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Vice guy versus nice guy: Firedoglake's Attaturk does a 20 years ago thing comparing McCain's participation with the Keating 5 to Obama paying a luggage surcharge for a Norwegian newlywed who was about to miss her flight.

FTSE, DAX and CAC got knocked big time today. (Bloomberg.)

Todd Beeton at MyDD thinks he may have found McCain's October Surprise, Achilles' Heel, soft spot: His record as a pilot. Just call him McCrashy. 

The Wall Street Journal describes today's emergency measures designed to prevent total financial collapse in Europe.

A first-time recommended diary for Woochifer at Daily Kos was the place I found out that Troopergate may still get prosecuted.  

The Guardian reports on a promising breast cancer vaccine. 

Bank of America agrees to potentially $8.7 billion in loan-modifications on predatory instruments--you win! (Los Angeles Times)

The Christian Science Monitor reports on the how September's 159,000 lost jobs is going to have a domino effect, starting with a credit crunch. 

Daniel de Groot at Open Left on Sarah Palin's recent reading list (a Starbuck's coffee cup) and how that pissed off former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. 

The Washington Post on what we've said all along: Obama is going to win because he's better organized.

Crooks and Liars has David Brooks on Face the Nation saying Palin isn't up to snuff. 

The Financial Times does a post-mortem on Lehman's failure to fail with dignity.

Alternet brings you Garrison Keillor's take on the bailout....via the International Herald Tribune. 

William Kristol facilitates the psychotic innuendo of an ancient Republican ("in my day Blacks knew their place"; "the 60s ruined this country," etc) by commiserating with Sarah Palin about Bill Ayers and Rev Wright and how they somehow "reveal" the real Obama. Just like this reveals the real Palin.

GOP wants to know where Obama got all his money, because they're suspicious, see? (Wall Street Journal)

Does anyone thing it's a LITTE odd that there are lionfish off the coast of Rhode Island?

 

 

Comments

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There's little in McShame's resume to qualify him for....

anything!

Palin was brought on board to be his three headed baby, his main side show. To draw eyeballs from his useless record and fading health.

Let's face it - time is not on McShame's side.

Which truly magnifies the unpatriotic choice of Palin. Country first my ass. Had he not been the spawn of illustrious progenitors he'd never been at Annapolis; thereby finding life devoid of privilege no bargain.

As the seed is planted so grows the tree

By DemiOctober 6, 2008 - 6:31am

SOFT SPOT????

John McCain's record as a pilot is his soft spot????

Todd Beeton has a "soft spot" on his head.

John McCain's soft spot is so much his nearly criminal voting record against our troops. Denying them benefits leaves many unfit for the work force.

John McCain voted against upgrading equipment, even against buying tents and safety equipment.

McCain's grade of D from the Vets if I and A and his 20% rating from the Disabled Vets and his low rating from the Vets of Vietnam, voting against their support 15 times.

John McCain standing the way of the families of POW's finding out about their loved ones.

John McCain putting more than a 100 troops in danger, using them from human body shields as he strolled around a Baghdad market for a fucking photo op.

The military is John McCain's "soft spot" but for some strange reason, the Democrats won't stand up against McCain FOR our troops. I don't get it.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 6:55am

and for some strange reason

there have been no "Forrestal Survivors for Truth" ads come out. The vet's I've seen are all on his side.

By blogbobOctober 6, 2008 - 7:00am

You ought visit my local VFWs... Or Geo. S. Patton #1

Vets are extremely reluctant to verbalize to outsiders - for good reason. They know their opinion is the opinion of one citizen, but others tend to think it holds weight above and beyond reality.

Active duty officers are loath to have McCain in the White House. The very last thing they want (and need) at this particular moment in time is some latterday Napoleon trying to run the military; as for his VP choice: It is thought beneath contempt.
Trickle Down cascades its fraud and failures .

By RobespierreOctober 6, 2008 - 7:33am

Obama is wrong, McCain is slime

I'm a Veteran of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 8th Infantry Division and I can tell you that I am most definitely NOT on the side of McCain.

Some Republican Vets are for McCain, but the ones that find out about his voting record turn on him immediately. He turned on them.

But like I said, the Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan give McCain a grade of D, the Disabled Vets give McCain a 20% rating. The Veterans of Vietnam have heavily criticized McCain for voting against them 15 straight times.

For some reason, America just doesn't care about Veterans. It's why 200,000 at least live on the streets.

Obama has publicly said that he won't make the troops an issue because he doesn't want to politicize them. My feeling is that he isn't defending them. He thinks he is doing them a favor, but he's not. He is playing right into the hands of John McCain.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 8:12am

Sorry but you have been listening to propaganda

Military Times poll: Troops backing McCain

By Brendan McGarry - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Oct 6, 2008 8:27:48 EDT
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/10/military_poll_100508w/

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 9:17am

By momofuku October 6, 2008 - 10:17am

Of note, from your link:

The results of the Military Times 2008 Election Poll are not representative of the opinions of the military as a whole. The group surveyed is older, more senior in rank and less ethnically diverse than the overall armed services.

Of note, from the "put your money where your mouth is" department:

Obama Tops in Donations from Troops
[...]
The Center for Responsive Politics has found that the presidential candidate with a record as a bona fide war hero is garnering far less financial support from the troops than the Harvard-trained lawyer.

"Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul," the report said.

The report also included this surprise: "Members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008....

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John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 9:47am

Git, lawn jockey - the rich white man's lawns won't tend

to themselves.

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:45am

And where do you get your stats?

How many veterans organizations have you polled? You only site two? How many vets do they represent?
Where do you get that 200,000 figure from?

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 9:19am

How old are you?

Oh no, not Momo again.

Where did I get that figure? EVERYWHERE Moron!

Just do a search on any search engine for "homeless veterans".

Here, you can read this one first from CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/08/homeless.veterans/

First, you are ignorant about science, then math. Then you so your ignorance here. Listen, there is nothing wrong with being ignorant. It's possible to learn. If you can type, you can learn.

Now, go learn something.

Hey, it just occured to me. You actually do pretty good for a twelve year old. Are you a "pre-teen"? It would explain so much.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 9:40am

I have seen the article and have also done my research

The cnn report is very misleading. It is based on poll's. Read the article. Also, it does not actually define homelessness, but makes it seem that the reasons are economic, not substance abuse related. Point in fact, the VA does a great job helping those who want to help themselves. Are you familiar with the Per Diem program, offered to Vets, nation wide? You really should do your research and stop with the propaganda. Especially when it comes to veterans. We are not some political football, to be used to promote your political agenda.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 10:17am

By momofuku October 6, 2008 - 11:17am

About one-third of the adult homeless population have served their country in the Armed Services. Current population estimates suggest that about 154,000 veterans (male and female) are homeless on any given night and perhaps twice as many experience homelessness at some point during the course of a year. Many other veterans are considered near homeless or at risk because of their poverty, lack of support from family and friends, and dismal living conditions in cheap hotels or in overcrowded or substandard housing.
[...]
Atlthough many homeless veterans served in combat in Vietnam and suffer from PTSD, at this time, epidemiologic studies do not suggest that there is a causal connection between military service, service in Vietnam, or exposure to combat and homelessness among veterans. Family background, access to support from family and friends, and various personal characteristics (rather than military service) seem to be the stronger indicators of risk of homelessness.

Almost all homeless veterans are male (about three percent are women), the vast majority are single, and most come from poor, disadvantaged backgrounds.
[...]
http://www1.va.gov/homeless/page.cfm?pg=1

____________________
John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 11:25am

Right from the government

This is why John McCain is given a grade of D and a rating of 20% by two of the largest veterans groups in the US, The Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and the Disabled Veterans. Momo is a dirty person. Sickening. Disgusting. This is what John McCain would bring to the White House.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 11:36am

Good you finally found a

credible source for your info. Now, 154,000 is not 200,000, as stated in the prior post. Also, most of these vets suffer from drug and alcohol issues. Check your source. They are on the streets by "choice", not loss of income.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 12:23pm

By momofuku October 6, 2008 - 1:23pm

Yes. They choose to sleep on cold grates as opposed to in warm beds.
Because they love the snow and mother nature.

Please kill yourself.
____________________
John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 12:29pm

Why don't you ask them?

Again, there are programs for vets. It is up to the vet to seek help. The VA can't force anyone into treatment. Please document incidence's where any vet was ever turned away from treatment, by the VA.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 12:32pm

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 1:32pm

Okay.
How many?
And should I just stick to the examples where the veteran dies as a result?

An Army veteran seeking treatment for his sudden loss of motor skills was turned away from a veterans hospital in the Bronx, N.Y., in May 2007...

IOWA CITY (AP) - A homeless Vietnam veteran whose body was found beneath an Iowa City bridge had been turned away just days before from a Veterans Affairs center...

July 31, 2007 - (KMOV)- One local veteran is painting a grim picture of his treatment at a local VA hospital.
When he walked into the emergency room at the St. Louis VA Medical Center in midtown, he was asked to leave, even after showing his valid veterans affairs ID card...

As the Walter Reed scandal rocks Washington, what are the conditions at VA hospitals outside the Beltway? We look at the story of a 58-year-old Vietnam veteran named Willie Dougherty. He died in October after suffering two pelvic fractures. His family says he died because he was refused treatment by the VA...

Will it take a few more examples for you to shut up?
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John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 12:46pm

He just makes it too damn easy....

Jan. 27: This Marine's death came after he served in Iraq
When Jonathan Schulze came home from Iraq, he tried to live a normal life. But the war kept that from happening.

By Kevin Giles, Star Tribune

Last update: January 29, 2007 - 3:54 PM

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At first, Jonathan Schulze tried to live with the nightmares and the grief he brought home from Iraq. He was a tough kid from central Minnesota, and more than that, a U.S. Marine to the core.

Yet his moods when he returned home told another story. He sobbed on his parents' couch as he told them how fellow Marines had died, and how he, a machine gunner, had killed the enemy. In his sleep, he screamed the names of dead comrades. He had visited a psychiatrist at the VA hospital in Minneapolis.

Two weeks ago, Schulze went to the VA hospital in St. Cloud. He told a staff member he was thinking of killing himself, and asked to be admitted to the mental health unit, said his father and stepmother, who accompanied him. They said he was told he couldn't be admitted that day. The next day, as he spoke to a counselor in St. Cloud by phone, he was told he was No. 26 on the waiting list, his parents said.

Four days later, Schulze, 25, committed suicide in his New Prague home.

Citing privacy laws, Veterans Affairs officials wouldn't comment specifically on the case, nor would they confirm or deny the Schulze family's account. However, Dr. Sherrie Herendeen, line director for mental health services at the St. Cloud hospital, said Thursday that under VA policy, a veteran talking about suicide would immediately be escorted into the hospital's locked mental health unit for treatment.

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune Jan. 29, 2007

Truth is whatever you can get other people to believe - Tom Smothers

By UffdaguyOctober 6, 2008 - 12:54pm

Hummm

The last paragraph is very interesting, don't you think?

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 1:15pm

Yes, it's mighty interesting because it says that the VA

didn't even follow their own documented procedures.

Truth is whatever you can get other people to believe - Tom Smothers

By UffdaguyOctober 6, 2008 - 1:18pm

No, what it really shows is that there is something

false about the story. Question: What were the parents doing all this time? Ever hear of the term: 5150? Look it up. Your story stinks to high heaven.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 3:12pm

5150?

Sure. It's a Van Halen album. And a sucky one. What does it have to do with the VA letting this guy slip through the gaping holes -- excuse me, "cracks" -- in the system?

And you're right about one thing...it DOES stink. The RepubliCANTs won't bother cleaning up their mess, though, so it's going to require President Obama to step in and plug the holes. One more item on the punchlist.

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

By nonexistent manOctober 6, 2008 - 3:45pm

By Uffdaguy October 6, 2008 - 1:54pm

He just makes it too damn easy....
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I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that he's a clueless fraud who is completely ignorant of some rather basic realities. I have to say, some of hatey's other role playing provided a bit of comic relief. I mean, the bit about chatting with Maya Angelou about MLK over a dinner he prepared for her was priceless in its comedic value. But, this bit about playing the role of a veteran and using his imaginary uniform to attack those who actually wear/have worn it by blaming their difficulties on them is entirely deplorable.
:whatadouchebag:

I've been away for a bit. I actually spent some time on the trail out in Lansing, MI... canvassing the city from Monday morning leading into Barack's visit to East Lansing on Thursday. And, while at the event, I got word from some reps that they were in need of volunteers for the Springsteen show in Philly over the weekend on Saturday. So, I jumped back in the car to head back around this way to help out. It's been quite the week (we chased McCain from Michigan as he plummets there and nationally! teeehee), and it's left me little time for stopping by.
Anything new?

I see hatey's still at his usual sock puppet games...
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John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 1:32pm

I notice you didn't link those stories.

I think it's because you know there is more to these stories than what you have posted. What don't you post the VA's side of the story?

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 1:12pm

By momofuku October 6, 2008 - 2:12pm

I notice you tend to go on thinking lots of incorrect things based on reckless assumptions.
____________________
John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 1:31pm

Actually

...he thinks lots of incorrect things because that's what he's paid to do, and he doesn't want to lose his ride.

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

By nonexistent manOctober 6, 2008 - 5:10pm

Go jump into the path of a fucking train, Buttwheat

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:47am

You are very, very dirty.

You are such a jerk. Try checking out the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, unless you also consider that a "propaganda organization":

http://www1.va.gov/homeless/page.cfm?pg=1

For you to downplay the plight of the veterans is sickening. Sickening and disgusting. Momo, you are terrible. Not even a human being. Shame, shame. You should be ashamed and embarrassed.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 11:32am

"We are not some political football..."

In his latest incarnation, momo pretends to be a veteran.
You are low, dude. Just lower than whale shit.

By thaelmann37October 6, 2008 - 12:21pm

In your latest incarnation

you pretend to support veteran's. You are a lower life form than even bacteria.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 12:36pm

How do you support them?

By spreading lies, voting for politicians to get killed or maimed in useless wars, and ignoring them when they are no longer usefull.
And get your own material, loser. Don't just blindly repeat what others post.

By thaelmann37October 7, 2008 - 6:46am

I'll send you the rope, go hang yourself, Buttwheat

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:47am

Hey deandd

I don't downplay anything. You seem to know it all. Tell me, why are these vets homeless? I say the majority are because of substance abuse problems, that they won't address. The VA is ready, able and willing to help them with these problems, but can't force them into treatment. That's the facts. Dispute them. By the way, you always seem to list only two veterans organization, but you never tell us how many veterans they actually represent. Why? Maybe its because they really don't represent many veterans at all? Could that be the reason? Your slime dude. Using veterans to promote your neo-com agenda is more than reprehensible and despicable.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 12:30pm

By momofuku October 6, 2008 - 1:30pm

I say the majority are because of substance abuse problems, that they won't address. ... That's the facts.
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Actually, that's what's known as "opinion".
Maybe this will help: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/KSD/KR/LIBRARY/THINKING/fact.html
____________________
John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 12:34pm

So, you don't know how to even check

sources. Deandd provided the link that makes my statement a fact, and not an opinion. There is a lot of veterans data on that site. All creditable and accurate..

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 12:40pm

Just put the gun between your eyes, and pull the trigger, jockey

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:50am

You really enjoy this

Many are homeless because they came back from war mentally as well as physically damaged.

John McCain has voted more than a dozen times against bills that help these wounded soldiers. Many times they turn to substance abuse because they are psychologically scarred.

I mention those two VA groups specifically because they are the two largest.

You get off on being a piece of shit. Really, you like being the scum of the earth. I feel sorry for your family. I suspect that as dirty as you are here, you are worse in your private life. Well, if you ever get caught, and you will, I hope you can take it. Say hi to Bubba for me.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 3:33pm

Hatey was already caught and convicted

for welfare fraud in the late 1970's. He served a year in prison, is a convicted felon who cant vote, and is barred from all social programs for life. He is a true scumbag.

By hufflarry2000October 6, 2008 - 4:02pm

you obviously don't know what your talking about.

veteran problems mirrors societies problem. percentage wise, there are more "homeless" non veterans than there are veterans. They suffer from addiction problems, not because of their service, but because they are addicts. You really need to study up on addiction, its causes and effects.
John McCain voted against what he considers BAD LEGISLATION.

They are not the largest VET organizations. Do you have the actual number of their membership? Or are they just calling themselves the large?
The VFW is the largest, and they support McCain.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 5:00pm

Why does it matter to you?

You don't qualify for membership in any of them, and since you're a convicted felon, you can't even vote. So why are you here? What's your reason for existence, other than being a paid g0p sheeple-troll?

Feel free to wander through Central Park some late fall evening and count the number of people sleeping on park benches. Then wake them up and ask how many of them are veterans. If you survive the experience, it might prove enlightening.

If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith

By nonexistent manOctober 6, 2008 - 5:08pm

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 6:00pm

The VFW doesn't endorse presidential candidates, dumbfuck. The only time they ever have was in 1996 when they endorsed Bob Dole. They have since sworn that they will never endorse a presidential candidate again.

Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.

By Guy FawkesOctober 6, 2008 - 9:54pm

He wouldn't know that

...since he's not, and never can be, a member of any veteran's organization.

All he does is parrot what the drug addict tells him to.

McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.

By nonexistent manOctober 6, 2008 - 11:25pm

If you close your eyes, you won't see yourself plunging

the knife in your chest, Buttwheat

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:53am

To find Momo - it has to be damp.

"Veteran problems mirrors societies problem"

Except most of society has never been to war.

Crawl back under your rock. I'm not even sure what made you come out.

By deanrddOctober 8, 2008 - 12:36pm

And neither have most veterans..

So again you show your ignorance on matters you really know not much about.

By momofukuOctober 8, 2008 - 2:15pm

Look, asshole. ONE homeless vet is ONE TOO MANY.

REGARDLESS of his or her circumstances. Just proof that Monkey Boy and McCrash don't give two shits for our Vets.

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 8, 2008 - 2:32pm

Buck off, Fuckwheat

You are a coward and bully, and one day you will get your yellow ass kicked. If not by me then by someone else to whom you shoot off your mouth.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

By LiberalIconoclastOctober 8, 2008 - 3:51pm

Buck off, Fuckwheat

LMAO - Good one, Lib!

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 8, 2008 - 4:08pm

Barry Obama......change you

Barry Obama......change you can't believe in. This is the kind of scum he and his supporters/myrmidons are. Check these out, boys and girls.:

http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=http%3A//s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/cps-vfl...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUEQz5dltmI

By bebeholmesOctober 6, 2008 - 7:36am

By beenexposedasaracist October 6, 2008 - 8:36am

Check these out, boys and girls.
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Nope.
It might come as a surprise to you, but...
links posted by a racist about an African-American don't get clicked.

They get scrolled.

It's back to burning crosses for you, cracker.
Hop to it.
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John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 7:57am

African American? What part

African American? What part of Africa did he move to America from? Oh he didn't? Okay then he is a mixed race American from Hawaii. Does that set you straight blue-gum? Oh yeah, those links will get looked at and true Americans will see the type of scum the defeatocrats have chosen, racist.

By bebeholmesOctober 6, 2008 - 7:58am

By beenexposedasaracist October 6, 2008 - 8:58am

As time runs out on you and your Pa(R)ty, you're becoming increasingly angry.
And it's funny.
I can't wait to see the November 5th version of you, cracker.
That oughta provide giggles for days.
____________________
John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 8:12am

I cannot wait until Nov. 5...

You will cry for you mother like the whining little coward that you are, Beer Belly.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

By LiberalIconoclastOctober 8, 2008 - 3:53pm

How come you never criticize your neo-com buddies

for their racists remarks?
Again, the Keating Four scandal was a democratic scandal. McCain was exonerated by the investigator.

By momofukuOctober 6, 2008 - 9:22am

Buck you, Fuckwheat

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

By LiberalIconoclastOctober 6, 2008 - 7:10pm

Pour the gasoline all over yourself,

I'll provide the match, Buttwheat

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:58am

When you make the sign of the cross, is it burning?

.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 8:14am

Pappy Cracker, we know what's really under that

paper thin skin of yours ... it just bugs the SHIT out of you that an intelligent AFRICAN-AMERICAN might, actually, more than likely, be your PRESIDENT. You're a fucking cowardly honky who is intimidated by a SMART AFRICAN-AMERICAN, just like Loofah O'Lielly's intimated by SMART WOMEN ... fucking PRICELESS ... LMAO!!!!

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:56am

Don't need to worry about

Don't need to worry about me, Joiseynigga, I'll be fine whichever way the election goes. You should worry about your country if the man-child messiah gets elected. Hard for me to believe that there are that many perverted fools in this country that would vote for a boy that hangs out with domestic terrorists, goes to a church led by an America hating racist pastor, and takes bribes from convicted slum lords. But apparently the government teacher's unions have dumbed down Americans to the point where they think they can vote themselves a share of other people's incomes. Unbelievable in this country.

By bebeholmesOctober 6, 2008 - 8:28am

By beenexposedasaracist October 6, 2008 - 9:28am

Worry about you? I'm sorry if I gave you, or you got, that impression.
For all I care, you can choke on a bottle of cancer...
____________________
John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 8:33am

ROFLMFAO.........you guys

ROFLMFAO.........you guys kill me (pun intended) when you always wish death on your fellow conservative Americans. Why do you hate America so much. You probably should worry more about your faggot ass dying of aids before wishing cancer on me. But that will be God's will either way so no need to worry on my part. If it happens, so be it. Just keep taking that hershey highway and your time will come.

By bebeholmesOctober 6, 2008 - 8:40am

By beenexposedasaracist October 6, 2008 - 9:40am

Hey, did you know the Hershey Highway heads right into McCain's Senate office?

http://tinyurl.com/3qldsm

Follow the brown brick road... to the chief of McCain's staff...
Er... um... to McCain's Chief of Staff...
____________________
John McCain's Economic History: http://keatingeconomics.com/

By SJerseyIndyOctober 6, 2008 - 8:54am

More projection...

Shit, if I had a dollar for everytime a neocon posted his/ her wish that progressive Americans died in terror attacks, or New York and/ or L.A. get incinerated, or a civil war broke out so they could be part of some nut job militia to hunt down the " librhuls" I would be living in my mansion in the Italian Alps, keeping the place warm by burning bundles of money. You are the assholes who turned against the rest of the country. Christ, you losers hate EVERYBODY.
I still can't figure out why you claim to love America so much. You hate just about everything about her.

By thaelmann37October 6, 2008 - 10:43am

You're such a coward, Pappy Cracker. It's boring. Yawn.

"She's Cheney in drag." Me

By Pookie2112October 7, 2008 - 8:59am

Now for some truth

You can always exaggerate. Let's exaggerate McCain.

He was part of the Keating 5, which cost the country billions.

He crashed or led to the destruction of 5 jets.

He committed adultery over and over again.

His wife made him sign a pre-nup because she doesn't trust him either

He finished school 5th from the bottom

He called slime ball Parsley his "spiritual advisor", a man who wants to start WWIII.

He was investigated in the deaths of 168 sailors and was airlifted to safety because his crew wanted to kill him.

He has stood in the way of POW families finding out about their loved ones.

Sarah Palin believes in witchcraft.

Her preacher chased an old grandmother out of a town her family had been living in for generations because he said she was a witch.

Her pregnant underage daughter is being forced to marry.

Sarah has been accused of adultery.

Sarah has lied repeatedly about her record.

Sarah has a 4-year degree in Public Speaking after attending 5 different colleges over six years. She got a D in economics.

See, we can smear. The only difference is everything I listed is the truth.

By deanrddOctober 6, 2008 - 9:50am

By bebeholmesOctober 6, 2008 - 9:28am

the millions living in poverty in america (and the hundreds of millions globally) is a republican holocaust. the republican war for profit industry is genocide of the poor. the absolute corruption of the republican party by global (read foreign) corporations is a constant, persistent act of treason.

you guys will have to do better to counter your party's list of crimes.

By commiecakesOctober 6, 2008 - 1:46pm

The crap, (and that's what it is, crap), coming from the

McCain smear factory is just another glaring example of why this man shouldn't be let within 100 miles of the White House. We've spent 8 years being lied to by Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith, Addington, Gonzales, Miers, Goodling, Sampson and more to go through the same thing again. If McCain and his campaign really thought they had ideas that could help this country, then why can't they articulate them? Why is it that the only thing that seems to spew from their mouths is venomous lies? Perhaps because they know that they have nothing to offer the country except more of the same, the same policies that have seen our national debt more than double under repub "leadership", policies that have caused the deaths of over 4000 American troops, and the injuries of over 30,000 more; policies that have destroyed Wall Street and led to the virtual nationalization of companies like AIG; policies that have seen the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression; policies that have made America the most reviled nation on the world stage. I agree with Kucinich when he said "They want four more years? In most jurisdictions they'd get 8 to 20".

Truth is whatever you can get other people to believe - Tom Smothers

By UffdaguyOctober 6, 2008 - 11:47am

All documented, dingleberry

In the 1960s the G0P made the destruction of public schools a priority along with spreading the false idea that the vote really didn't matter. It took a score of years for the poor and deprived to start filtering into the society. You are no doubt a product of that depravity.

Bushie!  Doin' a helluva job!
G0P Trinity:  Failure, Fraud, Deceit.

By Abou Ben AdamOctober 6, 2008 - 12:19pm

Today's numbers

What's that whistling sound? Oh, it's Jet-go-Splat McJukebox, falling in the polls.

Election 2008
RCP National Average : Obama 49.3, McCain 43.3 (Obama +6.0)
Favorable Ratings: Obama +20.2, McCain +11.6 (Obama +8.6)
Intrade Market Odds: Obama 66.8, McCain 33.1

Electoral College
RCP Electoral Count: Obama 264, McCain 163 (Obama +101)
No Toss Up States: Obama 353, McCain 185 (Obama +168)

Battleground States
Colorado: Obama 47.6, McCain 44.6 (Obama +3.0)
Ohio: Obama 48.2, McCain 45.2 (Obama +3.0)
Florida: Obama 48.6, McCain 45.6 (Obama +3.0)
Nevada: Obama 49.3, McCain 47.5 (Obama +1.8)
Missouri: Obama 46.8, McCain 48.5 (McCain +1.7)
Virginia: Obama 49.9, McCain 45.0 (Obama +4.9)

No wonder the g0p troll-monkeys are getting more and more shrill. They're watching their boat sink, and there aren't any lifeboats aboard that aren't full of holes too.

Obama/Biden '08: the cure for electile dysfunction.

By nonexistent manOctober 6, 2008 - 1:41pm

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