Centrists Democrats not endorsing Obama

Who can blame them?

However this comment stands out:

Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.), a longtime Obama backer, said that he harbors no ill will for Democrats who stay on the sidelines.

“People’s responsibility, first and foremost, is to get reelected,” Davis said.

You know I thought their responsibility first and foremost was to represent the people that elected them. That is what they're being paid to do. Plus free car, trips, ect...

Who knew that was not the case?

Former Bush Press Secretary attacks Administration

Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that President Bush relied on an aggressive "political propaganda campaign" instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war, it has been reported.

The Bush White House made "a decision to turn away from candor and honesty when those qualities were most needed" — a time when the nation was on the brink of war, McClellan writes in the book entitled "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception."

The way Bush managed the Iraq issue "almost guaranteed that the use of force would become the only feasible option," the book contends, according to accounts Wednesday in The New York Times and Washington Post.

"In the permanent campaign era, it was all about manipulating sources of public opinion to the president's advantage," McClellan writes.

And who enabled him to do this? Why the spin doctor otherwise known as the press secretary.

Democrat Lawyers say can't fully restore Michigan and Florida delegates

Because you know a state daring to decide when to hold their primary is wrong. The party is all that matters and its law is the law of the land. And when it says you can't do something, the country bows down and kisses the feet of the party.

Poll shows Clinton with big lead in West Virginia

Even as she faces pressure from some to call her White House bid quits, Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead in West Virginia, according to a new poll released Friday.

Clinton has a 43-point advantage over Obama, 66 percent to 23 percent, according to a new survey from the American Research Group.

And by Tuesday it will be neck and neck because the media wants big ratings as it keeps people on the edge of their seats. Or at least the ones that are actually paying attention to this foregone conclusion.

Superdelegate IQ must be very small

Polls showed voters drifting toward Hillary Rodham Clinton before crucial
Democratic primary votes next week

so naturally the Superdelegates...

were falling increasingly in line behind Barack Obama.

Am I missing something? If people are rejecting Obama because of his associations, wouldn't it seem logical to NOT go buddy buddy with him at this time?

Drink Tax destroying Tavern Business?

"The power to tax is the power to destroy. The drink tax is destroying the tavern industry in Allegheny County," Mr. McCullough, an at-large Republican from Upper St. Clair said.

He has proposed to scale the drink tax down to 5 percent by July 1, and then repeal it in January because initial returns show the levy is on pace to exceed the $28 million it was expected to raise.

Implemented together with a $2-a-day tax on car rentals this year, the drink tax is part of a dedicated funding structure for the county's $30 million subsidy of the Port Authority.

Both levies were estimated to collect $32 million in revenue when they were approved within the county's $727.6 million budget.

This morning, Mr. McCullough said the drink tax alone is on pace to bring in more than $40 million in revenue based on receipts of the first three months of the levy.

So lets see, its raised MORE than was estimated so that means people are BUYING MORE than was anticipated. This is some sort of voodoo economics on determining that businesses are being destroyed?

Personally I think the drink tax should be RAISED. I don't want to share the roads with drunks.

Whining Obama

Yeah 45 minutes... Why would it matter to the American people who he surrounds himself with? Why would it matter that his wife was never proud of America before her husband ran for president or feels that she will always be second class in the eyes of the majority of the people living in the country? Why does it matter that his pastor doesn't like the majority of the people living in the United States? Or the fact he sat in the pew for 20 years listening to it and never noticed? Why does it matter that he's friends with a 60s radical? Why does it matter that he won't wear a United States flag? Those are all irrelevant and tell us nothing about him. No. The people he spends time with says nothing about him.

Poor poor pitiful Obama. Sold down the river by the evil media for daring to question his decisions.

Lawsuit Against Teacher's Anti-Christian Remarks Goes to Trial

"I believe there's a plausible case," U.S. District Court Judge James Selna said in a Santa Ana, Calif., courtroom, according to The Orange County Register. "What we face at trial and summary judgment is a different matter."

Dan Spradlin, attorney for Advanced Placement European history teacher James Corbett, had asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the teacher's former student. After Monday's ruling, however, the lawsuit will go to trial.

Chad Farnan, sophomore at Capistrano Valley High School and a Christian, and his parents sued the history teacher in December, alleging that the educator had fostered hostility toward Christians and promoted "irreligion over religion," violating the Establishment Clause.

Court documents cite statements tape recorded by Farnan during Corbett's lectures, such as “When you put on your Jesus glasses, you can’t see the truth."

"Aristotle argued there has to be a God. Of course that's nonsense" and "We do not invoke the supernatural every time we get stymied. It's okay for religious people to do that, or magicians. There might not be a distinction. What was it that Mark Twain said? He said that religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool."

Obama has his excuse already planned

Asked if he would scale back his agenda if some of his proposed tax increases fail, Obama said, "I am a strong believer in pay-go," a term for avoiding new deficits by paying as you go. "So adhering to pay-go means that if I couldn't find the revenues or reduce spending in other areas, then I couldn't pay for my proposals."

Promise the voter everything under the sun to get their vote and then say sorry we can't pay for that. That sounds like the typical politician to me. So much for that CHANGE moniker.

But he is right about McCain on the Bush tax cuts.

Woe is US

Obama has canceled his stop at Penn State Beaver. How will we ever survive without his rhetoric of nothing. Oh Woe is us. I don't think we can survive without a visit of a lying politician.
I find it humorous the national media one day said that we Pennsylvanians like to get up and close with the politicians sort a like New Hampshire. I know NOBODY that likes that. I know NOBODY that wants to be within 10 feet of one. EVERYBODY I know would be much happier if: we never heard from them and they stayed as far away from us as possible.

That doesn't sound like New Hampshire to me.

McCain calls out Obama on Funding

Obama is raising as much as $1 million day, generating a big money advantage over both McCain and Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton in what is expected to be the costliest U.S. presidential election ever.

Obama, an Illinois senator, pledged in February last year to accept public financing and its accompanying spending limit of an estimated $85 million in the general election race if he wins the nomination and his Republican opponent agreed to limits too.

"I committed to public financing," McCain told a news conference. "He committed to public financing. It is not more complicated than that ... I'll keep my word. I want him to keep his."

As he has scored back-to-back wins in nominating contests, Obama has refused to recommit while moving steadily ahead of Clinton in the race to become the Democratic presidential nominee in the election.

Considering he also vowed to not run for president when he ran for the Senate, you really can't believe anything that comes out of his mouth. Good talker and he really doesn't care what he says as long as it sounds good at the moment.

Obama does it again

Comes and drives off Clinton again from the networks this time. Last time it was McCain. That is just a classless move and its a shame the sheep of this country are falling into line for his eloquent voice that says nothing. Except Change change change change. No explanation to what we're going to change to. Just change. Don't define it. Don't add any substance. Just call for change. And the mindless sheep fall into place.

Intelligent Design Professor Loses Appeal for Tenure

The Iowa Board of Regents rejected on Thursday an appeal by a professor who said he was wrongfully denied tenure by Iowa State University because of his views supporting intelligent design.

While ISU officials have maintained that their decision last spring on Dr. Guillermo Gonzalez 's bid for tenure had nothing to do with intelligent design, e-mails exchanged by ISU faculty – who voted against his tenure and statements in Gonzalez’s tenure file – suggest otherwise.

Gonzalez, assistant professor of astronomy and physics, has written papers on intelligent design and has asserted his views in a book which was published in 2004. He is also a senior fellow at Discovery Institute, the nation's leading think tank on intelligent design.

Isn't it grand the freedom of academia to question all truths? Everything is up for study and debate. Wait a minute...

Can the Media's pro Obama bias be any plainer

The title of the article: Obama leads Clinton by only 2 delegates

Obama won 796 delegates in Tuesday's contests, to 794 for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to an analysis of voting results by The Associated Press.

Note that they are talking about the voting on Tuesday.

But the overall totals are:

Clinton has 1,055 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. Obama has 998.

Think the title is a bit misleading? I do. Media lovefests always turn me off and this is making me hope Clinton beats Obama for the nomination. This is a complete 180 for me since I originally hoped Clinton wouldn't win a state. And I especially want him to disappear since he never says anything when he speaks with that eloquent voice.

Bill Clinton's Role

Doesn't appear that he will have an official position. Which was the only good thing that could come from a HIllary Clinton presidency because I liked Bill Clinton. I know for some that's blasphemy. Too bad.

Obama shows his class tonight

When he decides to come out while another candidate is speaking so the cameras split on the news channels. I guess it would have killed him to allow McCain to finish his speech for the networks before he came out.

Party of tomorrow eh? I guess its the party of rudeness.

Romney Accuses McCain of ‘Nixon Era’ Campaign Tactics

Mitt Romney compared rival John McCain with late President Richard Nixon Thursday, accusing McCain of persistently misrepresenting Romney’s position on the Iraq war for political gain in a style “reminiscent of the Nixon era.”

Romney’s sharp criticism spilled over from the GOP debate in California the night before, where he said McCain was resorting to old-style “dirty tricks” by claiming Romney supported a timetable for troop withdrawal.

McCain leveled the troop-withdrawal charge the weekend before Tuesday’s Florida primary, which he won, and repeated it at the debate. But Romney has persistently said he does not support a timetable for withdrawal.

So the moral of the story is... Let Romney say whatever he wants about McCain and then cry foul when McCain calls out Romney.

Those that start the negative campagning, (against Huckabee in Iowa and McCain in New Hamshire) should keep their mouths shut about fairness of their attack when he twisted and spun the words of both of them and ended up losing.

Why anyone would think this pro-choice no pro-life no pro-choice no pro-life lying will say anything for the person's vote candidate is going to accomplish anything in the general election is beyond me. If he gets the nomination, he'll get 35% of the vote.

Fred Thompson quits campaign

Former Sen. Fred Thompson on Tuesday ended his run for the presidency, coming off the heels of a disappointing third-place finish in South Carolina's GOP primary and heading into the showdown state of Florida next week.


Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee has dropped out of the race for the GOP presidential nomination.

"Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for president of the United States," Thompson said in a statement.

"I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people."

Hopefully his supporters will throw their support behind John McCain who's the only Republican that has a chance in the general election. And the nations only hope against Hillary Clinton becoming President.

One thing is for sure

If Michigan has its way and the general election is:

Clinton vs. Romney

I'm not voting.

Romney double speak

"People are saying they want to see Washington change, and John McCain is not a candidate of change," Romney argued Friday. He also cast the Arizona senator as disloyal for breaking with President Bush on tax cuts and from GOP hard-liners on immigration.

So Romney wants change in Washington but he wants to attack McCain for not going along with Washington...

Makes sense.

Clinton in the lead in NH

I really don't get it. Why does anyone want the same families running this country? Eight Years of the Clintons is enough. Twelve years of Bushes is too much. While I have always despised term limits, I'm beginning to think there should be term limits on families. Otherwise in eight years we'll have the Bush from Flordia and then eight years later it will be Chelsea's turn.

McCain being in the lead has suddenly not annoyed me nearly as it once did. He has redeemed himself from his blind Bush backing. Somehow. I really don't know when it happened. Maybe because the rest of the field of candidates is just so subpar. The only one I like is Huckabee because he believes what he says but his tax plan scares me.

Hypocrisy

I'm sure you've heard of the Huckabee negative ad that Huckabee decided against using. Well it turns out that he didn't cancel the ad soon enough and so it was shown three times in Iowa. Now I would say its proof that Huckabee is telling the truth that he was going to use the ad but decided at the last minute to recall it. So what's the Romney response:

The Romney camp pounced on the revelation. "Governor Huckabee pulled a stunt that didn't fool the media or the Iowa people," Romney spokesman Matt Rhoades said. "The more Governor Huckabee's record has been exposed, the more nasty and negative his campaign has gotten. It's the height of hypocrisy that in the end his ad would still run on the air."

I'd say the true hypocrisy is that a campaign that only runs negative ads would complain about its competition running a negative ad.

California pro-Gay bill taking effect

California legislation that will ban grade school textbooks and teachers from including any instruction that "reflects or promotes bias against" homosexuality, transgenders, bisexuals or those with perceived gender issues will take effect next month and opponents are circulating referendum petitions to place the measure before voters.

SB-777 was introduced to the House on May 24 was signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Oct. 14. The bill will affect textbooks and instructional materials for students in kindergarten and grades 1-12 and will change the typical concept of family, conservative groups argue.

“This reverse discrimination is an outright attack on the religious and moral beliefs of California citizens,” says Karen England, executive director of the pro-family group Capitol Resource Institute (CRI).

This is what happens when you depend on the government for anything. Everyone should take their children out of public school and enroll them in private schools that are safe from agenda driven legislation.

Germany puts Zimbabwe in spotlight over abuse

Addressing the meeting in Lisbon attended by Mugabe, Merkel said the world could not stand by while human rights were "trampled underfoot."

And what exactly are they going to do to stop it? After all they didn't want to do anything with Iraq. They don't want to do anything with Iran. Or North Korea. Are they going to sit down and beg them to stop? And they will say we have done no such thing and nothing will be achieved. If you're going to make bold statements like that you should be willing to back them up. I don't see Germany doing that. Do you?

More Political Quizes

Democrat Loyalty Quiz
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bldemocraticloyaltyquiz.htm
Your score is 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a solid Democrat. You are not as fiercely ideological or uncompromising as others in the party, but nonetheless remain a reliable supporter. If you could have your way, you'd like to see Democrats leaders take a slightly more accommodating approach on certain issues – and dial down some of their nakedly partisan and bitterly divisive rhetoric.

Republican Loyalty Quiz
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blrepublicanloyaltyquiz.htm
Your score is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10. You are a moderate Democrat. You agree with Democrats more often than not, but have misgivings about some of their positions on key social issues, as well as their ability to defend the country. You remain supportive for now, but if Democrats keep moving to the left and taking their cues from people like Michael Moore, you may decide to jump off that crazy train.

Do you get the feeling these Quizes simply don't know me?

What political Party do your beliefs put you in?

What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Republican Republican 58% Green 58% Anarchism 42% Democrat 42% Communism 42% Socialist 33% Fascism 8% Nazi 0%

Democrats mad about Blackwater immunity

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Democrats criticized the Bush administration Tuesday for giving immunity to Blackwater USA bodyguards, calling the move a failure to hold the security contractors responsible for the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians.

The State Department, whose investigators initially promised to shield the bodyguards' statements in the criminal inquiry of the Sept. 16 shootings, maintained that any lawbreakers "must be held to account" as a result of the inquiry that has since been taken over by the Justice Department and FBI.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, who sits on two Senate panels that oversee the State Department and the Justice Department, called the immunity deal an example of "the amnesty administration."

I suppose they prefer the people being garded are shot dead next time because the bodyguards shouldn't shoot someone in a warzone.

And nothing like using foreign affairs for political gain.

If you live in a warzone, move or learn how to duck. Stop being human shields for terrorists.

Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts

That's all you hear from the candidates. I guess it doesn't really matter that the government is spending more money then it takes in.

I know how about we cut the income tax, sales tax(for states), gas tax, per capita tax, property tax(for local), cigarette tax, and whatever other tax to nothing. How about that tax cut.

We can just borrow more money from the future. After all eventually the world will be changed forever* and all this borrowing really wont matter.

* For those of us who believe, Jesus will come and change the world. For those of you that don't, the sun will expand and engulf the planet. Or the universe will stop expanding out and start collapsing in on itself, or a meteror will strike and wipe out civilization, or the earth will freeze and kill everyone on it, or... you get the picture.

BORROW BORROW BORROW

AND MORE TAX CUTS!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder if its possible for the government to just start giving money to everyone after these tax cuts are passed... That would probably sound good in the campaign.

Florida Democrats to be left out of Democrat Primary

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Florida Democrats would forfeit their votes in selecting a presidential nominee unless they delay their state election by at least a week, the national party said in a stern action Saturday meant to discourage others from leapfrogging ahead to earlier dates.

The Florida party has 30 days to submit an alternative to its planned Jan. 29 primary or lose its 210 delegates to the nominating convention in Denver next summer.

Isn't that great? I wonder if Flordians will remember this for the general election.

Party rules say states cannot hold their 2008 primary contests before Feb. 5, except for Iowa on Jan. 14, Nevada on Jan. 19, New Hampshire on Jan. 22 and South Carolina on Jan. 29.

So basically the national Democratic party likes to discriminate with stupid rules? My suggestion would be for the national Democratic party to run its own elections, pay for their own polling machines, and set their own date. Otherwise shut up and let the people paying for the election make up their own minds when to hold it.

New Jersey threatens to seize control of church property for refusing to allow civil union

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New Jersey officials are threatening to declare a historic United Methodist Church a public place because it refuses to allow a civil union in its facilities. Civil Unions are not allowed to be performed according to the United Methodist Constitution but the lesbians that want to get married in the church went to the state. Now the state is threatening the church

The church has replied by suing the state to prevent them from seizing the property which has been owned by the church since 1870.

Certainly is nice watching the country become a totalitarian regime. Right or Left really doesn't matter. They both seem to think you should live their way or its the highway.

How Liberal/Conservative are you

Your Political Profile:

Overall: 60% Conservative, 40% Liberal Social Issues: 100% Conservative, 0% Liberal Personal Responsibility: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal Fiscal Issues: 0% Conservative, 100% Liberal Ethics: 50% Conservative, 50% Liberal Defense and Crime: 75% Conservative, 25% Liberal

How Liberal Or Conservative Are You?

How Republican/Democrat are you?

You Are 32% Republican

You're a bit Republican, and probably more conservative than you realize. If you're still voting Democrat, maybe it's time that you stop.

How Republican Are You?

You Are 28% Democrat

You're a bit Democrat, and probably more liberal than you realize. If you're still voting Republican, maybe it's time that you stop.

How Democrat Are You?

You know.... I'll never figure out why they both annoy me so...

Campaign 08: A curious thought

I wonder what would happen if the time leading up to the primaries was run like Survivor with weekly specials voting a candidate off the campaign trail. And would it leave anybody left for the actual primary.

Link

Not that I have two in mind for the vote off already or anything.

Where is the ACLU when...

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the University of Michigan decided to fund $25,000 worth of ritual foot-washers for Islamic students wishing to pray... After all, it is a public institution, receiving federal and state taxes

The Byron Union school district in California has decided that its public schools should set aside days and assignments where all students choose a Muslim name, recite passages from the Koran, and periodically give up certain comforts as “forms of fasting” that correspond to Ramadan

No where to be seen but...

In Pittsburgh they demand[ed] that a municipal parking lot be off limits to those parking there to visit a local Christmas display at a nearby church

Or if a valedictorian tries to thank God? Or if a student dares to read a Bible at school? Or writes a religious essay? Or a Christmas scene on public property?

Always quick to act in the courts.

But force students to take a Muslim name and fast and allow Muslim foot washing is OK.

HYPOCRITES

Barry Bonds Indictment

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You know for some reason I think there are far more important things to investigate and/or pay for than whether or not Bonds committed perjury. How much has this cost? How much are we paying to feed Anderson daily? Enough is enough. The message has been sent: 99.9% of the people living outside San Francisco don't like him and are going to throw a temper tantrum because he's going to break the homerun record.

Obama, Clinton slam court on abortion ruling

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Obama and Clinton are mad at the latest rulings by the Supreme Court because

Sucking out a baby's brain is a right
And reverse racism is such a great thing

And the allmighty Hillary accused Bush "of pursuing a conservative political agenda through judicial nominations." Duh. And promised she "would appoint well-qualified judges who really respect the Constitution,"

Suuuuuuuuure she would.

How about someone that comprehends that "freedom of religion" does not equal "freedom from religion"? Not a chance, right?

Ex-Terrorist Thoughts on Terrorism and Islam

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“I remember how we used to laugh whenever people on TV proclaimed that the cause for Islamic acts of terror like 9/11, the Madrid bombing, and 7/7, was Western foreign policy. What this does is help to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.”

“Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all MidEast terrorists are certain to be Muslims. So if Islam produces them, then Islam is the problem."

“By refusing to challenge centuries-old theological arguments, the tensions between Islamic theology and the modern world grow larger every day.”

La. bans Partial Birth Abortion

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"Under the Louisiana legislation, doctors face fines of between $1,000 and $10,000, and jail terms of between one and 10 years."

I like how "planned parenthood" campaigned against this in legislative chambers and "only a handful of legislators voted against the bill." Its about time someone stood up to these lobbyists. A late term abortion like this fails under planned parenthood. If it was because of an unplanned pregnancy, the woman should have aborted way before this late in the pregnancy.

In addition to this, "the Democratic governor on Monday signed legislation requiring that all women seeking an abortion be notified that fetuses can feel pain by 20 weeks gestation, and doctors who perform the procedure to discuss the availability of painkillers for fetuses."

Reformed Chicks Blabbing: The Miss NJ Scandal#links

Reformed Chicks Blabbing: The Miss NJ Scandal#links

After seeing the above post, I of course had to go find these photos. After all I am single and this is a beauty queen aka Ms. New Jersey. So of course I clicked on the first link and was disappointed. So I went back and clicked on the second link.

So we go to that link and click on this link and lo and behold just as Michelle said are some of the mildest photos ever to cause a controversey. To put it mildly, there's nothing NOTHING N O T H I N G there. Not even a bathing suit for crying out loud(which was what I was hoping for). The first one shows her (in a sweatshirt) going to spank some guy with a chair. Oh horror. And the second one shows some guy(possibly her boyfriend gasp) sucking on her breast through her tank top. Lets call out the police here. We have a Janet Jackson wannabe... except this looks to be a private party and not on tv... and you see NOTHING. Well unless you think seeing a woman's shoulder's is provocative.... for some reason I don't.

I've seen cartoon characters more provacative than that. Catwoman on Batman Adventures, Harley Quinn in the Batman Comic, The spider robot who's name escapes me on Beast Wars. Jessica in Who Framed Roger Rabbit... Any bloody Wonder Woman comic...

Good grief.

Next time, I'm just going to listen when someone says mild photos...

Ex-Gay group fires back at Gay Activists

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Before reading this article I never even heard of an Ex-Gay Group.

This group says that while the Gay Activists used to be fighting for tolerance as victims, they are now pushing for intolerance and denying what they are seeking to ex-gays. This is seen in how they are pushing the American Psychiatist Association and society of physician assistants to end the psychiatric and other help of Gays who want to change. And their reaction to the former Gay Activist who now has turned away and calls homosexuality a sickness.

Just more proof that those who push for tolerance will once they get the tolerance push for intolerance of the ones that are now tolerating.