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They must get it from Western Pennsylvania. Now Jennifer Brunner takes a cue from John Murtha and calls Eastern Ohioans racists.  Eastern Ohio borders John Murtha's racist Western Pennsylvania. Simply stunning how the Dems can continually call their own constituents racists on a regular basis;

At this point why not just say if you get a paycheck you are rich?

Proof that the debates are a complete waste of time... Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com .

Hey Eddie, NBC says its a statistical dead heat, so do you think McCain is winning? Rendell says race is closer than polls indicate | Wilkes-Barre News | The Times Leader By Bill O’Boyle boboyle@timesleader.com Staff Writer Gov. Ed Rendell Friday said the presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain is "closer than the polls indicate." Urging people to get out and vote in Tuesday's general election, Rendell said Obama does not have a double-digit lead in Pennsylvania and he told voters to take an umbrella and dress warmly to withstand the weather. Rendell Times Leader Photo Store "Stay in that line and make sure you vote," Rendell told about 50 people at Wilkes University. "I've seen polls that have the race as close as four points." Rendell also said the addition of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket has "enthused" the campaign. "She has drawn thousands of people to every event she has app...

Willie Geist shows some bravery trying this stunt; </div>

Oh boy...another gift from "The One"...Not only is it patriotic to pay higher taxes but those that don't want to are nothing but selfish people... “The point is, though, that — and it’s not just charity, it’s not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class — it’s that when we actually make sure that everybody’s got a shot – when young people can all go to college, when everybody’s got decent health care, when everybody’s got a little more money at the end of the month – then guess what? Everybody starts spending that money, they decide maybe I can afford a new car, maybe I can afford a computer for my child. They can buy the products and services that businesses are selling and everybody is better off. All boats rise. That’s what happened in the 1990s, that’s what we need to restore. And that’s what I’m gonna do as president of the United States of America. “John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socia...

According to the BBC this is the #1 video on YouTube with 11 million views... A man stares down the lens, delivering a message to the camera. Dear Mr Obama: Iraq veteran's message to Democrat "Dear Mr Obama having spent 12 months in Iraq theatre I can promise you it's not a mistake." At 1 minute 55 seconds, it's short, simple and powerful. "When you call the Iraqi war a mistake you disrespect the service and sacrifice of everyone who has died promoting freedom... Because you do not understand or appreciate these principles Sir, I am supporting Senator John McCain for president." The film, titled Dear Mr Obama, is the most-viewed election-related video on the YouTube website, attracting more than 11 million hits. Made by an Iraq war returnee, it's an example of how ordinary Americans have used the website to get their voice heard. In this election, YouTube has provided a new way for people to consume and communicate th...

More of what an Obama administration will be like; NY POST, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, WASHINGTON TIMES TOLD TO GET OUT... ALL 3 ENDORSED MCCAIN **Exclusive** The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states -- and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president! The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move out by Sunday to make room for network bigwigs -- and possibly for the inclusion of reporters from two black magazines, ESSENCE and JET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Despite pleas from top editors of the three newspapers that have covered the campaign for months at extraordinary cost, the Obama campaign says their reporters -- and possibly others -- will have to vacate their coveted seats so more power players can document the final days of Sen. Barack Obama's historic campaign to become the first black American president. MORE Some told the DRUDGE REPORT that...

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A homeowner had had enough and figured out a clever way to prevent his McCain signs from being stolen... Sign battle starts with a zzzzzzzt! Jay Price, Staff Writer CHAPEL HILL - After Shawn Turschak saw two sets of McCain-Palin signs disappear from his yard within  hours of being planted, he took steps to protect the latest pair. On Monday, he ran wires from his house and hooked the signs into a power source for an electric pet fence. Then he mounted a surveillance camera in a nearby tree and wired it to a digital recorder. Tuesday afternoon, the camera saw this: A neighbor trotting up with an Obama-Biden sign, grabbing a handful of volts as he touched a McCain-Palin sign, then fleeing at top 9-year-old boy speed. A few minutes later, the boy's father, Andrew Noble, was at Turschak's door, demanding an explanation from Turschak's 13-year-old daughter, who called her parents on the phone to say a man was yelling at her. Both families agree on one aspect of the exchange, tha...

From the Steyn-way ; This is an amazing race. The incumbent president has approval ratings somewhere between Robert Mugabe and the ebola virus. The economy is supposedly on the brink of global Armageddon. McCain has only $80 million to spend, while Obama's burning through $600 mil as fast as he can, and he doesn't really need to spend a dime given the wall-to-wall media adoration. And tonight Chris Matthews' doctors announced that his leg tingle has metastasized leaving his entire body like a vibrating cellphone whose ringtone is locked on "I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy." And yet an old cranky broke loser is within two or three points of the King of the World. Strange.

Erica Jong says this: “ If Obama loses it will spark the second American Civil War. Blood will run in the streets , believe me. And it’s not a coincidence that President Bush recalled soldiers from Iraq for Dick Cheney to lead against American citizens in the streets.” Ok...I thought it was because we were kicking ass in Iraq.

I guess they figure he's got it wrapped up so anything they say now won't matter; CBS: "If he closes every loophole as promised, saves every dime from Iraq, raises taxes on the rich and trims the federal budget as he's promised to do 'line by line,' he still doesn't pay for his list."

Very interesting post over at HillBuzz by a supposed Obama campaign worker who is voting for McCain; sarah p Says: October 27, 2008 at 5:04 am Ok, I want to clear my conscious a little. Hopefully you could make a blog post to help some fellow clinton supporters out. I work for a campaign and can’t wait for this week to be over. I was doing it for a job. I was not a fan of any candidate but over time grew to love HRC. The internal campaign idea is to twist, distort, humiliate and finally dispirit you. We pay people and organize people to go to all the online sites and “play the part of a clinton or mccain supporter who just switched our support for obama” We do this to stifle your motivation and to destroy your confidence. We did this the whole primary and it worked. Read the whole thing . Who knows if this person really is an Obama campaign worker but what she described is what has been suspected by many in the conservative blogosphere.

From Wizbang : ...According to an LA Times/Bloomberg poll of those who voted early in Florida, McCain leads Obama 49-45% even though more Democrats voted than Republicans...

Isn't that the point? Obama has to tell us all how terrible life is and how he is going to make everything all better! TV'S TOP AD STARS PAN BAM - New York Post TV'S TOP AD STARS PAN BAM By SALLY GOLDENBERG Posted: 3:56 am October 30, 2008 Two leading infomercial stars agree: Barack Obama's half-hour self-promotion last night was a flop. "I don't see enough smiling. Doom and gloom totally," said Anthony Sullivan, one of the biggest names in infomercial history. "I feel depressed right now," added Sullivan, an Englishman famous for his infomercials touting the Swivel Sweeper and Smart Chopper. The only thing saving Obama, Sullivan said, was when the candidate appeared live at the end speaking at a rally in Florida. "I think it needed it. I was about to throw myself through a window because it was depressing ," Sullivan said. He and AJ Khubani, who has produced infomercials for 25 years, said Obama also fell short of offering solutio...

From The Barack Obama Variet Show; "Loving your country shouldn't just mean watching fireworks on the 4th of July," he said. "Loving your country must mean accepting your responsibility to do your part to change it. If you do, your life will be richer, our country will be stronger."... "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," he said Wednesday. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded."

After a month of bad media coverage over his economic positions Rasmussen now reports that McCain leads Obama on the issue; After several weeks of John McCain’s campaign attacks on Barack Obama’s tax plan and idea of “spreading the wealth around”, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds voters trust McCain more than Obama on taxes, 47% to 45%. Two weeks ago, Obama had a one point-advantage on the issue of taxes and a month ago, he had a three-point edge. The last time McCain had the advantage on this issue was September 14, just before the collapse of Lehman Brothers started the meltdown on Wall Street (see trends).

Well that's reassuring. From Jake Tapper : Clinton's explanations of why Obama is qualified [on the economy] were interesting, to say the least. "You know what he did?" Clinton said, heralding Obama's reaction to the financial crisis. "First he took a little heat for not saying much. I knew what he was doing. He talked to his advisers – he talked to my economic advisers, he called Hillary. He called me. He called Warren Buffet. He called all those people, you know why? Because he knew it was complicated and before he said anything he wanted to understand." Got that? "If we have not learned anything we have learned that we need a president that wants to understand and who can understand, " Clinton said. Thank heaven the Clintons were there to help Obama understand!

Obama's prime-time ad skips over budget realities - Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office. Obama's assertion that "I've offered spending cuts above and beyond" the expense of his promises is accepted only by his partisans. His vow to save money by "eliminating programs that don't work" masks his failure throughout the campaign to specify what those programs are — beyond the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. A sampling of what voters heard in the ad, and what he didn't tell them:

Joe Perry says "Walk This Way'... Aerosmith’s Joe Perry walks this way with John McCain - BostonHerald.com Aerosmith’s Joe Perry walks this way with John McCain By Dave Wedge Thursday, October 30, 2008 Aerosmith has generally left the politics to bands like U2 and the Dixie Chicks, but axeman Joe Perry says national security and economic woes have prompted him to split from the rest of the entertainment world and throw his support behind John McCain. “We pretty much stay out of it, but seeing so many people come out for Obama, I just felt like ‘What the hell, I might as well raise my hand for this side,” Perry said from his Duxbury home. The Bay State rockers have done a few fund-raisers for the Kennedy family over the years, but Perry’s endorsement of McCain marks a first for the platinum-selling guitarist/songwriter. A lifelong Republican, he said he was inspired to come forward because of ringing McCain endorsements from Rudy Giuliani and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegg...

Snow blankets London for Global Warming debate • The Register Snow blankets London for Global Warming debate How Parliament passed the Climate Bill By Andrew Orlowski • Get more from this author Posted in Government, 29th October 2008 12:35 GMT Snow fell as the House of Commons debated Global Warming yesterday - the first October fall in the metropolis since 1922. The Mother of Parliaments was discussing the Mother of All Bills for the last time, in a marathon six hour session. In order to combat a projected two degree centigrade rise in global temperature, the Climate Change Bill pledges the UK to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per cent by 2050. The bill was receiving a third reading, which means both the last chance for both democratic scrutiny and consent.

So his half-brother lives in Kenya on $12 a year in room about the size of a closet and now his Aunt lives in a slum in Boston. Obama on CBS Early Show with Harry Smith 10/23; If you're not caring for your family, you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people... What a f-ing hypocite; Found in a rundown Boston estate: Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango - Times Online Found in a rundown Boston estate: Barack Obama’s aunt Zeituni Onyango The aunt of Barack Obama, Zeituni Onyango (Tom Pilston/The Times) Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt, Zeituni Onyango, walks from her home at a housing project in Boston James Bone in Boston, Rob Crilly in Kogelo and Ben Macintyre Barack Obama has lived one version of the American Dream that has taken him to the steps of the White House. But a few miles from where the Democratic presidential candidate studied at Harvard, his Kenyan aunt and uncle, immigrants living in modest circumstances in Boston, have a cont...

I can see being late occasionally but geez!

Name one accomplishment, just one, please...

Gallup +3 Obama IBD +2.7 Obama Rasmussen +3 Obama All polls are trending towards a dead heat with 6 days to go...

What an ass face this guy is...McCain criticizes Frank's tax increase rhetoric and then Frank says McCain is appealing to prejudice... Frank yesterday dismissed McCain's words as "an appeal to prejudice" that he said reminded him of past Republican efforts to raise voter concerns about the prospect of congressmen Charles Rangel and John Conyers, who are black, becoming committee chairs. "I'm flattered by this," said Frank, who is gay. "But I don't think I'm the single most important member of the House after Nancy Pelosi. There are also a lot of straight white men who are committee chairmen." McCain's chief speechwriter, Mark Salter, shook his head when asked to respond. "We're bringing him up for his quotes," said Salter. "We're prejudiced against wasteful spenders and tax hikers."

Ah...that would be Elizabeth, not Weezy... Obama confuses "Sanford and Son" with "The Jeffersons " By Lynn Sweet on October 29, 2008 12:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) RALEIGH, N.C.--Barack Obama seemed to mix up black television sitcoms "Sanford and Son" and "The Jeffersons" in a speech Wednesday, where he was making the point that if Social Security had ever been privatized--as Republicans tried to do a few years ago, folks invested in the stock market would have been whacked with giant losses because of the economic meltdown. "Can you imagine if you had your Social Security invested in the stock market these last two weeks, these last two months. You wouldn't need Social Security. You'd be having a, ya know like Sanford and Sons, 'I'm coming Weezy."

Good! McCain Slams LA Times for Double Standard in Withholding Obama-Khalidi Tape John McCain says he's sure The Los Angeles Times would be quick to produce a tape that purported to show him or his running mate at a neo-Nazi event, so he can't understand why it won't show Barack Obama in the company of a former PLO mouthpiece.

If true this could be big; Doug Ross writes that he has gotten a tip from a person who claims to have viewed it: Reason we can't release it is because statements Obama said to rile audience up during toast. He congratulates Khalidi for his work saying " Israel has no God-given right to occupy Palestine " plus there's been " genocide against the Palestinian people by Israelis." It would be really controversial if it got out. Tha's why they will not even let a transcript get out.

"Wherever I lay my hat that's my home..." Judge rules Ohio homeless voters may list park benches as addresses Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:32 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge in Ohio has ruled that counties must allow homeless voters to list park benches and other locations that aren't buildings as their addresses. U.S. District Judge Edmund Sargus also ruled that provisional ballots can't be invalidated because of poll worker errors. Monday's ruling resolved the final two pieces of a settlement between the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The coalition agreed to drop a constitutional challenge to Ohio's voter identification law until after the Nov. 4 election. In return, Brunner and the coalition agreed on procedures to verify provisional ballots across all Ohio counties. The coalition was concerned that unequal treatment of provisional ballots would disenfranchise some voters.

I saw this comment earlier. This woman thinks that she can say anything she wants and know one will notice...well, no one in the media anyway. …if the Democrats win and have substantial majorities, Congress of the United States will be more bipartisan,” said Pelosi.

And Gallup says the race narrows "slightly"...Huh?

Something you won't see in the mainstream media... Via Michelle Malkin ;

From NRO : First it was $250,000, then over the weekend it moved to $200,000 and now from Joe Biden we get this gem yesterday; What we’re saying is that $87 billion tax break doesn’t need to go to people making an average of 1.4 million, it should go like it used to. It should go to middle class people — people making under $150,000 a year .” McCain hit on this today; Senator Obama has made a lot of promises. First he said people making less than 250,000 dollars would benefit from his plan, then this weekend he announced in an ad that if you're a family making less than 200,000 dollars you'll benefit — but yesterday, right here in Pennsylvania, Senator Biden said tax relief should only go to "middle class people — people making under 150,000 dollars a year." It's interesting how their definition of rich has a way of creeping down. At this rate, it won't be long before Senator Obama is right back to his vote that Americans making just 42,000 dollars a year shou...

Both sides of aisle rip MSNBC Both sides of aisle rip MSNBC Keith Olbermann also criticized at media luncheon By Paul Bond Oct 27, 2008, 08:26 PM ET In a room full of television industry executives, no one seemed inclined to defend MSNBC on Monday for what some were calling its lopsidedly liberal coverage of the presidential election. The cable news channel is "completely out of control," said writer-producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat. She added that she would prefer a lunch date with right-leaning Fox News star Sean Hannity over left-leaning MSNBC star Keith Olbermann. Olbermann was criticized by many who attended Monday's luncheon sponsored by the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The event was dubbed "Hollywood, America and Election '08." Bloodworth-Thomason and others seemed especially critical of the way MSNBC -- and other media -- has attacked Republican vice presidential candi...

Oh wait it's in California and it's Governor Palin and John McCain.  It's all good...imagine if it were Biden and Obama.  This is the ass face who put this together. His name is Chad Michael Morisette and he lives in West Hollywood which explains it all.

Obama Wins!,’ newspaper declares 'Obama Wins!,' newspaper declares Posted: 02:39 PM ET From CNN Chief National Correspondent John King One New Mexico paper has declared Obama the next president. SANTA FE, New Mexico (CNN) – For The New Mexico Sun News it is either a major scoop or “Dewey Beats Truman” déjà vu 60 years later. “Obama Wins!” is the headline of the edition on newsstands now, complete with “special collector’s edition” in red bold typeface. The Sun News is a bi-monthly newspaper and its Oct 26-Nov 8 issue had to hit the streets, and the newsstands, before the election. So the editors decided to make a leap of faith and declare Democrat Barack Obama the winner. In an article explaining their choice, the editors unabashedly wrote, “When it comes to calling the winner of a presidential election, everyone wants to be first. The New Mexico Sun News hereby claims that achievement.” In its tongue-in-cheek style, the article went on to note the newspaper has a goal of reach...

Interesting chart...take a look at the very last question. I am not surprised by the answer.

Continuing to play the race card and blame white people for everything that is wrong in this country some dolt named Jonathan Valania of the Philadelphia Inquirer thinks that white people shouldn't be allowed to vote because, you know, white people stole the election in 2000 (geez get over it!) and that white President Bush allowed us to be attacked (wasn't Clinton president during the 5 years of planning for the 9/11 attacks and isn't he white) and oh those angry Sarah Palin rallies where people hang Barack Obama in effigy, oh wait that was a mannequin dressed as Palin ouside some idiots house. I could go on but why bother... White people shouldn't be allowed to vote | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/26/2008 White people shouldn't be allowed to vote It's for the good of the country and for those who're bitter for a reason and armed because they're scared. Jonathan Valania is editor in chief of the blog Phawker.com As a lifelong Caucasian, I am beginning t...

Funny stuff...and so true.

So Bill Ayers says whats the big deal? He and his group just set off a few bombs here and there, tried to kill a judge and his family, tried to blow up the Pentagon and Capitol and a few police stations. All in a radical's day... '60s leftist William Ayers: Time for GOP to get over it BY RICHARD VANDERFORD DAILY NEWS WRITER Sunday, October 26th 2008, 11:32 PM Bill Ayers arriving at a meeting in Manhattan Sunday wearing a shirt reading, 'This is Ridiculous.' The man the GOP  loves to hate tiptoed out of hiding Sunday - if only to blast Fox News and the rest of the media for his predicament. William Ayers , the '60s radical who is one of John McCain 's talking points in his criticism of Barack ...

Just listen to this clip from radio interview did in 2001. His "spread the wealth" was not poor choice of words. They were EXACTLY what he meant!  This is Barack Obama talking for 4 minutes about how to achieve redistribution of wealth...This man is a socialist.

The Hartford Courant do the good work; Sen. Christopher Dodd's bewildering odyssey of entitlement, evasions and deceptions continued last week. He shed more credibility as he staggered through new excuses for concealing from the public documents related to his cut-rate mortgages of nearly $800,000 from subprime giant Countrywide Financial. On Wednesday, Dodd announced he wants to wait until the Senate Ethics Committee completes its investigation of his mortgage deals. There's no Senate rule requiring Dodd to remain silent during the investigation. There's no legitimate reason for Dodd to withhold from the public the array of documents, e-mails and letters from the mortgage swag bag Countrywide gave him. A Senate investigation isn't like a Countrywide mortgage: It's expensive to prove there's nothing there. Dodd has caught a lucky break, as senators often do. The Federal Elections Commission allows Dodd to use campaign funds from the Friends of Ch...

From Virginia Virtucon ; Interesting tidbit on polls « Virginia Virtucon Interesting tidbit on polls Posted on October 24, 2008 by Riley From VV contributor Ignatius: I was having dinner a night ago with a friend of mine who is a statistician for a well-regarded private polling company. They do some work for Republicans in California, but most of the work they do is for Democrats or Democrat-leaning operations (Unions, etc.). Anyway, her shop was retained to do a few Presidential polls for targetted states on behalf of a union so the union could decide where to spend their ad dollars for the last week. They did Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Missouri. After mocking the hell out of the voter id spreads used by Rassmussen, Zogby, etc. (and this is coming from a committed Dem who will be voting for Barry O) she said the results of their polling lead her to believe that McCain will definitely win FL, OH, NC, MO and NV. She s...

As much as the media wants us to believe this election is all over but the shouting...it's not; Zogby has 49.9 to 45.1 with Obama's lead shrinking from 12 points Friday to the current difference. IBD/TIPP has the race 46.5 to 43.3 with 10.6% undecided.

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Hysterical column about what a reliable asset a bumbling fool Joe Biden is; Biden a reliable running mate amid the stumbles - Yahoo! News Biden a reliable running mate amid the stumbles By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer Nedra Pickler, Associated Press Writer – Sat Oct 25, 12:51 pm ET WASHINGTON – Joe Biden's performance as Barack Obama's running mate has been pretty predictable — even when unpredictable. The biggest knock against Biden during discussions on whether he would make a good vice presidential nominee was that his mouth tends to get him in trouble. And it has, with Biden recently raising the expectation that Obama would be tested by an international crisis soon after taking office — a comment that Obama said showed Biden's penchant for "rhetorical flourish." Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin have used that comment to suggest that Obama is not prepared to deal with such a problem. That's not what Biden said — he argued Obama would pe...

Joe Biden gets asked tough questions and decides to pick up his toys and go home. Is this how the Obama/Biden administration is going to handle tough situations?

Right after the debate where Joe the Plumber was the star; "State and local officials are investigating if state and  law-enforcement computer systems were illegally accessed when they were tapped for personal information about "Joe the Plumber." Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher became part of the national political lexicon Oct. 15 when Republican presidential candidate John McCain mentioned him frequently during his final debate with Democrat Barack Obama. The 34-year-old from the Toledo suburb of Holland is held out by McCain as an example of an American who would be harmed by Obama's tax proposals. Public records requested by The Dispatch disclose that information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport-utility vehicle was pulled from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times shortly after the debate. Information on Wurzelbacher was accessed by accounts assigned to the office of Ohio Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers, the Cuyahoga County Chil...

Death threats... see NRO for more ; Death Threats Sent to Pollster After releasing this morning’s numbers showing McCain ahead in Ohio and Florida, the Strategic Vision polling company received several death threats through the contact e-mail on the company’s web site. David Johnson, the CEO of Strategic Vision, shared the messages with National Review Online. One of the messages stated: My goodness, your polls stinks. There are 3 polls that have Obama by double digits and only yours has Obama down. WOW!. How come your poll is the only one giving Palin high favor ratings? I think you nee dto be careful tonight when you get in your car and might want to check underneath your car. SCRAP YOUR IDIOTIC POLLS OR ELSE!

For some reason the LA Times is shocked by Jake Tapper's point that Joe Biden, the walking gaffe machine, is being kept at an undisclosed location and out of the media's site... VP candidate kept from media and no crowd questions. Not Palin. It's Biden! | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times VP candidate kept from media and no crowd questions. Not Palin. It's Biden! Is it possible we've been living in a bubble for the last several weeks, not noticing a complete role reversal between the Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Joe Biden, and his Republican counterpart, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska? The always astute Jake Tapper over at ABC makes a shocking point: Now, Palin, who was once so sequestered from the media it allowed her opponents to caricature her and helped create "Free Sarah Palin" buttons, is meeting with more and more national reporters and, unreported by them, numerous local media types at virtually every campaign stop. Alaska Governo...

How does a Congressman tell his constituents that they are racists and then explain that comment away by saying that he meant to say that they are all rednecks,  and the media yawns. But when Senator George Allen said maccaca it was non-stop front page news right up to election day and it cost Allen his seat. Just pathetic.  Read more ...

No I am not kidding, see here .

I am sure this will get front page exposure from now until the election just like Mark Foley did. Or not. New Allegations in Mahoney Sex Scandal Document: Rep. Allegedly Used Mistress as "Tease" for Big Donors By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and EMMA SCHWARTZ October 24, 2008 Current and former members of the staff of Congressman Tim Mahoney (D-Fla) say he has yet to come completely clean about his multiple affairs, abusive behavior and alleged ethical lapses. In this file photo, Florida Democratic U.S. Congressional candidate Tim Mahoney delivers a speech in... In this file photo, Florida Democratic U.S. Congressional candidate Tim Mahoney delivers a speech in Jupiter, Florida. Current and former members of the staff of Mahoney say he has yet to come completely clean about his multiple affairs, abusive behavior and alleged ethical lapses. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Last week, following a series of reports on The Blotter , Mahoney confirmed that...

Well since the prices are so low and mortgage rates are low (but climbing slightly) the buying had to start sooner or later . Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose 5.5 percent last month, the biggest gain since July 2003, and the inventory of unsold homes fell, a hopeful sign for a housing market mired in a long slump. The National Association of Realtors said on Friday that sales of existing homes rose to a 5.18 million-unit annual rate from the 4.91 million unit pace set in August. Economists had expected sales to rise to only a 4.93 million unit rate. It was the first time the sales pace had risen above its year ago level in nearly three years, a sign the market could be stabilizing. The surprisingly large jump in sales pushed the inventory of unsold homes down by 1.6 percent to 4.27 million, or a 9.9 months’ supply at the current pace, the lowest since February.

McCain Campaign Volunteer Confessed To Making Up Story Of Attack Police: Campaign Volunteer Made Up Attack Story MORE: KDKA Online Voters Guide | Campaign '08 News Embed our Politics widget to get our news on your site A Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Ashley Todd confessed to making up the story & is facing charges PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter "B" in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker. Ashley Todd, 20, of Texas, initially told police that she was robbed at an ATM in Bloomfield and that the suspect became enraged and started beating her after seeing her GOP sticker on her car. Police investigating the alleged attack, however, began to notice some inconsistencies in her story and administered a polygraph test. Authorities, however, declined to release the results of that test. And she apparent...

Well thats what this graphic from the party's 1996 newsletter says...seems like something that should be looked into.  So I guess we can expect more articles about Palin's clothers or her answers to questions from 3rd graders... Here's an image of the entire page from where the above snip came from;

You may notice a pattern; John Kerry in 2004 Al Gore in 2000 Michael Dukakis in 1988 Walter Mondale in 1984 Jimmy Carter in 1980 George McGovern in 1972 Hubert Humphrey in 1968 Well, 1 out of 7 ain't too good...I am assuming they endorsed Clinton in 1992 and 1996 but so far haven't found anything.

Some language but quiet funny and illuminating...

Nice piece on Sarah Palin and the abuse that is being heaped upon her; Wonder Land - WSJ.com Hatin' Palin She's not the reason Americans can't stand their politicians. * By DANIEL HENNINGER The abuse being heaped on Sarah Palin is such a cheap shot. The complaint against the Alaska governor, at its most basic, is that she doesn't qualify for admission to the national political fraternity. Boy, that's rich. Behold the shabby frat house that says it's above her pay grade. [Wonder Land] NBC Sarah Palin appears with Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live. Congress has the lowest approval rating ever registered in the history of polling (12%!). She isn't the reason polls are showing people want the entire Congress fired, with many telling pollsters they themselves could do a better job. Sarah Palin didn't design a system of presidential primaries whose length and cost ensures that only the most obsessional personalities will run the gauntlet, while a...

Ryan Corsaro reports : (COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.) - It might be surprising to some to learn that Sarah Palin is now talking to her national press corps more often than Joe Biden. While the once silent Palin has taken questions from reporters that travel with her three times in the last week, Biden has not offered the same type of access to reporters who cover his every move on the campaign trail in almost two months.

It seems reasonable to assume that Joe Biden's remarks about the world testing Barack Obama if he is elected may not have been a result of his usual blow-hardiness but based on national security briefings that each campaign has received to keep the abreast of threats around the world. More evidence that this was deliberate is that he made these remarks twice, the first time on Saturday October 18th in San Francisco and then the next day in Seattle. GateWay Pundit does his usual great job of analysis.

Comes this AP poll just released which shows exactly the opposite, Obama 44, McCain43; 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. The poll, which found Obama at 44 percent and McCain at 43 percent, supports what some Republicans and Democrats privately have said in recent days: that the race narrowed after the third debate as GOP-leaning voters drifted home to their party and McCain's "Joe the plumber" analogy struck a chord. Three weeks ago, an AP-GfK survey found that Obama had surged to a seven-point lead over McCain, lifted by voters who thought the Democrat was better suited to lead the nation through its sudden economic crisis. The contest is still volatile, and the split among voters is apparent less than two weeks before Electi...

Tito the Construction worker smacks down David Corn!   Take not of Corn's absolute ignorance of why McCain supporters would be upset with the media.

Unbelievable!   And Dan Rather is absolutely correct about what he says here, again unbelievably;

Remember him? There have been so many scandals since October, 2006, the month that I launched this blog, that I just about forgot who Mark Foley was. I got an excited phone call yesterday from two friends, TV producer Richard Ayoub and talent manager Dolores Cantu, who were having lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Sitting the next table over was Foley, who resigned just before the midterms after the revelation that he sent inappropriate e-mail messages to a congressional page. Ayounb and Cantu didn't know immediately recognize him until he told them he had once been in Congress. The jist of the conversation then went like this, according to both: Cantu: "You didn't have an affair, did you?" Foley: "Well, I was..." Realizing who was in their midst, Ayoub, who has a penchant for devilish humor, offered a deadpanned admonishment, "You should not flirt with congressional pages." Foley went on to say that nothing happened, he didn't realize that the...

No matter how hard the Obama media tells us this is over, it ain't over till it's over. HillBuzz has interesting analysis of this poll... Undecideds will go to McCain at a rate of 4:1 or higher, the same way they broke for Clinton. That means in this Battleground Poll, it’s actually McCain 52%-Obama 49%. The other interesting thing to keep in mind is that, on average, Obama overpolled by 7% in our primaries. That means his support could actually only be at 42% in this poll above, with McCain ahead by 17-points. I don't know about 17% but I can see the 3% spread as reasonable...

I guess as long as it's not on her show then she'll do anything to get the messiah elected... OPRAH OFFERS PRODUCTION HELP WITH OBAMA'S NETWORK SPECIAL Tue Oct 21 2008 09:28:56 ET **Exclusive** Oprah Winfrey is offering to "produce" the half-hour Barack Obama advertisement set to air on Oct. 29, a top source tells the DRUDGE REPORT. The Daytime TV dynamo has even offered up her studio space in Chicago. "She's been begging Obama to let her help," a source explaines.

From CBS News... In the past two days alone, Palin has answered questions from her national press corps on three separate occasions. On Saturday, she held another plane availability, and on Sunday, she offered an impromptu press conference on the tarmac upon landing in Colorado Springs. A few minutes later, she answered even more questions from reporters during an off-the-record stop at a local ice cream shop. By contrast, Biden hasn’t held a press conference in more than a month, and Obama hasn’t taken questions from his full traveling press corps since the end of September. John McCain—who spent most of the primary season holding what seemed like one, never-ending media availability—hasn’t done one since Sept. 23.

Note the lame comment by the Obama campaign and remember they had claimed that Obama did no such thing, until the proof was provided... Obama Praised 'Searing and Timely' Book by Ayers - FOXNews.com Elections Obama Praised 'Searing and Timely' Book by Ayers Barack Obama once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by former domestic terrorist William Ayers and was mentioned by name in the book itself. Obama Ayers blurb Barack Obama provided a glowing endorsement of a book by domestic terrorist William Ayers in the Dec. 21, 1997 Chicago Tribune. Barack Obama, who has consistently downplayed his relationship with William Ayers during his presidential campaign, once gave a glowing endorsement of a book by the former domestic terrorist and was mentioned by name in the book itself. A blogger unearthed the Dec. 21, 1997, endorsement in the Chicago Tribune and posted photographs of the praise for Ayers' book on Zombietime.com Saturday. Featured next to a smiling photograph of...

McCain has been saying we can't afford a guy who will engage in on the job training.  So Biden goes out and just confirms it ; “Mark my words,” the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy.” “I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate,” Biden said to Emerald City supporters, mentioning the Middle East and Russia as possibilities. “And he’s gonna need help. And the kind of help he’s gonna need is, he’s gonna need you - not financially to help him - we’re gonna need you to use your influence, your influence within th...

By golly, 'Saturday Night Live' viewers prefer the real Sarah Palin; largest audience in 14 years--Video | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times By golly, 'Saturday Night Live' viewers prefer the real Sarah Palin; largest audience in 14 years "Saturday Night Live" and Tina Fey may mercilessly mock Sarah Palin. But, goldarnit, they're mercilessly mocking her all the way to one of the banks still in business.Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin waves as she leaves NBC after the Saturday Night Live show 10-18-08 which had the highest ratings in 14 years The Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate has become a genuine media star, guaranteeing high ratings even for an actress like Fey pretending to be her. But last night with the real Sarah Palin onboard, SNL enjoyed its highest ratings in 14 years -- since the first Clinton term in 1994 when figure skater Nancy Kerrigan and soul singer Aretha Franklin teamed...

Right on! It's not Joe The Plumber, it's what Obama said to Joe The Plumber!  Media is trying to distract from Obama revealing himself to be a socialist!  Wake up America1 "It's not that I want to punish your success. I want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success, too. My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody. "

Obama Broke Illinois Ethics Laws As A State Legislator - Say Anything Obama Broke Illinois Ethics Laws As A State Legislator By Rob on October 19, 2008 at 11:10 am Apparently, on Obama’s released tax records, he discloses income from speaking fees. The problem? Accepting payment for speaking fees when you’re a legislator is against Illinois state law. Apparently, as an Illinois state legislator through 2004, Barack was prohibited from taking honoraria for speaking under the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. But what about Barack Obama’s 2000 and 2002 tax returns? 2000: On his 2000 Schedule C-EZ, Barack reported that he received $16,500 as a “Foundation director/Educational speaker.” 2001: On his 2001 Schedule C-EZ, Barack reported $98,158 from a Chicago law firm, Miner, Barnhill, for “Legal services/attorney” (and nothing for speaking). 2002: On his 2002 Schedule C, Barack reported $34,491 for “LEGAL SERVCES / SPEAKING FEES.” These “speaking fees” are in addit...

Absolutely......not!

Not to mention his forehead. He looks creepy...The Washington Post has a comparison; He definitely looks like he did have some Botox injections...

I don't think this is the way to attract small business voters; "And then he's trying to suggest that a plumber is the guy he's fighting for," Obama said, in a reference to Joe Wurzelbacher. "How many plumbers you know makin' a quarter million dollars a year? I have a different set of priorities, I'll give a middle class tax cut to 95% of all workers."

When McCain slipped and called Obama Senator Government little did he know that he had unleashed a new smash hit song... Senator Government: The Song

I am still trying to see where the "squiggles" go off the cliff, they actually look like the ticked up a bit. Apparently the media doesn't even care if the evidence of their lying is right in front of our faces...

So now Joe the Plumber is a racist ...so says the Politico; He also said that, in his encounter with Obama, the Illinois Senator "a tap dance...almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr." So JOe is now a racist because he compared Barack Obama to a black actor who also was a tap dancer...yeah, I don't get it either but whatever...

It just never ends with that three letter names J.O.E. ;

If this is how he reacts to being challenged by a news outlet how is he going to respond to real national security issues? “I am convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls,” Obama told me. “If I were watching Fox News, I wouldn’t vote for me, right? Because the way I’m portrayed 24/7 is as a freak! I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that? “I guess the point I’m making,” he went on, “is that there is an entire industry now, an entire apparatus, designed to perpetuate this cultural schism, and it’s powerful. People want to know that you’re fighting for them, that you get them. And I actually think I do. But you know, if people are just seeing me in sound bites, they’re not going to discover that. That’s why I say that some of that may have to happen after the election, when they get to know you.” He cannot be serious. Why d...

Are they calling him a liar?  Take note America, this is what will happen to all of us.  They will seek to destroy anyone that dare question them.  Anyone!

This is why we should be required to provide a photo id to vote... Ohio elections chief appeals court ruling Ohio elections chief appeals court ruling 2 hours ago COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's top elections chief has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a dispute over whether the state is required to do more to help counties verify voter eligibility. A spokesman for Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said Thursday that an appeal has been filed with the high court. On Tuesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati sided with the Ohio Republican Party and ordered Brunner to set up a system that provides names of newly registered voters whose driver's license numbers or Social Security numbers don't match records in other government databases. The GOP contends the information will help prevent fraud. Brunner, a Democrat, has called the issue a veiled attempt at disenfranchising voters and that other checks exist to help determine eligibility. The only peo...

I am waiting breathlessly for Keith Olbermann to issue a retraction about this ridicules claim that someone yelled "kill him" at a Palin rally at the mention of Obama's name. Secret Service says "Kill him" allegation unfounded By Andrew M. Seder aseder@timesleader.com Staff Writer SCRANTON – The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded. The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the alleged incident on its Web site Tuesday and then again in its print edition Wednesday. The first story, written by reporter David Singleton, appeared with allegations that while congressional candidate Chris Hackett was addressing the crowd and mentioned Oabama’s name a man in the audience shouted “kill him." News organizations including ABC, The Associated Press, The Washington Monthly and MSNBC’s Cou...