But before I get to that, I’d like to share a little success story with you. Remember that Terry Tate ad? Well, The New Agenda took it upon themselves to ask Reebok for a condemnation and they got one. Here it is:
From: Diane Zappas
Date: Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Subject: Reebok Response
To: _________Dear _________,
Thank you for your note. We appreciate your interest and, yes, we’re well aware of this new video. However, let me reassure you that Reebok International has no connection today to Lester Speight or his fictional alter-ego, ‘Terry Tate’, and we disavow this personal new video and its content in full.
The confusion, regrettably, arises from our former association with the ‘Terry Tate’ character. In 2001, Reebok licensed the ‘Terry Tate’ character for a series of commercials, on a short-term basis – and our connection then ended. Reebok, therefore, does not control use of the character or the commercials. Any use of the ‘Terry Tate’ character today or in the future, therefore, does not reflect the views of Reebok, and we regret any confusion this might cause.
In fact, Reebok has a long and proud history of supporting women’s health and fitness. In 2006, Reebok announced its partnership with the Avon Walk Around the World for Breast Cancer. A series of walks to raise funds for breast cancer research, the walk has seen more than 50 cities worldwide raise awareness and money for this important cause. We’re proud of this sponsorship, and believe this more accurately reflects Reebok’s brand values – and views – in regards to women.
Thank you again for your inquiry.
Diane
That was lovely, wasn’t it? Now, go back and everywhere you find the words “Terry Tate” or “Lester Speight”, substitute “Barack Obama”. And everywhere you find “Reebok”, substitute “DNC”. How does that sound?
On to the show. Our own Madamab will be on No We Won’t this evening with Sheri and Darragh. That’s tonight at 8PM EST on PUMA United Radio (PURrrr)
Filed under: Gender Equity | Tagged: madamab, Reebok, the new agenda
Now, go back and everywhere you find the words “Terry Tate” or “Lester Speight”, substitute “Barack Obama”. And everywhere you find “Reebok”, substitute “DNC”. How does that sound?
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F@#$ing poetic!
Yay MadamaB!!
{{{madamab}}}
If only the DNC stood up for women just as much as they stood up for Obambi, we wouldn’t be a divided party right now (oh and also not commit voter fraud, that woulda helped too.)
RD, I love this insertion:
However, let me reassure you that the DNC International (yes, we went global) has no connection today to Barack Obama or his fictional alter-ego, Barack Obama, and we disavow this ……………..
Yes, the DNC went global and represents us even less well than ever before.
Oooooh! More PUMA mad-libs! I love it!
Well, it’s actually the least Reebok could do. Wish the company had seen fit to issue a nice, loud denunciation of this POS video and gotten some real coverage (okay, yah, from the MSM, I gotta be kidding).
Speaking of the MSM, at least one writer out there gets it. Picked this up at Alegre’s place this morning, but real life intervened and we went to a wonderful Texas clay (pottery) festival this afternoon where we saw some outstanding pieces under benevolent fall skies. Okay, here’s the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6099188&page=1
There should be many, many more columns like this being written.
Yeah, sm77, that stealing the election thing didn’t sit well with me.
The Dems, my party, was supposed to be about voter rights, not about vote theft! What party is this? They lost me when the took away Florida and Michigan’s votes. AND that’s when Hillary won me over. She was the only candidate that had the guts to stand up against the DNC and put her name on the Michigan ballot. (Okay, Kucinich and Dodd IIRC did too but she was the only one of the top three who stood with the voters.) At the time I was an Edwards supporter but that’s when I woke up and realized that Hillary was the real deal.
I’m still angry that the Dems did this to people like me, voters who stood with them through thick and through thin. No more!
Kat5, on October 26th, 2008 at 7:55 pm Said:
Okay, here’s the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6099188&page=1
There should be many, many more columns like this being written.
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Thanks, this is a good story. I was surprised that the author, Michael Malone, didn’t mention the capitulation of the press for Bush beginning in 2000. That’s when I stopped reading the Washington Post. Also I don’t think he should stop at the editors for culpability. It’s deeper than that.
I agree, p’finn. And I have serious questions about editors falling all over Barry because he’s such a liberal, you know. He isn’t. And they know it. They know he’s out for himself and believes in nothing beyond pure pragmatism for his own ends. But editors are not about to share this bit with readers.
As a longtime (now hibernating) writer, I’ve been absolutely stunned at the near complete abandonment of the traditional and vital separation between news and editorial (which Malone does address). Sadly enough, the great majority of Americans probably have no idea the line ever existed, nor any appreciation of its indispensable function. This is truly dangerous.
Kat5, on October 26th, 2008 at 8:22 pm Said:
“Sadly enough, the great majority of Americans probably have no idea the line ever existed, nor any appreciation of its indispensable function. This is truly dangerous.”
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It’s a whole different world. The game is all about “who can we trust?”
On my Google home page I hav enews topics from the BBC, the Christian Science Monitor, and NPR. Do you have any other suggestions of news sources that might attempt to be fair?
Lynette Long is great. They are talking about how naive the Republicans are. It’s so true. I’ve been listening to right wing radio shows for weeks now. They don’t understand at all about the haka. Obama and the media are doing the same thing they did in the primaries–saying it’s all over, Obama has already won and McCain should just surrender.
Why weren’t they paying attention during the primaries? I thought the Republicans were supposed to be sophisticated. Instead they have let the situation demoralize them. And they are beating up on McCain and Palin. I just hope McCain isn’t paying attention to it.
The press capitulated in the same way to Reagan. I don’t think they have ever been objective. It’s just that now we have more choices and the “underground” stories can get out on the internet and talk radio.
bostonboomer at 8:28 pm Said:
“Why weren’t they paying attention during the primaries?”
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Umm, Charlie Rose couldn’t see It. A few Republicans have Clinton Derangement Syndrome.”
Lynette is worried about people not being able to get to the polls. I can walk to my voting place. Do some people live really far away from where they vote? We don’t have early voting here anyway.
purplefinn,
I’m not talking about the media. I’m talking about the Republican campaign operatives and experienced Republican surrogates. Charlie Rose is just another Obamabot. What does he have to do with McCain/Palin strategy?
I’m listening to blog talk radio and that is what Sherry and Darragh are talking about.
“We will wait for the moment to exact our revenge,” Sheri (I think). Very quotable!
I posted this on the last thread without realizing this new one was up—but it is a question that has been sort of bugging me lately about why the media is so messed up.
Do you ever think that one of the reasons our MSM are so screwed up and myopic is that all the big guns are centered in that NYC/Washington DC corridor? They all go to the same cocktail parties, restaurants, and trade punditry spots with each other. Does all that togetherness just drain their brains.
I know that before I retired I was in the LA/San Diego corridor and I did not realize how unreal that high pressure world was until I left it. I live up in the mountains and the desert now and occasionally return to that coastal corridor on special assignments. Now I am really struck with how artificial it is and how valuable and humanizing it is to live close to mountains, alpine lakes, wildlife, desert winds—just the amazing difference in what I can see at night in the sky, the brilliance and billions of stars and planets that I can see that are invisible in any urban night sky. The connection and centeredness that comes over me from hiking up a mountain trail, climbing over boulders and studying the amazing diversity of wildflowers and mother nature’s uncanny landscaping.
To me that is what sets Sarah apart. She has that deep connection with the vast reality of wilderness and raw nature. Its in her core. Katie Couric , Gibson, Obama, Biden—they could look at Denali for the next decade and never see or hear the MOUNTAIN.
bostonboomer, Oh, I thought you were talking about Republican voters. I just brought up Rose, because I naively expected him to get it. I figured if he couldn’t the average Republican wouldn’t either.
Yes, Rose, clearly in the tank!
P’finn, I gave up on NPR months ago, when they began doing a hatchet job on Hillary. When the DNC dragged Obama over the finish line, they set to work on McCain. As for the BBC, can’t say as I’ve seen too much fair reporting from them, either. All of Europe, the entire universe perhaps, can’t seem to sing of the (nonexistent) glories of Obama often or loudly enough. I’ve also given up on the NYTimes, New Yorker, the Atlantic, Vanity Fair… I’m now down to a few trusted Internet sources which provide links to what appears to be real world information.
Kat5: just read your link to the ABC article … this quote from it is just simply great, and unfortunately true
“If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as president of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography. “
Jangles, what do you think about “follow the money?” That’s my cynical take on it. Somehow the money is behind Obama, a Democrat, this time.
Kat5, on October 26th, 2008 at 8:39 pm Said:
I’m now down to a few trusted Internet sources which provide links to what appears to be real world information.
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Yes, I’ve seen the bias for Obama on NPR and the BBC, but they’re still better than most of other news. Do you want to share some of your internet sources?
This week in Newsweek Markos Moulitsas (the pumpkin-headed Kos) said:
On Nov. 4, Barack Obama will be elected as the next president of the United States. The real excitement won’t come from watching that foregone conclusion …….
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Can he be any more arrogant. I wish I could vote again. Kos has lost enough battles you’d think he wouldn’t be so cocky. I gave up Newsweek when they gave Hillary a thumbs down for complaining about Obama doing ads in Florida (she didn’t know the rules – no complaining about the big O).
Jangles,
Good question.
The mainstream media is in literally bed with the Washington, DC elite. It is an orgy filled relationship of money, power, greed, and yes, sex, and backroom deals are cut all the time.
The inside the beltway media have ZERO integrity as far as being neutral journalists reporting the news. They lost that a long time ago. After Watergate, the media shifted their position of reporting the news to doing all they could to get a juicy story and/or play gotcha politics. Journalism is a business. And the corporate owned media are bought and paid for year after year. The MSM no longer reports the news, they report their slanted, biased view of the news they want you to hear and see.
Most of the media have been very partisan for Obama in their coverage and they are not ashamed of it. I’ve never seen such biased media reporting in favor of one candidate than in the current election year.
It’s ridiculous.
Reposting this from downstairs:
Been thinking about PA tonight. Over 1 million people voted for Hillary Clinton in the PA Primary. I think many of them will vote for McCain-Palin.
Turning back the clock to the night Hillary Clinton trounced Obama in PA…Hillary Clinton, on winning the PA Primary…
“We were up against a formidable opponent who outspent us 3-to-1. He broke every spending record in this state trying to knock us out of the race. Well, the people of Pennsylvania had other ideas today,” Clinton said.
“Some people counted me out and said to drop out, but the American people don’t quit, and they deserve a president who doesn’t quit, either,” she said.
Pennsylvanians and all of America deserve better than Obama. We truly do. Hillary said it best that night.
I believe there are enough Hillary supporters in PA to push McCain-Palin over the top in PA.
Anyone here from PA? How are things looking to you at the local level there in PA?
Of the Hillary Clinton supporters I know in PA, most of them tell me they will be voting for McCain-Palin.
Gov. Ed Rendell has repeatedly asked Obama to come back to PA and campaign more, but Obama thinks he has PA in his backpocket already and is doing other things.
I think Obama is overconfident about PA.
It will be great to see Pennsylvanians giving the collective finger to Obama on election day with their votes for McCain-Palin. I pray enough Hillary supporters in PA can make the difference. I think they will. A McCain-Palin victory in PA would be a back breaking loss for Baracktrack.
Wonderful post, jangles. Thank you. Having left behind urban life in New Orleans rather abruptly and unexpectedly after Katrina, I now find myself living in an environment which harks back to my roots in small town,northern IL – quiet, hilly, strewn with rock outcropppings. We breathe clean air, the stars are brilliant, the sky is wide open. We watch the hawks (and vultures) and the red squirrels bedeviling one another up high in the old live oaks. And though I continue to bemoan the horrible food and practically nonexistent weirdness index, there is a kind of peace about it all that’s infinitely reassuring at times like the present one.
bb, I think a lot depends on where you’re situated. Like, I live in the outer outer outer suburbs and while I’m technically within walking distance of my polling place (about 2 miles), I’d have a hard time getting there on foot without getting hit by a car because you have to walk along two pretty major roads without any sidewalks, hopping the barrier and fighting through the brush. So it’s not really a matter of distance so much as it is infrastructure, I can’t see anyone from my part of town trying to make it without a car or a ride (and we don’t have public transportation). What direction you can go on foot depends on whether you can find a safe and viable walking route.
Ironman
I’m from NE Pennsylvania and it’s McCain country here. Typically, 8 out of 10 lawn signs are for McCain/Palin in my area.
It’s great to see. And now that I completely avoid the media, I’m feeling much happier.
Rural PA here. Very Republican area. Expect we’ll go McCain. I did hear that the local Democratic dinner this fall drew few people. We had a great campaign for Hillary here as well as one for Obama. I think some of the Hillary supporters are like me. I just can’t participate in the local Democratic Party right now.
purplefin,
I didn’t mean to snap at you. It’s just that I’m so frustrated about this. I really thought the Republicans would be able to tear Obama apart despite the media. But they just didn’t get what he was doing. Some of them do now, but it’s almost too late. If it weren’t for pumas, McCain would have had no chance at all!
Seriously,
I guess I’m pretty lucky. I live in a suburb close to Boston. My polling place is probably less than half a mile away, and there are plenty of parking space if I drive. I’ve never had to wait in a long line either.
bostonboomer, I understood. These are tense times. Whatever happens we will still have lots of work to do. I feel better that we’re on the same team!
Jangles,
I think the media being in Washington DC and other big metropolitan areas is part of it. To me the biggest problem is that political reporters are now paid so much that they are more comfortable with the power brokers than with the middle class. They see themselves as part of the ruling class rather than the fourth estate and a check on government power.
Me too, Purplefinn! Thanks.
purplefinn
BTW – On my yahoo home page, I link to the headlines from the UK Times, the BBC, and Yahoo News Most Viewed. I had to give up on The Guardian (UK) & NPR this election season as even they are in the tank for Obama.
I remember during the start of the Iraq war going and reading the headlines on Al Jazeera as I was so sick of the biased reporting in the U.S.
I’m still aghast that the Times Picayune down here went for Obama, but some how i think that’s more because they’re loosing readership and they can’t afford to loose much more, plus the continually back crooks and idiots like Jefferson, Morial and Nagin
But people see through it. I volunteered at a senior center today, and all those people, most of them Dems, were saying, Obama is a great orator. McCain doesn’t have that. But Obama says he’s going to fix everything, and he never says how he’s going to do it. They don’t need anyone to tear Obama apart, they can see there’s no there there.
I’m lucky. My polling place is basically across the street. And, knock on wood, lines have not been a problem. They divide us up according to last name and my line is usually one of the longest but the wait usually isn’t too bad.
catch this editorial: it calls obama a first rate republican!
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/alexander-cockburn-obama-the-firstrate-republican-973691.html
A friend of mind actually told me that she was so impressed by Obama because she thinks he’s “so humble.” Shock and awe doesn’t even come close to describing how that made me feel! Wow! Luckily, she’s not a citizen so won’t be voting (unless Acorn recruits her pronto). But I feel I can’t let her carry on blithely believing this.
Do you mind sharing your best example of Obama being his usual modest self as I’d like to put a list together?
For me, it has to be when he brushed Hillary off of his shoulder (and then scraped his foot on the ground as if to really get the dirt off).
Anyone else have a real zinger to share?
just a taste:
Every politician, good or bad, is an ambitious opportunist. But beneath this topsoil, the ones who make a constructive dent on history have some bedrock of fidelity to some central idea. In Obama’s case, this “idea” is the ultimate distillation of identity politics: the idea of his blackness. Those who claim that if he were white he would be cantering effortlessly into the White House do not understand that without his most salient physical characteristic Obama would be seen as a second-tier senator with unimpressive credentials.
As a political organiser of his own advancement, Obama is a wonder. But I have yet to identify a single uplifting intention to which he has remained constant if it has presented any risk to his progress.
britgirls, thanks. I’ll try them.
corpmedia is saying 100,000 at BO’s denver rally, but politico is linking to denver post which says only 34,000 is the park’s capacity. i don’t believe any number relating to BO except ZERO.
denver post: Police: More than 100,000 watch Obama
Denver police estimated the crowd at more than 100,000. Civic Center park holds 34,000, and there were several thousand more in the streets surrounding the park and on the steps of the state Capitol.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10821877
Thanks for the link dakinikat. I especially liked the line:
“I have yet to identify a single uplifting intention to which he (Obama) has remained constant if it has presented any risk to his progress.”
FYI: Hannity’s America on Fox right now. He’s laying out point by point about BO. Going into detail about relationships, positions, media non-coverage. Biden too. Pretty hard hitting. Hopefully some of these “undecideds” will pay attention. He couldn’t lay it out in a more 1+2=3 way.
BB and Jangles: the beginning of the death of objective media coverage was when they all started to merge. Even our “6 page” daily has most of it’s bi-lines by AP or Reuters
Dakinikat,
I love Alexander Cockburn. He is a radical leftist and very outspoken. Real left-wingers can see through Obama (I should know, I’m one too).
reaganchick,
That’s true. Media consolidation is a huge part of it. And Reagan facilitated that.
Dakinikat,
I just sent the Cockburn article to my mom. She is still waffling about how “I have to support the Democrat.”
{{{sigh!}}}
Yea he’s great: read this quote:
“Obama has crooked the knee to bankers and Wall Street, to the oil companies, the coal companies, the nuclear lobby, the big agricultural combines. He is more popular with Pentagon contractors than McCain, and has been the most popular of the candidates with Washington lobbyists. He has been fearless in offending progressives, constant in appeasing the powerful.”
britgirls, what about his faux presidential seal?
hey, would it help if I changed my screen name? I only picked that so you guys would know I’m not a troll and am concerned about what’s happening too. I haven’t slammed anyone politics on this site, so why the hostility toward me? Right now, we’re fighting for the same thing: the ability and FREEDOM to disagree with each other by defeating BO.
noepiphany, All I have to say is that it must be costing a fortune to truck all these folks in.
Only 35,000 showed up in Leesburg, VA. Hmmmm. Wonder if that means that Virginia isn’t as blue-leaning as the corporate media wants us to think… Or do we just not merit hiring the extras?
oops, I wonder what put that comment into moderation … sigh
dakinkat: why am I in moderation?
britgirls, or the greek columns? Or comparing himself to JFK, MLK, RFK and Reagan when he hasn’t actually accomplished anything yet?
I don’t know why those comments were moderated. They are out now anyway.
lol…. obama’s heritage revealed
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=PYA_wfuL4GQ
reaganchick the world TR0ll –use a zero instead of an o
hey, would it help if I changed my screen name? I only picked that so you guys would know I’m not a tr0ll and am concerned about what’s happening too. I haven’t slammed anyone politics on this site, so why the hostility toward me? Right now, we’re fighting for the same thing: the ability and FREEDOM to disagree with each other by defeating BO.
Heh, if you Google “Obama arrogant” this is how many hits you get.
Results 2,120,000 for obama arrogant. (0.10 seconds)
Maybe I’m not alone in thinking this!
sorry, got out of jail and didn’t know it. Thanks
rchick: I have no problem with your name or your affiliation … you have a right to be whatever you want to be and think the way you want to think .. I’ve never had issue with your demeanour… that’s usually what I take issue with … being insulted and slammed for expressing my constitutional rights
britgirls, Jackpot!
Hello Gang,
I am watching Hannity’s special. Ten reason why you should not vote for Obama. I got the bowlof popcorn (crunch, crunch)
reaganchick: I think you should know that there is no love lost between some of us and Reagan. Reagan was no hero to us. We do not miss him.
afrocity, on October 26th, 2008 at 9:36 pm Said:
(crunch, crunch)
sorry, it was BB’s comment about Reagan. it just seems like whenever I try to participate, someone throws out a dig. (Although you never have and I sincerely appreciate it.) I am a conservative, my best friend is a PUMA. I believe that to fix what’s wrong with this country, no matter who wins, we have to listen to each other, REALLY listen. I’ve learned a lot from listening to the people on this site. Sometimes it’s something as simple as what you think I believe. (Trust me, you guys have fallen for some of the same stereotypes about conservatives as we have about you guys.) The MSM manipulate all of us. My friend and I sit for hours and discuss things (we’ve never really changed each other’s mind, but we always appreciate the different point of view)
Hey gang!
I have a new post that’s exclusive to Klownhaus:
http://myiq2xu.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/dont-believe-everything-you-read/
It seems that we have people spreading lies about us.
I like Cockburn, but I have to say it’s all the more noxious to me that he posted that he posted that idiot Tim Wise piece on his site since he himself doesn’t like Obama. It’s okay for him to oppose Obama for good and noble reasons, but he’ll still give space to his buddy to tell women that they owe Obama their votes in the most high handed manner possible? *headexplodes*
Saw AP/Yahoo Headlines that a “confident Obama’ rallied with ” a jaw-dropping 100,000″ in Denver. I truly despise the AP. I can never trust them after 10 long months of Obama pushing and Hillary-, McCain-, and Palin-trashing.
Afrocity: Pity Hannity, having to hold the list to just 10 reasons.
rchick: You are completely welcome. I like the diversity of input on this site, as long as it’s respectful, which you are. That’s what separates us from the Bots.
hey afrocity
hello purplefin, parentofed, seriously
myiq2xu, great new picture.
Well Jennifer Hudson is offering $100,000 for return of the nephew. Obama could throw in some $$$. He could return home and give a press conference. What a douche bag
reaganchick
I was a registered Dem but switched to Independent after the Rules & Bylaws debacle. It was the last straw.
The primary season really opened my eyes. And I’m content to stay Independent as I see corruption in both parties. It’s a been a really weird year. But the silver lining is now I’m a lot more open minded. I wanted to see George Bush impeached, hell yeah. But viewing ALL Republicans as eeeeevil and all Democrats as superior is not something I’ll ever do again.
What’s funny is that we PUMAs have been waiting for the Republicans to unleash the October surprise or 527 ads … and here you guys are all getting depressed like we did during the primaries. Doh! However, I’m really feeling like the media IS destroying itself by being so partisan. Hopefully, they bring Obama down with them. Don’t you just get that feeling that as the election draws near folks are saying, “Who the hell is this guy? I can’t vote for him!”
From Malone’s article: (from Kat5 above)
“If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as president of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography. ”
Reminds me of the 9/11 bomber descriptions.
afrocity, on October 26th, 2008 at 9:48 pm Said:
Well Jennifer Hudson is offering $100,000 for return of the nephew.
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Hoping for the best.
I gotta hand it to Sean Hannity, he is laying out a good case against BO
britgirls: the problem with the Repubs, IMHO, is that somehow the “right” has been muzzled. I get the feeling that they all thought that Hillary was going to be the nom. and that was not going to be too bad. No need to prepare the big guns. I’m a good example because had the election been between McCain and Hill, I’d have voted for Hillary (selection of Sarah could have been a tipping point for me though). The O is almost like fighting against mind control. There’s no reasoning with a kool-aide drinking Obot. It beats anything I’ve ever seen and makes him that much more concerning.
Was thinking of a song that describes Barack Obama, and I found one that fits him perfectly:
“Talkin’ Loud & Sayin’ Nothing”
By James Brown
http://helium.lunarpages.com/~funky4/sounds/jb_talkin.mp3
reaganchick: Our common purpose here is to defeat BO and to keep the flame for Hillary so anything you contribute to those happy endings is valued. If you remember Obama made a big point of praising Reagan and Republican ideas while pointedly dismissing the Clinton years during the primary. So the Reagan flag is a little bit of a red flag to some of us with long memories. Otherwise, I think we are a lovely bunch.
Hmm..an interestign take, though it’s not the same as mine which is simple: whoever wins this year, and I’m sur eit will be BO, will be a one-term President who does immeasurable harm to his party.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/st_20081022_3411.php
jangles: that’s why I asked “should I change my name” I only wanted to be honest about my leanings but I guess I wasn’t prepared for the response. How about “lincolnchick” ?
Hi everyone!
Rima – I absolutely have believed that for quite some time. The only chance we had of escaping that fate would be if Hillary were elected. Otherwise, either Obama or McCain will be a one-termer, and will be blamed for all the damage Bush has done.
by the way, BO’s praise of both Reagan and anything Republican was, like everything else about him, false. There’s nothing about him that represents anything that I value.
OT: Chicago Public Radio Interview with Obama. Re: redistribution of wealth. Please spread this video so that people may see some of Obama’s real views presented.
reaganchick: I think your name is your decision. I don’t think anyone holds a name grudge unless the verbiage gets out of our boundaries. I don’t think lincoln conjures up any red flags here—maybe way down in the deep south somewhere or in the Obamanation.
reaganchick, as long as you’re not obotchick you should be fine.
Seriously, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your nic.
The O is almost like fighting against mind control. There’s no reasoning with a kool-aide drinking Obot. It beats anything I’ve ever seen and makes him that much more concerning.
It really is a freak of nature phenomenon. WHO are these 100,000 people that would assemble to see him speak after months and months of “Talkin’ Loud & Sayin’ Nothing” speeches? (I like that one IronMan!) Personally, I wouldn’t cross the street to see him. I don’t even think he is the most eloquent candidate EVAH, as everyone else seems to believe. People are just shocked that he is articulate after 8 years of Bush. It’s not like there aren’t many other eloquent Americans. His speeches always sound empty and derivative to me.
sorry missed no we wont Had a social engagement with the obots. Mr Obot Johnathan spent the whole time running down joe the plumber saying he was a republican plant…yada yada yada…so the fun wnt out of the evening so I just snuck out of the event told one friend good night and left.
I am not hanging with my friends until after the election!
Rima, I’ve been saying that since the primaries. One of the obots in my office even reminded me of my prediction. He’s nervous that Obama will only be in for one term because things are such a mess. I wanted to tell him that the only candidate who had any hope for fixing things was Hillary, but I’m still laying low at the office. (They all think I’m voting for Obama. Thank goodness they’ve never even asked me and just assume it.)
My son was bemoaning the lack of health care/coverage and, since I was in the privacy of my own home, I told him: Well, the only candidate who would have done anything about it wasn’t nominated!
Wow! That clip from Chicago Public Radio is a keg of dynamite. We should send that to hannity and our new friend Barbara West.
gxm17: re the health care issue. I do think McCain’s plan could get done and it would be a better than nothing. My son is in the same boat.
I am just tired of trying to tell them they are wrong and he is not the man they think he is Hope my 6 numbers come in so I can be the first Homo out of the country.
I dont wnt to take the long train ride that Obambi probably has planned for the Gays whom he rally hates, the ,J3ws who stand in the way of true middle east peace with out the state of Isreal, and menapausal women that kept trying to stand in his was to glory…and history!
I hear Spain is nice and so is Costa Rica….the Obaministas will stop at nothing to destroy their opposition.
fif: I wouldn’t even lift the lid on my trash can to hear him speak.
fif: I still dont’ believe he’ll win. They’ve over-exaggerated everything about him so far. I guess I should say “won’t win unless the fraud wins it for him” considering that Virginia just announced that it won’t count the absentee ballots of servicemen due to a mistake made by the State of VA. Pathetic! Besides the 100,000 in CO has been said to be overstated. Actual reports from observers on the ground say “around 35000″
afrocity, do they think the nephew is still in the area somewhere?
I cant stand that me and my friends cant just agree to not talk politics-well I gues this is part of that get in their face campaign that obama was talking about.
NEW POST !!!!
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=6099188&page=1
This was definitely worth a read, if for no other reason than to yell at the computer screen, “**now** you’re concerned?” and “what, I’m supposed to feel **sorry** for some puff-fluffing stooge of a tabloid hack now?”
This article, ironically (or not), was surrounded by the usual puff-fluffing tabloid headlines. McCain gives it one last chance and Palin finally releases her med records… while BO gets the puff piece on his relationship with gramma. Jesus. I’d say, shame on them, but ABC is too much of a joke to warrant shame. They’re just buffoons, court jesters of the apocalypse.
One good thing: more and more folks seem to see the incredible, sickening media bias too.
Honestly, Jangles. I think McCain is a very capable politician. And I think he’s better equipped to handle the problems we’re facing right now. But I do believe that he will be blamed for the mess it’s gonna take us a while to wade out of. I guess you’ve got to give him props for wading in though. I hope he wins.
My son had just found out that his wife’s RA won’t be covered for a year because it’s a pre-existing condition. Her medicine is very expensive. Plua they have the pregnancy (high-risk with the RA) and delivery to pay off too. So they’ll be living with us for quite a while. Not that I mind having them so close, but it breaks my heart that they have such a huge financial burden for a young couple.
madamab,
Great job on the radio show. Once again, hearing Asia was really chilling. I feel the same way about Obama as she does. Sometimes I tell myself I’m being silly, but that creepy feeling just won’t go away. Hearing her talk about living under martial law was really frightening.
Robot,
Wow, we may have found that video at the same time tonight!
I just posted about it on the new thread.
That interview could sink Obama’s campaign. I tproves once again he has a redistribution of wealth agenda going back many years!
Already sent out the link to that you tube video to the media this evening. I encourage you all to do the same.
Have a listen to what Obama said in 2001:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivL4c_3pck
Shocking stuff! America must hear this audio BEFORE election day!
fuzzy is depressed!
fuzzy, don’t despair! We’ve only got 9 days to go. Then it’s on to the next phase. And whatever that may be, we’re all in it together.