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Afghanistan Footage
  k2o4, Oct 22 2008

The Afghanistan section is a few minutes in and it's some of the craziest footage I've seen in a while. Totally worth checking out:



This lays out one of the huge reasons we never should have gone to Iraq - because we weren't done in Afghanistan! That's where Bin laden and Al Queada were hiding out and we should have gone in strong and finished em off. Then we should have stayed and focused on rebuilding the country with infrastructure and schools so that they could thrive without being forced to fall back on drug dealing. We needed to help them develop a peace keeping force that could prevent any resurgence from the Taliban, and THEN we could leave. Instead we just left a handful of troops there and allowed bin laden to escape and Al Queada to regroup and rebuild while we fucked around in Iraq for NO GOOD REASON! All our resources have been sent to Iraq so now our troops in Afghanistan are sitting there without the proper support they need.

So messed up. So very messed up.

Funny thing is now there are Al Queada supporters basically endorsing McCain... I'm sure John doesn't want their support but their reasons for it are revealing. The reasons they want McCain to be president are the reasons I think that he has the wrong approach on the war:

  WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida supporters suggested in a Web site message this week they would welcome a pre-election terror attack on the U.S. as a way to usher in a McCain presidency.

The message, posted Monday on the password-protected al-Hesbah Web site, said if al-Qaida wants to exhaust the United States militarily and economically, "impetuous" Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain is the better choice because he is more likely to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"This requires presence of an impetuous American leader such as McCain, who pledged to continue the war till the last American soldier," the message said. "Then, al-Qaida will have to support McCain in the coming elections so that he continues the failing march of his predecessor, Bush."



On another level, I just wanna say I'm disappointed cause I made a post yesterday asking people to educate me on the "other side" that I'm so often accused of leaving out, but no one gave me any new info (or accurate info). Skot I was especially expecting you to have something cause you're a smart guy who seems to be very down the middle on issues. I'm gonna assume you just didn't read the blog yesterday and that's why. Anyway, if you missed it plz scroll down to the "Demonizing McCain" post and educate me in the comments there. I am not trying to be a dick or start a fight, I honestly want to hear what the "other side" is that I keep neglecting to post about. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to do that =)

And luckbox posted this in 84o's blog and it was so damn funny that I gotta repost it here so I can find it later:





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He's Losing it
  k2o4, Oct 21 2008



ROFLMAO

I'm sure he's exhausted as all the candidates should be but it's a fucking hilarious slip of the tongue =)



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Demonizing McCain?
  k2o4, Oct 21 2008

I've had a couple people bitch about how I don't cover both sides of the story, that when I complain about shit the GOP / Right Wing do, there are equal crimes being committed by the DNC / Left Wing which I don't bother to mention. SkoT made that point in the comments to my last blog post and I replied asking him to give me some examples. I also wanna ask anyone else who's willing to take the time to join SkoT in educating me. Here's the original post:

  On October 20 2008 22:47 SKoT wrote:
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All over the internet you see the far left demonizing mccain yet ive yet to see any lengthy diatribes about their evil in your blog.


Show me. Seriously, I'm not tryin to be a dick, I'm really curious. I've even started searching drudge to see what the liberals are doing that is out of line and I haven't found anything comparable to the Muslim lies, or the Ayers / Terrorist / ACORN BS. So please link me or just write a list of the specific things that are being done to demonize McCain.

I mean let's take snopes.com as an example as they collect urban legends being spread via email (another way of saying smears). Obama is rated #1 on their list of Urban Legend Categories, while McCain is #8. McCain only has 11 emails about him and 4 are actually true (not urban legends, not smears). On the other hand Obama has 40 with only 4 of them being true.

The false emails about McCain are on topics like "McCain came up with a clever put-down for a student who claimed the older generation can't understand the current one" and "McCain was one upped by a heckler during a campaign stop" and "McCain would not be eligible to draw a pension after serving two terms as president". The only bad one that was proven to be false says "McCain declared during a 60 minutes interview that he was a war criminal who bombed innocent women and children." That is a twist of a quote.

Then when you look at Obama's list it's pretty gross assault on his patriotism and filled with flat out lies:

Lies about Obama:

  Obama is a radical muslim who will not recite the pledge of allegiance.

Obama was sworn into office on the Quran

Access to Michelle Obama's senior thesis has been restricted until after the election (cause it has racist comments)

The book of revelations describes the anti christ as someone with characteristics matching those of Obama

Email compares proposed changes in taxes after the 08 election (and lies like crazy saying Obama is going to raise ALL of your taxes on everything)

Obama refused to make his birth certificate available for examination because it contains damaging information about him (amongst other stuff with the theme that he isn't a citizen)

Obama blew off US soldiers during a july 2008 trip to afghanistan.

3 former fannie mae executives are linked to the obama campaign as chief economic advisors


There's more in there which are half truths, like the Ayers shit that stretches the thin relationship they have to insinuate that Obama is close with terrorists. And that's just the emails which doesn't include the things Palin and McCain said from the stump, the mailers or the robo calls. They've used all those methods to say that Obama pals around with terrorists and that ACORN is committing voter fraud of epic proportions that destroy the fabric of our democracy.

That's pretty much the consistent theme I've seen - there's a few very weak, minor smears against Mccain which barely get any attention, and there is an ocean of disgusting smears about Obama which McPalin are trying to make front page news. But I'm totally open to being proven wrong =)



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Punched in the Face?
  k2o4, Oct 20 2008

(weird, I made a new post and for some reason this one is the only thing showing up...)

WTF - this is getting worse and worse and worse...


  A woman canvassing for Obama in Wisconsin was punched in the face by a man ranting about ACORN. The woman was part of a canvassing effort organized by friends of mine. As we were about to go on stage for Oobleck Election Play 2008: The Trojan Candidate, a friend of our lighting designer who was in the same canvassing group called and told her the story.

The silver lining is that when the woman who had been assaulted returned to Chicago, there was already a voicemail message from Barack Obama expressing his sorrow that she had had to go through such an experience.

That's it. McCain supporters are dicks. The usual gang of conservative bigmouths are inciting violence with their propaganda, and the suckers who want desperately to believe are so frustrated with the lack of believability of the propaganda that they're lashing out with violence and violent rhetoric.

Meanwhile, Obama has such a great organization that he heard about this small incident and contacted the victim before the end of the day.

More as the details come out.



Ridiculous shit. McPalin needs to stop lying about things like ACORN and Ayers cause they're inciting people to violence with their BS. ACORN has been getting death threats when they haven't done ANYTHING wrong!!!! The right wing gets absolutely insane when you throw this type of rhetorical red meat at them and McPalin know it, but they do it anyway.

ACORN:


At the same time we have the right wing blowhards like limbaugh saying Powell only endorsed Obama cause he's black... but if that's true how come NO black candidate before Obama was able to get the nomination... hell, before Iowa Hillary was getting the majority of the black vote!


  Limbaugh, and Pat Buchanan, too (whom I work with at MSNBC and who I will say is decent even when he's way wrong, so I will cut a little slack), make their "he's one of us" vote claim regarding Powell in particular (blacks in general) in spite of the fact that a person of color has run for the White House in every presidential election over the last 24 years: Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988. Gov. Douglas Wilder of Virginia in 1992. Former ambassador and conservative activist Alan Keyes of Maryland in 1996 and 2000. Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois and the Rev. Al Sharpton of New York in 2004.

Plenty of opportunities for Powell and other blacks to willy-nilly support a brother (or a sister).
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Clearly -- more important, factually -- most blacks don't vote for blacks just because they are black.
This should have been evident in the early stages of Obama's campaign, when Sen. Hillary Clinton initially out-polled Obama among blacks, to the surprise of everyone except people of color, who knew going in we weren't a monolithic voting bloc. Should've been evident when blacks and liberals had to ask the inane question: "Is Obama enough?" Even Michelle Obama was reduced to saying that one day black America would "wake up and get it" with regard to voting for her husband based on race.

Beyond the merit of that, or of any of those positions, it does not appear as though black America is handing Obama a "he's one of us" vote.

Rather, the majority of black Americans are giving their votes to the man who, as Powell said, has passed the tests of leadership, particularly over these last seven weeks.

I think the confusion is with the conservatives. Simply because they have a "he's NOT one of us" vote that is applied with a very narrow litmus test -- macaca, uppity, people from non-pro parts of America -- it does not hold true those with a more progressive nature have or use the opposite.





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muslim?
  k2o4, Oct 20 2008

So some crazy McPalin supporters decided to sell some fucked up anti Obama "cause he's a muslim" bumper stickers @ a rally, and some Muslim McCain supporters ain't having it.



Props to those McCain supporters for standing up to this type of hateful BS!!!

It was also funny when the guy said "are you trying to lose us this election??"



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Powell Endorses Obama
  k2o4, Oct 19 2008

Amazing endorsement - not because of who he is, but because of the way he laid it out. I've wanted to put my reasons for supporting Obama into words and Powell did it for me (and much better than I ever could). Listen to Powell lay out WHY Obama:



Awesome.



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Palin on SNL
  k2o4, Oct 19 2008

She's totally gonna end up with a career in TV after they lose this election, which works out for her cause that was her childhood dream. The Alaska Rap in the weekend update was fucking hilarious too =) Palin is definitely likeable when she's not talking about her views in regards to policy. As a vice president or president she's scary, as a TV personality she's cute and bubbly. Though she really didn't DO anything other than just stand there while being insulted. Her lines kinda fell flat. But I give her credit for being there and smiling through it. Anyway, here's the clips:





And gotta show the final result of the Mark Wahlberg joke:





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Bush Backers 4 Obama
  k2o4, Oct 18 2008

Fun. Several news papers that endorsed Bush in 04 have endorsed Obama this year, including the Denver Post which is one of the biggest here in CO, a swing state. Right now Obama is dominating in news paper endorsements by 58-16... ouch. But there have been some really nice endorsements and it if you still don't have a decision made please take the time to read why these guys have chosen to support Obama:

Chicago Tribune (Never endorsed a Democrat before)

  However this election turns out, it will dramatically advance America's slow progress toward equality and inclusion. It took Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary courage in the Civil War to get us here. It took an epic battle to secure women the right to vote. It took the perseverance of the civil rights movement. Now we have an election in which we will choose the first African-American president . . . or the first female vice president.

In recent weeks it has been easy to lose sight of this history in the making. Americans are focused on the greatest threat to the world economic system in 80 years. They feel a personal vulnerability the likes of which they haven't experienced since Sept. 11, 2001. It's a different kind of vulnerability. Unlike Sept. 11, the economic threat hasn't forged a common bond in this nation. It has fed anger, fear and mistrust.

On Nov. 4 we're going to elect a president to lead us through a perilous time and restore in us a common sense of national purpose.

The strongest candidate to do that is Sen. Barack Obama. The Tribune is proud to endorse him today for president of the United States.


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Los Angeles Times (Never endorsed a Democrat before)

  It is inherent in the American character to aspire to greatness, so it can be disorienting when the nation stumbles or loses confidence in bedrock principles or institutions. That's where the United States is as it prepares to select a new president: We have seen the government take a stake in venerable private financial houses; we have witnessed eight years of executive branch power grabs and erosion of civil liberties; we are still recovering from a murderous attack by terrorists on our own soil and still struggling with how best to prevent a recurrence.

We need a leader who demonstrates thoughtful calm and grace under pressure, one not prone to volatile gesture or capricious pronouncement. We need a leader well-grounded in the intellectual and legal foundations of American freedom. Yet we ask that the same person also possess the spark and passion to inspire the best within us: creativity, generosity and a fierce defense of justice and liberty.

The Times without hesitation endorses Barack Obama for president.


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Conservative Philadelphia talk radio host Michael Smerconish:

  "I've decided," he said. "My conclusion comes after reading the candidates' memoirs and campaign platforms, attending both party conventions, interviewing both men multiple times, and watching all primary and general election debates.

"John McCain is an honorable man who has served his country well. But he will not get my vote. For the first time since registering as a Republican 28 years ago, I'm voting for a Democrat for president.

"I may have been an appointee in the George H.W. Bush administration, and master of ceremonies for George W. Bush in 2004, but last Saturday I stood amidst the crowd at an Obama event in North Philadelphia," says the Republican.


Denver Post

  In just 16 days, a presidential campaign that has raged for almost two years will at last come to an end.

In that time, America has undergone profound changes. And for most Americans, those changes have not been for the better.

When the first, absurdly early straw polls were taken in Iowa in 2007, America was torn by a war in Iraq that seemed unwinnable. But the economy seemed reasonably sound.

That preoccupation with the war may help explain why Republicans passed over Mitt Romney's successful record of job creation in favor of war hero and foreign-policy specialist John McCain. On the Democratic side, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who wasn't even in Congress when the war began, bested Sen. Hillary Clinton in part because she voted to authorize the war.

Americans, as we now know, wanted change.

But as this race nears the finish line, America's priorities have changed, too.

The "surge" has reduced the level of violence in Iraq and President Bush has begun modest troop withdrawals. Sens. McCain and Obama differ mostly about the details and pace of future withdrawals.

But the speed and virulence of the worldwide liquidity crisis, caused by the collapse of the junk mortgage market, has stunned most Americans and has led voters, who now review their shrinking retirement funds and rising unemployment rates with alarm, to focus overwhelmingly on America's economic ills.

Given this inescapable economic agenda, The Post believes Barack Obama is better equipped to lead America back to a prosperous future.

It's time to change course.


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Chicago Sun Times

  Americans are ready to be one country. By the millions, they yearn to bridge their differences, to find common cause, to rise above ideology, race, class and religion.

They have grown weary of the culture wars and the personal attacks, tired of the exaggerated lines that divide. They dare to imagine a more constructive discourse, a debate marked by civility and respect even in disagreement, a politics that begins with listening to each other.

Nothing else so fully explains the meteoric rise of Sen. Barack Obama. If America had preferred a master of policy for its next president, Sen. Hillary Clinton would have won the Democratic nomination. If America valued experience in public life above all else, Sen. John McCain would be trouncing Sen. Obama in the polls.

But it is Sen. Obama who won his party's nomination, and it is he who leads in the polls. Americans across the land want to pull together, and in Sen. Obama they see a man of exceptional gifts who just might show them how.

Our endorsement for president of the United States goes to Sen. Barack Obama, Chicago's adopted son. He has the unique background, superior intellect, sound judgment and first-rate temperament to lead our nation in difficult times.


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Washington Post

  THE NOMINATING process this year produced two unusually talented and qualified presidential candidates. There are few public figures we have respected more over the years than Sen. John McCain. Yet it is without ambivalence that we endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president.

The choice is made easy in part by Mr. McCain's disappointing campaign, above all his irresponsible selection of a running mate who is not ready to be president. It is made easy in larger part, though, because of our admiration for Mr. Obama and the impressive qualities he has shown during this long race. Yes, we have reservations and concerns, almost inevitably, given Mr. Obama's relatively brief experience in national politics. But we also have enormous hopes.


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Boston Globe

  COME JANUARY, a new president will take charge of a nation diminished, an America that is far shakier economically, less secure militarily, and less respected internationally than it was eight years before. The nation needs a chief executive who has the temperament and the nerves to shepherd Americans through what promises to be a grueling period — and who has the vision to restore this country to its place of leadership in the world.

Such a leader is at hand. With great enthusiasm, the Globe endorses Senator Barack Obama for president. The charismatic Democrat from Illinois has the ability to channel Americans’ hopes and rally the public together, at a time when the winds are picking up and the clouds keep on darkening.


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Stealin Yard Signs
  k2o4, Oct 18 2008



lolz

Nothing special, just found this funny cause it has happened to a few Obama supporters I know and I told em to get a camera and film the sign.



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Violent Old Ladys
  k2o4, Oct 17 2008

Jeez it's getting bad. First it's "Kill him!" and "Terrorist" and "Treason" and so on... now a pack of 65 yr old ladies is attacking Obama supporters?!?? And on top of that we have the insanity of McCain saying that he doesn't care about Ayers but turning around and having his campaign do robo calls about Obama/Ayers... (Robo calls are those automated phone calls)



And what's up with McCain's comeback to the crazies at his rallies being "People say bad things at Obama rallies too!"... First off, wtf are you talking about? Got some video? Got a quote? Got a story? I haven't seen a damned thing. I've been to several Obama events and haven't heard a single person say anything crazy like "Terrorist" about McCain. Secondly, let's say there were people screaming "GEEZEER" and "Old Fart!" or some shit, how the hell does that justify the shit his supporters are doing? How does that justify all the video footage of supporters calling him a muslim and a terrorist? How does that justify their strategy of painting Obama as a scary terrorist muslim nigger who's going to enslave the whites of America?

Another report of violence at a McCain rally, this time a reporter is hit:

  I sidled up to one of the Obama supporters and asked why they were there, what they were trying to accomplish.

As he was telling me a large, bearded man in full McCain-Palin campaign regalia got in his face to yell at him.

"Hey, hey, " I said. "I'm trying to interview him. Just a minute, okay? "

The man began to say something about how of course I was interviewing the Obama people when suddenly, from behind us, the sound of a pro-Obama rap song came blaring out of the windows of a dorm building. We all turned our heads to see Obama signs in the windows.

This was met with curses, screams and chants of "U.S.A" by McCain-Palin folks who crowded under the windows trying to drown it out and yell at the person playing the stereo.

It was a moment of levity in an otherwise very tense situation and so I let out a gentle chuckle and shook my head.

"Oh, you think that 's funny?! " the large bearded man said. His face was turning red. "Yeah, that 's real funny…" he said.

And then he kicked the back of leg, buckling my right knee and sending me sprawling onto the ground.


On a more positive note, the Washington Post made a great endorsment of Obama. Read it here.

  THE NOMINATING process this year produced two unusually talented and qualified presidential candidates. There are few public figures we have respected more over the years than Sen. John McCain. Yet it is without ambivalence that we endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president.

The choice is made easy in part by Mr. McCain's disappointing campaign, above all his irresponsible selection of a running mate who is not ready to be president. It is made easy in larger part, though, because of our admiration for Mr. Obama and the impressive qualities he has shown during this long race. Yes, we have reservations and concerns, almost inevitably, given Mr. Obama's relatively brief experience in national politics. But we also have enormous hopes.

Mr. Obama is a man of supple intelligence, with a nuanced grasp of complex issues and evident skill at conciliation and consensus-building. At home, we believe, he would respond to the economic crisis with a healthy respect for markets tempered by justified dismay over rising inequality and an understanding of the need for focused regulation. Abroad, the best evidence suggests that he would seek to maintain U.S. leadership and engagement, continue the fight against terrorists, and wage vigorous diplomacy on behalf of U.S. values and interests. Mr. Obama has the potential to become a great president. Given the enormous problems he would confront from his first day in office, and the damage wrought over the past eight years, we would settle for very good.


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At least some people are keeping their sense of humor, like the heroes chick:

See more Hayden Panettiere videos at Funny or Die


And SNL has a run in with the Crazy McCain rally lady: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Liv...crazy-mccain-lady-we-liked-it/768741/





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