DNC’s list of top 10 McCain “misstatements”
May 30, 2008
1. McCain doesn’t even know who is in charge in Iran.
2. Iraq/Iran, Sunni/Shia: McCain doesn’t know the difference.
3. McCain still thinks Czechoslovakia (which split into two countries in 1993) exists.
4. McCain wrongly claimed that Baghdad was mostly normal.
5. McCain called Baghdad market safe.
6. McCain can’t even remember how little he knows about the economy.
7. McCain falsely claimed he never requested pork.
8. McCain falsely claimed that tax cuts increased government revenues.
9. McCain’s claim to be untainted by special interest money is false.
10. McCain wrongly claimed he never supported amnesty.
This list showed up on Politico. Seems to me that it’s a big mistake to give away a list like this this early in the game. The Dems have a bad habit of showing their cards far too early. They could use some lessons on how to maintain a poker face.
There’s more, and in my opinion, better ammo against McCain out there. And we’ll get to it…when the time is right. This list is OK. But I’m not sure the average Joe Schmoe Middle America is gonna give two shits about most of it. The Dems better keep old Joe in the center of their target and strategy.
How far is too far?
May 23, 2008
Today marked Hillary Clinton’s lowest point in a campaign of many low points.
Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert
Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack
Obama.
“My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the
California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all
remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don’t
understand it,” she said, dismissing calls to drop out. from New York Post
We Hood! We Votin’–and Throwin’ It Up!
May 15, 2008
Whether it’s the Vote Different ad that kicked off the primary season’s viral warfare, or a completely loopy set of videos called Barack in 74 that imagine a man who may well be our next president as a resolutely nerdy stoner at Occidental College, this has been the best campaign ever for ads and videos.
Obama blasts Bush over ‘Nazi’ comments
May 15, 2008
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also responded during her weekly press conference, saying, “I think that what the president did in that regard was beneath the dignity of the office of president and unworthy of our representation at that observance in Israel.”
Dance little sister …Dance
May 15, 2008
Immigration raid largest in U.S. history
May 14, 2008
Federal officials say a raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week was the largest in U.S. history, in terms of the number of people arrested. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 390 people have been arrested on immigration charges after Monday’s raid at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville, the world’s largest kosher meatpacking plant.
Did you hear this on the cable news networks? It seems like it would deserve more coverage. There must be a reason everyone was so quiet. Read story at NewsCloud.
Obama / Webb ‘08
May 12, 2008
I think this combination is a winner. Rumour has it Webb is at the top of the list. That’s the best guy for the ticket , in my opinion. Webb has all the missing pieces as part of his natural personality. He’s tough. He knows foreign policy.
He’s got a kid in Iraq that he wants home. Enough said.
The Night the Old Politics Died
May 9, 2008
Editor’s Note:
Often it’s hard to assess genuine turning points. Sometimes what looks
important one day fades into irrelevance a week later; other times,
history-changing events occur and are missed in the rush of daily
events.
In this guest essay, former
congressional staffer Brent Budowsky – a backer of Barack Obama –
argues that the May 6 results marked a crushing defeat for a
long-running era of political negativity and manipulation:
The old politics died on May 6, 2008 as the predictable and inevitable happened and the
voters said no to business as usual.
The voters said no to the most phony and
fraudulent proposal in memory for a gas tax cut that would never
happen, that would profit the oil companies that Senator Clinton
falsely said she was fighting with it, that would do nothing for the
people she falsely claimed she was helping with it.
The most reprehensible and shameful aspect of this gas tax fraud was
that it was the cheap exploitation of people who are hurting, and
fearful. There is nothing lower in politics than exploiting people who
are hurting, trying to deceive them. The voters said no.
The voters said no to the politics embodied by the shameful ABC debate of Gibson and
Stephanopoulos that was nothing more than an oppo research festival.
Voters said no to the Tim Russert “Meet
the Press” that insulted them last Sunday, that wasted time with more
than a dozen questions about Jeremiah Wright rather than a serious
discussion of national issues. [See Consortiumnews.com’s “US Media Trivializes Campaign 2008.”]
The voters said no to the insider pundits
who pontificated about what a brilliant and clever tactic the gas tax
fraud was, about how Hillary is on a huge roll and Barack looked broken
and on his heels only hours before he won a crushing and devastating
victory.
Soon, as I predicted some time ago, Hillary will
withdraw and the superdelegates surge will reach a juggernaut pace that
has already begun.
Soon, there will be new talk about 2 million Obama donors that will
rise to 3 million. There will be talk of a historic voter registration
program that has already been approved and will exponentially
strengthen democracy and build even more voter turnout, voter
excitement and voter enthusiasm.
Soon, there will be talk about a Democratic landslide throughout the
Congress as Democrats come together and coordination begins between the
presidential and the congressional Democrats.
Soon, there will be talk about the outpouring of enthusiasm around the
world from good people everywhere ready to begin a new day of American
world leadership based on the great role we have played in the past.
It was the night they drove old Dixie down, the night the old politics
ended, the night a great new era in American politics truly began.
The battle now begins in earnest. On Tuesday, May 6, 2008 the Rubicon was crossed.
Brent Budowsky was an aide to
former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and to Bill Alexander, then the chief deputy
whip of the House. A contributing editor to Fighting Dems News Service,
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brentbbi@webtv.net.
It’s the end of the world : A reminder
May 9, 2008
I wanted to remind everyone that It’s the End of the World as We know it is worth checking out on youtube. Check out all the great commentary from the stimulator here
This is pretty cool. This makes a pointed list of many of the MANY McCain flip-flops and policy choices that prove…beyond a shadow of a doubt…He is 4 more years of Bush
“Now, South Carolina Senator and John McCain water carrier Lindsey Graham has issued a challenge of his own. Claiming on CNN McCain “is his own guy,” Graham then threw down the gauntlet, “Good luck making him George Bush.”
Challenge accepted.
As it turns out, John McCain in his eternal quest for the Republican presidential nomination has adopted virtually the entire Bush agenda. In so doing, the supposed “maverick” McCain
has repeatedly reversed long-held positions, compromised core
principles and swallowed his pride in order to curry favor with both
the leading lights of the conservative movement and right-wing
Republican primary voters. No doubt, Americans are right to view a John
McCain victory in November as a third term for George W. Bush.”
Permanent American presence in Iraq.
Making the Bush tax cuts permanent.
Broken promises on the deficit.
Health care redux.
Opposed the expansion of S-CHIP.
Social Security privatization.
Conservative Supreme Court Justices.
Overturning Roe v. Wade
Take the Lindsey Graham’s McCain challenge (“Good luck making him George Bush”) today.
