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Questions raised over McCain's NRA endorsement over Barr
The National Rifle Association's endorsement of Sen. John McCain over former Georgia congressman and NRA board member Bob Barr has raised questions over whether the gun rights organization has betrayed traditional allegiances in endorsing a Republican over the principles of its members.
Barr, the libertarian candidate, is admittedly a long shot for president, and political organizations have been known to hold their nose and back candidates who are less supportive because they are more viable in an election. But the NRA has a history of sitting out elections where they don't think either candidate is supportive enough on guns. In 1996 and 1992, the organization declined to endorse either Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush or Bob Dole.
As such, the group's decision to endorse McCain has left some supporters puzzled. McCain isn't an NRA member.
Barr received an A+ rating for every term of Congress he served, and once served on the organization's board.
"Previously, the NRA backed pro-gun Democratic incumbents to show their appreciation and I suppose to hedge their bets," Barr supporter and elector Richard Cooper wrote Saturday. "But in the Bush years with Karl Rove’s strategies for making Republican majorities permanent, this policy seems to have been largely abandoned."
"What do these actions show?" he added. "The NRA is officially the National Rifle Association. However, it has become the National Republican Association."
NRA chief Wayne LaPierre has brushed off criticism of the group's support for McCain.
"He's cast more than 60 votes in the Senate in support of the Second Amendment," LaPierre told the Washington Times. Praising McCain VP pick Sarah Palin, he said, "She's a hunter, she's a Second Amendment supporter and she's a tremendous asset to the ticket."
Palin received an A+ rating with the group when she ran for governor in 2006. As mayor, she spent $750 from her campaign fund to upgrade her NRA membership.
"It is understandable given the two party stranglehold on American politics dubbed by some a 'duopoly,'" Cooper added. "But is it justifiable?"
"Does anyone still think that John McCain has any chance to defeat Barack Obama?" he continued. "A vote for John McCain is a wasted vote. John McCain is spoiling Bob Barr's chances to defend the entire Bill of Rights, which is under threat from both Obama and McCain."
The NRA withheld its endorsement throughout the primaries, even after Sen. John McCain had become the presumptive nominee. If anything, it seems that Palin tipped the balance.
An NRA endorsement, notes Hotline, is seen as a "vital seal of approval for the party's conservative base and a nod that matters to voters in rural swing states, such as New Hampshire and Virginia." The National Rifle Association's endorsement of Sen. John McCain over former Georgia congressman and NRA board member Bob Barr ha... more -
John Lewis Vs. john McCain
When he was asked by Rick Warren to name three people he would confide in as president, one of the people he named was civil rights legend, John Lewis. So why is he attacking John Lewis now? When he was asked by Rick Warren to name three people he would confide in as president, one of the people he named was civil rights le... more
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What McCain Hasn't Tried
John McCain likes Barack Obama. He admires and respects Obama. He believes Obama is "very impressive, he's thoughtful, he's centrist." Obama has "probably got a great future." He is "a very honest and fine person" -- "absolutely" qualified to be president. John McCain likes Barack Obama. He admires and respects Obama. He believes Obama is "very impressive, he's thoughtful, he�... more
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...David Letterman....what will you do.......
.....David Letterman has a chance to make a strong statement this thursday.......
he should go somewhere and take in a movie.....spent some time with his child.....
anything but show up for the McCain show...........
Please send e-mails to his show and tell them your opinion..................
Let Katy Couric take his spot on thursday............................................. .....David Letterman has a chance to make a strong statement this thursday....... ... more -
MOBAMA AND MOCAIN SKINS
MusicSkins is proud to present the limited edition ‘MoBama‘ & ‘MoCain‘ by Virtual Mo. These skins were designed exclusively for MusicSkins by Virtual Mo. The mysterious and conceptual Virtual Mo has delivered yet another set of stunning Labyrinthine Projection images made even more relevant by the people depicted. Check out the skins after the jump.
Both ‘MoBama‘ & ‘MoCain‘ are available on MusicSkins full line of devices including all iPods, Zunes, iPhone & iPhone 3G, RAZR Phone, Blackberry (Curve, Pearl, & 8800), Sidekick 3 & LX, Sony PSP & PSP Slim, Nintendo DS Lite, and all Laptops (For Mac & PC). Check them out at www.music-skins.com/virtualmo. MusicSkins is also offering a FREE brand new iPod Touch (2nd Gen) to the customer who can find the hidden word in the MoBama iPod Classic image. In order to enter you must email MusicSkins at info@music-skins.com with the correct answer. The first person to answer the question correctly will win the Brand New iPod Touch (2nd Gen).
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http://www.theevilcollector.com/index/2008/10/13/mobama... MusicSkins is proud to present the limited edition ‘MoBama‘ & ‘MoCain‘ by Virtual Mo. These skins were designed exclusively for Mu... more -
Pitbull Calls Daddy Yankee/McCain A Failed "Publicity Stunt"
Pitbull [click to read] has kept relatively quiet since his former label TVT went bankrupt in February [click to read]. But when the always-outspoken Miami native talked to HipHopDX recently, he made it clear he plans on making up for lost time in 2009. Sony, Universal Republic and The Orchard, who Pit currently has a single deal with, are all interested in getting their hands on his upcoming album, Rebelution.
"If I tap into anybody else, it has to be a situation where I have part ownership or full ownership of what I do," says Pitbull. "I want to be able to control my destiny as far as the music game is concerned. The Orchard ended up with the masters in my catalogue. But they cut me a nice deal, and they’re being very generous."
Pitbull's last effort, The Boatlift, did modest numbers due to the TVT bankruptcy. At one point Pit says the company could not afford to manufacture any physical CDs to sale retailers. After signing a single deal with The Orchard for his new single, "Krazy," Mr. 305 has plans to expand his name brand. Pitbull recently launched the social-networking site PlanetPit.com and started shooting a second season of his reality/sketch comedy show La Esquina.
When asked what other ventures he was working on, Pit played it somewhat close to the vest.
Read the rest here.....
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7884 Pitbull [click to read] has kept relatively quiet since his former label TVT went bankrupt in February [click to read]. But when the a... more -
McCain campaign drops advisor over racist piece
John McCain's campaign has removed the Virginia leadership representative Bobby May due to a controversial column about the policies of Barack Obama.
In the article, titled "The (clarified) platform of Barack Hussein Obama," took shots at Obama's ethnic background and implied him to be an Islamic extremist.
The article took a step-by-step approach to each of the policies, giving a cynical and often racially charged view of them. For example, on the matter of reparations to black communities : "Opposes before Election Day, and supports after Election Day."
On the matter of freedom of religion: "Mandatory Black Liberation Theology courses taught in all churches - raise taxes to pay for this mandate. Put Rev. Jeremiah Wright in charge."
May even took the time to throw Ludacris and 50 Cent under the bus, saying that Obama would "Hire rapper Ludacris to 'paint it black,'" and that he would attempt to appoint 50 the Secretary of the Treasury.
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http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.7883 John McCain's campaign has removed the Virginia leadership representative Bobby May due to a controversial column about the polic... more -
Obama and the Trinity United murders
Here are some excerpts:
By Erik Rush
Members of Chicago's Trinity United Church (the house of worship attended by Democrat presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama for 20 years) already had their Christmas trees up when members of the Chicago press circulated through the city, interviewing many of them as they mourned Donald Young, their 47-year-old choir master who has been found shot dead in his South Side Chicago home on December 3, 2007.
Although this columnist and Fox News' Sean Hannity have been accused of similar transgressions, the Rev. James David Manning appears to have taken on the mission of preventing the election of Barack Obama as a holy and personal crusade. The minister, who presides over New York-based Atlah World Ministries, has released a flurry of anti-Obama videos that depict the candidate as "an emissary of the devil."
Manning asserts that Barack Obama is at least bisexual, if not a closet homosexual and former drug abuser, an unregenerate sinner who is only using the issue of faith to advance himself in the political realm. Manning is also opposed to the progressive agenda for blacks, maintaining that it has only served to render blacks irresponsible and dependent.
Though Obama did admit to experimentation with drugs years ago, some speculate that he was concerned that his experimentation with (or immersion in) sexually adventurous realms might not sit so well with American voters. If Rev. Manning's charges contained any truth whatever, it might lend credence to accusations that the three men murdered in Chicago were victims of a conspiracy to silence those who might bring Obama's homosexual dalliances to light.
Left wing blogs and some YouTube posters portray Manning as a veritable psych ward escapee. Others find him — though brutally frank — as one who simply possesses a certain orthodoxy as regards literal obedience to Christian doctrine in the tradition of a Pat Robertson, though possibly being singled out because he is black (an because some are so slavishly dedicated to Obama).
In conversation, Rev. Manning is entirely lucid. He maintains that his sources and information pertaining to Obama are "rock-solid and incontrovertible" He has met with Larry Sinclair and while Sinclair "obviously has other things going on in his life relating to his credibility," the pastor said that, in general, Sinclair speaks easily and knowledgably when he talks about Obama's bisexuality and crack cocaine use.
The tabloids The National Enquirer and The Globe have been investigating Obama's alleged homosexual adventures and drug use for some time. A private investigator who works with the Chicago Police Department allegedly told the tabloid The Globe that Donald Young was silenced because of something he knew about Obama. Here are some excerpts: By Erik Rush ... more -
Minneapolis radio host Baker promotes video of Pastor Manning calling Obama's...
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Summary: On his radio show and website, Chris Baker promoted an Internet video in which the Rev. James David Manning of ATLAH World Missionary Church in Harlem says: "The difference between Obama's mama and Bristol Palin is that Obama's mama was trash. I mean, she was dirt. She was a bag of trash sitting on the sidewalk waiting there in Honolulu on one of those streets for the garbage truck to come by and pick her up and take her to the dump." Here are some excepts from the article: ... more -
How John McCain could still win - Salon
With Barack Obama holding a consistent 6-to-11 percentage-point lead in all recent national polls -- the stuff of an electoral vote landslide -- the 2008 campaign seems poised to enter its Harry Truman phase. That is the moment when John McCain, like virtually every losing candidate for more than half a century, invokes the ghost of "Give 'em hell, Harry" and the fading memories of a miracle 1948 electoral upset. About the only worse omen for McCain is when Republican talking points start to include the banalities of desperation like, "The only poll that matters is the one on Election Day."
Republicans are already starting to gird themselves for a Nov. 4 debacle. A front-page story in Sunday's New York Times featured GOP leaders lamenting the disarray in the McCain campaign. More ominous for McCain are the results of a secret-ballot survey by National Journal magazine of roughly 100 prominent Republican campaign consultants. Freed from the demands of on-the-record spin, 80 percent of these operatives admitted that it was highly likely that Obama would win the White House. The other 20 percent -- the cockeyed optimists of the GOP camp -- predicted that the election could go either way.
With McCain's prospects dwindling to a point where even Kansas and Oklahoma may soon be dubbed "swing states," the emerging conventional wisdom is that about the only uncertainty left in Campaign 2008 is the racial factor. That may explain why both the Sunday New York Times and the Washington Post ran prominent articles that grapple with the difficult-to-quantify "Bradley effect" -- the purported willingness of some white voters to tell pollsters they are voting for the black candidate when, in truth, they are closet racists unwilling to admit their prejudice. Named after California gubernatorial candidate Tom Bradley, who ran behind published polls in his 1982 Election Day defeat, this controversial phenomenon has become something of a political unicorn -- more often theorized about than actually sighted. Conversely, the telephone polls may also be undercounting the potential Obama margin, since it is difficult to survey younger voters who use only cellphones, and even elevated turnout estimates for African-Americans may err on the low side.
So is it all over but the shouting, as the next drama revolves around picking the Obama Cabinet? Even amid the current rush to electoral certainty, there are still valid reasons for Democrats to contain any irrational exuberance. Here are four factors (none of them based on race) that could still produce a long count on election night or even a McCain presidency.
(more at the link) With Barack Obama holding a consistent 6-to-11 percentage-point lead in all recent national polls -- the stuff of an electoral vote la... more -
Seeing White House From a Cell in Hanoi
To endure their long ordeal, John McCain and the other U.S. servicemen held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam in the 1960s developed a number of survival techniques. None was quite as effective as the one former Navy pilot Richard Stratton remembers: "If you kept your mind occupied, you were going to be okay."
Stratton would imagine meticulously assembling a large glider and flying it over the Alps. Another prisoner imagined himself fishing. But McCain had the most audacious dream of all, and he shared his vision one day with a group of fellow POWs. "He was talking about his father to us and then he said: 'I want to be president of the United States. Someday I'm going to be president,' " Stratton recalls. "If the cell wasn't so small, we'd have been rolling around laughing."
His friend, thought Stratton, ought to be concentrating far less on his fantasy and more on how to redirect a naval career that had been adrift before he was shot down over Hanoi. "We reminded him that he had dug himself a big hole with his demerits in the past and nearly being the bottom man of his class at the Naval Academy," Stratton recalls. "And now he was talking about being president? 'Come on, John. Get your career straightened out.' "
Not at all dissuaded, McCain offered his view on the meaning of real command, shaped in part by his father's perspective on genuine power. He wanted to be the one who made the decisions, McCain said, and his father had taught him that even such impressive-sounding jobs as chief of naval operations, the service's highest uniformed position, didn't always provide that opportunity. The only job that guaranteed it was that of president, McCain believed. To endure their long ordeal, John McCain and the other U.S. servicemen held as prisoners of war in North Vietnam in the 1960s develope... more -
McCain Volunteer Sends Out "Obama is an Arab" letters (VIDEO)
It is scary that some people believe this!!.
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Pro McCain March In Manhattan West Side
Where is the tolerance ?
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McCain's Mortgage Bailout Plan
The GOP candidate wants to spend $300 billion to buy out "underwater" homeowners at the original value of their mortgages, a plan sharply criticized by a top Obama adviser The GOP candidate wants to spend $300 billion to buy out "underwater" homeowners at the original value of their mortgages, a... more
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Obama: ‘more than $90 million on ads’
With the US election roaring along nicely, Americans aren’t voters; they’re markets.
“With national and state polls showing him building a broader lead over McCain, Obama has switched to a more positive pitch,” says the Associated Press.
Apparently, last week, only 34 % of Barack Obama’s ads attacked McCain directly, “while virtually all of [John] McCain’s ads attacked Obama,” says a study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Oh.
“Barack Obama spent $3.3 million in TV advertising on Monday,”says AP, going on, “At that rate the Democrat will spend more than $90 million on ads through Election Day — more than all the money Republican rival John McCain has to spend on his entire fall campaign.
“McCain’s ad spending Monday totaled about $900,000 and the Republican National Committee weighed in with about $700,000 worth.”
The disparity is so wide it’s allowed Obama to spend in more states than McCain, to appear more frequently in key markets, “and to diversify his message by both attacking McCain and promoting his own personal story”.
Who’s reaping the handsome advertising rewards? With the US election roaring along nicely, Americans aren’t voters; they’re markets. ... more -
The Presidential Prophecy
This is a warning to White America.
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McCain losing ground with working-class whites
The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and boarded-up storefronts stand as bleak reminders of those once-prosperous times.
But the voters in working-class enclaves such as this still are a sought-after prize in presidential politics, and many are belatedly backing Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
In the Democratic primaries, working-class whites consistently supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Later polls showed them overwhelmingly favoring Republican nominee John McCain.
Now, driven by fears that their personal finances could further deteriorate, many see Obama as the better choice — their thinking in some cases driven more by concern about how McCain would handle the economy than any growing admiration for his rival. The steel mills and coal mines of western Pennsylvania helped fuel the nation's economic engine. Today, old factory shells and bo... more -
12 major newspapers endorse Obama today
Barack Obama picked up at least 12 newspaper endorsements this weekend, including six in swing states Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and Missouri. John McCain, as far as we know, gained none.
The Wisconsin State Journal and The Sun of San Bernardino had backed Bush in 2004. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch called Obama's opponent, John McCain, "the incredible shrinking man" who had made a horrific pick for his running mate.
Backing Obama: In Ohio, The Blade in Toledo and the Dayton Daily News; the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Tennessean of Nashville, the Wisconsin State Journal. the Asheville (N.C.) Citizen-Times, and in California the Fresno Bee, Sacramento Bee, Contra Costa Times, The Herald of Monterrey, and The Sun of San Bernardino (which had picked Bush over Kerry).
E&P is charting every endorsement and the circulation size of each paper (see new chart on Monday). So far Obama leads by a 21-9 margin with at least 300 to go. Send us any pick you see, to: gmitchell@editorandpublisher.com
For more, and links, go to our new blog:
The E&P Pub
Here are excerpts from some of the papers.
SACRAMENTO BEE
For voters pondering the presidential election, there is one key question: Is John McCain or Barack Obama better suited to lead this country in a time of great uncertainty?
The terms of the question help reveal the answer. In this election, Americans are picking a future, not a past. That makes Barack Obama the better choice for president of the United States.
By electing Obama, voters will make a clear break from the policies of the past eight years.
POST-DISPATCH:
Over the past nine months, Mr. Obama, the junior senator from Illinois, has emerged as the only truly transformative candidate in the race. In the crucible that is a presidential campaign, his intellect, his temperament and equanimity under pressure consistently have been impressive. He has surrounded himself with smart, capable advisers who have helped him refine thorough, nuanced policy positions.
In a word, Mr. Obama has been presidential.
Meanwhile, Mr. McCain, the senior senator from Arizona, became the incredible shrinking man. He shrank from his principled stands in favor of a humane immigration policy. He shrank from his universalcondemnation of torture and his condemnation of the politics of smear.
He even shrank from his own campaign slogan, "County First," by selecting the least qualified running mate since the Swedenborgian shipbuilder Arthur Sewall ran as William Jennings Bryan's No. 2 in 1896.
In making political endorsements, this editorial page is guided first by the principles espoused by Joseph Pulitzer in The Post-Dispatch Platform printed daily at the top of this page. Then we consider questions of character, life experience and intellect, as well as specific policy and issue positions. Each member of the editorial board weighs in.
On all counts, the consensus was clear: Barack Obama of Illinois should be the next president of the United States....
John McCain has served his country well, but in the end, he may have wanted the presidency a little too much, so much that he has sacrificed some of the principles that made him a heroic figure in war and in peace. In every way possible, he has earned the right to retire.
Finally, only at this late point do we note that Barack Obama is an African-American. Because of who he is and how he has run his campaign, that fact has become almost incidental to most Americans. Instead, his countrymen are weighing his talents, his values and his
beliefs, judging him not by the color of his skin, but the content of his character.
That says something profound and good — about him as a candidate and about us as a nation Barack Obama picked up at least 12 newspaper endorsements this weekend, including six in swing states Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio, N... more -
The Trinity of Hell
The Hon. James David Manning says Oprah Winfrey, Barack Hussein Obama, and Jeremiah Wright are the Trinity of Hell. This message was preached on 10 May 2008. The Hon. James David Manning says Oprah Winfrey, Barack Hussein Obama, and Jeremiah Wright are the Trinity of Hell. This message was p... more
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Biden: 'Abuse of power' is 'most serious' abuse (VIDEO)
A vote for Obama/Biden is a vote for your interests, Senators Clinton and Biden told the audience at a Scranton, Pennsylvania rally alongside former President Bill Clinton. Also, Biden called the upcoming election literally the most important in one's lifetime.
"I'm deputizing every one of you to make the that has to be made" to undecided family and friends, Sen. Clinton told the audience, "because Barack and Joe are not asking you to marry them... they're asking you to vote for them and vote for yourselves."
"This election is too important to sit on the sidelines of history," she added.
"There is the one most serious abuse a man or a woman, or a government, can engage in...is to abuse power," Biden noted in a segue to the economy. While no particular person was named, Biden's opponent, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, was found in a report released on Friday related to the "Troopergate" investigation to have abused her power in violation of Alaska's state ethics law. Gov. Palin, her husband Todd and their aides were accused of a campaign of pressure on state officials aiming to get their ex-brother-in-law, Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, fired during his divorce battle with the Governor's sister. Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan was believed to have been let go because he refused to dismiss Wooten.
"Right now, all across Pennsylvania, folks are trying to figure out what all this tough economic news means for them and for their families.
"But [for too many] Americans, the economy didn't start collapsing a week ago, it didn't start collapsing a month ago, it didn't start collapsing a year ago... it started collapsing eight years ago. For too long, families have been asking questions as simple as they are profound...'Will I have a job next month?' 'Can I afford to go to the doctor's?' 'Can I fill the gas tank?' 'Is my house worth what I paid for it?' 'Will I be able to send Mary back to college next semester?' 'Will I be able to retire now that my 401(k) and the value of my home has (sic) evaporated?'
"Ladies and gentlemen, they're asking simple questions; simple and profound questions; that this administration and John McCain and Sarah Palin have been unwilling, unable, and apparently, it seems like [they] sometimes don't know how to even begin to answer." A vote for Obama/Biden is a vote for your interests, Senators Clinton and Biden told the audience at a Scranton, Pennsylvania rally al... more
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