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  1. 342 Comments to 'Very Colorful'


  1. 1. Chisholm said:


    Hey, I have a bracelet too !!!

    Sound bite of the night!

    posted September 26th, 2008 at 11:03 pm | Quote

  1. 2. xbjllb2 said:


    “Repeat after me…. you WILL vote for me, you WILL vote for me, you WILL vote for me!”

    Hell yes! Unless they bring back Hillary, FUCK yes!

    posted September 26th, 2008 at 11:07 pm | Quote

  1. 3. Chisholm said:


    2nd best line:

    I don’t have a seal yet!!

    posted September 26th, 2008 at 11:09 pm | Quote

  1. 4. Chisholm said:


    Drudgereport.com has a poll for who won the debate. So far it’s McCain 71% and Obama 27% and 2% said neither. 83,912 votes.

    posted September 26th, 2008 at 11:25 pm | Quote

  1. 5. xbjllb2 said:


    Yep. Despite all the Obamaslutbots online trying to skew the polls (they’re sure not here), it was a rout.

    McCain gleamed while Obama shined like he’d been dipped in Max Factor greasepaint, “Dixie Peach”, Little Richard’s trademark shade.

    Memo to Obama: There’s only ONE queen of rock’n'roll. Give it up, shaddup!

    And as far as the issues… puh-leaze… truly clueless vs. the hero.

    McCain almost had ME believing we could actually win in Iraq… God knows HE sure believes…

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:44 am | Quote

  1. 6. World Wants Obama said:


    My take on the debate was it was pretty much a wash - McCain didn’t hit it out of the park, Obama held his own but didn’t hit McCain out of the park either. Both sides will play it as a win but I doubt we will see much of a shift in the polls on the back of it.

    I think people will be waiting for the other debates, particularly the Biden/Palin one, to see how that plays.

    I expect that the debate that is meant to be on the economy will still probably be fairly fresh and we might have seen a bail out plan finalized by then, so the impact on the candidates future plans may have crystalized a bit more. That will be interesting because it will show how well they can adapt to changing circumstances, the old west wind, that will be the reality of any president.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 9:05 am | Quote

  1. 7. World Wants Obama said:


    BTW folks - the online polls are more likely to be biased depending on the source. Fox News had a high win margin for McCain, CNN had a high win margin for Obama.

    We are going to have to wait for some more balanced polls to get a better gauge of how the debate went down.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 9:08 am | Quote

  1. 8. Chisholm said:


    I was over at Malkin’s site and I found this comment about the definition of a neocon. Obviously, when someone calls you a neocon (whether they are right, wrong, or indifferent) their intention is to seriously insult you. This is racist. In the future, I shall act accordingly.
    =============================================================
    On September 27th, 2008 at 9:05 am, St. Louis Blue said:
    On September 27th, 2008 at 8:26 am, Omu said:

    It’s almost sad to see neocons so desperate that they’re clutching at the thinnest of straws like this. Almost.
    ————————————————————
    You must not have heard your Messi♠h. We neocons (liberal code for: JOOOOOOOOOOOS!) cling to our religion and guns–not straws. Clutching at the thinnest of straws is what you do when you stand at the urinal.

    Why don’t you logout and return to watching your TiVo’d episodes of The Rachel Maddow Show.

    Dolt.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 9:21 am | Quote

  1. 9. Chisholm said:


    World,

    We are going to have to wait for some more balanced polls to get a better gauge of how the debate went down.
    ————————————————–

    That will be election day I’m afraid. I have yet to find one reliable poll.

    I found this article that I think you will enjoy. It’s written by Bill Whittle at the National Review about his experience with a medical emergency and what he learned from it. Very insightful.

    www.article.nationalreview.com/?q=YWE1YTg0N2I5OTQ1ZWNkYjFmYTNjZjQ2ZmMzYmM5ZjA=&w=MA==

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 9:45 am | Quote

  1. 10. Shannon Sparks said:


    I think Jim Lehrer won the debate…

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 11:06 am | Quote

  1. 11. Interested Bystander said:


    Hey All,

    First I’d like to say I am saddened by the passing of Paul Newman. I will have his family in my thoughts. He was a talented man.

    Next I’d like to address Phen, who in the last thread called X2 “fatty”, and then asked if “f*wad” was better.

    This is my take on this, and not for a minute would I be thinking I would defend the Crazy One.

    Yes I think f*wad is better than “fatty” and here’s why. “Fatty” is a personal insult on a person. The word has meaning. “F*wad” on the other hand is just a word, it means nothing, I do not take this as an insult, because the word has no substance, it just takes up space.

    It’s like when someone calls me a son of a b***h. This means nothing to me, because it just doesn’t make any sense to say it. My opinion is that words have meanings, and when you personally attack someone by calling the “fatty”, then yes it is worse than “f*wad”.

    It is like when Obama says “Change”. “Change” means nothing when he has nothing to back it up. That’s the problem with the Obama camp, they continue to spin this “Change” thing without any substance. And any “Change” Obama can take credit for, hasn’t been “Change” for the better. Most of his “Change” has ended up costing folks who actually needed the “Change”, and lined the pockets of his family, and his friends. These are FACTS that none of you can dispute.

    That brings me to my next point, someone (I think World) posted that for every article Chisholm posts, she could post one that disagrees. Here’s the difference, Chisholm’s articles are facts, that have been investigated, and then reported on. Most of her articles have reference articles, or fact references that can be looked at.

    Shannon posted that this Davis recieved money from Freddie Mac last month, when the fact is, he hasn’t recieved any money since 2006, when his firm was a lawyer for Freddie Mac. See, when you actually fact check your posts, seems that most of the time the facts are not on your side. Davis hasn’t recieved any money from his firm either. These are facts Shannon, not just words that mean nothing. The problem is, like Phen stated about their vote “canceling” Chisholm’s vote out, it means nothing once you know the facts. Since Phen lives in Texas, and Chisholm lives in the Southwest, this statement means nothing. Phen’s vote can in no way “cancel” out Chisholm’s vote.

    My whole point in all of this, is that words have meanings. Obama talks and says nothing of substance. McCain has laid out plans that actually have substance.

    Just as you all did with McCain going back to Washington to find out how they were proposing to handle this “bailout”. All you guys did was spin, spin spin with no substance at all. McCain was there LEARNING, and listening to the suggestions. Obama had to be “invited” back by the President, because he wanted to be out on the trail spouting his “Change” that means nothing.

    Big difference.

    One more thing that struck me last night. How can Obama keep saying that his plan will be a tax cut for 95% of taxpayers? I’m not sure where the cutoff point is that people do not pay Federal Income Taxes, but I will find out and post it, but I am positive that Obama is counting these folks in his 95%. How can someone who pays no Federal Income Tax now, get a cut? I know people who get money back and pay no Federal Income Taxes, now please tell me how that is. Yes they pay Federal Income Tax on their check, but at tax time they get that money back, plus a couple thousand dollars. So please someone tell me how it is a “tax cut” if you don’t pay taxes in the first place.

    Here’s what I suspect, I believe that Obama will lower their Federal Tax deduction out of their pay check, and then at tax time, they won’t get as much back.

    See what I mean about words having meaniing? Obama says “tax cut” for 95%, when in reality it will probably be 50% at most.

    People who just listen to these words without actually finding out what they mean, are ignorant. They have the means to find out what Obama is saying, they CHOOSE not to, and take his words at “face value”. He is blowing smoke, and that’s all he is doing.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 11:49 am | Quote

  1. 12. Interested Bystander said:


    I have not seen the debate yet, so I will comment on it after I see a replay.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:02 pm | Quote

  1. 13. Interested Bystander said:


    Ok, I found out that over 42 MILLION people paid no Federal Income Taxes after deductions.

    Here’s an article, and it’s from 2005 (it is the latest I could find)

    http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/542.html

    The chart indicates that this is 32.4% of all tax payers. So I wasn’t too far off, that means that the “tax cut” Obama proposes is for only 63%, not 95%, because you can not logically count the 32% that already have no tax burden. Another spin of Obama’s plan.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:17 pm | Quote

  1. 14. Interested Bystander said:


    See Shannon, World, and Phen,

    These are FACTS, not some article of just words that if you check them out, mean nothing.

    Look, I know all three of you mean well, but if you take the time to actually check your facts, you will find out that you are being taken advantage of.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:21 pm | Quote

  1. 15. Shannon Sparks said:


    IB, I stand behind my previous statement until proven otherwise

    From Newsweek:

    Freddie Mac also paid Davis’s consulting and lobbying firm Davis Manafort a consulting fee of $15,000 a month starting in 2005–before Davis took a leave of absence to work on the McCain campaign–and ending only last month, when the U.S. government acquired the firm.

    http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/09/24/on-davis-s-ties-to-freddie-mac-mccain-gets-boomeranged.aspx

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:23 pm | Quote

  1. 16. Chisholm said:


    Hey IB,

    This name calling stuff is for the birds. I will not participate. Period.

    As far as the links I post, they can pass them by if they bother them. I would never knowingly post something as fact that wasn’t. I thank you for your kind words.

    Senator Obama considers a tax cut to be when he doesn’t raise the rate a high as he would like.

    Frank Luntz had a focus group of undecideds. The majority sided with Senator Obama after the debate. However, they indicated that they would like to hear more details. So would we all. So would we all.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:39 pm | Quote

  1. 17. Jeff Barea said:


    Thankfully noone ever mistakes me for a neocon.

    Gotta say brilliant work on McCain’s part latter part of the week. Totally destroyed any news narratives that were beginning to get traction.

    Also set himself up for a future news cycle if the GOP throws credit to him for forcing a rethinking of “the plan.”

    Already seeing it working slowly among owners of small businesses.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:44 pm | Quote

  1. 18. Chisholm said:


    posted September 27th, 2008 at 12:50 pm | Quote

  1. 19. Chisholm said:


    Mr. Barea,

    Are you sure you’ve never been called a neocon? Stick around. It is used to insult you. It doesn’t need to be accurate.

    I agree with you about Senator McCain. He definitely put the brakes on one big boondoggle. I’ll bet ACORN is ticked.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 1:00 pm | Quote

  1. 20. Fen-Phen said:


    IB, I have already apologized for taking the bait and engaging in infantile name calling. Xb called me some pretty vile things and I struck back. Won’t be doing that again. As far as your “facts” are concerned, I stand by my statement. I do not just read opinion articles. I read BOTH sides and BOTH sides have their fair share good and bad. I do not see McCain winning on morality or corruption.

    I believe Xb was squawking last night about how McCain kicked Obama’s ass and that Obama supporters weren’t around because they were at a bar drowning their sorrows because of Obama’s piss poor performance. IF I were keeping score I would just add that to the growing list of bullshit that it keeps espousing. It has diarrhea of the keyboard. First of all, I have a life, it was Friday night and I went out to dinner and dancing with friends. I’m sorry, that it is not familiar with that type of social behavior and prefers to have a social relationship with it’s computer instead. Secondly, I don’t know where he gets his information but it seems to differ from any information that the rest of America gets. Are we really to believe it has “insider info?” In a word, no. I looked all over and the majority, even on some conservative sites gave Obama the edge. I think it was a wash…No one “kicked the other’s ass.” http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/27/snapshot-polls-give-obama-edge-over-mccain-in-debate/

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 2:57 pm | Quote

  1. 21. Fen-Phen said:


    Xbjllb proclaimed, “McCain has nailed this election.”

    Just because you wish it, doesn’t make it true.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 3:13 pm | Quote

  1. 22. xbjllb said:


    Guys, a Neocon is NOT codename for Jewish people.

    It IS a codename for a Zionist.

    Zionism is a political imperialist movement that has nothing to do whatsoever with any religion, and indeed has followers from all religions, anti-religions, and no religion. There are atheist zionists, Luciferian zionists, as well as christianist zionists and non-practicing (for the most part) jewish zionists.

    There are NO true Christian zionists. Period. While G-d/Christ fully supports the PEOPLE of the Nation of Israel, He would NEVER support their fascist government or its genocidal holocaust actions against Palestine and Palestinians for a second more than He supported the fascist government of Rome while He walked the earth.

    Even if Israel had “been attacked first.” Christ is about turning the other cheek to your own death on your own cross if necessary; not about “protecting yourself” and “fighting back”, and most of all, not about “protecting your homeland”. WHEREVER that particular chunk of blood soaked dirt happens to be.

    Judaism is a religion; Zionism is a political imperialist movement that says it’s quite all right to go into a land people have held for 2000 years and take it away from them and run them into the sea if they fight back.

    THAT is Zionism.

    To call someone a “Neocon” is to call them a “Zionist holding political power in the US with allegiance to the government, NOT to the People, of Israel.”

    It is NOT a religious slur. It IS, however, a political description, and often meant as an insult , akin to calling someone a Nazi.

    “Know them by their works.”

    Sarah Palin has proven herself to be a clueless christianist zionist. Which I always knew she was, or she wouldn’t have been vetted for McCain’s veep in the first place. He needed a “hot” “pornstar look” Huckabee in a dress, and found her.

    Am I still voting for them? Of course, Obama is far worse, an atheist chameleon. At least I know McCain is an agnostic; he doesn’t pretend to be anything otherwise like the penultimate liar Obama, atheist lifelong member of a black supremacist “church”.

    I have to believe that even a real christianist (Palin) would run the country better than a lifelong Luciferian war criminal out to kill as many innocents as he could (his adult extension of blowing up live frogs by sticking firecrackers up their asses) while making bank for himself and his cronies in his war contractor stock through merely PRETENDING he was a Christian. Palin never lay naked in a Skull & Bones coffin at Yale with an older “boy” recounting his entire sexual history to the assemblage and swearing eternal secrecy and lifelong allegiance to Lucifer.

    That’s where Obama loses the election; he’s MUCH more like George Bush than John McCain and Sarah Palin PUT TOGETHER could EVER BE.

    Shalom.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 3:20 pm | Quote

  1. 23. xbjllb said:


    Xbjllb proclaimed, “McCain has nailed this election.”

    Just because you wish it, doesn’t make it true.

    Cry to the hand in November. It is not my “wishes” that make it true; it is my life experience.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 3:22 pm | Quote

  1. 24. xbjllb said:


    To simplify politically without all the religious “gobbledygook”:

    Zionism is a convenient front for the United States having an, admittedly rebellious and often quite troublesome but nonetheless fifty-first state in the Mideast, which just so happens to be an area that has a shitload of oil.

    Period. When the British Empire failed, they basically handed it to America, who bought and paid for it with BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars FROM DAY ONE of its miserable existence.

    Can we afford it anymore? Not if China cuts off all the loan rope they’be been willingly lending us to hang ourselves.

    That’s the fate of luciferian zionism. If it doesn’t blow up the planet first.

    Right now, that’s a tossup.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 3:31 pm | Quote

  1. 25. xbjllb said:


    I think it was a wash…No one “kicked the other’s ass.”

    Are you blind? In the “makeup wars” alone, McCain kicked Obama’s ass all the way back to Max Factor’s.

    As far as performance, forget about it. THIS lifelong rabidly anti-Bush Democrat activist can FINALLY vote for him with a clean conscience.

    hillaryvotersformccain.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=150

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 3:47 pm | Quote

  1. 26. Interested Bystander said:


    Shannon,

    Do your research, Davis left the firm in 2006, so even if Freddie is giving money to the firm, the money is NOT going to Davis. Keep spinning it that way though.

    Chisholm,

    Your articles are very infomative, and a welcome edition to my knowledge.

    I just watched the debate and would like to make a few points:

    Seemed as if Obama thought McCain was right quite a bit. Hopefully that will show people that McCain knows what he speaks of, instead of being a “senile old man”, as someone called him on the other thread.

    I wrote a bunch of points down as the debate progressed.

    Obama stated that he tried to warn of the sub-prime problem two years ago. Can someone point me in the direction where this can be proven? Even if he did, McCain tried to address this issue three years ago, so even then Obama was a year behind.

    Obama says that the “fundamentals of the economy are not strong”. This is a scare tactic to me. Actually I believe McCain is right, and the fundamentals (workers) are strong, it is the increase in food, and fuel, that have slowed our economy. If Obama wants to help with those issues, then he needs to quit being opposed to off shore drilling, because as we saw a while back, the price of oil dropped significantly when Bush dropped the executive order on off shore drilling. Now the Democratic Congress has not passed a bill, after a month “vacation”, and the price is going back up again. I was screaming about them going on “vaction” then, and now the public has forgotten what needed to be done, and nothing is getting done. Now Congress is leaving again until after the election, with no bill on off shore drilling. This is real leadership by the Democrats. It is the same with the mortgage issue now, they have been being warned about this for a while now, and all they do is whitewash it, until the bottom is ready to fall out. Unbelieveable to me, that the Congress is stonewalling these issues. We do not need a “band aid” with another stimulus package, we need a long term solution to this problem. Let’s get to it.

    932 Million dollars in earmarks for Obama in just three years, amazing. He suspended taking earmarks after his announcement to run, but 932 Million is an awful lot of money. Oh by the way, McCain has zero, let me repeat that ZERO earmarks in those same three years. Obama supporters, do you see something here?

    McCain stated that Obama wanted 800 BILLION in new spending. These are new programs or expanding current programs, and the way Obama says he is going to pay for these are by “closing corporate loopholes”. Is he saying that corporations are getting 800 BILLION in tax write offs or “loopholes”? I don’t for a minute believe that. They get incentives for lots of things I know, but 800 BILLION, sounds like an awful lot to me. Bottom line is, they won’t find 800 BILLION in new spending money for Obama’s programs.

    Obama says that he will “guarantee” (his word, I wrote it down) that we will be energy independant in 10 years. He will take office in January 2009, I will with hope still be around in 2019, and I will pretty much say we will NOT be energy independant in my lifetime even (which hopefully will be another 25 or 30 years). Another “dream” that is unattainable.

    Obama said at one point that McCain wants to give tax cuts to people who “aren’t even asking for one”. The only folks I know who are for the tax increase are the Hollywood types. I can’t imagine someone saying that they don’t pay enough taxes, especially when they are paying 35%.

    McCain said that spending was out of control. This is a statement that I have been saying for a long time. He is right, we need to CUT spending (not cut in Washington terms which is if you propose a 10 percent increase, and actually only give them a 5 percent increase, then in Washington terms this is a 5 percent cut, Yeah I knwo that one always baffles me too). We need to defund some of these Government programs. Cuts, we need to cut spending, not decrease the amount we are increasing spendign and call that a cut.

    On Iraq McCain said he proposed a new strategy in 2003. If Obama had his way, our troops would be home now, and Iran would probably be in control of Iraq. McCain and Petraus’ leadership has turned Iraq around. Let’s make sure we see this through, and leave with dignity, and with a secure ally.

    Obama says that Al Qaeda is stronger now than “anytime since 2001″. How does he know this? Again, I think this is a scare tactic. Besdies, I wouldn’t doubt that Bin Laden is one of those leaders Obama would meet with “unconditionally”.

    Obama made three or four points on Iraq, but the one that sticks out in my mind was when he said that we thought we would be “greated as liberators, and we were wrong”. Now please, I was watching TV when we went in to Bahgdad, and the people were all rallying around our troops, and we were greated as liberators. What was Obama watching? I sat here all afternoon and watched the Iraqi people trying to bring down that statue, and when it did come down hit it with shoes, and drag it through the streets. Obama is living in a fantasy world if he actually thinks we weren’t greated as liberators. We were. The man is pitiful, and is rewritting history.

    McCain stated that Obama would not acknowledge that we were winning in Iraq (and Obama said “that’s not true”. Well I hear him on the trail talking about how we are in an “unjust” war, and how we are not winning over the people of Iraq, and all of these outright lies, and then in the debate, he says “that’s not true”. Please, do some research people and see that Obama has said all along that we couldn’t win.

    Then Obama started talking about how you run a war with a “timetable”. I don’t know what is in his mind, but you can not have war, and say that you have this long to get it done. This is not a football game, it doesn’t have “limits” on how long it will take you. Yes, I will agree that we should start bringing our troops home now, because our objectives have been achieved, nothing else. If Obama had his way, we would be out now. The country would be in turmoil, and we would have to go back in to TRY to straighten it up.

    Then they talked about their bracelets. McCain said that the mother who asked him to wear her son’s bracelet to not let his death be in vain, and the mother who asked Obama to wear her son’s bracelet to not let any other mother have to go through what she is going through. Anyone see a big difference in these two statements? Think about it, and let me know what you think about these two statements. I agree with mother who gave the bracelet to McCain.

    McCain made the point that Obama was on the subcommittee for Foriegn relations, and that he was on another subcommittee, and that his subcommittee actually held hearings, and made proposals to be passed to the full committee. Obama smiled at this. Shows his arrogance, in my opinion. Obama just spent how much of the Taxpayer’s money to go to Iraq, and Israel on official business, and Obama has held not one meeting or hearing on anything that he did in Iraq or Israel. Waste of taxpayer’s money if you ask me. I thought to myself when Obama was smiling, that he thought how funny it was that we paid for him to go on this trip, with nothing coming from it. Again this shows Obama’s arrogance.

    I’m almost done, but the wife is calling me for supper, so I will follow up a little later. Hope this gives you folks something to discuss.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 4:00 pm | Quote

  1. 27. Chisholm said:


    If anyone is interested, I am including a wikipedia link that gives a detailed definition of the term neocon. And it names names for illustrative purposes.

    BTW, it is considered to be a perjorative in some circles.

    And, we are supposed to judge people by their intentions, aren’t we? According to Senator Obama we are. Remember his support of sex ed in kindergarten? Even though the bill was very explicit, he still insists that it was not his intent. Some attorney. Can’t even read/write a detailed piece of legislation that will affect the live of millions of children.

    But the end justifies the means, right? But I digress.

    www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neocon

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 4:23 pm | Quote

  1. 28. Chisholm said:


    Oh my goodness. Gov.Blunt of Missouri speaks out rather forcefully about Obama/Biden campaign tactics.

    www.governor.mo.gov/cgi-bin/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EkkkVFulkpOzXqGMaj&style=Default+News+Style&tmpl=newsitem

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 4:41 pm | Quote

  1. 29. Chisholm said:


    “America Second”
    Written by Anne Bayefsky
    Senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and at Touro College. Editor of www.EyeontheUN.org.

    www.article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=MjhhN2IzOWRjMmRkNmRmMWFiNzViMTY1Y2M0MTEzNmY=

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 5:25 pm | Quote

  1. 30. Shannon Sparks said:


    IB,
    I have no need to spin anything. This is the same thing that Sarah Palin was stuttering over with Katie Couric. Davis may have left the firm in 2006, but he’s still a partner and equity-holder so he certainly would’ve benefitted financially from Freddie Mac.

    And as for Obama wasting taxpayer money to go to Iraq, that’s a little of a one-sided opinion you seem to have. Were you also bitching when McCain was using taxpayer money to go strolling around the Baghdad markets?

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 5:31 pm | Quote

  1. 31. Chisholm said:


    Saving Acorn

    www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=307321604674409
    ———————————————————–
    Democrats Refuse to Reform Freddie and Fannie in 2004

    www.gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/devastating-dems-refuse-to-reform.html

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 6:51 pm | Quote

  1. 32. Dave said:


    Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 7:09 pm | Quote

  1. 33. Interested Bystander said:


    Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    Horrible!… Latest NY Times McCain Hit Piece Is Entirely False

    The only thing accurate in the latest New York Times hit piece on the McCain-Palin Camp is the name of McCain’s campaign manager- Rick Davis.
    At least they got his name right.
    The McCain-Palin Camp responded to the latest smear:

    Today the New York Times launched its latest attack on this campaign in its capacity as an Obama advocacy organization. Let us be clear about what this story alleges: The New York Times charges that McCain-Palin 2008 campaign manager Rick Davis was paid by Freddie Mac until last month, contrary to previous reporting, as well as statements by this campaign and by Mr. Davis himself.

    In fact, the allegation is demonstrably false. As has been previously reported, Mr. Davis separated from his consulting firm, Davis Manafort, in 2006. As has been previously reported, Mr. Davis has seen no income from Davis Manafort since 2006. Zero. Mr. Davis has received no salary or compensation since 2006. Mr. Davis has received no profit or partner distributions from that firm on any basis — weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual — since 2006. Again, zero. Neither has Mr. Davis received any equity in the firm based on profits derived since his financial separation from Davis Manafort in 2006.

    Further, and missing from the Times’ reporting, Mr. Davis has never — never — been a lobbyist for either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Mr. Davis has not served as a registered lobbyist since 2005.
    Not just that… But, the facts in the report are a matter of public record.
    Look for the Old Gray Lady to make a correction 2 months from now on a Saturday.

    Shannon,

    Read it and weep. You are totally wrong about Davis.

    Next point you want to “spin”.

    Thanks Chisholm, again you are remarkable to find this stuff.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 7:12 pm | Quote

  1. 34. Chisholm said:


    posted September 27th, 2008 at 7:16 pm | Quote

  1. 35. Interested Bystander said:


    And as for Obama wasting taxpayer money to go to Iraq, that’s a little of a one-sided opinion you seem to have. Were you also bitching when McCain was using taxpayer money to go strolling around the Baghdad markets?

    Shannon,

    McCain didn’t go in July while the campaign was in full swing. McCain goes without making it a National thing, and McCain didn’t go with all of the “main” newscasters tagging along like he was some sort of “rock star”. McCain goes as one person in an entourage, not one person like Obama did.

    The point is, Obama went on official business for his “committee”, and hasn’t had one hearing or meeting. It’s pitiful. You people are pitiful to spin this stuff the way you do.

    The American people need to see through this crap. It is OBVIOUS that you do not.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 7:18 pm | Quote

  1. 36. Chisholm said:


    IB,

    You are going to love this article.

    gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/not-bad-obama-only-has-7-major-flip.html

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 7:34 pm | Quote

  1. 37. Interested Bystander said:


    Chisholm,

    You are right, the article from Gateway is fantastic, but you do know that they are a right wing group, or at least that’s what Obama supporters will say.

    The Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac video is great. The Republicans were up there trying to reason, and the democrats only wanted to dis on the regulator, who sat there calmly and knew he would be vindicated. I am wondering if any of the Congress people actually have called this regulator and appologized for ridiculing him for trying to ward off this crisis.

    And this Raines guy is now an Obama financial advisor. Yeah boy, that makes sense. Good decision making there Barack.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 8:00 pm | Quote

  1. 38. Chisholm said:


    IB,

    Do you remember the IBD article that talked about Obama’s private army? It was all part of this ACORN fiasco. IBD estimated that it would ultimately cost one-half billion dollars. Now do you understand why the dems in Congress are so aggressively trying to add a boondoggle for ACORN to this bailout bill?

    This is social engineering, plain and simple.

    And, the American people aren’t buying it!

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 8:17 pm | Quote

  1. 39. Interested Bystander said:


    Now to finish up on my debate analysis (I know you all were waiting for this).

    Obama stated that he would not rule out meeting with “rouge leaders”. He said that it was probably not a good idea to meet with Iran’s leader, but wouldn’t rule out “lower level contacts”, which is what the Bush administation has been doing all along. Obama said on at least two occasions that Kissinger had said that there needed to be talks without pre-conditions, and then tried to cover that up by using “preparation” as being the same as pre-conditions. Talk about spin and speaking out of both sides of his mouth. And when McCain called him out on this, Obama admitted it in the background while McCain was stating that Kissinger didn’t say that (I could hear Obama saying that’s right).

    Then at some point Obama said that McCain had done a “mischaracterization of my statement”. I seen on an interview where Obama CLEARLY stated that he would meet with these “leaders” without pre-conditions. It wasn’t a “mischaracterization”, it was the truth. Obama was wrong, just has he is on off shore drilling, nuclear energy, the surge, and the war in general, and a whole host of other issues.

    The big difference I see in these candidates is that when McCain is wrong, he admits it, and adjusts his position. That is what a leader does. A leader does not say one thing one day, and then deny he said that the next day, or week, or month, and state it as fact..

    Overall, I’d say that McCain won the debate hands down. Proof of this is how many times did Obama say that McCain was right? Many times.

    As I have said in previous posts, Obama doesn’t speak anything of substance, he talks around an issue, and doesn’t give solutions.

    I have seen this today with his ad about the economic problems. He said that he would institute regulations, and ensure that the middle class people are protected.

    The regulations are a few years too late, and how can he ensure that the middle class is protected? Is he going to have a Government representative at all of these loan “closings” to ensure that the people know what they are getting in to? That is THEIR responsibility, not the Government’s. The Government’s responsibility is to regulate the COMPANY that is giving the loan since it is a Government entity. Unbelievable to me.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 8:20 pm | Quote

  1. 40. Interested Bystander said:


    Chisholm,

    Well let’s hope that the Congress doesn’t pass this bill in spite of all of the opposition. And if they do, I hope Bush sees through all of this crap, and vetoes it, and says why he is vetoing it.

    As McCain says often, he will veto any appropriations bill with “pork” (remember when it was called “pork”, and not “earmarks” ), and make the people who put this “pork” in famous? That’s the kind of leadership I want. Send the bill back, and make them take it out. Make a stand, and tell the public why, and who is adding these things. Seems to me like this is a reasonable thing to do.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 8:26 pm | Quote

  1. 41. Chisholm said:


    IB,
    Without the ability to deliver the pork, pols like Murtha, Dodd, Pelosi, Reid, et.al., will not be reelected. It makes their near hysteria understandable.

    I want someone to explain to me bottom-up economics that Senator Obama is proposing. Have you ever been hired by a poor person?

    How is penalizing an employer going to benefit me?

    When a company has additional expenses, regardless of their source, they can only absorb them for so long. Then they pass them on to their customers. Technically, it can be parsed that this is not a tax increase. And Mr. Obama is very good at parsing.

    All of this in the ’spirit of fairness’?

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 8:45 pm | Quote

  1. 42. xbjllb said:


    Guys, keep fighting for McCain. And ask yourself this:

    The mainstream media is ALL owned by Big Contributors to the GOP. One would have to assume the owners ARE ALL GOP.

    So WHY, on God’s green earth, would Big GOP MSM owners want Obama to win?

    Because, I completely agree with you, it is OBVIOUS they do.

    What would cause them to act against their obvious self-interest in this way?

    Is it a fake out where the knockout punch just never seems to come?

    Or are they REALLY AFRAID McCain will REALLY change things in Washington, and they’d rather go with the clueless newbie?

    I haven’t figured it out yet, and time will tell, but we are getting awfully close to the finish line here for any sort of final backstab.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 8:57 pm | Quote

  1. 43. Chisholm said:


    Any guesses as to what the October surprise(s)is/are going to be?

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 9:02 pm | Quote

  1. 44. Chisholm said:


    We are told that the credit lines are frozen. Which will lead to massive layoffs. Okay, say we go along with this bailout.

    Whew, crisis averted!

    Then, we adopt Mr. Obama’s bottom-up economics. Higher costs for everyone. Businesses cut back and/or close. People lose their jobs.

    We won’t need the freaking credit lines!

    What will we have gained?

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 9:15 pm | Quote

  1. 45. xbjllb said:


    Any guesses as to what the October surprise(s)is/are going to be?

    I have no idea anymore. It’s getting far too late but anything but the unthinkable if there is NO October surprise, and Obama actually through some miracle of Lucifer wins, and THEN it’s finally disclosed between the election and inauguration he’s ineligible because of birth.

    THAT’S a constitutional crisis, with race riots in the street, martial law, and George Bush remaining as de facto President until the matter is resolved, with, given the current nature of the Supreme Court, would be NEVER.

    If that’s the plan, it make Hitler look like a rank amateur.

    posted September 27th, 2008 at 9:54 pm | Quote

  1. 46. Shannon Sparks said:


    Shannon,

    McCain didn’t go in July while the campaign was in full swing. McCain goes without making it a National thing, and McCain didn’t go with all of the “main” newscasters tagging along like he was some sort of “rock star”. McCain goes as one person in an entourage, not one person like Obama did.

    The point is, Obama went on official business for his “committee”, and hasn’t had one hearing or meeting. It’s pitiful. You people are pitiful to spin this stuff the way you do.

    The American people need to see through this crap. It is OBVIOUS that you do not.

    Almost everything you said here is slanted towards the incorrect. McCain absolutlely makes his Iraq visits visible to the press. When he was sauntering through the market he made sure the press was there when he stupidly proclaimed that Americans could walk safely through the streets of Baghdad while failing to mention his own entourage of 100 soldiers, 3 blackhawks, and 2 apaches̷