McCain's Choice of Palin for Veep

At first I thought McCain held on to the VP announcement until Friday to quash the Obama Fantastic speech stories - But after learning more about her I am wondering if he is doing what presidential campaigns call "dumping" - leaving something bad to Friday afternoon to bury it in the weekend news cycle.

Write in ballot anyone???

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A47105

Democrat Bob Conley stands for ending illegal immigration, protecting American workers, b ringing our troops home from Iraq, increasing veterans' benefits, reducing our dependence on foreign oil, ending Wall Street bailouts, repealing the Patriot Act, cutting spending, and fidelity to the Constitution. Conley, the Democrat, sounds more like Ron Paul, the Republican. As it turns out Conley voted for Paul in February.
When asked about his challenger Conley's conservatism, Graham said, "From what I can tell, he doesn't represent moderation. I represent a brand of conservatism that you will feel comfortable with."

Someone please pass the write-in ballot... please?

Party Crasher

Seems the Greenville republican lovefest had an unwanted guest -

Democrat Conley drops in on republican meeting
COLUMBIA
(AP) – Greenville Republicans weren’t amused when Democratic U.S. Senate
candidate Bob Conley showed up at a meeting.County party chairman Sam Harms said
it amounted to party crashing by a candidate trying to get attention. Harms said
Tuesday that a Conley staff member wanted Conley to talk at the executive
committee meeting.Conley campaign manager Lee Griggs said that never happened.
He says Conley was there at the request of a Republican supporter and never
intended to crash the party. He said Conley sat at the back of the room and
didn’t want to address the crowd.

Hmmm ...one article lists Conley as "more conservative than Lindsey "Bush" Graham?" WHAAA??? Is that possible? McCain's near constant compainion, W's goto guy on the war, and confirmed bachelor Lindsey Graham???

hypocrites

The republicans are pulling this stunt now to get the off-shore drilling started. I just listened to Gresham's interview on shotline... (he said the word America so much as part of his propaganda it was insulting to anything thinking person) The only reason they are for this stunt is because it more land to Big Oil when they already aren't drilling on millions and millions of acres because "they don't have enough rigs"

They have fillabustered or defeated 3 prior bills the dems have preposed because they were not favorable to BIG OIL. (They blocked on to roll back tax breaks to BigO, repub's blocked wind, solar energy investments, they blocked limits on speculators, they also blocked requirements that oil drilled for in the US be used in the US)

eg:

Thursday, December 13, 2007; 11:49 AM
By a narrow margin, the Senate today failed again to block a Republican-led filibuster on an energy bill as GOP leaders made a stand against a $21.8 billion, 10-year tax package that would have extended incentives for wind and solar energy and reduced some tax breaks for oil companies.



Wake up world, see this for what it really is... a PR stunt.

Media = McCain staff????

wth?

Ok I am still fuming over this story from yesterday, "Obama backs away from pledge to debate McCain" Seriously... is the press so far up JSM's anal cavity that they can't see the light of day? This was all over the internet and news... BUT if you look at the article. JSM is the one backing away from debates!!!!

Quote (hard to find because most papers, including my local paper had scrubbed this paragraph from the article)

"Asked by The Associated Press if that meant Obama would not agree to any other debates, Psaki said, "We're not saying that." She said the McCain campaign had rejected Obama's proposal for two joint town hall meetings."

NO MEDIA OUTLET HAS MENTIONED THIS!!!!! GOOGLE THE ARTICLES IT WAS SCRUBBED FROM MOST



Even when Obama said it was a good idea he didn't say he would do it ONLY on JSM's terms.

"Obama said then: "Obviously, we would have to think through the logistics on that, but ... if I have the opportunity to debate substantive issues before the voters with John McCain, that's something that I am going to welcome."

Obama gave them logistics that would work for him... MCCAIN SAID NO


ok off my soapbox... but all the media are all just spewing McCain talking points day in and day out and it is making me crazy... Someone please SOMEONE - ANYONE call them on this.

hmmm Another local republican loses his mind

Seems Tony Trout is losing (lost?) his mind. Of course it's not really paranoia if they are really after you.


http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080802/NEWS01/308020001/1001/NEWS&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL


Too bad he didn't win the republican run-off... this could have been so fun