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I KNOW am mistaken, but the first word sort of looks like "Obama"?
THANK YOU!! GREAT POST!!!
Obama-Biden '08!!! TRUST
P.S. Luv the "carved pumpkins!!" GREAT late night pic! :>)
DAYUM!!! You betta preach Chuck Hagel!!! He bought the PAIN with that!!
America under President Obama: A view from the Christian Right
By Jay Bookman | Monday, October 27, 2008, 10:42 AM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Focus on the Family, an evangelical Christian group founded by Dr. James Dobson, claims to reach more than 220 million people in 155 nations, and Dobson himself is often described as the nation’s most influential evangelical leader. He is deeply involved in Republican Party politics, and his support is urgently courted by party leaders. It may not be mainstream in some ways, but it is certainly mainstream in terms of the power it wields.
Now, through their political and lobbying arm, the folks at Focus on the Family have been good enough to peer into their crystal ball to let us see what the United States is going to look like by 2012 should the American people be so foolish as to elect Barack Obama as their president.
Their description of America in another four years, contained in a “letter from the future,” is not a pretty sight. Here are a few highlights:
— By 2012, Obama has remade the U.S. Supreme Court into an activist, pro-gay institution, and as a result “the Boy Scouts no longer exist as an organization. They chose to disband rather than be forced to obey the Supreme Court decision that they would have to hire homosexual scoutmasters and allow them to sleep in tents with young boys.”
— “Tens of thousands of Christian (public school) teachers either quit or were fired, and there are hardly any evangelical teachers in public school any more… In addition, many private Christian schools decided to shut down after the Supreme Court ruled that anti-discrimination laws that include sexual orientation extended to private institutions such as schools.”
— “There are no more Roman Catholic or evangelical Protestant adoption agencies,” and Christian parents are being refused the right to adopt by secular adoption agencies because they have “”narrow’ or dangerous views on religion or homosexuality.”
— “The Bible can no longer be freely preached over radio or television stations when the subject matter includes such ‘offensive’ doctrines as criticizing homosexual behavior.” In addition, “churches have no freedom to refuse to allow their buildings to be used for wedding ceremonies for homosexual couples.” and “homosexuals are now given special bonuses for enlisting in military service.”
— Christian nurses, physicians, family counselors, lawyers and other professionals are being stripped of their right to work in those fields, and because homeschooling is now all but outlawed, thousands of homeschooling parents are moving their families to Australia or New Zealand.
— The U.S. Supreme Court has “nullified all Federal Communications Commission restrictions on obscene speech or visual content in radio and television broadcasts. As a result, television programs at all hours of the day contain explicit portrayals of sexual acts.”
— After President Obama pulled U.S. troops out of Iraq, “Al Qaida operatives from Syria and Iran poured into Iraq and completely overwhelmed the Iraqi security forces,” followed by mass executions. “The number put to death may soon reach the millions.”
— Four U.S. cities have been hit by terror attacks, and “in mid-2010, Iran launched a nuclear bomb that exploded in the middle of Tel Aviv… President Obama said he abhorred what Iran had done, and he hoped the U.N. would unanimously condemn this crime against humanity.”
— Russia has invaded and captured Georgia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria “with no military response from the U.S. or the U.N.” Instead, President Obama moved to strengthen US ties with communist regimes in Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia.
— Health care has been nationalized, and “the waiting list for prostate cancer surgery is 3 years.” In fact, “people older than 80 have essentially no access to hospitals or surgical procedures. Their ‘duty’ is increasingly thought to be to go home to die….”
— “Conservative talk radio, for all intents and purposes, was shut down by the end of 2010,” and evangelical Christian book publishers have been barred from selling their products through Amazon, Borders and Barnes and Noble. And dozens of Bush officials, from the Cabinet level on down, are in jail.
“When did all this start?” the folks at Focus on the Family ask, looking back at us in hindsight from 2012. “Christians share a lot of the blame. In 2008, many evangelicals thought Senator Obama was an opportunity for ‘change’ and they voted for him…. Many people thought he sounded so thoughtful, so reasonable.” Instead, the letter claims, by 2012 Obama had moved to repress all dissent to the point that “hardly any brave citizen dares to resist the new government policies any more.”
This is what millions of our fellow Americans are being told to believe by leaders in whom they place great faith and confidence. This is why you can sense a rising tide of panic from some quarters as it begins to sink in that Barack Obama is likely to become our next president. It is vile, irresponsible and unbelievable fantasy, but to many it is revealed truth. And it is difficult to imagine how that world view can ever be reconciled with that of the mainstream.
California Rasmussen Obama 61, McCain 34 Obama +27
Connecticut Hartford Courant Obama 56, McCain 31 Obama +25
Florida Reuters/Zogby Obama 47, McCain 47 Tie
Indiana Reuters/Zogby McCain 50, Obama 44 McCain +6
Iowa Marist Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10
Mississippi Press Register McCain 46, Obama 33 McCain +13
Missouri SurveyUSA Obama 48, McCain 48 Tie
Missouri Reuters/Zogby Obama 48, McCain 46 Obama +2
Nevada Reuters/Zogby Obama 48, McCain 44 Obama +4
New Hampshire Marist Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5
North Carolina PPP (D) Obama 49, McCain 48 Obama +1
North Carolina Reuters/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 46 Obama +4
Ohio Reuters/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5
Oregon SurveyUSA Obama 57, McCain 38 Obama +19
Pennsylvania Temple Univ. Obama 50, McCain 41 Obama +9
Virginia SurveyUSA Obama 52, McCain 43 Obama +9
Virginia Reuters/Zogby Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7
Virginia Washington Post Obama 52, McCain 44 Obama +8
Virginia VCU Obama 51, McCain 40 Obama +11
Washington The Washington Poll Obama 55, McCain 34 Obama +21
West Virginia Reuters/Zogby McCain 50, Obama 40 McCain +10
National Rasmussen Reports Obama 51, McCain 46 Obama +5
National Gallup Obama 52, McCain 42 Obama +10
National Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby Obama 50, McCain 45 Obama +5
National Diageo/Hotline Obama 50, McCain 42 Obama +8
National ABC News/Wash Post Obama 52, McCain 45 Obama +7
GUESS WHAT!?!?!?!
My boyfriend proposed to me! I'm officially ENGAGED! (first time for me)
(And we've agreed to use next weekend to go back and canvass in PA instead of making the rounds with family- I LOVE THIS MAN!)
Congrats! Best wishes for a very happy life!
And what a way to celebrate your future, canvassing!
Y'all can sing this to each other:
ONLY YOU! :>)
By the Platters. :>) :>)
GOD BLESS YOU 2!! :>)
P.S. Wave at my mom when you get to PA.!! :>) :>)
P.P.S. Let us know the DAY OF THE NUPTIALS! The "JJP CHOIR" will render an A and B Selection!! :>) Don't worry. They will be appropriate!! :>) :>)
Wait a minute. . . I ain't neva blushed! :>) :>)
I have a humble smile, though! :>)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inT_oB8RYio
I'm more like a Stevie Wonder "As" type of gyal.
THank you for the well wishes, sis.
I tried & tried to find "Heaven and Earth" and "When I said I do" by Kenny Lattimore but couldn't find it but I did find this. I've always liked it.
To The Happy Couple!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMfrLFirGWc
Quote:
10. A body blow to racial identity politics. An end to the era of Jesse Jackson in black America.
9. Less debt. Yes, Obama will raise taxes on those earning over a quarter of a million. And he will spend on healthcare, Iraq, Afghanistan and the environment. But so will McCain. He plans more spending on health, the environment and won't touch defense of entitlements. And his refusal to touch taxes means an extra $4 trillion in debt over the massive increase presided over by Bush. And the CBO estimates that McCain's plans will add more to the debt over four years than Obama's. Fiscal conservatives have a clear choice.
8. A return to realism and prudence in foreign policy. Obama has consistently cited the foreign policy of George H. W. Bush as his inspiration. McCain's knee-jerk reaction to the Georgian conflict, his commitment to stay in Iraq indefinitely, and his brinksmanship over Iran's nuclear ambitions make him a far riskier choice for conservatives. The choice between Obama and McCain is like the choice between George H.W. Bush's first term and George W.'s.
7. An ability to understand the difference between listening to generals and delegating foreign policy to them.
6. Temperament. Obama has the coolest, calmest demeanor of any president since Eisenhower. Conservatism values that kind of constancy, especially compared with the hot-headed, irrational impulsiveness of McCain.
5. Faith. Obama's fusion of Christianity and reason, his non-fundamentalist faith, is a critical bridge between the new atheism and the new Christianism.
4. A truce in the culture war. Obama takes us past the debilitating boomer warfare that has raged since the 1960s. Nothing has distorted our politics so gravely; nothing has made a rational politics more elusive.
3. Two words: President Palin.
2. Conservative reform. Until conservatism can get a distance from the big-spending, privacy-busting, debt-ridden, crony-laden, fundamentalist, intolerant, incompetent and arrogant faux conservatism of the Bush-Cheney years, it will never regain a coherent message to actually govern this country again. The survival of conservatism requires a temporary eclipse of today's Republicanism. Losing would be the best thing to happen to conservatism since 1964. Back then, conservatives lost in a landslide for the right reasons. Now, Republicans are losing in a landslide for the wrong reasons.
1. The War Against Islamist terror. The strategy deployed by Bush and Cheney has failed. It has failed to destroy al Qaeda, except in a country, Iraq, where their presence was minimal before the US invasion. It has failed to bring any of the terrorists to justice, instead creating the excresence of Gitmo, torture, secret sites, and the collapse of America's reputation abroad. It has empowered Iran, allowed al Qaeda to regroup in Pakistan, made the next vast generation of Muslims loathe America, and imperiled our alliances. We need smarter leadership of the war: balancing force with diplomacy, hard power with better p.r., deploying strategy rather than mere tactics, and self-confidence rather than a bunker mentality.
Those conservatives who remain convinced, as I do, that Islamist terror remains the greatest threat to the West cannot risk a perpetuation of the failed Manichean worldview of the past eight years, and cannot risk the possibility of McCain making rash decisions in the middle of a potentially catastrophic global conflict. If you are serious about the war on terror and believe it is a war we have to win, the only serious candidate is Barack Obama.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily...
Mcshame, this song is fitting for you and your rouge vp pick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qrjtr_uFac&feat...
If you're not going to link Barack to al Quaeda, you have nothing.
Just sayin'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/obama-...
Obama Assassination Plot Disrupted By ATF
WASHINGTON — Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.
In all, the two men whom officials described as neo-Nazi skinheads planned to kill 88 people _ 14 by beheading, according to documents unsealed in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community.
The spree, which initially targeted an unidentified predominantly African-American school, was to end with the two men driving toward Obama, "shooting at him from the windows," the court documents show.
"Both individuals stated they would dress in all-white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt," the court complaint states. "Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt."
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Sheriffs' deputies in Crockett County, Tenn., arrested the two suspects _ Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark. _ Oct. 22 on unspecified charges. "Once we arrested the defendants and suspected they had violated federal law, we immediately contacted federal authorities," said Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce.
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Can I get a REPUDIATION - McAncient/The UN-VETTED ONE????
Just askin' . . . . .. .
Obama-Biden '08!!! TRUST
Guess they'll use the "INSANITY DEFENSE!"
OR the "RELATED TO THE UN-VETTED ONE DEFENSE!"
DALLAS - A white man accused in the dragging death of a black east Texas man was close friends with the victim and didn't kill him, the suspect's sister said Monday.
"This was no hate crime," Krystala Boyd said. "You can't hate somebody you love."
She also said she doesn't believe her brother, Shannon Keith Finley, and childhood friend Charles Ryan Crostley had anything to do with the death of Brandon McClelland.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27408403/
DL Hughley’s Def (and Dumb) Comedy Jam on CNN
By Dr. Boyce Watkins
www.BoyceWatkins.com
I continue to be irritated by Fox News, which is why I don’t watch it. We know clear racism when we see it, and it should not be legitimized by our viewership. However, I’ve always given CNN a pass. I’ve overlooked the fact that nearly every financial analyst on the network is a White male, since that tends to be the norm in almost every academic department in America. I could almost overlook the atrocious spectacle called “Black in America”, which presented African Americans to the world as pathetic lab rats to be studied and pitied. When it came to CNN, I presumed that they are simply victims of the same institutionalized racism which plagues nearly every other corporation, university and media outlet in our country. I don’t get mad at every racist I see, since I truly, and perhaps naively, believe that most Americans strive to be good people.
But the new CNN show, “DL Hughley Breaks the News” was something I simply cannot forgive.
In Hughley’s new show, he attempts to add a comedic spin to the presidential election with “commentary” by characters such as “Freddie Mac”, a pimp who apparently caused the financial crisis. In the interview with Freddie Mac, the pimp makes typical pimp-like comments such as “bitch betta have my money”, and “pimps up, hoes down” in reference to the 2008 Presidential election. There are also segments which explain that President Obama’s healthcare plan would include “gold grills for everyone”, along with other equally tasteless jokes that have no place on an allegedly “mainstream” news network just a few days before one of the most significant elections in American history. Nearly every joke on Hughley’s show came back to some generalized stereotype, reminding us that African Americans are seen as relatively trifling “social critters” and not much of anything else. My good friend Roland Martin at CNN has never received the same respect as political caricatures like Nancy Grace and Glenn Beck. So, the most degrading thing CNN can do is to finally give an African American a show after he agrees to turn the stellar Obama presidential campaign into a minstrel show. I am not sure if Flavor Flav or Juan Williams (the educated version of Flavor Flav) could have done a better job.
I have to say that DL Hughley lost my respect 2 years ago during the Don Imus debacle. After working hard on the phone with Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton to construct a plan to challenge Imus’ corporate sponsors, I was saddened to watch DL use this situation as an opportunity to say things that no self-respecting Black public figure would say. On the Jay Leno show, I dropped my face to the floor when I heard Hughley say, “Yes, those women really WERE a pack of nappy headed hoes!” I could not understand why Hughley could not simply make the appearance as a comedian citing the quality of his work, rather than a Black man agreeing to engage in the degradation of Black women for the enjoyment of a predominantly white audience.
At that point, I decided that when DL Hughley is on a show, I will not watch him. I can understand the grit and grind of getting ahead, but getting ahead at all costs makes you a professional garden tool. Perhaps the show’s resident pimp, Freddie Mac could use DL as one of his employees. The idea that this seasoned comedian would leverage his Blackness in such a degrading way simply makes me wonder why he never developed greater range as a performer. His laughs always go back to the same old unintelligent place, like the little kid on the school bus who memorizes 800 “ya mama” jokes and recites them one by one to keep the other kids laughing. Just when Obama taught us all to step outside the box, CNN and DL Hughley have reminded us to stay inside the socio-political ghetto. The audience members are not laughing WITH you DL, they are laugh AT YOU.
I make these comments as a Black man, which I’ve been for quite a while now. I am a loyal fan of Katt Williams, Chris Rock, Dave Chapelle, Richard Pryor, Wanda Sykes, Eddie Murphy and other cutting edge and incredibly talented comedians. I don’t wear my “Black Panther Hat” everywhere I go, and I have as many guilty pleasures as anyone when it comes to laughing about things that might be considered offensive. I also say this as a moderate fan of Def Comedy Jam, most forms of hip hop and nearly everything else that reflects the beauty and diversity of being Black in our great nation. But the truth of the matter is that there must be a point where the line is drawn, like realizing that you don’t put a porn shop inside a church or bring a gun to a baby shower. It is amazing that CNN would sign off on this show right before such an historic and politically sacred event, sending a clear message to African Americans that the only way to get their attention is to “be really black and make us laugh”. This once again underscores the necessity for more black-owned media outlets. Perhaps if there were a greater diversity of Black-owned media in America, we would not have to sell each other out for our moment in the sun. Until that time, I’ll be getting most of my news from the Internet.
Congratulations DL, it appears that your show will be a smash hit. You’ve become America’s favorite nappy headed hoe. I really hope it was worth it.
Dr. Boyce Watkins is a Finance Professor at Syracuse University and author of "What if George Bush were a Black Man?" For more information, please visit
www.BoyceWatkins.com.
I haven't watched CNN with any regularity ever. But not at all this election cycle. Unless someone points me to a YouTube or a Michelle appearance. It's been FOX-Lite forever.
I hate it.
I stopped watching CNN in the middle of the primaries. And I'm a much happier person for doing so...
Is it time to be send hate mail to CNN? This does not count as "diversifying" their programming especially because it is just promoting entrenched prejudices. White Supremacy LIVES among self loathing individuals of all types.
I didn't realize that DL was an opportunist during the Don Imus debacle...
People may (or may not) know that DL Hughley did a panel on Bill Maher (not his last appearance, but an appearance over a year ago before the primaries) where DL in effect said, "There is no way that people would vote for someone named 'Barack Obama.'"
Any "brother" who knocks another "brother" before he is even out of the gate gets no respect from me. Didn't watch DL's show.
I am quite surprised at the sheer number of Obama Playa-Haters at this late stage of the general election campaign.
Even with the writing on the wall, Tavis Smiley dares cast himself as "useful,"--Tavis Smiley is going to keep Barack Obama accountable.
How about this? Let Barack get the line-item veto and SLASH Tavis's PBS Show budget to Zero_________! Do it B! Do it! Tavis's ass should be off the air come March so that he'll have more time to promote The Covenant--or better practice the fine art of covering his own ass.
You took the words right out of my mouth!
No more will it be ok to support just any black person who puts him or herself forward, even when he or she sucks. Obama has changed all that. Suddenly, placed alongside Obama's incandescence, DL's "humour" looks even more like the darkest night. No thanks, DL - we happen to enjoy the light.
Say it, Truthseeker! Yes he did. He has taught us the meaning of high standards. We're not settling for anything less!
Lay. it. down. brotha!
It was a humiliating affair. I sat there, appalled. I think the CNN people might be appalled also, but they will tell themselves that they don't understand black humour - that this must be what black people find funny. DL ought to know better.
I was stunned at the shot DL took at Soledad, something about botox. My contention with it is, of all the people on CNN who might need botox, he chose Soledad to associate with it....She is one of only 4 women of colour on the network - certainly, the one most visible, and he chose to say this as her colleague. It doesn't make sense but for a racial bias, him trying to hobble her.
Things have got to at least make sense.
I can understand you being appalled! D L is sickening to the core with his disrespect for black women. If he was willing to disrespect young black women who are just beginning to find their place in the world, then he doesn't care for any black woman. Mark. my. words. ....his black @ss is going to fail on CNN!
Obama said she and her husband had a policy of spending their own money on their clothes. But she said she wanted to be "empathetic." "A V.P. pick, it's like being shot out of a cannon. All of a sudden you're at the center of attention, and you want to look good," said Michelle Obama, adding she has never met Palin. "You're living in your home, minding your business, and all of a sudden you're on the national stage and everyone's watching."
http://www.examiner.com/a-1659190~Michelle_Obam...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/hagel-...
Hagel: Palin "Arguably The Thinnest-Resume Candidate" For VP In The US History
Hagel skipped the Republican Convention, choosing instead to go, with two aides, on a fact-finding trip to Latin America. He did hear McCain's speech, which, in its evocation of the need to bridge a disabling partisan divide, echoed the theme of his discussion with McCain in their meeting in June. But, Hagel said, he's been "very disappointed" by McCain's campaign. "He gave one unifying speech and then has spent fifty million dollars to destroy his opponent." Hagel may be the only senior Republican elected official who has publicly criticized McCain's choice of Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. "I don't believe she's qualified to be President of the United States," Hagel told me. "The first judgment a potential President makes is who their running mate is--and I don't think John made a very good selection." He scoffed at McCain's attempts to portray her as an experienced politician. "To try to make the excuse that she looks out her window and sees Russia--and that she's commander of the Alaska National Guard." He added, "There is no question that this candidate is arguably the thinnest-résumé candidate for Vice-President in the history of America."
Read the whole story here.
1. HE went to Latin American DURING the RNC Convention. Crist WENT to Disneyland! Seems like a "pattern" to me! :>) :>)
2. Those scathing comments! TRUTH!!!
Obama-Biden '08!!! TRUST
50 State Strategy
The latest RNC Ad Buy?
MONTANA
FRIGGING MONTANA
WHO ever thought, 8 days out, the RNC would be buying AD TIME IN MONTANA?
FIFTY STATE STRATEGY
He can now potentially win even without Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida:
Truly, truly shocking. Pre-Iowa I was a skeptic. Post-Iowa--and really post-South Carolina--I thought he could do anything. And now let's give credit where credit is due. Howard Dean. He caught way too much shit for that comment about Confederate Flags and pickup trucks. He was the wrong guy to execute the plan. He was right--even if he was the wrong guy to execute the strategy. Barack Obama is now the candidate of white people who say nigger, but have lost their jobs, retirement and health care. Amazing. We don't have to like each other to realize that we could all sink together. H/T to TPM.
http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives...
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/10/bill-burton-is...
to hell with all of those dingbats. they just say the most random things. where do these people get their research on ANY candidate is my question.
Frank Schaeffer - Obama will be one of the greatest (and most loved) American presidents
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/o...
...Obama is our last best chance. He's worth laying it all on the line for.
This is a man who in the age of greed took the high road of community service. This is the good father and husband. This is the humble servant. This is the patient teacher. This is the scholar statesman. This is the man of deep Christian faith.
...Obama brings a moral clarity to his leadership reserved for those who have had to work for everything they've gotten and had to do twice as well as the person standing next to them because of the color of their skin. His experience of succeeding in spite of his color, social background and prejudice could have been embittering or one that fostered a spiritual rebirth of forgiveness and enlightenment. Obama radiates the calm inner peace of the spirit of forgiveness.
Speaking as a believing Christian I see the hand of a merciful God in Obama's candidacy. The biblical metaphors abound. The stone the builder rejected is become the cornerstone... the last shall be first... he that would gain his life must first lose it... the meek shall inherit the earth...
For my secular friends I'll allow that we may have just been extraordinarily lucky! Either way America wins.
Agreed. I've said long before that God is in this! And we are here bearing witness to it! I am so grateful.
Obama-Biden ;08!!! TRUST
Barack Obama is a being who is doing what he is made to do, the way it needs to be done, in this specific time and place. Not only that, but the collective entity he is part of is now actively choosing to allow him to function for what he is made to do.
There are resources available for this kind of thing. There are contexts where these resources are normal and unremarkable because pretty much everything functions together as it is made to. But not here. I had given up that these resources would be able to be available here. I was wrong. Glad to be so.
(I don't know if this, how I perceive it, is related somehow to what people are calling God -- but it might be.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/wha...
Reason:State of GA computer system problem!
http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/travel/globespott...
A Paris gallery is exhibiting an energetic melange of art inspired by Barack Obama.
-complete with audio slideshow
Thanks for sharing
It's a panel of "intelligent" women on Larry King discussing Sarah Palin. It was enlightening and disappointing at the same time. If you watch the video, it's like watch a bitchy fest in High School.
The women should actually be embarrassed for themselves. I know I am embarrassed as a female.
Check it out:
Larry King: Is Sarah Palin of Script? Can McCain-Palin ticket win?
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0810/27/...
Brace yourself.
Youtube: BTW I'm voting for McCain/Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxhYampIl7A
He has more videos. . .don't really know if it's a good thing/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/27/michel...
BURBANK, Calif. — No $150,000 wardrobe malfunctions for Michelle Obama.
"Actually, this is a J. Crew ensemble," the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told comedian Jay Leno on Monday on his talk show. She wore a yellow sweater, skirt and blouse ensemble.
"You can get some good stuff online," she added.
Questioned by Leno, the potential first lady declined to criticize GOP vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin about revelations that the Republican National Committee spent $150,000 at Neiman Marcus and other high-end retailers on clothes and accessories for Palin and her family.
Obama said she and her husband have a policy of spending their own money on their clothes. But she said she wanted to be "empathetic."
Michelle looked fantastic. She is a gorgeous woman inside and out and she looked wonderful.
McCain Staffers Blame Palin's Lack of Readiness; Palin Loyalists Blame Over-Managing
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?i...
The McCain campaign is definitely demoralized right now. The blame game has begun.
There is no question that there is a rift between Sarah Palin's camp and that of John McCain inside the Republican campaign, sources tell ABC News.
And you are seeing people within the McCain campaign starting to look to the future.
Not only Palin, but many of the McCain staffers, as well, are circulating their resumes and pointing the finger.
Whenever people in the campaign are starting to worry more about their own reputations rather than whether they're going to win in seven days, there is a significant problem.
http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/10/27/ex-...
Ex-Pa. Supreme Court justice: Sorry for anti-Obama Jewish e-mail
A former Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice apologized Monday for signing an e-mail to Jewish voters that likened a vote for Barack Obama to ignoring warning signals that led to the Holocaust.
Sandra Schultz Newman said she regrets that she did not review the final draft more carefully before it was released.
“Some of the language was inappropriate and intemperate,” Newman wrote in an e-mail statement Monday. “I apologize to anyone who was offended by this misguided e-mail.”
The e-mail sent Thursday to 75,000 Jewish voters in Pennsylvania warns “Fellow Jewish Voters” of the danger of a second Holocaust due to the threats to Israel from its neighbors. It also praises Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s qualifications over those of Obama, the Democratic nominee.
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A copy of the e-mail provided by Democratic officials says it was “Paid for by the Republican Federal Committee of PA - Victory 2008.” The signatures of Schultz and two other McCain supporters were on the message.
Newman also has been involved in the state Republican Party’s civil lawsuit against the community-activist group ACORN and Secretary of State Pedro Cortes, the state’s top election official.
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Now let's look at this. 1. A JUDGE who DOESN'T REVIEW/SCRUTINIZE PAPERWORK that she signs!! WHAT!! HOW CAN SHE JUDGE WITHOUT THE RIGHT DATA??
2. SHE is involved in the Repug's lawsuit AGAINST ACORN!! What a Coinky-dink!!
Judge Neuman: YOUR FAUX-pology is meaningless!! YOU KNEW what you were doing! It didn't work! You got CAUGHT and USED! How much did YOU GET PAID for this? YOU are a DISGRACE to the profession!!!
Obama-Biden '08!! TRUST
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-richard-c-hol...
Why The Nation And The World NEED Barack Obama
For me, the choice is quite simple -- and not simply because I am, by temperament and history, a Democrat. The long and intense political campaign has revealed huge differences in positions, style, and personal qualities of the two candidates. And the conclusion seems clear.
JUDGMENT. John McCain has shown throughout his career a penchant for risk-taking; in his memoirs, he proudly calls himself a gambler. His selection of Sarah Palin, a charismatic but spectacularly unqualified candidate, as his running mate, is just the most glaring of many examples of the real McCain. His bravery in combat attests to his patriotism, courage and toughness, but his judgment has been found sorely lacking time and time again over his career.
Barack Obama is tough too, but in a different way. No one should underestimate how difficult it was to travel his road, against incredible odds, to the edge of the presidency. But where McCain is impulsive and emotional, Obama is low-key and unemotional. He makes his judgments in a calm and methodical manner; McCain's impulsiveness is anathema to Obama, and rightly so; one cannot play craps with history. Having seen so many political leaders falter under pressure, I prize this ability above most others. And Barack Obama has it.
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THE FINANCIAL CRISIS. Advantage to Obama.
FOREIGN POLICY.On Russia since its invasion of Georgia, Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden (who was the first member of Congress to visit Georgia after the invasion), stress helping Georgia rebuild its economy and maintain its independence in the face of a continuing Russian campaign against it. McCain, on the other hand, wants to punish Russia by such actions as expelling them from the Group of 8. Such measures may ultimately be necessary, but they do not help Georgia survive as an independent democracy.
LEADERSHIP.And here again, the contrasting styles of the two men offer a clear choice between a calm and confident man and a highly emotional one, between a major change in the nation's direction and a minor one, between a combative style and a more conciliatory one. Finally, in a year when the Democrats are certain to increase their majority in both Houses, an Obama victory would offer the Democrats control of both the legislative and executive branches for the first time since 1994, and with it the possibility of legislative achievement after years of stalemate. After so many years of polarization at home and unilateralism abroad, the choice for president seems clear.
Richard Holbrooke is a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and the chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement that ended the war in Bosnia.
I believ' that he's just sayin'. . . . . MR. OBAMA IS the CLEAR CHOICE for the PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA!!
YES WE CAN!!! :>) :>)
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http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/10/27/republ...
Republican Speak On The Stevens Conviction
Actually, they made the SAME platitudinous statements! So I didn't choose to post them.
BUT, look what the "MUDFLAT" Editor said:
You heard it here, kids. The Alaskan Republican Party has just reaffirmed their endorsement of, and told you to vote for A CONVICTED FELON! You show ‘em Alaska Republicans! Hold your head high, walk in to the voting booth with the blessing of your political party, fill in that little oval, and vote with impunity for A CONVICTED FELON! Drive home with a satisfied smile, kiss your spouse, and say, “What did you do today, Honey? I voted for A CONVICTED FELON!“ Proudly call your friends and relatives out of state, and tell them how you, and all your buddies in the Republican party, puffed out your chests, and proudly hitched your wagon to the star of an 84-year old CONVICTED FELON! Maybe you should call your local party headquarters and suggest a fundraiser…you could do t-shirts, and hats that say, “I VOTED FOR A CONVICTED FELON!”
Then, put your feet up, and watch the national news, and watch a couple political talk shows, and wonder to yourself, “How did Alaska become a laughing stock?”
Just love me some MUDFLATS! :>) :>)
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27403090/
Hispanics could put Obama over the top
The overlooked demographic could be the Democrat's key to western states
But as important as both constituencies have been to Obama — particularly in the primaries — it's Hispanics that could be putting him over the top on Nov. 4.
Obama's dominance among Hispanics in the West is proving to be the difference maker in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico. In addition, the increased numbers of non-Cuban Hispanics in Florida, as well as the growing Hispanic population in North Carolina and Virginia, could be the tipping voting group in those three states.
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There's no easy solution for Republicans. Wooing Hispanics is going to start with simply looking less scornful of immigrants. McCain never acted or looked scornfully at illegal immigrants, but the perception among Hispanics is that his party has.
Mario ["Dancing With The Stars"] Lopez has held interviews with Mr. Obama. Feels like he is SUPPORTING him and encouraging Hispanics to do so, also! :>) :>)
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http://essence.typepad.com/news/2008/10/poor-el...
Poor Elizabeth is crying sexism over Palin's campaign-bought clothes
Can someone tell Elizabeth Hasselback to sit down and shut up?
Her complaints over the weekend about the media continuing to talk about the clothes bought for Gov. Sarah Palin by the Republican National Committtee shows why celebrities should stay in their lane and not try to wade into the world of politics.
First, every time Hasselback and any other Republican mentions the clothing issue, it keeps the story alive. Bottom line: the Republican Party screwed up. They should not have paid for the clothes with campaign funds. That's why it's a story. Remember the $400 haircut by John Edwards? The only reason we know about it because the campaign paid for it. He was ripped for weeks by conservatives, yet now they want everyone to be quiet about $150,000 in expensive duds for the hockey mom from Alaska.
Talk about ridiculous.
THERE IS A VIDEO.
I'm tellin' you. It's gonna "go down" one of these days - on The View! :>) :>)
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She was responding to some crazy GOP supporting statement that Elisabeth made. LOL
I thought Sherri was gonna hit her for a minute!
I also wanted to tell you that I was really inspired by the post that you shared yesterday on the Jim Crow Laws. Thanks for posting it.
I hope that you don't mind, but I talked about your post today on my show, and gave an account of my own personal experience with racism as a child.
I'll listen to you show. Continued BEST WISHES! :>)
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But the fact remains that as soon as the Republican party made a big deal about it, it became a big deal. To quote Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton with regards to the role that sexism plays in the election, it is "an issue that I am surprised to hear that people suddenly care about."
I could EASILY spend that much money on clothes and shoes in 1-2 days and look pretty damn good as a result. Now whether I did that with my own money or public money is another issue.
P.S. With regards to Mrs. Hasselbeck, It's not so much her views that bother me. It is the fact that she CONSISTENTLY fails to back up the foot that she shoves into her mouth every time she speaks. She epitomizes, to me, the right wing (and left wing) individuals who will stick their fingers in their ears and sing "La La La, I can't hear you!! La La La I'm right! You're wrong!!" when they can't make sense of their point or when they feel somehow threatened rather than have an intellectual discussion and debate. If there was one person that I could punch in the chest, it would be Elizabeth Hasselback. No really, like a Street Fighter style "Haduken," complete with slow-motion fly-back from Elizabeth.
Not that I care to watch the view (it makes me want to commit suicide and gives me explosive diarrhea), but I do hope that they balance her out with a Conservative who makes sensible, legitimate claims when they speak. I'm all for open dialogue and it is (technically) unfair when the rest of the harpies gang up on her. Though the vast majority of the time, she deserves it.
You know, I don't consistently watch The View, mainly because of Elisabeth. She is maddening, SMARMY/SNARKY/SARCASTIC annnnnd, can I say DUMB!
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To me the issue is so much money being spent on a marginal expense versus a real expense like travel or commercials or signage. That's a lot of overhead for clothes. The amount of money concerns me - and it doesn't matter that those clothes will be donated or not. You can find nice clothes for say $10-15K and that wouldn't have been so shocking to me.
As one who can find a loop in most anything, I can see (superficially) how this might been seen as okay expenditure. But what do the rules say? I'll admit I don't know how it works.
And I am no fan of Palin, but as a proud feminist, this talk of her wardrobe is sexist. Same thing when everyone droned on and on about Hillary's pantsuits and whether they were feminine enough.
I've never ever heard any political talk of male candidates' wardrobe. If it was handsome enough, masculine enough, had enough buttons, how much a suit costs, etc.
Reducing female candidates to looks and appearance is sexist.
To me the issue is so much money being spent on a marginal expense versus a real expense like travel or commercials or signage.
This statement appears to address JUDGMENT.
That's one of the first charges that McAncient's campaign made against Mr. Obama. They questioned his JUDGMENT!!
IMHO, this "SHOPPING SPREE" ABSOLUTELY brings into question the "JUDGMENT" of him/his campaign/the REPUGS.
IFFF there was a need to spend that money, THEN it could have been spent in SMALLER parcels. In that way, it would have, more than likely, gone un-noticed.
Even in my personal life, IFF I want to make a LARGE PURCHASE and I don't have the LARGE BENJAMINS at a single time, THEN, I pay on it in SMALL INCREMENTS. It's call JUDGMENT.
IMHO, I believe that this incident is merely another example of his lack of JUDGMENT - and not a sexist issue.
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"We look forward to ... working with your Jewish agency," she told Ambassador Sallai Meridor just before her speech outside Washington. Israel was established in 1948 as the Jewish homeland but has a secular, elected government.
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Oh I suspect I know what she was really saying to the Israeli ambassador. Someone's little Christian extremist brain is showing. Let me give it a shot for translation:
"Since Israel -- aka 'The Jew Place' -- is very important to the End Times, I look forward to seeing which of you nasty big-nosed people convert to Christianity and get saved, and which of you nasty big-nosed people suffer in bloody and horrific ways because you don't. But I am saved in any case, so there. And I am certain that your Jewish agency will somehow be helpful in bringing about my bloody fantasies of Armageddon, so I am sure I will be interested in working with it. You little stinky jew man."
(Yoda says: Oy. Sarah, Sarah. Learn to barricade your mind better, you must.)
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JJP is one of the most popular political blogs, highest ranked Black Blogs, and attracts the most impassioned readers as judged by your comments -- why don't you think any of your readers have contributed to your Donors Choose Campaign?
I figured JJP participation would really rally some people to support and contribute to education?
Any ideas how to inspire people and get people to contribute to your projects/ our projects?
Just curious.
JJP is one of the most popular political blogs, highest ranked Black Blogs, and attracts the most impassioned readers as judged by your comments --
You have ABSOLUTELY and ACCURATELY CHARACTERIZED JJP! Thank you.
Annnnnd, I'm sure that YOU have also read the following:
1. JJP contributes MONEY to Mr. Obama BOTH HERE AND DIRECTLY.
2. JJP has spent COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS CANVASSING and CALLING.
3. JJP CAMPAIGNS in a VARIETY of WAYS: - BLOGGING, attending CONFERENCES, COMEDY EVENTS, COMMUNICATING with OTHER BLOGS, attending the DNC CONVENTION and "bringin' it " to US and all via "REAL TIME VIDEO, even communicating with "visitors", etc.
4. JJP HAS advanced itself in the BLOGGING WORLD [of all races] and this STATUS has CREDIBILITY such that "WHEN WE SPEAK - ERRYBODY LISTENS!" - EVEN IFFF they want to criticize or disagree.
5. JJP supports EDUCATION. 'cause UNLIKE McAncient/The UN-VETTED ONE WE are EDUCATED!!! The HIGH LEVEL of OUR EDUCATION is DISPLAYED in our COMMENTS - which YOU have read.
I encourage you and your efforts on behalf of Mr. Obama. Continue YOUR monetary support. Continue to inspire people to contribute to your blog.
Oh! Wait a minute. . What was YOUR question???
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I'm curious about it, that's all. Did you notice it? I also think you give part of the answer. The focus for findraising has been campaign contributions, perhaps this other fundraiser just hasn't made it to the top of the marquee yet.