McCain Wimps Out, Country Shrugs
After two weeks of party conventions which included The Maverick's bold, audacious cave-in to the religious right, we find ourselves in exactly the sa...
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This Election Is Tearing My Family Apart
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Obama Goes On the Offense
His fluid, tough, and forcefully delivered speech indicates that he will be a formidable and potentially devastating opponent in the fall presidential debates. Anyone who can't see that just doesn't get it.
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What a wonderful use of graphics. It definitely illustrates that the Democrats are more focused in the message they are trying to deliver. The evenness of the Republican distribution hints that they aren't exactly sure what avenue of attack to take and what their message should be, so they are throwing it all at the wall to see what sticks.
I applaud the person that put this graph together, it is fast and easy to understand.
This is from McBu$h's RNC acceptance speech last night.
Change(ing) - 9 times
Fight(ing) - 23 times
Fought - 9 times
Maverick - 1 time
My friends - 1 time
The only poll you'll need is the one on Nov. 4th:
O b a m a/Biden 59%
John Bush/Sarah Cheney 33%
Barr 4%
Nader 2%
Nice numbers...you're a psycic?
Any Republican who would have ran would said the same unbelievable stuff--i.e. that they are a different kind of Rep.
If Bush was running fo e a third term he would ran against himself--he would distance himself FROM himself.
Laughable.
If the American people do not hold the Reps accountable here, then they are tacitly giving them permission NOT TO CHANGE.
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