nukemhill on September 27, 2008 at 4:38 PM

Great article. Thanks.

Subversives for Obama, by Melanie Phillips. If she wrote it, then it’s 99.9% true.

Does anyone know anything about the UK Spectator? Is it a gossip rag like some we have here, or a decent news source?

I was just pointed to an article there that drops some pretty serious information about Obama that I hadn’t heard before.

capitalist piglet on September 27, 2008 at 1:16 PM

Well don’t just stand there …

link it

I have a strong suspicion that there was a spoken agreement not to get into debating conflicting details of proposed plans so as not to further derail whatever those pinheads have managed to agree on so far, if anything, up on the Hill.

I am very disappointed that McCain did not defend himself or Bush on prior warnings about Freddie and Fannie, or bring up the Community Reinvestment Act, or Clinton’s admission that the Republicans should have pushed harder for reform, or the pathetic roles of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and others.

That’s what 529 hit pieces are for.

Besides, Megyn Kelly is currently gracing the screen. Oh happy diversion.

Let McCain continue to be consistent and persistent and we’ll all be happy drunks, if only figuratively, on election night.

I think congressional races are more worthy of fretting over.

If you ask Roger Simon, the answer’s definite yes:John McCain was very lucky that he decided to show up for the first presidential debate in Oxford, Miss., Friday night. Because he gave one of his strongest debate performances ever. While Barack Obama…

Some may point to the foreign-policy portion for moments that will resonate for McCain, but no one expected Obama to beat McCain on foreign policy anyway.

People want to be safe. Obviously the O! supporters will not be swayed by last night, but I think that many of the Hillary supporters will have seen very clearly how unready to lead O! is. When islamic terrorists blow up a hotel in Pakistan after that country has played it tough against the US (essentially supporting the terrorists), sane people realize what we’re up against.

Obviously the economy matters. But I think McCain is coming out well enough in the bailout mess. The media can spin it all they want but anyone can see that the dems tried to cut the Republicans out and steamroll a package through without discussion. Pelosi, Reid, Frank, O! and the rest are so partisan — whereas McCain is clearly willing to work with dems AND is willing to stand up to Bush. So much for the McSame theme.

If McCain and Palin can reinforce their message about how our dependence on foreign oil is a national security issue, and continue to show us how they have cut spending and sought government reform, I think they will be able to win on the economy as well.

O! says we’re in a crisis, but he can’t find one thing to cut? Give me a break.

If Gov. Palin can come across as having some gravitas, while also landing a few political punches on Biden, I think we will have quite a few PUMAs on election day.

I was just pointed to an article there that drops some pretty serious information about Obama that I hadn’t heard before.

I remember the 60′s. Viet Nam war. Race riots. counter culture. Yankee go home. It was not some magical time.

I disagree. Sarah Palin is on the ticket for VP, it is her job to defend herself. After all she might be president someday. It is not John McCain’s job to come in like some knight in shining armor and save the damsel in distress. Besides, what is McCain supposed to do about the press being the bottom feeding dicks that they are.

McCain was not clueless on the bail out plan, neither one of the Senators gave any details on that. How could they? It is not even done yet.

And McCain is behind, but he is not collapsing. I am not saying he will win, I don’t know who will win, but this ain’t over yet.

Events may have more to do with what happens than debates. We have weeks before the election. In the last three weeks, both candidates have been up and down in the polls. For awhile people were saying that Obama was flailing.

We just have to wait and see what happens.

There is hope.

She is more of a conservative than he is and her national hopes will disappear because they brought her up from AA ball to the MLB to get excitement, then left her out to dry.

Even if she does good in the debate, there will be no POTUS or VP in her future because McCain allowed the MSM to brutalize her.

Mrs. Smith goes to Washington with our support and gets mugged.

Sapwolf on September 27, 2008 at 12:43 PM

I hope she proves us wrong, but that is very much the way I feel.

They don’t play to her strengths. She had little national experience, and they go and put her on ambush interviews like some sacrificial animal to be grilled on issues she has not studied or worked on before.

They are not going to get her the proper debate coaching she needs and coaching that lets her be herself and still have a minimal amount of knowledge. To top it off, she will have to support McCain’s policies and we don’t even know all his policies.

She is more of a conservative than he is and her national hopes will disappear because they brought her up from AA ball to the MLB to get excitement, then left her out to dry.

Even if she does good in the debate, there will be no POTUS or VP in her future because McCain allowed the MSM to brutalize her.

Mrs. Smith goes to Washington with our support and gets mugged.

This country isn’t good enough for her. She will go back to Alaska where most of her people love her and help them weather the storm of 4 years of Obama/Reid/Pelosi rule.

The good thing about it is that the Dems refusal to drill and get other energy domestically will cause oil prices to stay high thereby filling the coffers of the State government of Alaska thereby ensuring they have a good budget surplus unlike most of the other states.

I think those who say that Obama appeared presidential, (Kirsten) should listen to him without seeing him. He did not sound presidential.

Rose on September 27, 2008 at 12:25 PM

I have to agree, I listened to it but did not see it. And I thought it was a very clear win for McCain, he sounded very confident and presidential. Obama on the other hand came across very defensive,long winded and even insecure and lost at times. Maybe the visuals helped counter this impression.

John Zogby, president of Zogby International said yesterday that a landslide for McCain is not unlikely and I believe he’s right.

Maxx on September 27, 2008 at 11:35 AM

President John Kerry concurs.

Two years ago, I warned that, because of the subprime lending mess, because of the lax regulation, that we were potentially going to have a problem and tried to stop some of the abuses in mortgages that were taking place at the time.

Bullshit, Obama never warned about the impending doom of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Complete horseshit. He proposed a bill in 2006 to fight mortgage fraud – which although certainly connected to the mortgage business, had no real impact on the current crisis.

Now six years ago, I stood up and opposed this war at a time when it was politically risky to do so

Yeah, except Senator Dick Durbin from his state voted against the war, and 32 out of 37 on the Congressional Black Caucus did too. Politically risky, my ass.

There are so many loopholes that have been written into the tax code, oftentimes with support of Senator McCain, that we actually see our businesses pay effectively one of the lowest tax rates in the world.

I can’t wait until someone serves up this whopper with cheese. Hey, Obama, if you’re trying to argue that you’re the guy for the economy, you might not want to argue that you’re going to close loopholes you yourself claim keeps taxes on businesses low, while also promising to maintain the world’s 2nd highest corporate tax.

He’s stuck on stupid in regards to the corporate tax. Does he think that all corporations are evil rich people? I mean, who the hell does he think provides the jobs in the country? Fairies?

The only thing that can save this if Sarah takes Biden out for the thrashing thats two decades overdue

She’s the woman for the job

EricPWJohnson on September 27, 2008 at 11:47 AM

I really want to believe. I was ecstatic when McCain announced Palin because of her conservative track record and guts, I was even more excited when she gave a great convention speech, and I think her story and the wonderfully wholesome, independent and loving image her family presents are tremendously inspiring and real.
But I have to say that her interviews have been a great disappointment, she has not come across as someone with her own strong views on the issues of the time, and does not seem to be very good at regurgitating talking points. She needs to be able to deal with a very unfriendly media.
Did we expect too much? Is she ready for this lopsided battle against all the forces of the media, the democrat machine, the largest marketing campaign ever seen and a public that appears to be so easily duped?
I am little worried.