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"Hope and change"...that's the ticket.

Don't ask what 'change' means...you'll be called the "R" word.

If you want fear, a 100 year war, a gutted Constitution, oil companies in bed with the White House, hair trigger diplomacy, economic instability, then you HAVE a great candidate! Yes, if you liked Bush, you can extend his term!!

Vote McCain, and you can proudly say,

'MISSION ACCOMPLISHED'!

"cast your vote to end the policies of an administration"

Your about 4 years too late. Bush isn't seeking a third term.

Earnestine,
The joke's on you! McCain is running for a third Bush term.

Over the weekend, I read an article that stated that several US soldiers have died as a result of faulty electrical wiring done by US contractors. It's one thing to die courageously doing your duty, but, to die because of electrocution. It just keeps getting worse. Mission Accomplished!

"if you want to re-establish a sane and effective foreign policy that will differentiate between our real friends and imagined enemies; then cast your vote to end the policies of an administration whose philosophy is taking us down the road to nowhere."

Bill can't be talking about Obama or Hillary because neither of them have a foreign policy. As Earnestine says, this letter should have been written 4 years ago. GWB is not on the ticket. And, no, LC, McCain is not George Bush. Try all you want to frame him that way, McCain is not. Let's face it, your party screwed-up what should have been a royal coronation for Hillary. You can thank Howard Dean for that. He can screw-up a one car parade.

"And, no, LC, McCain is not George Bush."

That's Daily Kos lingo ORR, Bush's third term, McBush, etc. Expect to hear it frequently till Nov., that is if the Democrats have a nominee by then.

McCain's standards for electricians is much higher than Bush's. He worked as an electrician's apprentice as a young man and has an almost religious reverence for safe, efficient wiring.

No word yet from Obama or Clinton on their standards. So McCain is the way to go if high electrical standards will determine your vote for president.

Laugh out loud funny today, fellas!
brian444,
I love it!
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OakRidge,
McCain is not Bush?
You have to be kidding!
Mr. John "100 years in Iraq" McCain???
You've drunk so much Konservative Kook Ade that you're drunk with lunacy! Too dang funny! But alas, you've got "light in the cranium" Dan to slap his imaginary high fives with---I'm still laughing!!

I can't wait to vote for ANYONE other than John McBush!

Whatever happened to Juan the Maverick liberals fell in love with when he 'followed his principles' and reached out to vote with the dimocrats, earning him the beloved handle of "Maverick"?

There's a new gun in town, Juan...his name is Hussein...

McBush can't be a "maverick" when he embraces Pastor Hagee, refusing to repudiate the man. Yes, the same pastor Hagee who called the Catholic Church a "whore".

McBush can't be a "maverick when he doesn't know the difference in Shia and Sunni. The man is Granpa Munster!

McBush can't be a "maverick" when he sings, "Bomb, Bomb Iran". Yeah, we really need that guy with his finger on the nuclear trigger.

McBush can't be a "maverick" when he claims Baghdad is "safe" while travelling with a cadre of armed guards and wearing a flak jacket. I will never forget that photo op!! (That's his Mike Dukakis in a tank moment)

McBush can't be a "maverick" when he subscribes to the same failed policies of George W. Bush.....making him, of

course...JOHN MCBUSH!
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Face it neoclown, McCain is just Bob Dole all over again. It's simply "his turn".
McCain was a likeable guy before he had to kowtow to the GOP lunatic base.
His pandering to the religious right will totally destroy his efforts to attract independents---he's toast.
In fact, Ron Paul KEEPS on raising
money---and one of his supporters told me, "You never know, McCain could die before the convention"! Guess stranger things have happened.
: )

Juan, how does it feel to spend a few weeks on the campaign trail and come home, only to find your liberal friends have abandoned you and crawled into bed with Hussein? The NY times have no more great "reaching across the aisle" editorials for you. When you said you would make the Bush tax cuts permanent, it was like severing the umbilical cord to the fawning liberal press editorial pages. When you said you would not accept defeat in Iraq, it drove a dagger through the heart of liberal media elites across the country who had placed their trust in you and was looking forward to a quick surrender, no matter who was elected. How COULD you?

There's a new gun in town, Juan McCain...

and he goes by the name of Hussein...

neo,
If you WERE a registered Democrat you have voted for Hillary, because she got the majority of uneducated white voters.

Too dang funny!

Ooooooh, that reeeeeally hurt.
I'll bet you were sticking your tongue out and had your thumbs stuck in your ears wiggling your fingers when you clicked the 'post' tab on that one, huh? Or did you pull one of your old frat tricks and moon the moniter?

If you are the typical Hussein voter, Juan McCain has little to worry about. All he needs is one adult on his staff.

Peeeeetiful.

Headline on this letter reads:

"For a different outcome,
choose different leaders"

Looks like that is going to happen. Giddy Dole is in trouble, McBush is toast, and more people registered as "Non-Republicans" en masse.

For those who crave the same old politics of division, who hate change, and love fear--McBush is their man! Hillary's biggest demographic belongs to them now--THE UNEDUCATED WHITE MALE.
A big Thank you to Rush Limbaugh for propelling Hillary to a "crushing" victory in Indiana, and for making himself look even crazier in the meantime. Proves long term drug abuse DOES cause mental problems---not just loss of hearing.
Gosh this is way too much fun. Note that little Danny has not reared his head to snipe about "Rev. Wright", but I'm sure he'll parrot whatever Rush and Hannity tell him to today. Maybe he's too busy preparing for the 100 years in Iraq John McBush is campaigning on. LOL!

Gallup poll: If McCain vs. Obama, 28% of Clinton Backers Go for McCain.

This poll is from March 26, before the Rev. Wright stuff got heating in the media, it's likely higher now.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105691/McCain-vs-Obama-28-Clinton-Backers-McCain.aspx

Of course those 28% are the uneducated white men. After all anyone who doesn't support Obama is a racist eh?

It's interesting to see Demon Deacon refer to Hillary's supporters as uneducated white men. "Demoncrats" eating Democrats.

I suspect Obama has this nomination locked up after yesterday but don't ever count the Clintons out. They still have MI & FL and the supers in their deck.

"Gallup poll: If McCain vs. Obama, 28% of Clinton Backers Go for McCain. "

I've got land for you in Arizona if you believe that.
Of course the "uneducated white male" demographic will be in the 'R' column until the GOP returns to its roots--Party of Lincoln.

I've been to AZ many times, I'll take the land please, Sedona area would be fine.

Something more recent, today in fact, from CNN regarding the Indiana primary:

"According to early exit polls, half of Clinton's supporters in Indiana would not vote for Obama in a general election matchup with Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

A third of Clinton voters said they would pick McCain over Obama, while 17 percent said they would not vote at all. Forty-eight percent of Clinton supporters said they would back Obama in November."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/primaries.change/index.html

Granted that is one state, but HALF of Clinton's supporters wouldn't support Obama? That's revealing.

Send the land deed over.

Dan,
While the worker bees are in a froth over their respective candidate, there is much Bullsh_t being espoused. If you think the feminists who backed Hillary are going to jump ship for McCain, you are sadly mistaken. If you think the African Americans who voted for Obama are all of a sudden going to vote for McCain, you are delusional. What we have now, is classic Shakespeare--emotion over reason.
One demographic that WILL swing to McCain is the "uneducated white male". It is the only place for them to go and maintain their comfort level.
(Keepin' it real here)

BTW, I loved listening to Rush, Bortz & Hannity today. They are playing to the demographic mentioned above, and at fever pitch! Hannity just kept talking about Reverend Wright, which tells me where you're getting all your talking points about that still being a BIGGIE.

I can honestly say that those three radio entertainers were playing so hard to the lowest common denominator that after a while it became too lame to listen to.

What I cited are polls taken in March and May 2008. Polls tend to change, we will see what happens. But right now a poll that states 50% of Hillary supporters will not vote Obama is interesting.
I never said feminists and blacks are going to vote McCain, those are solid Democratic voting blocks.

There are so many events that can occur between now and November.

Meanwhile Hillary is, for all intents and purposes, toast. However don't "misunderestimate" the Clintons. She may try to pull MI & FL into play or somehow manipulate the supers.

I never listen to Bortz but do listen to Rush and Hannity. Didn't hear them today, too busy flying in the turbulence. Bumpity bump.

Dan,
Since you pretty much buttered your breeches over Reverend Wright, I thought maybe you would be interested in this:

Forget Rev. Wright: Condi talks tough about race in America

Sen. Barack Obama has called for a national discussion on race in America, and one of the folks who sure didn’t hold back when asked was Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

In a discussion with the editorial board of the Washington Times on Thursday, Rice called racism a “birth defect” of America, and said that black Americans have loved the nation even when it didn’t love us.

The Times reported:

“Black Americans were a founding population,” she said. “Africans and Europeans came here and founded this country together — Europeans by choice and Africans in chains. That’s not a very pretty reality of our founding.”

“As a result, Miss Rice told editors and reporters at The Washington Times, “descendants of slaves did not get much of a head start, and I think you continue to see some of the effects of that…”

“That particular birth defect makes it hard for us to confront it, hard for us to talk about it, and hard for us to realize that it has continuing relevance for who we are today,” she said.

Rice later said: “America doesn’t have an easy time dealing with race,” Miss Rice said, adding that members of her family have “endured terrible humiliations.”

“What I would like understood as a black American is that black Americans loved and had faith in this country even when this country didn’t love and have faith in them — and that’s our legacy,” she said.

Wow, was all I could say to that.

What was even more stunning was the relative lack of coverage on this issue.
I was told CNN’s “The Situation Room” did a piece on her comments Friday. But when I surfed the Net to see follow-up stories in other papers, it has pretty much been ignored, except for some briefs.

Why would the mainstream media be so dismissive of Rice’s comments? Imagine if Rev. Al Sharpton or Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. said such a thing. Do you think they would have gotten ripped?

The fact of the matter is that Rice was right on the money with her comments, and should be commended. She spoke honestly and openly about the issue, and deserves credit for speaking the truth.

I just wish my colleagues in the media would do a better job at advancing the issue of race in America and our sordid history.

We went bonkers about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but when Rice, the nation’s chief diplomat, spoke truthfully, it barely made a ripple.

- Roland S. Martin, CNN Contributor
www.rolandsmartin.com
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Sorry I had to burst your "non-racist" bubble.

Good for Dr. Rice, I respect her and am glad to see you apparently do too, at least on this subject. I've never denied racism exists and that it's useful to discuss it. No doubt Dr. Rice has personally experienced racism growing up in Birmingham, AL in the 1950's.

Perhaps the difference is that Dr. Rice speaks about the subject with tact and eloquence. To the contrary, Rev. Wright employs bombastic tactics, kinda like you :) I'll make an exception, your last post was thoughtful and compelling. Thank you.

You won't hear Dr. Rice saying "God damn America" or the "US of KKK A". Therein lies the difference.

Dan, it must be nice to be able to take EVERY line out of context when referring to it. You certainly do it a lot.

In the context of Reverend Wright's sermon, he was not only correct, but he was inspiring. Did it suit my sensibilities? Not really, but my life's experiences are nothing like the ones he's faced. I've never been denied service because I'm white. I've never been a barrier breaker because whites had been thought inferior. Why don't you think about those things? Have you ever been a young black man and seen heads turn when you walked into a room full of white folk? I think you are probably a decent person, but you can't get past the surface of some mighty deep issues. Reverend Wright screwed himself and almost screwed the first legitimate black presidential candidate's chances.
Before you begin to tear down Obama, for as you will say, "differences in taxes etc", stop and think of how just his candidacy helps to heal some mighty old wounds. Think how a black person feels when they look, after 130 years POST-SLAVERY, at a black man getting the nomination of a major party. Think about the things this man overcame that you will NEVER have to deal with. His daddy wasn't rich, and for that he has much more in common with YOU than George W. Bush does. Is that the only thing? Nope. He paid off his college loans--did Bush, Cheney, ever borrow to attend college?
You see Dan, you are the type person who votes against your own self interest, but have somehow been led to believe otherwise. Bill Clinton was more fiscally conservative than George W. Bush--FACT. Ronald Reagan spoke of a balanced budget, ad nausium, but NEVER proposed one--FACT. Of course, you and many other folks have come to believe that the tax breaks being tossed out by Bush, McCain et al, were for you. They weren't my friend. They know how to push buttons and they push them. Over the years, the GOP has learned how to win elections. They have perfected the Swift Boat--remember the GOP paid for the ads against Max Cleland, questioning his patriotism. They learned early (Jesse Helms' congressional club) how to go negative early, and to be as mean as it took to win. Remember the white hands crumbling the pink slip with the voice over saying the job went to a minority? Yes, the GOP can get folks elected.

Unfortunately for the country, they can't seem to govern.
Dan, next time you jump on the FoxNewsChannel issue du jour, think first:
1. Does this really affect me?
2. What if I were in that person's shoes?
3. Am I being emotionally suckered in on something by this program? (O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage)

Just something for you to think about next time you get worked into a lather about something that is really not that big of a deal anyway. Might do you some good to 're-read' the words of Condoleeza Rice---and imagine those words being delivered by Reverend Wright.