In a recent response to republican attacks on his candidacy, the Senator from Illinois was quoted as saying that the Republicans “must think we’re stupid”
Obviously, the Good Senator hasn’t yet had the epiphany that has made the Republican Party so effective in National elections.
The fall-in-line-if-you-want-to-keep-your-job media is again, driving this political train, and our scant defenders who still have jobs, (Remember Peter Arnet? Who dared to question what the hell was going on during Shock & Awe? Gone! Works for Al Jazeera last I heard; or Christianne Amanpour?
The lie, steal and cheat Republican party is already doing their best to keep people from voting.
When you get past the rabid rhetoric from both sides of the political fence, the partisan political pandering of cable TV networks (Fox on the right, MSNBC on the left) and the too-often inane patter of the blogosphere, you are left with an upcoming Presidential election that will be rough, tough and too close to call.
Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed.
Remember the Democratic National Convention? The Clintons and the Obamas, Invesco Field, the fireworks?
No, I thought not. It’s so last month. So B.S.P. — Before Sarah Palin. Before Hurricane Gustav and his pals. Before the GOP rediscovered how satisfying it is to bash the news media, liberals and East Coast elites.
After two boisterous national political conventions and two powerful acceptance speeches, which largely succeeded in rallying the party faithful, Republican and Democratic insiders agree both Barack Obama and John McCain must do a better job of convincing swing voters they have a plan for prescribing steroids for the weak economy.
Coming off a bumpy convention that was postponed by a hurricane and set unpleasantly abuzz by a teen pregnancy, Republican presidential nominee John McCain now faces the task of convincing voters that his rock-solid political experience trumps Democrat Barack Obama’s rock-star atmospherics.
Since everyone seems to be pointing fingers again at Obama and the Dumocrats, here’s one back at the "home team": http://www.crooksandliars.com/