Game OFFICIALLY OVER for McCain and Palin!

[SchoolGirlHeart]

Replay the war between the States. Brother against Brother.
(D'y know how many non-citizens are enlisted right now?)

*shudder*....... don't even joke about it.......

About 620,000 soldiers died in the Civil War. The same percentage of the population today would equate to 6 million dead Americans.....

[Lightning Bolt]

I wonder if SNL will have a skit or twenty about Obama's citizenship issues the week

Are you kidding me?
Where's the FUNNY in a birth certificate supposedly from Kenya?

now... you bring back Tina Fey, as Snowmachine Mom, shopping in NYC and spending thousands on tacky leather jackets, well...
there's comic gold in them there heels!

[HockeyParrotHead]

I sure hope phjim archives this thread. Either way, this is likely to provide some comedy gold a few years down the road.

[green1]

Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights?
By Orson Scott Card

Editor's note: Orson Scott Card is a Democrat and a newspaper columnist, and in this opinion piece he takes on both while lamenting the current state of journalism.

An open letter to the local daily paper — almost every local daily paper in America:

I remember reading All the President's Men and thinking: That's journalism. You do what it takes to get the truth and you lay it before the public, because the public has a right to know. ............

If you'd like to read more:


http://www.ldsmag.com/ideas/081017light.html

Orson Scott Card is also an award winning sci-fi author.

Ender's Game is one of the best books I've read ... and I don't read much sci-fi.

And has been used at the US Naval Accademy as a book on leadership.

[green1]

Add to this the fact that in the primaries Obama polled about 10 pct points higher than what he actually received.

Actually that's not true:



Here's the link to the article - http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/08/ ... ffect.html

"On average, Barack Obama overperformed the Pollster.com trendline by 3.3 points on election day."

Thanks for the correction. I was wrong.

[Martonian]

Again, here's the FactCheck.org article on Obama's birth certificate that I believe ETP posted:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008 ... e_usa.html

"We beg to differ. FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as "supporting documents" to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said."

And if you don't know who FactCheck.org is, they are an independent fact checking organization. Both campaigns often cite them, and Dick Cheney even cited them in the 2004 VP debate.

[Tequila Revenge]

Again, here's the FactCheck.org article on Obama's birth certificate that I believe ETP posted:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008 ... e_usa.html

"We beg to differ. FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as "supporting documents" to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said."

And if you don't know who FactCheck.org is, they are an independent fact checking organization. Both campaigns often cite them, and Dick Cheney even cited them in the 2004 VP debate.

Check this out. Step by step directions oh how it was forged

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atla ... usive.html

[Martonian]

Again, here's the FactCheck.org article on Obama's birth certificate that I believe ETP posted:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008 ... e_usa.html

"We beg to differ. FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as "supporting documents" to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said."

And if you don't know who FactCheck.org is, they are an independent fact checking organization. Both campaigns often cite them, and Dick Cheney even cited them in the 2004 VP debate.

Check this out. Step by step directions oh how it was forged

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atla ... usive.html

That article was published July 10th. The FactCheck article, with photos of the birth certificate including the raised seal, was published August 21, 2008.

[ph4ever]

Replay the war between the States. Brother against Brother.
(D'y know how many non-citizens are enlisted right now?)

*shudder*....... don't even joke about it.......

About 620,000 soldiers died in the Civil War. The same percentage of the population today would equate to 6 million dead Americans.....

there was nothing civil about that war

[buffettbride]

They must be smoking the good sh*t over at TeamSarah.org.

[Tequila Revenge]

I wonder if SNL will have a skit or twenty about Obama's citizenship issues the week

Are you kidding me?
Where's the FUNNY in a birth certificate supposedly from Kenya?

now... you bring back Tina Fey, as Snowmachine Mom, shopping in NYC and spending thousands on tacky leather jackets, well...
there's comic gold in them there heels!

Got to watch this one from SNL- http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/77752/

[Hooray Beer!]

Let me ask a question

Does anyone here REALLY want the other guy to fail should they get in office ?

I mean cmon, everyone here wants what's best for this country

We need to lighten up a little

Here.......have a beer

[Lightning Bolt]

I wonder if SNL will have a skit or twenty about Obama's citizenship issues the week

Are you kidding me?
Where's the FUNNY in a birth certificate supposedly from Kenya?

now... you bring back Tina Fey, as Snowmachine Mom, shopping in NYC and spending thousands on tacky leather jackets, well...
there's comic gold in them there heels!

Got to watch this one from SNL- http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/77752/

That one skit there is a classic.

It was also a pivotal moment, as the parody skewered the press' bias toward Obama,
and for a short time, Hillary rebounded. But, the momentum didn't hold...

I think the same can be said for the current climate. SNL has become an effective barometer for the electorate.
When Sarah Palin was introduced, their campaign was re-invigorated and the numbers reflected an impressive bounce, but then came the season return of SNL and Tina Fey.
There is no denying that the roasting of Palin, reflecting her somehow "folksy" character, has been the measure that America has now decided to judge her.
She has done too little to offset the impressions left by her SNL caricature...

[Frank4]

Let me ask a question

Does anyone here REALLY want the other guy to fail should they get in office ?

I mean cmon, everyone here wants what's best for this country

We need to lighten up a little

Here.......have a beer

Extremely well said....

[chippewa]

Let me ask a question

Does anyone here REALLY want the other guy to fail should they get in office ?

I mean cmon, everyone here wants what's best for this country

We need to lighten up a little

Here.......have a beer

Either guy will be a huge improvement.

[Martonian]

I wonder if SNL will have a skit or twenty about Obama's citizenship issues the week

Are you kidding me?
Where's the FUNNY in a birth certificate supposedly from Kenya?

now... you bring back Tina Fey, as Snowmachine Mom, shopping in NYC and spending thousands on tacky leather jackets, well...
there's comic gold in them there heels!

Got to watch this one from SNL- http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/77752/

That one skit there is a classic.

It was also a pivotal moment, as the parody skewered the press' bias toward Obama,
and for a short time, Hillary rebounded. But, the momentum didn't hold...

I think the same can be said for the current climate. SNL has become an effective barometer for the electorate.
When Sarah Palin was introduced, their campaign was re-invigorated and the numbers reflected an impressive bounce, but then came the season return of SNL and Tina Fey.
There is no denying that the roasting of Palin, reflecting her somehow "folksy" character, has been the measure that America has now decided to judge her.
She has done too little to offset the impressions left by her SNL caricature...

I don't think SNL is the reason that the majority of Americans feel she is unqualified to be president. Palin has said a lot of dumb things that make her look less than knowledgeable on the issues.

When SNL spoofed the Katie Couric interview, they lifted entire portions of the transcript verbatim and used them in the skit and got laughs out of them.

[Lightning Bolt]

I wonder if SNL will have a skit or twenty about Obama's citizenship issues the week

Are you kidding me?
Where's the FUNNY in a birth certificate supposedly from Kenya?

now... you bring back Tina Fey, as Snowmachine Mom, shopping in NYC and spending thousands on tacky leather jackets, well...
there's comic gold in them there heels!

Got to watch this one from SNL- http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/77752/

That one skit there is a classic.

It was also a pivotal moment, as the parody skewered the press' bias toward Obama,
and for a short time, Hillary rebounded. But, the momentum didn't hold...

I think the same can be said for the current climate. SNL has become an effective barometer for the electorate.
When Sarah Palin was introduced, their campaign was re-invigorated and the numbers reflected an impressive bounce, but then came the season return of SNL and Tina Fey.
There is no denying that the roasting of Palin, reflecting her somehow "folksy" character, has been the measure that America has now decided to judge her.
She has done too little to offset the impressions left by her SNL caricature...

I don't think SNL is the reason that the majority of Americans feel she is unqualified to be president. Palin has said a lot of dumb things that make her look less than knowledgeable on the issues.

When SNL spoofed the Katie Couric interview, they lifted entire portions of the transcript verbatim and used them in the skit and got laughs out of them.

You're right... it is not THE reason.
But it has "lifted the mirror" more than her other excerpts,
and when coupled with the laughter response, it certainly has been helping to sway those who may not have had a sure opinion.
Her positives have been dropping steadily, along with negatives rising, since the SNL season premiere in mid-Sept., and, excuse the pun, it's been snowballing ever since

[jackiesic]

I didn't have the TV on for more than TEN MINUTES, and all PMS-NBC
and the
Communist
News
Network could talk about was Sarah Palin's G.D. WARDROBE!

W.T.F.????????

And people wonder why I truly DESPISE today's UN-balanced news media!

Why in the name of Godzilla's hallatocious does her WARDROBE enthrall these bast--ds so much?

JEEZ, LOUISE! Apparently they not only have problems with Republican women, they have MAJOR problems with women who can wear a skirt and get away with it.

LOL! We have always called it Cynical News Network

[jackiesic]

There's potentially a VERY BIG story that's going to break either tonight or tomorrow. Stay tuned folks.

HOOTERS is coming to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City?

In your dreams

[jackiesic]

I know that I will never pick a President based on a spreadsheet and polls.

And it's a good thing too. I know of people that are saying to pollsters that they are voting for Obama when in fact they're not. (Of course that could also be true in the reverse).