imprortant yrs when he was a child?

LOL@Brian

"You are laughable, your type fear good police work as it might somehow tread upon your convenient for the moment Constitutional rights"

Anselm, And you know this about me how? Don't look now, but your right wing is jerking.

I haven't forgotten about Afghanistan. Bush treated it as an after thought and as a result the place where we should have concentrated our efforts initially has gone south and like Iraq is worse off that when this all started.

After seven years of misapplied force and dismal diplomacy, Osama is the least of our problems. If we woke up tomorrow to learn that he was proven dead, it would make little or no difference to the problems Bush has created in the Middle East.

Craig,

I am quite suprise that you wrote this article. Bush abuse his power as a president, have no regard for the constitution and lie to us about wmd. Bush needs to be impeached!!! president Bush is a disgrace for this country. I don't want to see bush at all. Craig, I respect your opinion and often come to cqpolitics.com just to read your articles or comments. You are still in the mccain camp. It is suprising how mccain has failed in leadership, organization, policy on and on and on. I wonder what you think about the direction of this country. I get my news from broad spectrum from cqpolitics, centerforpolitics.com(Dr. Larry Sabato) to msnbc, cnn, huffingtonpost, politico,newsweek, politicalwire. What i see that is Mccain is not qualified to be POTUS. AND don't even mention sarah palin. She has no idea what she is talking about and she pretends she understands it. This is TOO FRUSTRATING!!!! How dare she say that fruit fly is not worthy to spend money on research. She is a disgrace. She has no idea how the world works. She is not qualify to be vp. Mccain as POTUS only to put US at risk. As you can see how much stress is put on president. From Bill Clinton to GWB, they aged more than 10years after their president. You have that much of faith that mccain will be able to serve 4 years? I can't not even fathom what happen if mccain is not capable to serve as president and leting palin in the driver seat. Voting for mccain is irresponsible and reckless. Craig, this post makes me disappointed in you.

Robt F Kennedy Jr is in favor of wind energy but not in his family's playground of a backyard. Just another example of more LLIL logic.

What does LLIL mean?

Hello. I'm a gun-loving, hood-wearing, abortion-hating, anti-evolutionist, snake-handling Seventh Day Adventist liberal democrat and I loathe republicans.

Thank you.

lily white limosine liberal

KGC -- Just a few days before the plane crash I had sent a check to Wellstone's campaign. It was such a bizarre feeling, knowing he hadn't even got my little donation yet.

Fact check Brian-When was the last time a fanatical, religion-obsessed Dem. bomb an abortion clinic?

Isn't it amazing how the gallup really hasn't moved in about 3 weeks.

From TD Blog
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Judge Says: Voters/ Citizens/ Party Members Don’t Have Right To Challenge Candidate’s Eligibility

"It needs to be understood that the crux of the court’s decision was procedural. The judge dismissed Berg’s case due to lack of standing.

The judge could have dismissed this case based on lack of standing weeks ago. By delaying his decision, he has effectively assisted Obama in running out the clock.

Welcome to justice, American style."

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/berg-lawsuit-dismissed/

Fraid you got me there rosie.

TSK. That would be NEVER.

For those who like their issues a little more nuanced than Anselm's single position rants, here is an excellent article with links about the proposed Cape Cod Wind Farm and all the environmental players positions on the subject.

http://www.grist.org/news/muck/2006/01/12/capecod/

GORDO- one dosen't have the RIGHT to harass.

Posted by: BrianInNYC Author Profile Page | October 25, 2008 2:01 PM

Baghdad Bob would be so proud!

sock I don't know who's killing your party more the whacko war freaks, or the whacko jesus freaks, or have you all just mind melded into one collective? Repug Borg.

sock: why are you fixated on Brian?

Rosie

While I do believe that the right has more "dangerous" fanatics, the left has a few such as ELF that do a great deal of property damage and endanger lives. That is the problem with obsessions,. People who go there can lull themselves into believing that their more insane acts are justified by circumstances no matter who or what gets injured.

Grace.....you should have been here YESTERDAY

lol

dog's eye view
Why are you always sniffing Bri Bri's butt?

Very true, Jamie. I'm sorry for picking.

Jamie,

Your problem as I clearly illustrated yesterday, you are part of the LLIL crowd. The, I care more than you crowd. 'I care because I am going to make the so-called rich pay for where you ended up. It is their fault no yours. You after all are the victim."

But taxing the so-called rich is entirely different than taxing the rich and very rich. The rich and very rich don't mind paying taxes, because at the end of the day they'll still be rich. The only person the LLIL hurt are the ones nearing being titled,"so-call rich". LLIL's have to be careful who we allow to accumulate wealth.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/35d28f90-9f13-11dd-98bd-000077b07658.html

Today's 538 has backed off a bit making ET on the winning number if it holds at 348.4

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

you're a class act, sock.

Hello. I'm a gun-loving, hood-wearing, abortion-hating, anti-evolutionist, snake-handling Seventh Day Adventist liberal democrat and I loathe republicans.

Thank you.

Posted by: Answer to Anselm | October 25, 2008 2:12 PM

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

It is true the Republican party will have to make some hard choices going forward. I see your actions betray your words.

According to you, anyone who raises the issues of how the Obama coalition will work together is a Republican. Not much of a welcome for legitimate questions or differences of opinion. The Republicans who have hopped on the Obama bandwagon are there to preserve Republican principles. Which Republcan principles do you agree with? For example, Powell still thinks going to Iraq was correct. Do you?

Nope, we never should have gone to Iraq, what does that have to with anything almost 6 years later?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163589

Anselm. Thank you for telling me what I think. The fact that you are totally wrong about my attitudes towards poverty, taxes, and economics shouldn't enter your mind for a second. It might disturb your ability to carry on with your falacious tirade.

David Frum: Throw McCain/Palin Under the Straight in the Ditch Express
By: Scarecrow Saturday October 25, 2008 9:41 am
Former Bush operative and conserative David Frum takes to WaPo’s op ed pages to urge the Republican Party to give up on the doomed/pathetic McCain/Palin campaign and send every extra dollar into the fight to save the Senate from Democratic domination.

http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/1062#more-33091

There will be no one left on the bus -good thing both the McCain's and Palin's have big families.

As I have stated many times, I'm not a fan of Powell's, that being said I'm really surprised (pleasantly) at just what an effect his endorsement has had. Looks like a lot of moderate repugs took it as a sign that it was now safe to jump ship. Tell me sock what was your take on his rebuke of the party as it stands today?

"Nope, we never should have gone to Iraq, what does that have to with anything almost 6 years later? "

It had everything to do with Obama's "lack of judgement" charges in the primary. But obviously nothing now that super-war-salesman Colin Powell weighed in. Things change....

REMINDER

Fearless leader on MSNBC in about ten minutes

"David Frum"

I am cracking up at how fast those with no ethical center change colors.

Powell rebuking the Republican Party. Better late etc.

"Nope, we never should have gone to Iraq, what does that have to with anything almost 6 years later? "

Those who don't learn from history etc. But the more important point is Powell STILL thinks it was the right thing to do.
A view from your fellow leftists
"Colin Powell Endorses Obama: Backing A Winner When He’s Winning
By: Jane Hamsher Sunday October 19, 2008 7:34 am
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250943230_ad979d522b_m.thumbnail.jpgAs predicted, Colin Powell endorsed Obama today. After Obama raised a hundred million dollars last month, every meaningful newspaper is behind him, he's soaring in the polls and McCain's campaign has devolved into a complete clown car.

Way out there on a limb, Colin.

As Atrios says, Powell can still go Cheney himself for the role he played in Anthrax, Iraq and a host of other Republican fiascos.
http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-endorses-obama-backing-a-winner-when-hes-winning/

When I asked what you thought sock I wasn't looking for you paste other peoples thought. My mistake thinking you could think for yourself, anyway I'm going to take a nap, ta.

Salon: Obama's big lead in the polls is real

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/10/25/obamas_lead/?source=newsletter

I gave you my opinion too bad you cannot read.
And I backed it up with the comments of your fellow lefties

Maybe you have to read things twice to understand them
My opinion
"Powell rebuking the Republican Party. Better late etc.

"Nope, we never should have gone to Iraq, what does that have to with anything almost 6 years later? "

Those who don't learn from history etc. But the more important point is Powell STILL thinks it was the right thing to do."

Great appearance with Shuster. The pundit's hail Mary.
Thanks Jamie for reminding people - I would have missed it.

The death rattle of a losing campaign is the blame game.

Brain ask a question....

Why Powell - why now? Well it was long decided and Colon has a few agenda's to fry! I am sure the timing was negotiated with Barack.

Why is Barack moving so quickly to take in the moderates?

Cause he needs to learn and change - maybe he will be more of a Jeffersonian - moving from his historic values as a liberal

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163506

Anslem- You might want to be a bit more knowledgeable before accusing the Kennedys of being NIMBYS. Nantucket Sound is one of the most beautiful bodies of water on the east coast and the residents of the Cape & Islands have been opposed as it threatens the ecology, fishing , tourism, recreationand public safety. Not to mention - we don't want to look at it. It is a developer-driven wind farm and they have spent a fortune trying to force this upon us. For what? To make money. We already have some of the highest electrical costs in the country- this will increase our costs. A Dutch Corp. recently presented a plan for a deep water farm off the back side of the Vineyard, on barges. No one is opposed to that. It is simply the wrong site and wrong technology. Just because someone is opposed does not mean they are being nimby. By the way, the population here is very integrated and we are the poorest county in the Commonwealth. How you bring race into something like this is beyond comprehension.

Putting 'small businesses' into perspective; it's definitional:
http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/sizestandardstopics/summarywhatis/index.html

Continuation -
And also the Moderates have a fear of what a liberal Barack would do...

They must influence him - and they are already !

Thank goodness

that's really interesting, seahag. Thanks for such a comprehensive answer to what's a more complicated question than Anselm supposed.

Will be watching the offshore wind power debate more closely. Good idea about the barges; in some cases, technology will be adopted more quickly once newer and better adapted technologies come along.

Ping: many moderates have been in the Obama camp for ages, including many moderate Republicans who tired of watching their party go off the deep end.

"make bush mccain's october surprise....
......Leaving their charges unanswered only made it worse for McCain without a strong and consistent effort on his part to stiff arm the president."

craig, i agree but from a different perspective. mccain would earn a new and shinier patriotic medal and a better place in history if he did make w his oct surprise by calling this do-nothing congress's bluff and publically requesting the pres. and v.p to step down for the good of the country and, if they do not, say he implores the house to immediately take up and to vote on kucinich's articles of impeachment.

it won't win the election for him but it will restore his integrity and make him look like his once beloved old mavericky self again.

Dog' eye... In the end what is the differece?

And to seahag's point - in industry I think many are questioning the drivers for the wind farm...

Lots of variables to make it a success - depending on how you measure success....

I always wonder why no aggressive drive to put in the Islands - like Puerto Rico - the trade winds are always blowing and constant direction

Hey Alicia,

Wife and I got a lick outta that Bud commercial redux

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/24/waaaasup-the-pro-obama-ve_n_137711.html

lick= kick .... freudian lol

Former President Bill Clinton will campaign with Senator Barack Obama for the first time on Wednesday at an evening rally in Orlando, a Clinton aide said.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/bill-clinton-to-campaign-with-obama/

And Wend. night is Obama's 1/2 hour prime time TV spot. Bringing this puppy home in style.

Obama Winning Over the Jewish Vote

http://www.gallup.com/poll/111424/Obama-Winning-Over-Jewish-Vote.aspx

And Wend. night is Obama's 1/2 hour prime time TV spot. Bringing this puppy home in style.

Posted by: BrianInNYC Author Profile Page | October 25, 2008 3:49 PM

A word from Big Brother. Thanks for delaying my baseball game, you self-righteous asshole.

Ping,

Although wind power could work to satisfy a significant amount of PR's domestic usage, backup power equaling the amount of wind generated power would be required for those periods the Islands are stuck in the doldrums.

One advantage of being on the mainland is the availability of grid power to handle needs when wind is insufficient.

Perhaps using wind to lift water to high elevation reservoirs for subsequent use in hydroelectric power plants might be a plausible backup source.

champ are you coming unhinged?

Dog's Eye- You're welcome, there is more than meets the eye on this project. Cape Wind really is a bunch of crooks with scads of money and of course some friends. Hope they back off soon. The barges do seem a brilliant alternative to all the drilling. Here is our website if you want to read more-http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Flatus...

The flex hydro solution - as in the North Carolina project to meet high peak demand periods - I think it is called Bad Water project , near White Water falls....

Did you get all your chores done today?

There's an interesting read in today's Economist on the Powell effect and related issues:
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12470555

Who said I was hinged?

Brain -and all that point to Obama winning over non liberal groups.

Is it they are coming to him, or he is "Changing" to meet them at their point!

Brain - when it is all over a vote for Barack next week is not the same vote for him as even 6 months ago.

"Did you get all your chores done today?"

Shhh! I think I did enough to sneak by until tomorrow so long as I keep a low profile.

Don't sweat it Champ, the Phillies won't need game 6!

Now I know why that ump was in the tank for the Rays last night, Rez. Sh___est Ump Ever.

Dog's Eye- I have heard Anslems' meme before on Fox. It's a republican thing, save the white thing part, what a surprise.

Moderately funny, for the baseball fans:

How Long Has Jamie Moyer Been Pitching? We Track Down Some of His Old Teammates
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3662811&categoryId=2521705&n8pe6c=1

You got that right Rez. The Rays have a Philly Stake ready for them.

http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Thanks for that link OSH...

Anselm,

If I remember right, the parents of hundreds of those kids during "summer of freedom" were LLILs. Without them, A-Meery-Ca would be much different today.

Hey Patsi, you're welcome.

They are coming to him pong. They understand more so at this point in our history it is necessary for the country to have a president that can bring us together to get done what we need to do. You repeatedly hear the pro-Obama GOPers stating that temperament is big part of their appeal for him. Speaking of temperament, I think Obama's decision to make temperament a big issue of this campaign will go down as his smartest move in this campaign, that and saying no to public money.

Funy clip Champ,

We hated losing Moyers here in Seattle.

Changes in wind turbine technology have made it a more attractive technology in the past.
San Francisco is working to find solutions that work in an urban environment.
http://www.examiner.com/a-819169~Ammiano_spins_rooftop_wind_turbine_idea_in_S_F_.html

Our more rural neighborhood is looking a wind coop.

http://www.ourwind.org/windcoop/

Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Obama citizenship

Saturday, October 25, 2008
Surrick ruled that Berg lacked standing to bring the case, saying any harm from an allegedly ineligible candidate was "too vague and its effects too attenuated to confer standing on any and all voters."

From TD Blog
------------------
Press Release: Berg is Appealing to U.S. Supreme Court

"... Senator Obama’s lack of “qualifications” to serve as President of the United States ...

This is a question of who has standing to uphold our Constitution. If I don’t have standing, if you don’t have standing, if your neighbor doesn’t have standing to question the eligibility of an individual to be President of the United States - the Commander-in-Chief, the most powerful person in the world - then who does?

So, anyone can just claim to be eligible for congress or the presidency without having their legal status, age or citizenship questioned.

According to Judge Surrick, we the people have no right to police the eligibility requirements under the U.S. Constitution."

http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/press-release-berg-is-appealing-to-us-supreme-court/

How does Berg fund his court cases?

Lost another one aye GORDO? That's gotta hurt, no matter how times it happens I bet it hurts just as much each time. Hey you got a cyanide capsule ready to bite down on when the election is called? If not, let me know, I'll find one for you.

Well that is one Writ of Certiorari that will never see the light of day.

But Jamie, don't forget, we don't elect the prez, it's the EC that does. lol

Besides, the rethugs want Obama to win anyway b/c they can blame everything on the Dems. Who woulda thunk that!

Oh yeah the EC, the famed "November Surprise".

Rez I guess that McCain means when he says "We have him right where we want him"

Rez,

Maybe Berg can go have a sincere talk with the electors. lol

They should of just rolled over and saved everybody's time and money

That line always makes me scratch my head.

no lice jokes Champ, please! :-/)

*as I await a serious message about our constitution from Gordo*

Breaking news: In a surprise move which has astounded his friends, family, and handlers, Maverick John McCain has decided to endorse Barack Obama for president. "I'm just too damned old," McCain said. Sarah Palin could not be reached for comment.

LOL@Sturg

what's up with schuster calling craig "crawford". does he call anyone else by their last name?
makes schuster look like a creep.

Why just Bush? Bring Cheney and Gonzales too.

CC on Shuster.

Craig,

Are sure that was your blackberry vibrating? Maybe it's the Obama rush tingling up your leg, ala Tweety. lol

Sturge

You have watched The Farmer's Daughter too many times.

Since nobody here seems to be supporting them....GO RAYS!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163529

Nothing the corporations give you is free. Honestly, someone protect me from right wing fags.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163656

oh no, sturg, don't beat up shuster for that. we're longtime pals and he's always called me that

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163543

OH give me a break. You are just a right wing nut case that isn't progressive on anything and if you weren't gay you'd hate homosexuals too. And frankly, from what you have posted, it seems you already do.

okie doke.....I did not know that......couldnt remember ever hearing any one of the tv pundits last-naming anyone before........I'm glad to know that.......

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/10/make-bush-mccains-october-surp.html#comment-163558

Honestly, I do not understand why people think government helping the people is a bad thing. Thank the gods for the social programs of the 1940s which helped us regain our footing after WW II and the Great Depression. Sorry Ashelm, you are full of it. You and Ping could like happily ever after together. You both ignore the fact that the biggest government hand outs are the corporate welfare checks to the multinationals and in step with that, the bulging golden parachutes given to the corporate CEO pigs.

Your ilk support making it more difficult for personal debt to be discharged but want to save the creditors who have by large created this mess. The right wing is a total mystery to me... And right wing gays... it blows my mind...