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Time is running short to let your representative know you support the public option. Find and attend a town hall near you using FireDogLake's Town Hall tracker. Don't let the teabaggers and the Party of No speak for you....unless you're OK with seeing your health care premiums go up by [...]
We caught these two horses playing after a work out in the paddock by the big barn.
I was taking many pictures while they played, and was thrilled that I caught them rearing.
John McCain's Campaign Platform is "America First". But did he really put America First when he chose Sarah Palin to be his Vice President? Here's a recent video of Palin commenting on the Vice Presidential position.....
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According to New York Times, Nielson Media Research reported that 38 Million Americans watched Obamas's Acceptance Speech at the Democratic National Convention.
More than 80,000 attended the speech at the mile high stadium.
This makes Obama's speech the most watched Convention Speech in US History. More [...]
Once again, Fox News delivers biased coverage about Democrats and our events. So what else is new?
The problem is that this time it's the Pool Coverage of our OWN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION in Denver! Fox News won the lottery to provide pool coverage and it looks as if they definitely are [...]
Congratulations to Barack Obama on his choice of Senator Joe Biden to be his VP. Senator Biden is a foreign policy expert, and heads the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. As opposed to John McCain, Senator Biden actually knows the difference between Sunnis and Shias, and [...]
Check out Move-On's Campaign Briefing....
[...]The disgraced Ralph Reed, who teamed with Jack Abramoff to dupe Southern Christians into providing funds to expand Casino Gambling, is now on the John McCain team. Jack Abramoff ended up in jail. Somehow, Ralph Reed escaped it. Its clear that Ralph Reed used the Christian Coalition solely as a [...]
This new and very effective video pulls no punches as it compares Presidential Candidate John McCain to President Bush. Meanwhile McCain has a new ad out that reiterates statements that he is a Maverick. The video below clearly shows McCain isn't a Maverick, he's practically a clone of President Bush. [...]
John McCain today attended a campaign lunch at the Sausage Haus in Columbus, Ohio. According to reports, McCain met with a half dozen local businessmen of German descent.
The rationale for the McCain campaign to set up and publicize an event with these 6 ethnic supporters is [...]
Its well known that Presidential Candidate John McCain was probably singlehandedly responsible for getting a USAF $100 Billion Tanker contract to Boeing canceled. The contract was subsequently awarded to Airbus instead.
But its now coming to light that McCain has 7 corporate Lobbyists representing Airbus on his Campaign Staff. [...]
Yesterday morning, Joe Liebermann made some remarks about Barack Obama on a Republican Conference call that Obama apparently didn't like. Yesterday afternoon, Obama essentially backed Liebermann up against the Senate Gallery Wall while having a rather heated 3 minute conversation with him, read about it in the Carpetbagger Report's [...]
Sunday's Dallas Morning News has a good article on factors driving the price of oil: "Oil insiders say investors driving up prices by banking on fear of low supply". Is unclear when the bubble will burst, but this does appear to be a speculative bubble.
[...]A Hillary Clinton surrogate group, "Womens Voices Women Votes", is responsible for widespread robo-calls and misleading mailings to African Americans and single women in North Carolina and other states including Louisiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. These actions, which are believed to be illegal, are aimed at suppressing voter turnout. The robo-calls [...]
Barack Obama got the weekend going in Philadelphia Friday night when he appeared before a crowd of 35000+ people in Independence Park. Following the rally, a group of at least 5000 marched through the streets of Philadelphia chanting pro-Obama slogans. In Pennsylvania, even 4th graders [...]
A Fox reporter recently tried to ambush Catholic Priest Michael Pfleger, by attempting to get him to sign on to Republican Talking Points against Barack Obama, and ended up being made a fool of. Every time the Fox reporter tried to package or rephrase the news into a Republican talking [...]
Disney - ABC squandered a golden opportunity last night to win back lost TV News viewers. While I no longer watch ABC news because of their pro-Bush bias, I did feel that ABC would rise to the occasion and put on a good debate. I was sorely mistaken.
The questions [...]
With the Pennsylvania Primary rapidly approaching, Hillary Clinton has released a new ad attacking Barack Obama. The attack ad features "Pennsylvania Voters" who voice their negative opinions of Barack Obama. John McCain, the Republican opponent, is not mentioned in the ad.
One of the "Pennsylvania Voters" featured in the ad [...]
Wonder where all that tax money goes? According to McClatchy News, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or FLDS, which was recently raided by officials in Texas, was on the Bush Administration no-bid gravy train:
American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is [...]
Today's flap over Barack Obama's statements that Pennsylvania voters were angry is a fascinating one. While it may not have been intentional, Barack Obama effectively baited both McCain and Clinton into making comments to the press that allowed Barack to significantly differentiate himself from the other two candidates, in [...]
Hillary Clinton is now framing herself as a advocate for ending the War in Iraq. With this in mind, now would be a good time to revisit Hillary's historical stance on the war....
[...]TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a site intended to spread important ideas. TED currently has 216 videos of different speakers presenting their ideas. One of the videos on this site is one of Al Gore's newest presentation on Global Warming.
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The American Postal Workers Union today announced their endorsement of Barack Obama for President. In their endorsement press release, it was noted that:
“We are most impressed by Sen. Obama’s commitment to eradicating the undue influence of special interests in the political process,†he said. “Our [...]
Food riots are in progress in Haiti, where hungry residents have attacked the Presidential Palace. We are currently wasting billions of dollars a month in Iraq, meanwhile a few hundred miles from the US mainland, people are starving....
[...]Below is a post by dKos poster Todd Smith, it contains links that rebut Hillary's top Ten Whoppers:
Hillary's Top Ten Whoppers
In the past few months Hillary Clinton has been caught red handed on the following whoppers:
1. Claimed she had to avoid sniper fire in Bosnia
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Its all mapped out on this youtube video....hat tip to Land of Enchantement
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The Teamsters "Convoy for Change" hits the road tomorrow in Pennsylvania to show support of the Candidacy of Barack Obama. General President Jim Hoffa is going to be rolling through the state, leading a convoy of Teamster trucks from Scranton to Pittsburgh.
The Teamsters [...]
The Motosat "Datastorm" is an automatic satellite dish intended for mobile use. This retractable dish is used by many RVers to maintain Internet connectivity from anywhere in the US, including parts of Canada and Mexico also.
This folding dish folds down to the roof of [...]
After five years of war in Iraq, and a 2 trillion dollar cost projected for American Citizens, and 4000 US military killed, this video doesn't give me the impression that things are under control. As of today, its hard to find a media outlet, private citizen, or US General who [...]
McClatchy Newspapers reports that a key Clinton Campaign fundraiser, Kase Lawal, has a checkered past:
"HOUSTON ? A Texas oilman who's accused of defrauding the Nigerian government by illegally pumping and exporting 10 million barrels of oil is a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Kase Lawal of Houston is [...]
An interesting series of articles is starting to bubble up in various blogs and newspaper articles concerning the possibility of a challenge to Hillary Clinton's delegates in El Paso, Texas. In rough terms, Hillary beat Obama about 3-1 in El Paso. But at the the County Caucus, Hillary was [...]
The Pentagon has released a brand new shiny "classified report" stating that security in Iraq has improved, just in time for General Petraeus' testimony before Congress.
Note - Readers should forget about any of those media reports last week about Basra essentially being taken over, [...]
A new article in the LA Times titled "Clinton on the sidelines of Efforts to end the Iraq War" indicate that Hillary Clinton's efforts to end the Iraq War consist primarily of giving speeches on the campaign trail; when it came to real sincere efforts to back legislation to [...]
According to Goldy over at HorsesAss, Rachael Maddow has taped a segment with Darcy Burner that will be aired today on AirAmerica {in Seattle KPTK AM 1090} during the Rachael Maddow Show!!
This is great for Darcy as the Rachael Maddow show is [...]
This is a must see. Rachael Maddow wouldn't let Joe Scarboro bend the facts on John McCain to agree with his planned message. Go Rachael!!
[...]This new "Public Policy" poll shows Barack Obama ahead of Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, 45 -43. Since the margin of error for this poll is +/- 2.8%, I'd call this a tie at the present time. Here's the comment thread on this poll.
Regardless of what you think about [...]
Elizabeth Edwards has four health care questions for Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain. Since John McCain isn't sure if condoms help prevent the spread of Aids, its doubtful that he'd be able to answer Mrs. Edwards questions.
[...]We've all heard President George Bush and his Administration repeat over and over, "We don't torture". But the facts seem to show that the White house made a concerted effort to push the US Military to use torture. Vanity Fair has a long article titled "Green Light" which lays [...]
In his new post, David Postman reports that the Hillary Clinton Campaign appears to be actively working to gain more delegates by disqualifying Obama's Washington State delegates where possible. Postman notes there doesn't seem to be an equivalent effort on the Obama Campaign side to disqualify ineligible Clinton delegates. [...]
At the heart and soul of the Hillary Clinton Campaign is their contention that the Clinton Health Care Plan is superior to all others. But this facade appears to crumble when looked at closely.
While Corporate America is viewed dimly by many Americans, the fact is that [...]
Sometimes pictures say more than words can.
To illustrate this, the following pictures contrast the followers and the energy level occurring at this weekend's Campaign events of John McCain and Barack Obama. The first two pictures are from John McCain's Town Hall Meeting in Petersborough New Hampshire. The following two [...]
There's three burning issues that are on the minds of Americans today; the IRAQ war, the Economy, and Health Care. So how does John McCain's report card look in these three areas?
We already know that John McCain keeps getting his Sunnis, Shias, and al Qaidas mixed [...]
Unnamed sources have reported that police and ambulances were called to a posh upstate masquerade party last week after a ruckus ensued. The party, reportedly held at the mansion of affluent backers of Hillary Clinton, must have been a wild one.
Its been a tough month for New York Democrats. Eliot Spitzer had to step down from his position as Governor of New York shortly after the press flooded all media outlets with prurient tales of his extra-marital escapades.
But I couldn't help but speculate if Governor Spitzer might have been [...]
Today Senator Leahy urged Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race to become the Democratic Party's Candidate for President:
"Senator Clinton has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to. As far as the delegate count and the interests [...]
Organizers for the Barack Obama Campaign were essentially overwhelmed by volunteers when his Charlotte North Carolina Campaign Headquarters opened yesterday.
Somewhere between 400 and 600 volunteers were at the Obama Headquarters when the doors opened, and apparently more continued to arrive as campaign organizers struggled [...]
This pretty well sums up how a lot of us feel....
[...]A petition to the Washington State Super-delegates who have endorsed Hillary Clinton needs only 48 additional signatures to pass the 10,000 voters mark.
These Super-delegates, Patty Murray, Maria Cantwell, Jay Inslee, Ron Simms, and Tom Foley, are currently endorsing the losing candidate in the Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton. These Super-delegate [...]
In what I'm sure will be a notable event, Barack Obama will hold a "Road to Change" rally Sunday from the historic setting of the steps of Old Main, at the Pennsylvania State University.
Old Main, built in 1863, was the first building constructed [...]
It appears that blow-back from Hillary Clinton's Kitchen Sink Campaign, plus her incessant exaggerations, are beginning to scuttle her Candidacy. Polls seem to show that while Obama was somewhat affected by this onslaught, the main negative impact is on Hillary herself. The Clinton Campaign should have realized that this might [...]
Darcy Burner, the Democratic Candidate for Washington State's 8th CD, has co-authored "Five Years is Long Enough" in the March 25 edition of the Seattle Times. As Darcy notes:
For five years we have asked our political leaders these questions {about Iraq}, and for five years the answers never [...]
Political candidates putting all of their eggs in the "End the War" basket may not be listening to what some college students are saying.
[...]It now appears that the US occupation of Iraq is at a major juncture. Two major events on the ground in IRAQ are now unfolding:
First, the Sahwa, an 80,000 man non-govermental group responsible for running off Al Qaida in the countryside, something that the US Military failed miserably at, is [...]
The battle for Pennsylvania's youth vote is well underway. Scenes like this are undoubtedly being repeated throughout Pennsylvania, by both campaigns.
This photo shows college students being trained at Obama's Bethlehem Headquarters for voter registration drives.
Allentown Pennsylvania's "The Morning Call" has an excellent article on this [...]
We keep hearing over and over that Hillary owns Pennsylvania....Well riddle me this Mark Penn:
[...]How is it that Barack Obama crushed Hillary Clinton in fund-raising in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania?
An article in todays USA today "Telecom Lobbyists Tied to John McCain" spells out the close relationship between John McCain and the Telecom industry. The subject of this article isn't new news, after all, we just went through a news cycle a few weeks ago over John McCain's relationship [...]
I couldn't help but note the Guardian's article "Scientists warn of Soot Effect on Climate" which notes:
Soot produced by burning coal, diesel, wood and dung causes significantly more damage to the environment than previously thought, according to research published today. So-called "black carbon" could cause [...]
The record seems to indicate that Hillary Clinton did indeed support Nafta, despite her protestations and her "Shame on You Obama" tirade.
[...]Pennsylvania Primary voters should note the following. There's no doubt that John McCain's memory is a little poor at times. But what are we to think of Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton? Does she have a poor memory also, or does she just modify the historical facts to meet her current [...]
This graph plots blog entries that mention either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, but not a combination of the two.
The trend for the Clinton Campaign is unmistakable, it is definitely trending downwards. This downward trend appears to indicate that the Clinton Campaign is increasingly unable to [...]
When Knowles family consented to allowing their daughter Casey to be filmed for stock footage 8 years ago, they assumed that the clip would be used for innocuous advertising campaigns, like ads for pajamas or cough syrup.
But as Casey Knowles explains in this video, the idea that the video [...]
The Barack Obama Campaign has released a memo to the Press asking them to hold Hillary Clinton accountable for the misleading statements she has made to both the press and the American People on the Campaign Trail. Due to the length and depth of this memo, I have attached it [...]
Update: When I heard this last night, I knew Hillary Clinton would be upset that Obama was getting some press coverage on this.
So today, you can see that the press coverage has been amended to show that both Clinton's and McCains's files were also accessed.
When you look into [...]
Philadelphia's Angelo Cataldi interviewed Barack Obama this morning on Philadelphia's Sports Radio, WIP-AM 610.
Cataldi, a wildly popular sports personality in Philadelphia, did a great interview, which you can listen to here. According to local listener Eric Schmeltzer:
Cataldi and his crew were raving [...]
Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's former Chief of Staff, has been disbarred from practicing law in Washington DC. As the Washington DC Court of appeals noted:
[...]“When a member of the Bar is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, disbarment is mandatory”
Taking time out from a series of "Freedom is on the March" speeches, United States Vice President Dick Cheney chose to spend the 5th anniversary of the invasion of IRAQ sportsfishing on a Sultan's Royal Yacht The Sultan, Qaboos bin Said of Oman, took power by means of a [...]
The media has begun to gather to hear Hillary Clinton speak on the issue of her campaign transparency.
Media interest on this issue is rapidly growing, as noted in this new McClatchy Newspaper Article, "Why won't Clinton, McCain Make Tax Returns Public?"
Another example of this [...]
This video, made by the US War Department shortly after World War II, warns us of the politics of divisiveness. Curiously enough, the person shown on the soapbox in this video bears an uncanny resemblance to many supporters and endorsers of Presidential Candidate John McCain....
[...]Make your opinion known in the AOL straw poll. I voted for Obama!! Hillary Clinton is now leading the poll, probably because Republicans can vote also...
[...]Seattle Times editor Ryan Blethen, heir apparent to the Seattle Times, today fired a shot across the bow of Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton, when he published his editorial comment "Time to Ditch Legacy Politics and Chart a New Direction". Ryan is the son of Seattle Times Publisher Frank Blethen. [...]
Today the Campaign of Hillary Clinton effectively lost its #10th and #19th largest contributors.
Hillary's #10 contributor, Greenberg Traurig, was indicted today on nine felony counts of theft, conspiracy and misconduct. I would consider this indictment as the tip of the iceberg in terms of bad news for the [...]
The Republican Party has once again demonstrated its aversion to democratic processes.
Today's example? Republican broadcaster Victoria Taft, of Portland's KPAM AM 860.
Victoria is urging Republican voters to commit voter fraud, by changing their declared party membership to democratic and voting for Hillary Clinton, and [...]
Today I used this link provided by artistdogboy to send the Clinton Campaign a "Dear John" letter. As noted in Wikipedia:
"The term "Dear John letter" refers to a letter written by a woman to her husband or boyfriend to inform him their relationship is over, usually because [...]
After the severe drubbing for unsportsmanlike conduct that the Clinton Campaign received yesterday for a full 10 minutes on National News (Keith Olbermann's Countdown), you would think that the Clinton campaign would pull in its horns a little. No way, apparently its the Clinton way or the [...]
Judge for yourself....
Update: Olberman posted on Dkos, there are already over 1,094 comments.
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Ever wonder why Barack Obama'a messaging is so refreshing as compared to that of Hillary Clinton or John McCain?
Why is it that Obama has locked up the youth vote, when no one has been able to do this for many years now?
Well it turns out [...]
I think by now, most Americans already understand that Barack Obama has won the race by all of the following metrics:
1) Won the Most States
2) Won More States That Held Primaries
3) Won More States That Held Caucuses
4) Received More In Total Campaign Contributions
5) Received More [...]
Today I sent a message to the DNC via its on-line web form, and also to Howard Dean via his contact form, requesting that they revoke the Superdelegate Status of Eliot Spitzer, who has publically admitted to committing several Federal Felonies.
While I don't know the specific of [...]
Hillary Clinton is now casting herself as a protege of John McCain. McCain's plan for America is reminiscent of an old movie you have probably seen at one time or another; Dr. Strangelove, or how I learned to love the bomb. Now that President Bush has sacked Admiral Fallon, McCain [...]
The Daily Dish has a tape of Bill Clinton speaking on the Rush Limbaugh show on the day the Texas Primary was held. As Andrew Sullivan notes on his blog:
Limbaugh himself was sick that day, apparently, but he had already urged Republicans to cross over to keep Hillary Clinton [...]
The firewall between War in IRAN and President Bush was torn down today when President Bush sacked Admiral Fallon, Head of CENTCOM.
Although it is reported that Admiral Fallon "resigned", there is no doubt that he was sacked by the Bush Administration for correctly viewing a War with [...]
McClatchy news reports that the Pentagon cannot find a link between Saddam Hussien and al Qaida, and will be releasing a report to congress saying so later this week.
This doesn't look good for the military judgement of Hillary Clinton, who voted to war with Iraq over the {non} [...]
How will voters in the upcoming Pennsylvania Primary respond to the fact that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, a super-delegate supporting Hillary Clinton, today acknowledged his ties to a organized prostitution ring?
This must be embarrassing for Hillary Clinton, who claims to be an advocate [...]
Anyone not already registered to vote in the upcoming Pennsylvania Primary can easily do so using Pennsylvania's On-line Voter Registration form. If you have friends in Pennsylvania, especially the colleges and universities, e-mail this link to them so that they can get their friends registered!! Barack Obama has a [...]
As voters who will participate in the Mississippi and Pennsylvania primaries have undoubtably noted, for weeks now, Hillary Clinton has been pushing her opinion that she is more capable to lead the US Military than Barack Obama.
Hillary has repeatedly stated that she and John McCain have the crossed the [...]
Hillary Clinton's 3 AM ad has a surprise in it......for Hillary Clinton. The young girl starring in the film, from Getty Images, is Casey Knowles of Bonney Lake, Washington. Casey is now 17, and an active Obama supporter, and no friend of Hillary Clinton.
Casey Knowles plans to vote for [...]
Scimatar"s post on the Daily Kos "Pennsylvania and Barack Obama" provides some demographic background that may be useful for Obama supporters. This data may help bloggers who support Obama in crafting their message, and better understanding their audience. Key items from Scimitar's post include [...]
