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It appears that it’s all down to Alaska Gov Sarah ...

2008-07-01T05:10:09.946-05:00

It appears that it’s all down to Alaska Gov Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney, and team Romney fears Palin now has the best shot, so Romney camp is mounting a blogosphere-wide assault via Politico.

The tip-off that Politico is just a “promote Romney” piece is that it mentions EVERY NAME in the next two tiers of Veep prospects EXCEPT SARAH PALIN!!! — even names far more unlikely than Palin (since Romney camp knows Palin is the ONLY ONE who tops — I’ll say tops by far — Romney as McCain’s best pick).

Bottom line, Romney and Politico fear Palin most — as do the Dems and the MSM. (By the way, the Dems and MSM do not fear Romney the most — which says a lot.)

AOL, a main on-line pro-Obama/pro-Dem player, is now carrying the Politico piece promoting Romney buzz.

Clearly AOL wants McCain and the GOP to lose the general elction — hence they gladly promote Romney (no mention of Palin).

Also, CNN had Romney — kind of out of the blue — attacking Obama. Again, CNN, wanting McCain and the GOP to lose, gladly promotes Romney (to attempt to avert the Palin threat).

All the media frenzy which will surround the remarkable Palin “story” — essentially free to McCain — will be worth millions and millions of dollars of coverage and PR (more money than Romney would provide anyway).

Sorry if I commented your blog, but you have a nic...

2008-06-27T13:28:10.746-05:00

Sorry if I commented your blog, but you have a nice idea.

Its ok if the appearance of your blog is not good....

2008-06-27T13:27:15.197-05:00

Its ok if the appearance of your blog is not good. The important thing is the topic or the content of your blog.

Hi Kurt, thanks for reading. I'm not sure what Ob...

2008-06-23T11:53:03.078-05:00

Hi Kurt, thanks for reading. I'm not sure what Obama is doing. In November he promised to filibuster any bill that contained retroactive immunity. Today he not only supports a bill that does but says he will try to remove immunity. Not that he will filibuster it, just that he will try. It's a disappointment to a lot of people.

Besides writing to his office, our only hope is that he does more than tries but that he filibusters it.

There are a lot of issues I disagree with Obama on. This one right now is on top of my list.

Repeal FISA is up and running. Anyone who wants to...

2008-06-22T16:24:24.511-05:00

Repeal FISA is up and running. Anyone who wants to is welcome to sign up and become a Poster on it. The purpose of the blog is to organize a drive to repeal the FISA laws and all laws that pardon or give immunity from prosecution anyone who has violated the Constitution during the Bush Administration.

That is why we want everyone to be able to Post so they can start a conversation about an idea they have to make this happen.

Stop on by and check it out. By all means leave a comment and sign up to blog with us as we figure out what needs to be done to return our Fourth Amendment Rights and our rule of law.

If you have a blog already and you become a poster we will link to your site.

http://repealfisa.wordpress.com/

Hi there! I found this blog because I'm trying to ...

2008-06-22T15:04:42.134-05:00

Hi there! I found this blog because I'm trying to figure out WTF Obama is doing on this FISA thing. I'm really troubled by it, as it goes against what I saw as many of his core values (which you mention here). Add to it that he taught some constitutional law... well this is just absurd. I'm a huge Obama supporter and will definitely hold his feet to the fire on this one. I've disagreed with him here or there but at least been able to see where he's coming from. I still have yet to see an explanation for this one.

Kent, we've been through this a million times. No...

2008-06-17T20:40:39.858-05:00

Kent, we've been through this a million times. Not one single Democrat took Abramoff money. Not one. Yes, some took Abramoff client money, but none took money directly from Abramoff. If we include Abramoff client money as being dirty, then Bush is the biggest recipient of Abramoff client money as well.

"One hundred seventy two pages of Senate committee stuff. How much did that cost taxpayers? And for what? To remind us that every intelligence service in the world and every national leader believed all the same stuff about Saddam?"

The Republican controlled Congress spent 10 times more on investigating Monica Lewinsky than it did 9/11. Priorities, priorities. Republicans have no room to cry.

Yes, McCain on numerous occasions has said that he...

2008-06-17T20:37:44.803-05:00

Yes, McCain on numerous occasions has said that he's for staying in Iraq forever.

Did you even read the post?

2008-06-17T20:36:59.864-05:00

Did you even read the post?

I hope Bush takes a big shit before he leaves offi...

2008-06-17T20:36:37.198-05:00

I hope Bush takes a big shit before he leaves office.

I'd like to see a game 7 also.

2008-06-17T20:36:14.335-05:00

I'd like to see a game 7 also.

There's a difference between contact and racism. ...

2008-06-17T20:34:33.464-05:00

There's a difference between contact and racism. This recent portrayal by the GOP makes me even prouder not to be associated with them.

I don't take it personal, trust me on that. But the leadership of my party isn't "anti-troop, anti-American, anti-God, intolerant, narrow minded," and doesn't play games with national security. The level you want to attack the Dems only makes me think how sad you are about the level the Republican Party has stooped with this anti-Obama button.

I'm not worried about him. His data is what I'm s...

2008-06-17T17:45:46.576-05:00

I'm not worried about him. His data is what I'm stressing. I don't like the guy, didn't vote for and never would vote for him. But his data is accurate. Like I said earlier, compile the graph yourself and you'll get the same results. You're confusing the message with the messenger.

I don't like Alan Iverson but when you add his stats up he's pretty dang good. Me not liking him blurs the message none. Same is true for Barry Bonds. I despise him. But he is one of the best hitters of all time.

If there's a problem with the data, then it becomes a debatable matter. But not liking a person doesn't qualify or quantify the data as false, which is what you're trying to do with Perot and Krugman.

So you just don't like Krugman. The graph stands ...

2008-06-17T17:39:31.372-05:00

So you just don't like Krugman. The graph stands by itself. Compile a graph yourself; you'll get the same results.

Okay, I hit refresh and suddenly I can leave a com...

2008-06-17T17:14:25.823-05:00

Okay, I hit refresh and suddenly I can leave a comment.

I sent you an email comment on this post. But your contention that if Obama wins then Bush 'won't have any historical graces whatsoever,' is just ridiculous. On what basis do you make that statement?

I submit to you that if Obama wins, Bush's stature will even be elevated.

That said, we live in the Wikipedian times. There may not even be such a thing as history in ten years.

Meanwhile, how many Democrats took Abramoff money ...

2008-06-17T16:56:23.254-05:00

Meanwhile, how many Democrats took Abramoff money and gave him 'access'?

One hundred seventy two pages of Senate committee stuff. How much did that cost taxpayers? And for what? To remind us that every intelligence service in the world and every national leader believed all the same stuff about Saddam?

Democrats and the press have successfully turned intelligence/WMD/Iraq failings into albatross around the necks of Bush and Cheney while failing to report that Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Edwards, Reid, Pelosi, Hillary, Kennedy, Boxer, Feinstein, Durbin, Leahy, et. al., believed the same thing.

Amazing revisionist history.

I hope Bush bombs the shit out of Iran before he l...

2008-06-17T16:38:41.192-05:00

I hope Bush bombs the shit out of Iran before he leaves office.

I hope the Lakers win tonight to force a game seve...

2008-06-17T16:36:50.894-05:00

I hope the Lakers win tonight to force a game seven.

I don't trust liars/haters and Krugman is a liar a...

2008-06-17T16:35:55.568-05:00

I don't trust liars/haters and Krugman is a liar and a hater. His columns are full of inaccuracies. He sees economics and politics through a Liberal prism, so if one's beliefs line up with Krugman's then, great, he's telling the gospel truth.

I respect the opinion of economists. I don't respect the opinion of political economists and I strongly disagree with Krugman's vile opinions.

I don't much trust anything the guy says. He thou...

2008-06-17T16:30:58.398-05:00

I don't much trust anything the guy says. He thought Bush 41 tried to spoil his daughter's wedding. He's crazy.

Are you taking him seriously?

Hey, politics is a contact sport.I'm a proud Repub...

2008-06-17T16:29:25.382-05:00

Hey, politics is a contact sport.

I'm a proud Republican. It's certainly better than being an anti-troop, anti-American, anti-God, intolerant, narrow minded, national security games playing Democrat.

And I am NOT talking about you, or to you Christopher. I am describing the leadership of your party.

So the graph is inaccurate? Or you just don't lik...

2008-06-17T16:18:33.755-05:00

So the graph is inaccurate? Or you just don't like Krugman?

So you're saying his graph is inaccurate? Or that...

2008-06-17T16:17:56.125-05:00

So you're saying his graph is inaccurate? Or that you just don't like Perot?

And will you please stop spouting the 100 years in...

2008-06-17T13:18:26.089-05:00

And will you please stop spouting the 100 years in Iraq quote and get some context? You know what McCain said.

No, Obama is the next Carter.

2008-06-17T13:17:29.641-05:00

No, Obama is the next Carter.