Thursday, August 28, 2008
 THURSDAY MORNING
Some nice rhetoric last night. I particularly liked Bill Clinton's remarks
about what a fantastic commander-in-chief he was. Just a few words ... words like
Somalia. American troops are murdered by Islamic warlords ... and we tuck tail
and run. Some commander-in-chief. Turning down chances to get our hands on Bin
Laden – and enjoying interns while Al Qaeda strengthens. Great, just great.
Specifics. Still looking for specifics. Oh yeah ... we all know that Obama is
going to tax the people Democrat voters don't like and shower benefits on those
likely to vote Democrat. Been there before, nothing new.
This is the most unknown candidate the Democrats have ever put in front of
the voters in our lifetimes ... let's see if we get any specifics tonight ... or
just grand oratory.
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CONVENTION GOODIES
Pat Buchanan dropped by for a chat Wednesday
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BROADCASTING FROM THE RAGS-TO-RICHES CONVENTION ...
If you haven't noticed an underlying theme in nearly every speech at this
convention, then Barack Obama has failed to deliver his message ... every speech
made on the convention floor
is supposed to have some sort of rags-to-riches theme. Yep. All speeches
must be approved by the Obama campaign, and in many cases, they have been
drastically changed to fit in with Obama's message. There has been one
exception so far: Bill Clinton.
A Democrat source seemed "dismayed" by requiring nearly every speaker to have
"a rags-to-riches story, dredging him- or herself up out of poverty and into
prosperity." Although the source says that this is Obama's convention, so he
can do as he pleases.
The only speech that has been completely changed was Dennis Kucinich, who
wanted to say that the Republicans are asking "for another four years – in a
just world, they'd get 10 to 20." The Obama camp wasn't too pleased. Kucinich,
though a nice guy, is an uninformed fool.
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STILL NO REAL BUMP FOR OBAMA
Going into the Democrat Convention, John McCain was enjoying a slight lead in
the polls over Barack Obama, even after Obama announced his choice for VP.
After three days of polling during the Democrat campaign, Obama has moved back
ahead in the polls ...
but only by one point. And the margin of error for this poll is 2 points.
The bottom line is that the Messiah isn't producing the numbers that
everybody probably expected.
After some research, Cristina found that the average post convention bump
for a candidate is six or seven percentage points. This is based on Gallup
polls dating back to 1964. So far, Obama hasn't seen that happen. And he
probably won't ... because the Democrat's convention ends right as the Labor Day
holiday begins, and this will supposedly have an effect on polling. Then again
... that speech before the Temple of Obama tonight might turn the trick.
A WOMAN RUNNING MATE FOR MCCAIN?
Looking ahead to John McCain's announcement for VP ...
There has been more and more buzz about the likelihood of John McCain
choosing a woman for his vice president. Right now the most talked about
name is Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. This seems to make Democrats
nervous.
An article from London reports that a senior strategist (I assume they mean
a Democrat) said that, "If McCain picks a woman, this thing is done."
So as Dick Morris points out, Hutchinson has been around for a while and she
isn't going to do anything to jeopardize the McCain campaign at this point.
While she has a lot of experience (she's been in the Senate since 1993) she
doesn't have one important factor: charisma. She isn't going to match The
Chosen One's star quality, but then his own running mate, Joe Biden, isn't quite
doing that either.
Other buzz is surrounding Sarah Palin of Alaska because she is considered
more conservative and apparently is a spritely young mother.
Could you imagine that? If McCain chooses a woman VP, we would be guaranteed
either a woman or a black man in the White House. That has to say something
about our country.
Having said all that ...I think it will be Romney.
THE GUSTAV EFFECT
It's pretty evident that the Republicans know what's coming .... Hurricane
Gustav. And it couldn't come at a worse time. In fact,
the media in New Orleans is saying that they could begin evacuations as soon
as Friday ... the same day that John McCain may announce his choice for VP. If
the storm hits, it would be early next week. But we've still got a long way to
go, folks. I guess this will be the true test to see if Barack Obama is, in
fact, the Messiah.
YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR
The people of Alaska just don't get it. Even when their own senator is
facing a corruption indictment,
Alaska still believes that Ted Stevens is the man for the job. Well I
should say the Republicans in Alaska still think he is the man for the job.
Stevens won his Republic primary the other day with 63% of the vote, despite the
fact that he is currently facing a federal indictment. Federal prosecutors say
that Stevens lied about reports to conceal over $250,000 in home renovations and
gifts from oil company executives. He has been caught up in a federal
investigation into Alaskan politics that has already seen three state lawmakers
sent to federal prison.
But he's their guy. He's been in Congress since 1968. And he does what most
voters want him to do ... bring home the pork. Stevens is best known for his
"Bridge to Nowhere" project a few years ago, where he wanted to spend $223
million of taxpayer dollars to build a bridge to some village where all of 50
people live. And take a look at this statistic ... between 1995 and 2008, Stevens
sponsored 1,452 pork barrel projects, costing the taxpayers $3.4 billion. Since
1999, Stevens' state of Alaska has been the #1 pork per capita. That means that
more tax dollars are spent on each and every Alaskan than any other state in the
nation.
In the general election, Stevens will face Democrat opponent Mark Begich, the
mayor of Anchorage.
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Did you happen to catch a glimpse of Obama's stage for his acceptance speech
on Thursday?
It's set up to be a miniature Greek temple. Royal, Jamie and I are
currently working on our Greek broadcast names.
Hey, maybe the festivities this evening might look a little something
like this.
According to House Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel,
John McCain has succeeded in making race a factor in this election. Wait ...
what? Wasn't it Obama who said that the Republicans were going to remind people
that he was black?
Robert Novak believes that John McCain absolutely
cannot get away with picking Joe Lieberman as his VP. Don't worry ... he
won't.
This is an excellent column by Robert Robb:
Democrats the Party of Whiners.
German magazine
Der Spiegel attempts to explain how this election is gearing up to be "white
America" versus "black America."
Michelle Obama says that Hispanics (and by that I assume she means illegal
aliens)
should not have to live in fear of raids by immigration agents.
Who are the
most popular pundits reporting on the conventions ... apparently not me. No
surprise there.
A woman in a Chicago suburb is fawning over the fact that
she owns Barack Obama's old Jeep.
Which color pant suit would you have gone with for Hillary's speech?
People in Seattle didn't appreciate it when someone at a state fair started
selling
$3 bills with pictures of Barack Obama wearing a turban and standing with a
camel.
A California activist is gathering signatures to put
a "wealth tax" on the ballot, which essentially calls for a new 35% income
surtax and ... this is just so asinine.
Do you think that your precious little angel
is gifted? Chances are they probably aren't.
What happens when five of your
local board members in a small town quit? You have no government ... and it
can't even pay its bills.
And now for a bit of nonsense ... the
LPGA says that its members must speak English by 2009 or face suspension.
Do you remember the story about the 1,000lb woman who has been charged with
murder? Her lawyers are now claiming that
she is too fat to harm anyone.
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