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The man who lost his way.
Author: Raine    Date: 10/13/2008 12:15:06

Bill Kristol wants Gramps to "Fire the Campaign".
What McCain needs to do is junk the whole thing and start over. Shut down the rapid responses, end the frantic e-mails, bench the spinning surrogates, stop putting up new TV and Internet ads every minute. In fact, pull all the ads — they’re doing no good anyway. Use that money for televised town halls and half-hour addresses in prime time.

And let McCain go back to what he’s been good at in the past — running as a cheerful, open and accessible candidate. Palin should follow suit. The two of them are attractive and competent politicians. They’re happy warriors and good campaigners. Set them free.
That all would be rather amusing except that Bill Kristol (just last week) urged Grampy to go MORE negative .
Palin had raised the topic of Ayers Saturday on the campaign trail, and she maintained to me that Obama, who’s minimized his relationship with Ayers, “hasn’t been wholly truthful” about this.

I pointed out that Obama surely had a closer connection to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright than to Ayers — and so, I asked, if Ayers is a legitimate issue, what about Reverend Wright?

She didn’t hesitate: “To tell you the truth, Bill, I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country, and to have sat in the pews for 20 years and listened to that — with, I don’t know, a sense of condoning it, I guess, because he didn’t get up and leave — to me, that does say something about character. But, you know, I guess that would be a John McCain call on whether he wants to bring that up.”
It isn't just John McCain that is erratic these days, it is the ticket, the party and the entire neo-conservative philosophy. They just don't know what to do.

I suppose firing the entire campaign could be an attention grabber... much like the fake campaign suspension, but really, that wasn't realistic and this obviously isn't either. This smells desperate, and in this time of economic crisis, we really need a little stability.

Just yesterday, McCain suggesting adopting a new economic plan. *** [Blog update at bottom of page]
"I think it goes along the lines that now is the time to lower tax rates for investors, capital gains tax, dividend tax rates, to make sure that we can get the economy jump-started," said Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
That's not a new plan. That is John McCain's ORIGINAL plan, the plan he had to deny when he said he was going to be a great 'Regulator'. Besides, if only he would listen to his VP candidate, one would learn that It's not the economy, it's the ABORTION.
“In times like these with wars and financial crisis, I know that it may be easy to forget even as deep and abiding a concern as the right to life, and it seems that our opponent kind of hopes you will forget that,” Palin told a Pennsylvania crowd.
It's not the surrogates, it not the media it's John McCain. And it's all so erratic that He doesn't seem to know what his message is anymore. Even on Korea, He and Sarah Palin can't agree.

This may be the most poorly coordinated campaign I have ever seen in my life, and this is what you get when you have a bunch of race baiting xenophobic greedy corporate thieves telling you what to do every day. His own party is walking away from him as fast as they can. I don't think Gramps has to fire anyone, they are firing him. (besides puppets can't fire their masters.)

In the mean time... Barack broke more fundraising records in September and is steady and on course to winning the election. That is leadership in the face of crisis.

My suggestion to John McCain, stop trying to win anything and go buy your soul back.

:peace: and :heart:
Raine

P.S. : Congratulations to Paul Krugman for winning a Nobel Prize for Economics!!!

*** Blog update 10:45 am McCain has announced there will be no new economic plan.
This is further confirmation of the erractic and unsure nature of John McCain and his campaign.
 

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Comment by Grumpymann on 10/13/2008 12:50:08
Hello

Comment by wickedpam on 10/13/2008 12:50:15
morning :hug:

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 12:51:38
Good morning btw!

Comment by Shane-O on 10/13/2008 12:56:59
Morning -- Raine - did you mean "Bill Kristoff" up top? Or just Freudian :rofl:

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/13/2008 12:58:38
Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:01:20
Oh dear...





:rofl:



It has been fixed... :P

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:04:24
Thanks Shane. Wow, I feel like a dummy now!

Comment by TriSec on 10/13/2008 13:04:47
Morning, folks!



Halloween is coming, got your Barack O'Lantern stencil yet?





Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:06:06
Heya Grump... are you guys still ok with the tobacco papers? I have been getting a new bunch together and iffin yu need... well you know what to do. ;)

Comment by Shane-O on 10/13/2008 13:08:30
Quote by Raine:

Thanks Shane. Wow, I feel like a dummy now!


NO!! It was funny! -- Kristoff - the heir to Dr. Doom in the Fantastic Four -- I think it's an apt description of Bill Kristol!



Comment by m-hadley on 10/13/2008 13:09:04
Heya 4Fers!

In honor of Columbus Day I am wearing a t-shirt that has a photo of Geronimo and his gang with the caption above the photo "Homeland Security" and under the photo it reads "Fighting Terrorism Since 1492." Get it? Happy Indigenous Rights Day !!!

Cheers,

mfaye :D



:gobama:

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/13/2008 13:12:16
Quote by Raine:

Heya Grump... are you guys still ok with the tobacco papers? I have been getting a new bunch together and iffin yu need... well you know what to do. ;)


Thanks we are good for now.

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/13/2008 13:13:20
Quote by m-hadley:

Heya 4Fers!

In honor of Columbus Day I am wearing a t-shirt that has a photo of Geronimo and his gang with the caption above the photo "Homeland Security" and under the photo it reads "Fighting Terrorism Since 1492." Get it? Happy Indigehous Rights Day !!!

Cheers,

mfaye :D



:gobama:


I HAVE THE SAME ONE!



I LOVE that shirt!



Got it at a pow wow.

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:13:55
Quote by Shane-O:

Quote by Raine:

Thanks Shane. Wow, I feel like a dummy now!


NO!! It was funny! -- Kristoff - the heir to Dr. Doom in the Fantastic Four -- I think it's an apt description of Bill Kristol!





hell, maybe I should change it back!



Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:14:51
Wow, the crazies are REALLY coming out like roaches, huh?

Comment by m-hadley on 10/13/2008 13:17:46
Quote by Grumpymann:

Quote by m-hadley:

Heya 4Fers!

In honor of Columbus Day I am wearing a t-shirt that has a photo of Geronimo and his gang with the caption above the photo "Homeland Security" and under the photo it reads "Fighting Terrorism Since 1492." Get it? Happy Indigenous Rights Day !!!

Cheers,

mfaye :D



:gobama:


I HAVE THE SAME ONE!



I LOVE that shirt!



Got it at a pow wow.




Ditto here, Grumpy.

You PowWow? I PowWow. We all PowWow :D

Cheers,

mfaye



:gobama:



Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:20:31
Shane! That might have been your best drop EVER!!!

Comment by BobR on 10/13/2008 13:22:09
Quote by m-hadley:

Heya 4Fers!

In honor of Columbus Day I am wearing a t-shirt that has a photo of Geronimo and his gang with the caption above the photo "Homeland Security" and under the photo it reads "Fighting Terrorism Since 1492." Get it? Happy Indigenous Rights Day !!!

Cheers,

mfaye :D



:gobama:


I've seen that one before - love it! :P

Comment by Shane-O on 10/13/2008 13:22:09
Quote by Raine:

Shane! That might have been your best drop EVER!!!


Wow! -- Thanks!



(I'll put up the longer Walken Drop in the center as an audicon later)



Comment by BobR on 10/13/2008 13:23:45
Quote by Shane-O:



Wow! -- Thanks!



(I'll put up the longer Walken Drop in the center as an audicon later)



missed it by that much...



FYI - we do have this one already:

Comment by Shane-O on 10/13/2008 13:28:24
Quote by BobR:

Quote by Shane-O:



Wow! -- Thanks!



(I'll put up the longer Walken Drop in the center as an audicon later)



missed it by that much...



FYI - we do have this one already:


That is the best one from the sketch. I also like the "I could use a little more cowbell" (the one I used this time) and the "I gotta fever" one.



Comment by Shane-O on 10/13/2008 13:30:33
"Missed it by that much" -- do we have that audicon?

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:33:01


Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:34:18
Markets are up 400 points.

Comment by Shane-O on 10/13/2008 13:36:37
Quote by Raine:



Yay! :clap:



(Sometimes I have trouble finding them - much of it, my fault, for adding too many)



Comment by m-hadley on 10/13/2008 13:38:25
Quote by Shane-O:

Quote by Raine:

Shane! That might have been your best drop EVER!!!


Wow! -- Thanks!



(I'll put up the longer Walken Drop in the center as an audicon later)





Shane-O,

All weekend long an old Carly Simon song was running through my head "I haven't got time for the pain," substituting McCain for the words "the Pain." Just thought you might be able to do something with that. I wish I had your mad skills, yo :P

Cheers,

mfaye



:gobama:



Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:39:50
Obama is up in North Dakota.



At this rate, the way things are looking grampy might win Utah.



Just Utah.



(Ok, one can hope, right?)

Comment by BobR on 10/13/2008 13:40:05
Quote by Shane-O:



Yay! :clap:



(Sometimes I have trouble finding them - much of it, my fault, for adding too many)



Part of our Administration page shows how many times each Audicon has been used. At some point, we will likely purge some of the ones that have never been used.

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:40:23
:modbat: they better leave John Lewis alone!!!

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/13/2008 13:40:41
McCain IS a racEist (IMHO) But he has the right to be.

Not just because he was a POW.

But he is a citizen of the US.

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:43:17
Quote by Raine:

Obama is up in North Dakota.



At this rate, the way things are looking grampy might win Utah.



Just Utah.



(Ok, one can hope, right?)
It's now asking for a login... so I will post it here:
Barack Obama is shown with an edge against John McCain in a North Dakota presidential race that has narrowed to a statistical tie, according to a new Forum poll.



The survey shows Obama squeaking past McCain, 45 percent to 43 percent, a lead that falls within the poll’s margin of error and therefore indicates a dead heat, according to political analysts.



Still up for grabs: undecided voters, comprising 12 percent.



“It’s a statistical tossup,” said Jim Danielson, co-director of the Public Affairs Institute at Minnesota State University Moorhead, which conducted the statewide telephone survey for The Forum. Pollsters contacted 606 likely North Dakota voters by telephone Oct. 6-8.




This is really good news!

Comment by Shane-O on 10/13/2008 13:43:33
Quote by BobR:

Quote by Shane-O:



Yay! :clap:



(Sometimes I have trouble finding them - much of it, my fault, for adding too many)



Part of our Administration page shows how many times each Audicon has been used. At some point, we will likely purge some of the ones that have never been used.


Cool. I wrote to you about the possibility of that a while back - out of guilt, some might say... Often what I think might come in handy often as an audicon doesn't bear out.



Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:44:32
Quote by Grumpymann:

McCain IS a racEist (IMHO) But he has the right to be.

Not just because he was a POW.

But he is a citizen of the US.
What he doesn't have a right to do however, is yell "FIRE" in a crowded theatre.



And that is what he is doing.



Comment by MNRN on 10/13/2008 13:44:45
morning lovelies.....preskooler has the day off, and so does your nurse! A rainy MN day with many domestic thingys to keep us occupied...

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:50:35
Good morning MNRN!

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:51:45
IT should be noted that McCain/Palin are truly the most corrupt ticket in history.



BOTH have been found guilty of ethics violations. :waiting:

Comment by MNRN on 10/13/2008 13:56:08
If you have not watched the Keating Five documentary on Obama's website....it will remind you of how pissed off you SHOULD be....just sayin....

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/13/2008 13:56:24
Quote by Raine:

Quote by Grumpymann:

McCain IS a racEist (IMHO) But he has the right to be.

Not just because he was a POW.

But he is a citizen of the US.
What he doesn't have a right to do however, is yell "FIRE" in a crowded theatre.



And that is what he is doing.



Very true on both points.

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 13:56:27
Actually the number is 90%.



A tornado of economic discontent is buffeting the nation, sending satisfaction with the country's direction to a 35-year low, George W. Bush's approval rating below Richard Nixon's worst  and Barack Obama, boosted by economic empathy, to his best-yet advantage in the presidential race.



Given the global economic crisis, a record 90 percent of registered voters say the country is seriously off on the wrong track, the most since this question first was asked in 1973. At 23 percent, Bush's job approval rating has fallen below Nixon's lowest; it's a point away from the lowest in 70 years of polling, set by Harry Truman in early 1952. Bush's disapproval, meanwhile, is at an all-time record  73 percent.



Comment by MNRN on 10/13/2008 13:58:23
oh and btw, its not Columbus Day...



Its SSG's Birthday.....

Comment by MNRN on 10/13/2008 14:00:51
DJIA up 300 plus points, following on Asia markets being up overnight....whew, some of us might actually be able to retire someday....

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 14:03:36
Quote by MNRN:

oh and btw, its not Columbus Day...



Its SSG's Birthday.....


AHHH!!!



:birthday::party::dance::dance2::hug:HAPPY BIRTHDAY SSG! :hug::dance2::dance::party::birthday:




We miss you, and love you.







Comment by MNRN on 10/13/2008 14:05:01
back later....preskooler needs some hugging!!!

Comment by wickedpam on 10/13/2008 14:07:05
SSG B-Day!





Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 14:07:13
Quote by MNRN:

DJIA up 300 plus points, following on Asia markets being up overnight....whew, some of us might actually be able to retire someday....


Europe and Australia injected money as well. Up 6%... I don't really know what to make of it all, but it seems as tho the rest of the world is taking the lead on this and it's working.



I am left wondering why tho. The US feds have been injecting billions for months to no avail. It is good news and that makes me happy.

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 14:08:07
Oh dear... I am not in the mood for a blame the democrats moment.







Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 14:09:33
^ perks up^ Wait... Did jim just agree with me about the double reverse projection that the ® are going to accuse the dems of stealing the election???

Comment by Raine on 10/13/2008 14:14:53
:rofl: I love the boos!!!

Comment by Grumpymann on 10/13/2008 14:15:20


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