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[lexi]

Those pictures are so epic it's like it had been rehearsed and filmed on a 10 million dollar budget.

 

[MaddenNFL64]

Also, McCain turning on the media was a bad idea. Normally they try to stay even but he pissed them off. I'm sure they also feel justified cos Obama/Biden is clearly the best choice and Palin is a disaster..

Check out this thinly-veiled AP hit-piece on Yahoo's front page:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_leadership_styles_analysis

:lol

edit: I looked up the writer and she's been accused for being in the tank for McCain several times before. This cannot be good :lol

http://www.google.com/search?client...nnel=s&hl=en&q=Liz+Sidoti+&btnG=Google+Search

That seemed like a fair take on both men's strengths & weaknesses. Obama rarely gets flustered, but that coolness makes some think he's detached from the moment. "Professor Obama" as it were. McCain is passionate, but that leads him to rush to judgement, making long lasting decisions fairly quickly. This rash attitude makes him erratic as hell too, scary erratic.

The writer was fair. If it skewed towards Obama, McCain can only blame his own behavior.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Wow at those photos, wish I had a camera like that.

 

[joey_z]

When Obama and McCain were talking about Kissinger's view on negotiation, the cogs started turning. I recalled I read something regarding Kissinger on Iran. So I went to my room, threw a few books around and found what I was looking for; 'The World Crisis: The Way Forward After Iraq'. Great book. Written by leading political pundits and foreign affair experts; they give their two cents about the strategy here on out.

And sure enough, Kissinger does imply a very controversial tactic with Iran. His part is broken down to various paragraphs. The following text is found under 'Iran Graver than Iraq':

It is an accident of history that Iran has become the test case, after which it is impossible to conceive that nuclear proliferation can be stopped. This issue is graver than the situation in Iraq. It's solution has one aspect that the West can undertake by itself. Two leading Republicans and two leading Democrats who have held high office in the United States - George Shultz, myself, Senator Sam Nunn and former Democratic Secretary of Defenc, William Perry - recently co-authored an article in which we said that nuclear countries need to make visible sacrifices in their nuclear weapons if they want to ask other countries to give up nuclear weapons. I would say this is an overriding issue.

Pretty big words. I just find it strange that Kissinger's statement post debate was:
"Senator [John] McCain is right. I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level."

Surely something as important as nuclear proliferation and compromise can be discussed at nothing less than presidential level.

 

[Rur0ni]

In a flagrant challenge to existing IRS regulations, federal tax law and Supreme Court rulings, pastors across the nation will endorse Sen. John McCain for president today and advise their congregations that, in the words of one pastor, "No person who calls himself a Christian can vote for Barack Obama."

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/OPINION01/309289947/-1/opinion

:lol

 

[ChoklitReign]

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080928/OPINION01/309289947/-1/opinion

:lol

The ADF describes itself as "a legal alliance of Christian attorneys and like-minded organizations defending the right of people to freely live out their faith."

Freedom must have a different meaning to fundies.

 

[Hitokage]

Freedom must have a different meaning to fundies.

Of course it does. They aren't interested in the freedom of others, they're only interested in their own power. Freedom is never an issue when you're the one in control, because then it's merely a matter of privilege.

...but hey, gotta frame it to coddle their persecution complex. After all, it was the IRS telling fundie universities they couldn't reject black people and call themselves charitable organizations that got them into politics in the first place.

 

[legend166]

Anyone who preaches politics from the pulpit should be careful about calling themselves Christians. Christ did absolutely nothing of the sort, even when they tried to goad him into it.

 

[Rur0ni]

R2K/Kos Daily out.

Obama up.

Obama      McCain
50 (49)    43 (43)
[B]+7[/B] Obama

Yesterday's polling, the first after the debate, was the strongest Obama day picked up by the R2K tracking poll. He led 51-42, and therefore, Obama had a +9 on Sa to go with +5 Th, +7 Fri (MoE +/- 5.1 for individual days.) Sarah Palin's fav/unfav are now -10 (40/50), and Obama is +27 (his improvement is via dropping his unfav to 32.)

 

[giga]

Wow at those photos, wish I had a camera like that.

it's not just about the camera used. technique and lighting made those photos.

 

[AniHawk]

R2K/Kos Daily out.

Obama up.

Obama      McCain
50 (49)    43 (43)
[B]+7[/B] Obama

PoliGAF, brace yourselves for the insane amount of fuckcrazy that's about to come out from the McCain campaign.

 

[Rur0ni]

PoliGAF, brace yourselves for the insane amount of fuckcrazy that's about to come out from the McCain campaign.

He's got nothing left (anything reasonable). All that's left is to steal the election with fraud and caging.

 

[pollo]

Anyone who preaches politics from the pulpit should be careful about calling themselves Christians. Christ did absolutely nothing of the sort, even when they tried to goad him into it.

this. Christians in this country are so fucked

 

[dr3upmushroom]

it's not just about the camera used. technique and lighting made those photos.

don't forget the magic ingredient

Spoiler

hope

 

[AniHawk]

He's got nothing left (anything reasonable). All that's left is to steal the election with fraud and caging.

I dunno. I think we might see a commercial with just Obama's face and the Ghostbusters describing the end of the world with McCain approving this message at this point.

 

[Learn2read]

He's got nothing left (anything reasonable). All that's left is to steal the election with fraud and caging.

Oh yeah?

In an election campaign notable for its surprises, Sarah Palin, the Republican vice- presidential candidate, may be about to spring a new one -- the wedding of her pregnant teenage daughter to her ice-hockey-playing fiancé before the November 4 election.

Inside John McCain's campaign the expectation is growing that there will be a popularity boosting pre-election wedding in Alaska between Bristol Palin, 17, and Levi Johnston, 18, her schoolmate and father of her baby. "It would be fantastic," said a McCain insider. "You would have every TV camera there. The entire country would be watching. It would shut down the race for a week."

 

[mclem]

Commenting on a Youtube video should be instant disqualification for voting and breeding.

http://www.xkcd.com/481/

 

[AniHawk]

Oh yeah?

So would this be after the debates, before the debates, during the troopergate revelations or what?

 

[ViperVisor]

PoliGAF, brace yourselves for the insane amount of fuckcrazy that's about to come out from the McCain campaign.

Sending whores to Obama like someone did to Nader ain't gonna work. Based on the peeps around Barack 24/7 and post #7069

 

[Cheebs]

Rasmussen:
50-44, unchanged.

My only worry now is come election day the "softer" Obama fans wont feel the need to show up cause they think he'll easily win.

 

[MaddenNFL64]

McCains' been throwing everything, but the kitchen sink at Obama.

I fully expect McCain to throw a kitchen sink at Obama now.

 

[AniHawk]

Rasmussen:
50-44, unchanged.

My only worry now is come election day the "softer" Obama fans wont feel the need to show up cause they think he'll easily win.

It's a concern of mine too. I think this is part of where the ground game comes into play though. Sounds pretty organized.

 

[jiggle]

Lemme guess
the wedding will be held on Oct 2nd, Palin will be too busy with the wedding to attend certain other event. She can use the time away from the spotlight to reflect on the financial crisis and keep a watchful eye on Russia during the ceremony. How perfect!

 

[GrapeApes]

Looks like McCain's got the Porridge Family vote.

 

[Barrett2]

USA Today/Gallup Debate poll:

Obama wins 46%
McCain 34%


Which candidate did you think had best proposals to fix the country?

Obama 52%
McCain 35%


http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/09/usatgallup-poll.html

Holy shit this is awesome.

The Hopium.... is over 9,000!!!

 

[AniHawk]

Lemme guess
the wedding will be held on Oct 2nd, Palin will be too busy with the wedding to attend certain other event. She can use the time away from the spotlight to reflect on the financial crisis and keep a watchful eye on Russia during the ceremony. How perfect!

As said before, it would be a really dumb move not to appear at the debate. Any sort of (assault rifle) wedding would be done after the last debate, methinks, where there's only three weeks left, and a chance to get a two week lead like they did post-convention.

 

[Tyrone Slothrop]

The Hopium.... is over 9,000!!!

 

[ViperVisor]

Looks like McCain's got the Porridge Family vote.

Pic reminded me of a thing I caught again on MTV when flipping through. Kiddos remind me of the girl on Sweet 16 who had hissy fit in front of her peers at school cause her mom surprised her with a Lexus at school (before the party).

My mom would of slapped the bejesus out of me if I pulled that bullcrap.

 

[maximum360]

So would this be after the debates, before the debates, during the troopergate revelations or what?

If people thought the McCain campaign was wildly erratic and unpredictable up until now, October is likely to be insane. If Palin does poorly and McCain's numbers drop even more I expect the Ad campaign to get really nasty. I expect them to imply that Obama takes smoke breaks in between extracting bloody fetuses at an A-rab owned abortion clinic that gives out sex education pamphlets and condoms to underage white kids at the playground next door to it.

 

[AniHawk]

If people thought the McCain campaign was wildly erratic and unpredictable up until now, October is likely to be insane. If Palin does poorly and McCain's numbers drop even more I expect the Ad campaign to get really nasty. I expect them to imply that Obama takes smoke breaks in between extracting bloody fetuses at an A-rab owned abortion clinic that gives out sex education pamphlets and birth condoms to underage white kids at the playground next door to it.

That's ridiculous, Obama quit smoking.

 

[maximum360]

Oh, and on a side note, Lindsay Graham is pure scum.

 

[ViperVisor]

Pro-tip to CNN.

Do NOT do a split screen with Susan Lisovicz and Betty Nguyen.

For Susan's sake. She is trying to hold it together and this would make her wanna hold a gun to her head.

 

[DrEvil]

Oh yeah?

they'll schedule the wedding for thursday, you know, so she can't attend the debate.:lol

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

He's got nothing left (anything reasonable). All that's left is to steal the election with fraud and caging.

Weren't we saying something like this minutes before he suspended his campaign?:lol

 

[Jirotrom]

Anyone who preaches politics from the pulpit should be careful about calling themselves Christians. Christ did absolutely nothing of the sort, even when they tried to goad him into it.

thank you... every now and then some one with rational can properly explain things.

 

[Suikoguy]

Weren't we saying something like this minutes before he suspended his campaign?:lol

Thankfully, Suspend-gate did not work

 

[worldrunover]

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/27/politics/fromtheroad/entry4483098.shtml

Oh man, that is a rich statement.

It's to the point now where they just accuse Obama of the EXACT same thing they've just done. It's like taking a dumbed down version of Rove politics and just splaying it everywhere.

 

[maximum360]

they'll schedule the wedding for thursday, you know, so she can't attend the debate.:lol

A shotgun wedding, Alaska style. I wouldn't be surprised if there arises a Palin family emergency on wednesday night that prevents her from doing the debate the next day.

 

[maximum360]

There was also an interesting exchange between Chris Wallace and Kerry over talks with North Korea as well.

 

[Crayon Shinchan]

Weren't we saying something like this minutes before he suspended his campaign?:lol

He didn't suspsend his campaign. He just said he suspended his campaign.

 

[so_awes]

good morning gaf,

is the hopium still flowing?

 

[Shiggie]

So its okay to post Obama porn now?

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

good morning gaf,

is the hopium still flowing?

I just took a straight hit to the veins, bro.

 

[worldrunover]

Thankfully, Suspend-gate did not work

NO. BAD POSTER.

We need to make new rules about this "-gate" crap. It's completely out of hand and really annoying. Let's make some examples:

EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE USES OF -GATE:

Watergate: Well, yeah.

Spygate: A controversy and scandal about a team doing something illegal for their benefit. This is the way it was meant to be used.


SOMEWHAT ACCEPTABLE:

Troopergate: Ok, it's something of a scandal, still an investigation though, and really it's a bit misleading because the trooper being fired isn't what's at play here. But still acceptable I suppose.


UNACCEPTABLE:

Lipstickgate, suspendgate, sweetiegate, just about all other gates.


Sorry. But it's out of control.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

NO. BAD POSTER.

We need to make new rules about this "-gate" crap. It's completely out of hand and really annoying. Let's make some examples:

EXAMPLES OF ACCEPTABLE USES OF -GATE:

Watergate: Well, yeah.

Spygate: A controversy and scandal about a team doing something illegal for their benefit. This is the way it was meant to be used.


SOMEWHAT ACCEPTABLE:

Troopergate: Ok, it's something of a scandal, still an investigation though, and really it's a bit misleading because the trooper being fired isn't what's at play here. But still acceptable I suppose.


UNACCEPTABLE:

Lipstickgate, suspendgate, sweetiegate, just about all other gates.


Sorry. But it's out of control.

GATE-GAF AGE: When Should I Properly Use the "-gate" suffix, GAF?

 

[GhaleonEB]

R2K/Kos Daily out.

Obama up.

Obama      McCain
50 (49)    43 (43)
[B]+7[/B] Obama

The daily sample yesterday was 51-42 for Obama. If that holds the margin is going to open up further the next day or so.

I'm surprised Rasmussen held. That's Obama's biggest lead.

 

[Tobor]

We need a montage of those rain pictures set to the West Wing theme.

Incredibly epic photos.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

wait, so they already reached the deal?

http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/consumer...congressional-negotiators-strike-bailout-deal

Congressional Negotiators Strike Bailout Deal [Bailout]
from Consumerist by Carey
Congressional negotiators agreed in principle last night to a $700 bailout package. The bill is currently being transformed into draft legislation that can be voted on tonight.

It looks like the bailout will be expanded to pension plans, local governments, and community banks. As previously hinted, it will also cut golden parachutes, give the government an equity stake in assisted firms, and establish a Wall Street insurance fund similar to the FDIC.

The Wall Street Journal reports the marathon negotiating session was fueled by pizza and "a platter from sandwich shop Cosi."

Both parties will now release their Whips into the horde of election-weary members ahead of an exciting (yes, exciting) vote late tonight before the Asian markets open.

Lawmakers Reach Tentative Bailout Deal [WSJ]
PREVIOUSLY: BREAKING: Congress Has A Bailout Plan
(Photo: Associated Press)

Is this the good deal or the house GOP deal?

 

[mckmas8808]

For this year:

Dem	 207,900 
Ind	 148,293 
GOP	 33,527 
Lib	 1,374
	
Total	 391,094

Side note: while blacks made up 20% of registered voters at the start of the year, they make up 33% of new registrations in 2008. (Pushing the total to 21%.)

This is something that the polls aren't picking up GAF. I know we love polls, but these numbers should be what we go crazy over.

 

[ViperVisor]

We need a montage of those rain pictures set to the West Wing theme.

Incredibly epic photos.

New Edition - Can You Stand The Rain