Lou, I obviously agree with you that it's time for a change. The Republicans tell me I should be afraid, and right now I am - of them! I'm afraid of losing my house and my job if things keep going the way they are. People are calling Obama a socialist, which is what they also said about FDR and his WPA.

Two weeks ago he was "Who IS Barack Obama?"
Last week he was a terrorist.
This week he's a socialist.
Next week they'll say he's a pedophile.

I know not all McCain supporters are like the ones depicted in this video. But I almost feel sorry that there are people walking around out there who are so dumb, gullible, and uneducated.




Not as funny as the 2004 version, but this year's Jib Jab election song is somewhat amusing:

It's Time for Some Campaignin'

I agree Goombah it's not as funny as last years.

It is a reshash of other ones. Very disapointing

Russians say 'nyet' to McCain fundraising appeal

UNITED NATIONS – The Russians have turned down Sen. John McCain's request for campaign money — and had a bit of a laugh at his expense.

Russia's ambassador to the U.N., Vitaly Churkin, and several other diplomats at the mission received a fundraising appeal from the Republican presidential nominee on Thursday, according to Ruslan Bakhtin, a spokesman for Russia's U.N. mission.

But the letters, which were dated Sept. 29, did not use formal titles. That led Churkin and his colleagues to conclude that the requests stemmed from "a computer failure" by McCain's campaign, Bakhtin said.

"It's evident that it was a mistake. It happens," said Bakhtin, who along with another Russian official at the mission acknowledged they were entertained by the mixup. "Normally, they don't circulate these kinds of letters to diplomatic posts."

Bakhtin emphasized, too, that the "Russian authorities are in no way engaged in funding political campaigns or political activities abroad."

He said the mission had not sent any direct reply to the McCain campaign.

Brian Rogers, a spokesman for the campaign, said Monday that he was unable to pinpoint what had caused the blunder.

"It sounds like they might have been sent to the wrong place. We obviously don't solicit campaign contributions from people who aren't able to contribute," he said.

Presidential campaigns are legally barred from accepting foreign contributions.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_re_eu/un_russia_mccain_1;_ylt=AnxW.x1l4xS3PzQKFfcHDMNh24cA

The Michelle Obama Middle Class Tax Cut Diet

Obama says we need to tighten our belts. I guess the Obama's don't have to.

Just read that Obama is leaving campaign trail to help sick relative. This might make McCain jump in popularity, thus making him win.

You are right Lompac.

It's Obama's grandmother....and I hate to calculate on such an occasion, BUT it might help Obama more. I say that because if McCain or his surrogates try to attack him on any policy or whatever, lefties/bloggers/Obama campaign can spin this as "How dare you attack the guy while his granny is gravely ill?"

The Right aint helping itself when some right-wing bloggers/pundits already are claiming that she either aint that sick or that Obama taking the week off is a stunt.

McCain Giving Up on Colorado

CNN reports that top officials of Sen. John McCain's campaign are "making tough decisions" as they now see Colorado, New Mexico and Iowa no longer winnable.

Instead, the campaign's "risky strategy" is counting on Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and a comeback in Pennsylvania.

The McCain campaign responds: "We see the race tightening both internally and in public polling. We are within striking distance in the key battleground states we need to win."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/10/20/mccain_giving_up_on_colorado.html

Obama's Grandmother

God speed to the family.

Just for curiosity: Anybody here who changed from Hillary to McCain?

Ummm, no. Obama leaving the campaign trail for 2 days to visit his gravely ill grandmother isn't going to make McCain more popular.

Perhaps the Obamas can drop by the McCain's house and share some of that lobster bisque. Hmmmm....where would that be?? Oh, wait, that's right! McCain doesn't KNOW how many houses he owns!

I've stayed at the Waldorf and Judging from the menus I've looked at, that's a pretty standard room service bill!

I really don't have a problem with it except for the IRANIAN caviar.

Think about it.....

Mignon, I know your candidate is tanking in the polls, and I know that the Reagan era may finally be at an end, but you dont have to publish lies to prove your point. Iranian caviar is illegal in the United States, and could not be on the Waldorf's menu. Also no self respecting liberal would order Krug champagne.

It has to be true. The source of that blog is rushlimbaugh.com.

Even if it WERE true, why would I care? Michelle Obama makes boatloads of money, and if she wants to order caviar and champagne for her mid-afternoon snack, then why shouldn't she?

What does bother me is the spirit with which these things get posted, and then sent around. Because they're in writing, everyone assumes that they're "fact". I was with someone (who I am ashamed to know, quite frankly) who believes all the shit they're shoveling. He believes that Obama's campaign money came from terrorists, he believes that Obama is really an Arab, he believes that he really was a cohort of Ayers while he was bombing things (when I tried to drive home the point that Obama was 8 and lived quite far from Ayers, his response was, "That's what he says NOW."), that his association with ACORN has caused the current fiscal crisis (they stood over people's shoulders and FORCED them to make shaky loans), that he was raised overseas so he's really not American and doesn't understand America, his expensive home was bought and paid for by terrorists...I could go on and on and on. When I called this man a narrow-minded bigot, he agreed with me, as if this were something to be proud of!!

The complete and total ignorance of people makes me afraid. You can pray that education is the key, but the truth is, there are some people who will cling to their ignorance rather than face the fact that they might be wrong about everything they've believed in all their lives.

Oh Rush Limbaugh. I am soooo sorry. I thought it came from someone unreliable

Obviously education is NOT the key. Obama went to Columbia and Harvard, and for that they call him an "elitist." Real Americans like Sarah Palin who went to 6 third rate colleges before she finally graduated shoujld run this country.

But she can field dress a moose.

Yeah but can she undress one?

She undressed someone to get elected.

I think I've said it once before, DT, I WANT the elite to run my country. I want the smartest guy in the room. I want someone so intellectually superior that he leaves all others in the dust.

When did it become "elitist" to be well-educated? This was not a man who walked into those schools. He had to work his ass off to get there. Just like Bill Clinton worked his ass off to go from Texarkana to Rhodes Scholar. Not only are they the smartest people in the room, but they worked their asses off to get where they are. THAT'S the kind of person I want as my leader.

Obama opens 8-point lead over McCain

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama has opened an 8-point lead over Republican John McCain two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.

Obama leads McCain 50 percent to 42 percent among likely U.S. voters in the latest three-day tracking poll, up from a 6-point advantage for Obama on Monday. The telephone poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.

"It was another very big day for Obama," said pollster John Zogby. "Things clearly are moving in Obama's direction."

It was the second consecutive day that Obama gained ground on McCain as the two head into the final sprint to the November 4 election.

Obama, an Illinois senator, expanded his lead among two key swing groups. His advantage with independent voters grew from 11 to 15 points, and his edge with women voters grew from 8 to 13 points.

Obama also took a lead among voters above the age of 70 and expanded his lead among Hispanics and Catholics. His support among Republicans grew from 9 percent to 12 percent a day after he received the endorsement of Republican former Secretary of State Colin Powell.

"Maybe this is the Powell effect," Zogby said. "That wasn't just an endorsement, that was a pretty powerful statement."

McCain narrowly trails Obama among men and saw his lead among whites drop from 13 points to 9 points, 51 percent to 42 percent. Zogby said Obama was doing better than 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry among crucial sub-groups.

"He is clearly outperforming Kerry," Zogby said. "But two weeks is a lifetime in politics."

This was the first time Obama has stretched his advantage over McCain, an Arizona senator, to more than 6 points since the tracking poll began more than two weeks ago. Obama's edge had been between 2 and 6 points in all 15 days of polling.

Some other tracking polls have showed the race tightening in the last few days. But with the help of his huge spending advantage, Obama has maintained an edge on McCain in key states.

The poll, taken Saturday through Monday, showed independent Ralph Nader gaining 2 percent support. Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney and Libertarian Bob Barr each registered 1 percent support.

The rolling tracking poll surveyed 1,214 likely voters in the presidential election. In a tracking poll, the most recent day's results are added while the oldest day's results are dropped to monitor changing momentum.

The U.S. president is determined by who wins the Electoral College, which has 538 members apportioned by population in each state. Electoral votes are allotted on a winner-take-all basis in all but two states, which divide them by congressional district.

I see Biden was yanked of the campaign trail and sent back to Delaware.

Some cute moments in Current TV's Superlection Special (not by the host, but the Super News episodes) [23 mins]

2 weeks to go: