DENVER - Senior Democratic officials are expressing serious concerns about the political risks posed by Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium Thursday evening.
From the elaborate stagecraft to the teeming crowd of 80,000 cheering partisans, the vagaries of the weather to the unpredictable audience reaction, the optics surrounding the stadium event have heightened worries that the Obama campaign is engaging in a high-risk endeavor in an uncontrollable environment.
. . . . .
The McCain campaign Wednesday released a memo mockingly titled, “Proper Attire for the Temple of Obama (The Barackopolis),” a reference to the classical stage design in place for his speech. The campaign is already prepared to pull the trigger on ads spun out of the Invesco Field event, perhaps rolling out ads similar to the notorious spot featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
“We’ll put it in play against him,” said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers.
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I love it - He's too popular to be president! People like him too much! Vote for our guy, old "what's his name"!
So McLame has decided to steal Obama's thunder and name his VP choice on Friday. Guess what the MSM talking heads will be blathering on about on Sunday? (Hint, it won't be anything that happened in Colorado this week...).
DENVER -- Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.
Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.
A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker's neck, then twisted the producer's arm behind him to put on handcuffs.
A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. He also said the arrest followed a signed complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel.
McCain to announce his VP pick on Friday, hoping no one notices it's his 72nd birthday... Funny thing, this article fails to mention McCain's birthday.
Sen. McCain has chosen his running mate and the person will be notified on Thursday, a senior campaign official said.
A friend said McCain had pretty much settled on his selection early this week, and it crystallized in the past few days. Campaign manager Rick Davis flew to McCain's cabin in Sedona, Ariz., a few days ago to confer, and another meeting about the choice was held with top aides Wednesday.
The news leaked on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, detracting attention from speeches by former President Bill Clinton and the Democratic ticket mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.
is it possible to get a clip of Kerry's speech tonight, the part where he was talking about mccain i think would make a good short video. the part about being for it before being against it and that mccain needs to finish the debate with himself before he debates obama.
You can judge a man by the company that he keeps...
John Goodman… McCain’s Health Care Plan adviser
A.K.A. Johnny “There are no uninsured” Goodman
Mr. Goodman, who helped craft Sen. John McCain's health care policy, said anyone with access to an emergency room effectively has insurance, albeit the government acts as the payer of last resort. (Hospital emergency rooms by law cannot turn away a patient in need of immediate care.)
"So I have a solution. And it will cost not one thin dime," Mr. Goodman said. "The next president of the United States should sign an executive order requiring the Census Bureau to cease and desist from describing any American – even illegal aliens – as uninsured. Instead, the bureau should categorize people according to the likely source of payment should they need care.
Phil Gramm... McCain's Economic Adviser...
A.K.A. Enron Phil, Foreclosure Phill
Foreclosure Phil
Who's to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? There are plenty of culprits, but one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long anti-regulatory crusade, Gramm pulled a sly legislative maneuver that greased the way to the multibillion-dollar subprime meltdown. Yet has Gramm been banished from the corridors of power? Reviled as the villain who bankrupted Middle America? Hardly. Now a well-paid executive at a Swiss bank, Gramm cochairs Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign and advises the Republican candidate on economic matters. He's been mentioned as a possible Treasury secretary should McCain win. That's right: A guy who helped screw up the global financial system could end up in charge of US economic policy. Talk about a market failure.
Randy Scheunemann... McCain's Foreign Policy Adviser A.K.A. Randy Neocon
Scheunemann's résumé as a War Party apparatchik is lengthy. He signed the PNAC (Project for the New American Century) letter to President Clinton urging war on Iraq, four years before 9-11. He signed the PNAC ultimatum to Bush, nine days after 9-11, threatening him with political reprisal if he did not go to war against Iraq. He was executive director of the "Committee for the Liberation of Iraq," a propaganda front for Ahmad Chalabi and his pack of liars who deceived us into war.
Now Scheunemann is the neocon agent in place in McCain's camp.
The neocons got their war with Iraq. They are pushing for war on Iran. And they are now baiting the Russian Bear.
Is this what McCain has on offer? Endless war?
Why would McCain seek foreign policy counsel from the same discredited crowd that has all but destroyed the presidency of George Bush?
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence ... a free people ought to be constantly awake," Washington warned in his Farewell Address. Our Founding Father was warning against the Randy Scheunemanns among us, agents hired by foreign powers to deceive Americans into fighting their wars. And none dare call it treason.
Rick Davis... McCain's Campaign Chair
A.K.A. Ricky Uber-Lobbyist
McCain’s Cronies: Rick Davis, Uber-Lobbyist, At The Helm
Rick Davis arranged a cocktail meet and greet with McCain and a Russian businessman, Oleg Deripaska, so controversial that the US has revoked his visa -- at an economic conference in Switzerland. Davis' lobbying firm was trying to secure business with the Russian at the time, while the firm was already representing a competing political interest in Ukraine.
Seven months later, in August 2006, Davis was present again at a social gathering that was also attended by McCain and Deripaska, this time in Montenegro, another Eastern European country in which Davis's firm was working. The three were among a few dozen people dining at a restaurant during an official Senate trip....
Afterward, a group from the dinner took boats out to a nearby yacht moored in the Adriatic Sea, where champagne and pastries were served, partly in honor of McCain's 70th birthday.
Salter said neither McCain nor Davis recalls Deripaska being on the yacht after dinner.
Learn about mccain by reading about these three clowns:
randy scheunemann...think..georgia..lobbyist
phil gramm..............think enron and ubs warburg
rick davis................think corporate taxes/lobbyist
in the next couple days read a little on these three clowns.these are NEOCON/corporate guys. these guys are into wars and industrial military complex all for the good of shareholders.
Learn about mccain by reading about these three clowns:
randy scheunemann...think..georgia..lobbyist
phil gramm..............think enron and ubs warburg
rick davis................think corporate taxes/lobbyist
in the next couple days read a little on these three clowns.these are NEOCON/corporate guys. these guys are into wars and industrial military complex all for the good of shareholders.
New description for the campaign staff of McCain. Corpo Rat fascists.
Learn about mccain by reading about these three clowns:
randy scheunemann...think..georgia..lobbyist
phil gramm..............think enron and ubs warburg
rick davis................think corporate taxes/lobbyist
in the next couple days read a little on these three clowns.these are NEOCON/corporate guys. these guys are into wars and industrial military complex all for the good of shareholders.
I was waiting for that one about RS and I expected it to be in the video. It's what disabused me of any remaining notion that there's any such thing as liberal media bias, because that should have been a huge story.
And the guy whose clients include Yukos...was that pre- or post-Khodorkovsky?
I can find fault with both Obama and Biden. I have no doubt that their politics do not entirely mesh with mine and that i strongly disagree with both on several issues.
HOWEVER!
If elected at least i will know that the average IQ between the President and the Vice President will not be in the upper 90s.
If i had to guess, i would say Obama's IQ is around 185 and Biden's is around 165.
I can find fault with both Obama and Biden. I have no doubt that their politics do not entirely mesh with mine and that i strongly disagree with both on several issues.
HOWEVER!
If elected at least i will know that the average IQ between the President and the Vice President will not be in the upper 90s.
If i had to guess, i would say Obama's IQ is around 185 and Biden's is around 165.
W's is 91.
NO MO' RONS!
X you know what's going to be important is obama's transition into the white house.....wall street and
k-street...this may be the transition to progressive
philosophy.
I can find fault with both Obama and Biden. I have no doubt that their politics do not entirely mesh with mine and that i strongly disagree with both on several issues.
HOWEVER!
If elected at least i will know that the average IQ between the President and the Vice President will not be in the upper 90s.
If i had to guess, i would say Obama's IQ is around 185 and Biden's is around 165.
I watched the Democratic National Convention as i have watched many in my life and this is the first one i thought was real (despite the choreography). Bo Biden brought down the house.
30 False Dmitriy Says: Marching behind a police vehicle that flashed the words “Follow Us. Welcome to Denver.” on an electronic sign, at least 3,000 Iraq war veterans and anti-war protesters made their way through downtown Denver …
Damn hippies.
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Thanks for link!
Quite a contrast to some of the vids I've seen of police violence.
I watched the Democratic National Convention as i have watched many in my life and this is the first one i thought was real (despite the choreography). Bo Biden brought down the house.
Yeah, well don't be a stranger. We've been getting our share of trolls lately, and I know how you like to feed on trolls.
BTW, C-SPAN is putting the videos up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/cspan
I can't find Bo Biden's speech. I think his was the best. He has a serious political future if he makes it back from Iraq.
Unfortunately, there's a delay in uploading. I originally went there during Joe Biden's speech because I couldn't get the C-SPAN live stream to work, but they'd only uploaded as far as Bill Clinton's speech.
i don't know if i'll watch the RNC convention but my guess
it will resemble a jim jones cult gathering....with hypocrite bullshit.......it will be negative linguistic framing. it's our turn they had 8 fxxking yrs.
i don't know if i'll watch the RNC convention but my guess
it will resemble a jim jones cult gathering....with hypocrite bullshit.......it will be negative linguistic framing. it's our turn they had 8 fxxking yrs.
Oh, I will be watching it to separate the lies. That will be hard. Instead I will try to find a grain of truth.
after the DNC convention it's time to fxxking hit hard.
i thought bill clinton gave a good message tonight.
dick head(g.w.) can't connect like that........although
i do understand he doesn't give a shxt
DENVER -- Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.
Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.
A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker's neck, then twisted the producer's arm behind him to put on handcuffs.
A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. He also said the arrest followed a signed complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel.
I'm probably going to be called a troll, but so be it. The Dems have been accepting donations this year from a diverse group of donors, including many heavyweights in big pharma, big oil and the MIC. So, controlling TV coverage of this would make perfect sense.
Do I agree with it? No. But, perhaps the Dems see it as a necessary step towards the ultimate goal and that is winning the election.
money and lobbyists will always be in politics....
it's how much...it's way out of balance now
approximately 30k registered lobbyists in washington.
obama is not nearly as connected with lobbyists as is
mccain.....these corporations/lobbyists can't ever get enough.....clinton said tonight this what he knew the
NEOCONs/(R) would do if they got the chance.
wall street and k-street are concerned they haven't had a chance to buy this guy. we are getting what we've asked for it's not perfect it never will.
Click the link .. watch the included video .. amazing ..
ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
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I’m probably going to be called a troll, but so be it. The Dems have been accepting donations this year from a diverse group of donors, including many heavyweights in big pharma, big oil and the MIC. So, controlling TV coverage of this would make perfect sense.
Do I agree with it? No. But, perhaps the Dems see it as a necessary step towards the ultimate goal and that is winning the election.
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I'm thinking it's the same Blue Dog Dems who attended the AT&T bash.
C&L posted a vid of Amy Goodman, Jane Hamsher & (the guy?) who were trying to interview guests at that bash, and got told to move off the private property.
This incident with ABC happened on public property - but may have been more Blue Doggery.
Click the link .. watch the included video .. amazing ..
ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
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I’m probably going to be called a troll, but so be it. The Dems have been accepting donations this year from a diverse group of donors, including many heavyweights in big pharma, big oil and the MIC. So, controlling TV coverage of this would make perfect sense.
Do I agree with it? No. But, perhaps the Dems see it as a necessary step towards the ultimate goal and that is winning the election.
==========
I'm thinking it's the same Blue Dog Dems who attended the AT&T bash.
C&L posted a vid of Amy Goodman, Jane Hamsher & (the guy?) who were trying to interview guests at that bash, and got told to move off the private property.
This incident with ABC happened on public property - but may have been more Blue Doggery.
I'm interested to see Act 2.
Hummm. So many little details, so little time. I can't keep track of who's doing what with all these groups involved. Nonetheless, the fact the police were aggressive in their approach incident to the arrest leads me to believe that the hotel might have played the biggest role in getting the reporter away from there.
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with journalist Jeff Sharlet about his bestselling new book, THE FAMILY. It’s about the real “New World Order” of elite fundamentalism that threatens our democracy.
When Senator Sam Brownback ran for president during the recent primary season few people knew that he’s a member of an elite fundamentalist group that’s waging spiritual war in the halls of American power and around the globe. It’s called The Family. It counts not just conservatives but also liberals like Hillary Clinton among its intimates and fellow travelers. When the National Prayer Breakfast is held each year–it’s organized by the Family. When we say “our nation, under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, or we read “In God we Trust” on our greenbacks–that’s because of the Family. Founded during the Great Depression in 1933, the Family preaches a gospel of “biblical capitalism,” military might, and American empire. It’s played a crucial role in the unraveling of the New Deal, the waging of the Cold War, and the harsh economics of globalization. That’s what journalist Jeff Sharlet says in his new book, THE FAMILY: THE ELITE FUNDAMENTALISM AT THE HEART OF AMERICAN POWER.
As for the "Temple".... All Obama has to do is say "tonight, we`ve recreated the facade one of John McCain`s homes, except the taxes are paid on this one! And... if he has his way, you`ll all be his domestic servants!"
In case any of you guys missed it earlier, I am repeating from an older thread "Unity Realized: Hillary Suspends Roll Call and Formally Nominates Obama":
This is the best thing to happen in a long while. Still being bitter about Hillary losing to Obama will reduce the momentum the Dems need to overcome McSame/Bush. We got to bury the hatchet, unite and move on.
McPOW has made it very clear he will make ladies' bodies government property, if not his property (as if 7 houses weren't enough). Remember that.
Looks like that Jebusite prayer for rain on Obama's parade might be backfiring just a little.
Is it just possible that even God hates Republicans?
Well, hey, if we're going to use the kind of "evidence" some of the more crazy among us like to use -- you know, the kind who think Hurricane Katrina came in the shape of a fetus, the better to project god's wrath over abortion -- let's take a look:
Pat Robertson prayed for god to kill a Supreme Court justice. Shortly thereafter, William Rehnquist died.
The governor of Georgia, whose ironic name is a homonym with "sunny," prayed for rain, and received half an inch of it that did little, if anything, to help his state's drought.
And as Republicans prayed for rain to ruin Obama's convention, the sprinkler system went off in the booth that housed FOX News.
DENVER -- Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.
Police on the scene refused to tell ABC lawyers the charges against the producer, Asa Eslocker, who works with the ABC News investigative unit.
A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker's neck, then twisted the producer's arm behind him to put on handcuffs.
A police official later told lawyers for ABC News that Eslocker is being charged with trespass, interference, and failure to follow a lawful order. He also said the arrest followed a signed complaint from the Brown Palace Hotel.
When the thug cop pushed Eslocker into the street, he should have taken a "dive" like in soccer and then charged that fascist pig with assault.
The other fascist pig with the cigar (on duty!) is the poster boy for the new and improved police state that both major Brand name parties support.
After ABC reveals who the "well placed (government) sources" were who lied to them about the anthrax coming from Iraq, they should sue the fuck out of the Denver PD.
"McCain has a symptom" and Amato's gone corporate. Who do I need to sign up with to get decent quality out of this site, anymore?
Low quality is quality too. I don't have to tell the kahunas here that, though, right?
Not like they listen anyway.
Here in Denver this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been heckled by fellow Democrats nearly everywhere she goes.
http://blogs.nypost.com/opinion/hurt/archives/2008/08/pelosi_heckled.html
Hi Big Red :)
I'm not a big Pelosi fan, but this piece was designed to paint all Dems as weak and ineffective, and the wingnut commenters there are 'tards, so I left a 'tard turd they probably won't publish, but I'll bet Chaz'll read it:
"FIFY :)
Here in the blogosphere this week, Charles Hurt has been ignored by all but the most misinformed moronic reichwingnut commenters and a couple of progressives who dropped in for the kind of amusement only reichtards can provide. It's to the point that they're becoming almost boringly repetitive, arousing suspicions that only his closest relatives are actually commenting here.
The wingnuts are becoming increasingly more panicked and angry about conservatardianism's failure to accomplish anything but unmitigated disasters.
Elected on the promise to end faggotry and do the white thing and get those dirty mexicans outta here, as well as put chastity belts on all our daughters, instead they've molested our sons in Congress and airport men's rooms, hired dirty mexicans to work in their homes, and kept the D.C. hookers on retainers.
House Repervlicans are more degenerate and corrupt, if indictments and FBI records are any indications (and they are), than Democrats have ever been.
Republicants are also enduring heated criticism for a host of other failures, such as their inability to get evangelical xtianity declared the state religion, not nuking the middle east back to the stone age, and letting liberals continue to roam at will around the country.
The most remarkable accomplishment of the few remaining repubes in Congress is that they've managed to stay out of jail and the scandal pages long enough to be voted out, despite approval ratings that are even lower than President Bush's and much lower than their Democratic colleagues.
On this blog entry, Hurt did not get shouted down for his hackery, but he's clearly become defensive about where the conservatard movement is headed (we're in the Northern Hemisphere, so there's a clockwise rotation involved).
After listing some standard talking points that drew no particular enthusiasm, just the usual dull lack of insight, from his audience of cretins, Hurt finished postmaturely and left in search of inspiration, until his next piece of hacktacular wingnut fodder starts crowning."
U.S. Officials Describe Afghan Airstrike
By ERIC SCHMITT
American military officials sought to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians, most of them children, were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan last week.
I can find fault with both Obama and Biden. I have no doubt that their politics do not entirely mesh with mine and that i strongly disagree with both on several issues.
HOWEVER!
If elected at least i will know that the average IQ between the President and the Vice President will not be in the upper 90s.
If i had to guess, i would say Obama's IQ is around 185 and Biden's is around 165.
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 06:02 — Thomas Stone (not verified)
Al Gore won the 2000 presidential election and still Republicans had their candidate made president by the U.S. Supreme Court.
There is strong evidence that John Kerry had the votes to win 2004 presidential election but election anomalies - too numerous to list here, concerning millions of voters, from overseas ballots unsent to 1 in 4 Ohio voters being turned away at the polls, and having one overriding characteristic, the anomalies hurt John Kerry and benefited George Bush – yet still the Republicans had their candidate made president of the United States.
Is anyone really so naïve to believe that Republicans are not going to attempt to steal the 2008 presidential election?
What are Democrats going to do about Republican-vote-stealing in 2008? Roll over again?
Wed, 08/27/2008 - 06:06 — Saint Augustine (not verified)
I fell asleep right after Biden's speech last night and had an interesting dream. I dreamed that Nancy Pelosi called Congress back early for a special session on Labor Day.
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Anyone want to place a wager on how many time the GOP "accidentally" refers to Obama as Osama next week?
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT): "McCain is in an early stage of Alzheimers."
Richards: “A woman voting for John McCain would be like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.”
http://firedoglake.com/2008/08/27/richards-a-woman-voting-for-john-mccai...
Here in Denver this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been heckled by fellow Democrats nearly everywhere she goes.
http://blogs.nypost.com/opinion/hurt/archives/2008/08/pelosi_heckled.html
Orangutan. @ 2:
Shit, I've been saying that for weeks.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080828/pl_politico/12918;_ylt=Aq4Zt.K...
Dems fear Invesco effect
DENVER - Senior Democratic officials are expressing serious concerns about the political risks posed by Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium Thursday evening.
From the elaborate stagecraft to the teeming crowd of 80,000 cheering partisans, the vagaries of the weather to the unpredictable audience reaction, the optics surrounding the stadium event have heightened worries that the Obama campaign is engaging in a high-risk endeavor in an uncontrollable environment.
. . . . .
The McCain campaign Wednesday released a memo mockingly titled, “Proper Attire for the Temple of Obama (The Barackopolis),” a reference to the classical stage design in place for his speech. The campaign is already prepared to pull the trigger on ads spun out of the Invesco Field event, perhaps rolling out ads similar to the notorious spot featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.
“We’ll put it in play against him,” said McCain spokesman Brian Rogers.
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I love it - He's too popular to be president! People like him too much! Vote for our guy, old "what's his name"!
That's a great video. I'd like to pass it along to others, but there's one thing missing: the contrast with Obama's advisors.
So much for McCain's five-point "lead".
So McLame has decided to steal Obama's thunder and name his VP choice on Friday. Guess what the MSM talking heads will be blathering on about on Sunday? (Hint, it won't be anything that happened in Colorado this week...).
And you ARE the disease, fuckhead.
Don't eradicate the symptoms, eradicate the disease. The symptoms will follow.
Click the link .. watch the included video .. amazing ..
ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
McCain to announce his VP pick on Friday, hoping no one notices it's his 72nd birthday... Funny thing, this article fails to mention McCain's birthday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080828/pl_politico/12915
McCain selects his VP
Sen. McCain has chosen his running mate and the person will be notified on Thursday, a senior campaign official said.
A friend said McCain had pretty much settled on his selection early this week, and it crystallized in the past few days. Campaign manager Rick Davis flew to McCain's cabin in Sedona, Ariz., a few days ago to confer, and another meeting about the choice was held with top aides Wednesday.
The news leaked on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, detracting attention from speeches by former President Bill Clinton and the Democratic ticket mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.
Looks like that Jebusite prayer for rain on Obama's parade might be backfiring just a little.
Is it just possible that even God hates Republicans?
Who saw Kerry's speech?
It's about 4 yrs. too late.
joe one pack @ 1:
O[s]ama/Bi[n La]den!
Saw that one the day Biden was announced Obama's veep. They probably spent weeks focus-grouping crap combinations for the top VP candidates.
is it possible to get a clip of Kerry's speech tonight, the part where he was talking about mccain i think would make a good short video. the part about being for it before being against it and that mccain needs to finish the debate with himself before he debates obama.
is she really this dense, or living in a gilded bubble !
TR @ 14:
Pelosi suddenly realizes that people dont like the Iraq 'war' / occupation two years too late.
Really Nasty Criminals
You can judge a man by the company that he keeps...
John Goodman… McCain’s Health Care Plan adviser
A.K.A. Johnny “There are no uninsured” Goodman
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-Uninsured_27b...
Phil Gramm... McCain's Economic Adviser...
A.K.A. Enron Phil, Foreclosure Phill
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2008/07/foreclosure-phil.html
Randy Scheunemann... McCain's Foreign Policy Adviser
A.K.A. Randy Neocon
http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan95.html
Rick Davis... McCain's Campaign Chair
A.K.A. Ricky Uber-Lobbyist
http://firedoglake.com/2008/02/21/mccains-cronies-rick-davis-uber-lobbyi...
ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008)
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Thanks for drawing my attention to those pdf's on CNN's page about the non-threat to Osama.
Still wondering who were the 2 unidentified males who visited Adolph at 2 AM - meth deal or co-conspirators?
listen n.j. governor corzine and former ceo of
goldman sachs about obama tax cuts...we have to
invest in america not china,pakistan,georgia
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=832826390&play=1
Barack just popped in on Joe Biden after the speech.
Homey handshakes and happy hugs forever.
MountainMan23 @ 11:
We had plenty of warnings about what they were planning.
It ain't scary enough.
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.
.
.
.
yet.
http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN_wm.aspx
clinton again on c-span
well worth it.
MountainMan23 @ 20:
Osama?
ferrofluid (Obama + Biden = 2008) @ 17:
my money is on dense.... NEUTRON STAR DENSE!!!!!
question to John McCain "how many lobbyist are in you organization.....?"
answer from McCain " there were five years or so when i didn't have lobbyist surrounding me.....POW POW"
We should refer McCain to House to get that disease diagnosed. Early candidates:
Elephant Ass Syndrome
Lobbyitis
Crusader's Disease
Bombirania sunnicoccis
Learn about mccain by reading about these three clowns:
randy scheunemann...think..georgia..lobbyist
phil gramm..............think enron and ubs warburg
rick davis................think corporate taxes/lobbyist
in the next couple days read a little on these three clowns.these are NEOCON/corporate guys. these guys are into wars and industrial military complex all for the good of shareholders.
Marching behind a police vehicle that flashed the words "Follow Us. Welcome to Denver." on an electronic sign, at least 3,000 Iraq war veterans and anti-war protesters made their way through downtown Denver ...
Damn hippies.
Pelosi wanted Edwards from Texas to be VP choice and he was flat as any kind of inspiration to me.
constituent @ 29:
New description for the campaign staff of McCain. Corpo Rat fascists.
constituent @ 29:
I was waiting for that one about RS and I expected it to be in the video. It's what disabused me of any remaining notion that there's any such thing as liberal media bias, because that should have been a huge story.
And the guy whose clients include Yukos...was that pre- or post-Khodorkovsky?
I can find fault with both Obama and Biden. I have no doubt that their politics do not entirely mesh with mine and that i strongly disagree with both on several issues.
HOWEVER!
If elected at least i will know that the average IQ between the President and the Vice President will not be in the upper 90s.
If i had to guess, i would say Obama's IQ is around 185 and Biden's is around 165.
W's is 91.
NO MO' RONS!
willie @ 27:
Alternate: "I think - I’ll have my staff get to you."
xoites defends Constitution @ 34:
X you know what's going to be important is obama's transition into the white house.....wall street and
k-street...this may be the transition to progressive
philosophy.
but... but... he was a POW!
25 CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! Says: MountainMan23 @ 20:
Osama?
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oops !!
xoites defends Constitution @ 34:
Welcome Back!
Thanks, Mudshark, but just stopping by.
I watched the Democratic National Convention as i have watched many in my life and this is the first one i thought was real (despite the choreography). Bo Biden brought down the house.
30 False Dmitriy Says: Marching behind a police vehicle that flashed the words “Follow Us. Welcome to Denver.” on an electronic sign, at least 3,000 Iraq war veterans and anti-war protesters made their way through downtown Denver …
Damn hippies.
========
Thanks for link!
Quite a contrast to some of the vids I've seen of police violence.
For instance:
DNC Protests: Police slam CodePink protester to the ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfISlq1gzK8
xoites defends Constitution @ 40:
Yeah, well don't be a stranger. We've been getting our share of trolls lately, and I know how you like to feed on trolls.
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I spent two plus years teaching you by example exactly how to deal with a troll. You weren't paying attention? :)
xoites defends Constitution @ 43:
Say what you will X, but your one of us. That was set in stone a long time ago. Besides, no one eats trolls like you do : )
xoites defends Constitution @ 43:
Mud didn't say we weren't taking care of them. I think we have been doing a good job. Hi X.
BTW, C-SPAN is putting the videos up on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/cspan
Hi Ron. :)
I am flattered. Thank you both. :)
xoites defends Constitution @ 48:
Yeah, well don't let it go to yer head. : )
Pfhreak in AR @ 47:
I can't find Bo Biden's speech. I think his was the best. He has a serious political future if he makes it back from Iraq.
It was nice to see you again X. I hope you decide to come back more often.
Good night, and be well.
Goodnight Mudshark. :)
xoites defends Constitution @ 50:
I think the corpo rat fascist have quite a hill to climb to match the democratic convention.
xoites defends Constitution @ 50:
Unfortunately, there's a delay in uploading. I originally went there during Joe Biden's speech because I couldn't get the C-SPAN live stream to work, but they'd only uploaded as far as Bill Clinton's speech.
i don't know if i'll watch the RNC convention but my guess
it will resemble a jim jones cult gathering....with hypocrite bullshit.......it will be negative linguistic framing. it's our turn they had 8 fxxking yrs.
constituent @ 54:
Oh, I will be watching it to separate the lies. That will be hard. Instead I will try to find a grain of truth.
If you can find a few thousand white men and put them in a very large room you will have already seen the Republican National Convention.
The contrast will astound anyone who watched this one.
after the DNC convention it's time to fxxking hit hard.
i thought bill clinton gave a good message tonight.
dick head(g.w.) can't connect like that........although
i do understand he doesn't give a shxt
MountainMan23 @ 11:
I'm probably going to be called a troll, but so be it. The Dems have been accepting donations this year from a diverse group of donors, including many heavyweights in big pharma, big oil and the MIC. So, controlling TV coverage of this would make perfect sense.
Do I agree with it? No. But, perhaps the Dems see it as a necessary step towards the ultimate goal and that is winning the election.
Different Anonymous @ 13:
There is no God. So there's no one to be doing the hating in the first place.
money and lobbyists will always be in politics....
it's how much...it's way out of balance now
approximately 30k registered lobbyists in washington.
obama is not nearly as connected with lobbyists as is
mccain.....these corporations/lobbyists can't ever get enough.....clinton said tonight this what he knew the
NEOCONs/(R) would do if they got the chance.
wall street and k-street are concerned they haven't had a chance to buy this guy. we are getting what we've asked for it's not perfect it never will.
xoites defends Constitution @ 34:
Why are you complimenting him?
McDuff @ 62:
what's kind of interesting to me the POW couldn't beat
g.w. Bush......i guess mccain needed more experience
59 McDuff Says:
MountainMan23 @ 11:
Click the link .. watch the included video .. amazing ..
ABC Reporter Arrested in Denver Taking Pictures of Senators, Big Donors
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I’m probably going to be called a troll, but so be it. The Dems have been accepting donations this year from a diverse group of donors, including many heavyweights in big pharma, big oil and the MIC. So, controlling TV coverage of this would make perfect sense.
Do I agree with it? No. But, perhaps the Dems see it as a necessary step towards the ultimate goal and that is winning the election.
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I'm thinking it's the same Blue Dog Dems who attended the AT&T bash.
C&L posted a vid of Amy Goodman, Jane Hamsher & (the guy?) who were trying to interview guests at that bash, and got told to move off the private property.
This incident with ABC happened on public property - but may have been more Blue Doggery.
I'm interested to see Act 2.
GNA!
"too young"
"too inexperienced"
'sound familiar ......barack obama is on the right side of history'
thanks for president clinton
constituent @ 63:
I think W had the backing of the religious right, a voting block numbering about 70 million.
MountainMan23 @ 64:
Hummm. So many little details, so little time. I can't keep track of who's doing what with all these groups involved. Nonetheless, the fact the police were aggressive in their approach incident to the arrest leads me to believe that the hotel might have played the biggest role in getting the reporter away from there.
maybe it's me i hear less drill here drill now......
i wonder if Gustav has something to do with that.
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The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
August 12th, 2008
When Senator Sam Brownback ran for president during the recent primary season few people knew that he’s a member of an elite fundamentalist group that’s waging spiritual war in the halls of American power and around the globe. It’s called The Family. It counts not just conservatives but also liberals like Hillary Clinton among its intimates and fellow travelers. When the National Prayer Breakfast is held each year–it’s organized by the Family. When we say “our nation, under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, or we read “In God we Trust” on our greenbacks–that’s because of the Family. Founded during the Great Depression in 1933, the Family preaches a gospel of “biblical capitalism,” military might, and American empire. It’s played a crucial role in the unraveling of the New Deal, the waging of the Cold War, and the harsh economics of globalization. That’s what journalist Jeff Sharlet says in his new book, THE FAMILY: THE ELITE FUNDAMENTALISM AT THE HEART OF AMERICAN POWER.
57 minute interview at link.
http://www.writersvoice.net/2008/08/the-secret-fundamentalism-at-the-hea...
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Has anyone rented Spurlock's Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? It came out Tuesday on DVD. Looks interesting.
Anywho, good night everyone.
As for the "Temple".... All Obama has to do is say "tonight, we`ve recreated the facade one of John McCain`s homes, except the taxes are paid on this one! And... if he has his way, you`ll all be his domestic servants!"
In case any of you guys missed it earlier, I am repeating from an older thread "Unity Realized: Hillary Suspends Roll Call and Formally Nominates Obama":
This is the best thing to happen in a long while. Still being bitter about Hillary losing to Obama will reduce the momentum the Dems need to overcome McSame/Bush. We got to bury the hatchet, unite and move on.
McPOW has made it very clear he will make ladies' bodies government property, if not his property (as if 7 houses weren't enough). Remember that.
Different Anonymous @ 13:
Well, hey, if we're going to use the kind of "evidence" some of the more crazy among us like to use -- you know, the kind who think Hurricane Katrina came in the shape of a fetus, the better to project god's wrath over abortion -- let's take a look:
Pat Robertson prayed for god to kill a Supreme Court justice. Shortly thereafter, William Rehnquist died.
The governor of Georgia, whose ironic name is a homonym with "sunny," prayed for rain, and received half an inch of it that did little, if anything, to help his state's drought.
And as Republicans prayed for rain to ruin Obama's convention, the sprinkler system went off in the booth that housed FOX News.
If god exists, he has a wicked sense of humor.
MountainMan23 @ 11:
When the thug cop pushed Eslocker into the street, he should have taken a "dive" like in soccer and then charged that fascist pig with assault.
The other fascist pig with the cigar (on duty!) is the poster boy for the new and improved police state that both major Brand name parties support.
After ABC reveals who the "well placed (government) sources" were who lied to them about the anthrax coming from Iraq, they should sue the fuck out of the Denver PD.
"McCain has a symptom" and Amato's gone corporate. Who do I need to sign up with to get decent quality out of this site, anymore?
Low quality is quality too. I don't have to tell the kahunas here that, though, right?
Not like they listen anyway.
Orangutan. @ 4:
Hi Big Red :)
I'm not a big Pelosi fan, but this piece was designed to paint all Dems as weak and ineffective, and the wingnut commenters there are 'tards, so I left a 'tard turd they probably won't publish, but I'll bet Chaz'll read it:
"FIFY :)
Here in the blogosphere this week, Charles Hurt has been ignored by all but the most misinformed moronic reichwingnut commenters and a couple of progressives who dropped in for the kind of amusement only reichtards can provide. It's to the point that they're becoming almost boringly repetitive, arousing suspicions that only his closest relatives are actually commenting here.
The wingnuts are becoming increasingly more panicked and angry about conservatardianism's failure to accomplish anything but unmitigated disasters.
Elected on the promise to end faggotry and do the white thing and get those dirty mexicans outta here, as well as put chastity belts on all our daughters, instead they've molested our sons in Congress and airport men's rooms, hired dirty mexicans to work in their homes, and kept the D.C. hookers on retainers.
House Repervlicans are more degenerate and corrupt, if indictments and FBI records are any indications (and they are), than Democrats have ever been.
Republicants are also enduring heated criticism for a host of other failures, such as their inability to get evangelical xtianity declared the state religion, not nuking the middle east back to the stone age, and letting liberals continue to roam at will around the country.
The most remarkable accomplishment of the few remaining repubes in Congress is that they've managed to stay out of jail and the scandal pages long enough to be voted out, despite approval ratings that are even lower than President Bush's and much lower than their Democratic colleagues.
On this blog entry, Hurt did not get shouted down for his hackery, but he's clearly become defensive about where the conservatard movement is headed (we're in the Northern Hemisphere, so there's a clockwise rotation involved).
After listing some standard talking points that drew no particular enthusiasm, just the usual dull lack of insight, from his audience of cretins, Hurt finished postmaturely and left in search of inspiration, until his next piece of hacktacular wingnut fodder starts crowning."
;-}
out
Anyone want a good laugh?
A bunch of the geniuses at the hotair blog are hoping for clarence thomas as mccain's veep!
"People the world over have always been more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power."
Bill Clinton
8-27-08
well said Bill....
Bill Clinton Truly Amazing, Hilary Clinton Truly Amazing,
Obama / Biden Truly Amazing
The United States of America TRULY AMAZING!
U.S. Officials Describe Afghan Airstrike
By ERIC SCHMITT
American military officials sought to refute claims that as many as 90 civilians, most of them children, were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan last week.
xoites defends Constitution @ 34:
yo
Ron @ 31:
is anyone supposed to care what she wanted?
constituent @ 68:
Don't worry.. there's an obvious Republican solution to Gustav: Declare war on Sweden.
Tequila @ 8:
another bogus push poll.
xoites defends Constitution @ 52:
sorry I missed you!
Al Gore won the 2000 presidential election and still Republicans had their candidate made president by the U.S. Supreme Court.
There is strong evidence that John Kerry had the votes to win 2004 presidential election but election anomalies - too numerous to list here, concerning millions of voters, from overseas ballots unsent to 1 in 4 Ohio voters being turned away at the polls, and having one overriding characteristic, the anomalies hurt John Kerry and benefited George Bush – yet still the Republicans had their candidate made president of the United States.
Is anyone really so naïve to believe that Republicans are not going to attempt to steal the 2008 presidential election?
What are Democrats going to do about Republican-vote-stealing in 2008? Roll over again?
I fell asleep right after Biden's speech last night and had an interesting dream. I dreamed that Nancy Pelosi called Congress back early for a special session on Labor Day.
IRAQ:
Military Deaths By Time Period
Period US UK Other* Total Days Avg
Total 4148 176 138 4462 1986 2.25
7 22 0 0 22 39 0.56
6 1040 46 14 1100 534 2.06
5 933 32 20 985 412 2.39
4 715 13 18 746 318 2.35
3 580 25 27 632 216 2.93
2 718 27 59 804 424 1.9
1 140 33 0 173 43 4.02
*Fatalities by Nationality
Thomas Stone @ 84:
GOOD QUESTION!
You are the answer!
AFGHANISTAN:
Coalition Military Fatalities By Year
Year US Other Total
2008 105 92 197
2007 117 115 232
2006 98 93 191
2005 99 31 130
2004 52 6 58
2003 48 9 57
2002 49 20 69
2001 12 0 12
Total 580 366 946