Obama Video...Pretty Funny

John Edwards

Admits today that he had an affair. He knew this, and repeatedly denied it during the primary. Really?? Did you think this would not come out during the general if you were the nominee? The Democrats dodged a bullet with this one.

By the way - you are a real class act Edwards. Your wife is dying of cancer and you are having an affair. Nice....

McCain Article

Interesting, albeit a bit long, piece on McCain from a reporter who has covered him for 20 years.

McCain in AZ

McCain - Dazed and Confused

Actually somewhat painful to watch. Him waiting for the audience to laugh/clap/etc is the worse.

Affirmative Action

Fascinating take on affirmative action:

"McCain could dismiss W. as a lightweight, but he knows Obama’s smart. Obama wrote his own books, while McCain’s were written by Salter. McCain knows he’s the affirmative action scion of admirals who might not have gotten through Annapolis without being a legacy. Obama didn’t even tell Harvard Law School that he was black on his application."

It was written by Maureen Dowd, so take it for what it is.

Today In Iraq

Iraqi government expected to have $79 Billion Dollar Surplus. Why Don't We Leave?

Key Quote:
This report is going to make a lot of American families very angry. The record gas prices they are paying have turned into an economic windfall for Iraq. But the Iraqi government isn’t spending the money on rebuilding. American taxpayers are paying that bill too. This doesn’t make any sense, and the Bush Administration never should have let this happen.
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Republicans - You can have Lieberman (and I hope he is your VP pick)

Key Quote:
LIEBERMAN: That’s why Senator Graham and I are introducing a resolution recognizing the strategic success that the surge has achieved in a central front — the central front of the war on terror against the enemies who attacked America on 9/11/01, and expressing our thanks to our troops who’ve made that success possible.

REALLY?!! - Iraq attackd us on 9/11? Crazy..
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On a side not Iraq note....Romney better practice his McCain history if he wants to be Veep

WOLF BLITZER: Can you cite one legislative accomplishment that Senator McCain produced during those 26 years in Washington in order to achieve energy independence?
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, I'm not a historian that goes through all of the pieces of legislation John McCain has worked on.

....he just asked for one Mitt

and so it continues...

Senator John McCain was talking to Natasha, the 7 year old daughter of Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michele, at a recent debate. Senator McCain asked Natasha what she wanted to be when she grew up and she told him she wanted to be President of the United States some day.

Senator Obama, obviously beaming with pride, winked at Senator McCain.

Senator McCain asked Natasha - "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"

Natasha replied - "I would give houses to all the homeless people."

"Wow - what a worthy goal you have there, Natasha." Senator McCain told her.

Senator McCain continued, "Natasha you do know you don't have to wait until you're President to help the homeless. You can come over to Cindy and my house and clean up all the dog poop in my back yard and I will pay you $5 dollars. Then we can go over to that liquor store where those homeless guys hang out, and you can give one of them the $5 dollars to use toward a new house."

Natasha (obviously wise beyond her 7 years) thought that over for a second, while Senator Obama and his wife Michele looked over at Senator McCain seething.

Natasha replied, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and clean up the dog poop in your back yard and you can just pay him the $5 dollars?"

"Welcome to the Republican Party young lady", responded Senator McCain.

The Irish's view on American politics

THE IRISH - SUCH CLEAR THINKERS

Leave it to the Irish to cut through the crap and make the whole issue crystal clear...

Thoughts from across the pond.

An email from Ireland to the brethren in the States...a point to ponder despite your political affiliation:

"We, in Ireland, can't figure out why people even bothered to hold an election in the United States.

On one side, you had a pants wearing lawyer, married to a lawyer who can't keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer who goes to the wrong church who is married to yet another lawyer who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run.

Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc' terminology married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship.

What in Lord's name are ye lads and lasses thinking over there in the colonies??"

(Sticking with our theme from last week LOL)

Obama up in MT

Actually somewhat surprising to me that he is ahead in MT.
MT Is In Play

I know it is early, but this still can't be good news for McCain. He is going to be forced to spend money in places where the GOP normally doesn't worry about.

How Rich are the McCain's?

I have no problem with people getting rich and running for office. I do have a problem when politicians try and say, "I know what the working families in America need" when the following shows that unless they talk to their house cleaners, they have no idea what is effecting the average American.
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* Since 2004, they've spent $11 million on real estate.

* At times, Cindy has charged as much as $500,000 on one credit card and $250,000 on another in a single month. You really have to work hard to charge three quarters of a million dollars in one month. What is she buying, gold-plated Ferraris?

* Though the McCains spent a modest $184,000 on household staff in 2006, in 2007 they spent $273,000. And who can blame them? It's so hard to get good help these days.

* This is my favorite quote, about why they own two condos in the same building in the beachside town of Coronado: "When I bought the first one, my husband, who is not a beach person, said, 'Oh, this is such a waste of money; the kids will never go,'” she told Vogue. “Then it got to the point where they used it so much I couldn't get in the place. So I bought another one.”
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Don't you feel like they are just like you and I? I know Obama has money from his book deals, but not this type of money.

Change......LOL

The Two Corey's

Corey & Corey
by wutwutinthebutt

Keeping with my theme of posting information that is not well researched or thought out...

I bring you a video from "The Two Corey's" (I have no idea what channel is broadcasting but I need to find out ASAP). Feldman and Haim are epic figures in our pop culture history both for their unexplainable popularity in the 80's and their totally predictable flame out since that time.

This may just be Tivo material based on this clip. It appears the mandatory Corey rule still applies, Feldman just wasn't likable without Haim on "Surreal Life."

My Concern with Obama

I haven't been doing a great job of keeping current recently so I figured instead of posting some logical meaningful researched piece of information, I'll just throw a little editorial commentary in to stir the pot.

I consider myself a disenfranchised Republican and am undecided in how I will vote in November. I am disappointed in the direction the Republicans have gone over the past 8-10 years. It is a party that is increasingly pandering to the rich and the extremists. I can't stand the way the leaders have created political issues to drive votes their way and all but ignored addressing the issues that are truly impacting "average" Americans.

All of that being said the fact that Obama has never had an individual meeting with General Petraeus to determine if his plan for Iraq is the best direction for us to go, disturbs me greatly. I am sure he has met with some very good military advisers but to be running with a message that has ending the Iraq war front-and-center without meeting with the people running the war makes little sense to me.

I take it to mean one of two things and neither of them work for me:

1. Obama has predetermined the path he is going to take regardless of the facts at the time he is elected. He is convinced withdrawing is the correct path just as GWB was convinced removing Saddam was the right path and we are looking at a dramatic over correction fraught with just as many potholes in the coming four years.

2. If he intends to be open once he is elected then his promise to end the war is a hollow campaign promise meant to take advantage of the large number of people that the polls show oppose the war.

We are talking about one of the most critical issues of our lifetime and he hasn't met with the people that have the most current and detailed information. It makes me nervous. You???

Group of High School Girls Make Pregnancy Pact...

Check this out. A group of high school girls decided to all get pregnant together so they could all raise their kids together. Something like 17 pregnancies. One girl couldn't get laid so she had some homeless guy knock her up....wow



click the link the below to watch the video

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25267735#25267735

If Obama Wins...

Iraq War for Oil

There is an article out today that says four western oil companies (Shell, Exxon, Total and BP) are about to sign no bid contracts to start extracting oil in Iraq. The no bid contracts are rare in cases of oil extraction/drilling - seems to me that the Iraqis had no choice. The conquerers get the spoils, right?

NY Times Article

I'm not saying that oil was the main reason we invaded Iraq (Bush and the neocons legacy was the main reason), but this looks horrible to the Arab region and many other countries such as China and Russia. Oh well, maybe we can stay at $4/gallon and watch the big oils profits rise even more. Time to buy stock in them!

To quote Bush from 2000:
"What I think the president ought to do [when gas prices spike] is he ought to get on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots…And the president of the United States must jawbone OPEC members to lower the price."

How is that working out for you Bush - came into office with $25/barrel prices and now they are around $130/barrel.

McCain - Steals Obama's Logo and Slogan

OK - It is the start of the general election. I would think that McCain would come up with something original to run on....but alas, no. He has come out with the slogan 'A Leader We Can Believe In', which is eerily similar to Obama's 'Change We Can Believe In'. Maybe he is trying to go directly against Obama, but basically copying the slogan seems a bit much.

He also just changed his home page graphics to that of sun rays on the horizon...again, a close take off of Obama's logo. You be the judges.
www.johnmccain.com
www.barackobama.com

Cartoon for the Day

The General Election

Well, assuming everything plays out as it looks like it will and it is Obama vs. McCain - what are everybody's thoughts on the match up?

It seems that they have been trading shots this week about the new GI Bill, foreign policy, etc. I think it will be a pretty combative race, at least that is how it is starting out. So let's spend some time breaking down the issues.

Education:
McCain
The McCain Plan
OK - maybe you can help me here, but there really is not much in terms of detailed policy on that page. It is a very high level look at the education system in general. I assume he supports No Child Left Behind as it is and is very passionate about allowing students to transfer to schools that are achieving higher test scores...I think.

Obama - The Obama Plan
Obama's plan is obviously a lot more detailed, so some key points I like. Again, he will need to define how he will pay for them, but at least he is offering ideas.
* Reform NCLB - I think the lack of funding is one of the biggest problems with NCLB. It has to be addressed. No idea how we will pay for the additional funding, but it was rolled out without thinking long term and now we are forced to deal with it or scrap it all together.
* Afterschool and Summer programs - I think these work great in areas of lower income families. I saw how after school programs worked where I grew up and I think that summer programs to bring students up to speed or give them a head start are nice ideas.
* Teacher Ideas - Coulter, I'm sure Lisa can address some of these ideas better than I can. Would love to hear her thoughts.
* Higher Education - Tax credit and simplified financial aid seem simple enough to me. Don't know about making JC tuition free for most students - seems like that would cost a fortune.

I hope they discuss all these issues as the race continues. I find the lack of any real details on McCain's website interesting.

Thoughts?

Quote for the Day

From Hillary Clinton:
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My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t understand it."

Lovely.....