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No longer McCain's party That was yesterday's qualifications Grand Slam "No way,no how,no John McCain" The Hillary Factor and why Excellent Choice Nuance v Steadfast Start the real campaign Glad to be back Vacation bound....Destination...Chicago October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 John Edwards & Barack Obama went straight for the jugular in going after Hillary. They attacked the vote on calling the Iranian Revolutionary Council a terrorist organization. Saying it will give this president the excuse he needs to go to war with Iran. Hillary’s inconsistent answers were exposed on social security and at the end of the debate she agreed with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants but then a minute later started backtracking. Now Bill Clinton was a master at being evasive but her facial expressions and demeanor showed she is no Bill Clinton. Will this debate change the numbers? I don’t know. I think what was really exposed last night was status quo positions of the front runner. How can my party complain about the secrecy in the Bush Administration if Hillary does not turn over all her documents? I understand it gives the other candidates an unfair advantage, because she will be the only candidate required to do this. But if this lack of transparency is going to stop, someone has to take the lead. The other is lobbyist money; Hillary has out raised all the candidates of both parties in lobbyist money from Wall Street, defense department, and insurance and drug companies. Some might see it as success but really it business as usual. Somehow we must have a leader to take us to public financing because these lobbyist have too much influence. I am getting suspicious as to why the Bush Administration is getting their way on the latest NSA spying bill. Did the telecommunication lobbyist have something to do with it? I don’t know. This may sound like a slam on Hillary but it really isn’t, it just exposes some of her weakness in a primary. Great leaders learn form mistakes and they don’t usually repeat them. Constructive criticism will only make a person stronger. 
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Darn fact checkers
A few days ago ShureleeUJest’s blog had a picture of Barack Obama without his hand over his heart during the “Star Spangle Banner” with references to his patriotism and his worthlessness as commander-in-chief. I knew this was untrue, because the incident never made MSM. As as I normally do to correct the myths, distortions, and outright lies I waited for documentation. In the future I hope Mr. Obama finds the flag and gives the proper respect. I know I have been at events where it took me sevral minutes to find the flag. The FactsThe photograph was taken on September 16, 2007, at Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry festivities in Iowa, an important ritual for Democratic presidential hopefuls. Contrary to the e-mails attacking Obama for disrespecting the flag, the candidates were not reciting the pledge of allegiance. They were standing for the national anthem.  As far as we can ascertain, the photograph first appeared in Time Magazine on October 1. Visit Time's website for a larger version. It was then picked up by the NewsBusters blog (Motto: "Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias"), and from there made its way into all those in-boxes. To his credit, the NewsBusters blogger does not try to pretend that the photograph had anything to do with the pledge of allegiance. Instead he cites Title 36 or the U.S. Code, which states the following: During a rendition of the national anthem, when the flag is displayed (A) all present except those in uniform should stand at attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart; (B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; By that standard, everybody in the picture (Obama, Richardson, were not facing the flag. ***, Washing tonPost Fact Checker****** I was going to post a couple of pictures of Barack facing the flag and hand over heart but you get the picture (no pun intended). So posting from right –wing blogs trying to pass for facts? Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts Daniel Patrick Moynihan Trust but verify Ronald Reagan Truth is generally the best vindication against slander Abe Lincoln 7 comments from 5 users
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posted by
GoliadChica
on Nov 9, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Ahhh...the double-edged combination of the Internet and Adobe Photoshop. My ex-monster in law send me stuff like that. The only thing that really bothers me is that there are stupid people who believe this crap. They believe in the absolute truth of what is on, say, snopes.com. And they vote! "Oh, the horror! The horror!" Keep "poking the bear" - its soooo entertaining. posted by
Mike
on Nov 2, 2007 at 03:54 PM
And it will stay in it's rightful place. lol Thanks ShawnClark. posted by
ShawnClark
on Nov 2, 2007 at 03:11 PM
And, since SUJ was kind enough to delete it from his blog, I'll repost this here: Obama's not the only one who doesn't know where to put his hand during the anthem:
posted by
Mike
on Nov 2, 2007 at 03:10 PM
Yes,but I will leave Shurelee's posting showing I am not afraid of a rebuttal or differant view point. That's what a blog or forum is all about. Hey Redrage00 does Spurs have anyone that can keep up with T-Mac? lol
posted by
RedRage00
on Nov 2, 2007 at 03:03 PM
LOL Shurelee always deletes comments that doesnt agree with his point. If you make him look stupid or give him facts he'll just delete your comment so that no one can see you burned him. lol He deleted my comment on that thread as well. posted by
Mike
on Nov 2, 2007 at 01:22 PM
If you did ,it was after you deleted my comments for disagreeing with your point of view. I never went back to your Blog Nevertheless good for you,you stood up but my blog offered you as a reference point. Cheap shot ? Perhaps the quotes ,evidently you had good intentions. . posted by
ShureleeUJest
on Nov 2, 2007 at 01:10 PM
Of course what you failed to mention was that as soon as I was aware of the facts, I acknolwedged it on the blog post. Cheap shot Mike, but about what I'd expect from a dedicated liberal troll!
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