http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:22 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:22 From Navy Blue Wife in response to Cindy's vile comment that "the day that Sen. Obama decided to cast a vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body."

[i]Dear Cindy,
I noticed that you are now in the passenger seat on the Smear Talk Express when it comes to our ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/63 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:58:27 The negativity on this board lately has gotten out of hand. We really need to stop with all the petty complaints and nitpicking, all the discussion of GOP hatred. When we focus on it, we add to it. I'm not saying ignore the important things - of course those need to be addressed and we need to talk ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/62 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:42:05 Let me tell you from personal experience - I've never ever seen a grassroots effort in Arizona for anything whatsoever like I've seen for Obama. There are so many events, voter registration drives, debate watching parties, phone banks and canvassing efforts going on here over the next few weeks that... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/61 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:06:50 I said at the beginning of the summer that I felt McCain was allowed to run by the GOP because they know they can't win in 2008. He's being Dole-ized. He is not what the GOP wants, but the GOP no longer wants to be connected to Bush in any way (he wasn't even invited to or mentioned at the RNC) and ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/60 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:17:19 Abromowitz is misrepresenting Palin's words in her interview with Charles Gibson to make her look better.


He [link:www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091203324.html|claims]:
[div class="excerpt"]Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin seemed puzzled Thursday when ABC News anchor C... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/59 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:14:58 [div class="excerpt"]That said, it may not matter what Obama meant (or, in this case, didn't mean) to say as, in politics, perception matters more than reality.

Sensing an opportunity, the McCain campaign launched a "truth squad" headed by former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift designed to highlig... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/57 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:29:12 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/26641899#26641899


Note the GOP tactics that are clear in this clip:
[ul][li]refusing to actually answer the question and instead reguritating talking points
[li]the completely irrelevant talking point of: "...the most watched clip of the most watched Vi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/58 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:20:30 [div class="excerpt"]From the moment Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin declared that she had opposed the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere," critics, the news media and nonpartisan fact checkers have called it a fabrication or, at best, a half-truth. But yesterday in Lebanon, Ohio, and again in Lancaster, Pa., she ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/56 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:19:29 http://onlyfunnyjokes.com/bestoftheweb/wp-uploads/polar-bears-cute-funny-8.jpg http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ecubbins/images/ColumbianWTDeer.gif http://www.deltanewsweb.com/archives/images/caribou_dp.jpg


[div class="excerpt"]Not just some species, but the Act itself! Bush administration officials a... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/55 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:18:16 The GOP has lost control of the media. For eight years, the MSM has been at the GOP's beck and call. But as we've seen and discussed here on DU, in the last week or two the MSM is no longer in love with the GOP and is increasingly refusing to do their bidding.

So, [b]now they're going after the m... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/54 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:45:38 [div class="excerpt"]The Democrats need to be careful about the intensity of their criticism of Sarah Palin.

She may look like an easy target, an appalling lightweight who will send serious voters scurrying to the more substantive Obama-Biden ticket. And the temptation to get on her case probably... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/53 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:16:48 [div class="excerpt"]Three times in recent years, McCain's catalogs of "objectionable" spending have included earmarks for this small Alaska town, requested by its mayor at the time -- Sarah Palin.

Now, McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, has chosen Palin as his running mate, tout... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/52 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:21:30 First there was the [link:www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1836909,00.html|weird Time interview].

Then McCain and other GOP flacks telling the media (and the American people) that we [link:www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26527513/|aren't supposed to look into or question Palin's background or exper... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/51 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:19:17 http://www.cagle.com/news/McCainPalin/images/cagle02.gif

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http://www.caglecartoons.com/images/preview/%7B78e42... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/50 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:22:54 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/29/article-0-027533C300000578-102_468x286.jpg
[i][b]Struggling against the waves, this polar bear faces almost certain death after becoming lost at sea in the Arctic. [/b]

It is one of a group of nine to have plunged into the ocean after the ice float they ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/49 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:17:59 [div class="excerpt"][link:gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/29/83614/5859|Here] are some quick snapshots of Palin's record on issues related to energy and the environment:

[ul][li]Opposed a statewide ballot initiative to prohibit or restrict new mining operations that could affect salmon in the s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/48 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:22:31 [div class="excerpt"]Cindy McCain's half-sister tells Us Magazine that she won't help put her famous sibling in the White House:

"I'm not voting for McCain," Kathleen Hensley Portalski tells Us. "I have a different political standpoint.

"I'm voting for Obama," the Phoenix resident says. "I t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/47 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:47:31 by Chris Kelly
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/governor-palin-has-what-i_b_103702.html

[div class="excerpt"]Over the weekend, the Anchorage Daily News discovered a whole new reason Governor Palin is the perfect person to be the next Dick Cheney:

[b]She can look you in eye and tell ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/46 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:43:03 No words needed.
http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/33676/thumbs/s-BUSH-FLAG-large.jpg

[font size=20][font color=blue]GOBAMA!









... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/45 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:26:49 This was what was asked of McCain about Vicki Iseman:

[i]I'm very disappointed in the New York Times piece. It's not true. And I'll be glad to respond to any questions you might have.

QUESTION: Senator, did you ever have any meeting with any of your staffers in which they would have intervene... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/44 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:15:09 His ad also spreads more lies about Obama's tax plan.

[div class="excerpt"]A McCain ad shows pictures of wind-driven turbines while the narrator says: "Renewable energy to transform our economy, create jobs and energy independence, that's John McCain." But, in fact, [b]his energy plan doesn't spe... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/43 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:06:09 No, it's not stolen elections. It's the media.

THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUE: ELECTING BARACK OBAMA. Everything else is distraction. I've asked this before and will ask it again: [b]what can you do TODAY to help elect him?[/b] I ask myself that every single d... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/42 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:58:31 I'm sure many of you received the e-mails and/or read the comments by David Plouffe comparing McCain's latest dirty tactics to Rove. I believe Plouffe's exact words on a conference call were, "This is not the John McCain voters thought they would be seeing in this presidential campaign. "He's not j... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/41 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:26:55 [div class="excerpt"]Last week, after being hyped by Matt Drudge and Fox News, the Beltway press unanimously decided that Rev. Jesse Jackson's whispered comments, picked up on a live television set mic, in which he expressed anger with Sen. Barack Obama and used some crude language to convey his sen... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/40 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:35:31 Zenbowl on Kos rocks!

[div class="excerpt"]How else can you explain this headline?

Poll Finds Obama Candidacy Isn’t Closing Divide on Race

Oh, really?

You mean Barack Obama just running for President hasn't been enough to heal the wounds of slavery, of segregation, of Jim Crow? Barack O... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/AZBlue/39 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:19:39