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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:24 AM) Stopped at a gas station on the way through Iowa, they were giving away free ice cream sandwiches. sweet Rock on Iowa!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:21 AM) Damn liberal heads of the RNC... thanks

Many will say "well, the president and his people had nothing to do with this. they didnt know anything" And it might be true! I just got a thought... the Bush administration kinda acts like the mob. "take care of it. I dont want to know how. just take care of it". Of course they didnt know because they never actually SAID to do anything, they just never told them what NOT to do.

QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:12 AM) I wonder how you are going to stop the Cubans who are slant drilling 60 miles off the coast of Florida. The Bad American companies are shutdown by the gov, however the Cubans and their friends can drill the same waters and in some cases, drill on a slant to get our oil. I guess the Hurricanes only wipe out the American Oil Rigs, and the Cuban oil rigs are the picture of safety I am sure. I haven't really been following this very closely, I heard this said more than once, is there any PROOF this is actually happening? I thought I read it was just an internet rumor being used by Big Oil Chaney to push his agenda. Please correct me if I am wrong. I honestly havent followed this much.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:09 AM) I love this. They don't actually have to determine whether or not any laws were broken. They just have to determine whether or not the President sent a nice letter saying it was ok. If only we all could apply that standard. "Yes, Mr. Balta sent us a letter saying it was ok for him to play around in our bank vault for like 30 minutes while no one else watched. You can't charge him with anything." http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/007569.html Doesn't that actually endorse and extend to private actors the Nixonian view that if the president says it's legal, it's legal, regardless of what the law says and the Constitution says? Wouldn't that set an awful precedent that an administration could get private actors to do whatever they wanted including breaking the law?

Forget the All-Chicago team, I drool over the possibility of a Cubs / Sox World Series. Hellz Yea!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 11:06 AM) My wife had the same reaction. My response to here was..."Hey, we did get those free ice cream sandwiches at a rest stop in Iowa." "Oh yeah!" LMAO! What?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 09:49 AM) Has Obama come out against any of the lame attacks on McCain? He should. I'd love for him to shut down MoveOn.org. PS: McCain is running on his experience in war, his records are fair game. He SHOULD release them.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 09:51 AM) Carville is a tool. you and I can agree on that one. I dont want him anywhere near Obama.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1213885424...d=djemalertNEWS

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 09:33 AM) Do you have a quote or anything other than the word of an Obama spokesman that McCain signaled anything to the 527's? John McCain: ’I can’t be a referee’ So, he says this in MARCH of this year, Now, well... I cant really do much, so I'm just gonna try.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:27 AM) And don't throw the name Karl Rove at me, when the Democrats have people like David Axelrod and James Carville working for them. They are all the same person. There si a VERY big difference between Axelrod / Carville and Karl Rove. Rove is a man who works behind the scenes to push his own agenda and policy and is the front man for all the negative attacks that the GOP pushes out... the PRIMARY reason I no longer consider myself a republican.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:27 AM) As for the 527's, you just told me the other day that it doesn't matter what the campaign supporters say because you can't control them, so asking them to stop doesn't need to be done by the candidates. Funny how that changed. Democratic Media Group Ditches Ad Effort "Progressive Media will not be running an independent ad campaign this year," David Brock, the head of the organization, confirmed in a statement obtained by The Fix this morning. "Progressive Media was established to be an independent on-going progressive issue advocacy organization," Brock added. "We were not established for one issue, one candidate or one election cycle. But donors and potential donors are getting clear signals from the Obama camp through the news media and we recognize that reality." Those familiar with the group's decision cast it as largely the result of the stated desire of Sen. Barack Obama's campaign to not direct funds to outside organizations in hopes of better controlling the Democratic message in the fall. But the group was also struggling to raise the money necessary to be a major force in the presidential race and was riven by internal divisions. During a gathering of Obama's national finance committee earlier this month in Indianapolis, it was made clear to these top donors that they should concentrate on raising money for the candidate and not spend their time funding independent organizations of which Progressive Media USA is one.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 10:09 AM) But McCain is worserz!!!! That post was exactly what I wanted and expected to see. No one cares that Obama is lying right to their faces, and doing it repeatedly, AND getting defending for doing it. It is just amazing. how is he lying. He said "I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election." Not "I 100% promise that no matter what I will run a publically financed campaign" And what happened??? "In the past couple of weeks, our campaign counsels met and it was immediately clear that McCain's campaign had no interest in the possibility of an agreement." Why? Because McCain KNEW that a publicly financed election meant the Obama campaign would make him agree to do all he could to shut down 527s. He doesnt REALLY want to do that. Those are his greatest assets. nothing better for a republican candidate than to have a 527 run by KARL ROVE On your side.

Florida Rasmussen: McCain 47; Obama 39

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 09:54 AM) http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/20...a-to-break.html oh you opened the gates now buddy... Here's the problem Mr. McCain.... YOU opted in then out of public financing to help get you a bank loan to get you through the primaries?? hmmm.... at least Obama never actually opted in. He said he would CONSIDER it. You have done NOTHING to show you would work in good faith if they both took public financing. You have not tried to stop the Republican 527 groups. You are all but begging the Republican attack dogs to be let loose, while Obama has heavily urged his supporters to NOT support 527 attack groups. Did I mention McCain's "informal" (aka McCain doesnt want this guy linked to him, but he wants his help) adviser Karl Rove runs a 527? hmmm.... OH YOU CAUGHT HIM MCCAIN! He Flip-Flopped! Want to see the 27 times YOU flip-flopped on issues? I promise it'll hurt far worse than this hurts obama! This from MSNBC: But according to Obama spokesman Bill Burton, the Illinois senator never sat down with McCain. "In the past couple of weeks, our campaign counsels met and it was immediately clear that McCain's campaign had no interest in the possibility of an agreement. When asked about the RNC's months of raising and spending for the general election, McCain's campaign could only offer its expectation that the Obama campaign would probably, sooner or later, catch up," Burton said in an email to First Read. "And shortly thereafter, Senator McCain signaled to the 527s that they were free to run wild, without objection." The key line.... "McCain's campaign had no interest in the possibility of an agreement.... And shortly thereafter, Senator McCain signaled to the 527s that they were free to run wild, without objection." I have said my peace. McCain isnt exactly on the more high ground on this issue. Want me to show you the video of him saying he would fight the 527s? Only to now say they can run wild?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jun 19, 2008 -> 09:31 AM) we really do hand out pie at toll booths. or we would... if we had any. my wife was like "we have toll booths?" lol I looked at here and said... "you get his point" lol

The Daily Show on Iowa Flooding.....

QUOTE (Palehosefan @ Jun 16, 2008 -> 11:44 AM) He measured in at 6 '8 1/2 with shoes on, which is the only thing that matters. That's kinda short for a PF. He's almost aSF at that point. If THAT's the case, than Rose is the pick.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 02:24 PM) From McCain himself... I really do love this blog

I bow to your seemingly never ending wealth of knowledge. lol

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 01:23 PM) Maybe it was Obama campaign operatives that leaned on Rachel Ray? http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11168.html that was stupid and those staffers should be fired.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 12:34 PM) So what happens when the Bills move to Toronto? (BTW, no disrespect meant to Tim Russert, just bringing up conversation, is all... ). ohhh.... good point!

OMG! The women of "The View" are terrorists!!! Well, maybe it isnt that far from the truth. lol Michelle Obama On "The View": Fist Bumps All Around

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jun 18, 2008 -> 12:29 PM) How about shale deposits in the west? it's possible, but I believe a great deal of them are in Colorado and they dont want their landscape marked with these massize digging sites and processing plants. They reference areas of Canada as an example of how nasty they look.