Campaigns Begin Dash To Election

New York Times:

Fresh off back-to-back conventions, the two presidential campaigns took off Friday on a 60-day dash to the White House in a political landscape reshaped by the candidacy of Gov. Sarah Palin and Republican efforts to seize the mantle of change.

The race, transformed by zeal among the Republican base for Senator John McCain's running mate, got a burst of new life at the same time that television viewership numbers showed that nearly 40 million people, a record for an American political convention, tuned to the major broadcast and cable-news networks to watch Mr. McCain's acceptance speech in St. Paul on Thursday night. That was a bit more than those who watched Senator Barack Obama's speech in Denver last week.

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Comments

[trollslayer]

phreso, from your own profile...

I hate Kennedy but Love Obama. Does that make a 50/50 split?
posted Feb 05, 2008 at 22:21:24

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[realtalk]

This below was said by Senator Barbara Boxer:

"Last night at the Republican National Convention, John McCain used the word "fight" more than 40 times in his speech.
In the 16 years that we have served together in the Senate, I have seen John McCain fight.
I have seen him fight against raising the federal minimum wage 14 times.
I have seen him fight against making sure that women earn equal pay for equal work.
I have seen him fight against a women's right to choose so consistently that he received a zero percent vote rating from pro-choice organizations.
I have seen him fight against helping families gain access to birth control.
I have seen him fight against Social Security, even going so far as to call its current funding system "an absolute disgrace."
And I saw him fight against the new GI Bill of Rights until it became politically untenable for him to do so.
John McCain voted with President Bush 95 percent of the time in 2007 and 100 percent of the time in 2008 -- that's no maverick.
We do have two real fighters for change in this election -- and their names are Barack Obama and Joe Biden. "

[hockeynut]

where's McCain's press conference on the Fanny May Housing crissis he probably needs 2 days to practice it the old goat!!

[VolvoBirkenstock]

NeoPhreso had a demitasse before posting today

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc152/estaquente/funny_pictures/069d3bb002acd8d7dd095917f9efe4cb.jpg

[recruitgal]

Obama's taking names and kicking ass... LOVE IT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrcMVo14wFw

[trollslayer]

Phreso/Neo our resident troII with the most socks and the largest collection of empty wine boxes, posted this...

Why do we even care about the repu_g primaries? Its not like they are going to win anything important.
posted Feb 05, 2008 at 20:28:04
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and this...

I have been looking at the returns, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans 5-1. This is great news, but can we carry the momentum to November?
posted Feb 05, 2008 at 22:25:07
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[TLV]

Google Steve Silver.

[JLopez]

who is he?

[trollslayer]

Phreso/Neo the HuffingtonPost troII with the most socks and the largest collection of empty wine boxes in her trailer, posted this...

Why do we even care about the repu g primaries? Its not like they are going to win anything important.
posted Feb 05, 2008 at 20:28:04
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/phreso?page=48&action=comments&display=all&sort=newest

and this...

I have been looking at the returns, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans 5-1. This is great news, but can we carry the momentum to November?
posted Feb 05, 2008 at 22:25:07
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/phreso?page=47&action=comments&display=all&sort=newest

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

"Deny the last 8 years didn't happen" is not going to go well as a strateegery, cons!

[TLV]

Their attention spans are so short.

[trollslayer]

Phreso/Neo the HuffingtonPost troII with the most socks and the largest collection of empty wine boxes in her trailer, posted this...

Why do we even care about the repug primaries? Its not like they are going to win anything important.
posted Feb 05, 2008 at 20:28:04
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/phreso?page=48&action=comments&display=all&sort=newest

and this...

I have been looking at the returns, Democratic voters outnumber Republicans 5-1. This is great news, but can we carry the momentum to November?
posted Feb 05, 2008 at 22:25:07
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/users/profile/phreso?page=47&action=comments&display=all&sort=newest

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

If McCain really wanted change he would vote for Obama.

[Medius]

But John Bush only cares about his campaign.

[JLopez]

He is changing. He is using OBAMA talking points.

Next it will be "Yes We MCcan"!!

[humuhumunukunukuapuaa]

But the more things McChange, the More they Stay McSame...

[TLV]

I like "Bush and Cheney - own your failures!"

[nonconformist2]

LOL

[phreso]

Whirling Dervish (wurl-ing dur-vish) n. 1. A mystical
dancer who stands between the material and cosmic
worlds. His dance is part of a sacred ceremony
in which the dervish rotates in a precise rhythm.
He represents the earth revolving on its axis while
orbiting the sun. The purpose of the ritual whirling
is for the dervish to empty himself of all distracting
thoughts, placing him in trance; released from
his body he conquers dizziness.

Sound like a liberal to you?

[VolvoBirkenstock]

NeoPhreso, posting as BlueLight2
I don't worship Obama. I respect him and think he is the change we need.
posted Jan 27, 2008 at 17:50:29

[nonconformist2]

I'm not naming names, but somebody we know appears to have mulitple p.ersonali­ty d.isorder!

[nonconformist2]

Oh look everyone! Phreso got a new encloypedia for his 12th birthday! Such a good boy!

[ThunderclapNewman]

Sounds like an African religious ritual.

You've got nothing but cheap insults, Neo.

It's all you've ever had.
.

You're a fraud.

[ZHarris]

dr0ll tr0ll n. see above...

[TLV]

No. You're asking liberals.

[Heavy]

Now more corporate welfare. Fannie May and Freddie Mac. Countless billions that taxpayers get to suck up.

[BPCModerate]

You're right. Much better to let the housing market collapse and wipe out millions of homeowners. You're a genius.

[zippywpinhead]

no, much better not to let the bankers run wild and cause this mess in the first place...

Thanks Phil Gramm

[Heavy]

Ironic. It is your deregulation that WE are now having to pay for genius.

[nonconformist2]

But what if they are inpregnated by their hockey player boyfriend?

[Medius]

This is the kind of welfare the republicans like.

To think of the many years we, as taxpayers, will have to pay for this disaster.

[Gipper44]

Damn, 10,000 at the McCain/Palin rally in Colorado Springs this afternoon, and the American flags recovered from the DNC dumpster were a big hit.

Sports update: Oregon State Beavers 0 - Penn State Nitilly Lions 7; first quarter.

[nonconformist2]

Republican talking points are SO ENTERTAINING.

Here's the new one: The past 8 years are the fault of the democrats, since they've controlled congress for 2 years. Nevermind that it is the president who sets the policies. Nevermind that the dems in the senate are fillabustered at every term. Nevermind that the president will veto anything they pass. Nevermind that they don't have enough votes (yet) to override all these vetos. Somehow, it's just the dems fault.

It must hurt to be a republican and have to repeat such hackneyed nonsense.