I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not but the public perception is easily steered.
Yes, i did see the word “stereotype” but didn’t want to put words in your mouth once you posted using them. Now that you’ve clarified somewhat, I’m clear.
It was in post #51; if it was sarcasm, I guess my meter has been busted lately – I’ve missed other instances. I just wanted your take on it though. I don’t care who the Republicans pick but I don’t see how a name someone picked as a child, in a situation where those kinds of choices are often made (choosing American names), means anything abuot the man today.
Soooo. Yesterday was kinda busy.
Meanwhile Obama lied. . . lied about his uncle suffering mentally after liberating Auschwitz.
How long do you think Graham will last? If McCain was smart he’d have dumped him the day before yesterday.
Keith Olbermann made an excellent comment about Gramm, and McCain’s staffing problems in general; something to the effect that, if he keeps letting staffers go, he’s going to end up running his campaign by himself.
I can read mostly and spell sometimes.
I was trying to be gentle; besides, I’m just the opposite.
Meant to add: The problems McCain is having in connection with his staffers is of major concern and, except for the slow news/holiday weekend that just passed, I don’t understand why this isn’t getting more play, especially from the known librul media which seems not to be doing it’s designated job. This is not just about picking the wrong people who have a bit of an untoward appearance, but staffers who have longterm connections to outside entities that could have major influence on policy and platforms.
The Obama misspeak could have been an outright lie but, given that his uncle did serve in a unit that is said to have gone into a sub-camp of Buchenwald, I can easily see how the switch to the better known Auschwitz could have been made.
It certainly has less of a dire implication than a war candidate who does not know the difference between Shia and Sunni.
A myriad of problems McCain, and the larger GOP, are facing before the general election.
And no, Obama didn’t lie. He got his Nazi death camps mixed up–a minor gaffe at best, but one that reinforces the idea that his family has been serving its country as faithful Americans well before him.
Yesterday McCain gave a speech against the GI help bill. He was specifically saying that a GI bill that gave returning soldiers a college education would result in a 16% drop in active soldiers staying in the services. He said that reduction was bad for the mission. The rest of the paper said the education bill would increase enlistment by 16%. That is dishonest.
McCain’s new Communication Advisor doesn’t think that Congress and the President are equal parts of the government.
Yeah Mr. Mitchell, that’s why the founding fathers said that only Congress can declare war. This isn’t Animal Farm where some branches of government are more equal than others.
Still, it was more entertaining to watch Hillary throw a hissy fit, so that’s what we got on TV news.
A breakdown of where Obama v McCain stand in polling nation-wide.
There are 21 states currently that are within 10 percentage pts diffference. Of those that are less in contention, the electoral totals are
Obama 173 (13 states + DC)
McCain 144 (16 states)
221 votes are in the “toss-up” range, 15 red states and 6 blue.
That’s very disturbing. You were around, Biggirl, when people called me Henny Penny for pleading that liberals and leftists become vigilant and strip the neo-cons of their power.
“Oh, it’s not that bad. Oh, Lib you’re such a drama queen. Agents of government are benevolent by nature. These benefactors are no threat to us.”
Well, here we are. Robbed of our liberties. Stripped of our dignity. Emptied of our spirit. And hated the world over. Obama simply must win. The American experiment will be over if he does not.
Pssst . . . you’re addressing Mr. Goldfarb.
Jesus, I’m having a real big problem reading and spelling!
Even if Nader were to run, his impact would be trivial. He has not grown stronger in the last eight years, and frankly, the crazy shows more each time I see him on television.
Barr will hurt McCain more than Obama. He talks convincingly of reducing the size of government and a few other conservative issues, but I think his appeal is limited, and anyone even slightly left won’t like much of his message.
One problem McCain will face is avoiding being himself. There is a reason many right wingers don’t like him. Eventually damn will break and he will speak his mind and the right and left will recoil.
The other problem McCain faces is his face. His grin can be chilling. He did not look at all good last night. His smile is frightening.
The Libertarians are very responsible about being on the ballot consistently; wish I could say the same about the Greens. Not being a mindreader (or am I? 
), I think a pretty fair number of Republicans will go Libertarian this year. Their motives will be many, a likely one is simply a protest vote. McCain has his supporters, but not much love, it seems.
If the Libertarians set a new record for themselves, that’s another plus, in my book. Not that I’m inclined that way, we just need some credible, intelligent alternative to the Big Two.
How trivial? So trivial that the fact that he has been running for over three months has been missed by some here.
Nader is a nonissue, a nothing more delusional than Hillary; Barr is barely more but the desire for a protest option is great in some conservative circles right now. It may end up mattering in some locales. And just having Barr publicly sniping at him from his Right may contribute to keeping McCain off-balance walking that tightrope between placating the Right flanks (and there are several of them with different agendas) and appealing to the middle. His resulting wobbles on that high wire act may have more impact than the number of votes that Barr actually obtains.
I watched all 3 speeches on Tuesday and I was struck by McCain supporters signs (I was also struck by how lame his speech was-- basically a list of reason why you shouldn’t vote for him-- but I’m biased. It could have raised the roof with the party faithful for all I know) that said “A leader you can believe in.” I thought, isn’t that Obama’s catchphrase?
When Obama was speaking I realized his slogan is ‘change you can believe in’. Still, I thought it was just as blatant a thieft as Hil’s ‘Yes she can’.
I’m not the only one who noticed.
And just like Hillary biting off of Obama, McCain doing the same underlines to me Team McCain’s derth of ideas. I mean ideas besides ‘let’s do what Obama is doing. That seems to work!’
Another good sign for Obama-- Resko’s guilty verdict barely dented the “Hillary is actually gonna quit!” news yesterday.
I noticed the same thing. How much irony are we in for during this election?
And what was up with McCain’s creepy ear-to-ear grin when he was talking about Obama having bad ideas about leaving Iraq? It was like his words were completely out of step with the expression on his face. The applause that went along with it made for even more surreal.