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An theme which has come up in the past week is "Democrat Landslide". The first I recall seeing of this was the Democrat flack strategist David Paul Hume, in the Politico. In his piece, he suggested that if Obama were to sweep Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Florida, then he would have a landslide. And that would indicate that Obama would take "Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, ...Iowa...[and] Missouri." OK, that's fair. So I propose a counterexample. If McCain were to take Michigan and Pennsylvania, he would have a landslide, which would indicate he would take Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire, Minnesota,...

CINCINNATI—A federal appeals court sided with Ohio's top elections official Friday in her running battle with Republicans over how to verify the eligibility of newly registered voters. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a federal judge's order a day earlier that Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner institute the means to verify voter registration information and make it available to Ohio's 88 county election boards. Brunner argued that it would take two to three days to create the necessary computer programs, and that nothing in the Help America Vote Act required her to do what the lower...

The following video is taken from a letter to the editor posted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on Monday, July 7, 2008. If you want a very revealing and valid perspective on the candidacy of Barack Hussein Obama, watch this video. Want Change? A letter to the Editor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYEiwR2KklMPlease email this around to your friends, relatives, and neighbors asking them to do the same.

Rush compared Bill Ayers to Timothy McVeigh. I found this video that makes the analogy. We Hurt. We Remember. We Vote. It matters to us.... Who you're friends are.

I'm starting this thread to counter act the surrender threads currently out there. I wasn't at today's McCain rally in Minnesota. I only see what the MSM packages for me to see, which I suspect was intended to demoralize. I choose not to be demoralized. And I ask that those of you who are going wobbly to stop it. I will still gladly vote for McCain/Palin.

I spent two hours with historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson yesterday discussing the election and the candidates, the war and the world. The podcast of hour one is here, and of hour two is here.  I rarely post an interview transcript on the front page, but to encourage you in its reading, here it is: HH: A very special two hours ahead, a prolonged conversation about the state of the election, the state of the parties, the state of the world, the state of the war with historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson. ... Victor Hanson, welcome to the studio....

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_584284.html

AND NOW . . . amidst billowing clouds of fragrant, aromatic first- and second-hand premium cigar smoke. . . it is time for . . . that harmless, lovable little fuzz ball, the highly-trained broadcast specialist, having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have, from behind the golden EIB microphone, firmly ensconced in the prestigious Attila-the-Hun chair at the Limbaugh Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies, the Mandarin of Talk Radio, with talent on loan from G-d, at the cutting-edge of societal evolution, with half his brain tied behind his back — just to make it fair,...

Video here.

To win this election, it is important to convince reasonable Democrats (and there are lots of them in several key states) that the Obama/Biden is bad news and that McCain/Palin is the superior ticket. For those of you who want to be active and have a positive impact on this effort, here's a flyer that is sure to cause some commotion around the water cooler. Click here to access it or at the link above: Democrats for McCain/Palin Flyer (PDF, 140K) You can use this flyer to: 1.) Give to Democrat family members and friends. 2.) Give Democrat colleagues at...

Chicago New Party Update by Bruce Bentley About 50 activists attended the Chicago New Party membership meeting in July. The purpose of the meeting was to update members on local activities and to hear appeals for NP support from four potential political candidates. The NP is being very active in organization building and politics. There are 300 members in Chicago. In order to build an organizational and financial base the NP is sponsoring house parties. Locally it has been successful both fiscally and in building a grassroots base. Nationwide it has resulted in 1000 people committed to monthly contributions. The...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm sick and tired of the hand-wringing defeatist doom-and-gloom losers that seem to haunt FR these days like Jim McGreevey at a turnpike rest-stop. Therefore, with your indulgence and that of the mods, I would like to start a sequence of threads counting down to election day whereupon we can record what we are doing in a POSITIVE way to help elect McCain/Palin and Republicans and defeat Obama/Biden and the Democrats. The following actions do not count: 1. Writing a whining vanity on FR about how the McCain campaign needs to...

After allegations surfaced in early summer over the 'New Party's' endorsement of Obama, the Obama campaign along with the remnants of the New Party and Democratic Socialists of America claimed that Obama was never a member of either organization. The DSA and 'New Party' then systematically attempted to cover up any ties between Obama and the Socialist Organizations. However, it now appears that Barack Obama was indeed a certified and acknowledged member of the DSA's New Party. On Tuesday...

Neither presidential candidate was selling "morning in America." At times it seemed more like a competition to see who could paint the gloaming in the least unsettling hues. Tuesday night's presidential debate was remarkable for the dourness of its mood...the frequently subdued demeanors of the candidates even as they tore into each other, which they did with somewhat less vigor and venom than expected, given how little time remains until Election Day, given how nasty the campaign had turned in recent days. The debate — the second of three, and the only one to be conducted in a town-hall style...

Aren't charities refrained from getting involved in Politics? Makes me wonder if Obama has a Signed Agreement like Raila did with his Islamic Bros. Site also links to his Ramadan comment... "I want to convey my greetings to the American Muslim community on the Festival of Breaking the Fast that marks the end of Ramadan. Through fasting, prayer and charity, your observance this past month of the universal values of patience, generosity and caring for the less fortunate is an important reminder of the values that have helped make America great. As a nation, we must commit ourselves to that...

WASHINGTON -- When Sarah Palin said she was taking off the gloves, she wasn't just whistling "Onward, Christian Soldiers." Or was she? In the wake of the vice presidential debate, Palin has trained her moose-hunting sights on bigger trophies -- Barack Obama and the media. In Colorado a few days ago, she told fans that Obama pals around with terrorists. Later in Clearwater, Fla., resplendent in white against a backdrop of red, white and blue, she said, "This is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America, as the greatest source for good in...

<p>In August by chance, I met the president of a large labor union of a major city who was on vacation where I live. After finding out he was the president of a union I steered the conservation to politics and the upcoming election, the conservation was alarming yet enlightening.</p>

In honor of Google's 10th birthday, they've brought back their oldest available search index -- from January 2001. First blush scan -- it appears to feature Barack Obama Material NOT currently available in more recent search indices -- there may well be something here that Obama's people have not yet had a chance to purge -- but there is a lot of stuff here and i need help scanning it... also it may be worthwhile to search Jeremiah Wright, Rezko, Michelle Obama (+her maiden name). I know it may be a longshot -- and i'm prepared to be flammed and...

Taking Obama to the woodshed!

Exclusive Statement by Marion Thorpe, Congressional Candidate for FL-23 to MythDebunker Late last week, members of both parties saw fit to set aside $700 billion to bailout banks and other financial institutions that had acted recklessly. To be sure, some of their actions were caused by improper interference on the part of the government to begin with, prompting them to issue reckless loans that in the end did nothing to help people save money nor accumulate wealth. Categorically, the banks that are now in trouble far exceeded their mandate and, as such, their problems are in large part of their...

The Obama campaign, the DNC, the MSM, and other detractors have been making accusations and claims that Sarah Palin has somehow been hiding from the press. In an effort to investigate these claims, I have gone to great lengths to try and spot her and have some actual pictures of her hiding and cowering from the press. [/sarcasm]. Here are the results. SARAH PALIN "HIDING" FROM THE PRESS IN PLAIN SITE IN VA, CA, & NV I'M VOTING FOR SARAH...AND SO ARE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER EPOPLE

Recent main stream media and other pollsters have (again) played the "race card" (funny that the Obama campaign, the MSM, and the DNC are the only ones who seem to do this) by insinuating that the reason a fairly good number of democrats, particularly white democrats, may not support Barack Hussein Obama, is because he is black. Apart from the assertion itself being racist, I beg to differ. As a result of my fairly popular AUDACITY OF TRUTH and my SARAH PALIN TRUMPS OBAMA_BIDEN sites, I have spoken to many democrats via email, on forums, and some even by phone....

I really hate to bring it up. We already have two branches of our national government in full-scale meltdown. The president looks like a guy pleading before the parole board for early release. Congress makes "dysfunctional" sound like a compliment. But there is the third branch, also in dire need of a rescue operation. Oyez, oyez - or should I say, oy vey. I give you the Supreme Court. [snip] George W. Bush's shadow will hover over the country long after he's gone, in the shape of John Roberts Jr. and Samuel A. Alito Jr. In just three years and...

A snapshot of Intrade prices for various contracts was taken before and after the debate. It showed a mixed bag at the time. However, the CEO of Intrade has posted that there was a blatant market manipulation attempt to boost Obama's price. As a result of adjustments, what was a murky vision is now clear: Palin won big. This debate was unique at Intrade because there was a contract to trade based upon Intrade prices resulting after the debate. It was based upon my suggestion sent in to Intrade. ________________________________________________ 04/10/2008 02:04:27 Subject: Re:New Intrade VP Debate Contracts ko Director...

I just received a phone call froma woman who announced herself as calling for "Idaho for Obama". I decided to listen to what she had to say as I had never had such a call before and I wanted to try and find out what she was really about. She said that they were calling to encourage everyone to vote this election and was I aware that in Idaho we could all vote by mail. I indicated that I would be voting at the polls since I was not needing to vote absentee and would be in town. She indicated...

For those who missed it, or who didn't follow all the post-debate activities, Frank Luntz had his infamous "focus group" of "undecided" (usually liberal) voters (although one guy used to be a Huckabee supporter. They substantially went for Obama in the presidential debate.

McCain, Obama, Lieberman, and Biden have voted for the bailout. No word yet on Graham.

My interest was piqued, but the dark time lived on until my faith in others was renewed on Jan. 4 in the Iowa state primary. Obama had beat out squeaky clean southern boy John Edwards and former first lady and next in the line of political succession Hillary Clinton. I was in shock. And then I came to Jesus/Obama. I donated to the campaign. I followed every primary with bated breath, and muttered my prayers to the political gods while proselytizing the miracle of my new prophet. I got a car magnet, I bought a t-shirt; a pin and bumper...

FL: McCain 48%, Obama 47% (9/29/08) NJ: Obama 52%, McCain 42% (9/27/08) CT: Obama 54%, McCain 38% (9/26/08) PA: Obama 50%, McCain 44% (9/25/08) ME: Obama 49%, McCain 44% (9/24/08) Senate, NJ: Senator, Lautenberg (D) 51%, Zimmer (R)38% (9/27/08) Senate, ME: Collins (R), 55%, Allen (D) 39% (9/24/08) HOUSE: KY2, Guthrie (R) 49%, Boswell (D), 43% (9/26/08) NY26, Lee (R) 48%, Kyrznan 37% (9/26/08)

Signs of a Barryslide? - Watch the 'solid' red states. Barack Obama's team is talking about landslides and with polls showing that the Dems lead has grown in recent days, the likelihood of a large donkey victory should certainly not be discounted, as we move into the last month of campaigning. Still, when talking about landslides, its all about the states, and for now, no landslide is certain, nor showing up in the all-important state polls. Despite popular vote leads ranging from anywhere from 5-9 points, the Democrats, so far anyway, have failed to show that large of a lead...

Please copy, paste, and circulate this press release from the Governor of Missouri. Note the Web domain of the press release, governor.mo.gov. This is not "someone's blog," a "rumor," or a "smear." It is the official Web site of Missouri's state government. The Governor of Missouri says openly that Barack Obama conspired to misuse his state's law enforcement resources to "threaten and intimidate his critics."We cannot overemphasize the gravity of Governor Blunt's accusation. While we are not attorneys and cannot give legal advice, "Conspiracy against rights" is a felony under the U.S. Code, Title 18 (Crimes). At present, Governor Blunt's...

This is in part a response to the previous thread, “McCain needs to hit Obama HARD on the economy. (Please John McCain, read this!)” as my personal view on why this happened the way it did, and why I believe strongly that the McCain Campaign must do something about it. Like many others here on Freepers, I watched the entire debate Friday. With the first question and Obama's response on the economic crisis, I thought, WOW, first pitch is a loping soft ball. What did McCain do, NOTHING. I couldn't believe it. Obama left himself wide open on the question...

My personal reflections, as a college communications professor...First insight was thinking back over the entire week...Obama was sequestered in Florida, preparing for the debate. McCain was out campaigning until his announcement he was suspending the campaign to work on the bailout.It seems Obama's preparing to debate was for naught. Either that, or Obama has put Al "sigh, I can't believe I lost to an idiot" Gore on his debate prep staff.Obama was smarmy and squeamishMcCain took an old Admiral's maxim: when in command, command.McCain publicly took Obama to the proverbial woodshed, and spanked him over and over.Obama's response: to agree...

Please post the lies and gaffes that Obama made.    I know he made one --   Saying "the eight years the Bush administration has concentrated on Iraq." (I'm paraphrasing)   What a farce he is.     Please add the versions of Obama gaffes and detected lies that you heard.................

Mods, if one already exists (I couldn't find one), please delete this one..many thanks in advance.. First things first..what are the drinkin words? xxx = take a sip xxxx = take a gulp xxxxx = bottoms up

President Peres of Israel yesterday met for the first time with Governor Palin and with Senator McCain, who called the veteran Israeli statesman "my old friend." /snip/ "I wanted to meet you for many years," Ms. Palin told Mr. Peres, according to an aide to the president. "The only flag at my office is an Israeli flag," she was quoted as saying, "and I want you to know and I want Israelis to know that I am a friend."

From Team McCain.... To Interested Parties: To address our current financial crisis, John McCain suspended his campaign and returned to Washington, D.C., today to help build a bipartisan consensus for a proposal that would protect the American taxpayer. Despite today's news reports, there never existed a "deal," but merely a proposal offered by a small, select group of Members of Congress. As of right now, there exists only a series of principles, including greater oversight and measures to address CEO pay. However, these principles do not enjoy a consensus in Congress. At today's cabinet meeting, John McCain did not attack...

Can Mccain use the 'no time for a novice' line on Obama?GB's Gordon Brown said there is no time for a novice (in these difficult times). BBC NEWS | Politics | No time for a novice, says Brownhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7630567.stm Can Mccain use it regarding 'novice' Obama?

(CNN) — McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.

Los Angeles, CA (LifeNews.com) -- Eduardo Verástegui, the former Mexican singer and actor who starred in the hit movie "Bella," has recorded a new video asking Hispanic voters in the United States to reject Barack Obama because of his pro-abortion views. Verástegui challenges Latino voters to make abortion issues the centerpiece of their voting decisions.In the new video, conducted in Spanish, Verástegui, says Obama is out of step with the overwhelming majority of Hispanics who are pro-life.“We need to put an end to abortion and political candidates play a very important role in this matter,” he says.Verástegui tells viewers...

<p>I just saw this on Fox News by Carl Cameron.</p>

The mainstream media have gone over the line and are now straight-out propagandists for the Obama campaign. While they have been liberal and blinkered in their worldview for decades, in 2007-08, for the first time, the major media consciously are covering for one candidate for president and consciously are knifing the other. This is no longer journalism; it is simply propaganda. (The American left-wing version of the Volkischer Beobachter cannot be far behind.)

Norm Coleman continues to lead Al Franken,

"They Must Think You're Stupid!" That is the line Senator Obama has used time and time again when talking about Senator McCain. Yet, Senator Obama is proving that he is the one who must think Americans are stupid. Yesterday, Senator Obama with the help of the mainstream media attempted to claim...

There has been a groundswell among the right-of-center blogs, concerning William Ayers and his relationship with Barack Obama. There have been two main points in this story so far. The first is Ayers' connection with the Weather Underground, which was involved in bombings of the US Capitol Building, the Pentagon, and police buildings in New York City. The money quotes have been "Guilty as sin, free as a bird...what a country!" and "We didn't go nearly far enough." And finally, some members of the mainstream press--well, OK, Fox News, if you insist -- have begun to notice. Bill O'Reilly actually...

The rhetoric is heating up on the campaign trail and Senator Obama is rolling out new ideas on how to bring accountability back into government spending. On Monday, Obama trying to claim the mantle of fiscal conservative (of course nearly $1 trillion in proposed new spending contradicts that claim), by pledging the creation of a Presidential commission headed by a 'Chief Performance Officer' to monitor government spending and combat wasteful spending. Telling a crowd... Moreover, Senator Obama's proposal demonstrates his belief that Americans have an inherent governmental ignorance by assuming that Americans are unaware that our nation currently has an...

..... The economic crisis brings a new question, unarticulated so far but there, and I know because when I mention it to people they go off like rockets. It is: Do you worry that neither of them is up to it? Up to the job in general? Is either Mr. McCain or Mr. Obama actually up to getting us through this and other challenges? I haven't heard a single person say, "Yes, my guy is the answer." A lot of shrugging is going on out there. This is a read not only on the men but on the moment. ........

I am curious about the impact of the extended blackouts last week on state polling. Locally, in greater Cincinnati, urban areas were restored quickly. Some suburbs and rural areas waited until the weekend. Perhaps any Obama bounce has less to do with external factors and more to do with who could talk to pollsters. Does anyone have insight into how extensive the blackouts were in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan last week? Did pollsters need to account for this?

Politics and diplomacy were not a good mix at Monday's protest rally against Iran at the United Nations. Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin didn't participate in the "Stop Iran Now" rally and there were a lot of hard feelings about it. It was a simple sign that read "We Want Sarah. Shame On The Rally Organizer." Howard Webber from Brooklyn held it. "As important an event as this is, you needed a unity of Democrats and Republicans to show Ahmadinejad that we're not going to accept a nuclear Iran." Buddy Macy of Little Fells, N.J., felt much the same way....

Ghosts from civil rights era are fading away OXFORD -- University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat is well aware of the significance of the nation's first black presidential nominee, Democrat Barack Obama, arriving this week on the same campus where James Meredith broke the color barrier in 1962. When the international media spotlight returns for the Friday debate, the chancellor knows questions about race will come from the expected 3,000 members of the media. Feeling confident about the work the school has done in recent years, Khayat believes many journalists with opinions of the university forged by the riot...