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“We’re closing, my friends, and we’re going to win in Ohio. We’re a few >points down but we’re coming back and we’re coming back strong,” he (McCain) said.

I don't suppose it would go down so well with the diehard right-wingers in the crowd if he just said what just about all the other top Republicans are admitting, i.e. they all think they're going to lose.

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Sarah Palin is already being blamed by the GOP for losing the campaign. < :-)

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It is McCain's fault if he loses. This campaign has shown his true skills as a leader. He has shown bad judgement throughout this election. His erratic responses to different situations. Best example and worst decision was selection of Palin. She didn't do anything but be herself. There is alot of things about her people don't like. The majority just doesn't think she would make a good VP or Pres. She turned off the majority of centrist voters. Only the base of their party really likes her. Her approval rating is pretty bad. Especially with those groups outside the Republican base she was suppose to attract.

If McCain would have chosen someone more qualified then this race would probably be alot different. Lucky, for all of us he didn't.

Obama08'

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This race is truly a historic moment in our countries history. I only wish McCain would have chosen Rush Limbaugh. That would have really been something.

Obama08'

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Simon - Get ready for President McCain and Vice President Palin.

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Not only is Obama going to win, but the Democrats are poised to get a majority in both houses. No more political stalling by the GOP.

"Some said fresh polling in North Carolina suggested that incumbent GOP Elizabeth Dole had fallen further behind since airing an ad that tried to tie Democratic rival Kay Hagan to atheists."

You see? Using McCain/Palin's negative add tactics DON'T help you; they show you for who you are, which is usually a bigot.

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sarge: Hang in there, kiddo. Tuesday is going to be a hard day for you and yours. I just hope you're not one of the people who say, "McCain losing will be like death".

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smith, Tuesday might just be a hard day for you and yours. I just hope you're not one of the people who would say, "McCain stole the electon!"

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"Obama seeks landslide"

He be seekin' it all right! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

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sarge: "smith, Tuesday might just be a hard day for you and yours. I just hope you're not one of the people who would say, "McCain stole the electon!""

You seem to be losing it a little. Show us one poll, aside from the Enquirer's, where McCain is ahead. And remember that when you say, "it doesn't matter except for the polls on November 4th" that that is when you are going to see Obama's historic landslide win. McCain may STILL, after that, claim that he is going to win the race for the White House (wouldn't surprise me, given that he's getting up there in years and the elderly are often forgetful), but it'll be cemented.

Hang in there, sarge. It's going to be a hard day for you, as I said and as you cut and pasted in your 'reply', but have faith that Obama is the better person.

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smith - Why is it that Obama has not done one thing to help his poor aunt in Boston or his poor half-brother in Kenya?

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Obama is going to win, not doubt, but, check this out and now you'll understand what I have been saying about any US dem or repub:

Barack Obama’s senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week’s election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harbouring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve."http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5051118.ece

So, once elected, his advisers are going to come out and try to break everyone's heart. I wonder what McCain have done if he were to won.

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McCain would clearly have won this election if the economic crisis hadn't suddenly flared up before the election with perfect timing. I guess "somebody" wanted Obama to win.

My theory is that it will make it easier for US to bomb and invade resource rich African and Middle Eastern countries with B "Hussein" Obama as the front man.

The prez is just the hole in the donut.

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McCain charged that Obama, bidding to become the first black president, “began his campaign in the liberal left lane of politics and has never left it. He’s more liberal than a senator who calls himself a socialist,” he added in Hanoverton, Ohio, a reference to Sen Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont.

That would be because liberal democracy and socialism are not the same thing.

Bush is more of a socialist than any plan Obama has ever announced.

Reelect Obama and Biden in 2012

Next!

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Nader claims momentum.

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Reelect Obama and Biden in 2012" Nope, vote for skip or skip the vote!

McCain would clearly have won this election if the economic crisis hadn't suddenly flared up before the election with perfect timing. I guess "somebody" wanted Obama to win." That's crazy. While the down trodden are believing that the republicans caused it, they really had very little to do with it. In fact, the government itself had little to do with. What damaged was caused by the government leans more on Schumer and Frank more than anyone - both dems.

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McCain is losing because its just the time. Back in 88, we should have voted in Ross Perot. Had we done that, we would now have a dignified, financially secured thrid party which is what the US really needs.

That would be because liberal democracy and socialism are not the same thing." Very correct.

Bush is more of a socialist than any plan Obama has ever announced." I'm interested in hearing how you come to that conclusion. I won't say your wrong, just want to know how you come up with that.

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sarge: "smith - Why is it that Obama has not done one thing to help his poor aunt in Boston or his poor half-brother in Kenya?"

Maybe he did and just decided not to publicly announce it because his personal family life is non of sargie's business. A more relevent questions would be what does your comment have to do with the election? The answer to said more relevent question: ZERO.

boxcar: "McCain would clearly have won this election if the economic crisis hadn't suddenly flared up before the election with perfect timing. I guess "somebody" wanted Obama to win. My theory is that it will make it easier for US to bomb and invade resource rich African and Middle Eastern countries with B "Hussein" Obama as the front man."

The good news is, you're entitled to your opinion. The better news is that no one is silly enough to believe it. The bad news? said opinion is all but nonsense, complete with intolerance and hatred to boot.

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Talk to your Parents about John McCain.

http://www.mccainfreewhitehouse.org/

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McCain clearly would have won if the economy hadn't taken a nose dive.

McCain clearly would have won if hadn't been a george bush double.

McCain clearly would have won if he hadn't picked Sarah Palin.

McCain clearly would have won if he listened to the American people and listen to them say, "Bring the troops home."

McCain clearly would have won if he wasn't trying to give the rich continued tax breaks.

McCain clearly would have won if he hadn't come up with this stupid idea to tax health care benefits.

McCain clearly would have won if he.......

OMG My fingers are getting tired. < :-)

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Barack Obama's campaign has booted from its airplane three reporters who work for newspapers that have endorsed John McCain. "

Yo, why isn't this news?

smith: "Maybe he did and just decided not to publicly announce it because his personal family life is non of sargie's business. A more relevent questions would be what does your comment have to do with the election? The answer to said more relevent question: ZERO." No, no politician is allowed to have a private life unless they find another way to get paid other than from taxes, don't vote themselves raises, and don't have an effect on our lives. Would you say the same for how many houses McCain owns? Or how much Cindy has? No, you wouldn't and you would be correct. I really wish one day you would be a bit more un-biased.

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Skip

Obama has simply proposed tax plans that shift the tax burden. There is nothing socialist about that. If they wanted to claim class warfare they would at least be able to debate the issue logically.

The Bush administration purchased banks. The most socialist activity is government ownership of industry, farms or various business institutions. In essence the bank employees now work for the U.S. Government and we pay their salaries. We accept the loss or profit of the government purchased entities.

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Barack Obama's campaign has booted from its airplane three reporters who work for newspapers that have endorsed John McCain.

Is there a source in which I can verify this story? I can't understand why he would do this for no other reason than dissension.

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goodDonkey - There's two. < :-)

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/31/obama-plane-pitches-reporters-mccain-endorsing-papers/

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6156794&page=1

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smith: "Maybe he did"

He hasn't.

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One dare not go agaisn't the one! Dissension will not tolerated.

Go Obama 2008

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I was interested to learn why Kenneth Duberstein, Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff, endorsed Obama today. In particular, his voiced displeasure with the Palin pick. As he explained, "What most Americans, I think, realize, is that you don't offer a job, let alone the vice presidency, to a person after one job interview. Even at McDonald's, you're interviewed three times before you're given a job."

No doubt he will be accused of sexism by McCain supporters. Just as Colin Powell was dismissed as "one bro supporting another" when he endorsed Obama. By contrast, I cannot think of a single Obama supporter who attributed Joseph Lieberman's endorsement of mcCain to "one old white dude supporting another."

I have found the number of people who've renounced the Republican Party's candidate heartening. I know it's not because Christoper Buckley or Ken Duberstein suddenly became libs, they remain staunch Goldwater Republicans. Rather, it is a matter competence. In McCain's world, eliminating earmarks will balance the budget and fix the financial crisis. He is alone in that view.

Then we have Sarah Palin complaining that the criticism she has received is a violation of her first amendment "freedom of speech" rights. Ummm, no it's not. Freedom of speech does not exempt anyone from criticism; it simply means the government can't muzzle you because it finds your views (or lawn decorations) objectionable.

Frankly, Governor Palin gives as good as she gets. The only time I had the slightest iota of sympathy for her was when the McCain people began to snipe she was a "whack job." No doubt the message conveyed to her was, "Honey, we plucked you from obscurity and you should be eternally grateful to us for that."

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I just read it on the Washington Post. They did keep two conservative news outlets: Fox News and the Wall Street Journal.

The McCain campaign has excluded two prominent critics, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and Time columnist Joe Klein, from its plane.

However I think it was dumb to kick the Washington Times off the plane because they were traveling with him for something like two years. They sure didn't ask my advice that's for sure.

What's more, the Obama operation has ejected reporters for the New York Post and Dallas Morning News, which have also endorsed McCain.

I will say that the Washington Post is considered on the progressive side and they are telling the whole truth: don't expect that from http://newsbusters.org/ . Just remember there are those on these threads who would never admit mistakes let alone supply more names of news outlets. Also give the Washington Post a little credit here.

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sailwind

What about McCain doing the same thing?

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"Dissention will not be tolerated"

Resistance is futile. You will be assimiliated.

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Good Donkey,

In fact Glenn Greenwald criticized Maureen Dowd for complaining her first amendment rights were violated because she was booted from the McCain in response to unflattering depictions of the Republican ticket. But she's not running for VP, Sarah Palin is, and therefore his column today is devoted to her understanding of a citizen's constitutional rights:

Somehow, in Sarah Palin's brain, it's a threat to the First Amendment when newspapers criticize her negative attacks on Barack Obama. This is actually so dumb that it hurts:

[F]or reporters or columnists to suggest that it is going negative may constitute an attack that threatens a candidate's free speech rights under the Constitution, Palin said.

"If [the media] convince enough voters that that is negative campaigning, for me to call Barack Obama out on his associations," Palin told [radio] host Chris Plante, "then I don't know what the future of our country would be in terms of First Amendment rights and our ability to ask questions without fear of attacks by the mainstream media."

If anything, Palin has this exactly backwards, since one thing that the First Amendment does actually guarantee is a free press. Thus, when the press criticizes a political candidate and a Governor such as Palin, that is a classic example of First Amendment rights being exercised, not abridged....

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/31/palin/

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sarge said:

"Dissention [Dissension] will not be tolerated"

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Resistance is futile. You will be assimiliated [assimilated].

Thanks for explaining why McCain kicked two reporters off his plane; I appreciate it sarge.

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skip: You missed my point. I am fully aware of the fact that a politician's private life is up for grabs; be it Palin's handicapped grandchild, bush's drunk/drug abusing daughters, McCain's philandering, or what have you. What's more, politicians often go out of their way to bring their personal lives into the fray (so long as it can have a positive spin). Palin has on MANY occasions brought her family into politics (hell, literally on her political trips!), Obama brought up intimate details of his family in his 30 'commercial', etc.

My point was that sarge was bringing up a total none-issue in the thread in an attempt to deflect from the questions being asked of him about the failures and resulting loss of the man he supports. He followed it, in his usual fashion, by simply cutting and pasting and again trying to deflect. I'm glad to see you did not simply do the same.

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I don't care if Obama wins by one single vote, just as long as he wins. Please remember, folks, the President is our direct boss in the military. For the love of Christ, pick the good one this time! That'd be Barack Obama, not McCain.

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Thanks for explaining why McCain kicked two reporters off his plane; I appreciate it sarge.

He didn't kick two reporters from off his plane. he kicked off two prominent critics........Big difference.

Would you or I bat an eyebrow if Rush Linmbaugh was kicked off Obama's plane?

Sheesh, Good Donkey Maureen and Joe where lucky they were allowed on McCain's plane in the first place. Think Rush would've have ever even got an invite to be on Obama's plane?

Obama kicked off reporters whose papers didn't endorse him. That is the issue here period.

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goodDonkey - That wasn't an explanation of why McCain kicked two reporters off his plane.

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The Bush administration purchased banks. The most socialist activity is government ownership of industry, farms or various business institutions. In essence the bank employees now work for the U.S. Government and we pay their salaries. We accept the loss or profit of the government purchased entities." Ok, I have already spoken about that and you are right. But that's recent. I was under the assumption you were going to bring up somethimg further before.

AS for Obama being confused with a Marxist, I was referring to that Che poster hung in his office. My mom remembers when he and Castro had complete power over all and it hurt.

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C'mon sarge, don't let me down...!

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betzee: No doubt he will be accused of sexism by McCain supporters" Sorry, but I think Palin has gotten a lot of flack and had she been the same loud mouth on the dem side, she wouldn't have gotten it. . Just as Colin Powell was dismissed as "one bro supporting another" when he endorsed Obama." It was, but that shouldn't be a bad thing. In the future, it should but not now. " By contrast, I cannot think of a single Obama supporter who attributed Joseph Lieberman's endorsement of mcCain to "one old white dude supporting another."" Way different. Lieberman is a Jew and you know Jews have always been at the top of the hate list by many in McCain's camp.

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USAFdude - I think the election is finally getting to Sarge. He's been a real trooper in the face of doom. < :-)

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and you know Jews have always been at the top of the hate list by many in McCain's camp.

No I wasn't aware of that, Skip, and you should provide evidence to back that assertion up.

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betzee, if I am mistaking, but wasn't McCain's camp accused of being racist? Usually those types are not friendly towards Jews, all you have to do is listen to Anne Coulter and take a look at the Freedom Press......

Moderator: Back on topic please.

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I'm telling you the Ocain McBama clone is the best solution.

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Why is it that Obama has not done one thing to help his poor aunt in Boston or his poor half-brother in Kenya?

When did Obama deny them help. Imagine the outcry if Obama forced his relatives to accept help they didn't want.

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He's ridin' the wave right into DC, drownin' all --and more-- in the GOP, go Obama, GO. You're the one we want and even sarge of no stones knows that: Landslide, tidal wave, tsunami it's us for you --President Obama-- who'll go down on one knee. Obama, Obama, Obama!

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zogby has mccain up by 1 point in the very latest polls.

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Barack Obama's campaign has booted from its airplane three reporters who work for newspapers that have endorsed John McCain. "

Yo, why isn't this news?

It is news. Let's apply the Troopergate standard. Did he do anything illegal?

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Betzee

Excellent insight. I have heard there is a website for Bushisms. They need a website for Palinisms. She has really said some stupid things. I said from day one that she is not the brightest bulb in the pack. Of course I said it in a much more derogatory manner. I just saw her immediately as the furthest thing from an intellectual. It is not only when she gets caught in a situation where she is uninformed; she volunteers her mistakes. I know you are much more politically astute than I am so I know you have heard the debate of whether she is condemned or becomes a focal point of the rebuilding of the Republican party. I think we are stuck with her for some time to come. I will be demonized as a hater. I don't hate her. But I am not afraid to go after her and go after those who say she got a bad rap or a bad deal from the press. Whatever reason the Obama team had for discharging the media outlets like the Washington Times his decision will always be considered horrendous to the folks on the right and McCain's reasons will be considered perfectly logical and reasonable. I do want to say I saw an old clip of McCain on Larry King. He said that he knew there was still racism no matter how hard we try to get rid of it. He said he did not think it would be a factor. He said he hoped people would make their decisions for the right reasons. I admired his tone and also I believe you have probably heard he made a conscious decision not to harp on Rev. Wright. I think that further supports a contention that he may be serious about not allowing racism to dominate his campaign. I also want to say I think they did muzzle Biden. He seems to be prone to gaffes. A huge one was his latest $100,000. income level one. So what. I still think he is brilliant especially on foreign policy. I have seen him so many times with Sen. Lugar and they are obviously good friends. Together they always made a bright team. I'll bet Lugar gets a good job out of this.

My very good friend is an attorney and still working at 74 although he has not practiced trial law for many years. He brings up the point that if we got 59 Democratic seats in the senate we would have to chum up to Lieberman. I shutter at that prospect.

I continue to value your knowledge and experience in the real world of politics and government. One night I just wanted to say "Go get em'' because you were battling several posters at once. But it is rarely helpful to make such encouragements; it gets there base stirred up. ha ha!

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sarge said:

goodDonkey - That wasn't an explanation of why McCain kicked two reporters off his plane.

Oh OK, sure sounded like that to me.

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"troopergate" was a non-scandal. the trooper fired admitted he deserved it and the bureacrat quit rather than take the position palin offered him.

contrast that with the orwellian world you live in under an obama administration:

State employee says she was ordered to check out Joe the Plumber

Friday, October 31, 2008 10:21 PM BY RANDY LUDLOW The Columbus Dispatch

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ImperiumMundi,

I don't think the polls mean much.

However, I'm curious about the 1-point lead for McCain you claim the latest Zogby poll shows.

This site, based on information, released October 31, seems to show Obama holding a 7-point lead.

http://www.zogby.com/main.htm

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sez: again. I asked why isn't that any news on JT. Troopergate was/is.

If McCain had kicked off the NYT or LAT, you know damn well what kind of out pour there would have been. And my point is that its scary when we take sides as deep as we are. Politicians are nothing more than paid spokesmen by us. They are not gods, kings, or leaders for life (at least not at the moment).

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ImperiumMundi,

Are you sure you have your facts straight? I thought Wooten, the trooper in question, was still a state trooper. No? And Monegan was effectively fired since he did not take the position that Palin attempted to shunt him into.

Furthermore, it was something of a scandal. And Palin's consistent defense was that she did nothing illegal. The investigator disagreed and found that she abused the authority of her office and acted illegally in asking subordinates to take action for her personal gain and allowing her husband to make the same requests.

Also, there is no Obama administration at present. It follows that there is no Orwellian world that we are living in under such administration. If you want Orwellian world, try unauthorized wire taps and electronic surveillance.

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skipthesong,

I'm referring to your post of 10:19. You may have meant to ask why this wasn't news on JT. But you didn't.

I don't know what kind of sentiment there would have been if McCain had kicked the NYT or the LAT off the plane. McCain did bar Klein and Dowd from traveling on his plane and there wasn't much of an outcry that I noticed.

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Tuesday might just be a hard day for you and yours. I just hope you're not one of the people who would say, "McCain stole the electon!"

Judging by polls up to this point, as well as historic trends, it would take theft for McCain to win this election. Or intervention by the Supreme Court.

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By that rational, it's still on the cards then, that Mcinsane will win.

who is Mcinsane?

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If you want Orwellian world, try unauthorized wire taps and electronic surveillance.

try obama's proposal for a new cabinet position of 'chief technology officer'.

then ask yourself who knows more about you - google or the government.

then check the short list for the position.

don't be surprised if the position goes to google exec vinton g. cerf.

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AP poll: 1 in 7 voters still persuadable

Oct 31 01:09 PM US/Eastern By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Write

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"AP poll: 1 in 7 voters still persuadable"

And McCain is banking on THAT? Those votes could just as easily go to Obama, so McCain shouldn't hold his breath.

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ImperiumMundi,

You seem to want to argue what is so by making predictions about a future that has not yet been realized.

I'd have to say that the government knows more about me than Google does. It has information that Google does not. Additionally, it seems to have rather unlimited power to get all the information that Google has.

If you are saying that there is a danger in Google having so much information about me--and everyone else--then I would agree. The current administration has made it much easier for the government to gain access to it.

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You seem to want to argue what is so by making predictions about a future that has not yet been realized.

looking at what happened to joe the plumber it is pretty easy to do.

The current administration has made it much easier for the government to gain access to it.

you seem to want to invent facts when you have none to offer.

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McCain did bar Klein and Dowd from traveling on his plane and there wasn't much of an outcry that I noticed." Ok! So now should I be happy that both candidates choose which media to fly and not fly with them? No. Like I said before, in our current system, a politician should lose some rights and privileges just like the men and women in uniform do.

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I think McCain and Palin better start organizing an excavation team to dig them out of the rubble after the oncoming landslide. It going to be such fun watching the pair of them dusting themselves down. Especially Palin, in her high-priced Republican Barbie outfit.

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very revealing post at 2:01pm

how like a democrat and a 'liberal', always with the totalitarian instinct, the need to desperately identify and control all voices in what is supposed to be free exchange of ideas...

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He's ridin' the wave right into DC, drownin' all --and more-- in the GOP, go Obama, GO. You're the one we want and even sarge of no stones knows that: Landslide, tidal wave, tsunami it's us for you --President Obama-- who'll go down on one knee. Obama, Obama, Obama!

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historically, it would be unusual if obama didn't win.

8 years of republicans is usually followed by a democrat.

add the overwhelming media bias.

you know it is pervasive and obvious when russia, which brought the world pravda, comments on it:

Russia's Central Elections Committee has also assigned its Centre for the Study of Election Technology to review the U. S. election campaign.

"A preliminary report prepared by the group, after studying U. S. media coverage on the NBC, CBS and ABC television networks since September, has concluded Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate, has a "hidden advantage." A preliminary report obtained by the Russian daily online newspaper Kommersant concludes the U. S. television networks devoted more time to Republican candidate John McCain, but "the material that makes up that time difference can be assessed as negative."" http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=901941

when you add the record amounts of cash that obama has, much of it foreign (even slate is calling him out on this) it is a miracle that mccain is within ten points.

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McCain is within 10 points because Americans are suckers for war stories. I am so bored with Arizona Senator's war narratives.

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McCain is within 10 points because Americans are suckers for war stories.

poll after poll shows the military is the most respected institution in America.

far above the liberal media.

the military is also generally acknowledged to be virtually color blind, but of course its detractors in the US and abroad cynically twist this and say it's because they need the appearance of true equality to lure minorities.

if anything, mccain has been admirably quiet about his accomplishments. some say too quiet.

i see few people here aware that he was also a squadron leader and a flight instructor.

you know, leadership experience.

obama doesn't have it.

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ImperiumMundi,

What happened to Joe the Plumber isn't anything more than happens to anyone who get in the news. If the investigation into his affairs turns out to have been inappropriate, it will not be the first time nor the last time that someone abused public office. (See: Sarah Palin. For that matter, see: John McCain.)

Furthermore, the case of Joe the Plumber is no more a predictor of what will happen under an Obama administration than it is a predictor of what is likely to continue under any administration. Again, you can speculate on the future under Obama, but there is a real present that we could talk about instead.

As far as being easier to gain information on Americans than before, I don't think I'm dealing with an absence of fact just because I haven't cited it. The current administration unnecessarikly circumvented the rules on information gathering, pushed through changes in the law to make warrantless surveillance easier, protected telecommunication companies when they cooperated in coughing up information, made library lending records a matter of governmental interest. And you don't think they've already got their teeth into Google? They may not, but in my estimation, Obama--who is rightfully protective of his private information--is more likely to protect individual privacy than people who worry that there are terrorists under their beds.

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ImperiumMundi - "you know, leadership experience. obama doesn't have it."

Mccain has even less that is worth counting.

Obama is wise beyond his years. NcCain is just mumbling something about balancing the budget in 4 years while continuing two incredibly expensive wars.

Americans know which candidate has his head screwed on tighter and it sure ain't mccain.

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Outside, when you talk, interact and bond with people, when you reach in and discover who he is mcinsane simply doesn't have it. What's that 'it' you may ask. Well, it's an ingredient that smoothers all else, the gift of wisdom. Mr Obama walks tall because wisdom sits well and deep within this great man.

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Mccain has even less that is worth counting.

list the accomplishments that qualify obama to be president.

list the legislation he has authored.

you can't.

he has none.

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I'm glad mccain came clean with the American public about his lack of knowledge about fundamental economics as it really does set the candidates apart.

The tanking economy - largely caused by failed GOP policies - needs someone with economic nous, and mccain's war experience gained sitting in a POW camp for 5 years in a foreign country 4 decades ago just doesn't cut it, whichever way you look at it.

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They may not, but in my estimation, Obama--who is rightfully protective of his private information--is more likely to protect individual privacy than people who worry that there are terrorists under their beds.

obama had his first opponent in chicago disqualified through some pretty underhanded legal methods.

his next two opponents both mysteriously had records of ugly but not untypical divorces made public.

democrats want to abolish the right to a secret ballot in unionized workplaces.

you call that respect for privacy and protection from coercion by forces and groups more powerful than the individual?

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forget the polls!! -Who is Joe the Plumber voting for?

Democratic Party = Evil --> Look at what they did to the Green Party in Pennsylvania.

But I still like Obama better than McCain and maybe he can fix the Whig Party also.

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Resistance is futile. You will be assimiliated.

LOL!! No, but you plant yourself in front of a moving train, expect it to roll right over you.

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I'm glad mccain came clean with the American public about his lack of knowledge about fundamental economics as it really does set the candidates apart.

you know it is odd how what obama said in the primaries is dismissed as irrelevant since his 'elevation' to presidential nominee but mccain is still dogged by an offhand admission, made when he was facing the financial wizard mitt romney, that economics was not his strong suit.

now, i consider myself a fairly rational person. so i checked his past. mccain is on record in may 2006 with 19 other senator-all of them republicans-basically predicting the subprime crisis in a letter warning the senate leader that action on the issue of regulatory reform was urgently needed.

have a look:

http://www.dinocrat.com/wp-content/letter_050506c.gif

not even two years in the senate and barack obama was the second largest beneficiary of donations from fannie may and fred mac.

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Think Rush would've have ever even got an invite to be on Obama's plane?

No more than Hulk Hogan would be invited to coach the US men's olympic wrestling team. That's an accurate comparison between Rush and a real journalist.

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Geeez ,people just keep push and push Obama up and up to higher and higher position...even he actually ONLY talks about things he will do.He doesn't even lift a finger to do anything yet ,and no guarantee that he will not CHANGE his mind or things will never work out the way he wants.

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ImperiumMundi - "he has none."

Clutching at straws.

McCain's policies - continuing 2 wars and drilling for oil - just 2 policy areas - will further enlarge America's debt mountain, lead to more US deaths, breed more terrorists,create more pollution and make climate change an even greater danger to future generations than it already is.

And those are just 2 policy areas.

Obama, on the other hand, wants out of Iraq - in the short to medium term that will reduce the $10-30 billion being spent per month and free up more cash to spend on America and Americans.

He also wants - primarily - to wean America off oil and onto renewable energy source - not try it but to do it (note: McCain mainly just wants to drill, build more nuclear and tinkle with wind and solar)

ImperiumMundi - "list the accomplishments that qualify obama to be president."

He doesn't need them when he has the RIGHT IDEAS, and with the leglislative majority the Democrats are likely to get, Obama's lack of experience or bills authored are not going to really be a big issue.

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I live in a world populated by Republicans living the good life. As they will tell you, they worked hard, both in school and professionally, to earn everything they have. And they are not going to allow some Liberal to make them feel guilty about it. (God knows, I've certainly given it the old college try with in my own family!)

But the new faces in the Republican Party have left them profoundly discomforted. There was Sarah Palin telling Katie Couric the reason she didn't get a passport until last year was because "I'm not one of those who maybe come from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduated college and their parents get them a passport and a backpack and say, 'Go off and travel the world.'"

But this goes completely against the Republican ethos; namely it doesn't matter the circumstances of your upbringing, anyone can pursue their dreams in America. If she was interested in the outside world, she could have seen it. Yet here she was pointing out the role of the lot you draw in life to explain away a perceived deficiency.

Then we have Joe the Plumber. His function was aptly summed up in an article entitled, "The Red Scare and the Average Joe": McCain and Palin can’t get through a stump speech without extolling Joe “the Plumber” Wurzelbacher as a stand-in for the average Joe, whose entrepreneurial dreams will be dashed under Obama’s tax plan. As an archetype, Joe doesn’t hold up so well. He isn’t a licensed plumber, isn’t about to buy the company he works for — or anyone else’s – and owes more than a grand in back taxes. (No wonder he doesn’t like them.)

Of course JTP's being investigated, working without a license in a heavily unionized environment has likely forced him into the informal economy where everyone is paid in cash and tax evasion is rife. But nobody in fact forced him, again according to the Republican ethos, he bears responsibility for his lack of professional credentials.

While they may not admit it to pollsters, there are certainly Republicans who are bailing on McCain/Palin because the values they extol and the people they've held up are quite alien and alarming.

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democrats want to abolish the right to a secret ballot in unionized workplaces.

If the workplace is already unionized, what is the ballot about?

Workers in non-unionized workplaces will always have the ability to hold a secret ballot -- if they so choose. The problem is how the anti-union forces have used the secret ballot against the interests of workers who otherwise would want to join a union.

Perhaps this is why so many working people are supporting Barack Obama.

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If the majority of Americans thought McCain was the right man for the job, he would ahead in the polls.

He's not.

This election campaign is the most public job interview on the planet, it's already pretty clear that the majority of Americans just don't think Mccain has what it takes to lead them.

Thinking otherwise - ie: to either have or be considering voting for McCain - is, in effect, to think that the majority of your fellow countrymen have got it wrong.

Have they?

Next Tuesday is going to be a real tough day for GOPpers.

And it's going to be a day when Democrat supporters show that they are the ones who are truly putting their Country First.

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Clutching at straws.

says sushisake 3

you obviously don't know much about the candidates. so i'll make it easy for you.

obama declared when elected to the US senate in 2004 that he would not seek the presidency in 2008 because he believed he was unqualified.

his own words. a mic in front of him. here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq3pI26YUvM

so what has he done since jan 05 that makes him something more than the most inexperienced candidate ever nominated by either of the main parties in America?

i think you have no reply.

i predict you will evade or change the subject.

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ImperiumMundi,

I've got to hand it to you. When driven from one foxhole, you're quick to dig another. It's a good think we're not keeping score on the basis of foxholes won and lost.

I don't think Obama used any "underhanded legal methods" to disqualify his competition. I think it's more the case that his opponents tried to place themselves on the ballot illegally. I don't know what you are saying about the divorces, but what prevented his would-be-opponents from appearing on the ballot was signature irregularities. I guess legal maneuvering is OK for the current president, but not for Obama, eh?

As far as I know, the Democrats don't want to abolish the right to a secret ballot in unionized workplaces. They did favor, however, the abolishment of the right to a secret ballot vis-a-vis the establishment of a union in a non-union workplace. As I understand it, there is no ballot. You either sign a union card or you don't. A union is certified when a majority sign. Organized labor supported this in large part, I thought. The fundamental criticism of this is that more people will feel the pressure to vote in favor of the union. The counter argument is that the employer is free to incentivize workers not to sign. However, if a union is established that means that there will be more secret balloting and more labor advocacy rather than less.

The second paragraph I call politics as usual, the same kind of ploy that McCain has tried with respect to ACORN. The difference is that Obama made his stick. McCain has of yet not. The third paragraph I don't call "respect for privacy and protection from coercion, etc., etc." I call that an age-old labor/management problem that hasn't been solved even with all the heads that were busted in the Pullman Strike.

But I don't think these are the issues. I think this is just another foxhole that I've managed to win by sticking to the points that you yourself have raised. The real issue is whether Obama is Big Brother in disguise. You apparently think so, but I don't see that you have yet said anything persuasive.

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Betzee - "If she [Palin] was interested in the outside world, she could have seen it."

I coudln't agree more. Even more disturbing, and related to your above comment, are reports that Palin, like Bush, is not an inquisitive person, does not have an inquiring mind.

And look where that got us with the Iraq debacle.

Facts?

Who cares? Not interesting...

More facts (that Iraq isn't a threat).

What's for lunch?

At this juncture, America needs a leader who engages not just the people, but his/her gray matter.

Palin has proven beyond a doubt that her mental capacity isn't the greatest (see Gen. Powell, Chicago Daily Tribune, NYTimes, etc. saying McCain's selection of the 'inexperienced,' 'not ready' Palin was effectively the final straw that led them to endorse Obama.

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skipthesong,

Of course you don't have to be happy. I'd certainly prefer it if you wouldn't raise the issue about Obama unless you also either raise it about McCain or argue why it doesn't apply to McCain. But my preference has very little to do with your freedom of expression.

I don't see where you said anything about Americans in uniform having to lose something, so I have no idea what you mean about politicians being forced to lose rights and privileges in the same manner.

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"If she [Palin] was interested in the outside world, she could have seen it."

she's not the one running for president of the world.

remember?

it's obama who flew to berlin and spent 700,000 dollars to lecture germans, in english, about 'change'.

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ImperiumMundi - "so what has he done since jan 05 that makes him something more than the most inexperienced candidate ever nominated by either of the main parties in America?"

That's really not the key issue.

Americans are comparing the two candidates, and of the two, the majority of polled Americans are saying McCain is NOT the right man for the job - despite however many bills he has authored, aisles he has worked across, or years of experience he has tucked under his belt.

You raised a valid point - experience. McCain has oodles of it and STILL the majority of Americans aren't buying it.

Have you thought why?

In my mind, it is irrelevant experience (sitting in a POW camp 4 decades ago) and - most importantly - the WRONG ideas for how to extract the country out of the economic and social quagmire that McCain himself has been instrumental in authoring.

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One more factor against McCain - he is Al Quaeda's Choice. :-)

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I call that an age-old labor/management problem that hasn't been solved even with all the heads that were busted in the Pullman Strike.

that made me laugh. thanx. here i was thinking you had actually lived and worked in the United States and more to the point, been a dues-paying member of a union, as i have twice.

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ImperiumMundi - "she's [Palin] not the one running for president of the world. remember?"

Sure I do. So do Americans. The percentage of Americans who think Sarah Palin is not experienced enough for the job of Vice President has soared from 51% to 59% in just the last 7 days.

She is single-handedly putting deadweights on McCain's chances for a win.

Does it matter that Palin is not running for the presidency?

Well, not really, but she could still derail the campaign of the man who is. :-)

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ImperiumMundi - "it's obama who flew to berlin and spent 700,000 dollars to lecture germans, in english, about 'change'."

That might be admirable if only it were accurate.

Obama did that tour of European capitals to rub shoulders with world leaders, the people who he is most likely going to have to work with from January 2009.

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Outside, when you talk, interact and bond with people, when you reach in and discover who he is mcinsane simply doesn't have it. What's that 'it' you may ask. Well, it's an ingredient that smoothers all else, the gift of wisdom. Mr Obama walks tall because wisdom sits well and deep within this great man.

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she's not the one running for president of the world.

That wasn't the answer she gave. Had she been honest, she would have probably said something along the lines of: "I really enjoy the Alaskan wilderness and didn't want to spend my vacation anywhere else."

To some Republicans, her answer indicated she had quite an unbecoming, for a Republican, clip on her shoulders. By contrast, Liberals saw it right away.

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One more factor against McCain - he is Al Quaeda's Choice. :-)

wrong again.

Qaeda wants Republicans, Bush "humiliated": Web video Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:15pm EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page | Recommend (174) [-] Text [+] DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda leader has called for President George W. Bush and the Republicans to be "humiliated," without endorsing a party in the upcoming U.S. presidential election, according to an Internet video posting.

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Sushi - One more reason not to vote for Obama - he's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's choice.

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how can someone gibber about 'great wisdom' and in the same short post refer to a man whom at least 50 million Americans will vote for as 'mcinsane'?

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sarge: "If Obama doesn't even take care of those close to him, how can we be expected to believe he'll take care of the rest of us?"

He takes fine enough care of them, I'm sure, as was indicated with his visit to his grandmother. What's more, he wants everyone to have better access to health care, instead of the current millions you have uninsured under bush, and the mere amount of money McCain would give them -- which is not enough to cover any plans.

How about McCain? How is HE taking care of his family? We all know how he has taken care of them up til now, with his cheating, dumping, rejecting them, etc.

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To some Republicans, her answer indicated she had quite an unbecoming, for a Republican, clip on her shoulders. By contrast, Liberals saw it right away.

funny. i hit about 20 political sites a day. never, even in comments, come across anyone saying palin has a chip on her shoulder.

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smith "He takes fine enough care of them"

He does not. Check it out. I know the truth is painful, smith, but I implore you to check it out.

"McCain... his cheating, dumping, rejecting"

You have some vivid imagination there, smith.

Yang - Only one million yen? Heck, let's make it 5 million.

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Now we're talking. You're on. I take the bet. That Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for President 2008 will win the Presidency. You putting in on the table sarge? You there?

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"Obama could name a chief of staff as early as next week"

So could McCain.

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sarge: "You have some vivid imagination there, smith."

It's fact, my friend, not imagination. Do you really not know McCain's history when it comes to women and family? I only mention it since you brought it up. I'll keep it very short, but cheating on your first wife with prostitutes, then dumping her to marry into money, and being a misogynist, doesn't make him a 'family man'.

As to looking into Obama's family, how about you show me some links to your proof? If you can.

Finally, as to the 'truth being painful', sargie... I just want you to know that all of us on here at JT are worried about you, bud. Come Wednesday morning Japan time you're just not going to want to wake up. Obama's victory is going to be a hard pill to swallow. Hang in there, my friend.

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i hit about 20 political sites a day. never, even in comments, come across anyone saying palin has a chip on her shoulder.

Well, you must have missed David Brooks' column (which has comments) in early October:

[N]o American politician plays the class-warfare card as constantly as Palin. Nobody so relentlessly divides the world between the “normal Joe Sixpack American” and the coastal elite.

She is another step in the Republican change of personality. Once conservatives admired Churchill and Lincoln above all — men from wildly different backgrounds who prepared for leadership through constant reading, historical understanding and sophisticated thinking. Now those attributes bow down before the common touch.

I suppose what's proved unsettling to some Republicans who've done well in the post-industrial, knowledge economy is the realization the American landscape is littered with Joe the Plumbers, who aren't doing well and lack the means to change their situation.

As a letter to the editor of the NYT's observes:

For a business to be profitable, it needs to operate in a healthy economic environment. To be able to hire more help, it also needs the ability to grow, for which it needs not only a healthy but also an expanding economy.

I will vote for the candidate who will follow the most promising path to it.

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sarge: This just in... a survey of a couple thousand people over their response to the campaign showed that 60% of Obama supporters were excited and only 10% of McCain's were. As well, a number of those frustrated said they may not bother to go out and vote at all, since they would be voting for a loser (they are talking about McCain and the fact that he's going to lose), with one man saying "I hate the man!".

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Obama for president? Heck, McCain's done more time as a POW than Obama has as a senator.

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I'll just say that if Americans elect Barck Obama and Joe Biden over John McCain and Sarah Palin, it'll be our biggest brain fart in history, far surpassing the brain farts we had in electing Bill Clinton twice.

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Sarge: I'll just say that if Americans elect Barck Obama and Joe Biden over John McCain and Sarah Palin, it'll be our biggest brain fart in history, far surpassing the brain farts we had in electing Bill Clinton twice.

How about the now invisible Bush?

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I agree with Sarge, and i think McCain will surprise us all and pull off a miracle win.

great news for all us patriots, bad news for the socialists.

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ImperiumMundi,

Another foxhole dug. Another foxhole lost.

You don't say why you're laughing. You just plead your experience and assume that I don't know what I'm talking about. Curses, foiled again.

I was a member of IBEW in 1967 and 1968 and survived the nastiness of a wildcat strike at RCA. Prior to that I was a member of a metal workers union for about a year. I can't remember which one. We did a lot of shearing and stamping.

But again, what is your point?

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CaptainUSA,

McCain could win. I think that will be bad news for the people you call patriots and for the people you call socialists alike. (By the way, you know that those patriots are no more patriotic than those socialists, don't you? Most of those patriots are every bit as much socialists as those socialists. Why bother to use meaningless, inflammatory and divisive language?)

If the greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing people he did not exist, the greatest trick the modern day GOP ever played was convincing the working poor that it had their best interests at heart. I think everyone loses if McCain wins. Even McCain.

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Eight years of successful Bush policies and a new term for McCain as President to stay the course.

Who benefits?

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IM / Sarge: You know what, you're fearful, a usual sign of weakness in those who can't face change, can't reach out and offer a smile, friendship, help to others, you're scared because Mr Obama isn't 'macho' isn't 'one of the boys'. Mr Obama is going to make the world a better place for more people. A good thing. He's got stones.

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Sarge - McCain's done more time as a POW than Obama has as a senator.

You're right, and John McCain made more than 30 videos for the North Vietnamese. Sang like a bird. < :-)

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Sarge - "Heck, McCain's done more time as a POW than Obama has as a senator."

So what? Does sitting in a POW camp for 5 years last century give John McCain some kind of special powers or abilities to fix the tanking US economy this century?

No, of course it doesn't.

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That fact that McCain has sat in jail for 5 years should automatically disqualify him for President

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To the Captain USA: Excuse me, Captain, for my opinion, not people like you will make the world better. You and socalled "patriots" still try to pull your country back to the past. Is it patriotism? SezWho2 is right, "everyone loses if McCain wins". Another your posters: "Contakts of Dick Morris told him, if Obama wins Israel will attack Iran, causing a possible WWIII. This is why decent freedom lovers are voting for McCain". (Posted in "Across the globe, Americans gear up to vote" 10.31.08). "Iraq, we will leave when we deem you are safe and the region is secure. NOT before!" (Posted in "Iraq wants all U.S.troops gone by end of 2011" 10.31.08). So you are ready to spent millions of dollars more and (how many?) lives of Amerikans for their socalled "freedom"??!! It looks like REAL PATRIOTISM! You deserve to be a general, why you are still captain? Didn't you think you can wait this "BEFORE" all your life while those american soldiers DIE in this SENSELESS war FOR NOTHING ??!! This is not what your country needs...

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Everton2: "The fact that McCain has sat in jail for 5 years should automatically disqualify him for President"

That is the dumbest thing you have ever said.

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Regarding a possible surprise win by McCain:

great news for all us patriots, bad news for the socialists.

That kind of moronic thinking is precisely why it's long overdue for the Republican Party to step back from politics and review some of their core messages.

In the meantime, Mr. Captain . . . ahem . . . USA, this argument's long been lost by your side. Your last-ditch, Johnny Come Lately efforts are wasted here. That's assuming, of course, that you aren't just another incarnation of the handful of GOP regulars here under a different handle - a possibility that's very likely.

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Hey Gang! Let's raise questions about the legality of McCain being president! He was born in Panama, after all!

Wow! That felt great! The GOP had it right all along! Spreading rumor and innuendo is fun!! Wheeeeee!

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sezwho^

even mcgovern opposes card check.

http://thehill.com/business--lobby/mcgovern-joins-business-groups-push-to-defeat-labor-backed-card-check-bill-2008-10-07.html

McGovern called secret-ballot elections a “basic right.”

“I believe in the secret ballot as a very important part of our democracy,” McGovern said. “When we elect a president, sheriff or member of Congress, we walk into the voting booth and pull the curtain free of anyone trying to twist our arm.”

He added that he is a longtime advocate of organized labor. “I think my voting record in the Senate is flawless on that issue. But it is in the interest of labor and management to have a secret ballot.”

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McGovern's votes were public record then? not secret? I guess there are other factors that influence what is or is not a fundamental right.

I think there are good reasons to oppose card check. I think there are also good reasons to support it.

My point was that, contrary to what you said, Democrats do not oppose the use of secret ballots in unionized workplaces. Many oppose the use of secret ballots to answer the question whether a non-union shop should unionize and support automatic certification when a majority of workers join the union.

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How low can you go: 'THE Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist. Dr Peter Millican, a philosophy don at Hertford College, Oxford, has devised a computer software program that can detect when works are by the same author by comparing favourite words and phrases. He was contacted last weekend and offered $ 10,000 (£6,200) to assess alleged similarities between Obama’s bestseller, Dreams from My Father, and Fugitive Days, a memoir by William Ayers.'-The Times

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Heck, McCain's done more time as a POW than Obama has as a senator.

McCain's lucky he didn't do time as one of the Keating Five.

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'THE Republicans have made a last-minute attempt to prevent Barack Obama’s ascent to the White House by trying to recruit an Oxford academic to “prove” that his autobiography was ghostwritten by a former terrorist. Dr Peter Millican, a philosophy don at Hertford College, Oxford, has devised a computer software program that can detect when works are by the same author by comparing favourite words and phrases.

The audacity of hope.

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In such a gloomy world, we all need cheering up and this can be achieved by the expected Obama landslide.

McCain and his crazy choice for VP are going to be history by Wednesday, no matter how hard the republicans try to pervert the democratic process by dissuading voters with lies and rumours.

Go for it Americans - do the right thing and restore our faith in democracy and freedom

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McCain and his crazy choice for VP are going to be history by Wednesday, no matter how hard the republicans try to pervert the democratic process by dissuading voters with lies and rumours.

what lies? what rumors?

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