As usual, my first blog love hits the nail on the head regarding the first essential element of the house of cards that created the economic mess we are in.
As opposed to people like Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, my girl uses FACTS to prove her point.
WHO warned us about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
WHO praised them for almost a decade?
Moby Rebuttal brings the facts; you decide. Click the title above for the TRUTH!
Showing posts with label John McCain. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Teacher Lovingly Explains McCain Platform.....NOT!!!
Click on the blog post title and watch a North Carolina school teacher scare one of her students to death over the fact the girl supports John McCain.
Her father is in the military. And this "educator" thinks her Dad will live well into his 120's, I guess.
This is cruel, and the teacher? I post, you decide.
Her father is in the military. And this "educator" thinks her Dad will live well into his 120's, I guess.
This is cruel, and the teacher? I post, you decide.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Election Night 2008----Live Blog
A rolling blog entry of thoughts, facts, and whatnots on this 11/4/08:
1) Jessica Yelin "via hologram" from Chicago into the CNN HQ in New York talking to Wolf Blitzer.
"Help me, Obi Wolf Kenobi, you're my only hope!!"
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2) PMSNBC gives us the word that McCain will win South Carolina. That's a "whew" for the GOP.
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3) Looking now at the huge stage in Grant Park, Chicago, where some 90 million people....ah, one million people are expected to celebrate with the.......winner? I think he will be.
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4) Here in Virginia, former Governor Mark Warner won (yawn) the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring John Warner (no relation) in a cakewalk over another former Governor Jim Gilmore.
I've never seen two Virginia politicians fall so quickly than Jim Gilmore and George Allen. Before Allen's stupid "macaca" moment, there were many that thought he could have become the next President-elect tonight. As for Gilmore? Happy retirement and don't worry, he'll get a job. He's an attorney.
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7:54pm ET
5) The BBC World News guy says South Carolina is the start of "the real Southern U.S.". Ah, buddy, there's this other place called North Carolina. Apparently you are placing way too much emphasis on the word "North".
Shouldn't BBC America be worried about telling us about Gordon Brown??
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6) 2008 brings a whole new meaning to "Wall-To-Wall Coverage". John King, the incumbent at CNN, versus Bill Hemmer at Fox, with Brit Hume saying if he tried to run the wall, he'd "set the place on fire"......
8PM ET:----------------
Well, here we go; this should change the night.......
Obama gets Dukakis-country
Obama gets Maryland
Obama gets Illinois
Obama gets DC
Obama gets Connecticut
Obama gets New Jersey
McCain gets Oklahoma
Obama gets Maine (must have gotten past that 2 to 1 vote total they've been showing for the past hour or so....)
It's now 77-28, Obama. McCain won't see the electoral lead again.
Now, about that U.S. Senate........
We know Warner gets the vacant one here in Va........
--Inhofe wins in Oklahoma
--Joe Biden wins in Delaware......
--Frank Lautenberg is still alive, and will be shipped back to DC......(he's 84; if McCain is too old, then explain THAT one!!!)
--Susan Collins, the Republican in name only, survives in Maine.......
805pm ET-------
McCain gets Tennessee, cutting the lead to 77-39. Sounds like a fantasy football score! The GOP sure hopes Philip Rivers and Kurt Warner can help cut into the lead.......
808pm ET-------
Mitch McConnell survives in Kentucky and will most likely become the senior Republican in Washington come January.....period.
809pm ET-------
Kay Hagan ends the Dole Political Era. Elizabeth Dole goes down........long live Chiquita! Wha???
North Carolina's Senate seat goes from GOP to Dem......
BULLETIN-------------
Pennsylvania is called for Obama.....on NBC and ABC only.
CNN, CBS and Fox News are holding off......
Meanwhile.......
Obama wins New Hampshire, and it's 81-39 (102 for Obama if you watch ABC or NBC.....)
Vote totals (WOW!!!!!)
Ohio, less than a percent
West Va, less than a percent
Georgia, four percent in
New Hampshire, five percent in, but CNN hasn't called it yet.
Also in New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen takes a seat back for the Dems, beating Sununu II.
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Point by CBS-----with Elizabeth Dole defeated, 2009 will be the first time in 50 years that neither a Bush nor Dole will be serving in Washington.
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Fox News gives Pennsylvania to Barack Obama at 8:29pm.......and at 8:30?
Fox News gives Arkansas to John McCain.......
So, it's now 103-45, Obama.....
WE BREAK to help Rachel prepare for her P.E. test on basketball history tomorrow!!
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John McCain says, "Roll Tide!" Alabama goes to the GOP.........
THE LATEST ELECTORAL SCORES BY NETWORK AT 8:41PM:
CBS: Obama 102, McCain 54
ABC: Obama 102, McCain 49
Fox News: Obama 103, McCain 69
CNN: Obama 102, McCain 34
BBC America: Obama 103, McCain 49
NBC: Obama 103, McCain 58
NOW at 9pm----
Obama gets Minnesota (God, PLEASE not Al Franken!!!)
Obama gets New York
Obama gets Michigan
McCain gets Wyoming
Obama gets New Mexico
Obama gets Wisconsin
Obama gets Vermont
McCain gets North Dakota
McCain gets Kansas
Let's go with Obama 183, McCain 81.........from Fox.....
Let's go with Obama 174, McCain 100....on CBS....
Let's go with Obama 174, McCain 76....on ABC, the Stephanop....the Stepha....George's network.
Let's go with Obama 175, McCain 70....on NBC (The Obama Network)
Kevin Tibbles of NBC says Grant Park reminds him of Woodstock. I see people wearing coats, rather than nothing......and they seem orderly, too.
Oh, and there's CNN-------Obama 174, McCain 49. 49??!!??
918pm: Ohio does go to Obama, according to Fox News. 183-81 now the score.
Obama up 174-115 on CBS right now. I can't wait to see what kind of confetti they throw over on MSNBC when it's 270, which should be at 11pm when California falls.
Meanwhile, BBC America continues to show its ignorance with some dumb reporter saying Palin was a drag.......maybe Romney would have been better, blah, blah, blah, and former U.N. Ambassador Bolton SCHOOLED her.
"I think you show a fundamental ignorance of the Republican Party", says Bolton to the idiot reporter. Palin energized the base. McCain NEVER did. Romney NEVER did. For one independent she may have created a question mark in their mind, there were more conservatives than came aboard.
They quickly ended the live shot with that reporter at McCain HQ in Phoenix, tried to switch to another, couldn't, and the anchor (OOPS!) admitted the truth......
"Maybe we did that just to stop the argument....."
Meanwhile, of ALL PEOPLE, Larry Sabato (??!!??!!) was sitting there?? On BBC America???
-------925pm: Wolf Blitzer teases a big projection! Fox News says 200-81........
AND?????? La dee la dee da..........nothin'.........
Thanks, Wolf. Go teleport somebody.......
CBS says 194 to 124 now.
ABC says 195 to 90 now.
NBC says 200 to 85 now.
Fox now 200-90.
Fox gives Louisiana to McCain.
Fox gives New Mexico to Obama.
Rob breaks to show stupidity........
Brian Williams, thank you for reminding us that I live in the area of the former "Capital of the Confederacy".........as my county, Henrico County, was featured by Chuck Todd as a Republican suburban area of Virginia now taken by Obama.
A Democratic operative told Brian today about how bad they want to win there!
Yes, because obviously there are people who STILL THINK we're the Capital of the Confederacy! Sorry, but that makes me MAD; thanks, Brian!
Oh, and Brian-----we elected the first-ever African-American Governor......he lived in the Capital of Richmond......NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO??!!??!!
We now return to live blogging, hopefully without stupid interruptions......
9:42pm------Tavis Smiley discusses dividends with, that guy, on NBC. He says dividends about nine times in two minutes. Interesting perspective; think I'll keep an eye on his show going forward, even if it is on PBS (hee hee.....)
9:45pm------On Fox, Sen. Bill Casey of Pa. thinks that 51 percent of the vote for Obama in the popular vote means a broad victory. Heh?
The Democrats are already spinning a "mandate". Hold up a sec.....
1) The Dems are only getting more seats in Congress because of such an unpopular President. The President creates "coattails" or "drags", Congress never does.
2) Guess who has a LOWER approval rating right now? Bush? NO---Congress!!! Led by the Dems.....but that doesn't matter right now.
3) Finally----51 percent of the electorate is NOT a mandate; never. Ever. 1996, when Clinton was re-elected 49 to 40 over Bob Dole is the closest we've had to a mandate in the past 20 years. Still, Clinton never won 50 percent of the vote in either election to the Presidency.
Real mandates? Try:
1984: Reagan wins 58.8 percent of the popular vote.
1972: Nixon wins 60.7 percent of the popular vote.
1964: LBJ wins 61.1 percent of the popular vote.
1956: Eisenhower wins 57.4 percent of the popular vote.
10pm ET--------
Obama gets Iowa (switching from GOP, like Ohio and New Mexico)
McCain gets the token prize of Texas (did anyone remember Texas??)
Fox News says 207 to 129
CNN says 206 to 89
BBC America says 207 to 135
Speaking of......the BBC America anchor now asks Larry Sabato if this will be a "mandate". Sabato reminds the Brits that the last Democrat to get more than 50 percent of the vote was Jimmy Carter in 1976.........LBJ gets the last Democratic "mandate", he reminds them. In a nice way, Sabato says, NO.
Now, from Times Square, another BBC blonde, this one with cleavage, who wasn't ready for her live shot, talks of the "cheers in Times Square" when Obama wins a state, then interviews the elder statesmen, comedian Eddie Izzard.
Oh, dear. Now we welcome Erica Jong. "We've been through so many stolen elections", she proclaims. What? Reagan screwed Mondale?? Bush stole it from Dukakis?? Heh???
I thought Ted Koppel was supposed to be part of their coverage. Maybe he thought the better of it at the last minute.......and RAN!
Jong believes Obama has "serenity". Yes, that'll solve the economic crisis. That should bring Osama Bin Laden out to be arrested, too.
Kum by yah........
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It's hard to watch ABC News' coverage. Not the bias.
They're constantly showing Times Square. WE WERE THERE!! I WANNA GO BACK!! I LOVE NEW YORK!!!!
ABC says 207-135.
NBC says 207-135.
CBS says 206-135 (where's that other vote?? Dan Rather stole it!!!)
Fox News says 207-129.
CNN says 207-95. Wow, being hard on an old guy, aren't they?
OH!
BBC America says 207-135. On their screen. Anything said on the channel, other than John Bolton and Larry Sabato..........and sometimes Sabato is.......well.........
Bolton just SCHOOLED them again over their Colorado reporter, who Bolton says, should be fired for not interviewing, but arguing with the state Republican committee head.
John Bolton rocks!
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Heading to the bedroom for more.....tired of sitting in Rachel's foldout chair. I once had a recliner. Then I got a mother-in-law in-house temporarily.........so long, recliner! :)
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SPECIAL NOTE!!!!!!--------------I passed an African-American woman, probably over 60, in the parking lot at my voting precinct today and thought to myself, I'm sure she never thought that in her life she would have the chance to vote for an African-American who really had a good chance to win the Presidency.
I thought that was really cool. I thought to myself, "I don't want your guy to win, but...", my feelings have nothing to do with race.
I wish my first friend from elementary school, Darrell, were still here to see this; he went home to be with God in April.
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Back to the hilarity of BBC America, we see they've shown John Bolton the door, and I don't see Larry either. New people and the first I see is some old Clinton crony. They don't show names on this channel, apparently; I've seen two I think tonight.
We're all just waiting for the final dominoes to fall here......
OH WAIT!!!!!! A HOLOGRAM ON CNN!!!!
Anderson Cooper (the gray Darth Vader????) has teleported the sage political scientist.....
Will.I.Am
who is really in Chicago.......
.....had McCain upset Obama, would they have hologrammed Joe The Plumber??
Ewwww......does he have the butt crack thing going on? Didn't think of that.....
OKAY-----back to the Electoral College......
CNN: Obama 207-135
ABC: Obama 207-141
NBC: Obama 207-142
CBS: Obama 206-141
BBC America: 207-141
Fox News: 220-138 (220 because.......)
ALERT-----------------FOX NEWS says OBAMA wins VIRGINIA.........
Wow..........what else can be said?
This-----FOX NEWS is the first media organization to call the Virginia race.
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Well, as it was when I was on the air live in 1992, when California closed at 11pmET, I led into the news that William Jefferson Clinton would become the 42nd President of the United States.
16 years later.......Barack Obama does the same, about to become #44.
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CNN gives Virginia to Obama.......
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Fox News has a blinking 297 on the screen at 10:59ET. Oops......
And at 11pm, the victory.
Lots of people going nuts......Times Square, Chicago.......they're hugging in Times Square, like it's New Year's Eve.......
Well-----LET THE MEDIA PARTY BEGIN!!!
First........good live camera shot on MSNBC of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta; MLK's church.
CNN just showed the church, and good ol' Al Sharpton is there. Well, everything can't be perfect.
---Chris Matthews says the world will wake up tomorrow and say, "Damn it, they did it!"
---Eugene Robinson says American history goes back 389 years. Jamestown was pretend.
McCain has called Obama. Classy to the max. Didn't wait for "the rest of the rest".
---David Gregory says this election wasn't about race. Does that go with or against all we've heard the past many months. Just throwing that one out to y'all.
---Chris Matthews: "The best is yet to come tonight!" referencing Obama coming forth soon to speak to us.
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Now, a moment to say.....
This is a wonderful moment for the United States of America. It's about time. Black, woman, Hispanic......whichever, this is good. Very good.
Now, let's get the rest of the hatred crap out of us (the collective us) and out of the way. Also, those who have used race politically, from both sides, lay it down. It's over.
I must confess I have doubts about much of this. Electing Obama President does not magically make hate and "the race card" disappear. But they should make them SO DULL, that they die of irrelevancy.
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John McCain, as always, first class as he congratulates Obama.
And that's it from this election headquarters.
HEADLINES AS I LAY ME DOWN:
1) Obama wins historic election, becomes first African-American President
2) Watershed day as youth make impact
3) "Race Card" blunted
4) One more BIG shovel of dirt dumped on top of the grave of an ugly portion of American history
Well, we'll see what happens next. :)
1) Jessica Yelin "via hologram" from Chicago into the CNN HQ in New York talking to Wolf Blitzer.
"Help me, Obi Wolf Kenobi, you're my only hope!!"
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2) PMSNBC gives us the word that McCain will win South Carolina. That's a "whew" for the GOP.
---------------------------------
3) Looking now at the huge stage in Grant Park, Chicago, where some 90 million people....ah, one million people are expected to celebrate with the.......winner? I think he will be.
---------------------------------
4) Here in Virginia, former Governor Mark Warner won (yawn) the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring John Warner (no relation) in a cakewalk over another former Governor Jim Gilmore.
I've never seen two Virginia politicians fall so quickly than Jim Gilmore and George Allen. Before Allen's stupid "macaca" moment, there were many that thought he could have become the next President-elect tonight. As for Gilmore? Happy retirement and don't worry, he'll get a job. He's an attorney.
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7:54pm ET
5) The BBC World News guy says South Carolina is the start of "the real Southern U.S.". Ah, buddy, there's this other place called North Carolina. Apparently you are placing way too much emphasis on the word "North".
Shouldn't BBC America be worried about telling us about Gordon Brown??
--------------------------------
6) 2008 brings a whole new meaning to "Wall-To-Wall Coverage". John King, the incumbent at CNN, versus Bill Hemmer at Fox, with Brit Hume saying if he tried to run the wall, he'd "set the place on fire"......
8PM ET:----------------
Well, here we go; this should change the night.......
Obama gets Dukakis-country
Obama gets Maryland
Obama gets Illinois
Obama gets DC
Obama gets Connecticut
Obama gets New Jersey
McCain gets Oklahoma
Obama gets Maine (must have gotten past that 2 to 1 vote total they've been showing for the past hour or so....)
It's now 77-28, Obama. McCain won't see the electoral lead again.
Now, about that U.S. Senate........
We know Warner gets the vacant one here in Va........
--Inhofe wins in Oklahoma
--Joe Biden wins in Delaware......
--Frank Lautenberg is still alive, and will be shipped back to DC......(he's 84; if McCain is too old, then explain THAT one!!!)
--Susan Collins, the Republican in name only, survives in Maine.......
805pm ET-------
McCain gets Tennessee, cutting the lead to 77-39. Sounds like a fantasy football score! The GOP sure hopes Philip Rivers and Kurt Warner can help cut into the lead.......
808pm ET-------
Mitch McConnell survives in Kentucky and will most likely become the senior Republican in Washington come January.....period.
809pm ET-------
Kay Hagan ends the Dole Political Era. Elizabeth Dole goes down........long live Chiquita! Wha???
North Carolina's Senate seat goes from GOP to Dem......
BULLETIN-------------
Pennsylvania is called for Obama.....on NBC and ABC only.
CNN, CBS and Fox News are holding off......
Meanwhile.......
Obama wins New Hampshire, and it's 81-39 (102 for Obama if you watch ABC or NBC.....)
Vote totals (WOW!!!!!)
Ohio, less than a percent
West Va, less than a percent
Georgia, four percent in
New Hampshire, five percent in, but CNN hasn't called it yet.
Also in New Hampshire, Jeanne Shaheen takes a seat back for the Dems, beating Sununu II.
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Point by CBS-----with Elizabeth Dole defeated, 2009 will be the first time in 50 years that neither a Bush nor Dole will be serving in Washington.
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Fox News gives Pennsylvania to Barack Obama at 8:29pm.......and at 8:30?
Fox News gives Arkansas to John McCain.......
So, it's now 103-45, Obama.....
WE BREAK to help Rachel prepare for her P.E. test on basketball history tomorrow!!
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John McCain says, "Roll Tide!" Alabama goes to the GOP.........
THE LATEST ELECTORAL SCORES BY NETWORK AT 8:41PM:
CBS: Obama 102, McCain 54
ABC: Obama 102, McCain 49
Fox News: Obama 103, McCain 69
CNN: Obama 102, McCain 34
BBC America: Obama 103, McCain 49
NBC: Obama 103, McCain 58
NOW at 9pm----
Obama gets Minnesota (God, PLEASE not Al Franken!!!)
Obama gets New York
Obama gets Michigan
McCain gets Wyoming
Obama gets New Mexico
Obama gets Wisconsin
Obama gets Vermont
McCain gets North Dakota
McCain gets Kansas
Let's go with Obama 183, McCain 81.........from Fox.....
Let's go with Obama 174, McCain 100....on CBS....
Let's go with Obama 174, McCain 76....on ABC, the Stephanop....the Stepha....George's network.
Let's go with Obama 175, McCain 70....on NBC (The Obama Network)
Kevin Tibbles of NBC says Grant Park reminds him of Woodstock. I see people wearing coats, rather than nothing......and they seem orderly, too.
Oh, and there's CNN-------Obama 174, McCain 49. 49??!!??
918pm: Ohio does go to Obama, according to Fox News. 183-81 now the score.
Obama up 174-115 on CBS right now. I can't wait to see what kind of confetti they throw over on MSNBC when it's 270, which should be at 11pm when California falls.
Meanwhile, BBC America continues to show its ignorance with some dumb reporter saying Palin was a drag.......maybe Romney would have been better, blah, blah, blah, and former U.N. Ambassador Bolton SCHOOLED her.
"I think you show a fundamental ignorance of the Republican Party", says Bolton to the idiot reporter. Palin energized the base. McCain NEVER did. Romney NEVER did. For one independent she may have created a question mark in their mind, there were more conservatives than came aboard.
They quickly ended the live shot with that reporter at McCain HQ in Phoenix, tried to switch to another, couldn't, and the anchor (OOPS!) admitted the truth......
"Maybe we did that just to stop the argument....."
Meanwhile, of ALL PEOPLE, Larry Sabato (??!!??!!) was sitting there?? On BBC America???
-------925pm: Wolf Blitzer teases a big projection! Fox News says 200-81........
AND?????? La dee la dee da..........nothin'.........
Thanks, Wolf. Go teleport somebody.......
CBS says 194 to 124 now.
ABC says 195 to 90 now.
NBC says 200 to 85 now.
Fox now 200-90.
Fox gives Louisiana to McCain.
Fox gives New Mexico to Obama.
Rob breaks to show stupidity........
Brian Williams, thank you for reminding us that I live in the area of the former "Capital of the Confederacy".........as my county, Henrico County, was featured by Chuck Todd as a Republican suburban area of Virginia now taken by Obama.
A Democratic operative told Brian today about how bad they want to win there!
Yes, because obviously there are people who STILL THINK we're the Capital of the Confederacy! Sorry, but that makes me MAD; thanks, Brian!
Oh, and Brian-----we elected the first-ever African-American Governor......he lived in the Capital of Richmond......NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO??!!??!!
We now return to live blogging, hopefully without stupid interruptions......
9:42pm------Tavis Smiley discusses dividends with, that guy, on NBC. He says dividends about nine times in two minutes. Interesting perspective; think I'll keep an eye on his show going forward, even if it is on PBS (hee hee.....)
9:45pm------On Fox, Sen. Bill Casey of Pa. thinks that 51 percent of the vote for Obama in the popular vote means a broad victory. Heh?
The Democrats are already spinning a "mandate". Hold up a sec.....
1) The Dems are only getting more seats in Congress because of such an unpopular President. The President creates "coattails" or "drags", Congress never does.
2) Guess who has a LOWER approval rating right now? Bush? NO---Congress!!! Led by the Dems.....but that doesn't matter right now.
3) Finally----51 percent of the electorate is NOT a mandate; never. Ever. 1996, when Clinton was re-elected 49 to 40 over Bob Dole is the closest we've had to a mandate in the past 20 years. Still, Clinton never won 50 percent of the vote in either election to the Presidency.
Real mandates? Try:
1984: Reagan wins 58.8 percent of the popular vote.
1972: Nixon wins 60.7 percent of the popular vote.
1964: LBJ wins 61.1 percent of the popular vote.
1956: Eisenhower wins 57.4 percent of the popular vote.
10pm ET--------
Obama gets Iowa (switching from GOP, like Ohio and New Mexico)
McCain gets the token prize of Texas (did anyone remember Texas??)
Fox News says 207 to 129
CNN says 206 to 89
BBC America says 207 to 135
Speaking of......the BBC America anchor now asks Larry Sabato if this will be a "mandate". Sabato reminds the Brits that the last Democrat to get more than 50 percent of the vote was Jimmy Carter in 1976.........LBJ gets the last Democratic "mandate", he reminds them. In a nice way, Sabato says, NO.
Now, from Times Square, another BBC blonde, this one with cleavage, who wasn't ready for her live shot, talks of the "cheers in Times Square" when Obama wins a state, then interviews the elder statesmen, comedian Eddie Izzard.
Oh, dear. Now we welcome Erica Jong. "We've been through so many stolen elections", she proclaims. What? Reagan screwed Mondale?? Bush stole it from Dukakis?? Heh???
I thought Ted Koppel was supposed to be part of their coverage. Maybe he thought the better of it at the last minute.......and RAN!
Jong believes Obama has "serenity". Yes, that'll solve the economic crisis. That should bring Osama Bin Laden out to be arrested, too.
Kum by yah........
----------------------------------------
It's hard to watch ABC News' coverage. Not the bias.
They're constantly showing Times Square. WE WERE THERE!! I WANNA GO BACK!! I LOVE NEW YORK!!!!
ABC says 207-135.
NBC says 207-135.
CBS says 206-135 (where's that other vote?? Dan Rather stole it!!!)
Fox News says 207-129.
CNN says 207-95. Wow, being hard on an old guy, aren't they?
OH!
BBC America says 207-135. On their screen. Anything said on the channel, other than John Bolton and Larry Sabato..........and sometimes Sabato is.......well.........
Bolton just SCHOOLED them again over their Colorado reporter, who Bolton says, should be fired for not interviewing, but arguing with the state Republican committee head.
John Bolton rocks!
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Heading to the bedroom for more.....tired of sitting in Rachel's foldout chair. I once had a recliner. Then I got a mother-in-law in-house temporarily.........so long, recliner! :)
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SPECIAL NOTE!!!!!!--------------I passed an African-American woman, probably over 60, in the parking lot at my voting precinct today and thought to myself, I'm sure she never thought that in her life she would have the chance to vote for an African-American who really had a good chance to win the Presidency.
I thought that was really cool. I thought to myself, "I don't want your guy to win, but...", my feelings have nothing to do with race.
I wish my first friend from elementary school, Darrell, were still here to see this; he went home to be with God in April.
--------------------------------------------------
Back to the hilarity of BBC America, we see they've shown John Bolton the door, and I don't see Larry either. New people and the first I see is some old Clinton crony. They don't show names on this channel, apparently; I've seen two I think tonight.
We're all just waiting for the final dominoes to fall here......
OH WAIT!!!!!! A HOLOGRAM ON CNN!!!!
Anderson Cooper (the gray Darth Vader????) has teleported the sage political scientist.....
Will.I.Am
who is really in Chicago.......
.....had McCain upset Obama, would they have hologrammed Joe The Plumber??
Ewwww......does he have the butt crack thing going on? Didn't think of that.....
OKAY-----back to the Electoral College......
CNN: Obama 207-135
ABC: Obama 207-141
NBC: Obama 207-142
CBS: Obama 206-141
BBC America: 207-141
Fox News: 220-138 (220 because.......)
ALERT-----------------FOX NEWS says OBAMA wins VIRGINIA.........
Wow..........what else can be said?
This-----FOX NEWS is the first media organization to call the Virginia race.
---------------------------------------
Well, as it was when I was on the air live in 1992, when California closed at 11pmET, I led into the news that William Jefferson Clinton would become the 42nd President of the United States.
16 years later.......Barack Obama does the same, about to become #44.
---------------------------------------
CNN gives Virginia to Obama.......
---------------------------------------
Fox News has a blinking 297 on the screen at 10:59ET. Oops......
And at 11pm, the victory.
Lots of people going nuts......Times Square, Chicago.......they're hugging in Times Square, like it's New Year's Eve.......
Well-----LET THE MEDIA PARTY BEGIN!!!
First........good live camera shot on MSNBC of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta; MLK's church.
CNN just showed the church, and good ol' Al Sharpton is there. Well, everything can't be perfect.
---Chris Matthews says the world will wake up tomorrow and say, "Damn it, they did it!"
---Eugene Robinson says American history goes back 389 years. Jamestown was pretend.
McCain has called Obama. Classy to the max. Didn't wait for "the rest of the rest".
---David Gregory says this election wasn't about race. Does that go with or against all we've heard the past many months. Just throwing that one out to y'all.
---Chris Matthews: "The best is yet to come tonight!" referencing Obama coming forth soon to speak to us.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, a moment to say.....
This is a wonderful moment for the United States of America. It's about time. Black, woman, Hispanic......whichever, this is good. Very good.
Now, let's get the rest of the hatred crap out of us (the collective us) and out of the way. Also, those who have used race politically, from both sides, lay it down. It's over.
I must confess I have doubts about much of this. Electing Obama President does not magically make hate and "the race card" disappear. But they should make them SO DULL, that they die of irrelevancy.
-----------------------------------
John McCain, as always, first class as he congratulates Obama.
And that's it from this election headquarters.
HEADLINES AS I LAY ME DOWN:
1) Obama wins historic election, becomes first African-American President
2) Watershed day as youth make impact
3) "Race Card" blunted
4) One more BIG shovel of dirt dumped on top of the grave of an ugly portion of American history
Well, we'll see what happens next. :)
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Classic Feminist Speaks Volumes......as to how she has no brain or heart......
Thank you to Blonde Sagacity again for a great synopsis of the lunacy that is Gloria Steinem.
Yep, she's still in the public square.
And exposing herself as truly NOT being a feminist, just a supporter of certain members of the female persuasion.
Hillary: loves her.
Any female member of the U.S. Military, who her "tireless work" SUPPOSEDLY broke ground so said females could proudly serve our nation, breaking the "wretched male hold" on our proud soldiers: apparently can't stand them or maybe hates them.
Michelle Obama: I wonder.
Muslim women still living under ridiculous laws at the hands of zealot men: Got me.
READ HERE. You won't be surprised.
Oh, and I didn't even get into the comments about John McCain's POW years, vis-a-vis, what if he had been "Joan McCain"??
What if she were "George Steinem"?
She would have been drinking buddies with Archie Bunker.
Yep, she's still in the public square.
And exposing herself as truly NOT being a feminist, just a supporter of certain members of the female persuasion.
Hillary: loves her.
Any female member of the U.S. Military, who her "tireless work" SUPPOSEDLY broke ground so said females could proudly serve our nation, breaking the "wretched male hold" on our proud soldiers: apparently can't stand them or maybe hates them.
Michelle Obama: I wonder.
Muslim women still living under ridiculous laws at the hands of zealot men: Got me.
READ HERE. You won't be surprised.
Oh, and I didn't even get into the comments about John McCain's POW years, vis-a-vis, what if he had been "Joan McCain"??
What if she were "George Steinem"?
She would have been drinking buddies with Archie Bunker.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
I usually don't get this personal.......
....but I'm glad to announce that wifey is in bed with me tonight!!
You don't understand. And NO it's not about THAT (at least, not this time anyway)...
I can't sleep when wifey's not here. I don't mean those nights she tanks on the recliner watching whatever.....I mean those nights when she's not here because of, well, the fact that she's not within the vinyl siding around this abode.
On the cruise in '06, all three of us hated it. Last July when the girls were in Vegas canvassing for delegates (heh?), Robbie and I did much better, but I still don't sleep as well (not that "Apnea Man" sleeps very well to begin with).....
....but it's worse when she's at the Gall Bladder Hotel. So, it's nice to have her back.
Although this means I lose control of the television again. :)
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Quick political note: give John McCain big kudos for his speech tonight in South Carolina after winning the state's Republican primary. I'll try to find it on video or at least a transcript and try to post it tomorrow.
Oh, and I LOVED the story on CNN where one caucus group for the Democrats in Nevada in Vegas finished tied, so they pulled out a deck of cards to break the tie and assign the delegates!!
The Obama card-picker got a 10 of something.
The Clinton card-picker got a queen (maybe of hearts).
I'm sorry, but that just sounds so American. That was cool!!
P.S.---Apparently there were two other ties around the state and Obama won the card draws there.....
You don't understand. And NO it's not about THAT (at least, not this time anyway)...
I can't sleep when wifey's not here. I don't mean those nights she tanks on the recliner watching whatever.....I mean those nights when she's not here because of, well, the fact that she's not within the vinyl siding around this abode.
On the cruise in '06, all three of us hated it. Last July when the girls were in Vegas canvassing for delegates (heh?), Robbie and I did much better, but I still don't sleep as well (not that "Apnea Man" sleeps very well to begin with).....
....but it's worse when she's at the Gall Bladder Hotel. So, it's nice to have her back.
Although this means I lose control of the television again. :)
------------------------------------------------------
Quick political note: give John McCain big kudos for his speech tonight in South Carolina after winning the state's Republican primary. I'll try to find it on video or at least a transcript and try to post it tomorrow.
Oh, and I LOVED the story on CNN where one caucus group for the Democrats in Nevada in Vegas finished tied, so they pulled out a deck of cards to break the tie and assign the delegates!!
The Obama card-picker got a 10 of something.
The Clinton card-picker got a queen (maybe of hearts).
I'm sorry, but that just sounds so American. That was cool!!
P.S.---Apparently there were two other ties around the state and Obama won the card draws there.....
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
If this lead holds up......
.....we'll really have no choice but to call Hillary "The Comeback Kid". WOW!
John McCain is definitely one, but he was quick to point out that at his age, he can't be called a kid with any adjective, but he sure showed what a comeback was. Good line.
His campaign was left for dead last summer. Another WOW!
Will Clinton hold on? We'll know for sure soon! The moral of the story is, don't tell New Hampshire what to do! :)
John McCain is definitely one, but he was quick to point out that at his age, he can't be called a kid with any adjective, but he sure showed what a comeback was. Good line.
His campaign was left for dead last summer. Another WOW!
Will Clinton hold on? We'll know for sure soon! The moral of the story is, don't tell New Hampshire what to do! :)
New Hampshire prediction.......
Democrats: Obama 40%, Clinton 31%, Edwards 17%
Republicans: McCain 37%, Romney 26%, Huckabee 13%, Guilani 9%, Paul 8%
here at 730pm......
Republicans: McCain 37%, Romney 26%, Huckabee 13%, Guilani 9%, Paul 8%
here at 730pm......
Sunday, January 06, 2008
This is really.....
.....for a political junkie like me, a very interesting season.
I found myself watching current Presidential political ads being aired back to back on C-SPAN tonight.
What in the world is going to happen? I offer a very humble opinion. Nothing more than a 40 year old blowhard typing, so don't take any stock in this.
DEMOCRATS:
---Hillary Clinton: The good news for her, she is nowhere near out of the race. The bad news is, she showed more of "herself" last night during the ABC debate than, in my view, I've seen in public before. There was some hateful eye cuts, let me tell ya.
***---The question regarding Al-Qaeda and going into Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence"....she was the last to be able to offer her view, but the first part of her answer, if people really listened, did her no good.
SEN. CLINTON: Well, I think it's important to get back to your question, because obviously that's the most direct threat to the United States. We did take action similar to what has been described about 10 years ago based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence, sending in missiles to try to target bin Laden and his top leadership, who were thought to be at a certain meeting place. They were not taken out at the time. So we have to be very conscious of all the consequences.
First off, to her credit, the bin Laden team knew putting a playground on site would lead us to halt the attack, as not to attack innocent children. But the missles they did send did nothing. Note, though, her phrase...."...based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence....".
Sounds like Iraq???
Now to when John Edwards dropped the bomb on her, forcing that "look", or series of "looks"....
....earlier in the debate, Mrs. Clinton, noting the "change" theme that everyone is touting, discussing the frailty of Social Security and Medicare.....
"But I don't think you make change by, you know, calling for it or by demanding it. I think it is a result of very hard work, bringing people together, stating clearly what your goals are, what your principles are, and then achieving them."
After the Edwards' "shot over the bow", mentioning he finished second in Iowa and as he put it regarding status quo (i.e. Clinton), saying, "I didn't hear these kinds of attacks from Senator Clinton when she was ahead"....her frantic response was...
"Wait a minute now, wait a minute. I'm going to respond to this because obviously -- making change is not about what you believe. It's not about a speech you make. It is about working hard."
"Making chance is not about what you believe"......WHAT??? WHAT???
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---John Edwards: With Obama winning the "change" game, and sporting that razor-thin second place finish in Iowa, really had no choice but try to nuke her. The backlash was "he started it" (a la 5th grade fight). And he backed up on the "negative sound of politicians bickering" part in his next response. But that was his card, and I give him kudos for at least having the guts to go there.
---Barack Obama: He was shaky to begin with, got stronger as time went on, but did not come across as the most authortative. In his defense, none of them won that contest.
OH, and Bill Richardson.....has been a Clinton crony forever. We know he's dropping out late Tuesday night. Lots of Richardson supporters in Iowa, once their numbers of supporters dropped below the "threshold" to stay in the caucus, flooded to the Obama camp, MUCH to the shegrin of the Clinton folks.
So I have a feeling there was a reconciliation deal between Richardson and Clinton, i.e.----if they gang up on you on the "change" issue, I'll ask why "experience" has become a leper.
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Frankly, my head is still scratching regarding the Republicans. I will say this:
---Ron Paul needs a reality check and I look forward to his exit.
---Rudy Guliani has a strange strategy.
---Fred Thompson seems like this is a hobby.
---Mike Huckabee becoming the nominee would be a disaster (sorry to my evangelical friends). I think he would become a lightning rod, not to the extent of Hillary, but watch the anti-religion voters come in droves).
---Mitt Romney is a robot.
---At this point, John McCain, I think, is the most electable Republican. I cannot believe no one has mentioned age (i.e.--President Reagan).
MUCH more to come. It's gonna be a LONG year.
I found myself watching current Presidential political ads being aired back to back on C-SPAN tonight.
What in the world is going to happen? I offer a very humble opinion. Nothing more than a 40 year old blowhard typing, so don't take any stock in this.
DEMOCRATS:
---Hillary Clinton: The good news for her, she is nowhere near out of the race. The bad news is, she showed more of "herself" last night during the ABC debate than, in my view, I've seen in public before. There was some hateful eye cuts, let me tell ya.
***---The question regarding Al-Qaeda and going into Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence"....she was the last to be able to offer her view, but the first part of her answer, if people really listened, did her no good.
SEN. CLINTON: Well, I think it's important to get back to your question, because obviously that's the most direct threat to the United States. We did take action similar to what has been described about 10 years ago based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence, sending in missiles to try to target bin Laden and his top leadership, who were thought to be at a certain meeting place. They were not taken out at the time. So we have to be very conscious of all the consequences.
First off, to her credit, the bin Laden team knew putting a playground on site would lead us to halt the attack, as not to attack innocent children. But the missles they did send did nothing. Note, though, her phrase...."...based on what was thought to be actionable intelligence....".
Sounds like Iraq???
Now to when John Edwards dropped the bomb on her, forcing that "look", or series of "looks"....
....earlier in the debate, Mrs. Clinton, noting the "change" theme that everyone is touting, discussing the frailty of Social Security and Medicare.....
"But I don't think you make change by, you know, calling for it or by demanding it. I think it is a result of very hard work, bringing people together, stating clearly what your goals are, what your principles are, and then achieving them."
After the Edwards' "shot over the bow", mentioning he finished second in Iowa and as he put it regarding status quo (i.e. Clinton), saying, "I didn't hear these kinds of attacks from Senator Clinton when she was ahead"....her frantic response was...
"Wait a minute now, wait a minute. I'm going to respond to this because obviously -- making change is not about what you believe. It's not about a speech you make. It is about working hard."
"Making chance is not about what you believe"......WHAT??? WHAT???
---------------------------------------------------------
---John Edwards: With Obama winning the "change" game, and sporting that razor-thin second place finish in Iowa, really had no choice but try to nuke her. The backlash was "he started it" (a la 5th grade fight). And he backed up on the "negative sound of politicians bickering" part in his next response. But that was his card, and I give him kudos for at least having the guts to go there.
---Barack Obama: He was shaky to begin with, got stronger as time went on, but did not come across as the most authortative. In his defense, none of them won that contest.
OH, and Bill Richardson.....has been a Clinton crony forever. We know he's dropping out late Tuesday night. Lots of Richardson supporters in Iowa, once their numbers of supporters dropped below the "threshold" to stay in the caucus, flooded to the Obama camp, MUCH to the shegrin of the Clinton folks.
So I have a feeling there was a reconciliation deal between Richardson and Clinton, i.e.----if they gang up on you on the "change" issue, I'll ask why "experience" has become a leper.
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Frankly, my head is still scratching regarding the Republicans. I will say this:
---Ron Paul needs a reality check and I look forward to his exit.
---Rudy Guliani has a strange strategy.
---Fred Thompson seems like this is a hobby.
---Mike Huckabee becoming the nominee would be a disaster (sorry to my evangelical friends). I think he would become a lightning rod, not to the extent of Hillary, but watch the anti-religion voters come in droves).
---Mitt Romney is a robot.
---At this point, John McCain, I think, is the most electable Republican. I cannot believe no one has mentioned age (i.e.--President Reagan).
MUCH more to come. It's gonna be a LONG year.
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