Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10222008/news/politics/gops_shock_terror_attack_134696.htm

Stay classy, Republicans!

[MDS]

so clearly gay marriage is to 2004 as terroristic fear is to 2008?

who knows, this might work in mizzou and virginia. scare people into voting for mccain like rove scared them into voting for bush.

[ATV]

as terroristic fear is to 2008?

Oh no, they did that in 2004 as well, if not more so.

[phillymic2000]

So it doesn't concern you whatsoever that the Republican ticket has a guy who sincerely is going senile...and his backup plan is a complete moron?

Fact, FF.  Check it.

It doesn't concern you...I mean, at all....with the stuff that has been an "oops" out of McCain? I'm not being bitchy or snarky, I'm honestly asking if you are concerned at all with stuff like that? And you can't think Palin isn't a moron at this point. SHe still doesn't even know what the VP does. 

Mccain's age concerns me, and Palin  . thats why I cannot and will never vote for him. It doesn't concern you that Obama has done, um nada. Seriously this guy is from fargin chicago, the city most known for corruption and doing things the wrong way and getting away with it. What did he do to change the chicago, or Illinois state way of running the government when he was here? answer me that question, and now millions of americans are throwing themselves at this guy as the one who will change things. Why do you and others believe him that he will? I'm serious as the day is fargin long. I do not understand that, he did nothing to change chicago, or illinois state ways of corruption, but there is a 100% chance he will change D.C. Farg that. Both these dudes suck plain and simple.

and a dem filed a lawsuit about his birth cert. not the right wing nut jobs!

[Geowhizzer]

Talk about your conflicting reports:

AP presidential poll: Race tightens in final weeks

The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretch.

Reuters:  Obama lead on McCain grows to 12 points

Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain has grown to 12 points in the U.S. presidential race, with crucial independent and women voters increasingly moving to his side, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.

[Cerevant]

What did he do to change the chicago, or Illinois state way of running the government when he was here? answer me that question, and now millions of americans are throwing themselves at this guy as the one who will change things.

How about bi-partisan campaign finance reform?

The campaign finance effort came at the initiative of former U.S. senator Paul Simon (D-Ill.). A Republican and a Democrat in each legislative body were tapped to tighten a system that, among other things, allowed politicians to use campaign accounts for personal expenses.

Obama was given the job of representing Senate Democrats by state Sen. Emil Jones Jr., who chose him on the recommendation of Abner J. Mikva, a former judge and Democratic congressman.
   
In the Illinois Senate, Barack Obama was known for being able to work with differing sides on an issue.

"He was very aggressive when he first came to the Senate," said Jones, now president of the state Senate. "We were in the minority, but he said, 'I'd like to work hard. Any tough assignments or things you'd like me to be involved in, don't hesitate to give it to me.' "

Obama favored more ambitious changes in campaign law, including limits on contributions, but nipped and tucked in search of consensus.

"What impressed me about him was his ability in working with people of the opposite party," said Mike Lawrence, director of the Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University. "He had definite ideas about what ought to be contained in a campaign finance reform measure, but he also was willing to recognize that he was probably not going to get everything he wanted."

You need to reach beyond the talking points, brother...do some research, understand the issues.  Open your mind and try to convince yourself that the other side has it right.  That's when you find the good stuff - not when you are trying to defend your guy, but when you try to defend the other guy.  That's what stunned me about Palin...the more research you do, the worse she looks.

[SD_Eagle5]

It doesn't concern you that Obama has done, um nada. Seriously this guy is from fargin chicago, the city most known for corruption and doing things the wrong way and getting away with it. What did he do to change the chicago, or Illinois state way of running the government when he was here? answer me that question, and now millions of americans are throwing themselves at this guy as the one who will change things. Why do you and others believe him that he will? I'm serious as the day is fargin long. I do not understand that, he did nothing to change chicago, or illinois state ways of corruption, but there is a 100% chance he will change D.C. Farg that. Both these dudes suck plain and simple.

and a dem filed a lawsuit about his birth cert. not the right wing nut jobs!

Obama's record in the Illinois Senate

[phillymic2000]

LOL that his voting record helped him get elected. He went up against Alan fargin Keyes. And yes he did vote while he was in Illinois, congrats to him. Still does not impress me that the gawd of "change" did nothing to change the corrupt ways of illinois politics, just went along with the status quo, and that's what shows me he will not do what he says he will do.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

No wai!

[rjs246]

McCain is on the wrong side of history. In another year, in another political climate he may have been more warmly welcomed. But right now, he might as well be wearing a bullseye on his head because he just a punching bag. In line to take the heat for his party's fargups.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

It also hurts him that he's a reanimated corpse and a shell of his former self, no doubt.

[Cerevant]

No wai!

While some will seize on these findings as evidence that the media are pro-Obama, the study says they actually contain "a strong suggestion that winning in politics begets winning coverage, thanks in part to the relentless tendency of the press to frame its coverage of national elections as running narratives about the relative position of the candidates in the polls ... Obama's numbers are similar to what we saw for John Kerry four years ago, and McCain's numbers are almost identical to what we saw eight years ago for Democrat Al Gore."

Oh, and don't forget the 72% negative coverage given Obama in the spring...

CMPA issued a report showing that 72 percent of the statements in TV news reports about Obama in late spring and early summer were negative, whereas 57 percent of the statements about McCain were negative. When Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly attacked Lichter's method during a radio interview, saying it would embolden liberal bias, Lichter responded, "You can take all my studies or none of my studies"—an allusion to past uses of his work to support conservative views.

LOL that his voting record helped him get elected. He went up against Alan fargin Keyes. And yes he did vote while he was in Illinois, congrats to him. Still does not impress me that the gawd of "change" did nothing to change the corrupt ways of illinois politics, just went along with the status quo, and that's what shows me he will not do what he says he will do.

So, using your logic, what has McCain done to reduce the corrupt ways of Washington politics?  One bill on campaign finance reform?  Hmmm...

[Phanatic]

McCain's Path to Victory through PA.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20081022/pl_politico/14830

Facing seemingly limited options for getting to an Electoral College majority, John McCain's path to victory likely runs through Pennsylvania, a state that no Republican presidential candidate has won in two decades, a state in which he trails in the polls by a wide margin and a state where in the past year more than a half-million new Democrats have been added to the voter registration rolls.

It's an unenviable position to be in, except for one thing: Nearly everyone in a position to know thinks the race for Pennsylvania's 21 electoral votes is considerably tighter than what recent polls reveal.

"There's a tendency in Pennsylvania for the polls to change dramatically in the final days," says John Brabender, a top Republican political consultant based in Pittsburgh. "In the governor's race in 2002, there were polls just a few days out showing [Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell] with a 25-point lead and he ended up losing 50 of 67 counties and won by nine points."

[rjs246]

I was just reading about PA and how everyone on both sides of the campaign believes that it is actually a very close race. Don't forget to vote, jerks.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Kerry beat Bush by a very narrow margin in PA, last I remember.

Don't forget to vote, jerks.

Not that you really need to clarify on this board, but you don't really want everyone to remember to vote, do you?