Y2Kev said:Lol, Obama picks up a point and Mccain drops 1 in Gallup and now we can move off the ledge.
backlash in action
Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain has drawn some of the biggest crowds of his presidential campaign since adding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to his ticket on Aug. 29. Now officials say they can't substantiate the figures McCain's aides are claiming.
McCain aide Kimmie Lipscomb told reporters on Sept. 10 that an outdoor rally in Fairfax City, Virginia, drew 23,000 people, attributing the crowd estimate to a fire marshal.
Fairfax City Fire Marshal Andrew Wilson said his office did not supply that number to the campaign and could not confirm it. Wilson, in an interview, said the fire department does not monitor attendance at outdoor events.
In recent days, journalists attending the rallies have been raising questions about the crowd estimates with the campaign. In a story on Sept. 11 about Palin's attraction for some Virginia women voters, Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher estimated the crowd to be 8,000, not the 23,000 cited by the campaign.
Door2Dawn said:Uh,Obama didn't gain a point in the gallup.
AniHawk said:I guess they did go too negative too early if this keeps up. The only place left to turn to was lies.
Tamanon said:http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a1J0tfV3XJYs&refer=politics
Wha? And then claiming the Secret Service is telling them how big the crowds are, which they don't do.
Tamanon said:http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=a1J0tfV3XJYs&refer=politics
Wha? And then claiming the Secret Service is telling them how big the crowds are, which they don't do.
It is totally cryptic bullshit. No one know what this 'strict constructionist' crap is other than it being a code-word for "I want to over-turn Roe v. Wade."JayDubya said:It's not "cryptic bullshit," so don't be a retard.
I still don't get why Obama isn't forming his entire campaign around this theme now. He literally can say "John Mccain went from being a war hero in our country to a liar as soon as he saw the opportunity to become president of the united states" and it would CORRECT. It wouldn't even be POLITICS.mckmas8808 said:LIES, LIES, and more LIES should be their campaign theme. 8,000 people aint shit! To bad the TV media will keep reporting the 23K number.
Looks like McCain lost a point, though.Door2Dawn said:Uh,Obama didn't gain a point in the gallup.
The most likely 2012 GOP pool of candidates will probably be...Branduil said:If McCain loses(he probably will), I think Huckabee will be the leading candidate for the next election.
NetMapel said:wtf he said that ? God those conservatives are so fucked up...
GIBSON: Roe v. Wade, do you think it should be reversed?
PALIN: I think it should and I think that states should be able to decide that issue... I am pro-life.
GIBSON: John McCain would allow abortion in cases of rape and incest. Do you believe in it only in the case where the life of the mother is in danger?
PALIN: That is my personal opinion.
GIBSON: Would you change and accept it in rape and incest?
PALIN: My personal opinion is that abortion allowed if the life of the mother is endangered.
TheKingsCrown said:I still don't get why Obama isn't forming his entire campaign around this theme now. He literally can say "John Mccain went from being a war hero in our country to a liar as soon as he saw the opportunity to become president of the united states" and it would CORRECT. It wouldn't even be POLITICS.
Sarah Palin on Reform:
GIBSON: Didn't George Bush come to Washington eight years ago talking about reforming Washington in the same kind of language? Ran as something of a maverick actually; came to Washington. Eight years, hasn't changed the ethos in Washington particularly. Why are you any different?
PALIN: Well, we're promising the reform. And we are mavericks. There's no doubt in anybody's mind now across America, who's paying attention to the presidential race here, that I am a Washington outsider. I mean, look at where you are. I'm a Washington outsider. I do not have those allegiances to the power brokers, to the lobbyists. We need someone like that in Washington, someone committed to the American people and implementing their will, not the power brokers' will.
GIBSON: You mentioned in the three principles that you'll change spending. You also talked about taxes. Why do you both keep saying that Obama is going to raise people's taxes? It's been pretty clear what he intends. He's talked about middle-class tax cuts, extending Bush tax cuts on everything but people who own or earn more than $250,000 a year -- cuts taxes on over 91 percent of the country. Why do you keep saying he's going to raise people's taxes?
PALIN: Well, I would argue with the whole premise of that, that his mission is to not increase taxes. He's had 94 opportunities to either vote for a tax cut or not support tax increases. And 94 times, he's been on the other side of what I believe the majority of Americans want.
Sarah Palin on Congressional Spending and the ''Bridge to Nowhere':
GIBSON: One of John McCain's central campaign arguments, tenets of his campaign, is eliminating earmarks, getting rid of them. Are you with John McCain on that?
PALIN: I certainly am. And of course the poster child for the earmarks was Alaska's, what people in the lower 48 refer to as the bridge to nowhere. First it was a bridge to community with an airport in southeast Alaska. But that was excessive. And an earmark -- an earmark like that, not even supported necessarily by the majority of Alaskans. We killed that earmark. We killed that project...
GIBSON: You have said continually, since he chose you as his vice presidential nominee, that I said to Congress, thanks but not thanks. If we're going to build that bridge, we'll build it ourselves.
PALIN: Right.
GIBSON: But it's now pretty clearly documented. You supported that bridge before you opposed it. You were wearing a T-shirt in the 2006 campaign, showed your support for the bidge to nowhere.
PALIN: I was wearing a T-shirt with the Zip code of the community that was asking for that bridge. Not all the people in that community even were asking for a $400 million or $300 million bridge.
GIBSON: But you turned against it after Congress had basically pulled the plug on it; after it became apparent that the state was going to have to pay for it, not the Congress; and after it became a national embarrassment to the state of Alaska. So do you want to revise and extend your remarks?
PALIN: It has always been an embarrassment that abuse of the ear form -- earmark process has been accepted in Congress. And that's what John McCain has fought. And that's what I joined him in fighting. It's been an embarrassment, not just Alaska's projects. But McCain gives example after example after example. I mean, every state has their embarrassment. And, as I've said over and over, if Alaska wants that bridge, $300 million, $400 million dollars, over to that island with an airport, we'll find a way to build it ourselves. The rest of the country doesn't have to build that for us.
GIBSON: But you were for it before you were against it. You were solidly for it for quite some period of time...
PALIN: I was ...
GIBSON: ... until Congress pulled the plug.
PALIN: I was for infrastructure being built in the state. And it's not inappropriate for a mayor or for a governor to request and to work with their Congress and their congressmen, their congresswomen, to plug into the federal budget along with every other state a share of the federal budget for infrastructure.
GIBSON: Right.
PALIN: What I supported was the link between a community and its airport. And we have found that link now.
GIBSON: But you didn't say no to Congress, well build it ourselves until after they pulled the plug. Correct?
PALIN: No, because Congress still allowed those dollars to come into Alaska. They did.
GIBSON: Well, but ...
PALIN: Transportation fund dollars still came into Alaska. It was our choice, Charlie, whether we were going to spend it on a bridge or not. And I said, thanks, but no thanks. We're not going to spend it on the bridge.
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PALIN: And now obviously, Charlie, with the federal government saying, no, the rest of the nation does not want to fund that project. You have a choice. You either read the writing on the wall and understand okay, yes, that, that project's going nowhere. And the state isn't willing to fund that project. So what good does it do to continue to support something that circumstances have so drastically changed? You call an audible, and you deal in reality, and you move on. And, Charlie, we killed the bridge to nowhere and that's the bottom line.
GIBSON: The state of Alaska, under OMB figures in 2008, got $155 million in earmarks for a population of 670,000. That's $231 per person in Alaska. The state of Illinois, Obama's state, got $22 per person. You got 10 times per person as much. How does that square with your reforms?
PALIN: We have drastically, drastically reduced our earmark request since I came into office.
GIBSON: But you still have multiple of any other state.
PALIN: We sure are -- and this is what -- you go out and you ask any Alaskan this. This is what I've been telling Alaskans for these years that I've been in office, is no more.
GIBSON: Governor, this year, requested $3.2 million for researching the genetics of harbor seals, money to study the mating habits of crabs. Isn't that exactly the kind of thing that John McCain is objecting to?
PALIN: Those requests, through our research divisions and fish and game and our wildlife departments and our universities, those research requests did come through that system, but wanting it to be in the light of day, not behind closed doors, with lobbyists making deals with Congress to stick things in there under the public radar. That's the abuse that we're going to stop. That's what John McCain has promised over and over for these years and that's what I'm joining him, also, saying, you're right, the abuse of earmarks, it's un-American, it's undemocratic, and it's not going to be accepted in a McCain-Palin administration. Earmark abuse will stop.
TheKingsCrown said:I still don't get why Obama isn't forming his entire campaign around this theme now. He literally can say "John Mccain went from being a war hero in our country to a liar as soon as he saw the opportunity to become president of the united states" and it would CORRECT. It wouldn't even be POLITICS.
About a quarter of the way through that interview I would have said "Can you please stop saying my name? I'm the person you talking directly to so there is no reason to repeatedly mention my name."capslock said:Excerpts from the ABC interview.
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speculawyer said:It is totally cryptic bullshit. No one know what this 'strict constructionist' crap is other than it being a code-word for "I want to over-turn Roe v. Wade."
WTF is 'strict constructionist' on computer encryption? Times change and you need to adjust to it. And even by this 'strict constructionist' crap, over-turning Roe v. Wade is complete bullshit since abortions privately took place back in those days . . . a fact they like to ignore.
And this 'not legislate from the Bench' is bullshit as they overturn laws even more than liberal judges.
For the last time, you and your wife don't have to get abortion if you don't want to, that's entirely fine with me. However, please don't limit other people's choice of getting an abortion when they are in dire needs. Leaving it up to the states will only mean red states people rush to blue states to get an abortion. You think people are just going to magically stop aborting babies because the law said so ? You conveniently used this exactly same reasoning to state your stands on supporting people getting guns legally because, as you have stated, criminals will find ways to get guns one way or another (mostly illegally). Yet, you cannot recognize that the same holds true for abortion as well ? You think women want and like aborting their children ? They only abort as their last resort, and taking this freedom away from them is criminal. Nevermind your "holier-than-thou" stands that life begins at conception, the reality is that being pregnant is a lengthy and hard process that not all families can live comfortably through. If you're so supportive of women putting their children through adoption instead, have you donated to those adoption agencies ? Do you plan to adopt a child ?JayDubya said:It's not "cryptic bullshit," so don't be a retard.
Roe should be overturned and the matter returned to the states. The case has been made, many a time, by many people, including by quite a few supporters of legal abortion that can recognize bad jurisprudence when they see it. The decision was based on nothing substantive within the text of the Constitution, only the values of the SCotUS members involved.
If you're ignorant of the opposition's argument at this point, the problem lies with you, and only you.
Funky Papa said:And GAF's breathes again. We truly are a bunch a chicken littles :lol
PALIN: And now obviously, Charlie, with the federal government saying, no, the rest of the nation does not want to fund that project. You have a choice. You either read the writing on the wall and understand okay, yes, that, that project's going nowhere. And the state isn't willing to fund that project. So what good does it do to continue to support something that circumstances have so drastically changed? You call an audible, and you deal in reality, and you move on. And, Charlie, we killed the bridge to nowhere and that's the bottom line.
GIBSON: The state of Alaska, under OMB figures in 2008, got $155 million in earmarks for a population of 670,000. That's $231 per person in Alaska. The state of Illinois, Obama's state, got $22 per person. You got 10 times per person as much. How does that square with your reforms?
PALIN: We have drastically, drastically reduced our earmark request since I came into office.
GIBSON: But you still have multiple of any other state.
PALIN: We sure are -- and this is what -- you go out and you ask any Alaskan this. This is what I've been telling Alaskans for these years that I've been in office, is no more.
GIBSON: Governor, this year, requested $3.2 million for researching the genetics of harbor seals, money to study the mating habits of crabs. Isn't that exactly the kind of thing that John McCain is objecting to?
PALIN: Those requests, through our research divisions and fish and game and our wildlife departments and our universities, those research requests did come through that system, but wanting it to be in the light of day, not behind closed doors, with lobbyists making deals with Congress to stick things in there under the public radar. That's the abuse that we're going to stop. That's what John McCain has promised over and over for these years and that's what I'm joining him, also, saying, you're right, the abuse of earmarks, it's un-American, it's undemocratic, and it's not going to be accepted in a McCain-Palin administration. Earmark abuse will stop.
TheKingsCrown said:I still don't get why Obama isn't forming his entire campaign around this theme now. He literally can say "John Mccain went from being a war hero in our country to a liar as soon as he saw the opportunity to become president of the united states" and it would CORRECT. It wouldn't even be POLITICS.
speculawyer said:It is totally cryptic bullshit. No one know what this 'strict constructionist' crap is other than it being a code-word for "I want to over-turn Roe v. Wade."
WTF is 'strict constructionist' on computer encryption? Times change and you need to adjust to it. And even by this 'strict constructionist' crap, over-turning Roe v. Wade is complete bullshit since abortions privately took place back in those days . . . a fact they like to ignore.
And this 'not legislate from the Bench' is bullshit as they overturn laws even more than liberal judges.
speculawyer said:About a quarter of the way through that interview I would have said "Can you please stop saying my name? I'm the person you talking directly to so there is no reason to repeatedly mention my name."
It is so annoying. Charlie, Chaaar-leee, CHAR-LEEEEEE!
speculawyer said:About a quarter of the way through that interview I would have said "Can you please stop saying my name? I'm the person you talking directly to so there is no reason to repeatedly mention my name."
It is so annoying. Charlie, Chaaar-leee, CHAR-LEEEEEE!
Cloudy said:I don't understand how the Repubs can utter that "She can see Russia from Alaska" talking point with a straight face and people accept it. I swear this country is full of morons
OK he's been pointing this out for a long time though. If he and his campaign think that only repeating this is "hitting hard", they're crazy. Also, if he's going to go down this road he should continue to use the lipstick on a pig line, it's already been proven that everyone else including Johnny McLie has used it and it is a prime example of the Republicans' phony outrage.Revengeance said:Obama focused on the economy, but also hit McCain for trying to claim that he'll be a reformer, and on his claims that he won't let lobbyists run Washington (rightfully pointing out that they're running his campaign).
polyh3dron said:OK he's been pointing this out for a long time though. If he and his campaign think that only repeating this is "hitting hard", they're crazy.
polyh3dron said:OK he's been pointing this out for a long time though. If he and his campaign think that only repeating this is "hitting hard", they're crazy.
Tamanon said:
maximum360 said:Is Greenspan now on the Obama train? He doesn't seem to fazed by economic plan: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aKZG._gG2NVI&refer=politics
I'm thinking in a week or two the 'Palintology' wave will take a nose-dive. She'll still have the base but independents may get more turned off as time goes on.
kkaabboomm said:really? REALLY? they can't tell the difference between 23,000 people
reilo said:Wait. University of Kentucky stadium holds more people than a professional NBA arena?
Tamanon said:Makes sense, they don't have to sell out as many games. But yeah, they seat 23,500 there, about 3k more than Staples Center.
NetMapel said:For the last time, you and your wife don't have to get abortion if you don't want to, that's entirely fine with me. However, please don't limit other people's choice of getting an abortion when they are in dire needs.
It also means that contract killers cannot legally practice in my state, and strongly encourages people who feel that hiring them is ethically appropriate to GTFO.Leaving it up to the states will only mean red states people rush to blue states to get an abortion.
You think people are just going to magically stop aborting babies because the law said so ? You conveniently used this exactly same reasoning to state your stands on supporting people getting guns legally because, as you have stated, criminals will find ways to get guns one way or another (mostly illegally).
Yet, you cannot recognize that the same holds true for abortion as well ? You think women want and like aborting their children ? They only abort as their last resort, and taking this freedom away from them is criminal.
Nevermind your "holier-than-thou" stands that life begins at conception
The reality is that being pregnant is a lengthy and hard process that not all families can live comfortably through. If you're so supportive of women putting their children through adoption instead, have you donated to those adoption agencies ? Do you plan to adopt a child ?
Speak for yourself.Funky Papa said:And GAF breathes again. We truly are a bunch a chicken littles :lol
kkaabboomm said:"Capacity 23,500"
thats the official capacity, we cram 24,000+ in though for some games--24,465 is the record....(and it is always sold out, always. it may not always be full for some piss-poor games like against tennessee tech or something, but it is always sold out)
but thats besides the point. 23,000 is way more than 8,000. not even close. i dont understand how estimates could be so off
BenjaminBirdie said:Frunt Payge Noos
Someone needs to get Project Mayhem to have Rollins Band's "Liar" play at the next McCain/Palin rally.
bob_arctor said:*sigh* I tried to warn them not to get you started.
JayDubya said:We were quite happy being on the side of the angels down here in Texas before Blackmun decided he was the law [/Judge Dredd].
ApopkaATM said:or that 3 dog night song