Hey, how about taking a nice long leak over the metaphorically dead body of the guy that gave you your 15 minutes of fame. Good ole' Joe the Plumber is now shooting off his excessively dim mouth that Sen. John McCain, Republican Presidential Candidate and respected war hero "appalled him" on the campaign trail and that, yes, Gov. "Aww Shucks" was the "real deal."
Okay, Joe. Go away. Now. Your time has long passed. Your brand of hypocrisy has left the building. Maybe you could go pay your taxes.
Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein told CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday. Duberstein said he was influenced by another prominent Reagan official - Colin Powell - in his decision.
"Well let's put it this way - I think Colin Powell's decision is in fact the good housekeeping seal of approval on Barack Obama."
Powell served as national security advisor to Reagan during Duberstein's tenure as chief of staff.
In September, another 81,312 homes were lost to foreclosure.
In Illinois, according to the Department of Employment security, the three-month moving average, which more clearly depicts overall trends, remained at 7.1 percent, "the highest level reported since November 1993."
CNN Money reports:
"The Labor Department's weekly report on jobless claims gave investors another reason to be nervous. Claims rose 15,000, to 478,000, for the week ended Oct. 18, which was worse than expected. A consensus of economists surveyed by Briefing.com had expected claims to rise to 465,000. Fears of a global recession slammed Wall Street on Wednesday. The Dow finished the session down 514 points - its seventh-worst point loss ever."
So what do McShame/Pander continue to talk about....the immense threat to our nation posed by... this guy---
John McCain now insists that America's "enemies" (a list that has grown immensely under the current administration, by the way)wouldn't dare "test" him. Perhaps because he's got such an itchy trigger finger we may be at war with Canada by the time he's through.
Nevertheless, I can't see any examples of anyone "testing" a "tough talking" Republican during his first months in the White House recently, can you....
"The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided."
If that seems familiar at all to you, it's likely because you've read the Consitution of the United States of America--specifically Article 1, Section 3.
If that seems unfamilar to you, you may well be the Governor of Alaska.
The Vice President is in no way, shape, or form in charge of the United States Senate.
From Wikipedia: "The Vice President holds a tie breaking vote in the Senate and does not usually preside over the Senate...In practice, freshman senators are traditionally assigned the role of presiding over the Senate in order to learn Senate procedure."
It's two weeks before the election, and the Republican Vice Presidental Candidate still doesn't even know what the job entails. At this point, there is no use trying to convince me Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President--it appears she's not qualified for the job she currently holds.
And for more on what qualifies the Gov to be Vice President, here's a look at the duties of the Mayor of Wasilla....thanks again, Daily Show, for keeping me sane.
He's a Muslim. He's an "Arab" He "pals around" with "terrorists" He's a "socialist" His tax plan is "welfare" The "real America" ...the "pro America" parts...that's where we want to be....
Sen. McCain, I previously wrote that I was disappointed in you. Today, I am disgusted. This last ditch effort to lay claim to the baser instincts of human nature to become the "most powerful" person in the free world shows, as was said once, more about your character than that of the man you run against.
We can all see what's happening here. You have claimed to be "the one" who can reach across the aisle to "deliver results." Inclusiveness, however, isn't much of a campaign strategy. Divisiveness apparently, is your choice of beverage. In your Quixotic quest to win at all costs you choose allow your surrogates to attempt to burn down that which has taken so many years to build up.
When Rush Limbaugh emerges from his percocet haze to essentially call Colin Powell a racist...well...surely you can see what you've wrought. I could go on...but someone else said it much better tonight... _______________
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One last thought....We've had a "progressive income tax system" in place since, well, since we've had income taxes. That's a system in which higher incomes are taxed at a higher rate than those who make less. It's not socialism--if it was, it's the socialism of F.D.R., Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. Stop treating people like they are stupid, and maybe they won't be.
"John McCain’s campaign is pretty much a shambles right now.
If you don’t believe me, just listen to John McCain. His chief goal these days is calming down his crowds, not firing them up.
And that is an honorable thing to do. It may not be a winning thing to do. But it is honorable.
Sarah Palin, once seen as a huge plus to the ticket, is now increasingly emerging as a liability.
Forget that an independent legislative panel found Friday that she had abused her power and violated ethics laws as governor of Alaska. Forget that with the possibility of Palin being a heartbeat away from the presidency, McCain gives up the argument that his ticket represents experience and a steady hand on the tiller.
The real problem for McCain is that Palin is running a separate — and scary — campaign that does not seem to be under anybody’s control."
Keep going, here. _________________________________________________ Meanwhile... Columnist and Iraq War Hawk Christopher Hitchens blasts Palin on October 13...
"The most insulting thing that a politician can do is to compel you to ask yourself: "What does he take me for?" Precisely this question is provoked by the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin. I wrote not long ago that it was not right to condescend to her just because of her provincial roots or her piety, let alone her slight flirtatiousness, but really her conduct since then has been a national disgrace. It turns out that none of her early claims to political courage was founded in fact, and it further turns out that some of the untested rumors about her -- her vindictiveness in local quarrels, her bizarre religious and political affiliations -- were very well-founded, indeed..." ___________________________________________________
And well known conservative Bill Kristol, is apparently "in the tank" for Obama according to Fox "News". Why?
For writing this:
"[McCain's] campaign is totally overmatched by Obama’s. The Obama team is well organized, flush with resources, and the candidate and the campaign are in sync. The McCain campaign, once merely problematic, is now close to being out-and-out dysfunctional. Its combination of strategic incoherence and operational incompetence has become toxic. If the race continues over the next three weeks to be a conventional one, McCain is doomed."
And more like it, in the NYT. ____________________________________________
And another rat jumping ship--Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, passed over to be McCain's running mate in favor of Gov. YouBetcha, decided to skip a McCain Rally over the weekend to go to...Disney World. It was reported: ''When I have time to help, I'll try to do that,'' Crist said. Think Crist would have made time if he were the running mate? Check out the Miami Herald. _____________________________________________
Why am I posting all this...mostly because it amuses me to no end. I know three weeks is a long time in an election...but things look pretty good from where we lefties sit right now. Still, we can't coast. The state by state polls are still close in some areas, and voter turnout (and eliminating as much voter suppression as possible) will still be a key. Keep up the good work, Team O, but keep the pressure on.
"Let them know, under no certain circumstances, will I give the government control over my body and my health care decisions." Rep. Michele Backmann (R-MN, also bat shit crazy), a pro-lifer who kinda doesn't understand irony.
Hey, how about taking a nice long leak over the metaphorically dead body of the guy that gave you your 15 minutes of fame. Good ole' Joe the Plumber is now shooting off his excessively dim mouth that Sen. John McCain, Republican Presidential Candidate and respected war hero "appalled him" on the campaign trail and that, yes, Gov. "Aww Shucks" was the "real deal." 
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