I thought McCain was doing a pretty good job of jabbing Obama at the last campaign speech I saw him give.  If only he would take some of THAT to the debate, (Not the part where he is defending Obama and calling him a decent family man, but the part where he is saying that Obama is not telling us the truth about who he is.)  I still want to know what happened with the Birth Certificate that never was produced. (And why not a peep in ANY of the media.) 

I'm afraid it won't happen but McCain needs to give Obama several one-two punches and knock him so far he runs after whimpering.  And the louder the MSM protests the more we will know McCain was successful and that the MSM is running scared.  I don't necessarily believe the polls but I don't think it's relevant as to whether or not McCain's circumstances are dire.  Obama needs to be called on all of his b.s. and the Dem lies one after another.  Go for it McCain show you got a pair and energize your base like never before.  Otherwise, throw in the towel and look like the chump you did in the last 2 debates. 

 This is your last chance John.

...of stumbling across Rachel Maddow (who is truly one of the most revolting people on TV I have ever seen and absolutely makes my skin crawl) interviewing Oliver Stone.  They got onto the topic of "preventive war" and somehow redefined it from taking action in order to prevent an attack on American interests to attacking in order to prevent any country from becoming a rival of the United States.

These people have lost what little minds they've ever had.

Let's see: four "debates," all on college campuses, four extremely liberal MSM moderators, gotcha questions about the economy, and a "town hall" audience with Obama supporters sprinkled in....These are not "debates," ladies and gentlemen; they are blatantly staged events designed to help The One. 

Time to set the rules for the drinking games.

For Barack: For every time he says "middle class" you take a shot. For
every time he says "but what the American people really want to talk about" or
some derivative of "its the economy" you eat a jalapeno. By the end of the
session any continence or bowel problems you might have should be taken care of.

For McCain: Not so easy, this is going to be a little subjective. Let's
just say that every time The Chosen One tees it up for McCain, and McCain wiffs,
you hit the bottle. You'll pass out before this mess is over.

-Courtesy of Neal Boortz.

Note: Edited for clarity

-Dave

>>> Dee saves Dave from approaching insanity! <<<

NB has suddenly slowed to a crawl.  :-(

-Dave

>>> Dee saves Dave from approaching insanity! <<<

Last Friday I ask a white woman in the parking lot here at work why she was supporting Obama. She said it was to show the world that we were not racist. I walked off before I said something I might regret.

Then I run across this today from and interview with Richard Belzer of Law and Order: SUV that ran in the New York Entertainment magazine.

 What's the feeling about the election in France, where I know you spend a lot of your time? They're Obama crazy in France. They're writing songs about him; they've got him on T-shirts. The Europeans I know, they were worried that Bush kept talking to God. The fact that Obama is not shoving religion down everybody's throat is very comforting. Plus, a person of color would really send a message to the rest of the world that we're not all white, warmongering racists.

This is what I called shallow thinking.

"The devil is a better theologian that any of us and is a devil still" A.W. Tozer

 Obama camp releases talking points before debate.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashotp.htm

“Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?  I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.”

B.H. Obama

I know predicting the future is far from an accurate science, but here I go anyway. Tell me if you think I'm wrong...

As a legislator with no record of accomplishment, anti-growth views of the economy, naive views on military matters and the consequences of surrender, and a national security policy that is void of reason, Obama is bound to fail in a time of economic downturn, a winning military effort, and a war on terror. When legislation is passed through a fillibuster-proof dem-majority Senate, and a dem House that defies sense, and a signing pen ready to make our country worse, voter anger at what his party has done to our country will turn Obama and his whole party into a beast that people want to avoid like the plague. A Giuliani or a Jindal who have a record of vast executive achievement will step forward four years later and not only reverse all BHO and Congress did to us, but also take out old broken institutions like Social Security, the income tax, corporate taxes, Medicare, Section 8 housing, Medicaid, and all derivations of the welfare state.

It may be a hard four years, but if Obama wins we may finally get rid of the dem party altogether.

...as I liveblog the debate tonight. McCain could really use a knockout but as long as Obama manages to evade any characterization of who he REALLY is, it will be tough to 'Go, Johnny, go!'

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Sen. McCain MUST link the economic turmoil to FN & FH, show it was the Dems and Obama that were propping up these sick institutions so they could force banks to "redistribute" their wealth in the form of mortgages for  people who should never have received one.

He also must point out Barak's associations with far left radicals/socialist/marxist criminals and racist people such as Ayers, Wright,Pfleger and Rezko.

Also hammer home his taxes are nothing more than punishing people who do well by increasing their tax burden and taking that money and giving it to people who DON'T pay taxes.

I wish Sen. McCain was more of a fighter, he asked us to fight for him when he accepted the nomination but I feel he has been to restrained at going after Obamo and any and all lies and discrepancies that he makes.

So...if Obama's face scratching was actually flipping HRC the bird, and if "57 states" was a reference to Muslim terrorist leanings...

...what does it mean when McCain says "My fellow prisoners"?

I'm curious, because my tendency is to say "nothing," but I've been told I'm wrong.

About this ACORN scandal, I wonder how many local and state elections have been stolen by these thugs, seeing how a lot of these races are determined by the smallest of margins.

Here is what McCain needs to do:

1) He absolutely has to bring up what an Obama admin and Democratic
majority congress led by Pelosi would do with your rights to keep and
bear arms. Obama has said that "he couldn't take them away if he wanted
to because he wouldn't have the votes". He would. He was against the DC
ban. Bring it up in the debate. He has a consistent record of being
anti-gun possession. This would also give Obama's campaign what they
have been whining about, BRINGING UP THE ISSUES. OK, here's an issue.
FOR GOD'S SAKE JOHN, NAIL HIM ON IT! VA, AR, TN, MI and other states
CAN go your way when you show that Obama wants to take their rights
away. Why do you think Obama's campaign ISN'T bringing this subject
up??!! They are afraid of this issue that cost Gore the election. 

2) Regarding the plumber being told by Obama that he wants to
"spread the wealth around". The New York Post had a snippet that McCain
should use over and over and over again the next few weeks...."trickle
up economics"! That's what Socialism is. Obama said as much. Use it on
him. MY GOD JOHN, USE IT ON HIM!!!

3) Bring up what a liberal president with a liberal Congress would be like for America. Just do it. 

If I could ask any question tonight, and oh how I wish I could, it would be this:

"Senators McCain and Obama,

 Do you both believe that the 2nd Amendment is talking about the
rights of individuals to keep and bear arms. I am not talking about
hunting or sportsman either, I mean the right to keep guns for self
defense and against possible tyranny.

 
Also, would you pledge to live under the same gun laws you'd
propose for the citizens of the United States as President? If not,
isn't that the very definition of "tyranny" and why the 2nd Amendment
was created by our founders?

Sorry if I sound a bit rant-like but, I feel so frustrated with
McCain. It's like he has a killer playbook for a football game and he's
sitting on it. Is there any way we can get this to McCain? Can anyone
explain to me why McCain isn't bringing up a winning issue like guns? I
mean, does anyone else agree with me on this? Is there anything we can
do about it? 

What a cry baby! Apparently, Jon Bon Jovi has a problem with one of his songs being used at a McCain-Palin rally where Sarah was appearing. Someone should tell this over-the-hill idiot that he doesn't get to approve what political party uses his music.

JBJ needs to get a life! 

http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/15/palin-you-give-my-music-a-bad-name/

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

Look at what happened today, CBS says obama has a 16pt lead and the stock market tanks again..

 Does anyone know of any reports that show the correlation between the release of polls and the stock market?

I would love to see whats going on..

John Murtha and his minions are at it again...

Read on...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j0q0L6_tj5OkoqKqBgOieU39awQAD93R4AS82

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

from McCain in this last debate. I keep hearing that many in the campaign want him to go after Obama on the Ayers issue, while others do not. Apparently, there is a BIG debate on which way to go on this, and there is no clear concensus. McCain has missed so many opportunities along the way in this campaign, not to mention in the debates, I don't know what to expect from him.

I guess my main concern, aside from hoping that he really goes after Obama on his ludicrous tax and economic distribution (socialist) plans and that he links Obama with Pelosi and Reid, is that he doesn't make any big gaffes. At this late date, I don't know how much good he can do himself, but I do think that it's possible for him to hurt himself.

We'll see...  

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

In the news again today are allegations the Bush administration in the persons of Dick Cheney and others explicitly endorsed the waterboarding of terrorist suspects in US custody.

"The Bush administration issued a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004 that explicitly endorsed the agency's use of interrogation techniques such as waterboarding against al-Qaeda suspects -- documents prompted by worries among intelligence officials about a possible backlash if details of the program became public." link

The trickle continues.  A little like Chinese water torture it seems.

I'd like to see someone launch a real investigation into this subject.  Let's have this debate out in the open.  Do we torture or don't we torture?  If we do, under what circumstances?  If we don't, why not?  In fact, those might make good debate questions tonight. 

What we have now is a president that has said numerous times that "we don't torture," and then we have a steaming pile of evidence that would suggest otherwise. I don't like being lied to.  Reason with me.  I may still disagree with you, but at least you're treating me like an adult who can handle challenging ethical concepts.  There are a lot of Americans capable of rational thought who appreciate the truth.  Our leaders should respect that.

While buying groceries, I was once again confronted with the following:

On the cover of what I believe is called More magazine: a smiling, striking image of Michelle Obama.

On the cover of Men's Health,an image of Barack H. Obama smiling warmly. 

Again, this is NOT a Presidential candidate.  This IS a personality cult.   

Whoever casts a vote for Obama-Biden is nothing more than a common thief.  Whoever fails to vote against them is nothing more than a moral coward.