markets worldwide are failing so hard that they require serious government intervention, yet ~40% of America still apparently wants to vote for the guy who, self-admittedly, knows nothing about economics and wants to slash taxes across the board and keep interest rates at 0.
Asked whether the debate could go forward if McCain doesn’t show, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs replied, "My sense is there’s going to be a stage, a moderator, an audience and at least one presidential candidate."
Asked whether the debate could go forward if McCain doesn’t show, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs replied, "My sense is there’s going to be a stage, a moderator, an audience and at least one presidential candidate." Continue reading…
Does anyone know an easy way to get a parsable list of McCain’s congress voting records, and Obama’s, including his state senate votes?
I’m having a discussion with a friend who claims "Obama doesn’t stand for anything" because he’s missed so many votes. I’m trying to get some statistics to throw his way. Can’t answer your question directly, but I know he had around 4000 votes in state legislature. Both Obama and McCain have had piss poor performance since they became presidential candidates. Obama’s performance has been slightly better than McCains since they began running. Continue reading…
That’s the promise of America, the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation, the fundamental belief that I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper. That’s the promise we need to keep. That’s the change we need right now.
Rush Limbaugh is talking on his show like normal, suddenly you get someone on the phone who yells yeehaw or something, it’s George fuckin Bush, LOL! I thought it was a satire at first, but no it’s the real thing I read that it was some type of big anniversary or something. I heard that, it was awesome. 20th anniversary of his show or something.
Every Wed. night here in Middle Tennessee, my motorcycle riding club meets at a bar and grill for our little bike night. Apparently, the McCain people are going to be filming there tonight to gather material for an ad featuring bikers.
I have to leave in an hour. 6:00pm Central. What to do what to do???
I am wearing my “Soylent Green” T-Shirt. Can’t think of anything else. And of course I am bringing my camera. wear your normal "I’m here, I’m queer" shit Continue reading…
Speaking to donors at a San Diego fund-raiser last month, Barack Obama reassured the crowd that he wouldn’t give in to Republican tactics to throw his candidacy off track.
“Listen, I’m skinny but I’m tough,” Sen. Obama said.
But in a nation in which 66% of the voting-age population is overweight and 32% is obese, could Sen. Obama’s skinniness be a liability? Despite his visits to waffle houses, ice-cream parlors and greasy-spoon diners around the country, his slim physique just might have some Americans wondering whether he is truly like them.
The candidate has been criticized by opponents for appearing elitist or out of touch with average Americans. A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll conducted in July shows Sen. Obama still lags behind Republican John McCain among white men and suburban women who say they can’t relate to his background or perceived values.
“He’s too new … and he needs to put some meat on his bones,” says Diana Koenig, 42, a housewife in Corpus Christi, Texas, who says she voted for Sen. Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.
“I won’t vote for any beanpole guy,” another Clinton supporter wrote last week on a Yahoo politics message board. Continue reading…
4th negative ad of the week. Jesus, even Republicans have to be embarrassed by the way that McCain is running his campaign. I saw that yesterday. I gave up completely on McCain and am just waiting for the debates so we can see what substance McCain actually has. If I were Obama, I would play his 2000 ad about being attacked by Bush and him saying he’ll take the high road. Continue reading…
Sen. said Saturday he is simply acting pragmatically in softening his opposition to additional oil drilling along the nation’s coastline, a shift Republicans say shows he is calculating and out of touch with voters.
Speaking in Florida, Obama insisted he still generally opposes additional drilling as his Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, once did as well but would be willing to support it as part of a new bipartisan energy proposal that seeks to lessen dependence on foreign oil.
“If we can come up with a genuine bipartisan compromise, in which I have to accept some things that I don’t like, or the Democrats have to accept some things that they don’t like in exchange for actually moving us in the direction of actual energy independence, then that’s something I’m open to,” the Illinois Democrat said.
Oil drilling, a hot topic in Florida, has been a point of dispute between Obama and McCain in recent weeks.
“Sen. Obama says he wants energy independence, but he doesn’t support anything that serves that goal,” McCain said Saturday in his weekly radio address. “He believes every domestic energy source has a problem. I believe every energy source needs to be part of the solution.” Continue reading…