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The VP Choice that Lost the Presidency for McCain

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:11:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's also a slap in the face of Democratic women voters. They don't get Hillary but they get Sarah as the first potential woman President? In fact, I can just hear Biden saying, "Sarah Palin, you are NO Hillary Clinton!"

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

The VP Choice that Lost the Presidency for McCain

I think we will look back at today as the day when the Republicans most certainly lost the Presidency.

In choosing Sarah Palin of Alaska for Vice President, the Republicans have made a cynical but clever choice. At least they think it is clever.

Clip Source: wonkette.com

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She has NO national experience.

She has never been under the intense scrutiny of a national campaign.

She is under investigation for some incident in Alaska that is messy and personal.

She has no international experience.

When Republicans and independents go into the voting booth, will they have the confidence to vote for a McCain-Palin ticket, knowing that John McCain has had several recurrences of his skin cancer, and will be the oldest President ever? Can they imagine Sarah Palin stepping into the Oval Office and dealing with all the problems we face right now?

It's a slap in the face of other Republican women like Kay Bailey Hutchison

Tags: john mccain whore mongering gold digger

Can't Afford Gas? Google Tour Elitist McCain's 8-11 Homes

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:59:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: John McCain owns 8-11 different homes purchased for over $10 million dollars.

The McCains were in tax default on one of them (how many of you normal average Joe's get away with that?).

And remember, Obama is suppose to be the elitist.

When republicans aren't laughing all the way to the bank, at their dim witted supporters expense, they are screwing America when nobody's looking or listening.

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The McCain Residences: A Google Earth Tour

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Tags: john mccain, gold digging man whore

How to Honor the U.S. Flag

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:32:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Since republicans have made flag politics a cornerstone of their campaigns (instead of trying to solve problems that face average Americans everyday), you would think the leader of the conservatives and republicans wouldn't keep disrespecting the flag as he does here and on opening night of the olympics.

However, I do think this symbolizes something very profound. America has gone backward under Bush and the republican presidency.

Sheesh, what a moron. Can we be done with the republicans already?

Clip Source: www.buzzflash.com

Old Glory, Oh Lordy! American Flag Flip-Flopped

George W. Bush seems happy as ever as America's cheerleader-in-chief at the Beijing Olympics. Too bad his handlers didn't take care of the flag business as they normally do in arranging props for the President.

So, is Dubya using the flag to make a political statement? Is he unAmerican? What if a figurehead like Miss America showed disrespect like this for America's number one symbol?

Tags: galf eht ot ecnaigella egdelp i

Conservative Republican Disrespecting US Flag at Olympics

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:09:01 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The leader of the republicans once again desecrates the U.S. flag and everything it stands for. You wish that just once they had an ounce of true patriotism.

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Bush Dissrespectful to American flag

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Tags: w - the constitution is just a piece of paper

Red Alaska going to Democratic Senate Candidate

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:12:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Another corrupt republican biting the dust. Apparently it is the women who are holding us to our higher standards. Way to go women.

Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Election 2008: Alaska Senate

Alaska’s U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Ted Stevens and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has been a toss-up for several months now, but the Democratic challenger is now ahead 50% to 41%. When “leaners” are included, Begich leads 52%to 44%

Stevens is the longest-serving Republican Senator in history. Begich was just six-years old when Stevens was first elected to the Senate in 1968

Six years ago, Stevens won re-election with 78% of the vote. Since then, however, he has been caught up in a federal corruption investigation. FBI agents served a search warrant on Stevens' Girdwood home

Among unaffiliated voters, Begich leads by a two-to-one margin. The candidates are relatively even among men but Begich has a twenty-two point advantage among women.

Clip Source: www.daylife.com

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) walks to the Republican party luncheon in the U.S. Capitol July 31, 2007 in Washington, DC. Federal agents raided Stevens' Alaska home yesterday

Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Begich is viewed favorably by 63% of voters

Tags: corruption equals republicans, people are tired of repugs

Party of McBush getting crushed in polls, key races

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:29:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: In the polls, they are setting records (and not the good kind). The most recent Gallup Poll has 67 percent of voters disapproving of President Bush; those numbers are worse than Richard Nixon’s on the eve of his resignation. A CBS News poll taken at the end of April found only 33 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the GOP — the lowest since CBS started asking the question more than two decades ago. By comparison, 52 percent of the public has a favorable view of the Democratic Party.

The Democratic National Committee polling, according to a memo it provided, has two-thirds of swing voters expecting McCain to pursue policies very similar to Bush’s. The voters’ top three concerns about McCain: his age, his support for the war and his similarities to Bush.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

John McCain is planning to run as a different kind of Republican. But being any kind of Republican seems like some sort of death sentence these days.

In case you’ve been too consumed by the Democratic race to notice, Republicans are getting crushed in historic ways both at the polls and in the polls.

At the polls, it has been a massacre. In recent weeks, Republicans have lost a Louisiana House seat they had held for more than two decades and an Illinois House seat they had held for more than three. Internal polls show that next week they could lose a Mississippi House seat that they have held for 13 years.

Things are so bad that many people don’t even want to call themselves Republicans. The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press has found the lowest percentage of self-described Republicans in 16 years of polling.

“The anti-Republican mood is fairly big, and it has been overwhelming,” said Michigan Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis.

Clip Source: www.doublespeakshow.com

Tags: 4 more years, vote mcbush

Bush's signature dooms Colorado republican running for Senate

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:58:44 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Bush, even when doing something right, is the republicans biggest liability.

Mark Udall currently leads republican Schaffer in the Senate election to replace retiring republican Seantor Wayne Allred.

Clip Source: www.politicswest.com

Democrats Monday used President Bush's recent signing of a bill that supporters say will eliminate sweatshops on the Northern Mariana Islands to settle a few political scores, including one in Colorado

Democrats have been trying since the mid-1990s to revoke the protectorate's exemptions from U.S. labor and immigration laws but had long been outflanked by powerful Republicans in the House and the islands' now-jailed lobbyist, Jack Abramoff.

Former Congressman Bob Schaffer's role in those efforts has been a campaign issue

"I know that from what I read and the people I listened to, it was clear that there were abuses there. . .. I don't understand how you could leave the Marianas thinking everything was perfect," said Rep. Mark Udall, referring to a fact-finding trip Schaffer took in 1999 that was partly arranged by Abramoff's lobbying firm. Schaffer said he found problems in only one out of 20 factories he visited.

Udall, D

and Republican Schaffer are vying for the U.S. Senate

Clip Source: www.ephblog.com

Mark Udall

Tags: republican battle cry "it's w, run away !"

Democrat tied to Obama wins special election in Mississippi

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:26:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: The special election was held to fill the seat of former Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), who was appointed to serve out the remainder of Sen. Trent Lott’s term last December. Wicker had never faced a competitive race since first elected in 1994, and the district gave President Bush 62 percent of the vote in 2004.

The results amount to a rebuke of the Republican strategy of trying nationalize the race by tying Childers to Sen. Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Obama held low approval ratings in the district, but the nearly $2 million that GOP groups poured into northern Mississippi failed to make the race a referendum on the national political landscape.

A GOP House leadership aide told Politico last week that “if we don’t win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of.”

Clip Source: www.politico.com

Democrats picked up a northern Mississippi House seat in one of the most conservative-minded districts in the country Tuesday night -- an upset that will reverberate darkly through a House Republican caucus already reeling from losses in special elections in Illinois and Louisiana.

With all precincts reporting, the Democratic nominee, Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers, defeated Republican Greg Davis, 54 to 46 percent. Childers was able to expand his three-point margin of victory from the race's first round of balloting last month -- even as he faced an onslaught of Republican attacks.

Republicans dispatched a lineup of heavy hitters in the campaign’s final week, including a pre-election stop Monday by Vice President Dick Cheney. President Bush, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and First Lady Laura Bush recorded automated calls urging voters to support Davis.

"His victory has sent a political thunderbolt across America tonight," DCCC chairman Chris Van Hollen said

Clip Source: www.sourcewatch.org

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Tags: look out above, republicans jumping out of windows

GOP Leaders Warn of Election Disaster

Wed, 14 May 2008 04:18:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: And in a closed-door session at the Capitol, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told members that the NRCC doesn’t have enough cash to “save them” in November if they don’t raise enough money or run strong campaigns themselves.
Although a top House Republican brushed aside Gingrich’s broadside as “hype from a has-been who desperately wants to be a player but can’t anymore,” the harsh words from Cole were harder to ignore.

National republican Campaign Committee run by an Oklahoman? No wonder they are getting they are getting their b***s kicked. I can think of only one or two states more out of touch with the rest of the country.

Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com

In a piece published in Human Events, the Republicans’ onetime captain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, warned his old colleagues that they face “real disaster” on Election Day

Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party’s message isn’t good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC’s money.

The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican House member worrying aloud that the party’s electoral woes - brought into sharp focus by Woody Jenkins’ loss to Don Cazayoux in Louisiana on Saturday - have the House Republican Conference splitting apart in “everybody for himself” mode.

“There is an attitude that, ‘I better watch out for myself, because nobody else is going to do it,’” the member said. “There are all these different factions out there, everyone is sniping at each other, and we have no real plan. We have a lot of people fighting to be the captain of the lifeboat instead of everybody pulling together.”

Tags: oklahoman leading party to historical failure

Democrat linked to Obama and Pelosi wins Congressional seat in Louisiana

Sun, 04 May 2008 09:59:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Obama campaign has said that it would run a 50 state campaign aiding down ticket candidates in the election bids in November.

The republicans "misunderestimate" the populaces desire to lessen their influence in national politics.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Democrat Cazayoux wins congressional seat in Louisiana

A Democrat won a special congressional election here Saturday, bolstering his party's majority status on Capitol Hill by taking a seat Republicans have held since 1974.

Don Cazayoux, a lawyer and state lawmaker, beat Republican Woody Jenkins to cap a race that Democrats viewed as a chance to further tighten control over Congress. The seat opened when Republican Richard Baker, a 20-year incumbent, resigned to take a lobbying job.

The congressional district includes Baton Rouge and surrounding parishes.

"People in Louisiana are hungry for a new direction in Washington," Cazayoux said in a written statement issued by his campaign.

the Cazayoux-Jenkins race attracted attention and money from Washington interest groups and the national parties.

Cazayoux, 44, who raised twice as much money as Jenkins, was attacked in ads that painted him as a supporter of presidential contender Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Clip Source: www.aroundthewaybooks.com

Tags: being linked to obama and pelosi results in a win

Obama 7 to 3 in super delegates since Pennsylvania - 2 more today

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:44:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The math just doesn't work for Hillary. She should graciously accept defeat and get behind beating the republicans this fall.

Clip Source: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com

Looking ahead to the Kentucky primary on May 20, Barack Obama can count on the support of the state’s popular Representative Ben Chandler, who endorsed him Tuesday

Mr. Chandler’s support means that Mr. Obama has the backing of both Democratic Kentucky House members

In addition, Richard Machacek, an Iowa farmer and member of the party’s state central committee, endorsed Senator Obama today

Mr. Machacek told The Des Moines Register that he was impressed with the strong showing Mr. Obama made at the state district convention last weekend. Senator Obama won 16 of Iowa’s 29 pledged delegates, compared to nine for Senator Clinton and four for John Edwards, even though he has dropped out of the race.

Since Mrs. Clinton’s win in the Pennsylvania primary, Mr. Obama has landed more superdelegates, 7 to 3.

Clip Source: www.time.com

Tags: obama, 7 to 3 in delates over clinton since pennsylvania

Hillary Clinton - Highest Unfavorability Ratings of all 3 Candidates

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:48:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: There is a reason McCain only attacks Obama.

Republicans want to run against Hillary. It is their best hope.

Clip Source: rasmussenreports.com

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Overall Favorable Ratings for Presidential Candidates

Hillary Clinton

Fav

45%

Unfav

53%

John McCain

Fav

51%

Unfav

46%

Barack Obama

Fav

51%

Unfav

46%

Date

04/28/2008

Clip Source: www.news.com.au

Tags: hillary, high negatives

Oklahoma Republican wants to replace U.S. made military rifle with German made gun.

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:34:12 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More: More than $300 million has been spent on 221,000 of the carbines over the past two years alone. And the Defense Department is asking Congress to provide another $230 million for 136,000 more.

Lord, if republicans are going to deliver us BS wars couldn't they at least spend our taxpayer dollars on U.S. pork.

Here's somemore brilliance from Oklahoma, Tom Coburn's senatorial twin Jim Inhofe,

For example my area of expertise is the English language.
-- Sen. James Mountain Inhofe (R - OK)

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Now, as Congress considers spending millions more on the guns, this exclusive arrangement is being criticized as a bad deal for American forces as well as taxpayers, according to interviews and research conducted by the Associated Press.

"What we have is a fat contractor in Colt who's gotten very rich off our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.).

At about $1,500 apiece, the M4 is overpriced, according to Coburn. It jams too often in sandy environments such as Iraq, he adds, and requires far more maintenance than more durable carbines.

U.S. military officials don't agree. They call the M4 an excellent carbine.

There's not a weapon out there that's significantly better than the M4," said Col. Robert Radcliffe

Coburn is the M4's harshest and most vocal critic

his concern is shared by others, who point to the "SCAR," made by Belgian armorer FN Herstal, and the HK416, produced by Germany's Heckler & Koch,

Both weapons cost about the same as the M4

Tags: 500 million for guns, what a pity

Lamest Republican Ever? Probably. Fear Monger - in - Chief

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:39:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: John McCain. Proud to bring you 8 more years of Bush policies.

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

President Bush has set a record he'd presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll

In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, and the disapproval sets a new high for any president since Franklin Roosevelt

In another record, the percentage of Americans who say the invasion of Iraq was a mistake reached a new high, 63%, in the latest poll.

Views of Bush divide sharply along party lines. Among Republicans, 66% approve and 32% disapprove. Disapproval is nearly universal — 91% — among Democrats. Of independents, 23% approve, 72%

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Bush Supporters

Billy "Bronco" Johnson cries tears of pride when he realizes that he is the only Freeper in Witchita Falls who loves George W. Bush enough to show up for the counter-protest.

Tags: bush, the dunce i've always known he is

Hillary slipping amongst white women in Pennsylvania

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:04:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The most familiar echo among many Pennsylvania women when they discuss Clinton is disappointment. Ask them when they became disillusioned and they can cite the exact moment.

For Clare Howard, from Southhampton, it was the night when Bill Clinton suggested that Obama did well in the South Carolina primary because of his race.

That went too far, said Howard. "It was like they would do anything to win,"

Joan Schmidt, in Levittown, grew tired of hearing Clinton exaggerate her experience.

Jane Dovel, 68, turned away from Clinton after the New York senator's reaction to Obama's comments that Reagan had been a "transformative political figure."

Clinton fired that Republicans hadn't had better ideas. "I don't think it's a better idea to privatize Social Security," she said. "I don't think it's a better idea to eliminate the minimum wage."

That's not what Obama had said, recalled Dovel. "What Clinton said was a blatant lie," "From that moment on she was not to be trusted."

Clip Source: www.mcclatchydc.com

Like many women over 50, Paula Houwen was eager to vote for Hillary Clinton for president

I was impressed when she was first lady. She wasn't the country's trophy wife," the 56-year-old suburban Philadelphia pharmacist recalled

Today, though, Houwen's no longer a Clinton fan

I do not like the way Hillary Clinton has run her campaign," she said

Clinton's strongest core of support — white women — is beginning to erode in Pennsylvania

These are Democratic women who waited all their lives for a woman president, but Hillary is not turning them on," said polling analyst Clay Richards

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A lot of white women, and for that matter white men, want the race to end and increasingly consider Obama an acceptable nominee

The most familiar echo among many Pennsylvania women when they discuss Clinton, however, is disappointment. Ask them when they became disillusioned with the woman who would be president, and they can cite almost the exact moment

Tags: core constituency slipping, pennsylvania