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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:20 pm Post subject: Barack Obama endorsements |
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Scott McClellan is on Larry King talking about his endorsement of Obama. Very interesting. This is a guy who knows a thing or two about how the White House runs.
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Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, the consummate Bush loyalist no more, has a knack for dropping bombshells.
He did it with his tell-all book about life and lies in President Bush's inner circle.
And now comes his grinning declaration, taped for a new weekend CNN show, "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News," that he has a favorite in the presidential election, and it is not John McCain.
His face lighting up as bright as his French blue shirt, it is clear what he's going to say before he opens his mouth.
"I will be voting for Barack Obama," he declares.
So the week that began when one former top Bush administration figure, former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, endorsed Obama ends with the endorsement of another.
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino indicated as recently as Wednesday that the president indended to vote for McCain.
� James Gerstenzang |
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/10/mcclellan-obama.html
I wonder how many other Republicans will jump ship before the election?
And then there's Opie for Obama, and Fonz for Obama, and Andy Taylor, and ....
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/news/stories/2008/10/24/pebrief.html |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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This thread is for praising "the people's hero," Barack Obama.
We have not seen one of this for at least several minutes on this forum... |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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The New York Times:
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October 24, 2008
Editorial
Barack Obama for President
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation�s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush�s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government systematically stripped of its ability to protect and help its citizens � whether they are fleeing a hurricane�s floodwaters, searching for affordable health care or struggling to hold on to their homes, jobs, savings and pensions in the midst of a financial crisis that was foretold and preventable.
As tough as the times are, the selection of a new president is easy. After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States.
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Mr. Obama has met challenge after challenge, growing as a leader and putting real flesh on his early promises of hope and change. He has shown a cool head and sound judgment. We believe he has the will and the ability to forge the broad political consensus that is essential to finding solutions to this nation�s problems.
In the same time, Senator John McCain of Arizona has retreated farther and farther to the fringe of American politics, running a campaign on partisan division, class warfare and even hints of racism. His policies and worldview are mired in the past. His choice of a running mate so evidently unfit for the office was a final act of opportunism and bad judgment that eclipsed the accomplishments of 26 years in Congress.
Given the particularly ugly nature of Mr. McCain�s campaign, the urge to choose on the basis of raw emotion is strong. But there is a greater value in looking closely at the facts of life in America today and at the prescriptions the candidates offer. The differences are profound.
Mr. McCain offers more of the Republican every-man-for-himself ideology, now lying in shards on Wall Street and in Americans� bank accounts. Mr. Obama has another vision of government�s role and responsibilities.
In his convention speech in Denver, Mr. Obama said, �Government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves: protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology.�
Since the financial crisis, he has correctly identified the abject failure of government regulation that has brought the markets to the brink of collapse.... |
More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/opinion/24fri1.html?hp=&pagewanted=all |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: |
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GOP defections buffet McCain as end draws near
Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Saturday, October 25, 2008
(10-25) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- Republican nominee John McCain heads into the final week of a historic presidential election beset by a wave of high-profile GOP defections and the second-guessing and recriminations from ostensibly friendly quarters that losing campaigns attract like flies.
McCain still could pull out an upset on a last-minute wave of voter hesitation about Obama, much like Hillary Rodham Clinton came back in New Hampshire after the polls counted her out, but political professionals are putting their bets on McCain going back to Phoenix, not rising like one.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell's broadside on Sunday was only the first of the recent GOP defections. The latest arrived Friday from former Republican Gov. William Weld of Massachusetts, who had endorsed former Gov. Mitt Romney over McCain in the GOP primary. Now Weld endorses Obama, calling the Democrat "a once-in-a-lifetime candidate who will transform our politics and restore America's standing in the world."
On Thursday, former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson of Minnesota endorsed Obama and ripped McCain in an essay for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Carlson said he saw in the Democrat "a remarkably disciplined and focused leader who has the potential to become a truly great president."
Just as striking as the tone of the GOP endorsements for Obama was the noticeable chill coming from the state parties in such McCain must-win states as Virginia and Florida.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, whom McCain considered and rejected as his running mate, said he had not appeared in any McCain ads because he wasn't asked. Reports aired that the state GOP is saving some of its war chest for the next election cycle. Similar tensions between the McCain campaign and the state party have surfaced in Virginia.
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, also rejected for the vice presidential slot, offered that McCain's chances in his state would have been better if he had been on the ticket. "I think we'd be foolish not to admit it publicly," Ridge said.... |
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/24/MNU113NN0A.DTL&type=printable |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:30 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
This thread is for praising "the people's hero," Barack Obama.
We have not seen one of this for at least several minutes on this forum... |
There's still time to change your mind, Gopher. I know that personally I wouldn't think any less of someone who did. I'm sure most here feel the same way.
C'mon, just between you and me, don't you get the feeling that perhaps you picked the wrong horse in this race?
(Although you switching sides would detract from the forum somewhat in that we'd be left with a circle-jerk.) |
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ReeseDog
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
Location: Classified
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
This thread is for praising "the people's hero," Barack Obama.
We have not seen one of this for at least several minutes on this forum... |
There's still time to change your mind, Gopher. I know that personally I wouldn't think any less of someone who did. I'm sure most here feel the same way.
C'mon, just between you and me, don't you get the feeling that perhaps you picked the wrong horse in this race?
(Although you switching sides would detract from the forum somewhat in that we'd be left with a circle-jerk.) |
He won't switch sides, and he's not backing the wrong horse. Just because it appears that the better man won't win this time doesn't mean that he's going to bail on his principles. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:57 am Post subject: |
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| Barack Obama for President ! |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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newteacher
Joined: 31 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| ReeseDog wrote: |
| caniff wrote: |
| Gopher wrote: |
This thread is for praising "the people's hero," Barack Obama.
We have not seen one of this for at least several minutes on this forum... |
There's still time to change your mind, Gopher. I know that personally I wouldn't think any less of someone who did. I'm sure most here feel the same way.
C'mon, just between you and me, don't you get the feeling that perhaps you picked the wrong horse in this race?
(Although you switching sides would detract from the forum somewhat in that we'd be left with a circle-jerk.) |
He won't switch sides, and he's not backing the wrong horse. Just because it appears that the better man won't win this time doesn't mean that he's going to bail on his principles. |
Who gopher or McCain? Because McCain bailed on his principles a few years ago. I think it was the moment he gave the speech at Bob Jones U. |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject: |
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The Anchorage Daily News has endorsed Barack Obama.
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Obama for president
Palin's rise captivates us but nation needs a steady hand
Published: October 25th, 2008 07:37 PM
.... Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, brings far more promise to the office. In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays thoughtful analysis, enlists wise counsel and operates with a cool, steady hand. The same cannot be said of Sen. McCain ....
Gov. Palin has shown the country why she has been so successful in her young political career. Passionate, charismatic and indefatigable, she draws huge crowds and sows excitement in her wake. She has made it clear she's a force to be reckoned with, and you can be sure politicians and political professionals across the country have taken note. Her future, in Alaska and on the national stage, seems certain to be played out in the limelight.
Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth. To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time. |
http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/567867.html
A side note, if there is a winner here, it is ADN:
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WE LOVE SARAH ... Headline Friday on editorandpublisher.com, a newspaper industry site: "NEW YORK -- The Web site of the Anchorage Daily News zoomed up to make it in the list of top 30 online newspapers. The Web site enjoyed a 928% spike to 2.1 million monthly uniques in September, no doubt due to the paper's excellent coverage of Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin." |
http://www.adn.com/ear/story/560719.html
And a side aside:
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FLYING FACTOID ... From a Mad-Zoo earwig:
"A recent study found that the average American male walks about 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink on average 22 gallons of alcohol a year. This means that, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon." |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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Kikomom
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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New one out of London:
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Obama is the better choice
Published: October 27 2008 02:00
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...a campaign is a test of leadership. Mr Obama ran his superbly; Mr McCain's has often looked a shambles. After eight years of George W. Bush, the steady competence of the Obama operation commands respect.
Nor should one disdain Mr Obama's way with a crowd. Good presidents engage the country's attention; great ones inspire. Mr McCain, on form, is an adequate speaker but no more. Mr Obama, on form, is as fine a political orator as the country has heard in decades. Put to the right purposes, this is no mere decoration but a priceless asset.
Mr Obama's purposes do seem mostly right, though in saying this we give him the benefit of the doubt. Above all, he prizes consensus and genuinely seeks to unite the country, something it wants. His call for change struck a mighty chord in a tired and demoralised nation - and who could promise real change more credibly than Mr Obama, a black man, whose very nomination was a historic advance in US politics? |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Here is the right-wing Cuban position:
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"The nation is walking straight into a hornet's nest..."- George Moneo
"But of course, we have nothing to worry about here; this is, after all, America. It is not like Venezuela before Chavez was a free country with a democratic constitution that had built-in safeguards and checks and balances to ensure it would never fall into the dark abyss of a leftist totalitarian dictatorship."- Alberto de la Cruz
What an idiot of a Vice-President we�ll have in the next four years. God help us all. -FreedomForCuba, in the comments
I point my finger at Barrack Hussein Obama because, well, if it talks like a duck...you get the picture. Obama is a Marxist, you know it - we all know it. -Cangrejero de Caibarien, in the comments
Let's just put it this way, any Cuban American who is still a Democrat (After JFK, after Carter and Mariel, after Clinton and Elian), and who votes on the Oba-munist ticket, is an a**hole [Ed.] (a word I don't like to use often) and they deserve every God damn miserable policy this supposedly Kenyan born Manchurian candidate will grace us with. Do you people know what it is to be "mau maued" ? Well, it's a Kenyan word, and that's what Obama is going to do to us as the Kenyans like Obama's dad did to the British. - posted by Anonymous, in the comments
Trust me America will be at it�s weakest (because of the current economic problems sponsored by Barney Frank, Christopher Dodd and Co.) with these Democrats in power and any scenario that we could not think off can take place because our enemies will be smelling the blood of a weak America and will go for the kill.
Plus the people that surround and advice Barack Hussein Obama have all the qualifications to make a bad situation much worse and I�ll guarantee you that they will.
GOD HELPS US ALL. - FreedomForCuba, in the comments
It remains to be seen who America will choose this Election Day. If they do elect what many have proclaimed to be the next JFK, his supporters will not be the only ones celebrating�our enemies will be celebrating, too.- Alberto de la Cruz
Well I believe in The Bible Prophecies , so whatever happens now it will lead to the final battle of Ezequiel Chapter 38 and Chpt 39 and it has to happen.- Peter Perez, in the comments. |
http://southfloridadailyblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/another-48-hours-babalu.html
The base is crazy. |
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Gatsby
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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Dan the gun nut endorses Obama:
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More executives sold on Obama
By Ken Dilanian, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Dan Cooper, a proud member of the National Rifle Association, has backed Republicans for most of his life. He's the chief executive of Cooper Arms, a small Montana company that makes hunting rifles.
Cooper said he voted for George W. Bush in 2000, having voted in past elections for every Republican presidential nominee back to Richard Nixon. In October 1992, he presented a specially made rifle to the first President. Bush during a Billings campaign event.
This year, Cooper has given $3,300 to the campaign of Democrat Barack Obama. That's on top of the $1,000 check he wrote to Obama's U.S. Senate campaign in 2004, after he was dazzled by Obama's speech at that year's Democratic National Convention.
Cooper is a player in one of the little-told dramas of the 2008 presidential campaign: how Obama has been able to out-raise Republican John McCain among swaths of the business community, outperforming previous Democratic presidential nominees in drawing business support.
Cooper changed sides, he said, "probably because of the war. And also because the Republican Party has moved so far right in recent years."
He also likes Obama's message about "the retooling of America, which involves the building of middle-class jobs and helping American small business be competitive with those overseas.".... |
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-27-prez-money_N.htm |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Its the End of McCain, he's History, or so says Conservative Francis Fukuyama. |
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