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The Note: McCain Takes Fight to Obama’s Turf
September 05, 2008 9:05 AM
ABC News' Rick Klein reports in Friday's Note:
ST. PAUL, Minn. --
In honor of these two weeks that brought us two new faces and two unusual conventions, there are only two possible paths out of the Twin Cities:
1. Everything is different. (Palin’s pop + Biden’s bite = Increased enthusiasm / changed perceptions.)
2. Everything is the same. (Bounce - Rebound = Right where we were before.)
The 60-day sprint upon us, the contrasts offered by the compelling candidates and their extraordinary running mates are stark and clear. In an election defined by voters' desire for change, Sen. Barack Obama offers himself up as the embodiment of the possibilities, while Sen. John McCain casts himself as the one who can actually get it done.
“It's almost as if the two contenders are running in different races,” writes USA Today’s Susan Page. “Democrats calculate that the presidential election will turn on bread-and-butter issues. To judge by their speeches at the convention, Republicans are convinced it will be defined by questions of character and trust.”
“Advisers to McCain and Obama foresee the same competitive race, but with some of the battle lines redrawn,” Dan Balz writes in The Washington Post. “It was McCain, through his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, and an acceptance speech that included challenges to his own party, who clearly sought to shake up the race and force voters to see it from a new angle. Republicans said Thursday that they think the gamble could pay off.”
Read the rest of The Note -- and get all the latest on the 2008 election, Congress, the White House and the wide world of politics every day -- from Rick Klein by bookmarking this link.
Surely the talk of change means something has changed -- unless it hasn’t.
“After watching two political conclaves the last two weeks, it would be easy to be confused about which was really the gathering of the opposition,” Peter Baker writes in The New York Times. “As Sen. John McCain accepted the Republican nomination for president, he and his supporters sounded the call of insurgents seeking to topple the establishment, even though their party heads the establishment. ... But as a matter of history, it is easier to run as the opposition party, if you actually are the opposition party.”
“A generation apart, both are proclaiming themselves agents of change -- each of a different variety,” Patricia Lopez writes in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. “McCain says the change he will bring is the kind born of a lifetime in the trenches, of knowing how reform happens and how hard and incremental it can be.”
As we return to the real world ... it would not be a race -- not this year -- without the mention of a Clinton.
It takes a woman to take on a woman: “Sen. Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. John McCain, dispatching Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to Florida on Monday and bolstering his plan to deploy female surrogates to battleground states,” per The New York Times’ Patrick Healy and Jeff Zeleny.
(Ceding ground? “David Axelrod, the Obama campaign’s chief political strategist, said Mr. Obama would not raise questions about Ms. Palin’s experience,” they report.)
Just as it would not be a race without the mention of a Bush.
Continue reading today's Note by clicking HERE.
ABC News' Hope Ditto contributed to this report.
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Please wake me up on November 4th, so I can go vote..OBAMA 08.. I'M GOING BACK TO SLEEP!!...
Posted by: Lawrence | Sep 5, 2008 9:19:03 AM
Obama isn't going to mention Palin's experience anymore. Gee i wonder why??
Posted by: s.b. | Sep 5, 2008 9:19:26 AM
Well last night the big blow of hot air arrived and now on the election of Obama/Biden 2008 and the defeat of Popeye & Olive Oil who it now seems had an affair with her fisherman husbands business partner(true Republican family values)
Posted by: Gomer Pyle USMC | Sep 5, 2008 9:20:09 AM
The hillarious thing is now they are criticising her for giving a good speech written with a speech writer. At least it wasn't a recycled speech of someone else's.
Posted by: s.b. | Sep 5, 2008 9:20:23 AM
s.b. You can't mention what doesn't exist.
Posted by: Gomer Pyle USMC | Sep 5, 2008 9:21:05 AM
s.b. what do the initals stand for (stupid basterd?)
Posted by: Saddlesablazing | Sep 5, 2008 9:22:35 AM
Of course, Obama doesn't want to question Palin's experience. How can you whine about someone else's lack of experience when you have none of your own? BTW, Cindy McCain certainly put Obama in his place last night. She made sure everyone knew that her family started out with nothing, built a business, and lived the American dream. Kind of makes you wonder why Obama would mock the McCain wealth. What does Obama have against living the American dream? My family is Democratic, and we believe in the American dream. We work toward it every day, and we don't expect someone to hand it to us. AND I NEVER ONCE WHINED ABOUT PAYING BACK MY STUDENT LOANS. Hear that, Michelle?
Posted by: Carrie | Sep 5, 2008 9:22:40 AM
Carrie hear this your boy and his new found sex object he's eyeing real close are not going to get elected so all your spinning this and that will be for naught in November.
Posted by: depravedmaniac | Sep 5, 2008 9:25:44 AM
Obama is going to have to hire a few thousand more paid Obama bloggers to argue his case on the internet. He's already hired, at last count, THREE THOUSAND. Wonder where he gets his money? Oh, right. He's collected half a billion - from African Americans and college kids on the Internet.
Posted by: Carrie | Sep 5, 2008 9:27:02 AM
Depravedmaniac - your name says it all. And just keep telling yourself McCain's going to lose. If you say it enough times, you might actually begin to believe it.
Posted by: Carrie | Sep 5, 2008 9:28:41 AM
At this stage of the race ... Kerry was leading by about 6% over Bush before the RNC Convention ... we know the outcome of that race.
Obama should be worried, very worried.
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 9:29:03 AM
Lots of paid Obama bloggers out in force today. More and more saturation of the Internet in the next 60 days. Fear not, Republicans. Not all Democrats have boarded the Obama train wreck. Lots of us don't trust Obama, and can't stand his mean-spirited wife. The "experts" keep saying all the Hillary supporters will line up behind Obama. I'm one of those Hillary supporters, and so are most of my friends. We know better than that.
Posted by: Carrie | Sep 5, 2008 9:31:09 AM
One does not need any Military experience to be Commander in Chief, since the President is the Civilian Head of the Military and he has full access to the General staff which are at his disposal 24/7/365. What he must have are excellent organizational skills and the ability to delegate work to others as the work of the President is more than anyone person can handle alone. The President wears many hats in his job and Commander in Chief is only one of many and two of our countries finest, Lincoln & Roosevelt, never served a day in this countries military.
Posted by: General Douglas McArthur | Sep 5, 2008 9:31:30 AM
Carrie a bit of Summers Eve might brighten your day LOL.
Posted by: depravedmaniac | Sep 5, 2008 9:32:58 AM
Palin is no fool, even if they try to make her one. Comparing Palin to Dan Quayle, saying even she was worse than Quayle did not sit well with me. Was she worse because she's a woman? Very sexist. Shame on those journalists.
Dan Quayle misspoke and made idiot spelling errors which made his name synonym for being stupid. Nothing warrant such a comparison on Palin. Biden on the other hand, he's goodlooking and he's known to say the wrong thing. Biden is the one you should compare with Quayle.
Highlighting Palin studies and eagerness to travel to different colleges and publishing a picture of Palin from the 80ties, what characterizations are they trying to sell? Everyone has an embarrassing hairstyle from the 80ties and the sexist attacks on Palin are uncalled for. You don't have to be stupid white trash, just because you didn't go to IVY-league top schools. Is media and Obama really this uppity?
Posted by: Sylvia Johnsen | Sep 5, 2008 9:33:32 AM
Lets see Palin's ego is so big she drags her pregnat daughter and boyfriend on stage before the entire nation, how humiliating is that, I felt for them. Now it seems McCains vetting staff may have missed the fact she did the the husbands business partner on the side as well as firing two police officasls for personal family reasons. FYI to all you idiots these facts are coming via people in Alaska who are getting the truth out about Ms Palin.
Posted by: ronnieraygun | Sep 5, 2008 9:38:17 AM
So Obama is relying on his non-running mate Clinton to shore up the women vote?
Posted by: geevill | Sep 5, 2008 9:41:26 AM
Palin claims to be against ear marks yet when she was Mayor of that tiny town in Alaska she flew to Washington to ask for 27 million dollars in ear marks for her town. Now if that being against ear marks pig fly. Fact when she ran for mayor she only received about 1600 votes and Biden in his run for the Democratic nomonation got over 80,000 votes so that also was a lie nice try dip sh*ts no cigar.
Posted by: depravedmaniac | Sep 5, 2008 9:42:46 AM
how about the fact that Rick davis argued against Plain actually doing interviews.
actually answering questions?!!!
the stark differenc eis Palin was gimmick and read someone else's words with the right intonation and has never shown an understanding of the issues we face...
and now McCain is showing his judgment and deicsion and governement will be exactly like Bush Cheney
make a mistake...hide it...call the press unpatriotic and sexist...
all the while covering your tracks and hiding the candidate out the back dorr who can't answer the questions
this person who will need to know the effects if like Cheney in the first year she has to make decisions about shooting down plane fulls of Americans knowing the fdifference between a couple of Sunni passengers, southeast asian terrorist, georgian individuals, etc.
and what will be the effects in southeast asian villages? or in Africa?
or how does that effect negotiations with iran or Russia?
what is our history with China and what effect would shooting down those planes effect historically?
this woman is the worst decision and most brazenly self helping choice...in the history of our country.
and now like Bush Cheney Rumsfeld, Rove
they are going to hide it.
the dark lord is
Posted by: dl | Sep 5, 2008 9:45:08 AM
She's tackled tough problems like energy independence and corruption,"
Energy independence: Palin wants to drill drill drill. Oil is jesus juice in the ground to make our SUVs go, and it's our job to get it out.
Corruption: After trying to tackle corruption for years, Sarah Palin finally feels like she's got a handle on how to be really good at it. Fire anybody who disagrees with you, and once you have the federal money you never give it back.
Posted by: killthewolves | Sep 5, 2008 9:45:19 AM
"No interviews for Palin"
Cover up call the press unpatriotic and sexist...shut out the people...continue the Bush Cheney legacy
the dark lord is rising again...shiver.
Posted by: dl | Sep 5, 2008 9:47:43 AM
For your enlightentment - from the Congressional Record:
- The increase in incomes of the top 1 percent of Americans from 2003 to 2005 exceeded the total income of the poorest 20 percent of Americans, data in a new report by the Congressional Budget Office shows.
The poorest fifth of households had total income of $383.4 billion in 2005, while just the increase in income for the top 1 percent came to $524.8 billion, a figure 37 percent higher.
The total income of the top 1.1 million households was $1.8 trillion, or 18.1 percent of the total income of all Americans, up from 14.3 percent of all income in 2003. The total 2005 income of the three million individual Americans at the top was roughly equal to that of the bottom 166 million Americans, analysis of the report showed.
The report is the latest to document the growing concentration of income at the top, a trend that President Bush said last January had been under way for more than 25 years.
Earlier reports, based on tax returns, showed that in 2005 the top 10 percent, top 1 percent and fractions of the top 1 percent enjoyed their greatest share of income since 1928 and 1929. -
I believe this growing wealth disparity to be the biggest single threat facing the United States as we knew it. Bigger than Al Quaeda, Iran, Russia or China.
Nothing I've seen from Republicans indicates any intention to meet this threat. In fact, the process accelerated under Bush, and McCain's plans will further accelerate that.
All you folks worried about abortion and gay marriage (which Bush did nothing about in eight years) had better start worrying about this.
On the bright side, if we keep going down this path, it should solve the immigration problem. When the disparity is great enough, Americans will begin sneaking across the border into Mexico!
Posted by: Steve T | Sep 5, 2008 9:50:14 AM
Carrie
Everybody complains about their student loans, but when Cindy has billions to pay with, she shouldn't caomplain...
Posted by: Len | Sep 5, 2008 9:50:36 AM
This special treatment for Palin has been incredible. If a man had been selected as a vice-president and had a dozen different scandals raised in one week and did not allow any reporters to question him, he would have been denounced by every reporter in the country. Instead the MSM treats her like the Virgin Mary and either keeps quiet or bashes anybody who raises these issues as partisan. They are nothing but mouthpieces for Republican Party Propaganda. Totally outrageous. Reminds me of how they did not allow anybody on television who opposed the Iraq War for the three months before the war began.
Posted by: Philosopher Jay | Sep 5, 2008 9:52:29 AM
Detriot Mayor's fall from grace ... signs of more to come in the Obama camp ?
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 9:53:36 AM
So Obama is dragging Hillary out to do his dirty work for him. Again hiding behind Hillary's skirt and more affirmative action.
I'm really ashame of Hillary. Her character was trashed by Obama and goons, and the democratic party. None stood up to defend her, except John McCain. Like an abused woman, Hillary is going back for more punishment. I can no longer see Hillary as my hero.
I'm sure Sarah Palin will not put up with such shameless behavior. I'm glad the republicans will fight for her. Go Away Hillary. You are no hero to women who are fighting for everything in life.
Posted by: Mrs. Phoenix | Sep 5, 2008 9:55:13 AM
I think McCain's best years are behind him and now I fear, with all of his talk about "Iran" this and "Iran" that, he's looking for a fight he thinks he can win. Just look how many times he used the word "fight" in his acceptance speech last night.
Also, his choice of Sarah Palin is a total brain fart. McCain has a lot of these, folks. I don't want McCain "hovering over the button" and I certainly don't want Sarah Palin keeping Mr. Putin on hold while she practices her beauty pageant wave. I also do not want either one of them mandating what a woman can or cannot do with their own body. Palin's statement was clear about her daughter. "Bristol decided to keep the baby." If McCain and Palin are elected, there will be no individual "decision" at all. The government will have already made it for you; rape and incest be dammned!
Teaching creationism in our schools? No sex education? Are you KIDDING ME?
Look, we got it wrong 8 years ago and again 4 years later. Let's not get fooled again by the self-serving "Rich First" party.
Posted by: Bruce007 | Sep 5, 2008 9:55:24 AM
geevill
So McNuts is relying on Palin for the Clinton votes, big surprise, nothing new from the republicans...
Posted by: pete | Sep 5, 2008 9:55:27 AM
Carrie where were Cindy McCain's two sister last night?? The two she doesn't even acknowlege exist as she still claims she is an only child(true Republican family values).......
Posted by: General Douglas McArthur | Sep 5, 2008 9:55:48 AM
McCain will change the republican party and Washington for ever. Obama is already giving the Democrats a bad name (corruption!)
Democrat for Palin/McCain
Posted by: alex | Sep 5, 2008 9:57:01 AM
I wonder how many were caught waving their hands under the toilet stalls at the convention last night, with that many Republican in one place you know there were some hanky panky goings on.
Posted by: ronnieraygun | Sep 5, 2008 9:58:22 AM
I attempted to post a message on CNN's board after Palin's speech, because the 800+ responses in a few minutes all looked very canned.....
"I was an independent, and now I'm convinced Obama is the way to go"...
My question on the board was simple... I wonder if you pulled the logs from this blog, how many of these posts would register from the same IP address. It was rejected as offensive. Which was a confirmation as far as I'm concerned.
Arguing with the people here and on most of the mainstream US media blogs is quite pointless since it's obvious many of them work on the Obama campaign.
Interesting that Obama and Biden tell people in interviews one thing and then send out their army of campaign bloggers to say another.
Posted by: Mike | Sep 5, 2008 9:59:03 AM
I thought McCain speech was dull and he talked about how horrible Vietnam was for him. If being in a war that should never have been so bad then get us out of Iraq which we should not have been in in the first place. Don't keep surging troops and continue it for "100 years."
Posted by: FN | Sep 5, 2008 10:00:25 AM
Newsflash
Hey everyone 90% of the McCain's policies are already in progress. They are called...
The Bush Administration
Check it out.
How's that working for ya.
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:00:36 AM
Palin is inexperienced and should not be anywhere near the presidency...
republicans have fought that obamas 8 years of public office is not enough, how can her little time in office with zero foreign policy knowledge be near the presidency....
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 5, 2008 10:01:40 AM
FN all I could stand was three minutes and I went to bed. Did he use that lie about the guard and the cross in the sand again. That story comes from a book written by Alexander Soljenitzen that McCain admits he read so he cherry picked a tale from the book and claims it happened to him, he's such a pig.
Posted by: depravedmaniac | Sep 5, 2008 10:03:19 AM
Obama is signing attack dogs to blunt the Palin Surge.
What happened to Biden ? Buyers Remorse
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 10:04:48 AM
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 5, 2008 10:04:57 AM
FYI evereyone Obama's degree from Columbia is in Political Science major (Foreign Relations) its not like he's un-educated in foreign affairs.
Posted by: Monster man | Sep 5, 2008 10:05:35 AM
WHAY PLAIN SURGE IS THAT, OH SORRY I MENT PALIN
Posted by: depravedmaniac | Sep 5, 2008 10:06:55 AM
Obama's isolationist views are not in accordance with the world ecomomy. If the US doesn't expand into more markets, the economy will continue to decline. Simple as that.
Vote for real change
McCain/Palin '08
Posted by: Roddy | Sep 5, 2008 10:07:58 AM
depraved..
no but he told us that he should be president because he has scars and obama don't
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:09:42 AM
YOU HOOOO NeoConnies it's time to check in with Uncle John Bush McCain for your list of Friday talking points! Today's gift is a freshly clubbed harp seal pup compliments of Gov Palin.
http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInteract/BlogInteract.aspx
Posted by: Trish | Sep 5, 2008 10:09:48 AM
Obama just threw his ole friend Kilpatrick under the bus.
Change we believe in !
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 10:12:32 AM
That Obama has such a nice preacher!
I would like to hear some more of his nice sermons!
Obama also knows a guy who can get houses real cheap! Rezko is such a nice guy!
Obama knows a guy who can blow things up if that is what you need. Ayers is a good friend of his!
Posted by: Ed | Sep 5, 2008 10:12:45 AM
And McCain is change, how???
The GOP has held the White House 28 of the last 40 years, including the last 8; nominated seven of the nine Supreme Court justices and held Congress for 12 of the last 14 years, including 6 of the last 8.
McCain has been in the Senate 26 years.
Yup, it's the darn Dems & Libs fault.
And of course, the Media.
Posted by: baz | Sep 5, 2008 10:12:48 AM
Quite possibly the most bizzare convention I have ever witnessed. Lets begin with the fact that barely ANY minorities were in the audience, why would they be anyway? who would support such a divisive and "cultural war" based agenda. I loved how they cut to the token black people in the crowd, as if to prove a point and say "hey, we got blacks too!" miserable attempt.
Sure we all love county, but did you hear the USA chants, mindless insinutation at Senator OBama's "lack of patriotism" , country first, terror , terror, terror. How could any straight thinking individual support such a negative agenda based on fear, war mongering, power? Same team who brough you 8 years is now running the campaign. I don't care about personal politics and where Obama spent his church time, I Care about the proposed plans, economic ideas, PEACE, COOPERATION, and progrss in the world. if you want to get into personal politics, lets talk about Rev. Hagee’? keating five? the fact that he's still in denial about the economy, his personal ethics, his failure of marriage all the other crap! there's no end to it. Thats the nature of personal politics and smear and I only SEE one campaign moving past this and taking the high road.
So please, don't insult me with the "but he stayed in there for 20 yrs " or "rezko". He was not even indicted and you need to understand the impact of slavery on the black church and general mistrust of the system.
This country may not be 100% for change since some people still fear the unknown and carry hateful xenophobic sentiments but all we need is 60% of the country behind a uniting, inspiring, and new agenda with Obama.
Posted by: voter in PA | Sep 5, 2008 10:13:24 AM
Michigan is UP for graps...
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 10:15:18 AM
The Obama camp is clearly afraid of Palin. They and their media friends have pulled out all the stops. The Obama blog sphere trolls are foaming at the mouth like rabid dogs. This bodes well for McCain as it indicates the fear now settling in among the far left.
Posted by: Dr. Dave | Sep 5, 2008 10:15:31 AM
Ed
Did you like that crowd last night
Looked just like America. Didn't it.
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:16:08 AM
I was never one to claim a religion but I believe in a power that reigns over all and I believe that good will prevail and that balance will be restored. Its more than politics, its a moment in history and it is Obama's time.
Obama Biden 2008.
Posted by: Voter in PA | Sep 5, 2008 10:16:52 AM
COUNTRY CLUB FIRST
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:20:07 AM
McCain served his country! Obama served himself!
McCain stood up for this country while Obama and Rev Wright defiled it!
McCain and his friends defended this country while Obama and his friend Ayers tried to blow it up!
McCain was a POW while Obama used drugs and had a gay affair.
McCain's wife loves America and is a patriot while Michelle hates it and isn't proud to be here!
The choice becomes quite simple when you look at it this way! Suck it up and quit your whining liberals!
Posted by: Ed | Sep 5, 2008 10:20:13 AM
i love how they used those terrible 9/11 images
YOU WILL ALL DIE IF DEMOCRATS ARE IN OFFICE
oh and by the way.... sara palin isnt qualified period... and this sexism... it seems everyoen was telling hillary to buck up even palin herself... but now... well now its sexism
worst pic in history, a pander, the only good thing about palin. The republicans know who they are going to elect as president next time
Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 5, 2008 10:20:57 AM
baz
you knock it out the park.. could not have said it better.
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:21:38 AM
The curious part about Obama is that he compares himself to the VP pick for the Republican Ticket and says he has more experience than her. The problem is he still has zero experience and as Sarah Palin put it the difference between him and her is she has had "real" responsibility. The crazy people out there that actually are under the delusion that Obama is "outside" the beltway must have to wonder where does all that money come from? Is it internet support really?
I smell a rat in his campaign fund raising and it is evident he is just emboldened. Let's say we have an audit of his financials and find out how all those "poor disenfranchised" voters are coming up with the money. Can anyone say "Oprah" funneling money to various people to distribute? The speeches of McCain/Palin was about how America is great, will be great and operated off of our positive belief in ourselves not the "feel sorry for me because I'm a hyphenated-American."
Obama is destructive and devisive. He and his fake Greek Columns can go back to the south side of Chicago and actually do something for the people there instead of enrich Jeremiah Wright who actually is living in the lap of luxury thanks to the poor people he's robbed. Typical sheep in this country they follow but yet they know not what they follow.
When the Democrats nominate a real candidate, someone with experience, then I'll vote for them, but not this joke!
McCain '08
Clinton '12
Obama your chickens are coming home to roost to quote your friend Jeremiah and his "black-liberation theology." By the way, Malcom X would be disgusted with you people and your racists views.
Posted by: UWBizKid | Sep 5, 2008 10:21:44 AM
Can someone figure out what palin was doing in her first three years after college- the same time that Obama was a community organizer?
My quick check into this is that she
Year 1. Had to do a 5th year of college
Year 2. Part time fishing/unemployed
Year 3. local sports broadcasts/ unemployed(?)
I'm not sure when she started running the car wash.
The point here is that she's bashing him as a community organizer but looks like an idiot b/c I'm pretty sure she couldn't even finish college and hold down a real job at the same age.
Of course after those 3 years Obama became president of the Harvard law review, a constitutional scholar, a practicing civil rights attorney, a state senator, a board member of dozens of civic organizations, a United States Senator and for two years, a highly respected and battle-tested candidate (23 debates!) for president who took on the most powerful family in democratic politics. Sorry, Palin's charming, but has no business insulting Obama.
Someone needs to seriously take these GOP lobbyists to task for their lies. I think alot of dupes out there actually fall for the tripe coming out of GOP attacks.
Posted by: mgks | Sep 5, 2008 10:22:44 AM
oh ed
we just endured a week of "McCains History Channel" and heard nothing about bread and butter issues.
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:23:38 AM
His speech was the same ole Bush and he has no clue as to what to do for the middle class but then again you are middle class if you make 5,000.000 wowow No clue as how to fix this America time for change but not with (McCain.......
Posted by: indp voter | Sep 5, 2008 10:23:59 AM
Omucous...the crowd was fine! I saw a lot of Americans. Let me guess...you saw something different. Sarah Palin really has it going on! I haven't seen you rabid vermine this worked up since Bill used his cigar on Monica! Make me laugh some more!
Posted by: Ed | Sep 5, 2008 10:26:37 AM
This will absolutely blow your mind. One more reason why you never hear the details of Obama's "community organizing" activities in the mainstream media. People, we are being duped on an unimaginable level.
Michelle's Boot Camps For Radicals
http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=305420655186700
Posted by: Jim in OH | Sep 5, 2008 10:27:19 AM
Obama did not, in his wildest dream, expect the IRAQI SURGE (to work)
... and ...
Obama did not, in his WETTEST dream, expect the PALIN SURGE either.
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 10:27:45 AM
oh yeah when it wasn't the Mccain History Channel .... It was the Bash-Obama Fest
Notice how there was a time warp to present once he got out of prison.
the divorce wasnt talked about
that clip on john and cindy's adulterous love affair was so heart warming
he repeatedly denounced the mlk holiday
he is now an opponent of legislation HE sponsored
oh yeah ... didn't hear a thing about the keating five.
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:27:52 AM
O(mentum...you are obviously not starving or you wouldn't be bloggin'...
I have bread abd butter and gas in my car! I have a job and pay taxes! Last time I looked I saw a lot of fat Americans on welfare!
Posted by: Ed | Sep 5, 2008 10:29:09 AM
By the way whatever happened to his being against big oil when he voted for the Cheney Energy Bill in 2005 which actually caused your gas prices to go up? What about the fact the idiot said he was against the war and voted for it? What about the fact that because Exxalon (a subsidiary of Exxon) contributes heavily to his campaign after he said he'd get tough on nuclear energy and then magically just forgot about helping the people of Illinois get tough legislation on nuclear energy and by the way taking their money.
What about that Rezko land deal? What about the fact that he called anyone white racist that went against him? What about his whining wife who complains that she actually has to pay back student loans "SHE AGREED TO PAY BACK." He wants you to give him more and more and more and yet what has he delivered? A few words on a stage that replicates an image of him as a Greek God. He's a high priced Harvard Lawyer who hasn't a clue what he's doing. By the way he needs to take a fundamental economics course.
Silly people!
Posted by: UWBizKid | Sep 5, 2008 10:29:51 AM
I am a minority male and a long time democrat. However, I am goingt o vote for McCain/Palin. Why? Obama picked the same old party line politician while MaCain took a bold move to pick a Washington outsider. I erase the last doubt in my mind that MaCain/Palin can clean out the extreme hadr liner of the Bush adminstrations and more.
Posted by: Alan | Sep 5, 2008 10:30:23 AM
Ed
No animosity here. You guys are quite laughable.
I am having fun watching you all with this painful smile on your faces as you try to embrace mccain
I am loving it.
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:31:29 AM
Russo-Georgia : Aug Surprise;
Sarah Palin : Sep Surprise;
Oct Surprise ? Anyone ?
Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | Sep 5, 2008 10:33:16 AM
Did i once say i was starving .... nitwit.
so i guess if I am not starving i should just be oblivious to the rancid putrid direction this country has been going the past eight years and be totally passive to mccain trying to go it another 4 years
nitwit
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:33:55 AM
McCain is trying to integrate Obama's message into his campaign. The problem is most of the stuff he is talking about doing, such as energy independence, he has always voted against.
At least Obama's message matches his actions.
Posted by: Jeff | Sep 5, 2008 10:33:59 AM
Despite Obama's claims of deep concern for Galesburg's proletarian victims, however, Maytag union members told Secter that Obama had done remarkably little to save the Galesburg workers' jobs. Those workers belonged to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, whose president noted that "Obama's support for Maytag workers was more show than substance.
Posted by: Samantha | Sep 5, 2008 10:34:19 AM
We had lost the election to The Republican ever since Al Qaeda Obama beat Hillary. Fellow Democrats lets move to France!!!! WHO IS WITH ME!!!!
Posted by: Democrat Voter | Sep 5, 2008 10:35:08 AM
just like i recently saw a man that want to run my country and dont even know how many houses he has
is that someone who i think can relate to average american's issues
think again and maybe you should too ED.
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:36:43 AM
Quite possibly the most bizzare convention I have ever witnessed. Lets begin with the fact that barely ANY minorities were in the audience, why would they be anyway? who would support such a divisive and "cultural war" based agenda. I loved how they cut to the token black people in the crowd, as if to prove a point and say "hey, we got blacks too!" miserable attempt.
Sure we all love county, but did you hear the USA chants, mindless insinutation at Senator OBama's "lack of patriotism" , country first, terror , terror, terror. How could any straight thinking individual support such a negative agenda based on fear, war mongering, power? Same team who brough you 8 years is now running the campaign. I don't care about personal politics and where Obama spent his church time, I Care about the proposed plans, economic ideas, PEACE, COOPERATION, and progrss in the world. if you want to get into personal politics, lets talk about Rev. Hagee’? keating five? the fact that he's still in denial about the economy, his personal ethics, his failure of marriage all the other crap! there's no end to it. Thats the nature of personal politics and smear and I only SEE one campaign moving past this and taking the high road.
So please, don't insult me with the "but he stayed in there for 20 yrs " or "rezko". He was not even indicted and you need to understand the impact of slavery on the black church and general mistrust of the system.
This country may not be 100% for change since some people still fear the unknown and carry hateful xenophobic sentiments but all we need is 60% of the country behind a uniting, inspiring, and new agenda with Obama
Posted by: voter in PA | Sep 5, 2008 10:37:53 AM
I'm insulted. I voted present 130 times not because I COULDN'T make a decision, I did it because I WOULDN'T make a decision. Then you wouldn't have a paper path of my far-left, radical voting record and use it against me. I promise change 'cause baby you will see me change back to a lefty loonie so fast when I'm elected that your head will spin. Narcissism rules!
Posted by: BarryO'BlahBlah | Sep 5, 2008 10:38:09 AM
Among the numerous white lies of McCain, ''change is coming'' yes change will come no matter what, in McCain''s case if he were tragically elected, we would have a new President and that in itself would constitute change, sure. In McCain''s case that is where it would end however, it would be like reelecting Bush for a third term, which really would not be a change at all. Remember John McCain voted in support of 95 per cent of Bush''s disastrous policies. In Obama''s case we would see President Obama and the newly elected Democrats in the House and Senate get straight to work at reversing all of the failed economic, foreign, environmental, employment, education and many other failures of the Bush administration. It is not a matter of will there be some kind of change, it is a matter of exactly what kind of change we want, Obama all the way if that''s the question.
Posted by: Democrats 08 | Sep 5, 2008 10:39:04 AM
This part of his speech was very moving....
"I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else's. I loved it not just for the many comforts of life here. I loved it for its decency; for its faith in the wisdom, justice and goodness of its people. I loved it because it was not just a place, but an idea, a cause worth fighting for. I was never the same again. I wasn't my own man anymore. I was my country's.
I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need. My country saved me. My country saved me, and I cannot forget it. And I will fight for her for as long as I draw breath, so help me God.
If you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you're disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them. Enlist in our armed forces. Become a teacher. Enter the ministry. Run for public office. Feed a hungry child. Teach an illiterate adult to read. Comfort the afflicted. Defend the rights of the oppressed. Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier. Because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself.
Posted by: Cicly | Sep 5, 2008 10:39:07 AM
What amazes me is the complete sheep for Obama. They bought the package without looking inside to make sure the parts are all there. The problem is they have a non-refundable, non-exchangable defective product. Had the Superdelegates done their part in the nomination process and stopped listening to the whining far left crazies the election would have gone to Hillary Clinton. I think the saying goes you made your bed now lie in it.
The defections of independents after the speeches of "Real Hope and Real Change You Can Believe In" has brought this down to people who actually believe in a future for America and those who want you to think the sky is falling. What a joke the Democrats are! Very good idea Oprah to put your money into the fray. By the way anymore children molested under your care lately? So much for your judgment.
Silly people, they are everywhere and they don't even know they are silly.
Posted by: UWBizKid | Sep 5, 2008 10:40:00 AM
that crowd looked like
COUNTRY CLUB FIRST
OR COUNTRY MUSIC FIRST
Posted by: Omentum | Sep 5, 2008 10:40:31 AM
did anyon like that clip of how cindy and john met.
what a heart warming adulterous love affair.
ahhhhhhh love is in air.



