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PoliticalTruths — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:16:55 GMT

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Op-Ed Columnist - The Insider’s Crusade - NYTimes.com

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:38:59 GMT

Jan. 20, 2009, will be a historic day. Barack Obama (Columbia, Harvard Law) will take the oath of office as his wife, Michelle (Princeton, Harvard Law), looks on proudly. Nearby, his foreign policy advisers will stand beaming, including perhaps Hillary Clinton (Wellesley, Yale Law), Jim Steinberg (Harvard, Yale Law) and Susan Rice (Stanford, Oxford D. Phil.).

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Op-Ed Columnist - The Insider’s Crusade - NYTimes.com

Daily Kos: Down the Republican Rabbit Hole

PoliticalTruths — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:52:10 GMT

This is a funny but enlightened article of how Republicans are trying to rewrite the history of the current demise of our economic and financial systems. It is imperative that their narrative is challenged at every turn before it metastasizes into virtual reality. The so called main stream media seem to have begun selling the Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae storyline as causal just as the Republicans are hoping for. Click here for some insight.

Daily Kos: Down the Republican Rabbit Hole

Cavuto: McCain's Got the Courage, Not the Conviction - FOXBusiness.com

PoliticalTruths — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:44:18 GMT

McCain has gone so inconsistent in his stump that even Neil Cavuto at FOX Business is perplexed and he actually stated it on air. Unfortunately FOX Business' ratings are so low that many of FOX's FoxNews large viewership unlikely saw it. This is one of very few criticisms on McCain by any Fox network or station. <<CLICK HERE>> for the full story.

Cavuto: McCain's Got the Courage, Not the Conviction - FOXBusiness.com

Senator Barack Obama's Half Hour Commercial

PoliticalTruths — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:57:04 GMT

Who is qualified?

PoliticalTruths — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:46 GMT

The Republican Party Continues To Be Haven For Overt Racists

PoliticalTruths — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:57:39 GMT

It would be naive to believe that racist do not exist in every political party. That said, no mainstream party has so used race as a systemic method for dividing people with the expectation of achieving a particular goal.

This is not an accident, it is by design. The Southern Strategy was popularized by Richard Nixon's strategist Kevin Phillips. It was continued with Ronald Reagan kicking off his campaign in Philadelphia Mississippi, the place where three civil rights leaders were murdered, under the pretext of states rights.

Below is a snippet of what the McCain campaign has devolved to. No self-respecting human being should be a part of this party. This is the reason the ranks of Independents and Democrats continue to grow. I am sure the party will be relegated to the racists, haters, and self-haters in the not too distant future.

McCain/Palin supporters let their racist roots show

It was kind of strange, dintcha think, that John McCain came to the defense of his supporters last night after Barack Obama pointed out that people at McCain/Palin rallies were shouting out "terrorist" and "kill him!" in reference to Obama.

Now an Al Jazeera camera crew caught the honest sentiments of McCain/Palin supporters at an Ohio rally:

“I’m afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He’s not a Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end up like?”
“When you got a Negra running for president, you need a first stringer. He’s definitely a second stringer.”
“He seems like a sheep - or a wolf in sheep’s clothing to be honest with you. And I believe Palin - she’s filled with the Holy Spirit, and I believe she’s gonna bring honesty and integrity to the White House.”
“He’s related to a known terrorist, for one.”
“He is friends with a terrorist of this country!”
“He must support terrorists! You know, uh, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. And that to me is Obama.”
“Just the whole, Muslim thing, and everything, and everybody’s still kinda - a lot of people have forgotten about 9/11, but… I dunno, it’s just kinda… a little unnerving.”
“Obama and his wife, I’m concerned that they could be anti-white. That he might hide that.”
“I don’t like the fact that he thinks us white people are trash… because we’re not!”

Yep, McCain must be so proud.

The rest of us, well ... let's just say those polls should tell the story.

Inland GOP mailing depicts Obama's face on food stamp

The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women's group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles.

The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps -- instead of dollar bills like other presidents. The statement is followed by an illustration of "Obama Bucks" -- a phony $10 bill featuring Obama's face on a donkey's body, labeled "United States Food Stamps."

Top Tampa GOP Figure Circulates Joke About Killing Obama

Al Austin, a longtime, high-level Republican fundraiser from Tampa, today sent to his list of political contacts an e-mail containing a joke that refers to the assassination of Barack Obama.

When asked about the e-mail, Austin said it was a mistake and apologized and that he wouldn’t knowingly have circulated it. He said he planned to send an apology and retraction to the same e-mail list.

The joke concerns a group of schoolchildren discussing the definition of “tragedy” as opposed to “great loss” or “accident.” The punch line comes when one child says that if an airplane carrying Obama and his wife, Michelle, “was struck by a ‘friendly fire’ missile and blown to smithereens,” the event might be a tragedy “because it certainly wouldn’t be a great loss, and it probably wouldn’t be an accident either.”

Austin acknowledged sending the e-mail to his list of political contacts but said he forwarded it without fully reading it and didn’t know what it said. That list included at least two reporters.

According to the forwarding history on the e-mail, it had gone through at least two other individuals before being sent to Austin on Tuesday.

Austin, a prominent real estate developer long known as one of the state’s leading Republican campaign fundraisers, has served in recent years as finance chairman for both the national and state Republican parties.

McCain To Appear With Virginia GOP Chairman Who Compared Obama To Osama Bin Laden

Earlier this week, Time magazine’s Karen Tumulty reported on how Jeffrey Frederick, the chairman of the Virginia Republican party, gave GOP volunteers talking points on “the connection between Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden.” “Both have friends that bombed the Pentagon,” Frederick told 30 volunteers. “That is scary.”

Though McCain campaign spokesperson Gail Gitchoo told the Washington Post that “the McCain campaign disagrees with the comparison that Jeff Frederick made,” McCain himself refused to denounce Frederick’s comments. Asked by Virginia television station WSLS if Frederick’s comparison was “appropriate,” McCain said, “I have to look at the context of his remarks.”

Donna Brazile on this historic election

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:31:39 GMT

You simply must listen to this. It could not be put any better. "Amelia, gracias por mandarme esta. Es super importante."

William Buckley's son endorses Obama (WOW)

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:05:50 GMT

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Obama has in him—I think, despite his sometimes airy-fairy “We are the people we have been waiting for” silly rhetoric—the potential to be a good, perhaps even great leader. He is, it seems clear enough, what the historical moment seems to be calling for.

So, I wish him all the best. We are all in this together. Necessity is the mother of bipartisanship. And so, for the first time in my life, I’ll be pulling the Democratic lever in November. As the saying goes, God save the United States of America.

Sorry, Dad, I'm Voting for Obama - The Daily Beast

John McCain's uncontrolled erratic temper

PoliticalTruths — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:46:34 GMT

David Brooks: Sarah Palin "Represents A Fatal Cancer To The Republican Party"

PoliticalTruths — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:51:25 GMT

One of the most conservative Republican columnist all but endorse Senator Obama and identify what all us liberals know, Sarah Palin is void of any intellect.

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David Brooks spoke frankly about the presidential and vice presidential candidates Monday afternoon, calling Sarah Palin a "fatal cancer to the Republican party" but describing John McCain and Barack Obama as "the two best candidates we've had in a long time."

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Obama has the great intellect. I was interviewing Obama a couple years ago, and I'm getting nowhere with the interview, it's late in the night, he's on the phone, walking off the Senate floor, he's cranky. Out of the blue I say, 'Ever read a guy named Reinhold Niebuhr?' And he says, 'Yeah.' So i say, 'What did Niebuhr mean to you?' For the next 20 minutes, he gave me a perfect description of Reinhold Niebuhr's thought, which is a very subtle thought process based on the idea that you have to use power while it corrupts you. And I was dazzled, I felt the tingle up my knee as Chris Matthews would say.

And the other thing that does separate Obama from just a pure intellectual: he has tremendous powers of social perception. And this is why he's a politician, not an academic. A couple of years ago, I was writing columns attacking the Republican congress for spending too much money. And I throw in a few sentences attacking the Democrats to make myself feel better. And one morning I get an email from Obama saying, 'David, if you wanna attack us, fine, but you're only throwing in those sentences to make yourself feel better.' And it was a perfect description of what was going through my mind. And everybody who knows Obama all have these stories to tell about his capacity for social perception.

David Brooks: Sarah Palin "Represents A Fatal Cancer To The Republican Party"

McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com

PoliticalTruths — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:19:32 GMT

(WASHINGTON) Barack Obama has his William Ayers connection. Now John McCain may have an Iran-Contra connection. In the 1980s, McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America.

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McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com

John McCain - Corrupt Politician In Savings And Loan Fraud

PoliticalTruths — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:06:42 GMT

John McCain in recent days decided to go negative with false accusations of Obama's involvement with Ayers, Rezco, & Wright. If one lives in a glass house, one should not through stones. It is now time that we bring up the true scandals in this election. McCain and his family's political rise is directly proportional to their past corrupt actions.

Inspiring Anthem For Obama

PoliticalTruths — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:15:50 GMT

Sarah Palin Unqualified For Office

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:41:46 GMT

Following is one of the answers Sarah Palin gave to Katie Couric. It reads like a list of words given to her by her handler that she could not put in a coherent sentence. Could some in America really vote for a ticket with a person this ill informed?

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COURIC: OK.

Why isn’t it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with healthcare, housing, gas and groceries, allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy, instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

GOV. SARAH PALIN: That’s why I say, I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in, where it is the taxpayers looking to bailout. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—oh, it’s got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So, healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we have—we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing, but one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today. We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SARAH PALIN'S SECRET LOVER REVEALED! - Celebrity News | Gossip - National Enquirer

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:20:27 GMT

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In a world exclusive The NATIONAL ENQUIRER names GOP VP Candidate Sarah Palin's secret lover!
No less than three members of the man’s family including one by sworn affidavit have claimed that Sarah Palin engaged in an extramarital affair with husband Todd’s former business partner, Brad Hanson.

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WORLD EXCLUSIVE: SARAH PALIN'S SECRET LOVER REVEALED! - Celebrity News | Gossip - National Enquirer

Daily Kos: A refresher on McCain and the Keating 5

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:52:12 GMT

This is a must read on McCain's ethics.

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When it comes to having good judgment, John McCain certainly has had his lapses. Whether it was his tremendous leadership during Hurricane Katrina or it is his flip flop and double talk with respect to his own campaign finances, or whether it is his pandering to the very people that he railed against and who sold him down the river a few years back or whether it is losing his temper to his own republican colleagues in the Senate, the list is long.

But the most notable is the background behind McCain’s "transformation" on campaign finance reform – his relationship with Charles Keating, his wife’s relationship with Keating, the financial entanglement between the McCains and Keating and the $2.3 billion that We the People paid to bailout Lincoln Savings & Loan as a result.

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Daily Kos: A refresher on McCain and the Keating 5

McCain Pre-Palin: Mayors And Governors Can't Handle National Security

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:36:25 GMT

The straight talk express trips again. This guy is amazing.

Comedy Central - John McCain's Big Acceptance Speech

PoliticalTruths — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:28:01 GMT

This is funny but illustrates that the Republican Party is really more of the same. No new ideas at all.

Palin: wrong woman, wrong message - Los Angeles Times

PoliticalTruths — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:55:47 GMT

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Here's the good news: Women have become so politically powerful that even the anti-feminist right wing -- the folks with a headlock on the Republican Party -- are trying to appease the gender gap with a first-ever female vice president. We owe this to women -- and to many men too -- who have picketed, gone on hunger strikes or confronted violence at the polls so women can vote. We owe it to Shirley Chisholm, who first took the "white-male-only" sign off the White House, and to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who hung in there through ridicule and misogyny to win 18 million votes.
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Palin: wrong woman, wrong message - Los Angeles Times