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Obama afraid of debate

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:25:59 GMT

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Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain squabbled over a format for their first one-on-one debate in the U.S. presidential race

Obama on Friday rejected McCain's proposal for 10 joint town-hall appearances, question-and-answer gatherings before small audiences

Obama has offered to meet McCain in five joint appearances between now and the Nov. 4 election, but only one of those would be town hall-style and it would be on the July 4th Independence Day holiday, when few Americans would be watching. McCain called the offer "a very disappointing response."

McCain had said the more intimate town-hall format would allow real interaction with voters and would be more revealing than formal televised debates

Tags: obama, mccain, election, politics, debate

Dems not endorsing Obama

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:29:15 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

This can't be a good sign for Democrats, considering Far-Left Obama just won the nomination last week...

Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS), on left, and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), on right, won't back Barack Obama.

This follows Tuesday's news that:
Dem Rep. Dan Boren Will Not Endorse "Liberal" Obama

Jewish Dem donor joins McCain team

UPDATE: Oops! There goes another one... Georgia Rep. Jim Marshall won't endorse Obama.

Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) won't endorse the most liberal senator for president.

Tags: obama, democrat, election, politics

Dean trying to remove Hillary from ballot at convention?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:57:35 GMT

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Clip Source: clintondems.com

TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION! Howard Dean is working to remove Hillary from first ballot at the convention! I.E he is trying to have her stricken from the record…the annals of history, and diminish the gravity of her historic place in history. Remember, Obama had Alyce Palmur removed from the ballot here in Chicago so he had no one to challenge him….SEE A PATTERN?

WOMEN: Dean is also pressuring Hillary to release her delegates! THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED AND UNCALLED FOR AND MALICIOUS! For every delegate that he takes, he is diminishing the women’s movement and stripping us of the delegates we elected to represent our votes for HILLARY!

P.S HILLARY DID NOT NOR WILL SHE EVER RELEASE HER DELEGATES!

Tags: dean, clinton, obama, democrats, convention, politics, election

Puma PAC; democrats coming together

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:31:35 GMT

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Clip Source: blog.pumapac.org

On November 4, 2008, in private voting booths in every city and town across this huge country, alone and unwatched, as is our way, Pumas will carry out the Protest of the 2008 Presidential Election.

1,000 Reasons Puma Democrats Are Protesting the 2008 Presidential Election

We are protesting the 2008 Presidential Election because we refuse to support a nominee who was selected by the leadership rather than elected by the voters.

We will not support or vote for an illegitimate nominee. We will not be bullied, pandered to, sweet-talked, or manipulated. We will not succumb to appeals to our better natures, to our identities as democrats, as uniters, as healers, or as helpers.

WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

Some of us will stay home. Some of us will vote for a third-party. Some of us will write-in Clinton. Many of us will vote for John McCain.

The leaders did us wrong. They did Hillary Clinton wrong. They did our country wrong. But it’s still our party.

We want it back.

Tags: democrats, election, obama, clinton, politics

Media bias in election coverage

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:38:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Just 17% of voters nationwide believe that most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of election campaigns

The perception that reporters are advocates rather than observers is held by 82% of Republicans, 56% of Democrats, and 69% of voters not affiliated with either major party

76% of voters believe the media has too much power and influence over elections

Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Republicans believe the media has too much influence along with 80% of unaffiliated voters and 65% of Democrats.

Voters have little doubt as to who is benefitting from the media coverage this year—Barack Obama

(54%) say Obama

(22%) say McCain

14% say that Hillary got the best treatment

44% believe most reporters will try to help Obama while only 13% believe that most will try to help McCain

Even Democrats tend to believe their candidate will receive better treatment—27% of those in Obama’s party believe most reporters will try to help him win while only 16% believe they will help McCain

Tags: media, msm, bias, election, obama, clinton, mccain, politics

Clinton supporters helping McCain

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:44:32 GMT

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Clip Source: marcambinder.theatlantic.com

Clinton Supporters Offer To Help McCain

04 Jun 2008 09:39 am

Matt Burns, the spokesman for the GOP convention in St. Paul e-mails to say that the RNC's convention office in St. Paul has received numerous telephone calls in the last few hours from people who identify themselves as Clinton supporters asking how they can help Sen. McCain.

Tags: mccain, clinton, election, politics

Another Obama victim, the Palestinians

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:07:03 GMT

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clipper's remarks: An earlier case of Obama CYA? Seems he didn't think it was prudent to be anti-Israel in a nation wide election.

Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Ali Abunimah is the co-founder of the online Pro-Palestinian publication The Electronic Intifada and the author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse.

Here is part of the transcript from the interview with Democracy Now from January:

I remember, Amy—I knew Barack Obama for many years as my state senator—when he used to attend events in the Palestinian community in Chicago all the time.

I remember personally introducing him onstage in 1999, when we had a major community fundraiser for the community center in Deheisha refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. And that’s just one example of how Barack Obama used to be very comfortable speaking up for and being associated with Palestinian rights and opposing the Israeli occupation. And just yesterday, he apparently sent a letter to Zalmay Khalilzad, the US ambassador at the UN, to urge the US not to allow any resolution to pass criticizing Israel

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There is more of this video interview at Democracy Now!

Tags: obama, palestinians, jews, israel, politics

Dem says surge opposition was reverse psychology

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:13:02 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Democratic Rep: By Opposing the Surge, We Actually Encouraged the President to Enact the Surge, Which in Turn Resulted in Victory... and You're Welcome

Great post from Jeff Emmanuel. This is the same Democrat Rep who recently admitted Democrats had "stretched the facts" about the feasibility and prudence of a quick withdrawal from Iraq, just to win the election.

Now he makes this curious claim:

In February 2007, Kanjorski went to the floor of the House to say:

Ms. Speaker, I rise today to join the overwhelming majority of the American people, the Congress, and many top U.S. military commanders to voice my opposition to President Bush's ill-conceived plan to send more American troops into the middle of an ongoing Civil War in Iraq.
Then, in an interview from just days ago, Kanjorski said:

We've taken public positions which have now forced the president to go into the surge mentality, which is somewhat working.

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Tags: democrat, surge, iraq, war on terror, politics, wtf

Grandma, Wright, Trinity, is Michelle next?

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:33:17 GMT

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Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

Larry Johnson appears to have the videotape of Michelle Obama that has been rumored to exist. He is gonna post it tomorrow.

Now I know why people who have seen the videotape say it is stunning. Barack’s headaches are only starting.

Apparently its a tape of Michelle railing against “whitey” inside the Trinity church. Larry, who has yet to hear a conspiracy theory about conservatives he didn’t like, says that it was supposed to be the GOP’s October surprise.

I’ve also been informed that Karl Rove and his allies have a copy of it and are using it to raise funds for independent expenditure groups. The tape, I’m told, will be disclosed as the GOP October Surprise. It’s a ticking time bomb.

The ever evil Karl Rove at it again!

Ignore the idiocy, if the tape does exist then boy oh boy….is Obama in for some trouble.

Tags: obama, racism, politics, election

How the media feels about Obama

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:20:05 GMT

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Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waits to speak in Aberdeen, South Dakota May 31, 2008. Obama said on Saturday he quit his Chicago church in the aftermath of inflammatory sermons that could become a lightning rod in the November election.

Tags: obama, media, msm, bias, politics

Media coverage of candidates

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:06:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: What I find interesting is that even though McCain's coverage has been getting more positive and Obama's more negative, there is still nearly twice as much negative coverage of McCain as there is of Obama. And McCain has historically been one of the media's favorite republicans. Can you imagine the difference if the republicans those a candidate the media didn't like?

Clip Source: www.journalism.org

From January 1, just before the Iowa caucuses, through March 9, following the Texas and Ohio contests, the height of the primary season, the dominant personal narratives in the media about Obama and Clinton were almost identical in tone, and were both twice as positive as negative

The trajectory of the coverage, however, began to turn against Obama, and did so well before questions surfaced about his pastor Jeremiah Wright.

an additional analysis of more general campaign topics suggests the Obama narrative became even more negative later in March, April and May.

On the Republican side, John McCain, the candidate who quickly clinched his party’s nomination, has had a harder time controlling his message in the press. Fully 57% of the narratives studied about him were critical in nature, though a look back through 2007 reveals the storyline about the Republican nominee has steadily improved with time.

Tags: mccain, clinton, obama, media, msm, election, politics

Obama rejects McCain's challenge

Wed, 28 May 2008 04:17:34 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Maverick And Barry’s Excellent Adventure: Not Going To Happen

Yesterday McCain suggested that he and Obama travel to Iraq to get a first hand look at what’s going on there.

Obama, who hasn’t been to Iraq since 2006 (when the situation was a weeee bit different) said no thanks.

Apparently Obama learned all he need to know about Iraq from watching Olbermann.

I guess the idea of sitting down with American troops, their leaders and the elected government of Iraq isn’t as interesting as a world tour of thugs and killers. Perhaps if McCain had suggested skipping Baghdad and going right on to Tehran to chat with Ahmadinejad Obama would have been more interested.

Obama '08: Hope, Change and Bitterly Clinging to an Old Narrative.

Tags: obama, mccain, election, politics, iraq, military

McClain 08

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:12:10 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Ring.
Ring.

Pollster: Is this the residence of Mr. OregonMuse?

OregonMuse: Yes it is:

P: And who are you going to vote for in November, Mr., uh, Muse?

O: John McClane.

P: Excuse me, did you say John McCain?

O: No, I said John McClane.

P: Now, why would you vote for John McClane?

O: he is the candidate whose views on no-nonsense views on foreign policy, domestic terrorist threats, and oily bad guys are closest to my own.

P: But McClane is a fictional character.

O: And yet, he would be the best candidate. Sad, isn't it?

Click.

Yippie Kay Yay America!

Tags: politics, election, president, humor

Showing support for McCain's energy plan

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:16:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.scrappleface.com

(2008-05-13) — A day after Republican presidential candidate John McCain unveiled his cap-and-trade plan to defeat the imminent threat of global warming, a coalition of conservative voters announced it would enthusiastically support his proposal by refusing to burn fossil fuels on November 4, 2008.

“We’re eager to live out Sen. McCain’s conservative vision for the earth,” said the group’s unnamed spokesman, “by keeping millions of Republican-owned SUVs and pickup trucks in their garages on election day.”

The coalition said the symbolic move would not only “cut carbon emissions by thousands of tons,” but it would also “put a president in the White House with John McCain’s views on the global warming issue.”

Tags: mccain, election, energy, global warming, humor

Democrat party cracking up?

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:03:36 GMT

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Clip Source: marcambinder.theatlantic.com

Here's what jumps out at me from the first wave of exit polls that have been released to the Edison-Mitsofky consortium:

Forget the horse race numbers for a moment: if the surveys are accurate, the polarization within the Democratic Party has reached critical levels. Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they would be dissatisfied if Clinton were the nominee -- that's (I believe) the high percentage of Obama supporters who have ever said that.

In both IN and NC, two thirds of Clinton supporters say they'd be dissatisfied if Obama were the nominee -- I believe that's the highest number recorded for that question, too.

The percentage of Clinton voters who say they'd choose McCain over Obama in a general election is approaching 40% in Indiana. Put it another way: in North Carolina, less than HALF of folks who voted today for Hillary Clinton are ready to say today that they'd definitely vote for Obama in a general election.

Tags: democrats, polls, clinton, obama, race, mccain, politics