Time to Pivot back to Iraq: Here's How
Kos, amongothers, warns Dems against falling for the Chicken Little act on the bailout of the financial crisis. I think they are all right. We should be wary of this problem. But I'd like to show...
View ArticleConspiracy Theory for the Debate Tonight
We're all conspiracy theorists now. I just want to get mine on the record.Friday John McCain goes into a room with House Republicans and closes the door. Nothing will actually happen in there--maybe...
View ArticleDebate Is ON!! OBAMA Takes Initiative
Well i saw some rumblings about this yesterday and I don't know if its been written about yet, but what was mentioned as an alternative to the debate by the Obama campaign is now being proposed by the...
View ArticleMcCain wins.....The "Hey, Get off my lawn grumpy troll award and why agreeing...
If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow...
View ArticleWatching in a room full of Democratic political types
came out of last night's debate-watching with a positive attitude. And that is not what the mood was before the debate started. Most felt good with how the week had gone. More than a few were aware...
View ArticleThe Debate in 90 Seconds
Well, 91 actually but 90 sounds sexier. :)Last night those of us who watched the debate on CNN received a special treat. The Most Trusted Name in News added a special feature to their coverage, they...
View ArticleUpdated: McCain Already President in his Own Mind - Going Back to DC to Solve...
Given the debate last night and how it turned out, I found it rather interesting that the latest McCain campaign email I got this morning is all about McCain going back to Washington to single-...
View ArticleThe debate line that says it all..
I had added an update to my debate entry last night, and wanted to bring it back, more below the fold:
View ArticleHow last night turned 8 McCain voters to Vote Obama
First a little background about me and my family. Those of you who have ready my previous diaries know that I'm from Michigan but have been in living and working in Australia for the past 4 years and a...
View ArticleMcCain Denigrates Our Troops' Honor
We ‘lost’ Vietnam: does this make John McCain’s captivity less heroic, his military service less ‘honorable’? And if it doesn’t, why is he impugning the honor of our military heroes serving today in...
View ArticleWho Will Defend Us from Star Wars?
There are not many policy issues on which I fundamentally disagree with Sen. Obama's positions, but one of them is missile defense. In the first debate, Obama agreed with Sen. McCain that he would go...
View ArticleBrown v. Whitman debate: Meg does NOT support immigration reform
California: during the 1st gubernatorial debate that just took place between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate made this very candid remark regarding immigration reform: "I wouldn't...
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October 3rd debate just became even more critical for Romney
Running for president is hard on my self unit. The first Presidential Debate will occur on October 3rd in Denver. The debate will be moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS. It will divided into six segments of...
View ArticleI've Heard All These Promises Before!
Regardless of what a bunch of pundits think, my reaction to Romney is this: I know why the President loathes him. If Romney wasn't rich, he'd be one of those high pressure salesman you have to keep...
View ArticleA thought... but not an excuse for the President's performance tonight.
After the debate this evening I spoke with my father. He is a true, dyed in the wool, Republican. He was rather pleased that Obama was off tonight, about as much as I was disappointed. Then he said...
View ArticleDebating a Liar
I've played this over and over in my mind. Just exactly how do you debate someone who will lie repeatedly and firmly, and say basically whatever they think sounds the best? No, that's not rhetorical....
View ArticleWinning
Let's keep our eyes on the prize, people. Are we in this election to win a debate...and what does "winning" it mean, anyway? That we revel in a white-faced and shaking Romney, dissolving into a puddle...
View ArticleGallup Tracking Poll Shows Election Referendum On Romney, Not Obama
Cross-posted on Immizen.comAs I reported yesterday, the daily (de-trended) Gallup Poll on Obama's job approval showed an amazing spike to 61% approve, 39% disapprove the day before the first debate....
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'The Independent Undecided Voter'
'Comforting Thoughts on Obama and Romney's First Debate – As Undecided Voters Think It Over'No question in this 1st presidential debate, putting it kindly, Romney mangled the truth. But it is known...
View ArticleMoney's Mooning of America
I don't get it. Seemingly everyone and his brother, as if having drunk out of the same Rev. Jimmy Jones-type Kool-Aid trough, is saying that M. Romney won that first debate against B. Obama, and...
View ArticleBachmann update MN-06: totally burned at first debate
The seats at the Convention Center in St. Cloud were filled "almost to the rafters," according to a reporter on the scene.Graves won easily. There's a link to the video below, but here's a debate...
View ArticleSpeak up now if you switched from Clinton to Sanders as a result of the debate
As I noted in my earlier diary, I've Been In The Sanders Camp, But Clinton Clearly Won This Debate:It's telling that Sanders' biggest applause during the debate came from propping up Clinton instead of...
View ArticleInteresting non online debate poll
Gravis ran this oneGravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, conducted a random survey of 760 registered Democratic voters across the U.S. regarding the performance and opinions of the Democrats...
View ArticleRepublican Newsmax Leads with Luntz Letter How Clinton can Win First Debate
Frank Luntz, of the AP, writes an open letter, stating the ways Hillary Clinton can win the first debate. It is published in Time Magazine.I subscribe to Newsmax—a right wing, Republican newsletter—so...
View ArticleDonald Trump couldn't stop himself from interrupting Hillary Clinton over and...
Among the many things Donald Trump failed to do in Monday night’s debate—look presidential, offer policy proposals, speak coherently—was shut up, even when it was his turn to shut up. It’s amazing how...
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Turnout Tuesday: Phonebank! Show HRC We Are Proud! Poll: Favorite Trump...
How to join inHey everyone! This is a Call banking for Hillary DailyKOS hang out thread! Let us get started with the most important thing. www.hillaryclinton.com/...Here is your link to sign up and...
View ArticleWorth a read - NY Times opinion writers on the debate
A collection of posts, with some participants offering more than one, collectively titled What We Saw During the Debate and subtitled “How Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton looked to Times Opinion...
View ArticleThe Elephant In the Room At the Debates Was Not A Republican
“My microphone was defective” he complained. Does that explain the near constant shouting into it, the snorts, sniffles, and heavy sighs? Does it explain the hard productive inhales drawing the...
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Kamala2020 - Schedule Changes and Debates. Let's get it on!
Good morning, wonderful ones!No one was scheduled to do a diary today but wanted to be sure everyone was up to speed about the scheduling changes.Dee and I discussed the scheduling issue and have...
View ArticleAmerica is an Abuse Victim Fighting For Survival
I watched as much of the first Trump/Biden debate as I could stomach, honestly I have a headache and feel queasy. I saw a man standing at a podium, but I FELT a man stalking the stage, raging like a...
View ArticleFake prez commits latest fraud, this time by pretending he'd debate, then...
Only the grift, the swindle, and the ego are real with Donald J. Trump. All else is fraud. His SAT. His bone spurs. His public tax claims. His multi-billionaire status. His business genius. His...
View ArticleFredo Wants to Be the Don, But Don Is Fredo
OK, so having suffered through the entire debate Tuesday night, I can say the US Armed Services now have a new tool for their torture resistance program. Honestly, the term ‘shit show’ which has been...
View ArticleA humorous break from seriousness. A bad lip reading of the first POTUS debate.
xYouTube VideoI am not sure if you have ever seen a bad lip reading before or not, but they are all, in my view, hilarious. Check it out….it is worth it.
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