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Obama Down Just 1 Point in Poll of Polls
Sen. Barack Obama’s lead in national polls has shrunk to one point, according to CNN’s latest “poll of polls.”
Sunday’s poll of polls shows Obama leading John McCain 44 to 43 percent.
Obama held a three-point lead in Saturday’s poll of polls. The senator from Illinois was leading McCain 45-42 percent.
"All of the surveys included in our national polling average were conducted at least in part during the Republican Convention," noted CNN Senior Political Researcher Alan Silverleib. "It's still too early to know exactly how much of a bounce McCain has received. That said, the daily tracking numbers indicate that the [Sarah] Palin pick has clearly energized the GOP's base. We have an extremely tight race for the White House on our hands."
CNN’s most recent poll of polls consists of three surveys: CBS (September 1-3), Gallup (September 4-6), and Diageo/Hotline (September 2-4). The poll of polls does not have a sampling error.
The Republican convention took place last week in St. Paul, Minnesota. Democrats held their convention during the last week of August in Denver, Colorado. Sen. Barack Obama’s lead in national polls has shrunk to one point, according to CNN’s latest “poll of polls.” ... more -
No Wolf Whistles for Sarah Palin’s Compassion
www.copyright-free-photos.org.uk/wolves/02-grey-wolf.htm
by Walter Brasch
featured writer
Dandelion Salad
Defibrillator usage increased last week after John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate and only a heartbeat from the presidency. But, shortly after most Republicans were shocked back to life they circled the wagons to declare she was the perfect choice. Apparently, the cure also included a dose of psychotropic drugs as well.
The pundits and commentators rallied beside Palin, even lying about how great her ghost-written acceptance speech was, apparently in the mistaken belief that they are being fair and balanced. Since Palin is the topic of everyone’s greatest love or deepest enmity, I won’t be writing about her life and most of her positions.
I won’t write about her lack of experience–or her outrageous statements that she has more experience than Barack Obama, and her delusion that she deserves any of Hillary Clinton’s 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling.
Although I would like to say something about her vicious attacks on community organizers, persons who sacrifice so much to help those with so little, I won’t. That’s for others to talk about.
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Killing moose is apparently one of the reasons that as governor she encourages wolf hunts. Alaska is the only state that allows hunters to use helicopters not only to kill wolves but also to chase them down and then execute them while they lay exhausted from the chase. No hunter would ever consider this to be fair chase hunting.
Palin has even offered a $150 bounty for every wolf killed in Alaska. Kill every one of the 9,000 or so wolves in Alaska, and the taxpayers will reap a harvest of about $1.3 million. And, don’t worry about wolves being extinct in Alaska. There’s still another 5,000 or so in the Lower 48, most of which are protected by the Endangered Species Act.
Wolves are highly intelligent social animals, who are loyal to their mates, care for their children, and protective of all in their pack. Humans should emulate them rather than murder them.
But just this past May, Sarah Palin had no problem with her own Department of Fish and Game killing 14 orphaned wolf pups in their own dens, in violation of her state’s own law.
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see also:
http://wordpress.com/tag/palin-sarah/
Sarah Palin's speech writer exposed:
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/09/07/from-%e2...
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/party-wh...
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/the-dail...
http://current.com/items/89277017_hillarious www.copyright-free-photos.org.uk/wolves/02-grey-wolf.htm by Walter Brasch featured writer Dandelion Salad ... more -
The Palin Project
Okay, the video and sound are crappy (shot on my RCA EZ201, so what're ya gonna do?), the performance could be better, and the whole thing could be considered a cheap shot. But I woke up this morning and had to get this off my chest, so enjoy it for what it is.
As always, your comments are invited. Okay, the video and sound are crappy (shot on my RCA EZ201, so what're ya gonna do?), the performance could be better, and the wh... more -
No Wrongdoing? Really?
A few weeks back, Berwyn Heights mayor, Cheye Calvo, was the subject of a no-knock warrant served on his home after a package addressed to his wife was delivered to his home. During shipping, drug dogs searched for and discovered 32 pounds of marijuana in that package. Police delivered the package dressed as FedEx deliverymen and were instructed to leave the package on the porch by Calvo’s mother-in-law. A few weeks back, Berwyn Heights mayor, Cheye Calvo, was the subject of a no-knock warrant served on his home after a package addresse... more
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Palin’s Convention, Palin’s Party
As the dust settles regarding the Palin selection, her speech, and the RNC, many pundits are starting to pick up on something many of us already suspected - the Palin choice has created a circumstance unprecedented in modern American political history - a situation where the party is looking to the VP choice for its future, even before he/she is elected. McCain was never the choice of the grassroots base or the party establishment and his nomination has created an “enthusiasm void” that gave special power to Palin when McCain surprised the world with her selection As the dust settles regarding the Palin selection, her speech, and the RNC, many pundits are starting to pick up on something many of ... more
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EPIC & Barr Trying to Bring Attention To Privacy
Since the beginning of his Presidential bid Rep. Bob Barr has been attempting to inject the issue of privacy into the 2008 election and policy debates. Sadly, even as Congress debated the largest overhaul of FISA and the surrounding policies since the 70s, little has come of the consistent attempts. Since the beginning of his Presidential bid Rep. Bob Barr has been attempting to inject the issue of privacy into the 2008 election an... more
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Selection of Palin to gain Evangelical vote might backfire?
"Sure, John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin to be his running mate fully consumed a GOP convention that was supposed to be focused on thumping Barack Obama over the head. And it may have raised questions about McCain's own judgment and seriousness. But, as we have been told ad nauseam since the surprise choice was announced last Friday, Palin has already provided one unquestionable, invaluable assist to the Republican campaign: with one sweep of her perfectly manicured hand, she has supposedly erased McCain's Evangelical problem and united the base that proved so key to George W. Bush's victory in 2004." "Sure, John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin to be his running mate fully consumed a GOP convention that was supposed to be... more
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McCain wants to tax union med benefits: Michael Moore on CNN
McCain wants to tax union working class medical benefits.
Source: Michael Moore on Larry King CNN 09/05/2008
Links:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/index.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fLzZ_YhGU McCain wants to tax union working class medical benefits. Source: Michael Moore on Larry King CNN 09/05/2008 Links: ... more -
Palin takes first swipe at Biden
"US Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin took her first swipe at her Democratic counterpart Saturday, casting Joe Biden as a Washington insider incapable of change.
"The choice a presidential nominee makes for a running mate says a lot about him," Palin told a flag-waving crowd at an airport hangar in the western state of Colorado.
"Senator Biden can claim many chairmanships across many, many years in Washington and certain many friends in the Washington establishment, but even those admirers would not call him an agent of change."
The Republican ticket, solidified just this past week shortly after standardbearer John McCain chose Palin, the 44-year-old governor of Alaska, to be his running mate, has been trying to poach Democratic White House nominee Barack Obama's mantle of change by promising to reform Washington." "US Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin took her first swipe at her Democratic counterpart Saturday, casting Joe Bid... more -
Stewart: is Palin 'Dick-ish enough' to be vice president?
After Daily Show host Jon Stewart spoofed Mace as a sponsor of the Republican National Convention and heckled the event's top speakers as "America's cuddliest evangelical" Mike Huckabee, the "Mormatron 3000" Mitt Romney and the "thrice-married" Rudy Giuliani, there was only one speech left for him to bemoan.
Gov. Sarah Palin, who pointed out the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull in a speech watched by 37 million people, was at the center of Stewart's rhetorical question: "Is she Dick-ish enough' to be vice president?" After Daily Show host Jon Stewart spoofed Mace as a sponsor of the Republican National Convention and heckled the event's top spe... more -
Palin's got trouble at home
The Alaska State Troopers' union wants the state to investigate Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff to determine if they broke state rules or ethics laws by illegally disclosing the governor's ex-brother-in-law's confidential personnel file.
The Public Safety Employees Association released a copy of a complaint it said it filed with the attorney general's office Wednesday. The PSEA represents Trooper Mike Wooten, a key player in the political drama known as Troopergate that's ensnared the governor in questions of possible ethics violations.
Palin has said Wooten - who was suspended for five days in 2006 for misconduct, including illegally shooting a moose and using a Taser on his stepson in a "training capacity" - is a rogue cop who has made threats against her. Wooten's union, the PSEA, has said Wooten, who is stationed outside of Anchorage, has been unfairly targeted by the governor because he went through a bitter divorce with her sister.
PSEA Executive Director John Cyr said "somebody in the Governor's Office has an unhealthy appetite ... for Trooper Wooten's records."
He said the complaint had been in motion for weeks and was not in response to Palin recently being picked as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate.
The complaint said Palin; Frank Bailey, director of Boards and Commissions; Frank Thompson, division director of the Department of Administration; and Mike Monagle, acting director of the Division of Workers' Compensation in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, should be investigated for allegedly breaking a state ethics act that provides substantial penalties against those "who unlawfully disclose an employee's personnel records."
"Criminal penalties may also apply," the complaint said. The Alaska State Troopers' union wants the state to investigate Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff to determine if they broke state r... more -
Hillarious
As a lifelong Secular Humanist of the Jewish persuasion, it is very difficult for me to admit to the truth of the title of this Commentary, but I have finally become convinced of it. The events of the last few days have been the culmination of a series of them that began with the election of George W. Bush. And so, there is simply no way around the recognition of the fact. I just want to briefly share my thought process and reasoning with you.
It is well-known that before the 2000 election, George Bush stated that he was certain that he had been chosen by God to lead the nation. We all debunked that, but he did manage to get “elected,” by a single vote, that of Justice O’Connor. She was a religious lady, and since there was no Constitutional basis for the Supreme Court’s decision in Bush v. Gore that had to be a second example of Divine Intervention in the politics of the Republicans, no?
Then, into the summer of 2001 Bush was not doing well in his Presidency. As I wrote in the column just cited: “During that summer, remember, the Georgites weren’t doing so well politically. The economy was sagging and all George was doing it about was offering tax cuts to the rich. The Enron bubble burst. Cheney wouldn’t tell (and still won’t) what he had talked about with his oil cronies (energy prices? Enron? Invading Iraq to gain a secure supply for many years to come, perhaps?) Then there were the so-called neocons, led by Perle and Wolfowitz, taking over most of the major foreign-policy positions in the new Administration, and looking for some pretext upon which to justify an invasion of Iraq, a policy they had been advocating quite openly, at least in Neocon publications, since the mid-1990s. Majorly about oil and something called ‘establishing American hegemony.’ ”
And what happened? 9/11, that’s what. Robertson and Falwell claimed that God caused 9/11 to happen in order to punish the U.S. for a variety of sins (mainly ones of a sexual nature). But it has become apparent that God sent 9/11 to give George Bush the excuses he needed to invade Iraq and start the country down the road to the destruction of our traditional Constitutional Democracy, both of which were prime goals of his Administration when it came into office.
Next came Katrina. Another major BushCheney goal for their reign in office was to demonstrate clearly that “government doesn’t work” (except to wage wars, provide bonanzas for the already-rich, increase domestic repression, and invade your privacy). What better example than what they did with Katrina. They totally demonstrated the truth of their claim. Furthermore, it was obviously a God-intervention on behalf of the Republican Party because in the aftermath of Katrina, the African-American population of Louisiana was severely reduced, making it highly likely that even in this should-be Democratic year, the GOP will take back the Democratic Senate seat in that state.
Next comes Sarah Palin. Obviously a God favorite because she believes that the whole nation should be governed according to rules, as her chosen religious leaders would interpret them, set down in a particular English translation of a particular Latin translation of a particular Greek translation of a particular Hebrew translation of a text that was written variously in Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, known as the King James version of the Bible, known to many of its adherents as the “Inerrant Word of God.” (How one can be sure that that particular translation is IT remains a matter for another time. Also needing to be left to another time is a discussion of how one can be sure that whatever the translation used is, how one can be sure that it is THE “Book of God” rather than the Koran or the Book of Mormon or the Torah or the sacred texts of the Hindus and/or the Buddhists, and etc.)
Ah yes, do we really need any more proof, that indeed, God loves the Republican Party? As a lifelong Secular Humanist of the Jewish persuasion, it is very difficult for me to admit to the truth of the title of this Commen... more -
GEORGE BUSH NO APPLAUSE
TV NETWORK GLITCH HEARS PRESIDENT'S THOUGHTS!
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Obama giving some black Republicans 'heartburn'
Armstrong Williams is an African-American conservative commentator who is thinking about making a decision that he says is so agonizing, it gives him heartburn.
This fall, he may vote for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee.
The nationally known radio talk show host is a proud third-generation Republican who chuckles when African-American friends tell him it's time to "return home" to the Democratic Party.
Though he still hasn't decided for whom he'll cast his ballot, there's something about Obama's presidential candidacy that excites him.
"History, brother," Williams said. "It cannot be anything else.
"There's very little that I agree with Obama on. Since the founding of our country, there have only been white men who have occupied the White House. ... To have someone break through that barrier and say to some kids, you can be president. Whether you like it or not, symbolism is important."
Obama's presidential candidacy is causing a political identity crisis among some black conservatives. Torn between ideology and the chance to make history, some don't know what they're going to do when they enter the voting booth in November.
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'Code Pink' flies its colors at conventions
Two women clad in pink stole a moment of Sarah Palin's oratorical thunder Wednesday night.
As the GOP vice presidential candidate energized the crowd with a diatribe against the Democratic nominee alongside praise for running mate Sen. John McCain, Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, co-founders of the theatrical Code Pink anti-war group for women, moved toward the stage.
But as they were on Palin's right side, officers lifted them up and pulled them away, escorting them outside one at a time. The women's exposed dress slips bore the message: "Palin is not a women's choice."
The two women were taken outside and held until the end of the speech. They were told they'd face arrest if they tried to re-enter the convention.
Two other group members, Elizabeth Hourican and Nancy Mancias, were able to interrupt John McCain's speech Thursday night before they were both removed from the convention.
These women join a roster of protesters in a city where more than 300 have been arrested while demonstrating during the Republican National Convention.
By Thursday morning, Code Pink's national media coordinator, Jean Stevens, was already publicizing Benjamin and Evans' attempt to upstage Palin.
Five Code Pink members have been arrested this week at the dozen or so events it has organized.
Evans said that policing in St. Paul has been more forceful than at the Democratic National Convention the previous week in Denver. There, she said, members were escorted by their elbows from a symposium while criticizing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi for not using her power to end the war. But they were allowed to continue chanting with signs outside the building.
Here in St. Paul, Evans said, "They herd you with horses. It's really insane."
The name Code Pink is a play on the Bush administration's color-coded stages of national security alerts. They say the "Code Pink" alert is a "feisty call to wage peace."
"The whole idea of Code Pink is to disarm," said co-founder Evans. But while some police officers smile at their singsong chants - "We are marching for a peaceful world," they sing repeatedly - Evans notes that some also go ahead and arrest members, who often stage protests without official permits and have engaged in acts of civil disobedience.
From the start the group has used their gender and the color scheme to mock and create satirical events.
"Can we get all the Miss Americas lined up please?" Two women clad in pink stole a moment of Sarah Palin's oratorical thunder Wednesday night. ... more -
GOP punch lines offend community organizers
"On-stage remarks made by leaders at this week's Republican National Convention - aimed at discrediting the resume of Barack Obama - offended a much broader group of people who tend to be very vocal. Namely, community organizers. "It was a put-down," said Jeanetta Williams, president of the NAACP's Salt Lake branch. "Unfortunate," said Tony Yapias, director of Proyecto Latino de Utah. Elitist and out of touch, said Tim Funk, housing project director for the nonprofit Crossroads Urban Center in Salt Lake City ..."
By Cathy McKitrick "On-stage remarks made by leaders at this week's Republican National Convention - aimed at discrediting the resume of Barack... more -
US: RNC cops brutally suppress press freedom
You need to watch this video. Warning: it may make you cry (it did for me).
A personal friend of mine was arrested and treated with shocking inhumanity by the police officers breaking up a legal protest at the RNC. A member of the press (working with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!) who posed no threat to anyone, she was shoved to the ground and attacked for having the temerity to bear witness to the harsh tactics being used against the protesters around her.
I've heard more stories of the lengths the forces up in MN have been going to crack down on American citizens (basically treating them as "enemy combatants" for exercising their Constitutionally-protected rights), but this is the most potent evidence I've seen of how far things have gone.
What kind of national security is this?
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If you want to take action, another friend of mine has a list of things you can do:
If you could sign this letter to protest the arrest and charges against Nicole Salazar, violently arrested while doing her duty as Press at the RNC:
https://secure.freepress.net/site/Advocacy?id=281
Also sign this petition:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-friend/1575604
You can watch the videos of her and Amy Goodman's arrests here on CPJ:
http://cpj.org/blog/2008/09/democracy-now-journalists-a...
To write a letter in support of dropping the charges:
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2008/9/3/call_to_actio... You need to watch this video. Warning: it may make you cry (it did for me). ... more -
Sony Sends Cease and Desist To McCain-Palin For 'Barracuda'
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — Blasting through the Republican convention hall is the 1977 hit "Barracuda" by rock band Heart.
It's a shout-out to Sarah Palin. When she played basketball in high school, the soon-to-be Republican vice presidential nominee earned the nickname "Sarah barracuda" for her fierce competitiveness.
Some of her opponents revived the "Sarah barracuda" nickname after she became mayor of her hometown, Wasilla, in 1996, defeating a three-term incumbent.
UPDATE: Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart said Thursday night that Universal Music Publishing and Sony BMG have sent a cease and desist notice to the McCain-Palin campaign over their use of 'Barracuda.'
"We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We
hope our wishes will be honored," the group said in a statement that said they "condemn" the use of the song at the Republican convention. ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — Blasting through the Republican convention hall is the 1977 hit "Barracuda" by rock band Heart. ... more -
Palin won't talk to media during campaign
No questions, please. We'll tell you what you need to know.
According to Nicole Wallace of the McCain campaign, the American people don't care whether Sarah Palin can answer specific questions about foreign and domestic policy. According to Wallace - in an appearance I did with her this morning on Joe Scarborough's show - the American people will learn all they need to know (and all they deserve to know) from Palin's scripted speeches and choreographed appearances on the campaign trail and in campaign ads.
They are betting that Americans are too stupid, ignorant, and lazy to ask why. No questions, please. We'll tell you what you need to know. ... more -
Jon Stewart calls out Republican hypocrisy
He knows how to make a dirty game like politics kinda funny.
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