Tag: 2008 Presidential

Updated:What if You Named a VP and Nobody Came?

Filed in National by on August 29, 2008 46 Comments

Today is the day that McCain picks his VP candidate at a rally in Dayton, OH. EDIT: VC was right, it really is Palin. How desperate is that? Update: Kos reports various media reaction — Joe Scarborough: I can’t imagine a woman that’s been a governor for a year and a half, but to debate […]

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She’s Hillary Rodham Clinton and She Does Not Approve This Message

Filed in National by on August 26, 2008 1 Comment

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4z702qezWQ[/youtube] This is good, and I bet you hear this alot over the next few days (maybe weeks). The crowd is clearly receptive to her message of support for Obama and the crowd clearly boos the fact that the McCain camp is using her supporters against Obama and the Party. I wonder if the Obama […]

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The WaPo Picks Up the Biden Succession Question

Filed in National by on August 25, 2008 20 Comments

In an article in the Tuesday edition, the WaPo picks up on a conversation had here at Delaware Liberal over the weekend. Maybe they even read us? Early betting in Delaware on whom Minner might pick has centered on the gubernatorial primary, with the loser of that contest potentially winning appointment to the Senate as […]

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This is Different

Filed in National by on August 25, 2008 5 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9LypdiQFo[/youtube] An attack ad with a lighter tone!  This makes good use of one of McCain’s more astute self- assessments (“The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should…”) with a song that is going to stick in your head for awhile. This is supposed to go up in battleground […]

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Chuck Hagel Is Happy

Filed in National by on August 23, 2008 1 Comment

Senator Hagel just released this statement: “Joe Biden is the right partner for Barack Obama. His many years of distinguished service to America, his seasoned judgment and his vast experience in foreign policy and national security will match up well with the unique challenges of the 21st Century. An Obama-Biden ticket is a very impressive […]

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Boots on the Ground

Filed in National by on August 20, 2008 18 Comments

Summering with a Hillary supporter has been trying, to say the least. However, sometimes between the “Obama has to throw a punch” and the constant citing of the doom and gloom daily Gallop poll the debate triggers a “light bulb over the head” moment. This Hillary supporter doesn’t recognize what Obama is doing because he’s […]

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The POW Card

Filed in National by on August 18, 2008 65 Comments

Can McCain answer a question without referencing his time as a prisoner of war? I’m thinkin’… No. And it seems that some of the POW cards he’s playing aren’t even his own. Other POW cards are just silly, but I’m sensing a pattern…  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wwnrxWh3s8[/youtube] Did McCain lift passages off Wikipedia?  Who knows, but it sure looks […]

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Does he deserve it?

Filed in National by on August 7, 2008 32 Comments

Bill Clinton will be speaking at the Democratic Convention. Hardly shocking news and Obama’s wise to do it, but after his performance this week does he deserve it?

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Can Pawlenty be McCain’s VP after this?

Filed in National by on August 7, 2008 4 Comments

I keep reading these comments by Pawlenty and shaking my head. Say what you will about Barack Obama,” the Minnesota Republican told a conservative group, “people gravitate when you have something positive to say.” He added that McCain has been positive as well. “People want to follow hopeful, optimistic, civil, decent leaders,” Pawlenty said in […]

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David Gergen Points Out the Obvious

Filed in National by on August 3, 2008 50 Comments

That the McCain Camp is using coded language about Obama in the long tradition of repubs using coded language to demonize black people and fire up their low-information voters: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfXvK84MPqQ[/youtube] And his last point is very true — everyone knows Obama is black, why can’t he talk about that?  None of these folks pushed back […]

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Yeah, He’s A Liar

Filed in National by on July 30, 2008 17 Comments

The Washington Post headline is not as strong as I might like, but it says what needs saying: McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence. For four days, Sen. John McCain and his allies have accused Sen. Barack Obama of snubbing wounded soldiers by canceling a visit to a military hospital because he could not take […]

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Right Wing Evangelicals Tell McCain Not to Go There

Filed in National by on July 30, 2008 7 Comments

They don’t want him to pick Romney as VP. According to the article: They say Mr. Romney lacks trust on issues such as outlawing abortion and opposing same-sex marriage and because he is a Mormon. Opposition is particularly powerful among those who supported former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee in the Republican presidential primaries earlier this […]

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Our Father who art in Heaven…

Filed in National by on July 23, 2008 50 Comments
Our Father who art in Heaven…

Hey, McCain is Sky Dad!  Talk about grandiose gestures.  

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