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Oct
16
Joe the plumber was on a hell of a ride tonight. He had health care, then he didn’t; he went broke, then he bought a business; his taxes went up, then he wasn’t paying taxes at all.
Joe probably blew his brains out tonight.
Oh there ya go again Joe, being negative.
Joe the plumber, who may or may not be Joe six-pack. That wasn’t discussed last night. But according to McCain, Joe the plumber was going to go out on his own, buy the plumbing company he’s been working for, supposedly all his life, and get completely fucked up the ass by Obama’s higher taxes and health insurance fines. Why? Because Barack Obama is a terrorist and hates small businesses
What McCain forgot to mention was that in order for Joe plumber to see any increase in his taxes he would be making over $250,000. Which would indicate that his business was doing pretty well and he probably had a few employees working for him. A few employees who would need, or at least want, health care. Which Joe could provide and get a 50-percent tax credit.
Now I’m just an average Joe, but it seems to me if Joe the plumber, is making $250, 000 year - that’s him, not his business - that he’s doing pretty well, and may no longer be Joe six-pack. But Joe six-pack will have a job working for Joe the plumber with lower taxes and health insurance - which he’ll need when his liver explodes.
Then McCain tried one more time to let us know that Obama was going to screw us all and drag us into a socialist hell we’ll never recover from.
“[I]f you’re a small business and you … [don’t] adopt the health care plan that Senator Obama mandates, he’s going to fine you. … Now, Senator Obama, I’d like — still like to know what that fine is going to be…” McCain asked. He’s been asking about the fines through two debates now. The fines that Obama’s going to charge to businesses that don’t provide health care.
Here it comes.
Obama looked right into the camera and … “Here’s your fine — zero. I exempt small businesses from the requirement for large businesses that can afford to provide health care to their employees, but are not doing it.”
McCain looked like a shocked guppie. “Zero?”
And as for Joe’s wife, and her “health” as McCain air quoted, getting his arms way up there, seems to be seen, by McCain, as an extreme position, rather than the mainstream position that it is.
What I was hoping to be and what could have been the best question of the night, How is your running mate better than you opponent’s running mate, which gave Obama a wide opening, turned out to be pretty tame.
“That’s really question? C’mon, really? Do I have to answer that? I think the American people have figured that one out on their own,” would have done nicely.
Oct
15
Tonight, the gloves are off. All bets are off. It’s going to get dirty. They’re not going to pull any punches.
Isn’t that what they told us the last time? McCain was supposed to take the gloves off and come out fighting? All I saw was an old guy, who upped his meds, wander around looking for a way back to his chair.
Obama did his usual dodge and at the end of it all, it came down to whether or not they shook hands.
Will McCain bring up Ayers? Will Obama bring up the Keating Five? Will McCain loose his cool and spout off some racial epithet?
Man, one would hope.
Most likely? The same drivel we’ve been hearing for years. Two hours of random crap and the next three days looking through factcheck.org to see who lied, how many times, and about what.
Why doesn’t the moderator have the ability, integrity, and dignity to say, “Whoa, that’s a fucking lie and you’ll need to restate that.”
Maybe if that’d been the case at Olympus High School, Rove would be mowing lawns instead of serving as an idol to douche bags like Schmidt.
Oct
8
Okay, maybe lost is the wrong word. It wasn’t much of a debate after all. Even according to FOX, if you can listen, read, or watch what they have to say without loosing a piece of your soul Obama won. But also according to to some of the “reporters,” at FOX it’s not over.
Look, the thing is Obama relates better to people. Whether it’s one-on-one or to mobs. McCain calls people “friends” in a such insincere way you’d think he was taking your wallet and he lets people call for Obama’s head at his rallies. At the very least, he doesn’t condemn it.
This was supposed to be McCain’s shining moment. It’s his best format they said. McCain’s been asking for a Town Hall meeting for months, they said. Obama’s going to get punked, they said.
Foreign policy was supposed to be his strength too and he wiffed on that.
I’ve said this before … Obama gives me hope. McCain was favored to take undecideds and independents. Maybe the McCain that ran in 2000. This one makes me a little sad.
Here’s CNN’s Report Card.
Oct
8
Debate Deux: Polls
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Research 2000 - Presidential Race
Obama 51, McCain 41
CNN - Who did the best job in the debate?
Obama (D) 54, McCain (R) 30
CNN - Who seemed to be the stronger leader?
Obama 54, McCain 43
SurveyUSA - Who won?
Obama 54, McCain 29
CBS Insta Poll shows Barack Obama won 39% to John McCain’s 25% with 36% saying the debate was a draw.
Insider Advantage reports of those polled Obama won 42% to McCain’s 41% with Undecided 17%
CNN reports voter opinions that Obama “did better” 51%, McCain “did better” 38%
Oct
7
Debate Deux aftermath
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I now have a vision of McCain walking through the mountains of Pakistan, with an Elmer Fudd hat and a piece of meat on a stick, looking for Osama Bin Laden, because, as he said, he knows how to find Bin Laden. It’s going to take a couple of nights of sleep before I can get that image out of my head.
If I was a drinker and drank every time McCain said “my friends” and “Reagan” I’d be plowed right now. apparently Reagan holds a special place in McCain’s heart as his hero…with the possible exception of Roosevelt.
I can’t believe this format is McCain’s strength. He looked like he was moving around in slow motion trying to get his bearings straight. He wavered on some of the questions and rambled on off topic, and Brokaw gave him a lot of leeway. Maybe his meds are out of whack.
Every once in a while, and I’m a fan of the look, Obama had this what the fuck are you talking about look on his face and you’d have thought he was settling in for another Palin skit on SNL. It wasn’t as memorable as Biden’s double-take WTF look during his debate with Palin. I still get a chuckle from that.
Over all it was more of the same old shit and nothing was really answered. No big surprise and no big disappointment. I was hoping that McCain’s head would explode when Obama insinuated “you’re lieing John,” in his responses. But all we got was “That one.” That one? “You know who voted for it? That one!”
That one line alone has to take up most of tomorrow’s news.
Oct
7
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Sooner or later people are going to figure out that if all you run is negative attack ads you don’t have much of a vision for the future, or you’re not ready to articulate it.
You know who said that? John McCain said that. He said that in 2000 when he was running against Bush and being accused of having fathered illegitimate black children, among other things. Now, I guess it’s all water under the bridge. A bridge too nowhere.
Now he’s calling his opponent a terrorist and letting people yell “kill” at his rallies? He’s running ads that call Obama dangerous and dishonorable? He’s selling out … God damn it!
I liked the McCain 2000 model. I didn’t like all of what it said and stood for, but I liked the way it said it. I liked the Straight Talk Express, that he called a kid a “little punk,” that he made witty and sarcastic remarks on Letterman and Jon Stewart. That he seemed (an important distinction) like a reasonable guy with a decent sense of humor.
The McCain 2008 is morally bankrupt and vicious. He’s lost the respect he had for the American people. I do believe that he once thought of the people of this country as able to think for themselves and see through the garbage that he himself is now tossing our way. It’s sad to see a man who once had a vision and passion resort to the underhanded tricks we’ve come to expect. It’s sad we weren’t wrong in expecting them.
I had hoped, when it came down to these two, that we’d finally see real conversation. Somehow I was naive enough to believe that there was a chance that we’d be offered plans that could stand on their own; hear debates that covered topics we cared about; and finally have questions answered honestly and directly. Not bullshit that we’d have to wait days until someone deciphered what was really meant and who was telling the truth.
They’re both capable of clean honest campaigns. They’re both experienced, articulate, intelligent guys who obviously made it far enough to be able to do something unbelievable.That we’re being inundated with smears, lies, and blatant attacks laced with slander is causing me physical pain.
I had bigger hopes for this election.
Oct
6
Obama v McCain - Round 2
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Round two of the debacle … I mean debate is coming. I put a countdown meter in the right sidebar of this site (over there, on the page, to your right) along with a poll, so you can opinionate.
I’m getting antsy as usual. I think I keep hoping for something big. Not a fight - though that would be something to talk about - but some answers. Real answers from two guys that are planning on running this country. Not more bullshit that makes me wonder if Obama was handing out dildos to nuns or what bill was attached to another bill that one of them didn’t vote for because they voted against the bill it was attached to.
Can I just get some answers?
Hey McCain, why was your wife wearing $300,000 worth of clothes at the RNC?
Hey Obama, is it true that you’re an elite, honky hating terrorist?
Hey McCain … Palin? Really? You’re kidding, right?
This next one’s for both of you. And please, for the love of Pete, answer the question without telling me how the other guy isn’t going to answer the question …
What are you going to do for us?
