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Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:34:30 -0000

msmartin: PERFECT!! :>) He . . can't understand him. . . That's what we know! "President" Obama - Harvard Law School! "McAncient" - 894/899!!
ENOUGH said! :>)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

Sepia — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:42:52 -0000

Lynn Forester de Rothschild = Attention Whore

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PTCruiser — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:13:09 -0000

Forester de Rothschild's departure from the DNC and decision to endorse McCain is good news! I hope that a few more DNC members who share her views emerge from the shadows and follow her lead. A person who is married to a Rothschild and lives in homes in New York and London believes that Obama is an elitist is almost too funny for words. Good riddance!

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

msmartin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:39:06 -0000

I read about Sebilius calling the republicans out on there race-baiting. She's out on the stump shaming folks for their racism.

Someone needs to get the message to McCain surrogatore from Indiana that was on CNN Morning - he said that Barack never says anything intelligible and he can't understand him and that he took a beating in Indiana in the primaries.

The Democratic surrogate reminded him that Obama only lost Indiana by three tenths of a percent and that there would be a fight in Indiana.

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:12:41 -0000

rikyrah: WHAT! Petraeus is leaving B4 he gets a chance to work with "President" Obama?? :>)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/w...
General Ray Odierono Profile

General Ray Odierno, who takes over today as America's top commander in Iraq, played a key role in the "surge" strategy that pulled the country back from the brink of anarchy.

As deputy to the outgoing General David Petraeus, Odierno carried out the detailed counter-insurgency campaign that poured US troops into Baghdad, drove al-Qaida insurgents out of areas surrounding the capital and clamped down on Shia extremists.

But, will he tell "President" Obama the correct information?? :>)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:58:41 -0000

rikyrah: Rom Politico: Final Score: Obama Wins the Day!"

http://www.politico.com/new...

Or maybe that should be: "McCain loses the day." A day after trying to explain his way out of his suggestion that the American economy is "strong," McCain still lacked a serious, persuasive response to the week's financial upheaval. The candidate started the day with a feint toward policy talk, suggesting that a 9/11-style commission should examine the causes of the teetering market. Any substance behind that suggestion, though, got drowned out by a series of unhelpful comments made by advisors Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who implied that McCain helped invent the BlackBerry, and Carly Fiorina, who told MSNBC that Sarah Palin wouldn't be qualified to run Hewlett-Packard.

McCain seized on a more aggressive message toward the end of the day, attacking Obama for attending fundraisers in Hollywood tonight and vigorously condemning the behavior of Wall Street executives. But while these comments might attract some attention, they don't do much to present McCain as the candidate who can actually fix the economy.

Obama, on the other hand, seemed energized by the continued focus on the economy, keeping up the heat on McCain for his comments yesterday and beginning to outline his own campaign's approach to rethinking market regulation. As tracking polls showed McCain's narrow lead eroding, Obama showed no sign of backing off the pugilistic stance he adopted Monday. The Democratic candidate hasn't reversed his opponent's post-convention momentum just yet, but if the McCain team doesn't get its act together soon its polling edge could go the way of Lehman Brothers.

Way to go Obama-Biden '08!!!

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:43:01 -0000

rikyrah: I didn't see this coming!

http://www.eonline.com/uber...
Amy Poehler Moves Up SNL Exit

Amy Poehler is about to birth herself a baby and a new TV show, and she's now decided to kick Saturday Night Live to the curb sooner than expected.

Although it was widely known that Poehler would leave the late-night sketch show after this season, no timetable had been announced. But NBC confirmed today to E! News that Poehler would not be back after she breaks for maternity leave in a few weeks.

Poelher's due to become a real-life baby mama in October. After she takes a brief hiatus (presumably to teach husband Will Arnett the ins and outs of diaper changing), she will go straight to work on her new, still untitled mockumentary show from the producers of The Office.

Meaning she will officially be a Ready for Primetime Player and her services will no longer be required on SNL after nearly seven years.

O.K.!?

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:30:02 -0000

rikyrah: Hope this is NOT a duplicate. Sorry, if so. I just wanted to "watch" "McAncient" in liar mode!

http://thinkprogress.org/20...

McCain doesn’t know what his own committee does.»

With Wall Street’s financial institutions in turmoil, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) argued in a series of interviews today that his experience on the Senate Commerce Committee meant he knew “how to fix this economy.” “I understand the economy. I was chairman of the Commerce Committee that oversights every part of our economy,” McCain told CNBC’s Squawk Box. Watch it:

But, as the Washington Post points out, the Commerce Committee doesn’t oversee “every part of our economy,” let alone “the very areas now in crisis“:

In fact, it is the Senate Banking Committee that has oversight of “banks, banking and financial institutions; control of prices of commodities, rents and services; federal monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System; financial aid to commerce and industry and money and credit, including currency and coinage.”

According to its Web site, the Commerce Committee oversees 13 areas, beginning with the Coast Guard, and continuing through “regulation of consumer products and services … except for credit, financial services, and housing” — the very areas now in crisis.

It’s not that surprising that McCain is confused about the Commerce Committee’s economic responsibilities, considering that he freely admits, “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.”

Do I have to go and get that video on "McAncient" entitled - C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D and DAZED!?? :>)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:56:42 -0000

From Tom Phillips, the Guardian (UK):

This is very interesting! :>)

http://blackpoliticsonthewe...
Now for Brazil's Barack Obama - all 6 of them

- Walk into a polling station in Belford Roxo, an impoverished city on the fringes of Rio de Janiero, on October 5 and you will be faced with an historic choice. You could vote for Alcides Rolim, the Workers’ Party mayoral candidate promising a “city for all” or Elizeu Pitorra, a local communist who believes it is “time for a change”. Most voters, however, will probably opt for Barack Obama, a 39-year-old Brazilian who, until recently, was known as Claudio Henrique dos Anjos.

Welcome to Obama-mania, Brazil-style. Few countries have embraced the idea of the US’s first black president as enthusiastically as Brazil, a country with one of the largest Afro-descendant populations on Earth yet where black faces remain a minority in politics. Obama T-shirts are everywhere while chat shows and newspaper columns are filled with talk of the 47-year-old Illinois senator.

Now even Brazil’s politicians are lining up for their piece of the pie. Due to a quirk of Brazilian law, candidates are allowed to run under the name of their choice. As a result, at least six Brazilian politicians have officially renamed themselves “Barack Obama” in a bid to get an edge over their rivals in October’s municipal elections.

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:47:46 -0000

From Black Politics OTW: Sebelius is in "HER MOMENT" - again!! U go girlll!! :>)

http://blackpoliticsonthewe...
Sebellius Says GOP is using racial 'code language'

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accused Republicans on Tuesday of injecting race into the presidential campaign, arguing that they are using “code language” to convince Midwesterners that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them.

“Have any of you noticed that Barack Obama is part African-American?” Sebelius asked with sarcasm. “(Republicans) are not going to go lightly into the darkness.”

Sebelius was responding to a question from the audience at the Iowa City Public Library about the tenacity of Democrats and whether they would fight for victory as hard as Republicans in the closing weeks of the election.

She did not elaborate on her comment.

I highlighted her great line!! :>)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:34:41 -0000

rikyrah: Still in crisis! But calming down. :>)

Here's another article on Rangel.

Rangel Pledges Cleanup of Records
http://www.washingtonpost.c...

By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 16, 2008; Page A10

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) says he will hire a forensic accountant to untangle his confusing and error-prone financial records and eventually will make public his tax returns and the accountant's report.

The announcement yesterday came as Rangel faced new questions about his annual financial disclosure filings, prompting a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to discuss his ethics troubles. Enveloped by three separate ethics inquiries, Rangel is under increasing pressure to step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee until the investigation is complete.

Rangel said the accountant will turn over findings to the House Ethics Committee, which is conducting the probe. And he promised to make public tax returns for the last 20 years after the ethics panel has determined whether he violated any rules.

Rangel said in a statement that he erred in delegating responsibility to staff. "I owed my colleagues and the public adherence to a higher standard of care not only as a member of Congress but, even more, as the chair of the House Ways & Means Committee," he said.

Pelosi said after meeting with Rangel yesterday that he was not asked to temporarily step aside and he did not volunteer to do so. Emerging from Pelosi's suite, Rangel declined to respond to inquiries.

Guess those 28 years counted for something!? But if "they" want him - he will be gotten!

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:27:32 -0000

JJai: Thank you so much!! :>)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

msmartin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:27:19 -0000

Hey Justice!

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GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:25:16 -0000

Brown Man: I took my "Field Trip" today!! :>) Posted on your site!! :>)

Good article!! :>)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

GreenLadyHere13 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:10:55 -0000

Sepia: Isn't Dark Sith on this committee?? [Running with my jacket over my head to protect me from, my friend - Rikyrah] :>) :>) Sorry! :>) :>)

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

evita — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:07:40 -0000

She is as raw as they come (but I she is in REAL need of a V05 treatment.)

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Justice58 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:02:50 -0000

lol

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Justice58 — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:50:01 -0000

You made me laugh out loud! Damn right he did!

Just too funny!

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hustleandfloe — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:44:35 -0000

this is the amazing part you write... "in the race with no plan." And they admit that freely.

.... http://thecaucus.blogs.nyti...

“...We’re not getting that now. We have economic functions which are equivalent that are treated differently depending on where the trades take place. Every economic function should be treated the same from a regulatory point of view. If it’s the same trade, it should be regulated in the same way. There are some standards that we just have to aim for, and we just haven’t met yet.’’

But Mr. Holtz-Eakin did not provide specifics. “I think that the moment when we write down a specific plan is the moment we send legislation out from a McCain administration to Congress,’’ he said. “That’s the moment that happens.’’

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Guest — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:12:58 -0000

WSJ: House Approves Offshore Drilling
http://online.wsj.com/artic...

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Micheline — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:09:31 -0000

Even after the Palin pick she's endorsing this guy. She's her financial interest s to protect. It is also very obvious that she's a racist.

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JJai — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:02:18 -0000

that is a bab bad "b" and I say that with much respect. I remember wanting to go into my TV and slap the heck out of her when she was talking about seating the FL delegation in that deadpan way she employs.

She does not mince words. I am glad to have her on our team at least in the interim. She is an effective surrogate. Much better than the other lukewarm former Hilary surrogates.

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Miranda — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:29:49 -0000

I haven't seen anybody get pimped like that since Superfly. Talk about stupid......LOL

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

Miranda — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:26:15 -0000

Oh....this is pure comedy...one of the best endorsements FOR Obama there could be....one going to McCain:

Prominent Clinton backer and DNC member to endorse McCain
Posted: 10:07 PM ET

From CNN Political Editor Mark Preston

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Lynn Forester de Rothschild, a prominent Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, will endorse John McCain for president on Wednesday, her spokesman tells CNN.

The announcement will take place at a news conference on Capitol Hill, just blocks away from the DNC headquarters. Forester will “campaign and help him through the election,” the spokesman said of her plans to help the Republican presidential nominee.

Forester was a major donor for Clinton earning her the title as a Hillraiser for helping to raise at least $100,000 for the New York Democratic senator’s failed presidential bid.

In an interview with CNN this summer, Forester did not hide her distaste for eventual Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

“This is a hard decision for me personally because frankly I don't like him,” she said of Obama in an interview with CNN’s Joe Johns. “I feel like he is an elitist. I feel like he has not given me reason to trust him.”

Forester is the CEO of EL Rothschild, a holding company with businesses around the world. She is married to international banker Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. Forester is a member of the DNC’s Democrats Abroad chapter and splits her time living in London and New York.

Re: Tuesday Open Thread

msmartin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:24:50 -0000

<a: href="http://www.thedailyshow.com...">John Stewart.is.a.fool-Who knew Bush used the phrase "don't blink" so many times - this is a must see video

http://www.thedailyshow.com...