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Everyone on the McCain Bandwagon
Fred Thompson is the latest to stump for McCain:
Former GOP presidential candidate and close McCain friend, Fred Thompson, is set to join the presumptive GOP nominee during his visit to North Carolina next week. Since losing the South Carolina primary on Jan. 18, Thompson has been absent from the limelight-even choosing to drop out of the race via written statement.
McCain is set to make a timely visit to the Tar Heel State, where primary voters go to the polls on Tuesday, and hopes to scoop up some media coverage. He is set to hit Charlotte on Monday and deliver a speech at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem the next day.
In recent weeks, McCain has campaigned with both Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. While there was a lot of VP buzz when the AZ Senator was joined by Romney and Huckabee, expect a lot less around Fred-the former TN Senator even told Fox News last week that a number 2 slot is "not in the cards."
Which means of the top four candidates that didn't win the nomination, all of them have or will be on the straight talk express. It's favor currying, it's showing party loyalty, and unity, and it's definitely part of politics, no matter how we all feel about the end result.
It's also something to think about for the Democrats in the heat of a contentious primary of their own. It's hard to imagine now, but in October, Hillary will be stumping for Obama or Obama will be stumping for Hillary.
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(Page 1 of 1)Julia11:16PMApr 30th 2008
America needs Ron Paul.
The San Francisco "Elitist" Connection12:57AMMay 1st 2008
SMALL-TOWNGIRL 12:16AM
You are so right about Pelosi! The last TV interview she did she was salivating when she destroyed the idea of the "Dream Team" ticket of Clinton-Obama, her eyes watering and getting all glassy as she licked her chops. Her body language betrayed her aspirations! She does think she might be the first woman V.P. then go for the presidency! Too funny.
No wonder as a Superdelegate SHE and HER DAUGHTER are stalling on picking a candidate, even though California UNANIMOUSLY voted for Clinton! So much for following the will of the people!
Does she realize that she is more POLARIZING than Reverend Wright and Obama put together?! It's one thing to become the leader of the House where her sycophantic colleagues are badgered into supporting her -- but there is no way she would be able to convince middle America to vote for her, the ultra shrill left wing liberal from fancy pants San Francisco!
DREAMING!
Follow the patterns: Obama is sending his surrogates out into the world to deal with the malevolent dictators and situations so that he can stay on the campaign trail (they are all desperately trying to prove themselves to him! Obama, look at me! Look! Look!). Jimmy Carter went running off to meet with Hamas (just after hinting that he might endorse Obama). Look where "Judas" Bill Richardson went running off to -- to meet with Hugo Chavez! Pelosi ran off to cheerlead for the Dalai Lama against China.
CONNECT THE DOTS!
The democratic party better acknowledge the corn! Obama can't win a national election and they better dump this sad narrative while they still can. Because the American people just aren't going to swallow it!
For one thing the GOP is already running the "G-d Damn America!" ads connecting all Obama supporters and Superdelegates to the nut case. The whole party is going down! Stop arranging deck chairs on the Titanic!
JOHN MANN4:48AMMay 1st 2008
Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race. Obama has dozens of secret superdelegates.
Capitol Hill insiders say the battle for those congressional superdelegates is over, and one Senate supporter of Barack Obama is hinting strongly that he has prevailed over Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) says, " the majority of superdelegates I have talked to are committed."
The majority of superdelegates I've talked to are committed". When McCaskill was asked which way the committed-but-unannounced superdelegates are leaning, she said: "James Brown would say, " I Feel Good".
May report: "Obama currently holds an 18-13 lead among committed superdelegates in the Senate, while Clinton holds a 77-74 lead in the House".
Recently: aquired added to the openly-committed superdelegates; three.
Jerry Castleberry6:14AMMay 1st 2008
Honorable John Mc Cain, keep your chin up. We are deprnding on you for taking care of America. You are the only one who is Qualified.
JOHN6:32AMMay 1st 2008
During a Michelle Obama appearance at Carnegie Mellon University, the school paper The Tartan reported the attention-getting phrase:
The Tartan's correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, "Get me more white people, we need more white people." To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, "We're moving you, sorry. It's going to look so pretty, though."
"I didn't know they would say, 'We need a white person here,' " said attendee and senior psychology major Shayna Watson, who sat in the crowd behind Mrs. Obama. "I understood they would want a show of diversity, but to pick up people and to reseat them, I didn't know it would be so outright."
tzada6:52AMMay 1st 2008
From SMALL-TOWNGIRL12:16AMMay 1st 2008
PELOSI, DEAN, REID, KENNEDY AND KERRY HAVE DESTROYED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE KNOW PELOSI WANTS TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT AND THEY HAVE PUSHED OBAMA DOWN OUR THROATS TO KEEP
and The San Francisco "Elitist" Connection12:57AMMay 1st 2008
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From me: I agree with both of you. I think she has people watching these bloggs.Three times when I have said something about her, other posters have called me filthy things. Why should a normal poster care what was said about her? It's just bizarre this whole Obama SD thing is strange.
tzada7:02AMMay 1st 2008
Another Obama Super Delegate
The name of Edward M. Smith, an Illinois member at large superdelegate who is supporting Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)'s 2008 presidential campaign, has "come up twice" in the federal fraud trial of Antoin "Tony Rezko," Obama's political patron, Abdon Pallasch and Chris Fusco reported April 3, 2008, in the Chicago Sun-Times.
In a secretly recorded May 18, 2004, conversation, Rezko says he sought Smith's help regarding one member of a state board. Also, star prosecution witness Stuart Levine testified this week that Rezko could influence a state pension board when Smith was its chairman.
Just type in Rezko Watch and you will find loads of information on the trial of Obama's friend.
tzada7:15AMMay 1st 2008
Look who else is on Obama's Band Wagon
The latest Super Delegate to come out in favor of Barack Hussein Obama is, Richard Machacek, from Ohio.
I think that Machacek is a Serbian name. Is he related to Serbian Rod R. Blagojevich Gov of Illinois,***, or George Voinovich Gov of Ohio, another Serb?
Why should names be important? After reading the below article it may become apparent why the ethnic backgrounds of Super Delegates might be important.
CAIR -- the Council on American Islamic Relations -- as Steven Emerson wrote last week, has broad and deep connections to the terrorist group Hamas. CAIR, or at least its Seattle, Washington. This chapter, has apparently succeeded in salting the Washington convention delegation with its members and others in sympathy with radical Islam.
Among them may be Syed Arsalan Bukhari, CAIR Seattle chapter president and Jafar “Jeff” Siddiqui who were chosen in caucuses. Washington State Democratic officials have, so far, declined to release information on whether either man -- and several others -- will be delegates to the national convention.
humanevents.com/article.php?id=25776
Hamas is designated by the Federal Government as a terrorist organization. What is problematic is why a candidate for the Presidency would attend a church that supported Hamas. Did Obama denounce Hamas when they endorsed him? There is a pattern here, one that should be examined closely.
"Obama's Campaign Manifesto" - How Gaza Youth See It
Video http://
maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/04/obamas-campaign-manifesto-how-gaza.html
The following have or have had links embedded in Obama’s official web page.
The first three are listed by the Department of Justice as indicted co-conspirators last May in the Holy Land Foundation terror financing trial.
.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/423.pdf
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
The fourth Islamic group in the AMCE strategic partnership — the Muslim American Society (MAS) — was recently identified by federal prosecutors in a DOJ appeals court brief for another terrorism-related case as “the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America,” a brief which also states that “CAIR conspired with other affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to support terrorists.”
"It is the nature of Islam to dominate, not to be dominated, to impose its law on all nations and to extend its power to the entire planet." Hasan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Notes:
* “What is troubling about Obama's approach to the mini-storm stirred by his political enemies over his name, is what may look like an attempt at obfuscation. He has behaved as if he did have a family secret, and as if the name Hussain was something to be ashamed of.” In his article Amir Taheri (Iranian author based in Europe.) goes on to detail the meaning and origins of all three of Obama’s Arabic names.
** The Muslim Brotherhood have declared they will destroy America from the inside.
Rod Dreher: What the Muslim Brotherhood means for the U.S. in the Dallas News
dallasnews.ottoforge.com/redir.html?fw=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/columnists/rdreher/stories/DN-dreher_09edi.ART.State.Edition1.4235f88.html
In presenting the report to Congress, US intelligence chief Mike McConnell said that plots uncovered in New Jersey and Illinois this year "highlights the diverse threat posed by homeland-based radical Muslims inspired by extremist ideology."
breitbart.com/article.php?id=080331080750.nwqg2qcq&show_article=1
In June 2006 one of Tony Rezko associates Donald Fawley was offered a former military base at Savanna, Illinois for a training center. Mr. Fawley proposed to train 150 Iraqis to
be a security force at a plant in Iraq. This included the novel concept to fly these 150 Iraqis to Illinois for this training.
***He is mentioned along with Barack Obama,in the trial ofTony Rezko a Syrian both men are friends of Obama.
Be sure and read the connections between Chicago and Iraq
rezkowatch.blogspot.com/2008/03/follow-money-batchelor-rezko_06.html
C.MARTINEZ11:00AMMay 1st 2008
MCCAIN'S WEGON HAS NO WHEELS!
SMALL-TOWNGIRL12:00PMMay 1st 2008
PELOSI, DEAN, REID, KENNEDY AND KERRY HAVE DESTROYED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. WE KNOW PELOSI WANTS TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT AND THEY HAVE PUSHED OBAMA DOWN OUR THROATS TO KEEP HILLARY OUT. THEY SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS — TOO LITTLE — TOO LATE. VOTE THEM ALL OUT IN NOVEMBER! WE NEED REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL STAND UP FOR AMERICANS --- NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES!
HAD THE DNC AND THE BIASED MEDIA TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT GOLDEN BOY OBAMA — BEFORE HALF OF AMERICA HAD VOTED — HE WOULDN’T BE IN THIS RACE.
NOW THAT MOST OF AMERICA HAS VOTED, AND FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN HAVEN’T BEEN COUNTED, OBAMA “DENOUNCES” JEREMIAH WRIGHT.
HE IS A TYPICAL CON-MAN POLITICIAN WHO WILL SAY AND DO ANYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTS! LAST MONTH HIS “UNCLE” WAS SOMEONE HE COULD NEVER DENOUNCE — NOW THAT THE POLLS ARE GOING DOWN — SO IS PASTOR WRIGHT!
OBAMA HAS RUN HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON LIES.
DON'T FORGET HIS TIES TO ANTI-AMERICANS AND TERRORISTS --- BOMBER AYERS, REZKO, FARRAKHAN, AMONG OTHERS --- AS WELL AS HIS WIFE'S ANTI-AMERICAN COMMENTS --- IT’S SAD THAT AN ANTI-AMERICAN IS HEADING UP THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
McCAIN WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER!
David S.6:25PMMay 1st 2008
Wow - John McCain and Fred Thompson - a dynamic duo if ever there was one. Now they just need Joe Lieberman to add to the excitement. Man - that's a rowdy bunch I want to hear speak! Especially at a bar - 2 a.m. last call? Not for these three wild men!
JF4:01AMMay 2nd 2008
how Nadhmi Auchi was able to get a visa to America, but when will we find out. If we don’t start talking about this soon it will be too late for Americans that never researched their candidates to find this crucial information out. It will be too late for the Democratic National Convention and then how would that look, the Democratic Party’s nominee to be caught up in such a mess? But it would be great for John McCain the longer that we don’t know, and American’s will be wishing they did know! How electable is a candidate after he’s tied to the Middle East? You do have to be careful where you get your information and the reliability of the source because anybody can type whatever they want and post it somewhere. That’s why I have relied on the Chicago newspapers because I believe they are a very creditable news source and are dedicated to getting this trial coverage out there.
by keith leadhead at 4/10/2008 7:00:56 PM
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dr feel good2:28PMMay 3rd 2008
RON PAUL WILL WIN GOP8:07AMMay 1st 2008
Ron Paul Delegates Forced out of Republican Convention
At the Nueces County Republican party convention, March 29th, in
Corpus Christ Texas, Ron Paul supporters walked out in protest and
held their own emergency convention in the parking lot. Republican
party Chairperson Mike Bertuzzi grossly violated party rules by
announcing new delegates to the morning's roll call who were never
elected as precinct delegates on the night of the Republican primary,
then again by ignoring repeated objections by party delegates, which
he is required to recognize.
Mr. Bertuzzi claims that he avoided a 'party takeover' by unruly Ron
Paul supporters, but a recently released audio tape of the event
clearly shows otherwise. As a blatant violation of convention rules
is underway by the Chairperson, many delegates can be heard rising to
voice objections with no avail until a local man, Paul Hunt, is
escorted out by the Sergeant at Arms. Listen for yourself here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-fARjv3tFk
The following morning, the local news rag, The Corpus Christi Caller
Times, reported only one side of the incident, by claiming that a GOP
party takeover had been thwarted while presenting Chairperson Mike
Bertuzzi as some kind of political hero for violating the rights of
local Republicans. Read it here, and be sure to read ALL the
comments...…
http://www.caller.com/news/2008/mar/30/gop-chairman-thwarts-takeover/
How do local Republican insiders react to Ron Paul supporters
demanding that rules be followed and their voices heard? By equating
Ron Paul supporters with Al Qaeda and Jihadists, of course. Read some
of that here…
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994162/posts
The renegade delegation form Corpus Christi is currently in the
process of appealing to the State convention to have their emergency
convention recognized in place of the now fully incredible
organization led by Mike Bertuzzi.
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