This country needs a President with sound judgment!

This is no joke!

I have three children that I want to keep safe. Their future depends on the next president. 

Do we want a measured, intelligent approach to running our country in such a crucial point in history? 

Or do we want a lying, "say anything to obscure the truth," man who's still acting out on his own feelings of failure in Vietnam?

Focus Groups Favor Obama

 I can't believe FoxNews aired this! I guess they didn't have any control over what the independent panel of ordinary people said.

Do we really want a blustering bully for president?

FIRST DEBATE: 

Obama = Grace under pressure, measured, thoughtful

McCain = Nervous bully, dry-mouthed, snarky, disrespectful

Barak Obama obviously won this debate in the minds of reasonable Americans who want an intelligent, reasonable, and clear-headed man who can steer us through these choppy waters. McCain, on the other hand, is obviously nothing more than a bully who recycles talking points that only foolish fall for. McCain was rude and failed to honor the debate agreements, choosing instead to bluster through both the moderator and his opponent, not what we need in a president!

McCain was not "feisty" in the debate; he was an asshole. Obama showed grace under pressure, when McCain showed a total lack of respect for the agreed-upon debate forum. Do we want someone who would bluster around the planet with his finger on the nuke button? McCain wasn't even able to look Obama in the eye -- the hallmark of a snively rat.

I, for one, want someone who can take a calm, precise assessment of the situation at hand and made a poised, cool and collected decision. That man is Obama!

Could McCain be any more OUT OF TOUCH???

FIRST AND FOREMOST: MCCAIN HAS DROPPED SEVEN POINTS IN THE POLLS! 

I knew Palin was losing her fake shine!

It's almost embarrasing to witness the meltdown of McCain-Palin. Almost. Take today's (technically yesteray's) items:

1) Palin fumbles a question at a rally/town hall meeting, asking what her specific skill are in foreign policy. Basically, Palin blusters and stumbles through saying she's "confident" that she's "ready". (click here for video)

2) McCain confuses Spain's Prime Minister Zapatero (who withdrew from Iraq years ago), with Mexican leaders, drawing sharply into focus how unfit he really is to lead. McCain also continues to frame Venezuala & Bolivia as areas where the U.S. "neeeds to facilitate Democracy." That's flat-out frightening considering the last time we "facilitated democracy," more than 4,000 of our troops died, and thousands more lost limbs becoming para- and quadra-plegics! (go here for audio)

3) I'm sure you've already heard Palin's yahoo email was hacked, and she had official business on the un-secured account!

But the whopper granddaddy of them all for today ... 

4) McCain shows his utter lack of respect for the common man while stumping at a GE plant in Detroit, MI. Isn't it ... um ... interesting how McCain calls mostly white crowds "my friends" and "you," but at this plant half-full of Obama supporters (many of them black), McCain talks about helping GE workers states, "I want to assure the workers here ... I want to assure THEM that THEY ..." in 3rd person. What the hell? Who's he talking to? The owners? It appears that he's supposed to be addressing the workers, themselves. Talk about out of touch!

Be sure to watch the first to watch the first 2:30 to hear the workers chant "Obama -- 0-8!" as John and Cindy leave the plant.

 

Fact-checking McCain's SLIME

In a desperate attempt to keep the American public from noticing all that's wrong about McCain, Palin, and their campaign, John McCain has launched more cluster bombs of lie-filled sleaze (otherwise known as attack ads).

Don't take my word for it, that these McCain ads are full of bullhockey! Visit FactCheck.org for a thorough analysis (or see my links below for a quick reference).

For those unfamiliar with this webiste, FactCheck.org is widely acknowledged as providing an impartial, accurate analysis of hot-button issues, especially claims asserted in political campaigns. 

It's interesting to note, not only the much larger number of criticisms of McCain-Palin on FactCheck.org, but also the much stronger language and near condemnation of McCain's bold-faced lies compared with the smaller number and milder language used when they look at Obama's ads and speeches.

FactCheck.org seemed most offended by the misuse of their own website in a McCain ad, and took him to task stating, in a Sept 10, 2008 post titled "McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding":

With its latest ad, released Sept. 10, the McCain-Palin campaign has altered our message in a fashion we consider less than honest. The ad strives to convey the message that FactCheck.org said "completely false" attacks on Gov. Sarah Palin had come from Sen. Barack Obama. We said no such thing. We have yet to dispute any claim from the Obama campaign about Palin. (emphasis mine)

By contrast, Factcheck.org found a much smaller number of twists or omissions coming from Obama's campaign and ads, and use milder description such as "stretching the truth."  Here too all the political posts on FactCheck.org since the conventions:

FACT CHECKING REPUBLICANS

Belitting Paline? -- a sharp look at the falsehoods in McCain's ad erroneously claiming Obama called Palin a pig w/lipstick.

Corsi's Dull Hatchet -- Completely rips to shreds a book mud-slinging Obama. This book should be reshelved in the Fiction section.

Energetically Wrong -- Explains how and why Palin was completely wrong in her claims about how much of Americ'as Energy Alaksa produces. (Based on her comments in the Charlie Gibson interview)

McCain-Palin Distorts Our Findingsgs -- FackCheck.org takes offense at McCain's misuse and abuse of Fact Check's website.

Off Base on Sex Ed -- Shows how McCain's utterly false and scurrilous claims about Obama are growing more and more absurd.

FactChecking McCaine -- Based on McCain's aceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. Notes how devoid the speech was of actual specifics and points out how almost every factual claim made by McCain was WRONG.

Maverick Misleads -- This post states, "a McCain ad comparing Palin to Obama isn't all above board."

GOP Convention Spin -- Highlights the lies about Obama in Senator Joe Liebermans' and Senator Fred Thompson's speeches.

GOP Convention Spin, Part 2 -- The RNC was so rife with unthruths, they had to do two posts about it! This one shines the light of truth on Palin, Giuliani and Huckabee.

A new Stitch in a Bad Pattern Characterizes McCain's claims about Obama's tax plan as "a pattern of deceipt."

FACT CHECKING DEMOCRATS

Education Misleads -- Points out a few stretches in an Obama ad criticizing McCain's proposals and record on education.

Hit the Brakes -- Points out Obama's selective memory when it comes to McCain's record on supporting the auto manufacturing industry.

FactChecking Obama "He stuck to the facts, except when he stretched them." (note from me: not the same thing as flat-out lying!)

Sliming Palin* -- *Not about Obama. Takes on the silly emails & blog posts floating around, although some claims are simply drawing conclusions on some scary truths (like Palin asking if she could ban books from the library, even though she never followed through on it after the emphatic NO came from the Librarian).

YEP! That's it -- Ten major shreds of the republicans and only four slight corrections about the democrats, one of which is about internet rumor mills, not Obama or any elected official in the democratic party! Pretty pathetic that the so-called liberal media isn't pointing this out to a public obviously too oblivious to see the truth staring them in the face.

Barack Obama on real CHANGE!

Hit the stop or pause button to hear the video ---------------->

Barack Obama defined the kind of change he hopes to bring to America at a town hall in Concord New Hampshire on September 12th, 2008.

Volcano Eruption! and Hurricane Ivan slams into GALVESTON

2:55am Just in ... in Papual New Guinea, a volcano has erupted. Described as a small preliminary eruption, more is expected.

Hurricane Ivan, a monster storm, spanning more than 600 miles, estimated to be nearly as big as the state of Texas, sped onto land, with the eye wall hitting Galveston. Official government warnings stated that anyone remaining in Galveston would, "face certain death." Power is already reported out to at least 1,000,000 households.

Hurricane Ivan, September 13, 2008, 2:45am

Wind and Rain themed songs for Ike

1) Box of Rain, performed live by the Grateful Dead, The Centrum, Worcester, MA, 1987-04-04, near end of 1st set. Sung by Phil Lesh.

(I'll be adding a few more and will edit post ...)