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A Rear Admirals’ Vice is A Vice Admiral in his Rear!

Like Nelson said to Hardy “kiss me Hardy” and Hardy replied “kiss ya be fucked Horatio I’m next in line for Admiral”

The only things that Captain McCain and I have in common are that we both sailed through more water than the average shark, in the Grey Funnel Line, in roughly the same era except for the fact that he made more of a career out of it than me. We served in the same waters at the time of the Vietnam War. We both probably sailed past more lighthouses than the average Chucky Six Pack has seen shithouses and both probably saw more Action Stations than Barbie Six Pack has seen railway stations. He was a “Birdie” and I was an electrician. We were of course in different Navies, he in The USN and me in the RAN. Now days the life of a sailor is considered as the ships being made of steel, the men made of wood, and it is all Wine, Women and Song, but way back then the ships were made of wood, the men of steel, and it was Rum, Bum and Gramophone Records.

(disclaimer ; without the bum)

Macca had a lot to live up to as his Father and his Grandfather were Four Star Admirals. The only step above Admiral in the USN is Fleet Admiral (the big Boss). His boss of course is the C.I.C. (Commander in Chief).

Young Macca no doubt had burning ambitions to be the equal of or go one step better than his Pop or Pop Pop.

He joined the Naval Academy and in 1958 graduated as an Ensign at number 894 of 899 graduates. Not exactly top of the class! He subsequently went into training and became a Birdie. His ability to crash planes and play up left a lot to be desired and one wonders if the records of his Poppys had some influence on his not being severely disciplined which may have ultimately affected his chances of promotion. When one reads his records, he has had some bailouts over the years, but his most important bail out was on 26 October 1967 when he was shot down over North Vietnam and became a POW. He was released on March 14th 1973. He had the ranking of Lieutenant Commander at the time. There would have been little chance of him receiving any promotions as a POW and this would have severely stalled his desire to make Admiral. He was given different assignments in US Naval Bases and after having only reached the rank of Captain resigned from the Navy on April 1st 1981. (April fool)

At this point in his life he most probably would have been an honest and upstanding member of the community. He subsequently decided on a political career and was elected to the House in 1982 and the Senate in 1986.

Over the period of the next 26 years he developed an uncanny knack of becoming involved with lots of the more shady characters that have graced the US political stables and the only way he was going to surpass his Poppys’ Admiral Status was to become C.I.C. He ran against the Imbecile for POTUS in 2000 and failed after he was swift boated USS Enterprised by the Imbeciles Neo Cons.

Prodloužená a občas bolestivá erekce – k té dochází místě vzácně. Přístup k těmto datům mají pouze proškolení zaměstnanci.

The downward spiral of the now Ancient Mariner with a whole flock of Albatrosses hanging round his neck gathered pace even quicker over the next eight years. He now has the GOP nomination for POTUS election in a few days time and this ex Upstanding Naval Officer has morphed into the exact opposite of what he once was and no amount of lies, deception and self flagellation is going to get him over the line on Nov 4th (US time). His Political record of voting with the Imbecile, the Keating five and his record on Veterans Affairs votes leaves only one solution …

Having never made the rank of Admiral he would never stand triumphantly on a “Bridge” to anywhere whilst one of the stinking rotting albatrosses, hanging round his neck, is his running mate in charge of a partially built “bridge” to nowhere

He should be Courts Martialled, found guilty, keel hauled, demoted, shackled to an oar on a Galley, and sent in search of the “Santa Maria”. When he finds it he can duly tell Chris C the lie that he was a USN Rear Admiral and bend over for him.

From a jolly Jack Tar to Jack Tarred. What a miserable shell of a man!

A gentle reminder to Cindy McCain that if she wants to get involved in bashing BO then she also better be ready for return of serve. Even though she looks like a fresh faced lady she has not got exacty what you call clean skin!

Oct. 18, 1999 | PHOENIX — GOP presidential candidate John McCain’s wife Cindy took to the airwaves last week, recounting for Jane Pauley (on “Dateline”) and Diane Sawyer (on “Good Morning America”) the tale of her one-time addiction to Percocet and Vicodin, and the fact that she stole the drugs from her own non-profit medical relief organization.

Permission to step ashore please Sir?

770 replies on “A Rear Admirals’ Vice is A Vice Admiral in his Rear!”

One of the quirks of campaigns is the number of states which Dems are ahead for retaining/winning Senate seat in states where Obama is way behind or somewhat behind – Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana. And the next potential Senate gains for Dems are Missisippi, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas.
Different politics in same party

Dontcha just love it when Mcain gets all indignant that anyone could suggest such a mean-spirited thing about him amd Sarah…

“Congressman John Lewis’ comments represent a character attack against Gov. Sarah Palin and me that is shocking and beyond the pale,” he said in a Saturday afternoon statement released by his campaign.

“The notion that legitimate criticism of Sen. Obama’s record and positions could be compared to Gov. George Wallace, his segregationist policies and the violence he provoked is unacceptable and has no place in this campaign”

yessir.
It was the furthest thing from their rminds.

Too really put the cat amongst the pigeons, I would launch a separate campaign down in the south east corner. Dirt cheap and in McCains backyard. That hits them in 8 potentially vulnerable areas 😆

House
Northern Florida
Mississippi
Georgia
North Carolina

Senate
Mississippi
North Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky

Even if he doesn’t win it throes them right off guard.

Boppin wit Baz merkin style!

Beastie Boys to Headline Swing State Stadium Concert Tour

The first rappers to score a #1 album in America were the Beastie Boys. Long time proponents of social causes like Tibetan Independence and preventing violence against women, the Beasties yesterday announced concerts in battleground states later this month and early November leading up to Election Day, featuring Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, Crosby & Nash, Tenacious D and others.

Said the Beasties in an email blast yesterday, “we are going to do a few shows in hopes that we can remind people to vote. this election is too important, too much is at stake to stay at home. we hope that you can come out, have a nice night, dance, sing, get your freak on, and then wake up the next morning and get everyone that you possibly can to get out and vote….adam, mike & adam”
The ‘Boys added in their announcement release “we are very excited about obama. hope you all feel the same.”

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Beastie-Boys-to-Headline-S-by-Gustav-Wynn-081011-138.html

Palin’s Record On Church-State Separation.

The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God’s will from the governor’s office.

What she didn’t tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees.

An Associated Press review of the Republican vice presidential candidate’s record as Wasilla mayor and Alaska governor reveals her use of elected office to promote religious causes, sometimes at taxpayer expense and in ways that blur the line between church and state. The U.S. Constitution provides for the separation of church and state.

Does anyone get the impression the press are going after Palin? 😈
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/11/politics/main4515419.shtml

Christopher Bee –
Sarah better know whether she took out a raffle ticket at the local mall in the last 10 years I reckon. She’s like a she-wolf being scoped from a plane now IMHO.
And that’s ‘natural justice’ for ya.
😈

Sorry Gaffers – that question wasn’t very clear.
the one on the right, or the one on the left?

the Adam on the right or left…
you know- from your beastie boys post.

clearly it’s bed time.

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Enemy Combatant

A fine crop of black humour you’ve picked for us this evening Ecky.

The worse things get the funnier the cartoonists become.

Funny that.

Apparently the MSM won’t touch this with a forty foot barge pole according to the Votemaster.

McCain Camp Ignores Questions About Candidate’s Military Record.

Evidently taking a page from John Kerry ’s quest for the presidency in 2004, John McCain ’s campaign has decided — for now, anyway — not to respond to provocative attacks aimed squarely at his strong point: his reputation as a military hero.

The much talked about main broadside came in the form of a 12,000-word attack in Rolling Stone, which portrayed the hard-partying young McCain as a reckless pilot who totaled three jets, and whose career as a pilot was saved only by the pull of his father, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet during the Vietnam War.

The piece, which Rolling Stone says has garnered 2.5 million hits on the magazine’s Web site since Oct. 6, has been the talk of the liberal blogosphere, but gotten zero attention from the mainstream media.

The Internet has also been afire with other, more vicious brickbats suggesting that a “cowboy pilot” prank by McCain might have started the July 1967 fire that destroyed the USS Forrestal aircraft carrier.

Pass it on, email it to a friend. If you are lucky enough to have more than one friend send it to them too. Remember Swift Boat!
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parmA1=5&docID=hsnews-000002974001

Jen

The penny just dropped.

Could you imagine him Rappin?

John john McCain the real cum stain
Stuckit in the Fence and got hard against the palin
splinters in his dick cause he’s really out failin
lost the plot should be lookin for a Gran
fuckit Admiral, bomb bomb eyeran.
up in nagasaki the monkey fucked the cat
all the cat could do was fuck the monkey back
shoulda been bonkin up the gulf of tonkin
steada droppin bombs my plane was a konkin
should be out tricken n treatin halloween
But thats all fucked the same as my spleen
aint gonna be POTUS not a shit show
goin home to pullit to get a neat blow!

Obama Has Bought 30 Minutes of TV Time on Oct. 29

Barack has made a huge TV time buy–30 minutes on CBS and NBC in prime time on Oct. 29 and is negotiating for ABC and Fox. This slot would compete with game 6 of the World Series–if there is a game 6. He hasn’t announced what he will say then, but given Obama’s history, it is likely to be a serious, sober assessment of the country’s problems and how he plans to solve them.

I hope there’s not a game 6. The way Obama’s going there won’t b a game 6. 😆

http://www.electoral-vote.com

gaffy at 190, The Imbecile may be C-I-C but all the titles and signing statements in the world won’t help a President who can’t control his Chain of Command. I still think it’s a real long shot that he’d attempt to “bring it on”.
“The United States presidential election of 1944 took place while the United States was preoccupied with fighting World War II.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1944

kerneels, JMC wasn’t an easy read for me at first. Scoping his essays, especially his essays about other writers helped a great deal in accessing his literary breadth and depth. So did the reviews Johnny does in NYROB.

As for exile, (you mention at 197, “Helps to be a natural wanderer, that way one can become a citizen of the world, rather than an outcast of your own land”.), V.S. Naipaul’s not bad, but find him difficult to connect with because he’s so insufferably up himself.
Few writers, im(extraordinarily)ho, do exile as well as Jozef Konrad. He comforted me often during the reign of El Rodente when a sense of alienation pervaded my spirit with each news day. Be great to get back to some regular reading after this election. Really miss it.
Maybe we can discuss a book or two a tad more analytically onsite from time to time after Obi is inaugurated in Jan. Reckon we might even get a few starters. Did so with Jose Saramago’s “Blindness” on RTS blog last year with Tim leading. ‘Twas a lot of fun.

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Gaffhook

It’s a tad hyperbolic with elements of fact. Sure, the derivative market is huge, but many of the contracts will cancel each other and so the losses in the worst case scenario will not be anything like the sum total. (Not from what I’ve read elsewhere).

But the essential hysteria has a basis in the real situation: it’s dire! And Paulson et al really have no clue how to stop the implosion. Throwing vast amount of future taxpayer’s liability at it may do nothing. In fact on one account, the Fed opening the vaults has actually stopped the banks borrowing from each other, so it’s not a refusal to lend, but a lack of desire to borrow when they can get cheaper money from Helicopter Ben.

So no one knows how the ship will right itself, and how many will drown before it does. We are, to continue the metaphor, in totally uncharted waters and there are so many unkown unkowns out there lurking under the surface.

Just found this funny anecdote from one of the threads at 538… the level that some people would stoop down to:

I live in Gainesville, VA… Many would consider it a Republican stronghold located 5 miles past Manassas and about 25 to 30 miles to the southwest of Washington, DC. But thanks to urban sprawl, what was once thought of as an area colored a bright cherry hue is now turning a beautiful shade of plum.

Congizant of this fact, Barack kicked off his presidential campaign a mile or so from my house at Nissan Pavillion.

Anyway, my last donation to the campain came with a perk — we would be receiving an Obama/Biden yard sign. My wife, knowing I’m a fervent supporter of the ticket, decided to surprise me by purchasing one on her own. Worst case scenario the other gets lost in the mail and we’d have one sign. Best case, we’d have two and can strategically place the other or give it away.

I proudly put up the sign Friday evening — careful to position it so that it would receive maximum attention from passers-by…

It lasted two nights. My wife woke up this morning to see our Obama/Biden sign was replaced with McCain/Palin.

Are you effin’ kidding me?!?! Are people really THAT childish that they’d replace a sign on someone else’s property with their candidate? Don’t get me wrong — I’ve *thought* of sinister ways to deal with the McCain/Palin signs in the adjascent neighborhood, but quickly let the moments pass.

Anyone have any clever ideas to combat the trolls? We thought baiting the sign-switcher and recording it on webcam might be interesting, but… it’s hard to justify the cost.

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Cat
Reading that editorial is both inspiring and deeply depressing.

It’s inspiring because it’s clearly written by someone who actually understands the opportunity for real change that Obama offers the US.

But I also find it deeply depressing.
Because as an Australian right now, I can’t conceive of a single newspaper in this country that would even print it.
Much less have an editor who was capable of writing it.

Thank God for the intertubes.

RCP Average nationally is now +7.8 to Obama (?!).

On top of that, Obama’s now sitting at 50 as an RCP average (his highest yet).

All I can say to this is… OBAMA LANDSLIDE!

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Catrina Says:
October 12th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
St. Louis, Missouri – St. Louis Dispatch Endorses Obama

…..bewdiful words….speaks to the better inclinations of Americans….awesome really…

KR & gaf, I reckon the EU states, the UK, the US, Japan and the other developed economies can keep the banking system going. They can almost do it by decree if necessary. But the underlying problem is not going to go away: a process of liquidation of doubtful assets has commenced and it won’t cease until it’s worn itself out. Basically, even the strongest banks can’t take the risk of dealing with other banks in case their liquidity gets swallowed up by the weak. At a certain point, the weakest banks are just going to have to give up the ghost. If they can’t actually conduct business, they will have to cease trading, surrender, close…and liquidate.

In the meantime, the strongest banks – those with the broadest depositor base and the best capital position – can continue their retail businesses. But their risk profile will be super-stringent. Only the best qualified borrowers will succeed in raising money.

So, in the best outcome, the will be no financial apocalypse. But it might still feel like purgatory: tight credit, asset collapses, price deflation, demand destruction, contraction in output, income and employment. This could go on for a long time, because the liquidation required is truly massive.

I do think that the prospect of a new government in the US will help too. Bush has just zero credibility. He has obviously failed to comprehend and assert control over the process and cannot speak for the future. Any talk of Bush somehow trying to subvert the electoral process is just deranged: nothing would be more likely to ensure a complete economic collapse.

I have to say as well, I’ve found new respect for Gordon Brown. When others have stood by gaping, he has acted calmly and strongly. The situation in the UK is almost calamitous, but he has probably rescued the system from otherwise inevitable implosion. I think this also says something for the Westminster system: governements can make decisions and act swiftly.

Maybe the pressure will start to recede this week. I sure hope so…

A clear case of Stating the Bleeding Obvious..

“After a turbulent week that included disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin and signs that Senator John McCain was struggling to strike the right tone for his campaign, Republican leaders said Saturday that they were worried Mr. McCain was heading for defeat unless he brought stability to his presidential candidacy and settled on a clear message to counter Senator Barack Obama.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/us/politics/12strategy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

In a presidential race that remains essentially tied in Nevada, Democrat Barack Obama has the slimmest of leads over Republican John McCain, according to a new Review-Journal poll.

Obama had the support of 47 percent of likely Nevada voters in the poll, while McCain had 45 percent. The result was within the margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points in the poll of 625 likely voters statewide.
Just 2 percent of those surveyed chose a candidate other than Obama or McCain, while 6 percent remained undecided. The poll was conducted by telephone Wednesday and Thursday, after Tuesday’s second debate between the two candidates, by Washington, D.C.-based polling firm Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/30860574.html

The last feathers being plucked from the albatross as amerkins watch their nest eggs scramble down the gurgler:

The Mailer That Put the Final Nail in the McCain Campaign Coffin

But the mailer, personalized, received by tens of millions of Americans, perhaps 100 million, in the past week, or in the next week, is the single envelope that will have caused John McCain and many republican incumbents to lose their seats.

I got one addressed to my youngest son on Thursday, then another addressed to me on Friday.

Then I talked to friends, members of my synagogue, fellow activists at a local fundraiser. Just about everyone had received them. The message was the same for everyone……………… These are sad times. Reality is far more powerful than any campaign words. For the neocons, the corporatists and their theocon supporters, the chickens have indeed come home to roost– and they’ve shit all over almost every American. Now, go out and ask anyone you talk to and tie the mailer together with the election, if they haven’t tied it together for themselves yet.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Mailer-That-Put-the-Fi-by-Rob-Kall-081012-483.html

Barack Obama has now built his lead in Colorado to double digits, the
newest survey of the state from Public Policy Polling finds.

Obama leads John McCain 52-42, up from a seven point advantage in a PPP Colorado survey three weeks ago. With only 6% of voters undecided and just 6% of those with a current preference open to changing their minds McCain is basically in a situation right now where he will need to take every undecided voter and also every Obama supporter willing to consider changing their mind to have any chance at winning the state.

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_1011_Colorado.pdf

Chris B
Looks like you have won over Ronny Rayguns’ former political adviser with your early landslide predictions. DG may have to get his money out of the bank to pay you before the meltdown.

Former Reagan political adviser Ed Rollins likened today’s landscape to that in 1980, when voters were angry at President Jimmy Carter and the Democrats and turned to Reagan in droves once they felt comfortable with the idea of him as president.

“Barack has met the threshold,” Rollins said. “Once Reagan met the threshold, people wanted to get rid of Carter and they did in a landslide. This is going to turn into a landslide.”

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/53771.html

Dems’ Dreams of Virginia House Seat Takeover Closer to Reality.

VIRGINIA BEACH — The residents of Virginia’s most populous city are in the middle of a storm of political activity. John McCain and Sarah Palin will be here Monday to rally support for the Republican presidential ticket, which is struggling to keep Virginia in the GOP column against the surging Democratic ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Virginia Beach is also the epicenter of a highly competitive House race. Republican Rep. Thelma Drake is opposed in her bid for a third term by Democrat Glenn Nye, who has worked in Iraq, Afghanistan and other global hot spots for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000002974181

Will you people please stop talking about landslides! 🙂

It makes me very very nervous. The next tree weeks are going to be hell, I really should give up my interest in politics, what with last year Oz run up and now this, I’m wishing large chunks of my life away!

Oops I nearly forgot

paddy that you-tube vid from your 214 was great!… thanks for finding it

Agreed Spammy – they are going to throw every piece of merde they can find at our boy. It will be ugly in the extreme. But, bar shooting him, which would unleash total havoc, there’s not much they can do to stop him.
I suspect anybody with half a brain will see it for what it is and it will backfire. And the one’s without half a brain are going to vote for the repugs anyway. Doubt they’ll get one new vote from hereon in.
Betcha a Long Island Tea on it.

BO does not even have to wedgie them they are doing it to themselves. They are disagreeing even before they sit down in the oval orifice! HAHAHAHA.

Sen. John McCain, the GOP presidential nominee, issued a skeptical statement on Friday night, when reports of Bush’s decision began to circulate, expressing concern about the move, which the president made because he determined North Korea had been cooperative on plans to verify its nuclear programs………………….But on Saturday, his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, made remarks that went even further than the tentative support for the move given by Sen. Barack Obama. In Palin’s words, Bush had made a “wise decision.”

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/12/mccain_and_palin_appear_to_dis.html

Morning jen – I hope your right
I seem to have an inbuilt thingy with elections, the one’s I’m nervous about (usually in spite of strong polling for the good guys) are the ones were the GG win. The one’s that I think will be ok (ie: not worry to much) – they lose!

Right now, I nervous… which means…oh well you get the point 😉

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Jen
Apparently he was seen rappin/buskin it in the Canberra mall markets on Sunday morning. $3.45 in loose change in his tin foil hat after 3 hours.

Jen, I’m glad you seem more upbeat today. Your posts testerday, hinting (?) at assasination, coups d’état and nameless abominations stalking the earth reinforced my own Sunday afternoon gloom.
You see, I’d been dredging the US blogs, and the
horrid things that came up in the slime & ooze made Los Tre Amigos seem positively benign. But the really alarming thought was that for each of these monsters spewing out his/her obscenities, there might be a quieter type who was sitting , polishing his assault rifle, smiling gently.
And McCain has the gall to complain that he & his abomination of a running mate are being smeared! Good God, a terrorist is one who seeks to dominate by terror, and I know who the terrorists in this election are!

244 Spam Box The economy is not going to make a miraculous recovery in the next three weeks. Obama will use extreme caution. Everything is meticulously planned. Chill out. 😆

Dont ya just love some of the original comments on US blogs. This one is in response to the report on the North Korea position by McCain and the Fence at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/12/mccain-palin-north-korea/

Comment no 1
Guido the Loving OBGYN Says:
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Classic Republican dual-messaging. It’s the reason Republican voters are nuts/split personality.

252 Gippslander One good thing about today is most of the buildings windows are sealed for air conditioning so it makes things a little bit harder.

Paddy
This lady has a Bush clock too!
Comment no 7 on the same link at 254:

Marie Says:
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OT
One HUNDRED days to go before the WORST President in history goes back to Crawford — a stopover before he moves on to Paraguay where there is no extradition.

Chris B @ 25

Ha! … thats true enough. But considering my history of constantly being wrong when it comes to my worrying – I’ll keep stressing – for the good of all 😉

and after the wipeout-
” As John Cole puts it: “The coming circular firing squad is going to be fun.” It’s also likely to be protracted, bitter and brutal. Looking around at the utter destruction they’ve sown — to our Constitution, to our economy, to our standing in the world, and to multiple other countries — that is the only just outcome.”
Glenn Greenwald- salon.

256 Gaffhook What Bush is dumb enough not to know, is that there is a left wing government there now. They would only be too pleased to change the rules. 😈

Technology isn’t it wonderful. In the past he would have got away with that. Now everyone knows who he is! The Internet changing the world! By the way whats taking Rudd so long to build our new Internet highway? That was one of his best promises.

Yep Chris B, bet he thinks twice before pulling that shit again!… Lets see, those two clips have been viewed about 65000 times in about 2 days. It’s getting lots of ratings so I think maybe 1/2 a million?? hits but the time it’s run its course 🙂

sleep well old man, did you remember to lock the doors 😉 ( i don’t wish him any harm, I wish him worry

Do you think if we complain on here about one of Kevin Rudd’s promises anyone will take any notice? After all the new high speed Internet was one of Kevin Rudd’s central promises, that he so far has failed to keep. 😈

From the Independent:

Senior members of the Republican party are in open mutiny against John McCain’s presidential campaign, after a disastrous period which has seen Barack Obama solidify his lead in the opinion polls.

From inside and outside his inner circle, Mr McCain is being told to settle on a coherent economic message and to tone down attacks on his rival which have sometimes whipped up a mob-like atmosphere at Republican rallies.

Two former rivals for the party nomination, Mitt Romney and Tommy Thompson, went on the record over the weekend about the disarray in the Republican camp. And a string of other senior party figures said Mr McCain’s erratic performance risks taking the party down to heavy losses not just in the presidential race but also in contests for Congressional seats. Mr Thompson, a former governor of the swing state of Wisconsin, said he thought Mr McCain, on his present trajectory, would lose the state, and he told a New York Times reporter he was unhappy with the campaign. “I don’t know who is,” he added.

The Independent: Republican leaders break ranks with McCain

267 GhostWhoVotes Infighting! That’s what I like to see! The polls will continue to climb with that going on.

Not sure who you’re trying to bait with this one Chris, but I would imagine the answer you’ll get is –

It’s a work in progress (perhaps will be brought forward due to meltdown) etc – ALP people
It’s a broken promise, all spin no substance etc – the others

I am hoping it will be brought forward. After all 70 billion in infrastructure funds and about the same in the budget. I would like them to build a better one now.

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Me too Chris, but I’m happy to settle for Kev spending the $ on whatever he thinks is best given the sky really is (apparently) falling in. If thats BB then great… if not… I’m happy to wait…

Do what you think is right Kev and don’t f#(k it up… thats all I ask 🙂

McCain: ‘I’ll whip Obama’s you-know-what’

WASHINGTON — Republican John McCain vowed today to “whip” Democratic rival Barack Obama’s “you-know-what” when the two presidential candidates meet Wednesday in their final televised debate.

McCain made that pledge as top advisers said he is weighing new economic proposals to help the nation weather the financial crisis.

The Arizona senator refused to answer a reporter’s question today about what plans he might be considering.

http://www.denverpost.com/politics/ci_10704707

BlindOp, you’re quite right about this long de-leveraging and plummeting asset prices, but of course the most liquid ones (ie equities) have been hit first and hardest. When you can buy Australian banks for near book value you know this thing has gone into panic mode and beyond. As I type the ASX is up nearly 5% and I suspect it’s more than the proverbial dead cat bouncing to exercise the trader’s eyeballs. But we ain’t out of the woods yet.

One thing that gives this whole disaster a silver lining is that the GOP, Reaganism, Neoconservatism and the phalanx of rigthwing nutbag bloviators will be drawn into the vacuum cleaner of history by this monumental series of events and Obama will take the Whitehouse back to sanity and some degree of responsible government.

Mornin’ all.

I’m just trying to remember the last President the Americans could feel proud of. Not the Imbecile or the embarrassing Clinton. Daddy Bush? Pffft. I guess many (tho not on this blog) would say Reagan – if they can forgive him needing cue cards to get him through the day. Ford? Nice guy, I guess, but an inefectual POTUS. Not Carter (though I like him – his honesty was the perfect antidote to the Nixon years) or the evil Nixon.

Obama doesn’t really have a lot to live up to, doess he. Who do you think was the last POTUS that made his country proud??

By the way Ecky, thanks for the Django clip, what a blast from the past. ( I loved the section where they pick it up into double time and swing the theme in that gorgeous shuffle). I ended up watching a few others of his with Grappelli…what a pair of geniuses.

Ferny, you’d have to go back to Camelot I reckon. Obama’s been compared to JFK and I think he’ll be right up there when he’s President.

What a breath of fresh air! And that Michelle! Phew, she’s gotta be the hottest first lady ever, (and she looks good too! LOL). She just seemed so at home with Jon Stewart the other day, relaxed, witty, and clearly her own person.

By contrast, Stewart quipped on Cindy McCain’s comment about an ‘icy chill’ flowing through her (when Obama failed to vote for supporting the troops), that she’s so cold Eskimos have 150 separate words for her! ROFL!!!

lol… I have been chatting with the guy that upped the 2nd vid in the (fat white racist scarred mofo series)

We’re the #2 US blog in Australia… arn’t we? 🙂 lol

Louisiana’s chameleon voters tint red state purple.

NEW ORLEANS — They’re known as the “others.”
They’re a sizable bloc of registered Louisiana voters — 643,000, at last count — from all walks of life, races, political leanings and economic backgrounds.
On Nov. 4, those voters could potentially help Sen. Barack Obama turn a statistically red state into a blue one when he faces Sen. John McCain in the presidential election.
But it would be a long shot.

If Bill Clinton did it twice why can’t Obama? Obama certainly looks like he’ll do better than Clinton.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-10-12-50stateslouisiana_N.htm

282 As noted earlier there are very few places in US where either Pres, Senate or Reps elections are not potential winners for Dems – hence the 50 state strategy. But as well as that – if you are going to change things against well entrenched opposition you need to mobilise the people. Obama has the nouse to see that and with some luck from the Reagonic economic meltdown its looking positive.

KR @ 281
Camelot? Dear ol’ JFK was deified via a bullet. History would probably have put him in the mediocre basket otherwise. Having said that, he did add some excitement to Penn Avenue – and he did save us from Nixon for a while.

Yep, The Kid may not have a lot to live up to when compard to recent POTUSI but the expectations on this man of hope are immense.

And I’ve a feeling he will live up to them.

Obama Campaigning on Xbox 360?

This is either a brilliant Photoshop job, some canny viral political campaigning, or both: An Xbox 360 gamer playing Burnout Paradise spotted an Obama campaign billboard with a “Paid for by Obama for President” caption as he whizzed by in his turbocharged sports car, Game Politics is reporting. The site was unable to confirm the ad’s authenticity with Burnout publisher Electronic Arts; I’ve left messages with both EA and the Obama campaign and will update this post if we get confirmation either way.

Registration maybe needed.
http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2008/10/10/10gigaom-obama-campaigning-on-xbox-36-24441.html

The “rabid shitzu” as the Rude Pundit calls her, really knows how to shift blame:

Writing in The National Review, Michelle Malkin blames the crisis on illegal immigrants and Hispanics who were “greedy” enough to seek subprime loans. Blogging for the same publication, Mark Krikorian wonders if Washington Mutual’s demise was caused by its propensity for employing Latinos and gays. On Fox News, Neil Cavuto blames congressmen who were “pushing for more minority lending” without disclosing that “loaning to minorities and risky folks is a disaster”.

The audacity is extraordinary. Suddenly, this crisis is something poor blacks and Hispanics have inflicted on rich white people. That is beginning to sound, well, Germanic.

(SMH)

…and it’s precisely these kind of freaks that will wither and die when the Obama administration takes the US toward some sanity.

(Like those ugly goons braying for Obama’s blood at MacMoose rallies. How deranged are these poor deluded folks?)

288 Kirribilli Removals

and it’s precisely these kind of freaks that will wither and die when the Obama administration takes the US toward some sanity.

(Like those ugly goons braying for Obama’s blood at MacMoose rallies. How deranged are these poor deluded folks?)

Hear! Hear!

From the Courier Mail:

“BRITAIN’S oldest virgin has revealed the secret of her longevity on the eve of her 105th birthday – no sex.”

I reckon she’s really 45 and it just FEELS like she’s 105.

Anyways, if that’s the criteria I’ll happily die young-ish.

Obama Holds Lead in Pennsylvania, National Polls

Two new polls confirm Barack Obama’s wide lead in Pennsylvania. The Morning Call tracking poll and a survey from Strategic Vision put Obama’s lead over John McCain in the crucial swing state at 12 percentage points and 14 points, respectively. The Real Clear Politics average of Pennsylvania polls gives Obama a 13.8-point lead.

http://blogs.forbes.com/trailwatch/2008/10/obama-holds-lea.html

Morning all, well it’s looking good for the kid and not so hot for the other side.
Plus, Guy Rundle is on fire, describing a Palin rally in Crikey today.

Instead of Bill Ayers, Palin talks about abortion and “life”. The audience — most of whom have five to ten years shaved off their life because they don’t have universal health care — applaud wildly. This unique incommensurable issue, abortion, has become for them what the gold standard is for the Ron Paulites — some solid measure of value, against which everything will be guaranteed.

Later in the day Palin will use her kids like chattel taking them out to an ice hockey game in Philadelphia where the working class crowd booed her to a turn — “I thought there’d be less of it if I put Piper [her 8- year-old daughter] in a hockey jersey”, she said later. What a great mother she is.

But what craziness this is. Palin runs a state that is as socialist as Norway in all but its achievements, and she’s lecturing this deprived crowd about free enterprise. And if the people of Johnstown lived in Sweden, the empty warehouse would have a hospital and a social centre and three high tech companies housed in it.

Instead there is … rust. Rust and God.

(reg required)

WEll Ferny – your theory is proved by JFK’s early demise – he was doing Marilyn (she counts for at least 20m women) and he didn’t even make it to 50.
So I’m starting to seriously think the old lady may have something…

That’s a corker cameo Paddy. It’s the exposure of the cartoonish character of Minnie Moose that’s fading under the scorching lights of scrutiny, and along with it any remaining possibility that her withered old sack of anger running mate can win this election.

60 SENATE SEATS

What was once only a pipe dream is starting to look like a real possibility.

We speak not of Britney Spears’ musical comeback but rather the prospect of Democrats controlling 60 seats — a filibuster-proof majority — following the November election.

In a huddle with reporters earlier this week in Washington, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) acknowledged that his party’s chances of reaching the 60-seat plateau were “better than they were two weeks ago” — the result of an across-the-board collapse in Republican numbers due to the economic crisis and handling of the bailout bill by Congress. (Yes, we know Democrats control the House and Senate. But, the American public overwhelmingly blamed President Bush and House Republicans for the initial failure of the “rescue” legislation.)

Who was I having the argument with the other day as to who the American public would blame? (Not David for a change).

Registration possible.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/10/friday_senate_line_60.html

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