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- dreamtiger, on 09/18/2008, -5/+118As I predicted, Sarah Palin's 15 minutes (alright, 15 days) of fame are over, and McCain is getting older and more irrelevant every day, while Obama is the only one making sense and addressing the issues mainstream Americans care about. Say hello to the real 21st century, which will finally begin when the Chimp steps down, and Obama is sworn in.
- GregIsLegend, on 09/18/2008, -10/+107New rule... no more articles on either candidate unless there is something we don't already know within it.
- cadmiumpaint, on 09/18/2008, -4/+74Dear Senator McCain,
Please stop saying "Warshington"....there is no "R" in my name.
Sincerely,
The Nation's Capital - inactive, on 09/18/2008, -2/+51I wouldn't trust John McCain to change his own diapers.
- friz, on 09/18/2008, -2/+41Well when you start changing from your "Maverick" ways and start voting with the current presidency a large majority of the time, why would we believe what you're saying. It's funny that since people want change, McCain tries to out do Obama on this. If 90% of the people were pro-choice, I bet you'd see him switch his stance.
- algaeturd, on 09/18/2008, -3/+40Um, he voted with Bush 95% of the time according to fact check sites....how ANYONE can see that as change (what the *****? a 5% shift?) and not be ***** out of their minds bat ***** crazy is beyond the realm of logical comprehension.
Not that the republicans have ever been accused of using logic. Or comprehension, for that matter.
CRAZY. ***** crazy. - bitfreak, on 09/18/2008, -6/+38The New York Times, apparently, has a firm grasp of the obvious.
- stormkrow, on 09/18/2008, -8/+39I'll keep posting my comments for "Republicans" detached from reality.
I've said it before and I'll say it again there are NO republicans in the republican party and a vote or support for McCain/Palin is tantamount to accepting everything over the last 8 years. In my mind if you support this party that means you have to OWN everything that goes along with it you don't get to pick and choose if you whole heartedly support the GOP then you OWN all of it's failings too and that diggers is the cold hard reality of it all and I'm sorry to say it but it makes you a hypocrite of the highest magnitude.
Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Katrina, FISA, the Patriot Act, Stevens, DeLay, Abramoff, Enron, Worldcomm, 9-11, Gonzalez, Rove, CEO bail outs, Plamegate, loss of Habeus Corpus, Shredding of the Constitution, $4 gas, Voter caging in Ohio and Florida, racism against illegal immigrants, LGBT hate crimes, "Mission Accomplished", 1 Million+ Iraqi civilian causalities, 1 Million+ Casualties and refugees in Sudan/Darfur, 10,000 fold increase in heroin production, the worst "Dollar" in American history, 6.1% unemployment (conservative), tent cities, 40 Million+ uninsured, Walter Reed, Drill our way out, from the most respected to the most hated citizens on Earth, Coalition of the Billing, multi-billion dollar profits for Big Oil, mulit-billion dollar contracts for Halliburton, the most secretive gvt in modern history, commuting of sentences for convicted traitors, Supreme court standing by big business, Gulf War Syndrome vets class action lawsuit quashed, Abstinence Only education, public schools failing our children, bridges collapsing in Minnesota, our highway and infrastructure in complete disarray, the fight for Net Neutrality, 8,000 dead Americans, ........
OWN IT GOP Supporters. OWN IT. Lock, Stock and Barrel.
When you post up your support of McCain/Palin then you by default agree with and standby the short list noted above. NO you don't get to pick and choose, this is YOUR party, OWN IT. Yes a vote for McCain/Palin IS a full throated endorsement of the Bush Administration. PERIOD. End of discussion. The Republican party didn't change and to think that it did is a level of naivety that should only be displayed by toddlers. Once you decide to actually OWN your party and all of it's failings THEN you can digg me down. - Berkana, on 09/18/2008, -4/+34Fooled me once, shame on you!.. Fooled me... can't get fooled again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKgPY1adc0A - yisforyeti, on 09/18/2008, -3/+32FTA: "75 percent said they thought Mr. McCain had picked Ms. Palin more to help him win the election than because he thought that she was well qualified to be president"
I'll lay good odds that 100% of the people who thought she was qualified are the same people who still think Bush has done a good job. - blix01, on 09/18/2008, -2/+26well duh!
- Mardala, on 09/18/2008, -1/+19Yeah. My first thought was, "well duh."
- OJDidIt, on 09/18/2008, -1/+17"change" is just a buzz word anyway. i care wayyy more about "hope"
- ldkronos, on 09/18/2008, -1/+17Unfortunately, we've already been fooled twice. It's number 3 we're going for now.
- fluxion, on 09/18/2008, -0/+15whoopsie-daisy, there goes Obama right back with a 1.7% lead on foxnews.com's poll, just like before the convention.
(i use foxnew's poll so that there can be little doubt that Obama is indeed back on top)
still need to work on the electoral numbers though... - Mewchu11, on 09/18/2008, -4/+19McCain is old.
- Hetman, on 09/18/2008, -9/+23***** Frank.
***** Polls.
***** anyone who bothers with polls.
And a super extra ***** you to anyone who basis their vote on what they see is happening in polls. - Yimyack, on 09/18/2008, -2/+16In 2004 Republicans asked us for 4 more years. Country gave it to them. In these last 4 years gas has shot through the roof, homes are being foreclosed at an alarming rate, our financial markets are a mess.
McCain would have a better shot if he just dropped the Republicans altogether & got back to being a real Maverick. - Viperidae, on 09/18/2008, -1/+15Neither would I he can't lift his arms high enough.
- inactive, on 09/18/2008, -7/+19The only change paul would bring would be the US being destroyed..Voters are not stupid, they know he is bat ***** insane
- magus_melchior, on 09/18/2008, -0/+11Yes, they have a 1-vote lead in the Senate. Do you know what a 'minority' party does with a 1-vote shortfall?
FILIBUSTER.
I don't think the Democrats have enough in the House to override a Presidential veto-- they certainly don't in the Senate. Guess what Bush is going to do to bills he thinks are too Democratic?
That's right, veto.
Of course, he was boneheaded enough to veto a bill that had support from his own party. That got overridden.
Do research Washington politics a bit more before griping about a 2-year "lead" that doesn't really exist in Congress. It's not a lead at all, over a party determined to stop the majority. - Wryly, on 09/18/2008, -2/+12He had 26 years to do it. Why start now?
- bitfreak, on 09/18/2008, -2/+10Oh, look, it's troll!
- h3lx, on 09/18/2008, -2/+10Polls are for strippers and firemen.
- davdev, on 09/18/2008, -0/+8I posted this in another thread, but it relates to your post so I will re post:
I cannot for the life of me figure out McCain gets 700. The best I can get him up to is 699, and that is only if he wins New Hampshire, which he is currently losing by more than the margin of error in most polls. Obama simply needs to hold the states he is currently leading (including NM,CO, PA, MI and WI) while McCain needs to pluck one of those and also hold Ohio and Florida, which gallup and CNN are currently projecting as slight leads for McCain, though well inside the sampling error.
There could also be another issue, say McCain holds all of these states and does not steal any other above mentioned ones from Obama, you would have a 699 tie. However, in 1996 Nebraska passed a law that allocated electoral votes by district, and this is where it gets interesting. McCain is going to win Nebraska easily, but he has one threat, the second congressional district that is mostly made up of Omaha. Obama is polling very well here and has invested a ton of cash. If he can win that one district, it would drop McCain down to 698 and Obama would win with 700. It will be interesting to watch to say the least
Also, a 699 tie would be a disaster as it would throw the selection of the President to House and VP to the senate.
But this is where it also gets interesting. In the house, each state gets one vote, which you would think would result in the delgation voting for the same person who won the vote in their state, however, there are projected to be 7-8 states that McCain wins, but have a majority Democratic House Delegation, so do those delegations vote with their State or with their party? If they vote by Party, Obama wins, if by State, McCain wins.
Then it gets really interesting, because the Senate chooses the VP and does not have to go by the Party ticket. It is theoretically possible the McCain could win the house vote, but the Senate votes Obama or Biden as VP. I think that would finally end the electoral college - cramtod, on 09/18/2008, -1/+9If you use your caps-lock key, it will CHANGE your type to lower case making the text easier to read and making people less likely to think you're raving loon.
- edwartica, on 09/18/2008, -2/+10@norman619 Your joke is old!
- mediablitz, on 09/18/2008, -0/+7His father and grandfather both died prior to McCain's current age. A little under 25% of the President's in our history have been replaced by the VP.
Fortunately, we will never have to find out just how badly the two of them would have destroyed America, adding on to the destruction Bush has caused.
Obama is going to win. - relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -0/+7I laughed... but that's kind of bad.
- inactive, on 09/18/2008, -0/+7@davdev
The most interesting part is when they tamper with the voting machine software so they can make sure the position goes to the "right man for the job". - ricky125, on 09/18/2008, -0/+7based on "...laying good odds.."
- jazgold, on 09/18/2008, -0/+7good luck mandating rules on digg... this place is full of mavericks.
- boogieordie, on 09/18/2008, -2/+8In a related story, the sky is blue.
- bicyclethief, on 09/18/2008, -1/+7Oh and...***** you you ***** ***** *****.
- inactive, on 09/18/2008, -3/+8GOP is going to lose nov 4!!!
- stormkrow, on 09/18/2008, -0/+520 Months.
Not one of the things I mentioned occurred in the time Democrats gained a majority in the House and a 1 senate majority in the senate.
Since that time Republicans have filibustered more bills than any Senate in the history of the United States.
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/subverting-maj ...
So now that you have FACTS whats your point??? - seantubridy, on 09/18/2008, -0/+5Finally, something from a major publication about the McCain ticket that isn't an Op-ed piece.
- Nordjak, on 09/18/2008, -0/+5These polls are just fascinating. Really.
- inactive, on 09/18/2008, -1/+6Is his slogan change?
- wierdaaron, on 09/18/2008, -1/+6Poll also finds water seen to be wet and the sky seen to be mostly blue.
- bjornski, on 09/18/2008, -0/+5Just how high over your head do you have to lift most diapers?
/hopefully not while full - FRUITCHEW, on 09/18/2008, -1/+6Everyone knows McCain isn't about change, that's why 'safe' Repubs like him because they're terrified of change.
- Berkana, on 09/18/2008, -0/+4Maybe it's indicative of his foreign policy.
- piratearggghhh, on 09/18/2008, -5/+9John McCain is all about change - he changes his position and story every few hours.
- azhura, on 09/18/2008, -0/+4Hot.
- ozymandias2012, on 09/18/2008, -2/+6I think my ears bleed a little everytime one of them says "change".
- cramtod, on 09/18/2008, -0/+4"demtard" Such wit! Such nuance! Your sharp barbs surely wound me, sir. Perhaps you were one of the children that were left behind?
- 4321234, on 09/18/2008, -0/+4Maybe by "maverick" they mean an American pioneer who does not brand his cattle (merriam-webster).
McCain is old. - lancert, on 09/18/2008, -1/+5Stop YELLING at us! We can read just fine in normal case letters. Oh yea, also, you're insane.
- hydroplane, on 09/18/2008, -1/+5Hope jumped out of its high rise window after hearing of the bank collapse.
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