Archive for the '2008 Election' Category
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
I heard a bit of Biden’s speech today. He said (to paraphrase) we can no longer be a red country and a blue country. We are one nation, under God, indivisible. Get up and take back this country we love. This summarizes the final message from Obama/Biden. The desire is to [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Elections, Joe Biden, John McCain, Republicans, Sarah Palin | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
It kills me the way people are throwing around the ‘S’ word. Socialism is a well defined system, and we are no where close to it. One could also study a bit about tax policy, unless one prefers to make it up as they go along.
Being Stupid is a Choice
In the final 15 [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, American History, Barack Obama, Economic Exploitation, Liars (politics), Tax Policy | 62 Comments »
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Apparently there is trouble between the McCain and Palin camps. According to CNN:
[A] McCain source says she appears to be looking out for herself more than the McCain campaign.
“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” this McCain adviser said. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, Elections, John McCain, Sarah Palin, This Blog | 28 Comments »
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
In the comments on various recent posts, One Utah regulars have been going back and forth about whether Senator John McCain or Senator Barack Obama, if elected President, would be forced to ask Congress to reinstate the military draft.
One commenter posted a link to the transcript of the ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum at [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, John McCain, Military, National Politics, This Blog, War | 32 Comments »
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
With McCain standing right beside him Former Army Staff Sergeant David Bellavia, in his introduction of Jogn McCain said: “You can have your Tiger Woods, we’ve got Senator McCain.”
..and McCain chuckled.
There is little left to say. No one could have convinced me that in this day and age, a presidential candidate (even a Republican) [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, American History, American People, Barack Obama, Bigotry, John McCain, People Are Nuts, Racism | 11 Comments »
Friday, October 24th, 2008
Could it be that John McCain has run out of lies? In the latest in his long series of drastic campaign strategy changes, he’s finally getting around to telling the truth about George Bush’s failed presidency.
Voters are very afraid Senator McCain will extend Bush’s policies that have led to foreign policy and economic catastrophes. [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Bush Failures, George W. Bush, John McCain, National Politics, This Blog | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Not really a picture of “Joe The Terrorist”
Via Talking Points Memo…
OK, his name isn’t really Joe and he may not even be a licensed terrorist. According to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors al-Qaeda communications, a Web site message this week said they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, John McCain, National Politics, Terrorism, the Internet | 13 Comments »
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
One of the worse lies perpetrated by Republicans for DECADES is that Corporate taxes in the US are among the highest in the world and they continue to heap this lie on top of so many others.
I think Larry said it best to paraphrase, you can always tell when a republican is lying by when [...]
Posted in Corruption, Economic Exploitation, Fox Lies, John McCain, Liars (politics) | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Via Talking Points Memo. At an campaign event yesterday on the first day of early voting in Tampa, Florida, Barack Obama responded to Sarah Palin’s claim that some parts of our country are “what I call the real America,” and others are not “pro-America.”
Here’s an excerpt from his speech:
There are no real or fake [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Iraq, National Politics, Sarah Palin, This Blog, War | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 20th, 2008
Step aside, Tina Fey, you have just been replaced by Lisa Anne.
Don’t worry, republican friends, the video is safe for viewing at both work and the home.
Posted in 2008 Election, Sarah Palin, Utah Politics | 4 Comments »
Monday, October 20th, 2008
According to the LA Times, veteran Republican operative Mark Jacoby has been arrested for voter registration fraud.
But this is not the first time, according to the St. Petersburg Times, the Republican party in 2004 hired Mr. Jacoby through another firm and he ran the same scam then–and they knew about it and hired him again [...]
Posted in 2008 Election, Corruption, Political Corruption, Republicans, Voting Rights | 6 Comments »