Finally!! One of Me own!

Congratulations

Our hopes and prayers are with the new President Elect. Rather than whining about a recount I think it is best for us all to come together and support the incoming President.

He has promised a great deal, and I do believe that we should hold him accountable.

Here is a snapshot of today. If things are better in 4 years, he will deserve 4 more.

Unemployment Rate 6.1%
Gallon or Unleaded gas (Nat’t avg. $2.36)
National Debt $10,573,805,203,334
Tax for $100,000 Married Filing Jointly $17, 847.50
Social Security Tax for $100,000 $6,200
Prime Interest Rate 4%
Inflation (CPI-U) rate 4.9%

If not, then he will go the way of Jimmy Carter and George Bush I.

Moving

Hot Air » Blog Archive » The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama

Hot Air » Blog Archive » The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama
This is the best summaraziation I have seen to date.

What?

Can anyone explain to me why we learn more from the AP about John McCain's relationship with a plumber, than we do about Obama's relationship to terrorist or to an organization that perpetrates fraud?

Enlightenment

The company you keep...

I particularly like the "coming out party" reference from this mouthpiece of the Right Wing - CNN!

Change? Guess not...

Plenty of Blame

Hold Them Responsible

Wonder what his rebuttal would be...

My Head is Spinning

OK, so the NY Times finally decides to do a little vetting of Obama, and shares for the first time that a terrorist helped launch Obama's political career. Then, they explain that is more or less no big deal as Obama didn't know. When that gets no traction, the AP says that Pailin is racist for saying that Barack pals around with terrorists. A good look at the issue here.

Hard Hitting

In case you were wondering who was telling the truth...

Wow! From the Atlantic no less!

Betting on John McCain

Ties toSpecial Interests

Treason?

Read this and then you decide.

No Wonder he is afraid to attend Town Hall meetings with McCain

Copied from http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/obamas-teleprompter-hits-the-trail/






(CNN) — It appears Barack Obama's teleprompter is hitting the campaign trail.

The Democratic presidential nominee has never tried to hide the fact he delivers speeches off the device, though normally he doesn't use one at standard campaign rallies and town hall events.

But the Illinois senator used a teleprompter at both his Colorado events Monday — making for a particularly peculiar scene in Pueblo, where the prompter was set up in the middle of what is normally a rodeo ring.

What a game!!

McCain Vs. Obama - Partisanship

This article quantifies what most political junkies already know - McCain has a much greater record of bipartisanship than Obama. McCain is "barely partisan" in my opinion. He is not loved by the far right. I think that is why it took the Palin selection to get Republicans excited about him. McCain has greater appeal to the middle than Obama. Obama, on the other hand, in his short tenure in public life has shown he is loved by the far left.

It appears that the key to this election will be keeping your base energized and appealing to the middle. The Palin selection has turned the race upside down. Prior to that, Obama was looking like a shoo-in. His campaing acted like it to, but who could blame them? 19 months of campaining, and his base loved him, and the middle saw an attractive new face. Post-Palin, the GOP base is now as energized as the Dems. McCain, who truly is a Maverick, now can win this race without negative campaigning. He just needs to show the comparisons between his accomplishments and Obama's. It is a stark difference.

It looks like McCain will win, but I suspect that while the Dem base will be apoplectic, (what do they do now with those countdown bumper stickers?) the middle will be happier with the result than the GOP base.

Desparation

The tension and feelings of helplessness from the left are palpable. The blathering about Gov. Palin being a "deer in the headlights" to Charlie Gibson has been laughable.

Someday historians may look back and collectively define for us "The Bush Doctrine". At this point in time however, it is a media fabrication designed and used to make those with pancake makeup appear more bright.

Instead of trying to play "gotcha", perhaps Gibson should have first shared what he beleives the "Bush Doctine" to be, and then asked the Governor her stance on it.

This post shows that there is not universal agreement on what that doctrine is.

BTW - Charlie is getting smoked on his Facebook page
http://www.new.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=5165&post=19266&uid=6489353671#post19266

An Interesting View From Across the Pond

This writer seems to have some insight into the new dynamic in the election.

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Print Article

Quoted from http://www.realclearpolitics.com/printpage/?url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/words_obama_will_regret.html:

Words Obama Will Regret

By Ken Blackwell

On Monday, Senator Obama uttered one sentence that could haunt him until Election Day. He said of Senator McCain and Governor Palin telling voters they would bring change, "they must think you're stupid." Given his stances on the surge, social issues, and his past, Mr. Obama will regret those words.

Let's start with social issues like Second Amendment freedoms. Mr. Obama denies that he's ever supported banning handguns, right after the landmark Heller case where the Supreme Court struck down Washington D.C.'s handgun ban.

When a 1996 questionnaire surfaced that had asked if Mr. Obama supported banning all handguns, his one-word written answer was "yes." He said an unnamed staffer must have filled it out without his knowledge. Then another copy surfaced -- this one with his handwriting on it. He says he must not have read that particular question. Sure.

On the hot-button issue of abortion, last month saw a growing concern over Mr. Obama's opposition to the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, which states if an abortion is botched and a live birth results, the baby is entitled to medical care. The federal version of this law unanimously passed the U.S. Senate.

However, when a version of this bill came to the Illinois Senate, Mr. Obama opposed it. When confronted last month with the fact that the federal version of this bill had been supported by the likes of Ted Kennedy and Barbara Boxer, Mr. Obama said the he would have supported the federal version. Those suggesting otherwise were lying, he said. Then it was revealed that a second bill was introduced in the Illinois Senate, and this one was identical to the federal version. Mr. Obama opposed that bill as well. He has yet to come up with an explanation on that one.

And there are Mr. Obama's associations. Let's start with the infamous Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Mr. Obama expressed shock that Rev. Wright would say things like "God damn America" and say the American government created AIDS to commit genocide against black people. Yet he belonged to that church for 20 years. He was married by Rev. Wright, had his children baptized by him, and even took his book title from one of the good reverend's sermons.

When Rev. Wright's outrageous diatribes surfaced, Mr. Obama refused to renounce him. Then when Rev. Wright repeated the same statements at the National Press Club, and Mr. Obama had clinched the nomination, suddenly he denounced him. Why? He said Rev. Wright's statements in D.C. were unlike anything he had heard before and he was shocked. But those statements had been in the news for months. Are we to believe that Mr. Obama had not read or heard any of the news for weeks? Or that he never heard anything similar in more than 20-years of listening to Rev. Wright's sermons? Hmm.

Bill Ayers is another stunner. Mr. Ayers bombed a police station and the Pentagon, and recently said he wished he had done more. He is an unrepentant terrorist, but is popular among the ultra-left in Chicago. When Mr. Obama was asked about Mr. Ayers, he implied that he barely knew him.

But once again facts have surfaced. We now know that Mr. Ayers hosted a fundraiser for Mr. Obama. They served for years together on a board with only a few people, and they worked closely on financial matters during those years. Does that sound like someone he barely knows?

And then we have the Iraq war. Congress authorized war against Iraq in 2002. The vote in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate was an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 77-23. The intelligence provided to Congress was profoundly flawed, but based on the intelligence presented, Congress voted for war. That is why those voting for the war included John Kerry, John Edwards, Hillary Clinton,and -- yes -- Joe Biden.

Yet Mr. Obama, who was in the Illinois Senate at the time and thus had no vote, opposed the war. He says that this shows his superior judgment, and that those voting for the war, like John McCain, lack the judgment to be president. But his vice presidential pick Joe Biden voted for the war, and Mr. Obama says Mr. Biden has the judgment to be president. How do you reconcile that?

And finally we have the surge. Mr. Obama opposed it, saying it was doomed to fail. Yet the troop surge has succeeded brilliantly, and all but the most dedicated diehards admit it. Now Mr. Obama acknowledges that it succeeded, but does not admit his predictions of failure were wrong. How were they not wrong?

These actions have made a pattern. Mr. Obama has changed his position on numerous occasions, cannot explain why he has done so, and yet his campaign expects us to believe that he never changed his mind on any of those issues.

He must think we're stupid.

Mr. Blackwell is a senior fellow at the Family Research Council, the American Civil Rights Union and the Buckeye Institute in Ohio.

Obama and Biden - not so different after all.

Huh

It may not be a real job title, but codeword for Black? How do you figure? I thought it meant someone who stopped casinos or international bridges from being built.

Career Counseling Conundrum

I have been a Career Counselor for just about 20 years, and have taught Vocational Counseling in a Master's program. In that time I have become fairly familiar with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles - a resource that catalogs somewhere near 20,000 different jobtitles to help individuals in their career exploration.

In that time, I have never seen an entry for "Community Organizer"

I take it all back

I was in error when I said Obama didn't have an energy plan.

McCain Camp ‘Rescues’ Flags From Obama Rally - America’s Election HQ

Please Don't question their patriotism

Thoughts on McCain's Speech

This is the most coherent take on McCain's speech I have seen.RealClearPolitics - HorseRaceBlog - Thoughts on McCain's Speech

This is What Blogging is All About!

Props to Alan Bedenko and Chris Smith for breaking this open. It shows the power of citizen journalism and my hat is off to them.

Makes Quayle look like an elder statesman...

Cheaters Never Win

New Claim of Taping Emerges Against Patriots - New York Times