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But actually watching McCain sneering, not looking at Obama once, etc., you realize this is a man who is not in control of his anger. On the other hand, Obama was open, friendly, willing to give points to McCain, etc.
Obama looked like a negotiator and problem-solver. McCain looked like an asshole. Purely based on body language, Obama won in a landslide. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
I think Obama won because he came across as thoughtful, serious, and a leader. Mostly, though, he came across as being damn smart, and that's something we are yearning for in our next President.
I'll take smart and inexperienced over experienced but not as smart any day. A smart President knows what he needs to learn, and knows who can give him the best advice. History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme. (Mark Twain)
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Back to your standard programming.
I liked the format--allowed the candidates to get into the meat.
If you're going to pretend to be a moderator, try and exercise a little power. Otherwise, why are you there?
The other thing that bothered me is that most of his questions weren't very specific. He tried to pin down the candidates on the first big question ("What will you change in your plan because of the bailout?") and when that didn't work, all the questions were, "Talk about Iraq." "Talk about Iran." "Talk about Pakistan." Thus the candidates tended to fall back on their pre-written speeches. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
I disagree, and I think most of the public disagree. We like a person who's confident and sincere enough to recognize when someone else is correct - instead of all this demonization we've gotten over the past eight years.
McCain came across as more of the same Bush-Cheney absolutism and condescension/contempt for anyone who disagrees with them.
Obama won. "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
However, Obama needs a stronger riposte. "I agree with you on X, but I disagree with you on Y. And what's great about that we can try to do something about X and we only have to argue about Y"
Independants love that kind of pragmatism.
Also, all of Obama's "John is absolutely right about" fill-in-the-blanks before launching his calm counter attacks clearly got McCain steamed. He looked like he was thinking, how dare Obama agree with me! Is he just being patronizing? Is he trying to force me to return the compliment?
I think Obama's self confident graciousness impressed the public and drove mean old get-off-my-lawn McCain nuts.
Next up, watching Palin attempt to debate. Conservative columnist and former Palin booster Kathleen Parker, after seeing the Couric interview, says Palin really has to withdraw. Not from the debate. From the ticket.
the public saw a rude arrogant contemptuous son of a bitch.
That's what virulent Obama supporters saw. Most of the reports I saw thought it was even, and a snoozefest.
The undecideds saw a strong Obama win.
Perhaps the McCain strategy of presenting Obama as an unready empty celebrity depressed peoples expectations of Obama.
You and I (and most informed people) know that isn't the case (admit it). I just agree with Obama's policies and you disagree (for the most part). Its also why pundits (and you and I) saw a tie.
However those depressed expectations of Obama for low info voters led to Obama to exceed expectations of those low info voters--hence independents calling it a win.
On another note the Obama campaign hasn't said much about Palin. They'd love to lower expectations on her for the debate with Biden, but after the Couric interview the press will call it a success for her if she doesn't drool on herself.
I wish Fey had looked at the camera, gone out of character for a sec, and said, "I'm not doing satire here, folks - this was her REAL answer!" "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
"Perhaps the McCain strategy of presenting Obama as an unready empty celebrity depressed peoples expectations of Obama."
It reminds me of the West Wind season 4 when he is running for reelection and decides on one debate to smash him. Smashing the oppenent at every turn is not becoming of POTUS.
Do you, like John McCain, just not follow the news enough to know that? I was shocked at how McCain could talk about this as though it were in the abstract, rather than this week's news. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
Not ready for crime time. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
Guess Obama 'n me, we be Mensa. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
As chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence during the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, and the run-up to the Iraq war, I probably had as much access to the intelligence on which the war was predicated as any other member of Congress. I, too, presumed the president was being truthful -- until a series of events undercut that confidence. In February 2002, after a briefing on the status of the war in Afghanistan, the commanding officer, Gen. Tommy Franks, told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq -- a war more than a year away. Even at this early date, the White House was signaling that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein was of such urgency that it had priority over the crushing of al Qaeda. In the early fall of 2002, a joint House-Senate intelligence inquiry committee, which I co-chaired, was in the final stages of its investigation of what happened before Sept. 11. As the unclassified final report of the inquiry documented, several failures of intelligence contributed to the tragedy. But as of October 2002, 13 months later, the administration was resisting initiating any substantial action to understand, much less fix, those problems. At a meeting of the Senate intelligence committee on Sept. 5, 2002, CIA Director George Tenet was asked what the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) provided as the rationale for a preemptive war in Iraq. An NIE is the product of the entire intelligence community, and its most comprehensive assessment. I was stunned when Tenet said that no NIE had been requested by the White House and none had been prepared. Invoking our rarely used senatorial authority, I directed the completion of an NIE. Tenet objected, saying that his people were too committed to other assignments to analyze Saddam Hussein's capabilities and will to use chemical, biological and possibly nuclear weapons. We insisted, and three weeks later the community produced a classified NIE. There were troubling aspects to this 90-page document. While slanted toward the conclusion that Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction stored or produced at 550 sites, it contained vigorous dissents on key parts of the information, especially by the departments of State and Energy. Particular skepticism was raised about aluminum tubes that were offered as evidence Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear program. As to Hussein's will to use whatever weapons he might have, the estimate indicated he would not do so unless he was first attacked. Under questioning, Tenet added that the information in the NIE had not been independently verified by an operative responsible to the United States. In fact, no such person was inside Iraq. Most of the alleged intelligence came from Iraqi exiles or third countries, all of which had an interest in the United States' removing Hussein, by force if necessary. The American people needed to know these reservations, and I requested that an unclassified, public version of the NIE be prepared. On Oct. 4, Tenet presented a 25-page document titled "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs." It represented an unqualified case that Hussein possessed them, avoided a discussion of whether he had the will to use them and omitted the dissenting opinions contained in the classified version. Its conclusions, such as "If Baghdad acquired sufficient weapons-grade fissile material from abroad, it could make a nuclear weapon within a year," underscored the White House's claim that exactly such material was being provided from Africa to Iraq. From my advantaged position, I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth -- or even had an interest in knowing the truth. On Oct. 11, I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.
I, too, presumed the president was being truthful -- until a series of events undercut that confidence.
In February 2002, after a briefing on the status of the war in Afghanistan, the commanding officer, Gen. Tommy Franks, told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq -- a war more than a year away. Even at this early date, the White House was signaling that the threat posed by Saddam Hussein was of such urgency that it had priority over the crushing of al Qaeda.
In the early fall of 2002, a joint House-Senate intelligence inquiry committee, which I co-chaired, was in the final stages of its investigation of what happened before Sept. 11. As the unclassified final report of the inquiry documented, several failures of intelligence contributed to the tragedy. But as of October 2002, 13 months later, the administration was resisting initiating any substantial action to understand, much less fix, those problems.
At a meeting of the Senate intelligence committee on Sept. 5, 2002, CIA Director George Tenet was asked what the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) provided as the rationale for a preemptive war in Iraq. An NIE is the product of the entire intelligence community, and its most comprehensive assessment. I was stunned when Tenet said that no NIE had been requested by the White House and none had been prepared. Invoking our rarely used senatorial authority, I directed the completion of an NIE.
Tenet objected, saying that his people were too committed to other assignments to analyze Saddam Hussein's capabilities and will to use chemical, biological and possibly nuclear weapons. We insisted, and three weeks later the community produced a classified NIE.
There were troubling aspects to this 90-page document. While slanted toward the conclusion that Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction stored or produced at 550 sites, it contained vigorous dissents on key parts of the information, especially by the departments of State and Energy. Particular skepticism was raised about aluminum tubes that were offered as evidence Iraq was reconstituting its nuclear program. As to Hussein's will to use whatever weapons he might have, the estimate indicated he would not do so unless he was first attacked.
Under questioning, Tenet added that the information in the NIE had not been independently verified by an operative responsible to the United States. In fact, no such person was inside Iraq. Most of the alleged intelligence came from Iraqi exiles or third countries, all of which had an interest in the United States' removing Hussein, by force if necessary.
The American people needed to know these reservations, and I requested that an unclassified, public version of the NIE be prepared. On Oct. 4, Tenet presented a 25-page document titled "Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs." It represented an unqualified case that Hussein possessed them, avoided a discussion of whether he had the will to use them and omitted the dissenting opinions contained in the classified version. Its conclusions, such as "If Baghdad acquired sufficient weapons-grade fissile material from abroad, it could make a nuclear weapon within a year," underscored the White House's claim that exactly such material was being provided from Africa to Iraq.
From my advantaged position, I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth -- or even had an interest in knowing the truth.
On Oct. 11, I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.
McCain polled as much more negative than Obama, and I think Obama's expressions of agreement helped him appear more positive, cooperative, and willing to work with the other side. It's been a long time since we saw that in a president, hasn't it? History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme. (Mark Twain)
Your guy's bad at being Republican. Our guy's good at being a Democrat. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
But let's be honest, here. The only way Obama's going to reach across the aisle is to drag someone kicking and screaming the first two years of his Presidency. He has no history or intention of upsetting his own party to do what he believes to be the right thing, like McCain did.
I disagree that McCain's choice of reaches were the right thing to do, but he's actually done it.
Fun fact. How many times did McCain mention the middle class last night? ZERO. That says a lot about McCain's priorities. "Suddenly, it may be cool to be American again" - William J. Kole
Preach it, brother! "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
Idea-wise Obama was clearly a winner, especially with his stating that renewable energy will not only reduce dependence on foreign oil, but also stimulate the economy by creating jobs and help with global warming / greenhouse gas emissions. Good stuff.
I also like that he's reminding us that the war in Iraq, on top of everything else, is REALLY expensive, chewing up lots of taxpayer money.
Jim Lehrer was a wonderful moderator, and I hope they draft him in for some of the other debates. I'm looking forward to Gwyn Ifill being the moderator for the Vice Presidential candidate's debate.
"We" are the high information voters (for the most part).
What matters is how it played with "the gettable 10."
60% of voters will never vote for anything other than "their" party. I mean never.
Another 20% would almost never vote for another party.
Another 10% will follow a landside. They don't matter, because they follow.
Only 10% of voters are actually true swing voters.
That's is why there are 3 election components: Get out the base, win the middle expand the base.
Reagan won because he expanded the base of the GOP. Evangelicals were not part of the GOP coalition until Reagan, that expanded base changed the electoral math.
Clinton won because he won the middle.
Bush won because he got out the base.
In this election Obama is expanding the base (this is the point of the registration drives), has the best Democratic GOTV operation in 30 years, and according to the dial testing of the "gettable 10" he is starting to win the swing.
McCain is over and Lieberman better get ready to sit in the corner.
And in other news, the sun came up in the east this morning. "He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." -GKC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
"Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
I do recall Obama quoting Mr. Kissinger and then there was a response from Mr. Kissinger himself stating that this was not what he had said and that Mr. McCain was correct as to what was said.
Is this telling the truth? You make the decision http://link.brightcove.com/ser...
So the debate polling shows that Obama did much much much better with women than men. With men he convinced them he is qualified and got a slight win. But with women he gained a giant win with that.
And I think that's because while we men would have loved a knock-down fight between the two in the debate, women want to see people working for solutions and resolving conflict. Obama played it perfectly for the female voters.
And I think many male voters will, over the next couple of days, make the same decision. Because while we guys dod tend to prefer conflict, we also want solutions to the problems we presently face. Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
His style of solution finding is definitely more in line with that of females; look for common grounds and solutions where everyone can hold hands.
Frankly, I think it is what we need in the world regardless of the physical body that attitude resides in. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
But on the overall impression, Obama won hands-down. McCain looked like a bitter, twitchy old man and Obama was a gracious-yet-firm problem-solver.
All the parents on the soccer fields today--Repubs included--agreed that Obama skillfully stole the win from McCain.
"I'm Mitt Romney and yes, Wolf, that's also my first name," Willard Mitt Romney demonstrating 'policy flexibility.'
As far as Palin being a president she is a strong woman that also has a track record of doing what is best for the people. In some aspects I believe Palin would be a better president than McCain. She shares many of the amazing leadership qualities of Hilary. I believe if they do not get in America is in big trouble. We need strong leaders. Even if we disagree with some of there preferences at least they are out front with them. Ultimately, they will listen to what WE AS CITIZENS, want to do. We are their boss, we hire them into office and as a nation call the shots. It takes work on all of our parts. We really need to see who has the experience and judgement to make a good leader.
Why respond at all, since the purpose of trolling is simply to throw things out and waste people's time and energy.
As for being uniformed, you have not impressed me. I believe that each of the following statement show how terribly uninformed you are:
As far as Palin being a president she is a strong woman that also has a track record of doing what is best for the people.
Like charging a per diem to the taxpayers for staying in her own house?
Like promising full cooperation with a bi-partisan investigation and then stonewalling?
Like hiring a lobbyist to bring taxpayer monies to her town, lying about 'saying no thanks' to the Bridge to Nowhere (and keeping all the cash from the U.S. Treasury)?
In some aspects I believe Palin would be a better president than McCain. She shares many of the amazing leadership qualities of Hilary.
I have nothing to add.
I believe if they do not get in America is in big trouble.
I most emphatically disagree.
Ultimately, they will listen to what WE AS CITIZENS, want to do. We are their boss, we hire them into office and as a nation call the shots.
Have you even read a single newspaper in the last eight years?
"There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity
1. type "McCain lies" into Google 2. (any) single newspaper in the last eight years
I will get right on that research.
Check the signup date/time. Today, you're either going to get better or you're going to get worse, but you're never going to be the same. Which one will it be? --Joseph V. Paterno
Definitely a difference in personality types. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
We have two wars and an economic crisis because of the close-mineded, insecure, fear-based ineptitude of the Bush Administration, with which McCain has voted 90% of the time. It was damn cute for him to show up in Washington this week considering he hasn't cast a vote in 5 months.
I've read both Obama's books and met him on several occasions. His IQ all by itself exponentially outstrips McCain & Palin put together. I have every confidence that he could mentally run rings about any tinpot dictator at the negotiating table.
McCain, on the other hand, has quit learning or absorbing new information and keeps mumbling the same non-sequiturs over and over. He knows what he knows and isn't interested in knowing anything else. He is mentally and physically incapable of doing the job. The idea of him in charge of our national security, piling his fossilized assumptions on top of the last 8 years of abject failure, scares the crap out of me.
As far as writing books is concerned, that alone doesn't make me want to have him making important decisions for the country. If that were the deciding factor I would vote for Stephen King. What is his IQ? How administered the test and what did that company come up with for McCain and Palin? Those free IQ tests just want you to buy there silly certificates any way. I hear they always pack the numbers high to make money.
As far as being confident in his experience, I would have to agree with you. He has vast knowledge and experience common to someone who has been through as many administrations as he's been in. I suppose that being physically fit is important, I mean FDR was a terrible president. Dr. Stephen Hawkins has written some books but they must be a joke because he can't even move at all. Good point.
To the non-trolls out there, this is hilarious send-up of Sarah Palin, although it should come with a warning: requires sufficient brain cells to grasp satire:
http://www.newyorker.com/humor...
There are two kinds of folks: Élites and Regulars. Why people love Sarah Palin is, she is a Regular. That is also why they love me. She did not go to some Élite Ivy League college, which I also did not. Her and me, actually, did not go to the very same Ivy League school. Although she is younger than me, so therefore she didn't go there slightly earlier than I didn't go there. But, had I been younger, we possibly could have not graduated in the exact same class.
blahntosh is clearly an idiot that can repeat talking points but probably doesn't even understand what he/she is saying. Sort of like Sarah Palin, except Palin has much better presentation.
With that said, Yokel - please don't defend the sockpuppets, at least not the incoherent ones. Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
I think that if you noticed it, many independents did too - and they won't view it as charitably as you do.
To quote you: "I beg you, sit down and think about why you are supporting who you are supporting." Really THINK about it.
And while you're at it, I would love to hear your thoughts about the person McCain has chosen should he - a 72-year old with recurring cancer and other problems - die before the end of his term: which is actuarily about a 1 in 3 chance! "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
I thought that Mccain had a good night, and came off much better than I expected. He seemed to grow stronger as the debate wore on, and was very aggressive at the closing exchange.
But, in his attempt to goad Senator Obama into reacting to childish grim maces (he didn't get the memo on how that played for Gore in 2000), sophomoric insults, and never addressing his opponent by making eye contact, he came across as the grumpy senior, mad that people are listening to the young whippersnapper instead of bowing to his 26 years on the hill.
This was billed as the debate Mccain would win since foreign policy is supposed to be his strong suit. At times he didn't disappoint. While open to argument, his approach often came across as clear and strong.
But in the end, the sneering, the name calling (naive, dangerous, inexperienced), and the condescending attitude left a bad impression.
In a debate in which he would have at the very least tied, bad behavior, to the point of boorish, did him in.
For both parties last night the debate wasn't too effective. I believe the debates to come will be much better now they are getting a feel for each other. As far as sneering vs. uncontrollable laughter it's a matter of opinion.
Did you pull up the info Club Twitty answered you with?
I love it when trolls how up, spout well-refuted talking points, then demand sources. "There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity
In control, pragmatic, affable, calm, firm, and with an IQ through the roof.
What a refreshing change.
Or, with Mccain, more of what we've already got.
And that's quite aside from the suspicious trading on that site. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
But right now, all Intrade is, is a bunch of people voting with their money on what they think the CURRENT state of the polls are. They have no insider information on other events that may occur between now and November 4.
My big worry is that Obama may have another off night - the guy is only human - and utter a line like the one he did when asked about when life begins: "that's above my pay grade." I know what he was TRYING to say, but the language was terrible. "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
I expect him to go on letterman and apologize...by jumping up on the desk and waving him genitals at Dave.
I dont understand why they wouldnt wait a day or a week before they started posting.
Read the comments above, there are major disagreements between Republican and Den=mocratic posters. We argue, we post links to articles to back up our posts, we even call each other namkes at times.
But we are discussing issues, many issues, and we do respect that we all come to our opinions honestly. But a large part of that is we write for ourselves, we do not just copy & paste from McCain's "Lies to post on blogs." Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
Quite frankly, Obama is a better statesman. He knows how to speak. As a former debater, I'm well aware of this. But like McCain, he's all bloviated rhetoric (yes, I know this is O'Reilly's line). It's just nothing new in these debates. Same old same old. I've been doing this for almost 11 years, so far no politician I've seen has done anything new. Radical approach for radical times. http://copolitical.blogspot.com/
Hell, even I was a libertarian when I was a college freshman. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
Oh, and something else I wanted to point out. I'm not a new libertarian. I've been that way for several years now. So assuming that it's because I'm of college freshman age (and actually, if I had gone, I'd be a sophomore this year) that I am libertarian is really an unwise assumption. Radical approach for radical times. http://copolitical.blogspot.com/
I give you credit for loving politics and being involved. Check your own pages in forty years and I'll bet you'll cringe. I'm not putting you down. I'm just saying "Be prepared for personal growth."
I noticed a discrepency of starting politics at age 8 or age 9. Oh, the humanity! Jus' kidding, no big deal. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
I completely agree. My views in the last 5 years have changed drastically, and I'm willing and open to allow them to change as I learn, mature and grow. It's those who are close-minded to changing their political views that disturb me and strike me as hypocrites.
You're right. I started political volunteering the week before I turned 9. So I was 8, but it's so close I'm not sure which is better to say some of the time. shrugs Radical approach for radical times. http://copolitical.blogspot.com/
When light sweet crude is perpetually at $200/barrel, shale MIGHT be economocally viable. Woe to the environment. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
BTW, I "adduced" this all by myself, you total fucking assclown.-Laughing Boy
Water costs: again, how do you plan--in the free-market sense of accounting for costs--to measure these costs, and reflect these in the cost of the product.
I could continue in this vein a while. Land and land use impacts--huge with a commercial oil shale industry, both directly to the land that is being bladed and filled with heaters, but also to all the surrounding communities.
It always amazes me that the oil and gas industry can scream about ending a tax subsidy, when so much of the true cost of their product is already socialized, with a system of return that already overcompensates them to the detriment of the greater number of presumably free agents.
But I am not sure why a libertarian (or most anyone else) would support this industry's narrow privilege, when it is burdening communities and taxpayers in a manner that is borne so broadly.
Oil shale is a sham. At least under the bill of goods in which it is being sold to us now. Colorado deserves to know the costs of oil shale development, and we should not relish it being held out as some salvation to a dying worldview. That is not a good prospect for the Western Slope.
And I was REALLY disappointed they didn't do something on the debate, although I guess it takes more than a few hours to write a good sketch. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
Darrell Hammond kept playing McCain saying, "Senator," or looking at Obama, when the whole feel of the debate was McCain practically turning the other way and laughing when Obama was talking... That would've been a lot funnier sketch. "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
Palin is hard to parody, because she's already such a disaster. "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
Friday night, party, 25 year olds, not politically active. And they're all watching the debate. Obama owns that demographic. If they're taking time to watch the debate, they'll take the time to vote. Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
But yes, good news indeed.
Sigh. Sucks to be old, sometimes. "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
This is something all you righties must understand. Exercise your right to peaceably assemble and reclaim the commons. Stop the militarization of America.
I was really bothered by the fact that Obama didn't dress himself in flags. "Have a Bobby bar! My dad made them." --Jon Huntsman Jr.
We reap what we sow. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
The diarist was talking to a single person in southern small town PA and had this nugget:
He wasn't happy with Bush. And he liked the old McCain, but thinks the new McCain isn't "talking sense". Sure, he had some doubts about Obama. He wondered if he was really a radical, an elitist, or a risky choice. But after last night, those doubts seemed largely erased, "He looked real comfortable up there, answering questions. Really in command." I joke with him, "Hey Jeff, you want an Obama sign for the front yard?" He laughs, and says, "I like the guy, and I'm voting for him, but I'll have to pass on the sign." He admits that he isn't completely comfortable with the idea of everyone knowing that he supports Senator Obama.
What if there's people who are going to vote for Obama, but are afraid to let anyone know. Not their neighbors, not their spouse, not even their dog. So when they get called by a pollster, they say McCain. But in the voting booth, it's Obama.
This is what happened in Chicago the first election where the old Daley machine lost. The polls were way off. It turned out people lied to the pollsters because they didn't want anyone to know they weren't supporting the machine.
It's a single data point. But it is a strong possibility... Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
It would be fascinating if the final results indicate that yes, there is nascent racism - people uncomfortable with voting for Obama because of his race - but that in fact it leads to UNDERREPORTED support for Obama at the polls! "Why not do the right thing for the American people, even though it's not exactly what we want." - Speaker Boehner
There are too many factors in this historic election.
We are facing the most difficult economic situation in generations, we are at war and we have the historic choice between the Black guy or the old guy who could die in office and leave us with the cute, airhead that wants to ban books.
No of us know what will happen. November 5th will be an interesting day. "A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." ~ Abraham Lincoln
On the flip side, Obama thrilled us on the left and those in the middle. We do like Obama (no he's not perfect) and we do think he'll do a good job.
That is why a debate that was a tie on points is still a big win for Obama. Where all the cool kids will be on Saturday - Code War!
some AstroTurf 'community organizer' is on the payroll to create the impression of citizens raising issues. its a scam. "There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity
Who is unfamiliar with all the developments in medicine in the last 15 years and views the old ways as the best ways.
Who continues using old surgical techniques well after they have been proven less effective than modern techniques.
Whose mental and physical accuity are well past their peak.
So you want the oldest surgeon?
McCain is so old school he is a caricature. The things that are always in style old school such as fidelity, consistency, integrity he long ago abandoned for expediency. "Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth." Paul Krugman, 9/2010
mix gently. Allow to sit in refrigerator for an hour or two before using. Makes approx. 1 cup of sauce.
I would allow a child to make this at home. In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. Edmund Burke 10/26/11 Colorado Ex-Pat; S/V Sisu Catalina 30
Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago -- about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct -- the teacher said. After conducting a college band and watching Palin deliver a commencement address to a small group of home-schooled students in June 1997, Wasilla resident Philip Munger said, he asked the young mayor about her religious beliefs. Palin told him that "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time," Munger said. When he asked her about prehistoric fossils and tracks dating back millions of years, Palin said "she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks," recalled Munger, who teaches music at the University of Alaska in Anchorage and has regularly criticized Palin in recent years on his liberal political blog, called Progressive Alaska. The idea of a "young Earth" -- that God created the Earth about 6,000 years ago, and dinosaurs and humans coexisted early on -- is a popular strain of creationism. Though in her race for governor she called for faith-based "intelligent design" to be taught along with evolution in Alaska's schools, Gov. Palin has not sought to require it, state educators say.
After conducting a college band and watching Palin deliver a commencement address to a small group of home-schooled students in June 1997, Wasilla resident Philip Munger said, he asked the young mayor about her religious beliefs.
Palin told him that "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time," Munger said. When he asked her about prehistoric fossils and tracks dating back millions of years, Palin said "she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks," recalled Munger, who teaches music at the University of Alaska in Anchorage and has regularly criticized Palin in recent years on his liberal political blog, called Progressive Alaska.
The idea of a "young Earth" -- that God created the Earth about 6,000 years ago, and dinosaurs and humans coexisted early on -- is a popular strain of creationism.
Though in her race for governor she called for faith-based "intelligent design" to be taught along with evolution in Alaska's schools, Gov. Palin has not sought to require it, state educators say.
She's a religious extremist and a dangerous one at that. "Suddenly, it may be cool to be American again" - William J. Kole
Is it Jesus Juice?
According to McCain she knows more about energy than anyone in the country. How can McCain say that when she doesn't understand the basics of Geology, Physics or Chemistry.
If that is what passes for "knowledge" amongst conservatives, no wonder they think we can drill our way out of the problem. Jesus just put enough Juice in the ground to get us to the second coming. The faster we drain our oil the sooner Jesus will return.
Terror.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/
Now, I am one to say 'it's still early' and all that. Far be for me to predict anything but a hard fought battle right up to the polls closing on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2008, but McCain is in terrible shape.
Even the happy nuptials of Bristol and Levi are unlikely to make this rock float. "There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity
You should bear in mind, however, that these polls reflect the pre-debate state of the race, as the overwhelming majority of the interviews for the these tracking polls took place before last night's debate was completed. A variety of reactions to the debate seem possible to me, including (in rough order of probability): i) a small gain for Obama; ii) no effective change; iii) a larger gain for Obama; (iv) a small gain for McCain. The reaction in the horse race polls in the days following the debate do not always match the overnight flash polls, as opinions about the debate may change once filtered through the lens of the media. However, since Obama won or tied essentially all objective evaluations of public opinion about the debate, material gains for McCain appear unlikely.
Barack will be in Colorado tomorrow and Michelle here on Wednesday. I'm also looking forward to seeing the Bidens sometime soon. :) "Suddenly, it may be cool to be American again" - William J. Kole
Here's one
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link "There are a lot of reasons not to elect me." Mitt Romney in a moment of clarity
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How soon we forget history, no wonder it repeats itself. http://link.brightcove.com/ser...
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