Did You Vote?

This Election Year has set records for turnout in just about every State. History could indeed be in the making as Barack Obama hoped, and has spoken about for the past two years. I’m personally amazed at how so many younger voters, many voting in their very first election, have become so engaged in the political process.

I hear co-workers, many younger than my quadragenerian self, talk about the Electoral College, they talk about the economy, and healthcare, some talk about family values, and others even speak about abortion rights.

A co-worker came to me and asked, “Who’d you Vote for? Obama right?!” I had to take a step back and explain that such conclusions could be considered racist, or simply foolish. I also explained to him that race should not matter. “I’ve been voting since 1988. My first presidential election, I voted for Michael Dukakis, even with Lenore Fulani (who is a Black Woman) on the Independent ticket.” I’ve been voting Democratic ever since, as far as the Presidential Elections go. When it comes to Senate and House seats, I vote Independently, focusing on the issues at hand and coming to a determination that one candidate will be an honorable representative for my State. There are minorities who vote Republican who are not elitists, but don’t believe in abortion, or believe in the ideology of the Republican Party. That doesn’t “revoke” their minority status, they are just simply voting for who they believe is best for them and their family. The politically correct question should have been, “Did you vote? Great!”

I’ve also been hearing so much celebrating, as if the outcome is inevitable. For those of you to young to remember this, take a look below.

Not So Fast My Friend

[Truman was seen as an underdog going into the 1948 election--so much so that the Chicago Tribune printed newspapers with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." A picture of the victorious Truman holding the newspaper is one of the most famous photos in U.S. history] – History.com

Remember not to go out celebrating tonight until it’s all said and done. Even if Obama gets to 270, remember the recount of 2000 when Gore won Florida, then Lost Florida in a matter of hours, eventually losing the Presidency, even with winning the popular vote.

Using John McCain’s own words, “Nothing is inevitable.”  That’s the smartest thing he’s said the entire campaign.

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Working Women of the World Unite

How's This For Sexism?

John McCain and his campaign has waged a war against the media, crying sexism whenever someone questions his VP candidate Sarah Palin’s credentials, as if the American People will just say “OK, We’ll take your word for it John.”

Interestingly enough, however, is the fact that John McCain himself can easily be considered sexist for his stance on equal pay for women.

The new Barack Obama ad attacks this at it’s core. John McCain thinks equal pay for women would be too great of a burden on business. McCain goes on to say that women (in general) need more education & training. Wow. Now that sounds sexist to me.

More GOP Lies

Why hasn’t John McCain come under scrutiny for not Loving America until he was captured and held as a POW? We dare not ask him such questions, he is after all a war hero, or at least that’s what he tells us. Instead he and his cronies still attack Michelle Obama about her speech, and questioning her and Senator Obama’s patriotism. I call B_ _ _sh_ _!

Here is both the edited , and the original version of her speech.

Original Text Below:

What we have learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback. And let me tell you something — for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I’ve seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues, and it’s made me proud.”

Funny how the word “REALLY” was edited out. I think this is a sad commentary on today’s political climate. To edit a video and use that in television ads to blatantly alter the truth of what she said is ridiculous, and obviously a desperate attempt to dissuade Obama supporters on the grounds of questioned patriotism.

Not sure what I’m talking about regarding McCain’s comments? Take a look as MSNBC’s Dan Abrams attacks this hypocrisy head on:

John McCain has used the same type of words about America. And I quote

“I really DIDN’T loved America until I was deprived of her company.”

It’s not surprising anymore, just shameful

How low will the McCain campaign go to try to win this election? It has become apparent that McCain and his advisers are going to do whatever possible to steer votes away from Barack Obama. The latest flat-out blatant lie is as vile as they come. His latest ad is accusing Obama of supporting legislation to, as he put it, “to offer comprehensive sex education to kindergartners.” The tone of the ad is “Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama, Wrong on education, Wrong for your family.”

Margaret Talev of McClatchy newspapers states, ” This is a deliberately misleading accusation. It came hours after the Obama campaign released a TV ad critical of McCain’s votes on public education. As a state senator in Illinois, Obama did vote for but was not a sponsor of legislation dealing with sex ed for grades K-12. But the legislation allowed local school boards to teach ‘age-appropriate’ sex education, not comprehensive lessons to kindergartners, and it gave schools the ability to warn young children about inappropriate touching and sexual predators.”

Wow! I guess McCain could care less about our young children knowing what is inappropriate in this age of increasing sexual predators. Worst off, he’s deliberately trying to fool Americans into thinking all this bill was about was teaching Sex Ed to 5 year olds. This is the same technique they are using for Sarah Palin and her “I said thanks but no thanks to that bridge to nowhere, when in fact she supported it up to the time it started gaining negative publicity. It’s also the same tactic used by the GOP to make Americans think Obama will raise taxes for everyone, when in actuality, he is only planning on raising taxes for 10% of Americans.

According to Tax Policy Centers updated analysis of the 2008 Presidential Candidates’ tax plans, the truth is in the pudding.

The two candidates’ tax plans would have sharply different distributional effects. Senator McCain’s tax cuts would primarily benefit those with very high incomes, almost all of whom would receive large tax cuts that would, on average, raise their after-tax incomes by more than twice the average for all households. Many fewer households at the bottom of the income distribution would get tax cuts and those tax cuts would be small as a share of after-tax income. In marked contrast, Senator Obama offers much larger tax breaks to low- and middle-income taxpayers and would increase taxes on high-income taxpayers.

Will McCain and Palin ever tell the truth during this campaign? I guess the truth is subjective, and the GOP’s Objective is the White House, by any means necessary.

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Just In Time For Christmas…

Although, the way people have been worshiping every word of Sarah Palin, I think owning one of these dolls would be tantamount to worshiping a false god, which is a sin. I’m sure that’s not the reason why people would buy one, or is it?

I have no problems with souvenirs or mementos from this election. Bumper stickers, yard signs, buttons, etc. has always been a part of elections. It’s a simple way to let people know where you stand, or at best, gives one a sense of belonging to a particular party or cause.

Well get ready to add action figure dolls to those mementos. Sorry, I’m not feeling the Obama figure. They’re calling it “Beach Blanket Obama.” Looks more like a street thug with his drawers showing. Put that man in a suit! WTF?

Sarah Palin Action Figure, John McCain Action Figure, Beach Blanket Obama. WTF?

Bridge To Nowhere?

Who's She Kidding?

(Article From Today’s Wall Street Journal)

The Bridge to Nowhere argument isn’t going much of anywhere.

Despite significant evidence to the contrary, the McCain campaign continues to assert that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told the federal government “thanks but no thanks” to the now-famous bridge to an island in her home state.

The McCain campaign released a television advertisement Monday morning titled “Original Mavericks.” The narrator of the 30-second spot boasts about the pair: “He fights pork-barrel spending. She stopped the Bridge to Nowhere.”

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Gov. Palin, who John McCain named as his running mate less than two weeks ago, quickly adopted a stump line bragging about her opposition to the pork-barrel project Sen. McCain routinely decries.

But Gov. Palin’s claim comes with a serious caveat. She endorsed the multimillion dollar project during her gubernatorial race in 2006. And while she did take part in stopping the project after it became a national scandal, she did not return the federal money. She just allocated it elsewhere.

“We need to come to the defense of Southeast Alaska when proposals are on the table like the bridge,” Gov. Palin said in August 2006, according to the local newspaper, “and not allow the spinmeisters to turn this project or any other into something that’s so negative.” The bridge would have linked Ketchikan to the airport on Gravina Island. Travelers from Ketchikan (pop. 7,500) now rely on ferries.

A year ago, the governor issued a press release that the money for the project was being “redirected.”

“Ketchikan desires a better way to reach the airport, but the $398 million bridge is not the answer,” she said. “Despite the work of our congressional delegation, we are about $329 million short of full funding for the bridge project, and it’s clear that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island. Much of the public’s attitude toward Alaska bridges is based on inaccurate portrayals of the projects here. But we need to focus on what we can do, rather than fight over what has happened.”

On Monday in Missouri, Gov. Palin put it this way: “I told Congress thanks but no thanks for that bridge to nowhere. If the state wanted to build a bridge we would built it ourselves.”

Senior adviser Mark Salter pointed to her role in killing the project while in office and allocating the money elsewhere. When pressed further that it was actually Congress that stopped the earmark, Mr. Salter said: “She stopped it, too. She did her part.” Mr. Salter added that he welcomed a fight over earmarks with the Obama campaign.

Democratic candidate Barack Obama used a town-hall style event in Flint, Mich., to attack Gov. Palin over the “Bridge to Nowhere” debate. He accused the vice presidential nominee of lobbying for the bridge and then hiding her initial position when she ran for governor and the project became unpopular.

“You can’t just make stuff up. You can’t just recreate yourself. The American people aren’t stupid,” he said. It’s like “being for it before you were against it,” Sen. Obama said, a reference to a damaging statement John Kerry made in 2004.

Why is this one issue such a big deal? Sen. McCain’s anti-earmarks stance has been paramount to his campaign. The Arizona senator has blamed everything from the Minneapolis bridge collapse to Hurricane Katrina on Congress’s willingness to stuff bills full of pork barrel spending.

As such, Gov. Palin’s image as a “reformer” is part of the storyline the McCain campaign needs to complement the top of its ticket. Her quip about passing on the bridge and “building it ourselves” has been a staple of her stump.

But she’s drawn considerable fire as result. Sen. Obama’s campaign released an advertisement pointing out her original support of the bridge. And on Monday, an Obama staffer emailed a photo of Gov. Palin holding up a T-shirt that was made shortly after the bridge caught national attention. It reads “NOWHERE ALASKA” and “99901,” the zip code of Ketchikan.

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The McCain campaign jumped back with spokesman Brian Rogers calling the attacks “hysterical.”

“The only people ‘lying’ about spending are the Obama campaign. The only explanation for their hysterical attacks is that they’re afraid that when John McCain and Sarah Palin are in the White House, Barack Obama’s nearly $1 billion in earmark spending will stop dead in its tracks,” Mr. Rogers said.

At a rally today, Sen. McCain again asserted that Sen. Obama has requested nearly a billion in earmarks. In fact, the Illinois senator requested $311 million last year, according to the Associated Press, and none this year. In comparison, Gov. Palin has requested $750 million in her two years as governor — which the AP says is the largest per-capita request in the nation.

GOP – Here’s Hoping FEAR Wins Us The Election

McSame

John McCain Reiterated his rhetoric last night during his acceptance speech at the RNC in St. Paul last night. Throughout his hour long speech, (which was constantly interrupted by applause every 3 minutes) John McCain talked extensively about his love for his Country, his dedication to America, and of course, his being a POW during the Vietnam War. It’s relatively obvious that McCain is ready to lead….He’s ready to lead us to four more years of the same failed policies of the Bush Administration.

McCain gave a lot of love to Bush last night, making Bush out to be some kind of hero. “I’m grateful to the President for leading us in those dark days following the worst attack on American soil in our history, and keeping us safe from another attack many thought was inevitable..” He forgot to mention that the attack was on Bush’s watch, and Bush had advanced warning from a PDB (Presidential Daily Brief) titled quite specifically “Bin Laden Determined To Strike In US.”

Presidential Daily Briefing dated August 6, 2001

His executive ineptness led him to not even pay attention to this brief, subsequently allowing the worst attack in history on American Soil. I’m no conspiracy theorist, however, there are many independent groups that have very compelling arguments and theories about the President and his administration’s role leading up to, and following 9/11. Could this tragedy have been perpetrated in part by our own Government? Before you dismiss these questions think about this; The Republican party has built their whole platform on FEAR. Vote Republican and we’ll keep you safe! They want to kill you and your family for no reason! They will strike again if you vote with the Democrats! This type of fear mongering is the only way to stay in the White House. America is smarter than that. We understand that with McCain, yes we may be a little safer, but we also may have more conflicts because of the GOP’s “Offense First” ideology. Since diplomacy is not in their vocabulary, WAR will be a constant, and fear will be constantly shoved down our throats.

The most blatant use of fear mongering came the other night at the Republican National Convention. This was typical of the GOP tactics, Scare America, discredit the opposition, and rule the Country as if it were a police state. Can anyone say Patriot Act?

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More GOP Hypocrisy

Did He really Pick Her Because She

After watching the GOP Convention last night, I came away feeling all dirty. Listening to Rudy can make one feel that way. He of course is the biggest hypocrite of them all. I didn’t know much about Gov. Palin before last night. I really don’t know much about her today, since her words were nowhere to be found in her “groundbreaking’ speech. Of course it was written by the same speechwriters who penned most of George Bush’s speeches, once again, more of the same. It’s obvious to me, and many others, that McCain’s choice for VP is strictly about personality and not about the ability to lead. I find it interesting that McCain chose her after meeting her once. What was that about? Was McCain taken by her good looks, the fact that she’s a woman, or the fact that she has experience as Governor of Alaska, and Mayor of a small town. Could it be that he sees himself in her, a so-called Maverick who can bring about change? The Hypocrites of the GOP all came out in droves claiming how great a choice this is, staunchly defending her time as Mayor and Governor. To see exactly what I mean by this, check out comments from Karl Rove and others, as their slithery forked tongues talk in circles, contradicting themselves time and time again. And they say the Dems are flip-floppers..HA!

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Paris Hilton Fires Back at John McCain

Paris Hilton released a video response to John McCain in which he intimated that Barack Obama is nothing more than a popular celebrity in the vein of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and other air head celebrities.Check this out. I wonder who wrote her script on the energy crisis?

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McCain ad: “Washington’s Broken…” DUH!

Is This Guy Serious? Wasn’t John McCain the one riding Bush’s coattails and co-signing everything Bush said? Or is it just me?Here’s the response by the Obama camp:”Senator McCain wants Americans to forget that during the Republican primary, he said that Americans were better off than we were eight years ago, and that he thinks we’ve made ‘great progress economically.’”He wants us to forget that he’s fully embraced the Bush policies he once opposed, and bragged about supporting those policies ‘more than 90% of time.’The truth is, being a maverick isn’t practicing the same kind of politics we have seen from Washington for decades, it isn’t having a campaign run by Washington lobbyists, and it’s certainly not promoting the same policies that have led America down the wrong path these past eight years.”

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